Fourteen or fifteen-year-old maids delicately cut out the fresh betel nut pits, and took out the early morning picks from the lacquered box with gold wire, smeared them with red lime mixed with turmeric and mountain springs, and wrapped the fresh kernels into a tube.

The maiden did not forget to add some tobacco to it, this special kind of hay would be relaxing when burned or chewed, so that the magical plant that was introduced to the South Seas was popular among the nobles of Bharoni for some time through the propaganda of the nobles of Banten.

Such a delicate small fruit, put it in the mouth a few bites, there will be a rich juice outflow, the juice mixed with lime, make the mouth saliva red, inhaling such a liquid, can make people feel relaxed.

But, at least today, the miraculous effect of this little fruit is disappointing.

The brother's mansion was razed to the ground overnight, and the surviving sergeants swore that it was a wizard's spell and had never seen an explosion so powerful. His Highness Rujaba's death letter came only from the unique circumcision marks on the lower half of his body, and his head and body were long gone.

The explosion occurred in a hasty meeting late yesterday night, the big food merchant named Said, for some reason, panicked to see Wang Di in the middle of the night, but less than a moment after Wang Di met him, a huge wave of air and fireballs overturned the roof, and there were rumors on the street that Said was going to assassinate and not fulfill his promise to the position of the lord of Hong Kong.

The residents of the capital knew that Said was inseparable from the royal family, and that most of his business was connected to the country, and he was half the king's treasurer. Behind this conspiracy, there were different opinions for a while, which made Su Tan uneasy.

At dawn, the embarrassed Sánchez hurried in, and they pressed behind to follow the Godayans to attack the Song merchant station in Mullah.

He was now reporting to His Royal Highness the results of last night's battle, the natives had lost eighty-seven of them, and most of the elite men of the Gotha Central had been killed or wounded in the elite who usually charged for Argotha, and of course what Sánchez did not say was that the natives had barely engaged in battle, and were crushed at the touch of a blow after the opponent's firearms were fired. Carlos, on the other hand, re-exaggerated the firearms of the Song people, except that the Portuguese soldiers retreated without firing a single shot, as if it had never happened.

"So your army came back unscathed?" Su Tan's words were sarcastic, and he couldn't hide the gloom on his face.

"Your Highness may know that the strength of the Song people is far beyond our expectations, and I swear that there must be some other force behind them behind them. I heard that two Dutch warships had docked in Mullah a few days ago, and I guess there were some joints in them. Sanchez almost said that the Dutch instructed the actions of the Song people, and if Jacos and Shuten were at the scene, they should give this man a thumbs up for his mouth, and he really had a good tooth, and the two tattered merchant ships that had been adrift for more than a year were turned into warships by the Portuguese with two mouths, and it was a pity that this ability did not go to business.

"Dutch warships?" Although His Royal Highness Ruaba is mean, he has never lacked eyes and ears, and the merchant ships of the Dutch are clearly parked in the harbor, how can they not understand? The only thing that happened to the Song people was that God knew what tricks they had used to arrange such powerful firearms under their noses.

"Absolutely." Sanchez, who did not know the joints in his words, was still arguing, "The Lan people are cunning, just look at the shape of the ship, you know that it must be a multi-load cargo, specializing in tax evasion, with a sleek hull, but a small deck." ”

"That's enough, it's not some Dutchman, only please confirm it for the king yourself."

'What do you mean?' Before the words could be spoken, there was no need to say more, and the warriors who gathered from the corner of the hall answered Sanchez's doubts well.

Last night, during the third watch, a group of figures quietly embedded in the palace and gently placed Agoda's head in front of Su Tan's dormitory.

The lost 'prince' was not found after all, but the big man of the Gotha Central Department who lost his head could still find one.

Su Tan, who was scared half to death, calmed himself, he knew that the only opportunity to sell the Song people now was to hand over the Portuguese, since the other party could easily take Agoda's life and send the head, this was undoubtedly a demonstration, but His Royal Highness Su Tan also saw from the demonstration that he was temporarily safe, at least his life was temporarily saved, and the Song people had not completely torn their faces, and there was always room for turnaround.

The contact with Gotha Central is the younger brother Rujaba, who and Agoda have no specific things to explain except that they know each other.

As for these Francophiles, they instigated and disturbed the country, and they were blinded by them for a while, and now they have suddenly woken up and handed over the culprit to the Song people, which is reasonable, but as for how this group of barbarians thinks, they can't care about it.

…………

Su Tan was not the only one who was nervous, early in the morning, the empty field outside the Huangjia Mansion was full of chariots, and the nobles in the capital seemed to have just woken up from hibernation, and they all sniffed the smell and found the door outside the Huangfu Mansion, but they were all closed.

As everyone knows, Huang Shunqing at this time is like sitting on pins and needles, talking to his younger brother about the promise, but in his heart he is like fifteen buckets, seven up and eight down.

Huang Shunzhi doesn't want to blame, how can people not be confused, when the elder brother is in charge of the affairs of the clan, and every decision is related to the future of the family, how can he not be cautious, this time he just looked away, at least he didn't follow the well, and the love is still there.

Then he said: "Brother, don't worry, according to the younger brother, it is better to go to the mullah to inquire earlier, now that this has happened, I am afraid that there will be great changes in the country, if you don't arrange it as soon as possible, I am afraid that it will be difficult to clean up." ”

After being persuaded by his younger brother, Huang Shunqing felt a little better, and suddenly woke up and said: "The palace and the old palace have to send troops to guard it." ”

"I was about to confess something to my brother, but I didn't make it clear to my brother in a hurry, but I had already arranged it in the morning, and Zu Rong should have arrived at this time with the soldiers." Huang Zurong is the powerful descendant of the next generation of the Huang family, so let him do this, naturally rest assured.

"You did this properly, how can my brother blame you." After thinking about it, Huang Shunqing said solemnly, "In the future, everything that should come forward will fall on you." ”

Huang Shunzhi didn't answer, just nodded slightly.

…………

"As the saying goes, 'A good start is half a success.'" ”

After a night of fighting, no, perhaps it should be said that he was beaten all night, and was finally able to see the appearance of the enemy, but I don't know whether it was luck or misfortune.

The man in front of him had a typical oriental face, dark skin, deep eyes, an unusually neat beard and short hair, and a straight military uniform.

In any way, he was a soldier of no more standard, and even in the regular armies of Spain and Switzerland, there was not necessarily a dignified officer. What's even better is that this person can speak authentic Spanish, which is even more rare, if it weren't for this face that is extremely difficult to confuse, he would have regarded Zhu Dazhao as a pure European.

From his brief introduction, Gonzalez remembered the name Zhu Dazhao, one of the actual heads of the highest military organs of the Song people, the commander-in-chief of last night's battle.

It was a blessing after the war to be able to communicate with the barbarians in the East in elegant Spanish, but the word barbarian did not dare to be exported again.

However, the Spanish proverb opened by Zhu Shumi, I don't know whether it was sarcasm or goodwill, but Gonzalez lost his language for a while, and he didn't know how to answer.

Zhu Dazhao said: "Fourteen years ago, the good deeds done by His Excellency Acuña, the Governor of the Philippines, are still in our hearts and dare not forget them. ”

Since the opening of the sea in Longqing (note: 1567), many Han people from Fujian and Guangdong have immigrated to Luzon to do business, and by the time the Spanish captured Luzon and built the city of Manila at the beginning of Wanli, Chinese merchants were all over the islands. The Spaniards forcibly recruited overseas Chinese to serve as oarsmen in the local area, and instigated conflicts between the natives and the Han Chinese. In the 31st year of Wanli (note: 1603), because the Spaniards had a lot of gold and silver, which was rumored to be produced in Luzon, Emperor Shenzong sent Fujian officials to inquire about Luzon's "golden beans on Jiyi Mountain are self-growing", and it was rumored that the Ming State wanted to move troops against Luzon, so the Spaniards entangled the natives and Japanese overseas Chinese to massacres more than 20,000 Han Chinese in Manila, and the blood flowed and the pestle flowed.

More than a decade has passed, but for Gonzalez, it's a vivid story.

He had just taken part in the last expedition of the Armada to England, retired from the army, traveled to the Americas via the Atlantic, and then boarded a ship in Mexico on the way to the East.

The tragedy occurred in October of the year he arrived in Manila, and the whole city went into a frenzy, but when the revelry was over, the governor began to fear both the disruption of trade with the mainland and the reprisals from the Ming court.

The former's fears were very real, in fact, the next time a Chinese merchant ship came to Manila would be two years after the tragedy, and the Governor of Acuña had to rely on loans to keep the Manila authorities running normally due to the disruption of trade.

However, the revenge against the Ming court proved to be somewhat redundant, and with the news brought back from Macao by the governor's envoy Cueva and the "Edict to Luzon" sent by the Chinese merchant ships, the attitude of the Ming court and the emperor towards the incident was clear, and the letter declared that the colonists were "unbearable to be punished" and that "their overseas killings were not exhausted". Facts have proved that it is not that the Ming court is unaware of what the Spaniards have done, but if the Westerners can "think of the great grace of the emperor, the great benevolence and righteousness of China." It is really insignificant compared with the peaceful scene of the Ming Dynasty, but the Spaniards have passed this pass more easily.

With such a previous situation, Gonzalez's state of mind seemed to relax a little, and he pretended to be sincere: "Your Excellency must know that there was a reason for the events of that day, and there were traitors who were mixed in and instigated. However, after this matter, he had made it clear to the Ming court, and the emperor had already expressed his attitude in his letter. ”

"Da Ming is Da Ming, Da Song is Da Song, Da Ming doesn't care about the people, I Da Song has to take care of it, besides, it's not just him Zhu Yijun whose surname is Zhu."

It doesn't matter whether Gonzalez understands it or not, most of Zhu Dazhao's venting comes from the heart, if it weren't for the Ming Court's attitude towards the diaspora, the later development of Southeast Asia would not be like this.

Gonzalez, who was pushed back by a sentence, still wanted to defend himself, but it was Zhu Dazhao who said it first.

"I robbed a hundred taels of silver and returned ten taels, so I wanted to call myself a benefactor."

"Let the Chinese businessmen who didn't kill clean write back to China to prove that you are helpless, and I don't know which one came up with a good idea."

After the massacre, in order to prevent the Ming Dynasty from mobilizing troops, the authorities returned some of the property of the Chinese merchants, of course, only partially. Later, he forced the surviving Chinese businessmen to write a letter to China to report their safety, so as to 'prove the innocence' of the slaughterers.

This question was like a sharp arrow shot in the darkness, which made people nervous, but each one was shot at Gonzalez's heart, and when dealing with the aftermath, His Excellency the Governor did not fail to ask them, gentlemen who had just come to the East from the country, that the proposal for the return of property was made by him, and although it was really possible that it was a little kind, but it was the means by which the Empire was accustomed to buy hearts and minds in Europe.

"But Your Excellency doesn't have to worry, after all, my Great Song Dynasty is not like you in Europe, which is full of beasts, as long as there is no blood debt of the Han people in your hands, you can stay alive."

"What exactly does the Chief intend to do with us?"

Zhu Dazhao spit out three words expressionlessly, "Lao...... Teach...... Battalion. ”

I don't know the meaning of these three words, but it must not be a good place to go, and for the Spaniards, who have no future in the future, they can only hope for a rescue from Manila.

Looking at Gonzalez's eyes, Zhu Dazhao felt a trace of happiness in his heart, and couldn't help but say more.

"After this, you should understand a truth, don't have that Don Quixote's dream, the world is so great that you can't touch it. In the future, if you have the opportunity to return to another country, there is a word for you to tell the people. ”

Gonzalez only pursed his chapped lips slightly, indicating that he seemed to be listening.

"Those who commit strong men will ......be punished even if they are far away"

[The big chapter is presented, ask for red tickets, ask for push]

[Note: The first volume of Cervantes's masterpiece The Astute Don Quixote of Lamancho was published in 1605.]