Hengsha Island.

After a night of fierce fighting, the island was littered with mountains of corpses.

However, most of them are pirates, and there are very few sailors.

After all, they were caught off guard at the beginning, and the pirates' morale plummeted, and the army was defeated.

From the moment they broke up, all they had to do was catch up and stab.

If there are still big casualties in this way, the sailor should go home and wash and sleep.

After cleaning up the battlefield, Li Changhe did not order a retreat, but ordered people to loot all the gold and silver stored on the island.

"Master Li, don't you really want these beauties?"

Gao Renshan looked at the thousands of women who were caught and drooled.

"I said, I only want Han girls and children, and the rest will be yours."

Li Changhe glanced blankly.

He didn't have much interest in women, and what really made him passionate was leading troops into battle.

And asking for Han girls and children is just to take them back to be slaves for a few years, and then settle down for their beloveds and increase the population.

As for the exotic woman, then thank you for not being sensitive.

Gao Renshan gave a thumbs up and said, "Master Li is high-minded, then I'm not welcome." ”

Li Changhe smiled helplessly, and ordered the soldiers to escort all the captured pirates to the ship, and sail to the Fuzhou dock with those ships full of gold, silver and jewelry.

"With this money, plus those of Gou Yong, the bereavement rewards for the soldiers can be regarded as completely lost."

Li Changhe knows that his brother-in-law has a lot of headaches in order to relieve financial pressure.

At this moment, several large ships suddenly appeared on the horizon.

He hurriedly asked people to investigate, and learned that it was a smuggling ship from the South Seas that had specially transited on Hengsha Island.

Li Changhe smiled slightly and ordered: "Let them come to the shore, and then detain them all." ”

What people didn't expect was that it wasn't just this smuggling caravan, but batch after batch.

In just a few moments, there were more than a dozen caravans from various countries.

All of them are temporarily transiting on Hengsha Island.

The sailor is welcome, come and detain one.

It didn't take long for an extra million taels of silver to be collected into the bag.

Li Changhe was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth.

After asking the pirate captives, I learned that there were many smuggling ships that transited on Hengsha Island every day.

Just by collecting tolls, you can earn a lot of money.

This is also the reason why Lin Sangun's strength is stronger than Gou Yong.

After conspiring with Gao Renshan, Li Changhe decided to leave thousands of officers and soldiers to pretend to be pirates and continue to detain the smuggling boats that had come over for transit without knowing the truth.

He himself set sail and returned with a full load.

Jiang Ning received the news at the governor's yamen and looked up to the sky and laughed.

Not only were the pirates of the East China Sea completely wiped out, but they also obtained a lot of gold and silver property.

The pressure on military spending has been greatly eased.

Jiang Ning happily ran to the study, picked up He Yuyao, who was still immersed in official business, and sat on his lap.

He Yuyao didn't react for a while, and subconsciously exclaimed.

When he found that it was Jiang Ning looking at him with a smile on his face, he breathed a sigh of relief and slapped his chest lightly.

"My lord is a rare joy today.

Let the concubine guess that it should be Lord Li's victorious return. ”

He Yuyao's eyes flowed, and she looked at her lover with affection.

"My Yao'er is smart, that's exactly what happened.

And not only did the pirates settle down, but they also got a lot of gold and silver for nothing, so there was no need to worry about military expenses for the time being. ”

Jiang Ning pinched the beauty's greasy and crystalline face.

It can be broken by blowing, and it is so delicate that it seems to be able to pinch out water.

He Yuyao's eyebrows and eyes were crooked, her smile was like a flower, and the tenderness in her eyes turned into a pool of spring water.

She was not so happy about the victory, but happy at the title in Jiang Ning's mouth.

Although she is tender and sweet all day long, you and me, every time she hears this kind of words, her heart still trembles, and she can't extricate herself.

In He Yuyao's view, this is one of the most intuitive manifestations of Jiang Ning's love for her.

"Congratulations to the concubine, congratulations to the master.

Now the stone in my heart can be regarded as falling. ”

He Yuyao said with a smile.

"Then how does Yao'er want to congratulate the master? You can't just talk about it. ”

Jiang Ning held her white and smooth soft and put it in the palm of her hand to play with it gently.

He Yuyao pouted and thought about it, suddenly her beautiful eyes lit up, she picked up the teacup on the table, and said coquettishly:

"Master, do you remember that at the beginning, the concubine said how to drink tea to make it more delicious?"

Jiang Ning was stunned, and then showed a wicked smile, and said, "Of course I remember, but at that time, the old man didn't know what to do, and he couldn't taste Yao'er's imported tea." ”

He Yuyao laughed out with a "poof" and said angrily:

"Master, this new word is really appropriate.

Speaking of which, it's the first time the concubine has tried it, and she didn't do it well, so the old man didn't laugh. ”

She was about to put the teacup on her thin pink lips, when she suddenly remembered something, and shouted to the outside: "Red sleeves, green bamboo, guard the door, don't let people in." ”

"Yes, ma'am."

Outside the study, the red sleeves and the green bamboo glanced at each other and responded delicately.

"Say, how long are we going to keep this time?"

Green Bamboo leaned over and whispered.

"Who knows, the old lady is interested, I'm afraid I won't be able to rest for an afternoon."

As the two women talked, they couldn't help but become shy.

Capital.

Zhu Houzhao received the good news from Jiangning Kuaima and was extremely excited.

"Good, good!"

He slapped the dragon case several times in a row, and his eyebrows flew and said:

"Jiang Shiyu really didn't disappoint me, and in a short period of time, he swept away the pirates and pirates of the East China Sea one after another.

I knew he could do it, and no one would be as good as he was!

Hehe, in the future, I will open the sea, and there will be no obstacles! ”

"Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty!

In the hands of His Majesty, my Ming Dynasty is becoming stronger and stronger, and the country is becoming more and more prosperous, which is really gratifying! ”

Liu Jin said joy with a smile on his face, covering the haze in his eyes.

In the past few months, he relied on the authority in his hands to attract and install many cronies and officials in the outer court, and completely formed his own faction.

It can be said that except for the high-ranking and powerful Jiang Ning, no one can compare to him.

Even Jiao Fang, Li Dongyang, and Yang Tinghe, the three scholars, bowed their heads to him intentionally or unintentionally, acquiescing to many of his political strategies.

In addition, he also belittled a lot of old ministers in the Hongzhi period, and severely cracked down on the powerful patriarchs in the past.

It can be described as a spring breeze.

"Hehe, you don't have to praise me so much, it's all because of Jiang's assistant that I have today's achievements."

Zhu Houzhao waved his hand with a smile.

Liu Jin hurriedly flattered: "That's not Your Majesty's insight and talent, reusing and promoting Lord Jiang, and giving him strong support."

Under the harmony of monarchs and ministers, there can be such great martial arts. ”

Zhu Houzhao listened, the smile on his face was even worse, and he said happily:

"I have to hurry up and share this good news with Wanning, and then let her tell Sister Yun'er, they will be very happy to think about it."

Liu Jinqiang put up a smile and said, "Your Majesty is very right. ”

At this moment, a small yellow door ran in and reported: "Your Majesty, Mahmud, Sultan of Manraka asks to see you." ”

Zhu Houzhao frowned and said unhappily: "What is this old man doing again?" Didn't I say that when the time came, I would help him return to the country. ”

Liu Jin said with a smile: "Your Majesty, Xu is that he has also received the news of the great victory, so he rushed to ask His Majesty to send troops." ”

"Humph! Let him in. ”

After a while, an old man of medium stature in strange clothes walked in tremblingly.

Then he threw away his crutches, knelt on his knees and kowtowed:

"Your Majesty, Xiao Wang heard that the Celestial Empire had won a great victory in the southeast, and in just a few months, he not only swept away the pirates, but also wiped out the pirates.

The power of the artillery of the naval division is really rare in the world.

It is the courage of Xiao Wang to ask His Majesty to send troops again to drive away those Westerners, and return me to the peace of the people! ”

With that, Mahmoud kowtowed to the ground a few more times.

The sound was thumping.

"Alright, alright, hurry up."

Zhu Houzhao hurriedly asked Xiao Huangmen to help him up.

He really felt sorry for his floor.

"This, alas, Manraka, as a subordinate of my Ming Dynasty, and as the Son of Heaven, I should send troops to help you restore the country.

It's just that now the treasury is really empty and can't withstand the toss of the ocean. ”

Zhu Houzhao was very embarrassed.

As far as he is concerned, he doesn't care about the life or death of a small subject.

On the contrary, what is more important is the rebellion of the king of Shu.

Therefore, in Zhu Houzhao's thoughts, he asked Jiang Ning to go to Shu immediately after ending the war.

How can I have time to send troops to Manraka.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty is gracious!"

Mahmoud was in tears, and he had to kneel down and kowtow again.

"Wait a minute, stand for me."

Zhu Houzhao hurriedly stopped.

Mahmoud was stunned, suppressed his crying, and stood still not daring to move.

I saw that Zhu Houzhao suddenly picked up the note written by Jiang Ning and flipped the content to the second half.

Here are his statements about the geographical location of the Manraka Strait and its importance to open sea trade.

He even said that if there was no Manraka Strait, most of the sea would be wasted if the sea was opened.

In this regard, Zhu Houzhao had to think twice.

He knew that Jiang Ning would not lie to him.

That being said, it must be very, very important.