Late Ming sea owl

Chapter 87 Worthy of being an angel

At this time, those responsible for transporting ammunition also came up. Skinny Monkey picked up a knife and jumped onto the enemy ship. Gouwa followed closely behind, and Xiao Yiyi gritted his teeth and followed.

Following Miguel's orders, everyone went directly to the injured person to apply the wound.

A few uninjured slaves from the capital tried to resist, but were quickly killed on the spot. The remaining survivors knelt down and surrendered.

When Viper heard someone crying loudly, he licked the corner of his mouth and stepped forward with a grin. He killed them all like the wounded and threw the bodies into the sea to feed the fish. Soon the boat became quiet.

Feng Yidao then left Viper to lead a few people on the deck to calm down the situation. The others followed him to the cabin to continue searching for survivors, and took them to the deck one by one to kneel down.

At this time, a firewood boat rowed towards Bowang from the direction of the mission ship.

This was the ship sent by Yuan Jin to ask for surrender. He knew better than anyone that when the only capable Shuiyou camp chose to escape, there was no suspense in this naval battle.

The Bowang passed in front of the Denglai ship, and then sent the first round of bombardment to the mission ship. It was obvious that the target was this seven-masted ship.

The mission ship was too bulky and had almost no ability to sail against the wind. It was also in the upwind direction, and it was impossible to escape even if it was in good condition.

Huddle below the deck, waiting for the enemy to join forces and then suddenly attack?More than ten years ago, he once led a fleet to besiege an old lock ship, and his opponent had adopted this tactic.

After all, it is difficult to sink enemy ships in naval battles these days. As long as the morale is strong enough, it is also a feasible option to fight to the death in a gang war. The Spaniards and the Dutch have done this.

Unfortunately, mission ships cannot use this tactic.

Due to the existence of watertight compartments, Chinese sea-going ships do not have fully accessible decks below the open deck. This not only fundamentally restricts the placement of broadside guns, but also completely rejects the above-mentioned turtle tactic.

The so-called watertight compartments actually divide the cabin into small grids longitudinally. Usually, a small grid is no more than a few feet wide and only one foot high against the sky. It can only be entered and exited from above.

To disperse the troops in such a trap-shaped cabin and wait for an opportunity to counterattack, it is impossible even for experienced soldiers. It is even more impossible for these veteran soldiers from the Beijing camp to implement such tactics.

Putting down the boat and escaping is a feasible option. Although there is a possibility of being shot over by the Bowang, the greater possibility is that others are too lazy to care.After all, the range of shotgun shells is too close, and it is difficult for solid bullets to hit such a small target from a long distance.

However, this only way out was rejected by Hu Liangfu, and Yuan Jin estimated that the elders in the Beijing camp might not let the leader go first.Therefore, when he saw Shui Youying escaping, he directly beheaded the Jingying soldiers who snatched the boat, then took the leader of the Jingying soldiers hostage with his own soldiers, and then announced that he would lead everyone to surrender.

Seeing the tragic scene of the capital ship, the elders in the capital camp all agreed and took the initiative to control Wang Minzheng and Hu Liangfu.This is why the mission ship neither put down the firewood boat to escape, nor tried to raise the sail or replace the spare sail. They were very busy over there.

When Lin Hai boarded the mission ship, Yuan Jin, Wang and Hu were already kneeling on the deck to greet him.All the more than 200 people still alive on the ship tied themselves up and knelt together on the deck, including more than 100 soldiers from the Beijing camp who were still alive.

Compared with the capital ship, the casualties on the mission ship were not large. Most of them were killed by a few hard sails weighing several thousand kilograms.

Lin Hai looked at the corpses gathered together. The little eunuch beside Hu Liangfu was also there.The left half of his shoulder was missing, and there were several pieces of bamboo stuck in his body. One piece was deeply pierced into his right eye, and the cause of his death could not be determined.

Yuan Jin knelt in front of Lin Hai and kowtowed: "Good man, please spare our lives. These two are wealthy owners. The good man will take care of the food for a few days, and the villain will definitely bring the money to redeem himself." People, as many heroes as you want, just draw the line."

Before Lin Hai could speak, Hu Liangfu suddenly screamed loudly: "Yuan Jin, you thief..."

With a loud sound, Yuan Jin spat a mouthful of phlegm into Hu Liangfu's face: "Shut up if you want to survive!"

Hu Liangfu was stunned by the spit, and Wang Minzheng on the side trembled and said: "What a good man... Your Majesty, what he said is true. You can give me any amount of money."

Lin Hai chuckled: "This must be the Prince of the Internal Affairs Bureau. Aren't you always very eloquent in your speech? I don't look like you are stuttering."

Wang Minzheng's expression changed. This person actually knew him. He must have known that it was the mission that was robbed, and he would definitely not dare to accept Yuan Jin's proposal.

Yuan Jin did not give up, however, and continued: "Good man, you can tell me where to redeem the person, Haojing, Dongfan, Waguo, Luzon...anywhere will do."

Lin Hai looked at Yuan Jin and said, "You are quite knowledgeable. This proposal is really exciting. It's a pity that I don't want to stay overseas for the rest of my life, so I can't agree to it."

As soon as the words fell, there was a commotion on the deck. These people were all tied up with ropes, and there were knife-wielding crew members of the Bowang guarding them. They could only wait obediently for Lin Hai's final verdict.

After Wang Minzheng heard this, he closed his eyes and waited for death, but Hu Liangfu sobbed and begged for mercy: "Your Majesty, please have mercy on me, please spare the life of this little dog. I swear a poisonous oath, as long as the king is willing to let me go, I will I will never embarrass the king..."

Lin Hai smiled and said: "Eunuch Hu, do you believe what you say?"

Hu Liangfu burst into tears when he heard this, and suddenly started to curse: "Bitch thief, you have to die a good death. I will not let you go if you are nine thousand years old, the emperor will not let you go, and we will not let you go if you are a ghost..."

This damn eunuch was used to being domineering, and his ugly behavior at this time was really disgusting. Lin Hai turned around and asked the dog next to him: "Boy, do you dare to kill someone?"

Gou Wa nodded, Lin Hai handed him a knife, pointed at Hu Liangfu and said: "This eunuch is as bad as Gao Huai who killed your grandfather back then. Kill him for me."

Gou Wa took the knife, walked over and stabbed Hu Liangfu in the chest. Blood splashed on Gou Wa's face, and he didn't even blink.

Lin Hai stepped forward and patted Gou Wa on the shoulder: "Good boy, you have already killed a corrupt official. When you grow up, I will take you to kill the Tatars." There was silence on the mission ship, and all the prisoners remained silent, for fear that the next one would take their turn. When it comes to themselves, many people are silently praying to God and worshiping Buddha.

Lin Hai raised his voice and said: "Listen carefully, I have a territory overseas. As long as you are willing to work hard, you will have something to eat in the future, and you may make a fortune if you do well. I don't want to kill more people, but there are some who are disobedient. Yes, this dead eunuch is your role model."

The captives were both happy and sad when they heard this. They were happy that they could not die for the time being, but sad that they might have to live overseas for the rest of their lives. That was not bad. Who knew what the situation would be like overseas? What would be waiting for them after they went there? What is it.

For a moment, some of the people were kowtowing, some were sobbing softly, and some were crying and saying nothing.

At this time, Miguel came over and said to Lin Hai: "That three-masted ship needs major repairs before it can continue sailing. This seven-masted ship can still run with the sails hung, but it is too heavy and the foremast is broken again. We will leave." Very slowly.”

"What do you want to say?" Lin Hai turned to ask Miguel.

"Move the valuables to the Bowang. As for the prisoners..." Miguel stretched out his right palm and slapped hard on his neck.

"That's what I mean." Shibi actually agreed with Miguel again. After the naval battle just now, his attitude towards the foreign devils had changed a lot.

Lin Hai pondered for a while and said: "Then bring less things. Gold, silver and ginseng don't take up any space. For the rest, pick up the most valuable items and pack as much as you can."

Shi Bi and Miguel were still waiting for further persuasion, but Lin Hai waved his hand vigorously, with a look of iron on his face: "I have made up my mind, and this is what I will do."

Miguel stopped talking after hearing this, Shibi stopped talking, and Lin Hai said to him: "Uncle, it's not suitable to stay here for a long time. We don't have time to move so many things, we can only move valuable ones. As for the prisoners on the ship, I will It’s still useful.”

In fact, he knew very well that except for Wang Minzheng, others were of no great use.Maybe he is not a qualified hero yet, and that annoying fly may not be dead yet.

Shi Bi and Miguel then organized people to move the loot separately, while Lin Hai ordered Wang Minzheng to be untied and brought him to the official hall to talk alone.

"Eunuch Wang, you are the one who wants to be the internal minister. You were originally going to give advice to the emperor, but from now on you can only bend your talents and serve as the pirates' military advisor." Lin Hai poured a cup of tea for Wang Minzheng and said with a smile.

Wang Minzheng was not only an internal eunuch, but also one of the top ten chiefs of the Clerk's Office, equivalent to the emperor's confidential secretary.

The next step in this position is that of the Chief of Ceremonies and the Supervisor of the Suitang, who can approve favors on behalf of the emperor, so Lin Haicai said that he was going to be the internal minister.This is not a general compliment, he is the real future internal secretary.

Wang Minzheng saw that Lin Hai was obviously not an ordinary pirate, so he did not dare to serve tea. He said in fear: "As long as your Majesty has orders, I will do whatever I want."

Lin Hai smiled and said: "It's nothing, just some people and things in the court and palace. I will ask you when necessary in the future. Hu Liangfu could have done this, but he was too stupid. He thought that he could just make a poisonous oath. Fool me, so he’s dead.”

When Wang Minzheng heard the next sentence, he knelt down with a plop, kowtowed repeatedly and said: "I must know everything and tell you everything, and I will never dare to deceive the king."

Lin Hai pushed the tea cup in front of him: "Don't be so embarrassed, get up and drink tea. Let me ask first, how was your harvest in North Korea this time?"

Wang Minzheng didn't know where to start, but he was afraid that Lin Hai would blame him, so he still knelt on the ground and said: "More than 1 taels of gold, 16 taels of silver, and the other slaves can't even count..."

Lin Hai asked again: "How much ginseng is there?"

Wang Minzheng returned quickly: "Twelve thousand, eight hundred and seventy three pounds."

This guy remembered very clearly that Lin Hai once learned about the price of ginseng in Hirado from Li Guozhu, which was almost 60 taels per catty, and in Edo it was as high as 70 taels.

Based on a rough calculation based on the price of ginseng in Hirado, the value of gold, silver and ginseng on the mission ship alone was more than 100 million taels.

Of course, the sudden influx of tens of thousands of kilograms of ginseng into the Japanese market will inevitably lead to a decline in market prices.But there should be many other valuable things on the mission ship and the capital ship. Lin Hai estimated that there would be no suspense that this vote would exceed 100 million taels.

In the history of maritime robbery in Asia, the only thing that can compare with this vote is the Santa Catalina incident more than 20 years ago.

What was robbed that time was a 1500-ton Portuguese ship loaded with silk, porcelain, spices, gold sand, lacquerware and furniture. It was sailing from Macau to Goa and was ambushed while anchored near Singapore.

The raid was launched by a joint fleet of the VOC and the Sultanate of Johor, commanded by Dutch Admiral Jacob van Heimskerk.

The VOC was established less than a year ago. It was from this attack that the Dutch first realized the value of Ming Dynasty porcelain.

Although nearly half of the cargo of the Santa Catalina was destroyed in the fierce battle, the remaining half was still sold in Amsterdam for 340 million guilders, which is almost equivalent to the Ming Dynasty's 100 million taels of silver.

This is equivalent to half of the total founding capital of VOC and six times the total founding capital of the British East India Company (EIC).

Lin Haixin said that my company seems to have a high starting point. Although the angel round financing is not as good as VOC, it is much better than the poor people like EIC.

What’s even more awesome is that not only does he not have to distribute equity to the angel investor, he can also order him around like a slave.

Lin Hai excitedly gave a thumbs up to Wang Minzheng who was kneeling on the ground, and sincerely praised: "Awesome! You are indeed an angel!"

(End of this chapter)