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Chapter 518 The Dazzling Treasure

Seeing the reactions of the crowd, Li Huan's eyes fell on Jiang Bin and he said slowly: "Jiang Bin, I will lead the fleet back to Daming in a short time, so I hope you can join us here I don’t know if you can do it before you return to Daming and conquer Goa.”

Jiang Bin, who was overjoyed to be named by Li Huan himself, straightened his expression when he heard the words, and immediately bowed to Li Huan and said, "Don't worry about it, the general. The last general will go to recruit troops and go to Goa!"

None of the people present were fools. According to the accounts of the Portuguese captives, the Portuguese had gathered a large amount of wealth in Goa. If they could bring this amount of wealth back to Daming and dedicate it to the emperor, then this would definitely happen. It is a great credit, and it may not be impossible to please the emperor and be favored by the emperor.

Jiang Bin naturally thought of this, so he acted extremely positively.

Glancing at Jiang Bin, Li Huan didn't care much about Jiang Bin's thoughts. No matter what kind of ambition Jiang Bin had, he had to do his own thing well first, and what Jiang Bin did was definitely beneficial to Daming.

Goa, as the residence of the Indian governor chosen by Afonso, is naturally quite prosperous after it has been in operation for many years. In the past few years, Afonso has continuously sent his elites to go deep into the interior of Tianzhu to suppress those The Tianzhu people who dared to resist.

Of course, suppressing the resistance of the Tianzhu people is only one aspect, and more importantly, Afonso has taken a fancy to the wealth of these Tianzhu people.

You must know that most of the wealth of the people of Tianzhu is gathered in temples. There are a lot of wealth such as gold, ivory, gems, etc. It can be said that almost every temple is a treasure house.

After Afonso looted the first temple, Afonso, the well-informed governor, was amazed by the harvest. Therefore, Afonso began to suppress the Tianzhu people crazily, and he would never let go The temples he was eyeing.

In the past few years, there were at least dozens of temples looted and destroyed by Afonso, all of which were countable in an area. The amount of wealth obtained from these temples was completely beyond imagination.

Normally speaking, these plundered wealth will naturally be transferred to the country, and part of it will be dedicated to the current King of Portugal. Unfortunately, Portuguese ships were often plundered by pirates backed by the Spaniards.

Therefore, in the past few years, Afonso has not transferred the wealth he collected back to the country. He only waited to accumulate a certain amount, and then sent a powerful fleet to escort him back to the country.

If there are no accidents, at most within a year or two, Afonso will consider sending his fleet to escort the massive wealth he has confiscated back home.

In fact, the amount of wealth that has been confiscated over the years is so large that the treasury he used to store the looted wealth cannot be contained. If he does not transfer it back to the country, he may have to open up a new treasury.

But Afonso never dreamed that he was defeated in the first battle because he personally commanded the army to conquer Daming, and even fell into the hands of Daming himself.

Facing the interrogation of Daming Jinyiwei, even an iron-clad man couldn't bear it, let alone a pampered nobleman like Afonso, but after being slightly intimidated by Jinyiwei, Afonso honestly put everything together confessed.

Goa was thrown into chaos as the defeated troops who had followed Afonso to Malacca fled back to Goa.

Colonel Solo is facing the questioning of the political officer at this moment. If you want to say that Colonel Solo has gained a lot of wisdom from a fall in the pit, when he started the war with Da Ming, Colonel Solo, who has already seen how powerful Da Ming is, intentionally lagged behind a lot, so in When the army was defeated, Colonel Solo also ran away immediately, which allowed him to escape the fate of being captured again.

It's just that at this moment, facing the questioning of the political officer Paul, Colonel Solo told Paul about the naval battle with a bitter face.

Listening to Colonel Solo's narration, Paul's expression changed. As Governor Afonso's deputy, as a political officer, he can be said to be No.1 under Afonso.

But compared to Afonso, who is both civil and military, the political officer Paul is obviously only proficient in government affairs, and knows nothing about military affairs.

But even if he doesn't understand military affairs, just listening to Colonel Solo's narration, Paul also understands one thing, that is, the strength of the Ming Dynasty Navy is stronger than theirs.

Staring at Colonel Solo, Paul thought of Governor Afonso's life and death, and the governor's mansion without a leader, so Paul felt a little uneasy, and forced himself to suppress the uneasiness in his heart: "Colonel Solo, you said that the Daming Navy Fleet survived this battle. Will you come to trouble us?"

Colonel Solo was slightly stunned, shook his head and said, "My lord, I don't know!"

Seeing Colonel Solo's bewildered face, Paul couldn't help sighing, reached out and patted Colonel Solo's shoulder and said: "Now there are only dozens of ships left in Goa, and even many ships have lost their battles. You must reorganize the ships we can assemble in the shortest possible time, and defend against the invasion of the Ming people at any time."

Colonel Solo took a deep breath and said, "It's better for the political officer to seek help from the country as soon as possible. Duke Afonso's life or death is unknown. This is a huge matter. If it spreads to the country, I don't know what kind of disturbance it will cause. "

Paul nodded with deep approval on his face when he heard the words, "You are right, I will write a letter to inform the country about this."

However, Jiang Bin led dozens of warships and more than a hundred ships of different sizes, forming an elite naval fleet and heading towards Goa mightily.

With the Portuguese sailor captives as guides, it only took more than ten days to go from the Strait of Malacca to Goa. When the fleet led by Jiang Bin appeared in the waters of Goa, the Portuguese had already noticed that this fleet The Daming Navy Fleet without concealing their whereabouts.

At this time, there was chaos in the Governor's Mansion, and Paul, who was a political officer, looked bewildered, and the officials of the Governor's Mansion in the hall also reacted in the same way.

Colonel Solo, who saw the reaction of the crowd, couldn't help sighing in his heart, how could such a group of people resist the invasion of the Ming people?

With a light cough, Colonel Solo woke up the crowd and said: "Everyone, the fleet of the Ming people has appeared outside the port, and they may come over at any time. Whether it is to fight or surrender, everyone has to come up with an idea." Bar."

An official of the Governor's Mansion looked at Colonel Solo and said, "Colonel Solo, let me ask you, if we want to fight, with the power we can mobilize now, are they the opponents of those Ming people?"

A line of expectant eyes looked at Colonel Solo. If Colonel Solo dared to nod his head to guarantee that he could withstand the fleet of Ming people, they would definitely support Colonel Solo.

From the bottom of their hearts, they still hope that they can stop the Ming people. After all, they are not stupid. If Goa falls into the hands of the Ming people, the investment of the Portuguese Kingdom in Eastern India for so many years will be turned into water.

However, Colonel Solo, who was highly expected by everyone, shook his head slightly and said: "I'm afraid you will be disappointed. We have suffered two major defeats, and our power in the east has been completely lost. We could gather hundreds of ships. ships, but now it is only possible to gather dozens of ships, many of which are damaged and have not been repaired, and there are probably no more than twenty ships that are truly capable of fighting."

Speaking of this, Colonel Solo didn't care about the pale faces of the people present: "Ming people's navy fleet has as many as hundreds of ships, with the firepower of Ming people, if we send people to fight, it will be death. "

Hearing what Colonel Solo said, everyone looked at each other in blank dismay.

At this moment, there was a sudden sound of footsteps outside, and a Portuguese man ran over in a panic and said, "My lords, the envoy of the Ming people has arrived."

Everyone looked at each other, and Paul, who was an administrative officer, took a deep breath and said, "Please!"

Soon an official wearing the official uniform of the Ming Dynasty strode over, glanced at the crowd, and said to the Portuguese with a bit of arrogance: "Everyone, I am here to punish You guys, God has the virtue of good life, my Ming Dynasty is a state of etiquette, and I can't bear to cause massacres, so I allow you to surrender, I hope you can put down your weapons and bathe in the kingly state."

The interpreter on the side translated the official's words. It has to be said that in this era, Daming is really superior in mentality. He regards all countries except Daming as barbaric and small countries, so this envoy faced a group of Portuguese When he was a human being, both his attitude and his expression carried a superior attitude.

If it were envoys from other countries who dared to face the Portuguese like this, Custodian would be kicked out immediately, but these Portuguese believe in the law of the weak and the strong, and they were defeated twice by Daming. In his eyes, Daming is a strong man.

So when I saw the high-ranking posture of the Ming envoy, although I felt quite aggrieved in my heart, at least I didn't turn my face because of it.

Paul and the others looked at each other, and said to the waiter, "This messenger, I don't know that my Governor-General is now..."

After hearing the interpreter's words, the Ming envoy immediately said: "Afonso is now in the Strait of Malacca, and soon he will return to the capital of the Ming Dynasty with my father-in-law, and meet my son of the Ming Dynasty as a prisoner!"

As he said that, the emissary said impatiently: "My words have been brought, and the commanding officer has already said, give you time to think about it, if you still don't surrender after a stick of incense, Then don't blame me for coming to capture Erwai personally, it will depend on your luck whether you will live or die at that time."

Watching the Ming envoy leave, Paul and the others couldn't help looking at each other.

With a bang, a bearded man slapped his palm on the table and shouted, "It's too much bullying, it's really too much bullying. I have never suffered such contempt in the Kingdom of Portugal. Please give me an order, my lord. All the Portuguese people will die in battle with Daming, and we will never surrender."

It could be seen that the bearded official belonged to that kind of hardliner, but it was a pity that not many people present really responded to him, only a few or two expressed support, and most of them had solemn expressions on their faces.

Paul looked at the bearded man and said, "Christ, we in Portugal have only a few thousand people in Goa. Leaving aside the old, weak, women and children who have no combat effectiveness, there are only a thousand people who can really take up arms and fight. , the opponent has hundreds of ships alone, what do you think we have to resist?

Hearing what Paul said, the bearded Christ couldn't help saying: "So what, the worst is death!"

In the government affairs hall, Paul, Christ and others were having a heated debate. Although Christ tried his best to insist, but among the dozen or so people present, few people supported Christ. The colonel and others finally negotiated a result, which was to give up resistance, avoid unnecessary sacrifices, and surrender to the Daming Navy Fleet.

On the surface of the sea, Jiang Bin in military uniform stood at the bow of the ship in high spirits, looking at the distant port, and with the help of binoculars, he could see the ships moored in the port.

The lieutenant beside him couldn't help but said to Jiang Bin: "Master Commander, these Portuguese warships are all in the port. If there is a war, they may not even have a chance to leave the port. It seems that we can go smoothly this time." Goa has been taken. Do you want to enter the port now..."

In fact, only from the Portuguese's response, it can be seen that the Portuguese have no fighting spirit, otherwise, those warships would not be shrunk in the port.

You must know that once you are blocked in the port, you will close the door and beat the dog, and it will not be so easy to rush out, so anyone who is not a fool will not dock the ship in the port at this time.

Jiang Bin said with a smile on his face: "No hurry, no hurry, since we said to give them a stick of incense time, then let's wait for a stick of incense time."

While talking, a small boat suddenly appeared in the distance, a white flag could be clearly seen on the boat, and the boat was coming towards the fleet at an extremely fast speed.

When Jiang Bin and the others saw the white flag on the boat, they all had smiles on their faces.

The Portuguese surrendered.

Following Jiang Bin's order, half of the Daming Navy's fleet entered the port and began to receive the port, completing control of the port.

In the government affairs hall, Colonel Solo, Paul, Crist and others presented a letter of surrender to Jiang Bin and others with dejected faces, and hoped that Daming would treat them kindly.

A large underground secret room was slowly opened, headed by the political officer Paul, who was introducing to Jiang Bin at this time: "My lord, this is the wealth collected by the governor over the years, all of which are stored in the treasury. , the specific amount, I'm afraid even the Governor-General doesn't know..."

While speaking, Jiang Bin and his group had already walked into the treasure house. Looking around, the dozen or so people present were all stunned there.

Boxes of gold jewels, huge ivory tusks, piles of agate gemstones, and countless rare treasures were piled up in this spacious underground treasure house.

The dazzling and golden countless gold and silver jewels and all kinds of rare treasures came into view. It can be said that the impact of that moment was absolutely shocking.

Not to mention that he has never seen such a scene, even the political officer Paul, who has seen such a scene more than once, was momentarily absent-minded.

As a government official, Paul knew more about how many treasures were stored in this treasury than Governor Afonso.

At this time, Paul introduced to Jiang Bin and the others with a bit of a sense of loss: "Look, everyone, all these golds were searched by people sent by the Governor, and there are dozens of tons of them. There are as many as five or six hundred tons, and dozens of boxes of various gemstones..."

One of the officers accompanying the army gulped, subconsciously looked at Paul and said, "How many taels are there in a ton?"

Paul was just taken aback, and immediately said: "According to our calculations, one ton is equivalent to 2 taels!"

[The boss who has a monthly ticket smashed the ticket. 】

(End of this chapter)