Global colonization began with Ming Dynasty pirates.

When everyone landed and calmly lined up on the beach, something unexpected happened.

Dozens of pirates suddenly appeared from the village across the way, rushing chaotically towards Lin Hao and his group, seemingly trying to drive them into the sea.

"I thought they wouldn't dare to come out." Lin Hao stood at the front of the group, holding a large bow and walking on the side of the group. In the previous sea battle, he didn't even have time to exert his strength before the enemy couldn't hold on. This time, he also brought a bow and arrow to provide support from the side. As for the main force, it was naturally the musketeers lined up on the side.

Twenty musketeers and ten swordsmen and shieldmen were more than enough to deal with this group of pirates who barely had any clothes on.

"Maintain formation, don't panic. The other side is a rabble, they can't do anything to us. Just continue with your usual training."

Lin Hao repeatedly encouraged everyone, and when the distance was about right, he immediately ordered, "Stop! Swordsmen and shieldmen, step forward; musketeers, load your weapons."

Lin Yi led a group of swordsmen and shieldmen to the front and crouched down, after which all the musketeers began to load their weapons.

All the arquebusiers in the Lin family were trained strictly according to the "New Book of Military Efficiency" and "Records of Military Training" left by General Qi, and all their equipment was also completely copied.

All musketeers had their own special ammunition, which was a small bamboo tube containing both fine powder and granular powder.

Fine powder is the regular gunpowder used for ignition, while pellet powder is poured into the barrel to fire projectiles. Pellet powder burns more evenly and has a much greater power than regular gunpowder.

Meanwhile, the amount of ingredients in each bamboo tube is predetermined, eliminating the need for temporary calculations and saving considerable time.

The musket also had two sights, one in front and one behind, for aiming, which further improved the accuracy of the musket.

Once everyone had finished loading their muskets and lit the fuses, the enemy was within eighty paces. At this point, the pirates' ranks had already spread out as they ran. Although they numbered only forty or fifty men, the distance between them was more than ten meters. The men in front had already reached them, and the leader was a bald, burly man who was holding a large sword and was charging menacingly toward Lin Hao and the others.

"Brothers, the enemy's only strength is their artillery. Now that we're on land, it's our territory! Charge in and wipe them all out!"

Inspired by the bald, burly man, everyone mustered their last bit of strength and launched a charge.

"Ready!" Lin Hao raised his bow and arrow and aimed at the burly man. According to the previous interrogation results, this burly man should be the leader of the other ship, that is, Zhou Daye's cousin.

When the enemy was within 60 paces, Lin Hao shouted the order, "Fire!"

At the same time, the bow and arrow in Lin Hao's hand were also fired. The bow in his hand was a powerful bow that he had made himself, with a draw weight of over 140 jin (approximately 70 kg), which, according to the calculation standards of this era, was a standard 15-force bow. An ordinary person simply could not draw it. Now, with the full force of his bow released, the arrow shot out and struck the bald, burly man squarely in the chest.

The immense force ripped open the burly man's chest, piercing him completely. Before he could even struggle, a lead bullet flew in, blowing off most of his skull.

The familiar three-stage salvo is back, but this time it's not a front-row firing and rear-row reloading method. Instead, the front and rear rows fire simultaneously, releasing all the projectiles in the first instance to cause maximum damage in the shortest time.

Although they only had 20 arquebuses, the power of their volley was still something these pirates couldn't contend with.

At sixty paces, assuming both the musket and gunpowder are up to standard, no human body can withstand it, not even thin armor. But these pirates didn't even have clothes for each of them, let alone armor.

After the shooting, at least seven or eight pirates fell. The hit rate of the musket at this distance was quite high, especially for the boy in Lin Hao's hands. The amount of gunpowder used by one person to practice muskets every year was probably more than that of an entire border army battalion.

After suffering such a heavy blow, the entire pirate crew was stunned. After a terrifying sound, the front row disappeared instantly, and the ground was littered with corpses. The pirates who were hit in the torso were alright and died peacefully, but those who were hit in the limbs were groaning in pain on the ground. The blood-soaked scene on the ground caused great psychological trauma to everyone.

After one round of shooting, the pirates' numbers dropped to nearly 2%, which would have been devastating for any army in that era. But for some reason, these pirates just stood there, seemingly unfazed, and did not collapse.

"Lin Yi, lead your men and charge! Rout them! Musketeers, load your weapons on the spot, then chase after the swordsmen and shieldmen in groups of three."

Although he didn't know why the pirates hadn't collapsed yet, Lin Hao had no time to fire slowly and immediately ordered his swordsmen and shieldmen to charge.

But when Lin Yi, leading a dozen swordsmen and shieldmen, roared and pierced through the white mist created by the volley of fire, appearing in the pirates' field of vision, the pirates immediately realized what was happening.

"Run!" A desperate cry rang out, and then all the pirates simultaneously threw down their weapons, turned around, and fled frantically back the way they had come.

But they had rushed over, and their physical strength was already greatly depleted. How could these malnourished pirates compare to the elite youths under Lin Hao's command?

They were caught up in no time, and before anyone could even shout, the pirates had already obediently knelt down and surrendered, their practiced movements heartbreaking.

"It turns out I overestimated the enemy. I was just scared out of my wits before." Seeing that the battle was largely settled, Lin Hao breathed a sigh of relief. Although a powerful enemy would better demonstrate his strength, Lin Hao only wanted to play it safe now.

Taking down this wave of pirates, along with the previous night raid on the county town, made Lin Hao completely satisfied with the two operations. At least the people he had painstakingly trained weren't just good-for-nothings who could only talk.

Half an hour later, the extermination of the pirates was completed. Apart from a few pirates who were killed, the rest were basically captured.

However, the greatest contributors to capturing the pirates were not the boys, but the villagers who rushed out frantically after seeing the pirates' defeat.

A large number of villagers, abandoning their previous timidity, rushed out to surround and annihilate the pirates. If Lin Yi hadn't been fast enough, many more pirates would probably have died.

After the Lin family's youth group took control of the village, these people strangely ran back to their rooms and hid.

"Young Master, why are these villagers acting like this? Weren't they all quite brave before? Why are they hiding now?" Lin San, who was guarding Lin Hao with a squad of musketeers, asked in confusion.

"What's so strange about that? Before, they were just venting their anger by beating a drowning dog, but now that we're here, they're afraid we'll bully them like the pirates before, so they've had to hide. Lin San, take a few men and go door to door to tell the villagers that we're not pirates, so they can rest assured. Also, have everyone in the village come to the square."

"Young master, what if they don't come?"

"Tell them that if they don't come, I'll set the village on fire."

After giving instructions to Lin San, Lin Hao turned to Lin Yidao, who was gathering the prisoners:

"Lin Yi, gather all the prisoners in the square in front of the ancestral hall. I want to question them."

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Once all the prisoners were gathered in the square, including those captured on the ship earlier, they were all brought together. At the same time, Lin San also drove all the villagers to the back of the square.

The small square was now packed with people, but each person's expression was completely different: some were dejected, some were anxious, and some were angry. However, under the intimidation of the fully armed teenager, no one dared to move, trembling as they awaited their fate.

Lin Hao, carrying a single-edged sword, approached all the prisoners.

All the prisoners were uniformly bound with their hands behind their backs and forced to kneel on the ground. At this moment, Lin Hao, who was 1.8 meters tall, looked down at them with a knife in his hand, which was quite oppressive.

"Then tell me, who among these people is closest to your boss?" Lin Hao stood in front of the first person in the front row, casually placed the knife against the other's neck, and then asked indifferently.

"Um...I..."

"puff!"

The man was probably terrified, stammering for a long time before the long knife sliced ​​across his neck without hesitation, and blood gushed out instantly.

"Heh...heh..."

The man collapsed to the ground, trying to say something, but his trachea was already filled with blood, and he could only make unpleasant hoarse sounds.

All the pirates watched this scene in horror, while the villagers were quite excited, with some young people even cheering loudly, but they were quickly pulled back by their elders.

Lin Hao waited quietly without saying a word. Everyone watched as the pirate on the ground convulsed weakly, and then slowly lost his life as he lost a lot of blood.

Once the first person had completely stopped moving, Lin Hao walked up to the second person, slowly placed the knife in front of the second person who was trembling like a sieve, and said gently.

"Now, tell me, who among these people is closest to your boss?"