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The sun gradually rose, and the sea fog slowly dissipated. Looking at the empty sea behind him, the Dutch captain wearing a three-cornered hat couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. He put down the binoculars, and immediately roared anxiously again.

"Full sail, full speed ahead!"

"captain!"

Suddenly, several crew members shouted in panic, followed by a sudden tremor in their hearts. The captain raised the binoculars nervously. It suddenly came from Taitung, which is facing the Pacific Ocean.

On the first of the three open ships, a young handsome man with a Japanese hairstyle, a loose robe, and a samurai sword on his back is also holding up the binoculars. The eyeballs in his binoculars They were so bright that they almost glowed, and they muttered in their mouths.

"Silver is coming!"

"Full sails, full rudder, don't let the meat ticket get away!"

6 Chapter Fifty. The Age of Pirates

This is the most spectacular scene in the age of great navigation. On the vast ocean, four majestic human war machines are entangled together. The cannon has a fiery breath, roaring and spraying the breath of death from hell, and the water column jumps several meters in the shells. Come on, the rippling waves rocked the boat like a toy in a bathtub.

During the Zheng Chenggong Battle of Taiwan in history, [-] Zheng Jun Daqing ships besieged several Dutch ships. In order to sink a battleship Hector, Zheng Jun almost sank [-] ships and killed thousands of people. In the end, the goddess of luck favored Zheng Chenggong, and the Hector was hit by a shot in the powder compartment, and it exploded.

He didn't know his original fate, but he didn't delay Zheng Sen's excited expression at this time. The vibration of the artillery made the ship tremble. Facing the gunpowder smoke, he patted the deck of the ship excitedly.

"The firepower of this thing is still decent! The old blue-headed boat is just rubbish!"

"stick it on!"

The spread of artillery fire continued to force it out of position, causing the Dutch merchant ship in the trap to turn left and right, and the three open-ship sharks gradually surrounded it and surrounded it.

Full of exasperation, wearing a three-cornered hat, the Dutch captain with red curly hair waved his command knife and roared with bared teeth: "A Dutchman can hit 25 bright men! They will collapse after a few rows of guns! Go into battle and fight on board!"

Following his roar, a group of Dutch sailors who looked like goblin beasts, and a dozen screaming Japanese warriors jumped out with matchlock guns and lined up fiercely on the deck, one by one. The sailor looked at the port side with a ferocious expression, and looked at the pirates of Ming Dynasty who were getting closer and closer with red eyes.

The next second, their expressions froze, and the same rattling sound sounded. The ones in front of them were not the beggar Daming pirates who were wearing tattered clothes, holding an ax and playing with knives, screaming, and showing a mouthful of rotten teeth. The first is the black hole of the muzzle.

On the deck, neat bayonets and flintlock guns point forward triumphantly, condescending, and the number is doubled. There is also a bald beard with two dragons pierced on his chest, shirtless and showing his muscles. Stepping on a thick cannon with one foot, and biting an equally thick cannon in his mouth, he glanced at them contemptuously, and spit out a smoke ring heavily.

This is fucking embarrassing!

The matchlock was hissing, and beads of sweat were dripping from his forehead. With a bang, the first officer with an upturned beard threw the matchlock directly, and immediately afterward, a group of Dutch sailors also threw the guns on the ground. , Then he squatted aside like a normal person, threw the knife, and the captain pointed to the side with the standard Nanjing and yelled.

"My lord! We are all obedient citizens, and we all know the rules. It's these little bastards who insist on rebelling!"

Looking back in astonishment, a group of Japanese mercenaries who were still holding matchlock guns and baring their teeth and roaring were dumbfounded.

bang~

"Ouch~"

The Dongjiang ship is fully equipped, including the prison, regardless of whether you obey the people or not, one person will be rewarded with a kick in the ass, and all 38 Dutch sailor captains will be kicked in. The prison with iron bars is too small, and you have to stack them up. The Japanese who came in last were lucky, and rode on the Dutchman's neck, and immediately after the big iron gate was locked, no matter how those people wailed, the pirate lord just patted his buttocks and strolled out.

But these Dutch people are not innocent. There are no real honest people in the age of great voyages. Sea merchants are basically part-time pirates. Compared with the sea merchants of other countries they threw off their boats to feed sharks or the natives who were slaughtered by them, these guys It is already much more comfortable.

As for the Dutch merchant ship that was shot twice, Zheng Sen's two second-class sailing ships were tied to the rear, dragged behind, and pulled towards the north.

Penghu.

Dozens of men screamed with all their strength, with veins on their foreheads. Under their dragging, another heavy sailboat was dragged onto the beach. Beside this new victim, there were already densely packed A large row of captured sea ships, most of which were lost to Western three-masted Galenic ships, and some Southeast Asian long ships with old and round bellies. In the past few months, the pirates of Ming Dynasty have been completely savage and fighting wars. In the name of the ship, no matter whose ship it is, as long as it is not Daming's, it will be dragged back, and the property on it will be "confiscated". As for the personnel and sailors, they will be locked up.

Among them, the Dutch are still a little farther away, they are only restricted in their movements, they should be given food and drink, and they can just wait for the Dutch East India Company to redeem them, but the nearby Luzon Spaniards are not so Fortunately, these people who just tried to kill [-] to [-] Manila Mingqiao were regarded as blood feuds by Da Ming. The captain's mate was hanged on the mast after the ship fell, and the rest of the crew were beaten as slaves. shipped north.

Recently, Beiming has been engaged in infrastructure construction, and domestic railways have been spread everywhere, so that the demand for coal has increased greatly. Recently, Mao Jueke and Shanxi merchants have partnered with Shanxi coal bosses, and there is a shortage of front-line coal diggers. .

On the beach, after being pulled onto the boat, the warriors of the Ming army were busy unloading the goods again, while several clerks were wearing big slippers and dangling aside, holding account books and writing brushes and following Sasha to record.

"Sixteen Francophones, four ship-wrecking cannons, twelve barrels of gunpowder, three thousand pieces of deerskins, two hundred boxes of sugar, two boxes of pearls, two boxes of fish skins, nine Japanese and thirty-two Dutch "

The brush directly penetrated two pages on the rice paper. After recording, the clerk took out the seal and stamped the red seal twice, then tore off the back page and handed it out, talking professionally.

"Thirty percent goes to Daming, and one percent becomes the East India Company's handling fee. The results of the auction are subject to the town's announcement. Go to Hangzhou to collect the money!"

"Excuse me brother, please worry about loading the ship! Use this to drink!"

A heavy ingot of silver was stuffed into his hand, and after weighing it, a smile appeared on the stern face of the clerk, nodding and humming.

"Don't worry, Mr. Zheng's goods, how dare the little ones not care about it, the next boat, first take the goods for Mr. Zheng!"

There have been too many ships being robbed recently, and the goods in Southeast Asia have become somewhat saturated from a shortage. The sooner the Games will be held in Ming Dynasty, the higher the price will be. After getting this promise, Shi Daxuan's broad old face is also full of excitement. , After exchanging a few words with the clerk, the man in his 40s rushed back.

Stepping on a sea reef, with the samurai sword on his back, Zheng Sen was still looking at the pirate ship returning from the sea. It was really good to describe the time with more wolves and less meat. Many people foolishly drove to the waters near Zeelandia City, Tainan. I went to squat, and after squatting for a whole month, I came back empty-handed. Some robbers failed to get hit, but were beaten up, and they fled back in desperation with their holes exposed.

But there are losers and there are winners, like Zheng Zhilong's eldest son, Zheng Sen, and this next one.Just as Zheng Sen was looking around, another fleet rowed into the bay. The He character flag hung high on the bow, exactly the same as Zheng Sen. Three captured Spanish ships were hung at the stern. With the chaotic commotion, a large group of warriors from the Ming army rushed up again, pulling the rope tied to the western boat, and excitedly pulled it towards the shore.

The Spaniards sold black slaves to the New World, treating black and yellow people as inhuman living tools, but they never thought that this day would happen to them too, with rattling iron chains, more than 70 people with disheveled hair and smelly bodies, but they were as strong as The Spanish conquistadors like cattle were driven down dejectedly, followed by a guy wearing a big sable fur cloak and a jeweled melon cap, who looked more like a playboy than a sea merchant pirate, came down triumphantly, saw Zheng Sen Looking around, this guy smiled and gestured his fists, so he had to yell in a long tone.

"Come on! Give it to Master He and I will count it too!"

"Turtle!"

Seeing the people of the East India Company busy carrying things on and off the boat that He Bin snatched back, full of disdain, Zheng Sen snorted from his nostrils, at this time, he went to contact the general of the Zheng family who was counted by the East India Company Shi Daxuan came back happily, and bowed heavily behind Zheng Sen.

"Master! It's another three hundred big yellow croakers! Seven boats were cut down in one and a half months, and more than 30 taels were paid in! You really have the demeanor of an old dragon!"

"Old leader?"

"If he was as ruthless as I am, this Nanhai would not be named Mao now!"

Mentioning this, Zheng Sen couldn't help showing a sneer, and shook his head slightly, but Shi Daxuan couldn't help opening his mouth when he heard this. Even if he voted for the regent now, Zheng Zhilong is still a legendary pirate in the South China Sea. Brother, Zheng Sen commented on his father in this way, not to mention the issue of filial piety, just this arrogance made him stunned.

But now, the later generation national hero who regained Taiwan, on this historical line, has completely gone to another fork. A legendary pirate who can surpass Zheng Zhilong once again cast a disdainful glance at the subordinate of the great pirate He Bin who was unloading , he knocked the knife contemptuously.

"Let Cheng Dahu and his bastards hurry up and fill up the yellow soup, and go to sea tomorrow morning!"

"Still going to sea?"

Once again, Shi Daxuan couldn't help screaming. The more than 200 warships occupied by Mao Jue were not the disciplined Royal Navy after all. At this time, more than 40 warships had already returned to Hangzhou with the money they plundered. Going all the way, just for the enjoyment! Like Zheng Sen, he and He Bin are the only ones who are still side by side after taking seven boats from each other.

But He Bin is different. He is a local pirate and maritime merchant rooted in Taiwan. Now he is fighting against the Dutch riding on Taiwan. He also has a desperate drive, but Zheng Sen is completely different. Now the whole The bandits have saved at least 30 taels of silver in Hangzhou, and any of the more than 500 people in the three boats will get a large fortune that can be squandered for a few years. Just like Alexander the Great who went to the East, they no longer want to fight !

However, just like Alexander the Great who was bent on conquering the East, Zheng Sen's heart was full of desire to conquer. Hearing Shi Daxuan's hesitation, he suddenly turned around. In Zheng Sen's pupils, Shi Daxuan read a wave of death. Breath, breath suppressed him and lowered his head in panic. For a few seconds, when he raised his head, Zheng Sen had already left, and Shi Daxuan was dripping with sweat.

Chapter 651. The Taste of Treasure

Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and where there are people, there is business. Penghu has become a hoarding place for shipowners under the East India Company. Many conscious big businessmen from Fuzhou and Quanzhou immediately traveled across mountains and rivers, invited cooks, and spent huge sums of money to import from the mainland. Food materials and luxury goods, only a month and a half ago, Penghu has also set up a large circle of pirate taverns and gold selling caves, which has the color of Caribbean pirates.

Going to sea is extremely risky, and someone may die that day, so the pirates are also enjoying themselves in time. Later generations return to the charming waves of Penghu Bay, but there are unpleasant curses and chaotic drinks from the pirates. In front of the wine table, a This ugly, utterly rotten man was drunk, and on the gambling table, there was even some blood-stained silver coins scattered on the table. The red-eyed gambler was completely dissolute.

But the pirates also have eyesight. In the easternmost tavern, within three meters of Zheng Sen’s table, there is absolutely no one there. The merchant ships of the Dutch and the Spaniards are even more because even now, there are still two unshaven, hideous and terrifying heads hanging on the pillars at the entrance of the tavern.