413 Han Chinese tenant slaves
Now, seeing that the two of them have dealt with that side a few times, and Sulu has also given gifts here, and released Xue Laixiang's buddy, the relationship between the other party seems to be a little loose, but I didn't expect that the other party also knew that he would repay the favor and actually sent such a beautiful and rare gift!
At this time, the prime minister's brilliant mind was running at high speed, and he clearly realized that the top priority was to learn first-hand information from Zheng Fu.
Therefore, Zheng Fu knelt under the king's imperial case for the first time.
Zheng Fu heard the Prime Minister's direct question, and quickly bowed on the blue brick ground, thinking that the legend said that the Prime Minister was a talented man, with a smart mind and a very studious mind, I heard that this tribal prince had worshiped a Han private school teacher who was robbed by pirates in his early years to learn Chinese and Confucian classics, and for this reason, the Chinese people were criticized for losing his identity, but this move was praised by the old king, not only let this turmoil pass, but also left a good story.
Now it seems that this gentleman is really worthy of his name, and this prime minister not only knows Chinese, but it is said that he can also speak the language of Hongmaoyi, but the prime minister usually hides it deeply, and today on this occasion he speaks amazingly.
At this time, Zheng Fuzheng was thinking about how to phrase it in his heart, mainly because that Brother Zhu said it too bluntly and harshly, Zheng Fu was worried that he would be beaten if he said it directly, obviously, it was definitely not an Australian who was beaten, but himself kneeling in front of others.
At this time, Zheng Fu was searching his stomach and thinking of all kinds of nice words, so that Brother Zhu's words could be expressed euphemistically, but he didn't expect that this layer of his careful thinking was seen through by the prime minister, and he saw that the adult whispered to him sternly:
"Don't make sentences! But just tell it truthfully! ”
Well, since this is the case, then let it go, at this time, Zheng Fu's heart was crossed, so he had to repeat the original words of Zhu Beiguo that he remembered.
When Zheng Fu said that a trade agreement could be reached with the Australian Federation, the Prime Minister's eyes lit up, and finally listened patiently, and after a while, the Prime Minister nodded and said:
"That's it! Stand down......"
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That afternoon, after sending off the two Sulu microphones, Pride left the dock and retreated back to 300 meters away.
That night, the city of Holo was not disturbed in any way, not only did the searchlights not turn on, but there was not even a single whistle on the ship.
However, the people of Hollo City still spent the night in trepidation, but there were no more people fleeing from the city.
However, although the sea seemed to be calm again, and the city of Holo was not disturbed, those who had escaped were still watching from outside the city, and people were still uncertain whether the devil's ship on the sea and the terrible dragon would return.
By the next day, there was no interaction between the two sides, Captain Haruban and Zheng Fu did not appear on the pier pier, the pier of Holo Harbor was still silent, there were still no soldiers on the walls of Holo City, and from the outside, the entire port and the sea were very calm.
However, at this time, the city of Holo was very busy, and in the past two days, groups of soldiers entered and exited from the three gates of the city, east, west and south, and they left the city in the morning and returned to the city in the afternoon, and when the soldiers returned, they were accompanied by groups of men and women—all of whom were Han Chinese.
On the third day, which was also the last day for Zhu Beiguo to demand the return of the ship and the payment of compensation by Sulu, at eight o'clock in the morning, two microphones appeared on the dock square again, and like last time, they held a red pennant in their hands.
The Pride whistled three times, slowly started and docked, and Zhu Beiguo and Xue Laixiang once again walked onto the trestle with a group of crew members with loaded guns and motorcycle helmets.
This time, there were shrunken onlookers in the business district near the pier square, and people were looking at the group of people walking on the pier pier from afar - it is said that they are the legendary Australians who are connected to the devil or ghosts.
Zhu Beiguo's first words when he met were:
"If you don't return the three stolen ships of the Xue family before twelve o'clock tonight, it will prove that you are not sincere, and we will punish Huoluo City in our own way!"
"I brought a handwritten reply from the Prime Minister to the Australian Commonwealth!"
Zheng Fu knew that now was not the time to talk nonsense, he looked at the captain beside him, who immediately took out a roll of blue-edged and white silk cloth and handed it to Zhu Beiguo with both hands.
Then he turned back and shouted a few times in the direction of the city gate, and after a long time, the city gate hole of the north gate creaked open, and a group of soldiers appeared in the city gate hole.
The appearance of the Sulu soldiers immediately made the people on the trestle nervous, and the sound of pulling the bolt came from around Zhu Beiguo and Xue Laixiang, and several guns were pointed at the two microphones at the same time.
Seeing this, Zheng Fu hurriedly explained that those soldiers did not bring weapons, but were just people who escorted Han slaves.
Zhu Beiguo stood on the trestle bridge and looked at the city gate hole, and found that the position he was standing in was too low, the city gate hole was too far away, and there were buildings in the commercial area to block it, so he couldn't see the situation in front of him at all.
So he immediately picked up the walkie-talkie and contacted the lookout of the Pride, and after a while, the news came from the lookout:
"Brother Zhu, there are about hundreds of men and women, people are tied up and crowded in the city gate hole, and when you look through the binoculars, you can only vaguely see a group of soldiers driving this group of people with wooden sticks......"
After Zhu Beiguo heard this, he was a little angry, so he put down the walkie-talkie and said to Zheng Fu:
"If it's freeing slaves, why do you have to tie people up? And take a wooden stick to drive away the abuse?! What is the intention of the country to behave like this!? ”
Zheng Fu listened to it and immediately translated to the captain next to him with an anxious face, the captain was pale at this time, and he was anxious to explain with a white face, seeing that the other party was a language barrier, and he had to toss back and forth, and at this time the Australian was angry, afraid that something unexpected would happen, so Zheng Fu hurriedly stopped the captain's words in the native language, motioned him to say it himself, and then turned around and bowed to Zhu Beiguo, and explained directly to Zhu Beiguo:
"Brother Zhu doesn't know, please listen to the villain's detailed words, the Han people settled in Sulu for different reasons, there are people who have fled to escape the hustle and bustle and moved with their families, there are people who have no livelihood and have left their hometowns, or drifting or because of looting, all of them are a group of hopeless people who return to their hometowns.
This Han people are indeed tenant slaves in Sulu State, and their status is low, but although they are untouchables, as long as they have enough food and rice, their livelihood is worry-free, and their lives are actually stable. The islands of this Sulu country, the soil is fertile, the water is abundant, and the people of Sulu are not engaged in farming and weaving, although the products are abundant but there is no way to save them, so since the Ming Dynasty Wanli nearly a hundred years, the Han merchants have come and gone to the port more and more, several generations of kings of the Sulu country have tried to recruit or plunder the Han people to come here to cultivate, the Han people who come here, who are willing to cultivate, are given cattle and farm tools and houses, and there are marriages, so where there is a little farming and weaving skills of the Han people, can still settle down here, multiply.
Let's talk back to the current tenant slaves, this is the slave in the king's prime minister's house, most of them are raided by pirates, and ** selected as the superior tenant slaves, the king usually treats these Han tenants and slaves without harshness, and also gives marriage...... Continent...... The magic ship is dedicated to eating the soul of the Han people as its repellent, so the Han people are afraid to avoid it, most of them have already heard that they have fled into the mountains, this Sulu country has more than 4,000 Han tenant slaves, more than 8,000 men and women, all of them have been recruited or plundered over the years, but the first two days have been scattered.
Therefore, the king and the prime minister can only send troops to use the strong, and arrest them everywhere, but at this time, they can only be delivered to these two hundred households first, counting four hundred and twelve men and women, who are the private tenants of the king and the prime minister's family, all of whom are good cultivators and weavers, and the rest of the tenant slaves of various provinces, because they all fled into the mountains and could not be caught for a while, so they could only bind these two hundred households first.
However, when all the Han men and women heard that they would be sent to the Australian magic ship, they all cried bitterly and hesitated, it was really helpless to be tied up and used strongly, and I hope that Brother Zhu will forgive me......"