Chapter 54 Persistence is a virtue

Ever since Han Xiufen met Yun Zhao, her own county has been in a state of lack of money.

No matter how much money they get, after a turn, the faces of the sisters of the Kurusa Division will become ugly again.

They don't understand why the county never keeps the money!

Qian Duoduo still has some money in her hands, but as far as the money in her Qian Duoduo's hands is concerned, it has not been seen by the sisters of the Treasury Division, and compared with the Lantian Treasury, the money in Qian Duoduo's hands is completely negligible.

However, Han Lingshan, Xu Wuxiang, Zhang Guozhu, and Han Xiufen don't see it that way, they pay more attention to how the money is spent.

Compared with the great cause of Lantian Field, a little money is not worth mentioning at all.

They prefer to see prosperous cities and rich villages than gold and silver jubei piled up in the treasury.

As for the money - if you don't have it, you just have to look for it.

Baron Cristiano is not dead, but not very well.

He likes to wear the big medal around his neck, and it is still hanging around his neck, this is his glory, Han Xiufen is not a person who likes to deprive others of glory.

There is only one ironclad ship in the entire South Sea, and now it is Han Xiufen's flagship, the Lantian.

It was because of this ship that Han Xiufen dared to participate in the activity of scraping the Portuguese fleet.

And the reason why the British and Spaniards dared to get involved was because Portugal lost the naval battle in Europe.

Thirty-five years ago, the Dutch defeated the Portuguese at the Battle of Malacca, resulting in the loss of most of the interests of the once powerful Portugal, and it was difficult for the Portuguese to make a difference in the South Seas.

This time, it was the same naval battle between the Dutch and the Portuguese, except that this time the naval battle took place in the Atlantic, and the Portuguese lost fifty-six ships and the harbor was bombarded by the Dutch.

So, for the next five years, the Portuguese who remained in the South Seas would not have any support.

The British, the Spaniards, the Dutch, and the Lantian people all showed their malice towards the Portuguese after learning the news.

The Portuguese knew their situation, so the grief-stricken Baron Clitisiano gave up the entire Portuguese fleet after weighing it up, and prepared to quietly leave the South Seas with a dozen sailors himself on a very small supply ship.

He knew that if the Portuguese lost the treasures of the South Seas again, it would take longer to regain their former strength.

So, for the sake of the future of the Portuguese Navy, Baron Clitisiano fled.

This is the private prosecution of Baron Critisiano.

These words made Han Xiufen and Leonie stunned, and after a long time, Leonie said: "You are really not for your family, but for Portugal?" ”

"Portugal is too small to afford a defeat of this magnitude, and for many years we have been committed to avoiding war and do not want to get involved in a war in Europe," Critisiano said sadly.

The Dutch, however, did not agree, they were hostile to us, and the Spaniards had attacked us from land, and it was useless for us to grovel and admit their rule, they had taken possession of us, and now they were going to take away our dignity.

The sea was the last place of freedom for the Portuguese, and now, we are losing even the sea.

Dear Baron Xiufen Han, I have heard that the distant Ming Dynasty has always been a state of etiquette, and now, I, Baron Critislav, beg you, to leave this wealth to Portugal, and you will reap a firm ally on the sea. ”

After listening to this sad story, Han Xiufen sighed, stood on the side of the ship and looked at the seagulls flying in front of her, and said to Baron Clittiskiano in the most pitiful tone: "Write your surrender document, use your seal, and tell all the wandering Portuguese that they can surrender to our Lantian Navy and accept the dispatch of our Lantian Navy."

In this way, they may survive, or they will be enslaved and sold to the far East—slavery forever! ”

Clitisiano nodded, "A very good idea, and a benevolent one, I will write it here, but, my Excellency, I hope to be able to continue to be the commander of the Portuguese fleet to which Lantian belongs." ”

Han Xiufen waved his hand, and a tall bald giant man walked over from the mast, lifted the body of Baron Crittisano with one hand, threw him on his shoulder, and carried him out of the cabin.

Leonie listened to Baron Critisiano's faint plea and whispered, "I always think this guy is dishonest. ”

Han Xiufen said: "Whether he is honest or not, after we arrive on Tierra del Fuego, if we don't have what we need, we will throw him into the crater and let him go to hell." Never want to climb out. ”

Leonie smiled, "It's best to do this, I can't wait to see the treasures that the Portuguese don't dare to bring back home." ”

Tierra del Fuego is a black island, a small island formed after a volcanic eruption.

A thick layer of fertile volcanic ash is laid on the island's shores, and after seabirds drop plant seeds on the ash through their droppings, lush vegetation emerges here.

Of course, the occasional coconut floats here also remains on the beach to take root and sprout, giving birth to dense coconut groves.

On the top of the smoky mountain, the whole mountain is still black and barren, and there is always a gap in the crater lake, where the acid water of the eruption is soaked in rainwater to form a very pure sulfur.

This thing is an indispensable material for making gunpowder, and the reason why Han Xiufen came to Tierra del Fuego was to find the treasures of the Portuguese was one aspect, and it was also an important job to come over to mine sulfur.

Zhang Chuanli took more than a thousand black sailors to mine sulfur, and Han Xiufen took the Lantian soldiers to find the treasure with the languishing Baron Critiskiano.

"Are you going to kill me? Baron Xiufen Han? ”

"Baron Han, nobles don't kill nobles, you can't do this, this is not the practice of an elegant nobleman."

"Baron, I can gain my freedom by paying a ransom, which is what the Code of Nobility says it is, and you can't violate it."

Han Xiufen said with a smile: "The first duty of nobility is honesty, if you are honest, I will abide by the Code of Nobility and allow your family to ransom you with the same weight of gold." ”

Leonie laughed and said, "Baron, you should trust our Lord Baron, she has always been soft-hearted, as long as you fulfill your promise, we will fulfill our promise." ”

Leonie's words gave Baron Critisiano a little confidence, and although the path was slightly different from the human skin map, the direction was roughly right.

Critisiano, who had been stripped of a large piece of skin from his legs, did not walk quickly, but with the help of Han Xiufen's slave giant, the group soon came to the front of a swarthy cave.

Han Xiufen glanced at the rocks scattered all over the mouth of the cave, and said to Baron Critisiano: "Give you another chance, if you deceive me, the consequences will be serious, and at that time, you will all have to pay the price." ”

Clittiskiano said weakly: "This is it, you can go in and take our treasure, if you can't see, it's because your eyes are blinded by desire." ”

Han Xiufen looked at the shrubs one foot thick at the entrance of the cave and whispered, "No one has been here for fifty years, at least. ”

"We transplanted these trees on purpose."

Han Xiufen glanced at the black-clothed crowd, and a nimble thief walked over and walked into the cave step by step with a lamp shrouded in glass.

Immediately, there was a roar in the cave, and while Han Xiufen was anxiously waiting, the black-clothed man crawled out with a dirty face, coughed for a while, and then said to Han Xiufen: "The cave is very deep, there is a sour lake in it, I almost fell into the lake just now, this is not a place where people can stay." ”

Leonie pulled out a long knife and put it on Baron Christian's neck and said, "You dare to deceive us? ”

Clitis Jano lowered his head and said, "The treasure belongs to Portugal, and you can't take it." ”

Han Xiufen nodded and said, "Your behavior makes me respect very much, but we need treasures very much, and these treasures will become a lot of useful things, which can support our workshops to make more things, and can allow our farmers to produce more food."

It can also make our market more prosperous, and of course, it can also help us build enough ships.

Say, Critisiano, I have witnessed your loyalty to Portugal, and now, it's time to think about yourself. ”

Baron Cristiano raised his head and looked at the sun in the sky and said sadly: "I am also a nobleman, as long as the words of the nobleman are not sincere.

Baron Han, you won't allow me to live, just as I won't allow you to live if you fall into my hands.

Since it is all death, I do not mind suffering a little more before I die, and only then will my Lord be more pampered after I go to Heaven. ”

Leonie dragged her long knife fiercely, and she cut a half-foot long bloody cut in Baron Critisiano's back, and immediately, the cut wound was like a large mouth open, and the blood flowed like a torrent of blood.

Cletiano screamed, fell to his knees and opened his arms to the sky, shouting: "Lord, I am suffering for you! ”

Leonie slashed him in the back again, and immediately, a bloody cross appeared on the baron's back, and the weak baron curled up on the ground covered in volcanic ash, he still looked at the sky with wide eyes and muttered: "Lord, remember what I have suffered today." ”

Han Xiufen saw that Leonie was still about to go under the knife, so she stopped her and said, "Stop, the torture is to achieve the goal, and if the goal cannot be achieved now, it is brutal, and there is no need for us to continue to be brutal......

Throw him into the volcano. ”

"So we won't find the treasure." Leonie was a little unwilling.

Han Xiufen looked at Baron Critisiano, who had fallen into a state of self-anesthesia, and said, "He has already told the treasure that it is there." ”