The sea breeze blew away the smoke of gunpowder, and the white cotton shirts of the gunners before the battle began were now covered with gray marks. However, they were still cheering to their heart's content, this time the battle was 2 against 2, the tonnage of the battleships was not as good as the other side, but the result of the battle was that two pirate ships, one was captured, and the other was wounded and fled in a hurry, with heavy casualties, and there was no doubt that it was an exciting victory.

Anda XV boarded the pirate ship that had been repeatedly ravaged by the "Red Trout" and finally surrendered under the white flag, and the only remaining twenty or so English pirates on board stared at them with a mixture of anger and fear, and they could not figure out how a small warship of two or three hundred tons could fit so many guns, and the range and penetration of these guns were incredible.

A platoon of 50 people from the security army boarded the ship with Anda 15, most of them from Ping'an Fort and Zhenhai Fort, under the command of the platoon commander, Taoist Shou Wanyue from Zhejiang, they disarmed all these British weapons, and then tied them up one by one and threw them into the bottom cabin. Of course, in the process of disarming the British, these soldiers inevitably touched the pockets of others, and the commanders turned a blind eye at this time, which was a reserved benefit for the soldiers on board.

"Shou Daoist, Anda, come here." Lu Ming didn't know when Lu Dao also climbed onto the pirate ship in a traffic boat, only to see him walking towards the captain's room on the ship, surrounded by a dozen trainee sailors and alternate officers, and beckoned to the two chief and deputy platoon commanders of the security forces as he walked.

The two of them ran up briskly one after the other, Lu Ming stopped, pointed at the English pirates who were being escorted to the bilge, and said: "Our 50 security forces have not been trained for long, many of them have not even seen blood, they are completely a bunch of rookies, you keep an eye on me, don't go wrong." If something happens, the two of you will go back to Ping'an Fort to dig coal, do you understand? ”

"Understood, sir." "Hay!" The two stood up together, and then said.

Lu Ming waved his hand, asked the two of them to hurry to work, and then walked into the captain's room in the stern. The captain's room was a mess, and there were some blood stains on the ground, presumably the ship's captain and first mate, whose bodies had just been thrown into the sea by the security soldiers. The wooden wall at the back of the captain's quarters facing the side of the porch was completely shattered, when a bomb entered the captain's chamber from close range through the broken gap and exploded, reimbursing almost all of the ship's senior commanders on the spot.

The carpet of Turkish wool on the floor was soaked in blood and had turned a blinding blood red. There are a few elegant oil paintings hanging on the wall, which makes Lu Ming feel a little funny, now pirates also know how to appreciate art? Next to the oil painting are several pairs of hanging ivory, which look nondescript. There are also two cabinets in the inner corner, Lu Ming walked over and opened them to take a look, the first cabinet has a lot of large and small wine barrels, it seems to be a wine cabinet; And the things in the second cabinet made people feel very excited, Lu Ming grabbed it casually, and there were several more brilliant and dazzling pearl necklaces in his hand. There were also several locked heavy wooden boxes below, and Lu Ming kicked them with his foot, and there was a clattering sound of coins colliding inside.

The breathing of several trainee sailors and alternate officers from the navigation school who followed Lu Ming in immediately became heavy, although they were still young, they also knew the benefits of money, and there was undoubtedly a lot of money hidden in these boxes. Lu Ming turned around, sat down at the desk in the middle of the captain's room, looked at his students with some amusement, and said, "A bunch of unproductive guys!" Yuri, go and tell Judge Wang Jun to come over, we should take stock of the harvest. Also, Kyle, you now take the transport boat to the 'Red Trout' and inform Captain Guo Zili to send a few repairmen up, don't forget to ask them to bring spare materials and canvas, this ship needs to be repaired. By the way, what's the name of this ship? ”

"It's called 'Beagle', Daddy Lu." A student said with a smile.

"'Beagle', that's a pretty good name." Lu Ming nodded, and then said, "Okay, children, now go back to your work." I asked that within two hours, the ship should be ready for another departure. ”

……

Wang Bao, a military judge accompanying the army, and Xie Hansan, an army officer, walked into the captain's room of the "Beagle" that was drifting down the sea with several army soldiers, and Lu Ming was waiting for them inside.

Since he had already known in advance about Lu Ming's intention to find him, Wang Bao was not polite, and directly began to count those necklaces, and then registered them one by one according to the shape, while Xie Hansan began to command several army soldiers to use the seized keys to open the sturdy wooden boxes containing coins.

Wang Bao sighed while registering those necklaces: "Pirates are really a promising profession, look at this gold chain, this color is really good, and the weight is really enough; Look at this diamond, how pure; Look at this gem, this color ......."

"Hey, Judge Wang Jun, Wang Daochang! Aren't you a monk, why do you value these things outside your body so much? Lu Ming leaned back on the bear-skinned chair and asked comfortably.

"Who said that a priest should not love money?" Wang Bao retorted, "I still want to marry a daughter-in-law in the future." I would also like to ask the Religious Affairs Office to include this article: clergy can get married. When the time comes, I will marry some Portuguese princess, the daughter of the Spanish governor, or some Danish princess, and I will be jealous of you. ”

Lu Ming smiled and ignored this Taoist priest who had no shape. At this time, Xie Hansan and the others had successfully opened the wooden boxes, which were full of coins from various countries, and the silver coins were mixed with a large number of golden coins, which made people unable to take their eyes off them.

It took an hour for a group of men to clean up the boxes of coins, then re-lock the boxes and keep the keys in the captain's quarters. Wang Bao counted the various gold and silver coins written all over the paper: "621 Venetian gold ducats, 234 French Grand Aigues, 497 small Aigues, 862 florins, 395 gold escudos, and 334 gold pistols; 11,072 silver pesos, 9,933 shillings...... Hey, the total amount has reached more than 40,000 yuan, plus those necklaces and accessories, this total amount has properly exceeded 50,000. This... It's a good business. ”

The rest of the people were also a little shocked for a while. Lu Ming reacted quickly, only to see him sigh and say, "Look at the gold and silver coins so miscellaneous, I don't know how many merchant ships these British pirates have robbed, and how many people have died because of this." Forget it, I can't care so much, let's take care of ourselves first. Tell everyone about the general harvest so that everyone can be happy, and the specific rewards will be distributed after returning to the future flight. ”

"That's good, these bunnies can divide ten yuan and eight yuan this time, which is worth a few months' salary. By the way, where do we go now? Continuing on to Florida? Wang Bao asked casually.

"Nope." Lu Ming nodded, "The damaged mast of the 'Beagle' needs a place to repair, and as far as the eye can see, there are only a few places in the Caribbean that can be repaired except for the ports of the Spaniards." ”

"Where?" Wang Bao asked subconsciously.

"The islands of St. Christopher and Tortuga."

"Where are we going?"

"Tortuga!"

"Pirate Island?!" Xie Hansan, who had been silent just now, was startled, and hurriedly asked, "Do you know that place, why do you go there?" There are at least a few thousand pirates there, so would it be dangerous for us to go there? Will the pirates allow us to dock for repairs? It's unlikely. ”

"How can't it be." Lu Ming said, "It is the legendary 'free trade' area, and of course the 'free trade' here means that you can sell stolen goods freely without worrying about trouble. In fact, anyone can repair ships, change equipment, buy supplies, etc., and those merchants don't care who you are, as long as you can afford their black offers. ”

"The Spaniards won't let us call at the port, and the island of St. Christophe has an enmity with us, so we have to go to this pirate island." Xie Hansan was a little helpless, "When the time comes, I will arrange for a regular army with a sentry to stay on the ship, so that it can be safer to some extent." ”

"Okay, let's do it." Lu Ming patted Xie Hansan on the shoulder and said.

The three-masted galleon "Beagle" (only two masts remained) finally returned to a speed of more than 3 knots after replacing the damaged sail surface, and then followed the gunboats "East Coast Eagle" and "Red Trout" to the northwestern side of the island of Tortuga.

On 27 March, three ships arrived at Cap-de-France to replenish fresh water and food. At the same time, Lu Ming also sent people to the Pasquier family's manor in the mainland to inform Xu Xin and others who had not yet left the situation. Xu Xin and others were expected to return to Bordeaux in April with the Pasquier family's "Butterfly" merchant ship for a business investigation, and after learning of the situation, Lu Ming immediately asked people to take out about 500 pounds of money from the seized materials and hand them over, and then asked them to make a receipt.

Xu Xin and the others looked at Lu Ming with complicated and resentful eyes at that time, which meant that they were saying, "Since the pirate business is so profitable, why do you want their trade and industrial departments to do." ”……

On the morning of 28 March, the fleet left Cap-de-France and, after only half a day's sailing, arrived at the island of Tortuga, the famous Île des Pirates, on the northwestern side of the island of Haiti.

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