When the news spread, there was jubilation throughout the military camp, and Yinreng and his men were also very happy.
Another meal was added that night.
What made Yinreng happy was not only the great victory on the front line, but also the completion of his first dormitory building!
Although it is still rough.
This is also thanks to the great weather as it has not rained much in the past two months.
The dormitory building has four floors and a corridor.
There are twenty rooms in a row on each floor. Each room is three meters long and two meters wide. Yinreng estimated the area to be about sixty or seventy square meters. If single beds are placed in them, each room can accommodate about twelve.
This building can solve the accommodation problem of one thousand ordinary soldiers.
However, you cannot move in immediately after it is built. The dormitory building needs two months of ventilation and drying.
Yinreng planned to use this time to find a group of carpenters to make some beds and cabinets.
The current steel production was not enough for Yinreng to squander without restraint, so he could only burn wood.
Fortunately, there are now small countries around as blood bags, and the Qing Dynasty has no shortage of supplies that can be directly obtained from nature.
On July 22, the army returned to Weihaiwei.
Yinreng went to greet him in person with his men.
On the simple dock, everyone looked at the warship getting closer and closer, with excitement on their faces.
Although they were not taken to the war, their comrades won the battle, which was something for them to be happy about!
When the ship docked, the crowd erupted in loud cheers.
"The hero returns! The hero returns!"
Yinzhi was the first to jump off the warship, and excitedly bowed to the waiting soldiers.
"Thank you all!"
Yinreng walked over and punched Yinzhi.
"What are the results of the battle?"
What he cared about most was how much they had stolen. After all, that bunch of bastards had robbed his merchant ship. If he didn't get his losses back, he would not be able to get over the humiliation!
When this was mentioned, Yinzhi's face became even happier.
"If I hadn't gone there in person, I wouldn't have believed that the Japanese pirates were so wealthy!"
Before he landed with his men, there were small groups of Japanese guarding the coastline. Yinzhi immediately understood that the Japanese pirates must have received the news long ago.
However, facing the 3,000 Qing troops armed with guns and cannons, those Japanese pirates were simply helpless.
After seeing the huge disparity in combat power between the two sides, Yinzhi began to lead his men to act recklessly on the Japanese island.
Grab whatever you want wherever you go.
No valuables were found in the homes of civilians on the island, so Yinzhi's main target was the towns.
After robbing two slightly larger cities, the silver they looted was enough to fill their warships.
However, what surprised Yinzhi was that most of what he robbed were silver and pearls, and there was not much gold and gems.
Otherwise he would have thrown away some of the silver and filled it with gold.
If he had known that the Japanese pirates were so weak and so rich, he would have led his troops to attack them last year!
Yinreng's eyes lit up instantly when he heard this, and he ordered the people around him to get on board and carry the spoils.
"Hurry, tell them to move all the silver back!"
"yes!"
Yinzhi stood beside Yinreng with a faint smile. As soon as he looked away, he saw two faces that he had never expected to see.
"Thirteen or fourteen? Why are you two here?"
Seeing that their elder brother finally noticed them, the two hurried forward to salute Yinzhi.
“Big Brother!”
“Big Brother!”
The two were too young, and it was their first time to witness a victorious army. At this moment, they looked at Yinzhi with admiration in their eyes.
"The Emperor asked me and my Thirteenth Brother to come here and learn how to fight from you, my Second Brother!"
Ever since he wrote a letter to complain last time, Kangxi not only did not support him but also scolded him harshly. Fourteenth Prince has learned his lesson.
During this month or so, he suppressed his resentment deep in his heart and began to win people's hearts without leaving any trace.
However, his appetite was far more than just the 588 Banner Army, but the entire Weihaiwei.
Yinreng knew all about the little tricks he did in private, but he did not interfere too much.
If Fourteenth could use his own charm to bring the entire Weihaiwei under his command without affecting his construction schedule, Yinreng would only applaud.
But... is it possible?
Yinzhi has been operating in Weihaiwei for two years, and the Han army has not yet fully won over. Why should Fourteenth Prince take over a kid who hasn't even grown all his hair yet?
Would he complain if he was wronged?
It’s not that Yinreng looked down on the Fourteenth. Even if he was given another three years, the old soldiers would still not accept it, unless he was really extremely powerful and could fight against a hundred people alone.
Yinzhi smiled.
"Then you have found the right person. You will have no shortage of battles to fight if you stay here."
Based on his understanding of Yinreng, he knew that Yinreng was not a person who would accept the status quo.
Otherwise, he would not have gone to so much trouble to build a military factory in Weihaiwei.
Thousands of people returned to the camp with their spoils, and the scene was quite spectacular. It was a pity that Weihaiwei was a deserted place with few people. Even if there were any, they would have been driven away long ago.
Therefore, no common people could see this spectacular scene.
After returning to the camp and counting the spoils, Yinreng exclaimed, "Wow!"
In terms of silver alone, Yinreng conservatively estimated that he had more than four million taels.
In addition, there were 70,000 taels of gold, as well as some valuable items such as pearls, corals, and giant clams. However, they could not fit all of them in, so they had to leave behind three carts of silver.
There was no other way. The warship's load-bearing capacity was there. If those carts of silver were not thrown behind, the warship might sink. Yinzhi did not dare to take the risk.
Yinreng felt relieved.
The treasure ship sent out by Yin'er could only earn a maximum of 100,000 taels of silver for a round trip, but the silver that Yinzhi robbed was enough for the treasure ship to make sixty or seventy round trips.
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