I'm really not doing business

Chapter 506 is codenamed: Pingbo Jinghai

As a coastal defense inspector of the Ming Dynasty, Chen Tiande came to the mountains. It was actually difficult for him to understand that he was an absolute liberal and described the pirates as uninhibited, free and unruly, fighting against huge waves and crazy storms, and bravely fighting against the sky and the earth. , after experiencing violent storms and countless hardships, as well as understatement of plunder, he obtained overwhelming wealth.

Absolute liberals package it as adventure and then subsume the adventure under freedom.

This is completely ignoring the facts. The fact is that they are pirates and a group of robbers.

Are pirates like this? The pirates that Chen Tiande saw were lawless and lawless people who engaged in illegal business, robbed homes, bloodbathed villages, and robbed villages for free. This was Chen Tiande's only understanding of the pirates.

Is there any connection between Battle of Heaven and Earth and the pirates? Besides drawing swords on the weak, what else can these pirates do?
The cargo of the two ships has been completely accounted for.

On the first ship, there were twenty boxes of opium, which was the opium that the Ming Dynasty strictly prohibited from entering the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty had specially grown opium poppies, which were used to extract anesthetics and analgesia for surgical operations, and there were strict circulation channels and supervision. These twenty boxes of opium paste were the most valuable cargo on the two ships, as well as 1,200 bags of tobacco. This was tobacco from Luzon, and it was obviously a hot commodity.

On the second ship, in addition to tobacco, there were a large number of Japanese, a total of two hundred Japanese and thirteen Han people, crowded into the small cabin, and they had no idea where they were. Their hands and feet were tied behind their backs, and they were eating. There is no need to do it yourself, but a tube is inserted directly into the mouth to feed.

Chen Tiande did not untie the Japanese, nor did he prepare to take them back to get the bells to sell. He tied a stone and sank them into the sea. The remaining thirteen Han people were put together with the women and children.

He only had forty-three coastal defense patrols, and he had too few manpower, so he had no choice but to make this decision. In Chen Tiande's eyes, Japanese pirates have never been human.

The Ming Dynasty court only took 6%, but the private market here actually took 30%. Is there any royal law or heavenly justice?
The free trade promised, is this free? !
Yao Guangqi thought about it, took two fire guns, walked off the trestle, and walked in front of these villagers. These villagers from Lijia Village asked to get on the boat to draw points.

The kelp king Yao Guangqi, after a brief observation, determined that this place is very suitable for growing kelp. Of course, it is also extremely useful as a port.

"Yes! This is the rule!" A young man who looked a little tough took a step forward and shouted loudly.

The hydrofoil sailboat is very fast, and there are many waves on the sea, which is not smooth. Even because of the two wings, the hydrofoil sailboat can maintain its posture, but when a big wave comes, the hydrofoil sailboat will disappear without a trace. This thing , Yao Guangqi really doesn’t know how to use it. After riding it once, he swore he would never ride it again in his life!
I don’t know how the coastal defense patrols operate such sailboats on the sea day after day.

Taking advantage of the afterglow of the setting sun, Yao Guang used his telescope to keep looking around. He once again confirmed that the harbor conditions here are excellent because it has enough area to berth ships. It is a necessary condition for a natural harbor to not freeze or silt. There is also a bay on the seaside. A large piece of flat land serves as a storage yard. The junction between the sea and the land is a cliff, which obviously cannot be used as a port.

Use complicated information and endless nonsense to make people believe that things are like this, distort the facts, cover up the truth, and use a seemingly reasonable and logically consistent proposition to deceive people who live in the hinterland and even those who don’t. People who have seen the sea tell them that this is right.

"Pay attention to safety." Chen Tiande smiled gently and waved his hand to tell Langli Baitiao to be careful.

"Rules?" Yao Guangqi took two steps forward, his face almost touched the young man's face, and suddenly shouted: "Behave your mother!"

"This place is so wonderful! It can also be used to grow sea vegetables." Yao Guangqi said sincerely.

The sea area outside Ningde County fully meets all the requirements for a good port.

Ever since Yu Dayou was planning to build Songjiang Prefecture, the Ming Navy has been looking for a place like a nest. The mix of military and civilian ships can easily expose the movement of the Ming army, and it can also easily cause losses in trade. After all, the movement of the army will block the port. , if the port is closed for one day, the losses will be huge.

Humans domesticate livestock and use food to induce them, but completely liberal people domesticate people and use miscellaneous reports.

"It's not that I don't want to, but I can't help it. For the private market to operate, a large number of ships must dock for trade. However, the ships of pirates are constantly attacking each other. After you sing, I will go on stage. Today I will send a ship guide, and tomorrow the ship will It changed hands, the ship sank, and was destroyed by the Ming Dynasty navy, and the other ships couldn't be brought in because there were no ships, so the private market can only be allowed to do so, and it can't be done. "Chen Tiande. However, he knows a lot about private market management and has rich experience in anti-smuggling.

In the evening, the ship began to sail slowly out of the bay and passed the estuary, which was only four miles wide. The moment it passed, Yao Guangqi frowned and said: "This is a natural harbor, the best natural harbor in the entire Ming Dynasty." !”

A two-masted boat that was not a pirate slowly followed the boat flow and sailed into a private market called Zhangwan. It is a very closed harbor with an entrance less than one mile away. The village on the seaside is called Lijia Village. Ships can dock smoothly on the trestle. Less than half an hour into the night, seventeen two-masted boats began to dock slowly.

A pacifying operation affecting the sea areas controlled by the Ming Dynasty is already expected.

What surprised both Chen Tiande and Yao Guangqi was that Lijiacun had a lottery office, which means that every ship that docked would be divided into 30% of the tax.

The entrance to the sea is only four miles wide, but the water here is very deep, which means that ships of any size can sail smoothly. The peninsula sticking out of the mainland can isolate the waves from the peninsula, forming very stable waters. , allowing ships to shelter from the wind, dock, load and unload, and become a safe haven in the violent ocean.

Chen Tiande never rested. He was busy, disguising the coastal defense patrol as a pirate. The coastal defense patrol's strong and strong facial lines, the determination in his eyes, his straight spine and his steel-like spirituality made him look like a pirate. Yes, this makes it really difficult to disguise as a real pirate. Anyone with eyes can tell their identity at a glance, so they need to disguise themselves.

The more Chen Tiande looked at this sea area, the more he felt it was suitable to be used as a lair.

Chen Tiande was looking at a navigation note, which was left by the dead captain. The contents recorded the places where the pirate ship stopped. This was important information. This ship actually stayed in the waters actually controlled by the Ming Dynasty. There are more than a dozen private markets. Of course, the scale of these private markets is far smaller than that of the Ningde County private market.

Yao Guangqi finally figured it out, nodded and said, "Indeed, it's not for fun."

In Chen Tiande's view, only coastal defense patrols can be regarded as brave men fighting against the world, while pirates are just monsters hiding in the shadows. His position in Liaoshan has exposed him to more intelligence. In the process of changing the image of pirates, Chen Tiande will It is defined as domestication.

Yao Guangqi looked at the sailing hydrofoil sailboat and said sincerely: "This hydrofoil sailboat is really bumpy. I tried it twice and couldn't do it at all."

Make your hair look like a chicken coop, apply fish oil a few times to make it messier, and then rub mud on your face violently a few times. If you don't wash it so clean, you can change it into the clothes of the pirates, and you will be considered a three-pointer. Similarly, as long as they don't appear in groups, they won't look so dazzling. On the beach, the coastal defense inspectors are laughing and laughing at each other.

"It's suitable to be a military port." Chen Tiande thought for a long time and was convinced that as a military port, this is the best place. From here, it can radiate to the Penghu Inspection Department, the entire Jilong Island, Ryukyu, Japan, and the long coastline of the Ming Dynasty. The navy in Yuegang can consider moving here to become the key to the Ming Dynasty navy!
This was a complete surprise.

"Really?" Chen Tiande looked around and gradually discovered that the Feng Shui here seems to be different from other places, even several times better than Sangang, Songjiang Prefecture. Feng Shui is not the Feng Shui of a peaceful home, but the wind, waves and hydrology. .

There is no doubt that this place is really suitable! This place is suitable for a military port, not a civilian port, because in terms of transportation, compared with the big rivers of Yuegang, Songjiang, and Dianbai Port, it is a bit worse. Moreover, Fujian has been an indisputable place for military strategists since ancient times. It is really the mountains in Fujian. There are too many, so the conditions for land transportation and river transportation are a little worse, and sea transportation can only make up for part of it.

Yao Guangqi, with a scarred face, looked a bit fierce. He led the people off the boat, but the villagers took a step back. He was tall and had a arrogant look on his face. He was holding a blunderbuss in his hand. This was not a good look. Provoke the master.

"You want to get on the boat to draw points?" Yao Guangqi asked seemingly calmly.

"Hydrofoil sailboats are not for fun." Chen Tiande thought for a while and answered Yao Guangqi's question.

When the coastal defense patrol arrives at the private market, they are not allowed to speak. Once they speak, they will be exposed. Because the gap between their words and deeds is too big and that of the pirates, they can only be passive in gathering information. But Yao Guangqi is different. At a glance, this Just like a pirate.

The ship's guide does not correspond to the ship. It is not so much free trade as it is a compromise in the name of freedom. If it can be controlled, it must be controlled.

"This is completely different from the court's ship guide system. The court's system is to compare one ship with one guide. If you can't match it, you are falsely identifying it. However, this private market only recognizes ship guides. As long as there is a ship guide, you can enter? Isn't this for the Coast Guard Patrol? Is there any chance of getting in?" Yao Guangqi couldn't understand this method of ship navigation. The loopholes were too big.

Chen Tiande opposed these domestication. Pirates are a kind of bandits and do many evil things.

"Actually, I got used to it after using it, and I didn't feel so bumpy anymore. When I got to the shore, I felt dizzy." Chen Tiande and Yao Guangqi chatted about his coastal defense inspection life. Many things become natural after getting familiar with them. So scary.

It didn't take long for two hydrofoil sailboats to fly over. They drew two beautiful water lines on the sea, and then docked steadily in Yuanquan Bay. The coastal defense inspections brought thirteen men and four women to the sea. , two children were taken away, and several pieces of information.

It may be novel for fun, but this is one of the violence used to perform tasks and maintain the security and order of the Ming Dynasty. These are two completely different meanings.

Twisting crime into freedom, evil into justice, this is the process of domestication.

The function of the lair is to recover quickly once the navy is completely sunk. The biggest requirement is that it is easy to defend and difficult to attack. With the Ming Dynasty's strong productivity and large population, as long as the lair is not destroyed, the navy can survive forever.

After sorting it out, they finally found the ship's lure that entered the private market. What surprised Yao Guangqi was that the private market's ship's lure actually only recognized the ship's lure but not the ship. In other words, anyone who got the ship's lure could enter the private market for trading.

Before he finished speaking, Yao Guangqi kicked the young man in the lower abdomen with all his strength, knocking him to the ground and kicking him far away. Yao Guangqi showed disdain and spat on the young man fiercely.

The atmosphere immediately became tense. The villagers were about to step forward, but were frightened back by fire blunderbuss and more than a dozen bird blunderbuss.

The pirates on this ship have too much firepower.

A person suddenly jumped out and shouted loudly: "You have the ability..."

"Oh!"

Before he finished speaking, the sound of fire cannons sounded. Yao Guangqi fired a cannon toward the sky, and then pointed another cannon at the villagers present. He said fiercely and fiercely: "Who else wants to draw points!"

Yao Guangqi recalled the years when he was a young master in the capital, sorted out the arrogance and domineeringness at that time, and took it out. This taste suddenly felt right!
Long guns and short cannons were pointed at the villagers, and the fire was about to break out. "Young people, you are so arrogant that you have corrupted all the rules in the world." A voice sounded, and the villagers moved out of the way. An old man in his fifties walked to the front. He looked a bit like a child. His white hair was neatly taken care of, and he was wearing a satin shirt, but he looked not in good spirits.

"Which old dog is barking?" Yao Guangqi said impatiently.

"This is my land. When you get to my land, you have to listen to me!" The corners of the old man's mouth twitched. Today's young people really don't understand the word respect.

Yao Guangqi smiled jokingly, half-expanded his head and said, "Have you ever asked me if I would agree to the firecracker in my hand? Give me back your land? I'm here to give your Lijia Village face, and I don't know what is good or bad!"

"Is there any good stuff?" The old man was stunned when he heard this.

"That's a lot of nonsense." Yao Guangqi brushed the fired gun in his hand and said sternly: "Do you still want to get on the boat? I will destroy our village for you!"

Arrogant and domineering, doing whatever he wants and lawless, Chen Tiande is so satisfied with Yao Guangqi!
In a sense, the wealthy young man in the capital and the pirates are actually the same kind of creatures, so Chen Tiande asked Yao Guangqi to accompany him. Yao Guangqi, due to his nature, had already shown the evil of the pirates at a glance. The coastal defense inspectors nodded frequently. It really looks like it!

"It's easy to talk about." When the old man heard that there was a good product, he immediately said with a smile on his face: "My dear Li Anrui, please!"

Li Anrui was originally a virtuous gentleman from Lijia Village. The entire Lijia Village belonged to his family, including the fields, trees, ditches and even the people. After opening the sea, Li Anrui's mind immediately became alive. He didn't want to risk going to the sea at all, but repaired it. He set up a private market on the trestle, and there were people on it. This private market developed extremely rapidly, and Lijia Village became the only local snake in Zhangwan.

Li Anrui had never doubted the identity of the ship's crew, because Yao Guangqi's behavior was exactly the same as that of the pirates.

After Yao Guangqi took out the tobacco, Li Anrui had no doubts anymore. This thing is on the list strictly prohibited by the Ming Dynasty. It is much more effective than the certificate of investment. This is a group of capable people who can do anything for money. pirates.

"I don't smoke." Yao Guangqi waved his hand in disgust, indicating to Li Anrui that he would not smoke opium, and quickly left the room.

Yao Guangqi finally knew why Li Anrui was depressed. It was entirely because he was addicted but had no medicine, so he was struggling to support himself.

Li Anrui is a poisonous insect.

Li Anrui leaned on a soft couch, curled up his legs, and tremblingly placed the opium on the pipe. After lighting it, he took a heavy puff, and his whole body shook a few times quickly, the kind of feeling that came from the inside out. The feeling of euphoria made Li Anrui curl up like a cooked shrimp, and then slowly stretch out.

After waiting for half an hour, Li Anrui came out of the house, looking much more energetic.

"Why doesn't the emperor let go of such a good thing?" Li Anrui said with some unfinished thoughts.

The Ming Dynasty banned anyone who peddled opium privately or sold it to outsiders, regardless of the number, to be beheaded in public.

"I've smoked too much and I can't quit. Is this useless thing so valuable?" Yao Guangqi was very disdainful of Li Anrui. This disdain came from the inside out. Regardless of Li Anrui at this time It's sanctimonious, but when you become an addict, it's even more disgusting than a ghost.

Yao Guangqi saw it with his own eyes in the Jiecuyuan of the capital.

Living in a state of drunkenness and dreaming, I am talking about Li Anrui in front of me. Opium has now changed from raw food to cooked food, which is heated and lit with a pipe. It appears as a high-level enjoyment among scholar-bureaucrats and powerful people, and it has rapidly expanded and Trends that are all the rage.

On the surface, it seems that more and more drugs are being banned, but judging from the rising prices of opium, the quantity of opium is decreasing rapidly.

The price of opium is soaring at an alarming rate. A box of opium contains 80 opium balls, each of which weighs one pound. A box of opium has soared from the original 600 silver to 2,000 silver. This represents the supply of opium. There are fewer and fewer of them, and demand is high, so prices are soaring!
After a slight calculation, each black opium ball costs up to twenty-five taels of silver. A smoking gun requires one opium ball or even two to three a year.

A sharp soldier in the Beijing camp was not counted as a reward, and his military pay was only eighteen silver, while an opium ball was only twenty-five silver. How horribly expensive was this?

This means that the Ming Dynasty's ban is effective. Because of the high price of opium, it will not spread rapidly downwards. Even the middle-class people can only stay away from buying this thing. It also brings new challenges. The high price of opium The price has made many people take desperate risks, try their own methods and plant large quantities.

This is the difficulty of the ban. The higher the ban, the higher the price. The higher the price, the more people will plant it. Only severe punishment can stop this self-digging behavior. We must not relax for a moment on the ban, otherwise It just falls short.

The Ming Dynasty is now very aware of the dangers of opium. There are many specimens in the Jiecu Institute that died of opium poisoning.

"That's why it's so expensive." Li Anrui leaned on the chair, with drooped eyelids, stretched out four fingers and said with a smile: "I won't hide it from you. We took these opium balls and cut them into pieces. This batch of goods, You can make this amount.”

Li Anrui said that these 20 boxes of opium can earn 40,000 taels of silver because they are retail and sold in slices.

In the entire Ningde private market, there are more than 300 ships every day. Even if only a small number of them carry such 'precious' goods, it is an astronomical number.

Yao Guangqi was doing business with Li Anrui. Because Yao Guangqi brought a large amount of goods, Li Anrui waved his hand to avoid drawing points. He also asked the young man from Lijiacun who was beaten to kowtow and apologize. Li Anrui's intention of doing this was very obvious, which made Yao Guangqi Get here with more and more opiates.

Yao Guangqi also boasted that he did not make drafts, saying that he could provide stable and long-term supply, and the guests and hosts would be happy for a while.

The coastal defense inspectors of the Ming Dynasty broke into pieces and began to wander around the Zhangwan private market. They did not ask any questions, they just listened and watched, listening to the show off of these pirates and looking at all kinds of goods, inconspicuously. The coastal defense inspectors have become more and more familiar with this private market, and they also know that in the entire Sanduao Bay, there are not just one private market like Lijiacun, but seven.

Coastal defense inspections need a stepping stone, and Yao Guangqi is that stepping stone. Even if there is no soot, the cargo on the ship will be enough when setting off.

In the morning, the ship sailed smoothly. Chen Tiande received all the information about the coastal defense inspection. In addition to the tobacco business, the biggest business was slaves, not only the Japanese, but also the Ming people. The pirates plundered the coast of the Ming Dynasty. After returning to the fishing village, people were taken to the private market for trading.

Chen Tiande's face was frighteningly dark.

"That Li Anrui is full of nonsense, saying that the seven private markets here are all backed by Navy Commander Chen Lin." Yao Guangqi's tone seemed to be mocking, but in fact he had this kind of worry in his heart. If it was really Chen Lin, If so, these forty-three coastal defense patrols, plus Shan Chen Tiande, can he really get away with Yao Guangqi, who is filling in the numbers?
Chen Tiande frowned and said blankly: "Who?"

"Shu Libo Chen Lin." Yao Guangqi repeated it. The entire Lijia Village thought so. Not only Li Anrui said this, but even other ships also thought so.

If it was really Chen Lin, then the world would be in trouble.

"It's possible." Chen Tiande said calmly.

"Ah?" Yao Guangqi's eyes were as wide as copper bells, and he looked at Chen Tiande blankly. How could Chen Tiande say such cold words! If it was really Chen Lin, it would be impossible for them to go back alive. The pirates here could kill them all!
Chen Tiande said matter-of-factly: "Of course it is possible. Chen Lin is also a human being and he also has material desires. After Yu Shuai returned to Beijing, the navy was completely handed over to Chen Lin to control. He took advantage of his contribution to winning Ryukyu and was named Shuri. Uncle, you lose yourself in the flowers and do anything for money, what's the problem?"

"Isn't it like this in Ming Dynasty? If you have some power, no matter how big or small, you want to cash it out. This is normal. So, if the police officer gives you two snacks when passing by the tea stall, will he give you money? It's normal. It’s a very common thing, so Chen Lin shouldn’t be surprised.”

"He informed your majesty that when it comes to the specific implementation, he still has to do it. As long as the news is secretly released, the pirate ships will gradually stop coming. The poisonous insects in the private market will really bite the navy commander. Bing, can you bite me?"

"No, I, this..." Yao Guangqi swallowed his throat and was speechless for a moment. He didn't know what to say. He once again confirmed that the coastal defense patrols were not normal people and were all sick!
Chen Lin, that’s Chen Lin!
The commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty navy went deep into Nagasaki alone to eliminate Chen Lin, the Japanese leader of Kyushu Island. Chen Tiande, as a person close to Chen Lin, actually suspected that the commander-in-chief was the mastermind behind the pirates.

"Of course, the possibility is very slim." Chen Tiande shook his head and said: "Because as a mountain, the most common thing I do on weekdays is to advise Chen Lin not to charge into battle. A person who doesn't take his own life seriously will take money for granted. Is it heavy?"

"As an individual, I don't believe this rumor and need to investigate carefully."

"Speak, don't gasp, okay?" Yao Guangqi was almost frightened to death!

Chen Tiande likes to discuss public and private matters, and he clearly distinguishes public and private matters. As a comrade and leader who resisted and killed the enemy, Chen Tiande did not believe that Chen Lin betrayed the Ming Dynasty.

If something goes wrong with the coastal defense inspection on this ship, then there must be something wrong with Chen Lin;
If the ship traffic in the private market drops sharply, or even people in the private market start to flee, it means that there is something wrong with Chen Lin or some of the coastal defense inspections.

The result was that Chen Tiande's ship visited seven private markets without incident and successfully sailed out of the sea.

Moreover, the ship traffic in the private market is increasing. Because of the monsoon, this is the time when a large number of merchant ships arrive in Daming. And because of the frequent and popular transactions, seven private markets will unite once a year to hold a large-scale trade fair. Buying fairs, trading goods, the trading day is approaching, and there are more and more pirate ships.

When Chen Lin received the information that Chen Tiande sent back to Songjiang Mansion, she became angry. Who is this Chen Tiande? Is this Chen Tiande's heart made of stone? So cold! The two have been partners for how many years, and yet they are still suspected of being the one behind the entire smuggling deal, Chen Lin!
Even a stone needs to be heated! As a result, Chen Tiande was still so cold.

Chen Lin couldn't wait to catch him back immediately and question him carefully about the possibilities!
However, Chen Tiande provided sufficient information. These private markets and the navigation notes on the pirate ships were the end of the smugglers in the entire Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, Chen Tiande also mentioned this good harbor, the natural home base of the Ming Navy.

After Chen Lin compiled the intelligence, he sent it to the capital hall. The Ming Navy was ready and could set off at any time to wipe out all the pirates and smugglers and pirates in the entire Ming Sea area!
Codename: Pingbo Jinghai.

(End of this chapter)