11. The South China Sea (6)
The three of the Sulu monarchs and ministers were waiting in the palace with trembling, but the people of the Spanish Chamber of Commerce were thundering in their own residences, and the leader was the president of the Sulu branch of the Spanish Chamber of Commerce, Harvey, whose flushed face resembled the king of Sulu, and he was walking in circles in the courtyard, and the sound of cannons could not hide his roar, "God! These savage East Asian yellow-skinned monkeys with braids! How dare you attack our Sulu country with artillery! ”
"I thought I could run rampant in the South China Sea by buying some warship cannons from the British, hum," Harvey sneered, "damn it!" ”
"Honorable sir, those dark-skinned monkeys have come to us, although the Chinese have not attacked, but the shelling has been continuous for half a day, which has frightened them, and they no longer dare to go to trouble the Chinese. ±,”
It was Harvey's idea to encourage the Sulu natives to find trouble with those rich and hard-working Chinese, and since Harvey came to Sulu three years ago, he thought that he could make a difference to impress the governor of Luzon on the small island of Sulu, so the pro-Chinese trend in Sulu, Harvey was quietly preparing to change the minds of the Sulu natives, except for using money and blood to stimulate those lazy natives, what else could he use? So set up this poisonous plan, let the situation start to be chaotic, from the beginning of not paying to the later robbery, the development of the current killing, burning and looting, which is under the control of Harvey, and when the situation deteriorates again, you can justifiably declare that the king of Sulu can no longer effectively rule the country, and then let the governor of Luzon go out and bring Sulu under the rule of the governor of Luzon in the Kingdom of Spain, and he can also add a bright pearl to the king's crown, and his career is naturally soaring.
As for the reaction of the Chinese, Harvey never has to worry, he believes that his trade experience with the Chinese for more than ten years shows that the Chinese have always been modest and introverted, and even have a strong sense of inferiority in the face of blonde and blue-eyed Westerners, and the Chinese government has never cared about these subject countries, and it can even be said that I hope these vassals will never come to pay tribute to the autumn wind, so that the court can save a little money, even if Spain annexes the country of Sulu, it will be a big deal when the time comes, Let the diplomatic department issue a letter of protest, and it will not hurt.
Economically, China is now carrying out big trade with European countries, the British have shipped more goods to China in the past five years than in the previous 50 years combined, Spain has also hitchhiked, piggybacking and selling a lot of things, China's General Administration of Customs has made a flying profit, in such a situation, how can the Chinese offend Spain, how can they offend the Europeans?
But I really miscalculated! Harvey did not dare to imagine how the governor of Luzon was furious, you must know that the current Spanish Far East Fleet has gone to Peru to quell the chaos, set off three months ago, this time is probably still drifting in the Pacific Ocean, there is no formed naval force in the Far East at all, and Harvey estimated, can't help but sweat coldly, unconsciously, Spain's naval power in the Far East has been far left behind by the Chinese.
"Don't worry," Harvey said through gritted teeth, "these Chinese don't dare to land, they just play fireworks and have to fire artillery on the shore, just like their ancestors, who only know how to treat gunpowder as fireworks and turn this murderous thing into a game." Don't be afraid, once the governor of Luzon knows about this, he will definitely negotiate with the Qing people, and these garbage things that sabotage the relations between Spain and China without permission will definitely be punished! ”
The cannon fire outside had stopped, and a few red-haired Spaniards had pricked up their ears to listen to the movement outside, and the cries had disappeared, replaced by a terrifying silence, and the summer sea breeze blew but could not blow the sweat off the foreheads of the people, for they had all heard the terrible news: an attendant stumbled in, "Sir! The Chinese have landed! ”……
The sound of neat footsteps sounded outside the palace, the body of the king of Sulu trembled more and more, the leader of the guards ran out, the king of Sulu was already paralyzed on the ground, only the old prime minister was still brewing momentum, ready to scold loudly when the rude soldiers of the Celestial Empire rushed in, the leader of the guards said a few words outside, and then came in with a person from the Celestial Dynasty who was wearing a yellow coat, dazzling eyes, and a general wearing a ruby, the military attache had an arrogant face, but he was very respectful, and he shot a thousand at the king of Sulu, Immediately stood up, the king of Sulu saw that the military general was quite deferential to himself, and quickly stood up, put his right hand on his left chest, and made a salute, what was the clue on the face of the head of the guard, the king of Sulu was worried before he was uneasy, he was afraid that for a while and a half, the Chinese would take out the wine he used to drink in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and ordered to poison himself, "The minister of Qin sent the heavenly patrol on behalf of the heavens, questioning the king of Sulu, but how to condone the native people to bully the people of the Celestial Dynasty!" (To be continued......)
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