The clues to Zuli's hidden property were finally interrogated by Zhou Yangfan. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoIn the forest by the small lake, under a large tree with many leaves, several soldiers used hoes to dig open the floating soil on the surface, and an iron plate appeared in front of everyone's eyes, and the iron plate was lifted up, and what appeared in front of everyone's eyes was a staircase passage that extended all the way down.

"I'll go check it out first!" The horse monkey took his knife and was the first to walk down the stairs, followed by several guards. A moment later, the shouts of horse monkeys could be faintly heard inside.

"Your Majesty, I found it, I found it!"

The group waited, and then they entered the inside.

The passage was only afraid that it was dozens of zhang long, and everyone carried torches, all the way down, walking in the long passage, Zhou Li was shocked and said: "This Zuli is still a mouse, and he can't make a big deal about building this secret room, and I don't know how many years he has been tinkering with." ”

"Zuli is in his fifties, and he has been a pirate for decades, so if he has the heart to plan, it is not difficult." He Ying said.

As everyone walked, there was an ecstatic laughter of horse monkeys.

"Hahaha, we're rich!" Listening to this voice, it looks like madness.

Walking to the end of the passage, pushing open a wooden door, a stone secret room appeared in front of everyone's eyes, a three-foot-long and two-foot-wide box was placed in front of everyone, the horse monkey had already pried open one of them, looking at the things inside, it was Qin Feng, and he was a little dumbfounded.

The gold bars lay in the chest, shining with a faint golden light under the light of the torches.

Qin Feng pointed his finger at the remaining boxes, and the laughing horse monkey understood, and together with all the guards, the boxes were opened one by one, and what was presented in front of everyone was the accumulation of a pirate's life.

Boxes of gold bars, silver ingots, and jewels tarnished the torches in the dark room.

Picked up a gold bar and gently rubbed it in his hand, "Zuli is a heart, these things he snatched, and he took the trouble to melt them into these gold bars and silver ingots, but unfortunately in the end, he couldn't enjoy them, and he cheapened us." ”

Huo Guang's eyes were also a little straight, in his life, he had never seen so many gold spots, even when he was in charge of the military department, sometimes the money and things in his hands were millions of taels of silver, but after all, these were all numbers in the account books, and the things with yellow and white flowers in front of him had an impact.

"Being a pirate, so promising!" He sighed deeply, a pair of eyes swept around Ning Ergongzi's body, speaking of which, Zu Li is really not a particularly powerful pirate, like Ning Ergongzi's family, who is not only in the maritime trade business, but also a pirate, how rich should the family be!

Seeing that Huo Guang's gaze was a little unkind, Ning Ergongzi couldn't help but smile bitterly. He is a smart man, of course he understands the meaning of Huo Guang's vision.

"Master Huo, even our Ning clan can't take out so much real money and silver, Zu Li is a red strip that comes and goes without worry, but our Ning clan is a big family, there are many people, and there are so many subordinates who follow, just a shipyard, we have to invest a lot of money every year, except for real estate, land, and shops, if we Ning clan want to take out so much cash at one time, it really can't be taken out."

This is true, Huo Guang thinks about it, Qin Feng is still the emperor of a country, the treasury is still in deficit, and the inner treasury is often empty. The family is big, but the cost is also big, but this Zuli, like a groundhog, has accumulated a lifetime of property little by little, but in a blink of an eye, he has made a wedding dress for others.

"Horse monkey, count it and see how much the harvest will be?" Qin Feng was happy in his heart, but he had to maintain a little dignity in front of his subordinates, otherwise he really wanted to laugh out loud. With so much cash, the funds of the military port of Huludao can be regarded as settled, and Yu Cong's Taiping Shipyard can finally expand the second or even the third line.

Everyone left the secret room with Qin Feng and returned to the ground, sitting on the platform that extended into the lake, and their mood was even more comfortable.

"This secret room, I'm afraid it's under our feet right now." Huo Guang pointed to the surface of the lake and said with a smile: "This Zuli is really a person with a heart. In this life, when you are not a pirate, you are mostly a groundhog. ”

Everyone burst into laughter.

Zuli is like this, so how about Lu Lu? At this moment, everyone's hearts are hot. "Your Majesty, the minister doesn't hesitate to do so, Zuli, Lu Lu they are destroyed, the news will eventually get out, and if it drags on for a long time, it will inevitably let his subordinates get the news, roll up the gold and silver and run away." Zhou Li was a little impatient.

"It's okay, you and Yangfan, each lead the ship to set off, to sweep the nest of those pirates, He Ying, you also follow, these soldiers, basically have to follow you back in the future, it's good to get familiar with them now, by the way, you also know more about the performance of our warships, in the future, you will command such a warship!" Qin Feng smiled and said authentically.

He Ying's head was also hot, and he immediately responded to the order.

Zhou Li, who is now a fan of wealth, can't wait, and after getting Qin Feng's order, he turned around and left, Zhou Yangfan and He Ying also hurriedly followed.

The more money they make now, the more sailors they have, and there will be more warships and more sailors in the future, how can they not be in a hurry.

Looking at the hurried figures of a few people, everyone who stayed behind laughed knowingly.

After a few hours, the horse monkey came out of the ground happily.

"Your Majesty, those jewels or something, the last general is not a knowledgeable person, and I don't know how much it is worth, but those gold and silver, the last general has already counted more than two million taels." The horse monkeys were beaming.

Hearing this amount, Qin Feng couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded, in the battle of the Qin State, he risked the destruction of the nascent Ming Dynasty, and countless soldiers died, and he even went into battle shirtless, narrowly escaped death, and after the battle, the compensation extorted from the Qin State was only five million taels, and after the expenses, it can only be said that there was basically no loss.

Of course, this is not the case, and defeating the Qin State will bring more political significance and long-term benefits in the future.

Two million silver, as well as an unknown amount of jewelry, the Ming Dynasty, the final can be used is not only this amount, because with these real gold and silver at the bottom of the treasury, the Ming Taiping Bank can issue more banknotes, two million taels, it may become four million taels.

This trip to the sea is really worth it.

In the next few days, while waiting for Zhou Li and the others who went out to suppress bandits and make a fortune, he took Ning Zeyuan to every corner of Huludao, and he also had a general consideration of the scale here. After doing this, it is an important node in the Ming Dynasty, here, of course, not only to build a military port and garrison, but also to build a dock here, to repair damaged warships, to have enough immigrants to reclaim the land here, at least to be self-sufficient.

After returning home, he had to send officials from the Ministry of Industry to come over and make a detailed plan, and some of the experts in the Ministry of Industry made their own requests and asked them to make a detailed plan.

The captured pirates, naturally, can't stay here, that's to find trouble for themselves, they and those family members, all have to immigrate to Changyang County, and some of the ones that can be transformed are handed over to Zhou Li to retrain to enrich the Daming Water Division, and the unruly ones will be handed over to Ma Xiangnan, and let them go to the deep mountains and old forests to cut trees and cut down to death. Anyway, there is a shortage of people in Changyang County now, and there is a need for manpower everywhere.

As for the manpower needed here, we need to find another way, Ma Xiangnan is buying people from the Qin State, this is a way, and I also have to think of ideas from other places. After all, those Qin people were all brought by Ma Xiangnan, and it took even more effort to pry food from his mouth. With these things in his mind, he remembered some things that Ning Zeyuan had mentioned earlier.

"Far away, you said that in those island countries and city-states overseas, there are a lot of slaves that can be bought and sold?" He looked at Ning Ze from afar.

"Yes, Your Majesty, there are indeed quite a few slaves in those places." Ning Zeyuan nodded.

"This time, after you pass, when you come back, try to buy as many as you can." Qin Feng nodded, "The population needs to be enriched here, a large number of people." ”

Knowing Qin Feng's plan, Ning Zeyuan naturally understood. "I wonder what kind of people Your Majesty needs?"

"Naturally, it's better to drag the family." Qin Feng said: "Such a person has scruples and is easy to control. Half-grown boys can be more, don't look at the young now, in a few years, they will be strong laborers, and these people are also more likely to identify with my Daming, of course, the ratio of men and women, you look at the half. But don't be old. ”

"I understand." Ning Zeyuan nodded.

"Building a military port and turning this place into a pearl on the sea is just a matter of mouth, but if you really want to do it, it will be a long-term trouble, you have to think more about things here in the future, Huludao will be the location of the Yamen of the Maritime Safety Administration in the future, at least in the next few years, this will not change."

Ning Zeyuan nodded.

"After returning to Quanzhou, what else do you need to seize power, this time you go to sea, you also have to think carefully and understand, you can't let go of every detail, you need people, even if you put it forward, the court will select capable people you are satisfied with to assist you. The sooner we take this position, the better, and the more beneficial it will be for our future events. ”

"Don't hesitate to do anything, seize the day!" Qin Feng's eyes closed slightly: "The big war between Chu and Qi will inevitably be defeated, the vitality will be greatly damaged, and the threat to Qi will be reduced to the lowest in recent decades, and then, the strategic focus of Qi will very likely turn around to deal with our Daming, I think, at least three years, at most five years, our conflict with Qi will occur, we have to solve the affairs of Qin in these three to five years, and then we have the spare strength to fight with Qi Guo, the sooner the sailor is formed, the sooner it can become the help of my Daming." ”