Chapter 557
On June 21st, a sedan chair was carried into Wang Tong's mansion on the edge of the Haihe business district.

Although Wang Tong's residence is guarded, it is not too strict. After all, there are troops stationed nearby, and the residence itself has guards and soldiers, and it is in the hinterland of Tianjin Wei, so you can rest assured in terms of safety.

The guards were not too strict, so the people near the Haihe River were very clear about what guests came to Wang Tong's side and who came in and out. They saw the leaders of the Huwei Army and Jinyiwei coming in the morning and afternoon, and there were sedan chairs carrying them around the evening. Come in.

Could it be that Mr. Wang took a concubine and invited his colleagues to drink at night? Our Mr. Wang is very poor on weekdays. Could it be that he finally couldn't bear it anymore.

The lively people spread the word everywhere, and some local forces sent to inquire about the news to see the direction of the wind. Knowing the news and communicating with each other, they all wondered whether it was a good opportunity to communicate with each other.

The people in Tianjin Wei only hoped that they could stay here for a longer time, and they didn't know how Mr. Wang punched and kicked him to make so much money.

In the second half of May, a large number of livestock and furs on the grasslands began to arrive in Tianjin Wei. It is said that the Sanjiang Trading Company traded in Jizhen and Xuanfu. Then there will be endless food.

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If the rumors from outside reached the ears of Wang Tong and the people in charge around him, they would definitely laugh out loud.

On the night of June 21, the main hall was brightly lit, with Wang Tong facing down, the vice-deputies of the four regiments of the Huwei Army, and senior military officials under Wang Tong gathered here.

The sedan chair stopped at the entrance of the hall, and after opening the sedan chair curtain, two personal soldiers stepped forward and brought him out. They were thin and shy, but it was the sea monkey. After Wang Tong saw it, he raised his voice and said sentence:
"Bring it up!"

Seeing a group of people sitting on the hall, the sea monkey was a little frightened. After being reprimanded by the soldiers on both sides, he stumbled up, stepped over the threshold, and hurriedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

"This person is the sea monkey entrenched in Incheon, that is, he robbed Liang Daocheng's ship. What's your name, and what is your position in Shen Wang's side!?"

Wang Tong briefly introduced a few sentences, then asked:
"Back to the old man, the younger one's surname is Liu and his name is Yong. Because he was born thin and small, he was nicknamed the Sea Monkey. The villain is in charge of the big man... No, he is a wave under the hands of Shen Wang..."

Having said that, the people sitting there looked at each other, and Li Hu asked with his head:
"What is a wave?"

"...The small ones with a few hundred people, the leader is called Yidao Lang, the one with more than a thousand people is called Liangdao Lang, and the Shen Wang is San Dao Lang, and this is the one!!"

Wang Tong and the others listened carefully, and the sea monkey knelt there after he finished speaking. Wang Tong pondered again, and asked:
"When the Japanese official asked Shen Wang for a shipbuilder, Shen Wang refused. Later, the official built the ship himself, and Shen Wang complained about it. However, Shen Wang has nearly a million taels of property in Tianjin Wei. Will he plunder the merchant ships entering and leaving Tianjin Wei at sea because of the shipbuilding?"

The question was rather complicated, and the sea monkey hesitated for a long time before saying:
"Now Shen Wang's side is also arguing endlessly about this matter. There are more than a dozen leaders above the second wave, and Shen Wang's side. In addition to the property that can be seen on the surface, their own family and their subordinates have power. All of my cronies have other businesses in Tianjin Wei, and they use the big guy’s boats to transport goods!"

Having said that, Wang Tong nodded with a smile, and said to the people beside him:

"It's about the same as I expected. Thieves and plunder at sea have the risk of losing their lives. If there is a profitable business to do, they are naturally willing to do business to make money. What's more, there are many pirate ships, and how many of them are in their hands? For important routes, they are the biggest merchants at sea."

Everyone nodded, thoughtfully, and Tang Shan next to him said:
"The more ships come to Tianjin Wei from the south, the more maritime merchants will run their ships. Every ship has to pay water money to Shen Wang, and collect money when passing by. This money is easy to earn, and it is easier than killing people. too much."

This is also the real situation at sea, everyone nodded again, the sea monkey below hesitated, kowtowed and said:
"You guys are telling the truth. However, Shen Wan and those people close to him are getting richer and richer. The younger ones have a lot of money, but they have nothing to fish for. They want to go to sea to do some business. , Shen Wang's side is not allowed, life is quite difficult..."

The sea monkey paused, gritted its teeth and said:

"Like Gu Huhu back then, he led people ashore to plunder, like a little kid who didn't know what to do, and just found some floating food in Koryo."

"Oh? If that's the case, will the sailors who have been in vain be convinced?"

Hearing the word "sailor", the sea monkey was stunned for a while, and after pondering for a while, he understood the word, and quickly kowtowed and replied:
"Back to the old man, Shen Wang's own soldiers and horses have always been well-fed, and he has a good relationship with the Japanese pirates. If he really wants to do something, the Japanese pirates will send soldiers to help him. That's how it is. He has been suppressed everywhere."

Wang Tong was a little disappointed, and asked again:
"Shen Wang and his group are all stationed in Hirado?"

"Back to the master, Shen Wang's team is in Hirado, and the rest of the team are in Zhejiang and Fujian."

When it comes to "Hirado", everyone in the room except Tangshan has doubts on their faces, Li Tao asked hesitantly:

"My lord, have you never heard of the place name Hirado?"

Seeing Wang Tong's signal, Tang Shan explained again:
"My lords, Hirado is a place in the south and west of the Wa Kingdom, closer to Nanzhili and Zhejiang."

"How many soldiers and ships can Shen Wu use?"

"...The villain has only been in the gang for a short time, and he can only eat leftovers with Erdaolang. But I heard that five years ago, the Kyushu daimyo fought against the Shikoku daimyo, and Shen Wang was invited to help. Shen Wang led a boat of 500, [-] People went to help out, and the Japanese names were all terrified..."

Wang Tong already understood a lot of things on the boat, and this time he asked and answered in front of everyone, but it was just to let everyone understand more in detail, but when he heard these again, he couldn't help but sigh.

"Liu Yong, honestly stay in the house and don't come out. Maybe when you are useful, if you think wildly, it's your luck to chop off your head. Take it with you!"

Hai Houzi hurriedly kowtowed to thank him, got into the sedan chair again, and was carried out by his own soldiers, not to mention how wild the spectators were when they saw the sedan chair being carried out.

Everyone was talking about it, but Wang Tong asked Tang Shan first:
"When will the 30 taels of silver sent to Guangdong arrive?"

Tang Shan roughly calculated, and said:
"I heard from the sea merchants who come and go that this year the sea is windy and there are no big waves. So, it is still safe to go to Guangdong in August."

There were too many accidents when sailing on the sea, and Tang Shan didn't dare to say anything too sure. Wang Tong nodded, and Tan Bing beside him said in a deep voice:

"My lord, if Shen Wang is here in Hirado, he has many ships and many soldiers, and when the time comes, he will come across the sea. If he wins, he will go ashore to plunder, and if he loses, he will board the boat and flee. We really have nothing to do with them.

"There is only a thousand days to be a thief, there is no reason for a thousand days to guard against a thief. We are full of manpower that is only six or seven thousand usable. It is already difficult to deploy defenses everywhere in Tianjin Guard. There are so many forces at the seaside. If it is so involved , I'm afraid there are other troubles..."

"My lord, this sneak attack on Incheon is very effective. Why don't you gather ships and go to Incheon again?"

Tan Bing opened the door, and everyone started to talk in unison. Wang Tong waved his hand and said in a solemn voice:
"If we want to build a complete line of defense by the sea, we should at least double the size of the army. We can't build warships now, so we can only use forts and fireboats. This will cost manpower. Now we have taken advantage of many loopholes and doubled the size of the army. , I don’t know what troubles have been caused in the Ministry of War and the court.”

Everyone knows this situation, Wang Tong said again:
"Shen was able to mobilize nearly [-] people over there, even if our army is elite, if we want to wipe it out, we have to send [-] soldiers and horses. If such a team rushes to the sea, if there is a mistake, it is unbearable.

After hearing Wang Tong's words, everyone's expressions darkened. It was indeed true. You can't just sit and watch the enemy stand outside, but you have nothing to do. You can only sit and wait for the opponent to move, which makes people very uncomfortable.

"Is there no other way?"

"Have you forgotten the battleship being built at the shipyard?"

"...the shipyard over there can build up to three ships this year, and we don't have enough sailors. After everything is equipped, it will take three years, so why would Shen make us wait so long?"

Hearing the discussion below, Wang Tong raised his hand, and the room was quiet, Wang Tong said:
"Don't worry too much. Mr. Yu and Mr. Qi have also said that pirates roam the sea and rely on ships. But if they don't have food and fresh water on the shore, they are nothing. They want to harass Tianjin Wei. It’s impossible to travel long distances over there, you have to supplement, you have to rest, you can’t be at sea, and there are no islands around here for them to stop, so if you come, you must go south to north at a hidden port centered on Tianjin .”

The room was extremely quiet. Listening to Wang Tong's eloquence, Wang Tong continued:
"Shen Wang often travels to and from Tianjin Wei, and his fleet is dispatched nearby. He must have a port nearby, either in Yongping Prefecture, or in Liao Town, or in Shandong. We don't know where this port is, but Wu Da Wu Er must be able to find out, find this place, pull it out, and travel hundreds of miles on land, we must be faster than the boat!!"

After these words were finished, the faces of the people in the room lost a lot of worry. Ma Sanbiao punched his palms with his fist, and said viciously:
"What Laoshizi Sanshuiwang, when he reaches the shore, he is still a piece of shit that was bulldozed by our army."

Everyone laughed, Wang Tong waved his hand and said:

"If you do this, you will be passive in the end, but we are not in this way. What do you think I will send a few hundred thousand taels of silver to Guangdong for?"
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