"But in fact, when we came, we didn't even see any signs of ships."
After Han Du finished speaking, Tang He had a different opinion, "This is just your guess. Besides, the sea is vast. Even if they go north, the possibility of running into us is very small."
Han Du nodded, and what Tang He said was reasonable, "But if they go north, Ryukyu is the only way for them to pass." At this point, Han Du smiled at Tang He, "Master, please We know that they are carrying a lot of wealth now. It is impossible for them not to know the principle of keeping wealth secret. With such a large amount of wealth, if they don't quickly find a secret place to hide it, how dare they show off in the market? "
No matter how small Ryukyu is, it is still a country. Even if these people have nothing to do, as soon as the news spreads, the people who flock to seek wealth will be enough to make them exhausted. Furthermore, there are Japanese countries to the north of Ryukyu. If the Japanese pirates know that they have huge wealth, they will not be polite to them.
"So, do you think they will go south?" Tang He looked at the map and asked Han Du tentatively.
"Of course," Han Du laughed, "to the east is the endless sea, and their small boats are almost dead. To the west is the Ming Dynasty, and they dare not approach it. Therefore, they can only escape southward. .”
Tang He nodded slightly and felt that Han Du's analysis was reasonable.
From the four directions of southeast, northwest and northwest, now that we have guessed that these people will most likely flee to the south, it will be much easier, at least they will not be aimless and confused.
"Besides, I guess they are likely to flee here." Han Du pointed his finger at a place on the map and clicked hard several times.
"Luzon."
Tang He looked at the map carefully and felt that Han Du's guess might be accurate. There is no other reason, just because Luzon is very close to here. Although the closest place to here is Dongfan, neither Han Du nor Tang He would think that these people would flee to Dongfan.
The reason is that Dongfan is very close to the Ming Dynasty. If they fled to Dongfan, once the Ming Dynasty knew about it and the Ming Dynasty navy surrounded them, they would have no way to escape.
Seeing that Tang He had no objection, Han Du ordered the warship to go to Luzon.
Along the way, when we passed Dongfan in the distance, we also saw a mountain peak through the Handu telescope. The mountain was like a chicken cage.
"What are you looking at?" Tang He came over and asked when he saw Han Du holding the telescope and looking intently.
"That should be Dongfan." Han Du pointed towards the distance.
When Tang He saw it, he couldn't help but ask, "How do you know that's Dongfan? Maybe it's an island in the sea?"
"Haha," Han Du chuckled, pointed to the peak for Tang He, and explained: "There is a high mountain in the north of Dongfan. The mountain is like a chicken cage. Look at that mountain, does it look like a chicken? cage?"
Tang He took a look with the binoculars and said with a smile: "It really looks like it. It seems that there should be Dongfan."
After saying this, Tang He sighed.
Han Du was a little confused about this, so he asked casually: "Master, why are you sighing?"
Tang He thought for a moment and then said, "It's okay to let you know. When I was still the king of Wu, you had heard about the several water battles with Chen Youliang, Zhang Shicheng, Fang Guozhen and others, right?"
Han Du nodded, "Of course, the emperor defeated several people in three battles."
"After the defeat of the first few people, the superior wanted to recruit his navy, but these people refused to surrender. Thinking of their loyalty, the superior allowed them to retreat to the sea, but they were not allowed to go ashore for life."
"What happened to these people?" Hearing Tang He talk about the past, Han Du was also somewhat interested.
Tang He held it in for a long time before confiding: "I don't know. Since these people left by boat, there has been no news about them."
After saying that, he looked at Han Du with burning eyes.
When Han Du saw it, he was in a trance, suddenly came to his senses, and asked: "My lord, you don't think these people are Zhang Shicheng's and Fang Guozhen's old subordinates, do you?"
"Is there anything wrong?" Tang He asked back, confirming Han Du's guess.
In Tang He's opinion, the only ones with such strength at sea were the old men of those three people.
"There is no way these people are the ones the emperor let go," Han Du said with great certainty.
"Why?" Tang He was puzzled.
Han Du said seriously: "A country that goes to war will perish, let alone a group of people? Those people who were let go at the beginning should be navy soldiers, right? Is there anyone who understands people's livelihood?"
When Tang He heard this, he nodded first and then shook his head.
"A group of people who know nothing but fighting will fall apart in a short time at sea, and they will either be swallowed up by others, or they will become bandits and plunder everywhere." Han Du said about those people. Possibly encountering the situation, he turned around and said: "But what we saw was land reclamation, people's livelihood operations, and even a shipyard. Is this something that a group of warriors can do? Not to mention They can even forge treasure banknotes, and it is barely fair to say that some of them can build ships. How can they do such a thing as forging treasure banknotes?"
Although the original Ming Dynasty banknotes had no awareness of anti-counterfeiting, not everyone could make them. First of all, you must at least be proficient in papermaking, right? But making paper is not something everyone can do.
"Since they are not the old subordinates of Zhang Shicheng, Fang Guozhen and others, who do you think they are?" Tang He asked rhetorically.
Han Du shook his head and said: "We don't know either, but judging from the traces of the B.C. Yuan Dynasty on the building we found, these people may have been active there since the B.C. Yuan Dynasty."
Things in Qianyuan are even further away. If it was about the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Tang He might have heard of it. But with the fall of the Yuan Dynasty, it may be difficult to know where these people came from.
But it doesn't matter, Han Du doesn't care where these people come from, Han Du only cares about the treasures they have on board now.
Just when Han Du had just missed Dongfan and pursued in the direction of Luzon. On the other side of Dongfan, a huge fleet was repairing by the sea.
Except for those who got off the ship to replenish fresh water, everyone on the fleet stayed on the ship and did not get off. Obviously, the destination of these ships is not here, they only stop here to replenish supplies.
"Dad, why don't we go to Luzon? Why don't we come to Dongfan instead? After all, there are occasional patrols by the Ming Navy here, and they can be easily discovered." A handsome young man stood behind an old man, He said with a worried look on his face.
