239. The anger of the people
The arrival of another large fleet in addition to the Blade Sea caused turmoil in the hearts of the locals. Is this going to change the sky? The previous fleet overturned the local overlord Santos Chamber of Commerce, who knew that the ass didn't sit firmly, and there was another one?
Is there another war? I hope it doesn't spread to the inside of the port!
But many days passed, and the harbor of Mogadishu was as quiet as a virgin boudoir! Could it be that the two fleets are in a group? For a while, opinions began to differ again.
About half a month later, one morning, the major ports of East Africa and the surrounding villages and towns were boiling! The reason is - they have all received a letter of complaint from the Santos Chamber of Commerce for engaging in black-hearted trade!
The reason why I say "received" is because when these townspeople and villagers get up in the morning, they pick up countless large and small papers from the door, on the street, and from the edge of the field! Each piece of paper has a complaint against the Santos Chamber of Commerce!
Some say that four years ago, there was a bumper grain harvest near East Africa, and the Santos Chamber of Commerce bought a large amount of grain at a low price. After two years of hoarding, there was a severe drought in East Africa the year before last, and there was no harvest in many places. The Santos Chamber of Commerce, which hoarded Juqi, sold the grain for a sky-high price! Countless people have lost their freedom because of this!
Some write that in recent years, the Santos Chamber of Commerce has been quietly engaged in the slave trade, they capture teenagers from the interior, and sell the whole ship to the West and the New World! It is said that in the slave labor sites of the New World, some families were reunited in a foreign land! You can see how hard the slaves were captured!
People living in different tribes or towns in Africa, who have no relatives or friends to be taken away? After disappearing for no reason, ninety out of five is life and death! It turned out to be the black hand under the Santos Chamber of Commerce?
Others say that the Santos Chamber of Commerce has shipped medicines from the Indian Ocean or the West, most of which are shoddy or old, and have long since lost their effectiveness. But when they sell it to patients who are in dire need of medicine, they raise the price by five times!
And so on, and so on, and the masses all over East Africa are furious! Why? Because these accusations against the Santos Chamber of Commerce are written on the paper!
Countless people thought of their children who had disappeared inexplicably, crumpled the letters, and howled up to the sky! Some of them were impatient to read all the complaint letters, and then looked at their hands and feet, and suddenly angrily dragged the chains that tied their hands and feet to "bang"!
Some people who believe in the "life-saving elixir" of the Santos Chamber of Commerce, who have spent all their family property and whose health is deteriorating, stand up angrily and gather together, they want to take back what belongs to them!
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Anger is spreading all over East Africa! What is lacking at this point is just a *!
Nuno Santos naturally found the leaflets, so he did everything he could to collect the leaflets, not wanting them to spread. But how could things go his way? He collected a batch, and there was an additional batch out of nowhere, and the amount was larger and more abundant!
Until one day, lackeys from the Santos Chamber of Commerce headquarters in Sofala City went to collect leaflets from a family that left only a middle-aged man and his old mother, whose wife and children had disappeared three years earlier.
Yesterday, when he got the letter of complaint against the Santos Chamber of Commerce for engaging in the slave trade, he trembled with excitement! At that time, he found several families who had lost their loved ones inexplicably, and were ready to find Nuno Santos together, grab him and ask him what happened!
However, the people who collected the leaflets came uninvited! The two sides had a verbal discord, and a fierce conflict broke out all of a sudden! Santos's lackeys saw these honest guys glaring at him one by one, and their hearts were on fire, and they picked up their whips and beat the old lady who kept persuading them twice!
This old lady was not in good health, and she hit her head twice, and she immediately fell to the ground! Seeing this, the middle-aged man hurriedly went to help his mother, and without saying anything, he reached out and probed under the old mother's nose, but there was no breath!
The man who had lost everything suddenly became angry! He reflexively grabbed the wrist of Santos' lackey, pulled out the hidden dagger from his belt, and raised the knife in his hand! Kill the enemy!
After the bloodshed, the situation in East Africa quickly escalated! Armed struggles against the Santos Chamber of Commerce have begun everywhere!
In some places such as Sofala, the Santos Chamber of Commerce is very close to the Governor, and has even actually taken control of the Governor! So after the attack, the governor's guard in some places began to attack the people and stand up for the Santos Chamber of Commerce, which only aroused the anger of the masses even more!
With the help of well-intentioned people, an action called "Restoration of Justice" has been ignited in various parts of East Africa! The Santos Chamber of Commerce became a street rat for a while, and everyone shouted and beat it!
Some of the governors who helped the Santos Chamber of Commerce control the situation at the beginning saw that the situation was not good, and immediately remained neutral, and even fished in troubled waters to confiscate a lot of Santos Chamber of Commerce's property!
In short, East Africa at this time can only be described in one word: chaos!
Nuno Santos saw that the situation was not good, and felt that it was better to go out to avoid the limelight first, so he gathered his fleet and prepared to flee to the new port of northern Madagascar, Angelana, with gold and silver, thinking about avoiding this storm first!
Members of the Santos Chamber of Commerce in various ports in East Africa began to evacuate one after another, gathering in the direction of Madagascar!
For a time, there was a magical vacuum in the entire East African business district! After the people had released their anger and regained their freedom, they began to think about the long-term problem of eating. The governors are also thinking about livelihoods - Santos is gone, who will replace him? Without trade, where do the taxes come from?
Just when everyone's doubts were just beginning to sprout, two chambers of commerce - the Blade Sea Chamber of Commerce from the Far East and the Woodin Chamber of Commerce from the Indian Ocean entered everyone's field of vision!
In addition to providing medicine and food at extremely low prices, the two chambers of commerce also put forward a business philosophy with the slogan "everyone has freedom, everyone has work, and everyone has food".
Some people communicated with the two chambers of commerce with the attitude of giving it a try, and found that as they said, there was no need to sign a deed of sale like the Santos Chamber of Commerce! And there are many job opportunities, and the salary is enough to support a family! Why not?
Moreover, these two chambers of commerce have a wider trade space than the Santos Chamber of Commerce, which is no longer limited to East Africa, and the tentacles of trade are said to be all over the Indian Ocean and the South Sea, and I heard that there is also trade in the East, which means more opportunities!
After negotiations with Mr. Woodin, the plenipotentiary representative of the two chambers of commerce, the governors of some places, felt that the conditions offered by Jianhai and Woodin were more favorable than those of Santos, and most importantly, they were engaged in a much cleaner industry than Santos!
It's a fool to do this multiple-choice question, right?!
So soon, the trade vacuum left by the Santos Chamber of Commerce after its withdrawal was replaced by the Blade Sea and Woodin Chamber of Commerce! For those injured in the struggle, both chambers of commerce provided "humanitarian aid".
Some of the families whose loved ones died in the struggle also received significant pensions from both chambers of commerce.
For a time, the whole of East Africa was in a state of turmoil, and peace and tranquility were restored. Although some people questioned that this event happened extremely suddenly and without warning! But after the outbreak, it was out of control!
Seem...... It seems like someone is pushing this behind the scenes!
However, at this time, the East African masses are silently licking the wounds that have been opened, quietly wiping the tears from the corners of their eyes and hearts, and no one will be stupid enough to get to the bottom of it at this time! That is the enemy of the broad masses of the people!
On this issue, the Santos Chamber of Commerce is a lesson from the past, who dares to commit this taboo again? As a result, there was a bizarre silence in the entire East African circle of public opinion!
The strongholds of Blade Sea and Woodin had been relocated from Mogadishu, which was inconvenient to stop, to Sofala, and in the new headquarters, Woodin and I sat across from each other.
Wooding picked up a glass of wine and toasted me, "Qilan! I salute you! I admire your resourcefulness so much! ”
I clinked glasses with him and smiled, "No matter how good a method is, it needs strong execution!" If it weren't for your strong support, brother, no matter how good I thought, it would be on paper! ”
Wooding picked up his glass and drank it all heroically! Then he and I put the wine on the table for myself, sighed and said, "I have been here for a long time, and it is natural to make some preparations!" But Qilan, you're different! ”
As he spoke, he pointed to his head excitedly, and nodded a few times harder: "The one you said...... That's what a united front! What Nguyen I'm masturbating! How is it so powerful? Bloodless! Bloodless! ”
I see that this guy is excited, don't want it, I don't know how to explain it. I couldn't get out the Marxist-Leninist selections to show him, and I didn't have time to explain in detail the problems of the united front and the mass war, so I just smiled faintly and said: "Water can carry a boat, and it can also overturn a boat!"
Wooding chewed this sentence many times, and there seemed to be a lot of questions that he couldn't figure out, but this person is open-minded, and if he can't figure it out, he won't want to!
So he laughed and asked me, "What's next?" What's next for you? As he spoke, he pointed to the east and continued: "Nuno Santos's main forces have no losses, they are all cowering in Madagascar!" Shall we cut the grass and eradicate the roots!? ”
I picked up my glass and groaned. It stands to reason that on the side of the couch, how can others be allowed to snore? Keeping the remnants of the Santos Chamber of Commerce is a scourge after all. But I don't know why, I always seem to have a faint unsteadiness in my heart!
So I frowned and didn't answer Woodin's question right away. Seeing that I didn't speak, Woodin rolled his eyes and lowered his voice: "Are you worried about the Spaniards behind Santos?"
This sentence is on my heart, and it is this that I am worried about! If it weren't for them behind the scenes, just a Santos Chamber of Commerce, just push it over!
Seeing my serious expression, Wu Ding immediately smiled and said, "Don't worry! As far as I know, this Nuno Santos still considers himself a Portuguese to the outside world, and those Spaniards don't dare to help him too blatantly! After all, this time it comes to relations between the two countries! ”
I nodded, shook my head slightly, and smiled: "I'm afraid that the other party will suddenly come to make a secret move!" I'm afraid this probability is not small! ”
Wooding chuckled: "As long as the power of the Nuno Santos clan is cut off, they want to gain a foothold in East Africa again, but I'm afraid it can't be so easy to achieve!"
I thought about it, and yes! Looks like I'm overthinking! So, our eyes were set on the lonely port city of Angela in the north of Madagascar!