: There is money

On Dushan Island, Gu Sanmazi's mansion has now become Huang Degong's headquarters.

Huang Degong was paced back and forth in the hall with his hands on his back, his face full of anxiety. On the chair on the left side of the hall was Tang Sheng with a pale complexion. Jiang Qianhu and Shi Lang stood in the lower head with their heads down, not daring to breathe.

Shi Lang was quite lucky. That day, his warship was placed tightly on the reef. Although the storm was heavy at that time, it did not tear his warship apart. Shi Lang, who thought he was going to die, and the navy officers and soldiers on the ship were able to escape from death. Instead, Wang Pu and others who escaped in a small boat were in danger and were still alive and dead.

The navy officers and soldiers sent out to search have returned one after another. Lu Liu, Neng Niang, Dong Xiaowan and others who escaped on another small boat have been successfully found, but Wang Pu and others are missing!

"General." Jiang Qianhu said sadly, "It's all because of his humble duties. If I had known this, I wouldn't have let the prince-in-law take people to chase him."

Huang Degong waved his hand with a dark face and said in a deep voice: "Send the order to increase the search range, search, and continue searching for me! You two will go too. If you can't find the general, you won't have to come back!"

"yes!"

Jiang Qianhu and Shi Lang agreed. Just as they were about to leave, a navy hurried into the hall and gasped, "Report..."

Huang Degong suddenly looked up, stared at the navy commander, and said sternly: "Tell me!"

The navy general said: "A large tide of smoke rose on the island fifty miles southeast of Dushan Island."

Tang Sheng, who was sitting on the chair with a dark face, stood up, and Jiang Qianhu and Shi Lang, who had just walked to the gate, also turned around. Since there was thick smoke on the island, there was someone on it!

Huang Degong's face changed and he said anxiously: "Have you sent someone to investigate?"

The navy general said, "I have sent someone to investigate."

Huang Degong shouted: "Leave half of the navy to station Dushan Island, and the rest of the navy soldiers followed me to the island."

Nameless island.

The dense forest on the island has fallen into a sea of ​​fire, and the rolling smoke surges into the sky. Wang Pu believes that it should be clearly seen dozens of miles away. As long as Huang Degong's navy is still nearby, he will definitely find this thick smoke, and they should find it.

Now, the only place Wang Pu and the others can do is wait.

Until the afternoon, when Wang Pu's heart began to hang, there were finally black shadows on the sea in the northwest direction. As time passed, the group of black dots gradually enlarged and became clear. Wang Pu finally saw clearly that they were more than a dozen naval warships.

The national flag of the Ming Dynasty floated on the mast of a large ship.

Wang Pu's cheers alarmed the White Lotus Sect Leader and Hong Niang in the cave. The two of them also walked out of the cave, and their eyes were also shining with joy.

When the island was still some distance away, the fleet began to break down.

Then two small boats were put down from the big boat and rowed hard on the island under the paddler's rowing. Two figures stood up like javelins on the bow of the boat. As the distance approached, Wang Pu finally saw clearly that the two people were clearly Huang Degong and his confidant general Tang Sheng.

"General Huang Gan, Tang Sheng!"

"General!"

"General!"

Wang Pu rushed into the sea with cheers. Huang Degong and Tang Sheng, who were excited, also jumped down from the boat, jumped into the waist-deep sea water, and struggled to welcome Wang Pu. The three of them hugged each other in the sea. They cheered and there was also a thunderous thunder on the navy warship in the distance.

Of course Wang Pu was happy.

Although there are two beauties accompanying this deserted island, no matter what, this deserted island is not as comfortable as Nanjing, right? What's more, after returning to Nanjing, you will still have the opportunity to let these two beauties accompany you in the future, right?

Huang Degong was also happy. On the one hand, he sincerely admired Wang Pu and did not want Wang Pu to die young without fulfilling his ambitions. On the other hand, if Wang Pu was really buried in the sea, then Huang Degong's life will definitely not be easy. The group of arrogant soldiers brought by Wang Pu from Datong may find an excuse to kill him.

Needless to say, Tang Sheng was happy. In the eyes of Datong soldiers, Wang Pu was their god. If Wang Pu died, it would be their god!

After being happy, Huang Degong directed the soldiers on the ship to row the water boat onto the beach. He first picked up Hong Niangzi and the White Lotus Sect Leader on the ship. He then helped Wang Pu onto the ship with Tang Sheng, and then rowed the boat back to the fleet that was anchored in the deep water.

Wang Pu climbed onto the side of the boat along the ladder. Before his feet had fallen on the deck, the young lady had already hit his arms like a slutty swallow throwing her arms.

"General." The young lady hugged Wang Pudi's waist tightly and said in tears, "I think, I think..."

"Silly girl." Wang Pu reached out and gently wiped away the tears from the tender girl's face, and said softly, "Aren't I doing well?"

"Yes." The young lady raised her pear blossoms' face like rain, and cried with joy, "I know that General, you will definitely turn bad luck into good fortune, hehe."

Wang Pu patted the young lady's slender back, turned around and saw Shi Lang standing on the deck, and couldn't help but smile: "Shi Lang!"

Shi Lang quickly took two steps forward, straightened his chest and said with great pride: "I am here."

"Good!" Wang Pu stepped forward, patted Shi Langdi's shoulder hard, and sighed, "And the navy soldiers under your command are all good, General Huang Shen!"

Huang Degong rushed forward two steps and replied loudly: "I am here."

Wang Pu pointed at Shi Lang and said to Huang Degong: "Shi Lang is not afraid of danger, and the dozens of navy soldiers who guarded the warships to the death are all good, all of them are mankind. This general decided to reward each of them with a hundred taels of silver!"

Shi Lang said happily: "Thank you, General!"

Wang Pu said this, looked around the navy soldiers standing around and shouted: "Of course, all the navy soldiers who went to the expedition this time are also good. Gu Sanmazi has been rampant in the East China Sea for many years, but this time we have wiped out one stone. The soldiers have made great contributions to the court. The general decided to reward each of them with fifty taels of silver!"

"Thank you, General!"

"Thank you, General!"

"Thank you, General!"

The soldiers of the land and navy stood on the deck immediately cheered. For these land warriors who came from poor backgrounds and couldn't read a few words, giving them some reward silver is undoubtedly the most popular! In fact, the requirements for these soldiers are not high, and they can pay dozens of taels of silver every year. If they die in battle, they can pay some pensions to their families, and they will be willing to sell their lives to you.

"Rise the anchor..." Huang Degong raised his right arm and waved it forward and shouted loudly, "Go back to Dushan Island!"

A nameless island.

Zhang Santou wrapped his white cloth with barefoot, held up the wine bowl and shouted at the dozens of pirates in front of him: "Brothers, the head of the country, have already died. We living brothers must avenge him!"

"revenge!"

"revenge!"

"revenge!"

Dozens of pirates responded three times.

"Brothers, I have something to say." Hou Fangyu suddenly took a step forward and said loudly, "As the saying goes, "It is not enough to have a headless snake, but it is not enough to avenge the boss of Gu Dajia. Since Gu Dajia has suffered misfortune, why don't we support Zhang Erzhu's boss?"

"good."

"We support the second in command."

"Second leader. Just take your brothers and do it. You must erect the banner of the old village again!"

The thieves responded one after another, and Zhang San barefoot said with a flushed face: "Okay, I promise you that's it!"

Dushan Island, Juyi Hall.

Huang Degong and a group of navy generals have already surrendered. Only Wang Pu and Tang Sheng were left in the hall.

Wang Pu asked in a deep voice: "How is it? Have you found Gu Sanmazi's treasure?"

"It has been found." Tang Sheng whispered, "The gold and silver treasures that Gu Sanmazi snatched are hidden in the cave halfway up the mountain."

Wang Pu asked anxiously: "How many are there?"

Tang Shengdao: "I haven't had time to count it yet, but there are at least 200,000 taels of silver and more than 10,000 taels of gold. There are also some calligraphy, paintings, antiques, etc., which are probably worth tens of thousands of taels of silver. In addition, there are some tea, silk and cotton cloth that have been robbed from passing merchant ships, which may also be worth thousands of taels of silver."

"What!?" Wang Pu Dawei said disappointed, "That's the only one?"

If there is really only such a little money, then deduct the silver rewards and pensions for the fallen soldiers who went to the expedition this time, and the expenses of food, supplies, weapons and ammunition. There is nothing left at all. Where can I get the excess money to buy weapons and recruit new troops?

"General, that's true!" Tang Sheng said anxiously, "Bizhi has turned the cave upside down."

"No, Gu Sanmazi cannot have only this kind of wealth." Wang Pu shook his head and said, "This guy has been rampant in the East China Sea for more than 20 years. I don't know how many past merchant ships have been attacked by him. Even if he only grabs 100,000 taels of silver every year, it will be enough to accumulate millions of taels of wealth in twenty years!"

Tang Sheng said in a narrow voice: "Then where did these silver go?"

"Hide it." Wang Pu said in a deep voice. "Gu Sanmazi must have another treasure."

"Other treasure?" Tang Sheng frowned, "Would you like to ask a few pirates?"

"It's useless." Wang Pu shook his head. "Gu Sanmazi's treasure land must be extremely secret. It is impossible to know unless his confidant. Unfortunately, Gu Sanmazi's pirate fleet has been completely destroyed, and more than a thousand pirates led by him were buried in the stormy waves of the Black Dragon Gorge. The barefoot Zhang San, who is most likely to know the treasure location, ran away again. It seems that the huge treasure left by Gu Sanmazi is difficult to find."

"That may not be."

As Wang Pu finished speaking, a charming voice suddenly came from outside the door.

Wang Pu and Tang Sheng turned around and saw that the White Lotus Sect Master had walked in from outside the door in a pretty way. Since leaving the deserted island, the witch returned to her former charming move and had to communicate with Wang Pu from time to time. The head of the guard Lu Liu thought that the two had an affair, and from then on, they would not dare to stop the White Lotus Sect Master casually from then on.

Seeing that it was the leader of the White Lotus Sect, Wang Pu quickly winked at Tang Sheng.

Tang Sheng understood and hurriedly bowed to Wang Pu, then turned around and left.

When Tang Sheng left, Wang Pucai asked, "Good sister, do you know the whereabouts of Gu Sanmazi's treasure?"

The White Lotus Sect Leader asked without answering, "Did you forget that my sister has an inner supporter under Gu Sanmazi?"

Wang Puxi couldn't help but say, "So, sister, do you really know where the treasure is?"

The White Lotus Sect Master said: "Sister can help you find Gu Sanmazi's treasure."

"Very good."

After hearing this sentence, Wang Pu really wanted to hold the White Lotus Sect Leader and his parents, of course, the premise was that the White Lotus Sect Leader had to be willing.

"But..." The White Lotus Sect Leader changed his mind and continued, "Sister has two conditions."

Wang Pu said: "What conditions? You said."

The White Lotus Sect Master said, "One, this treasure will cost 55% of the account; two, after returning to Nanjing, immediately provide the Holy Sect with the first batch of 500 muskets you promised!"

Wang Pu frowned and pondered for a moment, then said, "There is no problem with the five hundred muskets, but are you a little over the treasure sister? After all, it is up to Huang Degong's naval master to destroy Gu Sanmazi, and to transport this treasure back to Nanjing, it is even more necessary for the navy ships."
To be continued...