Pires bounced up as if he had been stepped on by his tail, and said with an exaggerated expression: "My God, it's impossible to compensate two million taels, Lord Xu, are you sure you're not joking?" As far as I know, the annual treasury income of your Ming Dynasty is less than four million taels. ”

Xu Jin pursed his lips secretly, is two million taels a lot? Compared with the various unequal treaties that ceded land and paid compensation at every turn when the Eight-Nation Coalition invaded China in later generations, this is already considered merciful.

Xu Jin took a sip of the teacup and asked indifferently, "May I ask Your Excellency Pires, how many troops does the coalition army under your command still have?" ”

Pires was a little unclear, but this was obviously not the time to coward, he had to show his muscles, and he had to show his muscles exaggeratedly, so that Xu Jin knew that the capital of the coalition army was very strong, and it was not a lamb to be slaughtered, so he said proudly: "Eight thousand." ”

Xu Jin was secretly amused, he expected that Pires would bluff, this number is about five percent off, but it doesn't matter, the bigger the false number, the more money he will collect, so why not do it, so he said happily: "It turns out that there are eight thousand people on the island, and each person receives one hundred taels of silver to buy a life, right?" That's ...... 800,000 taels of silver. My Ming fleet is laborious, and I spend a lot of money every day, and you have to compensate one million taels of silver. In addition, you Westerners have plundered our coastal towns in the Ming Dynasty and caused serious losses, and you have to pay compensation of one million taels of silver. Well, there is also the pension of the sacrificed soldiers of our army, even if you have 200,000 taels of silver. It adds up to three million taels of silver, yes, just now the official was undercounted, Your Excellency Pires, you must compensate me for three million taels of silver, not a penny. ”

"Oh my God, Xu, are you the devil? It is impossible to pay compensation of three million taels, absolutely impossible. Pires shrugged.

Xu Jin shrugged his shoulders and said, "Then there is no need to talk about it." ”

Pires couldn't help crying and laughing, and said in a deep voice: "Xu, you Ming people have a saying that rabbits will bite when they are in a hurry, not to mention that our coalition army is not a docile rabbit, although it is currently at a disadvantage, but if your Ming army wants to land on the island, you must pay a heavy price." Moreover, we are not without support, and the Governor of Abel will soon send a fleet to reinforce us, and it is uncertain who will kill the deer then. ”

Xu Jin's heart moved, the Westerners who were called governors in Asia were probably the governors of the Indian colonies, so it seemed that at this time, the Westerners had begun to colonize India, so they had to take the Strait of Malacca and put the initiative in the hands of the Ming Dynasty.

"Lord Pires, how long do you think you can hold out?" Xu Jin said interestingly, there is still a long time before the southwest monsoon blows, even if it is a tailwind, the fleet will rush from the Indian Ocean to the South China Sea, how can it take a month or two? By then, the daylily will be cold, I'm afraid he's a bird!

Pires looked away weakly and said stubbornly: "Our coalition army has sufficient weapons, ammunition, and food, and there is no shortage of drinking water, and it is more than enough to hold out for half a year." ”

Xu Jin smiled: "Then there is nothing to talk about, Your Excellency Pires, let's see the real chapter on the battlefield." ”

Pires was extremely aggrieved, he couldn't accept just handing over the weapon, let alone compensating a huge sum of three million taels of silver, and at this time he could only stubbornly say: "Okay, then let's fight it out on the battlefield, I hope Lord Xu doesn't regret it." ”

Xu Jin calmly picked up the teacup, Pires gritted his teeth, turned around and walked out the door, but heard Xu Jin say lazily: "Wait!" ”

Pires stood vigilantly and said, "Lord Xu, you are a state of etiquette, and you will not kill you...... Nor can you hit the butt with a board. ”

Xu Jin couldn't help but smile dumbly and said, "Your Excellency Pires, don't be nervous, last time that Ximen Junxiu was disrespectful to this official, so he was punished slightly." ”

Pires breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this: "Then what else does Lord Xu have to teach?" Have you changed your mind? ”

"Your Excellency Pires is thinking too much, but there is an old acquaintance here who wants to see you." Xu Jin smiled.

As soon as Xu Jin finished speaking, a pot-bellied black guy hurriedly walked out from behind the screen angrily, and it was none other than the prince of Manlaga, Bintang, who had an angry face, gritted his teeth and approached Pires, and said viciously: "Fan thief, do you still recognize this prince?" ”

Pires was stunned for a moment, shook his head and said, "Who is Your Excellency?" ”

Although it was Pires who led the team to destroy Manraga, the king of Manraga had dozens of sons, how did he recognize Prince Bintang, a fish that slipped through the net.

Prince Bintang looked at the enemy who was close at hand, his eyes were almost bursting with fire, and he roared: "The thief who killed a thousand knives, I am the prince of Manraka, return the lives of my parents and brothers, and return me to Malacca City!" ”

Pires couldn't help but suddenly realize, at this time, the two-hundred-pound Prince Bintang had already pressed over like a mountain of meat, and hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Your Royal Highness, don't get excited, everyone is a person with status, why don't you sit down and talk." ”

"¥*¥#*#*#*#......" Prince Bintang scolded in Javanese, and then a big belly push made Pires almost fall, and then he started fighting.

Pires was also very tall, and the two of them were even indistinguishable for a while, tearing and scuffling in the hall, and in the end, Prince Bintang's weight was superior, and Pires was pressed under him and beaten wildly.

"No, no, stop...... Lord Xu, is this the hospitality of your state of etiquette...... Yikes! Pires screamed as he spoke, and it turned out that he had received an old punch in the face, and his mouth was full of blood.

Xu Jin said with a smile: "Your Excellency Pires is a guest, and Prince Bintang is also a guest, and the grudge between you is not easy for this official to interfere with!" ”

"Death to the thief!" Prince Bintang's fat fists rained down on Pires, and the latter saw that Xu Jin didn't care, so he could only fight back, otherwise he would be killed sooner or later.

So, the two of them scuffled at the entrance of the hall to the courtyard, and then scuffled back to the hall from the courtyard, both of them became blue-nosed and swollen faces, and their clothes were almost rotten into strips of cloth. After all, the fat man had poor physical strength and lacked breath, and Pires gradually gained the upper hand, crushing Prince Bintang under him, and knocking the latter unconscious with two hooks.

Pires stood up in embarrassment, his face was already swollen like a pig's head at this time, and he arched his hand at Xu Jin: "Lord Xu, farewell!" ”

"It's better to go, don't send it!" Xu Jin was slow and reasonable.

Pires was afraid that Prince Bintang would wake up and pester him again, so he hurriedly left the governor's yamen, but when he came to the dock, he suddenly wanted to cry without tears, and then he finally understood the meaning of Xu Jin's sentence "It's good to go but not to send".

It turned out that Xu Jin didn't plan to send someone to send him back at all, but just asked someone to prepare a small boat and an oar for him, the meaning was obvious, that is, to let him row back to Hong Kong Island by himself.

Guo Jindiao stuffed the oars into Pires's hand, and said with a smile: "What are you doing in a daze, get out, there is no food here!" ”

"No, no, no, you can't treat me like this, I'll drown at sea." Pires waved his hand repeatedly.

Guo Jindiao flew up and kicked Pires onto the boat, and said coldly: "Lao Tzu doesn't care if you drown, the boat is given, the oars are also given, you can do it at will if you don't roll!" ”

Pires really wanted to cry without tears, gritted his teeth and rowed with his oars, and sailed away from the dock. Guo Jindiao smiled, and after the boat was far away, he also jumped on a fast boat with a few brothers, and ordered: "Follow from afar, this foreign fan can't die yet, and it is useful for the handsome to keep." ”

However, just as the small boat was rowing on the vast sea in the panic of Pires, there were bursts of artillery in the distance, and it was obvious that the Ming fleet had begun to attack the island.

"No!" Pires wails in despair and rows the oars with all his might, but will he be able to make it? What's the use of being in time?

Boom......

A huge wave came, and the boat overturned directly, Guo Jindiao and several thugs drove over slowly in the fast boat, scooped up Commander Pi, who was drowning with only half a life, and then sailed in the direction of Hong Kong Island.

At this time, dozens of miles away, Yu Dayou was ordering the fleet to launch a general attack on Hong Kong Island, this time with Yiwu soldiers as the vanguard, Wang Zhibu was still the left wing, and the wolf soldiers were the right wing.

Boom Boom Boom ......

Fierce artillery fire rained down, blowing up the Western Fleet on its back. At present, there are less than 20 warships that can be used by the Western Fleet, plus there is a shortage of ammunition, and the commander of the coalition forces, Pires, is not there, how can it withstand the full attack of the Ming army?

An hour later, the Western fleet was finally crushed, sinking five bows, seriously wounding eight bows, and capturing three bows, two of which tried to escape, but were soon caught up and captured by Ming warships.

After defeating the fleet of the Westerners, the Ming army began to storm the fortifications on the island, and thousands of ships, large and small, poured to the coast like locusts.

The island's fortifications, though strong, were devoid of ammunition and were nothing more than a toothless tiger, and at close range, land-based heavy artillery was ineffective.

Soon, as the vanguard, the volunteers took the lead in the successful landing, and then the 500 battalions with all firearms also successfully landed, and the wolf soldiers and the Jiangxi army could not bear to lag behind, and bravely rushed ashore, so the naval battle quickly evolved into a land battle.

The Ming army landed with nearly 20,000 people, and the firearms were excellent and the ammunition was sufficient, how could the 4,000 Westerners on the island resist it, they were defeated in half an hour, some fled to the mountains of the island, some fled to the sea, and some simply threw down their weapons and surrendered.

By dark, the battle was almost over, and the fleeing Westerners were either killed or captured, and almost none of them escaped the net.

After eight days of attrition, the Ming army finally won a complete victory, recovered Hong Kong Island, killed more than 2,000 Westerners, captured more than 1,000 people, captured more than 30 ocean-going ships, nearly 4,000 arquebuses, and more than 300 different types of Francophone artillery.

"Good news, a complete victory, General Yu has led the army to recover Hong Kong Island!" The messenger rushed like the wind into the governor's yamen.