The animal skin is actually a suicide note, which mainly writes about the life experiences of this group of people.
This sunken ship is a pirate ship from the Qing Dynasty and belongs to the famous pirate Zheng Yisao.
Speaking of Zheng Yisao, she was a legendary woman during the Qing Dynasty.
She started as a ship prostitute and became a female pirate leader step by step. Her experience was full of twists and turns.
In feudal society, women suffered far more than men of that era. But even so, many people still left her immortal legend.
Zheng Yisao left her name in history, and she did so in an unusual way.
The way.
Speaking of Zheng Yisao, many people may feel unfamiliar, but if we talk about Mrs. Qing in "Pirates of the Caribbean", many people must be very familiar with her.
The prototype of Mrs. Qing in the movie is this legendary female pirate. She transformed from a ship prostitute to a pirate leader step by step, leading the pirate army to defeat the Qing navy several times.
In addition, even the ships of the Western powers had no choice but to pay "protection fees".
In the end, the female pirate accepted the imperial court's invitation, and she was awarded the title of Madam for her military exploits in the "Opium War".
In today's terms, Zheng Yisao can be called the "pirate sister" at that time.
Zheng Yisao, formerly known as Xianggu, came from a poor family. In order to survive, she had no choice but to become a boat prostitute.
Life is full of bitterness, but Shiitake still struggles strongly.
When she was 26 years old, her life took another turn. A group of pirates came to the fishing village, and she and her sisters were captured by the pirates and put on the ship.
Shiitake was not as frightened as her sisters, but accepted whatever was going to happen.
Besides, being a ship's prostitute means just making ends meet. If the pirates were in charge of the meal, their lives would probably not be any worse than before.
It happened that the pirate leader Zheng Yi fell in love with this unique girl and married her as his wife.
At that time, pirates were divided into six gangs: red, yellow, blue, white, black, and purple. Zheng Yi happened to be the boss of the red gang. Zheng Yi's sister-in-law became the real wife of the pirates of the red gang.
Zheng Yi and his wife are a pair of pirates with dreams. They want to make their piracy business bigger and stronger.
As her career grew bigger and bigger, Zheng Yi died in a typhoon, and Zheng Yi's life was disrupted again.
With the support of her nephew and adopted son, Zheng Yisao took over the Red Flag Gang and became the next leader of the Red Gang pirates.
The status of women in feudal society was very low. As the saying goes, "if a woman is in charge of the house, the house will collapse." The fact that the pirates were willing to work under Zheng Yisao showed that Zheng Yisao was capable.
She won over Zheng Yi's adopted son Zhang Baozai and gained Zhang Baozai's support.
In addition, she also formulated strict gang rules, and the pirates were no longer the ragtag group they used to be. A group of well-organized and disciplined people quickly demonstrated their strong fighting power.
The pirates also changed from being reluctant to submit to being sincerely convinced.
Under the leadership of Zheng Yisao and Zhang Baozai, the Red Gang pirates moved towards glory.
After Zheng Yisao took the position of pirate leader, she was responsible for the future and destiny of the pirates.
In her opinion, offense is the best defense. Without strong attack power, how can one rob passing ships? How can we withstand the Qing army's surrender?
Without these two points, how can the pirate business become bigger and stronger?
Zheng Yisao spent a large part of the gang's income on purchasing and building ships. At its peak, the gang owned more than 600 ships and had a population of 60,000.
The Red Gang pirates are following a sustainable development route, and they are not plundering all the land.
It's a "pig-raising" type of plunder. What is the "pig-raising" style? It means that passing ships, whether official or foreign, must pay various protection fees. If they don't pay, they will only end up being robbed.
The advantage of this "pig-raising" type of robbery is that it is sustainable. Passing ships can collect fees, which reduces bloodshed and sacrifice.
Long-term looting is tantamount to fishing for nothing. Although the profit margin is large, it will undoubtedly lead to resistance from ships, and the price/performance ratio is obviously not as comfortable as long-term gains.
It is enough to see Zheng Yisao's uniqueness in the gang route.
The ships of the Qing government and Western powers were not immune from paying "protection fees", which made them lose face. So the two joined forces to launch a campaign against the Red Gang pirates.
In the autumn of 1809, the Qing government and many countries formed a joint fleet to launch an attack on the pirates led by Zheng Yisao.
Zheng Yisao sat on Lantau Island and withstood the eight-day siege of the coalition forces. She was very skilled in both virtual and practical matters.
While defending, they also sent a surprise force to sneak attack Guangzhou Bay, killing Humen general Lin Guoliang and leveling the fort.
On their way back to the rescue, the coalition forces were ambushed by pirates and suffered heavy losses. This battle showed the style of the Red Gang pirates.
In 1810, the Qing government adopted a tolerant policy and recruited Zheng Yisao.
Sister-in-law Zheng shows off her IQ again. She led a dozen illiterate women to negotiate with Qing government officials and secured their best interests.
The Qing government asked them to recruit and kneel down, but Zheng Yisao did not resolutely refuse. Although the tens of thousands of soldiers were excellent, they still could not withstand the Qing army. Even if they could win a few victories, they could not win all the time.
She gave the Qing officials enough face, but got enough benefits in return. She abandoned secular ideas and asked the Qing government to grant a marriage between her and Zhang Baozai, which made this unethical relationship go on the right track.
Since then, she has also begun to serve the country and successfully cleared her name.
After Zheng Yisao accepted the recruitment, she was named Madam Gaoming by the court.
Until the outbreak of the Opium War, Zheng Yisao was still advising Lin Zexu against the British army. It was not until later, after Zhang Baozai's death, that Zheng Yisao settled on the outer islands.
It can be said that Zheng Yisao's life is a legendary life.
This suicide note is not from Zheng Yisao, but from one of his pirates. It records that the sunken ship encountered an official ship on the way and was sunk after robbing a merchant ship. The pirate hoped to prove his loyalty to Zheng Yisao through the suicide note. They did not surrender even if they were sunk.
Who would have known that Ye Yuan would fish these out from the bottom of the sea today. Maybe the pirate didn't expect that he would die so silently.
After reading this, Ye Yuan knew the origin of this batch of things. First, he opened a large wooden box, which was filled with silver ingots.
Ye Yuan took a look at the ingot. It was about 12cm wide and 7cm high. The words "Qianlong's 20th Year" were written on the front.
In the Qing Dynasty, there were two forms of silver coins, one was treasury silver and the other was market silver.
Treasury silver is official silver that is turned over to the treasury. It is required to be of the same size and have special marks. Market silver can be large or small, either in pieces or in large ingots.
This is because the way silver circulates is different.
Treasury silver is generally used for salary payments to officials and rewards from princes and nobles, and cannot be circulated on the market.
Market silver can be freely circulated in the market.
