open sea

Chapter 215
The old man with glasses, Portuguese explorer Pinto is back.

Riding a fast two-masted ship, the Portuguese captain bombarded the Xiangshan warship patrolling overseas in the coastal waters of Haojing, and then two shark ships rushed to bombard the leaking line with ten catties of the bow, five A warship of this level can easily win even one-on-one against a warship of this level, let alone three shark ships.

The two-masted clipper was leaked, and the 61-year-old Pinto was lucky enough not to be injured in the artillery battle. When he fell into the sea and was picked up, he was extremely embarrassed. He kept shouting that there was no war and was escorted to Haojing.

The artillery battle near the sea caused the Haojing Fort to fire warning shots, and the sound spread to Xiangshan. The coastal forts of Xiangshan Station, who did not know the truth, fired one after another and sent out scouts, causing the entire Nanyangwei police to attack.

What was really lucky was that Chen Mu had enough confidence in the combat power of his flag army, so he didn't order someone to light the beacon, otherwise it would be a joke if a crazy captain fired a cannon and caused the Guangzhou police to be impeached. up.

On the shore of Haojing, Yang Yinglong, who rushed over with Chen Mu to watch the fun, opened his eyes, looked left and right around Pinto and a few Panyi sailors who were half dead by sea water and lying on the shore, spitting water, Very curious.

"Let's see later. There are many foreigners on the island. You will see it later." Chen Mubo pulled Yang Yinglong who was standing in front of him, and asked Pinto: "Where is the captain? Dare to hit my boat."

The artillery battle at sea didn't last long, and the brig that was about to sink had only eight Franco cannons, which couldn't penetrate the shark ship, but still caused casualties to the flag army, two of them died and one fell into the water and couldn't be found arrive.

Because of the loss of his glasses, Pinto, who was wrapped in canvas to keep warm, kept squinting his eyes, with a more complicated expression on his face: "The captain is dead, this is not the governor's order, he wanted to test whether the general's warship is as fierce as the general's temper on a whim ,Ugh!"

"The governor had no intention of going to war with the general. He promised to allow the general's fleet to trade in Malacca, but the number of ships could not exceed ten at most, and the number of sailors to trade in Malacca could not exceed five hundred."

Pinto felt that the damned captain was completely insane!
What to do is not good, just sail from Malacca to Haojing, and send him here, if you don't want to mess with this devil.

"What did your governor say, tell me in detail." While Chen Mu was talking, someone put the wooden box behind him, sat down and ordered Deng Zilong: "Send the fleet to continue patrolling, don't leak the Portuguese warship, be careful It's a tactic to slow down the troops."

It's a little too easy, just like that, everything he wants is at his fingertips?
Ten merchant ships went to Malacca for the trade quota, and a piece of silk bought from Guangzhou and transported to Malacca could get [-] times the huge profit.

So unreal.

"The kingdom is fighting everywhere, but we don't intend to fight against the Ming country, even if the general makes an inch of it." Perhaps the old man is always more courageous than a young man with little knowledge, Pinto pointed out without hesitation that Chen Mu made an inch of it, saying: " If there is a possibility of rebuilding the old one, the governor is willing to use his personal power to get the general to get this chartered route, but the governor needs the general's reputation guarantee."

"Guaranteed what?"

"This is just a private verbal guarantee. There is no need for any written documents between the Governor of Malacca and the general." Pinto looked around, and after confirming that he did not see any Western faces, he said to Chen Mu cautiously: "The general is The person in power of the Ming Dynasty in Haojing, we need you to make a promise. This should be under the witness of the priest and the Lord. Since the general is not a believer in the Lord, please make a promise in the name of your ancestors——Haojing cannot be with Lu Song's Franz robot trade."

Chen Mu smiled. Although he wanted to look serious, he didn't hold back.

He made the right bet, but he still asked knowingly: "Franji in Luzon, don't you have the same heart as you?"

"This is actually one heart." Pinto was a little embarrassed, he didn't know how to explain their relationship with Spain to Chen Mu, and said: "They used to be our suzerain country, just like Mancijia was to Daming, but The relationship between us has changed, this is our trade area, they occupy Luzon too much, we can't let them come to Haojing again, can the general guarantee it?"

Of course Chen Mu understands the relationship here. King Philip II of Spain named Luzon the Philippines. It seems that the Portuguese are also dissatisfied with this. He said cheerfully: "I will not guarantee this, because no one can occupy it. Haojing, this is the territory of Ming Dynasty, and it is under the jurisdiction of Ming Dynasty, on the contrary, I still need your guarantee."

"When Haojing faces foreign enemies, no matter where they come from, the Portuguese in Haojing must stand with me and attack them."

These people regard the discovered land as a colony and the people living here as the aborigines. The Ming Dynasty spent 60 years and many wars to help them establish a correct concept of the country and the country. Now it seems that equal education is quite good. Failure.

"You can send someone to tell your governor that ten Fujian-Guangzhou Hexingsheng merchant ships will arrive in Malacca this year, hoping to receive proper care and fair trade. What kind of care they receive in Malacca, the Portuguese will receive in Haojing care."

Chen Mu left with a smile, took a few steps and turned back, patted the phoenix wings and said: "Forgot, the captain of the brig that attacked the imperial navy without authorization is dead, and the ship and everything on it belong to me." ,is that OK?"

"Also, three of my bannermen were killed and missing, and you should give them compensation. Thirty Cruzados will be divided equally among the income from Portuguese business introduction this year. Is there any objection?"

Pinto ignored Chen Mu, and gestured with the cross on his chest with his eyes closed. The old man didn't want to say a word to Chen Mu at all.

Of course, Chen Mu didn't expect him to answer. As long as a consensus is reached, it doesn't matter whether there is a voice to respond.

"It's fine if you don't have an opinion, and if you have an opinion, write to the mailbox at the gate of the municipal office." Chen Mu said seriously: "I will read it—let's go!"

Yang Yinglong had never been afraid of anything, he acted like an old man wherever he went, but he was a little timid in Haojing, and his eyes continued to cycle from barbarians and sea warships to Chen Mu's face, like watching a monster, until Chen Mu reminded him to follow, and whispered as he walked, "What is that gram, is it their money? Miner Xiaobang, it's so worthless, why are you doing business with them?"

"Not worth much? It's quite valuable." Chen Mu took out a gold coin from his servant's pocket and handed it to Yang Yinglong, saying, "One, two, four, five silver coins."

Yang Yinglong took the gold coin and was looking at it. Hearing the sound, his eyes widened and he looked at Chen Mu in surprise: "You want four or fifty taels of pension for the three of you?"

"We are poor. How can we be as rich as Banzhou Xuanweisi? Every penny of Chen's money was deducted." Xiaoqi said, this time it was Chen who caused the disaster, and the families of the flag soldiers who died in the battle were given five taels each, and the remaining two flag troops who participated in the naval battle were rewarded with one tael each."

"Hey, did you see the captured fan boat? The sea boat is pretty good. Do you want it?" Chen Mu turned to Yang Yinglong and said, "I'll take all the cannons apart and unload them, repair them, and sell you 150 taels." .”

(End of this chapter)