Carlo was taken to Li Ming's temporary headquarters by several fighters, and after he was captured, he thought for a long time, thinking that only in this way could he survive, he was still young and did not want to die here. \

He walked into a room, where several people were sitting on the opposite side of the room, staring at him coldly. The man sitting in the middle said a few words to the Chinese next to him, and the Chinese nodded and said in a deep voice in Spanish: "You don't have much time, try to say the important thing, if we don't want to know something, you know the consequences." ”

Carlo thought for a moment, and then said slowly: "Last year, you caused the Manila tragedy, and the whole kingdom was shocked. Because many powerful people and even people from the New World have zài interests here in Manila. That's why they tried their best to facilitate this dispatch and formed the Spanish Expeditionary Force.

In addition to subduing Manila, the purpose of the expeditionary force was to conquer the former disobedient natives and completely control Luzon. In addition, he would send troops to attack Mindanao in southern Luzon and exterminate the pagan Muslims there. Finally, it is to march into the island of Taiwan and completely control the entire island of Taiwan. ”

Li Ming listened to He Wu's translation, glanced at Song Tao next to him, and then turned his head and motioned for him to continue.

Carlo continued: "The kingdom also made a deal with the Dutch East India Company, and the Dutch agreed to supply us and allow the kingdom's fleet to anchor in Batavia......"

Li Ming suddenly interrupted his words and said to He Wu next to him: "You ask him, who is the person they sent to Manila in advance?" Where did he go? ”

Carlo thought for a moment and said, "His name is Sures, and he used to live in Manila. He did it to buy Chinese merchants and bewitch the natives. The man who helped him was Marco of the Dutch East India Company Merchant House, and he is now presumably also hiding in the Dutch Merchant House. ”

Li Mingchong glanced at Song Tao next to him, Song Tao nodded, turned around and hurried away.

"I want to know, why did you take the initiative to stand up and sue us so much?"

Carlo smiled bitterly and said, "I just want to survive, I know that you will not let us go, even if you don't kill us, our end will be worse than death." ”

Li Ming smiled and said, "Then it's as you wish, but you have to do something for us." Very simple thing. If a qiēshun lì. After a while you will be able to leave Manila by boat. ”

Surez was in the Dutch Merchant House in the port of Manila. When the Combined Fleet arrived, he escaped in the merchant house. The streets were full of soldiers from the Far East, and he didn't dare to go out, and every word of the news was brought back from outside by Marko.

When Marco returned. Surez immediately greeted him. With a nervous face, he said, "Marco." How's the situation out there? ”

Looking at Sures, who was haggard, Marco shook his head and said, "Now the shape is very bad, the army of your kingdom has been defeated. The exact circumstances are not clear, but Manila has been seized by the Far East Company. Don't worry, when they open the port, I'll send a ship to take you to Batavia. ”

Surez sat down in despair and said with a wry smile, "They won't find this place." ”

Marco smiled and said, "Sures, my friend. The place you are in now is the trading house of the Dutch East India Company, and it is very safe here. Whoever it is, think about the consequences of offending us. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a commotion outside. Marco frowned and smiled at Sures: "I'll go out and have a look." ”

Marco made his way to the hall of the merchant house with a straight face, and saw a group of fierce soldiers standing there. Several of the store's employees and guards were pointing at them and shouting loudly, and one of the guards was about to pull out the short gun at his waist when a soldier on the opposite side raised his hand and shot his head to pieces.

The merchant hall suddenly became very quiet, and the few people who began to shout closed their mouths and slowly retreated with fear on their faces. Marco walked up with a gloomy face.

"Gentlemen, I am the head of the Dutch East India Company's trading house, is there anything wrong?"

Song Tao glanced at him coldly, and then said gloomily to He Wu next to him: "If you sue him, hand over Surez immediately, if you don't hand it over, we will go in and find it ourselves." ”

Listening to He Wu's translation, Marco was immediately furious. Southeast Asia in this era, not to mention other countries, even when Spain was the strongest, did not dare to offend them lightly.

"Gentlemen, do you want to know what this place is? Are you a threat to our Dutch East India Company? ”

Song Tao was angry, he smiled and said to Marko: "I don't have time to threaten you, if you don't hand over the person, I will go in and bring him out by myself, I know he is here." If you resist, I'll kill you all and set this place on fire. If you don't believe me, you can try ......"

Marco was stunned at the time, he didn't expect the people of the Far East Company to be so domineering, could they offend Spain and the Netherlands at the same time. But he believed that if he rejected the other party, they could do anything.

Thinking of this, he said gloomily: "Marco is our business partner, he is just a businessman, different from those Spanish soldiers. Sir, you are dealing with the Dutch East India Company, and you need to think carefully about the consequences of doing so. ”

Listening to Marco's words, Song Tao laughed and said, "Buying Chinese businessmen and bewitching natives, is this a businessman's doing?" And your Dutch East India Company's merchant house actually accommodated a Spanish spy and spared no effort to help him. As for the consequences of offending your Dutch East India Company, hehe......"

As he said this, he suddenly pulled out a Glock pistol and shot the head of a Dutch merchant house guard.

"Well, I've offended you, now you're satisfied. Don't talk nonsense, I'm in a hurry, hand over Surez right away. If we go in and find someone by ourselves, it won't be good if we touch your flowers and plants. ”

Song Tao pointed at them with a pistol as he spoke, causing the Dutch on the opposite side to dodge constantly, for fear that he would shoot again. Marco lamented in his heart that the gang had learned a lot. Judging by what they mean, if they don't hand over Surez today, they can really make a big fuss about the Dutch Merchant House, and the faces of the two parties will be completely torn at that time.

Thinking of this, Marco turned around and nodded at a few of his subordinates, and then smiled at Song Tao and said, "Sir, our Dutch merchant house and the Spaniards are only pure commercial activities, and they do not violate the treaty signed between us. Since the gentlemen insisted on taking Sures away, we, the Dutch East India Company, would actively cooperate. ”

Surez was dragged out by several Dutchmen, who shouted: "Marko, you said you were going to protect me, you said you were going to send me back to Batavia, you liar, God will not forgive you......"

"Bang".

A special operator went up with the butt of a rifle and knocked the roaring Surez unconscious, and then several people carried him out of the mall. Song Tao glanced at Marco and said with a smile: "You'd better remember the treaty signed between us, if you don't know the current affairs, we don't mind thinking that it's a piece of open paper." ”

Marco looked at Song Tao's back, and his face suddenly turned cold. A Dutchman behind him said angrily: "The people of the Far East Company are too domineering, do they want to start a war with our company?" ”

The rest of the merchant hall was also indignant and denounced the Far East Company, and some people clamored for the Far East Company to pay the price. Marco shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Gentlemen, the company's deal with Spain was finally established on the basis of the victory of the Spaniards. As long as the Far East Company does not involve our interests in the Spice Islands, the Company will not rush into war with the Far East Company. ”

"Boom...... Boom ......"

Suddenly, there was a burst of artillery fire from Manila Bay, and Marko's brow furrowed. The Dutch in the merchant house were also full of doubts, could it be that someone was attacking Manila again.

A Dutchman ran in in a panic and shouted, "The company's merchant fleet transporting supplies for Spain was blocked by the Far East Company as soon as it entered Manila Bay." ”

Hearing that man's words, the people in the Dutch merchant house panicked, these dozen ships were full of food, ammunition, and maybe even horses, and this was just the beginning, and there would be fleets to transport supplies for the Spaniards in the future. Marco smiled wryly, this time he had a talk with the Far East Company.

Song Tao took Marco back to Li Ming's temporary headquarters, and when he saw Li Ming, he told him about the Dutch Merchant House just now.

Li Ming nodded and said: "Lock this guy up, He Wu, when he wakes up, I will hand him over to you for a good trial, it is best to let him tell everything he took care of for the first time when he was a child, but don't kill him yet." In a few days we will build a Chinese cemetery outside the city, and then we will kill him alive in front of those cemeteries. The Dutch don't care about them, if they don't give them some color this time, they really think of themselves as some characters. ”

Suddenly, Zhou Cheng's voice came from the earphones: "Commander, the Spanish transport fleet has been taken, one has been sunk, and twelve have been captured, eight of which are Dutch merchant ships." ”

Li Ming smiled when he heard this: "The Admiralty is good, continue to be vigilant, I estimate that the fleet transporting supplies for Spain is definitely not only this wave, and not a single ship should be spared." ”

Everyone also heard the news from the headphones, and Song Tao laughed and said: "Look at what those Dutch say this time, they are acting as enemies and have violated the contract signed by both of us." ”

Liu Baoguo said coldly: "What do you do with so much, if the Netherlands dares to show its teeth, then kill Batavia and take down the Spice Islands." ”

Li Ming smiled and said: "It's still early, our main job at present is to run the Philippines well." It is very rich, with copper ore reserves of 4.8 billion tons, nickel ore reserves of about 1.586 billion tons, chrome ore reserves of about 20 million tons, and gold, aluminum, cobalt, silver, lead, zinc and other metal ores and phosphate ore, clay, dolomite, feldspar and other 29 kinds of non-metallic minerals. The yield of rice in Luzon alone is higher than that of Guangdong in the Ming Dynasty.

And the strategic location here is also extremely important, we will take this opportunity to take down the Spanish in Santo Domingo City in Tamsui, Taiwan, and find a foothold in northern Taiwan. As long as these two places are managed well, it is very important for the future development of our company. (To be continued......)

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