Shortly after the Golden Dog left Manila Bay, it entered the Mayi area, which was developed before Luzon. However, after the entry of Western forces, this area has been greatly damaged.

Since Magellan arrived in the area more than 20 years ago, Western European ships have been coming here in an endless stream. After these brave and savage Bai Fan arrived here, they could not rob or cheat, they could cheat and not buy, the indigenous islanders were not as good as weapons, not as good as organization, and even less fierce, they really couldn't fight, they had to use the method of losing both, first of all, cut off trade and not provide spices to Bai Fan, and not to provide food to Bai Fan. In order to do so, the determined islanders even destroyed their farmland along the coast, burned down their homes, and moved deeper inland.

Mendoza did not go directly to the cargo distribution center of Mayi, but led the fleet to a place he named Golden Dog Island, hoping to get the same food as the last time he passed here, but when he stopped the ship, he found that the tribal settlement he had found last time was completely deserted, and the long grass and young trees were mixed with dirt bags that I don't know if they were graves, and it was embarrassing to look at the past. However, Mendoza decided that the island still had oil and water to scrape, so he decided to send three expedition teams into the interior in search of food and spices.

Each squad consisted of a captain, a vice-captain, an accountant in charge of records and cargo calculations, a translator who knew Nanyang vernacular, three musketeers and five ordinary sailors. Dongmen Qing was also sent to one of the squads.

The captain of this squad is Zhou Dafu, the deputy captain is Hideyoshi Sato, Dongmen Qing is the accountant, Shen Wei is the translator, a Nanyang native named Kavala led two Nanyang musketeers as a long-range attack team, and the other five ordinary sailors turned out to be all people known to Dongmen Qing, namely Chen Baifu, Shuiyu Cai and his younger brother Shuikou Cai, Bullfrog and Li Chun. In this 12-member squad, not only did the five ordinary sailors carry swords, but even the accountant and translator are also armed, not to mention the captain and deputy captain. Judging from the fact that this team had more weapons and less goods, it was clear that Mendoza was encouraging them to loot rather than to buy and sell!

Although the Luzon Islands are full of treasures in terms of natural resources, they are mostly unexplored, and the Francis pirates have no plans to develop them for a long time, so the most convenient and fastest way is to directly plunder the existing wealth of the local tribes. The three teams first went to the deserted tribal settlement by the sea, hoping to find some clues. The tribe led by Captain Gaspar was in charge of finding the road, and the other two detachments were in charge of digging up the dirt bags, hoping that these would be graves, and that they might be able to find their belongings from them.

Half a day passed, and the ground was excavated, but most of them were just dirt bags of unknown purpose, and some of them were graves, but the burial goods were not impressive. By this time, the pathfinder team had also returned, and they had found five paths that might have been man-made. After some deliberation, the chief captain Gaspar people should not be dead to the death of the people of this tribe, but migrated inland, he chose three of the more likely roads, and let the three teams set off from different directions and began to go deep into the interior of Golden Dog Island.

Mendoza and the captains of the three squads agreed that if they encountered a small tribe, the captain could decide what to do on his own, but if he encountered a large tribe, he could return after gathering information to discuss how to attack; It was also agreed that the team would return to the berth within five days, regardless of whether it had gained or not, and if there was an accident, at least someone should be sent to report back, in case a certain team did not report after five days, the captain would wait for three days, but if there was no news after eight days, the captain would consider continuing to send an expedition to meet or leave directly.

Among the three squads, only Dongmen Qing's squad did not have a Franco, and the captain was also Chinese, although Zhou Dafu was quite a status on the ship, but compared to the other two captains, his control over the team was the weakest. This Golden Dog Island is not comparable to Li Chun's hometown, the area is very large, even if it is not easy to go around the island with the Golden Dog, at this time deep inland, soon you can't hear the sound of the waves, only hear the birds and beasts in the jungle. Li Chun was a little scared, and followed Dongmenqing closely, Dongmenqing was also scared in his heart, but because Li Chun was by his side, it was not easy to show it, but he straightened his chest and comforted him with eye gestures from time to time. Shuiyu Cai and the others were also quite impressed when they saw him so calm.

After another day of walking, there was not half a figure in sight, but a fork in the road had begun to appear, and there were disagreements in the ranks as to which way to take or even whether to continue on.

Chen Baifu said: "We have been walking for two days, the forest in front of us is getting deeper and deeper, and if we go down, if we get lost, as long as we delay for two days, we may miss the meeting and deadline." ”

Zhou Dafu said: "But should you withdraw now?" We haven't found anything now, how can we explain to the captain when we go back? ”

"The captain is right! We can't go back empty-handed! Hideyoshi Sato said: "We set out from the beach and came here, and it was true that we walked for two days, but it is difficult to explore forward, because we have to reconnoiter step by step, and it is easy to go back." We have made marks all the way, so it only takes half a day to go back to the two days we have come. In my opinion, no matter how deep we go, as long as we don't lose the mark, it's okay to go back within two days. I mean, look for two more days, and if you can't find it, you might find it not far ahead. ”

Sato Hideyoshi felt that his words were clear, and Zhou Dafu was also very happy to see his support, and immediately clapped his decision: "That's good! Let's keep going! "One of them is a captain, and the other is a vice captain, since they are unanimous, it is no problem, so Zhou Dafu took the lead after saying this, Sato Hideyoshi was behind, and after walking a few steps, he suddenly felt that something was wrong, and when he turned around, he found that no one else had followed, and he couldn't help but shout: "Why don't you go?" ”

It turned out that after Zhou Dafu made a decision, Shui Shrimp Cai looked at Shui Yu Cai, Shui Fish Cai looked at Bullfrog, Bullfrog looked at Shen Wei, and then looked at Dongmen Qing together, and Li Chun and Chen Baifu had long been waiting for Dongmen Qing to speak, and the seven Chinese sailors did not move, and the three Nanyang natives did not move when they saw those Chinese, and they did not move.

Zhou Dafu also found that his subordinates didn't move, and couldn't help but shout: "Why don't you leave?" ”

Chen Baifu asked Dongmenqing: "Wang Gongzi, what do you ......see?"

Dongmen Qing didn't really understand this kind of jungle exploration affairs, so he looked up and thought about it, so he and Chen Baifu made gestures, gesturing while marking on the ground to make up for the lack of sign language. After the two exchanged, Chen Baifu said to the sailors: "Wang Gongzi said that this time the Francois let us go deep into the jungle, bringing more weapons and less goods, obviously asking us to attack the tribe and do that unkind and unjust plunder. Although the inhabitants of this island are not of the same race as us, we were all conceived in October and grew up in twenty years. ”

Among the several Nanyang natives, Kavala, who knew Chinese, translated these words, and the other two Nanyang natives couldn't help but be silent when they heard it. Mendoza and others saw that they were the most intellectually and physically good among the natives, so they left them behind, at first as hard laborers, and later stood out in previous wars, and gradually became musketeers, because they were the first people to return to Shun, so they were equipped with the most sophisticated weapons except for the Francos. If we talk about old grudges, many of their relatives and clansmen were originally killed under the swords and guns of the Golden Dog bandits, at first they dared to be angry and did not dare to speak, and then they were content with the status quo for a long time, and no longer thought about these problems, but now they have completely forgotten that they and the Francois are enemies, and are willing to use them. If it is another generation or two, maybe their children and grandchildren will be completely ignorant of their ancestors and assimilated by the customs of the West, but after all, Kavala and others are still parties who have personally experienced those tragic situations, and at this time, they can't help but feel sad when they are mentioned by Dongmen Qingyi.

Seeing this, Zhou Dafu was angry with Dongmen Qing and said, "What are you talking about!" ”

He was used to being a fox and a tiger on the boat, and many Chinese and Nanyang people were afraid of him, but as soon as he blurted out his words, Chen Baifu, Li Chun, Shuiyu Cai, Shen Wei, and others glared at him together, startling him, taking two steps back, and not daring to speak again.

Dongmen Qing ignored him and continued to communicate with Chen Baifu, who passed on the word for him: "What Wang Gongzi means is that now the supplies of the Golden Dog are enough, and everyone will not starve to death for a while because they did not loot, and even if we grab something, most of them will still be occupied by those Francois people, we will sacrifice our lives and even create great sins, and in the end we will make wedding clothes for others, so why bother?" So we don't have to be too aggressive in this matter. ”

Kavala said: "But if you go back empty-handed, you will be scolded." ”

"Well, so we can't go back now." Chen Baifu said: "Go back now, we can return to the beach about a day before the rendezvous deadline arrives, if we go back a day earlier empty-handed, I am afraid that the Francois will scold us for being lazy." So we had to go around again to see if there was anything we could find to prevaricate, and second, to stall for time, and on the fifth day we were back at the edge of the jungle and to keep an eye on the seashore. As long as the ship hasn't left yet, we don't need to rush. When the other two teams returned, we were back in action. Jungle exploration is not guaranteed to be rewarded, so when the time comes, as long as we get all the mess back, even if the Francois are empty-handed, we won't be able to say anything. ”

Shuiyu Cai Shenwei and others immediately agreed, and Kavala and others also said: "It's still the people of the Ming Dynasty who are smart and benevolent!" ”

Zhou Dafu said with a blushing face: "You are like this...... If you are discovered......"

Dongmen Qing interrupted him with a cold snort, and Chen Baifu said, "As long as you two don't have a lot of mouths, how can they find out?" ”

Shen Wei also sneered: "If you have to talk more...... Hey! Xu Qijin is your role model! ”

Zhou Dafu was reminded of Xu Qijin's tragic situation when he said this, his head shrank, where did he dare to speak? Sato Hideyoshi rolled his eyes and exclaimed, "Prince Wang is right! We're not going to talk nonsense. ”

Dongmen Qing nodded slightly, smiled lightly, and Chen Baifu said: "Even if they talk nonsense, we are not afraid!" There were ten of us, and there were only two of them, and we got to the boat to see who could say who! ”

Kavala said with some concern, "But the Francos believe them more......"

"So what?" Chen Baifu said: "Don't forget that our clansmen and yours together account for the majority of the ship!" As long as everyone is united, they will not dare to do anything to us! He had been with Dongmen for a long time, and at this time he also regarded himself as a Chinese, and Shen Wei and others also accepted him.

Kavala thought for a moment, and finally stopped hesitating.

The team started again, but after this time, the leadership of the entire team had completely shifted, and everyone began to revolve around the east gate. Zhou Dafu, who had been pointing fingers for a few days, didn't dare to say a word for a long time, until the night fell, the team found a safe place to rest, Zhou Dafu took over a little farther away under the pretext of using an excuse, and Sato Hideyoshi also said that he was anxious to follow.

Seeing them leaving, Dongmen Qing beckoned Chen Baifu and Li Chun to come close, and made a few gestures with them, asking a few people to take turns to monitor Zhou Dafu and Sato Hideyoshi.

Over there, Hideyoshi Sato came to Zhou Dafu's side and whispered, "What should I do?" Now he's the captain! We've all been set up by him! ”

Zhou Dafu hated his teeth and said, "Don't worry! The captain has been dealing with them a long time ago! Tonight, you're going to get rid of the armor mark! It turned out that the two of them left two sets of marks along the way, one was the first set left in public, and the other was the second set left in private. The mark was kept hidden, and no one knew about it except the two of them.

Hideyoshi Sato was overjoyed when he heard this: "Wonderful! Wonderful! That way, wait for us to go another ride and then leave the excuse behind and let them go around in this jungle! ”

That night, he slept until midnight, quietly got up and walked back to remove the mark, and suddenly found that there seemed to be a pair of eyes staring at him, he thought it was a beast and was startled, and quickly pulled out his weapon with a scream, and the other party also choked and pulled out a knife, but it turned out that it was not a beast but Li Chun!

Hideyoshi Sato said angrily: "What are you doing! Swinging the knife forward, Li Chun retreated with the knife, shouting, waking everyone else up, Sato Hideyoshi saw that he couldn't get rid of him quietly, so he quickly collected his weapon, pointed at Li Chun and said: "This guy is plotting against him!" ”

Li Chun said angrily: "You wicked person sue first!" He got up first, and I came out after him! ”

"Not bad!" Shuiyu Cai said: "I saw that Xiao Li Chun was following him. ”

"He's following me." Hideyoshi Sato said, "But he followed me with a knife." He wants to hurt me! ”

Li Chun shouted: "You drew the knife first!" ”

Hideyoshi Sato exclaimed, "It's you!" ”

Seeing that the two would be inseparable on this inexplicable topic, Dongmen Qing stood between the two, waved his hand to interrupt their words, went straight to the topic, and gestured for Chen Baifu to ask Sato Hideyoshi: "Why are you running so far without sleeping so late?" ”

Hideyoshi Sato said, "I'll find a place to......"

"It's not!" Li Chun shouted: "He stopped at the place where we left the mark, I don't know what the hell he is doing!" ”

Shen Wei, Kavala and the others were all startled, and Sato Hideyoshi shouted: "No! No! Don't believe it, go see for yourself! ”

Chen Baifu said coldly: "Maybe you don't have time to do it!" ”

Several people rushed at the same time to the place where the mark had been left - it was a mark left in the evening, so they could easily remember the exact location, and after a while they came back and said, "Nothing." ”

Dongmen Qing glanced at Sato Hideyoshi, and then reassured everyone to let everyone go back to sleep, Chen Baifu passed his words: "Everyone should not have happened tonight, but from tomorrow onwards, everyone should pay special attention, don't let some people take advantage of it." ”

Now that they have attracted the attention of others, it will be difficult for Zhou Dafu and Sato Hideyoshi to do anything. The team went around the island for another day, still didn't find anything, so they retreated to the sea according to the original plan, and saw that they were about to reach the seaside, Dongmen Qingxian sent Kavala and Chen Baifu and Li Chun to inquire about the news, the three of them crawled in, and it didn't take long for them to run back with a roar, and the others were surprised to see them so excited, and hurriedly asked what was wrong, in a hurry, Li Chun spoke Korean, and Kavala and the other two Nanyang natives spoke their hometown, only Chen Baifu was still calm, but his face was pale, and he said in a deep voice: "It's gone...... ”

Shuiyu Cai asked in surprise: "What's wrong?" ”

Chen Baifu said: "The boat is gone...... They're gone...... They're gone! ”

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