When the Pena arrived at Shimowei, it had been without water and food for seven days. Even the rats and shipworms on the ship had been eaten up.

The sailors and passengers could only rely on their own urine and the dew collected by the canvas every day to barely survive.

Therefore, when they reached the shore, except for the noble officers who had special food and wine to drink, almost everyone on the ship was exhausted and no one could stand up.

So when Lin Daoquan turned hostile, the men he brought on board controlled the situation like catching chickens. Some Portuguese officers wanted to resist, but were chopped down by his second-in-command Lin Huiyin with a knife and thrown directly into the bay to feed the fish.

When surrounded by Lin Daoqian's men, Zeng Yiben, Jiao Lao, Zhu Liangbao and a group of sea masters were eating porridge on the deck. It was a thick porridge between dry rice and porridge made from glutinous rice, vegetable leaves, small fish and shrimps. It was a must-eat breakfast for Chaoshan people. Lin Daoqian was very careful and knew that feeding them dry food directly would kill them, so he specially ordered his men to cook porridge for them.

Even though they were attacked by swords and axes, it could not stop their enthusiasm for food. With one hand, the sea masters took out the short guns, daggers, hidden weapons, and drugs hidden on their bodies and threw them on the ground, while with the other hand they tightly grasped the wooden spoon and kept scooping the porridge into their mouths.

"There's no need to treat it as a major enemy. We are all willing to submit to General Lin." Zeng Yiben said as he sucked the fishbone skillfully without delaying either end.

"That's right, from now on we're all family." Old Hu Jiao also nodded rapidly.

"I used to follow the boss, but we were separated when the government troops attacked Wu Ping." Zhu Liangbao even tried to establish a relationship with him, saying, "Now we are at home. We are a family and we will live and die together and stick together..."

Lin Xinru, who was in charge of arresting them, was stunned for a moment, and finally managed to utter, "Bah, you are shameless."

"Hehe, this is called a wise man who knows the current situation." The sea masters did not care. "Xiao Lin, we are all heroes!"

In fact, the least valuable part of a person is his face, which is not as valuable as a pig's head, a sheep's face, or a cow's head. At least those can be eaten, but can a human face be eaten?

So what do you need that thing for?

~~

Compared to the sea masters' calm acceptance, Domingo and Lin Hongzhong's reactions were much stronger.

So they were tied up and pushed into the officers' mess to meet Lin Daoquan.

Although Lin Daoqian was not hungry during this period, he was still hungry. He sat high up at the long table, tearing a bright red roast goose with his hands, dipping it in sour plum sauce, and eating until his mouth was full of oil.

As soon as Domingo saw him, he started cursing at him, calling him despicable and shameless, saying that he had deceived his trust and would go to hell in the future!

"What did he say?" Lin Daoqian turned his gaze to Lin Hongzhong.

Lin Hongzhong swallowed and whispered, "He said General Lin is more skilled, and he admires him. How can he let us live?"

"Really?" Lin Daoqian sneered, "Don't lie, I can still tell that he is cursing his mother."

"No, no, he is angry at himself." Lin Hongzhong shook his head vigorously and said, "But General Lin, please make a condition and let us go. You must know the truth that when the birds are gone, the good bows are put away; when the cunning rabbits are dead, the running dogs are cooked! Without people like us, how can you be tolerated by the court? I am afraid that you will go from being a hero to a thorn in the court's side."

"Haha, that was true in the past." Lin Daoqian said vaguely while gnawing on a roast goose leg, "But, brother, times have changed."

"Ah..." Lin Hongzhong's face changed when he heard this. He thought to himself, what kind of grudge is this? It's ok that you don't let me eat roast goose, but you also want me to eat feces?

"No poop..." he said aggrievedly.

"No, it has changed drastically!" Lin Daoqian said solemnly, "It is time for the Jiangnan Group to unify the seas of the Ming Dynasty. No one can run wild on this sea anymore. And you still say that nothing has changed drastically?"

"Oh, you mean the times have changed..." Lin Hongzhong suddenly realized, and still tried to persuade him: "But General Lin, nothing is absolute. Even if Jiangnan Group wins this time, you have to know that the Macau Fleet is only a squadron under the Governor of Malacca. The Portuguese Malacca Fleet has more than ten large sailing ships, and there is also the Viceroy of India on board, so the number of large sailing ships is even more innumerable. Jiangnan Group can't afford their revenge. We are all just trying to make a living, so please leave some space for us so that we can meet again in the future, General Lin."

"No point in talking any more." Lin Daoqian shook his head slowly and said, "Master...oh no, Master Zhao has a plan in mind. Since he has taken action to kill you, he is not afraid of revenge from the pregnant Governor Ma."

"It's the Governor of Malacca..." Lin Hongzhong felt that he had nothing to say.

In fact, Lin Daoquan could no longer disobey his master's orders... After being bullied by Zhao Hao for a long time, obeying orders had become his instinct, and it was not affected by his personal will at all.

Lin Daoqian finished a whole roast goose, then picked up the luxurious velvet tablecloth to wipe his hands, wiped his greasy mouth and said, "I'm not meeting you to let you speak nonsense, but for the sake of our family, I advise you that what the young master hates most is the traitors. If you don't want to dig coal for the rest of your life, think carefully about what value you have to the young master, otherwise you will have a hard time when you arrive at Nan'ao Island tomorrow."

He waved his hand and asked his men to lock up the leaders of this gang.

~~

Qing'ao Bay, Nan'ao Island.

Zhao Hao was visiting the wounded in the field hospital when he learned that the last Portuguese galleon, the Pena, had also been captured by Lin Daoquan.

It is called a battlefield hospital, but it is not ambiguous at all. It is built in accordance with the sanitary standards and medical conditions of Jiangnan Hospital, and the conditions are better than those of the newly built Southeast Hospital in Chaozhou City. The hospital has an outpatient department, a sterile operating room, a drug storage room, a disinfection room, a large alcohol distillation room, and a ward with 500 beds. Among them, 300 are in the light injury ward and 200 are in the serious injury ward.

The field hospital is equipped with a strong medical team led by Li Lunming, which consists of 30 doctors, 100 nurses, 50 staff members, and 200 volunteer caregivers. They can treat various common battlefield injuries and diseases such as burns, fractures, knife and gunshot wounds, gastrointestinal diseases, etc. for officers, soldiers and staff.

At first, Zhao Hao thought that this configuration should be sufficient. But he did not expect that the battle at sea would be so fierce. Although the combined fleet of Portugal and pirates was completely wiped out, the marine officers and soldiers, the Royal Shipping crew members who participated in the battle, and the pirates under Lin Feng also paid a heavy price.

Among them, except for Ship 104, the other three of the four main ships of the Coast Guard Fleet were severely damaged, and Ships 102 and 103 temporarily lost their combat effectiveness. In addition, five medium-sized ships and seven small ships were seriously damaged, and three speedboats sank.

The number of coast guard officers and soldiers killed reached 101, with 185 seriously injured and 100 slightly injured.

The Royal Navy lost one armed merchant ship and seriously damaged five, with 60 crew members killed, 44 seriously injured, and 60 slightly injured.

Lin Feng's fleet lost two medium-sized Wuwei ships and seriously damaged four ships. 41 of his men were killed, 62 were seriously injured, and 50 were slightly injured.

The total number of casualties exceeded 200, with nearly 300 seriously injured and more than 200 slightly injured.

As a result, the wards were full and two hundred beds for serious injuries had to be temporarily added. One can imagine the pressure on the medical staff.

But they still provided great comfort to the wounded and saved the lives of most of them with their kind attitude, professional medical skills, clean environment and delicious hospital meals.

Li Lunming told Zhao Hao that the reason why the mortality rate was reduced to about 4% was due to the four magic weapons of aseptic technique, ether anesthesia, anti-inflammatory drugs, and bone traction. It can be said that it was science that promoted the great development of Chinese medicine and greatly reduced the loss rate of veterans.

The so-called bone traction technique is to use a Brownian frame to traction the injured part of the wounded in order to address the problem that traditional splints have poor fixation effect on peri-articular fractures. This can greatly reduce the pain and disability rate of peri-articular fractures, and is very helpful in maintaining the morale of veterans.

Therefore, the atmosphere in the seriously injured ward was not as heavy as imagined. Especially for the marine officers and soldiers and the injured from Jiangnan Shipping, although they were seriously injured and felt very uncomfortable, they knew that they would not be left alone. Even if they were disabled, the group would take care of them for life, which greatly reduced their psychological burden and allowed them to cooperate with the treatment calmly.

Only the seriously injured soldiers under Lin Feng were emotionally unstable. They felt that they were useless and there was no hope for survival even if they were cured, so they just stood there and refused to cooperate with the treatment.

In fact, there were only about 60 people in total, which was nothing. One of the reasons why Zhao Hao came to the hospital today was to solve this matter.

When he announced in the ward that all those injured and disabled by Jiangnan Group could refer to the "Group Employees' Benefits and Compensation Regulations" and enjoy lifelong free medical care and lifelong disability allowances. Those who are still able to work can be recruited as regular employees by the group and assigned suitable jobs. Those who have lost their ability to work can live in the sanatorium on Xishan Island and be taken care of by the group for life, the pirates were stunned!

After a while, a pirate with only one leg left asked in a muffled voice: "Is there such a good thing? You are not kidding, right?"

"Don't talk nonsense, this is Master Zhao!" Ma Yishan, who was following Zhao Hao, blew his beard and glared at him, cursing: "How could such a big shot, who always keeps his word, lie to a small follower like you!"

"What can I do with only one leg left?" the pirate asked hopefully.

"There are many more capable people." Zhao Hao laughed and said, "There are tens of thousands of positions in the group now. There is always a job that is easy and does not require two legs and is suitable for you... and you can get more money than others because you have a monthly allowance of one or two taels of silver."

According to the "Regulations on Special Compensation for the Injured", the injured person will receive a monthly pension of one tael of silver for each limb he loses, with a maximum of five taels. In addition, there are also standards for injuries to the eyes, ears, etc. Basically, the more serious the injury, the higher the pension.

Even the minimum pension can guarantee the basic living of the family, and it is formulated according to the standards of the Jiangnan region with the highest income level. If it were a low-income area like Chaozhou, it would definitely be able to live a comfortable life.

The lightly wounded pirates would want to stab themselves after hearing this...

Seeing his men's worries gone and smiling one by one, Ma Yishan felt relieved and the confusion in his heart was resolved.

Why are the soldiers and employees of Jiangnan Group so different?

Because everyone is really different!

ps. After the war, Young Master Zhao is going back to Beijing to get married. There are some very important issues that must be thought out in advance, such as how to get married. I spent a whole day thinking about it and finally came up with a plan, but it was posted late. Or if anyone has any good ideas, please speak up, and borrow arrows from a straw boat. There is one more update.