The elite Zhili troops led by Mu Yan took several warships to Turtle Island.
The two fishermen leading the way looked at each other with worry in their eyes.
One of them couldn't help but moved to Mu Yan's side: "Master Jun, I heard that the group of pirates who occupied Turtle Back Island are very powerful, with hundreds of ships. You guys..."
This is less than ten ships.
Although it looks big, it is not as flexible as a small boat in shuttling between shoals and islands. Moreover, these military officers do not even know the sea conditions and waters. They will be outflanked and lost in the sea, fearing that they will never return.
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The two fishermen leading the way were worried.
Kan Er didn't want to hear them boosting others' ambitions, so he replied loudly: "Don't worry. This time the emperor has sent 400,000 naval troops from Zhejiang and Fujian, vowing to wipe out all the pirates in this area. Our warships are everywhere on the sea, and there is military intelligence
A signal bomb will be sent immediately to warn you, and warships will be reinforced at any time. Don’t be afraid, lead your way, and you will be richly rewarded when the time comes!"
The two fishermen breathed a sigh of relief quietly, "That's good, that's good."
Li Yi approached Mu Yan and said, "Sir, we are still focusing on sentinels this time, so we don't want to go too deep."
There are several small islands next to Turtle Island, and the pirates are familiar with the terrain. It would be disadvantageous for them to go too deep.
"I know it well," Mu Yan replied.
Since the rise of sea trade, more and more people have been thinking of getting something for nothing, robbing passing merchant ships at sea, and even fishermen are not spared. Not only that, but they also often harass the people along the coast. The people along the coast are unbearable and run away.
, so that fertile farmland is abandoned.
Over time, the people began to complain, complaining that the government was ineffective and could not even deal with a group of pirates, and the people's morale was weakened.
The pirates were very ferocious. They not only entered coastal towns and villages, they came and left when they wanted. If they entered uninhabited land, they also colluded with Japanese people. Sometimes they would defend the city and compete with the imperial court. Gradually, they became more and more powerful, as if they were pirates.
Became a group of rebels.
In addition to the northern grassland peoples, the rise of pirates and Japanese pirates along the coast has become a worry for emperors on the throne since Taizu.
Emperor Yongkang hated evil as much as his enemies, and said that the traitor would be killed no matter how far away he was.
At the beginning, a reward of 500,000 taels was offered, so that Guan He would go to Sanfoqi to capture the pirate leader Chen Zuyi and return home to kill him. In the second year of Yongkang, Guan He and others were sent to Japan with a navy of 100,000 taels to demonstrate and ordered the Japanese king to
Restrict the people of the country.
Now another 400,000 naval troops were sent, and Ping Jiangbo was ordered to lead the troops to exterminate the pirates, which shows his determination.
After meeting Ping Jiangbo, he ordered him to lead the Zhili elite troops to Turtle Island, also to wipe out the pirates hiding on these small islands in the southeastern waters.
At that time, we can use these offshore islands as maritime defense centers, connect them into lines, weave them into surfaces, and connect them with beacons and piers along the coast to form a deep maritime defense system.
Mu Yan put away the telescope, asked the flag bearer to raise the flag, and headed towards Turtle Island at full speed.
The commander-in-chief of this campaign to suppress pirates was not Zhang Fu, but he was busy training troops and had no time to take care of him.
The grassland peoples in the north have always been a serious concern for Emperor Yongkang. It is expected that they will have another northern expedition soon, and perhaps Emperor Yongkang will do it himself.
Zhang Fu did not dare to neglect, and kept training every day. Although he was training in the military camp in the capital, he was so busy that he did not return home for many days.
But news from home has been reaching him. Zhizu School is fully prepared and will resume school soon, and is preparing to return home.
Huo Xi usually only made suggestions, and occasionally went to the Clan Academy to take a look. Most of them just talked about it, while some people were doing things. The Zhang and Wang clans were very active and quickly completed the preparations.
On this day, Zhang Jie came back from the Imperial College and ran to Xianglan Courtyard. He asked someone to call her, but he held the door frame and refused to go in.
When Huo Xi came out, she frowned and said, "I want to go to the clan school too! They don't dare to make the decision, so let me ask you!"
"You want to go to the clan school? Are you unhappy staying in the Imperial College?" Huo Xi was a little surprised.
Zhang Jie pursed his lips. From the teacher to the classmates in the Imperial College, they only had Huo Nian in their eyes, not the young master in his past.
"Are you afraid that if I go to study in the clan and get along well with everyone, my position as Crown Prince Zhang Yuzhong will be lost?"
Huo Xi laughed: "So you want to make chicken heads."
"What chicken head?" Zhang Jie didn't understand for a moment.
"Chicken head and phoenix tail. If it were me, I would rather make phoenix tail than chicken head."
Zhang Jie tilted his head, understood what Huo Xi meant, and asked her: "Why? Don't they all say that they would rather be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix?"
"You want to go on your own. You can just go to the East Palace and ask your sister. She also wants you to stay in the Imperial College. However, I respect your wishes. If you want to go to the Imperial College, I will ask for your place.
Zhang Mao entered the Imperial Academy."
"Why!"
Zhang Jie jumps around. If he doesn't go, he won't let Zhang Mao go either.
"You're not going anyway."
"Who said I won't go!" He turned around and ran away bitterly, forgetting what he meant when he came.
When I returned to my yard, I didn't think about it anymore and asked someone to hitch a ride to the East Palace to find Baguio.
Baguio also advised him to stay in the Imperial College, "What kind of gentlemen are hired by the clan school, and what kind of gentleman is the Imperial College? Moreover, the Imperial College is all the sons of nobles, while the clan schools are just some clansmen who can't afford to go to school, so what kind of friends can they make?"
, what benefits will it bring to you in the future?”
Not much to say, I only made one or two close friends, and these friends will also help Jie'er in the future.
As for the clan members of Ethnology, they all looked up to the life of the British government and did not dare to say harsh words. They only flattered Xie'er, so how could they be of any help to Xie'er.
"Do you really want to watch Zhang Yuzhong and Zhang Mao studying in the Imperial College while you go to study alone?"
"I do not want it!"
Although he was not happy to stay in the Imperial College, Zhang Jie was not happy when he saw three men in the first room, two of whom were in the Imperial College, going to study alone.
"That's right. You study in the Imperial College obediently. After you finish your studies, your father will find you a job. With your father helping you plan, you will have a bright future."
When mentioning his father, Zhang Jie was still a little awkward and didn't speak.
Zhang Biyao sighed, knowing that the situation was stronger than others, "Stop being awkward with the eldest sister and fifth brother, and pretend to be more harmonious..." she advised him sincerely.
Otherwise, he will be the only one who suffers. Now that his mother is gone and she has left the government, who else in the government really cares about him?
"Got it!" Zhang Jie responded a little impatiently and turned around to go back home.
Baguio stopped him again: "Sister, I want to help you buy some fields and villages, so that the money will not be left in your hands and you will squander it."
Zhang Jie paused and thought for a moment, "Why don't you buy a shop? You can also make more money every year."
"When you buy a shop, you don't have the right people to help you take care of it, and your sister can't get out. If you are cheated, the gain will outweigh the loss."
"How could I be deceived! I, after all, I am also the young master of the Duke's Mansion, who dares to lie to me!"
"I'm not telling you that I'm lying to you. I'm just saying that I've tampered with the accounts and that I'm losing money every year. Can you understand that?"
Zhang Jie was silent for a while and then said: "Then why didn't anyone lie to her?"
"who?"
"No one. I'm back." He turned around and ran away.
After Zhang Jie left, Baguio realized that the younger brother was talking about the eldest sister.
Sighing, how can they compare with the eldest sister. The eldest sister has been exposed to economic and general affairs since she was a child and has many people in her hands. Now one of them is trapped in the palace, and the other is young and has no idea how to succeed.
I just hope that my younger brother will be more sensible and that my eldest sister and my fifth brother will not embarrass him in the future for the sake of sharing the same father.