Chapter 288: Wang Shijie's Treasure!
This kind of moment facing the danger of being bitten off by a shark is very exciting, of course, this stimulation is for Su I Ezo and Wang Shijie, when a few sharks jumped up again and prepared to have a close contact with the two, the two of them couldn't care about anything anymore, and rushed to tell the truth to Li Su.
"One for artillery, one for the treasures of the island." Li Xuan twisted his chin, his eyes lit up, he didn't expect that the harvest this time was not small, maybe the money for shells and gunpowder could be earned.
Wang Shijie and Su I Ezo lay down on the deck, and before they could recover from their fear, Li Su's voice came again, "You take us to look for those treasures now." ā
Hearing this, Wang Shijie suddenly despaired, and from now on he will have no place to turn over.
"Your Highness, what about this Suga Ezo? After all, he is the eldest son of Su I Mazi, the left minister of the Japanese state. Sun Dongxu tentatively asked Li Su how to deal with Su Izo.
Li Su stared at Su I Ezo for a while, and said: "This is better, let him record his confession, we will ask Su Wu Mazi for ransom, if you don't give it, we will catch sharks in front of him!" ā
"High! That's high! Sun Dongxu couldn't help but give a thumbs up, he secretly said why didn't he think of this? His Royal Highness is His Highness, not an ordinary person! At this time, he looked at the two of them, and his eyes suddenly burst into golden light.
Even if his father paid the ransom, he would probably have to take off the three layers of skin when he went back, because not only did he not complete the task, but also destroyed the family's navy.
After making up his mind, the Yizhou fleet began to sail back, and after going ashore, Li Su asked Zeng Zhida to escort Wang Shijie to find the treasure he buried on the island, and it didn't take long for the soldiers to return to the barracks with hundreds of large boxes.
"Your Highness, this Wang Shijie has really looted a lot of good things!" Zeng Zhida asked the soldiers to put more than 100 meters and five meters long. The one-meter-high box was placed on the school field of the barracks, and the soldiers opened the lid of the box after putting it down, and suddenly all kinds of jewels and gold emitted a dazzling luster under the sunlight, making everyone squint their eyes slightly.
Li Su narrowed his eyes for a moment, and then suddenly opened his eyes wide, most of these boxes were gold, and there were also a small number of copper coins, perhaps it was too cumbersome for Wang Shijie to carry copper coins, so they were all replaced with gold bars and brought back. Among these gold bars, there are also some gold coins that are full of weight, not the products of the Tang Dynasty, it is estimated that he robbed foreign merchants, and the most in addition to gold are gems and pearls of various colors, these things are genuine, not Xibei goods bought by Li Su from modern times.
Walking from one end of the box to the other, Li Su counted a total of one hundred and sixty-five boxes, of which the boxes full of gold accounted for more than half, and the harvest was indeed not small.
"Seal these things up. Shipped back to Yizhou! Li Su said that these gold and silver treasures are not of much use in this place, and it is better to transport them back to Yizhou to fill the treasury, which can also relieve the financial pressure of the fiefdom.
"Yes. Your Highness! Zeng Zhida asked the soldiers to carry the boxes back to the warehouse, ready to load them on the ship and transport them back when the time came.
After getting such a fortune, Li Su was in a good mood, but Wang Shijie, who was deprived of all his property, had an earthy gray face. Now he doesn't know what his fate will be?
"Your Highness, what should Wang Shijie do?" Just as Wang Shijie was thinking, Sun Dongxu's voice sounded. This made Wang Shijie's heart immediately rise to his throat.
Now Wang Shijie is like a lost dog, and there is no longer any threat to Ryukyu, but it is a pity to kill him, because after decades of crawling and rolling on the sea, this Wang Shijie is very clear about the sea routes, according to his words, he has even been to a continent full of blacks, which is estimated to be Africa in Li Su's opinion.
And he can plunder so many Kunlun slaves, which shows that he is also very familiar with the seas of Southeast Asia, so, Li Su thought about it for a while, it is better to keep him as a guide, which is also very beneficial to his colonial plan in the future, besides, as a ruler, he should also have a mind that is inclusive of all rivers, Wang Shijie is a bastard, but he is also a talent, he should learn from the heroes of the Three Kingdoms, and he must have a tolerant mind, if this Wang Shijie is not available, it is not too late to kill him.
"Wang Shijie, although you are full of evil, but when this king is employing people, if you can repent and be a qualified guide for the Yizhou Navy in the Ryukyus, this king will spare your life, but if you still do not change your dead nature in the future and have bad intentions, this king will definitely let you be buried at sea." Li Su said.
Wang Shijie was stunned, originally he thought that he was going to die, no matter how good it was, he would just become a slave who mined mountains and rocks, but he didn't expect Li Su to spare him and make him a guide like Junichiro Koizumi.
"Thank Your Highness for your great kindness, thank you Your Highness for not killing!" Wang Shijie knelt on the ground with a "poof", tears flowing, and he was overjoyed after great sorrow, making him feel like he was nervous.
Li Su said: "Get up, don't be happy too early, whether you can survive depends on your future performance." Then he and the others departed.
The group entered the navy war room, and Li Su said: "Now let's study how to go to the Su family to ask for ransom." ā
The real yĆ n room are all the generals of the navy, Jin Daqian and Liu Yanyu and Li Su let them all go back to rest, after all, this is a military matter, so they will not be allowed to participate, and Li Ran took the intelligent person to install the radio, and they can contact each other at any time in the future.
"Your Highness, how much ransom are you going to ask?" Sun Dongxu asked first.
"Of course, the more this is, the better, because when the time comes, it will inevitably be negotiated, so let's ask for five million taels of silver first!" Li Su is a lion opened his mouth, with his understanding of the Wa country, in this island country mineral resources are very scarce, but the reserves of silver is very huge, and in the Ming Dynasty, the silver production of the Wa country accounted for forty percent of the world's total output at that time, it can be seen that the silver ore of the Wa country is not only large, but also very easy to mine.
"Silver!" Several people gasped, in the Tang Dynasty, silver was a more precious metal than gold, gold could be used for large-scale transactions, but silver was basically not in circulation.
"That's right, we want silver!" The reason why Li Su asked for silver was also to prepare for the currency reform in Yizhou, and soon he would gradually eliminate the use of copper coins in the fiefdoms, and instead use silver and gold as the main currency, and copper would be mainly used in industry, as industrial materials.
Xia Guangyi sighed, "It's just Your Highness, five million taels of silver is too much!" ā
"Didn't Your Highness say that you still have to negotiate? Since it is a negotiation, it is necessary to give a high price. Zeng Zhida's mind was not slow, and he quickly understood what Li Su meant.
After setting the ransom issue, Sun Dongxu said: "Your Highness, what if they don't pay the ransom?" ā
"It's better not to pay the ransom, we lost so many shells and gunpowder, and burned so much coal, and we don't care about wasting some more, which can be regarded as a reason for us to start a war, and directly shell their coastal cities and docks." Li Su said with a sneer.
Nodding, several people agreed, Sun Dongxu said: "I'll go and find out the distribution of cities along the coast of the Japanese Kingdom now, as well as important ports, if they don't pay the ransom, we will fight them one by one and force them to the negotiating table." ā
"Well, now you are preparing separately and marching to the Japanese mainland in three days." Li Su clapped the board.
"Yes, Your Highness!" A group of admirals said.
After the meeting, as soon as Li Su went out, a guard from the palace ran over, saying that a radio message came from Yizhou.
There is also a radio station installed on Li Su's yacht, and now no matter where he goes, he can contact the direction of Yizhou at any time, but there is no important thing to do, and the radio is generally not used.
Returning to his yacht, Li Su turned on the radio, and Su Mo'er's voice was on the other end, "Is it Your Highness?" ā
Li Su replied: "It's me!" What's wrong? Did something happen? (To be continued......)