Chapter 831: Preparing to Meet the Enemy
Looking at the soldiers of the Luzon Kingdom who showed their swords and guns, Shopkeeper Li shouted angrily: "What are you going to do, since taxes are so expensive, can't we stop stopping?" β
"Not really!"
Perrault's swarthy face showed a swaggering expression.
"What do you think is this place, you can come and go as you want? I tell you the truth, if you don't hand over three thousand taels of silver today, none of you will want to leave! Come on, arrest these lawless Ming people for me, and kill all those who dare to resist! β
Looking at the Luzon soldiers who were coming over in unison, Shopkeeper Li and the guys were so angry that their faces turned blue, and one of the guys gritted his teeth and said, "Shopkeeper, let's fight with them." β
Shopkeeper Li took a deep breath, quickly weighed the pros and cons in his heart, and slowly shook his head: "No, there are many of them!" If this is the case, the ship will be destroyed, and we will not be able to explain to the owner even if we die! Y'all put the guy down for me! β
"Eh......"
"Fuck, what's this called!"
Shopkeeper Li took a deep breath, and said to Perrot and the Luzon soldiers who were approaching step by step with an unwilling expression: "Okay, we will give this silver!" β
After listening to the words of Shopkeeper Li, the guy on the boat put down the guy in his hand.
"That's right, don't you Daming have a saying, those who know the times are Junjie."
Seeing that the guys on the boat gave up resistance, Perrault's face showed a smug smile and dragged a sentence that he heard from nowhere.
In fact, Perrault is not a completely brainless person, he has already calculated. Three thousand taels of silver should be the limit that this Ming merchant can accept, if it is more, this merchant should be desperate.
Although he can also take down the guys on this ship with the hundreds of soldiers in his hands, he also knows that no one is good at being able to drift on the sea these years, and the other party also has dozens of strong sailors, and if there is a real fight between the two sides, his men will definitely have casualties, and it will not be good at that time, it is better to force the other party to hand over the silver obediently with the force in his hand.
What the...... The other party will not come again next time?
Perrault doesn't care about this kind of thing, as one of the most prosperous ports in the South Seas, there are more merchants coming and going, and he doesn't care if there is one more or less. Besides, the matter of the Ming merchants was personally ordered by Lagan (the prince), and the sky fell from a tall man, so he was not afraid.
Seeing that the three thousand taels of silver were about to arrive, even if the big head was to be handed over to Lagan, he himself would be able to cut off at least one thousand taels of silver, and apart from the part that was distributed to his subordinates, he could leave at least five or six hundred taels of silver.
Thinking of this, Perrault couldn't help but laugh, revealing a mouth full of yellow teeth. The thought of the silver that was about to come and the fact that he could buy a few beautiful maids to serve him could not help but show a greedy look in his eyes.
Just when Perot was triumphant, a soldier from Luzon next to him suddenly pointed to the sea in the distance and said loudly: "Look...... Look...... There are ships in the distance...... There's a boat coming......"
Perrault didn't care at first, but after hearing the fuss from his subordinates, he couldn't help but scold: "Stupid, haven't you seen a ship? β
The scolded soldier had a problem with stuttering on weekdays, but his stuttering became even worse in a hurry, and he stammered and shouted, "No...... This is not a ship...... This is...... It's ......"
"Idiot!"
As soon as Perrault heard the soldier's stammering voice, he became angry and kicked him hard in the ass, but when he turned around, his eyes suddenly saw a group of black dots on the sea not far away coming in the direction of the dock, and slowly he saw a mast appear in front of him.
"Huh......"
Perrault let out an exclamation, as if the ships were a little bigger than the ones you normally saw.
At first, Perot was quite happy when he saw the big ship, because for him who collects taxes according to the size of the ship, the bigger the ship he comes, the more tax he collects, but slowly the smile on his face slowly faded, and the last smile was frozen on his face.
As time passed, the eyes of these ships slowly appeared in front of everyone's eyes.
The slender hulls, the tall masts, and the groups of uniformed sailors standing on the deck all told everyone that it was not a merchant ship at all, but a fleet.
What kind of big ship the hell is this, this is clearly a battleship, okay?
Perrault pulled the soldier who usually spoke a little stammering, and asked urgently: "You have good eyes, look at what flags are flying on those ships!" β
The soldier struggled to look at the fleet heading towards them for a long moment before frowning and said, "I can't see what that flag is, it's blue on a blue background, and it seems to have a red sun and a yellow moon embroidered on it, right...... They also overlapped. β
"A flag on a blue background with the sun and moon embroidered on it?" Perrault scratched his head in confusion, and for a moment he couldn't remember which country used this kind of flag.
At this time, more than two hundred years have passed since Zheng He's voyage to the West, and the power of the Ming Dynasty has long since faded from here, and Perot, a native of Luzon, naturally does not understand the meaning of this banner.
It's just that Perrault doesn't understand, but it doesn't mean that Shopkeeper Li doesn't understand, isn't the sun and moon flag composed of a red sun on a blue background and a yellow moon a symbol of the Ming court?
Shopkeeper Li turned around sharply and looked at the sea, his originally nervous expression was stunned for a moment, and then he became ecstatic, only to see that he was unwilling and resentful, and the whole person almost collapsed, pointing to the distance and roaring with all his might: "The court, it's the court...... It's our Da Ming Shui Master who is here! β
"Imperial Sailor?"
"Is it really a court sailor?"
The men looked in amazement at the mighty warships heading towards the dock on the sea in the distance, and they were all stunned.
Since the death of Zheng He, the eunuch of the Three Treasures in the Yongle period, the powerful Daming Shui Shi began to die out gradually, and the footprints of the Daming Shui Shi never came to this land again.
But this feeling was quickly dispelled, for the fleet had already appeared in front of them, and the huge flag fluttering on the mast of the warship at the front was none other than the familiar Sun and Moon Banner.
Unlike Shopkeeper Lee and the many men cheering, on the other side were Perrault and the pale soldiers.
Looking at the approaching fleet, Perrault didn't know where he got the courage, and shouted tremblingly: "Everyone listen to my orders and blow the trumpet...... Prepare to meet the enemy......"
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