And the sailors also invented a special pest control trick! They put a rotten salted fish or salted meat in a bucket or pocket of a hard biscuit, and the bugs like the smelly smell so much that they will attract the bugs to crawl out and change when they are full!

Looking at this situation, everyone knows how difficult it is for those ocean-going ships to recruit sailors! So countries have to stuff some criminals into it. This makes it easy for Song Ke to find a thief he needs.

Song Ke looked up and down at Coulson, who was just a little sober, and said, "Damn! Hurry up and wash yourself, you smell of alcohol! Come to me after washing, and have something to tell you. ”

Moments later, Coulson, covered in water, returned to the room, accompanied by the first mate. It looked like the first mate had obviously pressed him into the water tank and soaked him from head to toe. Because Coulson is now fully awake.

Song Ke threw Coulson a towel and said, "Wipe your body clean." ”

Coulson wiped the water off his body and stood beside Song Ke. Song Ke was sketching a map on paper at this time. A detailed map of the residential area is drawn on it. Song Keti drew a cross on the box representing Liu Dahai's room and asked, "Can you understand this map?" ”

Coulson nodded honestly and said, "I can see it, Lord Governor." ”

Song Ke nodded with satisfaction and said, "Very good!" Coulson, there is now a matter of interest in the company that you need to accomplish! If you do it well, I'll reward you with five Spanish coins! ”

Coulson's eyes lit up as soon as he heard this, and he came to his senses completely. As a former professional thief, he knew what the Governor wanted him to do as soon as he drew the map he had drawn. Stealing is his old job! Not to mention the bounty of five large Spanish gold coins!

These five large Spanish coins are not ordinary! The Spanish Grand Gold Coins refer to those coins that were minted in Spain during the early days of its colonial activities. Because the materials are relatively sufficient, it is very popular in the market. Now on the market, two large Spanish gold coins can be exchanged for three regular gold coins. That's a lot of money!

So Coulson frowned

He smiled and said, "Your Excellency, what do you want me to steal?" Please do not hesitate to ask! ”

Song Ke said solemnly: "Yes, the people in this room have a letter inside their clothes. You have to bring it to me as soon as possible, can you do it? ”

Coulson confidently said, "Of course, Lord Governor! Do you need anything else? I can help you bring it back with me. ”

Song Ke said angrily: "Idiot! Don't do anything superfluous! All I need is that letter! ”

After saying that, Song Ke described Coulson in detail the size, color, and possible location of the letter. At the same time, Coulson was repeatedly told not to do superfluous things. After that, he sent Coulson out.

Although Song Ke was in a hurry, he was not worried that things would not work out, because he had carefully observed that there were no patrols in the residential area. Patrols are patrolled only on the periphery of residential areas.

And everyone drank a lot of wine tonight. Liu Dahai and Song Ke were obviously drunk when they said goodbye, and his body was shaking, obviously suppressing his drunkenness. I'm afraid he'll fall asleep when he goes back.

Although Song Ke is not worried about the success or failure of things, waiting is always anxious. The captain and the first mate in the room clearly felt the importance of today's events. So I sat on the bed and was silent, and the room was filled with a dull atmosphere.

Just when Song Ke felt that the air in the room seemed to be about to freeze, he suddenly heard a creak on the door! All three immediately looked up at the door. I saw that the door was pushed open a gap that was not wide, and Coulson, who was smiling, jumped in in a flash.

The three of them knew that the matter had succeeded as soon as they saw the little softness on Coulson's face, and immediately let out a low cheer. Song Ke rushed forward impatiently and asked, "Where is the letter?" ”

But he took out a book from his arms and opened it, and Song Ke was excited to see that the letter was sandwiched in the book. The size and color match the letters I remember. But Song Ke didn't rush to open the letter. Instead, he held the letter in his hand and asked, "Is it easy to get this letter?" Is it alarming? ”

But he smiled smugly and said, "Didn't alarm anyone, Lord Governor

！ And it's simple! The letter was inside the man's garment. When he entered the room, he took off his coat and hung it on his chair. I did as the Governor said, and easily found the letter in my coat. But I found the paper used by these Ming people very strange, and I was afraid that it would be crumpled, so I took another book on his desk and came back with this letter. ”

Coulson has reached this point, and even Song Ke wants to compliment him. Everyone knows what paper looks like in China. At this time, the West still used parchment the most. Especially on ships, parchment paper is more popular for its moisture resistance than rice paper. Therefore, in the age of sailing and sailing, all the record paper used by Westerners on ships was parchment.

Song Ke returned to the table and carefully opened the letter and began to read it. Song Ke has been in Asia long enough, and Chinese is the lingua franca of Asia. As a merchant and governor, it was a language he had to learn.

Song Ke sat at the table, his face half-lit and half-dark by the bright candles. Coupled with the distortion of light and shadow caused by the beating of the flames, the whole person looks gloomy, like a demon, very scary.

But now his face was full of smiles. Because the message on this letter is very good for him!

Song Ke was very sure that this letter was indeed written by the Red-Eyed Dragon King. The letter first praised Liu Dahai for the success of the negotiations with the Dutch and the key information obtained. This is very beneficial to the extermination of Liu Xiang. He also agreed with Liu Dahai's suggestion to buy firearms from the Dutch. and told Liu Dahai that he could discuss it with the Dutch.

But he also expressed concern and suspicion about the Dutch people. Ask Liu Dahai to make further contact with the Dutch people, use trade interests to win over the Dutch people, and don't let them stand with Liu Xiang. And once again, the credibility of the information was confirmed.

At the same time, he told Liu Dahai in the letter that he would arrange 10 new warships to protect Penghu. Fifteen new-style warships and 60 Chinese-style seagoing vessels were dispatched as the main striking force to annihilate Liu Xiang in Koro Bay. The rest of the fleet will be transferred north to sort out the routes and exterminate the disobedient pirates. Liu Dahai should do a good job of supply.