Zhou Chong didn't take too many people with him when he came back this time, Shen Ying's Jingying and Qu Lie, Chang Xiao's sailors are still stationed in the port of Malacca, after all, it has just stabilized, and there must be a large number of troops stationed there, although the Portuguese will not come back in a short time, but they have to guard against the Malacca people, after all, Zhou Chong took the port of Malacca away from the Kingdom of Malacca, which made many Malacca people very unwilling, and there are also local overlords like the Huang family, so it is not okay to be careful.

It is precisely for this reason that when Zhou Chong left, he only brought ten warships, these warships were not to protect his safety, but to transport the spoils of this battle, such as some collectibles and weapons found on the Portuguese warships, as well as the goods in the warehouses in the city of Malacca, etc., these things together are worth more than four or five million taels, and even now Zhou Chong has not fully figured out the value of these things, because many of them are the private collections of the king of Malacca, there are calligraphy, paintings and antiques, Most of his subordinates are illiterate soldiers, except for gold and silver, they don't know anything else, Tang Bohu and others are very busy, so they can only take a rough inventory after the last time, and plan to transport it back to Shuangyu Port and take a closer inventory.

The ten warships were full of supplies and property, and the draft was also very deep, so the trip was not fast, and it was already autumn at this time, and it was the windy season on the sea, so for the sake of safety, Zhou Zhong and they were all walking along the coastline, and when they encountered something wrong, they immediately docked and anchored, so they stopped and stopped, and when they returned to Shuangyu Port, it was already October.

In order to keep it secret when they sent their troops, the whole Shuangyu Port did not know the way when the whole army left, but when they won the battle against the Portuguese and actually occupied the port of Malacca, they immediately spread the news in Shuangyu Port, firstly, to promote the prestige of the Admiralty's Palace. Second, it is also to let all maritime merchants know that the port of Malacca is our Ming, and they can rest assured that they can go and dock.

Not to mention, when the news of the Ming occupation of Malacca spread in Shuangyu Port, it immediately caused a huge sensation, especially those who used to take the South Sea route, they generally went as far as to transport goods to Malacca, but every time they had to pay a heavy tax, now well, after the Ming occupied there. The tax revenue is more than half of that of Malacca City, and there may even be Ming warships patrolling along the way, which makes them all excited, and they speed up the preparation of goods to Malacca one by one, wanting to see the port of Malacca under the Ming Dynasty with their own eyes.

However, the news of the occupation of the port of Malacca spread in the port of Shuangyu. But in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, few people knew about it, although Zhou Zhong sent a letter to Emperor Zhengde from the beginning. But this matter is only circulated among the high-level of the Ming Dynasty. Ordinary people rarely know the Dao, after all, as the suzerain, the Ming Dynasty is not a glorious thing to occupy the capital of the subject country.

A dispute broke out between the Ming cabinet and Zhengde over Zhou Chong's unauthorized occupation of the capital of the subject country, because the reason why the cabinet agreed to send Zhou Chong to send troops was mainly to aid the Kingdom of Malacca. Helping them repel the Portuguese did not allow Zhou Chong to occupy the port of Malacca, but now Zhou Chong has taken the initiative to occupy it, which makes Li Dongyang and other cabinet ministers impeach Zhou Chong one after another. But when Zhengde showed the list of loot sent by Zhou Zhong and the annual tax revenue of Malacca Port, he immediately made Li Dongyang and others shut up, after all, now Daming is short of money, every year they have a headache for the emptiness of the treasury, and now seeing that a small Malacca can provide so many taxes, they also wisely closed their eyes and chose to acquiesce in this matter that violates the teachings of the saints.

The acquiescence of the imperial court and the cheers of the maritime merchants of Shuangyu Port made Zhou Chong's prestige even more skyrocketing, so when he returned with ten warships, the entire Shuangyu Port was boiling, and countless people put down their business and drove the ship to the outside of the port, in order to take a look at the legendary Admiral of the Four Seas.

Before approaching the port, Zhou Chong and his ship were also busy, under Zhou Chong's orders, everyone on the ship moved the gold and silver belongings hidden in the cabin to the deck, in addition to the cannons and muskets captured from the Portuguese, and even hundreds of Portuguese prisoners of war, these prisoners of war were all of no specialty, and Zhou Zhong was ready to send them to the capital to ask for merit from Zhengde.

The people of the Central Plains pay attention to subtlety, but also pay attention to wealth not to be exposed, no matter how rich the family, most of them hide the family's money tightly. But Zhou Zhong did the opposite this time, moving all the spoils to the deck, because this is the most direct embodiment of the army's military exploits, and at the same time, these treasures can also tell everyone how rich Nanyang is, and stimulate more people to devote themselves to the maritime trade of Nanyang without hesitation.

Zhou Chong's method achieved unexpected results, when their battleship just approached Shuangyu Port, those who ran out of the port to see the excitement saw the treasures piled up on the deck of the battleship, one by one, their eyes widened, gold, silver, gems These things have been seen by most people, but who has seen rows of large boxes filled with these things, and ten battleships are full of this kind of big boxes, which is this battleship, it is simply the treasure ship of the legendary Sanbao eunuch!

"Boom~" After a short shock, the ships welcoming on both sides immediately seemed to explode, so some people pointed to the treasures on the ship and discussed, and even many misers looked at the red eyes, clenched their fists and gritted their teeth, their eyes were red and almost dripping blood, if it weren't for the warships of the Ming Sailors who transported these belongings, I am afraid that they would really dare to rush up and rob.

Zhou's important effect is this, I saw him standing at the bow of the battleship at the front, waving to the ships on both sides while moving forward, Shuangyu Port is his lair, there are many people here who are his former acquaintances, and even a few bold ones greeted Zhou Chong loudly, and Zhou Chong also responded loudly, which also made many people praise Lord Admiral for not having a fight, and he has not forgotten his origin.

The battleship passed through the welcoming fleet, and soon came to the port to dock, what Zhou Chong did not expect was that many officials came to the port to greet him, and even officials such as Ningbo Governor Yu Wenyuan and Tongzhi Lu Kuo were also here, one by one standing on the port with a smile to greet Zhou Chong, as for Yang Tong and others, who had just been driven back by Nanyang, they could only stand behind the most Lu.

"Lord Admiral has worked hard and made great achievements, and Yu has led all his colleagues in Ningbo Mansion to wait here for a long time!" Zhou Zhong just stepped on the gangplank and got off the boat, Yu Wenyuan immediately stepped forward to congratulate, and Lu Kuo and others behind him also stepped forward to salute, by the way, congratulations to Zhou Chong on his return from victory, and Zhou Chong also returned the salute one by one, and the atmosphere on the dock was peaceful for a while.

After Zhou Zhong and Yu Wenyuan and others exchanged pleasantries, they immediately commanded people to unload the ship's belongings, although Yu Wenyuan and they had received news before, knowing that Zhou Zhong had harvested a lot of loot this time, but when they saw boxes of gold and silver treasures carried down from the ship, they were also stunned one by one, and they didn't slow down for a long time. In their hearts, the Ming Dynasty was the richest land in the world, so they couldn't believe that a small country overseas could have so much wealth.

There are many properties on the battleship, Zhou Zhong naturally can't wait for them to unload the things, he just orders the things to go on, and the rest is naturally completed by Yang Tong and others of the City Shipping Division, after all, the government affairs of Shuangyu Port are now managed by the Municipal Shipping Division, although these properties are the trophies of the army, but the most important thing is to go into the treasury, and the inventory also needs professional people to do, it just so happens that Yang Tong and they are masters in this regard.

At this time, Yu Wenyuan and others also woke up from the shock, and at that moment they greeted Zhou Chong to the newly built city ship division yamen in the port, and a group of people asked Zhou Zhong about the details of the war, and by the way, they asked about the customs of the port of Malacca, especially for the trade situation of the port of Malacca, Yu Wenyuan and they were very interested.

In fact, Zhou Zhong also knew that Yu Wenyuan didn't really care about the war situation with the Portuguese, what they really cared about was the trade in the port of Malacca, after all, the gold and silver treasures that were brought down from the ship just now had made them very tempted, and now they were turning around to ask him about the situation of the port, and it was estimated that when they returned, they would immediately order the fleet under their name to rush to Malacca.

After chatting for a while, Yu Wenyuan and the others got up to say goodbye, and at the same time told Zhou Chong that they had booked a banquet in the largest restaurant in the port, which was actually the internal restaurant of Zhou Chong's Beigang Trading Center, and they would pick up the wind for Zhou Chong in the evening.

In fact, the reception banquet was about to start, but Yu Wenyuan and they were also well-informed, and they knew that during Zhou Chong's period of leading the troops, Zhou Chong's wife gave birth to a daughter for him, and now he must be eager to return home immediately to visit his wife and daughter, so Yu Wenyuan and they will not be the villain, let Zhou Chong go home for the time being, and wait until the evening to catch the wind.

For Yu Wenyuan's carefulness, Zhou Zhong was also very grateful, and after standing up and thanking everyone, he immediately turned around and ran home, just now his feet stepped on the port, he couldn't wait to rush home to see Jinxuan and his daughter, but unfortunately he was entangled by Yu Wenyuan and they couldn't get out.

Zhou Zhong rushed into the house with a gust of wind, his face was full of anxiety and excitement, after all, he was a father for the first time in two lives, and now he was about to see his first child, which made Zhou Zhong a little apprehensive.

It's just that Zhou Zhong didn't expect that before he could rush into the inner house, he was stopped by a person who shouldn't have appeared in Shuangyu Port anyway. (To be continued......)