The pirates in the mountains and seas are almost crazy.

Originally, everyone was at peace and divided the territory with each other. The officers, soldiers and navy basically did not come to the outside seas, and they had a very tacit understanding.

Now, this tacit understanding was suddenly broken by a group of lunatics.

The pirate leader Ge Er was fleeing wildly on a ship. More than a dozen ships in his old nest were beaten by five Chen family naval warships, so he had no power to fight back. Compared with other pirate leaders, he was smart and escaped by chance.

"Brother, there is a boat ahead!" But the luck is not good, the lookout on the mast reported that the road ahead was blocked.

"Hurry! Turn the rudder and we run east."

Even if you enter the ocean eastward, it is easy to get lost, but it is better than being blocked by the Chen family naval army along the coast.

"Brother, I can't run away. That's a fast ship, we can't run away." A ship's deputy came over and advised, "Let's surrender."

"Fart!" Ge Er did not accept his subordinates' persuasion: "Whoever says surrender again, don't blame me for not recognizing others!"

He knew in his heart that he had previously been funded by the wealthy shore owners, robbed the military government's merchant ships and killed the military government's people. If he surrenders now, his subordinates might survive, but he would undoubtedly die.

"Walk east, they won't be able to chase after you for a long time." Ge Er could only pray that the Chen family's navy would not have time to kill them all.

It takes too much effort to chase a ship in the vast sea.

Unfortunately, things didn't go as expected. A quarter of an hour later, the Chen family's warships in the southwest still chased each other.

"Is this Chen stupid? What kind of oil can you get when chasing our small boat?" Ge Er was a little angry.

"Brother, my surname is Chen, too." The deputy reminded.

"Is it time to emphasize this now?" Ge Er reached out and held his forehead, feeling a headache for his subordinates' stupidity.

"Brother, there are also boats in the east!" The lookout hand reminded again.

"What!" Ge Er couldn't believe how could the Chen family army send so many ships to encircle and suppress the pirates.

What's the picture?!

Sure enough, within a moment, a mast appeared on the sea to the east, and a flag with the character "Chen" hung on the top of the pole.

"Go to the north! Go to the north!" Ge Er could only yell again and turn the ship towards him.

"There are also in the north!" The lookout hand once again cut off Ge Er's hope.

"Fuck, crazy! Crazy!" Ge Er was angry and anxious, and his heart was chilling. He had a premonition that next year's day might be his death day: "Brothers, fight with them."

After shouting, I saw that my subordinates were not excited and knew that there was not enough chips: "If I escape today, I will reward each of them with 200 silver."

"Fight with them!" Money can make the devil push the mill, and there must be a brave man under heavy rewards. The money will be spilled out, and it will indeed have an effect.

"Fight with them!"...

Soon, the Chen family's warships from three directions leaned on, and the pirates were ready for battle.

...

Chen Mao looked at the pirate ship opposite who was preparing to resist desperately, and really felt that it was not worth it for the pirates on the ship.

"Ge Datou really could have run away. If he hadn't been on the list of deaths, he would have let it go."

"How to fight?" the subordinate came over and asked.

"Fast and decide quickly, first hit him two cannons, and then board the ship to clean up." As a member of the Chen clan, Chen Mao had a natural advantage in promotion to the Chen family army. In the past six months, he was promoted from an ordinary sailor to a captain.

And there are some priorities in the equipment of advanced weapons, so his ship is equipped with a cannon.

"yes!"

Boom! Boom!…

After the two ships approached forty steps, four consecutive gun shotguns shot down from a high point, and there were basically no one standing on the deck of the pirate ship.

"Back to the ship!" The three ships leaned up from three directions, and the dog paws flew, firmly securing the pirate ship.

The melee sailor wearing iron armor jumped over with a long sword in his hand. No one on the pirate ship dared to resist. The battle ended soon and the ship was easily captured.

"Where is Ge Er?" Chen Mao also came up and asked at a pirate prisoner who was hiding with tight and unscathed.

"Where are there!" The pirate pointed to the middle of the deck, and Chen Mao looked in his finger direction and saw a man in leather armor lying on the deck, which was beyond recognition.

I guess I used my face to catch several shotguns.

"How to identify this..." Chen Mao murmured in his heart and arranged it: "See a few more pirates to come and recognize them. If it is confirmed that it is Ge Er, we will return."

The spies lurking in the pirates before often heard Ge Er show off that he had robbed the Chen family's merchant ship and killed the manager above.

People like him will inevitably be recorded by spies.

Now, it has been liquidated.

...

On October 20, the one-month pirate cleanup operation finally ended successfully. Chen Xun took the time to go out and participated.

The whole operation went smoothly and there was basically no large-scale resistance.

From the Wanshan Islands to the southwest of Upper Kawa Island, Xia Kawa Island, and to the Hainan Island, all the pirates who can be named one by one are named one by one.

The smart ones ran fast, and when they saw that the situation was wrong, they immediately avoided them from afar, which was considered to have escaped.

Those who are tactful and self-aware, when they see the Chen family army coming, they will quickly surrender. If the Chen family army's merchant ship crew did not harm the lives of the early stage, it would have been considered as saving their lives.

And those pirates with hard heads and stubborn resistance were all strongly crushed by the Chen family's navy.

When the Battle of the Corps reached the middle stage, Chen Xun sent the Musket Battalion to test the combat effectiveness of the Musket Battalion in the sea breeze, boats and humid environments.

The final result satisfies Chen Xun.

The gunpowder wrapped in oil paper is very effective when fighting against humid environments at sea.

Even if it rains, as long as the musketman wears a bamboo-brimmed hat to hide the rain, he can still charge medicine and shoot normally.

This pirate clearance operation not only greatly improved the security of the military government's maritime trade routes, but also defeated the reputation of the Chen family's naval army.

In the future, as long as the merchant ships flying the Chen flag sail in this large area of ​​sea, basically no pirates dare to provoke them.

In addition to this, clearing out the pirates in this sea area not only trained troops, but also cut off the gentry and wealthy merchants involved in the maritime trade. If they want to sail normally in this sea area in the future, they have to buy flags from the military government.

Chen flag with yellow characters on green background.

Merchant ships that do not hang this flag will be "strike" by the Chen family's navy and will lose all their money.

Chen Xun estimated that next year, the military government's income from "selling flags" alone will exceed the land tax revenue in the country for one year.

Moreover, selling flags can not only increase revenue, but also clarify the scale of maritime business on Guangnan East Road.

In less than half a year, the military government will be able to grasp how many maritime merchants there are on Guangnan East Road, how many ships these maritime merchants have, which ships they are, what trades they are doing, etc.

These data will bring great advantages to the military government.

After all, the military government is not only a "supervisor" in the sea trade on Guangnan East Road, but also personally participates. How could other sea merchants compete?
Chapter completed!