Chapter 381 Beyond the Great Song
"King Yan, you are playing with fire! Don't you know the evil reputation of Wufeng Island?" Yamada Yiye said in a serious tone. read
"I not only know, but also know very well what Wufeng Island is. Your island owner is just a treasonous traitor who has changed his master and bullied Da Song." Zhao Xu looked cold.
The last time pirates attacked Jinghai County, he collected relevant information about Lu Zheng.
This Lu was from Zhezhou. He first sold smuggled goods at sea and was said to have a fierce temper.
After profiting from maritime trade, he formed a fleet and continued to sell smuggled goods while also engaging in pirate activities.
Of course, maritime merchants during this period were basically merchants and pirates.
Later, Lu Zheng was valued by a Japanese general and was allowed to stay on Wufeng Island in the southwest of Japan.
Since then, Lu Zheng's power has grown rapidly. Not only did he roam the seas and plunder merchant ships, he also harassed the coast of Da Song all year round.
It can be said that there is a vague shadow behind Wufeng Island, which is Japan.
"How dare you insult the island owner like this!" Yamada Kazuno suddenly struggled and waved his hand to hit Zhao Xu.
Seeing this, the soldier raised his flintlock gun and hit Yamada Kazuo hard.
Yamada Kazuno groaned and shouted: "King Yan, you have attracted the attention of the island owner. Just wait, your Yanzhou will turn into a sea of blood, hahaha..."
"It's too arrogant." Bai Shang couldn't bear it any longer and drew out his sword to kill Yamada Kazuno.
"Don't be fooled, he just wants us to give him a good time." Zhao Xu stopped Bai Shang, "If he wants to die, he has to pour out everything in his mouth."
Bai Shang nodded.
At this time, Zhao Xu asked him to prepare some things and called the prison chief to give him some instructions.
Half an hour later.
A huge scream startled a flock of birds.
I saw a bamboo stick inserted into Yamada Kazuno's finger.
"Hey, hey, you screamed so loudly, there will be more soon." Xingtou's expression didn't change.
In prison, he was used to torturing prisoners and felt nothing.
On the contrary, it was to show that he was superb and attentive in front of King Yan.
"Ah..." Another scream followed, followed by Yamada Kazuno's hard-to-hear curses.
But after the third scream, his tone softened, "I said, I said, I said everything."
"The general thought he was still a man, but it seems he is still a bear." Bai Shang sneered.
Zhao Xu had already thought about the questions in his mind and asked them one by one.
Yamada Kazuno replied dejectedly.
"Your real purpose is indeed the Ship Division." Zhao Xu frowned and followed Yamada Kazuno's confession.
The forty-two ships that disappeared carried six thousand people to Pingcheng.
"I have no enmity with your Wufeng Island. Why do you keep going against me?" Zhao Xu said sternly.
"The Liang family has long found out that you are building ships and intend to secretly participate in maritime trade. They paid a large price to the island owner, and the island owner also does not want you, Prince Yan, to get involved in maritime trade."
"Liang family." Zhao Xu's eyes narrowed.
He had doubted the Liang family before, but he was not sure.
But now I heard it from Yamada Kazuno's mouth, his sudden anger.
What he hates most is when one of his own people fights, but the other party leads the wolf into the house.
Gritting his teeth, he kept this account in mind, and then asked some questions about Wufeng Island.
Like the information he collected, this Lu Zheng was indeed inextricably linked to a Japanese shogun.
Although they are not his subordinates, they are still cooperative.
Wufeng Island will give 40% of its harvest to the shogun every year.
What Lu Zheng got were warships, matchlock guns, and the pirate base of Wufeng Island.
In addition, Yamada Kazuno also talked about some things at sea.
For example, several Western countries trade between Japan and Dasong.
The warships of these Western countries are equipped with artillery, the soldiers are armed with flintlock guns, and the ships are strong and powerful.
The countries surrounding the southern ocean were basically occupied and enslaved by them.
The southern part of Yizhou on the other side of the Liang family's territory was occupied by the Folangji people, and the northern part was occupied by their Dongying people.
"The Liang family has been deceiving your emperor. They have been trading with Western countries, but they have concealed their existence, just to monopolize the dividends of sea trade. They also have a large number of warships and are very ambitious. Hehe..."
Yamada Kazuno finally said, whether this sentence was to state the facts or to provoke a conflict between him and the Liang family.
"We Dasong will deal with the domestic thieves on our own. You outsiders are the ones who should be killed right now." Zhao Xu smelled some conspiracy in Yamada Kazuno's teasing expression.
Yamada Kazuno laughed softly when he heard this, "This is not that easy. Your weak Dasong is afraid that the wind will blow him down."
Then he looked at the flintlock gun carried by the royal soldier and asked, "Is this a flintlock gun?"
Bai Shang was surprised and said: "How do you know me?"
Yamada Kazuno did not answer him, but stared at Zhao Xu, "King Yan, you are in trouble, come on, give me a good time."
Zhao Xu narrowed his eyes and nodded to Bai Shang.
Bai Shang drew out his sword and swung it violently, causing Yamada Yiye's head to fall to the ground.
"All the remaining pirates will be executed." Zhao Xu's voice was as cold as ice and snow.
Yamada Kazuno's last words were undoubtedly to intimidate him.
It's just that he has always been soft-spoken rather than tough-minded.
Because he knows that weakness will only lead to humiliation.
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Pingcheng.
Heishan frowned as he looked at the soldiers who were interrogating the two rivers.
After crossing the boundary of Guan County, they traveled for another day and arrived at Pingcheng.
At this point, they were less than ten miles away from the Ship Office in Pingcheng.
But seeing these soldiers at this moment, he suddenly felt uneasy.
"Deputy Island Master, what should we do?" asked the captain of the warship.
They had received news before that there was no inspection at the junction of the Haihe River and the Dasong Canal, only at the dock.
But now the situation is obviously wrong.
"There are still many merchant ships waiting ahead, you should immediately ask a few smart people to go to the Ship Office to investigate." Heishan said.
He was suspicious by nature, not as reckless as his deputy Yamada Ichino.
After the captain left, three pirates quietly got off the ship and dived to the shore.
The leader was a pirate familiar with Yanzhou.
After landing, they immediately went to the Ship Office.
The person who asked them to destroy the warship provided a map of the nearby waterways, and they knew it clearly.
After half an hour, they arrived near the Ship Office, hiding in the woods on the river bank, secretly looking at the warship being built on the opposite side.
"Have you seen enough?" At this moment, a voice suddenly sounded behind them, and the three of them turned pale with fear.
Turning their heads, they saw a row of soldiers pointing their guns at their heads.
Chang Wei had buried a large number of ambushes near the Ship Department.
The appearance of these three people naturally did not escape their eyes.
They were taken to Chang Wei at that moment.
"Do you want to tell me yourself, or tell me after the severe punishment." Chang Wei was smiling, but his smile looked gloomy.
The pirates from Yanzhou naturally knew what severe punishment was.
And on the way here, he heard that after the King of Yan took charge of Yanzhou, the people of Yanzhou became happy and prosperous.
At the beginning, when the Yuan family governed Yanzhou, he became a pirate because he could not survive. He was quite shaken by this.
So he hurriedly said: "Sir, spare my life, sir, spare my life, I will tell you, I will tell you everything, I just hope you will forgive me."