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Zhang Lian did not continue to stay on the mountain, but took the two of them to see the gains of this trip. He also asked Tian Erzhuang to contact the boatmen who had experienced going to Nanyang to understand the situation and make arrangements for going to Nanyang.

The large group of people temporarily resided in Dongfan Island. On the one hand, they had to collect the supplies needed for navigation, and on the other hand, they were familiar with the sailing. Especially this time, many people who came out appeared on a short journey from Fujian to Dongfan Island.

Seasickness reactions of varying degrees.

If you cannot get used to life on the boat, such a person will only be in vain to follow them on a journey.

However, in Zhang Lian's mind, he was not sorry for them, but worried that they would consume the fleet's supplies and waste manpower to take care of them.

So, if there are still seasick people at that time, he can only abandon them here and let them die.

In addition, of course, we have to think of some ways to collect more ships.

This time they escaped in a hurry, their ships were not enough, and collecting more ships could carry more fresh water and food, which could achieve a longer voyage.

On the sea, he had heard Tian Erzhuang say that in this vast sea, countless sea ships were sailing at all times, and the commerce was very prosperous.

These days, in order to make everyone familiar with the life at sea, he has organized a fleet to go out for training twice, but he only got a merchant ship, which should be a lucky ship from a marine merchant in the Ming Dynasty.

But this is also good. If you grab the lucky ship, his men can get started quickly because many of them have experience in manipulation.

A fleet of more than 2,000 people naturally cannot run around casually. If you are trekking on the sea, then only a disaster will await them. Tamsui alone is enough to kill them.

Every time you go to sea, the fleet must have a clear place to go, follow the charts to find it, and after arriving at the location, you must collect supplies to the ship, and pass by one port to ensure the safety of the fleet.

They were not worried that they would be discovered by the Ming court during this period. If the Ming court had any detailed works in Southeast Asia, the coastal maritime merchants would have been destroyed many times.

They can also do maritime business secretly, which can only be said that the Ming Dynasty has no influence in Nanyang, and as long as they pass by, it will become very safe.

However, Dongfan Island is too close to the Ming court, which is very unsafe.

Although there is no clear goal, Zhang Lian still knows one thing, that is, to stay as far away from the Ming court as possible.

Zhang Lian has made a choice. In a short period of time, he does not intend to show up on the land of the Ming Dynasty again, worried that he will attract the encirclement and suppression of the Ming Dynasty's army, but there are still many people who think about him in the Ming Dynasty who don't know.

Zhang Nie had just received an imperial edict and ordered him to govern the military affairs of Fujian. Now he is the regular governor, responsible for Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian.

During this period, after knowing that Zhang Lian's remaining troops went out to sea on a boat, he ordered Guangdong's coastal prefectures and garrisons to pay close attention to the sea surface. The purpose was naturally to find that Zhang Lian's fleet would send troops to wipe out the sea as soon as possible.

As a result, during this period, Zhang Lian's whereabouts were not discovered, but many Japanese pirate ships were found.

During this period, no trace of Zhang Lian was found, which made Zhang Nie feel very bad. What he was most worried about was that when encountering such a situation, he knew nothing about his opponent's whereabouts.

Sitting in front of the desk, looking through the official documents quickly, footsteps sounded outside the lobby, and an old man in a scribe uniform walked up quickly.

"Mr. Jia is here. Please sit down, come and have some tea."

Mr. Jia was invited by Zhang Nie to a huge sum of money. He was not only proficient in criminal names, money, documents and other matters, but also followed his home to the border town and saw the battlefield, which was a layer of military experience.

"The boss, I just received news from Fuzhou Prefecture and found that a large number of Japanese pirate ships were heading south. This is amazing."

Mr. Jia was given up by Zhang Nie and asked to serve tea, but he did not want to sit down. Instead, he walked to the desk a few steps, took out a book of official documents from his sleeve and handed them to him.

"Fuzhou?"

When Zhang Nie heard this, his eyelids twitched slightly.

After taking over Fujian, I found that this place is a mess now. I really have to admire the governor You Zhen for his great tricks. I might not have done such a beautiful job if I change someone.

"So, the Japanese pirates plan to go south and plunder Guangdong?"

After a long time, Zhang Nie spoke.

"I don't think so, boss."

At this time, Mr. Jia stood in front of the book case and analyzed: "Before, General Liu Xian led his troops to eliminate the Japanese pirates along the coast of Guangdong. He once reported that the Japanese pirates avoided the war and retreated to the sea. He chased the enemy and chased them to the vicinity of Chaozhou Prefecture, looking at the traces of the Japanese pirates.

Continue north.

There have also been large numbers of Japanese pirate ships near Quanzhou. I think it must be the Guangdong Japanese pirates who are good."

"You mean, the Japanese pirates want to rob Quanzhou Prefecture?"

Zhang Nie frowned when he heard this, then shook his head and said, "Although Quanzhou Prefecture is rich, the plague has not yet ended completely. Even if the Japanese pirates eat Xiongxin and leopard courage, they may not dare to go."

At this time, people who hear that there is a plague in a certain place will never avoid it. They will never choose where to go at this time. In fact, for respiratory infectious diseases, it is difficult even in the future generations of advanced medicine.

A kind of control.

"I'm talking about Xinghua Prefecture between Fuzhou Prefecture and Quanzhou Prefecture."

Mr. Jia shook his head and said at this time.

"Xinghua Prefecture?"

Zhang Nie said a little disbelief, "The Japanese pirates invaded Xinghua Prefecture many times, but were defeated by the official army. Do they still dare to attack Xinghua Prefecture?"

"The Japanese pirates in Fujian are heading south, while the Japanese pirates in Guangdong are heading north. It is hard to say that the two Japanese pirates want to join forces to advance. Judging from their march route, Xinghua Prefecture should be the most likely target, and that place is very rich."

Regarding Zhang Nie's doubts, Jia Lao slowly analyzed, "As far as I guess, it is possible that the Japanese pirates in Guangdong and Fuzhou were attracted by the Japanese pirates entrenched around Xinghua Prefecture."

In fact, in Fujian now, there are traces of Japanese pirates in several coastal prefectures and counties. However, some time ago, the Ming court concentrated a large army to encircle and suppress Zhang Lian's rebels, so there is no time to take care of these Japanese pirates for the time being. They just ordered the coastal prefectures and counties to close the city gates and guard the city strictly.

"Do they still want to capture Xinghua Prefecture?"

Xinghua Prefecture is the later city of Putian City, Fujian Province. It has beautiful mountains and rivers, outstanding people and beautiful places, and has successive talents. It has emerged in many places. It is known as a "famous country in literature".

Xinghua Prefecture is located in the south of Fuzhou Prefecture and the north of Quanzhou Prefecture, so its language, culture and architecture are well integrated and integrated with the characteristics of eastern Fujian and southern Fujian.

Xinghua Prefecture has two counties under its jurisdiction, Xianyou and Putian. The original Xinghua County was demoted in the 13th year of Zhengtong, and the pictures and books were merged into Putian and Xian counties respectively.

The Fucheng is currently located in Putian County, near the seaside, and is protected by Pinghaiwei garrison on the seaside.

In the eighth year of Yongle, more than 2,000 Japanese pirates landed in Pinghai with the intention of looting Xinghua Prefecture. They were commanded by Pinghai Guard and led the Ming army to fight back. The Japanese pirates were defeated and fled in a hurry.

More than a thousand Japanese pirates were killed in this battle, and for more than a hundred years, the Japanese pirates dared not reach out to Xinghua Prefecture.

It was not until recent years that the Japanese stricken in Zhejiang and Fujian resurfaced, and Japanese pirates landed again from time to time and robbed surrounding villages and towns.

"The main focus of the Dongjia, Xingquan Road is on Quanzhou, and solving the plague is the first priority. Xinghua Prefecture is empty at this time, and I am worried that there will be changes because of this."

Old Jia stared at the Governor Zhang Nie and said word by word: "Since the rampant Japanese pirates along the coast, no prefecture has been lost."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Nie suddenly stood up.

Over the years, there have been many cities captured by Japanese pirates, but these cities are all county towns, and there is indeed no record of the capital being captured.

"Are you worried too much, Mr. Jia?"

Zhang Niewu was a little unbelievable.

"The Japanese pirates have summoned so many accomplices, and the goal is not small, otherwise it would not have been like this."

Mr. Jia just replied.

I just took over Fujian. Although I was so messed up by You Zhen, I couldn't throw a mansion away from my hands in any case, otherwise I would be blamed by the court and would not have any mercy.

Thinking of this, Zhang Nie still considered it safely and decided to send a general who could fight to stay in Xinghua Mansion.

"Old Jia, then you write a document for me immediately and order Liu Xian to lead his army north to Xinghua Prefecture."

At this time, the first thing Zhang Nie thought of was Liu Xian. He won several battles in Guangdong that he led the official army to resist the Japanese pirates.

"good."

Mr. Jia agreed and after Zhang Nie gave up his position, he went to the position of governor and picked up his pen to start writing official documents.

Soon, after a document was written and handed the document to Zhang Nie with both hands, Jia Lao suggested during his review: "Yu Dayou, the deputy general of Nangan, has not yet made an order to escape from the control of his troops, so he can lead him.

The soldiers and horses from Nangan went together."

"this"

Zhang Nie hesitated a little. Strictly speaking, the danger of Xinghua Prefecture was just a guess.

Just based on one guess, two generals ordered to lead their troops to come, which seemed to be a bit of a big deal.

It's okay for Liu Xian to say that the Guangdong army led by Liu Xian was scattered to the coastal prefectures and counties for the need to defend Japan along the coast. Liu Xian himself actually didn't have many people, but only a thousand people were eaten.

The horse can still support it, but the army led by Yu Dayou has at least several thousand people. Once this army moves, the consumption of a day will be extremely impressive.

Although I was eating the money and food of the court, I had to take it out of my own hands.

If you can't take it out, those who are in the army dare to make trouble with you these days.

So, many times, these high-ranking big shots have to think more about the orders.

Don't let the Japanese pirates fail to suppress them, and their soldiers mutiny because of their money and food.

"Let's just transfer Liu Xian to the next place, Yu Dayou's troops will not move for the time being."

Zhang Nie still made the decision he thought was the safest, but he did not know that because of this decision, the most tragic murder of the Ming Dynasty since the suppression of the Japanese was doomed.

The decision was finally made in the cabinet of Beijing City, the ministry chaired by Xu Jie and Yuan Wei.

"Since everyone has agreed, please ask Lord Yuan to draft a memorial and make Deputy Censor Zhao Bingran and Minister Ge Jin the candidates for the governor of Zhejiang."

A ministry discussion finally ended. After several discussions, the candidate for governor was selected, and the errands assigned by the emperor were considered to be completed.

Thinking of the news he received before, Gao Gong, the Prince Yu Mansion, could only have a hint of regret in his heart.

Originally, he wanted to push Gong to Zhejiang, but in name it was to accumulate military merits for him. Of course, he still hoped that he could stay away from King Yu.
To be continued...