Chapter 84 Armed Merchant Ship
What the Ming army needs to do now is to stabilize Wei Gan and maintain the normal operation of Wei Gan.
These mercenaries cannot be moved. These mercenaries who have been licking blood on the edge of the knife all year round are even more ruthless than ordinary pirates.
The damage it causes is not inferior to that of the pirates.
The only thing Liu Yu can do is to stabilize them.
"These mercenaries are extremely fierce and have no faith at all. How can they let them protect the Four Seas Business? Please think twice." Zhao Ke, who was standing beside him, muttered in a low voice.
He has been living in casinos all year round and is naturally very familiar with these mercenaries.
He even induced the mercenaries to betray the Weigan Chamber of Commerce, which was his commander.
In fact, in the original plan, it was to use mercenaries to solve the Weigan Chamber of Commerce.
Later, the Ming army acquiesced the mercenaries to plunder the property of the wealthy merchants in Weigan.
But then these mercenaries should go out to sea with the robbed money to leave Weigan.
But who would have thought that these mercenaries would choose to stay in Weigan at the last moment? This made Zhao Ke unexpected and made him very angry.
Obviously, Chinese businessmen are also very dissatisfied with Liu Yu's approach.
The Weigan merchants were slaughtered for a while, and the smell of blood on the streets had not yet dissipated.
These bandits who killed without blinking even had to stay in Weigan.
And the Chinese merchants also had to pay for the mercenaries themselves.
Hiring staff is not a big deal. When going overseas for trade, you always have to hire some experienced mercenaries to prevent accidents.
After all, it is not peaceful to have pirates in the South China Sea.
But these mercenaries had just killed their employer, and the Chinese businessmen present were frightened.
I was also very scared. If these people were asked to protect the Sihai Business Company, what a joke.
Looking at these frightened Chinese merchants, Liu Yu knew that he was in trouble and had to come forward to comfort him.
"Don't worry, Weigan is guarded by the 500 elite soldiers of my Huben Town. We can naturally protect the comprehensive business in the four seas. Please rest assured."
Looking at the mercenaries in the distance, Liu Yu looked indifferent.
"Since the adults have decided, we can only do it in order to ensure the overall situation." Zhao Zhou's face was complicated, and after thinking for a while, he spoke.
Seeing that Zhaozhou had spoken, the Chinese merchants present had no time to say anything, so they had to promise.
The mercenaries who tasted the sweetness were just right, and after receiving the tacit approval of the Ming army, they left on their own.
Except for Mutafi leading a team of mercenaries to guard against the Ming people, the rest also went to drink and enjoy themselves.
When the mercenaries walked through the alley, Mutafi grabbed one of them.
"How is it, how are the business on the merchant ship?" Mutafi asked.
The man's clothes were like a rustic fan. When Mutafi asked this, he was confused.
"Merchant ship, brother, didn't you let us kill everyone on the merchant ship?" the man replied.
"Nonsense," Mutafi spitted, glanced at the Ming soldiers who were gradually moving away in the distance.
"I mean the dock now, and how many of our people are on the merchant ship."
He Mutafi is not a fool either. If the Ming people want the armed merchant ship of the Weigan Chamber of Commerce, would he not care?
In this chaotic era, there are not enough soldiers, but also ships.
This is also why he agreed to Mingren's request with great pleasure.
When the mercenaries boarded the ship, Mutafi ordered the mercenaries to kill all the people related to the chamber of commerce on the merchant ship and control the only six remaining armed merchant ships.
As long as these six armed merchant ships are in hand, whether they go to sea or deal with Ming people as bargaining chips, Mutafi has the final say.
But soon his face sank.
I saw that the mercenary seemed to remember something, his face turned blue and white.
"What the hell is wrong?" Mutafi seemed to notice something and shouted angrily.
"That big brother, after we boarded the ship and slaughtered the people from the chamber of commerce, didn't Mingren control the dock?"
"I'm asking how many brothers are guarding the merchant ship." Mutafi stared at the mercenary fiercely.
"No, no." The mercenary was startled and trembled with two words.
"What." Mutafi's eyes widened and slapped him. The Tufan soldier was beaten and staggered and fell to the ground.
"Didn't I tell you that after killing those merchants, taking over the merchant ships, and preventing those wise men from boarding the ships." Mutafi said viciously.
"Brother, don't blame us. After we killed the Weigan people, the brothers rushed to rob the rich businessmen. Who can care about those broken ships?" The Tufan soldiers were beaten to the point of being staggered, but they also staggered up and muttered.
"When our brothers reacted, it was dawn. When we returned to the dock, there were Ming troops and ships everywhere in the dock..."
"The ship was also taken over by Mingren."
Mutafi was so angry that he heard this.
"What should I do now, why don't we kill back?"
Next to him, another mercenary held the knife handle at his waist and whispered.
Mutafi was furious, but finally calmed down.
"No." He shook his head, his face very gloomy.
"This time, although we robbed a lot of money, we also suffered a lot of losses. The Wuzuo alone lost more than a dozen brothers."
"We are at a disadvantage in terms of numbers compared to the Ming people, not to mention that these Ming people are not inferior to ours. You also saw the scene when they dealt with pirates on the dock. We can't afford to fight with them." Although Mutafi was angry, he was helpless.
"I asked the mercenaries to be loyal to the Sihai Commercial Bank to test the Ming Dynasty. Now it seems that the Ming Dynasty has no intention of touching us. Since this is the case, don't fight with them for a few ships."
After thinking about it, Mutafi took a few personal soldiers to the Sihai merchants.
It was already noon after Liu Yu finished dealing with the mess.
Of course, he doesn't need to do anything by himself.
After a few instructions to the local Yiluk officials in Vigan, they gave the restoration and reconstruction work to the local Yiluk people.
The mercenaries were massacred last night only targeted the wealthy merchants in Weigan, and the Ming army deliberately did it.
The Ming army naturally protected these Yiluoke officials who were loyal to the Ming court as soon as possible.
Today I was also brought here by the Ming army, and naturally there was a sense of intimidation.
After last night, Weigan was completely in a mess.
Many residents in the city were affected and died tragically.
These days it is destined to be unsatisfied, but with the pacification of local Weigan officials and the military maintenance of order by the Ming army, no trouble can be caused.
After dealing with these things, Liu Yu hurried back to the dock.
Su Langqing and the owner of the ship Zhao were also counting the chamber of commerce ships that were taken over on the dock.
"Sir," saw Liu Yu coming, the two saluted one after another.
"What, the Chamber of Commerce has controlled the ship." Liu Yu asked anxiously.
The two looked at each other and smiled. Su Langqing took out a stamp from her sleeve and handed it to Liu Yu.
"Sir, all the ships under the Weigan Chamber of Commerce that are still in the port have been taken over by the Ming army." Su Langqing said with a smile.
"Yes," Liu Yu's heart was relieved,
"Then how many armed merchant ships have we taken over?" Liu Yu asked again.
"Sir, there are six large ships carrying artillery, with a total of 34 large and small artillery pieces. In addition, we have also found more than 20 artillery pieces in the port workshop." Su Langqing said.
"Only six ships," Liu Yu was shocked.
Chapter completed!