Do you know: I have a different surname: Wang, uncle Minglan.

Chapter 206: The great victory in killing the Japanese, Minglan goes to Zhao’s tea shop
Once upon a time, when Japanese pirates caused trouble along the coast, they were always on the offensive side, while Da Zhou could only passively defend.

The reason is that Japanese pirates are good at running around. If they attack proactively, it will not only be difficult to find their traces, but they will also be easily ambushed.

But since the establishment of the Navy Army, this phenomenon has been completely reversed.

Instead, the Japanese pirates became defensive.

As soon as they saw the navy officers and soldiers of Da Zhou, they would immediately flee without any hesitation.

After all, in the past few days, some Japanese pirates have been seen with their own eyes.

Several Zhou soldiers killed a Japanese pirate together, and then dismembered the body in full view of everyone.
One person holds one arm and one leg, and continues to fight.
Is that human being? What a lunatic!

Let me ask, who can fight against such a large Zhou army without fear?
This encounter on the sea ended with the Japanese pirates escaping.

Some naval officers who had not killed the Japanese pirates were afraid that they would not be able to sleep well.

On a certain warship, the captain was angrily scolding his soldiers.

To put it bluntly, the people he doesn't want to fight for are poor people.

The latter said happily: "If you ask me this question, I will save myself more trouble."

In any case, after Zhou's efforts to build a new naval force, the waters outside Fuzhou have become much safer.

To be honest, they all wanted to jump into the sea and swim across because the warship was moving too slowly.

There are not a few naval officers who have this idea.

Wei Yuan said with great emphasis.

Guo Hao nodded and said: "General, we are all people who came from the frontier to fight, so we know that those rich children who have no worries about food and drink will not be successful on the battlefield."

Guo Hao said: "General, when is the best time to recruit new soldiers?"

Guo Hao, the former state regiment training envoy, came to Fuzhou on the emperor's order to assist Wei Yuan in building the navy.

"My commander-in-chief means that some of the troops must be selected from aristocratic families."

Wei Yuan shook his head and said: "Hu Yanzhong is a good young man, but for now, he is not one of our own."

But right now, Wei Yuan has no more suitable candidate.
"Are you worried that the children who come from a prosperous land will not be able to endure hardship?"

But in fact, every time there is a war, it is always the common people who suffer, and those with vested interests are the ones who suffer, but it is the high-ranking big shots.

Wei Yuan smiled and said: "Since I have given this responsibility to you, I naturally trust you. Why should I say something inappropriate? Speak up if you have something to say."

"The angel said that the officials asked the general to go to Fuzhou immediately. The general did not dare to delay, so he traveled day and night and rushed over quickly."

"Why did those ships move so fast? They caught up with the Japanese pirates in the blink of an eye! Why can't we?"

Guo Hao nodded and said: "This time we are recruiting new soldiers for the Navy, we will recruit them from some coastal towns, especially those in bitter cold places."

"After I leave, you will be the commander-in-chief of the navy. I am relieved."

No matter what kind of war is launched between countries, one of them must be to protect the safety of the people.

The navy was established, firstly, to stabilize the situation along the southeastern coast, and secondly, to serve merchants traveling by sea.

Guo Hao said: "General, I have some ideas about recruiting new soldiers. I don't know whether to talk about it or not?"

"Otherwise, you won't even see the bone residue!"

It is said that one general can make a thousand bones wither. This is exactly the case.

At the very least, in Zhao Zhen's eyes, he would feel like a general born in Daizhou, who not only saw Wei Yuan, but also him as the emperor.

"The establishment of the navy is not as simple as you think."

"Next time you encounter a Japanese pirate, be more alert and just hit him with your boat!"

Guo Hao said to Wei Yuan: "General, when I received the imperial edict, I asked the angel if I wanted to go to the capital to meet with the officials first."

Wei Yuan thought for a while and said, "It's not too late."

"General Hu Yan has a lot of research on the navy, and General Mo has been training frontier troops. Will it be difficult for him to take up this position?"

"If we only recruit poor people, there is no guarantee that they will 'protect' those merchants from aristocratic families."

It goes without saying that Wei Yuan's rapid promotion is closely related to every soldier who died on the border.

This can be regarded as leaving a good foundation for the upcoming official launch of shipping.

"On the contrary, the people who came from a harsh and cold place had no choice but to fight bravely to get ahead."

At this moment, in the big tent of the Fuzhou City Defense Camp.

How else to cheer up?

Now that the words have been said, what can Wei Yuan say?
This Guo Hao, as Xiao Yuming and others said, has too strong opinions and is not easy to control.

"Whoever you fight for, you have to use. This is very important."

"As for the prosperous places such as Suzhou and Hangzhou, I will not consider it for the time being. I wonder, General, what do you think?"

In this case, those businessmen's children should participate.

Guo Hao said: "Before I meet you, General Huyan briefly talked to me about the current situation of naval construction."

July 10th was about five or six days away from the date Wei Yuan decided to start shipping.

Don't want to participate? Then don’t get involved in shipping.

After Guo Hao left, Fan Chunren and Wei Yuan began to discuss the first batch of merchants to participate in shipping.

The first is the local merchants on Fujian Road.

Fan Chunren said: "In the past few days, the business contracts required by various countries have been drawn up and sent to the aristocratic families and merchants on Fujian Road first, and they will prepare the goods."

"As for the merchants from Zhejiang and other places who want to participate, I have recommended a few. You can see if they are suitable."

Generally speaking, the imperial court prohibited merchants from conducting direct trade with overseas countries.

As a result, the imperial court became something like a middleman.

The government formed a bridge to allow merchants to conduct trade with overseas countries, so that they could better control many maritime matters.

The local officials on Fujian Road, including Cai Xiang, of course hoped that only their local merchants would be the first to participate in shipping.

But this is not practical.

Maritime transportation is a national matter, not a matter for one place or one state.

If the first batch of sea transportation were all participated by Fujian Road merchants, trouble would have occurred.

Therefore, Wei Yuan and Fan Chunren will recommend relatively high-quality merchants from other places to participate in shipping.

If merchants from other places want to be recommended to participate in shipping, they can only provide benefits to the two of them.

Wei Yuan glanced at the list handed over by Fan Chunren. Many of the aristocratic families on it had influence in the court and seemed to have inextricable ties with the Fan family.

He said with deep meaning: "These people recommended by Mr. Fan have their own opinions."

Fan Chunren smiled and said: "They are each other, but in reality, they are indeed capable enough to participate in shipping. The first batch of shipping is related to the face of the country. I have selected some people after careful consideration."

Wei Yuan nodded, exhaled a breath, and murmured: "Now, everything is ready, all we need is the east wind."

Fan Chunren asked curiously: "Where is the shareholder style?"

Wei Yuan smiled and said: "An unprecedented victory against the Japanese pirates."

An unprecedented victory?

Fan Chunren said thoughtfully, "I'm waiting for the good news."

At noon on July 11, Wei Yuan personally ordered four thousand naval officers and soldiers to rush to Diaoyutai and Chiwei Island to launch a general attack on the Japanese pirates entrenched here.

At the same time, the army and officers and soldiers from various places were ordered to conduct a comprehensive cleansing of copycat and bandit forces in various places that intended to affect normal maritime trade.

In line with the principle of preferring to kill the wrong one before letting go, the family-style copycats that had harmed one party in the past were completely eradicated.

Before Wei Yuan came to the southeast, Wang Anshi once said that what really made the people in the southeast miserable was the banditry organized in villages.

They usually look like good people, but they often do things like robbing families and homes.

Governments everywhere are helpless. At that time, Wang Anshi also specifically asked Wei Yuan to deal with them all if possible and give the people in the southeast a temporarily clear sky.

Nowadays, those forces have the possibility of affecting shipping, and Wei Yuan will not be merciful to them.

After all, the government has nothing to do with them because it has very little evidence that they have violated national laws.

But does Wei Yuan need the law? Obviously not needed.

Moreover, for the current local officials on Fujian Road, whoever dares to do anything that hinders the normal operation and development of shipping is their enemy.

Therefore, Wei Yuanqing's suppression of those forces is a good thing for them, and they naturally need to strongly support it.

Therefore, there were no local rumors that Wei Yuan ordered the indiscriminate killing of innocent people.

On the contrary, many people are still praising Wei Yuan's achievements.

On the evening of the 13th, at the beginning of Haishi.

In the big tent of Fuzhou Coastal Defense Camp.

Wei Yuan, Yang Huairen, Chen Daniu and many other generals were patiently waiting for news from Diaoyutai.

Maritime transportation will start on the 15th, which means that before the 15th, the navy must eliminate all Japanese pirates operating in Diaoyutai and Chiwei Island.

Use a great victory to show those countries that want to destroy the Great Zhou Shipping what they are wishful thinking.

This is also used to reassure some uneasy forces or countries.

This battle will become the first organized navy since the founding of the Zhou Dynasty, the "battle for fame", and there is no room for failure.

Inside the big tent.

Wei Yuan has always looked like he was sitting on top of Mount Tai.

But at this time, many generals headed by Chen Daniu were a little anxious and began to discuss one after another.
"On the evening of the 11th, the navy arrived at Chiwei Island and Diaoyutai. Even if the troops were divided into battles, with the current strength of the navy, it would not be a problem to wipe out the Japanese pirates in the area within two days. But how long has it been? How could there be such a news? None?"

"When Hu Yanzhong patted his chest and told Commander Wei that he would wipe out all Japanese pirates in the waters around Fuzhou, was he talking big?"

"Okay, keep your voice down, otherwise the commander of the army will hear you, and you will be punished for disturbing the morale of the army."

"I am concerned and confused. After all, two full days have passed. Even if we cannot win the Diaoyutai and other places, there should be some news, right?"

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Wei Yuan vaguely heard everyone talking, but he didn't pay attention.

On the contrary, Chen Daniu couldn't sit still and said to Wei Yuan:

"Commander Wei, why don't you give me some troops, and I will take a boat to see the situation on Diaoyutai and Chiwei Island?"

"Sitting here all the time is not an option!"

Wei Yuan glanced at him and said, "I told you many times that you have to be patient. If you are as impatient as you are in everything, big troubles will happen."

If it were any other general, he would just scold him or ignore him.

She would never be like Chen Daniu and say something serious to him.

Just because Wei Yuan has high hopes for Chen Daniu.

Many generals in the court, including Zhang Fu, Gu Yankai and others, said that Chen Daniu and Chen Daniu would be a little dissatisfied, but Wei Yuan said that he was so angry that he did not dare to breathe.

Just as Wei Yuan finished speaking.

Suddenly an emergency report came.

I saw a navy general.

"Reporting to the Commander-in-Chief, General Huyan captured the Diaoyutai last night!"

"There were hundreds of Japanese pirates in the Diaoyutai, and none of them survived!"

"After taking the Diaoyutai, General Huyan gathered his troops and is attacking Chiwei Island!"

Wait for the navy general to finish his words.

Many people in the tent were overjoyed and said one after another:
"Congratulations to Commander Wei. Once the Diaoyutai is captured, it should be possible to capture Chiwei Islet within the next day or two."

"The overall situation has been decided!"

"Well done to General Hu Yan. He actually climbed onto the Diaoyutai in the middle of the night. It's really impressive!"

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Wei Yuan laughed and said: "The autumn wind has arrived. We are sending an order to impose martial law in Fuzhou. From tomorrow, prepare to go to sea!"

He is no longer worried about the problem of Chiwei Island.

In short, the overall situation has been decided.

Hu Yanzhong lived up to his expectations.

The next day.

Merchants from all over the world, as long as they were among the first batch of people to go overseas, began to become active.

They began to stockpile goods at the newly built Fuzhou pier, preparing to go to sea at an auspicious time tomorrow.

Once the incident on Chiwei Island is over, the navy will escort them forward.

Overseas countries also responded positively.

For a time, because of those merchants, the town of Fuzhou suddenly became a lot more prosperous.

Even the scene of people coming and going is almost as big as Bianjing.

This is just the beginning.

The first batch of merchants to go to sea must be divided into three echelons and complete the voyage within three days.

This means that Fuzhou will be even more prosperous in the next two days.

at the same time.

Hangzhou.

Minglan and his party have been here for a few days.

On weekdays, if they wandered around the city, they would be followed by people from the government, who were worried that something might go wrong with them.

After all, Mei Zhi, the governor of Hangzhou, felt that he had completely offended Wei Yuan and must not make any mistakes again.

If anyone who is not discerning wants to cause trouble for Minglan again, and Wei Yuan finds out, the consequences will be disastrous.

In the past few days, Mei Zhi also took the time to tell Minglan what happened in Zhao's tea shop, and asked her that she hoped that when she saw Wei Yuan again, for the sake of entertaining her as much as possible, she could put in a good word for herself. .

Minglan was vague and did not directly agree. She just said that she would mention the matter when she met her uncle.

Regarding Mei Zhi's so-called hospitality, Minglan would avoid it if possible.

In the past few days, Ru Lan and others had nothing to do. They didn't know where to go, so they started talking.

"I also visited the lake and enjoyed the scenery. I think the food here is not as good as that in Yangzhou. After staying for a few days, I don't know where to go to find some fun."

"There are some places that are inconvenient for us women to go to."

"I heard that Hangzhou's tea drama is very famous. Let's go have tea?"

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Tea show?
After hearing what Pinlan said, Minglan thought of the Zhao's tea shop mentioned by the Hangzhou governor, and smiled:

"If you want to drink tea, I have a good place."

A tea shop that can make even your uncle say the tea is good is definitely the best.

Rulan and Pinlan just wanted to go out for a walk. It didn't matter whether they were drinking tea or something else.

Mo Lan had studied tea drama when she was in the capital, and she also wanted to see how the tea drama in Hangzhou was different from that in the capital.

(End of this chapter)