Section 934 Pressing Forward
"The Chinese are really F*** talking about human feelings!"
Sitting in the office of the port building, the outgoing governor of Calcutta, Ralph, looked at the ships in the harbor and couldn't help but sigh.
There were hundreds of ships in the harbor, all of which carried British flags, but at least two-thirds of the merchant ships belonged to the Chinese, which were the merchant ships sent by the southeastern countries to transport goods for the British.
During this retreat from Calcutta, the British were reluctant to keep the stock in the warehouse, including locally produced raw sugar, jute and other things, as well as tea, porcelain, silk and sugar, tobacco and liquor from the southeast province, etc., a lot of them!
Since they were preparing to start a war with the Chinese, of course they had to stock up on goods, and when the war began and trade with the Chinese was interrupted, Calcutta slowly shipped goods to supply Europe, so as to make a large profit, which was a business experience.
I didn't expect the Chinese to win quickly, even if the goods in the warehouse in Kolkata were not piled up, there were many, many of them, how could they be transported out of the warehouse?
There were not enough ships to transport the goods, so Ralph talked to Cabot about it, saying that he didn't want to lose money, and he could ship as much as he could, at least back to Africa, so that he would have an explanation for the East India Company to which he belonged, so that it would be helpful to get out in the future, and at least he would not be punished so heavily.
Cabot agreed, and soon a large number of Chinese merchant ships entered the port to transport goods to Africa for the British at normal prices, and the cruisers of the Southeast Fleet escorted them free of charge to guard against pirates.
But there is one condition, the merchant fleet sails along the coastline of the three continents of Azumi, so that the red-haired fans everywhere can see it and know what is going on!
The Chinese have bad intentions, but Ralph only cares about his own survival, and he doesn't care about the life or death of others, so he agrees.
As a result, the merchant fleet, which was mainly composed of Chinese merchant ships, carried out a grand parade under the banner of the British, and there were also patrol ships from the southeast to escort it.
The merchant ships sailed from the east side of the Argentine continent, first along the east coastline, and then along the west coastline, and the Red Hair Fan strongholds along the coast could be expected to get this mixed and large British merchant fleet, and they sent clippers to inquire about it, or the merchant fleet to resupply, and learned that it was the merchant fleet that had escaped from Calcutta.
Now, all over the world is lively!
Everywhere the British merchant fleet went, rumors flew everywhere!
"The Chinese are coming, we can't beat them!"
"Flee early, at most lose some property, if you don't escape, you won't even have your life!"
"The great leader of the Chinese ordered that all those who resist the Chinese army should be sold into slaves!"
Fueled by well-intentioned people, the rumors became more and more sensational.
"The Chinese have a hundred battleship columns, you have the ability to fight!"
"They dispatched 100,000 troops and 1,000 cannons to conquer the city of Malacca and Colombo, and reduced all the Caucasians on the island of Ceylon to slavery, and the Chinese took all the men (Caucasians) and sent them to the Ming Palace, and all the women (Caucasians) were sold to the Wa Kingdom!" Someone is very serious.
"Why did those men send them to the Ming Palace, and the female Caucasians to the Wa Kingdom?" Someone else asked stupidly.
He replied, "The male went to be TJ, and the female went to improve the human race (the Japanese were super short at that time)." ”
"Scared!" So the southeastern country, the Ming royal family and the Japanese royal family all lay down their guns, but this gun was lying well.
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The hearts of the people are scattered, and the team is not easy to bring!
Even when some ambitious red-haired fans expressed their willingness to fight to the death, more red-haired fans said: "If you want to fight you, let's fight, we won't accompany you!" ”
At that time, the Hongmao countries sailed to Asia, mostly in the name of "East India Company of a certain country" without the banner of the country, and the superiors did not have the absolute power of life and death to prohibit the subordinates, and even a little close to democracy, everyone said to run away, so run.
The port of Mumbai, a stronghold painstakingly managed by the Portuguese, was purchased from Asan in 1534 and has a history of 100 years, with the largest number of people in the land, with more than 5,000 people and their families.
The streets are deserted, while the port terminals are shocking.
Personnel, dependents, cages, luggage, furniture, property, goods, and livestock were piled up on the edge of the dock, mixing together to form a sea of people and objects.
When the order to retreat was given, it was requested not to carry too much luggage, but the people thought that it would be better to bring as much as possible, and it turned out to be very crowded.
You can't do it without anything, there was no logistics at that time, for example, if you didn't bring flour, what if you didn't eat at sea?
A silver dollar for a handful of flour?
People don't necessarily change it for you!
There is money to give, but there is no money to sell themselves, the women are chickens, and the men are indentured slaves.
When a merchant ship docked at the port, people shouted and screamed, scrambling to get on board, crowded into a ball, and every crowd was filled with heart-rending screams, beatings, scolding, pushing, adults screaming, children crying!
"Boom!" At the sound of the noise, people exclaimed: "Someone has fallen into the water!" ”
Shouting and shouting, but no one went into the water to save him.
The person who fell into the water struggled in the water, and strings of bubbles bubbled out of the sea, and there was no movement after a while!
Originally, it would not have been so embarrassing, but I heard that the Chinese were about to arrive and were preparing to attack, and there was a lack of ships in the port, so I couldn't leave if I didn't leave!
The fear of not being able to walk envelops people, and people are panicked and frightened!
Seeing such an embarrassing scene, it angered a red-haired fan in the port!
Fabregas, the son of a Portuguese nobleman, in his early twenties, traveled the world with his uncle, who was a trader.
This person is from an aristocratic background, has a sense of honor, and is not used to seeing the surrender of everyone, whether he can beat it or not, and if he fights, how can he give up the territory that his ancestors worked so hard to manage!
He went to Garcia, the governor of Bombay, in a rage, and happened to see his uncle Raul drinking tea with him in his office, they had private boats ready to go, and he knew that the Chinese would not be embarrassed by those who retreated on their own, so he did not panic at all.
Garcia politely invited Fabregas to tea, and Fabregas thanked him and sat down, holding back his anger and explaining the chaos on the docks.
Hearing his resentment, Garcia laughed and said, "Ho, our young man wants to be Joan of Arc!" ”
"I don't want to be a hero, I just want to fight the Chinese!" Fabregas said.
Garcia retracted his smile and said, "Do you think I'm willing?" ”
"No, I'm not reconciled!" Garcia shook his head and said sadly, "But, I can't do anything!" ”
"We can arm ourselves for war, this is our largest stronghold in Asia, and it is stronger than Malacca City and Colombo City!" Fabregas exclaimed excitedly.
Pointing to his head, Garcia said, "This is a big golden pig's head, do you want it?" ”
Fabregas said, "What do you mean? ”
"The Chinese have offered a reward, once the two sides go to war and resist for ten days, the head of our main general is worth one thousand silver dollars, and the head of our main general is worth ten thousand silver dollars after one hundred days of resistance, and the head of the main general is worth ten thousand silver dollars, and every ten days it will increase by one thousand silver dollars! The lord will not forgive, and the lord will behead those who surrender, and they will be rewarded heavily, and they will be nationalized in the southeast! Garcia said indifferently: "Young people have ideals and ambitions, and they want to sit in this position, I will let you do it!" ”
Cesc Fabregas froze, he understood that once the war started, he would have to face not only strong enemies, but also his own people!
Even their own people are more terrible than the enemy!
How can he be able to fight on two fronts and turn the tide?!
He hung his head......
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