"Put." The seven or eight sailors on board fired a volley at the pirate ship with firecrackers, although this distance was too far for firecrackers, but the sound of firecrackers still encouraged the Ming sailors.

The three-pounder Fran cannon bombarded the pirate ship, but the distance of 100 paces made the Ming artillery have an extremely high accuracy, and several lead bullets smashed directly into the pirate ship's hull, instantly smashing out several large holes, and the sea water continued to seep into the bullet holes.

How could the pirates, who had already been beaten by the previous Baizi Gun lose their temper, dare to fight back and jump into the sea to flee one after another, but how could they have imagined in panic that there would be a place for them in the vast sea.

The pirate ship began to sink at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the sail was broken to pieces, and there was still a little blood on the yellowed sail.

The pirates on the pirate ship that came around from the rear were stupid, and it was only so long that a ship was sunk.

They stared blankly at the sinking ships in the sea ahead of them, until the incessant roar of Franco's cannons woke them from their fear.

The pirate ship was not ambiguous, and hurriedly swayed, and before the Ming army bird ship had completely turned, it quickly fled from this sea area.

Seeing the pirate ship in the rear fleeing quickly, the Ming sailors on the bird ship let out a burst of cheers.

"Don't chase after the poor." Wang An glanced contemptuously at the fleeing pirate ship, stopping the sailors from continuing the pursuit.

"My lord, what about these pirates." An old sailor looked disdainfully at the pirates floating on the sea.

After looking at it, there were about a dozen pirates floating on the sea, drifting away from the Ming ships.

"Just let them feed the sharks." A young Ming sailor smiled at the pirates swimming towards the Ming ships not far away.

"Catch the pirates who swam towards us, and let them feed the sharks for the rest." Wang An sneered.

Surprisingly, the three-masted galleon did not take the opportunity to escape, but wandered on the nearby sea.

The Ming army picked up the three pirates and set sail, and the galleon immediately followed the Ming army's bird boat.

Suddenly, a theatrical scene appeared on the sea, and a three-masted galleon followed closely by a bird ship no more than eight feet long.

Dayu Island, which was called Fujia Island by later generations, has now become the garrison of the Ming Army's naval division.

Obviously, the sea has become unpeaceful during this time.

The merchant ship followed the Ming warship back to Dayu Island with great interest.

Until they went ashore, the sailors of the Ming army were still eager to try.

"Wang Xieling, why did the dignified Ming Sailor actually do the piracy?"

"A ship was even hijacked." A co-ordinator walked to the dock and looked with interest at the merchant ships moored not far away.

Naturally, he saw that this was a merchant ship on land and sea.

"It was indeed robbed, but it was not intercepted by our Daming Sailor, but a pirate." Wang An exhaled heavily.

He had been on high alert at sea before, but now that his feet were on land, he breathed a sigh of relief.

A bird ship is besieged by two pirate ships of the same class.

Being able to bring the ship and sailors back safe and sound is really blessed by Mazu.

"Pirates." The co-chair couldn't help but be stunned.

After the pirates on Dayu Island were exterminated by the Ming army, the pirates in this sea area became extinct.

It's been almost a month or two since I saw a trace of pirates, why are they making waves again?

"Who knows, I heard that the Four Seas Merchant Company has recently lost six ships."

"If it weren't for the luck of this ship, which happened to run into us patrolling, it is estimated that the Four Seas Commercial Bank would have lost one more." Wang An pursed his lips and pointed to the few businessmen who had just landed.

The businessmen seemed to recognize Wang An and hurriedly ran over.

"My lord, Xiaomin has thanked my lord for saving his life." Several businessmen saluted.

"Alright," Wang An waved his hand impatiently.

"The land and sea ships have lost six or seven ships one after another, don't you have a long brain? Still running here? Wang An scolded angrily.

"My lord, I can't blame us, the people of the Chamber of Commerce also want to eat."

"Before the mighty army of the Ming Dynasty came to Luzon, the shipping was cut off for several months, and now the shipping has just recovered, and it can't be because of a few pirates, so it can't shrink in the port and not come out." Several businessmen laughed wryly.

That's the case, what sea is there no pirates?

If a few ships had been hijacked by pirates and had not gone to sea, the Chamber of Commerce would have starved to death.

"Thank you for your rescue, these 100 silver yuan are not a tribute, and I hope your lord will accept it with a smile." The man smiled, took out the money bag that had been prepared from between his sleeves and stuffed it into Wang An's hand.

The co-ordinator on the side had his eyes widened, and a bag full of silver yuan was full.

Good fellow, cutting off a pirate's head is only three silver dollars.

There was a bag full of silver dollars in front of him, and there were hundreds of them.

Oh my God, why didn't such a good thing happen to me?

"It's okay, buy some good wine and meat for the brothers, and treat them well." Wang An took care of his own words, and conveniently put the money bag around his waist.

Having said that, this silver dollar is really a good thing, one bag can hold a hundred silver dollars, which is worth about seventy or eighty taels of silver.

But such a small bag could not hold seventy or eighty taels of silver.

The businessmen are also smiling and not smiling, and the flesh hurts in their hearts.

This is the dragon Yang that the Ming Dynasty has just minted, which is much newer than those Spanish silver dollars, and the officialdom and shops and restaurants in the whole Luzon can exchange for goods of equivalent value, almost all of Luzon are universal, and it is said that even the Franc machine people have acquiesced in the flow of these dragon oceans into Manila.

It was even worth more than the Spanish silver dollars they had in their pockets.

But think about it, I managed to save the cargo of one of my ships, and even my own life was saved.

A mere 100 silver dollars is really nothing.

After all, when the two pirate ships rushed over, the Ming warships could have turned around and left.

Anyway, in the vast sea, no one knows that the pirates have robbed the ship and killed people.

However, the Ming warships still chose to rush up, and under the siege of two pirate ships, they kept the merchant ships on land and sea.

"You guys, take them to the overseer." Wang An casually sent a few sailors who came closer.

"What is not profitable, silver is indispensable for you." Seeing that a few sailors still refused to leave, Wang An kicked over.

The sailors sneered and pressed the soaking pirates towards the camp.

During this time, piracy activities became more and more arrogant, and the Ming army was also quite a headache, and it was urgent to catch a few people back and ask which force was causing trouble in this sea area.

I don't know if these little minions can give some of it.

Of course, these are not what Wang An has to consider, he touched the heavy cloth bag on his waist.

He really liked these heavy silver dollars now, which was no better than silver taels.

At this moment, a Ming military officer was staring intently at the merchant ships on the sea on the beach.

"This is the first ship." Xu Bin sighed.

"Back to my lordship, it's already the eleventh." An official stepped forward to respond.

In just half a month, eleven merchant ships were hijacked, all in this sea area.

Except for a few warships that happened to be patrolled by the Ming army, most of the ships were looted by pirates and set on fire, giving them no way to survive.

In the past, pirates would have spared the ship and its crew after plundering the ship, but now the pirates are particularly ruthless, and a whole six merchant ships have disappeared into the vast sea.

This made Shuishi Town very helpless, and Liu Yu, who heard about this on the side of Laoag, was furious, and even thought that Xiao Wu had not fallen into his hands because the cornucopia of the Four Seas Trading Company had fallen into his hands, so he sat back and watched the ships of the Four Seas Trading Company being robbed.

I heard that at this time, Liu Yu also deducted the silver taels of the next month's Shuishi Town.