Lord Moyu was forced to open

thump!
Li Erniu knelt on the ground, his face full of shame.

All officials remained silent, and no one dared to speak out when His Majesty was furious.

Zhao Jun cursed fiercely, and finally stopped when he was tired. He issued an ultimatum to Li Erniu: "I will only give you, the East China Sea Fleet, seven days. After seven days, I want to see the heads of all the Red Barbarians who massacred Haining Village!
If I can't see their heads, I will use your head instead!
Do you understand!!!"

Li Erniu's eyes flashed with determination, he straightened his back and said loudly:

"Your Majesty, rest assured! In seven days, Erniu will definitely offer the head of the culprit as a sacrifice to the villagers of Haining Village. Otherwise, I am willing to offer my own head as a sacrifice!"

"Remember what you said! Now! Get out of here! You won't get any heads! This is the last time you appear here as a human being!"

Zhao Jun swung his sleeves fiercely and walked back to the dragon throne, while Li Erniu knelt down, kowtowed, and walked out of the court in silence.

For a long time after he left, the entire court was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop, and no one dared to speak at this time.

After an unknown amount of time, Zhao Jun's voice rang out in the hall:
"Pass on my order, and have the Ministry of Rites ask the European countries what country the barbarians who attacked the Jianjiang River in our Song Dynasty are from. I want them to give me a satisfactory explanation for this matter! Otherwise, don't say I didn't warn you!"

"The minister obeys the order!"

The Minister of Rites quickly agreed.

Zhao Jun added: "Also, order the Military Affairs Council to immediately dispatch 300,000 troops to defend the coastal counties. Since the other party has made such a move, it will not end in one go. There will definitely be follow-up actions. Regardless of whether the East China Sea Fleet has captured those Red Barbarians, I will never allow the Red Barbarians to land and cause chaos again!"

"I will finally understand!"

Ding Hongguang quickly bowed and agreed.

After arranging all the response plans, Zhao Jun left Chuigong Hall with a flick of his sleeves in great displeasure.

"Retreat!"

"Your Majesty has ordered! Court is adjourned!"

"Retreat!!!"

……

Leaving the palace, returning to the Navy’s headquarters in Bianjing.

Li Erniu immediately summoned all the generals of the East China Sea Fleet in Beijing, and after a round of angrily scolding them, he also issued an ultimatum:
"Seven days! We only have seven days. If we can't find those damned red barbarians in seven days, then this governor will have to send his head to Your Majesty!

Of course, you don’t have to be happy. Before I leave with this head, I will definitely take your heads as well!
Therefore, from now on, all the fleets of my East China Sea Fleet must be dispatched to this governor, and they must search every inch of the entire East China Sea border of the Song Dynasty!

Even if you have to dive a hundred feet into the water, you must capture these damn red-haired devils for me!
Do you understand?!"

"understand!"

……

The pressure was applied layer by layer, and the entire Song Dynasty Navy started to move at full capacity under this tremendous pressure. Except for the fleets that were under repair and needed to focus on defending key locations, all other movable warships of the East China Sea Fleet were put into motion!

The people living along the coast soon discovered that the warships of the East China Sea Fleet, which used to appear only once every three to five days, seemed to have been disturbed during these days. They appeared in groups on the sea, and the overwhelming fleet almost filled all the sea surface as far as the eye could see.

The warships were full of murderous intent, and it was obvious that they were provoked and should not be provoked. Some foreign merchants who did not know the situation came to the coast and were surprised when they saw this scene: "I originally thought that as a warship, even you can't see it every day, right?
But I didn't expect that it was me who was ignorant. You actually see this naval fleet every day!

Look at this fleet on the sea, wow! It's so spectacular!"

When he said this, the locals looked at him in surprise and asked, "Brother, don't you know what happened recently?"

The merchant didn't know, and asked in confusion, "What happened?"

The local thought that I looked again, and after confirming that it was safe, he quickly whispered in his ear: "A few days ago, the Red Barbarians attacked the coast, and more than 200 people in a small village in Jianjiang were all killed. When the news reached Bianjing, His Majesty was furious and ordered the East China Sea Fleet to conduct a large-scale search!
Now on the sea, I'm afraid all the mobile fleets of the East China Sea Fleet have been dispatched.

Tsk tsk, I don’t know why those red barbarians were so bold?

How dare they come to our Song Dynasty to kill people? Given the violent temper of our Majesty, if they are caught, I'm afraid they will all be slaughtered! But they deserve it! We are doing business and making money, but they come to cause trouble. They are simply not human beings!"

After his explanation, the foreign merchants finally understood the reason for this grand scene, and they all shook their heads and sighed.

Unlike the common people who were just watching the fun, the common people still believed that the court would definitely find and avenge those damn red-haired people. This was the people's trust in Zhao Jun's current court.

But at this time, on the main ship of the East China Sea Fleet, Li Erniu, who had left Bian Jing, was looking at the nautical chart in the captain's room of the newest ironclad ship with a solemn expression.

Two days have passed. During these two days, the East China Sea Fleet has swept almost the entire coastal area of ​​the Song Dynasty, but still has not found any news about those damn Red Barbarians.

Looking at the places on the nautical chart that were marked in red to confirm that there were no people, Li Erniu couldn't help feeling a little anxious.

At this moment, an adjutant suddenly rushed in:
"Grand Commander! Grand Commander! There's news! There's news!"

Li Erniu stood up suddenly, walked quickly to the adjutant who rushed in, grabbed his collar and asked:

"What's the news? You'd better not play tricks on me, or you'll suffer the consequences!"

The adjutant swallowed his saliva and then hurriedly said, "Grand Admiral, I didn't say anything nonsense. Today, when we were searching in Haifu County, we happened to rescue two fishermen whose ships were destroyed in the sea by a storm and who were trapped on an isolated island.

I learned from them that when they were trapped on the island, they saw a ship that was completely different from the one in our Song Dynasty passing by the isolated island where they were trapped and heading west.

The people on that boat, from a distance, all of them seemed to have red hair!"

Li Erniu let him go and walked out quickly while asking, "Do they know where the group of red barbarians went?"

The adjutant quickly followed Li Erniu and answered, "Those two fishermen are veteran fishermen. They fish in that area on weekdays and are very familiar with the area. They said there is only one Changyue Island to the west where we can hear the boats.

If the group of red barbarians hadn’t left, they should be there.”

Li Erniu nodded and immediately ordered: "Gather all the searching ships and surround Changyue Island. I will surround it completely for you!
Also bring the two fishermen with you and let them lead the way. Once you find the red-haired man, this governor will reward you handsomely!"

"I will finally understand!"

……

(End of this chapter)