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At this time, several Chinese pirates had confirmed the identities of executioners Jack and Morientes.

On the side, several soldiers were taking turns to perform chest and lung compressions on the two people, and several soldiers were stroking their jaws and leg bends to help them regain consciousness.

Looking at Morientes, whose lips were purple and his face was paper-colored, like a white-skinned dead pig, Li Yuanqing couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

In this world, there is always a kind of person who will never cry until they see a coffin.

If you don't mess with him~ Mom, he may never know who his father is...

Having lived in war for many years, the soldiers of the Changsheng Battalion have already had in-depth experience in first aid, not to mention~~ they are Li Yuanqing's most elite soldiers.

With the efforts of the soldiers, some color returned to the faces of Morientes and Executioner Jack in a short time.

Niu Gensheng poured some wine into each of them. Executioner Jack coughed a few times with difficulty and woke up first.

But when he saw the situation around him clearly, he couldn't help but froze for an instant. A helpless smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he shook his head with a forced smile, seeming to be unwilling, but more like relief.

Li Yuanqing smiled and said to a Chinese pirate next to him: "Is he Jack the Executioner?"

The Chinese pirate hurriedly said: "Sir, that's right. He is Jack the Executioner."

Li Yuanqing smiled and nodded, looking at the executioner Jack with interest. After a moment, he smiled and said: "Take him down first. Take good care of him and don't kill him."

"yes!"

Some soldiers came over to pick up Hangman Jack and dragged him to the temporary hay shed at the back.

Executioner Jack originally thought that Li Yuanqing was going to question him, and while he was thinking about it, who would have thought that Li Yuanqing would just ignore him and hang him up like this...

Only when they reached the hay shed at the back did Jack the Executioner realize what he was doing.

On the frontal battlefield, Li Yuanqing was worthy of him. What's more, the overall situation has been decided at this time? Perhaps, he is far less important than he imagined...

For a moment, Executioner Jack suddenly felt depressed. He couldn't help but start to reflect, why did he accept this hot yam in the first place?

In the shed in front, thanks to the efforts of the soldiers, Morientes slowly woke up, but when he saw Li Yuanqing in front of him, he couldn't help but be stunned, "Li, Li, Li..."

Trembling, but unable to speak a complete sentence.

"hehe."

Li Yuanqing smiled lightly: "Mr. Morientes, I can't believe that we meet again so soon."

Morientes also came back to his senses at this time, forced himself to smile and said: "Li, General Li, I think maybe, maybe, we may have some misunderstandings here..."

"Misunderstand?"

Li Yuanqing couldn't help laughing, pointing to the warship in the heavy rain in front of him and said: "Your Excellency Morientes, is this what you call a misunderstanding?"

Morientes's fat face had turned the color of pig's liver, and he was speechless for a long time, and then he said like crying: "Li, General Li, this matter... ah! General Li, I'm here

In this incident, I was also a victim! It was all because the Governor of Manila, Valencia da Gama, asked me to do this! I have no enmity with you, so how can I oppose you for no reason!"

Li Yuanqing smiled, glanced condescendingly at Morientes' fat face, and said with a smile: "Your Excellency Morientes, can I understand your words this way? This is the Governor of Manila, His Excellency Valen da Gama, who wants to

Declaring war on our Ming Dynasty Liaonan Fleet?"

"ah?"

Morientes was startled.

If before, he still regarded Li Yuanqing as an ordinary 'yellow-haired monkey', but now, the bloody lesson is right in front of him!

He already fully understood that the yellow-haired monkey in front of him was completely different from the yellow-haired monkey he had encountered before!

He, he is simply a killer!

If he really thought this was what the Spanish official meant, then Manila... then...

"Oh, no, no, no, no! General Li, please don't misunderstand! Hey! There are so many complications in this! His Excellency Varun da Gama did not expect that things would turn out like this.

This is really, this is really..."

Looking at the helpless Morientes, Li Yuanqing smiled faintly: "Mr. Morientes, things have reached this point. I think I need you and your Spanish officials to give me an explanation! Otherwise~~, I and I

My fleet will declare war on our Ming fleet as officially declared by Spain and Manila!!"

He had been soaking in the sea for several hours. Although his body was extremely cold, Morientes' cold sweat was like a spring, and he couldn't stop pouring out.

"Li, General Li, please don't misunderstand! If anything happens, we, we can sit down and talk about it! If we start a war, this, this is really inappropriate..."

As Morientes said this, he felt that his words were untenable and he could only look at Li Yuanqing pleadingly.

Li Yuanqing laughed loudly: "Sit down and talk? That's not bad. Mr. Morientes, you know, although I am a soldier of the Ming Dynasty, I am very peace-loving! Whether it is to you Spaniards

, or the Portuguese or the Dutch, I always adhere to the consistent attitude! As you said, you can sit down and talk about anything! Only by better understanding each other's needs can we get along better.

Better promote prosperity and stability in Southeast Asia!"

"Yes, yes! General Li is absolutely right, and I have always had this attitude! No matter what happens, war is always an inferior way to deal with it. Negotiation is the only long-term solution..."

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Seeing Morientes being taken away, the general of the soldiers Zhang Yang said with some confusion: "General, what nonsense are we talking to this white-skinned pig? Can't we just kill him with a knife?"

Li Yuanqing smiled, took out the cigar box, and took out a cigar. Zhang Yang quickly took out the flint, lit the fire stick, and helped Li Yuanqing light it.

Li Yuanqing took a deep breath of his cigar and smiled faintly: "Yangzi, killing is very easy, just one knife! But~~, this does not allow us to stand here! Although this white-skinned pig is annoying, but the person behind him is

But the empire is very powerful. Our ancestors of the Ming Dynasty have a saying that goes well, don’t look at the monk’s face before looking at the Buddha’s face! In everything, you can’t just look at the present, you should think carefully about the next few steps!”

"Yes! Thank you General for your teaching!"

Although Zhang Yang didn't quite understand the meaning behind Li Yuanqing's words, looking at Li Yuanqing's complacent look, he already understood that the general must have a perfect plan.

Seeing the still ignorant Zhang Yang, Li Yuanqing smiled faintly and patted his shoulder hard: "The two masterminds have surrendered. Let's deal with the remaining matters quickly! Send a signal to the brothers in front to speed up the process.

Got it!"

"yes!"

Zhang Yang hurriedly went to work at the front.

Li Yuanqing looked at his back and slowly let out a long breath.

The quality of his subordinates, especially the officers, indeed needs to continue to improve. After all, with the official opening of the sea trade front on Changsheng Island and the operation of the Pan-Pacific Trading Company, many generals must carry out their duties on their own.

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But at this time, under Li Yuanqing, except for Guan Canghai who could barely take charge of his role, the others still seemed too young.

Fortunately~, the structure of the Changsheng Camp has been formed, with systems to restrict it, and Li Yuanqing to coordinate the overall situation. Even if the generals are slightly lacking in some aspects, they can basically maintain the right direction in terms of the general trend.

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Not long after, as the flares and fireworks here rushed into the sky despite the wind and rain, the speed of the men in the bay also began to speed up.

Almost an hour after dawn, around seven o'clock, the rain had eased a lot, and the entire frontal battlefield in the bay had almost been cleared.

I couldn't see clearly at night, but when it was daytime, I discovered that the entire sea was littered with broken arms and limbs and various dead bodies.

Many corpses looked like they had been eaten by fish. Although the sea water had returned to blue, there was a thick smell of blood in the air, mixed with the wet and salty sea smell, and a trace of residual cow dung and horse dung.

The smell of feces really challenges people's sense of smell.

After a whole night of busy work, the results and casualties were also tallied up.

In this Battle of the Gulf, the Changsheng Battalion suffered around a hundred casualties, with thirty-five killed, all injured by artillery and musketry, mainly the first wave of casualties when boarding the ship.

This is actually something that can't be helped.

During the charge, after the soldiers were injured, they were unable to receive treatment and had no way to retreat. There were sharks on the bottom of the sea, and it was basically a dead end.

But the harvest is also quite rich.

Preliminary statistics show that the soldiers have only chopped off the heads of pirates. The total number of natives, whites, and Chinese has exceeded 2,000. Not to mention, there are also many who fell into the water, fell directly into the sea, or directly fell into the sea.

Eaten by a shark.

Moreover, people like Executioner Jack have not returned to their home port for more than half a year, and the ship carries a large amount of gold, silver and cargo.

There are at least two million taels of gold and silver in cash alone, and there are also many spices and various goods that have not yet been sold.

Plus these big ships and artillery.

Preliminary statistics show that the harvest of Changsheng Camp from this battle can almost steadily exceed four million taels of silver.

If we add the Chen family's one million taels of cash...

This damn thing is as good as the Ming Dynasty, almost half a year’s income!

Of course, the Ming Dynasty was a 'planned economy', which was basically based on farming. Even though there were many wealthy businessmen who were as rich as the country, their tax burden may not be as high as that of an ordinary household.

In addition, all the distinguished men are exempt from tax, so the water content here is even greater.

But even if the tax revenue of Ming Dynasty cannot represent the economic situation of the entire Ming Dynasty, four million taels of silver is really a bit exaggerated...

Even Li Yuanqing had a hard time coming back to his senses.

Damn it.

It's like a young white-collar worker who has been living a tight life suddenly wins a big lottery ticket... No matter what happens, there is a process of adaptation.
To be continued...