The people of the flotilla are crazy.

Ruthless, with knives and leather armor, they went deep into the island in groups to destroy the savages.

Those who didn't want to go also had work to do, rushed to the spice islands, looked at the various spices that spread over the mountains and fields, first shouted, and then carried a burlap bag to pick frantically.

All kinds of spices basically grow on the branches, reach out and pick them and put them in a cloth bag, this is the money.

Knowing that there was no danger nearby, Li Yunze simply agreed to allow the sailors on the ship to get off the boat and land on the island to pick.

According to the agreement before departure, in addition to the basic salary, everyone will be rewarded with spices equal to their body weight.

In order to stimulate everyone's enthusiasm for work, Li Yunze announced again before everyone got off the ship that as long as they handed over one hundred catties of spices, they could get an extra pound of spices as a reward.

Based on the current price of spices in Datang, the value of a pound of spices is much more than a pound of copper coins.

Under such a strong stimulus, it is natural that everyone is striving to be the first.

The only one who is not so excited is Li Yunze himself.

On the one hand, because he is not short of money, and on the other hand, because he knows that when a large amount of spices are put on the market, it will lead to an avalanche of prices.

As for hoarding and selling something, that's impossible.

There are so many spices on the Spice Islands that we will come back next year after picking them this year. I get so much every year, who dares to hoard goods, it is really a hoarding of his net worth and life.

After a few days of madness, everyone on the island finally took a breath and regained some senses.

With great difficulty, dragging two bags of spices each weighing more than 100 catties onto the boat, Ma Zhou, whose eyes were no longer so red, took a breath and walked towards Li Yunze.

At this time, Li Yunze was lying on a recliner with a parasol beside him.

Although the time is winter, the sunlight near the equator is still very poisonous, and when the people who went to the island come back, they all look like black charcoal.

Li Yunze, who was lying on the recliner, was reading a book, and the sharp-eyed Ma Zhou glanced at the cover, and vaguely saw the 'Golden Bottle...' or something.

Quietly putting away the book, Li Yunze motioned to the lemon juice on the stool next to him, "Have a drink?" ”

"I..."

As soon as Ma Zhou wanted to say that I was just thirsty, he saw Li Yunze stretch out his hand and take the lemon juice away, "Not thirsty?" If you're not thirsty, forget it. ”

Withdrawing his outstretched hand, Ma Zhou scratched his head, "Owner, why do you want to wipe out the natives on the island?" ”

"How?" Li Yunze, who seemed to be smiling but not smiling, raised his eyebrows: "Soft-hearted?" ”

"It's not."

Ma Zhou shook his head again and again, "It's just that the weather is too hot, and the camp on the island is full of heads, and the smell is really unbearable." ”

"If you can't stand it, you can go back to the boat." Li Yunze drank the sour lemon juice, "Don't say these useless excuses, I know what you mean." ”

"What do you think of these islands?"

Ma Zhou was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at the island not far away, "It's okay." ”

"It is said that the people take food as the sky, and after the large-scale popularization of spices in the future, the demand will be very huge." Li Yunze said earnestly: "These islands are natural spice stores, and these places should also be included in the jurisdiction of Middle-earth. ”

Ma Zhou, who listened carefully, was still puzzled, "You can use the sage to educate these natives." ”

"These savages are illiterate, how do they know who is a saint, and they can't understand what they say." Li Yunze narrowed his eyes, "And they are lazy and cruel by nature, and they have always greeted the people of Middle-earth who come south. It is vile and cruel

Inferior roots, not like a human form. ”

"This kind of savage, if you keep it, you can only leave endless disasters for future generations." Speaking of this, Li Yunze stretched out his hand and knocked on the stool on the side: "Although we are working harder now, we can leave a clean land for future generations." Do not lift up the slaughter for these savages

The opportunity of the knife, the grass must be eradicated. ”

Ma Zhou is not a pedantic person, but he doesn't understand why Master Li, who seems to be kind in Guanzhong, is so ruthless here.

There are so many islands here, almost every island is home to a few dozens, hundreds or even thousands of wild people.

It's too ruthless.

Ma Zhou couldn't figure out because he hadn't seen how these savages treated people from Middle-earth with cruelty.

Li Yunze had seen it, so he simply didn't give them a chance to kill and abuse the people of Middle-earth.

He didn't bother to explain to Ma Zhou, and simply ordered, "It's hot, remember to let them dig the pits and bury them, and when they come back next year, there will be more spices here." ”

Ma Zhou sighed lightly, knowing that it was useless to say more, so he could only say goodbye and leave.

"Another stupid reader." Li Yunze, who had his eyes closed, drank lemon juice and hummed softly, "Treat outsiders like a cold wind, and treat your own people like a spring breeze." I don't understand this, what kind of stuff book I read. ”

Li Yunze really wanted to intervene in relevant education, but whenever he had this kind of thought, there would always be a trace of a divine beast looming in the sky.

In order to avoid his journey being forcibly terminated, he could only choose to give up.

No way, the power of the saint is too great.

There is nothing dangerous on the seas of this era, especially in this non-stormy time.

Pirates certainly do, and even follow all the way.

But their strength is too poor, and they are definitely not the opponent of a fleet of ten large ships and thousands of young and strong men.

As for the local indigenous savages, who use sticks and stones as weapons, where will they be the opponents of the Tang people.

The colonists of Europa... Just kidding, there are no shadows.

In order to increase efficiency, not the efficiency of picking spices, but the efficiency of cleaning up the natives on the islands, Li Yunze dispersed the fleet and went to different islands to do cleaning work.

The people who can come here are all adventurous men, and all the spices and savages you can see are all money, and they all put great enthusiasm into their work.

However, with the dispersion of the fleet, the pirates, who had been following from afar as the time of the Champa city, sensed that an opportunity was coming.

Pirates have been around for a long time.

With the rise of the Maritime Silk Road, there were more and more pirates on the ocean.

Not only did they raid merchant ships, but they also often landed and plundered villages and towns.

Because of the lack of early warning capabilities, by the time the officers and soldiers got the news and arrived, the pirates had already looted and left.

Piracy is difficult to eradicate and is becoming more and more numerous, and it has become a very serious scourge.

This time, Li Yunze led the fleet south, and the scale was so large that it naturally attracted the attention of a large number of pirates.

The pirates were shocked and faveted by the moving castle-like behemoths of the fleet.

Many pirates thought, if they can have such a huge ship in their hands, then the ocean is not unscrupulous?

It's just that Li Yunze's fleet has as many as ten ships, and most of the ships are sturdy men, and the pirates who are waiting for leisure also have self-knowledge and dare not provoke.

When Li Yunze was in Lingnan and repairing in the Champa Kingdom, the pirates of all sizes in the South Seas had already gathered and discussed together to make a big deal and snatch these treasure ships.

The fleet traveled thousands of miles south into the ocean, and the ships of ordinary small pirates could not keep up at all, and only a small number of large pirates could barely hang in the distance.

The only pirates who could chase all the way to this side were the largest group of island owners, with five or six hundred men on three ships.

They must now seize the ship, because the pirates do not have enough supplies to support them back to shore, and they do not know how to change their way back.

If you don't want to stay on this island and be a savage, you have to take the ship.

Li Yunze separated the fleet and gave them a chance to do it.

That night, the moon was dark and the wind was high, and the three sea ships quietly approached the big ship where Li Yunze was under the cover of night.

The hull of the ship is very high, and it looks like a city wall.

The pirates skillfully threw hooks and climbed up nimbly.

There was silence on the spacious deck, not even a vigil.

The stout pirates took their blades in their mouths and gestured quietly to the cabin, ready to take out the sleeping crew and seize the ship.

The beaming pirates slowly pushed open the hatch, but the smiles on their faces came to an abrupt end.

Inside the hatch, rows of armor soldiers lined up with shields in armor, and the horizontal knives in their hands swept through the icy luster.

How could the primitive methods of the pirates escape Li Yunze's surveillance.

Another reason for separating the fleet, in addition to speeding up work efficiency, is to give them a hands-on opportunity.

Now, it's time to close the net.

A large group of armor soldiers poured out of the cabin, and the pirates in front of them were thrown to the ground like spring and snow.

The pirates are not bad at fighting, and they do not lack the courage to fight to the death. But the problem is that they are meeting regular troops, and they are all in armor.

The five hundred soldiers that Li Yunze borrowed from Feng Ang were completely in control of the situation at this moment.

Watching Fang Yiai and others take the generals of various prefectures, push the wooden barrels full of oil to several pirate ships, and then throw torches to ignite them, completely cutting off the pirates' retreat, Li Yunze, who ordered Zhang Fan to speed up, walked to Feng Zhiyu's side with satisfaction and said, "The Lingnan soldiers fought well

, each of whom will be rewarded with 100 catties of spices. All the armor and weapons that were lent to them were given. ”

Hearing this, Feng Zhiyu's face was full of joy.

A hundred catties of spices per person is nothing, and these days, the amount of spices collected on various islands has even reached the point of numbing everyone.

But the five hundred sets of iron armor and weapons were absolutely good, and he had never seen such a good armor.

If it is used on the mountain battlefield, it is a rampaging ace of spearheads.

The pirates' ships were burned, and the pirates, who had lost their way out, were desperately stimulated.

But the sharp blades in their hands could not break through the defenses at all, and in the face of the ironclad wall of the officers and soldiers, they quickly lost their courage after desperate resistance, and the rest of them all knelt on the bloody deck and begged for mercy.

"Let them wash the deck first."

Li Yunze instructed loudly, "Drag on the cross-interrogation one by one, but all those whose hands have been stained with Tang blood will be disposed of and thrown into the sea to feed the fish." The rest of the one, find an island with no one and throw it down. ”

"That's right." Li Yunze then added: "Ask where the nests of the island owners are." ”

Hearing this, Ma Zhou was surprised and asked, "Is it possible to find the pirates' lair?" ”

"I don't care if they plundered foreign merchant ships, but after they landed, they bloodied villages and towns and did countless evils. You are still an official of the imperial court, and you have never thought about avenging those unjust souls? ”

Li Yunze's sense of Ma Zhou became more and more reduced: "Chop the grass to get rid of the roots!" ”