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Chapter 1056: Folk Customs, Ancestors Have Spirits

The dock was like hell at this moment.

"volley!"

The drums exploded suddenly.

Bang bang bang bang!

Dense flames suddenly gushed out from the sides of the two warships.

In the smoke, the Japanese pirates who were gathered together on the opposite side fell down one after another.

The Japanese pirates in front were howling, and those behind turned around and ran away.

"It's Jiang Qingzhi's subordinates! It's his subordinates!" Takeda Xingsai's face was pale. "Jiang Qingzhi is on the boat. I swear, he must be on the boat. Retreat! Retreat!"

A man's reputation is like the shadow of a tree. When Wang Shi's trusted steward heard that Jiang Qingzhi was on those two ships, he was the first to run away.

Takeda Gyosai is second.

The military advisor did not run away.

Because he heard the sound of horse hooves...coming from not far behind him.

The dark clouds that covered the night sky slowly dissipated, and the moonlight fell...

The military advisor turned around slowly and saw a large group of cavalry galloping towards them.

The cavalrymen on horseback laid down their spears, leaned forward slightly, and skillfully made the military advisor kneel down without hesitation and raise his hands, "I am willing to surrender..."

The sound of horse hooves was like thunder, and the cavalry on horseback kept getting bigger in the military advisor's pupils.

puff!
The spear easily passed over the military advisor and pierced into the body of the Japanese pirate behind him.

The military advisor slumped on the ground, with water stains spreading under him. He knew that he had escaped death, but whether he could escape Jiang Qingzhi's custom of killing prisoners in the future depended on God's will.

But, it’s good to be able to live a little longer!
The cavalry charged into the Japanese pirates, and someone on the two ships shouted, "Bayonets, charge!"

Chen Yu said, "Let my men go?"

For musketeers to charge, this... isn't appropriate!

Muskets are sharp, but compared to swords and guns, they are more like fire sticks in close combat.

The general in charge glanced at him. "My uncle once said that when two armies meet, the bravest one wins. Only those who have the courage to fight to the death are the best."

I mean well!
Chen Yu watched the musketeers line up and charge forward.

"kill!"

Standard lunge, standard assassination.

You can tell at a glance that it has been practiced countless times.

Moreover, these musketeers cooperated well with each other, working in groups of two, one facing the enemy head-on and the other attacking from the side. The Japanese pirates were already in a panic, and when they encountered these musketeers who cooperated well with each other, they showed signs of weakness as soon as they came into contact with them.

"The leader ran away." someone shouted.

The Japanese pirates were immediately in a panic. No matter whether they were rushing forward or being trapped in the middle, they all turned around and ran away after a shout.

Unable to escape, Chen Yu dropped his sword and knelt on the ground. He saw a Japanese pirate kneeling on the ground and shouting, "I am from the Ming Dynasty, I am from the Ming Dynasty, we are one of us..."

The bayonet pierced his chest without hesitation. The musketeer kicked the Japanese pirate to the ground, pulled out the bayonet, and continued to charge forward.

"Chase!" Chen Yu's blood boiled and he drew his sword and shouted.

The confused Ming troops were all dumbfounded. Some were jumping into the water to escape and calling for help, while those on the boat were in a daze.

Zheng Yuan smiled bitterly and said to those generals with ugly faces: "Don't look at me, I didn't know about this matter beforehand."

The generals looked at each other in bewilderment, and one said, "Could it be that Chang Wei Bo only told Chen Yu?"

No one answered this question.

Zheng Yuan shook his head. After tonight, he knew that his days in the navy would not last long.

Jiang Qingzhi only arranged for Chen Yu to deal with the situation, which showed that he did not trust him and the other generals.

In other words, Jiang Qingzhi felt that they might all have connections with powerful people or Japanese pirates.

"Chen Yu is a very lucky guy!" Zheng Yuan said quietly.

Someone said: "Who didn't know about Wang Bie's smuggling? But who was in charge? Only Chen Yu turned himself in, and was almost killed by Wang Bie. This is karma, good deeds will bring good results."

……

"Master, he ran away."

The royal servant, who was dreaming of being the emperor, burped, "Prince...where is the prince?"

Prince?

The guard looked confused and glanced at the steward who had a blank look on his face.

Is this what is going on?
Doesn’t our Ming Dynasty have no crown prince?
The steward coughed dryly, "Aren't you kneeling in the ancestral hall?"

"Ran."

The steward was worried that if Wang Shi drank any more, he would say something that would make him want to kill him, so he threatened him, "Master, I'm afraid that the eldest son has gone to give himself up."

He just wanted to scare Wang Shi, but he didn't expect that his words would come true.

Wang Shi's drunkenness instantly disappeared halfway, turning into cold sweat, "Chase!"

The guard lowered his head and said, "I saw Mr. Dalang being taken away by several soldiers."

"Master, master!"

A maid rushed in, "There are more than ten soldiers outside blocking the gate, and Yang Tao has been captured by them."

Yang Tao is that concubine.

In an instant, the other half of Wang Shi's drunkenness disappeared. His face turned pale, "That bitch! It's her! It must be her!"

But the manager knew that Yang Tao was unaware of this matter.

"Master, I'm afraid Yang Tao doesn't know the truth!"

Wang Shi waved his hand, and the maid took her leave. She ran out of the door and prepared to go back to pack her valuables.

"It's Dalang! It's him! That rebellious son!" Wang Shi gritted his teeth and said, "How could I have given birth to such a rebellious son! If I had known earlier, I should have killed him..."

In Jiangnan, the trend of marrying off daughters is very popular, and the dowry is generous. Even middle-class families complain bitterly. As for the lower-middle class, having a daughter is said to ruin the family.

Such things are closely related to national strength and local economic level. There are few such things in rich places, such as Hangzhou. But there are many in Wenzhou and Taizhou.

Later, not only baby girls were drowned, but baby boys were also killed. The reason was still related to the economy, because there were too many children.

Using infanticide to avoid future dowry and the cost of raising children became a phenomenon in the middle and late Ming Dynasty.

Wang Shi said this not because he couldn't afford to raise a child, but because he hated him!
He staggered out of the study, looked up, and saw flames rising up into the sky.

"It's in the direction of the dock." said the steward, but his expression was particularly bleak.

"Where are those people?" Wang Shi turned around and asked.

The Japanese pirates have been in the city for so long that they should have reached this side even if they were moving at the speed of a snail, right?

"Master, listen."

The steward pointed in the direction of the north city.

Wang Shi walked a few steps to the north, looking puzzled, "Who is setting off firecrackers?"

He looked slowly, and the steward laughed bitterly, "Master, it's a firearm. The firearms under Jiang Qingzhi's command."

"Bang bang bang bang bang bang!"

Rows of musketeers took turns advancing, using intensive firepower to drive the Japanese pirates back step by step.

"The leader ran away." Someone turned around and saw Sasaki Chigi and the military advisor running towards Minato surrounded by dozens of their confidants.

This was the last straw that broke the camel's back in destroying the morale of the Japanese pirates. From then on, no one dared to look back at the Ming army.

"Run!"

In the houses on both sides, countless eyes watched the battle from behind the cracks in the doors.

In one family, the male owner Li Jin panicked when he learned that the Japanese pirates had entered the city, and was ready to flee with his wife and children. But his wife was calm and said that it was a chaotic situation outside and going out would be a death sentence.

The shouts of the Japanese pirates and various sounds of fighting continued to be heard. Li Jin collapsed on the ground, while his wife knelt at the door and watched the battle through the crack.

"There are quite a few Japanese pirates, at least thousands, more than a thousand, more than a thousand..."

"They are coming." His wife rushed to the kitchen, and Li Jin shouted, "Let Dalang and the lady go!"

The eldest son and daughter shook their heads at the side.

The wife came back again, threw a kitchen knife to Li Jin, took the hatchet herself and said, "Let's fight them!"

Li Jin cursed helplessly: "You silly woman, those are Japanese pirates that even officers and soldiers cannot defeat, we..."

Bang bang bang bang!

The dense gunfire covered up the roars of the Japanese pirates.

The wife ran to the door and knelt down, looking out through the crack, only to see rows of Ming army infantrymen approaching in formation.

"It's under Long Wilbur's command!" the wife shouted excitedly.

"Under Long Wei Bo's command?" Li Jin was overjoyed and ran over to watch the battle, but he tripped and fell on the gate. The gate that had protected the three generations of the Li family collapsed with a bang.

The Japanese pirates, who were in chaos, and the advancing Ming army were all stunned.

"There is an ambush!" someone shouted from the Ming army.

The same thing happened to the Japanese pirates. Someone shouted, "There's an ambush!"

Li Jin's face was covered in blood. He looked up and suddenly found himself the focus. A Japanese pirate subconsciously ran over with a knife in hand... In the past, when they were looting, whenever they found people hiding, they would rush to kill them.

Anyone hiding usually carries a lot of money with him. Whoever kills this person will get the money.

Li Jin heard his wife's roar from behind, "I'm going to fight you!"

"Dad!" Wanniang, the daughter, also rushed out, but what was in her hand... Mom! It was an awl! Can that thing kill people?

Seeing his wife and daughter rushing up, Li Jin got up with courage and shouted, "Kill the pirates!"

Bah!
The neighbor's door opened and a woman screamed, "Da Lang, come back, come back!"

But the boy held the stick and shouted:
"Wan Niang, I'm here!"

"Fight them."

Both families rushed out, and then more doors opened. Men rushed out with all kinds of weapons and pounced on the Japanese pirates in groups of three or five.

The Japanese pirates were only concerned with escaping, and the Ming army was chasing them closely. The general shouted, "Drive them away."

Someone said, "Qian Hu, the people are blocking our way!"

The general was about to shout, when someone said, "Captain, this is a good thing."

"What's the good thing?"

"My uncle once said that martial arts is the cornerstone of a strong country. Now the people dare to hunt down the Japanese pirates. Isn't this a good thing?"

"Damn it, when did the Lord say this? Why haven't I heard it?"

"In martial arts."

"You are……"

"Your subordinate Yang Sheng."

"The fifteen-year-old general flag?"

"Yes."

"So what do you think we should do now?"

"My uncle once said that when the army and the people are united as one, they are invincible."

"Okay!" Qian Hu drew his sword, "Protect the people... and chase them all the way!"

When the news reached Jiang Qingzhi, Chen Zheng said, "Isn't this nonsense?"

But Jiang Qingzhi smiled and said, "After the battle, call all the people who have made achievements here, and I will personally reward them!"

Xu Wei said: "My uncle has always been troubled by the weak morals of the people. Jiangnan is even more proud of its beauty. This is a rare opportunity."

What he didn't say was that what was even more rare was that this was an opportunity to make public opinion support the opening of the sea and the fight against the Japanese pirates.

Think about it, when all the officials in the court opposed it, and the people in the south shouted that this breakfast should be destroyed...

I think many officials will stamp their feet and curse the South for betraying them.

The Confucian base has turned against us. This... is so damn satisfying.

The Japanese pirates fled to the water gate and scrambled to board the boats to escape, but there were only so many boats. Most of them were squeezed into the water at once. Some were trampled and cried for help, while others wielded knives and killed their own people...

Behind him, a group of Ming troops and civilians were chasing him.

The people who used to tremble in fear when they heard about the Japanese pirates were now full of excitement. They chased and hacked at the Japanese pirates. They were afraid at first, but later they thought the Japanese pirates were nothing special...

One of the pirates couldn't run any longer, so he turned around and knelt down, "I surrender! Spare my life!"

A young man held up a wooden stick and hesitated for a moment, "Dad, this is the Japanese pirates? Didn't you say that the Japanese pirates are fearless and unafraid of death?"

A middle-aged man rushed over and was stunned for a moment, "This..."

The father and son looked at each other.

The boy suddenly said, "Dad, they are also human beings, just like us."

"Yes, they are also human beings. They can also be afraid!"

"Kill the Japanese pirates!"

More and more people joined in.

……

Several riders came to Wang Shi's house.

"The sinner deserves to die!"

Except for the eldest son Wang Jian and the concubine Yang Tao, the whole family of Wang Shi knelt in an orderly manner.

When Wang Shi saw the steward he sent to lead the way being brought over, he felt despair in his heart, but then he smiled.

“Man proposes, God disposes. Man proposes, God disposes.”

Even if Wang Jian had not turned himself in and the steward had been captured, Wang Shi would still not have been able to escape.

"You deserve to die for colluding with the Japanese pirates!" The flag officer leading the team sneered, "Catch him!"

The sound of horse hooves was heard, and a sergeant came in hurriedly and whispered something to Xiaoqi. Xiaoqi frowned and looked back.

"Dalang!"

Wang Jian was standing outside the door. "Dad."

Xiaoqi said coldly: "My Lord ordered that Wang Shi colluded with the Japanese pirates and his crime is unforgivable. However, his son Wang Jian has made great contributions by turning the tables. Apart from Wang Shi, the crimes of the guilty people will be reduced by three levels!"

Wang Shi was overjoyed. He choked up and said, "Thank you, my Lord. Thank you, my Lord!"

"You should thank your son." Xiaoqi said.

"Da Lang."

"Dad." Wang Jian knelt down, "Son... deserves death!"

"No, you're right."

Wang Shi smiled and looked quite kind, "If it weren't for you, this whole family would have been implicated by me."

He slowly pulled out the hairpin.

This is a hairpin and also an ear pick.

The tail is made of gold, the body of the hairpin is made of silver, and the head is quite sharp.

Wang Shi suddenly inserted the hairpin into his throat and stirred it vigorously.

He chuckled and pointed at Wang Jian...

"father!"

Wang Jian crawled over and hugged Wang Shi.

The corners of Wang Shi's mouth trembled as he continued to speak in a faint voice.

Wang Jian lowered his head and only heard Wang Shi say intermittently:
"My son... is right. Our ancestors... are... spiritual."

(End of this chapter)