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Chapter eight hundred and seventy-eight: disaster strikes Xiao Qiang

Ming Dynasty, southeast of Ryukyu Prefecture, Chiwei Island.

There were pirate flags with the Liu-shaped characters floating on Chiwei Island, and pirate warships patrolling everywhere could be seen everywhere around. At this moment, a small boat full of cargo was trembling towards the wind.

Liu Xiang, who was burly, sat on the wooden box with a big figure, with his left and right arm standing beside him, all of whom were free from justice.

In the hall, the pirates looked fierce. Looking at the literati who followed him in, they all laughed.

Liu Xiang was playing with the exquisite little scimitar in one hand and holding a new type of hand gun bought from the Netherlands in the other hand, as if asking casually:

"Is it not enough that the Ming court recruited Zheng Yiguan to recruit us again?"

"Hahaha!" The pirate commander on the side pulled out his knife and said viciously: "I think I'll just chop him and throw him into the sea to feed the fish!"

"It's also easy for these courtiers who are used to enjoying it to taste the power of the deep sea!"

The words fell and burst into laughter.

The literati had never seen such a scene. All the pirates around him seemed to be able to eat people, which made him tremble all over.

He said tremblingly: "Liu, Leader Liu, we were sent by Governor He of Guangdong and Guangxi. We are not going to recruit you, but to send letters to all heroes."

"Hero? Hahaha, don't you listen? He calls us brothers and heroes!" A pirate leader laughed, then walked to the literati and stretched out his hand to rub his face.

Seeing the literati's face being rubbed into black charcoal, looking pitiful and cowardly, the pirates laughed again.

Amid these laughter, Liu Xiang narrowed her eyes.

"He Shijin?"

He had heard of this title. This person was one of the top officials in the imperial court on the coast, and there were a long list of official positions above his head.

To be honest, he is still the only obstacle for Liu Xiang to trouble Zheng Zhilong, the immediate boss of Fujian General Yu Zizao.

But Liu Xiang couldn't figure it out.

The right assistant censor of the Censorate, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of War, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and also served as the governor of Guangdong. Such a large official still lacks power and wealth?

What letter can he send to himself?

Thinking of this, Liu Xiang shook the leader on the left, who also put down the joke in his eyes, walked forward seriously, kicked a few large wooden boxes away, and then was stunned for a moment.

Not only him, but all the pirate leaders around him were stupid.

I'm going, so much money?

The big boxes were all shining silver ingots. After so many years as pirates, they had never seen so much silver at once.

Someone accidentally drooled, "This... I'm afraid it's going to cost several thousand taels?"

The next person immediately put his head on, "Silly pig! This can be a few thousand taels, I think it will cost at least tens of thousands taels!"

"Silver, all white silver!"

"We're rich, we're rich!!"

Liu Xiang reacted for a while, but his face was still very alert, "Mr. He can give us so much money at one time, I guess someone wants us to deal with it."

"Say it, what letter?"

The literati was very satisfied with the performance of the poor pirates when they saw the 100,000 taels of silver. They showed a little confidence on their faces, and Shi Ran smiled:

"Fujian General, Yu Zizao!"

"Yu Zizao!?" Liu Xiang widened her eyes, disbelief, and stood up and sneered:

"Isn't he a member of your court? You want me to provoke him? Do you think the Fujian navy, who has thousands of warships in his hands, is a vegetarian?"

"You think I'm a fool?"

As the words came to the ground, the pirates around them cursed angrily.

"Get out now!"

"If we can afford to offend the Fujian Navy, we still need He Shijin to be a good person?"

"Get out quickly, be careful of your sword!"

The person standing next to Liu Xiang also said, "Brother, He Shijin has never contacted us before. This time he suddenly gave such a big gift, but I'm afraid there will be a fraud in it."

Liu Xiang nodded without commenting, but he did not chase people directly. He wanted to hear how the messenger from the Ming court would continue to act.

The literati didn't expect that the other party would react so much, and he no longer cared about putting on airs. He wiped his sweat and said quickly:

"Wait! Everyone has heard about the movements in the Central Plains right now!"

"What's the movement?" Liu Xiang asked.

The literati replied: "The imperial court implemented the new policy of the garrison, which aroused opposition from the whole world. It has triggered a mutiny and civilian change in Shaanxi, and dispatched 200,000 Beijing troops and border troops to encircle and suppress it!"

"At present, all parts of Jiangnan, Huguang and other provinces are prepared for danger in times of peace, and everyone is in danger!"

"There is still this?" Liu Xiang was stunned, "You continue talking."

If what he said is certainly true, this is a good opportunity for him to seek revenge on Zheng Zhilong. In the north, the court will be unable to control the coastal areas.

If Yu Zizao could besides Yu Keli, Yuan Keli's navy would be in a short position!

The civil servant breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Mr. Liu, this is a god-given opportunity for you."

"Officials from our coastal garrisons do not want the court to implement the new policy, but if they wait for death, the new policy will sooner or later be implemented on the coast."

"By then, all the coastal garrisons will be controlled by the court, and you will face more than just a Fujian Navy, Zhejiang Navy and Nanjing Navy, and I am afraid they will all be rebuilt."

"My missed this opportunity, Mr. Liu, it's not that I'm so ugly. You won't have the capital to compete with Zheng Zhilong again!"

The pirate leaders in the hall seemed to realize that this matter was not simple. Liu Xiang's expression became gloomy and said coldly:

"He Shijin sent you to threaten me?"

The literati's eyes rolled and he immediately shouted: "Mr. Liu, you are wronged! If you join the gang, we will hand over Yu Zizao's daily travel route to you."

"The Fujian Navy always has a chance to be him when he is not by his side."

"Yu Zizao is dead, what good will it do to you?" Liu Xiang sneered. He didn't believe that He Shijin could be so kind, just to help him deal with Zheng Zhilong.

The literati said: "Since Mr. Liu has this question, we will tell the truth!"

"Everyone has selfish thoughts. Once Yu Zizao dies, at least in a short period of time, the Fujian Navy will be headless, and Fujian's coastal defense will definitely be greatly weakened."

"We will bring Zheng Zhilong into the gang. As long as the Zheng family opposes this restructuring of the garrison, it will be unwilling to the court. Then you will have grudges and revenge!

Liu Xiang's eyes were circling, as if he was thinking carefully. After a while, he said: "How can you be sure that Zheng Zhilong will oppose this restructuring of the garrison?"

The literati smiled and said, "You don't have to worry about this matter, Mr. Liu. The current emperor is not for you to command the Fujian Navy with Yu Zizao."

"In your opinion, the emperor is using Yu Zishao to suppress the Zheng family?" Liu Xiang said this, and suddenly realized and laughed loudly.

"Zheng Yiguan, Zheng Yiguan, you have today too!"

Then, he said: "It seems that Yu Zizao will definitely die this time, and Zheng Zhilong will not say much. You can also use this to recruit the Zheng family."

"But these silver..."

The literati hurriedly said, "Don't worry, Mr. Liu, these 100,000 taels are just a little intention of our governor. As long as things are done, there will be a generous gift of gold!"

Liu Xiang laughed and said:

"Since that's the case, you go back and reply to Governor He, just say that we will take this matter, but if he dares to fool me, you don't think about it!"

The literati said: "This is naturally. Now everyone is a grasshopper on the same rope. If Your Majesty does not easily restructure the garrison, he will not be able to come together, right?"

Liu Xiang asked: "Did your emperor take the wrong medicine? Why did you move it easily when the ward is placed there?"

"The whole world is opposing, and even He Shijin comes to cooperate with me."

The literati smiled embarrassedly and said, "Who knows, maybe he was bewitched by Wei Zhongxian so much that he was so bewitched!"
Chapter completed!
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