Hard accompanied Xing carefully, bowed slightly and said with a smile: "Master Marquis, pirate treasures are widely spread on this sea. Hard has grown up listening to these legends since he was a child. These pirates live here, it is impossible for them not to Yes. Of course, Hader also knows that it is extremely difficult to tell whether these legends are true or false. But we don’t have to distinguish them, we just need to look for them one by one."
This is true, Han Du nodded slightly and agreed to Hader's request.
However, Handu was also worried that Hader wanted to give the pirates a way out, so he deliberately found such a reason. Then he added to Hader: "Those who can provide the location of the treasure can live, but those who don't know anything should be killed!"
"Yes, please don't worry, Lord Marquis. These damn pirates robbed Hard's goods and almost made Hard bankrupt. Hard will not let them go." When the pirates were mentioned, Hard gritted his teeth.
When Han Du saw it, he immediately smiled and nodded, "Okay, this is best."
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The Ming Navy slowly advanced. During this period, many pirates got the news and fled overnight. The Navy did not have the energy to pay attention to these escaped pirates. But there are also some who are reluctant to leave here, and even want to attack the navy.
The Navy will not be polite to these people who do not know how to live or die. They beat as many as they could to death, and those who were lucky enough to survive were all arrested and tortured to extract confessions.
With the help of Harder, the Ming Navy's various methods of extorting confessions were fully used on these pirates. Anyway, if you don't care about the pirate's life, then you will definitely die. Countless pirates howled in pain under the torture, and the sound was so frightening that no seabirds flying in the sky dared to land.
According to the information given by these pirates, including various true and false rumors, the navy actually discovered more than one treasure. Especially the treasures of the five major pirate groups were all moved away by the navy without leaving any trace.
Han Du is also a little strange. Logically speaking, with the strength of these five pirate groups, it is very simple for them to hide treasures, but they are the easiest to find.
On the contrary, the treasures hidden by other pirates really have their own methods. Some were hidden on mountain tops, some were placed in caves*, and some were even dug into a hole on the beach and buried there.
According to Han Du, the smartest of these pirates who hid treasures buried the treasures on the beach, which was simply taking the darkness under the lamp to the extreme. When you dig a hole in a place like this, you only need to cover it with sand again after burying it. Once the sun comes out and dries, no one will be able to tell the slightest difference between this place and other places.
The hiding effect is simply not very good.
It took more than ten days for the navy to clear out the sea of pirates step by step. All the pirates died and escaped, and those who did not escape were hanged on wooden stakes by Han Du to dry.
Only those pirates who provided accurate information about the treasure survived. Although their clothes were in tatters, they were in good spirits. One person was holding a bowl of food and squatting on the ground to eat. These pirates who were lucky enough to survive did not dare to look at the naval officers. Whenever they saw their former companions hanging on the wooden stakes, their eyes would be filled with fear.
In these days, these pirates have fully seen the terror of naval officers. With a firearm in hand, ten pirates are no match for them alone. One person can easily kill most of them with firearms, and the remaining pirates are no match for the navy soldiers holding a shield in one hand and a steel sword in the other.
Therefore, even if there were only one or two navy soldiers looking at these pirates, they did not dare to make the slightest mistake. Even every move he made kept in mind the requirements of the navy officers, for fear that the slightest step out of line would lead to disaster.
The rest of the navy were busy carrying the harvest. Countless gold and silver items were packed in wooden boxes and loaded onto the warship one by one.
I don’t know how many pirates there are in this pirate sea and how many years it has been occupied. The combined strength of these pirates is not even inferior to that of a kingdom's navy. The amount of property pirates have plundered over the years is also a huge number.
Gold, silver, various gemstones, gold plates, gold crowns, gold scepters, and even various exquisite utensils. Boxes of gold, silver and jewelry were moved to the ship, and there was an endless stream of people carrying boxes behind them.
Seeing such a rich harvest, Zhu Biao sighed and patted Han Du on the shoulder, sighing: "I finally understand how you, Marquis of Zhenhai, made such a huge fortune."
In the past, Zhu Biao only knew that overseas was not a barbaric land, but also a land of wealth. And we also know that many maritime merchants have made a lot of money when going overseas, and even the common people who bought these maritime securities have also made a lot of money.
But he has never seen so many gold and silver treasures at one time. You must know that this is just the harvest of Han Du's naval battle.
"What is this? Your Highness, you must know that maritime merchants are known to have a shipload of goods and half a shipload of silver. This is the West, and anything from the Ming Dynasty can be sold at sky-high prices here. If the Ming Dynasty maritime merchants come here to do business, You can even earn half a shipload of gold back." Han Du explained.
Zhu Biao nodded happily. The more gold and silver treasures here, the better. The more money Da Ming can make, the more he can earn.
Hader's goods were also found, and Handu kept his promise and returned them to him. A galley was also left for him to use to load cargo. However, Hard is not recruiting sailors now, he can only ask the navy to help him drive.
Fu Yong and other maritime merchants came over and bowed to Zhu Biao: "The common people are waiting to pay their respects to His Highness the Crown Prince."
Zhu Biao immediately put away his dissolute appearance, straightened his clothes, nodded with a majestic smile: "No courtesy, please get up."
"Thank you, Your Highness."
Han Du waited for Fu Yong and others to stand up, and then asked in confusion: "If you don't stay on the boat properly, what are you doing here?"
Several people looked at each other and finally pushed Fu Yong out. There is no other way, only he has friendship with Marquis Zhenhai and can talk to him.
"Master Hou, the common people and others would like to congratulate Master Hou on his great victory."
Han Du snorted and said with a sneer: "What? After seeing my capture, you also want a share of the pie?"
"No, no, no," Fu Yong waved his hands repeatedly and explained in rapid succession, "The common people don't dare to make any decisions about the capture of the Marquis."
"Then what are you doing here?" Han Du glanced at Fu Yong.
Fu Yong smiled and said: "Master Hou, the common people see that in addition to gold and silver jewelry, the seizures of Master Hou also contain a lot of various gold and silver utensils..."
Han Du looked back at Fu Yong and asked with enlightenment, "What do you want to do?"
Fu Yong smiled, stood up and said: "Master Hou, although these things are not as exquisite as those in Ming Dynasty, they are still unique, so the price in Ming Dynasty is not low. Therefore, the common people want to get these things from Master Hou. Buy it. The price is definitely higher than the market price, and it is more cost-effective than the Marquis remelting these things into gold ingots. What does the Marquis think?"
"This..." Han Du looked back at Zhu Biao and saw him nodding slightly.
Then he turned back to Fu Yong and others and said, "Well, seeing that you are so sincere, I will help you."
"Thank you, Lord Marquis."
Fu Yong and others left happily after Han Du opened his mouth.
Zhu Biao looked at the backs of Fu Yong and others leaving, touched his chin and looked at Han Du, saying: "Don't you want to bargain with them? Can't you even see that? They already have someone to bargain with you. Prepare, can't you see that the price they gave you is still a bit low?"
"I know." Han Du turned to meet Zhu Biao's eyes and replied with a smile on his face.
"You know?" Zhu Biao felt a little strange and asked puzzledly: "Since you know, then why don't you raise the price? Yi Gu thinks that even if you raise another 20 to 30%, they will agree. . You are still a master in running a business, and you don’t even know how to pay back the money on the spot.”
"Hahaha..." Han Du burst out laughing.
Han Du, who has a lot of business knowledge that spans the ages, was despised for the first time for not knowing business, which made Han Du couldn't help but laugh out loud.
He explained to Zhu Biao: "Your Highness, if I bargain with them, let alone adding two or three, even if it is doubled, they will agree. But there is no need!"
"Why is this?" Zhu Biao frowned.
Han Du looked at the direction where Fu Yong and others were leaving and sighed: "Although they are rich, following me out to sea this time is also a big gamble. Since they dare to take risks and put so much money on me, , how can I let them suffer?"
"Besides, they have already lost two ships this time, and they are already exhausted. It is appropriate to give them a chance to make more money and regain some strength."
Zhu Biao lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then looked up at Han Du and asked, "Is your intention more than that?"
Han Du raised his thumb and gestured towards Zhu Biao, and praised with a smile: "His Highness indeed has a burning gaze, and I do have other intentions, that is, buying horse bones with a thousand gold. The Ming Dynasty maritime merchants know a lot about this Western land. "No, even if we open the channel, no one may be willing to come..."
Before Han Du could speak, Zhu Biao suddenly interrupted, "But if they see someone coming to the West and becoming rich instantly, it will be different. By then, there will probably be rumors all over the capital that gold is everywhere in the West. The myth attracted countless maritime merchants to come by ship."
After finishing speaking, Zhu Biao shook his head and looked at Han Du, sighing: "You really understand people so well that you can even come up with such an idea."
Han Du smiled and retorted: "I am not lying to them. They can indeed make a lot of money by doing business in the West."
"Moreover, only in this way can more maritime merchants come to the West, and the waterways we have opened up will be effective. By then, the trade tax collected by the Shipping Department alone will be much higher than it is now. Compared with these, Fu What are the gold and silver items that Yong is interested in? Not to mention that he will pay higher than the market price. If necessary, it can be given to him directly. "
"Hahaha..." Although Zhu Biao had already guessed Han Du's plan, he still couldn't help but be filled with joy when he heard the wonderful event described by Han Du.
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