The navy officers first landed on the island in small boats. After confirming that there was no threat, Han Du and others walked onto the island.
After living on a boat for so many days, Han Du's legs trembled slightly as he just set foot on the ground, feeling a solid feeling coming from the soles of his feet.
There were soldiers guarding the front, rear, left and right, surrounding Han Du and others in the middle, maintaining the formation and moving slowly towards the small slope in front.
Climbing up the hill, Han Du was immediately stunned by the sight before him. Behind the hill was a vast valley. The land was flat and wide, and the houses were neat and orderly. There were beautiful fields, traffic, and ponds.
Like mirrors scattered on the earth, they shine like gems.
If he hadn't looked back at the sea, Han Du would have thought he had arrived at some important town in the Ming Dynasty.
This is simply a paradise.
"There's not even a single person in such a nice place?" Han Du put down the telescope and said doubtfully.
Just now Han Du stood on the slope and looked through the binoculars for a long time, but he didn't see a single figure.
Tang He put down the telescope and glanced at Han Du, his expression not very good. Thinking of what Han Du said, his expression darkened, and he immediately waved to Jiang Ming. Tang and Ding led people to come forward to investigate, Han Du,
Tanghe followed.
Han Du came to a pool, dipped his finger in the water and tasted it. He smiled and said to Tang He, "Master, it is indeed fresh water."
After that, he stood up, looked around, and sighed: "There are thousands of acres of fertile land, and you will never deceive me."
Tang He looked solemn. He walked to Han Du and tasted it too. After that, he asked Han Du: "Do you think this is where those people hide?"
Han Du sneered, "Nine times out of ten. These days, there are few people who dare to go to sea, and even fewer can get here. As for those who can get here, they can also buy such a big property. We can't think of anything else besides them.
Man, you have such a big hand."
Although this island is large and has vegetation, Han Du found no signs of trees along the way, and the vegetation was only some low grass and trees.
So, where does the wood to build these houses come from? It can only be transported from other places by ship. To build so many houses, the amount of wood required is an extremely huge amount. Without large ships, it would be impossible to transport it.
Build the house.
Just when Han Du and Tang Heruo were making guesses, Jiang Ming walked over with a relaxed look on his face, completely without the nervousness he had when he rushed over with people just now.
"Sir, uncle." Jiang Ming said with a smile, "The general has already explored everything here, and there is not a single soul."
"Okay." Han Du nodded, indicating that he understood.
Immediately, he told Jiang Ming, "Brothers, be on guard and never take it lightly."
"As you command, Uncle." Jiang Ming replied sonorously and forcefully.
Han Du then turned around, smiled and asked Tang He: "Master, why don't we go to the front and have a look?"
"Okay." Tang He breathed out and relaxed his solemn expression.
Han Du and others came to the house. As soon as they entered, they saw several huge pools on the ground. However, unlike the pools outside, the water in these pools had deteriorated, turned black and smelly, and Han Du couldn't help but cover his nose.
However, Tang He looked at it for a few times, as if his nose was blocked and he couldn't smell the stench at all.
In order to escape from this smelly place, Han Du took a few steps and rushed to a room, then kicked the door open.
Apart from the tables, chairs and benches, there was only a long table left in the middle of the room.
"It seems that these people left in an orderly manner. All useful things were taken away, leaving only these useless things." Han Du glanced around the room. The people here left in an orderly manner, but the ones on the ground were all gone.
The dust had not been swept away, probably because they left and were not planning to come back. When I walked to the long desk, I suddenly saw what seemed to be a scrap of paper embedded in the gap between the wooden boards.
Han Du used his nails to pull it out bit by bit, held it in front of his eyes, and suddenly laughed.
Tang He wondered what Han Du had discovered, so he came over. "What did you find?"
Han Du handed the scraps of paper to Tang He, "Do you know what this is?"
Because the scraps of paper were so small, Tang He couldn't tell what they were torn from just by the little black thin lines on them.
"This is cut from the Ming Dynasty treasure banknote." Seeing that Tang He couldn't tell, Han Du told him directly.
"Are you sure?" Tang He asked immediately. The appearance of Ming treasure banknotes on an isolated island in the sea is a very paradoxical thing. This is not the territory of the Ming Dynasty. Even if you want to trade, you don't need to use Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes, just use things directly.
Just barter.
"Of course," Han Du still has some confidence in this. "The paper of the Ming Dynasty Bao Banknote is so special, there is only one of it in the world. I am very familiar with this paper and I can't be more familiar with it. This is the Ming Dynasty Bao Banknote."
paper."
"Why did they cut the banknotes into pieces? What did they want to do?"
"What do you want to do?" Han Du looked at the scraps of paper and smiled coldly, "They can't make banknotes, so they want to cut them to find the secret of the banknotes."
"You can tell how the banknote paper is made by cutting it open?" Tang He suddenly became nervous. If this is the case, doesn't it mean that the banknote paper of the Ming Dynasty has no secrets?
"How is that possible?" Han Du smiled and shook his head, "If it were really that simple, then the Ming Dynasty's banknotes would not be unique. Even if they cut the banknotes into pieces, they would not be able to make banknote paper.
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After Tang He heard this, he felt relieved. He returned the scraps of paper to Han Du and said, "This is the best. Now it seems that this is really the hiding place of those people. But why did they leave?"
"I don't know," Han Du had no clue about this.
Looking at the situation here, so many houses have been built and so many fertile fields have been cultivated. Putting these things on the sea is a huge wealth. If there is no major accident crisis, who can say that they should give up?
Han Du also speculated that his fleet was the biggest crisis for these people, enough to kill them. But it was unlikely that these people could get the news that he was coming here in advance.
This time the suppression of Japanese pirates was originally carried out in secret. Even the Japanese pirates were not aware of it at all, and they were defeated several times by Han Du. Not even a single Japanese pirate was left alive. Who could inform them? The only survivor was
Shi Ping's people. But these people don't even have ships. How can they inform these people? Even if they have ships, they can't have the speed of their own three warships, and it's impossible to get ahead of them.