A day later, the pirate's merchant ship finally approached Seagull Island and entered the field of vision of the Tang Dynasty's soldiers. The Tang Dynasty's soldiers, who originally planned to intercept the pirates at sea, had already thought of a better way, which was to wait for them on Seagull Island. At this time, 300 Tang Dynasty's soldiers had already sneaked into Seagull Island and were hiding in various hidden places. As soon as these pirates entered Seagull Island, they would immediately wipe them out.
It was already evening, and most of the fishing boats on the sea began to return to the port. There were no fishing boats within 20 miles of Seagull Island, which made the pirates feel relieved. They sailed the merchant ship and prepared to enter Seagull Island through the waterway. Although the waterway was not very wide, it was still barely enough for the merchant ship to enter.
Seeing that Seagull Island was right in front of him, the pirate leader looked around nervously, but he didn't see any other ships. Although the Tang soldiers' fishing boats were in the distance, the pirate leader couldn't see them because the fishing boats weren't big and they were quite far away.
"Quick, two brothers, go down and open the waterway."
The pirate leader hurriedly said.
The two pirates immediately jumped into the sea, and quickly removed the objects blocking the entrance of the waterway.
At this moment, the Tang Dynasty's soldiers hiding on the island were ready to rush up and capture all the pirates at any time. However, now was obviously not the best time. The best time was to wait for the pirates to get off the ship and rest.
"There's no time to lose. You guys release the lifeboats and go and get our brothers back as soon as possible."
The pirate leader said.
Several pirates hurriedly released the lifeboats from the merchant ship and immediately went to their hiding places to summon their brothers back.
"They're back. When will we take action?"
A captain of the Tang Dynasty asked.
"There's no hurry. They haven't found us yet. We'll take action after they rest. This way, we'll have a higher chance of capturing them all alive."
Another captain said.
"That's good, but there are so many poisonous insects here that we're almost bitten to death. If we hold on a little longer, who knows what will happen to us?"
"Hold on a little longer! When we capture all of them alive, we'll have a great merit. Have you heard? There's a lot of treasure on this ship! After we capture all of them alive, all of these treasures will be ours. "
"They're all ours? How can that be? We'll be lucky if we can get a small part of them. We have to hand them over."
"I mean, we can pick some good ones first and let our brothers take some first. We've been bitten by the poisonous insects here and suffered a lot. It's only right that we take some treasures first. Assistant Minister Li won't object..."
"That's right! The more we suffer, the greater our contributions, the more reason we have to get more treasures. In this way, we have nothing to complain about even if we are bitten for an entire night. "
"Hehe, guess how many treasures there are up there."
"What are you guessing for? You'll be able to board the ship in a few hours."
. "There were many poisonous insects on Seagull Island, especially poisonous mosquitoes. These poisonous mosquitoes were very vicious. Even if they were smeared with medicinal liquid, it wouldn't have much effect. They would still bite people, which was very annoying. Almost every soldier had many bites on their bodies. These bites were especially itchy, so the soldiers would inevitably scratch them with their hands. This caused many parts of their skin to be scratched.
"Boss, what should we do with these treasures? Should we put them on the ship or move them down and hide them?"
A pirate asked.
The pirate leader thought for a moment and said, "Let's put them on the ship for now! Seagull Island isn't safe. We'll have to leave sooner or later. It's convenient to put them on the ship and transport them away. Let's not waste time. "
"Boss, there's a lot of delicious food on this ship. Let's have a good meal tonight."
A pirate said.
The pirate leader said, "Okay, we're finally back on Seagull Island. It's time for us to have a good meal. In the future, we'll do it alone. We won't have to endure those petty things anymore. No one will dare to give us a hard time in the future."
"Boss, you're mighty. In the future, the Seagull Islands and the surrounding area will be our world."
"Boss, Old Six and the others haven't returned yet. It'll be even better if they come back. There are more than ten of our brothers!"
"I hope they're fine!"
"Boss, barbecue."
Dozens of pirates came down from the merchant ship and had dinner outside the house where they lived. They ate meat and drank wine in large mouthfuls. They seemed to be very happy.
"Brothers, we can finally have a good meal. We've been bored out of our minds during those days on White Dragon Island."
"The beauties on White Dragon Island are still okay. There's nothing else. Those young ladies are really good-looking. It's a pity that they won't even let us touch them."
"Hmph, they're just looking down on our identities. What's so great about them? They're just a bunch of vixens."
"That's right. If that old man Zhou wants to touch them, they'll agree with a smile. In the end, they're just looking down on us because of our identities. If there's a chance, we'll kidnap them and play with them however we want."
"That's right. If there's a chance, we'll kidnap all the pretty ladies on White Dragon Island and let our brothers have some fun. Hahaha!"
"That lady with big eyes is the prettiest. Her skin is so white, her neck is so white. Her thighs must be very white too."
"How do you know her thighs are also white? Have you opened them and seen?"
"That's right. I did open them and almost …"
"Hahaha! You bunch of brats, if you miss the ladies, just tell Boss. We'll go and snatch a few. Don't let our brothers be bored out of their minds. "
"Haha! Boss is still the one who cares about us! "
"Stop talking nonsense. Eat early and sleep early. We're all tired after being at sea for so long. It's time for us to have a good rest. The two of you will be on duty tonight."
"Boss, why the two of us?"
"The two of you are still in the mood to think about women. You're definitely not tired. If not the two of you, who will be on duty tonight?"
"Boss, we …"
"Just the two of you. It's settled."
After eating and drinking, most of the pirates entered the house to rest, leaving only two lecherous pirates on duty outside to prevent any accidents from happening.
The soldiers of the Tang dynasty hiding on the island had been hiding for a long time. When they saw the pirates beginning to rest, they were very happy and could take action immediately.
"Only the two of you will be on duty tonight. After a while, when most of the pirates have fallen asleep, we can take action. Tell the soldiers to prepare the ropes. We'll tie them all up later."
"Don't worry! With the two of us working together, we won't make any mistakes. "
After waiting for less than half an hour, the soldiers of the Tang dynasty finally took action.
Two nimble Tang soldiers stealthily snuck behind the two pirates on night duty. With a ferocious smash, the two pirates who were already dozing off lost consciousness.
The two pirates did not expect that there would be people on the island, so they naturally felt that it was meaningless to be on duty tonight. Therefore, after most of the people fell asleep, they also dozed off. They did not think that they would be attacked and were so careless that they were taken care of.
After the two soldiers skillfully knocked out the pirates, they did not forget to stuff cotton cloths into their mouths and tie them up with ropes. God knew when they would wake up. If they woke up early, it would be troublesome.
After the pirates on duty were taken care of, the next step was easy. The soldiers of the Tang dynasty immediately took action at the same time. All of them rushed into the pirates' rooms and tied up all the pirates who were still asleep. The pirates who were asleep naturally did not have the slightest ability to resist. After being tied up tightly, they found that they were actually captured. This made them extremely shocked. They had just fallen asleep and were caught. From the clothes of the people who caught them, it could be seen that they were definitely not thugs of the Zhou Family, but soldiers of the Tang dynasty. The Pyu soldiers basically did not care about the matters on the sea. After all, the Pyu's national strength was limited. The number and quality of their marines were not high, and the limited number of marines were used to maintain the safety of the river and deter domestic opposition forces. The land was their foundation, and they did not have extra energy to care about the matters on the sea. This caused the pirates on the sea to be very rampant. After the Tang dynasty set up military ships along the way, the situation improved a lot, but it did not fundamentally eliminate the existence of pirates, nor did it eliminate the possibility of the existence of pirates. It was already good that they could reduce the harm of pirates.
Nowadays, most of the merchant ships on the Silk Road on the sea of the Tang dynasty were still safe. The probability of being robbed was not high. It was a matter of luck. If one was lucky, one would not be robbed. But if one was unlucky, one might be robbed.
"Do you know why we caught you?"
The captain of the Tang dynasty asked.
"Why did you catch us? Why? "
The pirate leader still did not give up and asked.
"Tell me! How many merchants have you robbed? Don't say that you are not pirates. If we don't have enough evidence, we won't catch you randomly. "
The captain of the Tang dynasty said.
The pirate leader sighed. He knew that it would not be easy to muddle through. Since the officers and soldiers dared to catch them, they naturally had some evidence. They would not catch them for no reason.
Over the years, the pirate leader had to confess his crime. Over the years, he had robbed hundreds of times, almost two or three times a month. Most of his targets were small merchants who acted alone. Occasionally, he would follow the orders of the Zhou Family to rob the Zhou Family's competitors. The goods he obtained would be given to the Zhou Family, but he would also receive some extra remuneration from the Zhou Family. The remuneration was not enough to offset the price of the goods, but the Zhou Family provided the information and had a channel to sell the stolen goods. The pirates did not have such a channel. In other words, the pirates' channel was the Zhou Family. The goods they usually robbed were also given to the Zhou Family to sell. The price that the Zhou Family set for these goods had always been very low, but these pirates had no other way. After all, their channel was the Zhou Family. They did not dare to use other channels to avoid exposing their identity and being attacked by the officers and soldiers.
The Zhou Family and these pirates could be considered to be interdependent. In fact, because the Zhou Family helped the pirates to dispose of their stolen goods and provide the pirates with daily necessities, they had actually become the owners of the pirates. All along, the Zhou Family had treated the pirates as their own servants, while the pirates had always placed themselves in the position of collaborators. Both sides had never seen eye to eye.
"Humph, you evil pirates, just wait for the punishment of the law!"
The captain of the Tang dynasty said loudly.
"Let's go to the ship and have a look. I heard that there are a lot of treasures."
Another captain of the Tang dynasty couldn't wait to say.
Dozens of Tang dynasty officers and soldiers boarded the merchant ship and searched the cabin one by one.
"Not a small amount, not a small amount. There are actually close to 500 chests of treasures. Quick, open these chests and see what treasures are inside."
"Forget it. Let's take some first."
"Leave the merchant ship here first. We'll sail back tomorrow morning."
The two captains of the Tang dynasty opened their mouths.
There were so many treasures on the merchant ship that the two captains of the Tang dynasty were a little stunned. It was very surprising that the small Zhou Family could accumulate such a huge amount of wealth in these years abroad. Obviously, it was very difficult to obtain such a huge profit in a normal business. The biggest reason why they could obtain such a huge profit should be that they used the pirates to attack their competitors, so that they could monopolize the business of a region. The profit of monopoly was very considerable.
In a normal business operation, it was good to have 20% profit. But once a commodity was monopolized, the profit would not be so small. Even double the profit would be very normal. This was the advantage of a monopoly. Only with a monopoly position could one make a lot of money. This was the main reason why many businessmen became rich.
Among the treasures, there were jewelry, natural gems, gold, silver, tungsten, and other precious metals. These metals were not very valuable in this era, but if they were transported back to the Tang dynasty, the price would increase several times. The Tang dynasty needed tungsten and was very short of it.
Among the nearly 500 boxes of treasures, most of them were natural gems, followed by tungsten, gold and silver, and jewelry and jewelry were the least.
Among them, there were 150 boxes of all kinds of natural gems, which were all excavated in the mines. The Zhou Family owned many natural gems mines, so the annual output was very impressive.
Tungsten was also produced in the mines owned by the Zhou Family, while gold and silver were earned through trade. As for jewelry and jewelry, most of them were robbed by the pirates and handed to them to deal with. The Zhou Family did not dispose of these jewelry and jewelry, but kept them all, preparing to transport them back to the Tang dynasty and sell them for more profit.
After dawn, the generals and soldiers of the Tang dynasty returned triumphantly. They sailed the merchant ship to Tianguang Port and reported to Ang Lee what they had obtained, which made Ang Lee very happy.
"Good, good, really good. We actually have such a big harvest. You two have done a good job. How much reward do you want? Take it yourselves!"
Ang Lee said very happily.
Since his subordinates had done a good job, Ang Lee naturally could not be stingy. When it was time to reward, he would reward generously to make the generals and soldiers happy.
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