Late Ming sea owl

Chapter 312 Envoy
In the battle at noon on the Shangsi Festival, the pirates of Jishuimen were lured by the Lava tactics and sent out hundreds of ships to pursue them. As a result, they were beaten badly by the cruisers and frigates of Huiyou Company, and a small half of them were left on the spot.

This time, Lin Hai did not kill all the enemies. Instead, he sent people to persuade them to surrender. As a result, most of the enemy ships that were stranded chose to surrender.

As for the few diehards, Lin Hai used the same old trick and ordered the Dingyuan to wash the deck with grapeshot. At the same time, he sent someone to invite He Rubin and let the Guangdong Navy to board and clean up the mess, but in fact, the main purpose was to cut off the heads from the corpses.

After He Rubin arrived, Lin Hai interrogated the prisoners while asking Wei Xiaodong to continue leading the reporting fleet to harass Jishuimen with artillery fire. He even sent the two Schooner-rigged frigates, the Liu Kun and the Zu Ti, over there.

As a result, the pirates refused to attack again this time, and decided to hide their heads in the water. It was not until the evening that they tried to fight back by setting fire to the ships, but the result was still futile, and they only lost dozens of small boats.

At this time, Lin Hai had finished interrogating the prisoners, and he obtained an important piece of information - Li Kuiqi himself was not in Kap Shui Mun, nor on Lantau Island.

Now, all the pirates on Lantau Island have gathered at Kap Shui Mun, with a total of 5,000 people. More than half of them are the Pearl River Estuary pirates who have recently joined Li Kuiqi's army, led by Ma Xuansheng and Xu Guixiang, the sworn brothers of Shibi.

Most of these pirates at the mouth of the Pearl River are willing to surrender, especially if they can surrender to Li Zhongguo, then they will have fewer concerns.

But Ma Xuansheng and Xu Guixiang did not dare to surrender. In addition, Li Kuiqi's old subordinates were also unwilling to surrender, fearing that the officers and soldiers would go back on their word and cut off their heads for credit.

At present, most of Li Kuiqi's old subordinates tend to abandon their ships and go ashore, while a few want to break out from the northern end of the West Bac Lieu Strait. In their view, there is still hope to fight against Zheng Tingqiu and Li Zhongguo's troops.

However, it would be best to bring the Pearl River Estuary pirates along with both plans, because after all, they are the locals and are more familiar with the local land and water geography.

But apart from Ma and Xu, there were few pirates at the mouth of the Pearl River willing to break out, and these two were still doing their work as subordinates.

After learning the detailed information about the Jishuimen pirates, Lin Hai called Huang San, who was the Zheng army envoy who had fooled both sides during the Battle of Dongshan the year before, and who later acted as a go-between for Liu Xiang's surrender.

Huang San did not follow Liu Xiang to Jeju Island, but settled down in Jinhe Country. Lin Hai personally arranged for him to have land distributed to him, and arranged for him to be a deputy section-level official in the Household Registration Bureau of the Security Department, which was the lowest administrative level of the Civil Affairs Bureau, but if converted into a military position, it was equivalent to a deputy sentinel. Generally, a sentinel who was transferred to civilian work would only be treated as a deputy section-level official.

Since joining Huiyou Company, Huang San has been working diligently. He is mainly responsible for the civil affairs work related to the captives in Wanggang, and has achieved some results. After half a year, he was promoted to a full-time officer.

With the upgrading of the Household Registration Bureau of the Security Department to the Household Registration Department of the Security General Administration, Huang San is now a deputy bureau-level cadre. Since he is familiar with the situation of Li Kuiqi's troops, Lin Hai specifically asked to bring him here this time.

"I am Huang San, a humble servant. I am here to meet the General Manager!" People at Huang San's level don't have many opportunities to meet Lin Hai, and being summoned alone is something he has never done before. For a moment, he was so excited that he knelt down.

"Deputy Director Huang, what are you doing? Please stand up quickly." Lin Hai was a little surprised. Kneeling is not a custom in Jinhe Country except in a few formal occasions. Huang San has joined the company for almost a year, why is he still behaving like this?

"Boss, I am here to express my gratitude to you for giving me a new life..." Huang San kowtowed respectfully to Lin Hai before standing up.

"Your sincere service is the best reward for me..." Lin Hai hesitated for a moment, and then told the purpose of summoning Huang San, "Huang San, I called you here this time mainly to ask you, are you willing to go to Jishuimen to persuade them to surrender?"

Huang San was named to join the expedition this time, and he was determined to show his face in front of Lin Hai, but he was not summoned for more than half a month. Today, he was summoned to be an envoy to persuade him to surrender...

This is a job that requires one's head to hang on the belt. If one is not careful, the end result will be three knives and six holes. Huang San replied tremblingly: "General...General, this...this matter, this..." Huang San stammered for a long time and couldn't say a complete sentence. Lin Hai interrupted him impatiently and said: "Deputy Director Huang, I just asked you if you are willing to persuade them to surrender, and I didn't give you a military order. You are now working in the civil affairs system, and battle matters are not your responsibility. If you don't want to go, just say it clearly, and I will never blame you."

"Boss, I...your subordinate..." Huang San still didn't dare to refuse. His trembling appearance was as wretched and ridiculous as it was during the battle of Dongshan that year.

"Okay, I know what you mean. I always hire people based on their strengths and not their weaknesses. You are a civil affairs official, and the company will judge you based only on your work. You should leave now and don't let your imagination run wild. I will never tell anyone else about what happened today..."

Lin Hai then said to Viper and the others around him, "You guys too, if anyone dares to go out and talk nonsense about what happened today, I will not let them off easily."

Viper and the others replied solemnly, "Yes, sir."

Huang San heaved a sigh of relief, bid farewell to Lin Hai, and left the Dingyuan's stern cabin. When he reached the door, he suddenly turned back and said, "General, I am willing to persuade them to surrender!"

"Deputy Director Huang, I have already said that I will not force you, and I will not blame you. Just do your job with peace of mind." Lin Hai refused without even raising his head. He no longer wanted to send Huang San. Huang San was timid and cowardly, and it would most likely bring disgrace to him if he served as an envoy.

"Boss, I sincerely want to be a lobbyist to persuade them to surrender!" Huang San's voice was still trembling, but at least he could speak complete sentences and no longer stuttered.

"Oh? Why did you change your mind again?" Lin Hai felt a little surprised and looked up. He saw Huang San standing in front of the desk with his head held high and his chest puffed out, trying his best not to tremble.

"I'd like to teach you, Mr. Huang, that when he first went out to sea more than 20 years ago, he was the kind of man who would treat a beheading as nothing more than a gust of wind blowing off his hat. Which big brother in the underworld wouldn't call him a hero when he saw him?"

Huang San then bowed to Lin Hai and said, "The general manager has done a great favor to our Huang family. What's the harm in selling my life to him? The scar on my head is only the size of a bowl!"

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Lin Hai was still a little hesitant: "Deputy Director Huang, don't pretend to be a hero! I believe you were not afraid of death when you were a teenager, but now you are in your forties, I am afraid you have lost the heroic spirit you had back then."

Huang San said again: "Boss, the reason why I was so cowardly during the battle of Dongshan was because I was worried about my family in Wanggang. But now my wife and children are well fed and clothed in Jinhe Country, and my son can even go to school and learn to read. I don't want to be a coward who is looked down upon by others anymore!"

"Okay! Then go ahead. Let me make this clear first. If you bring disgrace upon our friendship, even if you die in the line of duty, you will be guilty of nothing and your son will not be able to enjoy the treatment of a martyr's orphan!"

"Thank you for your help, sir. I will never fail you!"

"Okay, Deputy Director Huang, I think nothing will happen to you on this trip. But just in case, you should leave a will first, and I will personally convey it to your family."

Lin Hai finally made up his mind to send Huang San as an envoy. He was worldly-wise and very familiar with the leaders under Li Kuiqi. This was Huang San's greatest advantage and the main reason why Lin Hai considered him in the first place.

"Boss, Mr. Huang has only one son who is ten years old, and he is my wife's son. If I die, all family affairs will be handled by my wife. Mr. Huang does not have any last words to say..."

Huang San hesitated for a moment, then suddenly said, "There is something. Last year I got a new concubine, Chen, a virgin girl, for twenty taels of silver. If I die, please tell my wife that no matter whether Chen is willing or not, she must remain faithful to me and not be sold to others."

(End of this chapter)