The pirates are located overseas and are very short of supplies, so the two parties often reach a symbiotic relationship of mutual support. Pirates helped the gentry with their smuggling, lest they have to maintain too many people and increase their risk of exposure. The pirates obtained food and medical supplies from the gentry, and both sides got what they needed!
Only a small number of pirates are unwilling to cooperate with the gentry who eat people without spitting out their bones, so they will take the initiative to choose agents on the shore. However, in this case, the agents they choose are generally small-time people who do not have much energy, but are easy to control.
There are also a very small number of gentry who are wealthy and powerful and have broad connections. They can directly support a group of pirates, and even directly insert their own tribesmen into the pirates for the purpose of control, but there are really very few such people.
Therefore, among the gentry, everyone knew who was colluding with pirates. So after the Zhao, Hu, and Li family were arrested, the gentry immediately realized that the incident between the Zhao and Hu families was excusable, but the Li family really did not collude with the pirates, and Liu Haojia even produced evidence that the Li family colluded with the pirates!
This means two things. Either the Li family colluded with the pirates in private, but they did it secretly and others couldn't notice it! Either Liu Haojia framed her! So everyone immediately realized that the second possibility was the real situation!
They then thought about how Li Shusheng was jumping up and down in Quanzhou during this period, even going against Liu Hao's family in order to increase the reputation of the Li family! They also encouraged the gentry to cut off the Navy's supplies. Is this probably the reason why the Li family was targeted?
But Liu Haojia started killing people all over the house, which is really terrible! But he still controls the navy and is responsible for pirate affairs. What if he is dissatisfied with someone in the future and is directly charged with colluding with pirates, or simply colluding with Japanese pirates?
But compared to the current dangers, things in the future can be ignored! After the gentry realized this, they immediately opened up the market for sales, and some gentry even arranged for people below to deliver the things the navy needed directly to the navy camp!
To their relief, the people they sent not only received the full payment, but also received a warm reception! The gentleman who first sent someone to deliver the goods also received a gift in return from Liu Haojia!
Hearing this news, everyone felt relieved! Many gentry began to feel that Liu Haojia was not an unruly person, maybe it was just that the Li Shusheng family had gone too far and had to fight back! So they also became quiet one after another!
Especially after Liu Haojia hosted a banquet for Magistrate Qian and local gentry, and also invited them to watch the fleet drill, the gentry were completely relieved and felt that he was still close to the gentry! Li Shusheng pushed people to a dead end, so he deserved a backlash!
While everyone was talking about it, Liu Haojia was very busy at the moment! Just the task of organizing the fleet exhausted him to death! But fortunately, I had an experience and a group of officers who came over were willing to help, so the advancement was very fast.
But another thing still involves a lot of Liu Haojia's energy, and that is the work of identifying pirates and their families! But this can’t help Liu Haojia! After he brought the same group of pirates together for interrogation, he ordered them to be held separately in front of them. Those who confessed to the evil deeds of their companions could get a reduced sentence!
So a simple prisoner's dilemma solves most of the problems! The pirates who didn't want to lose their heads in confusion racked their brains to recall the evil things their companions had done. Only then did they realize that their memories were so good! It’s just a pain to the scribes and servants who took the records!
After the pirates all gave their accounts, Liu Haojia singled out those who could be reformed among them, returned their families to them, and finally gave them all to Liu Guangting! At the same time, he was given half of the captured ships and a large amount of supplies to expand his base on the island of Taiwan.
Liu Guangting followed Liu Haojia's instructions. When he was able to stand on his own, he recruited some people and established a small village at the mouth of the Tamsui River in northern Taiwan! But this village is very small, with only a few dozen people, and most of them are old and weak!
But this time, nearly a thousand people have joined his command, and the village will definitely expand dramatically! In this way, many of Liu Haojia's follow-up plans can be carried out. But this also puts forward strict requirements on Liu Guangting's ability!
A team of less than a hundred people, including young and old, wants to swallow up a large team of more than a thousand people. This is a real snake swallowing the elephant! If you accidentally make a mistake, you might be subverted! This is not an unusual thing among pirates. This is also the reason why Liu Haojia wants to cleanse himself repeatedly among pirates. He wants to remove all unstable factors as much as possible!
After the matter was dealt with, Liu Haojia and his son sent Liu Guangting's fleet away. Now Liu Guangting can be regarded as getting rich overnight! What used to be one sea-going ship turned into a large fleet of 19 sea-going ships, and the waterline of each ship was very deep and fully loaded with all kinds of supplies they continued! So as long as he integrates the people below, he will become a considerable force on the sea!
After finishing all these things, Liu Haojia wrote a detailed memorial, detailing what happened after he went north to south. However, the number of prisoners he captured was greatly reduced. And before that, he had already used the secret box to report it to Emperor Wanli, which could guarantee that Emperor Wanli would know the whole story before the court. And additional evidence was attached that the Zhao, Hu, and Li families colluded with pirates.
Of course, Liu Hao's family would not mention Liu Guangting's matter, but in his memorial to Emperor Wanli, he said that other personnel had been relocated. Anyway, there was a precedent at this time. It's just that the place where he placed it is a bit off! As for the memorial to the court, there is no mention of it.
Although many people in the fleet knew about Liu Guangting's existence, it was only at the top. And they also understand that if they place their own people among the pirates, things will be much easier to handle. Liu Guangting deserves the most credit for wiping out so many pirates this time! Besides, Liu Haojia is in power now, and no one will find this annoying until he steps down.
Liu Haojia then devoted his energy to fleet formation and training. When the matter was nearly completed, he led the team to Guangdong in person. Setting off with him was a squadron of the Beiyang Fleet. He planned to use this squadron to replace the Guangdong Navy, let them join together in Quanzhou, and completely disrupt and reorganize the two naval divisions.
