Li Jing did not participate in the final slaughter, but sitting in the center of the castle, in the meeting hall in the tower that towered into the sky, he faintly listened to the whole process. In the rain curtain on the island, there was a constant noise, the sound of strong bows and crossbows, and the muffled sound of arrows entering the body. There was also the crisp sound of a spear breaking, and the screeching of horizontal knives. and "Revenge for the old boss!" "Kill all the lackeys of the Feng clan!" "Kill the remnants of the Feng clan!" The scream.

Li Jing was able to sketch in his mind the scene that was happening outside, he was sitting by the brazier, wearing only a thin white middle coat, his eyes slightly closed as if he was asleep, listening intently. He heard his footsteps galloping, and the water and blood on the ground splashed by his boots. The muffled sound of the horizontal knife slashing on the cowhide wooden shield, the sharp sound of gold and iron, the thunderclap of the bowstring, and the rumble of shouting and killing.

The people of the island were faltering, either scolding and roaring unyieldingly, or begging for mercy in their voices. Some are still retreating, and some have died in the streets. Li Jing seemed to hear the voice of Yellowbeard, who was directing some pirates to carry a large amount of captured supplies. He seemed to hear Liu Shouqian and Zhang Chengzong among them, shouting to the hundreds of slaves and their families who had just been rescued by Li Jing's knife: "You have been pardoned by the nobles for capital crimes, and now those who want to live come with me, come with me!" Then he heard the doors of the warehouses creak open, and countless pirates and slaves began to wrap large and small bags of supplies in straw oiled paper and carry them to the docks in the rain.

The voice faded until it died down, and only the occasional wail of pain came from a corner. The heavy rain gradually weakened, but there was still a white rain and fog between the sky and the earth.

When Liu Shouqian and Zhang Chengzong came back, they were no longer the original clothes. They changed into a set of leather robes copied from the house. He also put a long wide cloak over his body. He wears a phoenix wing hood on his head. When they returned, Li Jing was awakened by the sound of footsteps and woke up from his sleep. As soon as he woke up, Li Jing immediately felt a little sore all over his body. Last night, I fought in the torrential rain for half a night, and the weather was just the beginning of February, and the rain was biting cold. I didn't care about that when I was fighting, I just rested by the fire and fell asleep tired, and now I woke up. Immediately, all kinds of soreness, and even a hot forehead, actually launched a low-grade fever.

Li Jing struggled to sit down, and when he saw that the faces of the two were covered with blood, he couldn't help asking, "Are you injured?" ”

Liu Shouqian stretched out his hand and touched his face, and said with a smile: "I have nothing to do, this is not my blood, it is estimated that it is the blood of those Khitan dog slaves." ”

"What's going on?" Li Jing asked in surprise.

"It's not a big deal, it's just that among that group of slaves, there are more than a dozen Khitan dogs. Lao Tzu began to think that they were also slaves, so he was defenseless. When at the docks. They actually tried to grab the boat and escape. I gave my brothers a chase and almost let them escape. Later, I learned that these Khitans were not slaves, but guards recruited by the Feng family to supervise slaves. ”

Li Wei, Duan Shan and a large group of people, covered in mud, walked in in embarrassment. However, everyone's expressions were very happy, and as they walked, they laughed loudly and colorfully. Li Wei and Duan Shan were in front, Fifth Shu and Zhao Jiang were behind, and Wang Shi was also behind. The ten young children of the Xiao family also followed behind very naturally, talking and laughing with Li Wei as they walked, and the group of people laughed non-stop. If it weren't for Li Jing being awake now, he would really think that this was a dream.

The ten gentlemen of the Xiao family, how could they fight so hotly with Li Wei's gang at once, it seems that they are almost hooked up and called brothers.

The fifth concubine's body was muddy, and his deep body was still steaming, he walked in front of Li Jing, grinned and showed two rows of big white teeth and said with a smile: "General, we have made a fortune!" ”

One of the Xiao family's gentlemen, the tall and thin, looked a little thin among the ten, but Xiao Kai, who was the obvious leader among the ten, smiled: "General, this time it's really worth it." I did the math, this trip, I made a lot of money. I looked at the seized materials, and the gold, silver, and copper coins alone amounted to 170,000 yuan. And those silk and linen cloth and silk and mirror silk are a great fortune, and I estimate that these are the profits of the Shaw family in the town of Duli, and they have stored him on Cat Island, but they do not want to be our seizures, which are worth 600,000 taels of copper. In addition, there are 300 stones of tea, 500 stones of pepper, 800 stones of frosting sugar, and 100 stones of various spices. ”

"These things are much more valuable than food, I have seen the tea, only a small part of them is known as the world's first tea in Jiannan Yazhou's Mengding Shihua small square tea group, and Huzhou Guzhu's purple bamboo shoot tea, which is known as the world's second. Most of the 300 stone tea leaves are relatively ordinary tea produced by Fuliang, which is only the lower grade of tea, and belongs to the ordinary people's drinking commodities. But even so, these tea leaves are still very valuable, Mengding tea is worth 20 yuan per catty, and purple bamboo shoot tea can also be worth 18 guan a catty. Even if it is an ordinary low-grade Fuliang tea, it is expensive as 500 yuan per catty, according to 500 catties per penny, these 300 stone tea leaves are worth 18,000 yuan, if you count those excellent teas, these 300 stone tea are worth at least 20,000 yuan. ”

Xiao Kai is worthy of being the son of the first scholar clan in Jiangnan, and when it comes to these maritime trade commodities, it is the first thing to say. "And the five hundred stone pepper is also a very valuable thing, our Datang has always liked to eat Hu food, especially love to eat mutton, mutton is fishy, you must use pepper and other spices to remove the fishy. This pepper is not eaten every day, but every day. However, my Middle Earth Datang does not produce this thing, and all the pepper has to be transported from the Western Regions, so it is extremely expensive. At that time, Xuanzong Dynasty was one of the top ten festival envoys in the world, the son-in-law of Wang Zhonghei, the prime minister of the most saintly favor when he was the emperor, and when his house was raided, his family had copied out the 800 stones he hoarded nearly 100,000 catties of pepper. Even the emperor's once most trusted prime minister hoarded so much pepper, which shows the value of this item. And because this thing is easy to store, it cannot be damaged, and it will not depreciate, so it is very valuable for storage. ”

"And how much is this pepper worth?" The surname of the fifth Shu is very strange, and the surname is fifth. It is said that he was related to the fifth Qi, the prime minister of Suzong, and was his collateral descendant. Tracing back further, his ancestor was surnamed Tian during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and he was famous for doing business, and later when he came to the Warring States Period, he directly exiled the monarch of Qi and became the monarch himself. Known as Tian Qi in history. Later, Qin destroyed the Six Kingdoms. Liu Bang unified the Central Plains again. Fearful of Tian's ability to do business, he ordered the Tian clan to be forcibly split into eight surnames, the first, the second, and the eighth, and moved them from Shandong to Guanzhong.

However, although they have changed their surnames, these descendants of the Tian family have inherited business minds. For example, when the Fifth Qi was the prime minister, he once presided over the financial currency reform of the Suzong Dynasty. And this descendant of the Fifth Qi, who is now the fifth concubine who has already fallen in the middle of the family, although he has a strong body like a tiger and wolf. But there is also a shrewd heart that is unknown to others. When it comes to money, he's more sensitive than anyone else. Before, he once led his subordinates to cut off the left ear of the corpse on the battlefield, packed a bag and brought it to Li Jing to ask for a reward.

Xiao Kai chuckled: "Pepper has become a necessity for the people just like tea." From the princes and nobles to the small people, none of them can do without him. And pepper is no better than tea Datang itself, this thing is all transported from the Western Regions, whether it is by the Silk Road, or by the Dongyi Sea Road in Guangzhou. It's a lot of work, and the price is naturally expensive. A pound of pepper is three to four times as much as a pound of tea. The discount price is almost always five to two pounds. There are 800 stones here, which is 96,000 catties, and according to 1,500 wen per catty, that is also 144,000 catties. ”

"In addition, frosting and spices are also very valuable." Xiao Kai also sighed, as if those materials were his. "The most we can see in Datang now are brown sugar and sugar sand. For example, this kind of frost candy, which is as white as frost and snow, is very troublesome to process, and the price is even higher, and it has always been only used by the emperors and concubines in the palace, as well as those princes and nobles. One pound of frosting sugar can be worth one pound of tea, and 800 stone frosting sugar is worth nearly 50,000 yuan. And the 100 stone spices, I have seen, contain agarwood, wisteria, elemi, camphor, Suhe, benzoin, Java, frankincense, myrrh, cloves, green wood, patchouli, jasmine oil, rose perfume, tulips, ahmad, true incense and other spices. In terms of value, it should be five to ten times more expensive than pepper, these are mostly purchased from Zhenla and other places south of Funan, and even from the Western Regions, if a hundred stone of spices are processed, they can be worth at least ten to twenty guan, or even thirty or fifty guan a catty, and this batch of spices is conservatively estimated to be worth at least 200,000 guan. ”

The fifth Shu stood to the side, his eyes were shining, and he was desperately calculating with a few fingers like bear paws, and there were words in his mouth. Gold, silver and copper coins are worth 170,000 guan, silk, linen, silk, mirror silk and other silk are worth 600,000 guan, tea is worth 20,000 guan, pepper is worth 144,000 guan, frosting sugar is worth 50,000 guan, and spices are worth 200,000 guan. Add it up, how much, how much? ”

Xiao Kai chuckled and reported on the side: "One hundred and eighty-four thousand, an approximate number." ”

A gasp sounded in the hall, and everyone had an expression of disbelief. Even Li Jing was shocked by this added number, although these materials are worth so much, it does not mean that Li Jing can get so much. First of all, he had to share the spoils with Zhen Donghai, and then most of the materials he got were materials, which had to be sold through some special channels to exchange for money. But Rao is so, and Li Jing was also surprised by this figure that exceeded one million. Damn, this is a million yuan, not a million dollars.

The Tang Dynasty is now only minting 330,000 yuan a year, and he and Zhen Donghai have broken a private island that the Feng clan has been operating for 60 years, and they actually copied a huge amount of millions of yuan?

Crazy, Li Jing feels a little crazy now.

In the face of this huge amount of materials, the 50,000 ordnance that was taken back, the batch of ordnance that had just been divided with Zhendonghai, and the 300 war horses, seemed to have suddenly become a little ordinary, and people couldn't get excited.

Such a huge fortune is difficult for anyone to remain calm in front of it.

Li Jing knew that he must first discuss the distribution of this material with Zhen Donghai, otherwise, it is very likely that there will be some unnecessary misunderstandings and suspicions between the two sides.

"How are you going to distribute it?" Whitebeard had also just gone through a short break. Hearing Li Jing's intention, he smiled all over his face, and smiled very calmly. It seemed that grace had returned to him, and the madness of last night was no longer there.

"I'm at the mercy of Bai Da in charge of all this, and this attack on Cat Island, my original intention was just to recapture that batch of ordnance." Li Jing chuckled.

"Our original intention was just to take revenge, originally according to the previous agreement, as long as we take revenge, the materials harvested on the island will belong to you. However, this harvest is very rich, and if we do not take any of it, I believe that our brothers will probably have some opinions. So, everyone takes what they need, distribute it as they like, and it's up to the younger brother to decide. Whitebeard looked at Li Jing and smiled.

Li Jing couldn't guess whether Whitebeard was really unimpressed, or if he was worried about everyone's relationship. He thought for a moment and said tentatively, "Just now I asked someone to calculate, this time, in addition to the weapons that got rid of those slaves and mine, as well as the ordnance that we have already divided, and the ships of the Feng clan at the dock, in fact, those materials, including grain, cloth, spices, tea and other goods, are worth millions of yuan!" ”

Sure enough, the corners of Whitebeard's eyes twitched slightly when he heard this number, but he hid it well, and immediately regained his composure.

"One million guan, it's really a bumper harvest, how does General Li want to divide it?"

"Brothers, settle accounts, this is also to avoid misunderstandings. This time, Zhen Donghai's brothers sent out 1,800 people, and I only brought 200 people. So what I mean is, let's divide it according to people, you nine and I one. I want 200,000 yuan of booty, and I am willing to give up the other batch of Feng clan's ships to the Bai Dangjia, but I want the Bai Dangjia to give me ten pieces of more than 500 stones from your own ship, so that I can load my booty and go back. Li Jing said indifferently.

Whitebeard frowned, "How can this work, I think we still split five or five equally, this is fair, we are brothers." I see how this is, you also know that we are pirates, and it is useless to ask for those teas and spices. It's better for us to hurry up directly, 500,000 yuan per person, and the 170,000 yuan of gold, silver and copper coins will all belong to me, and all the other loot will be taken away by Brother Li. As long as Brother Li disposes of these goods afterwards, he will give us another 300,000 yuan. ”

Li Jing's heart moved, "I don't think it's as good as this, Bai Master, you get me twenty ships of more than 500 stones, it doesn't matter if the old and new points are new, and then the gold, silver and copper coins will be given to you, and I will give you 400,000 yuan after I deal with the other goods, how about it?" ”

Whitebeard stretched out his big hand and slapped Li Jing heavily in the air, and Da Yan smiled: "I believe Brother Li, then it's decided!" ”

"A word is a certainty, and the horse is hard to chase!" (To be continued.) )