Before the war, the Red Banner Gang detoured back to the back of the Ming fleet and went straight to Batam.

So they did not see the specifics of the engagement.

But Zheng Yi quickly got the news of the destruction of the Dutch fleet!

The expression on the face of this sea thief, whose sphere of influence spread from the mouth of the Pearl River to the Qiongzhou Strait, was quite wonderful at this time.

He couldn't imagine it anyway.

With those twenty-one boats.

How did the Dutch destroy forty-two battleships of the third rank?

Before Zheng Yi could figure it out.

Word came from the forward observation post.

Discover the Ming fleet that is turning back in pursuit!

"How many ships?"

Zheng Yi immediately stood up and asked.

Before the observation post on the mast could report.

Zheng Yi, who is only thirty-two years old this year and is in the prime of life, grabbed the rope and climbed up the mast.

Climb to the top and take a look through the binoculars for yourself.

"Ten ships ...."

Zheng Yi's face was cloudy.

All his previous experience was telling him.

Ten small boats.

Don't be afraid.

But now the destruction of the Dutch fleet is reminding Zheng Yi.

There are even only ten ships on the other side.

That's also half the strength of the terrifying fleet that destroyed forty-two third-tier battleships in a short period of time!

Beat?

Or...

Escape?

Zheng Yi weighed it again and again.

Ultimately.

He gave the order to flee anyway.

"Run! They only have ten ships, and we just have to run separately and they can't do anything! ”

Zheng Yi stood on the mast and said loudly.

However, his order has not yet been heard.

Rumble!

The pursuing Ming fleet suddenly opened fire.

The cannonballs whistled in the blink of an eye.

Rumble!

A single shell did not hit Zheng Yi's ship head-on.

But the shock wave from the explosion of the shells under the surface of the water easily lifted the two-masted ship.

Zheng Yi, who was standing on the mast, was thrown out.

When the big ship was slapped on the water again.

Zheng Yi, who lost his balance in the air, fell down, and before falling into the sea, his head hit the side of the ship...

The sea thief who has been crisscrossing the Pearl River Estuary for many years has died dramatically....

"The big boss... The big boss is gone! ”

When the pirates who were also thrown came back to their senses.

Zheng had already died in the sea, and the pirates could only see the blush left on the side of the ship.

At this time.

Ten Ming warships pounced at high speed.

Another round of shelling came.

Several battleships were hit head-on.

A cannonball that can sink even a 3rd class sail battleship.

Easily smash the hard-sailed ships used by the pirates.

Sawdust flying.

Flesh and blood blur.

"I can't run!"

"It's too fierce, the Zhu family's boat is too fierce."

"Drop the thunder Lou mother, run!"

"I can't run, I can't run, surrender.."

"The big boss is gone, where to go..."

The pirates were leaderless and terrified.

In the case of Zheng Yi being buried in the belly of the fish.

The pirates' eyes looked at Zheng Yi's sister-in-law.

This second-in-command who is very prestigious in the Red Flag Gang - in fact, in history, Zheng Yi also fell to his death because of an accident, and Zheng Yi's sister-in-law became the leader of the Red Flag Gang.

Under the leadership of Zheng Yi's sister-in-law.

The Red Flag Gang soon annexed the remaining five gangs and became the largest pirate group in the Pearl River Estuary, with a number of warships and 30,000 troops.

Zheng Yi's sister-in-law was also a little dizzy from the fall.

But now she was in her clearest mind.

You can't beat it.

Escape?

With the speed of the Ming warships and the speed of the ships that sank the pirates.

Even if they had more than a hundred ships, they wouldn't be able to run far before they would be caught up and sunk.

Therefore...

The only option now is to surrender1

"Surrender!!"

Sister-in-law Zheng took a deep breath.

"Signal and lower the sails!!"

"King Ming returns to the east, it's time to employ people! Our Xu family belongs to him, and it is impossible for him not to accept it! ”

Zheng Yi's sister-in-law said loudly.

When the rest of the pirates heard this, they did not hesitate.

In the face of life, no one cares about anything else.

The boats lowered their sails and hoisted their white flags.

Zheng Yi's ship.

The pirates of the Red Flag Gang looked at Zheng Yi's sister-in-law.

"Sister-in-law Long, will King Ming hold us accountable?"

Someone asked.

Sister-in-law Zheng shook her head when she heard this: "Everyone just put the responsibility on the big boss, come here, take the rope!" ”

"Ropes?"

Sister-in-law Zheng stood up and spread her arms, even the wide robe could not hide her graceful figure.

"Tie me up and send me to the ship of the King of Ming..."

"Tie it up!"

...........

"My lord, the Dutch on the sea have been arrested...."

Luo Fangbo hurriedly returned to Zhu Daohua's ship with the patriarch and leader of Lan Fangzhu, and was helped up by Zhu Daohua as soon as he wanted to kneel.

"Luo Tong, I'm not the emperor of the Tartars, I don't like to bow down and bow in the future, just stand and bow in the future, and sit and talk back."

Zhu Daohua asked people to move a stool over, making a gesture of Corporal Lixian.

This Luo Fangbo is undoubtedly a heroic figure here in Nanyang.

It was possible that various forces such as Nanyang were intertwined and the relationship was complicated, and the country of Lanfang was built under the condition that the Chinese were scattered and suppressed by the Dutch.

Such a person is not small.

At least it is much better than those Han scholars around Qianlong who came up by taking the Bagu exam - those bureaucrats also need to be stronger than Luo Fangbo's ability to seek promotion.

But it is about the ability to do practical things.

I'm afraid there are few people who can compare with Luo Fangbo.

What's more, Zhu Daohua is now extremely short of people under his hands.

Especially if there is a lack of people who can do things.

"Sit down."

Zhu Daohua smiled again and said to Ye Daoqi, Chen Dexian and other Lanfang leaders.

A few people sat down a little unaccustomedly.

They are not ordinary people who have no knowledge.

The Qing Dynasty pursued a policy of one-port trade.

When these people went to Guangzhou, they met with the supervision of the Guangdong Customs.

The superintendent of Guangdong Customs was sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs to supervise the "Southern Treasury of the Son of Heaven" of Guangdong Customs on behalf of the emperor.

Although the official position is not large.

But the status is quite high.

In particular, almost all of the customs inspectors in Guangdong are full.

Here in Guangdong, the status of the superintendent of the customs of Guangdong is only under the governor of Liangguang, the general of Guangzhou, and the governor of Guangdong.

And even a lot of the time.

Even the Governor of Liangguang did not dare to offend the supervision of the Guangdong Customs.

for he who can be sent to do this mission.

Basically, the emperor's close ministers.

I came to see the Qing Emperor's money bag...

No one dares to offend.

As a few people from the Lanfang clan, they only followed the boss of the Thirteen Lines and saw the panache of the Guangdong Customs Supervision from afar.

A few people couldn't even enter the door, so they knelt outside the door and obeyed.

This is true even for a Cantonese customs superintendent.

One can imagine what happened to the emperor of the Tartars.

Now this Lord Ming is not like that at all.

It's very approachable.

Luo Fangbo is more and more sure that His Royal Highness King Ming must be the leader of the Nanyang Chinese, and under his leadership, the Nanyang Chinese will not be bullied by the Westerners.

He sorted it out, and then presented the booklet in his hand.

"My lord, the Dutch who were rescued have been roughly counted, there are 2,144 sailors, 322 lieutenant air officers, and 46 colonel-level officers... Kreutz, the governor of Batavia, the Netherlands, was also found, but he had probably been soaking in the water for a long time and still hadn't woken up...."

Zhu Daohua flipped through the records made in the booklet.

Nodded with satisfaction: "Good job.... These Dutchmen are useful to this king. ”

I just wanted to praise a few words.

I heard someone from outside report it.

"King, the Xu family pirates have surrendered, and their leader Zheng Yi fell into the sea and died, and now the leader of the Xu family pirates is Zheng Shi, Zheng Yi's wife, and now Zheng Shi has come to accept the guilt."

"Bring it on!"

Zhu Daohua put down the account book, and then motioned for Luo Fangbo and the others to stand aside.

Right now.

A young woman tied up with a rope walked in.

Zhu Daohua couldn't help but be slightly stunned when he saw the rope passing between the two bears.

Who tied it.

It's too improper.