Malacca, Famosa Castle.

It was the first castle built by the Portuguese after the capture of Malacca, and it was also the largest, and a tall fort was built in front of the castle.

Since he lost his mirror in Daming, the obese Galenel has stayed here too much time, and his life is quite comfortable. It's just that when I learned that Daming's fleet was coming, this comfort was naturally broken.

"I said a long time ago, this damn Ming official can't believe it! He's a liar, a liar! When Galenel heard the news, he was eating steak with a fork, and he threw down his knife and fork in anger and cursed.

In essence, his impression of Lin Haoran has never been better.

If this person hadn't appeared, he would have already run Haojing well, where would it be Daming's turn to collect taxes there, and where would Daming pinch the neck of the golden route to Japan.

It's just that hatred is hatred, and in the face of a strong enemy's attack, he gradually became calmer and immediately mobilized his troops to defend. On the one hand, he was preparing to send personnel to the Indian city of Ago to move rescue troops, and on the other hand, he was waiting for hundreds of soldiers stationed here.

"It's coming!"

On that tall battery, a soldier lowered his binoculars and pointed to the sea to the east.

"Damn it!"

Galenel knew that unlike the countries of the South Seas, the Ming was a real superpower. Now if the Ming Dynasty wants to seize this place, even if the slow army of Ago City in India arrives, I am afraid it will be difficult to hold this territory.

The most important thing is that once this place is really captured by the Ming army, then they Portugal will not only lose the golden route of "Malacca-Daming-Japan", but also lose the spices of the South Seas.

As soon as he thought of this, he secretly scolded Lin Haoran as a "madman" in his heart. This is obviously an excellent business relationship, and the good relationship that has just been established is extremely beneficial to both parties, but this stupid Ming official wants to destroy it.

Hey?

Surprisingly, what appeared in the field of vision was not a large-scale Ming fleet, but a merchant ship with a joint trade name, and its combat power was only a three-masted gunboat.

Although the three-masted gunboat was not weak, even Galenel would not believe that it would invade Famosha Castle.

Galenel was a cautious person, and did not let down his guard, but was wary of welcoming Shen Liuye, the representative of the United Firm, into the Famosha Castle.

"Mr. Galenel, I want to talk to you about a big deal! You sent someone to inspect the spices on my merchant ship, and according to the price we agreed, it was exactly 600,000 taels! Shen Liuye sat down in the living room and immediately said straight to the point.

Galenel originally wanted to explore Shen Liuye's true intentions, but when he heard this amount, he asked with a look of great surprise with his eyes widened, "What?" 600,000 taels of spices? ”

In the last batch of spices, they made a lot of money, and they knew the staggering profits of the spice trade. If the other party really has spices worth 600,000 taels, this is undoubtedly another gold mine.

Shen Liuye glanced at him lightly, raised his chin proudly and said, "Mr. Galenel, I told you a long time ago that our joint merchant group is the most powerful merchant group!" How much silver do you have in South America, although you will have luck with us! ”

Calenel said yes again and again, and when he turned around, he sent someone to inspect it, and made sure that the cabin was really full of fine spices.

A large part of this batch of spices came from Fort San Petro in Spain, and some of them were the trade income of Shen Liuye and others with the countries and tribes of Nanyang during this period, all of which belonged to high-grade pepper spices.

Of course, this is not all the spices obtained from this trip to Nanyang, Lin Haoran deliberately made the joint merchant group appear more low-key, and only took out this large number for trade.

Galenel's pride was gone, and he said embarrassedly, "I...... I can only take out 300,000 taels of silver here, and the rest ...... 300,000 taels, can ...... Could it be a little later? ”

"Are you trying to force me to sell half and give it away? Mr. Galenel, I happened to pass through Malacca with Lord Lin's fleet this time, so I am here to trade with you! If you dare to do something like a bandit, I'm sure Lord Lin won't sit idly by! Shen Liuye's face changed color suddenly, and he said in a fierce voice.

Galenel knew that the other party had misunderstood, so he hurriedly explained: "Shen Yuanwai, I don't want to buy and sell by force, it's just that I can really only collect 300,000 taels here, and I really can't get so many silver taels at once!" If...... You asked me to bring the spices back to the Western trade, and I will give them back to ...... How about giving you 350,000 taels? ”

This is true, although Famosha Castle is impregnable, it is naturally impossible to stupidly put a large amount of wealth here. He was able to come up with 300,000 taels at once, or because of the purchase money he planned to bring to Daming and Japan in the near future, and the fact that several collaborators happened to be here.

"We have always done business with both goods and money, and we don't pay on credit! If you can only come up with 300,000 taels, then we will give you 300,000 taels of spices! Shen Liuye's face softened slightly, and he said lightly.

People are inevitably greedy, and Galenel is no exception, as if he had made a lot of determination, and immediately decided: "I am willing to take Malacca as a mortgage, how about it?" ”

Hey?

Shen Liuye looked up in surprise, but he didn't expect Galenel to be so obsessed with swallowing this batch of spices, let alone disregarding the interests of the country.

"I'm willing to make an IOU with you in the name of Gabi Danma, but you have to keep it a secret for me!" Galenel made up her mind and said seriously.

In the last spice trade, although he also participated in the consumption of the 300,000 worth of spices, most of the profits went into the pockets of the Portuguese and Indian governors. This time, if he was able to eat this large batch of spices alone, his strength would undoubtedly rise to a higher level, and he would even have enough ability to compete for the position of Portuguese and Indian governor in the future.

Shen Liuye didn't nod immediately, but said very sincerely: "I can't make the decision on this matter!" But Lord Lim is in Johor right now, and I can help you get his opinion! If Lord Lin thinks there is no problem, then we will do it, how about it? ”

"Shen Yuanwai, I'm tired!" Galenel looked excited.

At this moment, the Ming fleet has reached Johor, which is located in the eastern part of the Malay Peninsula.

The King of Johor, Alla Uddin, was extremely excited about the arrival of the Celestial Empire mission, and even though he was already sixty years old, he still led the prince and his vassals to the dock to greet Lim Haoran.