I am the king of the dead

Chapter 256 Battle on the Island
"We can go by boat in the evening, land on the island at night, and climb over the exposed reef when the tide is low."

Li Binyan thought of a possibility.

Jiming Island is next to another small island called Tuo Island. At noon and midnight on the [-]th day of the Lunar New Year, after the tide ebbs, a section of reef will be exposed, which can be used to climb over, taking advantage of the night, and then the island The Japanese pirates were wiped out.

As for the common people, after detailed screening, there must be those who need to be sent to the imperial hospital, and people from the Confucian Mansion must live in it and enslave the common people.

Tang Xing frowned when he heard Li Binyan's words, nodded his head, and said with certainty: "Don't talk about it, it's a way."

Tao Jin has fought against the Oirats for a long time, and he doesn't understand the tide at all. He does know that section of the reef will be exposed when the tide ebbs.

He asked full of doubts: "But will the tide ebb at noon and midnight?"

Li Binyan said with certainty: "On the first and fifteenth day of the lunar new year, the high tide is the highest at Maoshi (6 o'clock) and Youshi (18 o'clock), and the ebb tide at noon (12 o'clock) and early morning Zishi (0 o'clock). Fifteen, delayed by three quarters of an hour every day, exactly one cycle."

"The "Sanbao Eunuch's Nautical Chart" has a calculation method for the tide, I forget it, and I also asked the local fishermen to find out."

Is learning useless?
Anyway, Li Binyan learned the calculation method of tides from the book sent by the great emperor, and worked out a feasible battle plan based on the weather and location.

"Do you have a better way?" Li Binyan looked around and asked.

The eunuch Qi Xin, the admiral of the Shibo Department, thought carefully for a moment and said: "If the commander and fellow acquaintances have no objections, our family can issue a fire card for dispatching troops."

Tao Jin thought seriously for a moment and nodded, "There is no other way. The big deal is to change to a strong attack if the sneak attack does not work. Since Li Yushi is so sure that the tide can ebb in the middle of the night, let's try it, but the rocks in the sea , very smooth, when climbing, you still have to be careful."

Tang Xing moved his body and said, "What a big deal, we can climb the walls of Juyongguan that have been splashed with water and frozen into ice walls."

Jin Yiwei was selected from among the best soldiers in the Ming army, and his personal strength was extremely strong. As long as Li Binyan said that the tide really ebbed, they would have the confidence to climb over the reef, which was less than forty steps in total.

Li Binyan took a deep breath and said, "I'll go with you."

"Can you do it?" Tang Xing looked at Li Binyan and asked in disbelief.

Li Binyan shook his head and said, "I won't make trouble for you, I just went to have a look."

He didn't go to fight, he went to see if the tide would ebb, he didn't know what was going on on paper, and he knew that this matter had to be done.

Reading dead books, reading dead books, and holding sage books cannot settle the herdsmen. Li Binyan has realized this truth since he came to Shandong on business.

What kind of benevolent people are all deceiving ghosts, nonsense that even ghosts don't believe!
Tao Jin nodded and said, "Then go to get off the island tomorrow!"

In the second year of Jingtai, on the evening of the fourteenth day of the fifth month, more than fifty Jinyiwei, lightly dressed, boarded ten small fishing boats and headed for Tuo Island.

Landing on the island, because the island is very small, there is no land to cultivate, and there is no one there. The process of landing on the island is very smooth.

The seagulls in the sky are flying in groups. It is the time when the tired birds return to the forest. Their calls are quite transparent. The waves on the beach roll with the golden color of the setting sun and sprinkle pearls. The pearls reflect the The rays of the setting sun fell into the water again and scattered on the beach.

The unique salty smell of the sea water flowed down the nostrils of many Jin Yiwei along with the sea breeze, blowing the skirts of all of them.

After Li Binyan got off the boat, he began to look around. He quickly found a reef full of water and salt. According to the time when they landed on the island, it should be the time when the tide was at its highest.

Li Binyan squatted on the side of the reef. After squatting down, he made a mark and kept squatting to watch. The waves wet his trousers. He kept watching for a long time, and finally heaved a sigh of relief. His calculation was correct.

On May [-]th, the weather was excellent, and the bright moonlight shone on the coast of Tuo Island. Jin Yiwei came to the place where the reef would be exposed in the dark.

To their surprise, there was actually a three-step-wide flat gravel road, which they could pass directly without climbing.

The Jinyi guards passed through in an orderly manner, walking from Tuo Island to Jiming Island.

"Let's go, Li Yushi." Tang Xing took two steps and looked back at the motionless Li Binyan.

Li Binyan shook his head and said, "I'm afraid of water..."

Tang Xing saw that the water surface was rising again, shook his head and said, "Then you wait for us on that island, and we will pick you up tomorrow."

Tang Xing drew out the Xiuchun knife, tied three layers of cloth on his feet, stomped his feet vigorously, took out the other silver coins from his waist, and put them on his mouth.

Sneak attack, of course, is a man's head and a horse's hoof bound. This time, the Japanese pirates are going to be killed. Naturally, cloths should be tied to the feet to prevent the sound of stepping on and disturbing the Japanese pirates.

Tang Xing's group of more than [-] people quickly approached the gathering place of the Japanese pirates. In groups of five, they turned into the small courtyard where the Japanese pirates lived, and muffled groans and screams came in a low voice under the moonlight.

After more than an hour, Tang Xing gathered everyone together, convinced that the Japanese were either killed or captured, and then he spat out the silver coins in his mouth and said, "Shoot the arrow and let Tao Jin land on the island!"

Why do you want to take captives? Of course, the Tai Hospital wants to take captives.

This was a ruthless one-sided killing. The Japanese pirates never imagined that someone would land on Jiming Island in the dark and kill them on the bed.

The sentry post facing the land had its neck wiped in its sleep.

Tiqi nodded, took out a ringing arrow, ignited it, and released it towards the sky.

The sound of the arrow piercing through the air and the whistle piercing the silence broke the tranquility of Jiming Island, and two fireworks exploded in the air.

Tao Jin paddled onto the island with more than twenty small sampans.

Li Binyan breathed a sigh of relief as he watched the fireworks bursting from the arrow. The job assigned by the emperor was successfully completed.

Li Binyan looked around blankly, how should he leave?
Tang Xing began to systematically search all the documents and materials about the Confucian Mansion on the island. There were no workshops on the island, but there were navigation needle maps that could not be found in the Confucian Mansion.

The entire Confucian family was very careful in doing things. After all, if this kind of business was found out, it was a serious crime of cheating, and the whole family would lose their heads!

So overseas affairs belong to overseas, and affairs within Daming belong to Daming.

The Confucian mansion did not find any records about overseas, except for the clues of [-] hectares of land.

If it weren't for the Japanese pirates and Japanese silver who were killed, someone in the Confucian government could not stand the shock of the Tai Hospital and chose to confess the problem. In the end, the ironclad evidence was so strong that Kong Yanjin's case of communicating with the Japanese would not be able to be solved at all.

As Jiming Island was breached, the nautical charts and various silver and gold fields were marked, and the most critical link was finally completed.

Tang Xing, Tao Jin, and the guarding eunuch Qi Xin were constantly sorting out the harvest of Jiming Island. There was not much money, but there were a lot of documents and materials. Sending them to the capital was definitely a great achievement.

It's just that they all forgot that there was another Li Binyan on the island.

It was not until the evening that he realized that Li Binyan was still leaving the island. Tang Xing hurriedly rowed a boat and brought Li Yushi to Jiming Island.

As soon as Li Binyan landed on Jiming Island, he walked forward with a dark face without saying a word.

Tang Xing was chasing after him, he hurriedly said: "Li Yushi, listen to me, isn't this very rewarding?"

"And there are more than 300 people on the island. We need to know whether these people were sent to the island to farm voluntarily, or whether they were held hostage by the Confucian government. We have to ask questions about these things."

"When I got busy, I forgot Li Yushi on the island."

"Everyone is running the emperor's errand, so we should be considerate of each other, right?"

Li Binyan turned his head angrily, and said loudly: "I must impeach you, I must impeach you!"

Tang Xing moved his body, raised his chin and said, "Then you can impeach me. I am Tang Guiren's father, but I am a relative. You can impeach me as you like."

Li Binyan's expression was complicated, the two of them had been handling the case together, he almost forgot that Tang Xing was the father of Tang Guiren in Tai'an Palace.

Li Binyan flicked his sleeves and said angrily, "Shameless! Shameless!"

Tang Xing changed his style of painting and said: "Okay, Li Yushi, don't be angry, I invite you to eat seafood today! It's all high-quality goods that the capital can't get!"

"Abalone the size of a palm! Sea prawns with long arms! Octopus half-human long! And a pack of fur seals! Freshly caught sea hares! And sea oysters! They are extremely delicious!"

Li Binyan frowned and said, "Where did you come from?"

Tang Xing said with a smile: "The people of Jiming Island, they sent it specially to see that we eliminated the domineering pirates."

"Have you paid?" Li Binyan has been hungry for a day, and his stomach has already started to growl. If he didn't know that the more he drank the sea water, the thirstier he would be, and he couldn't drink it raw, he would have filled his stomach long ago.

Tang Xing also said in a low voice: "Of course I paid. If I don't pay, do I dare to accept it? If you don't believe me, you can ask, we are also relatives of Daming's emperor, how can we fall into this position?"

"But don't tell the brothers, just say it's a gift."

Li Binyan stood with his hands behind his back, nodded and said, "Let's eat seafood today, but no alcohol."

Tang Xing said mysteriously: "I also prepared some good stuff for His Majesty, Sea Dog Gallbladder, hehe, would you like some from Li Yushi?"

Li Binyan's eyes widened and he said, "Come on, Meichen! How can you give your majesty sea dog guts!"

"You scholars are really hypocritical." Tang Xing shook his head in amazement, imitating Li Binyan, and walked forward with his hands behind his back.

Li Binyan ate seafood as he wished; the pirates on the heads of three hundred people were punished; Tang Xing cheerfully packed the seafood for His Majesty; Tao Jin carefully observed the surrounding sea area. The conditions here are unique, and a lighthouse can be built for him. Passing ships lead the way.

Qi Xin was standing in the sea breeze, imagining the appearance of Zheng He sailing to the West in high spirits.

Jiming Island is full of joyful air.

The setting sun stretched everyone's figures for a long, long time.

The official station used the fastest speed to send the harvest of the entire Jiming Island back to the capital.

Zhu Qiyu received the seafood from Tang Xing, sorted them into different categories and kept them chilled. Tang Xing regretted that the seafood at this time was not delicious, but the days ahead were long and Tang Xing would stay in Jiaozhou Bay for a long time.

Zhu Qiyu asked Xing'an to take the seafood back to Tai'an Palace, and picked up Li Binyan to send the memorial.

Lu Zhong led his men to search for new evidence of the Son of Heaven No. [-] major case.

"I knew that they would take my people to sea, and use Japanese pirates to enslave my Ming people!" Zhu Qiyu slammed the table and stood up, almost throwing away Li Binyan's memorial.

Most of the more than 300 people on Jiming Island are domestic servants who have taken refuge in the Confucian Mansion.

Naturally, there is a pier on the island, and the common people can also go fishing, but the Japanese pirates are very strict, only activities in the nearby waters, but if the Japanese pirates see the civilians fleeing from the watchtower on the island, they will be rushed on board by the Japanese pirates and killed.

Zhu Qiyu already had a very low view of the lower limit of this group of people, and in the end they really pulled the people of Daming out of the sea and used them as donkeys.

When facing this fact, Zhu Qiyu was naturally furious!

Xing'an brewed a pot of tea, poured a cup for His Majesty, and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, everyone has been sent to the imperial hospital. Why are you angry with the dead? It's not worth it."

Zhu Qiyu let out a foul breath, what Xing'an said was reasonable.

But still very angry.

"There are still people from Daming helping the Confucian mansion like livestock herdsmen, those are the people of my Daming!"

"A bunch of beasts!"

Zhu Qiyu patted the table. Although Kong Yanjin had been sent to the imperial hospital, he still felt that these things were really nothing!

A very detailed nautical chart was found on Jiming Island. The Confucian Mansion did a lot of business, from North Korea to the Wa Kingdom, and from Wa Kingdom to Ryukyu.

The Confucian Mansion's silver market is in Ishijian, but to Zhu Qiyu's surprise, not only the Confucian Mansion has a silver market in Ishijian, but also other people have business in Ishijian Silver Market.

Zhu Qiyu pinched his fingers and calculated. Since 1500, the Iwami Silver Mine has been the largest silver field in the world. With the technology of Japan, they have this ability?
The most advanced silver smelting method, in Ming Dynasty, was called soot-blowing method. Zhu Qiyu had inquired about it before minting silver coins, and this batch of Japanese silver from the Confucian Mansion who came by boat from overseas was also soot-blowing method.

Zhu Qiyu pointed to Li Binyan's memorabilia and said: "When I finish building the Ming Navy, this silver mine will be the first target! I must crush these people to ashes."

"Your Majesty, Commander Tang led Jin Yiwei to kill so many Japanese pirates. He should be rewarded for his meritorious service. The Japanese pirates of Ming Dynasty and the Western captives are the same price, and there is also silver reward." Xing'an reminded His Majesty, he hesitated for a moment and said: "Li Yu Should Shi also be rewarded with a piece?"

"After all, the plan for landing on the island was drawn up by Li Yushi, a frail scholar who even landed on the island to survey the sea in person. It stands to reason that he should be given a first prize."

"After all, Li Yushi was born and died."

Tao Jin asked for credit for Li Binyan, and he asked for the top card.

Zhu Qiyu nodded and said, "Yes, reward."

Xing'an continued: "Your Majesty, it's time to participate in the battle meeting to attack Jining. The generals have been waiting for a while."

　Today is still the fourth watch, please... tickets!Any ticket will do.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)