Dushan Island, Gu San Mazi's mansion has now become Huang Degong's line.

Huang Degong was pacing back and forth in the hall with his hands on his back, his face was full of anxiety, on the chair on the left side of the hall sat Tang Sheng, who was pale, Jiang Qianhu and Shi Lang stood with their heads down, and they didn't dare to gasp.

Shi Lang's luck was not bad, that day his warship was put on a reef tightly, although the wind and waves at that time were big, but did not tear his warship apart, Shi Lang, who thought he was going to die, and the sailors and soldiers on the ship were able to escape from death, but Wang Pu and others who escaped in a small boat were in danger, and their lives and deaths are uncertain until now.

The officers and soldiers of the sailor division sent out to search have returned one after another, and Lu Liu, Nenniang, Dong Xiaowan and others who escaped in another small boat have been successfully found, but the whereabouts of Wang Pu and others are unknown!

"General." Jiang Qianhu said gloomily, "It's all to blame for the dereliction of duty, I knew that I shouldn't have let the horse master take someone to chase after me in the first place." ”

Huang Degong waved his hand with a dark face, and said in a deep voice: "Pass the order, increase the search range, search, continue to search for Lao Tzu!" You two go too, and if you can't find the general, you don't have to come back!" ”

"Yes!"

Jiang Qianhu and Shi Lang agreed, and when they were about to leave, a sailor hurriedly entered the hall and gasped: "Report ......"

Huang Degong Huo Ran raised his head, stared at the general of the water master, and said sharply: "Speak!" ”

The sailor said: "On the small island fifty miles southeast of Dushan Island, there is a large smoke rising. ”

Tang Sheng Huo Ran, who was sitting on a chair with a black face, stood up, and Jiang Qianhu and Shi Lang, who had just walked to the gate, also turned around, since there is smoke on the island, it means that there are people on it!

Huang Degong's face changed, and he said hurriedly: "Have you sent someone to investigate?" ”

The sailor said: "The humble post has already sent someone to investigate." ”

Huang Degong shouted: "Leave half of the sailors stationed on Dushan Island, and the rest of the sailors will go to that island with General Ben." ”

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Nameless island.

The dense forest on the island has fallen into a sea of fire, billowing smoke soaring into the sky, Wang Pu believes that it should be clearly seen dozens of miles away, as long as Huang Degong's sailor is still nearby, he will definitely find this smoke, and then they should find it.

Now, the only thing they can do is wait.

Until the afternoon, when Wang Pu's heart began to hang, a dotted black shadow finally appeared on the sea in the northwest direction, and as time passed, the group of black spots gradually enlarged, and became clear, Wang Pu finally saw clearly, it was more than a dozen naval warships.

The mast of a large ship fluttered with the national flag of the Ming Dynasty.

Wang Pu's cheers alarmed the White Lotus Sect Master and the Red Lady in the cave, and the two also walked out of the cave, their eyes also shining with joy.

When they were still some distance from the island, the fleet began to drop anchor.

Then two small boats were put down from the big boat, and rowed hard to the small island under the rowing of the oarsman, and there were two figures standing like javelins on the bow of the small boat, and as the distance approached, Wang Pu finally saw that the two people were clearly Huang Degong and his henchman Tang Sheng.

"General Huang, Tang Sheng!"

"General!"

"General!"

Wang Pu cheered and rushed into the sea, and the excited Huang Degong and Tang Sheng also jumped off the boat, jumped into the waist-deep seawater, and struggled to welcome Wang Pu.

Of course, Wang Pu was happy.

Although there are two beauties accompanying you on this desert island, this desert island is not as comfortable as Nanjing, right? What's more, after returning to Nanjing, I will still have the opportunity to let these two beauties accompany me in the future, isn't it?

Huang Degong was also happy, on the one hand, he sincerely admired Wang Pu, and in his heart he didn't want a general like Wang Pu to have unpaid ambitions and die young, on the other hand, if Wang Pu really died in the sea, then his future life after Huang Degong would definitely not be good, and the group of arrogant soldiers and fierce generals brought by Wang Pu from Datong alone might find a reason to kill him.

Needless to say, Tang Sheng was happy, in the eyes of the Datong soldiers, Wang Pu was their sky, and if Wang Pu died, it would be their skyfall!

After being happy, Huang Degong commanded the soldiers on the boat to row the boat to the beach, first picked up the Red Lady and the White Lotus Sect Master on the boat, and then helped Wang Pu onto the boat with Tang Sheng, and then rowed the boat back to the fleet anchored in deep water.

Wang Pu climbed up the side of the boat along the soft ladder, and before his feet landed on the deck, the young lady had already crashed into his arms like a swallow.

"General." The young lady hugged Wang Pu's bear waist and cried silently, "The little maid thinks that she thinks it ......"

"Silly girl." Wang Pu stretched out his hand to gently wipe away the tears on the young girl's face, and said softly, "Aren't I okay?" ”

"Hmm." The young lady raised the pear blossoms with a rain-like delicateness, and cried with joy, "The little maid knows that you will definitely be able to turn evil into good fortune, hehe." ”

Wang Pu patted the young girl's slender back, and when he turned around and saw Shi Lang standing on the deck, he couldn't help laughing: "Shi Lang!" ”

Shi Lang hurriedly took two steps forward, straightened his chest and said proudly: "Humble duty." ”

"Well done!" Wang Pu strode forward, patted Shi Lang's shoulder vigorously, and muttered, "And the sailors and soldiers under your command are also good, General Huang Shen!" ”

Huang Degong hurriedly took two steps forward and replied loudly: "Humble duty." ”

Wang Pu pointed his finger at Shi Lang and said to Huang Degong: "Shi Lang is not afraid of danger, and the dozens of sailors and soldiers who are guarding the warship with him are also good, they are all gentlemen, and the general has decided to reward each of them with a heavy reward of one hundred taels of silver!" ”

Shi Lang was overjoyed and said, "Thank you, General!" ”

Wang Pu said this, looked around at the sailor soldiers standing solemnly, and said loudly: "Of course, all the sailor soldiers who went out this time are also good, Gu San Mazi has been rampant in the East China Sea for many years, but this time it was annihilated by us in one fell swoop, the soldiers have made great contributions to the imperial court, and the general decided to reward each with fifty taels of silver!" ”

"Thank you, General!"

"Thank you, General!"

"Thank you, General!"

The sailors and soldiers on the solemn deck suddenly thundered with joy, for these martial artists who were born poor and couldn't read a few big characters, it was undoubtedly the most popular to give them some silver! In fact, these soldiers' requirements are not high, they can pay dozens of taels of silver every year, and if they die in battle, they can give a little pension to their families, and they are willing to sell their lives to you.

"Anchor ......" Huang Degong raised his right arm and swung it forward, shouting loudly, "Go back to Dushan Island!" ”

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A small island with no name.

Barefoot with three heads wrapped in white cloth, holding a wine bowl high and shouting to the dozens of pirates in front of him: "Brothers, Gu Da's family has been killed, and we, the living brothers, must avenge him!" ”

"Revenge!"

"Revenge!"

"Revenge!"

Dozens of pirates responded.

"Brothers, I have something to say below." Hou Fangyu suddenly took a step forward and said loudly, "As the saying goes, it is not good for a snake to have no head, and it is not good to avenge Gu Da Boss without a leader, since Gu Da Boss has already suffered misfortune, why don't we support Zhang Er as a big boss?" ”

"Okay."

"We support the second master."

"The second master, you can take the brothers to do it, and you must put up the banner of Laozhai again!"

The group of thieves responded one after another, and Zhang San, who was barefoot, said with a flushed face: "Okay, Lao Tzu promised you!" ”

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Dushan Island, Juyi Hall.

Huang Degong and a group of sailor generals have retired, and only Wang Pu and Tang Sheng are left in the hall.

Wang Pu asked in a deep voice, "How is it, have you found Gu Sanmazi's treasure?" ”

"I've found it." Tang Sheng said in a low voice, "The gold and silver treasures that Gu San Mazi snatched are hidden in the cave halfway up the mountain. ”

Wang Pu asked urgently, "How many?" ”

Tang Sheng said: "I haven't had time to count it, but there are at least more than 200,000 taels of silver and more than 10,000 taels of gold, as well as some calligraphy, paintings, antiques and so on, which are estimated to be worth tens of thousands of taels of silver. ”

"What!?" Wang Pu was disappointed and said, "That's it? ”

If there is really only such a little bit of silver, then after deducting the silver reward of the sailors and soldiers who went out this time and the pensions of the fallen soldiers, and then deducting the expenses of food, grass, baggage, weapons and ammunition, there is not much left, where is the extra silver used to buy weapons and recruit new troops?

"General, that's really all there is!" Tang Sheng hurriedly said, "The lowly position has turned the cave upside down. ”

"No, Gu San Mazi can't only have this little bit of family background." Wang Pu shook his head and said, "This guy has been rampant in the East China Sea for more than 20 years, I don't know how many passing merchant ships have been hacked by him, even if he only robs 100,000 taels of silver every year, it will be enough to accumulate millions of taels of belongings in 20 years!" ”

Tang Sheng said in a condensed voice: "Then where did all this silver go?" ”

"Hidden." Wang Pu said in a deep voice, "Gu San Mazi must have other treasures. ”

"Another treasure?" Tang Sheng frowned and said, "Why don't you go and ask a few pirates?" ”

"It's useless." Wang Pu shook his head and said, "Gu San Mazi's treasure place must be extremely secret, unless his henchmen are impossible to know, but unfortunately, Gu San Mazi's pirate fleet has been wiped out, and the more than 1,000 pirates led by him have all been buried in the stormy waves of Black Dragon Gorge, and the barefoot Zhang San, who is most likely to know the location of the treasure, ran away again, it seems that the huge treasure left by Gu San Mazi is difficult to find." ”

"Not necessarily."

Wang Pu's voice fell, and a coquettish voice suddenly came from outside the door.

Wang Pu and Tang Sheng Huo Ran turned around, only to see that the White Lotus Sect Master had already walked in from outside the door, since leaving the desert island, this demon girl had resumed her previous smoky and flattering behavior, and from time to time she flirted with Wang Pu Mei, the head of the guard, Lu Liu, thought that the two had already had a personal relationship, and from then on, they didn't dare to stop the White Lotus Sect Master casually.

Seeing that it was the White Lotus Sect Master, Wang Pu hurriedly glanced at Tang Sheng.

Tang Sheng understood, hurriedly hugged his fist at Wang Pu, and then turned around.

After Tang Sheng left, Wang Pucai asked, "Good sister, do you know the whereabouts of Gu San's treasure?" ”

The White Lotus Sect Leader didn't answer and asked, "Have you forgotten that my sister has an internal response under Gu San Mazi." ”

Wang Puxi couldn't help but say: "So, sister, do you really know where the treasure is?" ”

The White Lotus Sect Leader said, "Sister can help you find Gu Sanmazi's treasure." ”

"Great."

Hearing this, Wang Puzhen couldn't wait to hug the White Lotus Sect Leader and kiss the two of them, of course, the premise was that the White Lotus Sect Master was willing.

"But......" The White Lotus Sect Leader changed his words and continued, "Sister still has two conditions. ”

Wang Pu said: "What conditions?" You said. ”

The White Lotus Sect Leader said: "One, this treasure will be divided into five or five accounts; Second, immediately after returning to Nanjing, provide the Holy Sect with the first batch of 500 muskets you promised! ”

Wang Pu frowned and pondered for a moment, and then said, "There is nothing wrong with five hundred muskets, but are you a little too much, Sister of the treasure five and a half account?" After all, it was Huang Degong's sailor who relied on Huang Degong's sailor to destroy Gu Sanmazi, and to transport this treasure back to Nanjing, he needed the sailor's ship. ”

The White Lotus Sect Leader said, "But if you don't have my sister's guidance, you won't be able to find a tael of silver." ”

"Okay." Wang Pu gritted his teeth and said, "The younger brother can promise to divide the account fifty-fifty, but sister, your share of the treasure has to be lent to the younger brother for two years, and after two years, the younger brother will return it to you with interest!" This is the last condition, sister, if you don't agree, then let the barefoot Zhang San take someone to take the treasure. ”

Wang Pu has Wang Pu's calculations.

According to the calculation of time, Monk Zhang's training in Chuzhou should have achieved initial results, it is an army trained completely in accordance with the Datong model, the biggest feature of the Datong model is the seven major military regulations, that is, absolute obedience! Of course, this is not absolute obedience to the White Lotus Sect, but absolute obedience to Monk Zhang!

Providing this army with 500 muskets, Wang Pu was not at all worried that the situation would get out of control.

As for the misappropriation of half of the treasure of the White Lotus Sect, it is even more of a profitable deal, two years is not a long time, but it is enough for Wang Pu to do a lot of things, by that time Wang Pu has already gained a firm foothold in Jiangnan, and he already has at least 50,000 well-trained troops under his command, even if the White Lotus Sect can do anything to him?

What's more, Wang Pu has another layer of calculations in his heart, and when the time comes, I'm afraid that even the White Lotus Sect Master will be his Wang Pu's person, where will he need to repay his debts?

"Little villain, you're really good at your calculations." The White Lotus Sect Leader said coquettishly, "Then you just take your sister into the room, then the entire White Lotus Sect will become yours, not to mention the half of the treasure." ”

Wang Pu said with a smile: "My little brother wants to come so much, but unfortunately my sister doesn't want to." ”

"Yo, you have no conscience." The White Lotus Sect Master twisted his willow waist and walked in front of Wang Pu, stretched out his jade finger and poked Wang Pu's forehead, and said angrily, "Sister has already said that as long as you can help the White Lotus Sect take over the world, I will help you ascend to the throne, and then my sister will be your queen." ”

"Disappointed my sister." Wang Pu smiled and said, "The younger brother has never had any ambitions, and he doesn't want to be an emperor. ”

"Look, it's clear that you don't want a sister." The White Lotus Sect Leader said in a flattering voice, "However, seeing that our sister and brother have cooperated quite happily so far, my sister will promise you that half of the treasure of the Holy Sect will be temporarily loaned to you for two years, and after two years, it will be repaid with interest." ”

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October of the fifteenth year of Chongzhen [1642].

Wang Pu and Huang De's power of 3,000 sailors wiped out the great pirate Gu San Mazi who had been rampant in the East China Sea for many years in one fell swoop, and seized gold and silver treasures at a discount of more than 1.7 million taels of silver.

After returning to Nanjing, Wang Pu instructed Zhang Zi'an, the eunuch of Nanjing, to ask for 500,000 taels of "hardship fees" from wealthy merchants in Jiangnan, after all, the destruction of the big pirate Gu San Mazi was indeed a great thing for the merchants in Jiangnan, and from then on, the goods of Nanzhili and Zhejiang could be safely transported and sold in Ben, Korea, Macao and various places in Nanyang.

With the silver, Sun Chuanting, the governor of Zhejiang, finally stood up, and he could finally recruit new soldiers with confidence and boldness.

Wang Pu's Xiaoyao Tower has also entered the final preparatory work.

Chang Yanling and Li Zushu mobilized Jinyiwei to redeem more than 2,000 good-looking and young women for Wang Pu, but they only spent less than 200,000 taels of silver on Wang Pu, and on average, the ransom silver of each girl was less than 100 taels.

However, it is said that dozens of bustards were hanged in various parts of Nanzhili.

In order to accommodate these two thousand women, Wang Pu had to set up another women's barracks in Yanziji to manage them militarized, of course, the training they received was not to dance knives and guns, but to rub their backs, pedicures, massage, and dance, Wang Pu also selected dozens of smart and clever people from among them to learn to dance striptease with the White Lotus Sect Master.

(To be continued)