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"Captain, that seems to be a Spaniard?!"

The second mate's reminder stunned Marten, and when he looked at the ships coming in front of him, what appeared in front of him was the Spanish royal emblem with two pairs of red and white squares staggered at the top of the mainmast.

For Europeans, there has never been a humble gentleman on the sea, as long as it is not their own ship, they can turn into pirates, and the Helan people themselves often do this kind of thing.

"Flag and ask them what they are going to do......"

Before Marten could finish speaking, he saw the flag of the "Spaniard" in the telescope - immediately lowered the sail and was inspected.

Lowering the sails? He cursed in his heart, it's strange if you lower the sail and don't become a lamb in your plate! Fortunately, it is not far from the big man, at most a day's work, no, maybe you can meet your own patrol boat in half a day, and then you can turn the corner from danger!

He decisively ordered: "Throw away all the ballast, including heavy wine and porcelain!" Fast! ”

Marten's ship was loaded with Japanese art and Ming porcelain, and it certainly couldn't go fast. But before long, the draft of his boat was getting shallower and shallower, and the speed was climbing faster.

However, the merchant ship could not outrun the warship, and after two hours of pursuit, Zhang Qian finally brought a merchant ship into its firepower, and then the guns on the side of the ship fired a salvo.

Zhang Guoxuan observed the "battle situation", and kept ordering his subordinates, "Slower the speed...... Tell the gunner, don't hit too hard......"

The merchant ship also fought back with its two-pounder guns, but to little avail. The people on the ship desperately threw away cargo, fresh water, etc., and the speed of the ship gradually increased slightly. The Zhang Qian, on the other hand, "cooperated" to show that its speed had reached the extreme, and was pulled away by merchant ships several times.

After chasing him until he was twenty nautical miles away from Dayuan, Zhang Guoxuan saw a patrol boat of the Helan people from a distance, and immediately pretended to be "panicked" and turned around and left.

By this time, the bow of Marten's slower ship had been broken, and there were at least seven or eight holes in its hull, but fortunately it was not mortally wounded, but all the cargo had been thrown into the sea.

……

The stronghold of the Helan people in the south of Dongfan, the city of Reranza.

In the office of the prefect of Gelanza, the highest administrator of the senior office, Owat, smiled at Hong Xu and said: "'Obtain the monopoly of all maritime trade in the Qing State...... 'The conditions offered by your country are indeed very tempting. In fact, I myself don't like the style of the Ming Kingdom, especially their arrogant auxiliary king.

"I'm not familiar with the Governor, but I've heard about him when I was in Batavia, and even the Governor has praised him."

He said and folded the Helan letter initialized by Zheng Zhilong in his hand and put it away, "Whether it is Batavia or Dongfan, there are many of his old friends, and I can't refuse his proposal even more so for this." ”

Zheng Zhilong had worked as a translator for the Helan people before his career, and he had a good network through his communication skills. Later, he led a team of warships disguised as pirates to help the Rans attack the Spanish rivals in Manila, and achieved quite good "results" and became more and more high.

Hong Xu listened to the interpretation and immediately said excitedly: "In this case, I don't know when Your Excellency will send a warship north?" ”

Owatt frowned, "It may be a while longer. To tell you the truth, the Spaniards in Manila have recently sent warships around the waters around Dayuan, probably looking for an opportunity to avenge our attack on the chicken coop last year. So I had to detach a part of the fleet to keep an eye on them, and guarding the shipping lanes would also require the ...... of the ships."

He glanced at the anxious Hong Xu, and continued: "But I have already sent someone to Manila to negotiate, and I believe that there will be a result soon." ”

Hong Xu hurriedly said: "Then there is Your Excellency Lao, if you need my contribution to mediate with Eziba and your sub-people, please come and go." ”

"Good! As long as Manila's conditions are not excessive, I will stabilize them as soon as possible, and then immediately transfer the fleet to help you......"

At this moment, an official knocked on the door, nodded politely to Hong Xu, and then whispered a few words in Owatt's ear.

"Are they crazy?!" The latter was startled and asked the official in a low voice, "Are you sure it's a Spaniard?" ”

"Pretty definitely. At that time, the two ships were firing at close range, and the Spanish sailors on the deck could be clearly seen. ”

"I see, you go out first."

Owatt said to Hong Xu with a calm face: "Lord Hong, it seems that if you want to fight a decisive battle with the Ming Kingdom in the next few months, it will be difficult for me to help. ”

"W-Why is that? It wasn't ...... just now."

"The fact that the Spaniards actually attacked our fleet is probably not something that can be easily understood."

Early the next morning, Hong Xu came to Ovat's office again, wanting to fight again.

He had barely said a few words when he saw two soldiers with a middle-aged man begging to see Ovat.

"It's Captain Marten," Ovat greeted the man with a smile, "I have a Qing guest here, please wait a moment." ”

As if he hadn't heard, Matten said in a voice that was about to cry: "I was attacked by a Manila warship, and the Little Pine was hit by nine shots, but fortunately I was close to the big man at that time and met our patrol ship. It's just that...... Almost all of the goods brought back this time were thrown into the sea, and the loss was more than 13,000 guilders......"

Owatt stood up with a sigh, completely forgetting that Hong Xu was still in the house, and gritted his teeth and said angrily: "Gather all the councilors, we may be involved in a war!" ”

……

Dai Xiuyuan looked at the graceful dancing girl in front of him, couldn't help frowning and coughing lightly, and then arched his hand to Li Lian and said, "Your Highness, this water master ......"

"Ah, who is that, hurry," Li Qi immediately motioned to the officials sitting on the side, "Quickly fill it up for Lord Dai." As if he hadn't heard Dai Xiuyuan's words, he smiled all over his face, "Lord Dai, this roe is fresh enough?" ”

"Your Highness, this banquet can be later, His Royal Highness the Auxiliary King asked me to ......"

As soon as Dai Xiuyuan said half a sentence, several North Korean officials came over with wine glasses, "Lord Dai, the lower official will give you a glass." ”

"Today, I have to see the officials of the Heavenly Empire, I am very fortunate in life, and I will not return if I am not drunk."

"Lord Dai, come on, come on, ......"

Until it was late, Li Liang got drunk and was helped to the harem. Dai Xiuyuan had no choice but to return to the building.

He had been in Seoul for a whole day, but Li Liang was just prevaricating with various singing and dancing banquets, and he never mentioned anything about Jianyu coming to transfer the Korean sailors to the south.

He touched his body and got the pardon letter, which was given to him by the auxiliary king Ling Muyun, and the content on it was to apply for Li Liang to secretly cooperate with Jianyu, not to minister Daming, and so on.

However, the pardon letter was left by the auxiliary king for him to use as a last resort, and as soon as this thing was taken out, it would be a complete tear with Li Liang.

(End of chapter)

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