Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 975 Anti-smuggling (2)

"Thank you, Lord Qingtian, for saving my life!!"

"I kowtow to you!!"

on the deck.

The middle-aged man knelt on the ground, his body shaking uncontrollably, but he excitedly kowtowed to Chen Jing, Chen Wu, Xu Zhong, Cao Shi and others standing in front of him.

Seeing the middle-aged man like this, Chen Jing and his party frowned.

"Why did you take the risk of leaving the port?" Seeing Chen Jing didn't say anything, Cao Shi stepped forward and asked sternly, "Why did you do this?"

"My Lord, the fleet I'm on hasn't left the port yet!"

The middle-aged man's eyes turned red after hearing this and said, "It's all because of this damn weather that changes so suddenly. My fleet had always wanted to dock at Yantai Port, but the changes on the sea were so great that we lost our way in the wind and waves and were getting farther and farther away from Yantai. In the end, my ship was separated from the fleet and was broken up by the waves. If it weren't for the Lord of Justice, I would have died!"

Aren’t these the ships we’re looking for?
When Cao Shi and his men heard this, they couldn't help but feel confused. In fact, from the very beginning, they were unwilling to go out to sea to crack down on smuggling. After all, the sea conditions were too dangerous.

Even if it was true as Chen Jing said, after the Yantai Customs Branch issued a closure order, several ships ventured to leave the port, but in such a dangerous situation, they would probably be in great danger.

But Chen Jing was stubborn and stubborn. His last words made Chen Wu order a smuggling expedition to the sea. But now they have found a man and discovered a lot of ship planks during this period. But how can this prove that the man and the ship they are on are the smuggling ship that Chen Jing is looking for?

Anti-smuggling is difficult.

Although the existence of the Tianjin Navy, led by it, has achieved frequent results in the past, all this is based on one premise.

The maritime smuggling trade has become a large-scale business.

Although the Ming Dynasty reopened its maritime operations during the Longqing reign, the scale of the operations was actually not large. During the Wanli reign, although there were no major changes regarding maritime affairs, at the central level, the attention and concern paid to maritime affairs was not as high as imagined.

This leads to a situation.

There was frequent maritime trade among the people, but in the process of being passed down from one level to another, it was gradually weakened, so that the central government did not have enough control over this aspect.

This is why there is rampant smuggling in the sea trade!!
Silver flowed into the Ming Dynasty over the years, but the vast majority of it did not pass through the court. Under the official-centered ideology and the increasingly complex and contradictory national conditions of the Ming Dynasty, this batch of silver circulated in various forms under the Ming Dynasty, including smuggling maritime trade.

The reason why the officials led by the Tianjin Navy were able to achieve success in the past anti-smuggling operations was largely related to the wars at different stages during that period. Many of them still had a lucky mentality, so they were able to achieve such results.

Unknowingly, the smuggling maritime trade situation among the people of the Ming Dynasty has undergone significant changes compared to the long-standing rules of the past.

"Where did your fleet come from?" In this situation, Chen Jing asked, "Is it a stopover or a dock at Yantai Port?"

"Reply to the words of the great master Qingtian."

After hearing this, the middle-aged man immediately said, "The fleet I am on started from Jinzhou Port in Liaodong and stopped at Yantai Port. The fleet was carrying ore and selling it to merchants in Yantai Port. We were planning to transport a batch of grain back to Liao..."

"you are lying!!"

Chen Jing suddenly shouted, "From your accent, you are obviously not from Liaodong."

The middle-aged man was shocked by Chen Jing's rebuke, but then returned to normal.

"I am definitely not from Liaodong."

The middle-aged man explained, "I am from Anqing Prefecture. I went to Liaodong with my master. My master knew that Liaodong had been well governed in recent years and had great needs, so he brought his family property to Liaodong, thinking..."

"You are still lying now."

But Chen Jing snorted coldly, glanced at the middle-aged man, and then said to Chen Wu: "Captain Chen, hang this beast up and put it in the sea to calm down."

"This……"

Chen Wu was stunned and looked at Chen Jing in surprise.

He didn't expect that Chen Jing, a civil servant, would be so cruel.

"I am innocent!!"

Under such circumstances, the middle-aged man kowtowed and cried out for justice, "My Lord, you can't treat me like this. Everything I said is true." "Captain Chen!"

Chen Jing remained unmoved and looked at Chen Wudao.

Seeing this, Chen Wu signaled Xu Zhong with his eyes.

"Someone is coming!!"

Xu Zhong immediately shouted.

Hearing the shouting, several soldiers came forward. No matter how the middle-aged man struggled or protested, they just dragged him away.

"What did you find?"

Looking at the middle-aged man who was dragged away, Chen Wu frowned and walked up to Chen Jingdao.

"No."

Chen Jing shook his head.

"No?!"

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When Cao Shi heard this, he glared at Chen Jing and said, "Since you didn't find anything, why do you say he's lying? Are you trying to force him to confess?"

As a member of the Denglai Navy, Cao Shi was able to climb to the position of a centurion. He didn't care about some things, such as confessing under torture.

But at the moment, Cao Shi felt that this was an opportunity for Chen Jing.

He wants to embarrass this person!
“But he was so calm.”

Facing Cao Shi's questioning, Chen Jing spoke.

"calm?"

Cao Shi couldn't help but sneer, looking at Chen Jing and said, "Are you talking nonsense?"

"Yes."

Xu Zhong followed closely and said, "When this person is rescued, he will kowtow to us. His fear after surviving the disaster cannot be concealed."

"That's the problem."

Chen Jing narrowed his eyes and said, "Just imagine, if we were rescued after this catastrophe, and it was a navy, would we be able to answer questions so clearly?"

This……

Cao Shi and Xu Zhong were stunned.

If Chen Jing hadn't reminded them, they would not have noticed this.

Yes!

"Do you think this person is from the several ships that risked leaving the port?" Chen Wu spoke at this moment and looked at Chen Jingdao. He agreed with Chen Jing's analysis.

"No."

Chen Jing shook his head and said, "We need to continue searching. Even if it is a dead body, we need to fish it out. This person may be from those ships, or from another fleet."

"If you want to prove this, you must find more evidence."

Until this moment, Chen Wu had a changed opinion of the person in front of him.

"Send the order, continue the search!!"

Chen Wu glanced at Chen Jing, and then said in a deep voice: "If we don't investigate this case, we will not return to Hong Kong!!"

Hearing this, Xu Zhong and Cao Shi showed complicated expressions. If this was really the case, they would not be able to go back in a few days, or even longer. But although they had doubts, they did not raise any questions. All this was because of Chen Jing!
(End of this chapter)