Section 247 Foreign mercenaries (2)
Traitor is always a nasty word, that is, there is a difference between being forced to be a traitor and being a traitor willingly.
Holliman listened to the interpreter's words, slowly lowered his head, and pondered. This interpreter has been with them for a long time, and in the eyes of the Dutch this skinny Chinese is a silent and cunning person. The Dutch sailors often suffered at his disposal, but Holliman did not interfere with him because of the need for raiding at sea.
"Killing people is not something civilized people do, it only proves their barbarism!"
Chen Tongyi thought in his heart that this captain really doesn't know what to do, and now that he has fallen into the hands of these unreasonable people, won't the heroes suffer the losses in front of him! He turned his head and said what he had been thinking about for a long time.
"Sir, Your Excellency the Captain said that he could come up with a large sum of money in his company to ransom him and his crew for going back."
Yue Xiaofei stretched out his index finger and shook it, "You tell him that they have been using Taiwan for so long, and the Dutch have been building cities in Taiwan since 1623, and how many resources have they plundered in Taiwan in the past fourteen years, and how many of our people have been slaughtered, pay for it!" One million taels of silver a year, plus I won't say much if we plunder our resources, twenty million taels of silver, besides, this is only the first period, and the indirect losses caused to our China have not been calculated. ”
Chen Tongyi was happy in his heart, it seems that these Chinese do not understand Dutch, and it would be too sorry for himself if he did not take this opportunity to save himself.
"Your Excellency, they are going to kill you in an hour, you better cooperate with them, I just probed their mouth, they are no different from ordinary pirates, they just ask for money!"
At first, when he heard the words of killing himself, Holliman was shocked, and he was terrified that he had been drowned in everything, and he regretted that he should not have pretended to be a tough guy, even if the Dutch navy was strong, he didn't know what year and month it would be, and when he arrived, he was afraid that he would have already become a skeleton. But I heard from the interpreter that they just wanted money! Then he rejoiced and said: "The matter of asking for money is easy to discuss, and our East India Company is very rich." ”
Chen Tongyi looked at him pitifully, "Rich!" He wants 20 million taels of silver, rich? ”
He turned around to face Yue Xiaofei and them, and he decided to put the captain aside and talk to these people directly. As the saying goes, "The price starts all over the sky, and the money is paid on the ground!" ”
"Your Excellency, the captain has said that he will be very happy to go back with me to explain your requirements to the company, as long as it is within a reasonable range, it is negotiable."
Yue Xiaofei's arms had been smashed by Roger's quick shot, and he finally couldn't help but get angry, "Discuss? Whether you discuss it with us or he consults with us, I don't hate people who are forced to compromise for survival, but I hate those who are traitors wholeheartedly. Bluff me! Well, just wait to die! Yue Xiaofei scolded Chen Tongyi angrily.
He turned around and said, "Roger, tell them the captain that this Noh translator sold them all to us as slaves forever at the cost of his own freedom. ”
Chen Tongyi was completely stunned, he had always thought that he was smarter than others, or there were so many people in Taiwan, why would he be a translator, why could he be trusted by the Dutch. Maybe he never remembered that sentence, "There are so many smart people in the world, don't think that you are too smart, otherwise sooner or later you will have to live (the guy)." ”
Listening to Roger's pure Dutch, Chen Tongyi was completely stunned, the fear, shame, and worry in his heart rolled into a ball, he knew that this was the end, and he had to return to the prisoner team, and those prisoners knew the current situation and were afraid that they would die.
"Sir, great ...... Big...... Big...... Man, sir, spare your life! ”
"Humph! Play with me, someone will put him out for me first, and here I will have a good talk with His Excellency the Captain. ”
Just when Holriman was in doubt, Yue Xiaofei suddenly became angry, and Chen Tongyi was dragged out. Holliman was stunned, he couldn't believe that the young man in front of him could speak Dutch fluently. He told himself that Chen Tongyi had sold himself and his entire crew. Chen is usually a cautious and humble person, and in his heart it is difficult to believe that this person would do such a thing.
"Oh God! Who am I dealing with? Holliman felt as if he had been stripped naked and displayed in front of everyone.
"Okay Holliman, I'll ask you some questions, and you'll have to be honest, or you and all of your people will have to stay on the skinheads, or I'll probably give you a better job!" Yue Xiaofei cleared his throat and began to do today's business.
"Name"
"Holliman"
"Age"
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"Captain Holliman, I'm satisfied with your answer for the time being, and I have a more interesting suggestion, I wonder if you'd be interested in hearing it?"
"I'd like to hear your thoughts." Holriman felt much better now, and the chief, surnamed Yue, spoke very skillfully, starting with simple questions such as name, age, and most importantly, the source of the information. To be honest, Holliman really couldn't think of any need to hide it for that Ming Dynasty official.
It turns out that they have always been in contact with Huang Binqing in Zhoushan, Huang Binqing not only acts as an agent for many of their products, such as glass beads, but also provides them with a lot of information, his main purpose is to let these powerful foreigners eliminate dissent for him, and they should make a little fortune by the way.
Yue Xiaofei and Murong Zhuo, who participated in the interrogation, were angry together. In order to cut off the dissidents, he Huang Binqing recruited pirates, not only did he have Dutch warships, so that Yue Xiaofei and they were attacked on the return trip, causing Chu Chu to disappear, but also the attack on Wenzhou by the Japanese was also planned and arranged by him.
Compared with Murong Zhuo Yue Xiaofei, there was an extra layer of guilt in his heart, "This is revenge, naked revenge, your Huang Binqing's abacus is really good, as long as I, Yue Xiaofei and the Shenzhou Army, are buried in the sea at sea, and you take advantage of the chaos to seize Wenzhou and Shenzhou City, at that time, you can really coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes, hello, you are so ruthless, let's wait and see, play with me, see how I play you to death!" ”
Yue Xiaofei is not a politician, he would have scolded him in the past, and immediately thought of revenge, and even forced landing is possible. Judging the situation is really an ability of a politician, not something that a technician can grasp immediately, but under Yang Tingshu's careful teaching, Yue Xiaofei has actually grown a lot, at least there is no other superfluous expression on his face except for a gentle smile.