What made the soldiers blush was that as soon as the two lists were compared, it could be found that the list provided by the sailor was obviously exaggerated. But these pro-soldiers still shamelessly wanted to ask for more silver taels, but they were knocked to the ground without hesitation before they became honest. After the two sides had settled the money, the men quietly left.

What happened next was even more bizarre. Wang Desheng's eyes were about to bulge out when he saw the cart of burned silver! They didn't expect the Red-Eyed Dragon King to bury so much money for his subordinates! But now that the silver has already arrived in his hands, it is natural that the geese will pluck their feathers!

So according to the tradition of the Ming army, he only took out a small part of the silver and distributed it to the family of the deceased, but the news leaked out somehow. Everyone knew that this silver was from the Red Eyed Dragon King, and it was a lot of money! After all, the sailors know who they are fighting this time?

This led to rumors flying all over the barracks, which directly shook the morale of the Quanzhou sailors. It's a pity that Wang Desheng and a few officers who have divided the silver are still proud, but they don't know that there is a volcano brewing under the buttocks.

In the past, sailors would not be angry when they encountered such things. Because everyone is used to it. And the above can dial down the helmsman's silver, and everyone knows it in their hearts. But today, the silver in my hand will be distributed, and it will be very dissatisfying! People are like this, they don't want to get what they haven't gained, and they don't want to lose if they get it!

Naturally, the civil officials in the governor's yamen also knew what was going on in this battle. The thing in officialdom is about bullying and not concealing it! But this credit includes the credit of their planning, as well as the credit of supervising the transportation of grain, grass and materials, so they will never break it.

On the contrary, they kept bragging to the officials about how difficult this battle was and how important it was! In short, this battle was fought in several respects.

Liu Pei wiped out several groups of pirates with the help of Quanzhou sailors and cleared the obstacles. The Quanzhou Navy Division got the battle exploits they wanted, and also fulfilled the orders of the military department. Promotions are just around the corner! The civil servants made a windfall in the food and supplies they supervised, and they got another credit for nothing. Even the soldiers in the water division also benefited. Although the reward received was deducted

But after all, some of the silver was still sent to them.

But it is the maritime merchants who are the happiest. After a series of battles at sea, they all thought that the strength of the pirates had been severely defeated, so they all rushed to organize the supply of goods to go to sea to earn silver. But what made them heartbroken was that as soon as their ship was halfway through the voyage, they were intercepted by Liu Pei's fleet!

The fleet, with the support of the Intelligence Bureau, has long calculated the time and is waiting for them to go to sea! Now Liu Pei is a strong soldier and a strong horse, with countless ships! After scattering the fleet, the few routes on the sea were cut off from the middle by him very neatly! Those ships laden with cargo will not escape the round-up of the fleet at all!

All the ship's bows were accustomed to running to the sea, and as soon as they saw the momentum of Liu Pei's fleet, they knew that they had not suffered losses at all in previous battles. After a little thought, I will understand the truth of this.

So they scolded Wang Degong one by one! But there is no way for them at sea. Since you can't escape, you can only obediently lower the sails and surrender. Fortunately, the red-eyed dragon king still has a reputation for not being thirsty for killing. They also thought that as long as they handed over 20% of the goods, they would be fine.

But this time they were disappointed! After Liu Pei's fleet intercepted the ship, it was still doing it according to the old way. That is, all the ships and goods were towed away, and all the sailors were pulled to work on the island of Taiwan.

Those maritime merchants waited left and right and waited for the ship to come back, so they naturally wanted to inquire about the news. When they got the real news from other people's mouths, there were those big and small maritime merchants who scolded and beat their chests! But they had no way to take Liu Pei at all.

For these maritime merchants, if the goods are lost, they can buy them again. Although it is a troublesome thing to say that the sailors are gone, you can always hire some skilled sailors at a high price. But ships are their lifeblood! If you don't have a ship, you can't swim across the sea with your cargo on your back!

And during this period of time, Liu Pei's fleet has grabbed more than 100 sea ships! A heavy blow to these maritime merchants!

But if the maritime merchants tried to exert pressure through the government, they could not do anything. They have already spent a lot of favors and financial resources to ask the court to answer

It's time to send troops. If you want to ask the imperial court to send troops for the second time, it will be even more difficult! After all, the imperial court also wants to be faced, do you want the imperial court to admit that it hit the wrong person last time, and do it again this time?

And because of Wang Desheng's victory this time, the local civil and military systems are on Wang Desheng's side. If you want them to admit that they didn't attack the Red Eye Dragon King, that's impossible! So even if they have the ability to push the sailor to attack Liu Pei again, they can't do this! Because that would be tantamount to tearing your face completely with the local officials!

And even if they tried their best to tear their faces and let the imperial court once again encircle and suppress Liu Pei regardless of their face, then they didn't dare to guarantee whether the local officials would cooperate with Liu Pei again and let their plans fall in vain!

This forced the maritime merchants to find their own way. So the small maritime merchants turned to the larger maritime merchants. The larger maritime merchants asked the gentry to find a way to talk to Liu Pei. After all, they also caused this disaster. The dignified king of the sea, the Red Crystal Dragon King, wants to sit down with everyone and talk about doing business together, and your response is to send a large army to encircle and suppress it? So it's up to you to solve it!

Although those top sea merchants had great influence in the imperial court and Shilin, they couldn't suppress such a surging reaction in the face of half of the Jiangnan! After all, everyone has all kinds of relationships behind them, and if it causes public anger, they won't be able to eat and walk around! So under such circumstances, seven or eight people who pushed the sailors to encircle and suppress Liu Pei had to gather and discuss how to deal with the current situation.

Ten days later, two tall and sturdy ships went to sea. Although the ship is very old, it can be seen that it has been specially repaired before going to sea, and it has been wiped clean. If you look inside the shipbuilding, you will understand why the ship was disposed of.

Because there were seven or eight people sitting in the shipbuilding, who were not dependent, but were generally older. If the names of these people are listed, I am afraid that it will cause a sensation in half of Jiangnan! Some of these people are officials, some are Confucians in the Shilin, and some are not outstanding, but they still have a relatively large reputation in the local area and among the government and the opposition. These people are the people who were most active in promoting the encirclement and suppression of Liu Pei in the first place.