More than a dozen merchant ships with broken rudders dropped anchor and drifted on the sea, there was a dead silence on the ship, and there was no one in sight, originally the pirates on these ships were all concentrated by Zuli to attack the Taiping and Changyang ships, and now, these people are either dead or have become prisoners. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Stepping on the merchant ship, stacks of wooden boxes were stacked neatly, and everyone was excited to see it, in their eyes, it was all money.

Reaching out to pull open the lid of a box, the monkey let out a soft sigh, and everyone stepped forward, filled with silk, and the bright silk almost dazzled everyone's eyes.

The silk of the Chu State is not a luxury in Daming now, because of the great governance of Izumo County, Geng Jingming transported a large amount of silk into Daming, and the price of expensive silk in the past plummeted, but even so, it was not something that ordinary people could afford to wear.

"Your Majesty, silk is not uncommon in Daming now, but when it is shipped overseas, it is several times or even ten times the profit."

"So tall?" Qin Feng was taken aback, even those masks and perfumes that Shu Chang made were just this profit.

"That's true, the sea trade is extremely risky, not only to deal with the country's government, but also to face the robbery of pirates, but also to depend on God's luck, if the luck is not good, a big storm, it is enough to make you lose all your money, so over the years, some small maritime merchants have either gone bankrupt, or attached to the big clans like Ning and Zhou in order to get a piece of the pie, the financial capital is not abundant, and they can't afford to play this at all." Zhou Li explained.

"In addition to silk, the most popular overseas is porcelain, tea, porcelain is more profitable, but it is a vulnerable cargo, so among the ten ships of goods, there are at most one or two ships of porcelain, but like silk, tea and the like, of course, there are some other daily groceries, but they are all added to the rudder."

"Let's go and have a look at each boat." Qin Feng went to inspect his spoils with great interest, and sure enough, as Zhou Li said, in addition to a large amount of silk and tea, there were also two boats of porcelain.

"Zhou Li, tell me, if these things are sold overseas, how many silver taels can you get in the end?" Qin Feng asked, when Zhou Li was in the Ning Clan, he had gone through many such sea trades, so he could naturally estimate the value of these things.

"About a million taels of silver." Zhou Li pondered for a moment and said a number, which startled Qin Feng.

Glancing at Qin Feng, Zhou Li continued: "The last general said that it was the final profit, these dozen merchant ships, in the end, they had to get one million taels of silver. ”

Qin Feng shuddered for a moment, for himself, it doesn't seem to cost much, if you insist on talking about the cost, it is to fight this battle, a few soldiers were killed in the battle, and some were injured, which requires some compensation, and then the Taiping ship and the Changyang ship were shot by a heavy crossbow A few holes need to be repaired, relative to the income, it is simply a drop in the bucket.

"Sure enough, robbery is the easiest way to get rich!" Qin Feng said with emotion.

A soldier hurried over, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, there are many people found in the bilge of a merchant ship, as if they were from the original caravanserais. ”

"Haven't they been killed yet?" Qin Feng's eyes widened strangely, there were a lot of dead bodies floating in the sea before.

"Your Majesty, the people who were killed were all armed guards, these, or just some ordinary boatmen, these people, for pirates, are also property!" Zhou Li said with a smile.

"Oh, what does that mean?"

"Every time they rob, the pirates will also have casualties, so they also need to replenish their manpower, this is one, and second, even if they don't need to be replenished, if they are transported overseas, they can be sold as slaves, and if there are literate and skilled traders, they will be worth a lot of money!" Zhou Lidao.

"I see." Qin Feng said thoughtfully: "We are going to swallow this batch of goods, but now the bitter master has appeared, Zhou Li, how can this be good?" ”

Zhou Li smiled: "Your Majesty, we are now pirates. The implication is very clear, it is natural to kill people and kill people. Kill it cleanly, and if there is no bitter master, there will naturally be no explanation.

Qin Feng was very satisfied with Zhou Li's statement, of course, he didn't want to kill people, but was satisfied with Zhou Li's position.

"It doesn't matter if you kill them or not, let's go and see these people." Qin Feng smiled and said authentically.

He doesn't care about the bitter lord at all, he doesn't care if he is a real pirate, and as the emperor of Great Qin, he doesn't care even more. Could it be that the Quanzhou Ning clan dared to come to Daming to ask him for money? If you really dare to come, then this Quanzhou Ning's brain must have entered the water and turned into a mess.

Rob it, grab it, what do you dare?

Nearly 200 people were driven out of the bilge with their hands and feet, and the fresh air did not make them happy, and many even broke out in tears.

There is only one possibility to bring them up before they reach their destination, and that is to kill them.

At sea, killing people is as casual as killing chickens, and not enough food or water is enough for pirates to abandon them.

Trembling and squatting on the deck by the soldiers of the death battalion, they didn't even dare to raise their heads, they didn't even know that by now, they had changed masters.

In this sea, if you become the prey of pirates, you can only accept your fate, there is no way to escape, and life and death are fate.

Looking at these people, Qin Feng couldn't help but sigh, these people are really lucky, they met themselves, if they didn't come, they would probably become slaves in a strange area, but when they met themselves, they had the opportunity to return to their homeland.

"Horse monkeys, untie their ropes! Tell them that they won't die. Qin Feng whispered to the horse monkey beside him.

The horse monkey nodded, walked to the front, choked and drew the knife, and the captives in the front row heard the sound of the knife coming out of the sheath, and immediately collapsed on the ground and cried, crying out for mercy.

The horse monkey frowned, his face full of disdain. As soon as the cold light flashed, the rope that bound this man had been cut, and the other soldiers of the death battalion did the same, pulling out their knives and cutting the ropes on these people.

The captives raised their heads a little dazedly, and it was only then that they realized that the current group of people was no longer the previous group of pirates, and a small number of people even saw two huge ships moored in the sea not far away, and the black flame flags fluttering on the bow of the ships.

"Zhou Li, Uncle Zhou!" In the crowd, a surprise sounded, with an incredible voice. A man suddenly stood up from the ground.

Zhou Li was stunned, looked up at the man, and the man was also running towards him, a guard standing next to him stretched his legs, and immediately tripped the man, the man fell to the ground heavily, but jumped up again, at the same time, next to the man, several people stood up, and actually guarded the young man in the middle.

"Second son!" Zhou Li's single eye also flashed with an incredible look. "How are you? How did you go to sea in person? ”

"Who is this man?" Qin Feng asked in a low voice.

"Your Majesty, this person is the second son of the Ning family. In the Ning family, he got along well with the last general. Zhou Li said in a low voice.

"Well, you come to entertain him, treat him politely, don't reveal my identity, I want to hear some specific information about this Ning clan!" Qin Feng said in a low voice.

"The Admiral understands." Zhou Li nodded again and again.

Qin Feng made a look, the horse monkey immediately understood what Qin Feng meant, waved his hand, and the warrior who was blocking Ning Ergongzi's side dodged sideways, and Ning Ergongzi staggered to Zhou Li's side, looking at him with eyes full of surprise and incredulity.

"Uncle Zhou, I didn't expect it to be you, it was you who saved me!" The feeling of the rest of his life after the catastrophe made Ning Ergongzi's eyes a little red.

"Leader Zhou, why are you? How did you end up here? Those two ships are yours? An old man who followed Ning Er Gongzi looked at Zhou Li, his eyes flashing with a vigilant light.

"Lao He!" Looking at the person in front of him, Zhou Li laughed, "You and the second son are both nobles, why are you dressed like this?" ”

Ning Ergongzi and Zhou Li's mouth, Lao He, were wearing ordinary boatmen's sackcloth, and their faces were also blackened, mixed in a large group of boatmen, if they hadn't deliberately called out, Zhou Li was afraid that they would never have thought that they would be mixed in.

"What if you don't? If they knew the identity of the second son, how could the second son still be alive? Lao He sighed.

"That's not necessarily, Zu Li is not a fool, if he knows the identity of the second son, I am afraid that he will provide for it well, so that he can extort a huge amount of ransom from the lord again, the Ning family is not famous on the mainland, but at sea, it is famous." Zhou Li looked at Lao He puzzled.

"You can't let this news go back, if you let this news go back to the mainland, then the second son will ......" Lao He suddenly stopped.

Zhou Li's eyes flashed, staring at Lao He.

Knowing that he couldn't hide it from Zhou Li, a person who had been in the Ning clan for many years, Lao He could only sigh again: "The old man is sick, and now there is a discussion within the family about who will be in charge of the Ning clan's big ship." ”

Zhou Li suddenly understood.

The second son of the Ning family, the youngest son of Master Ning, has always been favored by the master, at least Zhou Li knows that when he was still in the Ning family, the master wanted to pass on the position of the head of the family to the second son, but the eldest son is much older than the second son, and he has also gone to sea many times before, and he has a lot of followers. When he was in the Ning family, the second son deliberately got close to him, and he also had the intention of wooing himself. It's just that I ended up running away.

"I see!" Zhou Li nodded knowingly.

"Zhou Li, are you now?" Lao He's eyes were on the two warships in the distance, and those pirate ships were now lying on the surface of the sea as if they were dead.

Zhou Li smiled, "Second son, Lao He, I really didn't expect us to meet in such a scene, you go to wash and wash first, change into clean clothes, let's talk about it in detail, okay?" ”