The imperial envoy Xu Jin encountered a group of Japanese pirates on the beach. Not only did they defeat the Japanese pirates, but they also killed nearly a hundred people on the spot and captured more than a dozen people alive. This news spread like wildfire and soon spread throughout Dongtai County, causing a great sensation. The people nearby ran to the Xixi Inspection Office to watch the fun, and some even rushed over from a very distant place.

It is no wonder that the people along the coast have been deeply harmed by Japanese pirates for many years, and their families have been destroyed and their wives and children have been separated. Therefore, they hate Japanese pirates to the core. However, the officers and soldiers of local garrisons are not good at it. When they see Japanese pirates, they are like mice and cats, and they even run faster than ordinary people.

Take the Ningbo "tribute battle incident" last year as an example. Two groups of Japanese people had a conflict and openly burned, killed and looted the Ming Dynasty. They fought from Ningbo Prefecture to Shaoxing Prefecture, and crossed hundreds of miles, and it was like entering a no-man's land. It was simply a shame for the Ming Dynasty.

The ice is three feet long, not a day's cold. The incompetence of the officers and soldiers made the people disappointed and angry again and again. It can be said that the people in the coastal areas now have no hope for the officers and soldiers. When they see the Japanese pirates coming to loot, they will run away immediately. If they can't escape, they can only admit that they are unlucky.

Because of this, today I suddenly heard that the officers and soldiers defeated a group of Japanese pirates, and killed nearly a hundred people and captured more than a dozen people alive. The common people instantly exploded the nest, and they all came to the Xixi Inspection Office with suspicion to see what was going on.

As the saying goes, hearing is false, seeing is true. When the people saw nearly a hundred Japanese pirates piled up with corpses and the dozens of living Japanese pirates tied up, they naturally believed it.

These ordinary people were so excited that they gritted their teeth, regardless of whether the officers and soldiers agreed, and immediately brought firewood to burn all the bodies of the Japanese pirates to ashes, and then threw them away frantically. The nineteen Japanese pirates captured alive were beaten to death by the angry people. If the brothers from the 500th battalion took the risk of snatching back two, they would probably have all the living beings killed.

Despite this, the two Japanese pirates who were lucky enough to save their lives were beaten very badly, one of which had broken limbs, and the other was lucky, and only half of his ear was bitten off. This shows that the common people really hated the Japanese pirates.

After venting the resentment in their hearts, the people knelt down and kowtowed at the gate of the inspection office, crying and thanking the imperial envoy for avenging the people. Some even cried loudly and denounced the various evil deeds of the Japanese pirates.

Although Xu Jin was sitting in the lobby of the inspection department, he could still hear the crying of the people outside. He could not bear it when he watched more than a dozen Japanese pirates being tortured and dismembered, but at this time, he felt much more at ease when he heard the people denounced the Japanese pirates' all kinds of evil deeds.

As the saying goes, if you plant melons, you will get the melons. These Japanese pirates are also blamed and are not worthy of sympathy.

After the common people vented their anger and left one after another, the gentry from Dongtai County formed a group to the Xixi Inspection Office and brought a few slaughtered fat pigs and dozens of jars of fine wine to comfort the warriors who defeated the Japanese pirates.

The leading gentry was Zheng Shirong, who was the head of the Zheng family, the leading landlord in Dongtai County. In addition, the heads of the local wealthy Li family and the He family also came, and Xu Jin personally received these people.

In the evening, wisps of smoke rose above the Xixi Inspection Office, and the air was filled with the tempting aroma of meat and wine. After Xu Jin sent away the gentry in Dongtai County, Xin walked to the beach outside the Inspection Office. His brother-in-law Xie Sanqiu followed smartly, while more than a dozen 500 battalions of soldiers with live ammunition were behind to guard ten meters to prevent accidents.

The beach outside the Inspection Department is very large and is usually a place for patrolmen to practice. The sunset shines from behind, pulling Xu Jin and Xie Sanqin far away on the beach.

The blood on the beach had long disappeared without a trace. The sand was golden under the sunset. No one could see that it had happened here a few hours ago, with nearly two hundred casualties.

Xu Jin looked at the vast sea where the golden snakes danced randomly, and there was a hint of worry between his eyebrows. Although he was very relieved about the combination of Qi Jingtong and Xie Erjian, the two went out to sea without turning around for most of the day, and Xu Jin couldn't help but worry.

With the abilities of Xie Erjian and Qi Jingtong, and the 200 savages equipped with flintlock rifles, they are not afraid even if they encounter several times of the enemy. Xu Jin is worried about the unpredictable sea. After all, human beings are too small in front of the sea. Not to mention the simple ancient sailboats, even the modern 100,000-ton giant ships are in danger of overturning in the vast sea.

Xie Sankeng is only fifteen years old this year, but he has already caught up with Xu Jin. He is so arrogant that he is like a copy of his father-in-law Xie Qing. He followed behind him step by step, while kicking the sand under his feet childishly high.

"Brother-in-law, don't worry. The second brother is lucky. He has not even married his wife yet, so he is willing to give up his hair. Maybe he has already caught the Japanese samurai sect and is on his way back. You should think about what kind of official position to promote the second brother to." Xie Sanqiang laughed heartlessly.

By the way, Xu Jin had already found a Japanese-speaking translator who had been familiar with Japanese language to interrogate the remaining two Japanese pirates. He had learned that the leader of the Japanese pirates led this team was called Danei Zongshe. It was the Japanese tribute envoy who burned and killed and looted in Ningbo, Zhejiang at the beginning of last year. If he could catch this person and sent him to the capital to punish him, it would undoubtedly be a great achievement. Zhu Houcong, that boy, would probably be so happy that he would jump up. Last year's "tribute competition" really made the little emperor very angry.

Xu Jin smiled, and when he was about to speak, he heard a clear sound. A yellow light flew out of the sand kicked by his brother-in-law. After landing, he rolled on the ground a few times before stopping.

Xie Sanqiang exclaimed lightly, ran a few steps ahead to pick up the small object and looked at it, then took it to Xu Jin like a treasure, and sang it, and said with a smile: "Brother-in-law, I picked up a penny."

Xu Jin said with a funny look: "I'm lucky. It's better to turn over all the sand here. Maybe I'll pick up gold next time."

The boy Xie Sanqiang really kicked the sand hard, but he actually picked up two more yellow copper coins. Xu Jin was quite surprised and took a copper coins from Xie Sanqiang's hand and looked at it. His expression became strange.

This is a Xuande Tongbao, but it looks very new. It also has a breath of fireworks when you hear it. It seems to be a newly cast copper coin, which is strange!

Xu Jin also played with collecting ancient coins in his previous life, so he was quite familiar with the copper coins of the Ming Dynasty. Because he avoided the word "Yuan" by Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming Dynasty's Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, the copper coins of the Ming Dynasty did not use a certain "yuanbao", but instead used a certain "Tongbao". Later, the Qing Dynasty also followed the Ming Dynasty's practice.

It is said that Xuande Tongbao was minted by Zhu Zhanji, Emperor Xuanzong of the Ming Dynasty in the eighth year of Xuande. Nearly seventy years later, there were no new copper coins in the Ming Dynasty. It was not until the 18th year of Hongzhi that the new copper coins in the Hongzhi Tongbao were minted, and the Zhengde Dynasty did not mint new coins. In other words, Xuande Tongbao has been nearly ninety years since now. The copper coins that have been used for so long must have been seriously worn out. Even if they are carefully preserved, they cannot be like this.

Xu Jin thoughtfully, the brand new Xuande Tongbao in his hand was dubbed for a while, and actually lifted his official robe and kicked the sand with Xie Sangu. The dozen or so brave soldiers from the 500 battalions in the distance couldn't help but look at each other, not understanding why the wise and wise masters made such a childish move.

"Zhao Datou, you guys come here to help too!" Xu Jin waved.

Zhao Datou's name is Zhao Xing, one of the eleven personal soldiers who followed Xu Jin in Jiangxi, and now one of the hundred households in the 500th battalion. When this guy heard Xu Jin's call, he immediately ran over with more than a dozen men to help fill the sand. In an instant, smoke and dust rolled.

As the saying goes, there are many people and great power. Soon, more copper coins were discovered. A total of twelve were obtained, all of which were brand new Xuande Tongbao. Xu Jin's sword eyebrows couldn't help but flick. Now he was basically sure that someone was privately casting copper coins. This was a death sentence for scouting the house and beheading. However, what Xu Jin was quite puzzled was why did the privately casting copper coins not copy the closer Hongzhi Tongbao, but instead copy the Xuande Tongbao nearly a hundred years ago?

Xu Jin's eyes couldn't help but fall to the Inspection Office. These copper coins were found here, so the Inspection Office was the most suspicious. Of course, this cannot be confirmed that it was created by the Inspection Office.

"Sir, be careful!" Zhao Datou suddenly shouted and quickly untied the flintlock rifle on his back. More than a dozen other brothers from the Five Hundred Battalions responded immediately and protected Xu Jin behind him.

At this time, the sun had almost completely sunk into the horizon. Under the vast twilight, a small fishing boat was sailing towards the estuary. Seeing that there was only one small boat, Zhao Datou was calm, so he did not call on other brothers in the inspection department to reinforce.

"Hey, it seems to be the magistrate of County Zhu!" My brother-in-law Xie Sanqian was very keen and blurted out first.

As the small fishing boat moved closer and closer, Xu Jin also saw it thoroughly. Sure enough, there was a tall guy wearing a seventh-rank official robe standing on the boat, which was Zhu Wan, the magistrate of Dongtai County.

"Mr. Xu!" Zhu Wan stood in the middle of the boat and waved her hand and shouted loudly, looking very energetic, and four fierce soldiers were rowing the boat hard.

Seeing this, Xu Jin came out from the crowd and greeted him and smiled, "Brother Zichun, have you been looking forward to you back and have you caught up with the Japanese pirates?"

Zhu Wan laughed and said, "The Japanese pirates did not catch up, but they destroyed a group of pirates on Dongsha Island on the way, killing more than 200 people, including two leaders, and captured a total of 125 people alive. Haha, the 500 battalion is really powerful. If the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty had such combat power, let alone the Japanese pirates, even the northern Tartars could be wiped out in the blink of an eye."

Zhu Wan was obviously extremely excited at this moment. Before she got off the boat, she made a big splash and then jumped onto the shore.

Xu Jin couldn't help but suddenly realize, no wonder he hadn't turned around for so long, and he had run to suppress the pirates and quickly asked what was going on.
Chapter completed!