latelenovela Chapter 748 Pirates are out.
Chapter 748 Pirates are out.
Jiang Yourong has always treated Caidie as her younger sister.
After all, at that time, Caidie lived in Ye Kun's house and always followed Jiang Yourong.
At first, Jiang Yourong wanted Ye Kun to take Caidie as his concubine, but Ye Kun had no feelings for Caidie and betrothed her to Lu Kaijiang.
"Sister-in-law, I'm fine."
Yao Caidie chuckled and said, "I have confiscated some of Jiangdong's wealthy families before, but I didn't expect that some of them still escaped. They tried to assassinate me, shot me with an arrow, and I passed away with my face brushed, leaving this scar."
Ye Kun felt a little heartbroken when he saw the scar on Yao Caidie's face.
Although Caidie said it calmly, one can imagine the danger it was in at that time.
Jiang Yourong hugged Caidie and asked, "Have you caught the person who tried to assassinate you?"
"Don't worry, Queen, those remnants have been killed on the spot." Lu Kaijiang said with a smile:
"Cai Die has been tempered for so many years, and she is not a delicate woman. In the past few years, Cai Die has been fighting against the wealthy and powerful families in Jiangdong without mercy, killing people without hesitation. This little disturbance is nothing to us."
Jiang Yourong nodded: "I heard from the emperor that Jiangdong and Jiangnan have changed a lot. From top to bottom, they all obey the court. This is the credit of Lord Guan Bao and you and your wife. I think the emperor and the court should reward you handsomely."
Yao Caidie waved her hand and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, we have enough money to spend, no need for reward."
The confiscation of property of Jiangdong gentry was carried out under the command of Yao Caidie and Lu Kaijiang.
In private, I make some extra money.
Ye Kun smiled and said, "The general has a military order in her sleeves, so why should she be the husband? After General Yingtao, Caidie can be considered the first female general. I will ask the Ministry of War to officially confer the title of Female General on Caidie, a first-rank military officer!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Yao Caidie thanked him, and suddenly looked around and said in a low voice:
"I heard that Big Brother was in great need of money to build the Western Railway, and he was borrowing money from all over the country. This time I came here, I secretly brought 150,000 taels of silver to the Emperor Big Brother, and the Ministry of Finance and Taxation didn't know about it, and gave it to Big Brother to build the railway."
Ye Kun was surprised: "Where did this money come from?"
Lu Kaijiang smiled and said, "It was exchanged for the smuggled goods that Lord Guan Bao asked us to seize."
"Smuggled goods?"
"Yes, many civilian sailing teams are smuggling and evading taxes." Lu Kaijiang nodded:
"We severely punished these people, and sometimes directly confiscated their goods and payments. Guan Bao handed over most of them to the court, and secretly kept some of them to present to the emperor."
Ye Kun laughed: "Guan Bao has been in the Nine Departments for a long time. He knows that Wu Qiong has strict control over my spending, so he helps me secretly. This guy is really good."
Yao Caidie smiled and said, "Brother and sister-in-law, my husband and I have received a total of 100,000 taels of silver in rewards and salaries over the years. Let's give this little money to you, brother and sister-in-law as well."
"No, I don't want your money. Your money is also considered as railway shares. Please lend it to us. If the railway makes money in the future, you will get dividends every year."
Ye Kun clearly distinguished between public and private affairs, and said with a smile: "It's not easy for you and your wife to save up 100,000 taels of private money over the years."
In fact, Ye Kun also knew that Caidie and Lu Kaijiang’s wealth was far more than 100,000 taels.
In recent years, they have made a lot of money in Jiangdong and the coastal areas.
Yao Caidie didn't quite understand what shares meant, so she smiled and said, "Anyway, I'll just give you the money and I won't care. I don't care whether I can make money in the future or not."
While they were chatting, Yao Caidie's subordinates suddenly asked to see him, saying that they had urgent news.
Ye Kun nodded and asked to bring him in.
The man looked anxious and said with a fist: "Your Majesty, last night a group of pirates looted Zhangtou Port, killed sixteen people at the port, and stole more than seven thousand taels of silver, as well as a large amount of goods, and fled overnight!"
Ye Kun was shocked: "Where is Zhangtou Port? What kind of pirate is so bold?"
Yao Caidie's expression also changed: "Zhangtou Port is on Jinxia Island. It is a small port. Usually there are not many troops stationed there, only five or six people, plus some staff.
These pirates must be from the coastal fishing families. They have weapons such as swords and guns, and have been sailing for a long time. They have established bases overseas and have become pirates! "
Ye Kun was distracted for a moment.
It has only been three or four years since the ban on private maritime operations was lifted.
The first batch of pirates have been born.
That year, when Ye Kun proposed to lift the ban on private maritime activities, Sang Buyi and others expressed their concerns.
Because under the current circumstances, once civilian navigation forces are supported, a large number of pirates will inevitably emerge.
Once pirates become rampant, they will unite to form a powerful force, threaten the imperial court's rule, and harass coastal residents and merchant ships.
Yao Caidie said, "Don't worry, brother. Wait for me to mobilize the troops and notify the ports and coastal officials to hunt down these pirates."
Ye Kun nodded: "You two, go and make arrangements quickly. Even if we have to chase them to the ends of the earth, we must catch these pirates in one fell swoop and bring them to justice. If we don't catch them, we will be completely out of control in the future."
Yao Caidie and his wife took the order and left.
Ye Kun summoned his advisers, local officials and port managers to discuss coastal security issues.
After listening to reports from several ports, Ye Kun asked for everyone's opinions.
Advisor Lu Yeliang said:
"From the current perspective, there are not many pirates, so it is still easy to control them at this time. All ships of the civilian sailing fleet are registered. All seafarers are also registered and managed.
Those who do not obey the management will be prohibited from entering the sea or be regarded as pirates. If it is really impossible, we can also send troops to follow the civilian navigation team to escort and supervise at any time. "
Ye Kun pondered and said, "The registration has been done for a long time. All civilian fishing boats and sailing ships are uniformly manufactured by the imperial shipyard, and the specifications are exactly the same.
All civilian ships on the sea fly the Han flag, and all seafarers are registered. It’s just that there is no official escort supervision. ”
Another councilor said: "The court can send troops to supervise the civilian merchant fleets. For example, we can prevent them from acting alone and send at least three or five ships to go out to sea at a time, and we can send people to follow them.
But you can't send people to follow the civilian fishing boats. From Liaodong Bay to Jiaozhi, there are more than 200,000 fishermen along the coast. There are three or five fishermen, and there is one small boat. The court can't send people to follow them. "
Ye Kun said: "There are fishermen along the coast, just like there are fishing villages. Can we solve the problem by starting management from the fishing villages?"
Everyone started talking at once and discussing.
Lü Yeliang said: "If it really doesn't work, we will adopt the most stringent management method, and all fishermen and vendors going out to sea will have their ID numbers tattooed on their arms.
At the same time, the court will strengthen patrols at sea, and those found without tattoos will be severely punished! "
After some discussion, everyone agreed that this was a good idea.
Ye Kun thought about it and nodded, "In our science and technology city, everyone is tattooed to keep the technology confidential. This trick does work. But it's a bit harsh to treat the people like this."
Lu Yeliang said: "Then the men will carve the numbers, and the women will not care."