After Zheng Jing rested for a night, he asked Magistrate Mei to find a guide to patrol the surrounding waters early the next morning.

In fact, let alone Quanzhou, there is nothing unfamiliar to the Zheng family in Fujian. This is simply Zheng Jing’s back garden.

To be disrespectful, the Zheng family's prestige in Fujian is probably higher than the holy emperor who sits in the Golden Palace.

But it is precisely because of this that Zheng Jing wanted to find a guide.

The reason is also very simple, he is afraid that he will fall into blind arrogance.

After all, they have been away from Fujian for several years, and they may not know the changes in the past few years.

Find a local person to guide you, and you will feel more at ease

Two flowers bloom, each with one branch.

At the same time, the largest Japanese pirates in Quanzhou were eating meat and drinking in big mouthfuls on Xiaolangyu.

The leader of this group of Japanese pirates was named Ichiro Inoue.

After they arrived in Quanzhou, they were eager to find a suitable place to stay. Finally, after constantly searching, Ichiro Inoue focused his eyes on a small island not far from Quanzhou Harbour.

Locals call this small island and reef Xiaolangyu.

Xiaolangyu is not big, but there are basically everything you should have.

Ichiro Inoue was immediately ecstatic and ordered to occupy the island.

Since this island is an uninhabited island, Japanese pirates need to build houses, warehouses, etc.

This is undoubtedly a huge project, but Ichiro Inoue insists on having his own stronghold, so he insists on it despite the opposition of some Japanese pirates.

In the end, Xiaolangyu was transformed into a stronghold for Japanese pirates.

Although the conditions are still a little bit simple, at least it can be lived in.

In this way, the Japanese pirates regarded this place as their home, and they didn't want to leave.

Quanzhou Port is very prosperous. They can live a good life for nearly a month by robbing them.

If you don’t open it, you will eat for a month as soon as the war begins.

Who would have wanted to give up such a non-principal transaction?

"Come on, drink and eat meat!"

Ichiro Inoue seemed very excited today. He drank a little too much and said with a little drunken eyes: "I heard that a fleet will come back from Nanyang in a short time and will definitely dock in Quanzhou Port. Everyone is ready, let's do a big deal."

Compared to robbing families, robbery caravans are obviously more able to arouse the interest of Japanese pirates.

The reason is also very simple. These merchant ships heading to Southeast Asia are basically full of priceless cargo, and some cabins are even full of gold and silver.

In this case, as long as the Japanese pirates successfully intercepted, they will make a lot of money.

Moreover, this is a completely unsolicited deal, and it can also make a lot of ships in vain.

As for the crew members on the ship, they tied their hands and feet and threw them into the sea.

"Okay, grab the fuck."

“Snatch and grab!”

The Japanese pirates burst into laughter.

They have no courtesy, righteousness, integrity and shame in their minds. They only have how to rob money and how to make themselves happy.

To this day, interests are what they value most.

There are also some Ming people whom they robbed from the island.

They mainly come to serve Japanese pirates, do coolies, and make fires and cooks. They basically take care of them.

Although they worked very hard, they had a poor meal and could only watch the Japanese pirates spend money with the food and wine they snatched.

But these people did not dare to express any anger.

Because they knew that whenever they showed any dissatisfaction, the Japanese pirates would kill them without hesitation and throw them into the sea to feed the fish.

In order to survive, they can only choose to survive.

Even if doing so makes them feel disgusting.

"Brother Tiezhu, can we escape back?"

"Escape? Erniu, are you crazy? It seems that this place is not far from Quanzhou, but it is a boat ride. We don't have a boat now, so how can we escape? Do you rely on swimming?"

"Yes, Brother Tiezhu, let's swim and go back by swimming."

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Tiezhu gasped when he heard this.

"I think you are really crazy. Our water quality is not bad, but it is also paddling near the sea. This is an isolated island. The possibility of our swimming back to Quanzhou is too low, and we will most likely drown in the sea."

"Brother Tiezhu, how can you know if you don't try it? We live like this now, and you are really willing to be a cattle and a horse for the Japanese pirates for the rest of your life? Besides, these Japanese pirates are moody, maybe one day we annoy them because of a small matter and have their heads cut off."

Erniu said angrily.

"If you escape, there is at least a glimmer of hope. But if you don't escape, you will definitely be waiting for death. No matter what you think, I have decided to escape."

"You, you!"

Tiezhu was so angry that he almost passed away.

If he hadn't thought that both sides were from the same village and grew up playing with mud, he really wanted to slap Erniu hard and wake him up.

In fact, Tiezhu also wanted to escape, but after his observation, he could not see the edge of the island, and the risk of swimming and escaping was too high.

If you have to escape, you should also steal a ship.

"Forget it, if you really want to run, then we will steal a ship and escape without anyone noticing. But this means we must take advantage of the Japanese pirates' sleep."

Tiezhu carefully calculated, and he signaled to Erniu: "This requires someone to keep a watch, and there should not be too many people who escape in the end, otherwise it will be easy to make mistakes. Think about it, who can trust you, let's plan together."

Erniu danced with excitement when he heard this.

He really didn't expect Brother Tiezhu to agree so happily, and he thought Brother Tiezhu would refuse.

But that's fine, at least there's hope

Under the guidance of the guide, Zheng Jing began a round of sweeping the sea.

But the effect of sweeping the sea is not very ideal.

After sweeping over this round, no trace of Japanese pirates building their nests was found.

This is understandable. After all, Japanese pirates are pirates. Pirates will not build their nests too obvious, so they are easily surrounded by officers and soldiers.

If you don’t land on the island, you will not see any clues from a distance.

If you choose to land on the island, there are too many small islands and reefs around Quanzhou. You can climb one by one, and you don’t know when you will be able to complete it.

Zheng Jing became a little disappointed for a moment, but he thought things too simple.

Judging from the current situation, it is not easy to find the traces of Japanese pirates.

Is there only the second option left?

Waiting for the rabbit?

This method is not impossible, it is just too passive.

The Ming army could not do anything at the moment, so they could only stay in Quanzhou City honestly and wait until the Japanese pirates rage the coastal areas to fight.

But now it seems that this is the only option left.

Although Zheng Jing was a little disappointed, he still chose to return to Quanzhou first and then make a decision.

It is not a day to destroy Japanese pirates, and it seems that we still have to make a long-term plan.
Chapter completed!