Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 1009 Where did the pirate come from?
In southeastern Africa, in the waters north of Luanda, a warship flying the British flag is heading south at full speed.

Black looked at the faintly revealed sentry tower in the distance, and a nervous look appeared on his face.

He did not have the military talent of the Prince of Condé, nor the sophisticated tact of Minuit.

He used to be an ordinary nobleman who only needed to enjoy the kind without struggle.

Even if he ran out in order to live a more luxurious life later on, he hadn't experienced too many battles, let alone fought with real swords and guns on the battlefield in person.

He has never done this kind of thing like going deep into the enemy's lair to fool people. It is a lie to say that he is not nervous.

Basel, who was sent by Prince Condé as a fake messenger, showed no trace of tension on his face.

He has been to Paris, he has seen the old fox of Richelieu, and he has fooled him. It is only Turenne, he is really not at ease.

If he was not very courageous, the Prince of Condé would not have sent him on such a mission.

The battleship was traveling at full speed, which was really uncommonly fast. After a while, the familiar Luanda port appeared in front of him.

Basel looked at the ships docked at the port, then looked at Duke Black's slightly frightened eyes, and comforted him, "Your Highness, don't worry, there are no British ships at the port.

All you have to do is tell your cronies to park the boat and wait at the pier, they don't know who you are anyway. "

Uh, yeah, I don't have to see Turenne.

Hearing this, Blake's expression improved a bit.

Soon, the battleship entered the port and docked at the pier.

The guards at the port pier didn't care much when they saw that it was a British warship, and no one even came to check it.

During this period of time, Dutch and British warships have come more often, and everyone is used to it.

Basel stepped off the boat without hesitation, ran over to chat with him, and then followed him into the city.

He is much more familiar with the city of Luanda than others, and he naturally knows where the Governor's Mansion is, but he still has to pretend to be unfamiliar and follow behind them.

Because he was pretending to be a messenger sent by the Duke of Richelieu, not a subordinate of Prince Condé who escaped from here.

Turenne heard that the Duke of Richelieu had sent a messenger, so it was a bit inexplicable, because he sent someone to deliver the letter to the Duke of Richelieu, why didn't the Duke of Richelieu let the person he sent bring the letter back? ?

He glanced at Basel curiously, and couldn't help but ask, "Where's Alfred, why hasn't he come back?"

That guy has been caught by us.

Basel said without changing his face: "I don't know, His Royal Highness the Duke has never told me about this person."

do not know?
People don't know, so why ask?
Turenne froze for a moment, then opened the envelope, took out the letter paper inside and read it carefully.

This is the Duke Richelieu's handwriting is correct, and what is written in the letter is basically the question he asked for instructions last time.

The Duke of Richelieu said something else, that is, let him quickly send people to cut rubber, mine copper and iron ore, and then borrow a hundred warships from the Dutch and the British to send them directly back to France.

This is nothing, of course he knows the importance of resources, and he has not been idle during this time.

He had already sent people to drive slaves to cut rubber, mine copper and iron ore, and he also tried to resume work in the smelter here, and now he has smelted a lot of crude copper and crude iron.

The problem is that the conditions proposed by the Duke of Richelieu to the Dutch are too harsh.

One sailboat is exchanged for ten sailboat transformation materials!
What's the difference between this and snatching?
He read the letter carefully, and then asked: "Did we suffer a lot when we attacked Cairo last time?"

Basel nodded without hesitation: "Yes, the last time we attacked Cairo, more than 1000 sailing ships we remodeled and hundreds of warships in the United Fleet were all burned down."

No wonder the Duke of Richelieu proposed such a condition. The last time the loss was so heavy, there were basically no ships in mainland France that could be used for combat!

By the way, the ship.

Turenne then asked, "Did you come here on a Dutch warship?"

Basel shook his head without hesitation and said, "No, I came here on a British warship."

This!
Turenne said anxiously: "Where's the Dutch battleship?

I borrowed that battleship from the Dutch. "

At the moment, a steamship and warship is worth tens of thousands of pounds of silver, which is not a small sum.

Basel shook his head without hesitation and said, "I don't know about this, His Royal Highness the Duke didn't tell me."

Uh, this is troublesome. After losing a warship, they have to put forward such harsh conditions. The Dutch are afraid that they will be so angry that they will curse.

Turenne frowned and pondered for a while, then asked again: "Are you going back now or after I have prepared the rubber, crude copper and crude iron, and borrowed a warship from the Dutch before going back together?"

I'm fine, but the problem is that Duke Black is very scared.

Besides, if any British came over to recognize Duke Black during this time, they would be in big trouble.

Basel pretended to be apologetic: "I'm afraid I can't wait that long. The British also borrowed warships. We can't keep borrowing and not returning them. His Royal Highness also said that I should hurry back as soon as possible."

Ok.

Turenne could only write a letter in a hurry, sealed it with a special glue, and then handed it to Basel, and asked him to go back to report.

Seeing that Basel was back, Black quickly ordered his cronies to sail the boat, and rushed back as if fleeing for his life.

He was really terrified, such a dangerous thing was scarier than fighting.

He can still order his subordinates to fight desperately in a war, but he can't bring many subordinates over this kind of thing, and he can't fight with others.

After he returned to Fort Condé and handed over the letter to the director of the Ministry of Rites of the Ming Dynasty, he couldn't help asking: "Your Majesty, can you send only my cronies next time for this letter delivery.

Because there are too many people who know me, especially the British who are running overseas. I don’t know how many people have met me. It is easy to be exposed when I go. "

This guy is really afraid of death, but Minuit is not.

However, there is some truth to what he said. There is no need to send such a well-known person in Europe to lead the team to deliver the letter. It is too easy to be exposed.

This exposure was over, not to mention the loss of all the messengers, and the loss of a rare puppet.

Taichang nodded slightly and said: "Okay, next time this kind of thing happens again, you can just send your cronies to go."

Hearing this, Black could not help but let out a long breath.

Taichang turned his head again and asked the accompanying ceremonial officer, "How is it, what did Turena say?"

The official of the Ministry of Rites quickly said concisely: "Tirena said that he would try to prepare the rubber, crude copper and crude iron within half a month, and transport them to the European continent by warship.

He tried his best to talk with others about the issue of the Dutch using sailboats for materials, which is probably a bit difficult. "

Half a month?
If you add half a month to rush over, it will be a month.

Taichang thought about it carefully, and then said to Prince Kong Dai: "This letter has to be sent to the Duke of Richelieu, as long as we cut off the channel, your cronies should not be exposed.

From now on, you will be in charge of this place. You can figure it out. Anyway, you can send Minuit’s cronies to drive the boat when sending letters to Europe, and send Blake’s cronies to drive the boat when sending letters to Angola.

If you think it's dangerous, you don't have to send it.

In short, intercepting the channel is the most important thing. "

Does this mean that His Majesty the Emperor is going back?
That's right, when His Majesty the Emperor Ming was here, he felt like a mountain was pressing down on him, it was too depressing.

Prince Kong Dai nodded quickly and said, "Okay, I understand."

Taichang was indeed going back, it was too far away from the capital city of Xiyin and Xinma City, and it would take two or three days for the Flying Dragon warships to summon each time, which was too much time wasted going back and forth.

There have been a lot of things during this period of time. I don’t know how much food, grass, equipment, horses and chariots will be mobilized for the last battle on the African continent. He can’t just stay here and teach others how to cut off the waterway and how to grab things.

He believes that this kind of thing should be able to be done with the ability of Prince Condé. He only needs to arrange for the dragon warship to patrol the Cape Verde Islands and Dakar continuously, and tell others the news in advance.

The Dutch can imagine that there will be pirates on the waterway from Africa to the continent these years.

However, this time they were really furious. Turenne lost one of their warships, so forget it. Richelieu, an old fox, actually put forward such harsh conditions. Did they think their sailboat was blown by the wind?
Therefore, Moritz sent his younger brother Hendrick to go out in person to escort the supplies to the continent.

To be honest, if it weren't for the fact that France is the main force of the anti-Habsburg alliance, if France loses its navy, it would be their own losses. They would have brought these supplies back to Cape Town, and what a fart!

Along the way, Hendrick was thinking about how to negotiate terms with that old fox, Richelieu, and didn't care much about the fleet.

It's just that when passing the line between the Cape Verde Islands and Dakar, he deliberately let the fleet leave the coastline for about [-] miles, and passed between the Cape Verde Islands and Dakar.

This is the territory of the Ming Empire. Although the Ming Empire has no tradition of being a pirate, he is still a little uneasy holding so many strategic materials in front of others.

He was relieved after the fleet passed between the Cape Verde Islands and Dakar, because in a few days it would reach the European waters.

At this moment, the continental European countries are basically in an alliance relationship, and it is unlikely that one's own people will rob one's own people.

How did he know that when the fleet passed between the Cape Verde Islands and Dakar, it was targeted by the Flying Dragon warship of the Ming Empire.

The warship was more than ten miles away from them, and with the water pattern painting, they couldn't see it at all.

Prince Condé was overjoyed when he received the news. After waiting for so long, someone finally came to deliver the food.

The Dutch only have [-] warships, and he has [-] warships plus [-] warships. This is simply crushing others.

Early the next morning, he couldn't wait to lead the fleet to set off, heading straight for the main island of the Canary Islands.

Because the Ming Empire had even told him their shipping lanes, and the Dutch warship was heading straight for the main island of the Canary Islands.

Obviously, people want to come over to supply fresh water and food.

He happened to block more than a hundred miles in front of the supply point, making it impossible for people to supply fresh water and food. In this way, people might not dare to run away.

Because there is no fresh water when sailing at sea, it is fatal.

He arrived at the sea area more than a hundred miles in front of the supply point early, but the Dutch warship did not arrive until half a day later.

Hendrick didn't pay much attention when he saw a row of black spots in the sea ahead.

Because Prince Kong Dai is a very chicken thief, he directly lined up a long snake formation, that is, a row of fifty warships, three hundred warships in six rows, and Spike warships in a row behind the battleships, also a row of fifty warships. ship.

In this way, if you look at it from a distance, it seems that there are only a few dozen warships. If you don't get close, you can't see the long line of warships behind.

Hendrick really thought that there were only dozens of warships ahead, and he even thought that they were warships from the European Union country.

Because this is not far from the supply point of the Galena Islands, they may have just arrived after the supply.

However, when the two sides approached the range of five or six miles, he was shocked.

Because at this time, he could already faintly see their flags.

Pirate Ship!
Where did the pirates come from at this time?
(End of this chapter)