Jinyi Town Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 46 Zhangzi Island

When Sun Chunbin mentioned the big wooden box, He Liu and Lao Hu were all impressed!
Didn't Zhao Feihu, the "Yin Commander of the Five Northern Provinces", say that Ding Wang asked him to escort a large wooden box to Tianjin Wei?
It is very possible that what is contained in that big wooden box is the "Baiguan Xinglu"!
This is really hard to find, and it takes no effort to get it!After playing a game of hemp hanging in the gambling shop, he actually found out the clues of "Haiguan Xinglu"!

He Liu asked Sun Chunbin, "Where did you hide that big wooden box?"

Sun Chunbin said: "Isn't the last general in charge of Tianjin Wei's [-]-sea navy? Outside the mouth of Tanggu, there is an isolated island called Zhangzi Island tomorrow. The big wooden box is buried on the island."

He Liu got up: "Then thank you Lord Sun, take us to that Zhangzi Island! As long as you take us out of that big wooden box and secretly hide things in the palace, we will forget the past!"

Sun Chunbin looked embarrassed: "I only know that the wooden box is buried on Zhangzi Island. Zhangzi Island is five miles square. I don't know exactly where it is buried."

He Liu was furious when he heard the words: "You are dishonest. You said just now that you helped Ding Wang hide the big wooden box..."

Sun Chunbin said: "On a mission, that day Ding Wang, I and four soldiers arrived at Zhangzi Island on a naval clipper. Ding Wang asked me to stay on the boat, and he led the four soldiers to the island to bury the box. When he got on the boat, he said that he would invite the soldiers to drink. He never thought that the four soldiers drank the wine, and the seven holes bled to death! I thought there must be some treasure in the wooden box. Ding Wang didn't want the soldiers to reveal the location of the buried box. , so silence the soldiers."

He Liu thought about it, and it made sense.Ding Wang is a cruel and merciless person, and he does things meticulously. For such a big matter as hiding the "Hundred Officials' Records", he naturally wants to silence anyone who knows the exact location.

If Sun Chunbin hadn't been in charge of a thousand sailors in front of the Tianjin Guards and could help him with his smuggling business, perhaps Ding Wang and even Sun Chunbin would not have let him go.

He Liu asked Sun Chunbin again: "You just said that Zhangzi Island has a square of five miles?"

Sun Chunbin nodded: "There are five miles from north to south, and three to four miles from east to west."

He Liu asked: "How many generals are directly under your command?"

Sun Chunbin said: "One thousand sailors, two thousand households, two thousand infantry, and one hundred personal soldiers."

He Liudao: "Okay, send me a thousand sailors and a hundred soldiers to Zhangzi Island! Dig three feet and dig out that big wooden box!"

Sun Chunbin showed embarrassment: "Master Liu, there are rules in the imperial court. The generals in charge are not allowed to transfer a single soldier out of the garrison without the order of the Ministry of War! To transfer more than 500 people at a time, the Ministry of War must first ask the cabinet for instructions, and the cabinet will draft a ticket and send it to the secretary. The ceremonial supervisor wears red..."

He Liu said angrily: "What? You don't need to be ordered by the Ministry of War to take the navy to help Ding Wang in the smuggling business. Now tell me what the court's rules are? All right, according to the rules, it is a capital offense to hide things in the palace. Let's just follow the imperial court's rules?"

Sun Chunbin had the heart to cry: "The last general doesn't mean that. I will immediately ask the brothers in the navy to prepare the ship."

He Liudao: "Let's do it quickly! We'll set off when we're ready."

Sun Chunbin took orders and left.

Two hours later, the ship was ready.

The main force of the Daming Navy, the Erbaifu Ship, is stationed at Tanggukou.The "Thousand Navy Army" commanded by Sun Chunbin does not belong to the Daming Navy, but Tianjin Wei's own ship patrol team, which is responsible for arresting smugglers in the coastal waters.

This "one thousand sailors" has only more than 50 Huya Clippers.Huya Clippers can only accommodate more than 30 people each.

He Liu and Lao Hu boarded the Huya Clippers, and more than 50 clippers headed straight for Zhangzi Island.

Halfway through the trip, I bumped into a lucky ship of the Daming Navy that was out for a drill.

Sitting in charge of this lucky boat is a lieutenant of the Navy.

The lieutenant asked the small flag officer to play the semaphore and asked why the more than 50 Huya Clippers were going to sea.

Sun Chunbin asked He Liu with a guilty conscience: "Master Liu, how should we answer?"

He Liudao: "It's easy."

He Liu asked the soldiers to row the clipper boat to the side of the navy ship, and he showed the badge of Jin Yiwei to the messenger.

The messengers were seventy or eighty paces away, and couldn't see the writing on the badge clearly.

It was the vice-admiral of the navy who saw clearly the words "Jinyiwei North Town Fusi Xiabaihu" on the waist tag with clairvoyance.

The lieutenant general of the navy commanded his subordinates: "Let's go back to Tanggukou. Don't worry about these Huya Clippers! There are Jinyiwei people on board, we can't afford to mess with them."

Sun Chunbin's fleet arrived at Zhangzi Island half an hour later.

He Liu got off the boat and saw that there was almost no grass growing on Zhangzi Island.Finding a wooden box on an island with a radius of nearly five miles is really like finding a needle in a haystack.

He Liu ordered Sun Chunbin: "Scatter your 1000 people out. If we can't find the wooden box, we won't go back to Tanggukou!"

Sun Chunbin said: "Master Liu, each of my brothers only brought enough dry food and clean water for one day."

He Liudao: "Then send a few Huya clippers back to Tanggukou to get some supplies!"

Sun Chunbin half-kneeled, embarrassed and said: "My lord, more than 1000 sailors have not returned to the camp for a long time. I am afraid that the commander and the two commanders will interrogate..."

Lao Hu took out a tin wine jug from his arms, took a sip and said, "Investigate? The Jinyiwei recruited a few sailors to handle the case, do they need their bigger officials to investigate? If they think it's wrong, let them go Beizhen Fusi finds Liu Zhenfu, or directly finds our Commander Lu!"

Sun Chunbin has been an official for many years, so he naturally knows the might of Jin Yiwei.He thought to himself: the commander and the two commanders should not pursue them when they heard the word "Jinyiwei".

Sun Chunbin said: "Okay, at the end, let the brothers search for wooden boxes on the island. In addition, at the end, we will send a few boats back to Tanggukou to fetch more dry food and clean water."

More than 1000 sailors spread out like a net, and searched Zhangzi Island for a while—there was no sign of the big wooden box.

It is already night.

Sun Chunbin said to He Liuhe and Old Hu: "The two are on business, it's the real deal in Xushi. Let's have dinner first."

He Liu nodded.

Several of Sun Chunbin's personal soldiers brought crabs, sea oysters and sea fish in iron basins.

The old horse picked up a sea oyster, broke open the shell, and threw the oyster meat into his mouth: "Hey, it's very fresh! You, the general in charge of the navy, think about it! You can eat seafood every day."

Sun Chunbin said: "Satisfied with the food on the mission? These are specially made by the general to let the soldiers go to the beach to get them."

He Liu broke off a crab claw, put it in his mouth, and sneered at Sun Chunbin, saying: "Master Sun is very particular about food. He guards the entrance of Tanggu, and he must eat seafood every day."

Sun Chunbin said: "I'm ashamed, I'm ashamed. In fact, my subordinates don't often go to sea. They are all based in Tianjin Acropolis."

Old Hu asked: "The goods from Nanyang will be transported directly to the capital after passing through the checkpoint of your thousand sailors?"

Sun Chunbin nodded: "Ding Wang has several firms in the capital, which specialize in selling Nanyang goods. Nanyang goods are very popular in the capital. It's a lucrative business!"

(End of this chapter)