Chapter 261 The dark tide is surging

"The ship from the Lordship? You recognize...... They come every ten days, and there are three or four boats," the aunt pointed not far away, "No, it's still parked there at noon, and it's not long gone." ”

"Just left?"

Xiao Li's heart sank, and he ran away.

However, he still continued to ask quietly: "Is their ship for transporting goods?" ”

"Of course it's a shipment, but,"

The aunt paused, frowned, and said, "Their ship has cannons, and the people who come ashore are ...... Like you, they all have bird guns, and they look quite fierce. ”

"Oh...... Where are their goods generally unloaded? ”

"It takes a lot of time for coolies to unload a shipload of goods, and when the goods are unloaded, they are transported to the warehouse, I heard that ...... It's all valuable goods. ”

"How many warehouses are there?"

"I don't know about this...... At the mouth of the ninth lane, there is a ......"

The tea seller said that the warehouse is a house rented by the adults to hoard and transfer some valuable goods, and the merchants and sailors who usually come and go will also live in it temporarily.

It's just that she feels that there is more than one warehouse for the big people, "Many times, these people get on the ship...... It's all divided into several groups, coming from different directions......"

Xiao Li's heart moved when he heard this, and he turned his head to look at the alley, and there was more than one alley leading to the dock, but there was more than the ninth alley.

He knew that since Zheng Yiguan (i.e., Zheng Zhilong, the father of Zheng Chenggong), who had been the largest maritime merchant and pirate on the Chinese coast, he had almost monopolized trade with Japan, author's note. After the Qing Dynasty, China lost almost all trade routes for overseas trade.

Among them, with Japan, Batavia (i.e. Manila, author's note. Almost all of the maritime trade in other places was robbed by the Dutch people.

And these Dutch people are different from the Franco-machine people here, they are big people who are forcibly occupied by force, and the relationship between the Ming and Qing government and them is not good.

Therefore, most of their goods procurement comes from the land of Haojing, and the goods shipped from overseas are generally sold through Haojing.

The relationship between the Dutch and the Francois is not good, and it is a peer competition, so the big people are very careful here, not only low-key and mysterious, but also laid a lot of eyeliner.

I'm afraid, they're not just here to trade......

However, it is normal for the three caves of the cunning rabbit to be found, and no matter how many secret locations there are, it will be easy to find one.

The place that the tea stall aunt said, he actually knew, and what he said just now was just to try to get as much news as possible.

Seeing that he couldn't ask anything, Xiao Li thanked him, turned his head and reported to Zhang Chenfeng in official words.

After Zhang Chenfeng listened, he subconsciously stood up and left.

Walking out of the tea stall, Zhang Chenfeng gestured towards the dock from a distance, and the group ran back towards the mouth of Lane 9.

Before he ran a few steps, Lin Xiao's figure appeared at the entrance of the alley, and Lin Xiao finally arrived with people.

……

"Captain, the situation, that's about it,"

After Zhang Chenfeng finished reporting, he said anxiously, "Look, do you want to notify the warship to pursue immediately...... It's too late to chase now. ”

"How many boats do they have?"

Lin Xiao beckoned Xiao Li forward, frowned slightly, and said, "How long have you been out of port?" ”

"Sir, there are about five or six ships, gone...... It's been at least an hour. ”

Xiao Li bowed down and said cautiously, "Judging from the small, I still took the warehouse first, grabbed a few people and tortured ......."

Xiao Li told the truth, he estimated that the adults were about to sail through Hong Kong Island at this moment, and when the warships of these people caught up, he was afraid that they had already reached the open sea.

He had seen only one of these warships, and he had to pursue five or six gunboats of similar size, but he could not beat them, and I am afraid that it would be difficult to say whether they could find each other in the vast open sea.

He only knew that the big man had committed a crime and offended his friends in the group, but he didn't know how serious the matter was.

"Team Lin, I think, what he said has a point...... Let's stop chasing it yet,"

Without waiting for Lin Xiao to speak, Li Tao interjected, "Let's make such a big noise, we have to guard against the Portuguese." ”

"Don't chase? What to do with the missing guns? Zhang Chenfeng said urgently.

"Well, they don't have any ammunition, so it's not a big threat,"

Li Tao said calmly, "With the current industrial level, they can't imitate it." ”

"If you can't imitate it, you can't let them take it away,"

Zhang Chenfeng said unrelentingly, "The loss of such an advanced weapon, even if it inspires them, is a big loss!" ”

"But isn't that still undecided? What if they didn't do it? Or go to their stronghold to arrest people first, and then do it after the trial is clear, it's not too late, right? ”

After speaking, Li Tao turned his head to face Lin Xiao and whispered:

"Team Lin, if you can run, the monk can't run the temple, as long as it is confirmed that they did it, it is not too late for the gentleman to take revenge for ten years! Moreover...... Why ten years, in your plan, I don't think ten months are needed, right? ”

Lin Xiao stood quietly, but his mind was spinning rapidly, and he nodded with a dark face when he heard the words.

His thoughts can be hidden from others, but he can't hide them from Li Tao.

This time, he took Qu Shiyun on the expedition together, and the real purpose was to go to Xiamen with him and meet Zheng Chenggong, the king of Yanping.

Through Qu Shiyun, Lin Xiao hopes to persuade Zheng Chenggong to use his fleet of sailors to recover the island of Taiwan in one fell swoop, so that the Dutch can get out of China quickly!

Only in this way will he be able to restore the trade routes of maritime trade in a short period of time, and solve the problem of a huge source of military spending.

A while ago, the few civilian goods factories he worked so were not for fun, in his plan, these were old hens that could lay golden eggs, and he needed them to help him give birth to money.

He needs a small amount of money, a lot of small money!

China is so big, it is easy to drive away the Tartars, but to ensure long-term peace and stability, troops must be stationed in various places, and at the moment he has 20,000 or 30,000 people on hand, where is there enough.

"Okay, let's not chase it yet, Qinzhou, let's stay outside the port and be on guard."

Lin Xiao gritted his teeth, waved his hand and said hatefully, "Let's go, go to the stronghold first and arrest people!" ”

A dozen guns, or guns that others can't imitate, are nothing.

What made him heartbroken and resentful was the sacrifice of eleven traversers led by Lao Chen!

There are only twenty crew members in total, and most of them have been sacrificed at once, these people, in this era, are all equipped with unique skills!

The situation of the Portuguese, he has figured out.

Their army on the shore consisted of only a few hundred men, mainly concentrated in barracks near a few batteries.

However, the gunboats parked in the harbor were still a bit of a threat, and if you counted their armed merchant ships, there must have been a dozen or so large ships.

According to the reports of the vigilant teams that were scattered, these ships were not at peace.

After they came ashore, for a short time, there were people on each boat who came ashore in small boats, as if they had been ordered to meet ashore.

Beneath the calm waters of Macau, there is a hidden dark tide surging, yes.

Although there is a "javelin" to protect himself, even if there is only the "Longsheng" left, he is not afraid, but with the "Qinzhou", it is more or less a psychological deterrent.

Once the "Qinzhou" leaves Hong Kong, will the Portuguese feel that they have the opportunity to risk using force?

Although he came this time, he had the intention of recovering Macao, but if he didn't do it, he would do it, and once he did, he would completely knock the opponent down with a thunderous momentum, which was his consistent style of Lin Xiao.

Therefore, before Chen Qice's fleet arrived, Lin Xiao did not want to go to war.

If you want to fight, you have to tighten your pockets and fight again!

You can't even give them a chance to escape!

(Question: What clues did Zhang Chenfeng find in the body of the slain sailor Swift?) ）