Seeing that the Ming Navy was outflanking them again, the pirates immediately opened fire on the naval warships. But this time, the naval warships stood at the farthest range and did not get closer.
The cannonballs fired by the pirates all landed on the sea halfway away from the naval warship, causing waves of water.
Seeing that the range of the pirate cannon was far inferior to his own, the morale of the navy officers immediately increased.
The captain on the warship immediately ordered, "Load on the starboard side!"
"Starboard loading!"
The wind on the sea seemed to have bypassed this place at this moment, and even the sunlight was blocked by a cloud, casting a shadow on this small sea area.
"Fire!" the captain roared immediately when he felt that the warship was traveling smoothly and that the opponent was in the best position to attack.
"Fire~"
When the warships of the Ming Dynasty opened fire, they were not like pirates. There was only one cannon on a ship and they fired one after another.
The side shields of the ship opened instantly, revealing a total of forty black iron pipes, flashing with cold light. A series of roars came one after another, and in an instant, one side of the warship was obscured by a huge cloud of white smoke.
With just one salvo, the masts of the three pirate ships were hit and broken. One ship's mast was even broken into three pieces.
Without the sail, the speed of the pirate ship dropped instantly. At first, the pirates wanted to resist, but when they discovered that the range of the cannons could not reach the naval warships, they could only passively bear the uninterrupted bombardment of the Ming Navy. After seeing with their own eyes, everyone around them was hit by the cannonballs. After being blasted into a ball of blood foam, the ship was riddled with holes in the bombardment. No matter how ferocious the pirates were, they couldn't hold it anymore, and they all raised their white cloth towels and waved them to show their surrender.
The pirate captain who was being tied to the mast couldn't believe his eyes when he saw his men who had placed great hopes on him raising a white cloth and waving it. His invincible power in the Ravi Sea was defeated like this?
However, when he thought of the powerful cannons fired by the Ming Navy just now, the pirate leader had to lower his head. He had to admit that he had never seen so many cannons firing in unison in his life. He even wanted to know how the Ming Navy put so many cannons on the ship.
The navy officers received orders from the flagship, "Kill without mercy, leaving no one behind."
The navy officers took advantage of the pirates' surrender, jumped onto the pirate ship, and pulled out the revolver without the pirates paying attention. Amidst the sound like firecrackers, the pirate fell down before he could realize what was going on.
Some of the pirates who were hiding behind saw it and drew out their scimitars in an attempt to fight the navy. However, they only ran two steps before being shot dead at gunpoint.
After carefully inspecting the pirate ship, the navy officers went back to report to Han Du.
"Master Marquis, there is nothing on those three ships except some food and fresh water." The captain reported to Han Du.
Han Du nodded to show that he understood, and waved the captain to leave.
Hard on the side listened and suddenly said with surprise: "This is impossible, he promised me that as long as I bring them to the Old Port, they will give me a thousand gold coins and let me buy new goods and go back. I was still thinking about shipping the goods back to pay off the debt, how could they have nothing?"
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The Ming Navy has confidence in its military discipline. Since the captain said no, it means that there really is not a hair on the ship.
As for Harder’s disbelief…
Han Du spread his hands, smiled and shrugged at him: "Obviously, he has never thought of paying you gold coins. Even if you bring them to Old Port, you will not get a penny."
"Oh, Lord, these damn robbers, shameful thieves..." Hard looked furious and roared at the pirate leader hanging on the mast. Judging from his appearance, he would even rush up and kick the pirate leader a few times if he hadn't been unable to pass.
When Han Du heard Harder's complaint, his eyes suddenly lit up. After a while, after Hade stopped, he asked in a calm tone: "What? Do you owe a lot of money back home?"
Hader looked a little disappointed. Hearing Han Du's question, he just nodded dullly and replied: "Yes, I not only spent all my family property on this trip to sea, but also borrowed a lot of money from many friends. Money. I was originally going to make a lot of money this time, but I didn’t expect that I would encounter these shameful pirates on the way back. Now I have nothing, how can I pay off the debt?"
"If I repay my debts, my manor will be mortgaged. My dear little Hassan will no longer be able to eat his best sweet bread, and even my wife and family will be mortgaged. People sold into slavery.”
Perhaps Harder was really desperate. He sat on the deck and spread the fingers of his hands deeply through his hair. The force was so strong that his scalp felt tense. Maybe he just wanted this pain to relieve the sadness in his heart.
Han Du had no sympathy for Hader, but was just curious about how he ended up like this, "Have you ever come to Old Port to do business?"
Harder shook his head.
The first time I went to do business in a strange place, I dared to stake all my worth, and even went into debt and leveraged it. Han Du didn't know whether to say that Harder was reckless or that he was a brave man.
"Then do you know there are pirates on the sea?" Han Du asked again.
Hader said in a disdainful tone: "There have always been pirates, but after all, there are very few merchant ships that have been robbed. I didn't expect that I would be so unlucky. I didn't encounter pirates when I came here, but I encountered them when I went back. On."
This guy turned out to be lucky. He rarely heard that merchant ships were robbed by pirates, so he thought there were very few pirates? What kind of bullshit logic is this? Doesn’t he know that there is something called survivor bias? Most of the merchant ships that were robbed by pirates would not have a chance to spread the news. This is why Harder thinks there are so few.
But this has nothing to do with Han Du, and Han Du doesn't want to worry about whether Hard will go bankrupt.
There is just one question, Han Du needs to ask Hader clearly. Patting the depressed Hard, and seeing him looking up at him, Han Du gestured to the pirate leader hanging on the mast and said: "Since they robbed your goods and then came without any of them, then they Where are all the goods hidden?”
Hader suddenly seemed to be hit by a thunderbolt. He was shocked and spoke incoherently with excitement. "Yes, the Marquis is right. They are pirates. They can't throw away the goods. They can only give my goods to Hide it. Where will they hide my cargo? Where? These damn pirates...
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...pirates...treasures...yes, treasures! "
Hard suddenly became excited and said to Handu: "Honorable Lord Marquis, I know, these pirates must have hidden my goods in their treasures. As long as we find their treasures, I can get them back." My goods.”
When Han Du saw that Hade had finally come to his senses, he stood up and said with a smile: "Then go ahead and ask him carefully, where is their treasure?"
"Honorable Lord Marquis, you are so kind. Don't worry, I will ask them right away and I will definitely find out their treasure." Hard now feels that his whole person is full of energy, and his whole body is full of hope and energy. . He hurriedly ran to the edge of the boat in front and asked the pirate leader at the top of his voice.
After Harder left, Tang Ding came over and asked doubtfully: "What are you going to do?" While speaking, Tang Ding glanced at Harder, and his purpose was self-evident.
Zhu Biao also walked by curiously and looked at Han Du in confusion.
Seeing that both of them were curious, Han Du explained with a smile: "These pirates dare to rob the old port not because they are arrogant. These pirates have cannons, and there are more than one. Their strength is probably far beyond that of ordinary pirates." "
Han Du even suspected that these people were not pirates at all, but white gloves from the coastal kingdom. It is not uncommon for people to work as irregular troops and carry out robberies everywhere.
"Since they are strong, they must have robbed a lot of good things before. If we can find out where their lair is and catch them all, it will be a small fortune."
Han Du chuckled.
Tang Ding also laughed immediately. He was very happy to do such a thing. Turning his head to look at Hard, who was yelling at the pirate leader, he actually looked forward to him being able to find out the pirates' lair.
After hearing this, Zhu Biao frowned at first, then relaxed, and said nonchalantly: "Since these people have traveled thousands of miles to come here, their home base must be thousands of miles away. Even if I ask, Then we can still travel thousands of miles away to catch them all?"
Han Du was silent for a few breaths and sighed: "As you can see from Hader's experience, I'm afraid the pirates in the Western Sea are already very rampant. Although the Western Sea is thousands of miles away, it stands to reason that it has nothing to do with us. relationship. But once more and more pirates arrive, it will inevitably affect the Old Port, and there will only be fewer and fewer Western merchants able to come to the Old Port."
"Does Your Highness know what kind of goods the Western merchants who came to the Old Port brought with them, and what kind of goods they shipped back?"
Zhu Biao listened and shook his head slowly. This was his first time in the Old Port, and he hadn't even docked yet. How could he know this? Moreover, any matters in the Governor's Mansion of Old Port were reported directly to the father and would not go through the imperial court at all. Although he has been supervising the country, he really doesn't know much about the affairs of the various governor-general offices in Nanyang.
Han Du looked serious and said: "We, the Ming Dynasty, have all the natural treasures and lack nothing, so Western businessmen want to do business with us, but they can't find anything to sell to us. Therefore, they Only come with valuables such as gold, silver and precious stones to trade.”
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