Why are these pirates in the Gulf so cowardly?

Zhu Youzhen found the answer from Gao Qiqian's report.

Dong Tianba's original pirate gang was not too big, and there were only more than 30 people in total. With such a small amount of manpower, it is simply impossible to operate and build such a large bay. In order to build the nest, Dong Tianba began to expand the team by unscrupulous means.

However, Dong Tianba was abducted and forcibly dragged from all over the world, and it was okay to engage in construction, but it would be too reluctant to let them go to the battlefield to be pirates. How can a group of fishermen and farmers who have never been trained have strong combat effectiveness?

Therefore, when the seven or eight archers who were the core of the gang and the bravest subordinates who were the first to charge were all killed by the junior team, and even Dong Tianba was not spared, the strong men were all frightened.

When have the strong men seen such a terrible scene? On weekdays, the pirates who are bullish and coaxing, and the strong men need to look up to them, have all turned into broken corpses in one wave, which makes the strong men who have neither combat power nor fighting spirit not surrender immediately?

As for the cruising pirate ship surrendering directly without escaping, it would involve another masterpiece of Dong Tianba.

In order to allow the strong men to build a nest for him with maximum efficiency, Dong Tianba gave the strong men a special promise with a big brain.

Dong Tianba promised the strong men that as long as they worked hard, Dong Tianba would send them a daughter-in-law.

Dong Tianba really gave daughters-in-law to the strong men. Dong Tianba did not deceive the strong men, in the past few years, Dong Tianba really gave a daughter-in-law to the hardest working strong men.

The 182 women in the village are the prospective daughters-in-law that Dong Tianba is going to give to Zhuangding. They were all deceived and robbed by Dong Tianba from the refugees in Liaodong. In addition to the dozens of women who were occupied by core pirates such as Dong Tianba, there were more than 100 women waiting to be assigned in the village.

Although the strong men are strictly controlled here in Dong Tianba, their work is also heavier; But if you can stutter, and you still have the hope of having a daughter-in-law, how can the strong men be willing to run away.

But these strong men don't understand that even if they surrender, they are still pirates. They want to move on with their old lives, but it's impossible.

That's it, the strong men are glad that they met Zhu Youzhen. If it is other Ming troops who come, I am afraid that the strong men have a great possibility now, and they will become the heads of the declared war exploits. The Ming army counted military merits by the first rank.

Thinking of these weak and ignorant strong men, Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly.

"Dong Tianba is really dead?"

Looking at the large and small buildings in the village, Zhu Youzhen asked with some regret.

This village was only built in the third year of the Apocalypse, and it is only in its early three years now. Relying on these 100 strong men, Dong Tianba built the village into its current appearance. It's hard to say about this military ability, but Dong Tianba's internal affairs ability to engage in construction should be said to be quite good.

"Back to His Highness, it was confirmed by the captured pirates that the bandit leader Dong Tianba was shot in the chest and was indeed dead."

"It's a pity ......," Zhu Youzhen sighed slightly.

If Dong Tianba was still alive, Zhu Youzhen still wanted to recruit him.

"Your Highness, what should we do with this place?"

Secretly plucked up courage in his heart, and asked the question that he hoped for but was a little afraid of.

"What to do?"

Zhu Youzhen was slightly stunned, and then fell into deep thought.

Gao Qiqian's question, Zhu Youzhen understood.

Gao Qiqian asked, in fact, whether this bay should be handed over to the imperial court?

This bay is definitely an excellent haven. In the proven waters of the bay, there is no problem in anchoring several 'Victory'-class giant ships.

Because it was getting late, the exploration of the various near-shore areas of the bay had not yet been fully launched. If the bay is close to the shore and suitable for the construction of deep-water docks, then the bay is definitely an excellent naval base, and its value will be incomparable.

Keep it for your own development?

No.

Zhu Youzhen immediately rejected the idea.

Not to mention the construction of a naval base, even if it is just to build a anchorage for a giant ship of the 'Victory' class, the manpower and material resources required will never be a small number.

Is this kind of heavy responsibility? It's better to leave it to the imperial court to solve.

"Lone will hand over this place to the imperial court."

With a long breath, Zhu Youzhen said categorically.

made a clear decision to give up, and Zhu Youzhen's mind became clear again.

"Dive, remember. After returning to Beijing, he made every effort to promote the construction of the harbor here. The cost of construction here can be solved by us. ”

Moving forward slowly, Zhu Youzhen has sorted out the future context in his heart.

"Yes, Your Highness."

Hearing that Zhu Youzhen was going to give up the bay, he raised his brows and frowned slightly, but he still bowed respectfully.

His thoughts were spinning, and before he could straighten up, a ray of surprise flashed in his eyes. When his body was completely straightened, Gao Qiqian's face was already full of admiration.

Hearing King Xin's second sentence, Gao Qiqian finally figured it out. The interests involved in this bay are too great, and if King Xin occupies it privately, King Xin's mansion will not only have to pay a huge price to build the bay, but it will also be easily suspicious of the imperial court.

The bay is good, but if you want to play its role, you can't just have such a small village. Even if it is only used for commercial purposes in the future, the bay will need to build a lot of infrastructure such as warehouses and docks, and build smooth roads in the same place. Otherwise, this bay is at best an ornament.

But if you want to build a bay, you need to concentrate a lot of human and financial resources.

That's just the money, but there are more strong men gathered privately, which is a very taboo thing in Daming. The identity of King Xin's vassal is sensitive, but I am afraid that as soon as Ding Zhuang gathers here, the recital of impeaching King Xin for rebellion will fly all over the sky.

King Xin handed over the bay to the imperial court, and it seemed that King Xin had no obvious gains, but the imperial court was now short of money. As long as the imperial court wants to build a harbor as soon as possible, then the opening of the middle by King Xin is the best way for the imperial court.

Once the bay is opened, the Xinwang Mansion will not only get the leading power in the construction of the bay, but the golden light surrounding the Xinwang Mansion will also increase a few points.

As a vassal king, this may be the biggest benefit that King Shin can get.

In the face of the temptation of huge interests in the bay, King Shin can still have such a clear mind, King Shin is really ......

Looking at King Xin's slightly thin back, Gao Qiqian suddenly felt a little sad.

No matter how good King Shin is, he is only a vassal king, and no matter how good he is, he can only show his talent in money. This is so unfair.

After settling down, in order to hide his excitement, Gao Qiqian asked without words: "Your Highness, what should we do with the two prisoners in the cell?" ”

"Prisoner?"

Zhu Youzhen, who was moving forward slowly, paused, and then replied easily: "Are they pirates or kidnapped hostages?" If it's a hostage, let it go. ”

"Your Highness is really insightful." Gao Qiqian first flattered Zhu Youzhen before replying with a smile: "The two prisoners, one surnamed Han, are businessmen from Jiangnan. The other surnamed Lu is a local sour talent in Dengzhou. They're all pirates' meat tickets. ”

Meat tickets tied from Gangnam?

With a heartbeat, Zhu Youzhen stopped suddenly, and a flash of light seemed to flash in his mind.

Something seems to be wrong.