Guo An and Zhu Fu were stunned and quickly looked in the direction pointed by Zhu Di.
Sure enough, a familiar bald monk was standing in front of a stall, looking at him curiously.
Even, under the astonished gazes of several vendors around him, he took out a few pennies from his pocket, bought a flatbread stuffed with pork and green onions, sat down cross-legged on the ground, and started chewing!
Seeing this, Zhu Fuyi replied firmly: "Your Highness, it seems that Master Daoyan is really the master."
There is only one monk in the entire Beiping Prefecture who can eat meat-filled pie with such magnanimity.
"Let's go! Go down and have a look."
After saying that, Zhu Di turned around and walked down.
"Why did the Master suddenly come all the way to Zhangjiawan Pier?"
While looking at Monk Dao Yan who was working hard, he heard a familiar voice.
When he looked up, he couldn't help being surprised and quickly stood up to greet him.
"The monk met with Your Highness, Zhu Changshi, Guo Changshi!"
Following Dao Yan's words, a strong aroma of wine rushed into the nostrils of Zhu Di and Guo An.
Zhu Di and Guo An couldn't help but look weird, "The Master actually came here to drink wine and eat meat?"
"Amitabha."
Monk Dao Yan's expression remained unchanged, "Monk just comes here to experience all the world and practice. Why should Your Highness be so surprised?"
"oh?"
Zhu Di glanced at the meat-filled pie in Dao Yan's hand and said with a smile: "Master, what do you think is different between this place and Beiping Fucheng?"
Monk Daoyan's eyes flashed brightly, with a gentle smile on his face.
"Your Highness, the faces of the people here are full of smiles."
Zhu Di nodded slightly, "We didn't expect that the dock here would allow people to live and work in peace and contentment..."
"stop!"
"You dare to cause trouble at Zhangjiawan Pier, you can't run away..."
Before Zhu Di could finish speaking, a burst of shouting came from not far away.
Immediately, Zhu Di, Dao Yan and others saw several soldiers chasing a thin man with all their strength.
The man's eyes were full of regret, and he was running at an extremely fast speed while looking back.
Zhu Di's face couldn't help but turn a little dark.
Unknowingly, the man approached Zhu Di, Guo An and others.
Then, before the man could react, a black shadow flashed before his eyes, and there was a sharp pain in his abdomen. He flew backwards and hit the ground heavily.
Before the man could get up, his vision went dark again, and the two strong soldiers who were chasing him jumped directly on him.
The man groaned and hit the ground again.
Immediately, two burly soldiers tied up the man.
As Zhu Di took action, the hundreds of households who led the team to chase the thief also recognized Zhu Di and hurriedly came forward to greet him with fear on their faces.
"Finally, General Shixing will see His Highness the King of Yan."
"What did this thief do?"
Zhu Di looked at the man who had been picked up in the distance and asked with a dark face.
"Reporting to your highness, this thief is so bold that he dares to sneak into the inn and steal the money of those merchants."
Zhu Di asked, "But did you succeed?"
Shi Xing replied: "Your Highness, the thief did not succeed, but he damaged a piece of glass on the guest room window."
Zhu Di's face darkened, "How dare you damage the property of the inn, I will break his hands."
"Yes, Your Highness!"
Shi Xing responded and walked towards the man with a ferocious expression.
The thief quickly shouted to Zhu Di with fear on his face and begged for mercy: "Your Highness King Yan, please have mercy on me. I have an eighty-year-old mother above me and a three-year-old wife and son below me. I haven't eaten for several days. I really have no choice. Then I sneaked into Zhangjiawan Pier and prepared to borrow some money from passing merchants..."
A soldier punched the thief directly: "Hmph, shut up, I am not talking about the thief you have caught in the past few days..."
Pedestrians on both sides of the street had no reaction.
There was even a hint of relief.
At this time, there are quite a few thieves who specialize in stealing people's money.
In particular, some ordinary people's vendors are often the targets of these thieves. Not only did he steal your property, he would also beat you up severely if you were weak, and if you had no money, he would beat you even harder...
Guo An suddenly said: "Your Highness, please forgive this traitor."
"Um?"
Zhu Di, Dao Yan, Zhu Fu and others all looked at Guo An in surprise.
"Why?"
"Your Highness, this person broke a piece of glass and it cost him a hundred pence!"
Guo An said slowly: "If this person's hands are broken, this person will not be able to make money for several months, and the whole family will not have food to eat.
Moreover, this person cannot compensate for the piece of glass, which is a big loss for us...
Wei Chen saw that this man had a strong body and was a good worker. Anyway, this person is not good at farming, so he is sent to dig or mine river sand to do hard work for our Prince Yan's Palace...
As for his family... After deducting the 100 yuan from this person's monthly salary as compensation for our glass, the rest of the salary will be directly distributed to his wife, children, and children by Prince Yan's Mansion..."
Zhu Di's eyes widened slightly, he glanced at Guo An beside him, and nodded slowly, "That's right!"
Immediately, he said to Shi Xing: "In the future, if we catch such a thief again, we will give him ten lashes to let him taste the pain of his flesh and blood.
Then, according to what Guo Changshi said, he took him to identify his family's location, and then sent him to dig..."
"Yes, Your Highness!"
Shi Xing responded quickly.
"Amitabha! Good, good, good..." Daoyan nodded slightly.
"good!"
All the pedestrians around were cheering.
Zhong Dalang, who survived the disaster, quickly thanked Zhu Di and Guo An with a grateful face.
"I would like to thank Your Highness for your magnanimity, and thank you, Mr. Guo Changshi!"
Zhu Di just snorted lightly and ignored this person.
Guo An laughed loudly and said, "Zhong Dalang, right? Go into the mine and work hard. When you dig out 10,000 kilograms of iron ore or coal, you can come out."
"Ten thousand catties..."
Zhong Dalang's eyes suddenly lost their light.
"If you dare to be lazy and cause trouble, or run away secretly, then double the amount and dig one hundred thousand catties..."
Soon, Zhong Dalang was escorted away by Shi Xing and other guards.
Zhu Di, Guo An and others, because their identities were exposed, were not suitable to stay on the street, so they could only take Monk Daoyan back to the top floor.
The group of people continued to stay on the top floor, looking expectantly at the people coming and going on the dock streets.
In the canal in the distance, water transport boats are sailing, the sound of oars and the shadow of sails are very lively.
…
"Guo Changshi is a great talent!"
Suddenly, Dao Yan sighed inexplicably.
Zhu Di and Zhu Fu nodded subconsciously without asking why.
"Prince Yan's fishing boat is back!"
I don’t know how long it took, but with a sound of surprise on the Zhangjiawan Pier, the entire Zhangjiawan Pier began to become noisy.
Soon, some merchants rushed out from restaurants, wine shops, inns... and even large bathhouses, and ran towards the dock in a mighty manner.
Zhu Di and Guo An were still standing on the top floor of the food shop and continued to watch.
Then, four huge ships were seen coming up from the downstream.
Later, a sea ship docked at Zhangjiawan Pier, and a group of soldiers on board began to carry sea fish down.
The other three large ships headed directly to Beiping Fucheng.
"Um?"
Suddenly, Zhu Di's expression condensed.
Zhu Fu asked, "Your Highness, what's wrong?"
"Go to the dock!"
After speaking, Zhu Di walked down with a solemn expression.
Guo An and Zhu Fu looked at each other and saw the confusion in each other's eyes, but they still followed quickly.
When a few people arrived at the pier, they saw some merchants directing their men to carry boxes of frozen sea fish to the carriage.
Guo An, Dao Yan and others all looked at it with curiosity.
Zhu Di was the only one who went straight to the ship.
"Who are you? You are not allowed to touch Prince Yan's ships."
Seeing Zhu Di taking advantage of the chaos and groping around on the ship, the two soldiers surrounded him with vigilance.
"Snapped……"
Before their hands touched Zhu Di, they were stopped by two guards behind Zhu Di, and one of them received a slap on the head.
"You're such a blind thing that even His Highness doesn't recognize it?"
"Your Highness?"
The two soldiers suddenly looked terrified.
However, Zhu Di didn't pay attention to this at all at this moment. He stared at the arrow holes on the ship and the black marks burned by the fire, and his face became more and more gloomy.
"Any thieves dare to attack our big ship?"
"Your Highness, it's a Japanese pirate!"
At this time, the deputy Baihu on the ship ran over and reported the incident with an angry look on his face.
"Japanese pirates?"
Zhu Di narrowed his eyes slightly and calmed down.
"Have you confirmed that the thieves are really Japanese pirates?"
Around them, Guo An, Dao Yan and others, as well as the guards of Prince Yan's Mansion who followed, all looked shocked.
Deputy Baihu looked certain, "Reporting to Your Highness, I also took off the pants of several Japanese pirates and checked them, confirming that those thieves are Japanese pirates."
Zhu Di asked: "Where did you attack and how many ships were there?"
Deputy Baihu said quickly: "Reporting to Your Highness, the Japanese pirates attacked the general and others in the sea with a total of thirteen ships, four large ships and nine small ships.
As for the thieves, there should be more than 600 people. "
Zhu Di's expression became solemn again, "How many casualties are there?"
Deputy Baihu gritted his teeth and said bitterly, "Reporting to Your Highness, more than 20 brothers were killed and more than a hundred injured. As for the Japanese pirates, at least more than 300 people were killed and six ships were damaged."
Zhu Di's eyes widened in surprise.
"You are so brave?"
Dao Yan, Guo An and others also stared at the Deputy Baihu with astonishment on their faces.
You know, in the hearts of the people of the Ming Dynasty, those Japanese pirates are a group of thieves who are desperate for their lives, extremely vicious and cunning.
The navy of the Ming Dynasty often used several times the number of people to surround and suppress the Japanese pirates, but they still often suffered losses.
But now, only four ships and more than 300 soldiers were able to repel more than 600 Japanese pirates in the sea, and only more than 20 soldiers died.
Regarding the attitude of Zhu Di, Guo An and others, Deputy Baihu was not annoyed and quickly explained: "Your Highness, we discovered those Japanese pirate ships in the sea very early.
Therefore, when those Japanese pirates rush closer, we will be ready. "
"Especially the big net between the two ships. The last general and others pulled up the big net in advance. When the Japanese pirate ships came close, they directly moved the net towards the Japanese pirate ships...
Then the ship used another force, and the Japanese pirate ships were directly overturned, or the Japanese pirates were trapped under the big net, unable to climb onto the big ship, and were allowed to be shot by the general and others...
It's just a pity that there are less big nets on the big ship... There are more than two hundred Japanese pirates who climbed onto the big ship... The general still has armor and steel swords on his body... No matter how hard those Japanese pirates try, they can only be chopped down by the general and others. die……
Finally, when those Japanese pirates saw that the situation was not good, they ran away in their boats, and the general and others could not catch up..."
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(End of chapter)
