Tong Baimei was arrested by Dongji Pavilion on the charge of disturbing the order of the Wenchang Temple sermon. When Zhao Ran asked Wei Chaozong what kind of punishment Tong Baimei would receive, Wei Chaozong asked: "What do Zhiran think?"
This way of asking questions is very tempting, but Zhao Ran still withstood the test: "Just do whatever you want to do. I won't express any opinions, and I don't have any opinions."
Finally, Lingji Palace made a decision on punishment, detaining him for fifteen days and writing a letter of repentance to Wenchang Temple.
There is no enmity between Zhao Ran and Tong Baimei. All the problems are caused by Zhiyuan, just like the problems between Zhao Ran and Yu Zhiyuan are caused by Jing Zhimo. Therefore, Zhao Ran hopes that after such a lesson, Tong Baimei can
Suddenly woke up.
But he was wrong. Tong Baimei obviously did not have this consciousness. During the fifteen days of being detained in Lingji Palace, he refused to write a letter of repentance. Instead, he wrote fifteen letters of engagement, demanding a fight with Zhao Zhiran, life or death.
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Such an attitude was really regrettable, so Lingji Palace could only continue to detain him until he realized his mistake.
Zhao Ran's mentality was very complicated, but he had no time to waste on such personal disputes. The inspection fleet set off and took the first step of the offensive strategy toward the sea.
Yuanjue Island is directly opposite Wenzhou Prefecture and is located more than 200 miles east of Wenzhou. As the first stop for monks to enter the sea, a large number of monks and people who migrated from land gathered here, including many important criminals wanted by Taoism and the imperial court.
When countless masts appeared on the sea, the island suddenly became chaotic. Ships of all sizes on the pier raised their sails and anchors, and fled toward the open sea. There were more ships that had no time to escape, and the ship owners could only be stunned.
Looking at the dozens of warships forming a formation outside the harbor, it was like dark clouds looming overhead.
A patrol ship brought two wind speedboats into the harbor, went straight into the depths of the trestle, found a berth and docked there.
A group of sergeants in full military uniforms got off the ship, and several monks at the head surrounded Wang Shouyu as they landed on the shore and stood in the open area. Wang Shouyu glanced at the nearly a hundred large and small merchant ships on the pier that had not had time to escape, and looked at the various people on board who were shivering.
Waiting, and the crowd hiding behind the messy houses on the shore, they signaled to a yellow-crowned monk beside them: "Xuan!"
The monk unfolded a scroll, used Dharma force to pronounce the sound, and said loudly: "Chen, the commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty's inspection fleet, informed the overseas islands that all the people know that Zi'er has traveled thousands of miles to the country, abandoned his relatives and left his hometown, and has been estranged from his teachings for a long time. He is close to Chongdao.
This letter will cause harm to the common people in the sea, and violate the majesty of Taoists. This pain to Taoists is not a blessing to the Ming Dynasty..."
A eloquent announcement, half text and half white, described the reasons why the fleet occupied the island, officially announced that Yuanjue Island and Daleishan Island would be brought under the rule, and a Taoist temple would be established to carry out enlightenment.
At the same time, the notice also explained the policy. The inspection fleet recognized the ownership rights of each family's property and ships. Except for capital crimes, as long as they proactively applied for a practice certificate, all wanted orders from Taoism and the imperial court would be revoked.
This immediately stabilized the hearts of the people on the island. Thousands of islanders and hundreds of monks temporarily settled down, and Yu Jiang began to apply for a cultivation certificate from the fleet despite his doubts.
For several days in a row, people were arrested every night while trying to escape at night. Almost all of the escapees were felons with capital crimes who were not included in the amnesty. As a result, many long-standing major cases in Dongji Pavilion and Sanqing Pavilion were solved one after another.
An unexpected surprise.
On the third day after Wang Shouyu successfully landed on the island, Du Yangchen led the fleet outside the harbor to dock, established a headquarters, deployed sentry towers and established water camps on the surrounding islands of Yuanjue Island.
Wang Shouyu led a squadron of 16 warships to march to Daleishan Island, which was more than half a day away, landed on the island that night, and took control of the entire island the next day.
It took seven days to fully occupy and control Yuanjue Island and Daleishan Island. Du Yangchen and Wang Shouyu did not encounter any resistance, and the entire process went very smoothly.
After initially achieving the goal, Du Yangchenfei summoned Chen Shandao and invited the main force to settle in.
On June 26, the monks and islanders on Yuanjue Island saw an unforgettable sight: the sails that covered the sky came from the sea and the sky, and countless warships crowded the waters of the archipelago.
Led by four huge thousand-material warships, hundreds of warships anchored at the port of Yuanjue Island.
Standing on the peak at the southwest end of Yuanjue Island and looking down, groups of ships, led by wind speedboats, sailed to the surrounding islands and set up camps. The inspection fleet camp was officially moved here.
Du Xingyan was the first to get off a 500-ton container ship that was accompanying the army. He stepped on the wooden trestle, and his feet suddenly felt fluttery, as if he was unsteady on his feet.
After letting Wang Jianguo, Lan Shuimo, Mo Buping, Shao Yuxing and others rest for a while, they called the seventh team and followed the fleet logistics officers to the designated location to build the army warehouse.
To this end, Zhao Ran mobilized more than a dozen construction monk teams from the bridge construction site, and Du Xingyan's seventh team was among them, which was considered as a fulfillment of his promise to them.
The officer pointed to a row of simple wooden houses in front of him and said: "This is a maritime business industry. He was wanted by Dongji Pavilion fifteen years ago. After escaping overseas, he started a maritime trade. The business was doing well. In Yuanjue
A warehouse was built on the island. Unfortunately, his case was too big and he was not included in the amnesty. On the second night after we arrived, we tried to sail out to sea and were shot dead on the spot. The warehouse was confiscated by the fleet. This is where the general headquarters will be built.
Hey guys, can you guys take a look?"
Du Xingyan and others walked around the warehouse, then took out the standard army depot construction diagram issued before leaving, studied it for a moment, and nodded immediately: "No problem, it's good here."
The officer said: "In seven days, the transport fleet will arrive at Yuanjue Island to unload its cargo. Can it be completed?"
Du Xingyan asked: "As promised, give me two hundred people and build a large military supply store for you within five days!"
"No problem, the personnel will be deployed within half an hour!"
"Is there anything else in there?"
"It has been cleaned up and can be dismantled at any time."
"Jianguo!"
"arrive!"
"After everyone arrives, they will be responsible for unloading materials on the trestle!"
"yes!"
"Xiao Shao!"
"Here I am."
"Show up your energy and learn how to build a country!"
"yes!"
"Xiao Shao!"
"arrive!"
"Inspect the construction site immediately and drive away the people!"
"yes!"
"Xiao Mo, ink!"
"exist!"
"Ready for demolition!"
"yes!"
After experiencing the hardships of building the Yingtian Yangtze River Bridge, the seventh team can be said to have superb skills and excellent work style. A mere military supply warehouse is no different to them.
What's more, under Zhao Ran's insistence, the simple warehouse has been divided into several modules in advance, and the materials for building the modules have been built in advance. They are just on the container ship, and can be unloaded and spliced according to the diagram. It is really simple.
Du Xingyan said it took five days, but in fact it only took three days for the warehouse to be completed. Starting from the seventh day, swarms of container ships swarmed in to unload massive amounts of materials, and the inspection fleet's forward base began to take shape!