Chapter 33: The enemy is following
Only stayed in Qiaoyehua Harbor for one day, Xiao Lang'er asked Long Fei and Qian Mu when he left, the two of them were one writer and one martial arts, and cooperated with each other to build and govern this place well, and mine the gold mine well, the income of the gold mine is completely enough for the expenses here, and there is still a lot of surplus, you have a great responsibility, bear the responsibility of guarding, building, managing and operating, and hope that they will cooperate in the division of labor, one is in charge of the military, security and construction. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info a management of shipping, grasping the economy, promoting production, and hoping that when he comes again, it is already a thriving scene.
In the end, Xiao Lang'er left them with a boat, which was a bolted boat, which has now been repaired, and it is hoped that they will be able to use this ship to explore the surrounding seas.
Daming treasure ship continued to sail, so out of the harbor, with the hope of harvest sailing on the vast sea, Xiao Lang'er decided this time, no longer stay in the ports, use the shortest route back to Daming, after all, the ship is loaded with the wealth of the country, once the wind leaks, the trouble will be very much, and even fall into the enemy's encirclement, especially when Philip escaped, he drove an invincible black ship, the danger is greater, and it needs to be on guard at all times, Xiao Lang'er has increased the number of people to watch.
Sitting in the captain's room, Xiao Lang'er called Qian Wanshi and asked him about his assessment of the value of this treasure.
Xiao Lang'er ** Xiang brewed a pot of good tea, the tea was bubbling in the teacup, and the porcelain cup was opened, and a fragrant taste came out, and the color of the tea was extremely good-looking.
"This is the high-grade Biluo Spring, you see it floating on it, like a lovely Biluo. Xiao Lang'er said to Qian Wanshi.
"Master Xie Hou gave me tea!" Qian Wanshi took a sip lightly and nodded with satisfaction, "It's really a good tea!"
"This time our treasure hunting road is worth the trip, risking all kinds of dangers to get it, I want to know now, how much is this treasure worth?" Xiao Lang'er looked at Qian Wanshi and said.
"Master Hou, according to my estimates, this batch of treasures should be worth 90 million yuan when converted into copper coins, which is about nearly 20 times the annual financial revenue of the Ming Dynasty, and the annual financial income of the Ming Dynasty is only 5 million taels of silver. "So much worth?" The subordinates will show you, the gold coins account for a large piece, there are gold coins from various periods in the West, it can be seen from the patterns on the gold coins, and this weight, each of which is about 400 grams to 600 grams, that is, about five taels, there are more than one million such gold coins, which is worth more than 8 million yuan, that is, more than 8 million taels, and there are several large boxes of gems, antiques, gold and silver utensils worth more than 50 million yuan, my estimate is a conservative valuation, its value is far greater than this number. Qian Wanshi talked about them one by one.
"Very good, this is all exchanged for the heads of the brothers, and we can't give it all to the court, so let's give half of it, which is enough for the court for a few years, that is, if there is no tax every year, it can be supported for five or six years, which is enough to ease the breath and calm the world." Xiao Lang'er nodded happily. "The rest of the money will be used to develop our own business, build an invincible fleet, run our islands well, set up trade points around the world, spread the prestige of our Ming Dynasty to all directions, and let our civilization improve backward areas. ”
"I didn't expect Hou Ye to think so far and make such a big plan, so that his subordinates are full of expectations, and following Hou Ye will definitely realize our ideals. Qian Wanshi exclaimed.
"You and your brother Qian Wanshan will be my property manager in the future, one of you will be in charge of the land and the other in charge of the sea, and you will be busy in the future!" Qian Wanshi said respectfully, since following Xiao Lang'er, his personal ability has been greatly exerted, and he has also made a lot of money, which is like before, food and clothing can't be solved, it seems that Xiao Lang'er is the noble person in his life.
There was a knock on the door, and the herald Pan Yangming came in to report, "Master Hou, there are several ships following behind, we have been observing for a long time, what should we do?" "Observe carefully, see which country's ship, if there is hostility, immediately annihilate." "Yes, my subordinates will do it immediately!" Pan Yangming turned to leave.
"Alliance leader, then I will also retire!" Qian Wanshi said. "Okay, you go, the food should be better recently, send someone to hunt a few sharks and improve the food. ”
Xiao Lang'er went out of the captain's room, stood on the deck, looked back, and saw that there were five ships chasing after him in the area of four nautical miles, and the speed was two or three knots faster than the Daming treasure ship.
Now there are only three frigates in the fleet, originally there were five, and one was burned by sea pythons on the Isle of Mist, and one was given to Qiao Yehua Harbor. Xiao Lang'er talked to Shi Lang, raised the vigilance, and let the three frigates be broken, so as not to hurt the Daming treasure ship, now the Daming treasure ship is the key object of protection, and there is no room for a mistake, otherwise the previous efforts will be wasted.
Shi Lang commanded Hu Han, the anvil, and the iron-headed ship to escort behind, and when he saw the flag, the three frigates that were originally in front and on both sides slowed down and followed behind the treasure ship, and now from the sky, these four ships are like the trident of the sea god, giving a blow to the ship chasing behind at any time.
At this time, it is a tailwind, smooth sailing, the sea is open, the waves are not very big, and the direction of the current is also suitable for the ship to sail, Xiao Langer took the monocular and looked at the back, the five ships bit tightly, and now the form is very clear, this is for the Da Ming treasure ship, look at the flag on the ship, it is obviously the red and yellow flag of Spain.
Xiao Lang'er looked at Windsor, Windsor was sitting on the edge of the deck at the bow of the ship, accompanying Suez, who had just recovered from a serious injury, the feeling of seeing the two seemed to be very sweet, Xiao Lang'er felt a little sour in his heart, the two seemed to have been separated a lot recently, and basically didn't stay together, Xiao Lang'er felt that he had made a mistake, he shouldn't have rescued Suez, causing Windsor's heart to follow, no way, even if it was providence, Windsor went to sea to find Suez, and now he finally found it, it is estimated that it is God's favor for her, she is just an episode in her journey, Xiao Langer looked at Windsor with a monocular, and Windsor seemed to have a sense at this time, turned her head and smiled back, charming Baisheng, so delicate, she used her slender hand to wrap her golden hair, as if she saw Xiao Lang'er a little distracted, her shoulders also twitched, Suez next to her put his hand around her shoulder, Xiao Lang'er quickly turned his head to the side, looked at the floating clouds in the distance, and looked at the Spanish fleet that was getting closer and closer.
Needless to say, this is the news released by Philip, but Philip has long since left, how does he know what is going on? It is estimated that he may have been far away when the Isle of Mist fell to the bottom of the sea, and it was dark at that time, and he couldn't see it clearly. Xiao Lang'er felt that if he didn't kill this fleet and block the news, it was estimated that there would be a lot of trouble in the future, and when the Western fleet joined forces to deal with Xiao Lang'er, it would be dangerous.
Fortunately, there are only five ships behind now, and it is estimated that Philip only had time to tell the colonies on the west coast of Africa, and did not have time to go back to Spain, otherwise with the strength of Spain, he would definitely be able to take away the treasure, and Spain is the overlord of the sea. Looking at the Spanish ships that were biting behind him, Xiao Lang'er was ruthless, for the sake of Daming, for the treasure, fight, this time he wanted to take the lead and kill the enemy ship when the enemy was not close, at this time, the Spanish ships behind were only less than a nautical mile away, and a little closer could hit the treasure ship.