It was also Da Gama's good luck that at this time, the Ming army sailors were struggling to rush into the deep water bay, and did not notice the situation in the southeast. And noticing that there were several ships in the southeast, and did not know that there were "big fish" on the few ships that escaped, and seeing that the "Prince Enrique" ran aground and blocked the way out, they did not bother to chase it, but turned around and snatched the Portuguese warship.

At this time, because Da Gama quickly boarded the ship with a group of captains, officers, and a small number of sailors, the Portuguese crowd on the shore was leaderless, and they were already like flies without heads. Of the more than a dozen ships that were launched, only 7 ran out, and one ran aground.

Seeing that the Franc machine was in chaos, the commander of the Ming Army's naval division changed his order and ordered the capture of the ship. As a result, of the 25 Portuguese warships on the pier, except for the 6 that escaped, 12 of the remaining 19 were burned, and the remaining 7, including the stranded "Prince Enrique", were all captured by the Ming army.

As for the shore, the Ming army, which had been ambushed in the mountains for a long time, also took advantage of the situation to kill, and the shouting of killing shook the sky for a while. The Portuguese, who had long been leaderless, had no will to resist, and after dozens of diehards were killed, the rest surrendered.

After dawn, the officers and men of the Ming army, who had completely occupied Deep Water Bay, began to clean up the results of the battle. At the same time, carry the stolen goods down from the ship.

Fortunately, the most valuable gold and silver treasures of the Portuguese in Guangdong and Fujian this time totaled 400,000 taels, all of which were on the largest flagship, the Prince Enrique. As for the other ships, it was mainly porcelain and silk. Naturally, the silk was burned along with the ship, and the porcelain, most of which sank into the sea.

But for the people of the Ming Dynasty, silk and porcelain were worthless, gold and silver were the most important, and there were also those copper coins and bronze ware......

……

"What a victory! What a victory! "At noon, the messenger sent from Deep Water Bay shouted as soon as he entered the camp gate.

"Lord Deputy Envoy, Commander Lin (Tianhai) Tongzhi and Infantry Yang Commander have defeated the army of Franc Ji. Among them, Lin Tongzhi's sailors burned 12 of the enemy's large deck ships, captured 7 ships, and only 6 of the enemy's ships escaped in the chaos. And Commander Yang commanded 5,000 infantry troops to kill the enemy camp on the shore, killing 79 enemies and capturing 3,351 ghosts! ”

"Good! Good! Good! Wang Feng excitedly took the case and said three "yes" in a row.

The messenger breathed a sigh of relief, and then added:

In addition, the property plundered by the Franc machine people along the coast of the two provinces was basically loaded on ships. In addition to the burned ships and the property of several ships that escaped by taking advantage of the chaos, a total of 390,000 taels worth of gold, silver and copper coins were seized from the seven captured ships (10,000 were hacked). There are also various belongings worth more than 20,000 taels......"

"Hmm...... That is, most of the belongings were burned with the ship? Wang Hong said regretfully.

The Messenger replied:

"Yes, my lord, however, Lin Tongzhi speculated that the Franc Robot should have put all his money on the largest captured ship. The rest of the ships were mostly filled with silk and porcelain. ”

Wang Feng breathed a sigh of relief and said:

"That's good......" In his opinion, silk porcelain or something can be reproduced. But gold, silver and copper are scarce and still very precious.

The messenger asked:

"Commander Yang and Lin Tongzhi ask your lordship, what should we do with those captured ghosts and ships?"

Wang Feng thought about it and was about to speak out, but Lu Xiucai, who had not spoken all the time, stopped Lu Feng next to him:

"Dong Weng is slow, Feng has something to say......"

Wang Feng looked at Lu Feng suspiciously, and according to Lu Feng's request, after retreating left and right, he asked suspiciously:

"Yizhi (Lu Fengbiaozi), what do you want to say?"

At this time, Lu Feng had been recruited by Wang Feng as a doorman, that is, the master. But Wang Feng didn't know that Lu Feng was just a spy sent by Kong Tai and had his mission......

As mentioned earlier, Lu Feng's father was sick and needed expensive medicinal materials, but his family was poor and helpless. It was precisely when the people sent by Kong Tai saw this that they bribed Lu Feng with a lot of money, so that Lu Feng would succeed and become his father.

In ancient times, the grace of saving his father was very heavy, so Lu Feng later took refuge in Kong Tai. Moreover, Kong Tai gave him a very generous salary - an annual salary of 500 taels!

What is this concept? The annual salary of the Ming County Order is 45 taels, and his annual salary is 11 times the annual salary of the Ming Dynasty County Order! Of course, the income of the county order in the Ming Dynasty must be more than 45 taels, and there are many means for people to make money.

But who is Lu Feng? It's just a poor talent. And the county order is at least a lifter! Moreover, if you are not too greedy, you may not be able to get 500 taels a year.

In addition, Kong Tai also promised that everything he did would not harm the fundamental interests of Huaxia, which made Lu Feng feel a lot more at ease.

This time, Lu Feng came to give Wang Feng advice according to Kong Tai's instructions......

"Ahem...... What are you going to do with those 7 captured deck ships? ”

"Of course, it will be handed over to the imperial court, and the imperial court will dispose of it. If it can be sent to the vicinity of Beijing to show it, it can also promote the prestige of my Ming Dynasty! Wang Hong said without thinking.

Lu Feng said at this time:

"Dong Weng, have you heard of the story of Mr. Dongshan's hidden sea charts and treasure ship drawings back then?"

Wang Feng frowned and said:

"What do you want to say?"

"Dong Weng, the student wants to say, to promote the prestige of the country, the more than 3,300 ghost prisoners of war can be released from the Jingshi, and those ships can't be kept!" Lu Feng said solemnly.

"Why? This official view of those Franc machine deck ships and ships are sharp weapons for naval warfare, why not leave imitations for my Ming Dynasty? Wang Feng said unhappily. He was a smart man, and he could see the superiority of the Portuguese warships, so he naturally gave birth to a heart of imitation.

"Dong Weng must not, if this is the case, it will waste the hard work of Mr. Dong Shan and the princes of the court!" Lu Feng persuaded.

"Why is that?" Wang Feng didn't understand.

"Don't you understand? Mr. Dongshan seemed to be hiding the charts and treasure ship drawings back then, but he didn't want the imperial court to go to the West again! You also know that the eunuchs of Sanbao went to the West back then and wasted more than one million dollars of national funds. Today, the nautical charts and treasure ship drawings have been hidden away by Mr. Higashiyama. And Dong Weng, you don't know that Jinshang is a good martial artist, if he is allowed to get this deck ship and imitate it on a large scale, how much national money will the imperial court waste? Now, the Governor is leading a large army in Fujiang to quell the rebellion. If His Majesty spends a huge amount of money on shipbuilding on a whim, it will inevitably cost the treasury. If the money is not enough, perhaps His Majesty will order a tax increase. But since His Majesty ascended the throne, there have been many civil unrests, and if the tax is raised again, won't it be to force the people to rebel? ”

After Wang Feng heard this, cold sweat flowed. With his understanding of Emperor Zhengde, he really wants to give him this big toy, this thing will really be built on a large scale, and then get a Western Ocean or something. Nothing else, our emperor is capricious......

So, he saluted Lu Feng and said:

"Thank you Yizhi for teaching me, so, Yizhi, what should I do with those big ships now? In addition, if the Francophiles come to invade our sea border again, how will they respond? ”

Lu Feng laughed and said:

"Dong Weng, if the Francophile comes again, won't there already be a mature countermeasure? And it's your first time in real combat. In any case, you can't run away from going down in history! ”

"You mean, fire attack?" Wang Hong also understood. Indeed, with this great victory, the Portuguese warships will come again in the future, and they will continue to use this trick according to the gourd. Moreover, this move is extremely in line with the literati's idea of "winning by wit", and he Wang Feng will definitely become famous in the future, and it is not a problem to leave a name in history.

Lu Feng nodded and said:

"Feng is here to congratulate Dong Weng in advance on his upcoming fame in the world, and he is about to rise to prominence!"

Wang Feng also laughed, and after laughing for a while, he asked again:

"So, Yizhi, what should we do with the seven ships that have been captured?"

"Burn them all!" Lu Feng said lightly.