Dragon Sea Empire

Yin Feng sat on the ground in a bush on the bank of the Liao River.Looking through a pile of things found from the captives: several Ming Dynasty army-style waist knives.Several short-handled daggers from Mongolia.A large bow of the Ming army engraved with the year of Wanli and a pot of arrows.There are also the uniforms of Ming soldiers.

"It's the rebels. They are rebels who participated in the mutiny. They probably fled westward after the defeat of Shenyang City. They went to join the Mongols." The treasurer Jin said confidently.

"Volume to the Mongols." Chen Zhongji asked in disbelief: "It is reasonable for those Tatar soldiers to go to the Mongols. Could it be that these Han soldiers are also going to surrender to the Mongolian tribes? Aren't the Mongolian tribes in the west fighting with the imperial court?" "Chen Zhongji was influenced by Yin Feng's theory about the nation since he was a child.Instinctively sensitive to the Han surrendering to the Mongols.

The treasurer Jin said indifferently: "That's so strange. Don't have too many Han people who voted for Mongolia and Jurchen barbarians these years. When the Gaohuai eunuchs were in chaos in Liaodong, people in Liaodong said: I have no way to go to heaven. There is no way. Let’s see when the taxes will not be stopped. They will all go into barbarians. Let’s live freely. The residents of Qianjiatun are close to Jurchen captives. They were forced into barbarians by Gaohuai eunuch and Li Chengliang to escape. Tens of millions of families. After the eunuch Gaohuai was dismissed the year before last, the governor went to recruit him. As a result, he could not be recruited. The people who had run away told the governor that they could not suffer in Liaodong. Everyone wanted to rely on the wall to survive the captives. No more I'm back too."

Yin Feng sneered: "It's a dream to live a comfortable life. After leaving the customs, you still have to work hard for those Jurchens. It's just that the Ming court forced its own people to live in barbarians. Grave digging. All right. Luo Aquan. How are their casualties?"

Luo Aquan said expressionlessly: "I'm reporting to the captain. This group of people still has some strength. They injured three of our brothers. About 20 of them were injured by our steel crossbow. The rest were knocked unconscious by our wooden sticks. There should be no serious problems. It’s just that there is a pair of siblings among them. They are only sixteen or seventeen years old. We didn’t hit them hard. We just tied them up. That’s right. About half of them are Mongolian Tatars.”

"Mongols." Yin Feng thought for a while and said, "They are awake. Bring the leader here. Let me ask. Ah Quan. Your people continue to be vigilant around..."

Li Xiao woke up at dawn.A splitting headache.Want to scratch my head.I felt my hands were tied.Take a look around.Sitting in a birch forest by myself.His subordinates were lying listlessly around him.

There were only three men in black guarding them.But all of them hold Japanese swords.Sit there without moving.He still exuded a murderous aura all over his body; he was very familiar with this murderous aura.Only the battle-tested will have it.and.The bulging things around their waists also seemed to contain this murderous aura.

Three people form a triangle.Sitting on the periphery of Li Xiao and his subordinates.stared at them without moving.

"This is not an officer..." Barry Hai, the prairie hunter, also woke up.Leaning closer to Li Xiao, he said softly, "Officers and soldiers don't have so many Japanese swords. Even the commander-in-chief only has one Japanese sword as a plaything. This group of people has one."

Li Xiao was taken aback: "What. One hand. A good Japanese sword costs more than a thousand taels of silver...you read that right."

Balihai nodded vigorously: "I was the last one to be knocked out by them last night. I saw with my own eyes that almost all of them had Japanese swords on their waists. Moreover, they don't seem to want to kill us..."

Li Xiao said softly: "I noticed it too. I thought they were only ambush in front. I didn't expect that there were people lurking behind us. And these people are very aggressive. It's not a problem to kill us... Ming'er and Where is Axiu? Where are they?" He turned to one of the black-clothed guards.Called: "Hey. Where did you catch the two children?"

One of the men in black was older.He glanced at them coldly and said: "Speak softly. Otherwise we will be impolite. What is a baby." Although he spoke official language.But the accent has a distinct taste of southern Guangdong and Guangxi.At that time, people in the Ming Dynasty had a joke about "Southerners speak official dialect".So Li Xiao reacted immediately.Asked strangely: "You are from Cantonese. Why are you here. Hey. You are not officers and soldiers. We are not officers and soldiers either. We have something to discuss. Where are those two boys."

"You are talking about the man and the woman. They have gone to see our Grand Commander. Don't be impatient, everyone. Our Grand Commander will decide how to deal with you later..."

Balihai secretly asked in Li Xiao's ear: "What kind of official position is this commander in chief? Who are they?"

Li Xiao shook his head slowly: "I don't know either. But it seems that they have no malicious intentions. I'm just curious. How did these southerners come to Liaodong."

Balihai didn't understand where the south was: "The people from the south are from the capital of Guannei."

"You don't understand. It's farther than the capital. Go all the way to the south. Walk from us. It takes half a year to get there. I was fighting Japanese pirates in North Korea. Those brothers from the navy battalion came from there."

The older man in black has good hearing.He asked aloud, "You fought Japanese pirates in North Korea. Do you know Shi Manzi?"

Li Xiao was startled.Sit up straight.Loudly said: "Of course I know. This Shi Manzi fought against us in Bichiguan and Sacheon back then. It was extremely difficult. Many of my brothers died at their hands."

The man in black and the other two looked at each other.They laughed together.The older man in black stood up.Flip your wrist.A long-handled Japanese sword appeared.Pass it in front of Li Xiao and say, "Do you recognize the mark on it?"

"The banner of Shi Manzi's family." Li Xiao recognized it at a glance.This Japanese sword is engraved with the family crest of the Shimadzu family of the Satsuma Domain: Marujimon. "Who are you guys?" He wondered: Could it be that this group of people is related to Japanese pirates.But what are the Japanese pirates doing in the inland of Liaodong?

The man in black smiled coldly: "It seems that you have indeed fought against Shi Manzi. To tell you the truth: this is Shi Manzi's hometown. I went to raid the house. The blood and sweat of your brothers. Our commander-in-chief has already You reported everything. Just four years ago. We went all the way to Shi Manzi's lair. Killed no less than dozens of Shi Manzi. Hehe. Even the old man of their family was forced to commit suicide by our commander. Until Today, Shi Manzi’s family still has to send us money every year...something that the [-] Ming army can’t handle. We’ve already done it for you.”

"What. Who are you?" Li Xiao's eyes widened.There are a hundred thousand people in my heart who don't believe it.

At this time.Chen Zhongji appeared in the corner of the forest.He lowered his voice and said, "The commander-in-chief wants to see the leader of this group."

……

Yin Feng was dressed as a scholar and sat in the carriage.Playing with Li Xiao's waist knife casually.

Li Xiao was untied.Stand three feet away from Yin Feng.He clearly felt the hostility of the guards around Yin Feng.It can also be seen that these young people are different from those men in black.The murderous aura tempered on the battlefield is much less.But be very wary of him.Watch his every move.

"You fought Japanese pirates before." Yin Feng cupped his hands slightly.asked kindly.

"Wanli entered the court for the first time in 20 years. I was a soldier at that time..." Li Xiao has been guessing the other party's identity: although Yin Feng is wearing a scholar's Confucian uniform.But he is too tall.Not at all like the average southerner.And it seems very kind and generous.Has a calm and calm look that ordinary people can't match.Not the bookish atmosphere of a scholar.

Yin Feng smiled lightly: "You are a cavalry soldier. Those Mongols are your subordinates."

"They are all my brothers..." Li Xiao replied honestly.The aura exuded from Yin Feng's body.It made him relax involuntarily.

Yin Feng first asked about his fighting in North Korea.This is the most proud experience of Li Xiaoping's life.So this question just hit his itch.Li Xiao began to relax his vigilance.Talk a lot.

unfinished.Yin Feng gave Li Xiao a Japanese sword seized from Satsuma Shimadzu's house.Li Xiao accepted it gratefully.Only then did I realize that I didn't know the other party's identity: "Excuse me, your honor and name. Where are you from? How can you go to Japan to fight that Shimanzi?"

Yin Feng looked at him and smiled.The people around laughed too.This Li Xiao is the guard of Zhongtun.It's just a hundred households in the guard.It's been 20 years of fighting.But it never occurred to him.The Chinese can still have a day to fight directly to Japan.

"We are a Chinese company. Oh, people from the Huaxing Lianhe. Do you know the Taiwan Island of the Chief Secretary of Fujian?" Chen Zhongji said on the side: "We have a huge ship with cannons. We can freely move freely in Japan."

"Huaxing Lianhao. Ah yes. I've heard of it. There is your semicolon in Shenyang City. It seems, I seem to have heard..."

Yin Feng narrowed his eyes.He smiled and said: "I heard something. Brother, you might as well just say it..."

"...You are pirates. That's right. You are so good at coming here. Liaodong is not the time to do business. There is chaos everywhere..." Li Xiao said here.Eyes dim.lowered his head.He remembered that he was also one of the makers of this chaos.

"I'm the owner of Huaxing Lianhao. Yin Feng. Brother Li. You bring your own brother. How about going to our Taiwan."

"Go to Taiwan. I..."

Yin Feng smiled and stood up.He patted Li Xiao on the shoulder and said: "We are in urgent need of cavalry. Come to us. I promise that I will never owe you money. Besides, how much money do you get from the court. I will pay you ten times."

……

After Yin Feng chatted with Li Xiao.The idea of ​​continuing to investigate in Liaodong was dispelled.Turn around and head south.Ready to go to the capital to have a look.Li Xiao told him; due to the many conflicts between the governor and the general soldier.Moreover, there are many officials in the imperial court who are short of staff and sabotage.Therefore, these grassroots officers and soldiers have not received their salaries for a year.

Nine Frontiers of the Ming Dynasty.The monthly rations of general sergeants are six or seven qian.Or seven or eight dollars.Only Liaodong "defends captives" all the year round.And the monthly grain of each army is only four qian.The southern guards (the four guards of Jin, Fu, Hai, and Gai) are worth only two cents and five cents.Much less than elsewhere.and.That's the life-sustaining income.You may not get it either.Officials at all levels "blatantly deducted. They don't get a cent of the monthly rations" or they earn no more than one or two dollars.

Xu Hongji sighed and said: "The nine borders are all borders. Liao is the most important; the people on the nine borders are all people. Liao alone suffers."

……

Li Xiao went through a day of ideological struggle.Agreed to go to Taiwan.His subordinates.In addition to leaving a few Mongolians.The rest followed him to the mouth of the Liao River.Boarded the new number.Leaving Liaodong.

Yin Feng led his people south along the Liaoxi Corridor.Came to Shanhaiguan.They intend to go through Shanhaiguan.Go to the capital to have a look.