"Good kill!"
After hearing this, Zhu Di was overjoyed and wanted to hold a banquet to celebrate immediately.
Deputy Baihu said with a face full of reluctance: "Your Highness, if General Mo and his men are followed by ten net shuttle ships and eagle ships, none of the Japanese pirates will be able to escape."
Zhu Di said: "You are already very brave. When you go back, we will reward you heavily.
As for the soldiers who died in the war, we will also provide double compensation to their families. "
"Thank you, Your Highness!"
Deputy Baihu's face was filled with gratitude.
Zhu Di nodded slightly and walked out.
"Go home quickly."
"Yes, Your Highness..."
The group of merchants surrounding the outside were still rushing to buy sea fish. They had no idea that the sea fish they bought were almost snatched away by Japanese pirates.
…
Wait until Zhu Di, Guo An and others return to Yan Palace.
Xu Xiang was already waiting in Cunxin Hall with another hundred households.
As soon as he saw Zhu Di, Xu Xiang quickly told the story of his encounter with the Japanese pirates in the sea, especially the battle process.
What he said was almost the same as what the Deputy Baihu said at Zhangjiawan Wharf.
However, Zhu Di, Guo An and others knew that the large nets carried by the four large ships had been greatly damaged.
Moreover, ten Japanese pirates were captured.
Zhu Di's face lit up and he asked directly: "Where is he?"
Xu Xiang replied: "Your Highness, the Japanese thieves smell bad, so the general and others left them outside the palace."
Zhu Di said: "Take us quickly to see what the Japanese pirates look like!"
"Follow the order!"
Xu Xiang responded and quickly led the way.
Ten Japanese thieves with purple skin all over their bodies and a head shorter than normal people. Their hands and feet were tied tightly, and their mouths were stuffed with a ball of smelly cloth. They were lying neatly in a car at the back door of Prince Yan's Mansion. On the carriage.
Before Guo An could follow Zhu Di, he already smelled an unspeakable fishy smell.
"Why does it smell so fishy?"
Standing five steps away, Zhu Di frowned as he looked at the ten stinking Japanese pirates piled on the carriage.
Xu Xiang replied honestly: "Reporting to Your Highness, even the last general doesn't know."
Zhu Di said with disgust on his face: "Forget it, pull him down, castrate him, send him to the mine, find a few people to watch, don't allow the miners to fight these Japanese pirates, we want them to dig mines for us for the rest of their lives!"
Xu Xiang's face was full of excitement: "Follow the order!"
Seeing that Zhu Di and others were unable to pass, the Japanese pirates who were tied to the carriage board suddenly became anxious. They whined and shouted, raising their feet and heads, but they just couldn't stand up. They looked like chopping boards. fish on the sea.
"Snapped……"
Seeing this, the guard on the side raised the whip in his hand and whipped it hard, "Please be more honest..."
It really worked. Even when Zhu Di, Guo An and others were no longer visible, none of the Japanese pirates dared to move.
"Come on, pull these beasts down and castrate them!"
"Haha, General, the villain needs to be castrated!"
"Have you ever castrated a pig before? Why do you want to castrate these Japanese bandits?"
"Hehe, the villain has been castrated..."
"General..."
Zhu Di, Guo An and others had no sympathy for the tragic experience of the ten Japanese pirates.
After returning to Cunxin Hall, Zhu Di began to talk about the rewards and compensation for the more than 300 guards and 40 fishermen on the fishing boat.
However, when Zhu Di took out his own wallet, it was basically Zhu Di who was talking about it, and Guo An and Zhu Fu nodded along.
"The generals of the hundreds of households on the ship will each be rewarded with fifty taels of silver, and their rank will be promoted by one level, but their actual power will remain unchanged.
All the remaining guards were rewarded with twenty taels of silver each.
Fishermen are rewarded with ten taels of silver each.
As for the soldiers who died in the war, each of them will be given a pension of one hundred taels of silver, and their families will be properly accommodated..."
"Thank you, Your Highness!"
"Your Highness is wise!"
"Your Highness is kind..."
Guo An and Zhu Fu responded with their hands raised.
Xu Xiang and other generals were overjoyed.
Even though the one hundred taels of silver as a pension is not much, it can be worth the five years of income of ordinary people's families.
Moreover, just this wave of rewards and awards cost Zhu Di nearly ten thousand taels of silver, which only required three or four trips to the sea to catch fish in order to earn it back.
What makes Xu Xiang and others happiest is that they have been promoted to a higher level...
As Xu Xiang followed He Zhong down, Zhu Di narrowed his eyes and said coldly: "I didn't expect those Japanese pirates to come to Bohai instead of going to Korea to plunder. Damn it!"
Guo An said: "Your Highness, the entire Ming Dynasty does not go to the sea. Now, except for the Ming Navy that fishes in the southern waters, there are only four ships in Beiping Mansion.
Those Japanese pirates would naturally not miss such a good opportunity! "
Zhu Di asked: "What Guo Qing means is that the Japanese pirates will come again?"
Guo An replied: "Please forgive me, Your Highness, I am not sure that those Japanese pirates will come to Bohai again.
After all, Xu Baihu and other soldiers killed nearly half of them. "
Zhu Fu said: "Your Highness, I feel that no matter what happens, Prince Yan's palace must be on guard against them. The Japanese pirates are rogues after all, and they make a living by plundering.
They couldn't stay in Korea any longer, so they had to come to Daming. "
Zhu Di thought for a moment and then said: "In that case, then buy four more big boats and follow Xu Xiang into the sea to fish.
In addition, after the fishing boat, ten shuttle boats and eagle boats must be followed! "
Guo An was shocked, "Your Highness, is this a little too big?"
Zhu Fu also hurriedly said: "Your Highness, those Japanese pirates are cunning and cunning. If they see so many ships, they will definitely not dare to come up."
Zhu Di said: "Then we will hide people in four large ships, and add fifty soldiers to each ship at most. We must make sure those Japanese pirates never come back!"
Guo An said helplessly: "Your Highness, ninety people on each large ship is already the limit, no more can be added!"
Zhu Di looked at Guo An and Zhu Fu quietly and said, "We can't add ships, and we can't hide people, so what should we do?"
Zhu Fu and Guo An looked at each other and said slowly: "Your Highness, let's add more ships. We can't kill the soldiers of Prince Yan's Mansion just to kill the Japanese pirates!"
Guo An also nodded slightly.
Zhu Di said: "In this case, we will add four large ships, ten net shuttle ships and eagle ships. However, the fleet will be divided into two teams, one in front and one behind, ten miles apart.
In this way, we can not only lure the Japanese bandits to come, but also support each other! "
"Your Highness is wise!"
Guo An and Zhu Fu nodded quickly in response.
Soon, following Zhu Di's order, the Gongzheng Office of Prince Yan's Mansion began to be busy again.
at the same time.
The fishing boat of Prince Yan's Mansion encountered Japanese pirates, and news of the great victory began to spread in Beiping Mansion.
At the same time, ten castrated Japanese pirate miners suddenly appeared in the Yanwang Iron Mine, and word spread inexplicably.
Many common people and merchants applauded, and of course some great scholars complained about it.
However, following the precedent of His Majesty the Emperor in the capital, those great scholars did not dare to make too much noise.
…
Yingtian City, inside Fengtian Hall.
Lao Zhu held a memorial in his hand and looked at it, his eyes full of joy.
"Biao'er, I didn't expect that just a cement house and dock would attract so many merchants."
Zhu Biao was slightly moved by the decentralization, "My son also heard that the Zhangjiawan Pier is like a paradise on earth, and all the people, merchants, and hawkers are laughing and talking."
Lao Zhu said: "We heard from Jin Yiwei that the fourth child made a lot of money at the Zhangjiawan Pier in just half a month!"
Zhu Biao said: "Father, the fourth child is suddenly so good at governing the people. This is a blessing for our Ming Dynasty!"
"Um!"
Lao Zhu nodded slightly, "We are going to ask Lao Si to send the secret cement recipe to the capital, and we also want to build the pier in the capital."
Zhu Biao cupped his hands and said, "Father is wise!"
The corners of Lao Zhu's mouth curled up slightly, and just when he was about to say a few more words, he saw Er Hu hurriedly walking in from outside.
"Erhu, what happened?"
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, His Highness King Yan has sent you an urgent memorial."
Erhu walked closer, saluted Lao Zhu respectfully, and then presented a memorial with both hands.
Lao Zhu looked solemn and said directly: "Send it to us!"
"Yes, Your Highness!"
A chamberlain quickly took the memorial from Erhu and handed it to Lao Zhu.
"Um?"
After opening it and taking a look, Lao Zhu's face darkened, and then he straightened up.
"May I ask Father, what happened?"
Zhu Biao asked curiously.
Lao Zhu said with joy on his face: "A group of six hundred Japanese pirates dared to attack Lao Si's fishing boat. As a result, three hundred people were killed by the soldiers on Lao Si's fishing boat. The remaining Japanese pirates were in a panic. Escape...
But only twenty of the soldiers on the fourth fishing boat were killed and a hundred were injured..."
Zhu Biao couldn't help but exclaimed, "How is this possible?"
Lao Zhu didn't blame him, he just smiled softly and threw the memorial in his hand to Zhu Biao, "You can see for yourself, we didn't expect that the big fishing net can be so useful?"
Zhu Biao quickly opened the memorial and read it quickly. The more he looked at it, the more surprised he became. Finally, he said excitedly, "My Ming soldiers are so brave!"
"Your Majesty, the Imperial Guards have something urgent to say!"
At this time, another chamberlain hurried in from outside the door.
"Bring it up!"
"Here!"
Lao Zhu opened the memorial again and started reading.
Then, he laughed and cursed, "This kid, Fourth, really relieves his anger!"
"Father, what happened to the fourth child again?"
Seeing this, Zhu Biao was stunned and asked curiously. He could see that his father was not angry.
"Xu Xiang and other soldiers from a hundred households on the fishing boat of the fourth boy captured ten Japanese pirates. But the fourth boy actually ordered the ten Japanese pirates to be castrated and thrown into the mines for him to mine..."
"this……"
Zhu Biao couldn't help but look at Lao Zhu with a strange look on his face, but being such a kind person, he didn't dare to make any comments.
He felt that the fourth child should have learned from his father.
Lao Zhu ignored Zhu Biao's strange look and said again: "We didn't expect those Japanese pirates to go to the Bohai Sea.
This time, Hejian Prefecture, Yongping Prefecture, and Laizhou Prefecture must be taught to take strict precautions.
If a Japanese pirate is caught, he must be castrated and used to mine for the Ming Dynasty..."
"In addition, Jin Yiwei also needs to investigate carefully for us, where are these Japanese pirates coming from..."
"Allow Lao Si's fishing boat to carry firearms. If any more Japanese pirates dare to attack Lao Si's fishing boat, we will blow them up and throw them into the Bohai Sea to feed the fish..."
"Father is wise!"
…
As Lao Zhu's decree was issued, Zhu Di hurriedly summoned Guo An.
"Guo Qing, as you expected, my father actually asked us for the secret recipe for cement!"
In this regard, Guo An could only say helplessly: "Then I can only give the secret recipe to His Majesty, but I also ask Your Majesty to explain to Your Majesty the importance of the secret recipe of cement."
"We know it!"
Zhu Di nodded and said, "In addition, my father also allowed us to equip the fishing boats with firearms!"
"firearm?"
Guo An's eyes lit up, "Your Highness, I may be able to develop a treasure that will allow the Japanese pirates on the sea to die without a burial place!"
…
Zhu Yuanzhang gave an oral instruction to King Gongmin of Goryeo: "If the Japanese invade you in Changchuan, you will prepare three to five hundred ships and hand them over to the soldiers to capture them. That will be a good deal. My place is across the sea from your place. If the Japanese come, I will send people." Capture him! Because he couldn't be captured, he killed two of them, Commander Dai of the Mingzhou Guard and Commander Xu of the Taicang Guard. When he was less than the commander, he went to catch him, stabbed the young Japanese man in the mouth, and castrated him. The sea is also clean.”
(End of chapter)
