Joseph smiled bitterly and said, "Why didn't you encounter it? Moreover, the Ming Dynasty Maritime Bureau also raised the price of goods to the previous price."

Tom changed his color in shock and said, "How could this happen? Wouldn't we die if we lose money?"

"There is no way, but the Ming navy promised to escort us."

Tom's face was slightly slower, and the navy leader beside him learned in detail about the number and location of the pirates' ships, and then let Tom and the others leave, escorting the caravan to the depths of the sea.

After driving for about an hour, I saw dozens of sea boats in front of them stopping them and coming towards them. The leader of the Ming Dynasty's naval army drew his long sword and shouted:

"Come on!"

Soon, the fleets of both sides approached, and the Ming Navy had already bent his bow and arrows to prepare, waiting for the distance to be closer and entering the range of the bow and arrow.

"What is that?"

Then I saw the pirate's big ship, with wooden boards opening, revealing holes, and then the cannon barrels stretched out.

"Boom boom boom..."

A roar like thunder and smoke rose everywhere. Two of the Ming ships were immediately broken, while four other ships caught fire, and the Ming navy was in panic.

"Boom boom boom..."

Another roar.

"Bang bang bang..."

The dense muskets sounded, and the Ming soldiers began to fall down, and there were wailing sounds.

The hot weapons faced the cold weapons. In less than a quarter of an hour, the Ming Navy was defeated and fled to the coast of Daming in panic. The two soldiers on the ships who were smashed fell into the water. The pirates did not attack them, and allowed them to climb onto other ships, and also allowed the Ming Navy to escape.

The merchant ships also turned around and ran away, and they dared not stay. There is no doubt that those pirates would think that the Ming navy was invited by them. If such a thing happened, would the pirates still only have half of their goods?

They will definitely be killed.

Therefore, these vassal merchants also ran towards the coast of Daming. While running, they were worried that the pirates would catch up. However, what made them feel at ease was that the pirates did not pursue them, and seemed to be afraid of getting too close to the coast of Daming.

These fleeing ships caught up with Tom's ship. When Tom heard that they were defeated by pirates, he rushed to speed up, and more than a hundred ships fled to the coast of Daming.

Hangzhou.

In the Dengxian Pavilion Restaurant, the two young masters of the Xu family were still celebrating. Some small and medium-sized merchants in the southeast were celebrating with them. They were all those who provided goods to the Xu family. They surrounded the two young masters of the Xu family and flattered them in a flattering manner.

"The second young master, the third young master, the southeast will be the world of the two young masters in the future."

"Yes, the two young men, the five major families, are already behind the scenes."

"We will follow the two young masters in the future."

"First suppress the price, kick out the five major families, and then increase the price. The two young men are really Zhuge Reborn. I admire you."

"admire!"

"admire!"

"Hahaha..." The two young men of the Xu family laughed proudly.

"Don't worry, if you follow me, there will be no more five aristocratic families in the southeast from now on, and you will be the future aristocratic families."

"Thank you, two young men!"

"Dingdeng..."

A burst of rapid footsteps came, and a man ran up panting.

"Second Young Master..."

Xu Kun smiled and turned his head, his expression froze: "Butler, have you gone to sea with the boat?"

"What happened! Something big happened!"

Xu Kun's face changed: "What's wrong?"

"Pirates, pirates..."

"boom……"

The crowd became chaotic. Although there were no pirates in the past two years, it was only two years. The memory of the pirates rampant was still deeply in their minds. When they heard the pirates, someone was already rushing down the stairs in panic. The slightly calmer person ran to the window and looked out the window. Xu Kun's legs were also trembling. The butler saw that the surroundings were in chaos, but he was so tired that he couldn't speak, and waved his hands repeatedly, which meant that the pirates did not come.

But, where is anyone paying attention to him at this time?

A group of people ran out of the gate rumblingly, and then they were stunned, and the person looking out of the window upstairs was also stunned.

There was a peaceful scene outside, with crowds of people, where was there half a shadow of pirates?

At this time, the butler took a few breaths of heavy breaths, took a little hesitation, and hurriedly said:

"Pirates appeared at sea!"

"call……"

Xu Kun and Xu Ying both breathed a long sigh, but only appeared on the sea, and then their hearts became tighter. They grabbed the butler's shoulder and said:

"How is the caravan? Did the navy beat the pirates away?"

"Defeated, defeated..."

"How did you lose? Who lost?"

"The Navy was defeated, and now the Navy and the merchants of the vassal state have both ran back. The merchants of the vassal state are clamoring to make up for their losses and to lower the price again, which is even lower than the previous price. And a group of vassal state merchants have also come to the Ming Dynasty, and they united to suppress the price."

Xu Kun staggered back and sat on the chair.

The second day.

Zhang Juzheng, Xu Shixing and Xu Kun brothers rushed to Hu Zongxian's residence. Hu Zongxian was getting angry. He did not expect that the navy he had raised with a lot of money would be so vulnerable. He didn't believe it, absolutely did not believe it. Seeing Zhang Juzheng and others coming in, he waved his hand:

"Don't be impatient, I will immediately let the entire navy army be dispatched, and the pirates will definitely be eliminated."

The two brothers Zhang Juzheng, Xu Shixing and Xu Kun were all overjoyed and bowed, "Great Master, heroic."

Maritime Department.

Xu Shixing sat in the middle, Xu Kun and Xu Ying sat on the left, and merchants from the vassal states on the right.

Xu Shixing said to the vassal merchants with a blush on his face: "Don't worry, just today, my Ming Navy has gone to sea and will definitely capture all the pirates in one place. You can stay in the Ming Dynasty for the time being and wait for good news."

The merchants of the feudal state discussed in a low voice, and finally Joseph stood up and said:

"Mr. Xu, if the Ming Navy loses, we ask for further reduction, because we have to use money to buy ways with pirates."

"The Ming Navy will not be defeated!" Xu Shixing shouted in a cold voice.

"If!" Joseph insisted: "I said if it is defeated, we insist on lowering the price. Otherwise we will not be able to trade with the Ming Dynasty."

"Then let's talk to me after you see my Ming Navy triumphant."

That afternoon.

Zhang Juzheng, Xu Shixing, the Xu brothers, all the merchants of the vassal states, and countless Ming people saw the Ming navy fleeing back in a panic.

Zhang Juzheng, Xu Shixing and the Xu brothers all turned blue and purple, and their expressions were full of anxiety. The faces of the merchants of the vassal state were also very bad-looking.

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