Young Master Zhao watched his elder brother Jin jump over from the opposite boat and land steadily on the deck.

"Brother Jin, did everything go well last night?" Zhao Hao had a warm smile on his face.

From the change in addressing him as Young Master and his tone, Jin Ke keenly realized that he was right.

I thought to myself, last night was actually a test for me. Only after I pass this test will the young master really treat me as his own...

Jinke thought this was reasonable.

If the young master does nothing and just hands over all the armed forces to him, Jin Ke will have to think about whether he wants to continue working with a fool?

Brother Jin, who had finally achieved self-consistency with his newly developed imagination skills, also smiled sincerely.

"Thank you for your concern, sir. With all that silver piled up there, the bandits would have been in chaos without a fight. If you hadn't ordered us to capture the bandit leader alive, they would have killed themselves."

Speaking of this, Brother Jin couldn't help but shudder.

I thought that when the young master generously took out the 100,000 taels of silver, everyone thought that he had little money but a lot of it and was eager to save his sister.

Who could have imagined that he used the 100,000 taels of silver to completely confuse the minds of the pirates, disintegrate their top brass, and capture them all without any effort.

Did you also test the character of your subordinates?

Moreover, after obtaining so many valuable results, the one hundred thousand taels of silver were returned intact to Zhao State without a penny lost!

It's really scary that the young master has such a keen insight into the ugliness of human nature at such a young age...

~~

Zhao Hao didn't know yet that in Brother Jin's heart, a pair of horns had already grown on his head.

"Well, actually, there are less than two hundred of them in total. Even if we divide it equally, it will be enough for them to live comfortably for several years." Master Zhao sighed and prepared to order the fleet to set off.

"Sir, should we leave a team behind to protect this place?" Jin Ke suggested, "In case someone burns down the thieves' den and destroys the evidence before the authorities arrive."

"Oh?" Zhao Hao looked at him strangely and asked, "Why is this a den of thieves?"

"Ah?" Jin Ke was stunned and confused. "Is there another place?"

"Of course." Young Master Zhao nodded seriously and said, "Look at this place, it's so simple, it's obviously a temporary place for the pirates to stay when they come out to commit crimes."

"Really?" Jin Ke thought to himself, no, I had already interrogated those pirates on the way back.

They all said that they were fishermen in normal times, and only gathered here to do evil things at the call of a few bosses.

After the deed was done, they went their separate ways, each returning to their own homes and their own mothers. Where else could they find another nest?

"Yes." Zhao Hao gave General Jin a positive answer. "We will go to the thieves' lair now and wait for the government officials to come there."

"Oh." Although General Jin didn't understand what Young Master Zhao was going to do, he already knew that he was definitely going to do something.

He revealed a look of realization and said, "It seems that the people I interrogated did not tell the truth."

"Well, the leader of the water bandits is very bad, and he needs to be carefully interrogated." Young Master Zhao nodded and said leisurely: "By the way, ask him more about the big boss."

"Understood." Jin Ke responded in a deep voice.

At this time, Gao Wu walked in and pointed to the cabin door.

Zhao Hao saw Jiang Xueying wearing a light purple plum blossom top, a white pleated skirt, and a white plum blossom cape with green calyx. She stood there pure, noble, and graceful like an immortal.

"Oh, sister, you're up." Young Master Zhao greeted her with a smile.

But Miss Jiang pointed outside and showed no intention of coming in.

Zhao Hao suddenly remembered that it was not raining.

People who have been cooped up under the eaves for a month certainly want to breathe in some fresh air.

He asked Jin Ke to conduct a preliminary interrogation of Yu Liuye first, and he left the cabin with a smile on his face.

"Sister." Young Master Zhao called out again.

Jiang Xueying still didn't say anything, her pretty face had a fresh smile, as pure as a young deer that has not experienced the world.

She led Zhao Hao to the front deck and stood side by side facing the east.

I saw that where the lake and the sky met in the distance turned into a golden line, and the thick clouds and blue waves also turned into a gorgeous purple.

Master Zhao finally understood what Jiang Xueying meant. It turned out that she was inviting him to watch the sunrise.

Come to think of it, he couldn't remember how long it had been since he last saw the sunrise?

At this moment, everything was quiet, and Jiang Xueying was as quiet as an egret on the lake, with each snow-white feather neat and tidy.

Only the purple-gold light turned her eyes into a beautiful and enchanting rouge color.

Infected by this atmosphere, Master Zhao also stared quietly at the calm lake surface, which was gradually dyed golden by the rising red sun.

Then the light was floating and the shadows were still.

When water birds fly over the colorful and clear lake, strings of golden beads splash, making people want to have a movie of Invincible Rabbit.

“It’s so beautiful.”

Looking at the rising sun rising out of the lake, Master Zhao couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.

Then he added: "Sister is also very beautiful today."

"Brother is here to comfort my little sister again." Jiang Xueying's pretty face flushed slightly, and she was secretly delighted. She thought to herself that this trick of 'transferring emotions through scenery' that she learned from ancient poems seemed to be quite useful.

Not only can it help him avoid the embarrassing topic of last night, but it can also plant good memories in his brother's heart.

I think that no matter where he is in the future, whenever my brother sees the sunrise over the lake, he will think of this pure and white green-calyx plum blossom, right?

This way, the part where he was captured by the pirates was replaced.

Well, the plan worked.

~~

In fact, Sister Xueying was overthinking it. Master Zhao didn't even notice the plum blossom pattern on her skirt.

All he could think about was the four gunshots that went off last night in the rain.

But seeing that Sister Xueying is as noble as the fairy Gushe, it is too abrupt to ask her about topics like guns and muskets.

But I really want to see that gun... Zhao Hao scratched his head, not knowing where to start.

Xueying was very smart. She neither said thank you to Zhao Hao nor apologized to him, as that would have made things awkward.

It is only natural for the sister to get into danger while helping her brother and for the brother to come to the rescue.

She then asked softly, "Brother, do you have anything to ask?"

"Well." Zhao Hao nodded, coughed lightly and said, "Two heroes saved me last night. I want to meet them and thank them."

"So what do they look like?" Xueying's mouth twitched slightly. Brother is really something. Why does he bring up such irrelevant issues?

"It's dark and raining, so we can't see clearly." Zhao Hao gestured and said, "But the guns in their hands are very special. They are less than a foot long and can be fired even in the rain without ignition."

"Oh..." Jiang Xueying blinked her eyes, as if she was very confused.

"This kind of gun should be very rare, probably imported from the West. Sister, there shouldn't be many people on your ship who can afford it, right?" Young Master Zhao said with great joy, "Sister, you should have some impression of them, right? Let me meet them. Don't worry, they won't poach your people. I'll just buy one gun from them, and then ask about the channels to buy it..."

“……”The little egret’s feathers drooped down.

It turns out that my brother is really stupid. The sachet he gave me really has no special meaning...

Boys are only interested in guns.

ps. I can definitely write another chapter, but should I post it or not? I'm confused. Why not just stop waiting? It will be after 12 o'clock anyway, so it's the same if I read it tomorrow morning~~~~