The gentle sea breeze blew away the billowing smoke, and the entire battlefield slowly quieted down, and the pirate Zhong Bin finally descended!

Zhang Bin directly ordered the collection of pirate weapons, gathered all pirates near the port to be detained, counted battle damage, and rested on the spot.

The two sides did not fight for long in this battle, so the losses were not very large, and the final battle losses were counted, and they were almost a complete victory.

In terms of ships, the warships of Zheng Xing and Zheng Ming's men who really belonged to the Ming army were not damaged, but a few of them were sunk when the pirate miscellaneous army led by Shi Daxuan rushed into the mouth.

As for Zhong Bin's warships, none of them were sunk, because Shi Daxuan did not fight back at first, and when Zheng Xing and Zheng Ming led the army to surround them, they were already fighting together, so it was naturally impossible to bombard the warships again.

In terms of personnel, Zheng Xing and Zheng Ming's Ming soldiers were only a few dozen killed, and only a few hundred were injured, and the pirates led by Shi Daxuan suffered more than 300 casualties, and there were even more than 1,000 injured.

The battle damage was reported here, and Qi Changfeng and Qi Changhuo on the other side of the cottage had already escorted out all the people inside and gathered near the dock.

Zhang Bin is most concerned about silver, because he knows very well that for Chongzhen, the merit of fighting pirates is not as big as silver, and Chongzhen is really short of silver at this time, and he wants to gain his appreciation and keep sending him silver, which is the best way.

Where is this money hidden?

Zhang Bin didn't bother to look for it, he directly asked Zhong Bin to be escorted over, and then walked to the cottage with a group of guards.

At this time, there are more than a few guards under him, and the scouts selected out, when there is no task, follow him as a personal guard, together with the more than 20 people selected at the beginning, a total of more than 40 scouts with good skills have been selected, so now his personal guards have reached more than 50 people.

The group escorted Zhong Bin into the cottage, Zhong Bin didn't know whether he didn't want to suffer from flesh and skin or was already disheartened, and he was quite cooperative, and everyone came directly to his residence on the top of the mountain under his guidance, and turned out the cellar where the silver was hidden in his bedroom.

Zhang Bin didn't expect that this Zhong Bin also liked to hide the gold and silver treasures under the ground in the bedroom like Gao Cai, maybe they felt that it was more practical to lie down on the gold and silver treasures and sleep.

The pirates here are not pure pirates, they are often working part-time in maritime trade, that is, they have another identity, that is, sea merchants.

This is robbery and business, Zhong Bin's accumulation is still quite terrifying, there are more than 800,000 taels of silver alone, and dozens of boxes of other gold jewelry.

The people who followed him into the cottage were all the guards he had cultivated as a cronie, and naturally knew that for his sake, he was still counting the gold and jewelry over there, Xie Zhenggang whispered in his ear: "My lord, how to deal with these?" ”

Zhang Bin thought for a while, and then clapped his hand and said: "Half of the silver, the other jewels are recorded as they are, and if you are gold, you can take a gold ingot of ten taels, and the others will also be recorded according to the truth, don't take more." ”

Xie Zhenggang nodded silently, and then began to arrange, and the guards were naturally overjoyed when they heard that they could also get a gold ingot of ten taels.

After dealing with this, Zhang Bin directly ordered the guards to transport the gold, silver and jewelry to the handsome ship in batches, and then came to the prisoners gathered by the port.

The captives, including Zhong Bin, looked at him with fear in their eyes.

This one, but the lord who can decide their life and death with a word, has not left a living mouth to suppress pirates, and no one will call him an executioner when he says it, so it is very likely that this governor, in order to save trouble, will have them all killed!

Of course, Zhang Bin is not such a cruel person, he also knows that many of these pirates are coerced ordinary people, in a word, killing them all, it saves all the trouble, but he can't get through this psychological level.

He thought for a moment, and then said aloud: "This official knows that you are not heinous and unforgivable, so today, this official website is open, anyone who is willing to join the Daming Water Division can sign up, and this official will send someone to screen, and the others will all stay here to cultivate the wasteland and farm, and they are not allowed to leave without permission, you know?" ”

When the pirates and their families heard this, they knelt on the ground and shouted, "Thank you for not killing." ”

Only Zhong Bin stood there upright, his face full of relief, he knew that it was impossible to ask Zhang Bin to let him go, and he would be content if these people under him could save their lives.

Zhang Bin also had a headache for him, everyone honestly handed over their gold and silver treasures, and then killed people, which seemed to be a bit excessive.

He thought for a while and sighed: "Your life and death official has no right to decide, only ask the emperor to decide, and the official who takes the initiative to explain the location of the treasure will also report it, as for whether it is dead or alive, it depends on your creation." ”

When Zhong Bin heard this, his eyes couldn't help but show a glimmer of hope, he hesitated for a moment, then lowered his head and said solemnly: "Thank you, sir." ”

Zhang Bin waved his hand, let people escort him down, and then began to arrange the screening of pirates, most of the young pirates still want to be free at sea, so the pirates on the original ship basically registered, after a period of screening, remove some of the old, weak, sick and disabled, the original more than 60 warships can basically drive to the battlefield.

As for Zhong Bin's lair, Zhang Bin did not destroy it, but directly left two thousand foot soldiers here to take care of it, which is also the only way to prevent them from rebelling against the water.

Zhong Bin was considered to be a successful end here, Zhang Bin did not leave here, but gathered at the entrance of the harbor with all the warships, waiting silently.

After waiting for less than an hour, hundreds of warships lined up in the south, and it was Zheng Zhilong who brought two detachments to report the results of the battle.

Zhang Bin directly sent someone to pick up Zheng Zhilong on the warship, and listened carefully to his report on the results.

The resistance on Yang Liu's and Yang Qi's side was not very fierce, and Zheng Zhilong's side was not much damaged, most of the casualties were those pirates who had just surrendered, and they only died a few hundred people, and they were not injured.

After all, the main body of pirates is also the common people along the coast, not the vicious pirates, and there is no need for the two sides to fight to the death.

After understanding the results of the battle, Zhang Bin gave an explanation to the two pirate dens according to Zhong Bin's disposal method here, and then they waved back left and right, and asked directly: "How much gold, silver and jewelry have been seized?" ”

Zheng Zhilong was stunned when he heard this, and then said vaguely: "The silver is about two or three hundred thousand taels, and the gold is only a few thousand taels, and the other jewelry is not carefully counted." ”

Zhang Bin shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Zhilong, many times, the more money is not the better, for example, now, what is the use of more silver, only the strength in the hands is fundamental, to be honest, how much." ”

Zheng Zhilong smiled awkwardly and then explained honestly: "The silver is about a million taels, the gold is more than 10,000 taels, and the jewelry or something is really not carefully counted." ”

This is about the same, Zhang Bin smiled and nodded: "Well, with Zhong Bin here, the total amount of silver is more than 180,000 taels, you take out one million taels, store it in Bengang, take good care of it, it will be useful in the future, and the rest will be reported to the court as it is." ”

When Zheng Zhilong heard this, his eyes were about to fall, he thought that Zhang Bin would not be greedy for ink, but he didn't expect that Zhang Bin's big hand was directly one million taels.

He couldn't help but be surprised: "One million taels!" ”

Zhang Bin glanced at him and said frankly: "What's the matter, it's not okay to keep some military expenses for backup, stupid people don't pull a few, hurry up, go to work." ”

When Zheng Zhilong heard this, he nodded again and again and smiled: "I know, I know, I'll go." ”

With that, he turned around and ran away with a puff of smoke.

Zhang Bin led more than 300 warships until the afternoon, but there was no trace of Liu Xiang and Li Kuiqi, and he estimated that these two guys would not dare to come.

He looked at the sky, and immediately ordered a few clippers to be left on guard, and then headed straight south with the other warships.

After he was ready to meet Zheng Zhilong, he would go back to Penghu to rest and recuperate.

Liu Xiang and Li Kuiqi really didn't dare to come, even if they joined forces, there were only more than 200 warships in total, and the Ming army had more than 500 warships before they surrendered the more than ten small pirates, and their strength was twice as strong as theirs, so they naturally didn't dare to act rashly.

However, they didn't sit still, both of them knew that Zhang Bin's next goal was to exterminate them, fight, they couldn't beat Zhang Bin, but someone could beat Zhang Bin.

They unanimously chose to send someone to the big man to find their owner, the Dutch East India Company, for help!

The Dutch's supreme governor in Dongfan at this time was called De. Waite, it was he who cultivated a group of pirates such as Liu Xiang, Li Kuiqi, Yang Liu, Yang Qi and Zhong Bin, while Zheng Zhilong was trained by his predecessor Song Ke.

Zheng Zhilong's sudden return to the Ming Empire did make him very annoyed, but he didn't have much to do, because he only had more than a thousand soldiers and more than ten warships in his hands, which was not enough to start a war with the Ming Empire.

The defeat of Gao Wenlu a few years ago made them understand the strength of the Ming Empire, and if they wanted to start a war with the Ming Empire, they had to send the main warships of the Dutch Navy, and the ordinary warships in his hands were not the opponents of the Ming Empire at all, and even Zheng Zhilong He couldn't do it.

Therefore, he could only write a letter to Kuhn, the governor of Batavia, and Ryersson, the commander of the navy, asking them to send troops to clean up Zheng Zhilong and teach the Ming Empire a lesson.

As a result, the reply from the Batavia side has not yet been received, but he has received a distress letter from his two right-hand men, Liu Xiang and Li Kuiqi, the Ming Empire has killed Yang Liu, Yang Qi and Zhong Bin, and the next thing is to clean them up!

This is okay, Zheng Zhilong's judgment to join the Ming Empire has already caused him a big loss of strength, Yang Liu, Yang Qi and Zhong Bin have all been killed, which makes it even worse for him, if Liu Xiang and Li Kuiqi are cleaned up by the Ming Empire again, then who else will rob the merchant ships of Spain, Portugal and the Ming Empire!

Sending people disguised as pirates to loot the merchant ships between Spain, Portugal and the Ming Empire, the purpose was to block the trade between Spain, Portugal and the Ming Empire, so as to monopolize the trade between the Ming Empire and the European continent.

If the maritime trade of Spain, Portugal and the Ming Empire could not be blocked, the East India Company would have suffered great losses.

He knew that he could not wait for a reply from the Bataviaan side, so he sent a clipper to ask Batavia for help again, and on the other hand, he sent his right-hand man Natz to Penghu to negotiate with the Ming Empire.

He directly asked Natz to warn the officials of the Ming Empire that if they dared to clean up Liu Xiang and Li Kuiqi again, the East India Company would definitely gather a large army to retaliate!