Chapter 1042: At Sea

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For Spaniards in the South Seas, "the best time of the year is the short months from November to February, and although Spain is also known for its warmth in Europe, the tropical climate is still too hot and humid for whites, and it is most pleasant at this time." Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

Their November is often October for the Han Chinese, which makes the whites feel awkward, which is one of the reasons why the whites feel that the Han will never merge.

Of course, while the whites celebrate the New Year, the Han Chinese are still working, because it is only their November or early December, and this very different atmosphere is very uncomfortable for the Spaniards.

The seventeenth year of Wanli has not passed, and the Spaniards have begun to celebrate the New Year of 1590, and every white man, every white family, has plundered a great deal of wealth in the massacre of the Han Chinese, and everyone, no matter what he is in Europe, is a ruffian, or a deserter, or a prisoner, and now their net worth allows them to be a gentleman, and they can live the rest of their lives with dignity and wealth, and let their children also get this treatment.

Luzon needed Han Chinese as labor, and after this massacre, everyone was a little apprehensive, and the massacre of Han Chinese was not a sin for them, but if it caused problems in the Luzon colonies in the future, it was difficult to guarantee that Spain would not have an outbreak.

However, only a few months after the massacre, there were Han Chinese from the Ming Dynasty who moved over and behaved more deferentially, which completely relieved the Spaniards in Luzon, and the development of this matter was exactly the same as the speculation of the natives who were familiar with the Han Chinese, who were docile and "gave them the right to land and life" and rarely resisted.

The white people even pondered that they would kill again in a few years, but now that they are so rich, it is the right thing to hurry back to Jizhou to enjoy" No one thought of this, and they even felt a little sorry in their hearts.

After getting a lot of money and feeling relaxed, their New Year was indeed a carnival, and they took out as much wine and various delicacies as they were usually reluctant to drink.

Paul Louis received enough respect that he was so drunk that when he woke up in the morning "he was even in a trance, not knowing where he was."

He was surrounded by three sleeping natives, of course, everyone was naked, Louis shook his head, woke one up, and asked her to pour himself a glass of water, "He prefers these natives to Han women, so the spoils of the massacre, Louis toyed with for a few days, and then sold them to other colonies."

The natives of Luzon were grateful to the Spaniards, and the whites only gave them the fields, houses, and villages of the Han people.

Louis also understood that "these fields and houses will fall into the hands of the natives, and in a few years they will be abandoned and will not be able to be maintained, but who cares about them."

Drunk. Water, Louis lying comfortably on the big bed, wealth, women, everything is so perfect" If there is some dissonance, it is that there are a lot more merchant ships robbed during this period than in the past, but fortunately, the merchant ships from the Americas and India are full of force" This avoids the collapse of the bigger situation.

Even when they saw the guns on the ship, the daring pirates dared to get close to the climbing ship and jumping gang, "Often the sailors on the merchant ship had to go through a battle to get out, and they all had certain casualties.

The ships that came to the port of Manila from the east and west, only the cadres of the colonies after entering the port knew about the ship, if the ship had an accident on the way, then the Manila side would not know anything, anyway, he would be transferred back to China, and Louis did not care much about this.

For him, life is really good, and the future should be even better. ”…………

In the South Seas, an armed ship flying the Portuguese flag was approaching another Spanish ship, and the Portuguese ship was constantly waving flags to stop them for security checks.

The Spanish ships were actually much larger than the opponent's armed merchant ships, but after being at sea for a long time, seeing the opponent's ship type, artillery and sails, they knew that there was no way to run past the other party.

"Damn, now the king of Spain is also the king of Portugal, why are these hillbillies still so unreasonable!"

Someone on the ship cursed in a low voice and ordered, when encountering at sea, the precautions that should be done must be prepared, and the guns of this Spanish merchant ship are also loaded with ammunition and ready to shoot at any time, but after all, it is not the British pirates, nor the greedy Dutch, and the vigilance is not so sufficient.

The two ships got closer and closer, close enough to see the crew on the opposite deck, and someone on the Spanish merchant ship was stunned, but shouted loudly: "There are yellow people up there!!" ”

On the white warships there will be yellow men as sailors, but never as first mate and second mate or the like, this shout seems to be an order, and the ships on the opposite side are also shouting, the portholes on the hull are almost simultaneously knocked open by the muzzles, and there are also small cannons on the deck that are pushed out, and then repent, at this distance, it is already within the range of the ship's guns, although the Spanish ships are also ready, but they are still a step late in the timing of the cannons.

One step late is the difference between life and death, not to mention that the ship on the opposite side has more guns than here, and what is even more troublesome is that most of the people of the Spanish ship are busy on deck, but the other side has launched a shotgun specially to deal with the people on deck.

In order to ensure the firing range, such shotguns are composed of dozens of small iron balls, and the density and covering surface are not too large, but the combined force of six guns is enough.

There was a scream on the deck, there were few people standing, and in the hasty encounter, even the guns of the Spanish ships were fired twice, and they were all empty.

"Lay down your arms and surrender, or let you and this ship be buried!!"

The sides of the ship have been hollowed out, the deck is covered with blood and flesh, and the corpses are strewn all over the place, this ship is already a certain defeat, and now there is an opportunity to surrender, then it must be seized, and the sailors' captives are still valued at sea, and they will often be made to serve the new ship.

It is possible to be killed, or it is possible to be banished to an isolated island to fend for itself, but in any case, there is always a slight chance, but what makes them wonder when such a large and advanced gunboat will allow the yellow race to be on it.

The other ship surrendered, and after the boat on this side approached, it sent people up in a small boat, and completely controlled the boat, and the seriously injured Yan was made up for a knife and thrown directly into the sea, and after the shark came, there would be no bones left.

The sailors of the Spanish ship were questioned one by one, and the Spaniards were placed on one side, and the people from other places were placed on the other side.

Everyone felt strange about this arrangement, but they immediately understood, after an order, the Spanish sailors and crew were simply killed, and the rest were arranged to follow the Portuguese ship away, could it be that Portugal and Spain were at war? Everyone was terrified, the problem was that they were also from Europe, it was impossible that they hadn't heard the news, but the Eastern Sea knew about it, and there was a strange thing they could see, that is, the yellow people who came from the ship seemed to be Han Chinese, and the Han people were obviously not hired to seem to be like the leader.

On this sea, the pirates of the Ming Dynasty were already rampant, and now they have Western gunboats, so it is unimaginable that these people will reach the level of a friend.

A round of shelling made many holes in the ship, but it was able to remedy it, and after a brief repair, the ship sailed north. Some of the remaining sailors wondered whether to go to Daming, but they were wrong, and after a half-day voyage, there were several Chinese-style ships waiting, and sailors on them came to take over the ship, and the prisoners and the cargo on board were moved to those ships, while the "Portuguese", armed merchant ships, continued to turn back to their original directions.

The captives had been on the sea for a long time, and when they arrived on the mainland, they already felt quite cold, they did not know where they had come, only that the port here was also very rudimentary, and there were several ships that were also looted, because the ships had holes made by artillery, and there were Han craftsmen who repaired them, and even white people with Latina faces could be seen busy there.

They were put in a concentration camp, where they were not subjected to much abuse, but the labor was very heavy, and they had to repair the harbor every day, and even have to go to the ship to wash and carry it.

Then, as more and more ships came here, and so did the number of prisoners, there was a common denominator who found that there were no Spaniards in it. ”…………

In November of the seventeenth year of Wanli, Liao Guogong's other business in Zhoushan was completed, Han Xia wanted to be a housekeeper, Zhang Hongying and Lu Ruomei had just given birth, and the enthusiastic Wang Tong didn't care about the need for companionship of his wife and children, and took Zhai Xiuer and Song Chanchan to go to sea by boat and go to leisure.

If you want to say that the advice of the nobles in Jiangnan is still effective, Wang Tong went to take away all the gunboats and ships that he could take away this time, not to mention a few things that were full, and the guards and everything were all brought with him.

This is the appearance of Liao Guogong without a nobleman, going to sea is a ridiculous thing in itself, what is the use of bringing enough guards, and when there is a gust of wind, all of them go to the bottom of the sea to feed the fish roe.

However, there is no sailor in the Ming Dynasty, and the sea surface of Songjiang Mansion is the world of his Liao Guogong family, and no one knows whether Wang Tong is on the island or where he went, but there are several merchant ships that often go back and forth to transport supplies, and everyone thinks that Liao Guogong is on that island.

Liao Guogong was not there, and the head of Songjiang Port was handed over to Yang Sichen, the commander of Shanghai County, Shi Qi, and Sha Dongning, who were stationed in the hands of Yang Sichen, Baihu Shiqi, and Sha Dongning, who were subordinates of Wang Tong, naturally guarded Wang Tong's mansion strictly, and ordinary people were not allowed to enter or leave, but there was a small courtyard in the mansion of Liaoguo Mansion that suddenly lived in people, and it was said that it was a sick maid in Liangjin, and all the food and clothing were to be sent in and taken out, so that there was a small discussion in the house, but it was just a casual remark. ”…………

Speaking of which, this is already within the scope of the Luzon Islands, and there are many ships moored in the harbor of Ranliang today, depending on the style, there are also large ships from the Western Ocean, and there are also large ships, and many people are making noise on the island.

Luzon is prosperous except for Manila, but the rest of the land is wild, and it is not so easy for natives to drive canoes or rafts from one island to another, and there is no need to worry about leaking information.

Wang Tong and his people went to the island and stopped, first rounded the island to clear the circle, in fact, the tribes here didn't have any intention of reporting the news, they didn't even know what white people were in Manila, "Is the lobster ready?" ”

Someone shouted at the top of his throat, and after a while, someone served Wang Tong a fragrant lobster on a large wooden plate, and Wang Tong ate it heavily.

Wang Tong and his relatives ate shrimp, crabs and big fish, but the people who were obviously pirates in the Year of the Water ate all meat, and they all ate sweet.

Tang Shan took a piece of bread and chewed it there slowly, Wang Tong asked with a smile, and Tang Shan's answer was also true: "Grandpa didn't go into the sea much, this cadre eats fish and shrimp all day long, and he is tired of eating, this time when he arrives at the place, the pigs and ducks on the boat can be slaughtered, this is what has oil and water." Sha Dacheng said while cutting the fish with a knife on the side: "The Japanese people like to cut this fish raw, dip it in soy sauce and mustard to eat, and the subordinates have been in Hirado for a long time, but they are used to this way of eating, and it has a unique flavor."

Wang Tong nodded with a smile and roasted his dagger on the fire, picked a slice and tasted it, and said again: "Can the people who sent it back to Songjiang rest assured?" "Please rest assured, the people on the boat are all old brothers, and the two ladies are also escorted by female dependents, and the news will not leak and there is nothing offensive about it." ","Alas, the island of Zhoushan is windy and waves, and I am always uneasy when the two of them are there, and I am reluctant to be reluctant after so many years! ”

Wang Tong said with a smile with emotion, Song Chanchan and Zhai Xiu'er just walked around by boat and left for others to see, in fact, they returned to Songjiang Mansion by boat on the same day, and returned to their own house to live in a simple house, accompanied by female dependents, which made people feel that Wang Tong had a higher authenticity of having fun on the island.

Such a large fleet went south from Songjiang Mansion, but there was no news leaked, because the periphery of Wang Tong's fleet itself was the largest sea lords in the south, and they wanted to lock the news, and the sea would not leak.

But such a voyage was not comfortable, bumpy all the way, to this side, the spirit of the pirate sailors was fine, but Wang Tong and his spirit were a little unbearable, or go ashore to prepare and rest.

"Fujian's private port is going to be kept an eye on, the news can't be leaked, but if it leaks now, there will be some trouble, it's ridiculous, my father is doing things in Daming, and he still has to hide it from the local government."

"The people over there still rely on Weiyun alkali in Tianjin, the root is on the grandfather's side, the grandfather assigned him this matter, he can afford him, besides, that is the place where the subordinates started, a few careful clansmen are watching there, everything is cautious, please rest assured."

Wang Tong nodded slowly, but put down the tableware in his hand, thought about it and said in a low voice: "This is the matter, let's hurry up and go over there, the looted goods are okay, those ships are really valuable and easy to use." ”

Sha Dacheng and Tang Shan both nodded, using Wang Tong's gunboats to loot at sea is really a very enjoyable thing, the key is that those Western ships are very easy to use, and they can be used in the future, not to mention anything else, now there are people who have a fast mind to come and ask about the follow-up treatment of those captured ships.

Wang Tong did not lack those goods on his side, but those pirates and heroes who were lured to come needed them, and although those Spanish merchant ships stayed in Manila Port for a short time, no one could say how long they would stop there.

This is not a battle of the army, Wang Tong's core strength is limited after all, and he still needs the assistance of the sea lord and the wealthy merchants, if the opponent's resistance is too strong, and the losses and troubles caused are too great, there will definitely be people who can't bear the strength to retreat.

In fact, Wang Tong built a meeting, saying that the gains at sea during this period of time were shared by everyone, and the sea lords' attacks on Western merchant ships were generally difficult, with casualties and small gains, but Wang Tong's fleet had a lot of gains, and they were equally divided with a lot of people, which was to win the hearts of the people.

Because of this, Wang Tong's calculations are also thorough, but if those captured ships are used in the future, how much power will they become on the sea, Wang Tong knows in his heart, and others also have a lot in their hearts, and the sea owners go all the way south, and they are becoming more and more respectful to Wang Tong, and they are very polite.

I also know that Wang Tong doesn't look down on gold, silver and jewelry, and everyone shows their abilities, some send precious medicinal materials, some want to open a store in Songjiang Mansion in the future and move to the past, and some people directly send foreign women, although they are not as beautiful as Daming, after all, there are some exotic customs, isn't it?

For this, Wang Tong is also a little crying and laughing, but for Songjiang Mansion to attract investment, everyone partners to do some business or something, this he is still willing to do, as for this beautiful woman like Nanyang, it is all retreated, Wang Tong originally wanted to select a few beautiful ones to send to Jingshi, and then thought, this cadre is also unknown, and I have seen and heard too much, it is better not to cause this trouble for myself. ”…………

Bai Wu returned to Luzon in August of the 17th year of Wanli, accompanied by a large number of people from Fujian and Guangdong, Bai Wu treated what he saw and heard as calmly as possible, and when he saw that his fellow people rejoiced in the land provided to them by the Spaniards, Bai Wu himself was angry, because he knew that it was just those white people raising pigs, and they would be slaughtered when they were fat! ~!