Zhang Yuanlong said dismissively, "The court has regulations on the carrying of weapons in the sea trade fleet, but everyone knows in their hearts that if the fleet does not carry firearms when going to sea, wouldn't it be allowed to rob pirates? The big artillery and the court manages strictly, and they are not easy to do and dare not do it. Generally, the equipment is small, such as muskets, tiger squat cannons, etc., and they are put away before returning to the port and move them out after going to sea. The local officials are also aware of this situation, but they are just pretending to be ignorant."

Yinzhen thought about it, it made sense. The sea area was unstable, pirates were everywhere, and they had no ability to defend themselves. How dare you go out to sea? "You go out to sea all year round, do you have more opportunities to fight with pirates?" [The latest updates are all in search.]

"That's not much." Zhang Yuanlong shook his head, "In fact, there are rules for the thieves on the sea. Like Zheng Jinxin and others, they are a minority. Whether they go to Japan or go to Southeast Asia, although there are many pirates on these two routes, as long as they pay the toll, they can be safe. If something happens to the fleet on his territory, the pirates will be responsible for compensation for the losses."

This pirate is compared with some insurance companies, Yinzhen couldn't help but be amazed, "Why does this happen? This premium, huh, the toll should be quite high, right?"

"That's natural. After paying it all the way, it will account for about 20% of the payment. Those pirates are smart. How can they do the job of killing chickens and retrieving eggs? In addition, their food is mainly transported by these maritime trade fleets, so on the outside, everyone is very kind."

So that's it. No wonder the imperial court suppresses the pirates every year, but they will never be able to suppress them. It turns out that the root of this is that the sea merchants and pirates are interdependent on each other. Thinking of this, Yinzhen then asked, "Zheng has crossed the boundary and went to the East China Sea to commit crimes. Could it be that the pirates in the East China Sea will let it go? They don't have to compensate you for your losses?"

Zhang Yuanlong sighed, "Zheng Jinxin is cunning, but he is cunning here. The place where he robbed is near Xu Wengshan Island. This sea area is close to the shore and does not belong to any pirate territory. There is a saying that a strong dragon cannot defeat the local snake. This guy is also afraid of arousing public outrage from the pirates in the East China Sea."

Yinzhen couldn't help but look slightly. The guy was cunning enough. With this distracting plan, Shi Yide and the others were afraid that it would be difficult to capture him. I wonder which way this guy would take after he succeeded? "Please guess where will Zheng Jinxin and the others escape?"

"This is hard to say." Zhang Yuanlong frowned and sighed, "He is afraid he will take action immediately after getting more than a hundred valuable ships. This season, going east to Japan and going south to Southeast Asia is a waste of money, and it is really hard to judge."

After several days of open and secret investigation, Zhang Boxing did not reveal any clues about the pirates, but it was also reported that Zhang Yuanlong had bribed Gali with a large sum of money. Although it was only a word, he thought of the previous rumors that the two of them used naval warships to resell rice, and he roughly concluded that it was true.

Zhang Bo was honest and upright. The couplet he used to encourage himself, "A piece of my reputation, a piece of rice, a piece of rice, a piece of fat, a piece of fat, a piece of people. If you have a little bit of leniency, the people will receive more than one piece of gifts. If you take a piece of paper, I am not worth a piece of paper." It is widely circulated in Jiangnan.

Since he became the governor of Shanxi, Gali has been a model for clearing down the deficits. After becoming the governor of Liangjiang, he actively cleared down the deficits and impeached and removed all senior Han officials in Jiangsu in one breath. Zhang Boxing had already known these things when he first came to the governor of Jiangsu. He originally thought Gali was a clean official. Although he was domineering and arrogant, he could tolerate it because of his equal being an honest official. However, he never expected that Gali was openly impeaching and punishing corrupt officials, but he also secretly engaged in corruption, accepting bribes, collusion between officials and businessmen, and harming public and private.

This discovery made Zhang Boxing extremely angry, and Jier was embarrassed and annoyed. However, he did not act rashly. He knew very well that even if the sailors and crew were arrested into the yamen and beaten to death, they would not dare to say anything at all. Even if they were willing to say it, they probably wouldn't be able to say anything specific. If they wanted to prove this, they could only start with Zhang Yuanlong.

But he did not dare to act recklessly against Zhang Yuanlong. Not to mention that Zhang Yuanlong's daughter is the concubine of the 14th prince Yinzhen, he has a very close relationship with Yinzhen. It can be seen from his ability to control the share of cotton exports in Jiang Customs. If Yinzhen intervenes, it will be difficult to compete with him as a governor.

Zhang Yuanlong's crime on his face was just a "fake name and false name, and he received a photo from many places." If he arrested him on this charge, one would be afraid of causing a chain reaction among the maritime merchants and causing local uneasiness. The panic caused by the pirate robbery case has not yet passed. The second case is that the charge is too small. A governor, a governor, came forward to arrest people for this big sesame case, which would naturally be particularly eye-catching and could not avoid the Shanghai County Government. The magistrate Xu Shizhen followed Yinzhen immediately. It is even more impossible to arrest privately. This is in Shanghai. It is impossible to leak news. Once it is intercepted, it will be completely passive.

But if Zhang Yuanlong is not arrested, he will not be able to obtain a confession. How can he impeach the scum of Gali without confession? If one is not good, he may even be bitten back. Zhang Boxing was also in a dilemma for a while and didn't know where to start.

After thinking hard for a day, Zhang Boxing could not come up with a safe and feasible way. He knew that staying in Shanghai would not be too long. Since there was no way, it would be better to just go all out and show off with Yinzhen and win his support than to do nothing.

When he arrived at Liuchun Garden, Zhang Boxing realized that Yinzhen was not in the park, but was training the navy at Honggang. The guards of the duty asked him to enter the park to serve tea, while condemning people to report.

The Naval Academy facing northeast of Honggang is in full swing. There is a quick open space a little far from the construction site. After Yinzhen made people level it a little, he used it as a training ground.

At this time, on the training ground, twenty-one teams were doing queue training. After more than a month of training, the children of the clan finally got a little bit of it. The queue seemed to be like walking. Yinzhen was happy to see it. He applied all the vicious tricks he had when he was practicing queues onto these people without reservation. Fortunately, these children have a certain cultural foundation and strong acceptance ability. If you have new tricks in the future, it will probably take two months to practice them a little more.

Yinzhen was relieved, and the personal guard who reported the news arrived was already coming. He heard that Zhang Boxing came to the door. Yinzhen probably was related to the pirate affairs. He jumped back quickly and came in. After entering, he washed up and rushed to the living room.

After a while, the two of them greeted each other and sat down. After changing tea, Zhang Boxing did not go around and directly explained his purpose. "The Fourteenth Master, the lower official took the liberty to visit him this time to bribe Kali for Zhang Yuanlong's huge sum of money, and colluded with him to resell a large amount of rice on the navy warships at sea. I hope the Fourth Master will understand the righteousness and hand over Zhang Yuanlong to the lower official to bring him back to Suzhou."
Chapter completed!