Daming: I am the most powerful emperor grandson, please abdicate the throne

Chapter 305 The Origin of Pirates

Zhu Xuan and others came to Wu Yongfeng's home.

"Your Highness..."

Wu Yongfeng was indeed lying in bed unable to get up. When he saw Zhu Xuan coming to visit him, he was so excited that he wanted to get up.

But such a move touched the wound on his body, and he was about to cry from the pain. He said helplessly: "Your Highness, I can't get up."

But when he saw Zhu Xuan coming to visit him, his heart warmed.

His Highness did not give up on him completely.

Zhu Xuan knew to let him lie down, shook his head and said: "No need to be polite, under what circumstances did you meet the Japanese pirates?"

"I met him on his way back to Panyu from Java."

Wu Yongfeng tried his best to recall it and continued: "We encountered Japanese pirates in the waters northwest of Boni. They seemed to have come from the west and escaped from the patrolling navy of His Highness. They also had artillery on their boats. !”

A long time ago, Lao Zhu ordered the people not to use gunpowder, which became a contraband.

Within the Ming Dynasty, it was prohibited.

But overseas ones cannot be banned.

It is still easy for them to obtain gunpowder and artillery from overseas. After all, the principle of production is no longer a secret.

"Our merchant ship had no firearms, could not be attacked, and could not escape, so it was finally stopped."

"Everyone on the boat, except me, was killed."

"All our goods were robbed by Japanese pirates."

"The strange thing is that the Japanese pirates didn't kill me. They just beat me half to death and threw me into a small boat. Finally, the fishermen from Boni discovered me and took me to the old port and saved my life."

Wu Yongfeng said weakly.

It sounds like the Japanese pirates deliberately targeted Wu Yongfeng.

Zhu Xuan asked: "Do you think there is any problem with those Japanese pirates?"

The current speculation is that the Japanese pirates are merchants from the Ming Dynasty, joining forces with foreign businessmen to resist tax collection, but this is just speculation. There is no evidence to prove it, and it is impossible to find out where the current Japanese pirates are hiding.

Under the premise that he had nothing, it was not very convenient for him to attack those merchants directly.

Wu Yongfeng had obviously thought about this, and said: "Those Japanese pirates all had their faces covered, so I couldn't tell their faces. They didn't kill me, they just beat me half to death, as if they wanted to vent their grievances on me. I guess they definitely didn't You will just let me go, but as long as I dare to go to sea, you will definitely come to me again! Among the merchants, the one who has so much resentment against me is Wang Yu."

"Wang Yu?"

Zhu Xuan thought of this person.

It is true that the relationship with Wu Yongfeng is not very good.

This guy is also a master of rhythm and can lead the businessmen to block the Strait of Malacca. I just don’t know if he participated in the blockade of the trading port some time ago.

Wu Yongfeng added: "My feeling is that it's him!"

Zhu Xuan asked: "What has Wang Yu been doing recently? Where is he?"

"do not know!"

Wu Yongfeng shook his head slightly and said, "I haven't seen him for a long time. I don't know where he went."

In other words, it hasn't been seen for a long time.

Those Japanese pirates are very likely to be related to Wang Yu.

These are probably the only things that can be asked from Wu Yongfeng.

"You should have a good rest first, Hou Xian, and ask the best doctor to come over."

After Zhu Xuan finished speaking, he took Cen Jing with him and walked out of Wu Yongfeng's house.

Cen Jing asked: "What should we do about this matter?"

Zhu Xuan thought about it and said: "Even if Wang Yu didn't instigate the Japanese pirate incident, it might be related to him. Send a message to Yue Changxing. I want to know where the most merchant ships passing through the Strait of Malacca come from recently."

Cen Jing asked curiously: "Why does Your Highness want to investigate like this?"

Zhu Xuan explained: "Many merchant ships have been hijacked recently. Nanyang cannot handle such a large amount of goods, so it can only transport them to other places for cash. This can be used to position the goods."

Cen Jing suddenly realized what I had learned.

Another knowledge point.

"What are we going to do now?"

Cen Jing asked again. Zhu Xuan said: "Waiting for the results of Jin Yiwei and Yue Changxing, as long as we find out their specific locations, I will see for myself who they are who dare to become Japanese pirates under our noses."

Chen Zuyi’s lesson made many people in Nanyang tremble.

Originally, there were some piracy activities in places such as the Indonesian Archipelago and the Malay Archipelago.

After receiving the news that Chen Zuyi had been destroyed, those pirates had long been afraid to be active, and even changed their ways and returned to shore, for fear that they would be targeted by the Ming Dynasty. Under normal circumstances, in the nearby waters, no pirates dared to directly rob the Ming Dynasty's merchant ships.

The pirates appearing now are very intriguing.

Thinking of the scene where Zhu Xuan bombarded pirates when he was in the Mediterranean, Cen Jing felt that those Japanese pirates were here to kill people.

After leaving the Wu family, Zhu Xuan sent an order to requisition some merchant ships and hide the Dingshan River on the ships. When the time came, they would dig a trap and destroy the Japanese pirates.

Jin Yiwei's movements were the fastest.

Not long after Zhu Xuan waited, Yan Guan brought back the relevant news.

"Where those Japanese pirates came from and what their whereabouts are, we haven't found out yet."

"But according to the clues given by His Highness, it may indeed be related to the businessman."

"Those trendy merchants are often not in Ming Dynasty or overseas recently. I don't know where they went, and their whereabouts are unknown."

"There are also overseas merchants. The number of transactions has been reduced recently, but there are many merchant ships passing through Malacca, so the number has increased."

"It's just that the merchant ships passing through Malacca are well hidden, so there are no other problems."

"The scope overseas is too large. We, the Jinyi Guards, don't have many people, so that's all we can check."

Yan Guan reported once and said.

Jin Yiwei is not omnipotent.

You can do a lot of things in Yingtian Mansion, that's because Jinyiwei's headquarters is in Yingtian, and with more people, you can investigate anything.

Overseas, this is their shortcoming.

If Zhu Xuan had not operated overseas and created some conditions for them, nothing might have been found.

Zhu Xuan nodded and said: "That's it for Jin Yiwei's investigation!"

Being able to find these is considered the limit of Yan Guan.

After Yan Guan retreated, Zhu Xuan hesitated for a while and began to think about the plan to deal with the pirates.

"younger brother!"

Xu Miaojin ran in and asked, "Are you busy lately?"

Zhu Xuan said: "It's okay, what's wrong?"

Mu Yuanjun also came in and said with a smile: "We found some more fruits. If my brother is free, we can eat them together. That fruit is called longan and it is very sweet."

Zhu Xuan was about to relax: "Okay!"

They came to the hall.

I saw Cen Hua sitting among them.

"Little sister Hua'er, haven't you returned to Shunzhou yet?"

Zhu Xuan asked curiously.

Cen Hua said: "My eldest brother has been left in Panyu by His Highness. If he doesn't go back, I won't go back. Are you preparing to fight against Japanese pirates recently?"

She got this inside story from Cen Jing.

"Yes!"

"Can you take me with you?"

"Of course not!"

Zhu Xuan directly rejected the little girl, rubbed her little head and said, "You just stay in the city and play with Sister Miaojin and Sister Yuanjun. Fighting is our men's business."

Cen Hua pouted and said, "If I don't go, I won't go."

She's quite cute like this!

He seems to be very keen on fighting and is extremely strong. He will definitely be a tomboy in the future.

(End of this chapter)