The Most Powerful Man in the World

The large boats that were originally gathered were quickly dispersed, and at the same time, more than a dozen small boats were put down. These small boats were not large, but they could accommodate a dozen people.

After the dozens of small boats were put down, they scattered and fled, and left at a faster speed than the big boats.

Lu Kang was on one of the small boats at the moment. According to Chen Wu's suggestion, Lu Kang finally chose to abandon the big boat, because according to Chen Wu's experience, there was still nearly a day's journey away from Daming, and the Japanese pirates' The ship is extremely light, and the speed is far faster than the big ship they are riding on. I am afraid that it will be overtaken by the Japanese pirates in an hour or two.

After abandoning the big ship, although the small boat is less able to resist the wind and waves at sea, if the wind is calm, the speed is much higher than that of the big ship. As long as the luck is not bad, it may not be able to escape the pursuit of these Japanese pirates.

Of course, these Japanese pirates are not so easy to get rid of. After all, these Japanese pirates are also experienced. They came from the surrounding area early, obviously they were well prepared, so whether they can escape from the encirclement that has not been completely completed, then Depends on their luck.

It’s just a cup of tea. Through the telescopic mirror, Lu Kang clearly saw that a large ship was overtaken by the ships of the Japanese pirates, and then the ferocious Japanese pirates climbed on the large ship, although everyone on the large ship They were desperately resisting, but after all, they were not the opponents of these Japanese pirates. They were boarded by the Japanese pirates, and soon everyone on the boat was cut off and hung high on the mast.

Lu Kang clenched the telescopic mirror in his hand, and his eyes showed a bit of horror. After seeing the ferocity of these Japanese pirates with his own eyes, Lu Kang really realized that if it really fell into the hands of these Japanese pirates, no matter whether they were What kind of identity, I am afraid that it will only be beheaded by someone.

Several guards on the boat, including several servants, were rowing desperately. At this time, only by desperately escaping would there be any hope of survival. Otherwise, once they were caught up by Japanese pirates, there would only be a dead end.

Taro Kumamoto personally sat on a small ship, but this ship was equipped with two artillery pieces.

Standing in front of the cannon, Taro Kumamoto squinted his eyes with a bit of playfulness, and his eyes fell on a small boat a hundred meters away in front of him.

Several servants and guards are rowing desperately on this small boat.

After Lu Kang ordered everyone to escape for their lives, these inner servants spread out, not only as simple as escaping for their lives, but also on the mission of bringing the news back.

The merchant ship representing the face of the royal family was attacked, looted, and even killed by Japanese pirates. This kind of thing can be big or small. At least according to Lu Kang's understanding of Dang Jinzi, this matter is absolutely impossible to stop like this, so Lu Kang has already Order everyone, but anyone who can or escape back to Daming must report the matter to Mingzi.

I saw Taro Kumamoto waved his samurai sword, and the next moment he heard a bang, and then a solid bullet flew out.

A wave splashed on the sea surface, almost wiping the boat in front of it, and the water splashed on everyone, only making everyone feel a little cool.

The accuracy of the cannonball was so high that it almost hit their boat directly. If a big iron lump fell, it would kill people, but the boat they were riding on was definitely smashed on the spot. , once lost the boat to escape, on this vast sea, even if these Japanese pirates do not deal with them, I am afraid that no one will be able to survive.

After dozens of breaths, there was another roar behind him, and then another wave splashed again just a foot away from the stern.

On the Japanese pirate boat behind him, Taro Kumamoto scolded the gunner. The next moment, he saw a solid bullet hit the boat. He immediately saw that the boat was smashed, and more than a dozen people on the boat were smashed. Injured by flying sawdust, it fell into the sea.

A few hours later, several large ships all fell into the hands of Japanese pirates, and more than half of the dozen small ships were caught up and sunk.

At this moment, the gloomy expression on Lu Kang's face, a Japanese pirate ship was biting them tightly behind them. Looking around, within a radius of several miles, except for a vast ocean, there was no other scene at all.

Lu Kang's heart gradually let go. Although it was said that it was still being bitten by the Japanese pirates, there was at least one ship, and the distance between the two sides did not narrow too much, which meant that they had the chance to escape. hope.

Chen Wu had a solemn expression, looking back from time to time to the Japanese pirate ship chasing them.

Noticing Chen Wu's expression, Lu Kang wondered: "Chen Wu, you are looking at that Japanese pirate ship frequently, is there something wrong?"

Chen Wu's face was a little pale, and he said to Lu Kang with a trembling voice: "Sir, with the experience of the villain, the speed of this Japanese pirate ship chasing us can't be so slow, the villain suspects..."

With a thud in his heart, Lu Kang only felt a tightness in his heart, and turned to Chen Wudao with an ugly face: "You... what do you suspect?"

Chen Wu smiled bitterly: "The villain suspects that these Japanese pirates are playing tricks on us..."

As if to confirm Chen Wu's worries, the speed of the Japanese pirate ship that was originally behind them was slowly accelerating, and the distance between the two sides was narrowing little by little.

Lu Kang and others, who gradually felt a sense of despair in their hearts, could even see the scene on the boat behind them.

A dozen or so hideous-looking Japanese pirates were looking at them with a playful expression, especially the first one. On the bow of the boat in front of him was a small Jingguan made of dozens of bloody heads.

The buns of Japanese pirates are naturally different from those of the Han people. Lu Kang and others can recognize that these heads are all their companions at a glance.

"Damn the pirates..."

One of the guards couldn't help clenching his fists and gritted his teeth with red eyes.

You must know that these guards are all from the upper twelve guards, either from Yulin guards or from Jinyi guards. They are all innocent and loyal to the emperor.

Soon the Japanese pirates caught up with Lu Kang and their boat, and the two sides were only a few feet away. Taro Kumamoto stood up, holding a samurai sword in one hand, and said to Lu Kang and the others in fluent Mandarin. : "Ming people listen carefully, obediently capture, I can give you a happy death!"

Lu Kang's eyes narrowed, staring at Taro Kumamoto, and he stepped forward: "Looking at your identity, I'm afraid it's not as simple as a Japanese pirate, and even my Daming royal caravan dares to loot, aren't you afraid? Am I going to step on Pinger and other small foreign countries tomorrow?"

Taro Kumamoto heard this as if he had heard something funny. After laughing, he couldn't help but say with a bit of disdain: "I am the land of the rising sun of Fusang, and the emperor is no less noble than the son of tomorrow. I am Fusang and I am afraid that you will wait for Da Ming."

One of the guards couldn't help roaring: "It's so arrogant, you and other small countries dare to compare with me tomorrow, it's extremely arrogant..."

A murderous intent flashed in Taro Kumamoto's eyes, only to hear the sound of a fire gun, and the next moment he saw a blood flower splash from the guard's chest, and the burly man swayed and fell straight onto the boat.

"Guardian Liu!"

Lu Kang exclaimed.

The dozen or so people on the boat saw that Liu guard was killed by Kumamoto Taro, all with red eyes, staring at each other with hatred.

"Where are you waiting for the soldiers of tomorrow? It's not like they are hunted down one by one like a lost dog. I, Fusang, have been blessed by the gods since ancient times. If you dare to come, you don't need to wait for me to take action, and the gods will kill you. Fish belly, hahaha..."

As soon as Taro Kumamoto waved his hand, he saw more than a dozen horrific-looking Japanese pirates jumping on the boat with a grinning smile and slashing towards Lu Kang and the others.

However, in Zhancha Kungfu, everyone including Lu Kang fell into a pool of blood. Lu Kang was leaning against the side of the cabin, blood gurgling on his chest, and he watched a Japanese pirate with a sharp knife. The heads of the dying companions who died in battle or were seriously injured were cut off one by one and threw them on the big ship, becoming part of the view of the capital.

Tick ​​tock, tick tock, he saw the Japanese pirate walking towards him with a bloody dagger, his face full of hideous expressions.

At this moment, Lu Kang watched the Japanese pirate running towards him, but there was no wavering in his heart, and there was no trace of fear in his heart. He just looked at the other party calmly. The only regret in his heart was that he was careless and made the caravan suffer. In this catastrophe, at the same time, I prayed in my heart, praying for the blessing of God, I only hope that someone can escape, bring the news back to Daming, and report it to the son of tomorrow.

When the icy blade stuck to his neck, Lu Kang shouted diligently, "Your Majesty, Chief Executive, take revenge for the slaves and others..."

Chapter four hundred and forty-ninth, the rod kills it!

"Haha, revenge? Although Daming is strong, the sea is my place!"

As Lu Kang's head was taken off by the Japanese pirates, Taro Kumamoto didn't take it to heart at all when he heard Lu Kang's shouting before his death, instead he sneered with disdain.

At this moment, a Japanese pirate approached Kumamoto Taro and said to Kumamoto Taro: "Sir, all the Ming people on board will be killed."

Taro Kumamoto nodded slightly, his eyes swept across the blood-stained boat and said, "Take this boat, let's go back!"

In the sea area that surrounded Lu Kang and others before, in this sea area, several large ships that originally belonged to Daming fell into the hands of Japanese pirates.

When Taro Kumamoto caught up with Lu Kang and the others and returned and boarded one of the big ships, he saw a group of Japanese pirates looking at him excitedly.

"My lord, we have made a fortune, we really made a fortune this time!"

Taro Kumamoto chuckled and raised his brows: "Oh, I don't know what the harvest will be!"

While speaking, Taro Kumamoto accompanied these Japanese pirates out of the cabin and entered the cabin. Taro Kumamoto couldn't help but widen his eyes, and his face couldn't help showing a bit of surprise.

I saw that in the cabin, several open boxes were filled with gold and silver. These gold and silver were packed in the boxes, and they were now open in front of Kumamoto Taro. The impact of so much gold and silver was not small at all.

A Japanese pirate standing beside him said to Taro Kumamoto: "Sir, one hundred thousand taels, a full one hundred thousand taels of gold and silver, we really made a lot of money this time."

Taro Kumamoto stabilized his mind, glanced at the people around him, and endured the surprise in his heart: "When I go back this time, the general will definitely reward everyone."

These people themselves are soldiers and horses under a daimyo of Toyo, but they often pretend to be Japanese pirates to loot at sea, and Taro Kumamoto is the retainer of this daimyo.

Kumamoto Ikyasu sits in a city, with dozens of samurai and nearly a thousand soldiers and horses, and Kumamoto Taro is the most daring retainer under Kumamoto Ikyasu, and he is also a confidant of Kumamoto Ikyasu. Kang Ci's surname is Kumamoto.

On this day, Kumamoto Ikyasu was entertaining several merchants from Daming. Kumamoto Ikyasu was very enthusiastic about these Daming merchants. If he did not know that Kumamoto Ikyasu was supporting a Japanese pirate to loot the passing merchant ships at sea, I am afraid that no one would have thought that a famous daimyo like Kumamoto Ikyasu would secretly send his samurai as Japanese pirates to loot merchant ships.

These Ming businessmen were obviously confused by the appearance of Kumamoto Ikyasu, thinking that Kumamoto Ikyasu was very enthusiastic for them, but they never thought that their details were exposed in Kumamoto Ikyasu's eyes between the cups and the cups. .

If someone is being targeted by Kumamoto Ikyasu, then when he leaves the East, on the open sea, waiting for him is the Japanese pirates led by Kumamoto Taro who had received news early and ambushed.

A retainer walked into the hall, walked to Kumamoto Ikyasu, and whispered a few words in Kumamoto Ikyasu's ear, a bright light flashed in Kumamoto Ikyasu's eyes, and the whole person suddenly sat up straight, his face A bit of horror gradually appeared on the top.

Several Ming merchants were obviously discerning, and at a glance they could see that something was wrong with Kumamoto Ikyasu, so they all saw one of them took the initiative to get up and say goodbye to Kumamoto Ikyasu.

Kumamoto Ikyasu was a little shocked at this moment, but he didn't have much energy and ideas to talk to a few businessmen. Seeing that these people were very knowledgeable, he couldn't help but nodded slightly, and sent a few businessmen to leave. .

Soon, I saw Taro Kumamoto striding into the hall, respectfully bowing to Ikya Kumamoto: "I have seen the Lord!"

Kumamoto Ikyasu stepped forward and helped Taro Kumamoto up, with a look of concern on his face: "Kumamoto, is everything going smoothly this time out to sea?"

Taro Kumamoto said to Kumamoto Ikyasu with a touch of emotion on his face: "Go back to your lord, Taro is going to be fine here, he has a job to worry about!"

While speaking, Taro Kumamoto shouted in a deep voice from outside the hall: "Someone, bring the things up!"

Kumamoto Ikyasu was stunned for a moment, and looked out of the living room with a bit of doubt.

I saw more than a dozen figures staggering over carrying several heavy large boxes, and they heard a bang, and several boxes fell heavily on the ground.

Kumamoto Ikyasu's eyes fell on those boxes, and he was able to make Kumamoto Taro so solemn. Obviously, the things in this box are not simple.

"This is……"

I heard Kumamoto Ikyasu looked at the boxes with some doubts, and Taro Kumamoto nodded at the people, and soon saw the boxes were opened one by one, and they were immediately arranged. gold and silver appeared in front of them.

Kumamoto Ikyasu couldn't help being a little shocked when he saw the yellow and orange gold and the white silver in the boxes.

Judging from the experience of Kumamoto Ikyasu, if the yellow and orange gold and the silver of the white flowers add up, I am afraid that it will not be less than [-] taels of silver.

You must know that even if Kumamoto Ikyasu rules a city, apart from the gold and silver mines he occupies, the wealth he accumulates on weekdays is not too much.

In the secret treasure house of Kumamoto Ikyasu, there are only tens of thousands of taels of gold and hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.

Of course, because Kumamoto Ikyasu occupies the gold and silver mines, the annual gold and silver income is quite stable, so the secret treasury has never been in and out. of gold and silver is enough for its annual expenses.

Even Kumamoto Ikyasu couldn't help but be moved by the gold and silver worth [-] yuan when he saw it, but Kumamoto Ikyasu took a deep breath and shifted his gaze from the gold and silver to Taro Kumamoto with difficulty. With a bit of dignified color.

Where did these gold and silver come from, in fact, Kumamoto Ikyasu himself could guess, and it must have been looted from other merchant ships.

It's just that Kumamoto Ikyasu couldn't figure out what kind of caravan would carry so much gold and silver.

The Ming merchants that Kumamoto Ikyasu contacted were not at this level at all. Even if these merchants robbed all their goods, the most I feared would be tens of thousands of taels of silver.

"Where does this gold and silver come from?"

Taro Kumamoto told Ichiya Kumamoto how they targeted Lu Kang and his party, and how they were ambushed at sea.

Of course, Taro Kumamoto focused on Lu Kang's identity. After all, Lu Kang showed his identity to them at the time. Besides, Lu Kang's identity was also a bit sensitive. Taro Kumamoto was loyal to Kumamoto Ikyasu. Naturally, such things are one-fifty-one 's statement.

Kumamoto Ikyasu listened to Kumamoto Taro finishing the process of the matter, and Kumamoto Taro said to Kumamoto Ikyasu: "My lord, it is the minister who caused trouble for the lord!"

Kumamoto Ikyasu couldn't help laughing and said: "Cause trouble? Where did you start?"

Taro Kumamoto said: "After all, these people are from the background of the Daming royal family, and the minister led people to loot them.

"Hahaha, Da Mingzi Xingbing? Could it be that Daming's men and horses can still fly across the vast ocean? Even if they do send people here, I'm afraid that before they land, the entire army will be wiped out by the kamikaze. "

Saying Kumamoto Ikyasu said: "If they come, then General Ben will be waiting here, but I want to see how they came across the sea!"

As a large amount of gold and silver wealth flowed into the hands of the imperial court, and then the imperial court used the accumulated wealth to build water conservancy, expand official roads and other major actions are continuing.

When a lot of gold and silver were scattered, the various constructions carried out by the Ming court were in full swing.

A Huangzhuang village on the outskirts of the capital has long been converted into a barracks for the Jingying Army for the training of recruits.

The imperial court recruited [-] troops, of which [-] needed to be recruited in the southern coastal areas, while the remaining [-] infantry could be recruited anywhere.

Of course, it is naturally impossible for the old, weak, sick, and disabled to enter the army. Now, whoever does not know about Chu Yi in the army is unequivocal.

Anyone who dares to violate the rules set by Chu Yi, the consequences can be imagined. Therefore, with Chu Yi in charge, the entire recruitment process is absolutely very strict, but no one dares to take the position who does not meet the requirements. He was recruited into the army.