Ming Dynasty: Tanks blocked the door and you said to me, "Long live Ming Dynasty"

Ji Qing, who was sitting on the dock, enjoying the breeze and tasting crab roe, suddenly jumped up from his chair and ran towards the pier.

On the sea, I saw a Fu ship with flames coming out of it, drifting towards the dock!

It was the lucky ship that he went out to sea on yesterday!

"Quick, save people!"

His heart was in his throat, and he shouted orders to the two shuttle boats parked nearby.

The boatman who was sitting on the pier drinking tea also noticed the abnormality on the sea. He threw away his teacup and jumped onto the boat.

Two people were responsible for raising the sail and adjusting the angle, while the other two picked up the oars and rowed hard.

The two clerks from the Ministry of Works who were following Ji Qing jumped on board as soon as the shuttle boat was untied.

But after these boatmen climbed onto the Fu ship with great effort, they were shocked by the scene before them.

The three main sails and twelve secondary sails on the Fu ship were almost burned out.

The mainmast was broken and the upper half fell into some unknown sea.

The deck was covered with blood and fish that had not yet been collected in the hold.

There was not a single living person in the cabin!

In the oar room on the lower level, the boatmen had turned into corpses.

As for the North Korean fishermen working on the boat and the fishing nets they used to catch fish, they were all gone!

A clerk who came with the boatman to check the situation shouted to his companion.

"Tuesday! Go back and report to the adults!"

"Everyone else, follow me to put out the fire!"

After saying that, he picked up a bucket, carried a bucket of sea water from the side of the ship, and poured it on the deck.

The minor official, whom he called Zhou Er, did not dare to hesitate at all and jumped off the boat.

Soon, Ji Qing learned the news on the ship. His body went limp and he collapsed to the ground.

There are fifty boatmen on the Fu ship!

All of them were brought from the Ming Dynasty!

He had only been in North Korea for three days and was killed on the ship!

At this time, Li Jong, who was busy building salt fields in the distance, also discovered that something was wrong and ran over in panic.

"Master Ji, what happened? What happened to that boat?"

When Ji Qing heard this, a gleam of light flashed in his eyes. He jumped up, grabbed Li Zong's collar with both hands, and shouted angrily.

"what happened?"

"I still want to ask you!"

"The whole boat, fifty boatmen, all dead in the oar room!"

"But those fishermen you found are nowhere to be seen!"

"you say!"

"Are you the one behind all this?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he lifted Li Jong up with force.

Hearing this, Li Jong's face turned extremely pale, and he looked completely frightened.

He is not afraid of what Ji Qing can do to him!

He is afraid of the Ming Dynasty!

Because he couldn't afford the price of talking sense with the Ming Dynasty...

"Master Ji, this is a misunderstanding, it must be a misunderstanding!"

He held Ji Qing's wrists with both hands, but did not dare to pry them open with force, although he might not be able to do so.

But he didn't even dare to try and could only explain tremblingly.

At this moment, his majesty as a king was gone!

Facing such a Li Jong, Ji Qing knew that his actions were a bit too much. He gently put the King of Korea on the ground, took two steps back and bowed deeply.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I lost my temper in a moment of panic."

Li Jong just waved his hand and did not pursue the previous incident.

As a weak king who was often visited by the Jiannu, he was used to it.

He now just wants to figure out what happened to clear himself of suspicion.

The fishing has just begun and the salt pans have not yet been repaired.

If your plan to make money is ruined because of this little thing, you will lose a lot!

At this moment, two Haicang ships that had returned to unload fish happened to return to the dock. When they saw that the Fujian ship was on fire, they immediately approached it.

Dozens of strong Korean fishermen jumped onto the Fu ship using a plank and first connected the Fu ship to one of the Haicang ships with a cable.

Then they helped put out the fire.

The Haicang ship continued to sail, towing the burning Fu ship towards the dock.

By the time they entered the port, the fire on the Fu ship had been almost extinguished.

As the first person in charge of the Ming Dynasty here, Ji Qing could no longer care about so many things and directly had him sent to the Fu ship.

In order to prove his innocence, Li Jong also followed along and brought with him several officials who knew how to investigate cases, trying to find some evidence on the ship.

Chapter 357: Fight with me on Tsushima Island

The huge Fujian ship had been burned beyond recognition.

All structures protruding above the deck were completely destroyed by the fire.

Ji Qing's face looked very ugly. Not only him, but even the two clerks behind him no longer had the same kind attitude towards the North Korean officials as before.

Only when facing Li Jong would he deliberately suppress the anger in his heart.

The entire ship was searched thoroughly, but no valuable clues were found.

"Check it for me right away!"

"Send out the net shuttles, find the other ships, and ask them if they have seen this ship!"

"We must find out where this ship went and who it met before the accident!"

"Those fishermen couldn't have disappeared for no reason. There must be someone to pick them up!"

"Yes!"

The official Zhou Er immediately got off the Fu ship and boarded the shuttle boat with several boatmen.

After that, all the returning fishing boats were left at the dock, and until the matter was investigated clearly, they could only fish within thirty miles of the port.

As for how much you catch, it all depends on luck.

"My lord, there is a discovery!"

Just as the boatmen on the Fujian ship were being carried down, one of Li Jong's guards suddenly pointed at one of the corpses and said.

Everyone's eyes turned to look over there at the same time.

The guard who spoke squatted down and touched the right hand of the corpse.

The hand was clenched into a fist, but blood was flowing out.

It seemed like the palm of my hand was cut by something I was holding!

When the hand was pried open, a cross dart appeared in front of everyone.

After seeing this thing, Li Zong immediately cursed with gritted teeth.

"A ninja from the Tsushima clan!"

Seeing that he recognized the origin of this thing, Ji Qing immediately asked: "Tsushima clan? Where are they!"

Li Jong turned around and pointed towards the southeast.

"It's on Tsushima Island!"

"That is an island between Korea and Japan, and the Zong family is the only dominant family on it!"

"They have been trying to invade North Korea!"

"During the Wanli reign, Toyotomi Hideyoshi even attempted to completely annex Korea!"

"It was the Ming Dynasty that ended the war, and Japan was forced to withdraw from Korea."

"But they actually abandoned their promise so quickly. How shameless!"

"Don't worry, Master Ji. I will definitely give Daming an explanation for this matter!"

He spoke seriously, but Ji Qing looked doubtful after hearing it.

There were no clues left on the ship, except for a cross dart found in the hands of the boatman?

How could such a coincidence happen in the world!

Does this guy want to use the Ming Dynasty to send troops to Japan?

He was just a small official in the Ministry of Works. He could be in charge of the project, but he was not good at conspiracies and intrigues.

Thinking about what Wu Chunfu had told him when he came here, he spoke to Li Jong with some hesitation.

"Please send a messenger to report the current situation to the Liaodong Governor of the Ming Dynasty!"

Li Jong was very reluctant, but looking at the fifty bodies of the boatmen, he could not find a reason to refuse.

I had no choice but to send people out according to Ji Qing's request.

But then he gave another order.

"Somebody come!"

"Pass on my order and gather the troops immediately!"

Ji Qing was shocked when he heard this: "What are you going to do?"

Li Jong said firmly: "The Ming shipwright died in Korea! I will give an explanation to the Ming!"

"So, I will go to Tsushima Island and capture So Yoshitoshi alive!"

Ji Qing looked at him in disbelief.

When did North Korea become so brave?

During the war during the Wanli period, Korea was much stronger than it is now, but it was still pinned to the ground by the Japanese, right?

If the Ming Dynasty had not intervened, the entire Korea would have been destroyed!

He stared into Li Jong's eyes and asked word by word: "Are you serious, my king?"

Li Zong replied with a determined look on his face.

"Of course I'm serious!"

"Master Ji wants to report what happened here to the Governor of Liaodong, so I can't stop him."

"But for the sake of North Korea's reputation, I must get to the bottom of this matter before the king's ministers come here!"

"Otherwise, I will not be able to explain myself to the Emperor!"

"You have seen the current situation in North Korea. The whole country is in a state of disrepair!"

"There is a saying in the upper realm: to cut off a person's financial resources is like killing his parents!"

"I have finally found a way to feed the people. Since the Japanese pirates are just asking for money, I will not indulge them!"

His attitude made Ji Qing confused again.

Could it be that the murder of the boatman really has nothing to do with North Korea?

Because if Li Jong wanted to use this to arouse the anger of the Ming Dynasty against the Japanese pirates, he could have waited until Wang Zhichen, the Governor-General of Liaodong, arrived.