Chapter 866 is coming
No matter how unwilling they were, the three Lin brothers could only choose to surrender in the face of absolutely powerful force. Of course, just giving in is not the best way out for them. The many businesses in Fuzhou and Guangzhou that have prospered by embracing Haihan are the examples they want to follow. On the one hand, the reason for taking refuge in Haihan is to survive, and on the other hand, they also want to realize their wish to develop with this big backer. Although they are still doing errands now, maybe the Haihan people will hand over more resources in a while. into your own hands.
After a brief discussion, the three brothers decided on the specific division of labor. The third brother, Lin De, was responsible for the shipping between Liuheng Island and Shipu Port, while the second brother, Lin Si, who had previously traveled to Fujian, was responsible for the transportation between Shipu Port and Penghu Magong Port. Supply lines. The boss, Lin Xing, continues to stay on Liuheng Island and assists the Haihan people in taking over and transforming the area that originally belonged to the Haisha Gang. As for future plans, we can only take it one step at a time and see how the Haihan people arrange it.
After the coalition operations on Liuheng Island came to an end, they only rested for one day and then began to clear Yuanshan Island, Liangtan Island, Zoumatang Island, Jinbomeng Island, Xiazhi Island and other neighboring islands to the east. Among them, the larger and inhabited islands are mainly Yuanshan Island and Xiazhi Island. The former is separated from Liuheng Island by only a few hundred meters of sea. Almost all the people who settled on the island were family members and related personnel of the Haisha Gang. However, the news of the destruction of the Haisha Gang had already spread. Except for some people who had fled, those who stayed on the island basically had no idea about the arrival of the coalition fleet. They took decent resistance measures and descended wherever they went without any trouble.
The many armed forces in the Zhoushan Islands were completely unprepared for the Haihan fleet that suddenly appeared. It was even less clear why the Haihan people came all the way to Zhejiang to destroy the Haisha Gang. Although some people think that Haihan's purpose is not just to deal with the Haisha Gang, but because there is too little intelligence information available, there is no evidence to support such speculation. It is difficult to infer the true purpose of the Haihan people based on these speculations.
The Sanlin Gang, who lives on the same island as the Haisha Gang, is safe. It is said that the Sanlin Gang has joined forces with the Haihan people and helped the Haihan people in the battle to annihilate the Haisha Gang. Therefore, many maritime merchants either visited in person or sent people to lurk at Xinshuangyu Port, using various methods to find out the truth from the Sanlin Gang.
It was not until the fourth day after the war broke out on Liuheng Island that relatively reliable news finally came out - the Haisha Gang suffered such heavy losses because they robbed the Haihan immigrants' ship in the East China Sea. In addition, it is said that the Haisha Gang recently boldly attacked Shipu Suo Castle, but happened to run into the Haihan fleet that was resting and replenishing supplies there. As a result, the Haisha Gang was chased by the opponent from Shipu Port to their hometown of Liuheng Island. After two days and one night of fighting, the lives of all three leaders of the Haisha Gang were uncertain, but the territory originally controlled by them had changed hands to Haihan.
This news did not come from Liuheng Island, but from the garrison in Ningbo Prefecture. It is said to be a report written by Ma Ling Senhu of Shipura Institute to his boss, and its credibility is relatively high. Ma Ling also mentioned in the report that the Haihan people's bandit suppression operation has not ended. All pirates who have colluded with the Haisha Gang will be liquidated for their crimes, and the Haihan fleet will personally implement relevant punitive measures.
Smart people can find two valuable pieces of information from this news. The first is that the Ming army participated in the battle against the Haisha Gang. Of course, this is easier to understand. After all, the Haisha Gang was responsible for attacking Shipu Guards Station. , it is reasonable to incur retaliation from the officers and soldiers. However, the Ming army and the Haihan people cooperated to take away the Haisha Gang's lair. The nature of this action is worth pondering. There have long been rumors in the world about the various deeds of the Haihan people in Fujian assisting the government in wiping out local pirates. If the same thing happened in Zhejiang, many people would have to worry about their jobs from now on.
The second is that the destruction of the Haisha Gang does not mean the end of this matter. The Haihan people's remarks obviously left themselves room for further action, which means that they may also use this incident as an excuse to attack Donghai. launch attacks on other forces. As for whether the Haisha Gang has touched the interests of the Haihan people, since its three major leaders have disappeared, this matter cannot be verified and confronted. The unilateral voice of the Haihan people has become the main direction of public opinion.
Neither of these two pieces of information seems to be good news for smugglers and pirates in the East China Sea. The subsequent series of clearing operations carried out by the Haihan people in the northeast of Liuheng Island seemed to confirm some bad guesses - the Haihan people may want more than just a Liuheng Island.
In the face of this stormy situation, there are those who want to rely on connections to find a way out and follow the crowd; there are those who sit on the sidelines when things have nothing to do with them; there are those who are unwilling to be suppressed by external forces and are ready to fight against trapped beasts. All kinds of mentality. However, the real game of opinions does not take place in the Zhoushan Islands, but in various public and private occasions here in Ningbo Prefecture.
The forces that hold a strong position in the Zhoushan Islands in the East China Sea are actually inextricably linked to the officialdom of Ningbo and even Zhejiang. Not all the money that flowed into the Zhoushan Islands from various places went into the pockets of pirates and smugglers. A considerable part of it was sent to various yamen and official mansions in Ningbo through various secret channels. Therefore, the changes in the situation in the East China Sea involve not only those who are outside the law, but also those who have interests involved in it, are silently paying attention to the fermentation and progress of the Liuheng Island incident.
Changguowei, which is located between Shipu Port and Liuheng Island, was the first official agency to bear the brunt of the incident, because the Shipu Station where the accident occurred was a guard station under Changguowei. From a geographical point of view, Changguowei Acropolis is located just over 20 miles north of Shipu Port. The report submitted by Ma Ling after the war was sent to Changguowei.
Yan Guowei, the commander of Chang Guowei, has always had an attitude towards maritime disputes that doing more is worse than doing less. Moreover, he is approaching the retirement age, and his main energy has been transferred from governing the local area, garrisoning fields and guarding the border, to how to survive before retiring and returning home. Use your power to get more pension, so that you can become a rich man when you return to your hometown, and leave more property to your children and grandchildren.
Thousands of households under Yan Guowei's Qiancang Office, Juexi Office, and Shipu Office will send filial piety silver to the Changguo Acropolis on time every month. As for how they get the money, they rely on the military. Yan Guowei was not interested in knowing whether the means of paying soldiers' blood was through illegal transactions with smugglers on the East China Sea. As long as the situation in the area under Chang Guowei's jurisdiction is calm and no major incidents occur, Yan Guowei can stay at his official residence to collect cash until the day of retirement. But the report submitted by Ma Ling broke this calm situation. To put it more bluntly, it was the Haihan people who suddenly appeared in Changguowei's jurisdiction that caused this change. Although Yan Guowei is obsessed with money, it does not mean that he is an old fool who only recognizes money. The fact that he has been able to steadily collect black money for so many years without incident has proven his intelligence and ability. Yan Guowei knew very well the origins of the Haisha Gang on Liuheng Island and who was behind them. Regarding the sudden attack by the Haisha Gang on Shipu Port and Shipu Suo City, Yan Guowei did not even say a word in the report. Don't believe it.
Although Li Luotou of the Haisha Gang is a rough man, he is not crazy. In fact, Yan Guowei has a good impression of him, because every year Li Luotou arranges for Yan Guowei to go to Liuheng Island for a "secret inspection", and he not only takes good care of him Thoughtful, and will give a large gift before leaving. In Yan Guowei's view, Li Luotou was not the kind of fool who couldn't tell the difference between his status and his own portion. He was making good money on Liuheng Island, so why did he send troops to attack Shipu Suo City? The people behind the Haisha Gang are members of the military. Could it be that Li Luotou is so full that he can change his ways to commit suicide?
Yan Guowei is very clear about the situation of Haisha Gang and Shipu Suo City. If the two parties fight, Haisha Gang will definitely have the upper hand, but it is impossible to capture Shipu Port and Shipu Suo City in a short time. . No matter how much Ma Ling was paid, Shipu Institute still had a guaranteed troop establishment. It was no problem for the professional army to rely on city fortifications to deal with a group of civilian militants. Besides, Changguo Acropolis was only twenty miles away from Shipu Port, and it took more than an hour of urgent march to reach it. Where did the pirates get the courage to attack Shipusuo City at the risk of losing anything? On the other hand, how could it be possible for those broken boats in Shipu Suo to pursue the Haisha Gang all the way to Liuheng Island, and finally destroy the Haisha Gang's home base. If the Haisha Gang were really so vulnerable, they would have been annexed by their neighbors, the Sanlin Gang, long ago, and they wouldn't be able to wait until Shipu Suo could attack them.
There are too many unreasonable things about Ling Ling Zongzong, and all doubts point to the third party in this matter, the Haihan people. As a third-grade military attache, Yan Guowei has more and more reliable sources of information. He naturally knows more about the various deeds of the Haihan people in the south than the people below. He knows that these so-called overseas Han people are not fuel-efficient lamps, and their armed level and combat Their abilities are extremely high, and no one can defeat them wherever they go. Even the Shiba Zhi, which was rampant in Fujian in the past few years, was defeated by them. When the Haihan people get here, the only ones who will suffer are their opponents.
It is impossible to verify how the Haisha Gang provoked the Haihan people, but Yan Guowei believed that Ma Ling chose to stand in the same camp as the Haihan people without asking him for instructions. This attitude seems to explain some problems. After the accident at Shipu Port, Ma Ling did not ask for help or report to Chang Guowei. He did not inform Chang Guowei about the attack on Liuheng Island, nor did he ask Qiancang and Juexi to be closer to Liuheng Island. The personal health office cooperated, but it took several days before they handed over an official document explaining the situation. Ma Ling himself did not even show up in person on the grounds that "the war was not over yet", and it seemed that he did not pay attention to his boss Yan Guowei at all.
Shipusuo City under Ma Ling's jurisdiction was attacked and goods worth hundreds of thousands of taels of silver were lost, and then they attacked the Haisha Gang, which had a big figure from Zhejiang Dusi as its backer. After making two big mistakes in a row, Ma Ling did not seek asylum from his boss, but dealt with the aftermath with an understatement. Yan Guowei believed that there are only two explanations for this situation. One is that Ma Ling has gone crazy. , and the second is that he has now found a more powerful backer - such as the Haihan people involved in this matter.
Yan Guowei put down the crumpled report and letter that he had read and picked up another official document that had just arrived. This is an urgent official document sent from Zhejiang Dusi. The content is to ask Chang Guowei to report the situation that happened in Shipu Port and Liuheng Island as soon as possible, and to ask the officers involved in the matter to go to Hangzhou to report in person immediately. Judging from the wording and sentences of this official document, Yan Guowei thinks that the big shots at Dusi are really impatient. But it's no wonder, after all, the Haisha Gang's industry is its interests. Once the Haisha Gang falls, the money sent to Zhejiang Dusi every year is estimated to be at least hundreds of thousands of taels less, and he would have to make a jump.
The news received by Zhejiang Dusi may be somewhat incomplete, making it difficult to make a correct judgment on the situation. It is far less clear than Yan Guowei's understanding on Chang Guowei's side. If it's just an interest dispute between Shipu Institute and the Haisha Gang, it would be easy to resolve. Yan Guowei can directly arrange for Ma Ling and Li Luo to meet. If there are any problems, they can do it in front of him at the wine table. Make it clear. But now with the intervention of a third party, the Haihan people, this may not be a problem that can be solved by a piece of official document from Zhejiang Dusi.
Will the Haihan people listen to the instructions of Zhejiang Dusi? Yan Guowei thinks it is impossible. The military leaders in Fujian are eager to offer the Haihan people as gods to worship. Even Penghu was given to the Haihan people as a trading port. How could the Haihan people who enjoy such treatment be so low-minded to Zhejiang Dusi? head. If they really respected the Zhejiang Ming Army, they would not treat Changguo Guard as if they were nothing, and went straight to Liuheng Island to raid the Haisha Gang. They did not ask Ma Ling to send a document until the matter came to an end.
Ma Ling's official document mentioned that the mission to attack Liuheng Island was completed by the Ming army and Haihan, and that the "three maritime merchant Lin brothers" on Liuheng Island also participated in this matter. This further complicates things. Yan Guowei knew that someone must have read this letter in advance before it was submitted to his desk, and the news should have spread outside. Maybe Zhejiang Dusi's new accountability document is already on the way.
"It's not an order from me. I can't bear this responsibility. The Haihan people are coming in force, and I don't want to provoke these evil stars." Yan Guowei snorted and ordered: "First arrange for the messenger from Hangzhou Stay here and tell me that I am investigating the matter and will draft an official document to reply to the Commander-in-Chief as soon as I get the news.”
(End of chapter)