Chapter 461: Occupation of Luzon (4)
Early the next morning, Lin Gen rushed to the dock early to wait for Liu Ximing and the others.
Towards the Spanish soldiers who were about to get on the ship to inspect in the distance, Liu Ximing looked at Lin Gen and smiled: "Brother Lin, why don't you help Francis translate today?" ”
Lin Gen showed a hint of an honest smile on his face, "Didn't you see that Master Liu was generous, and he used some money to let someone else go for me." ”
"Hahaha, okay, then you can go around with me today."
"That's right", Liu Ximing deliberately made an expression that he just remembered, "In addition to the port area in Manila, is there any other scenery to visit, such as the area behind the Francobot Castle?" ”
Lin Gen's heart was overwhelmed, these people really want to fight the idea of ghosts!
Immediately after him, he was ecstatic in his heart, but he didn't know how many people this old man Liu had.
Lin Gen said jokingly: "Master Liu, except for the port area, the rest of the place is forbidden by the Francois people, if they find out that you go to these places, they will probably think that you are inquiring about them." ”
"It's time to ......"
Lin Gen had been observing Liu Ximing's face, but found that he had no reaction, so he had to grit his teeth and say, "At that time, Master Liu is afraid that he will only be able to meet with Franco." ”
"If you want to trick me, hehe."
After all, Lin Gen only relied on his own experience to do things, and he was seen by Liu Ximing at a glance.
Liu Ximing deliberately made an expression of indifference and slapped the fan in his hand, "What about being the enemy, I don't care about the strength of the Fran machine man, but he didn't mess with me, but I don't need to ask for trouble." ”
"That's, that's", Lin Gen couldn't figure out what Liu Ximing really thought in his heart, so he could only laugh a few words, but the grasp in his heart was a little bigger.
There are dozens of shops in the port of Manila, and according to Lingen, there are not only the Spaniards themselves, but also many powerful Chinese businessmen, and even a few are opened by Japanese, Dutch and other businessmen.
Most of these merchants had bought their shops from the Spaniards and were dedicated to collecting and selling goods here.
When he walked to the business names of several Chinese merchants, Liu Ximing stopped, and the shop in front of him had a big Zheng character written on it, and with the quite conspicuous sailing sign below the upper font, Liu Ximing suddenly understood.
The Zheng family also has a business in Manila, and looking at this shop, it is really a good deal made by the wealthy.
Liu Ximing's purpose today is to continue to explore the reality of Manila, and on the other hand, he also wants to see if he can sell his cotton cloth.
This thing is obviously also hard currency in Manila, as an important transit point for the South China Sea trade at this time, as soon as I heard that Liu Ximing had a large amount of cotton cloth here to sell, the stewards of more than a dozen businesses all surrounded him.
In order to hide people's eyes, the Pengzhou and Nanchong ships only loaded 100,000 pieces of cloth, and it only took a few minutes for Shen Huai to find a Chinese merchant from whom the trade was successful.
These businessmen were more concerned about the fact that Liu Ximing still had a large amount of cotton cloth in his mouth, and after getting the promise that a large amount of cotton cloth would be shipped for sale in a later period, several merchants actually directly agreed with Liu Ximing about the acquisition.
The hot sales scene made Liu Ximing feel relieved, and in this way, his cotton cloth finally had a new market.
"Master, I want to ask you for one thing."
Liu Ximing earned money that he might not be able to earn in his lifetime so easily, and Lin Gen swallowed his saliva when he saw it.
Anyway, he still remembered his discussion with Huang Yang, and opened his mouth to make a request to Liu Ximing.
"Oh? What's the matter, you just say. ”
Lin Gen strengthened his courage and said: "The master must need to unload the goods for delivery, and I have a brother who often works at the docks, and I want to ask the master to hand over this work to him." ”
"Hahaha, what was a big deal for me at that time", Liu Ximing laughed and said: "This matter is simple, you call him over now and unload the cargo on my ship as soon as possible." ”
"Thank you, sir, I'm going to call someone here."
Discussing the delivery with the steward of the Manila port business, in order to avoid the suspicion of the Spaniards who were staring at the dock, Liu Ximing returned to the ship with his people.
Lingen soon arrived at the dock with a man named Huang Yang and more than thirty Chinese men.
These people were naked, revealing their tendons and flesh, and they were obviously strong laborers in the family.
Liu Ximing's eyes lit up, and he asked Shen Huai to negotiate the salary with them, and he sat on the bow of the ship to observe the movements of the port, and Lin Gen accompanied him to chat with him.
Huang Yang gave his brothers a look, and they all got into the cabin and got to work.
With no one to supervise, Boxwood pretended to carry cloth while rummaging around the cabin, trying to find something out of the ordinary.
Who knew that after turning over and over, there was nothing else in the cabin except cloth and some rice, which made the boxwood a little discouraged.
Are these people really just merchants?
At this moment, a faint sound came from across the cabin, and Huang Yang immediately motioned for his brothers to slow down and stick to the bulkhead to hear the conversation.
The sound of the waves crashing against the hull of the ship kept ringing out, making the sound coming through the bulkhead faint.
Huang Yang only vaguely heard a few words like Fuboshi, but he couldn't hear anything other than that.
This made him itch in his heart, and when he saw that there was a wooden door behind the cargo hold leading to the rear, he gave his companion a look, and gently opened the door himself and looked over.
Inside was a rest cabin for the crew, but no one was in there at this moment, and the conversation he heard came directly from the cabin opposite.
Seeing that there was a wooden door on the other side, Huang Yang walked over lightly and leaned on the door and listened.
This time, he could hear it clearly.
"If you want me to say, it's better to plan directly, we've fought so many big battles, I haven't seen any scenes, these ghosts look better than the cowards I've seen before, but in front of our Fubo Division, everything is a chicken."
"Hahaha, old five, you fucking blow it, last time we were in Annan, but you were the only one who was hit by a bullet, and you are embarrassed to say this."
"Hahaha"
The words from next door made Huang Yang particularly excited, these people really want to fight ghosts!
He was still waiting to eavesdrop, but a sound of footsteps came in his direction, and Huang Yang was startled, and immediately turned his head and ran in the direction of the cargo hold.
"What for?"
A shout came from behind him, which made Huang Yang's heart startled.
In the end, it was an amateur, and his mind was blank, and he didn't expect to hurry up and say a few words, but he sped up and rushed into the cargo hold.
The soldiers of the Fubo Division realized that he was wrong, and while shouting loudly, they chased after him.
Liu Ximing had a good chat with Lin Gen, but suddenly heard a burst of shouts from under his feet.
After a while, Li Biao hurried over and whispered a few words in his ear.
Liu Ximing raised his head and looked at Lin Gen with strange eyes, and said to him with a mocking look in his eyes: "I was kind enough to let Brother Lin earn some extra money, but I didn't expect you to bring the thief to my ship, this is not a way to make friends." ”
Lin Gen's heart was flustered, he hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Master Liu, I don't know anything here, my brother Huang and his group of brothers are honest people, and they won't do such a thing as stealing, is it a mistake." ”
"Hmph, just ask if you're not mistaken", Liu Ximing snorted coldly, and walked into the cabin with a straight face.
In the cabin, Huang Yang and more than a dozen other men had been taken into custody by Fubo Master, and they were all squatting on the ground with their heads in their hands.
"What's going on?" , Liu Ximing looked at Liu Dehui, who was presiding over the scene.
The waist knife in Liu Dehui's hand pointed at Huang Yang, "This person is sneaky, I don't know if he is eavesdropping or stealing, he happened to be caught by the brothers, and asked the second brother to send it down." ”
"Oh?"
Liu Ximing put away his long shirt and squatted down to look at Huang Yang's face.
"Look at your face, you don't look like a traitor, what the hell do you want to do, recruit quickly!"
"I'm not a thief", Huang Yang raised his head suddenly, and looked at Liu Ximing's eyes full of hope.
"Master Liu, I heard what they said, do you want to fight Manila's idea, let me tell you, we can ......"
"Shut up!"
Huang Yang's words were loud, which startled Liu Ximing, and he immediately shouted loudly, standing up and signaling the guards to guard the hatch.