Lu Ming

Chapter 234

After Du Dewei came to this big red brick house on the shore, he knew that this place was the key point such as "White Tiger Hall" and "Chinese Army Tent", so he couldn't help but feel a little uneasy.

The entire lobby was divided into two parts.Half of them have long tables and maps on the wall, obviously used for military meetings.And the other half is what Du Dewei saw before his eyes: the traditional pattern of receiving guests in the Ming Dynasty, except for the guards with shaved hair and muskets, everything else is normal.

After a quick glance, someone lowered his head and followed behind Xue Haiyuan, and went up to meet the military officer on the chief seat—now he already knew that this was the new boss who would rule his future destiny.

So Du Dewei knelt down without hesitation and began to kowtow: the way of the gangster brothers in the pirate's den will not work in the officialdom.

The military officer is a fifth-rank officer, because he is wearing a blue official robe, and the patch on his chest is Xiong Wei: it is the Shanzhai Cao Chuan Zhang Dongdong.

"Grassman Du Dewei kowtows to the General."

"No need to be polite, please rise."

After thanking him for the seat, Zhang Dongdong introduced Sha Zhengming, President Qian who was sitting beside him, to someone.

At this point, there is no point in hiding.So in the next conversation, Du Dewei heard such a story: It was confirmed not long ago that after Zheng Zhilong's death, the spare tires/big gangsters who had been secretly dealing with Lao Xiong finally became regulars this time and reached a secret with Lao Xiong agreed, accepted the recruitment, and took over the Mawei water village built by Lao Xiong to suppress bandits by the way.
If Du Dewei was familiar with the situation in the officialdom, he would have discovered the loophole in this rhetoric: the time was not right.You must know that it has only been a few days since Zheng Zhilong confirmed the news of the accident. With the government's style, it is absolutely impossible to complete the entire process of follow-up recruitment in such a short period of time.

Besides, what the hell is secret solicitation?Shouldn't Ming Fa Mansion report to know the world?Could it be that this military camp in the suburbs of Fuzhou is a black household?

However, Du Dewei was not clear about all this.He was just a 17th-century pirate chief who aspired to be a civil servant, not a reporter who wanted to investigate the government's shady affairs.

In other words, it doesn't matter even if he knows all the inside stories: Zheng Zhilong used to chase and kill his old boss Xu Xinsu everywhere, but now he is dead and all lights are out, which is a good thing.

The only thing Lao Du has to do now is to show his loyalty in front of the new boss, and discuss the future arrangements of his subordinates, instead of pursuing the mystery of Zheng Zhilong's death.

Seeing that the two recommended parties were on the right track, Xue Haiyuan got up and left: there is still one waiting at the firm, and he is very busy today.

Just before Xue Haiyuan went out today, a pirate leader with a square head, big ears, and a simple and honest face also touched the door.Xue Haiyuan, who received the notification from the clerk, hurriedly gave the signal and arranged the guest in the guest room temporarily, and now he has to go back to receive the guest as soon as possible.Oh, by the way, the secret name the visitor received from Xu Xinsu was "Andy Lau".

After Xue Haiyuan left, Du Dewei began to confess his family background in front of the two court officials.

With a big bald head and a huge stature, Sha Zhengming, who actually presides over the daily work of the water village and is also in charge of recruitment matters, nodded after listening to Du Dewei's report: what this person said is the same as the one sent by Yuegang. The content of the telegram is basically consistent.

Next, Sha Zhengming once again put his ugly words in front: This pirate team must be reorganized. If you, Du, still have the idea of ​​"running a private trilogy and watching the situation", then please leave now, we I won't make it difficult for you either.Once these people enter the water village, the military law will be ruthless. Shopkeeper Du, you can talk back after you think about it.

What else could Du Dewei say?It's been inserted so deep, if you don't tremble anymore, isn't it impotent?As a result, the two parties finally reached a private black agreement: after Du Dewei, Zhang Dongdong, who was in charge of dealing with the government, would come forward and give him an errand of "foreign commissioner and general manager".

After that, Du Dewei himself will be in charge of commanding some of the reorganized pirates. If he has military achievements in the future, he will be promoted soon.

Now that the agreement was reached, Du, who had already made up his mind, didn't stay any longer: he needed to rush back to do ideological work for his subordinates and distribute property, which would take him two or three days.

As for the water village, there are also a lot of preparations to be done.After all, no matter what, the Du Family Gang is a gang of thieves who claim to have 20 boats, and the total number will definitely exceed 1000, so they cannot be taken lightly.

And in the early morning of the second day after Du Dewei left the water village, the second recruitment matter that had been brewing for a long time finally came to light: in the early morning, a notice was posted at the four gates of Fuzhou at the same time.

This notice was written by the master of the governor's yamen, and the content on it is divided into two parts.

The first paragraph is recalling the past: Xiong Da Fujun introduced his sincerity when he recruited Zheng Zhilong before.

The second part is the status quo: Lao Xiong was very disappointed that Zheng Zhilong did not return after the deadline, and then invited the pirates and bandits from three mountains and five mountains again, promising that as long as everyone came to join his old man, he would "don't ask about the past", And he is willing to award officials to come.

For those ordinary people who are desperate for survival, this notice is nothing more than an extra piece of talk about "killing and arson and being recruited for safety".However, laymen watch the excitement, and experts watch the doorway; the notice is a blockbuster for those who are interested. For example, the various spies in Fuzhou city.

As a result, in Fuzhou City that day, many Clippers went to various places.

The appearance of this notice can be said to have officially removed the "ignorant" government side from the Zheng Zhilong incident.In addition, the notice also made a final conclusion on the Zheng Zhilong incident from the side: Whether you are dead or not, I don't need you anymore, let's start from the beat of gongs and drums.

The next thing is simple: it only takes a while, and the "big officials and righteous men" who were "shocked" by Xiong Da's open recruitment can officially come to Fuzhou official wharf, go to the governor's yamen to take refuge in the old man under the eyes of everyone. Xiong, I have received the official seal of the coastal defense guerrilla.

The words are divided into two ends.Let's say that after Du Dewei bid farewell to Zhang Dongdong and others, and returned to his own fleet on Dongluo Island by boat, he began to arrange the surrender.

He first summoned a group of his confidants to a boat to unify their thinking, and after that, the confidants went to do other people's work overnight.After the above foreshadowing was done, early the next morning, a recruiting meeting was held on board the ship with the participation of all the big and small bosses.

The purpose of the meeting is to unify thoughts and go to the light.Of course, if someone really doesn't want to eat official food, they can also share some of their belongings and leave.

There are too many situations where pirates get together and leave on weekdays, so there are almost no cases where they throw a cup and signal to kill people if they disagree with each other.We are all big and small shareholders of the fleet. If someone wants to withdraw their shares, just give some money and leave. Maybe in two days, everyone will get together to do business again.

So Du Dewei's goal today is: retaining most of the people is victory.

Things are going pretty well.In an atmosphere where a group of direct subordinates expressed their determination impassionedly and talked about the future, most of the little people who drifted with the crowd did not raise any objections, not to mention these people already knew the purpose of Du Dewei's coming to Fuzhou.

The only two veteran Jianghu who were unwilling to accept the recruitment also explained their intentions to the head in private afterwards.

This situation is very easy to operate: Du Dewei immediately took out some of the belongings stored on the ship and sent them away, and everyone got together and dispersed - these two people will bring their money and followers, and drive their own ship tomorrow morning , parted ways with the main force.

Early the next morning, an hour after dispatching the letter ship, the Du family's fleet of 18 ships officially set sail from Dongluo Island and headed for Fuzhou.And the crossing people who had already been prepared sent a lucky boat equipped with propellers to meet the target after the target entered the mouth of the Minjiang River.

When the pirates saw the strange ship that was able to move around the fleet freely after the sails were lowered, there was a sudden commotion.Of course, because the heavy machine guns on board were not used, the pirates still didn't know how powerful they were, so when 18 ships of various colors entered the Mawei Water Village, the pirates made a fuss.

In the perception of most pirates, there should be no difference between recruiting security and joining a gang except for wearing a kangaroo and taking silver. So when everyone saw a large number of hairy soldiers with strange guns on the shore, they were a little nervous at first.

Next is fried hair.There is no plot where the whole gang stands at the bow of the boat and worships the new boss, and then the boss rewards the new boss with wine, meat, and silver: a large number of soldiers have already lined up a human wall on the pier, and a loud voice is coming from nowhere. Sternly ordered everyone to line up to disembark.

So fried hair is a must.

A few short-tempered little bosses drew their knives on the spot, and shouted to order the boats to turn around: I will not serve you anymore.

However, before the words fell, the instigators standing at the bow were shot into a hornet's nest by the soldiers on the shore, and several people around them were also killed.

Now it's all honest.

So the "surrender" ceremony officially started: the pirates first walked through the bayonet wall, and the weapons on their bodies were ordered to remain aside.The next step is identity registration: a row of book offices sitting behind a long table are already waiting there.

After sending out a few more heads, the rebellious pirates quickly learned to line up under the education of bayonets and gun stocks.As the ships approached the pier one after another, the guests formed a long line soon after.

After the simple registration, it is a necessary bathing item for time travel.

After taking a shower, receiving a new livery, and registering their personal belongings, the "recruits" were herded into dormitories with brand new straw mats.

The next step is screening.

A total of 1100 pirate recruits will be screened and filtered layer by layer in the next few days.In the end, only half of the total number of people can stay in the ponytail barracks: middle-aged and elderly pirates and outstanding soldier seedlings will be picked out and sent to the generals.

The rest of them will learn the rules and skills in the barracks while waiting for newcomers—more pirates will come here in the future, and there will also be sailors sent by the senior officials to mix with them.

(End of this chapter)