At the beginning of September, Lamu's ship came back. After seeing Ling Qingyu, the cargo was not handed over to Ling Qingyu, and the black sail was set up with the people after unloading.
All of a sudden, the entire Malacca and South China Sea areas were thrown into a bloodbath. Those pirates were of all races, including Dazhou people, local aborigines, blond-haired Arabs, and dark-skinned Cholos. These pirates came and went like the wind, with extremely good equipment and extremely well-equipped members. Fierce, the stronghold that the Xie family re-established in the past two years has been cleaned up, and the fleet has also been wiped out.
Some shipping companies that partnered with the Xie family quickly changed back to their own flags, but many of them were also wiped out. Too many shipping companies were implicated. At first, some people thought it was targeting the Xie family. The accomplices of the first batch of pirates came to take revenge. The first two batches of pirates all knew that they had nothing to do with the Xie family, so although they didn't know what happened to the pirates this time, they basically complained about being implicated by the Xie family. , including those ports that were robbed ashore because of the presence of Xie's business firm, and when they saw Da Zhou's boats, they backed away three feet and refused to let their boats go ashore.
There was a lively fight outside, but Ling Qingyu's place was very deserted. Huang Jing and Zhou Tan came the most. Occasionally, Xiao Se would come to dislike her when he came back with Zhu Weili. Just throw it to her, and the person disappears.
"Master, let's change the ratio of sulfur, and the thunderbolt should be able to be mass-produced." Zhou Tan said after taking a sip of tea. Well, it's still quiet here at home.
"How is the progress of the cannons equipped for the ship and the cannons for city defense?" Ling Qingyu asked.
"It will probably take some time. Our two pairs of ordnance are not very familiar with this aspect. If there are craftsmen who are familiar with this aspect, we should be able to progress faster." Huang Jing said. After the head of the family came over, he handed them a few transcripts of Mohist classics, which are really priceless treasures, so that he is now immersed in them all, and has begun to improve many of the previous craftsmanship.
"Well, when I go back this time, I will go to Dazhou to find some good craftsmen to bring them here." Ling Qingyu nodded, remembering the super large amount of jewelry and gold brought back by Ram this time, and said: "By the way, can you two Make me some jewelry, this year, the silver building in Bianjing is going to open, I want to do an event." She is relatively free these days, and began to think about things that she would not have taken care of before, the silver building in Bianjing Han Bian and Zheng Xi It has been prepared for a long time. Looking at the means of the Xie family, I am afraid that there will be more such things in the future. Then there must be contact and collusion with the government. Taking advantage of the opening of the silver building this time, hold an auction or something, and invite some people who can be wooed Family members of officials come to participate, give out gifts, and then see who will come to chat.
"That's no problem, it happens that we are free at these times. Is there anything the head of the family wants?" Zhou Tan said with a smile. The main craftsmen were all brought onto the ship by Song Yu and Chu Cheng to be pirates. The current people are just forging and forging copper coins and things with no technical content. The two of them really have a lot of space, otherwise they would not come to Ling Qingyu every day. Come for tea.
"Well, I'll draw a few looks tomorrow, and this time Ram brought back a lot of diamonds, and each gem has a set of top-notch heads, but first let me say that I can't do it well, and it mainly depends on you two. "Ling Qingyu said.
"It's easy to talk about." Both of them laughed.
When hundreds of sets of various jewelry were made, time entered October, and Ling Qingyu's wound had healed, but the scar was still very grim, and because it hurt his lungs, even though he was eating Shi Fang's medicinal diet every day, Still short of breath, coughing from time to time.
The sea ship that removed the black flag returned, and the fleet brought by Su Hexiang also returned from South America.
Su Hexiang's fleet came back first, and the three big ships returned with a full load, two hundred tons of silver, twenty tons of gold, some raw gemstones, and accessories such as wool, textiles, iron ore, tin ore and copper mine.
Su Hexiang was wondering why all the heroes in Lingjia Village had disappeared, when she saw four large ships approaching the pier, with small black flags that hadn't been removed in time on the bows.
The four ships also returned with a full load. This is the fifth time they have returned with a full load. Can they be less than full? How many ships and ports have been robbed!
Only then did Ling Qingyu know why all the things in the warehouse in Lingjia Village had been piled outside.
Those thieves, Ling Qingyu, didn't have the energy to ask, so they were all handed over to Zhu Weili, and they only asked Ram to ask.
"What's the matter with the five hundred thousand taels of gold? You listed it separately in your list, and these jewels?" There was a commotion outside, and the square in the middle of the village opened a water mat again. Ling Qingyu pulled Ram into the room and asked road.
Ram looked at her carefully first, well, now his face is rosy, and he has enough strength to speak, Fang said: "It was given to you by Fatmey."
"Princess Fatme?" Ling Qingyu asked back in surprise, Princess Fatme, the peerless Lizzie of Egypt, has the box and is someone who can't forget it even if she wants to.
"Master, the Dashi war has stopped. On the day we went to Aizab, we heard the news that Fatme's army had been defeated, and Aragorn and Musa had died in battle. That night, Fatme Mei sent someone to find us and asked us to bring these to you, saying that it was the last gift for you. At that time, Aizab was in a mess, and we didn't dare to stay for a long time. We went to East Africa first, and when we returned to Aizab, There is already a new lord there, and I heard that Fatme committed suicide the day after we left." Ram tried his best to soften his tone, watching Ling Qingyu's eyes turn red, and persuaded: "She is choosing to join the war. You already know the ending."
"Ram..." Ram turned around, saw Sum standing outside the door, paused, and said, "All the servants of Princess Fatme were martyred. I heard that the four personal guards around her fought until the last moment." , to buy time for Fatme to die with the dignity of an ancient Egyptian princess."
Sum murmured thanks and backed out.
"By the way, master, this time I brought some people out on my own initiative. Did you see the list? Not only did I get the goods in exchange for this trip, I also made a profit of 300,000 taels of gold. I gave it to the clansmen." Ram pretended to be relaxed, trying to divert the topic away, Ling Qingyu is a very affectionate person, although she didn't get along with Fatmey for a long time, she must have regarded the princess as a friend in her heart .
"Really? Then you must not treat those clansmen badly." Ling Qingyu forced himself to smile. Ram didn't say it, and she wouldn't mention it. Ram must have asked Fatmey to follow him, but how could such a proud princess make herself a fugitive? She would rather die than escape alone.
"This time, let's go back to Dazhou with you." Ram said carefully. The people he brought out this time are all good hands. According to what Yan Qi and the others said, the Xie family can fight at sea. If they go back to Dazhou, they don't know what kind of danger it will be.
"No need for now, Aizabu is willing to open the port after changing the lord, which means that the trade route over there has been smoothed out. People who are more proficient." Ling Qingyu said, she knew Lamu's worries, and was even more moved by their actions, saying that she was not afraid that it was fake, but there was still a faint pain in her chest, reminding her at any time that she was walking on the edge of life and death. If it weren't for the heavy rain that day and the wind and waves making the boat unstable, the arrow would have shot into my heart. But after all, Dazhou is different from Fanwai, they can have no scruples in Fanwai, but in Dazhou, they have to worry too much. Ram and the others are originally from different races, and returning to Dazhou is even more taboo, and she is also in Dazhou. It is impossible to guarantee their safety.
"But..." Lahm was about to say more, but Ling Qingyu smiled and said, "Aren't they just paying people? I'm going to hire the best master in the world when I go back! Comparing money, who is afraid of whom!"
Ram smiled and said nothing more.
Ling Qingyu took Lamu back to the village square. Seeing her come out, the noisy square suddenly became quiet.
Walking to the main seat, Ling Qingyu took a cup of tea and said loudly: "Mr. Ling can't drink, and replace wine with tea, thank you!" Then he bowed seriously to the four sides one by one.
They shouted all around, the people at the front hurriedly got up, and then wave after wave stood up to return the salute.
"Today, everyone has a good drink, and you won't go home if you don't get drunk." Ling Qingyu finished the gift, drank the tea himself, and said loudly.
There was a burst of laughter all around, and then as Ling Qingyu sat down, it became lively again.
People who were not familiar with each other have already become one after more than two months of cooperation, and some of them continued their marriage directly.
The sadness brought by Fatme faded away. Looking at these people, Ling Qingyu felt that his heart was full. For these people, why not work hard
With his temper together, Ling Qingyu forgot his nature, and started talking nonsense with those men. Later, he changed the teacup, picked up the wine glass, rolled up his sleeves and was ready to serve, but was arrested by the surrounding people.
"Just one drink? It's too disrespectful to the brothers to not drink a glass! It's okay!" Ling Qingyu said unwillingly.
Yan San glanced over coldly, and all the men shouted: "The head of the family has already had enough face!" This is not a woman at all, this is a female man! The excited brothers were stimulated by the cold and piercing gaze, she is not a man, she is still a woman in charge, especially when she has a real man who is not of the same level beside her!
Yan San dragged her back without hesitation, this person can get drunk from drinking water!
Watching Yan San help her prepare bath water, Ling Qingyu suddenly said: "Yan San, today is actually my birthday."
"Huh?" Yan San looked up at her, and then understood that August's birthday was just the birthday of Zheng Xi's familiar body, but today is the birthday of Ling Qingyu's soul. Without memory, Yan San slowly smiled, and asked, "What do you want?"
Ling Qingyu's eyes lit up, and he said flickeringly, "I want you."
Yan San laughed, poured all the water in, went to her to untie the belt, and said with a smile, "I'm yours already?"