Yan Ji's beautiful eyes flowed, and she laughed: "The world says that His Majesty Daming is a womanizer, I see, there are few men in the world who can be as upright and gentleman as His Majesty Daming!" ”

Yang Peng laughed, "This sycophant shoots me inexplicably!" He hugged Yan Ji's slender waist, kissed her red lips, and said, "Wife, it's time to reveal the mystery!" Yan Ji glanced at her lover and said, "Isn't this easy to guess?" Husband, do you think that whether it is an army or a bandit, what will they mainly loot? Yang Peng said without thinking about it: "Gold and silver treasures are certain, and the other is a young and beautiful woman!" Speaking of this, his heart moved, understood, looked at Wang Rong, and said with a smile: "The other treasure you mentioned is the woman who was looted from Tianzhu by these Heavenly Kingdom Alliance forces!" ”

Wang Rong smiled and nodded, "Not bad." But this is not the eldest brother's guess, this is the credit of the sister. ”

Yang Peng smiled, "That's it." But what you just promised, as long as your sister guesses correctly, you will agree to any request from her. ”

Wang Rong looked at Yan Ji and said, "Sister, you say, what do you want me to do?" ”

Yan Ji turned her head to look at Yang Peng, smiled mysteriously, and then said to Wang Rong: "I'll tell you again in the evening." Wang Rong seemed to realize something, and glanced at Yang Peng, who happened to be looking at her with a smile on his face. Wang Rongjiao's face turned red, and she glanced at Yang Peng fiercely, and then said: "I still have a lot of things, I have to leave!" Then he turned around and ran down, looking like he was in a hurry.

Yan Ji looked at Wang Rong's back and said with a smile: "Sister Wang Rong is really a straightforward woman!" Yang Peng nodded with a smile and said, "Female man!" Yan Ji was stunned, "What?" Yang Peng explained with a smile: "It's just that she is obviously a girl, but she has the character of a bold man." We call such girls women men! Yan Ji pursed her lips and smiled, "There are not a few female men around that husband!" It's just that there are not many such beautiful women in the world! Yang Peng laughed.

Yan Ji looked at the dock and saw that the huge fleet was still entering the port one after another under the escort of the warships, and the group of allied officers and soldiers in the port converged towards a place under the escort of Yang Peng's soldiers. couldn't help laughing and said, "Husband is so treacherous!" ......" Yang Peng's eyes widened, and he said angrily: "What is too treacherous, this is called resourcefulness!" ”

Yan Ji pursed her lips and smiled, "It's the concubine who said it wrong." The husband was clever and thought of robbing them here. So many gold and silver treasures and young beauties have been caught! It turned out that after Yang Peng received Tianzhu's request for peace, he thought of a plan in his heart. He estimated that the Heavenly Alliance still didn't know about the repulsion of the English fleet, and even if they knew, they would evacuate Tianzhu, and it was very likely that they would take the sea route of Xiou Island, so Yang Peng flew a pigeon and ordered his own fleet that was pursuing the English fleet to immediately recover Xiou Island and set up an ambush, waiting for the Heavenly Alliance to return and intercept them. The important task of this battle is not to destroy the enemy, but to rob. Therefore, when the Ming fleet raided the enemy before, it only bombarded the enemy with gunboats for a while, and then used ballista warships to capture the prisoners.

Wang Hai Wang Rong immediately executed the order after receiving it, but he didn't expect that when he arrived at Xiou City, Xiou City had already been recovered. It turned out that most of the troops and horses of the coalition forces left behind in the West Gull Island, so it was more difficult for the fleet to withdraw, and only Jason and his hundreds of soldiers were left on the island. Guan Shan, who was hidden in the mountains and forests on the island, found out the news and immediately led all the more than 2,000 soldiers and horses to leave the mountains and forests to kill Xiou City. Soon they arrived at the city.

Jason and the others were very panicked when they saw that the Ming army suddenly appeared, and the troops were far more than their own, and the raft had not been built. Guan Shan ordered a common man who knew English to persuade him to surrender. Seeing that there was no way out, Jason and the others surrendered in Kaicheng. Originally, Jason and the others were still worried about being killed, but when they saw that the other party treated them well, their hanging hearts were put down. Soon after, Yang Peng's dragon boat came to Xiou Island, learned about Jason and others, and immediately met Jason. After some conversation, Jason admired Yang Peng so much that he willingly swore allegiance to Yang Peng and Daming. Yang Peng originally hoped to have more subordinates who knew about Western affairs, but seeing that Jason still had some talents, he accepted his allegiance. Most of the hundreds of soldiers under Jason chose to be loyal to the Ming Dynasty, and for the dozens who wanted to return to their hometowns, Yang Peng gave them a boat and let them go back. Such a broad-mindedness made Jason and others even more heartbroken.

In the evening of the same day, Wang Hai and Wang Rong came to Yang Peng's residence with a happy face, and hugged their fists together and said, "Your Majesty (eldest brother), the number of seizures has been roughly counted. ”

Yang Peng listened.

Wang Rong said excitedly: "According to preliminary statistics, there are more than five million taels of gold, more than fifteen million taels of silver, and a large number of precious metals such as bronze, and the number has not yet been counted. In addition, there are more than 6 million pieces of linen cloth and a large number of antiques. ……”

Yang Peng laughed and said, "Okay! Although we lost a lot this time, we also made a fortune! ”

The two smiled, and Wang Hai said excitedly: "In addition to seizing a large amount of goods, we also got more than 10,000 young women who were captured from Tianzhu by the Heavenly Kingdom Alliance!" Most of them are quite beautiful! A few of them were truly stunningly beautiful, and the Westerners were meant to bring them back to their Lord! ”

Yang Peng pointed at Wang Hai with his finger and scolded with a smile: "When it comes to beauties, your eyes are green and your saliva is flowing out!" ”

Wang Rong glared at her brother and said angrily: "That's it!" Brother, you're really useless! Wang Hai picked the back of his head and laughed awkwardly.

Yang Peng said with a smile: "We naturally want to keep the gold and silver treasures and the like." As for the Tianzhu beauties, let's send them all back. Yang Peng teased: "Could it be that you want to accept it?" Simply I'll reward you with more than 10,000 Tianzhu beauties! ”

Wang Hai was shocked and couldn't help but shout: "Then am I still alive!" ”

Wang Rong was greatly annoyed and stomped on Wang Hai's instep fiercely, and Wang Hai gasped in pain. Looking at the girl depressedly, I don't know where I said the wrong thing.

Wang Rong ignored the stupid brother and said to Yang Peng: "Big brother's decision is correct!" What do you want those Tianzhu women to do? Giving birth to a child will also be a four-like! I'll lead a fleet to send them back! ”

Yang Peng smiled and nodded, "Then it's decided." However, there is no need to rush this matter, those women must be exhausted after being taken captive and tired all the way, so let them rest for two days first, and then let them return to their hometowns before it is too late. "Yes."

Yang Peng looked at Wang Hai and said, "You lead the main fleet to continue westward and recover Kunlun Island." Remember, just recover Kunlun Island, don't continue westward. "Yes. Your Majesty, if there are no other orders, I will prepare to go. Yang Peng nodded, and Wang Hai hurried away. Wang Rong also hugged her fists and said, "Big brother, sister, I'm going down too." Yan Ji hurriedly said: "Sister don't be busy, I forgot to owe my sister a request?" Wang Rongjiao's face turned red, and she couldn't help but glance at Yang Peng, and asked Yan Ji: "Sister, just say your request quickly." There is always one thing on my mind, and I am worried about it! ”

Yan Ji pursed her lips and smiled and stood up. walked up to Wang Rong, took Wang Rong's slender hand, and said, "Come with me." With that, he led Wang Rong to the back.

Yang Peng watched the graceful and moving figures of the two women disappear behind the screen, and couldn't help but move his index fingers, and then became curious about what Yan Ji wanted to do to Wang Rong.

After thinking about it for a while, his mind returned to the big thing in front of him. This crusade against their own side is considered to have come to an end, the goal of the crusaders is far from being achieved, and there are heavy losses, what should be done with the capture of so many coalition prisoners? Well, among these people, there must be many people of high status, who can extort ransom here; As for those who can't afford to pay the ransom, let them go to the mines to work as coolies, because there is a shortage of workers in the mines everywhere, and these captives are not only good laborers, but also have no cost. The rapid development of the Ming Dynasty in recent years, thanks to the policies of Yang Peng and the cabinet to encourage industry and commerce and the policy of reducing and reducing agricultural taxes, the life of the people everywhere is getting better and better, which has far exceeded the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, and the rich areas have even exceeded the most prosperous and stable period of the Northern Song Dynasty. As a result, while this is a good thing, it also brings some negative effects, that is, fewer and fewer people are willing to do such a dangerous and lucrative industry as mining, which is relatively high-paying and not very attractive.

In recent years, there has been a shortage of workers in various mines, thanks to the continuous arrival of captives in the mines, which has allowed the mining industry to develop more normally, but this does not fully compensate for the lack of workers, so the development of the mining industry has been much slower than it should be. Now there are 70,000 or 80,000 Western captives, and these able-bodied guys can solve the pressing needs of the mining industry.

What, humane? Child, in this world, there is nothing humane, there is only the oldest but most correct truth, which is the law of the universe. If you become a captive of others, they will not tell you anything humane! The world is cruel, only strong and cruel can make you survive, and benevolence and righteousness will only make you a deer and sheep to be slaughtered! In the future, he will cry in pain why the world is so cruel, it is better to be a strong and cruel person now!

A female guard rushed in, hugged her fist at Yang Peng and said, "Your Majesty, Niangniang asked her subordinates to invite Your Majesty over." ”

Yang Peng retracted his thoughts and asked, "Where is she?" The female guard said: "Niangniang and Commander Wang Rong are both in Niangniang's room. ”

Yang Peng nodded, "Got it." The female guard bowed to Yang Peng and went down.

Yang Peng came to Yan Ji's room, and a fragrant fragrance came to his face. Yang Peng didn't see Yan Ji, and raised his voice: "Wife! But no one answered. Yang Peng saw a figure behind the screen, couldn't help but smile, and walked over. Turning the screen, Yang Peng was dumbfounded. He actually saw a beautiful woman with an ancient hair ornament sitting there in a modern style of lace lingerie and panties, looking at him with a delicate face! It's so tempting! ……

Yang Peng sat on a chair behind the bookcase and looked at the charts, taking a pen to scribble on the charts from time to time.

Yan Ji came in from the outside, saw her lover, and smiled charmingly. When he walked to his lover's side, he stretched out a pair of slender hands and wrapped his arms around his neck. Yang Peng turned his head and kissed her red lips. Yan Ji's eyes turned to the chart in Yang Peng's hand, and when she saw that there were many changes on the chart, she couldn't help asking, "What is Husband doing?" ”

Yang Peng looked at the chart in his hand and said, "There are many mistakes in this chart, let me correct it." ”

Yan Ji pointed to a new island marked on the chart and asked, "Is there an island here?" Yang Peng nodded and said with a smile: "This island is not small, in the center of this ocean. Yan Ji looked at Yang Peng and said with a smile: "Husband really knows everything!" The concubines are no longer surprised! ”

Yang Peng smiled, put down the chart, and reached out to hug Yan Ji to his lap, Yan Ji looked at her lover with affection. Yang Peng rubbed her soft waist and asked with a smile, "What did you do just now?" Yan Ji glanced at her lover and said angrily: "What else can I do, isn't it to sew up the clothes and pants that were torn by my husband last night?" Yang Peng couldn't help but think of the scene of these two nights, the alluring scene of ancient faces and modern lace complementing each other seemed to appear in front of him again, and he couldn't help but feel a wave in his heart. The palm of the hand that was close to Yan Ji's waist couldn't help but move downward, and there was a strong love fire in his eyes. When Yan Ji saw her lover's expression, she couldn't help but be emotional, and her beautiful eyes were full of affection and tenderness.

Yang Peng buried his face in Yan Ji's arms, and Yan Ji couldn't help but moan, like crying, swaying people's hearts. When Yang Peng heard this voice, he couldn't control himself anymore.

However, at this moment, footsteps were heard at the door. Yan Ji came back to her senses in shock, and quickly pushed her lover and left her lover's arms.

The figure at the door shook, and Wang Rong hurriedly walked in. Yan Ji couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when she saw that it was Wang Rong who came in. Yang Peng smiled and said to Yan Ji: "It's Sister Wang Rong, don't be afraid, let's continue!" Yan Ji glanced at her lover with disgust, and said, "Sister Wang Rong must have something serious to discuss with her husband!" When Wang Rong entered the room, she immediately felt an ambiguous atmosphere in the room, and couldn't help but think of the absurd things with her eldest brother in the past two days, and couldn't help but blush. Hearing the conversation between the eldest brother and his sister, he immediately confirmed his guess, glared at the eldest brother in annoyance, and said loudly: "Big brother, about those Tianzhu women, I have something to report to you." ”

Yang Peng put away his indecent smile and listened to her continue, only to hear her continue: "Only a small number of those Tianzhu women want to leave, and most of them want to stay in our Daming. ”

Yang Peng and Yan Ji couldn't help but show a look of surprise, and Chen Xiao asked, "Don't they even want to go home?" ”

Wang Rong said: "Tianzhu women have no status in Tianzhu, and life is very hard. The women of the aristocratic family are better, but the women of the ordinary commoner families are often harassed and even humiliated by the men around them! For many Tianzhu women, these two days of life are like being in heaven, and our kindness to them is something they have dreamed of in their lives but have never encountered, so they don't want to leave! Even those who want to leave are mostly women from aristocratic families, or miss their relatives at home! ”

Yang Peng couldn't help but think of the modern society, the widespread female female thousand female incident in India, and he was not surprised that the Tianzhu woman was unwilling to leave.

Wang Rong said: "There are more than 10,000 Tianzhu women who don't want to leave, what should we do with them?" ”

Yang Peng thought for a while, glanced at Yan Ji and Wang Rong, and asked with a smile, "What do you think should be done?" ”

Yan Ji said: "The concubines feel that they are all poor women, and their hometown must have become a wasteland!" How will they live when they go back? Since none of them want to leave, let them stay. Wang Rong nodded and said, "Sister is right, I think so too!" ”

Yang Peng smiled: "This is not a trivial matter. These more than 10,000 foreign women, who have no relatives and no reason in our Ming Dynasty, have nowhere to place them, do we have to be officially responsible for their daily life? That's not good! ”

Wang Rong said angrily: "Our Ming Empire is so huge, can't it accommodate more than 10,000 helpless women?" ”

Yang Peng shook his head and said: "It's not this problem, but we can't treat people of different races better than our own people, this is a matter of principle." Otherwise, whose court is the Ming court, the people are afraid that they will have an opinion! Our policies toward our own people cannot be applied to these aliens. This difference between intimacy and alienation must be clearly distinguished, and it cannot be self-righteous. ”

The two women glanced at each other and felt that what Yang Peng said seemed to be reasonable. Wang Rong frowned and said, "Don't we accept them to stay?" ”

Yang Peng pondered. Yan Ji said: "It's better to do this, they are still placed by the imperial court, but they are laborers imported from foreign countries by the state-owned departments of the imperial court, and I remember that many industries in our state-owned departments are short of manpower." ”

Wang Rong's eyes lit up, and she said excitedly: "Sister, this method is good!" Looking at Yang Peng, he said angrily: "In this way, they are only regarded as laborers plundered from foreign countries by the state-owned sector, and there should be no problem for them to work, right?" ”

Yang Peng smiled and nodded, "This is the best of both worlds." Seeing that Yang Peng agreed, Wang Rong immediately said excitedly: "I'll go and tell them the good news immediately!" So saying, he hurried down.

Yang Peng looked at Wang Rong's back and said with a smile; "Our sister Wang Rong is actually very kind-hearted!"

Yan Ji smiled: "It depends on who you treat." Sister Wang Rong launched a ruthless attack, which is also very amazing! Yang Peng's mind inexplicably jumped out of the crazy lingering scene last night, and he couldn't help but laugh.

Later that day, Jason hurriedly climbed the watchtower by the city wall, saw the back of His Majesty the Emperor, and hurriedly bowed: "Your Majesty! "He speaks Chinese, and although he doesn't understand Chinese, he has learned some basic vocabulary these days.

Yang Peng turned around and said with a smile: "This sentence is not bad in Chinese. Jason didn't understand, and he looked dazed. Yang Peng said in English: "I want to talk to you about the Western world today. Jason said respectfully, "Your Majesty, please." ”

Yang Peng said: "Do you all have to obey the will of the Pope in the Western world? ”

Jason shook his head and said, "That's not it, like this time when the Pope called for the Eastern Crusade of the Ming Dynasty, many people didn't come." There was only one Grand Duke of Philippe from France. And the Holy Roman Empire did not even show up a single soldier. ”

Yang Peng smiled: "It seems that I had some misunderstandings before, I thought that the Pope of Rome was equivalent to the co-lord of Western countries, and he could give orders to all countries." ”

Jason thought for a moment and said, "It can't be said that the Pope of Rome is the co-lord of all countries, nor can it be said that everyone doesn't take him seriously. Since the aristocracy and commoners were almost all Catholic, the will of the pope was still influential for all. And the kings and the various nobles, considering the influence of this faith, did not dare to openly oppose it, even if they did not want to obey the will of the pope. Even the Holy Roman Empire was no exception. ”

When Yang Peng heard him say this, he probably understood the position of Catholicism in the Western world. The Pope of Rome can be said to be the spiritual leader of the Western world, although he has no real power, but because he is the symbol of faith of almost all Westerners, he has influence on all countries. This is called theocracy.

Yang Peng glanced at Jason and said with a smile: "You always say the Holy Roman Empire, is the Holy Roman Empire the most powerful country in the Western world?" ”

Jason nodded without hesitation, and said with a look of awe: "Although the Holy Roman Empire has nothing to do with the ancient Roman Empire, it has almost reproduced the glory of the ancient Roman Empire!" His current territory stretches from the North Sea in the north, the Mediterranean Sea in the south, France to the west, and Poland to the east. Yang Peng showed a thoughtful look: 'Is Germany's territory so big?' It doesn't seem to be on the Mediterranean, right? Yang Peng doesn't know much about the geography of Europe, so he's not very sure about that. However, Yang Peng is sure that the territory of ancient Germany, that is, the Holy Roman Empire, was definitely not so wide, and it was actually much smaller than modern Germany, and she must have annexed many countries to develop to this extent.

Jason continued: "That alone is nothing, but the Holy Roman Empire, with the help of the Crusades, has occupied all the territories occupied by the former Moorish Egyptians on the southern shore of the Mediterranean, as well as most of the Arab world on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean. Today's Holy Roman Empire is a truly great empire! ”

Yang Peng's intelligence agents did not obtain such detailed information, at least he did not know that the Moors and Egyptians in northern Africa had been wiped out by the Holy Roman Empire. After hearing this, Yang Peng pondered for a moment and asked, "Have you seen the army of the Holy Roman Empire?" Jason nodded, with a look of awe on his face, and said, "I've never seen such an elite army!" ”

After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.