When the pirates saw that the Ming Navy was outflanking them again, they immediately fired at the naval warships. But this time, the naval warships stood at the farthest range and did not get closer.
The cannonballs fired by the pirates landed on the sea half way away from the naval warship, causing waves of water.
Seeing that the range of the pirate cannon was far inferior to his own, the morale of the navy officers immediately increased.
The captain on the warship immediately ordered, "Load on the starboard side!"
"Starboard loading!"
The wind on the sea seemed to have bypassed this place at this moment, and even the sunlight was blocked by a cloud, casting a shadow on this small sea area.
"Fire!" the captain roared immediately when he felt that the warship was traveling smoothly and that the opponent was in the best position to attack.
"Fire~"
When the warships of the Ming Dynasty opened fire, they were not like pirates, where there was only one cannon on a ship and they fired one after another.
The side shields of the ship opened instantly, revealing a total of forty black iron pipes, flashing with cold light. A series of roars came one after another, and in an instant, one side of the warship was obscured by a huge cloud of white smoke.
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With just one salvo, the masts of three pirate ships were hit and broken one after another. The mast of one ship was even broken into three pieces.
Without the sail, the speed of the pirate ship dropped instantly. At first, the pirates wanted to resist, but when they found that the range of the cannon could not reach the navy warship, they could only passively withstand the uninterrupted bombardment of the Ming Navy.
, after seeing with their own eyes that everyone around them was turned into a ball of blood foam by the cannonballs, and the ship was riddled with holes in the bombardment. No matter how ferocious the pirates were, they couldn't hold it anymore, and they all raised their white cloth towels and waved them to show their surrender.
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And when the pirate captain, who was being tied to the mast, saw his men who had placed great hope in raising the white cloth and waving them, he simply couldn't believe his eyes. His invincible power in the Ravi Sea was defeated in this way.
?
However, when he thought of the powerful cannons fired by the Ming Navy just now, the pirate leader had to lower his head. He had to admit that he had never seen so many cannons firing in unison in his life. He even wanted to do so very much.
Do you know how the Ming Navy put so many cannons on the ship?
The navy officers received the order from the flagship, "Kill without mercy, leave no one alive."
The navy officers took advantage of the pirates' surrender, jumped onto the pirate ship, and pulled out the revolver without the pirates paying attention. Amidst a burst of firecracker-like sound, the pirates fell down before they could even realize what was going on.
Some pirates hiding behind saw them and pulled out their weapons
Dao wanted to fight the navy, but they only ran two steps away before he was shot to death at gunpoint.
After carefully inspecting the pirate ship, the navy officers returned to report to Han Du.
"Master Marquis, there is nothing on those three ships except some food and fresh water." The captain reported to Han Du.
Han Du nodded to show that he understood, and waved the captain to leave.
Hard on the side listened and suddenly said with surprise: "This is impossible, he promised me that as long as I bring them to the Old Port, they will give me a thousand gold coins and let me buy new goods and go back.
I was still thinking about shipping the goods back to pay off the debt, how could they have nothing?"
Han Du has confidence in the military discipline of the Ming Dynasty Navy. Since the captain said no, it means that there is really not a hair on the ship.
As for Harder’s disbelief
Han Du spread his hands, smiled and shrugged at him: "Obviously, he has never thought of paying you gold coins at all. Even if you bring them to Old Port, you will not get a penny."
"Oh, Lord, these damn robbers, shameful thieves." Hard looked furious and roared at the pirate leader hanging on the mast. Looking at him, if he hadn't been unable to pass, he would have even
Rush up and kick the pirate leader a few times.
When Han Du heard Hard's complaint, his eyes suddenly lit up. After a while, after Hard had stopped, he asked in a calm tone: "What? Do you owe a lot of money back home?"
Hader looked a little despairing. When he heard Han Du's question, he just nodded dullly and replied: "Yes, I not only spent all my family property on this trip to sea, but also borrowed a lot of money from many friends.
Money. I was originally going to make a lot of money this time, but I didn’t expect that I would encounter these shameful pirates on the way back. Now that I have nothing, how can I pay off the debt?"
"If I can't repay my debts, my manor will be mortgaged. My dear little Hassan will no longer be able to eat his best sweet bread, and even my wife and family will be mortgaged.
People sold into slavery.”
Maybe Harder was really desperate. He sat on the deck and spread the fingers of his hands deeply through his hair. The force was so strong that his scalp felt tight. Maybe he just wanted this pain to relieve his heart.
of sadness.
Han Du had no sympathy for Hard, but was curious about how he ended up like this, "Have you ever come to Old Port to do business?"
Harder shook his head.
It was the first time he went to a strange place to do business, and he dared to stake all his worth, and even went into debt and used leverage. Han Du didn't know whether to say that Harder was reckless or that he was a very talented person and was bold.
"Then do you know there are pirates on the sea?" Han Du asked again.
Hader said in a disdainful tone: "There have always been pirates, but after all, there are very few merchant ships that have been robbed. I didn't expect that I would be so unlucky. I didn't encounter pirates when I came here, but I encountered them when I went back.
Up."
This guy turned out to be lucky. He rarely heard that merchant ships were robbed by pirates, so he thought there were very few pirates? What kind of bullshit logic is this? Doesn’t he know that there is a truth called survivor bias? He was robbed by pirates.
Merchant ships, probably nine out of ten, will not have the chance to send the message out. This is probably the reason why there are so few Hades.
But this has nothing to do with Han Du, and Han Du doesn't want to worry about whether Hard will go bankrupt.
There was just one question, and Han Du needed to ask Hard for clarification. After patting Hard, who was looking down, and seeing him looking up at him, Han Du gestured to the pirate leader hanging on the mast and said, "Since they robbed him,
Your goods, and you didn’t bring any of them with you, then where are their goods hidden?” ??
Hader suddenly seemed to be hit by a thunderbolt. He was shocked and spoke incoherently excitedly, "Yes, the Marquis is right. They are pirates. They can't throw away the goods. They can only give my goods to
Hide it. Where will they hide my cargo? Where will they hide it? These damn pirate treasures. Yes, treasure!"
Hard suddenly became excited and said to Handu: "Honorable Lord Marquis, I know, these pirates must have hidden my goods in their treasures. As long as we find their treasures, I can get them back."
My goods are gone.”
When Han Du saw that Hade had finally come to his senses, he stood up and said with a smile: "Then go ahead and ask him where their treasure is?"
"Honorable Lord Marquis, you are so kind. Don't worry, I will ask them right away and I will definitely find out their treasure." Hard now feels that his whole person is full of energy, and his whole body is full of hope and energy.
. He excitedly ran to the edge of the boat in front and asked the pirate leader at the top of his voice.
wait until
After Harder left, Tang Ding came over and asked doubtfully: "What are you going to do?" While speaking, Tang Ding glanced at Harder, and his purpose was self-evident.
Zhu Biao also walked by curiously and looked at Han Du in confusion.
Seeing that both of them were curious, Han Du explained with a smile: "These pirates dare to rob the old port not because they are arrogant. These pirates have cannons, and there are more than one. Their strength is probably far beyond that of ordinary pirates.
"
Han Du even suspected that these people were not pirates at all, but white gloves from the coastal kingdom. It was not uncommon for them to engage in robbery in the form of irregular troops.
"Since they are powerful, they must have robbed a lot of good things before. If we can find out where their lair is and catch them all, it will be a small fortune."
Han Du chuckled.
Tang Ding also laughed immediately. He was also very willing to do such a thing. He turned around and glanced at Harder, who was shouting at the pirate leader. He actually looked forward to him being able to destroy the pirates' lair.
Ask it out.
After hearing this, Zhu Biao frowned at first, then relaxed, and said nonchalantly: "Since these people have traveled thousands of miles to come here, their home base must be thousands of miles away. Even if you ask,
Then we can still travel thousands of miles away to catch them all in one fell swoop?"
Han Du was silent for a few breaths and sighed: "As you can see from Hader's experience, I am afraid that pirates in the Western Sea are already very rampant. Although the Western Sea is thousands of miles away, it stands to reason that it has nothing to do with us.
relationship. But once more and more pirates arrive, it will inevitably affect the Old Port, and there will be fewer and fewer Western merchants able to come to the Old Port."
"Does Your Highness know what kind of goods the Western merchants who came to the Old Port brought with them, and what kind of goods they shipped back?"
Zhu Biao listened and slowly shook his head. This was his first time in Old Port, and he hadn't docked yet. How could he know this? Moreover, any matters in the Old Port Governor's Mansion would be reported directly to his father, and he would not pass by at all.
The imperial court. Although he has always been in charge of supervising the country, he really doesn't know much about the affairs of the various governor-general offices in Nanyang.
Han Du looked serious and said: "We, the Ming Dynasty, have all the treasures of nature. We have everything and lack nothing. So Western businessmen want to do business with us, but they can't find anything to sell to us. Therefore, they
Only bring valuables such as gold, silver and precious stones to trade."