Chapter 156 The "Japanese" chaos has not ended until
October.
Fujian has fallen into a strange state.
The storm brought by Japanese pirates at sea intensified, but the Japanese pirates on land were gradually extinguished.
October is the month when typhoons land and the sea is windy and rough. According to the pattern of Japanese pirate invasions in the past, Japanese pirates will return to Japan in October.
But this year, the "King of Deer" seems to have "settled" on the southeastern coast, and it still robbed ships despite the wind and waves in October.
"Japanese pirates" were plundering the sea areas, and even the sea guards in Fujian did not dare to go to sea, but there were always some unfaithful merchants who went to sea.
Especially several maritime merchant families who usually colluded with Japanese pirates. They relied on their own "ways" and wanted to take advantage of this time when the sea route was cut off to quietly make a fortune.
But the result was that all the ships of their families were robbed by "Japanese pirates" without exception.
As soon as Lu Dawang's iconic Centipede and the Great Armor appeared on the sea, these slow-moving merchant ships did not dare to resist, and could only obediently raise the white flag and surrender.
However, the "Deer King" seems to have changed her style. "She" robs merchant ships without killing people, but only robs ships and goods.
As long as the merchants surrendered obediently, the "Deer King" would not kill anyone, but would only let the original crew members get on the boat and pull them to the shore, so that they could survive on their own.
Even if there is resistance, the "Deer King" will not massacre the crew, and his attitude is much gentler than before.
However, the treatment of human life has become gentle, and the treatment of property has changed from the previous tacit understanding with some Fujian maritime merchants.
As long as the ship is robbed by the "Deer King", all the ship and cargo will be taken away, without any mercy or room for negotiation.
Some captains even offered to pay more ransom and asked for their ships to be released, but the "Deer King" sternly refused and implemented the "two-guang" policy of robbing all the cargo and the ship, leaving no room for error.
Suddenly, the deer king had a fierce reputation.
These merchants who thought they could speak in front of the Japanese pirates were robbed, and other merchants did not dare to go to sea.
Maritime trade in Fujian is prohibited.
If Emperor Hongwu were alive, he would probably be surprised that his sea ban order of "No one is allowed to enter the sea" was actually fulfilled under the shock of a "Japanese pirate".
The "Deer King" at sea is rampant in the sea, but the Japanese pirates on land are beginning to fall apart.
Sure enough, as Su Ze had judged, these Japanese pirates on land became like water without roots without the support from the sea.
The Japanese pirates who attacked Shaxian County were unable to defeat them for a long time, so they decided to give up the attack on Shaxian County and instead went to plunder the countryside.
But when these Japanese pirates were about to cause harm to the countryside, they encountered the most powerful military organization in the Ming Dynasty - the "Jia Ding".
The "housekeepers" led by the squire of Shaxian County not only defeated the Japanese pirates' attack, but also pursued the Japanese pirates for dozens of miles, forcing the real Japanese leader to leave Shaxian.
Fujian's people have always been fierce, and the Chen family in Beishan dared to fight with military guards like Changning Guards.
If Japanese pirates attack the city, these squires can ignore it. The county magistrate screams and screams, but no one is willing to rescue the county.
But if the Japanese pirates attack Zhuangzi outside the city, they will infringe on their interests.
The big clans in each county showed amazing unity and showed great fighting power.
The prefect Fang also followed his daughter's advice and changed his thinking on fighting the Japanese.
Fang Zhifu changed from the old idea of sending officers and soldiers to encircle and suppress the Japanese, and changed it to offering rewards to all townships for bravely killing Japanese pirates.
A real Japanese head and a Japanese sword can be exchanged for twenty taels of silver when sent to the prefect's Yamen!
In addition to the head, a Japanese sword is also attached as a certificate to kill the Japanese pirates. Naturally, this is to prevent someone from killing ordinary people and pretending to be Japanese pirates to receive rewards.
After this order was promulgated, the local volunteer regiments in Yanping Prefecture were even more vigilant. The real Japanese who invaded Yanping Prefecture were hunted and hunted, and the Japanese rebellion in Yanping Prefecture was quickly put down.
What, who will pay for this?
At that time, the Yanping Guards who refused to fight came out. If the Yanping Guards could not defeat the Japanese pirates and no one was bleeding, they would have to pay money.
However, it was not a loss for Commander Yu, and Fang Zhifu still attributed some of the gains to Commander Yu, which made the Yanping Guards also shine with the Ministry of War and Fujian Dusi Yamen.
Commander Yu is going to continue the operation and let Yu Zongyuan take the martial arts exam next year. If he can pass the martial arts examination, Yu Zongyuan will also be able to get a secular position. At that time, Commander Yu will continue the operation and get it for his second son. A little military merit will allow the Yu family to spread its branches. If two generals are separated, it will be a great honor for the ancestors.
Our Yu Dayou in Fujian was only a hereditary member of a thousand households before, but now he is also the deputy commander-in-chief of Zhejiang?
Isn’t it just paying money? Commander Yu also figured out that if money is not brought to you in life or taken away in death, you have to spend the money that needs to be spent!
By October, the Japanese disturbances on land in various prefectures and counties had basically subsided, and the roads on land were open again.
It’s just that the sea route is still completely cut off. It’s a pity that naval battles cannot be achieved by relying on rewards and the bravery of soldiers. No matter how rich and powerful the squire in Fujian is, they can’t build warships and form a fleet privately. They really can't defeat the "Deer King"!
After the transportation to the county seat was restored, peace returned to Nanping County. Hai Rui sent someone to inform Su Ze that he would go to the city to study again in mid-October.
With the recovery of road traffic in various places, the sales of "Paiban Surprise", which continued to be published even during the Japanese Rebellion, have experienced further growth.
The reason for the increase is naturally that "The Surprise" began to be sold to other counties.
The reason why "Surprise" was able to sell out so quickly is thanks to the wife of Magistrate Fang, Mrs. Li.
Li admired Su Ze's "The Peony Pavilion" very much, and even more liked "The Peony Pavilion" which serialized "The Peony Pavilion".
Although Mrs. Li had a husband who was a Jinshi scholar and a younger brother who was a Juren scholar, she did not love Yangchun Baixue in her life, but loved people from lower Liba.
Mrs. Li not only loves to watch plays, but also loves to rehearse plays.
The poetry club she snatched from her daughter turned into an opera club for the ladies.
Mrs. Li simply filmed and sang in the opera club by herself.
Although being an actor is a lowly profession, ladies and ladies rehearse and don't perform to make money. They are just playing for ticket entertainment. Naturally, there is no such thing as high or low.
I heard that Mr. Tuohu from Songjiang Prefecture would sometimes dress up in costume and sing a few lines on stage, but no one said he was disgraced.
However, she had to buy outfits and hire a band to sing, so Fang Rulan had very little money left to raise.
Lin Xianyang, who was at the government office, found out about this and immediately sent someone to notify Su Ze.
Su Ze asked someone to find Chen Chaoyuan and asked him to immediately send a deed to the government office to donate 20% of the profits of the magazine "Surprise" every month to help Mrs. Li develop the cultural undertakings of the government. Sure enough, as soon as this trick came out, the favorability of the ladies who participated in the Quyi Club towards the "Pai Ben Surprise" magazine immediately doubled.
Those who can attend Mrs. Li's party are naturally the top circle of ladies in Yanping Mansion.
Now "The Surprise" is going to be sold to other counties in the government, who dares to cause trouble?
It is said that a local club in a certain county wanted to monopolize the channels of "The Surprise". They found Xiong Wu who came to the county to set up a sales network and demanded that the newspaper be sold to them at a low price. Otherwise, every copy of "The Surprise" would be sold in the county. Don't come in.
Xiong Wu just smiled. The next day, the local magistrate was furious and took all the key members of the club into prison. Everyone was handcuffed to the side of the Gongtong, and they were punished for half a month before being released.
It is said that the county magistrate's wife got a good role at the next gathering of Mrs. Li's folk art club.
Now all the black and white business people in Yanping Prefecture understand that "Surprise" cannot be messed with.
It's not just "The Surprise" that you can't mess with, but also the bookstores selling newspapers and the newsboys selling newspapers. These are all things you shouldn't mess with.
Among them, there is another unlucky guy caught by AOE, that is, Huang Shixing has just pirated a batch of "Surprise" and plans to transport it to Linxian County to sell it and recoup the cost of purchasing the printing shop.
He was reported after just selling one copy. The county government was very quick to dispatch and immediately confiscated all of Huang Shixing's pirated newspapers.
Mr. Huang once again lost all his money.
Lin Xianyang came back with another good news, that is, the almshouse that Su Ze took the lead in donating money to build has finally been repaired.
The first batch of children have already been admitted to the Alms House. Under Hai Rui's supervision, no one in the entire Alms House dares to profit from it. The Alms House provides the last bit of warmth and security to these children living on the streets in the city.
Fang Ruolan was in a good mood. She often went to the nursing home to visit the children. Compared to Huimin Pharmacy, the nursing home could directly help the children. Fang Ruolan spent all her time in the nursing home these days.
Another person in Nanping County who is in a good mood is Mr. Yu.
The Yu family has been bleeding again recently, but the second young master Yu has already divided the family property and moved out, and the Yu family's money has nothing to do with him, so the second young master Yu is applauded.
Later, Second Young Master Yu heard from his mother that his father was interested in helping him arrange for Yu Zongyuan to take part in the martial arts exam next year.
If you can pass the martial arts examination and be awarded a military position, then you can become an official without inheriting the family position?
Thinking of this, Second Young Master Yu felt better. His father was using the family's money to help him find a future!
Another thing that makes Mr. Yu feel good is that all four of his shops are making money.
After the rouge shop and pickle shop were replaced by Changning Weilai's shopkeeper, the profits handed over to the second master Yu every month were equal to the previous year's. This shows how greedy the previous shopkeeper was.
Needless to say, bookstores make money. Nowadays, literate people in Nanping City must visit bookstores at least twice a month. Nowadays, scholars in Nanping County need to buy books, so they naturally think of Yu’s bookstore. Profits naturally skyrocketed.
Another thing that pleased Ergong Yu was that he owned another cloth shop.
A kind of washable blue dyed cloth quietly became popular in Nanping County.
Aizen itself is the color of ordinary poor people. The bright blue color of the dyed cloth quickly attracted the attention of those budget-conscious housewives.
The dyed cloth sold by the Yu family is more expensive than ordinary dyed cloth, but if the blue dyed cloth really does not fade when washed as advertised, it can save a lot of re-dying costs.
A large part of the large and small dyeing shops in the county are engaged in the business of re-dying.
The so-called re-dying is to take the original fabric to the dyeing workshop and re-dye it after the color has faded.
Re-dying also costs money, and if you send it for re-dying, you will have no clothes to wear for several days. Many poor scholars only have one set of clothes and are reluctant to send their clothes for re-dying.
However, wearing faded clothes is shameful. Yujia Cloth Shop's dyed fabrics, which are said to be colorfast, soon became popular among budget-conscious housewives.
Although the price is more expensive, there is no need for touch-up dyeing, and the time and money saved is much greater than the price difference.
The fabric business also became an instant success, and long queues formed in the fabric stores every day.
Some people are happy, but others are worried. The business of Yu's cloth shop is booming, and it's not just the colleagues who own the cloth shop who are jealous. The other person who has suffered a loss is Cai Yuan's family's dyeing shop.
This Cai Yuanwai is worthy of being an official of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and he is naturally very good at doing business.
Cai Yuanwai has almost a monopoly on indigo cultivation in Nanping County, and almost all indigo dyeing and spinning in the city is his family's industry.
This is the case for most purchases of food, clothing, housing and transportation. Although the money is not much, it is more stable in the long term, and the shops are gathered together, which is also a large amount of income.
However, as the Yu family sells more dyed cloth that is not easy to fade, fewer people come to re-dye it, and the business of Cai Yuan's family's dyeing shop has dropped a lot.
Moreover, the Cai family not only runs a dyeing shop, but also grows indigo in his village outside the city. The dyeing shop has no business, and the indigo grown cannot be sold.
If it were someone else's business, Cai Yuanwai would naturally have hundreds of ways to prevent him from continuing the business, but it happened to be the Yu family's property.
Commander Yu was a hereditary military attache of the third rank, while Cai Yuanwai was just a Yuanwai Lang of the Ministry of Revenue before he became an official.
The Yu family was a local wealthy family in Nanping during the Hongwu Dynasty. The Cai family only studied in the imperial examinations and became prosperous in the last three generations, and they were incomparable with the Yu family.
All this made Cai Yuanwai very depressed. How could this martial artist who had been in the Yu family for generations suddenly become so good at business?
On October 2, Su Ze finally settled things on Dong'ao Island.
Lin Mojun temporarily stayed on Dong'ao Island. She wore the deer king's full armor and drove the Centipede to rob these smuggling merchant ships. In addition to the ships of local Fujian maritime merchants, she also robbed a real Japanese merchant ship.
According to Lin Mojun, the Japanese on board the merchant ship were very arrogant. They talked to Lin Mojun in Japanese for a long time, and finally he was chopped down by Lin Mojun and fed to the sharks.
Su Ze interrogated the Japanese on the Japanese ship. It turned out that the ship was a trading ship belonging to the Shimadzu family of Kagoshima, Japan. The Japanese who was killed by Lin Mojun was a franchise businessman of the Shimadzu family.
The ship was filled with deerskins and was bound for Moon Harbor for business. After interrogation, Su Ze found a flag embroidered with the moon in the captain's cabin.
Captain Alfonso recognized that this was the ship guide issued by the Moon Harbor Chamber of Commerce. As long as the ship flew this flag, it could sail into the Moon Harbor to do business.
Su Ze thought that he had a wooden plaque given to him by Zhang Haihu before he left. It was the certificate for land entry and exit from Moon Harbor.
I didn't expect that the Yuegang ship guide that I had longed for could be obtained so easily.
Looking at the "stolen goods" piled up on Dong'ao Island, it's time to get rid of the stolen goods.
The "Japanese" chaos is still there, and naturally it is still in the "Japanese Rebellion" volume.
(End of chapter)