After listening to Zhu Kun's account of the situation on Dongsha Island, Xu Jin was almost sleepless all night, and planned to set sail for the sea early the next morning and rush to Dongsha Island in person, but at this time a very unpleasant thing happened.

Originally, the Xixi Inspection Division also had more than a dozen bow ships, but due to disrepair and poor maintenance, only two bow clippers were left to use, and the only three-masted bird ship could not even stand the deck of people walking on it, and the plank broke as soon as it was stepped on. Just ask such a ship, Xu Jinna dared to go to sea, if it disintegrated on the sea halfway, then a boatload of people would have to be buried in the sea.

Although there were still two clippers available, the size of the clippers was too small to carry a hundred brethren from the 500 battalion, and the clippers were okay to cruise in the coastal waters, but it was a bit risky to sail out into the sea.

In the end, there was no way, Xu Jin could only transfer two centipede ships from the Salt Transportation Division, and it was not until noon that he had to set sail for the sea. Xu Zhen, the judge of the Salt Transportation Division, originally wanted to go to sea with him, but Xu Jin refused, so he led the Salt Ding to assist the Inspection Division in defending and beware of the recurrence of the Japanese invaders.

The centipede boat is also known as the crab boat, up to 20 meters, more than three meters wide, there are rows of oars on both sides of the boat, it looks like a centipede, sail when there is wind, make oars when there is no wind, the speed is very fast, so the pirates also use this centipede boat more, come and go like the wind when looting, regardless of the wind and headwind, can quickly escape.

At about 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the two centipede boats finally arrived at Dongsha Island with Xu Jin and others. Xu Jin first visited the wounded brothers of the 500 battalion, and then arranged the compensation of the war dead, and then followed Zhu Kunqi and Jingtong and others to the cave.

Xiao is Xu Jin had already been mentally prepared, but after seeing the mountains of various items piled up in the cave, he was still taken aback, and asked, "Old Qi, have these things been counted?" ”

Qi Jingtong grinned and said: "It's just a rough inventory, 8,000 taels of gold, 60,000 taels of silver, 10 boxes ......of copper coins, 2,000 horses of silk, 5,000 horses of cloth, and more than 10,000 catties of various medicinal materials."

Listening to the series of numbers reported by Qi Jing, Xu Jin couldn't help but his eyelids jumped, how many unconscionable things did this group of pirates do to accumulate such a huge amount of wealth.

Zhu Kun said with a cold face: "This official has long heard that the cloth, medicinal materials, copper coins and other items of our dynasty are extremely popular in the Wa Kingdom, and the value can be increased several times, or even more than ten times after being transported to the Wa Kingdom. ”

Xu Jin nodded thoughtfully, if a group of pirates had robbed a large amount of gold and silver, he would still believe it, but with such a large amount of medicine and cloth piled up in the cave in front of him, it was definitely not something that a group of pirates had the ability to collect.

Xu Jin walked to a box of copper coins, reached out and scooped up a handful, these copper coins are yellow and clear, and the condition is very good, without exception, they are all brand new Xuande Tongbao, the same as the dozen or so that he picked up on the beach.

Zhu Kun also walked over and grabbed a handful of copper coins, and said angrily: "These are privately minted copper coins, how can this be reasonable, the bold dog thief even dares to mint copper coins privately, hateful!" Not killing is not enough to correct the law and discipline of the country. ”

Xu Jin couldn't help asking: "Why do these outlaws only cast Xuande Tongbao instead of Hongzhi Tongbao?" ”

Zhu Su shook his head and said: "This official doesn't know, it is estimated that Xuande Tongbao is more valuable in the Wa Kingdom, it is said that the value of our Ming copper coins in the Wa Kingdom can be increased by four or five times, and a thousand Wen Yuan is exchanged for four taels of silver." ”

Xu Jin couldn't help but move in his heart, he had long heard that Japan was rich in silver, it seems that the Japanese body at this time is really silver and copper, if the Ming Dynasty can open the sea ban and trade freely with the Japanese people, Japan's silver is not flowing to the Ming Dynasty in an uproar.

"Didn't you say that you captured two pirate leaders alive, and did you interrogate them? Have you ever found out where the stolen goods came from? Xu Jin asked.

Qi Jingtong spread his hands regretfully and said: "The pirate leader Chen Sipan was seriously injured and is still unconscious, so it is estimated that it will be difficult to survive. In addition, the third boss is called Shen Laoqi, who is a soft bone, and he has recruited all the money before he is executed, and has already admitted that these goods were sent by the merchants and gentry of the coastal states and counties, and they are responsible for selling these goods to the Japanese people, and the accounts will be divided into seven minutes afterwards. However, Shen Laoqi didn't know which businessmen and gentry these goods belonged to, because it had always been Chen Sipan and Chen Dong's two uncles and nephews who were responsible for connecting with those people. ”

Zhu Yun's eyes were cold and said: "How can such a large number of medicinal materials and cloths be traced, as long as you work hard to track down, you will definitely be able to find out, Lord Xu, this official is willing to take over this case." ”

After Zhu Kun finished speaking, he looked at Xu Jin with burning eyes, Xu Jin sighed secretly, this case is definitely very widely implicated in a investigation, I can't say how many heads will fall to the ground, and it will cut off the livelihood of many people, but this case involves private coins, which is not trivial, so naturally I can't help but investigate, so I nodded and said: "Okay, Zhu County Order, Ben Qin will order you to investigate this case thoroughly, and the Xixi Inspection Department will also temporarily serve as an inspector." ”

Zhu Kun was overjoyed when he heard this, he also understood that once the case was investigated, it would definitely offend the local gentry and wealthy families, and the resistance would be very huge. ”

Xu Jin said: "Brother Zichun is serious, by the way, the goods and money here and Brother Lao Zichun thoroughly counted them once, and then registered them." ”

Zhu Kun arched his hand and said, "The lower official obeys the order." ”

Qi Jingtong coughed lightly and said, "My lord, there are still some things you have to take a look at here." ”

Xu Jin looked at Qi Jingtong and Xie Erjian suspiciously, Xie Erjian waved his hand, and several five hundred battalion soldiers carried out two inconspicuous wooden boxes from the corner.

When the lid of the wooden box was opened, Xu Jin and Zhu Kun blurted out in shock: "Firearms!" ”

I saw that the two wooden boxes contained some firearms such as firearms and mines, but they looked extremely dilapidated, and the firearms were rusty, and some of them were even broken.

Xie Erjian bent down and took two firearms and knocked them together, and the rust on them fell one after another, rising a puff of yellow smoke. Xie Erjian pointed to the corner and said, "There are still seven or eight boxes over there, in addition to the fire guns and the Lianzhu guns, etc., they are all defective products." ”

Xu Jin's face became extremely solemn, the imperial court has always been very strict in the control of firearms, every firearm is engraved with an inscription, and it is registered, there are still people who dare to smuggle firearms?

Zhu Kun also picked up a rusty firearm and looked at it carefully, and said in a deep voice: "This is made by the Nanjing Ordnance Bureau, and the Ordnance Bureau should be able to find out which guard this batch of firearms is assigned to." ”

Xu Jin nodded with a grim face, and there seemed to be a ball of anger burning in his chest, damn it, he can tolerate the combat effectiveness of the coastal guard post like shit, but he can't tolerate these bastards eating inside and out, and even firearms can be smuggled to the Japanese people for the sake of silver, these bastards with no bottom line are really fucking damned!

Xu Jin was both angry and afraid, if the flintlock pistol was also used by this group of bastards to exchange money with the Japanese people in the future, he really didn't dare to imagine what kind of disaster the wouldn't bring to Daming if the flintlock pistol was mastered.

No, we must definitely find out these scum in the army, and we will not hesitate to exterminate our families and clans, and this trend must not be long, cut him a thousand or hundreds of people, and see who the fuck dares to smuggle firearms to foreign countries.