101 aft deck.

Colonel Pinto's hand trembled terribly, and a long stretch of white ash had accumulated on the black, thick cigar, and it trembled and refused to drop.

Zhao Gongzi smelled the smell of this cigar and it was actually quite mellow, I don't know if it was rubbed on the thigh of a Havana girl.

"Why don't you speak? Did I say it to my heart? He restrained the urge to smoke cigarettes and said, "If you learn to smoke at a young age, you won't be a bad boy?"

"It's better to worry about yourself, we have more than a dozen galleons in Macau, and the main fleet in Malacca has hundreds of ships, and when they come to retaliate, see how you end!"

"Hahaha, that won't change your fate as a scapegoat." Zhao Hao only grabbed one and said: "Even if they rescue you back, they can't change the result of hanging you in Goa!" ”

"The Ming Dynasty will also be restless because of your reckless actions, and when the time comes, your emperor will be held responsible, and you will not be able to escape!" Colonel Pinto fought hard.

"No, since the Governor of Macao wants to make you a scapegoat, how can he let you go to Goa alive and talk nonsense in front of the vice-king of India? I guess it's going to cause a shipwreck to send you back to the West, right?" Zhao Hao only kept talking to himself: "I'm afraid that he will create the illusion that you are afraid of crime and absconding, so that your family in Lisbon will also be implicated, right?" ”

"You devil ......" Colonel Pinto was sweating profusely, almost unsteady on his feet.

"If the devil can save you, would you be willing to sell your soul to the devil?" Zhao Gongzi asked faintly, and then Shi Shiran walked off the deck.

"......" popped, and Colonel Pinto fell to his knees with weak legs. He put his hands in his hair, and the cigar in his hand fell to the ground suddenly.

Gao Wu killed it with a kick, then raised his leg and kicked it into the sea.

"Yes." He is not an ordinary person, of course he knows that taking refuge in Zhao Hao is his only way out.

"Hahaha, good, good!" Zhao Gongzi laughed with satisfaction, he had already noticed that the Colonel Pinto was in a trance and worried. That's why I spoke aggressively, but I didn't expect him to be so knowledgeable about current affairs.

"I haven't had breakfast yet, so let's have a little together." He smiled and patted Colonel Pinto's head, accepting the other man's submission.

"Let's get Mr. Pinto clean clothes and change into them first." Looking at Pinto's dirty leggings and the big lump of Codopes, Zhao Hao estimated that if he dared to bring him back like this, Sister Qiaoqiao would definitely be furious.

~~

After a few moments, Colonel Pinto was dressed in a brand new black troll, and his hair was neatly tied up and in a bun. Sitting at Zhao Hao's dining table, he gulped down a delicious breakfast.

For a while, he could only eat pickles every day, and he didn't care if he was full, but he was starving.

"Eat slowly, don't choke." Qiaoqiao brought another pot of meat porridge, and saw that his mouth was full, and he was holding a meat bun in each hand. I couldn't help but sigh with pity, and my heart said that it turned out that the red-haired ghost also wanted to eat.

"Uh-huh." Pinto didn't understand at all, and while responding vaguely, he took the porridge bowl with both hands, took a deep breath, and gave a thumbs up.

"You say the Jesuits will come to negotiate?" Zhao Hao was already full, and while drinking tea, he asked him.

"Yes." After listening to the translation, Pinto quickly swallowed what was in his mouth and replied: "This time, Jesus will ask us. Now in the Far East they have more places to ask us than we have places to ask of them, so they will not be lazy. ”

"Hmm." Zhao Hao could roughly understand Pinto's words. Because the Portuguese were too few to establish extensive colonies in the Americas like the Spaniards, they could only establish some armed warehouses and strongholds at key nodes in the ocean to protect trade routes. There was not much need for colonization, and naturally there was no need for religious power as much as the Spaniards.

He put down the teacup, crossed his arms and pondered for a moment, and Fang asked in a deep voice, "Is it useful to talk to them?" ”

"Of course it works, it is the existence of the Papal Meridian that keeps our Portuguese sphere of influence from Spanish aggression. Therefore, the Vice-King of Goa and the Governor of Macao had to fulfill the task of protecting the Church in the East. The Society of Jesus is also a missionary organization directly under the direct jurisdiction of the Pope, so it is easy not to tear each other down. ”

As he spoke, Pinto drank another large bowl of porridge, burped contentedly, and suggested: "Of course, the church only negotiates on behalf of the Governor of Macao, and no matter what the outcome of the negotiation is, it needs the approval of the Governor of Macao...... Hell, Domingo is just a self-proclaimed governor, we don't even have a legal right to stay in Macau, and without the appointment of the king, what kind of governor is he? He was merely the commander of our Macao fleet, entrusted by the vice-king of Goa, to take full charge of the affairs of Macao. ”

"So what you mean?" Zhao Hao heard that there was something in his words.

"I mean, Domingo was also afraid that things would get big and go to Goa. Because he was not a viceroy appointed by the king, Vice-King Louisde could remove him with a single word. Pinto seemed to see hope and said excitedly: "So as long as you don't embarrass him too much, maybe Domingo will help hide this incident so as not to alarm the Goan side." Childe naturally doesn't have to worry about the retaliation of the Malacca fleet. ”

"Hahaha!" Zhao Hao laughed confidently and said: "You Portugal only has a population of one million, and I have two or three hundred million people!" Two or three hundred times more than you. Now that we can build better artillery than you, who do you think is afraid of whom? ”

Pinto wanted to say that it is not possible to have an advantage at sea with a large number of people. But when he thought of the ferocious firepower of Zhao Hao's fleet, he was speechless for a while. He believed that with the strength of the Ming Dynasty, once he mastered the art of casting cannons, there would be no pressure to build tens of thousands of cannons in a short time. When the time comes, who can be frightened by the hundreds of guns of the Portuguese Far East Fleet?

To put it bluntly, he still couldn't figure out the relationship between Zhao Hao and Daming, thinking that calling the 'Daming Royal' must represent the country.

As everyone knows, a certain son is just selling dog meat on the head of a sheep, and at present, these hundreds of cannons are already the limit of what he can take.

Zhao Hao is really worried that the Malacca fleet will kill him, and whether he can beat it is a matter of two words. It has affected the shipping of grain, and it will definitely not be able to eat and walk around!

So he's just taking advantage of information asymmetry and bluffing.

"But it's always good not to fight." Pinto was really frightened, and said stubbornly: "The long trade route to Europe is in the hands of Portugal, and if the relationship is broken, no one can do business." ”

"It's like a human saying." Zhao Hao nodded and said, "Then what do you think I ask for?" ”

"Leave all the gold and silver, as well as the Chinese sailing ship, and let the Duke of Goa and the Oriental Princess go back, along with the crew." Pinto tentatively offered a condition so that he would go back and bribe Domingo again, and as long as he could report the shipwreck in the storm, he should be able to get the thing done.

"I don't think you have enough to empty the toilet!" Zhao Hao snorted coldly and said, "Remove the chair for him!" ”

Gao Wu lifted Pinto and pulled his chair aside.

"No, I'm just talking casually, what does the boy want?" Pinto looked at Zhao Hao with a pleading face, he didn't want to pour the night incense when he was killed.

"In the future, Portuguese merchant ships and their agents will not be allowed to trade in Japan!" I only heard Zhao Hao say in a deep voice: "I only need this one!" Promise, I can consider returning your men and ships. ”

"This, how is this possible?" Pinto wiped his sweat and said: "Trade is the lifeblood of our Portugal, even if the Spaniards don't let us trade, we will fight with them endlessly." ”

"It doesn't matter, then don't die." Zhao Hao didn't care about his threat at all: "I only believe in one, and the truth is only within the range of the cannon." If you can't beat this son, then obediently bow your head and retreat to Ryukyu to trade with me. If you are obsessed and have to fight, then just let the horses come, believe it or not, I will make you unable to stay in Macau! ”

As he spoke, he teased and said, "Aren't you all left with a galleon in Macau?" Forgive me, why didn't Commander Domingo dare to ride thousands of miles alone and come to me with a ship to trouble me, right? When your main fleet in Malacca arrives, we won't be too late to talk. ”

"Then I'm going to die......" Pinto said with a sad face, "Childe give me a way to live." ”

"How many more times do you want me to say it? If you want to live, help me get this done. As long as you talk about it, I'll keep you safe. Zhao Hao waved his hand and asked people to take him down.

When Pinto went out, Wang Rulong, who was silent on the side, was puzzled and asked, "Childe, will you really return the boat to them?" ”

"That's right, my son always counts when he speaks." Zhao Hao smiled faintly and said, "It's just that there is no guarantee that it can be installed again after it is dismantled." ”

"Oh, that's right." Wang Rulong suddenly smiled and said: "Presumably, with the shipbuilding technology of the Portuguese, it will definitely not be difficult to reassemble." ”

"Not bad." Zhao Hao nodded, took a sip of tea and said, "Old Ma, they should also come to the rendezvous, right?" ”

"Soon, just one or two days." Wang Rulong is also thinking about this.

"Let's go and wait for them on Tanegashima."

"Yes!"

~~

In the afternoon of the same day, the fleet of the 1st Detachment returned to Tanegashima.

Knowing that the Fangjin Naval Army had been destroyed, Shiyao, who was the lord of the Tanegashima clan, finally had no hope at all, and led his retainers to surrender unconditionally to Zhao Hao and signed the letter of allegiance.

According to the letter of allegiance, the Tanegashima clan unconditionally obeyed all orders of the Tamna garrison and dedicated Satsuma Iwo Jima to the garrison as the station of the Tanegashima Police Station of the Joshangsui Police Station.

This Iwo Jima is not the one attacked by the U.S. military, but a small island west of Tanegashima and south of Kagoshima. It is the key point of Japan's southward march to the Ryukyus, and in this era, the geographical location is much more important than the other, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the southern gate of Japan.

The island has active volcanoes, hot springs, excellent harbors, and real sulfur. Zhao Gongzi hit Seed Island just to get it.