Chapter 502 Requisition of Ships
  "Chen is here!"

A middle-aged man wearing armor walked out among the officials, knelt down and saluted: "Liang Anmin, commander of Suzhou Prefecture Guard Station, pays homage to His Highness."

Zhu Xuan looked at the other party and asked: "Commander Liang is afraid of me? You are hiding behind so many officials. You should be very conspicuous in your armor, but if you don't come out, I can't even see you." where."

"I know I was wrong."

Liang Anmin didn't dare to say he should die, because he was afraid that Zhu Xuan would really let him die.

"Okay, get up and talk!"

Zhu Xuan asked again: "How many troops can be mobilized by the various guards in Suzhou Prefecture to suppress the bandits?"

"Go back to Your Majesty."

"Suzhou Prefecture has one guard and four offices, namely Zhenhai Guard, Chongmingsha Guard, Liuhebaozhong Guard, Wusongkou Guard and Baoshan Guard."

"One guard and four clinics are all understaffed."

"The Zhenhai Guards had a full strength of 5,600 people, but now there are only more than 2,700 people."

"Because His Highness fought against Japanese pirates and brought Zhang Shicheng's old troops back to the inland, there was no Japanese pirate trouble at all along the coast. The four coastal stations were also understaffed. The stations that were supposed to have 1,120 people now only have 500 people in each station. about."

"Whether the guardhouse is full or not is not decided by us, but is an order from above."

"The soldiers in the original guard station were assigned to farm. They can only be used during wartime to replenish the number."

Liang Anmin briefly introduced the situation of various health centers in Suzhou Prefecture.

The guard station is not full of troops, and it is indeed not something that a commander can control. Zhu Xuan believes that it is probably because the emperor's side needs to increase revenue and reduce expenditure. There is basically no war in the south, so most of the people are temporarily arranged to engage in production, and the rest are in the guard station. troops.

Within the scope of the Ming Dynasty, there were millions of powerful soldiers, which were obtained from these guards.

"You Zhenhai Guards don't even have a boat?"

Zhu Xuan asked again.

"In the past, the only way to fight against Japanese pirates was to use all the boats along the coast, but those were all boats that went out to sea and were not suitable for use inland."

"We do have some ships that can go deep into Taihu Lake, but they are not many. Against those bandits, our advantage is obviously insufficient and we cannot go deep into Taihu Lake to suppress the bandits."

"And...Taihu Lake is too big!"

After Liang Anmin finished speaking, he wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

Taihu Lake is so large that even if the specific location of the bandits can be pinpointed in advance, it will still be easy for them to escape. Once they get deep into Taihu Lake, it will be difficult to find them again.

Zhu Xuan felt that suppressing bandits here was more difficult than fighting a naval battle. The main reason was that their warships were too large and could not enter Taihu Lake through the inland river.

The rivers in Suzhou Prefecture are still too small.

It is not as wide as the Yangtze River, Pearl River, etc.

If a warship comes in, it will be stranded and unable to move. Then the bandits can only be suppressed by traditional ships and water warfare.

"How many ships do you have?"

Zhu Xuan asked again, the reason why Suzhou Prefecture was unable to suppress the bandits was that there were not enough ships.

Once this problem is solved, it will be much easier.

Liang Anmin responded: "More than thirty boats are all small boats. Each boat can hold about ten people. There are not many people that can be brought in, so we can't fight the rebels."

Zhu Xuan thought for a while and said: "There is no need to mobilize the soldiers from the Coast Guard for the time being. Gather all the soldiers from Zhenhai Guard."

Zhou Anyan asked cautiously: "Excuse me, Your Highness, are you going to suppress bandits?"

"if not?"

Zhu Xuan asked rhetorically.

Zhou Anyan said quickly: "Your Highness is noble and cannot take risks to suppress bandits. Please think twice before doing so."

"Are you teaching me what to do?"

Zhu Xuan's rhetorical question made Zhou Anyan speechless.

They were unable to suppress the bandits, so Zhu Xuan had no choice but to do it himself.

"Where can I get more ships?" Zhu Xuan asked again.

"Shen...the Shen family should have it."

Liang Anmin thought for a while and said: "The Shen family has hundreds of ships. They specialize in water transportation. They are all relatively large ships. There are also many ships that go to sea. They also do overseas trade." Zhu Xuan recalled Once again, what is the background of this Shen family? They are not simple people who can make a living through water transport in the Ming Dynasty. He asked: "What does this Shen family have to do with Shen Wansan?"

Zhou Anyan said: "The head of the Shen family, Shen Bin, is the grandson of Shen Wansan."

It’s really related to Shen Wansan.

Shen Wansan's family was almost harmed by the emperor's grandfather. Unexpectedly, his grandson borrowed the Shen family's former momentum and status to revitalize the family.

But of course the current Shen family cannot be compared with when Shen Wansan was still there.

Shen Bin is also far worse than Shen Wansan.

Zhu Xuan said: "Requisition all the Shen family's boats. I will return them to him after using them."

"Your Highness, is this inappropriate?"

Liang Anmin asked cautiously.

Zhu Xuan said: "There is nothing wrong. The Shen family can survive until now because we are extra kind. Let's requisition the ship!"

They had no choice but to arrange for someone to requisition the Shen family's ship.

The bandits under Zhang Shicheng disrupted Zhu Xuan's plans and arrangements for coming to Suzhou. He felt helpless and had to lead them to suppress the bandits.

Zhu Xuan will not deal with Zhou Anyan and others for the time being.

Whether it should be dealt with in the future depends on the investigation results of Jin Yiwei and how much effort they made in suppressing the bandits.

After all the officials left, Zhu Xuan temporarily stayed in the government office.

"Let the local Jin Yiwei come to see me."

Zhu Xuan said again.

Waited for a while.

"The ancestors of hundreds of Jin Yiwei families pay homage to His Highness the Fifth Emperor's grandson."

The top local Jinyi Guards officer knelt down in front of Zhu Xuan and bowed deeply.

Zhu Xuan said: "Collect the information about your Suzhou government and send it to Yan Guan, and then you will assist us."

"The minister takes orders!"

Zucai said loudly.

However, this ancestral talent cannot be used, and Zhu Xuan needs to reconsider. After all, such an incident happened in Suzhou Prefecture, and the local Jinyi Guards did not report the news to Yingtian.

If there's a problem, kick it away.

If there is no problem, it means that this ancestor's talent is of no use and even the local officials cannot control it, so the position of Baihu should be given up.

Zu Cai acted quickly. Not long after, he sent a series of information to Yan Guan, including relevant records about the bandits in Suzhou Prefecture, but Zu Cai had not had time to report it.

After Zhu Xuan read it, he threw it to Yan Guan for sorting and sent another copy back to Yingtian to Grandpa Huang.

night.

"Brother, are you really going to suppress the bandits?"

Xu Miaojin said with concern: "Brother, you must pay attention to safety."

Cen Hua said: "I also want to go to suppress the bandits with Your Highness, but I know that Your Highness definitely doesn't want to take me there, so let's forget it, but Your Highness must be careful."

Mu Yuanjun echoed: "Brother, please be safe."

"I see."

Seeing how much they cared about him, Zhu Xuan smiled warmly and said, "It's not just bandits. I'm not afraid of the fierce Japanese pirates overseas. It's quite easy to fight bandits."

They thought it was right. Bandits were easy to deal with.

With the firearms Zhu Xuan brought with him, crushing those bandits was something that could be done with just one hand.

But when we can break out of Taihu Lake and wipe out the bandits, we still have to wait until Zhou Anyan prepares the ships he wants.

I'm not afraid that Shen Bin won't give it. If he dares not to give it, then let Jin Yiwei snatch it away.

(End of this chapter)

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