Take the arsenal to Da Ming

Chapter 101 The Portuguese Ambition
Finally, Tangning got a fairly satisfactory answer sheet, which also included several hand-painted waterways, some to Daguan, some to Batavia and other places.

Tang Ning believed that the information should be true. If the so-called high-ranking governor in front of him could still deceive Tang Ning under such circumstances, it would only be his fault for Tang Ning's fate.

And Le Maire, who was enduring all this in pain, broke down and cried, crying like a child.

This is not pretending, he can persist until now, which is already very good.

During the torture, he didn't cry even though he lost control of his bladder and bowels. When Tangning announced that it was over and that he could rest, he collapsed instead.

Maybe it was tears of joy, maybe it was a new life, anyway, all kinds of emotions were intertwined, and he couldn't bear it anymore, sobbing bitterly in front of this young man.

Fan Zhicheng learned another trick. To deal with accomplices, you can interrogate them separately and compare the confessions, but when dealing with only one person who knows the inside story, you can't compare the confessions, and you must prevent them from being misled and used by the other party.

And Mr. Tang's method just now was very clever. He deliberately asked a lot of simple questions that seemed meaningless, and strengthened the prisoner's subconscious instinct to give the correct answer. Le Maire was fooled several times.

Le Maire also has moments of vigilance and is very sensitive to some problems. He is also good at fabricating lies, and he can't even tell that there is a problem.

However, this will not trouble Mr. Tang, he will continue to confuse Le Maire's consciousness with a large number of questions he asked before, and then suddenly turn to the previous question.

Le Maire can no longer remember the specific details of the previously fabricated answers, and it is easy to reveal the truth.

Sometimes Master Tang deliberately lied to him, even though Le Maire gave the same answer as last time, Master Tang said it was different from last time, which made Le Maire feel a little unconfident.

Then I repeated the questions over and over again. The brains of normal people are not enough, so the possibility of Le Maire's fabrication was basically eliminated.

The confession that has been confirmed repeatedly in the end should be the final correct confession.

To put it bluntly, this set of interrogation methods, in addition to the necessary torture, is to use the prisoner's subconscious, memory, instinct, and spiritual loopholes to completely defeat the prisoner.

Tangning got the answer he wanted, Fan Zhicheng learned something, and Le Maire was finally relieved.

But for Le Maire's dishonesty, he can no longer enjoy the courtesy. After his injury heals, he also needs to participate in labor before he can eat.

However, Tangning would not let him have any contact with other Dutch people.

After being escorted by Fan Zhicheng respectfully, Tangning left the torture room and returned directly to the barracks, but she heard that Wannu Bujialao had been waiting for a long time.

After thinking about it for a while, Tangning probably guessed what Wannu Bugarao's purpose was.

Tangning did not send someone to call Wannu Bujialao to the barracks. Instead, he left the barracks first, and then sent someone to inform Wannu Bugarao to go to the Tang residence.

Wannu Bujialao didn't dare to delay, and rushed to the Tang residence in a hurry.

When Wannu Bujialuo arrived, Tangning was enjoying the shoulders and legs of the two maids in the mansion.

Originally these jobs were done by Xiaohuan's girl, but that girl has been very busy recently, leaving early and returning late in the chamber of commerce all day long, so she had to let other people do it for her.

The maid, the old lady and the servants in the mansion are all from the original Heihu Village, and they were personally selected by Song Yunwan. They are trustworthy and easy to use.

The two maids, one named Xiaoyu and the other Xiaozhu, are both 14 years old.

When they were at Red Lotus Mountain, they looked down and saw Tang Ning. They were not afraid of Tang Ning, but respected her.

The massage skills of the two little girls were good. After a while, Tangning felt a little drowsy.

At this moment, Song Yunwan stepped in and said to Tangning, "Brother-in-law, that Wannu Bujialao is here."

Tangning slowly opened her eyes and said, "Bring him in."

After a while, Wannu Bujialao walked into the main room led by Song Yunwan, saluted Tangning quickly, and said humbly, "Master Tang, I hope I didn't disturb you."

Tangning smiled and said, "Mr. Bugarao, you will come whether you want to interrupt me or not."

Upon hearing this, Wannu Bugarao smiled awkwardly.

"Please sit down."

After Wannu Bugarao sat down, Xiaoyu obediently served him tea.

Tangning said directly, "Mr. Bugarao, if you have anything to say, please speak directly."

Wannu Bugarao pondered for a while, and said, "Master Tang, is it better for us to talk in a quiet place?"

Tangning waved her hand and said, "No need, it's fine here, so don't worry about spreading it."

Since Tangning said so, Wannu Bugarao couldn't say anything more.

After sorting out his thoughts, Wannu Bugarao said: "Master Tang, on behalf of us Portuguese, I would like to express my heartfelt blessings to the new army's victory."

As expected, someone who has lived in Daming for decades has already become familiar with Daming's etiquette. Tangning immediately expressed her gratitude.

After laying the groundwork for the polite words, Wannu Bugarao immediately turned to the topic, and he said seriously:
"Master Tang, I can assure you that we Portuguese will definitely not sneak up on the new army in such a shameless way like the Dutch, trying to snatch the new army's weapons."

Tangning smiled and said, "It's okay, it's okay. In this era, isn't it all about stealing? If they can really defeat us and steal our things, that's their ability."

Wannu Bugarao didn't expect Tangning to play cards completely out of common sense. Does this mean that the Portuguese are incapable.

Regardless of whether Tangning's words meant this or not, Wannu Bugarao could only pretend not to know, and continued to emphasize: "We only want to maintain the most sincere cooperation with the Xinjun and the Chaozhou Chamber of Commerce."

Tangning said, "So are we."

Wannu Bucarao bowed, and then continued: "Master Tang, this time the Dutch are so rude and offensive, how will the new army plan to punish them?"

Tangning frowned, and asked back, "You Portuguese are very concerned about our new army's movements."

Tangning didn't go in the direction Wannu Bugarao had imagined at all, causing his expression to change slightly, and he said hastily:

"Master Tang, you misunderstood. What I mean is, there is also a lot of hatred between us and the Dutch, so we can cooperate in this regard."

Tangning didn't answer in a hurry. He picked up his teacup, took a sip of tea, looked at Wannu Bugarao, and then asked leisurely, "How do we cooperate?"

Wannu Bugarao quickly said: "Although the Dutch's despicable sneak attack failed, their behavior is very shameful. We will punish them in the same way."

"They raided South Australia, we can also go to raid the Grand Officer, as well as Man Raja, Ceylon, and even Batavia."

Tangning smiled and said, "I heard that several places here originally belonged to you Portuguese, but were later snatched by the Dutch."

"Even the Dutch wanted to take away the oyster mirror. Fortunately, you saved the last bit of face for yourself and didn't let the Dutch succeed."

Hearing Tangning bring up these unbearable past events, Wannu Bugarao was embarrassed, but also full of shame and anger.

(End of this chapter)