After seeing off the Jockey Club's head, Fatty Xu walked in.
Chang Feng asked: "Is there a wealthy businessman named Ma Baolu who will give you a Cheng Yi today?"
Fatty Xu replied: "Yes. I gave one thousand taels as a gift. I took it away. Did I give it to you too?"
Chang Feng smiled and said: "That man is very good at looking at the dishes. He gave you one thousand, but gave me two thousand."
"I have a vague feeling. This person must have done something wrong."
"He was afraid that us imperial envoys would notice and report it to the court. So he used money to silence us."
Fatty Xu said, "Heh. Maybe I'll give it to Eunuch Li as well. But Eunuch Li will definitely accept everything as ordered."
Stayed in Hangzhou for three days. Chang Feng and others headed east to Ningbo and prepared to board the ship in Dinghai County.
Governor Huang did not send him off in person. An envoy from Zhejiang Province was sent, accompanied by two thousand Hangzhou guards to protect him.
This soldier's surname is Chen. I used to be a Yuanwai Lang in the Ministry of War.
Travel to Dinghai County. Chang Feng suddenly discovered a small village in front of him, with black smoke floating in the sky.
Chang Feng and Fatty Xu rode horses to the small village. The two of them were shocked!
The entire small village was littered with the corpses of people. Either they were covered in blood, or they were burned into charcoal by the fire.
In front of the small village, eight bamboo poles were planted. The heads of eight common people were stuck on bamboo poles.
Chang Feng was confused: "There are bandits causing trouble? That shouldn't be the case. The bandits are seeking money and food. Why do they need to be so ruthless?"
Chen Bingbei rushed to the two men on horseback.
Chang Feng pointed at the small village: "What's going on?"
Chen Bingbei said quickly: "Ah! I think it was the bandits who looted the village and killed all the people. As a military commander, I cannot absolve myself of the blame."
Chang Feng said: "That's not right, Master Chen. There are such ruthless bandits in Dinghai County, but you didn't know before?"
Chen Bingbei prevaricated: "Ah, it's the subordinate who neglected his duty."
Chang Feng got off his horse and pulled out an arrow from a commoner. Then he whispered to the corpse: "Don't blame it if it's strange."
Chang Feng glanced at the arrow and exclaimed: "That's wrong!"
Fatty Xu asked, "What's wrong?"
Chang Feng said: "Our Ming Dynasty's arrows, whether used by the army or bandits, are all without buckles. The arrowheads are flat triangles with the top corners as small as needles."
"Look at the arrow. It's a three-edged arrow. Only Japanese people use three-edged arrows."
Fatty Xu blurted out: "Japanese pirates?"
Along the coast of the Ming Dynasty, there have been Japanese pirate activities since the Yongle period. During the Chenghua period, the Japanese feud eased slightly.
The Japanese pirates were not Japanese officers and soldiers, but pirate gangs composed of Japanese ronin and dilapidated warriors.
Chang Feng said: "There are Japanese pirates in Dinghai County, we must report it to the court!"
Chen Bingbei said quickly: "Chang Qianhu can't just rely on one arrow to determine that the people who massacred the village were Japanese pirates."
"We in Haiqingheyan, Zhejiang Province, have not had any trouble with Japanese pirates for more than ten years."
Chen Bingbei didn't believe it when he said this.
Chang Feng argued with him: "But these arrows are indeed used by the Japanese. How can ordinary bandits make three-edged arrows?"
At this time, Li Guang came over. He pulled Chang Feng aside: "Chang Qianhu. Whether the Japanese are Japanese pirates or not is a matter for their Zhejiang government. Just leave it to them."
"We are going to Nanhai to worship Mazu. We are passing through this place. Why bother to make extra trouble? What kind of memorial should we make to offend the Zhejiang government?"
After all, Li Guang is the chief minister of etiquette. He said so, Chang Feng had no choice but to say: "Okay, I will listen to Eunuch Li."
Going further to the seaside, everyone discovered two more small villages that had been massacred.
In one of the small villages, the heads of the murdered people were piled up on a hill at the entrance of the village.
Chang Feng had never seen such a bloody scene. Fatty Xu started retching directly.
Chang Feng covered his mouth with a handkerchief and said to Chen Bingbei: "Master Chen, is this also the work of bandits? Are there such brutal bandits in Zhejiang?"
Chen Bingbei had an embarrassed look on his face: "Sent the superior officers to the ship safely, and the inferior officer immediately
Together with the Dusi Yamen, they suppressed the bandits. "
"These damn bandits are so lawless!"
Chen Bingbei has always denied that those who massacred the village were Japanese pirates, saying only that they were bandits. This made Chang Feng suspicious.
But it's important to run errands. Chang Feng and others boarded the ship at Dinghai Port.
The ships were sent by the Zhejiang Navy. A boat for the imperial envoy, deputy envoys and the accompanying three hundred royal guards.
The two horse-drawn boats were occupied by the navy commander Pao Ze and escorted the ship.
Chen Bingbei returned with two thousand Hangzhou Guard soldiers.
Chang Feng stood on the deck, looking at the endless and rough sea, and suddenly felt relaxed and happy.
This is the first time in his life that he has been on a sea ship.
Fatty Xu had a painful look on his face: "My mother's leg is broken. I didn't get seasick on the official canal ship. Why did I feel like vomiting when I got on the ship?"
Yang Tinghe came over and said, "Your Majesty, compared with the turbulent sea, the canal is just a small ditch."
"You'd better go back to the cabin and lie down to rest."
"Boom!" Chang Feng suddenly heard the sound of a cannon. Judging from the sound, it should be the cannon at the stern of the ship going off.
Chang Feng hurried to the stern of the ship.
I saw Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling standing in front of a ship's cannon. Several soldiers are reloading gunpowder and cannonballs.
Chang Feng asked: "What's going on?"
Zhang Heling said: "Brother Chang. Let's try how far the ship's cannon can hit."
Chang Feng said: "Uncle Xiao Guo, stop fooling around. I'll blow it up carefully and it will hurt both of you."
The two little devils didn't listen to anyone but Chang Feng.
Zhang Heling stuck out his tongue: "Okay, I won't let them go."
The three ships were at sea for four days.
Four days later, at noon, there was fog on the sea. The waves are also much higher.
Chang Feng asked the helmsman at the helm: "Isn't it lost?"
The helmsman said: "Chang Qianhu is overly concerned. Four generations of my family have been at the helm. Besides, I still have a Western compass in my hand that was sent as tribute by the Japanese to the Ming Dynasty."
At this time, the Ming Dynasty only referred to Europeans as "Westerners".
The Portuguese and Spanish were specifically called "Frangiers", which was a matter of the Jiajing Dynasty decades later.
"boom!"
Chang Feng heard the sound of a cannon.
He muttered: "Those two little devils, I promised not to let them set off cannons for fun."
However, after the sound of the cannon, there were more than a dozen cannon sounds like exploding beans in an instant.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Chang Feng quickly left the wheelhouse and stood on the deck to take a look.
In front of the ship, more than a dozen strange-looking warships appeared.
These dozen warships were more than half smaller than the escort horse ships, but they had fierce firepower and constant bombardment.
Chang Feng quickly asked a navy soldier: "What's going on?"
The navy soldier hurriedly replied: "This is the Japanese pirate's Yawata ship. Come on, we have encountered a Japanese pirate!"
Navy soldiers fired back with artillery. Suddenly the sound of cannons rumbled on the sea.
Chang Feng and others do not understand naval warfare. The imperial envoy Yang Tinghe simply handed over the command to the navy Qianhu who was accompanying the ship.
Gradually, the three open boats fell behind. There are too many hachiman ships, how can a pair of fists defeat a four-hander?
"Boom!" A Japanese cannon fired an unbiased shot, which happened to break a mast on the ship.
