The naval officers first landed on the island through 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 in front of him. Behind the small slope is a vast valley. The land is flat and wide, the houses are neat and orderly, there are beautiful fields and traffic. The pools are like mirrors scattered on the ground, shining 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 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 even more, and he immediately waved to Jiang Ming and Tang Ding to lead people forward to investigate, with Han Du and Tang He following behind.
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 saying that, he stood up, looked around, and sighed: "Ten thousand acres of fertile land, you will never deceive me."
Tang He looked solemn, walked to Han Du and tasted it too. After that, Cai and Han Du asked, "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.
So where did the wood for these houses come from? It can only be transported from other places by ship. Building so many houses requires an extremely large amount of wood. Without large ships to transport the houses, it would be impossible to build the houses.
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 led people to rush over 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 and saw several huge pools on the ground as soon as they entered. However, unlike the pools outside, the water in these pools had deteriorated and turned black and smelly, causing Han Du to cover his nose.
Tang He looked at it with such a look, 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 The dust has not been swept, and most likely they left and were not ready to come back. When I walked to the long desk, I suddenly saw 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 have you found?"
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 thread 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 Dynasty treasure notes on an isolated island in the sea is a very strange thing in itself. This is not the territory of the Ming Dynasty. Even if you want to trade, you don't need to use the Ming Dynasty treasure money, you can just barter directly.
"Of course," Han Du still had some confidence in this. "The paper of the Ming Dynasty Bao Banknote is so special. It is the only one in the world. I am very familiar with this paper and could not be more familiar with it. This is the paper of the Ming Dynasty Bao Banknote."
"Why do they want to cut the treasure banknotes into pieces? What do 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 treasure banknotes would not be unique. Even if they cut the treasure banknotes into pieces, they can't even think of making banknote paper. .”
Tang He felt relieved after hearing this. He returned the scraps of paper to Han Du and said, "This is 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.
Look at the situation here, so many houses have been built and so much fertile farmland has been cultivated. Putting these things on the sea can be a huge wealth. If there is no major crisis, who can say that if you give up, just give up?
Han Du also speculated that his fleet was the biggest crisis for these people, enough to kill them. But it is unlikely that these people can get the news that they are coming here in advance.
This time the campaign against 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 survivors are the people of Shi Ping. But these people don't even have boats, how can they inform these people? Even if they had ships, they wouldn't be able to match the speed of their own three warships, and it would be impossible for them to get ahead of them.
