"All burned?" Wang Wei was shocked. Then, he hesitated:
"Yizhi, these seven ships are all extremely strong and fearless ships. If they are repaired and modified, they can completely rush into the Guangdong-Guangzhou Navy. If they burned them like this, wouldn't it be a pity? At worst, we will only send foreign ghost prisoners of war to the capital."
Lu Feng bowed:
"Dongweng, don't think so! This ghost deck ship is so huge and too eye-catching. Moreover, the court has secret spies from factory guards scattered all over the country. If they know about it, they will report to Your Majesty. With Your Majesty's character, they will probably force the navy to send these ships to the capital."
"At that time, if Your Majesty takes a fancy to you, he will definitely order a great cause! At that time, will the plans of Mr. Dongshan and other ministers in the court be lost?"
Wang Yu was shocked when he heard this, and he also remembered that this was the Ming Dynasty, when factory guards were everywhere. When they knew about the existence of the big ship, they would definitely report it to the emperor to please Zhengde. What kind of virtue is Emperor Zhengde? He ordered the whole country to offer rare and interesting things for their fun. And the Western deck ships were just rare and interesting things? If the factory guards knew about it, they would definitely report it.
Then, he hesitated:
"But, now that it's burned, it may be known to the factory guards. Maybe, there are factory guards' eyeliners in this army..."
Lu Feng smiled and said:
"Dongweng, if you order the ship burning tomorrow, you will definitely give someone a handle. But when is today? The war is in full swing! The ship burning is at this time. If you order the deck ship burning before noon, it will be considered as improper command in the war."
"But then again, this battle was originally the victory that Dongweng commanded. What's wrong with ordering the burning of enemy ships during the war?"
"The supplies on the ship?"
"Of course, it's to unload it and burn the boat!"
"Okay, come here! I will send the order and order the navy's magistrate Lin Tianhai to transport all the property seized from the seven ships immediately. Then, set fire to the seven ships before noon!"
After a pause, Wang Lie said again:
"In addition, I will tell Lin Tianhai privately that the 380,000 taels of gold, silver and copper coins on the ship must be transported back with a lot of money..."
This is what Wang Yu paid Lin Tianhai for custody. 10,000 taels of silver was enough to seal Lin Tianhai's mouth. You know, this was not the late Ming Dynasty when maritime trade was prevalent. At this time, in the Ming Dynasty, 10,000 taels of silver was definitely a huge sum. Only a powerful eunuch like Liu Jin could accept bribes to achieve this amount. Lin Tianhai could eat empty salary and drink military blood, and he could have one or two thousand taels a year, which would be scary. After all, he was just a camp official in Nantou Water Village, with limited oil and water.
But Wang Yu didn't know that Lin Tianhai had lost 10,000 taels before. He gave Lin Tianhai another 10,000. Lin Tianhai made a lot of money this time...
In this era, a small courtyard in the capital was only worth a few dozen taels. Lin Tianhai got 20,000 taels at once, and he could buy hundreds of small courtyards in the capital. If Liu Jin was still in power, the 20,000 taels were given to him and he could change the general to come back...
However, Lin Tianhai will definitely not take over the 20,000 taels of silver, and will definitely give some to his subordinates as a hush fee. And Wang Lieutenant criticized him for 10,000 taels of greed, and he will also give at least two or three thousand taels to Wang Lie as a kickback...
Sure enough, with the excitement of money, Lin Tianhai asked someone to unload the supplies from seven Portuguese warships, including artillery and ammunition, before noon, and transport them to the ashore. Then, he ordered a fire to burn the seven ships.
It was not until this time that Lin Tianhai officially ordered the Mingjin to withdraw his troops. The Mingjin to withdraw his troops also meant that the battle was officially over. In this way, no one could cause trouble for Wang Hun in this matter in the future. Because burning the ship was done before the Mingjin, it was not considered a violation.
Moreover, the experienced Lin Tianhai indeed wrapped two thousand taels of silver from the 10,000 taels of embezzled by the internet celebrity, and secretly gave them to Wang Qing. When the silver was delivered, Wang Qing didn't say anything, and didn't even look at the white silver ingots, but stared at the book case. But Lu Feng looked at the book with a wink, and then asked Wang Qing's reliable servant to put the silver ingots into the book box and the servants took care of them personally.
When Lin Tianhai's personal soldiers were about to leave, Wang Qing said slowly:
"Lin Tongzhi's command was good this time, and his contributions must be seen in the memorial. Let him prepare for promotion..."
Lin Tianhai's personal soldiers left with joy. Generals like Lin Tianhai were no longer popular in the Ming Dynasty where civil servants had already begun to be the dominant officials. Although it was not yet the late Ming Dynasty where high-level military generals would kneel down to salute when they saw low-level civil servants, they were also suppressed in all aspects.
For example, although Lin Tianhai was specifically commanded by Lin Tianhai, in the Ming Dynasty, which emphasized culture and neglected military affairs, the court officials often counted the main contributions on Wang Lie, who was "strategic". How much contributions Lin Tianhai had depends purely on how Wang Lie's memorial was written. If Wang Lie's memorial wrote more contributions to Lin Tianhai, the greater the benefits Lin Tianhai would get.
Although the big head who made the final contribution was still taken away by Wang Lie, as an unpopular general, it was lucky to follow Wang Lie to drink some soup.
When writing the memorial at night, Wang Yu frowned, and Lu Feng hurriedly asked why. Wang Yu sighed and said:
"Yizhi, I said in the memorial that the Florians are 'strong and powerful', but my ships are burned out. How can I make the court believe that the Florians are 'strong'?"
Lu Feng thought for a while and said:
"Sir, students think that it is better to change this 'boats and cannons' to be changed to 'boats'. In this way, after reading it, your Majesty will not investigate the problem of the ship. In addition, the memorial will not enlarge the special book on the memorial for the Humen Fort's victory over the enemy ship. Then, you can also suggest that more turrets be set up in important cities along the coast and rivers in various places to resist the thieves' ships. In this way, both your Majesty and the court officials will not notice the problem of the ship..."
"But it is very expensive to set up forts in important coastal towns. Isn't it similar to building large ships to rush to the West?"
Lu Feng shook his head and said:
"Different, sir. Whether it is a big ship or not, important coastal towns, such as Fuzhou, Quanzhou, Hangzhou and other important towns, they all need to be protected. Now, Westerners have discovered this place. Today is Folangji. Who knows who will come tomorrow? Students heard from Dongfan Island that there are hundreds of countries in the West. Except for the Beihai Kingdom, the other countries are mostly thieves and are fond of robbery. There are several countries like Folangji that are good at sea robbery. Today is Folangji, who knows who will come tomorrow? Moreover, Japanese pirates in the East may also come to rob. Therefore, it is necessary to set up a turret in important coastal towns. Although it is costly to spend national treasury, it is a helpless move. And building a large ship to the West is unnecessary..."
Chapter completed!