On the way to Rizhao, Xu Shiyang once revealed to Xu Shiliu and others intentionally or unintentionally that if there is any additional gain from fighting the Japanese invaders this time, then the most important thing must be the sea ships of the Japanese invaders.

Xu Shiliu deeply agrees with this.

The Xu family originally had five small bird boats, carrying those less valuable mountain goods in the north, running to the south of the Yangtze River twice a year, and then transporting back some salt and iron that were urgently needed in the inland of Jiangbei.

If the size of the family's fleet could be doubled, the Xu family could even expand their destinations to the more oily Liaodong-Jiangnan-Qi route, or the Fuso/Goryeo-Jiangnan-Qi route, instead of sticking to the low-margin Qi province.

In this way, as long as there is a smooth trip every year, each sea ship can bring more wealth than a dock fort!

Ten ships are ten docks.

Now, Rizhao Beach is densely packed with hundreds of large and small sea boats!

Even Xu Shiliu, a child who doesn't care about firewood, rice, oil and salt at home, is extremely hot, if it weren't for Xu Shiyang's forbiddenness to him to conflict with other families' docks, the fifth brother of the Xu family would want to drive them all away and monopolize all the sea ships.

It's a pity that this is impossible, Xu Shiliu can only find a way to eat more and occupy more, but he can't completely swallow it alone.

Seeing that the footmen had finally arrived, Xu Shiliu immediately shouted and ordered them to seize the sea ships that he had been coveting for a long time—all the ships he had chosen were the ones who looked to be the biggest.

Unfortunately, the second group to arrive at the beach was the Zhangjia militia occupying the port of Rizhao, who quickly seized the remaining medium-sized sea vessels.

In the end, the follow-up troops of the Wang, Ding, Bao, and Xu families arrived at the scene with torches, and the boats that were still on the beach at this time were only a little bigger than a sampan.

In the second half of the night, when Xu Shiyang led the Xu family's large convoy and musketeers to the beach, all the ships had been divided.

Xu Shiliu grabbed 5 large sea ships and 5 medium-sized sea boats, but he was still a little dissatisfied, and shouted at him as soon as he saw Xu Shiyang:

"Third brother, your soldiers are too poor, you know that the little profit on the Japanese Kou has delayed all the time, if we can come with another 50 foot soldiers, we can grab a few more big boats!"

Xu Shiyang smiled, what he said made some sense, but there was no way to do it at this stage.

If he has a lot of wealth and supplies in his hands, he can of course let his soldiers ignore the little possessions on the corpses of the enemy and rush straight to the main target.

But isn't he now? In order to stimulate the enterprising spirit of the soldiers, Xu Shiyang had to announce that after killing the enemy, the property on the corpse could belong to everyone, and the previous battle was also carried out in this way.

The advantage of such regulations is that the soldiers' enthusiasm for responding to the war has increased significantly. But the consequences are just as serious - even the soldiers of the New Army, once they disband and enter the hunt, can easily be attracted by the corpses all over the ground.

Today the situation is not bad, if in the face of a more determined opponent, the enemy finally organizes a counter-assault of several hundred men, and the troops scattered everywhere to collect goods are afraid that the end will not be good.

This is also the reason why Xu Shiyang firmly grasps the musketeer with the strongest control by his side, as for how many people are bent on attacking the most important target, it can only be left to fate.

Xu Shiyang knew that this was a big flaw of the new army, but he couldn't do anything about it for the time being, so he could only guide it little by little.

"Okay, we've already seized a lot this time, don't think about taking all the benefits, we have to share some soup for others." Xu Shiyang had to comfort his younger brother: "What's more, we have other gains, oh, I have caught hundreds of widows along the way." ”

After defeating the threat of Fulai Mountain, the cultivated land of all the dock forts of the Xu family can be increased, so the original population is a little insufficient.

I don't know how these pirates farm well, but at least they are strong Dingkou, even if they didn't know before, they can do some heavy work under the education of the leather whip, which is a very good supplement to the Xu family's manpower gap.

Xu Shiyang traveled along the way, caught about 500 Japanese invaders, and at a cursory glance, mainly Fusang people, there were also many Goryeo and Han Chinese, and even a small number of Nanyang savages.

The number of Japanese who were killed in the battle is not yet accurate, but it is believed that there are hundreds to a thousand.

Except for 2 or 3 hundred people who successfully escaped, they should have all dispersed, on land, they are unfamiliar with life, there is no food, it is estimated that they will be starved to death within 10 days or caught by nearby dock forts and bandits, and the probability of survival of the routed Japanese is close to zero.

According to the intelligence, the total number of landed Japanese pirates was around 2,000, and some people joined later, maybe less than 3,000.

"After this battle, our brothers can be famous and saved."

Xu Shiyang patted his younger brother's shoulder and said with satisfaction:

"Even through word of mouth from the escaped Japanese invaders, it is possible for our daimyo to spread to Goryeo, Fuso, and Gangnam."

"Our family is different from the Zhang family and the Wang family, the boat is the most important capture, but it is not the only important thing, our brother has gained fame, grabbed hundreds of labor, and with the addition of those ten boats, you are already rich enough this time, and it is nothing to give a few boats to other families."

Xu Shiliu nodded helplessly: "I can only think like this, it's a pity, I should have earned more." ”

"There will be opportunities in the future, in fact, even now these ten boats, I don't know how to use them." Xu Shiyang smiled bitterly: "We don't have so many sailors." ”

"yes, you can't use captured pirates." Xu Shiliu said gloomily: "How should these big ships be used......." ”

"Hey, don't make that look, we've won!" Xu Shiyang patted Xu Shiliu's back hard, and laughed loudly: "If you win, how can you hurt your mind with seizures, is it not pretentious?" ”

"The rest of our family's task today is to have a good rest, and the rest will be talked about tomorrow!"

"Hah, that's right." Xu Shiliu also smiled, he recalled the high spirits when he chased and killed the Japanese Kou just now, that feeling was simply too ...... It's cool!

"Whoever the third brother is fighting next time, you must call the little brother!" Xu Shiliu said unsatisfactorily: "This widow doesn't support fighting, but it's not enjoyable!" Anyway, third brother, you have beaten the Tartars, how about the Tartars? ”

"You're also 14 years old this year, go tell your father, let him give you a dock fort to take care of first, train your own soldiers well, and when the Tartars come again, our brothers will go into battle together to kill the enemy."

"But my father wants me to go to Jiangnan to study......

"Think about it yourself, kill the Tartars a few times, and when you go to Jiangnan to study, those classmates and teachers will hear that you kill the Tartars like killing dogs, what kind of envy will they look at you with envy?"

Xu Shiyang smiled evilly and encouraged:

"Everyone is afraid of Tartars, only you and my brother are not afraid, and you are not inferior to anyone else in reading, isn't this the standard general in the phase? This is the Avenue of Saints, what a real Confucian should do. ”

Xu Shiliu's eyes became shining.