By the time the sailors had dealt with all the Spanish ships, it was already completely dark. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info This is a moonless night, so although because there is no air pollution in this era, the transparency of the atmosphere is far beyond that of later generations, so the stars in the sky are extraordinarily bright, but the sea is still dark, if it weren't for the long abandoned Spanish cruiser is still burning, then the whole sea is really out of sight.

In order to ensure that the ships would not collide in such darkness, each ship was hung with several lights on the top of the mast.

"Oh Mu, guess how much silver there is on these ships?" Gu Jiang looked at a Spanish armed merchant ship not far away, and asked Zheng Sen like this.

"I can't guess that." Zheng Sen shook his head and said, "Don't worry, right now, they are still checking the people and items on the ship." Who knows if there are any hidden dangers on these ships? I reckon we'll know tomorrow morning how much we've gotten this time. ”

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Just as Zheng Sen estimated, one night later, early the next morning, someone handed him a list of captured materials this time.

"Five thousand and one hundred chests of silver, about five million two hundred thousand pieces; 100 boxes of gold coins, about 50,000 pieces; and a hundred thousand stones of saltpeter; There are also 80,000 stone of sucrose...... Asen, we're making a lot of money this time! Hahahaha! Zheng Zhibao laughed out loud without any image.

When Zheng Sen heard this, he couldn't help but laugh. The silver seized was about a quarter of what flows into China each year. Considering that this is a completely capitalless transaction, it is close to the total profit that the Zheng family can get through various trades in a year. And Zheng Sen and they only took one day to grab so much money.

"Oh my God," Gu Jiang couldn't help but sigh, "I'm afraid this is about the same as the Liao salary that the imperial court spends every year, right?" ”

"Nope." Zheng Sen shook his head, "Liao Yu needs a little more." However, Ning Ren, you also know that the salaries that are really distributed to the soldiers are afraid that there is not one-third. If we talk about the salaries that are sent to the army, we will get more this time. ”

"A third?" Gu Jiang shook his head, "It's already good to have a fifth." But how can this country of Spain have so much silver? ”

"The Spaniards in the Americas, as I mentioned to you, used smallpox to kill a fine place, and there were many large silver mines, and the annual output of silver was as high as nearly 20 million taels. More than half of the world's silver is produced there, and you say they can still have no silver? Zheng Sen said.

"They've been robbed, and most of them won't give up. What do we do next? ”

"What should I do?" Zheng Sen smiled, "Take these ships back to the big staff first, and then the fleet also needs to take a good rest." Of course, in this process, we can also get in touch with the Spaniards through other people, talk to them, and when we are finished, we will come out and grab the Spaniards again, and I believe that at that time, the Spaniards will bow their heads. Okay, Ningren, I'm sure you've never seen millions of silver coins piled up in the cabin, right? Why don't you go and see it together? ”

"I really haven't seen it." Gu Jiang also laughed, "If you want to come to Damu from a rich background, you should have seen it." ”

"Honestly, the amount of money that has flowed through my hands over the years has really been that number." Zheng Sen smiled, "It's just that so much silver is piled up together, but I have never seen it." I've read a lot of books that say that piles of silver in front of you can confuse people and make them lose their minds. That's why I'd love to give it a try. ”

Gu Jiang heard this and said with a smile: "If that's the case, then I must go and try it." ”

"Fourth uncle, why don't we go over and have a look together?" Zheng Sen said.

"Haha, to say that I have never seen so much silver at one time, I should indeed go over and have a look and open my eyes." Zheng Zhibao also smiled.

A few people walked out of the richly decorated conference room of the "Endeavour", and by this time the soldiers had already laid down the boat. Zheng Sen and the others got on the boat, the two sailors shook the oars, and the boat headed towards a Spanish treasure ship over there.

The boat soon docked the Spanish treasure ship, and Zheng Sen and the others boarded the ship and saw that the deck was busy. Sailors were busy repairing the masts of these ships. The method of repair is to put the broken mast on the bottom of the remaining mast, and then use several cables with the help of a winch to carefully pull it upright, and then tie it to the remaining mast and fix it. The strength of such a mast, of course, cannot be guaranteed, and it is not even possible to hang a full sail, but, with them, at least the ship will be able to move.

In addition to the repairers of the mast, a large number of sailors were also busy repairing the damaged areas with spare planks. An officer of the Model Army Marine Corps stepped forward with a few soldiers, raised his hand to Zheng Sen and saluted: "Hello Major General! ”

"Good work!" Zheng Sen also raised his hand to salute him.

"Work hard for Huaxia!" The officer immediately replied. Gu Jiang knew that this sentence was the mantra of the "Model Army", and the soldiers of the "Model Army" had to say this sentence when they were praised and condoled. At the same time, he also noticed a small three-dimensional star on the collar of the young officer, indicating that he was a model second lieutenant, that is, a centurion or something.

"Second Lieutenant Lu Zhengxing, please take us to see the seizures on this ship." Zheng Sen said.

"Okay, Major General. Please follow your men here. Second Lieutenant Lu Zhengxing replied, and then he turned around and walked towards the hatch leading to the lower level.

"Major General, the stairs here have been damaged by our shells, although we have repaired them, but there are no handrails, you should be careful." Lu Zhengxing said to Zheng Sen and them while taking the lead and going down.

A few people went down to the cabin, and a soldier handed over a Mingwa wind lantern. Lu Zhengxing led the way in front of him with a wind lantern until he walked to a door. There were two large locks and seals on the door, and several soldiers with guns on their backs were guarding the door.

"Open the door and let the Major General take stock." Lu Zhengxingdao.

Several of the soldiers looked at Zheng Sen—Zheng Sen had made a cameo appearance as their teacher, so they all knew him—and one of them took out the key, opened the seal, and opened the first lock. Then Lu Zhengxing also stepped forward, took out the key and opened the second lock. Then the two of them pulled the door open with a hard pull.

After the door was opened, a black hole cabin was revealed, and by the light of the wind lamp in Lu Zhengxing's hand, Zheng Sen and the others faintly saw that it was full of large and small boxes.

"Major General, there are 730 boxes of silver coins and fourteen boxes of gold coins. The large chests are all silver coins, and the small boxes are all gold coins. Lu Zhengxing said.

"Good." Zheng Sen nodded and walked to a large box, and Gu Jiang and Zheng Zhibao also walked over.

Lu Zhengxing lifted the lid of the box and moved the wind lantern over, illuminating the box full of silver coins. However, because the brightness of the light is limited, there is no sparkle in the chest full of silver coins.

Zheng Zhibao stretched out his hand and picked up a silver coin, first checked it in his hand, then pinched the center of the silver coin with the tip of his fingernails, put it to his mouth and blew it vigorously, and then took it to his ear and listened, then nodded with satisfaction and said, "The condition is not bad." Then he threw the coin into the chest with a clatter.

"There's gold in the chest over there?" Zheng Sen asked, pointing to a small box.

"Yes, Major General." Lu Zhengxing replied. Then he walked over to the box, opened it, and moved the wind lamp over.

As the light shone into the box, a soft yellow light reflected from the inside of the box, almost reflecting the face of Lu Zhengxing, who was standing next to him.

Zheng Sen stepped forward, looked at it, and then turned his head to Gu Jiang and smiled: "Sure enough, gold is better looking than silver." Then he turned to Lu Zhengxing and asked, "Isn't there still saltpeter?" Where is it? ”

"Major General. Saltpeter didn't go with these things. Instead, it was placed separately in a boat. Lu Zhengxing replied.

"Ah, too, I'm confused." Zheng Sen smiled, "Saltpeter naturally won't be put together with these things, otherwise if there is a fire, wouldn't it be a big trouble?" ”

While speaking, Zheng Sen reached out and picked up a gold coin from the box, looked at it, and handed it to Gu Jiang. Gu Jiang looked at it and said, "I can't see the fineness of gold or anything." ”

Then he handed the gold coin to Zheng Zhibao on the side. Zheng Zhibao took it and looked at it and said, "The fineness is much better than the Japanese judgment." Then he threw it back.

Zheng Sen looked around the cabin again and asked, "Do you want to open it all and have a look?" ”

"Forget it." Gu Jiang said, "The black forehead is nothing to look at." ”

"Not bad." Old Jack interjected, "It's better to wait until we get back to North Harbor, carry these things to the docks and pile them up, and then open them in the sun, and that's ...... By the way, Major General, can you help me find a painter, and then I step on top of these treasure chests, and ask him to draw a portrait of me, so I can hold it......"

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While Zheng Sen was inspecting their loot, Franco's badly damaged cruiser was heading south.

"Well, nothing to discover, right?" Franco came out of the cabin and asked the third officer standing in the stern, Carvalho, who was now the first mate (the original first and second mate were dead).

"Captain, nothing was found." Carvalho replied.

"If you don't find anything, that's the best news." "By the day after tomorrow, we'll be able to get into the equatorial windless zone," Franco said. They couldn't easily have come in here. ”

"Yes, Captain." "It's just that our ship is so badly damaged in many places that we don't have enough wood to fix it." ”

"So?" Franco thought for a moment and said, "I remember further south, tomorrow we will be close to a couple of small islands with trees and some natives. Where can we get some wood. ”