Chapter 825: The Enemy Is Coming, There Are Shotguns
On the Lin Ying, the crowd was already excited, and the Wufeng Maritime Merchants were needless to say, Lu Yuanzhi, Niu Dali, and the lieutenant brothers were full of anger, and they all said that the Franco was too deceitful, and he had to be taught a good lesson, Rob and Wawe looked at the enemy who annexed the motherland Portugal, and they also hated the enemy with everyone.
"If it's night, I'll be able to find a way to stab the opponent's mastermind," Bai Shuanghua's cold gaze stared at Ferdinand from afar.
The Spanish Count suddenly felt a thorn in his back, and looked at Qin Lin strangely, not knowing why he suddenly had a very dangerous feeling.
Qin Lin shook his head, the dispute between the two countries would not play a role in relying on assassination.
Jin Yingji was also a little embarrassed, this time she sent Qin Lin to Qiongzhou, not to fight anyone, she only brought a Lin Ying, she expected to be invincible at sea, but she didn't expect to meet a first-class battleship of the Spanish Armada in the trench, and the limelight was suddenly robbed.
At this moment, Wise Tamako took two steps forward and said softly in Spanish: "Mr. opposite, may I ask your name?" My name is Galaxia, I am a devout Jesuit Christian, may the light of God shine on you. β
The sea was windy, and Wise Tamako was wearing a hooded blouse, and Ferdinand mistook her for a nun, and Spain at this time was a very strict Catholic country, and even nobles had to show basic respect for the clergy, so he immediately softened his figure and bowed down with great grace and saluted: "Ah, I didn't expect that the light of God had shone to the East, beautiful young lady, because you have returned to the arms of God, I, Ferdinand." Elvado, Governor of the Far East of His Majesty the King of Spain, Count Balilade, sends you a sincere tribute. β
Everyone on the Lin Ying was taken aback, except for Rob and Wawe, who could understand Spanish, the others didn't know what Zhizhi Yuzi said, only saw her casually say a few words, and the Spanish nobleman on the other side bent down to salute.
Is it true that the power of beauty is infinite? Qin Lin touched his nose, a little funny.
Wise Yuzi said again: "Count Ferdinand, this is a Chinese place, and our ships are the generals of Qin and Jin of the Ming Dynasty, so please get out of the way." β
Oh? Ferdinand smiled, "This is a Portuguese colony, and according to a series of agreements between Spain and Portugal, I declare it officially a Spanish colony, so the Chinese warship you are on cannot sail into this water." β
Wise Yuzi frowned slightly, not knowing how to answer, and his embarrassed eyes turned to Qin Lin.
Qin Lin asked a few words, and knew what Ferdinand meant, so he whispered a few words to Wise Yuzi, and quietly wrote a piece of film, and sent a small boat to the shore.
Feeling the heat coming from his ears, Wise Yuzi's face was slightly hot, and he quickly settled down, and shouted to Ferdinand: "I tell Count Ferdinand, this is the place where the emperor of my great tomorrow Dynasty understands that the Portuguese have come from afar, and the goods have been damaged by the sea water, and he kindly lent them to dry the goods. β
This...... Ferdinand looked at Carmel, who nodded very solemnly: The trench is indeed not a Portuguese colony, and the Portuguese were beaten by the Ming Dynasty sailors in the Battle of Tuen Mun during the Zhengde period, and later bribed local officials and eunuchs in the DPRK to lease this place in Macao in the name of drying goods, and the jurisdiction has always belonged to China.
So, neither the Spaniards nor the Portuguese could come up with any treaties at hand.
Ferdinand groaned, looking around at the rest of the Nanyang ships, Fu ships, and Canton ships in the harbor, except for the Lin Ying, which was worthy of fighting with the Poseidon, and the rest of the Nanyang ships, Fu ships, and Canton ships were not enough to worry about, so he had the intention to play tricks and laughed loudly: "Count Ben was ordered by King Fili II of Spain to receive the Portuguese colony, where do you care about this?" The place where God's people dwell, where God's light shines, will henceforth protect the inhabitants of the trenches, and the King of Spain, who has been commanded by God, will protect the inhabitants of the trenches......"
Want to play tricks with one ship? Qin Lin sneered twice, and then said a few more words to Wise Yuzi.
"Monsieur Count, if you want to be strong by force, you have made the wrong decision," Zhizhi Yuzi said in Spanish, smiling softly on the outside and rigid on the inside, not arrogant or humble: "China is a much larger country than Spain, and my country learned from them a thousand years ago to get civilization, and at that time, you Spain was just a barbaric Frank!" A hundred years before the Spanish warships went awkward across the oceans, Zheng He's fleet controlled the sea from here to the east coast of Africa, and won trust with friendship - in this sense, not only was the trench not a Spanish colony, but even Luzon, Malacca and other places were stolen by you and must be returned to the true master! β
Wise Yuzi's words are reasonable, very difficult to refute, Ferdinand's face has changed a few times, many places occupied by Spain and Portugal were indeed tributary states of the Ming Dynasty, this he knows in his own heart, if he really talks about reason, even Luzon, Malacca, these places have to be spit out, how can Spain be embarrassed?
"You, you lie, I, as Governor of the Spanish Far East, will never admit this, and you have no evidence of the exercise of sovereignty over the trenches...... In short, I have the right to receive the Portuguese colonies! Ferdinand shouted in annoyance, completely tearing off the mask of gentlemanly demeanor and aristocratic style, and finally the tyrannical face of a group of colonial robbers.
Want to play hard? Qin Lin sneered twice, it seemed a little late.
Wise Yuzi pointed to the shore: "Mr. Earl, please take a look at the shore, this is the evidence of Da Ming's exercise of sovereignty over the trench!" β
On the shore, a group of soldiers wearing mandarin duck battle jackets, lined up in a neat queue, led by several captains, drove into the trench, the Portuguese on the street did not stop, one or two hundred Portuguese musketeers looked at the Ming army, a little at a loss.
"What to do, the Ming army is driving in! Do you want to block it? β
"It doesn't make sense, we have a good relationship with Chinese, why do they ......"
The Portuguese soldiers were a little confused, and they did not take the initiative to stop themβthey were not so honest as soon as they arrived in the East, and they had also fought with the Ming army in Tuen Mun sixty years earlier.
At the end of August of the 16th year of Ming Zhengde, Wang Hong, the deputy envoy of Guangdong Haidao, was ordered to expel the Francois people. By this time, the Portuguese, led by Alvarez, had occupied the vicinity of Tuen Mun Island for several years, and had recently joined a new sea ship in Culver.
Wang Feng had expected that the Portuguese would not leave easily, so he first strengthened his military strength, and after completing the preparations for war, Wang Feng issued an edict to the Portuguese, asking the other party to leave as soon as possible, but the Portuguese ignored this. So Wang Feng sent an army to drive away, encountered armed resistance, he personally led the army and civilians to storm the Portuguese fleet, but at this time there were Coelho and Rego each with two large ships to help the Portuguese, the Ming army was finally defeated by the enemy's fierce artillery.
Wang Feng was not discouraged after the failure of the first attack, prepared some small boats filled with oil and firewood, personally led the fleet to cover, and used fire attack tactics to set fire to all the Portuguese warships, the Portuguese army jumped into the sea and fled, and ended up in a big defeat, and finally only three large ships were left to escape to the nearby islands to hide in the dark, and finally fled back to Manraka (Malacca), which had been stolen.
Since then, the Portuguese knew that the Chinese people should not be bullied, so they have been doing business honestly and in a proper manner, bribing the magistrates and eunuchs, and renting the trench in the name of drying goods, and did not dare to conflict with China for sixty years.
These Portuguese musketeers, seeing the large group of Ming troops rushing in, did not dare to step forward to stop them, and the Portuguese living in the trenches kept drawing crosses on their chests: "Oh my God, don't let the Chinese fight with the Spaniards, if this becomes a battlefield, we will all die......"
In the Western-style church in the moat, Ricardo, the captain of the musket stationed in the area, frowned, looked at the priest who was slowly arranging the altar and exclaimed: "Dear Father Fregio, what should we do?" Whether it is the artillery fire of the Lin Ying and the Poseidon, or the anger of the Ming army, the Portuguese in the trenches can't afford it! β
Father Fregrerio, who was in his sixties, dressed in a gray hooded robe and a snow-white beard, smiled at Ricardo and said, "Actually, the problem is very simple, dear Captain Ricardo, your words can solve the problem." β
I? Ricardo pointed to the tip of his nose, confused.
"Do you enjoy being ridden by the neck by Spain?" The priest asked with a sneer.
Of course not...... Uh, Ricardo got it.
In the trenches, the Ming army occupied all the favorable terrain, and they had a higher proportion of shotguns than the Spanish army, in addition to a few tiger squat cannons and Franc machines.
The Spaniards aboard the Poseidon exclaimed, unable to believe that the army was better equipped than they were in the land of barbarians.
As a matter of fact, Qi Jiguang clearly pointed out that shotguns were suitable for the mountainous areas in the south, and Guangdong was also on the coast in those years, so it was necessary to guard against the harassment of the Japanese invaders, and the army was equipped with a large number of shotguns, and the proportion was higher than that of the European armies of the same era.
Count Ferdinand looked at this scene in amazement, and his face was not very pretty.
"Your Excellency, I have to solemnly remind you that the Portuguese suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Tuen Mun sixty years ago, and it was by doing business in good faith and maintaining friendship with the Chinese that they obtained the favorable situation of the trench," Carmel said very sincerely, and then persuaded: "Even if the fight starts now, the trench will become a pile of rubble, what good will it do to Spain?" β
Ferdinand was still hesitating, and Ricardo, the Portuguese musket captain of the trench, appeared on the dock and shouted with a smile on his face: "Respected Wufeng Shipowner, Honorable Earl, this is a misunderstanding, the trench was leased by the Portuguese to the Chinese emperor to dry the goods, and it has no colonial power in itself, so it does not belong to the scope of transferring colonial power to Spain." β
Belch...... Ferdinand's face was red and white, and even the main owner of the Portuguese said that it was not a colony, as the governor of the Spanish Far East, what else could he say?
"What a beautiful misunderstanding," Ferdinand looked deeply at Wise Yuzi, then at Qin Lin, and with a gesture of his hand, the Poseidon slowly set sail, gave way to the skewer, and headed out of the harbor.
This was the first setback for the Spanish colonial empire in the Far East, and as a count, he did not want to stay here any longer, and was not prepared to come back - except as a conqueror.
Hmph, these colonial bandits! Qin Lin cursed secretly in his stomach, and whispered in Wise Yuzi's ear for the third time.
Seeing that Zhizhi Yuzi shouted something in Spanish again, the faces of many colonists on the Poseidon became even more ugly, and the eyes cast were unwilling, resentful, and shocked, and the invincible armada, which thought it was invincible, such as the colonial empire of Zhongtian, conquered many colonies in Asia, Africa, Europe and the United States, and heard such a sonorous and powerful answer for the first time in the Far East.
"Qin Lin, what did you just say?" Bai Shuanghua couldn't help but ask.
Qin Lin smiled: "When friends come, there is good wine, and when enemies come, there are shotguns, if you want to be friends or enemies, please choose for themselves!" β
In fact, there is no choice at all, the original surname of the Western colonizer is that you don't hurt him, he never knows equality and respect, the Portuguese also flaunted their might in the Battle of Tuen Mun, and as a result, the battle was defeated, and now it has been 60 years and is still honest, the Spaniards have not been beaten, where are they willing to accept the lesson?
Qin Lin can be 100% sure of this.
"Knock down to see Chief Qin," On the dock, several local officers in Guangdong knelt down in front of Qin Lin and reported their names and resumes loudly.
Bai Shuanghua looked at Qin Lin in surprise: "I didn't expect you to be so famous, and you can still attract court officials and soldiers with a piece of paper in Guangdong." β
"As the saying goes, there is more help for the righteous and less help for the unjust," Qin Lin laughed loudly.
"Cut~~ It's not for Qi Laohu's face!" Jin Yingji stuck out her tongue and ruthlessly exposed Qin Lin.
Of course, why was Qin Lin able to transfer the army in Guangdong with a letter? It's just because Qi Jiguang has been reappointed as the chief soldier of Guangdong, although he is still "handing over" in Jizhen and has not taken up his post, but everyone in the military camp in Guangdong knows that it is not a secret that Qin Lin and Qi Jiguang are the two old brothers. In the future, thanks to his kind words in front of his boss, it will be better than anything else!
After Qin Lin landed, he met with Father Freglio, Captain Ricardo and others, and the two sides had a very pleasant conversation, and the Portuguese were very grateful to him, because he indirectly drove out the Spaniards and kept the relative reading power of the trench to the independent position, and in the next few days, many Portuguese merchants held banquets to entertain Qin Lin and his party.
At each banquet, Akechi Tamako showed extraordinary affinity, and anyone could talk happily in front of this beautiful and gentle woman, so much so that she lost track of time.
Qin Lin had an idea......
Qin Lin and his entourage briefly spent time in Macao, and for a long time to come, they became the talk of the locals after tea and dinner.
At the same time, in his destination, Qiongzhou Mansion, there are also people waiting for his arrival.
The first Qing official of the Ming Dynasty, the world-famous Hai Rui Haigang Peak!
(To be continued)