Chapter 143: Feed the Shark

Chapter 143

When Master Shen saw Doctor Qiu's extreme reaction, he immediately realized that the contents of the bottle must be something good. He then asked, "What is this?"

Jiang Yuqing solemnly said, "It is a drop of spiritual milk that can extend one's life by ten years!"

Upon hearing this, Shen Yunian's mouth widened in disbelief.

Jiang Yuqing said, "This treasure was accidentally refined by me. There are a total of eight drops. My four elders at home and my master have each taken one drop, and two drops were offered to His Majesty the Emperor and Her Majesty the Empress. This remaining drop is here!"

"If you lend the treasure ships, it will be yours!"

Doctor Qiu jumped up and down trying to snatch it back, but Shen Yunian was quicker. He grabbed it and stuffed it into his bosom.

Doctor Qiu immediately stamped his feet anxiously, "Dear treasure cannot be given away. If you give it away, you will have none left for yourself!"

Jiang Yuqing said, "It matters not. After all, I am still young and have a few decades left to live!"

Shen Yunian clutched the bottle, trembling with excitement.

He had already passed his allotted years and his health had deteriorated over the last two years. Every year he had to spend large sums of money on all kinds of expensive health tonics to maintain himself.

Now that he had obtained this life-extending treasure that could prolong his life by ten years, let alone lending a few ships, even if he had to take out half of his family possessions to buy it, he would be willing.

He had not enjoyed the riches and honor of this world enough yet!

"Lend, lend, lend. In addition to these five ships, I have two new ships under construction in the shipyard that have not been moved back yet. I will lend them all to you."

Jiang Yuqing was overjoyed and immediately bowed to Shen Yunian, "Jiang Yuqing, on behalf of the warriors of the Navy Camps, thank you Master Shen for your great kindness!"

To avoid long nights and wild dreams, Shen Yunian immediately called his son over to draw up a ship lending contract, which both parties signed and stamped their seals on, rejoicing greatly.

Afterwards, Shen Yunian also held a luncheon to entertain the master and disciple, and asked them to stay in his residence.

That night, Shen Yunian swallowed the spiritual milk into his stomach. The next morning when he got up, the little servant who was waiting on him cried out in surprise, "Master, your hair has turned black!"

Shen Yunian hurriedly asked someone to bring a mirror. He saw that his originally white hair had actually turned half black overnight. He immediately burst out laughing heartily.

Last night when he ate it, he still wondered whether this stuff worked. He did not expect that after just one night, it would bring him such a huge surprise.

He quickly took out the jade bottle that contained the spiritual milk, added some clear water, and drank it all down in one gulp after sipping it slowly.

Then he happily ran out of the yard to find Doctor Qiu.

Because of this matter, Master Shen was thoroughly convinced of the master and disciple.

He also returned the plaque to Jiang Yuqing and instructed his son, "From now on, no matter what the Princess or Doctor Qiu wants to borrow in the future, do not be stingy."

After comprehensively considering the situations of the various Navy Camps, Jiang Yuqing allocated the seven treasure ships as follows:

Jian Mountain Camp originally had three large treasure ships, so Jiang Yuqing gave them one more. Zhong Mountain Camp was given two ships. The remaining four ships were all given to Yashan Camp.

This was because Yashan Camp was established the latest and was also the poorest, without a single large treasure ship.

When the various camps received Jiang Yuqing’s carrier pigeon messages asking them to go to the city to collect the ships, they were all overjoyed.

Especially the main general of Yashan Camp, Feng Zhan, could hardly believe his eyes when he received the news.

It just so happened that his deputy came to discuss matters with him. Seeing Feng Zhan’s silly appearance, the deputy thought he was possessed.

Yet Feng Zhan even said to the deputy, "Madman Liu, slap me and see if I'm dreaming."

This deputy surnamed Liu was also a forthright man. He immediately swung his gigantic palm and gave a resounding slap. The crisp sound could be heard as Feng Zhan's face was slapped crooked.

Therefore, as soon as the ships closed in, a rain of arrows immediately shot out from the Han side. Even heavy repeating crossbows were utilized. Suffering heavy casualties from the first exchange, the Japanese pirates died in swathes.

Feng Zhan then ordered to throw grappling hooks to reel the Japanese ships closer and forcibly boarded them.

To maximize their haul, the pirates had left only around 200 men on each ship. Having already lost half of that number to the arrow barrage, how could they withstand the sheer manpower of the Han side?

Because it did not take long, four of the ships were successfully boarded by Daxia's soldiers. The pirates on the ships were also completely killed, and their corpses were directly thrown into the sea to feed the sharks.

The other three large ships were also in dire straits under the fierce attack of Daxia's several medium and small ships.

Seeing that they were no match, and not caring about much else, they immediately unmoored, wanting to escape.

Could Feng Zhan let the meat that had reached his lips get away? Of course not! He immediately ordered the fleet, including the four captured treasure ships, to chase after them.

In just over half a double hour, the remaining three ships were also captured, and the defenders on the ships were completely annihilated.

The generals did not have time to cheer before they lowered the small boats again and rowed to the shore to collect all the small boats the pirates had left on the shore and hide them in a concealed place.

They then set up an ambush on the shore, ready to take the enemy by surprise, and be sure to send all these pirates into the sea to feed the fish.

They waited until the next morning, when a scout ran back panting and said that the remaining pirates on land had been driven to the seaside by General Liu.

Upon hearing this, Feng Zhan immediately ordered his men to prepare for battle.

Half a double hour later, when the remaining three thousand remnants arrived at the seaside, thinking they could escape,

they were met head-on with a dense rain of arrows, which felled a third of them in just one volley.

The pirates were shocked and turned pale. Only then did they realize that the place where the small boats were originally docked was completely empty, and the sea surface was also empty, with no trace of the seven treasure ships.

Only then did they understand that they had been trapped.

The pirates may have been very capable at sea, and still stood a chance against a few unarmed civilians on land.

But against the well-trained soldiers of the division, they could only be crushed.

Daxia's two contingents joined forces and resolved the battle in just over half a double hour. The blood spilled by the pirates turned half the bay red.

Thus, Daxia annihilated the invading enemy!

The cheers erupted by the soldiers reverberated throughout the entire bay.

Hearing the joyful sounds, the villagers of Niluo Bay ran out from their hiding places one after another. When they learned that the pirates had been annihilated, they both cried and laughed.

They cried because their houses were burned down and their belongings were looted. They laughed because their enemies were dead!

Jiang Yuqing was in the concealed tent operating on injured soldiers. Hearing this earth-shattering cheer, he also smiled involuntarily.

Feng Zhan went even further by having the pirates’ corpses beheaded and their skulls piled up on the muddy beach as a “warning”.

Later, he ordered a large ship to collect the remaining pirate corpses and take them out to sea to dump them into the deep sea.

They were unworthy of burial on Daxia's land, which would be an insult to this land.

As soon as these corpses entered the sea, the blood attracted a large number of sharks. The bloody scene simply could not be described in words.

After finishing the treatment, Jiang Yuqing also went to see the “warning”. His expression was indifferent throughout, without the slightest pity.

Compared to what they had done to Daxia’s people, such a death was far too lenient for them.

This despicable and shameless pygmy tribe did not deserve the forgiveness of the people of the Central Plains, neither in this life nor in her previous life.