The raging fire directly illuminated the entire bay red, and every ship of the Watanabe family's fleet was set on fire, and the fire easily ignited all the ships of the Watanabe family with the help of the strong sea breeze. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 The gunpowder and some flammable materials loaded on the INFO ship were also ignited quickly, and it was too late to put out the fire.

The generals of the Watanabe family jumped into the sea like dumplings, but the sneak attackers didn't seem to want to let them go, and they attacked indiscriminately as soon as they came up. The flintlock muskets and artillery rang out incessantly, and in the silence of the night, the movement at this moment tended to overshadow the great battle of the day.

When Tang Ming saw the fire burning in the bay, he left the window and sat down beside Zheng He with a smile. The latter glanced back at him and asked in a deep voice, "It's over so soon?" ”

Tang Ming smiled and said, "That's so fast, it is estimated that the fire outside will not be extinguished until tomorrow." This Wu Fat Man and Yan Ruwei were too ruthless, for the sake of the hundred treasure ships and three hundred warships, they didn't even want the boats of the Watanabe family, which were not bad, and they burned them all in one fire. ”

Zheng He chuckled noncommittally: "This is natural, although the Watanabe family's sea ships are not bad, they are not worth mentioning compared to the warships of the Ming Dynasty. With a better choice, what else do they want to do with that garbage, and a fire can also greatly reduce the strength of the Watanabe family. If the Watanabe family wants to seek revenge on them afterwards, it is estimated that there is no way! ”

After being silent for a moment, Zheng He glanced at Tang Ming again, and asked unintentionally, "Aren't you kid also thinking about attacking the two of them?" Now that the Watanabe family has been wiped out so easily, it's not good for you, don't you want to make a move to add trouble to the two of them! ”

Tang Ming was not surprised at all that Zheng He saw through his thoughts, and smiled very calmly: "Now is not the time to make a move, besides, for the Watanabe family, I myself don't like island countries even more." This is an extremely cunning people, and they can do whatever it takes to achieve their goals, so I'd rather let the two of them grow stronger first than help the Watanabe family. Even if it is more difficult to deal with Takeo and Luzon in the future, he will not hesitate to deal with it. ”

Obviously, Zheng He did not support such a prejudice, but seeing that Tang Ming was resolute, he no longer persuaded him. With Tang Ming's cleverness, even Zhu Di today has nothing to do with him, let alone two small island countries. Knowing that Tang Ming knew what he knew, Zheng He could naturally be relieved, the war was over, and there was nothing to do here, so he took his leave first.

Tang Ming sent him to the door, and then ordered someone to send him to his small western-style building in a carriage, and then called everyone in the house back to the long table and sat down. His eyes swept over everyone one by one, and finally stopped at Fei Xin's body, Tang Ming relaxed his body and leaned back in his chair and said, "Tell you what we have gained this time, so that everyone can have a bottom in their hearts." ”

Fei Xin nodded and said, "After we don't want those spoils of the Watanabe family, Takeo and Yan Ruwei will also give us a part of it relatively each. As a result, we now not only have more warships than before, but also treasure ships. It can be said that in addition to some lost materials in this war, we have made some money on the part of individual ships. ”

Tang Ming nodded with satisfaction, everyone present was also happy, after such a big battle, they could still be undamaged, not to mention that there were more warships. So what if it's not something to be happy about.

A smile also appeared on the corner of Fei Xin's mouth at this moment, and he continued: "There are also nearly 10,000 sailors captured this time, and I have already vaguely revealed to them that Inspector Zheng He will be on our side in the future." Therefore, most of them are willing to join the service, except for those cronies of Sun Dayi and the three of them, how should the chief deal with these people? ”

Tang Ming casually asked, "How many people?" ”

Fei Xin's face was bitter, and he slowly stretched out two fingers and said, "More than 20,000 people." ”

"So much?"

Those present let out an exclamation at the same time!

Tang Ming also frowned: "You've checked it out, how can there be so many?" ”

"The chief doesn't know, this Sun Dayi's family is not small, and the reason why the overseer's fleet will be so poor this time is probably because they have replaced too many people who are familiar with the fleet. They had placed all the more than 20,000 people they had brought from the family into the small and medium-sized officers in the fleet, so that they could achieve complete control of the fleet in such a short period of time. Of course, the downside of this is that it reduces the combat effectiveness of the entire fleet. ”

"More than 20,000 people, this is really not easy to arrange!" Tang Ming's fingers kept tapping on the table, these people were all from their own family, as Fei Xin said, and they were not trustworthy to Tang Ming.

More than 20,000 people are idle in their own territory, and in addition to the safety risks, their daily rations are not a small amount. It is not practical to raise these people or lock them up, Tang Ming was racking his brains to think, but Zhu Yong, who was more anxious, said very simply: "Sir, it is better for us to ...... them directly." ”

Zhu Yong's hand was in the shape of a knife and gestured at his neck, obviously wanting to kill more than 20,000 people. For him, a person who is used to seeing corpses strewn all over the battlefield, more than 20,000 people is not a lot, that is, a medium-sized battle.

But after all, Tang Ming is not a person who walks over the sea of corpses and blood, let alone a person who loves to kill, if he wants to do this to these 20,000 people who are considered his compatriots, he really can't do this.

Waving his hand, Tang Ming directly rejected Zhu Yong's proposal: "It's a pity to kill these people, Fei Xin, you lock up these people first, and then send someone to talk to the people of these three families." Just say that a life is fifty taels of silver, let them use the money to ransom people, grandma's, Lao Tzu has to squeeze these three families dry. Remember, let a few clever people talk about it, and bid according to the strength of each family. ”

This move is even more ruthless than Zhu Yong's killing, and everyone reacted after being stunned, and the sound of sycophants suddenly came. Li Ba's voice was particularly loud, this guy laughed, stepped into Tang Ming's side, and said in a thief's head: "Sir, can you hand over this errand to me and Zhu Yong to handle it, and promise to do it beautifully." ”

Zhu Yong's attention had never left Tang Ming's side, and when he saw Li Ba mentioning this matter very well, he was afraid that Tang Ming would not let them go. Immediately stepped forward and said with a smile: "Sir, I think it is most appropriate for us to go to this matter, especially to deal with these families, I don't think Brother Fei dares to pack tickets to know them better than us!" (To be continued.) )