I'm really not doing business

Chapter 505 What we have to do is kill all the pirates

The place that would later be called Gansu is now called Gansu Town and is under the Shaanxi Xingdu Division. Just like the Liaodong Du Division is under the Shandong Province, any memorial must go around Shaanxi. If the Hetao was not recovered before the Ming Dynasty, it would not be considered a circumference. Road, but now that the Ming Dynasty has the Loop, it has become a detour, which is the same as the previous detour to Shandong.

(Shaanxi Xingdu Division—Gansu Town)

Governor Shi Maohua of Shaanxi means to upgrade Gansu Town to the Chief Secretary of a first-level administrative region, and then move the Shaanxi Xingdu Division to the Seventh Guards of Guanxi and establish a military garrison for actual control, and as the national strength and Chidao increase, Construction gradually brought the Western Region into its hands.

Without the Western Region, there would be no Hetao. Without the Hetao, the defense lines of Datong and Yanshan in Shanxi are the front lines. To collect the Western Region and defend the Hetao is to defend the hinterland of the capital.

Zhu Yijun reviewed the memorial of Shi Maohua, the governor of Shaanxi Province, and asked the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Civil Affairs for their opinions, allowing the courtiers to discuss extensively whether to reopen the Western Regions. This did not mean to fight immediately or to open up immediately, but to proceed step by step.

The military, political and economic centers of the Han and Tang Dynasties were all in Chang'an, Guanzhong. Even if they set out from Chang'an to conquer the Western Regions, thirty shi of grain would be transported to the border, and only one shi would be left. Before Chidao was built to Jiayuguan, the Ming Dynasty The expansion of the Western Region ends at the Seven Guards of Kansai. This is a clear proposal given by Shi Maohua, because exceeding the Seven Guards of Kansai means fighting across the desert.

Fighting across the desert, you can only win but not lose. If you lose, the entire army will be annihilated. Moreover, the consumption of food and grass supplies is really shocking.

Shi Maohua's entire memorial continues his cautious and trouble-free style, telling his plans in detail and not trying to overburden the court by being too hasty.

Shi Maohua's memorial aroused fierce reactions from officials in the Ming Dynasty. These reactions were not objections, but approval.

If you want to make progress and are willing to go to other places, you deserve Zhu Yijun's kind eyes and ears.

Zhu Yijun's mood throughout July was as bright as the scorching sun in the sky. It cost a huge amount to reopen the Western Regions. The last mines opened may not be profitable, but at least the courtiers did not cause trouble to the emperor, regardless of whether there was anyone in the Western Regions. , whether there are mines, and in order to defend Suiyuan in Hetao, we must also take back the Western Regions. This is one of the few times in the Ming Dynasty that a rare consensus was reached.

"When a problem arises, the solution is, if Ming Dynasty is so big, how can something not happen?" Feng Bao has always believed that Ming Dynasty is not afraid of problems, but what it is afraid of is that it does not dare to face them.

Below is a promise, asking Chen Lin to go ahead and poke a big hole in the sky, and the Ming Emperor will carry it! He will also fulfill his promise to protect the safety of Chen Lin who pacified the pirates. Zhu Wan, Li Tianchong, and Zhang Jing all sought honor and humiliation. They planned and fought hard to pacify the southeast. After winning a great victory, they did not end well, committed suicide, and were beheaded. .

All talents were used to win the battle.

"Your Majesty, anger is very harmful to your body. After so many years, the four-dimensional piece has become a specimen of more than 10,000 pieces. Why should your Majesty be angry with the villain? No matter what the villain has done, he can still stop the Ming Dynasty from rising again. The pace has been established and we are moving forward. I am afraid that your majesty will become angry." Feng Bao put the secret box into the box and added a layer of ceremonial fire paint to seal it, to persuade his majesty to be angry and hurt him.

The frost is full of painstaking efforts, and it is sprinkled on Qianfengqiuyedan. It is a poem by Qi Jiguang. It was written when he was in charge of the army in Jizhou. At that time, Qi Jiguang was obviously a little confused, and his life's hard work was like sprinkled on thousands of mountains and ridges. The thick frost dyed the autumn leaves all over the mountain red, finally cleansing away the pirates and bringing peace to the waves. When writing poems, I felt confused and could only resist the enemy and could not attack.

In Ningde County, Funing Prefecture, Fujian, a private market was discovered. It was discovered that the coastal defense inspection of the private market reported Chen Lin, the chief libo of the Ming Dynasty Navy. Chen Lin's secret box went straight to the imperial court, ruining all Zhu Yijun's good mood. net.

Sea pirates are a type of bandit, the damn kind.

Ningde's outlet to the sea is only four miles wide, and you can see it at a glance without the help of a telescope. Such a dense number of ships coming in and out aroused the suspicion of the coastal defense inspections. Then the coastal defense inspections carried out three days of investigation with dry food and finally determined this place. It's just a private market.

At the end of July, this good mood was broken by a secret message from Navy Commander Chen Lin.

"Your Majesty..." Feng Bao spoke in a very low voice. He could see that His Majesty was extremely angry now.

Before preparing to attack, the imperial court's decision was reported, or His Majesty directly issued an edict to the Songjiang Town Navy. The secrets never had the function of an imperial edict, but were a channel for communication and understanding of the imperial will.

The secret box set off from the Kowloon Station and passed through Tongzhou to Tianjinwei. Three hydrofoil sailing boats set sail overnight, stopping at one stop along the way, directly to Songjiang Prefecture Xingang. After stopping, the coastal defense inspection took a good fire seal and sent it to Shan , went to the mountain and placed a fire seal, and delivered it to Chen Lin.

I asked Qi Jiguang whether he writes poetry now? Qi Jiguang could only write: You have a riding whip, I have a three-horse camp, and everyone has a horse. I can beat you and run away with your head in your hands.

There are two fire paint seals on the secret box, and every time you pass a Shuimayi or coastal defense inspection, there will be an additional fire paint seal and seal. It is clear at a glance where there is a problem.

The reason why they had not been discovered before was because all the ships were hidden on the islands outside the sea mouth during the day and would only enter and exit when night fell. At night, the sea was pitch black and it was difficult to detect them.

There are no coastal defense inspections here in Ningde County, so they were not discovered early. There were more than a thousand coastal defense inspections in the Ming Dynasty, which seems like a lot, but including Nagasaki, Ryukyu, Luzon, and the Old Port Governor's Palace, such a huge sea area, this patrol There are really too few prosecutors.

This time, the officials recruited to serve in Gansu did not encounter the previous difficulties that the scholar-officials did not want to go. The registration was quickly filled up, and the recruitment was completed in just three days. Moreover, the Ming Dynasty conducted a screening and The by-election was also filled up quickly.

"It's okay. Before I get mad at you, I will kill them all. No one will be left alive."

Because Gansu is the Hexi Corridor and the Silk Road, even now the camel bells are no longer as dense as those in the Han and Tang Dynasties, but there are still caravans constantly appearing in Jiayuguan, which is barely a good job, and the Ming Dynasty is going to reopen the Western Regions. This It's an opportunity to leave a mark in history. A lot of credit is waiting for you. Those who want to make progress should naturally give it a try.

The private market is extremely harmful. This is part of the Ming Dynasty's bonded war. Similarly, the ships in the private market are all pirate ships.

The Ming Dynasty's Taxation Hall drew six out of 100, and was supervised by the military, government, and eunuchs. With such a low tariff and the occurrence of smuggling, Zhu Yijun was indeed very angry, but he was also extremely calm. After careful investigation, he was sure to hit with one blow. Killing will never be tolerated or treated lightly. No matter who is found, he will be investigated to the end. Even Wang Chonggu will be killed.

The Ming Dynasty could not give up the mines in Suiyuan. Silver, brass, and coal were too important to the Ming Dynasty. If the Loop was lost and Datong became the front line, it would not be able to mine coal well. Do the officials in the capital have to endure coal all their lives? The torture of smoking!

"What's wrong?" Zhu Yijun handed the secret box to Feng Bao and asked him to send it to Songjiang Town. The secret box contained fire paint, and the fire paint had Zhu Yijun's seal on it. He was not afraid of someone opening it and exchanging it.

Zhu Yijun sighed, nodded and said: "You are right. When Ling Butang was in Beijing, he also told me that he actually didn't want to kill anyone, but sometimes he couldn't help it when he saw those things. The Wang family of the governor of Guangdong Ping, complained to me some time ago, saying that if you find a cockroach in Lingnan, there will be a whole nest of cockroaches.”

The pier is not closed at night, and the coastal defense patrol Langli Baitiao can report to the mountains around the general soldier to ensure that there will be no omissions, exchanges, or errors in the information.

After all, the old witch Cixi knew that she had to hold the Western Region in her hand to be able to sleep.

The main reason is that this group of officials took the initiative to go to the border areas. Gansu is not a good place. The Silk Road has only a little oil and water left, which is not the main motivation. Making achievements is the purpose of the officials.

Langli Baitiao, the coastal defense patrol patrolman, did not alert the enemy. After discovering this place, he left immediately and reported it directly to Chen Lin.

Yes, now Qi Jiguang has no poetic talent at all. At the emperor's request, Qi Jiguang wrote some limericks to fool the emperor.

With the Hetao as its core and the Western Region as its wings, Shi Maohua's strategy was recognized by most of the courtiers, but now the court has no money. Most opinions are to upgrade Shaanxi Xingdusi to a first-level Chief Secretary administrative district, but the military garrison is temporarily Don't move outside, wait until the court has a financial surplus before making plans.

The Ming Dynasty was so big and its productivity was so strong. If Songjiang Prefecture's annual cotton production was shipped to the West, it could wipe out all the handicraft workshops in the West. This is the confidence of the Ming Dynasty! This is the Kingdom of Heaven.

Zhu Yijun even suspected that the approval of the Kedao officials was just to stop the kilns all over Mentougou in Xishan and to keep the billowing smoke away from him.

After Zhu Yijun synthesized the opinions of the courtiers, he sent it to Shi Maohua. He quickly received a reply from Shi Maohua. The answer was yes, and Shi Maohua said that he would complete the census in Shaanxi and Gansu before the end of next year and complete it. The abolition of lowly slave status.

The discussion triggered by Shi Maohua's memorial lasted for more than half a month before it slowly came to an end. Zhu Yijun specially summoned all the officials who were going to Gansu and warned them to be careful. He also reminded them to pay attention to dust prevention and to take their personal companions with them. Guards, don't travel alone, don't drink raw water to prevent illness, etc., it can be said that you have done everything in the style of a benevolent king.

The scale of the private market in Ningde County is no less than the scale of the original private market in Shuangyu, Zhejiang. There are ships coming and going, including Hongmao Fan, Dashiren, Japanese, as well as a large number of two-masted ships from the Ming Dynasty, and Ming Dynasty's desperadoes.

Zhu Yijun thought about it again and again before writing on the secret book: "The frost is all my heart's blood, and it is sprinkled on the Qianfeng Qiuye Dan. I have been fighting against the Japanese for thirty spring and autumn years, and finally the waves have calmed down. Today the waves are rising again, and the evil must be eradicated." ! I promise to the emperor that the affairs of Zhu Wan and Li Tianchong, governor of Zhejiang, and Zhang Jing, the great minister, will never be repeated. This book can be circulated and can also be used as documentary evidence. ]
After Zhu Yijun finished writing the content and signed the name Zhu Zhongxing, he took the treasure of Wanli and covered it with the secret, then completely sealed it and put it in the secret box and sealed it.

Feng Bao was stunned, and then smiled. His Majesty's words always contained a hint of cold humor.

In the entire private market, more than a thousand ships entered and exited in three days, which shows its huge scale.

At this time, the benefits of density appeared. Not many people knew the news that Ningde Private Market had been discovered, at least not in the capital or the local area. Now, after Chen Lin requested a close investigation, he secretly made plans to patrol the Japanese country with arms. For this reason, he took them by surprise, attacked them unprepared, and captured them all in one fell swoop.

His Majesty finally said that it can be used as documentary evidence, that is, Chen Lin can really take this letter and make it public, and question the emperor face to face: You promised it!
In fact, even without this promise, Chen Lin would have to do it. Countless pirate nests would definitely be born around the private market, and these robber nests were the root cause of the Japanese invasion in the southeast. Only by finding the nests and annihilating them completely could the Japanese pirates be pacified. As the Ming Dynasty As the commander-in-chief of the navy, Chen Lin's duty is to stabilize the sea frontier. This is the flag handed to Chen Lin by Yu Dayou, who has fought against the Japanese all his life.

Chen Lin believed in the emperor's promise because His Majesty never broke his promise even once! Even if it is just a short talk.

Your Majesty's credibility is the pillar that holds up the Ming Dynasty, where the sun and moon hang upside down.

Chen Lin lit the secret and threw it into the brazier. After quietly watching the burning, he poured some water and stirred it up. The development of the matter would exceed everyone's expectations, even if there was a one in a billion possibility. , Chen Lin can fall, but His Majesty absolutely cannot, and His Majesty’s credibility cannot be damaged.

It is possible.

If the investigation involves Zhang Juzheng, the Imperial Master Yuan Fu, your Majesty will have to make a decision. The overthrow of Zhang means that the New Deal needs to be overthrown and restarted. If he kills Chen Lin, everything will be fine; or if it involves Empress Dowager Li The family of Li Wei, the father of Wu Qing Bo, is closely related to the Queen Mother, so His Majesty can only be in trouble.

Although the chance is very small, His Majesty's sealed seal cannot be kept.

"Everyone else has become a Marquis, but I am still an earl. What a shame! This time, I will definitely become the Marquis of Shuri!" Chen Lin looked a little excited. He looked at the mountain and said happily: "Bei Ship, I want to find out for myself."

Liao Shan looked at Chen Lin and said calmly: "Do you think it's appropriate?"

"Appropriate!" Chen Lin clenched her fists and said, "Why can't the commander-in-chief go find out about the thief himself?"

"You also know that you are the commander-in-chief, not the former general." Liaoshan said with a smile: "You are the commander-in-chief of the navy, you can't go."

Chen Lin is the highest value target in the Navy. If Chen Lin is lost in the private market in Ningde County, it will be a big deal, so Chen Lin cannot go.

"Let me go there and put Yao Guangqi to use by the way." Liao Shan said with a smile.

Yao Guangqi was the kelp king. Under the orders of Wang Yi'e, the governor of Shandong, he escorted a batch of cotton cloth, coal, and kelp to Songjiang Prefecture in exchange for Songjiang cloth.

The reason why Luoshan wants Yao Guangqi is because Yao Guangqi is more like a pirate. The scar on his face is due to his long-term life at sea, and he is tanned. He is no longer the gentle and gentle young man he used to be. Moreover, Yao Guangqi is a businessman, good at talking and gathering information. very suitable.

"Being unable to catch him, he took the boat and fled for his life." Chen Lin seemed a little depressed. After becoming the commander-in-chief, he could no longer venture into dangerous places. At the beginning, he went to Shuri Prefecture in a single boat to explore the situation, and he went through life and death in the waves. Yao Guangqi was brought to the mountain with a confused look on his face, and then the two-masted boat was loaded with goods and headed towards Ningde under the cover of night. It was not until dawn the next day that Yao Guangqi knew the purpose of this time.

He was accustomed to life at sea. He tied himself to the boat and slept soundly when he was woken up, full of resentment.

"I am a weak scholar! You want me to follow you to explore the den of thieves? Are you sick, or am I sick! Send me back!" Yao Guangqi is going crazy. Are all Baitiao in the waves crazy?

Of course, he is not a scholar, but he has also practiced martial arts. Although he is not good at writing, he is good at martial arts.

"Also, apart from the scar on my face and the tan, I look nothing like a pirate! You are slandering! Slander!" Yao Guangqi shouted hysterically!
"Doesn't he look like a pirate?" Liao Shan asked a coastal defense inspector.

The coastal defense inspector frowned, looked at Yao Guangqi, and said with great conviction: "Like! Who are you in? Are you being recruited?"

Yao Guangqi was desperate and leaned against the mast, the sea breeze blowing with the salty smell on his loveless face.

Bah.

A ray of light rose from the sky, piercing the darkness before dawn. Seabirds sang happily and flew past, leaving bird droppings on Yao Guangqi's face.

"Ah!!" Yao Guangqi pointed at the flying seabirds and angrily clicked them several times before wiping the bird shit off his face, still angry.

Yao Guangqi looked at the lean Luoshan and asked curiously: "What is your name?"

"It's just an unknown person." Liaoshan shook his head. He rarely used his own name. He usually just called him his own name. This is also the habit of most Liaoshan. The name is actually not important.

Nobody? The long river is the throat and the green mountains are the witness. How can it be said that it is silent? Rivers and mountains are named.

Yao Guangqi said rather dissatisfied: "You can't die. I'll take your urn back without even engraving your name."

Luo Shan was angry for a moment, then thought for a moment and said, "Chen Tiande, originally named Chen Wuer, later changed his name to Chen Tiande. He is originally from Mizhou, Shandong."

"Where should I take your ashes back?" Yao Guangqi's mouth was still like a poisonous snake. Anyone would complain about doing such a fatal errand for no reason.

Chen Tiande thought for a while, looked at the sea, and said flatly: "I really haven't thought about it, just sprinkle it on the sea."

"Don't you have any family?" Yao Guangqi asked casually, he was just chatting.

Chen Tiande shook his head and nodded again and said, "No more. My parents, wife, and fellow villagers were all killed by Japanese pirates."

Yao Guangqi's heart was pulled hard, his eyes widened suddenly, and he almost wanted to slap himself. This was really a random question that shouldn't be asked! These days, among the people along the coast, whose family doesn’t have a blood feud with the Japanese pirates?
I am really talkative!
"Then you didn't marry again?" Yao Guangqi was a little surprised. The salary in Luoshan was not low, so it was still possible to find a wife.

Chen Tiande still looked calm and said: "That was the 42nd year of Jiajing? I can't remember clearly. I had just turned sixteen that year and my child was one year old. The Japanese pirates killed him in front of me. My son raped my wife to death and then castrated me for fun.”

"I was lucky enough to survive, so I didn't marry again. What else do you want to know?"

"Oh, by the way, I also have an adopted son. When I was fleeing, a woman and child who was about to starve to death gave the child to me. I took the child and ran away, and I met Japanese pirates again. I killed the two Japanese pirates with all my strength. , but failed to protect the child. When the Guangdong Commander-in-Chief Zhang Yuanxun recruited guest soldiers, I participated, and I have been following the current Navy Commander-in-Chief Chen Lin. "

Yao Guangqi was stunned for a long time. He was completely speechless. As a powerful and powerful person, he never thought that this person would be so miserable.

"No, I don't want to know too much! Enough, enough." Yao Guangqi waved his hands repeatedly. He really didn't mean to expose people's scars!
Chen Tiande looked at Furong Island, which was getting closer and closer, and said with relief: "Do you think I'm pitiful? In fact, there are many foreign soldiers in the Navy who are burdened with blood feuds of one kind or another. The southeastern coast of the Ming Dynasty stretches thousands of miles, and every house has a feud with them. Japanese pirates have such a blood feud.”

"I have killed seventeen Japanese pirates in my life and eaten their hearts alive. That is enough."

Chen Tiande didn't lie. He really killed seventeen Japanese pirates and ate their hearts alive. If he hadn't been filled with resentment, Chen Tiande doesn't know if he would have survived to this day. For him, one of the meanings of living is , which is to kill every Japanese pirate you see until the moment of death and your soul returns to the sea.

"Sorry, sorry, I didn't mean it." Yao Guangqi clasped his hands together and apologized very sincerely.

Chen Tiande showed a gentle smile and said: "You are not a Japanese pirate, so you don't have to be afraid of me. From now on, I am your boss."

Furong Island is a small island no more than 30 miles away from Ningde. There is a den here with two two-masted ships ready to go to the private market for trading. Chen Tiande needs to obtain a ship guide from the private market. According to experience, the private market's The ship guide is as strict as the Ming Dynasty ship guide. Only by obtaining the ship guide can one enter the private market.

"What are we going to do? Do we need to buy a boat guide?" Deep in Yao Guangqi's heart, after worrying about gains and losses, a feeling of excitement arose from the bottom of his heart. Perhaps people are born with a yearning for adventure.

Chen Tiande narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at the morning light on the horizon, and asked in a low voice: "Can you use the knife?"

"I have also killed three pirates! As a martial arts practitioner since childhood, have you seen this scar? It was left when I killed the pirates!" Yao Guangqi said with great certainty.

Chen Tiande slowly drew out his saber and said with a smile: "What we have to do is to kill them all."

Killing them all is the only thing to do against Japanese pirates and pirates.

Yao Guangqi felt like he was crazy! His hands were shaking, not because he was afraid, but because he was so excited! It was as if the boring life was suddenly injected with a new vitality of excitement. He was about to witness and experience the first line of Pingwa with his own eyes. This sincere excitement made his eyes start to turn red.

The two-masted ship slowly docked on Furong Island. There is a round spring on the island, which provides fresh water. The island is surrounded by dense forests. The round spring water flows down the river. On the west side of the island, there is a small natural port called You can dock at Yuanquan Bay, and the boat heading to the private market stays in Yuanquan Bay.

The boats of Chen Tiande and Yao Guangqi were parked on the northeast side. This is a dangerous shoal and a sandy beach. It is easy to run aground and hit the reef. Apparently, the reef has been explored and the boat docked without any danger. There are forty-three people in total. During the coastal defense inspection, I jumped on the beach and headed towards Yuanquan Bay on the west side.

"How many are there?" Yao Guangqi asked in a low voice, holding the knife in his hand.

Chen Tiande led the coastal defense inspection team forward. As he moved forward quickly, he replied: "Eighty-seven people."

As he spoke, Chen Tiande chopped a snake to death. There were snakes on the island stealing bird eggs. Most of the snakes were non-venomous. When marching in the dense forest, there were countless mosquitoes. Yao Guangqi was destined to be rich and noble. He really had never eaten this. It was painful, but he still kept up with the pace of the team, but stopped talking.

Yao Guangqi was a little confused, because there were fewer and fewer people walking away, and they seemed to disperse in the dense forest. Soon, there were only three people left in the team of forty-three people. They walked out of the dense forest and walked to Yuanquan Bay. At this time, the sun rose. After a long time, the pirates who had just finished gambling in Yuanquan Bay yawned and got into the haphazardly built thatched hut.

Yao Guangqi understood that these people had to enter the private market at night, so now it was almost noon and they would go to sleep. Everything went according to plan in an orderly manner.

Chen Tiande lay down next to Yao Guangqi and said: "The boats in the private market are all pirates, and everyone has blood on their hands. You don't have to worry about killing innocent people indiscriminately, or hiding here, we will be fine for half an hour."

The latent operation began. This was the first time that Yao Guangqi saw the coastal defense patrol in action. A figure swayed between the shadows of the trees and approached the yawning sentry post. The cold light suddenly appeared, and the pirate on the sentry post collapsed on the ground. In a corner that Yao Guangqi didn't see, a secret sentry was killed at the same time. One light and one dark, they were alert to each other. They were already very cautious, but they encountered a well-trained coastal defense patrol.

Yao Guangqian covered his mouth with all his strength, because at some point on the two boats staying in Yuanquan Bay, four coastal defense patrols climbed aboard and quickly eliminated the sentry posts on the boats.

After the four sentry posts were settled, as the gestures continued to be waved, the number of coastal defense patrols increased and they approached the thatched cottages briskly from all directions.

Yao Guangqi picked up a branch and bit it in his mouth. He saw others doing the same.

The battle unfolded silently, and the smell of blood began to spread. Yao Guangqi lay motionless on the spot. He was afraid that if he moved randomly, he would cause trouble to the coastal defense patrol. He still knew his own strength.

Suddenly there was a scream, obviously when it was resolved, the other party resisted and immediately woke up the entire Yuanquan Bay.

Unfortunately, it was too late. There were only more than thirty enemies left, and the forty-three coastal defense patrols took out the harpoons on their backs. The harpoons had already been strung up and roaring before the war started. The crossbow arrows made a shrill sound that tore through the air. The arrow clusters reflected the sunlight and drew an extremely beautiful arc. They were nailed to the pirate's body. There were no missed arrows. After a salvo, there were only zero. The scattered four and a half people were still standing.

The half of the people were hit by an arrow in their leg sockets and were wailing while covering their wounds. After just a few breaths, another round of arrows took away the last four and a half people.

In groups of three, they began to check all possible hiding places, while Chen Tiande was holding a flintlock gun and scanning constantly.

No one was spared, and the coastal defense patrol neatly eliminated all the enemies within a quarter of an hour.

"These two ships have just bloodbathed a fishing village. In addition to the cargo, there are four women and two children in the cabin." Chen Tiande walked to Yao Guangqi and signaled that he could move.

Chen Tiande did not lie to Yao Guangqi. All the ships in the private market were pirate ships.

"Damn! Damn! Damn!" Yao Guangqi saw the women and children who were taken off the boat. Like many fishermen, they were dressed simply, with tops and trousers. When they were taken off the boat, their faces were full of fear and panic, and the children hid. In the woman's arms, the four women were all covered in bruises.

Chen Tiande pulled the two children out of the woman's arms and pulled them to the side of the pirate. This was the Japanese pirate who took the lead in two months. Chen Tiande seemed to be saying to Yao Guangqi, the children, or himself: "Don't do anything to me." Japanese pirates or pirates, if you have a little bit of sympathy or even yearning for them, die a good death, that’s the fate they deserve!”

"Tear out their hearts. They killed your relatives. This is what they deserve."

Chen Tiande forced the two children to dig out the hearts of the Japanese pirates. Regardless of whether the two children would become soldiers in the future, digging out the hearts was considered revenge.

Chen Tiande does not want these two children to live in hatred forever. This is another meaning of his life.

Killing and hope, such contradictory meanings, are the reasons that support Chen Tiande's survival.

Reporting to the emperor and rescuing the head of Guizhou are never empty words.

Never.

(End of this chapter)