Du Dewei now finally knew what those barrels in the shipyard were used for. A large number of barrels were carried onto the deck, and workers wearing white gauze masks over their mouths and noses began to spread the lime in the barrels to all cabins.

In fact, not many of the 18 boats can enjoy this kind of treatment: only the five largest ones, and the rest, including the dilapidated fishing boats, will be sold on the spot and are not even qualified to be repaired.

So in the rest of the day, Du Dewei first drove the 18 hard-earned belongings to the Qingshi Pier with his own hands, and then watched them being auctioned on the spot with mixed emotions.

What shocked him was yet to come: the next day, after inexplicably signing a few more documents, Du Dewei received another ship payment of more than 40,000 taels of silver.

After looking at the depreciation and various auction expenses clearly written on the document, he once again fell into confusion. Finally, when he determined that this was not a trick to lure the snake out of the hole and kill the donkey, someone happily took it

I took my money and went to the shopkeepers to share it.

Du Dewei's happiness only lasted for one day, and then he realized the famous saying of Confucius: "When friends come from afar, don't be careless." Early the next morning, when he saw about 10 broken boats sailing into Mawei Water Village, he felt sad in his heart.

He had an ominous premonition. Soon, the premonition came true. A big-eared, honest-faced man stood on the bow of the boat and shouted to him: "Dewei, I'm here to join you!"

The position of the Foreign Affairs Commission Commander was equivalent to the reserve section chief in later generations. It was a temporary position lower than the ninth rank. There is no lower official position than this. However, even so, the two new Foreign Affairs Commissioners

I still cherish this official position very much. You must know that this position was obtained with the wealth that I have accumulated over the years.

Therefore, even though Du Dewei and Cao Hu dislike each other in their hearts, now that they are wearing official cover and becoming the boss, some of their grudges have to be put aside for the time being.

With the arrival of Du Dewei and Cao Hu, during this period of July 1628, Mawei Shuiying successively accepted more than 10 scattered groups of pirates who came to defect. The number of these latecomers was generally small, with five or six ships, one

It's available on both boats.

The Travelers are naturally welcoming to these people.

The new manpower has effectively reduced the difficulty of managing the former surrenderers: adding sand is the most effective management method.

The treatment for latecomers is the same as that of the old-timers. New recruits will also be divided and resettled. Most of the ships will be sold, and a small number of qualified ones will be acquired by time-traveling forces. In short, every ship will be turned into money after a discount.

Return it to the shopkeepers. This is an established procedure. The property rights of all property must be clear. Private individuals are not allowed to have participation in any items of the military.

As for the future, if some of the shopkeepers are unwilling to continue serving as soldiers, they can choose to develop themselves as senior officers, or they can be dismissed on the spot. Of course, there are very few such people.

When the recruits were "deceived" to be isolated in Maweishui Camp, the outside world was becoming more and more exciting.

First, on August 7, half a month after Xiong Wencan posted the notice, the Youguang sailed into the Minjiang Estuary under the spotlight.

Hanging a white soft sail, streamlined shape, with a row of cannons on the deck, Pu caused a sensation when it appeared. Chinese ships of all sizes on the Min River saw the strange ship gliding past them at high speed.

, all screamed in surprise.

A large number of troublemakers soon followed the Youguang in small boats. Fortunately, all the troops near Fuzhou were alerted in advance today, so except for some sensational scenes, no other accidents occurred.

The Youguang ship soon stopped at the official wharf at the south gate of Fuzhou, at the same place where Zheng Zhilong docked the Fuzhou Ship.

Next, a large number of officers and soldiers began to pour out from the south gate, and then a certain master surnamed Huang from the governor's Yamen came out. After greeting Zhang Dongdong who came off the boat, the two sides walked arm in arm and rode together in an eight-seat boat in an intimate manner.

Lift up the sedan chair and drive away.

The people who gathered around the pier quickly spread the first-hand information: it was Cao Chuan, the "Giant Canal" on Dayuan Island on the other side of the sea. He had 5,000 elite monk soldiers under his command.

Fan came to discuss recruitment matters after seeing the announcement posted by Xiong Futai.

Naturally, accurate information cannot be known by the masses: the news spreaders mixed in the crowd are all pre-arranged by Fuzhou Station.

So there was a lot more talk in the city of Fuzhou that day: beautiful sailing boats, monk soldiers wearing short coats with shiny scalps, the governor's Yamen going to war, and so on.

At this moment, Zhang Dongdong and his entourage, who had finally turned from darkness to light, were chatting and laughing with the governor in Fu Yamen, expressing their feelings for each other.

It's not easy for everyone.

From the time Xiong Wencan resigned from the capital until today, in the words of later generations, this can be regarded as the completion of phased results. Although the old Xiong has always been pushed behind the back by the time traveling people, after all, he is the governor, and both parties have

In the final analysis, he still has to endorse and take responsibility for the steps, so to be honest, Lao Xiong has always been under a lot of pressure.

There is another reason why Lao Xiong is particularly happy today: He has sent a memorial to the imperial court's archenemy Zheng Zhilong and other pirates who "died after fighting each other". During this period, Lao Xiong used various Spring and Autumn writing techniques to give a good hint of his contribution to sowing discord.

After a while, it can be regarded as a phased report.

After discussing with Zhang Dongdong today, Lao Xiong can roll up his sleeves and get started, completely kicking off the campaign to eliminate the bandits. So Mr. Futai is still quite excited at this moment.

Ten days later, on August 17, off the coast of Fuzhou, a play was about to take place in which senior official Cao Chuan accepted the invitation from Fujian Governor Xiong Wencan.

More than 150 ships of various types gathered on the sea, forming a dark and overwhelming array of ships.

The leader of this ship array is naturally the one under the Transmigration Force: the destroyer fleet headed by the "Youguang" and its sister ship "Zhengfeng". There are also 6 "Taijiang" class frigates in the main fleet, 400-ton class

After the Youguang was put into service, the 150-ton Taijiang returned to their original class: frigates.

After the main fleet of eight motor-sailed gunboats, there was a large fleet of lucky ships led by the motor-sailed lucky ships "Dog Eye" and "Yuan Dou". These two earliest lucky ships purchased by the traveling public are now

Now things have changed: the successor to these two glorious ship names is the new hybrid ship produced by Taijiang Shipyard.

This kind of hybrid boat has both Chinese-style hard sails for catching wind, and European-style hulls with better seaworthiness. Moreover, the line shape of the entire boat has also been improved, making it an excellent transport ship type.

Today's action can be said to be an outpouring of force for the time-traveling forces. Due to the need to support the scene, all 150 ships include not only warships, but also all merchant ships purchased and built by the time-traveling forces since they occupied the majority.

All the pirate ships that had recently surrendered were also included in the team.

In addition, at the end of the team, there are 5 Western-style sailing boats.

This special formation is a Dutch fleet led by the naval training ship "Chengfeng" sail training ship. In order to avoid being too shocking, the tonnage of this group of Dutch ships is generally small, and they are all small boats of about 200 tons. Today's main

The purpose is to leave a good impression to Lao Xiong and Fuzhou Wanmin that all talented people are here and come from all directions. If there are too many red hairs, it will easily deviate from the theme.

However, even so, Mr. Hans Putmans, who was standing on the "Heerenveen" and observing the surroundings with a telescope, was already extremely excited.

You know, except for those damn Portuguese guys who have limited access to Guangzhou during the trading season, other powerful forces like the Netherlands and Britain have so far not been able to obtain authorization to enter this ancient city. Therefore, they have obtained permission to travel through the city.

Committed Putmans is excited, he is about to make history today.

At 6 o'clock in the morning, the same time as when Xiong Wencan saw off Zheng Zhilong, the mighty fleet began to take action. Naturally, the gunboat squadron took the lead, followed by the Fu fleet, and the European ships followed at the end.

In order to take care of the slow-moving large force, the gunboats slowed down after entering the Minjiang River. Today, the Minjiang River was extremely quiet. The government had issued an order yesterday, prohibiting sailing in the Minjiang River mouth this morning.

The large army arrived at Fuzhou South Gate Pier on time at 7 o'clock.

A similar script began to play out again: Master Futai dispatched his entire army to the south gate to meet the pirate group of ten thousand people who came to surrender.

What is different from Zheng Zhilong's time is that today's Fuzhou City does not prohibit people from entering and exiting. However, the south dock of the city has been cleared out. A large number of Fubiao elite soldiers have surrounded the dock area, and the people watching the excitement have been isolated.

Come.

However, this blockade cannot stop the enthusiasm of the crowd: in Fuzhou City, the south gate tower is already densely packed with onlookers. Mr. Ding, who is looking at the tower, has made a fortune today.

After seeing the fleet entering the port from a distance, the eight-carrying sedan parked in the city gate and resting immediately headed to the pier. And soon after the "Cao Chuan" boat stopped at the pier with a light signal, Lao Xiong's sedan also

The front and back legs arrived at the pier.

Next, Comrade "Cao Chuan" in a white robe stepped out of the boat steadily first, while Xiong Wencan, the Fujian governor wearing a red official robe, also stepped out of the sedan chair at the same time.

The perfect order of appearance and speed of movement of the two actors not only interpret the most fundamental hierarchy of superiority and inferiority in officialdom, but also express Xiong Wencan's broad mind and thirst for talents. It can be said that his acting skills are superb.

The next moment, the man in white robe took a few steps forward, and under the gaze of thousands of pairs of eyes, he clasped his fists, knelt down on his knees, and shouted, "Hero, spare your life. It's a mistake." He shouted: "Cao Chuan, see the governor."

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At the same moment, sailors on hundreds of ships also crossed their hands and saluted, shouting "See you, Your Majesty!"

Xiong Wencan, on the other hand, quickly stepped forward, bent down and helped Cao up.

At the same moment, the rhythmic ones who had already been installed among the melon-eating crowd raised their arms and began to cheer.

The melon-eating crowd, who were unaware of the situation, naturally began to cheer at the same time. The scene was as enthusiastic as a tide, just like a real estate sale site.

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