Chapter 380 Nature

Pingcheng.

Chen Shou was a little confused.

This morning, Chang Wei suddenly led his troops to the shipyard, and went straight to the shipyard, looking like he was facing a great enemy.

If he hadn't known that this general was loyal to the King of Yan, he would have thought there was a mutiny.

"The pirates are coming again!" After asking, Chen Shou almost jumped up when he learned the reason why the royal army came.

Chang Wei nodded gently, "Although it's just your Highness's guess, we can't be careless. We can't let these warships be destroyed in the hands of those who are interested."

Chang Wei looked at the river while speaking.

The King of Yan talked to him about building warships.

Each of these warships is made of oak.

Although he is just a rough man, he also knows that this kind of wood is known to be as hard as iron.

But the corresponding price is expensive.

The cost of each warship is therefore as high as hundreds of thousands of taels.

At present, there are twelve warships under construction in the dock by the river.

If they are destroyed, the loss will be more than 4 million taels of silver and half a year.

"Damn it." Chen Shou couldn't help but curse.

The warships in Jinghai County were destroyed, and although the King of Yan didn't blame him harshly.

He never forgave himself in his heart.

That was a lot of silver and the hard work of the craftsmen.

"If they want to destroy the warships, they have to step over my body!" Chen Shou stamped his feet.

According to the King of Yan's request, he built twelve dry docks by the river.

There was a warship under construction in each dry dock.

Now, the main body of the warship is roughly completed, and the scattered auxiliary structures will be completed in another three months.

Then dry it for another two or three months, load it with artillery, and the warship will be able to set sail.

Now everything is going perfectly, how could he tolerate another failure.

"Don't worry, Master Chen, didn't the prince ask me to come? With me here, these pirates will have three heads, and they won't be able to destroy these warships from my hands, Chang Wei." Chang Wei saw that Chen Shou's face was purple with anger, and hurried to comfort him.

Chen Shou felt relieved after hearing this. He bowed to Chang Wei and said, "General Chang, I'll leave it to you this time."

Chang Wei returned the greeting and immediately ordered the generals to lead the troops to the junction of the Haihe River and the Grand Canal for strict inspection.

At the same time, he observed the terrain near the shipyard for a while and ambushed some soldiers on the side of the river bank facing the shipyard.

Because the river where the shipyard is located is a cut-off river.

He also set up the artillery position on the river bank at the cut-off point, overlooking the entire shipyard.

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"Your Highness, all the pirates who attacked Jinghai County were annihilated by me."

Jinghai County.

Bai Shang clasped his fists heavily to Zhao Xu.

"Very good." Zhao Xu said, "Go back, I will let Chang Wei give you and the soldiers a credit."

"Thank you, Your Highness." Bai Shang and the generals around him smiled.

At this time, Zhao Xu climbed up the city wall and looked at the distant sea with a telescope.

More than 30 pirate warships were still anchored in place.

These warships are the traditional hard-sailed ships of Dasong.

Each warship can carry more than 200 people.

"Your Highness, there were 72 warships on the sea the day before yesterday, but there were only more than 30 left on the sea after waking up overnight." Bai Shang explained, "I sent people to take a small boat to capture these warships, but the pirates left people on the ship and bombarded the soldiers with artillery, so I ordered the soldiers to withdraw."

At this point, Bai Shang felt a little sorry.

The only shortcoming of this battle was that these warships were not captured.

"More than 40 ships were missing?" Zhao Xu's heart skipped a beat.

"Yes, Your Highness." Bai Shang saw that Zhao Xu's face was gloomy and a little uneasy, thinking that he had done something wrong.

"Send someone to Pingcheng immediately and tell Chang Wei to order him to search the fleet in the Haihe River." Zhao Xu said.

Although he knew it might be too late, it was still necessary to send someone to ensure that there was no risk.

Bai Shang suddenly realized, and he immediately ordered a team of cavalry to go.

"I thought these pirates were arrogant, but I didn't expect them to play a trick." Bai Shang spit.

Then he said: "Your Highness, I have captured a Japanese. Other pirates confessed that he is the deputy of the deputy island owner Heishan."

"Did you find out anything?" Zhao Xu said.

"The other pirates don't know much, but this Yamada Ichiya is very stubborn and won't open his mouth." Bai Shang said.

Zhao Xu sneered at this, "Bring him out, I have plenty of ways to make him speak."

In Zhao Xu's view, the country of Japan is the same as a certain country in the contemporary world.

After all, the aggressiveness and extremism of island countries are largely determined by the geographical environment.

This is the same as the fact that oranges grown in the south of the Huai River are oranges, while oranges grown in the north of the Huai River are tangerines.

The narrow land of Japan, scarce resources, and the narrow nationality formed by the lack of ethnic integration surrounded by the sea are destined to make it full of aggressiveness and extremism.

The only reason they don't invade is that they are not strong enough.

As long as there is strength, they will inevitably provoke war.

As far as he knows, in the late Qing Dynasty before Dasong, the sea pirates composed of Japanese people constantly harassed the southeast coast.

Even Japan invaded Goryeo at that time.

After Dasong was established, this kind of harassment has never stopped.

In addition, during the Age of Exploration, pirates and privateers roamed the entire ocean, which led to the current maritime ban in Dasong.

"Yes, Your Highness." Bai Shang ordered the general to take Yamada Ichino out of the prison.

The two went down the city wall and waited outside the east gate.

Not long after, a man was dragged to the door by the soldiers.

When he got closer, Zhao Xu was slightly startled.

Even the outfit is so similar to the contemporary Japanese samurai.

"Baga, the road is blocked by a narrow belt..." Yamada Ichiye was extremely jealous when he saw Bai Shang, and he kept cursing.

The soldiers of the palace threw him to the ground.

"What bird language is he talking about!" Bai Shang frowned. Although he didn't understand, he knew it was definitely not a good word.

"He called you a bastard and wanted to kill you." Zhao Xu said.

"Fuck you!" Bai Shang heard this and kicked Yamada Ichiye, kicking him to the ground.

But Yamada Ichiye no longer paid attention to Bai Shang at this time, and stood up and stared at Zhao Xu, "Who are you? How do you understand Japanese?"

Bai Shang was very respectful to this person, and he was obviously an official of high status.

And the officials of Dasong could not understand Japanese, so he asked again in Japanese.

"I am the King of Yan!" Zhao Xu said.

Yamada Ichiye's eyes shrank slightly, and then he said angrily: "I advise you to let me go, otherwise Wufeng Island will not let you go, and there will be no peace along the coast of Yanzhou in the future..."

Zhao Xu just sneered.

These pirates have been plundering the coast for a long time. They have obviously developed a very domineering habit because local officials fled at the sight of them.

They thought that after a few threats, he would send them back with good food and wine like the officials in the southeast.

"This king knows 34 categories and more than 500 kinds of torture. It is said that you are very stubborn. This king wants to try to see whether your stubbornness is stronger than these tortures." Zhao Xu sneered.

The tortures he mentioned are the means used by the contemporary Japanese army to persecute the people during the invasion of China.

The cruelty is outrageous.

If he had not come here, I am afraid that Dasong and its descendants would also suffer such a tragedy.

Bai Shang sneered when he heard this.

Over the years, I don't know how many people in Dasong have died tragically at the hands of these pirates.

According to rumors, these pirates often take pleasure in killing people, and do not let go of the old, young, women and children.

For him, no matter what torture is used to deal with Yamada Ichino, it is not too much.