"Come here, please secretly invite Chen Qian, the commander of the Yanshan Guards, to come to the Governor's Mansion to discuss matters with the governor's invitation. Please invite him to come secretly!"
After a reply from outside the door, a burst of footsteps left in a hurry.
Xiong Wencan frowned, tapped the armrest with his fingers, and murmured to himself.
"The fishing plan is easy to implement."
“But the question is what’s the motive of the fish thief?”
"There are major navies blocking the coast of the Ming Dynasty. Even if they hijack it, they can't transport it out. Walking with millions of taels of silver, that is, lighting lanterns in the toilet...it's courting death."
"If you want to lure them out to hijack the caravan, you must be able to transport the silver, which requires moving the naval forces along the coast.
But if you directly order the transfer, it will make the lurking Japanese pirates suspicious and they will not take the bait.
If it is not adjusted, there will be no way to transport it out, unless the Japanese pirates just want to cause civil strife. "
"Suppose the coastal navy is transferred and lurking Japanese pirates come out to kidnap them. Where will they be transported from?"
…
Questions arose in Xiong Wencan's mind one after another, and he was also simulating emergencies that the caravan would encounter as it headed north.
I don't know how long it took for Xiong Wencan to wake up and shake his dazed mind. Suddenly he found a person sitting next to him. When he took a closer look, he turned out to be the commander of Yanshan Guard, Chen Qian.
Seeing Xiong Wencan wake up, Chen Qian chuckled and said: "Director Xiong, why are you so obsessed with this? I've been waiting for a long time and I've had enough tea!"
"Hahaha, I'm sorry. I was thinking about something and got distracted. I'll finish the discussion in a while. I'll treat you to a treat tonight!"
Xiong Wencan cupped his hands and said, "Come here, get the map!"
After the map was hung up, Xiong Wencan stood up and walked to the map, and said to Chen Qian who was following him: "Commander Chen, if...I mean if,
If you were a Japanese pirate and hijacked a caravan from Nanjing to Beijing, and this caravan had a lot of silver, where would you do it? "
"this……"
Chen Qian was a little confused and couldn't figure out what Xiong Wencan was doing, but after seeing the serious expression on Xiong Wencan's face, he still stared at the map and pondered.
After a while, he pointed to a place on the map: "If I were a Japanese pirate, I would definitely choose Jiangba Town."
Without waiting for Xiong Wencan to ask back, Chen Qian continued: "With millions of silver carriages, if you want to go faster, you will need at least twenty carriages.
Including other materials carried and personnel consumption, there are at least fifty carriages, and the canal is the first choice.
But it is not a necessary choice, because this part of the canal flows southward, and going upstream will take a lot of time.
But starting from Nanjing and going down the Yangtze River to Jiangdu County in Yangzhou Prefecture,
From here, go north along the Mangdao River and enter Shaobo Lake, then enter Gaoyou Lake through the waterway. After crossing Gaoyou Lake, go north through the Huaihe River waterway at Taji and enter Sanhe.
Then proceed westward along the Sanhe River and enter Hongze Lake in Jiangba Town. The water level of these three lakes is between four and six meters, making it easy to sail, saving time and effort.
If I were a Japanese pirate, I would choose to take action in Jiangba Town at the entrance of Honghu Lake.
After starting here, sail along the southeast coast of Hongze Lake, because the Huaihe River and Hongze Lake have an intersection in Huai'an. Follow the entrance of the Huaihe River directly into the Yellow Sea, then pass through several small islands into Jeju Island, and finally go straight to Kyushu Island. "
“If we miss this place, the merchant ship will cross Hongze Lake and land at Dongwei in Siyang County, change carriages and continue on, and there will be no chance.
Bang... bang...
Xiong Wencan clapped his hands with a smile on his face: "Commander Chen's idea coincides with that of my commander."
Listening to Xiong Wencan's praise, the confusion on Chen Qian's face deepened, and he quickly asked: "Director Xiong, you came to me just to test my commander, right?"
"Hahaha, Commander Chen, don't be anxious, listen to me and tell you slowly!"
Xiong Wencan asked Chen Qian to sit down again, poured him another cup of tea, and said calmly: "You know about Ningyuan's mutual trade investment, right? The governor wants to take advantage of..."
During a few breaths, Xiong Wencan explained the fishing plan.
Chen Qian slapped his thigh fiercely and said in surprise: "What a good strategy. If it is implemented well, not only will all the lurking Japanese pirates be caught, at least a large part of them can be eliminated, and then we can follow the clues."
It is even said that some of the Wenxiang Cult members who are still evil-minded can be fished out.
Governor Xiong, this move of yours is really brilliant. It defeated them and saved us from running back and forth. We were almost dead from exhaustion but it still had no effect. "
"That's good, but we still have to solve the most important problem, which is the coastal naval blockade. They can't transport it out even if they grab it, so there's no motivation."
"This is easy to handle!"
Chen Qian smiled: "Just transfer him!"
"Pull away?"
Xiong Wencan was stunned and said hurriedly: "This is an order from His Majesty to block the coast. It is probably to prevent the Japanese pirates lurking in the Ming Dynasty from sending the news of the destruction of the Northern Army to Fusang.
It is also to lock the hidden appetite in the Ming Dynasty and then slowly find it. "
"Director Xiong, don't be impatient!"
Chen Qian smiled: "When I said I was transferred, I didn't mean to transfer them. Well... the imperial court ordered the Netherlands and Spain to pay five million taels of silver and get out of Taiwan, otherwise they would be destroyed.
Now we can use the excuse of reinforcing the South China Sea navy to transfer the coastal navy away, but it is not really a transfer.
Walking down for a hundred or so miles, and then away from the coastline, the shore cannot be seen, making the lurking Japanese pirates mistakenly think that they have been transferred.
Doesn't this give them an opportunity to take advantage of, and even if they prepare ships, they probably won't be too big. If a few ships cross the sea, they are really looking for death.
Moreover, we can also ambush at the entrance of the Huaihe River in advance. If the hijacking is really successful, we can also stop them directly. "
Huh……
Xiong Wencan let out a chuckle and looked at Chen Qian with surprise in his eyes: "In this way, the entire fishing plan is complete.
Now let's discuss how many people to send to accompany us. If we have more people, we will scare the Japanese pirates. If we have less people, we will be afraid that we will not be able to withstand them! "
"Obviously, the configuration is based on two people per carriage, but secretly, some manpower is hidden on the ship in advance. In the end, each carriage has six people."
Chen Qian thought for a moment and then gave the answer: "Not only that, we can also ask the Cao Gang to dispatch good people to act as trackers.
Once a war breaks out, they can immediately join the battle group.
During the war, with the promise of high profits, once the Cao Gang's masters fight together, their fighting power will definitely be stronger than that of ordinary sergeants.
As long as the lurking Japanese pirates come, I will ensure that they die without a burial place. "
"feasible!"
Xiong Wencan clapped his hands and immediately agreed with Chen Qian's idea.
Then he said in a deep voice: "My commander, how about you and I jointly submit a memorial to His Majesty?"
"Can!"
A quarter of an hour later, the memorial was finished and arranged to be sent away.
"Now that the plan has been set, we just need to see whether the Japanese pirates and the Wenxiang Church will take the bait, otherwise our plan will be in vain!"
"Hahaha, it doesn't matter whether it's a failure or not, it's just a matter of convenience!"
“I don’t know if the Dongting Merchant Gang can prepare it!”
"Don't worry, Mr. Xi's abilities and methods are absolutely fine. It's all a trivial matter to him!"
Xiong Wencan comforted Chen Qian, and then said: "Let's go to the back office, let's have a drink and celebrate in advance!"
