After sending the butler away, Xu Yan was not idle either.

He asked Shuangxi to pay ten taels of silver from the account as Shu Xiu to Mr. Wu, and then sued him for a leave.

For the next period of time, if it weren't for something important, he wouldn't want to go out.

Xu Yan clearly remembers that the Dinghai County Chronicle recorded that the Japanese pirates ravaged Ningbo Prefecture this time, and Dinghai County was the most severely damaged.

Except for the county town that was not captured, the whole county was almost completely plundered by Japanese pirates.

Dinghai County, which survived the disaster, also paid a very heavy price. The city's grain merchants hoarded goods and colluded to raise the grain prices, causing many ordinary people who could not afford food to starve to death.

Of course, Xu Yan couldn't bear to see this scene, but at present, he could only take one step at a time.

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Jiaomen Mountain, Liegang.

Naito Changzhi looked at the waves that kept beating the reefs, and his eyes gradually became sinister.

It's three days, it's already three days late.

The merchants who promised to give him food on time still did not move.

This has touched Naito Changzhi's bottom line.

This small island is not as good as the Shuangyu Island occupied by the Ferlangji people. Except for some fresh water, the land is barren, and it cannot sow grain or plant fruits and vegetables. All supplies are imported.

There were more than 200 people under Naito Changzhi's command, all of whom were ronin who had gathered from everywhere for more than ten years, and were loyal to him. More than 200 mouths were opened to eat, but the food in the island was only left for less than three days...

Naito Changji's hand tightened and tightened, and exhaled a breath of hot air.

People like them who have been robbing their families for many years and licking blood from the knife never have the word "morality" in their hearts.

Since he was fifteen years old, Naito Changzhi has gone to sea to become a bandit. Over the past ten years, he has plundered countless merchant ships and has also been in conflict with other pirates. In the past two years, he has reduced the number of plunders and settled down on this small island. He wanted to rely on collecting donations from coastal merchants to survive, but over time, these fat and big-eared merchants thought he was kind and could be bullied.

Since that's the case, let's give them a good memory of blood and thrust.

"Xinwuro, please go down and go to sea."

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Dinghai County Town, the second hall of the county government.

The magistrate Zhao Ruohai was frowning and restless.

"This is an urgent report sent by Sun Qianhu, the guard of the Thousand Houses of Dinghai Guard. Master He, please take a look."

Zhao Ruohai handed a very thin piece of letter paper to He Xiang on the side.

Master He nodded slightly to Magistrate Zhao, and then took the letter and started reading it slowly.

The letter paper was covered with a lot of sweat from Zhao County, but it probably did not affect Master He's reading. After a while, Master He said in harmony: "It's just the clamor of the Japanese pirates. Dongweng should not worry. In my opinion, as long as Dongweng is firm and clearing the country, these villains will not cause any big waves. Besides, it is the responsibility of the garrison to destroy the Japanese pirates. As long as Dongweng does not lose his territory, even if the court blames him in the future, he will not blame Dongweng for his head."

Master He twisted the short beard on his jaw and said leisurely.

"That's true, I always feel a little unwilling to do so."

County Magistrate Zhao sighed: "Emperor Taizu established a garrison system, and the people under his jurisdiction were farmers in their spare time and soldiers in wartime. Although it has been abolished for a long time, now there are more than a hundred Japanese pirates who dare not fight... How sad and how lamentable!"

Although Zhao Magistrate Zhao has just taken office for less than half a year, he also has a general understanding of the situation in Dinghai County. Dinghai County is located in the sea. The one next to it is Dinghaiwei.

The Ming Dynasty's vassal system was parallel to the prefecture system. Although the vassal system had been abolished, it had not been abolished by the court after all. A force that should have been the protection of the Ming Dynasty's borders regarded the Japanese pirates like a flood and was afraid to avoid it.

Of course, in addition to the incompetence of the military households of the garrison, some merchants in this county also had some unbreakable and chaotic relationships with the Japanese pirates.

Although Zhao County Magistrate knew this, he was helpless.

Although he is a county's parents, he does not control the troops. What if he is determined to suppress the Japanese?

I can only turn a blind eye.

"Dongweng, the way to be an official lies in hiding and hiding."

Master He said slowly: "If you want to do everything in a clean and honest way, you are not an official or a saint. At present, as long as Sun Qianhu can protect himself and Dongweng can protect himself, nothing else matters."

His words obviously made County Magistrate Zhao feel a little better.

"Oh, I just hope that this Japanese pirate plunder will end soon."

Magistrate Zhao sighed.

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"The Japanese pirates are here, the Japanese pirates are here! The neighbors are hiding at home, don't go out to the street to cause trouble!"

The yamen runners scattered in the streets and alleys of Dinghai County, and promoted the orders of the county master to ordinary people.

In fact, locals like them, who are born and raised, are already used to the Japanese pirates.

The Japanese are suffering from the Japanese every year and every month.

After leaving this group, the group came. Apart from robbing some money, the Japanese pirates could not cause any big storms. After all, the city wall was so high that it would be impossible for the Japanese pirates to fly and escape.

This Japanese attack lasted for three to five days, and it was more dangerous than ten days. It was hiding for a while to avoid the limelight, and how should you live or how you live.

After stroking this, he felt a little calmer and continued to yell at the top of his throat: "The Japanese pirates are here, the Japanese pirates are here! The neighbors are hiding at home, don't go out to make trouble!"

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Time flies, and ten days later.

After the Japanese pirates made a big fuss, they did not seem to have the intention to stop. This made Dinghai County Magistrate Zhao Ruohai feel uncomfortable.

Many people's grain storage has been emptied, and grain merchants in the city have taken the opportunity to raise prices. If Zhao County Magistrate wants to order grain merchants to lower prices, he will offend these local tycoons, and his political performance evaluation will become extremely ugly in the future. But if he does not intervene, will he have to watch people starve to death in the city?

As for opening a warehouse and releasing grain, Magistrate Zhao has never thought about it.

However, this matter is very important, and it is impossible to open warehouses and provide relief unless it is a major disaster. County Magistrate Zhao is really unsure whether he can open warehouses and release grain at the moment.

Furthermore, Ningbo Prefecture is not a grain production land, and most of the grain is allocated from the foreign government. Now there is insufficient grain storage in the granary of Dinghai County. What should I do if I release the grain this time and have something to do next time?

Just when the magistrate Zhao County was in a dilemma, a yamen runner suddenly came to report.

"Report to the county master, Xu Yan, the only son of Xu Yuanwai, asked to see the county master."

The Xu family is a local prominent family. If the Zhao County Magistrate had met the young man of the Xu family in the past, he would have had a good relationship with the Xu family. But now he is furious and irritable, how could he feel?

He waved his hand and said, "No."

"County Master... Mr. Xu said that he came here to donate grain..."

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Chapter completed!