"Big shopkeeper, do you want to continue attacking?" the captain asked with a grin, his face was stained with gunpowder, and his teeth were grinning with white teeth in excitement.

Li Mingxun said: "These pirates in front of us are true, but most of them are poor people who cannot survive. Why bother with them? Just scare them away. Our guns are used to deal with the real evil people."

Qi Dazhi's three patrol boats had already sailed into the dock, scooping up the pirates on the water, tied them up and tied them to the boat, and the dead people cut their heads directly. Under the overwhelming victory and generous rewards, dozens of soldiers rushed ashore and chopped down the pirates with gold, silver and jewelry to the ground. The pirates on the dock immediately dispersed into birds and beasts.

The battle has lasted for an hour and a half. Everyone near Jiangyin knew that the pirates were plundering came with big bags and small bags. They boarded the boat and left without hesitation. No one was willing to entangle with the red-eyed officers and soldiers. A drum sounded in Jiangyin City, and thousands of people rushed out from inside and strangled the pirates running around.

Seeing that the overall situation was settled, Li Mingxun immediately instructed Lin He: "You should take the Egrets and the Seagulls go downstream. Don't get entangled with pirates along the way. When you leave the estuary, you will wait for the Yongjin and other cargo ships in the old place. If I don't arrive within five days, I will escort the cargo ship back to Taiwan."

By noon, the battle had stopped. More than half of the pirates left on the boat, and many people were mixed up with the people on the spot. Nearly a thousand people were arrested. Although it had been stable, the dock was blocked by a shipwreck. Li Mingxun had to go ashore on a small boat. However, when Yang Mang stood at the dock, he shouted excitedly: "I knew that the artillery fire was the only ship of our trading company that came to save Jiangyin."

Li Mingxun glared at him and said, "Don't make a sound. When others ask, they say that it's Admiral Cao Jiang's official ship coming to rescue him! In addition, our people are fine."

Yang Mang scratched his head, feeling a little embarrassed, and said, "In this pirate, my father brought all the animals he bought into the city. I gathered our people in the porridge shed in the shipyard, and let people sharpen the wooden poles and gathered hundreds of men. When the pirates saw that we were all poor men in the porridge shed, they did not make any difficulties."

Li Mingxun knew that although this was a reason, it was crucial for Yang Mang to arm hundreds of people, which turned the shipyard into a tough and tough bone, so the pirates naturally didn't want to bother them.

"The dictionary that made things difficult for us at the beginning was good. If it weren't for him, the bulls and some widows from our trading company would not be able to enter the city. This time he would have been in the limelight." Yang Mang added a few more words.

Li Mingxun said: "Don't worry about these things. Within three days, several cargo ships will arrive. You and Lin He will count all those who are willing to go to Taiwan with us. Take advantage of the thieves' transit, recruit more, wait for the ship to arrive and get on the boat."

In two days, Yang Mang and his son recruited more than 3,000 people. Although most of them were displaced poor people, this was already a rare human resource for Taiwan. Li Mingxun arranged them to board the cargo ship, but did not delay and left directly on the boat.

On the dock, the recruited people were walking onto the crowded boats with big bags on their backs. Yang Mang suddenly ran over and said a few words in Li Mingxun's ear. Li Mingxun looked up and saw that in the tea shop opened by Yang Mang's father, a man was staring there. It was the Dian Shi Yan Yingyuan.

Li Mingxun walked up quickly, sat opposite Yan Yingyuan, and asked lightly: "Why don't Lord Dianshi go down to stop him?"

Yan Yingyuan shook his head slightly: "You and I know that Jiangyin is already in depression. Now it has passed the thief and the order is chaotic. The county government's grain storage is not enough to support them to survive until the harvest of summer grain. If no one has settled them, their fate will be from thieves, starving to death, turning into refugees, or being caught in a cell by me as a murderer."

As he said that, Yan Yingyuan's face became extremely solemn. Although he was unwilling to admit it, he knew in his heart that the best way out for these victims to follow Li Mingxun to Taiwan.

Li Mingxun was unwilling to continue this topic, and it was not easy to turn a blind eye to the fair and honest Dian Shi in front of him. Why bother provoking him? Li Mingxun smiled and said, "I heard that on the day the pirates attacked, Lord Dian Shi shot three arrows in a row at the dock. The arrows fell at the feet of the thieves, causing the thieves to rush forward until dark. It was not easy to go ashore. If it weren't for this, more people would have been poisoned. Lord Dian Shi took it seriously as a magic weapon."

Yang Mang's father also echoed: "What the big shopkeeper said is very true. Now everyone in Jiangyin has received the kindness of Lord Dianshi, and our trading company is no exception. If there were no adults, it would have been a huge loss."

"I have been practicing martial arts since I was a child. As the Jiangyin History, protecting the people is nothing. However, Manager Li is not a person from the Ming Dynasty, nor is he from Jiangyin. He can stand up and drive out pirates, and money and food to help refugees. If it weren't for the shameless people in the Admiral Caojiang yamen, you will naturally be respected by all the people." Yan Yingyuan said, his face slightly changed. Seeing Li Mingxun's smiling face, he asked in surprise: "You are deliberately letting Admiral Caojiang rob the credit!"

Li Mingxun smiled: "People are afraid of being famous and pigs are afraid of being strong. As a businessman, he always wants to make a fortune in silence."

Yan Yingyuan snorted coldly: "But it's not that simple, you want to take the opportunity to cling to the gentry to seek wealth!"

Li Mingxun said: "You are right, but Lord Yan, Li has never made money from poor people, nor has he robbed people of wealth. A gentleman loves money and makes money well. Li likes to make money from traitors, such as fighting pirates."

"I understand, I understand, this time the expulsion of the pirates is to show your strength. Jiangnan, especially the gentry in Susong, has seen your ability and will definitely want to cooperate with you again." Yan Yingyuan said, his voice becoming weaker. He knew very well that everything Li Mingxun did was for himself, but it is undeniable that he never sacrificed the interests of the people.

Li Mingxun said: "Mr. Yan, don't say anything more, and don't do anything about being a mantised chariot. If Lord Yan really wants to advise me, it's better to introduce the pirates who came to attack Jiangyin so that Li can be prepared in his heart."

Yan Yingyuan shook his head helplessly: "This is a secret, just ask for it."
Chapter completed!