Bury the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 168 Descendants of Zheng He?

Byrne Fank shrugged his shoulders, and the expression on his face was extremely exaggerated: "Please, anyone who is chased by a warship at sea, the first reaction is to be afraid, okay? I am a timid person, so of course I chose to run away. Now, you have also checked, can you let me go?"

Yang Tao's face became more and more gloomy.

After chasing at sea for so long, there is probably something wrong with this ship—but the problem is that I haven't been able to find out what's wrong with this ship!
Yang Tao snorted coldly, and was about to order the withdrawal of the Yizhou ship, but Hu, the captain of Jinyiwei, who was boarding with Yang Tao, reached out to stop Yang Tao, took out the waist card of Jinyiwei, shook it in front of Bain Fanke, and said with a smile: "Why are you panicking? It's already here, why don't you check it out?"

As soon as he saw the badge in the hands of Captain Jinyiwei, Bain Fanke's heart sank to the bottom of the valley.

As a member of the East India Company and specialized in working in the Far East, Bain Fanke certainly knew what that waist badge represented—even in the Ming Empire, he could be regarded as the notorious Jinyiwei, It will be even more lawless outside of Daming.

Once again shrugged pretending to be relaxed, and said with a relaxed look: "Whatever, if you want, I can even let the ship stop here and let you check until dawn tomorrow. Of course, after dawn, I should enter the port for supplies .”

Captain Jin Yiwei gave a chuckle, looked at Bain Fanke meaningfully, and signaled Bain Fanke to lead the way, and walked into the cabin.

Yang Tao followed along and said in a low voice, "Since nothing was found out, what else do you need to investigate?"

Captain Jin Yiwei sneered and said, "Who said it wasn't found out?"

Yang Tao was taken aback, and asked, "What did you find?"

Captain Jin Yiwei said: "Who decides whether it is found or not? Even if I randomly throw a flintlock on their boat, isn't that the evidence?"

Hearing what Captain Jinyiwei said, Yang Tao was stunned and couldn't help but wipe the cold sweat that didn't exist on his forehead—look, look, this is my Daming's Jinyiwei?Are these guys always like this?

The captain of Jinyiwei saw the strange expression on Yang Tao's face, and said with a smile: "Don't look at me like that, our Jinyiwei doesn't have the right to directly arrest or interrogate people in Daming territory, unless we have the imperial decree from His Majesty, or the Ministry of Punishment , Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Yushitai driving stickers."

"Of course, when we are at sea, the Law of the Great Ming will no longer restrict us, unless the opponent is a Daming person like us, otherwise..."

The look on the face of the captain of the Jinyiwei gradually became cold: "Don't think that our Jinyiwei people are lawless, and don't think that we will use any means for the sake of our goals, wantonly concocting evidence and even treating human life like nothing."

"Because this world is never as beautiful as you imagined—you will know when you become the commander of the South China Sea Fleet or the commander of the military level."

"In the last year alone, more than 70 people died in the line of duty of Jin Yiwei, nearly a hundred people died in the line of heaven and earth, and more than 50 people died in the intelligence bureau under the governor's office of the five armies. This is not counted. Over there with the guards."

"But it doesn't matter, anyway, those who work in our line of work have been doomed to a rare and happy death from the first day."

Speaking of this, Captain Jin Yiwei shook his head with a smile again, and said, "I'll teach you another trick, remember it—most of the barbarian merchant ships are part-time pirates. Of course, our Ming Dynasty The same is true for merchant ships, no one is cleaner than the other to make a living at sea."

"Like sailors."

"These barbarian merchant ships especially like to use slaves as sailors, because there is no need to feel sorry for the slaves when they die, and it will be over if they are thrown into the sea."

"But, these Dutch merchant ships are the most unruly kind among them. Their background is the most unclean, and they are the most easy to catch."

"For example, one of their slave sailors happened to be a citizen of Ming Dynasty..."

Yang Tao looked at the captain of Jinyiwei in a daze and asked, "What does this have to do with the Pearl? Could it be that there must be Ming people on board?"

Captain Jin Yiwei sneered and said, "What if there is one? If there is none, then just pick someone who looks pleasing to the eye, unless he uses all Kunlun slaves on this ship."

"As for the household registration issue... At worst, let the Guangzhou prefect's office issue a household registration certificate-do you think the Guangzhou prefect's office will worship the two of us, or will it worship that surname?"

Captain Jin Yiwei did not mean to avoid people at all. Even knowing that Byrne Fank could listen and speak Chinese, Captain Jin Yiwei still let Byrne Fank lead the way while talking with Yang Tao normally.

But Bain Fanke was so angry that his teeth were itching, but he had to honestly lead the way for Captain Jin Yiwei and Yang Tao.

Because Bain Fanke knew that what Captain Jin Yiwei said was true, at least it was true when compared to the Pearl that he had mastered.

At the same time, Bain Fanke also knew in his heart that if the captain of Jinyiwei in front of him really threw a flintlock on his boat casually, he would have to follow them to the Ming government for interrogation, even if he was finally released by the Ming government , it is estimated that a certain price must be paid, but this captain of the Jinyiwei will not be punished in any way.

Just as Captain Jin Yiwei inspected one cabin after another, Bain Fanke's heart gradually calmed down.

As long as nothing can be found, the Ming government has no reason to do anything to themselves.

As for whether there will be people from the Ming Dynasty as slaves among the sailors?
That is absolutely impossible. The sailors on the Pearl were all captured from Heizhou. No matter how shameless the captain of the Jinyiwei in front of him is, he can't point to a Heizhou slave and insist that he is a Caucasian. ?

Until the group of people slowly walked to the hold where the sailors were.

Just as Bainfanke expected, Captain Jinyiwei lost interest when he saw these slave sailors—who can expect Ming people to be among these swarthy Heizhou slave sailors?

Seeing Captain Jinyiwei's complexion darken a little bit, Bain Fanke suddenly became stiff: "Let me just say, although our East India Company doesn't do anything good, we still respect the Ming Empire very much." , it is absolutely impossible to capture civilians from the Ming Empire as slaves."

Having said that, Bainfanke first pointed to himself, and then pointed to a group of black African slaves, and said: "You, I, and we are white, but they are black, do you understand, sir?" ?”

Captain Jin Yiwei gave Bain Fanke a bitter look, and casually took off the Xiuchun knife from his waist, threw it on the board of the boat and said to Bain Fanke: "Pick it up."

Bain Fanke shook his head and said: "No, no, you can send me to the government of the Ming Empire, and I am willing to accept interrogation - after all, I have not violated the laws of the Ming Empire, if I pick up this knife , the nature is completely different.”

Looking at Jin Yiwei's increasingly gloomy face, Bainfanke couldn't help but want to laugh three times--this kind of little trick, I have never seen someone like this before!

However, before Byrne Fank could laugh out loud, someone among the swarthy slave sailors suddenly shouted: "Da Ming! Da Ming! I am from the Ming country!"

Captain Jin Yiwei quickly walked up to the slave sailor, sized him up and asked, "What did you say? Tell me your name? Native place?"

However, the swarthy slave sailor screamed again, and then he shouted again: "Da Ming! Da Ming! I am from the Ming country!"

Captain Jin Yiwei couldn't help turning his head to look at the interpreter, but the interpreter shook his head, saying that he couldn't understand what the worker in front of him was saying.

And as the slave sailor screamed again, the glimmer of hope that had just arisen in Captain Jinyiwei's heart was also shattered—not to mention the people of Ming Dynasty, even the Kunlun slaves in Nanyang were not so dark, they just knew Speaking such a few words of Chinese does not prove that he is a commoner of Ming Dynasty.

As for rescuing these slave sailors... Captain Jin Yiwei has no interest in this at all. There are many ways to kill Bain Fanke, and there is no need to make a fuss about these laborers.

Shaking his head slightly, the captain of Jin Yiwei was about to leave, but the slave sailor fell to his knees with a plop, and shouted: "Zheng He!...Zheng He! Treasure ship!...Fleet! Descendants!"

Hearing these words, Captain Jin Yiwei couldn't help but look very ugly. He looked at Bain Fanke, who had an equally ugly expression, and asked, "What is he talking about? Also, where did you catch him? Clearly, forget about this time, otherwise..."

Seeing the murderous eyes of Captain Jin Yiwei, Bain Fanke's heart trembled, and he quickly looked at the interpreter on his ship.

The interpreter on the Pearl also hurriedly and carefully translated: "He said he came from an island in Heizhou, and many people on that island were like him, and they were all descendants of a high-ranking official surnamed Zheng from the Ming Empire. .”

"He said that the senior official surnamed Zheng commanded an invincible fleet, and the largest ship was called the Treasure Ship. He said that their ancestors had been waiting for Mr. Zheng to send someone to pick them up, but they never did."

"He said that because Mr. Zheng didn't send someone to pick them up, their ancestors slowly began to intermarry with the local people. Now that they have multiplied for many generations, they gradually lost their original language. But There are many people like him in their clan who can speak the words Daming, Zheng He, treasure ships, and descendants."

"He also said that he just heard you mention the Ming Empire to Mr. Bainfanke, so he hopes you can help him and bring him back to the Ming Empire."

Seeing the faces of Jin Yiwei and Yang Tao getting more and more serious, Byrne Fank trembled in his heart and shouted: "If you need, I can tell you the location of that island and the route."

"However, I really don't know what relationship he has with your Ming Empire... Besides, I didn't capture him, he was sold to the Pearl."

"Also, it was you who said just now, as long as I tell you the location and route of that island, this time it will be fine, and you can't pursue it any further."

Captain Jin Yiwei and Yang Tao looked at each other, then nodded seriously, and said, "Yes, as long as you give me him and the sailors you bought with him on the ship, and then give me the location of the island and the route. Tell me, let’s forget about this time. Of course, it won’t be the case next time.”

After hearing Captain Jin Yiwei's last threat, Byrne Fank finally let out a long sigh of relief and said, "Okay, sir, from now on, he is yours, and I can assure you that on my ship Only he is from that island, and I will draw the route to that island for you."

Captain Jin Yiwei also nodded again, and together with Yang Tao and others, led the slave sailor, who claimed to be a descendant of Zheng He, out of the hold.

When they got on the deck and asked the slave to wash his face, Captain Jin Yiwei, Yang Tao and others discovered that the slave sailor in front of him was very different from other Kunlun slaves in terms of appearance and blackness.

(End of this chapter)