Chapter 545 Damn it, have all these Han Chinese gone mad?
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So the "Order to Kill the Bandits" was real!
The general truly keeps her word!
They really can give that much reward money!
If even three poor fishermen's children can kill bandits and receive rewards, why can't we?
The Japanese pirates weren't superhuman; they could fall into traps and be killed!
For the reward, for the protection of my home, it's worth the risk!
A huge demonstration effect has been generated.
The fire in the hearts of the fishermen, the people who were originally watching, doubting, and fearing, and even the hooligans and desperate people in the city, was completely ignited.
Li Shiyue stood on the high ground of the government office, looking down at the crowd below that was surging even more because of the Ding siblings' affair. She knew that the fire of the "Order to Kill the Bandits" had finally been lit, and it would surely spread like wildfire.
She successfully used money to unleash the boundless courage and strength of the people.
Next, it's time to train those five hundred new recruits, wait for Sun Xiaoliu to return from Jinzhou, and at the same time let Cai Hua in the garrison take a good look at what Li Shiyue is really capable of!
A cold, yet all-encompassing smile returned to Li Shiyue's lips.
The fact that the three siblings from the fishing family successfully killed the Japanese pirates with a trap and received a reward of one hundred taels of silver had an unimaginable impact on Jian'an.
The next day, a row of wooden boxes, filled with gleaming silver, was still placed in front of the government office.
Before noon, a man with a dirty face was led to the gate of the government office by the city guards, carrying a severed head in his hand.
The man reeked of a foul stench, but his eyes gleamed. He placed the severed head he was carrying in front of Clerk Wang and shouted, "Sir, I killed a Japanese pirate! I've come to collect my reward!"
Wang, the clerk, endured his nausea and fear to examine the head on the table. After confirming that it was indeed a Japanese pirate, he asked the man his name, where he lived, and how he had managed to kill the Japanese pirate.
Before the man could respond, an old man in the crowd called out his name.
"Erfanzi! It's you, Erfanzi!"
Who is Erfanzi?
Just from the name Erfanzi, you know there's a boss above him.
However, Da Fanzi went out to sea and never came back, and Er Fanzi went out to sea alone to fish. He was so scared that he ended up working as a porter at the largest dock in Jian'an Port.
As for why the old man could remember Erfanzi's name, it was because although Erfanzi no longer fished, he still had some strength. In the past, he had fought with people at the docks many times in order to get work.
Over time, he gained some fame, and the nickname "Erfanzi" (Second Sail) came about.
However, when asked by Wang Shuli, Erfan swallowed hard and said, "My name is Yang Erfan, and I live in Xihai Village."
This is a picture of a Japanese man I caught while staking out the beach. I hit him on the back of the head with a stick, and chopped his head off with an axe.
"Sir, can I get a reward for cutting this?"
After making a record and confirming that the head was indeed that of a Japanese pirate, Wang, the clerk, pulled out twenty taels of silver from a silver box next to him.
Yang Erfan held the two solid silver ingots in his hands, stunned for a moment, then let out a near-manic cry of laughter and tears, and knelt down on the ground with a thud, kowtowing repeatedly towards the gate of the government office.
silence.
Then came the deafening roar and frenzy!
It's true! It's really true!
A Japanese pirate head really can be exchanged for twenty taels of silver!
Yesterday, the three fishermen exchanged one hundred taels of silver, and today this man carrying bags at the port exchanged twenty taels of silver!
This order to kill the enemy is real!
Poverty, hatred, and the desire for wealth were all ignited at this moment by the naked reward.
Fear remains, but when the rewards far outweigh the risks, countless people will take the plunge.
The atmosphere in the fishing villages along the coast of Jian'an City suddenly changed.
In the past, when people heard that Japanese pirates were coming, their first reaction was to flee to the city or hide in their homes with their families.
Now, upon hearing that the Japanese pirates were coming, many people's eyes turned red, and their breathing became heavy.
They silently inspected the harpoons, machetes, axes, and even the sharpened wooden sticks in the house.
The bolder ones banded together and began heading towards the coast in small groups, secretly observing the movements of the scattered Japanese pirates.
The Japanese pirates quickly realized something was wrong.
Once, a small group of Japanese pirates stormed a village as usual, only to find it eerily quiet and almost deserted.
Just as they were wondering, a gong suddenly sounded, and a large group of villagers rushed out from the mud houses and haystacks all around!
They carried various crude weapons, their eyes fixed on them, emitting strange hoarse cries, like a pack of wolves eyeing their prey!
Although the Japanese pirates were fierce, they had never seen such a scene before.
The Han people, who are usually as docile as lambs, have become so crazy at this moment!
They tried to intimidate them by brandishing knives, but were met with a rain of stones and a relentless attack.
A chaotic battle ensued, and although the villagers also suffered casualties, the Japanese pirates were ultimately wiped out!
The heads of the Japanese pirates were cut off and used as proof of their bounty.
Some Japanese pirates, after looting, tried to retreat by sea, only to find that their small boats, which they had hidden behind the reefs, had been sunk.
When Japanese pirates attempted to swim to the anchorage of larger ships, they were chased and killed by fishermen in small fishing boats with harpoons and homemade bows and arrows, and blood stained a patch of the sea red.
The coastline of Jian'an seemed to be covered with invisible fishing nets overnight.
Everyone who saw the Japanese pirates could become an informant;
Every civilian with a weapon could become a hunter.
These groups of Japanese pirates who had sailed to Jian'an in large ships with the intention of burning, killing, and looting were finally finding it difficult to move forward.
The Japanese pirates who were sent ashore in small boats to scout never returned;
A dozen or so Japanese pirates went to the village to collect grain, but when they returned to the city, a few of them were always missing.
They could have easily raped Han women and robbed Han people of their food simply by taking their knives ashore;
But in just over half a month, the total number of Japanese pirates on their ships had decreased by a third!
When they sent half the men from the large ship onto the small boats and got ashore, they had only gone a few steps when they saw several corpses on the shore, all of them headless!
Even the most clueless Japanese pirates now know that the honest, kind, cowardly, incompetent, and fearless Han Chinese have all become hunters!
The hunters who hunt them!
Damn it, the Japanese pirates don't understand why the Han people have changed.
Damn it, have all these Han Chinese gone mad?
Aren't they afraid of the Japanese pirates' long swords?
Aren't they just supposed to kneel down and beg for mercy?
How dare they?
How dare you resist!
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