Chapter 253 Not in Guangdong, Fujian but in Zhejiang!

"Your Excellency, I'll go there in person to see Cai Qian, hoping to be effective." At this time, someone cleared his throat and said, and everyone looked at him.

"Brother Tianbao, are you going?" Liang Pengfei was also a little stunned, because the speaker was Chen Tianbao, the governor of Ruan Wenhui, and the first two days just came from Crab King Island.

Chen Tianbao, who has two sideburns, got up and saluted Liang Pengfei. He said with a condescreet, "Exactly, my lord must have known that in the past, it was Chen who came out to Ruan Wenhui to disturb the sea territory, making it impossible to take care of both the beginning and the end. It was difficult to attack Annan with water and land. Chen personally went to Fujian and Zhejiang, saying Only after serving the thieves can there be chaos in Fujian and Zhejiang.

"You are a minister, and you should do your duty. You are right. You don't need to do this." Liang Pengfei walked to Chen Tianbao, patted him on the shoulder and smiled, signaling him to sit down.

"Yes, thank you for your generosity." Hearing Liang Pengfei's words, Chen Tianbao's eyes showed a trace of emotion. After sitting down, he said, "Your Excellency, Cai Qian and others openly attacked the Yingyi envoy fleet. If the face of the country is discounted, it is already a taboo of the court. Mr. Cai should know that the disaster is not far away. If I go to say it, there is my example. Before that, the effect is much better than others. In addition, in addition to Cai Qian, I am also familiar with Zhu Yu. As long as these two people can convince one person, it will be of great help to us.

"Brother Tianbao's words are reasonable, but what I'm worried about is that Cai Qian is now so bold that he can even do such a thing as a mission escorted by heavy troops, which shows that he is already a little arrogant. If Brother Tianbao goes, I'm afraid that if he can't say it, he will be detained by him. After all, Brother Tianbao, you are also a good general of the sailors. In the past, it was said that you had commanded tens of thousands of sailors in Annan. Isn't it a pity to let you go? Even if you don't want to lead the army, I'm afraid there are many benefits to keep your counselor, one or two military aircraft, or to promote your name, to gather thieves. Ni Ming turned his eyes next to him and said something like this.

Hearing this, everyone present was frightened, and even Liang Pengfei sighed secretly in his heart. This guy's eyes were really unique and vicious. Almost all possible surnames were taken into account, and it was reasonable, which was indisputable.

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Chen Tianbao was also stunned for a long time and said with a wry smile, "They are old acquaintances with Chen. They should not do this, will they?" But everyone can hear the uncertainty in his tone.

"Let's stop this matter for the time being. I have sent someone to persuade Cai to see what he said first. Anyway, it should be clear within the number. It doesn't matter if he doesn't want to. In a word, you can't let him easily destroy the Fujian sailor, otherwise, it is equivalent to a bad move. Liang Pengfei pinched the tea cover and blew a mouthful of tea foam and said with a smile. Speaking of which, I really have to thank him, Cai Qian, for helping him so much.

"Huh? What do you mean by this, my lord? Wu Liang asked with some astonishment. Liang Pengfei's words were really confusing.

Sun Shijie has answered for Liang Pengfei: "Because Cai Qian's battle with the Fujian navy has let those Yingyi see the king's division in the hall, even some small sea invaders can't handle it, and once again let those Yingyi despise the combat effectiveness of the imperial army."

"The only thing I'm worried about now is that those Yingyi's self-confidence is too inflated. At that time, they will suffer a big loss when they come, but they are not beautiful." Liang Pengfei spread out his hands and said helplessly.

After experiencing this, Macartney and others did look down on the combat effectiveness of the Qing [***] team again, but they hid it well and went directly to Zhejiang under the strict escort of the Fujian Marine Division Quanzhou Association and the Jinmen Association.

Moreover, things went as expected. Cai Qianwan refused Liang Pengfei's proposal and refused to work. Qianlong heard that the British mission was attacked in the sea of Fujian. Lu Tingzhu, the general of the water division in Nan'ao Town, Fujian Province, was underprepared, so he seized his post and beheaded. Zhao Chengling, the admiral of the Fujian Marine Division, was not strict in governing the army. He reduced his position as the admiral of the Fujian Marine Division and demoted the general of the General of the Marine Division in Penghu Town to make contributions. In addition, he used the former Fujian Marine Division to recruit ten thousand as the Admiral of the Fujian Marine Division.

The former governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, Wulana, was ineffective in guarding the land and was demoted to two levels for retention. Within three months, he wiped out Cai Qian and other Fujian sea invaders to Jinghai. In addition, Qianlong issued a decree to Guangzhou and directly named Liang Pengfei, a tough general of the Guangdong Marine Division, to lead the officers and soldiers of the three battalions of the Marine Division to Fujian to assist the Fujian Marine Division and suppress the Zhang thief Cai Qian. Listen to the dispatch of the Admiral of Fujian Marine Division.

At this time, on Sanpan Island, Dongtou County, Zhejiang Province, a group of people were arguing in a greenhouse deep inside the island. And this group of people actually appeared in the waters of Fujian with the intention of looting the British envoy fleet. After a missed hit, they disappeared to Cai Qian and others off the coast of Fujian.

"Leader Cai, now we can't get a blow, but we have eroded the cost. The court has given a dead order to ask our heads. Now the coastal defense is very strict, and our supplies have difficulties. How can we go on like this?" A man with a scar on his face was talking loudly.

Another pirate leader said, "That's right, I thought you were a believer, so everyone would listen to you. Let's rob the envoy's fleet together. Who knows that now it's like this."

They all pointed their spearheads at Cai Qian, who was sitting in silence on the chair. Cai Qian was quite tall, but not burly, and even looked a little thin. However, the muscles on the arm that would tremble at any time seemed so powerful.

At this moment, he was also extremely bored. If it hadn't been for the fact that he wanted to collect this group of pirates, maybe he would have scolded the woman at the table now. If these idiots hadn't been timid to save their strength, they wouldn't have fallen into today's situation.

"Enough! It's all his mother's fault for Cai's leader. Why don't you find yourself? Ah, whose mother's warship let the sailors in the court open two ways, and they were so scared that they retreated. It's Chen Su, right? And the leader Cai ordered to rush the upper wind to attack the Yingyi warship. Who didn't listen to the order and moved downwind to disturb the formation? It's Lou Dexin, right? ...Well, when one or two of them went to battle, they were like women. When they came down, they knew that it was wrong to find someone else. Why don't you pat your heart and ask your conscience? Lin Zhen, another pirate leader, stood up and stared and retorted loudly.

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"Lin Zhen, what the hell do you mean? Do we all have mistakes. You are right. This failure should be blamed on us." Lou Dexin, who was named, patted the table with a purple face and rose up, staring at Lin Zhen, who had just spoken with vicious eyes.

"Why, Lou Dexin, don't you think you haven't killed enough people today and want to make trouble for our brothers?" Lin Zhen's younger brother Lin Chuan spit out a mouthful of thick phlegm, raised his eyes obliquely, and looked at Lou Dexin opposite with an arrogant face.

"Enough! This matter was agreed by everyone at that time. Didn't you think about the consequences now? At this time, one of them looked fat and kind, like a middle-aged man like a merchant, frowned and shouted in a low voice. His roar made the originally chaotic scene quieter in an instant.

This person's surname is Zhu Mingyu. He is linger on the surface of Fujian and Zhejiang. He is like the old Liang family. He is a seaman in Mingli, but he is actually a giant bandit. It has a huge fleet and partners with small and medium-sized boatmen, fishermen, helmsmen, boatmen, etc., who have a historical tradition of commercial transportation in the river-mounts, to raise funds for self-supporting institutions to build ships and develop their own shipping teams. At the beginning, it mainly trafficted agricultural and sideline products such as grain, and then increased the operation of cloth, pottery, indigo, sugar, tea, salt, fish, etc.

Some poor people in Binhai who have no way to make a living and small boats (commercial) people who are unable to defend themselves, boatmen, etc. have joined in one after another. Some joined in order to break free from political extortion, and some came to wait for the opportunity to join the ship, and the fleet expanded to 3,000 to 4,000 people. The strength is not under Cai Qian. He and Cai Qianshi are the two largest sea pirates along the coast of Fujian. This time, he did business in partnership. It was also when he was doing business in Guangzhou. When he heard the news, he found Cai Qian and then contacted the thieves.

At this time, Cai Ran, who was in the top seat, cast a grateful look at Zhu Yu, stood up and glanced at the resentful leaders: "Now is really not the time to shirk each other's responsibilities. This time, we did suffer losses in attacking the Yingyi envoy fleet, but don't forget, we captured 17 sailors in the court, and the sinking damage was three times the number. A town of sailor made us disabled. Although it shocked the court, it also raised the prestige of me. It is said that there must be many people who will return to the court.

The scene became much quieter. Even if he was dissatisfied, he admitted that Cai Qian's words were indeed reasonable.

After a pause, Cai Qian said again, "Even when attacking the warships of the Yingyi Mission, we suffered a little setbacks and lost 39 boats, but among the court warships we captured, there were seven rice boats. Isn't it enough to make up for our loss? You can rest assured that the 17 court warships have almost been repaired. At that time, they will be made up one by one according to your losses. I don't know what you think?

"We listen to you, leader Cai. However, if today's court arrests us, not only all the Fujian sailors dispatched, but also Zhu leaders just now. The emperor even transferred the sailors from Zhejiang and Guangdong to the waters of Fujian. What should we do now? You can't hide here all the time, can you?" A leader stood up and said.

"Don't worry, Cai has already made a plan. Since they have a big army in Fujian, we will not go to Fujian and go north. Go to Zhejiang for trouble. Cai Qian pondered for a long time before laughing.

"Yes, they mobilized sailors from Zhejiang to the south, and we will go north and mess up the ground in Zhejiang. If they return to Zhejiang again, then we will go south again. Hey hey, we can't kill them." A vicious pirate leader stood up to support Cai Qian's decision, and soon agreed on the next battle intention.

After the leaders dispersed, Cai Qian looked at each other and saw the helplessness and bitterness in each other's eyes. It seems that we have really stirred up the court. Zhu Yu patted his thigh and sighed.

(to be continued)