The Ming army hurriedly said that they would do it, and they couldn't wait to copy Zhang Shicheng's lair when it was still dawn on the second day, and Ma Du couldn't rest assured that he would follow them together. The few people caught by Mao Xiang couldn't endure the punishment and had already relented, and under their guidance, they found their destination very smoothly.

It was a flat island, with dense jungle and fertile soil, and a large pier built by the sea, leaving some people to guard the boats, and the rest of the Ming army landed with firearms.

Along the narrow dirt path into a lush woods, along the way the grass is delicious, the fallen flowers are colorful, after more than two miles of road, it suddenly opens up, the fertile fields are flat, the houses are like a peachy scene.

However, this place is still far from the country that everyone imagines, at most it is a slightly larger village, but from the fertile fields that cannot be seen, it can be seen that this place has been painstakingly operated for a long time.

The seedlings in the field are already more than three inches long, and it won't take long to transplant them. Liao Yongan pulled one in his hand and asked in surprise: "It's just the New Year, and the seedlings have grown so tall?" ”

"That's nature, there are no four seasons here, you can grow rice all year round, and it grows three times a year, why don't you know?"

Liao Yongan planted the seedlings back, "I haven't been to the South Seas, how can I know this." ”

"Isn't there a three-crop rice in Lingnan and Qiongzhou?"

"I don't know! I'm not a pro-people official, so how can I understand this. Liao Yongan looked at the silent village in front of him, "It seems that we have come in vain, and they have already run away." ”

The huge village is quietly empty, not even chickens, ducks, cats and dogs, like a ghost village, only unknown birds and finches are chirping on the roof, and they fly away in panic when they see someone coming.

Most of the houses in the village are adobe thatched houses, and the furnishings of the houses are still there, all of them are simple furniture made of logs, except for the lack of pots and pans for eating, which are probably taken away by them.

A delicate small courtyard, in the simple thatched house, looks a little eye-catching, with your toes can be guessed that it is the noble princess's bedroom, fenced and walled wooden house, not as good as the courtyard of Zhang Wuliu's house.

"Burn them, burn them all, lest they come back." Liao Yongan ordered the soldiers to prevent fire everywhere.

Zhang Wuliu was already holding a torch and couldn't wait to go to the house, but Ma Du stopped him, "Don't worry, I'll go to the house and have a look." ”

Liao Yongan quipped: "There is only a bed left inside, but the person who warms the bed is gone, what is there to see." ”

"I'll just look at it casually and see if I can find some real evidence, and wait until I go back to the court to clean up the person who stabbed us in the back."

"Go, don't delay too long, I'll take a look around, let's go back!"

Zhang Wuliuyi kicked open the door of the house and walked in, the furnishings in the room were just as simple, except that there were more wardrobes, desks, and dressers, which were not as luxurious as the decorations on Zhang Minzhu's boat.

The deflated head opened the closet and closed it heavily, "He didn't even have a copper coin, and this trip was not worth it." ”

Zhang Wuliu opened the dresser and said in surprise: "Master Hou, your gun is here!" He took something and shook it, it was Madu's pistol, "The girl ran away in a hurry and dropped the thing." ”

How could such an important thing fall accidentally, it must have been Zhang Minzhu who deliberately stayed here, and she seemed to expect that the Ming army would find it.

Zhang Wuliu opened another drawer, "Master Hou has another note here, with words written on it." ”

Ma Du took it and saw that it was written in a beautiful fly-headed small letter, "Don't think about it, it's unforgettable." ”

It is said that the South Seas are rich in spices, pearls, and wood, and Ma Du also wants to bring some back, but these will not be placed on the ground waiting for him to load on the ship, rather than spending a lot of effort to collect these things, or colonize those semi-civilized savages, it is easier to sit in Penghu and block the road to collect money.

The new overlord on the ocean naturally has to grasp the greatest interests and formulate new rules, this rule is very simple, goods entering and leaving the Ming Dynasty must pay taxes, and the tax rate is much lower than that of the Yuan Dynasty.

The rule-maker was leaning on the back of his chair and biting his pen to think, "Lao Liao, I think we should also prohibit maritime merchants from robbing each other, you rob me and he robs you, which is not conducive to the development of maritime trade, and the more people who do maritime trade, the more money we collect." ”

Liao Yongan held the wine jug and drank happily, "You ask me what I do and I don't understand, my errand is completed, and this battle at sea can be regarded as the end of a long-cherished wish, which responds to the blessings of the sky, how you like to toss at sea is your business." ”

"Lao Liao, you have no children and no daughters, what blessings do you have to enjoy when you return to Yingtian, eat during the day and at night, you plan to pass like this for the rest of your life, what does it mean."

Liao Yongan was imprisoned by Zhang Shicheng for many years, but he still fell ill, and after returning to Yingtian, he took a lot of wives and concubines, but he couldn't give birth to a baby, and it was useless to eat countless decoctions.

"Haha...... I didn't expect you to say such vulgar words, or you can show me, if you can leave a son and a half daughter, let them worship you as a father-in-law. ”

"That's not easy to say, send your concubine to me, don't promise to be pregnant for two months."

The wine jug in Liao Yongan's hand was thrown over directly, and he scolded with a smile: "It's not big or small, it's still a gentleman, and you dare to say this kind of nonsense." ”

The boat had slowly stopped while the two were fighting, and Lao Liu walked into the cabin and said, "The Hou Ye ship has entered the port." ”

"Okay, let's go down here!"

Because the trestle bridge was not built, it had to go ashore from a small boat, but what I didn't expect was that there were still people waiting on the shore, and they were all old acquaintances, one was Yuan Sheng, and the other was Shen Wansan.

"Father-in-law Yuansheng, why are you here?"

"Amitabha!" Yuan Sheng actually said the Buddha's name, "Buddha bless, Uncle Guo and Grandpa Liao have come back safely." ”

Ma Du quipped: "How, my father-in-law has returned to the temple to be a monk?" ”

Yuan Sheng said with a straight face: "Uncle Guo is still joking, the emperor was in a hurry when he received the news, and immediately sent slaves and maids to rush over day and night. ”

"Thanks to the emperor's blessing, Grandpa Liao and I are safe and sound, and my father-in-law ran away in vain."

"What's the trouble to talk about the things within the division, seeing that the two of them are safe, the slave and maid will go back to pay the errand, and the emperor will be relieved as soon as possible."

Madu wondered, "Isn't there a holy decree?" ”

Yuan Sheng said with a smile: "Yes, there are, but all of them are to reward other soldiers, now Uncle Guo and Grandpa Liao are all good, I'm afraid they won't need it, and how to reward them depends on the performance of the two." ”

Liao Yongan smiled and said to Ma Du: "It seems that the emperor has no confidence in the two of us, and eighty percent of them sent Yuansheng's father-in-law to collect the corpses." ”