After receiving Marin's reply, Charles II, Duke of Guedes, was very excited. But immediately, he remembered the painful experience of being fooled by Marin on the West Frisian issue. So, Charles II sent a letter to Marin - you go abroad......

In the eyes of Charles II, it is not safe to feign illness. Even if Marin pretends to be sick in bed, the messenger of Maximilian I can visit him at the bedside. In this way, it is easy to see through. Once this happens, Marin will have to send troops at the emperor's call. Therefore, it is best if people are not in the country.

In addition, Charles II, Duke of Guedes, was also afraid that Marin would deceive him. Therefore, he made a request that Marin be allowed to go abroad for at least three months in the spring of 1507 and not to stay in the country. In this way, Emperor Maximilian I could not find him and could not order the Grand Duchy of the North Sea to send troops.

After Marin received the letter from Charles II, he also had to praise the other party for being cautious. However, it is not an egg, because Marin has long planned not to get involved in this war. Moreover, the order for Schwartz to lead more than 20,000 troops to accept the employment of John II, Duke of Cleaver, had already been signed. Even if he went abroad for three months in the spring of the year after the new year, it would have no impact on the situation of the war. It just so happens that Marin is also planning to visit the Americas in the spring. For North America in this era, Marin is still very curious. So Marin wrote a letter to Charles II, Duke of Guedes, agreeing to leave the country for three months after the spring ploughing was over, and to leave the continent with a guarantee......

After receiving Marin's letter of promise, Charles II, Duke of Guedes, finally breathed a sigh of relief - as long as Marin left the continent, then things would be much easier. Moreover, he is not a fool, if Marin does not leave, he will not do it...... But even so, he didn't know that he was still fooled by Marin...... Marin, who has seen the various contract traps of later generations, is already full of octopus ink in his belly......

In his previous life, before graduating from college, in order to improve the level of self-protection of graduates and avoid falling into the contract trap, Marin had participated in the training held by the school to prevent contract traps. And the little trick played this time is simply a small part of that training and later social experience......

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At the same time, Columbus's fleet finally arrived on Sheliao Island at the mouth of the Keelung River in the north of Taiwan Island......

Prior to this, Columbus had tried to land on the western coastline of Taiwan Island to investigate. However, the local natives are very ferocious. When Columbus's fleet arrived at the mouth of Dajia Creek and Tamsui to land to see what was going on, a group of natives came out of the jungle with sticks, bamboo poles, and earthen bows and arrows......

Columbus was not convinced, and wanted to lead the people to a showdown with the natives, but was persuaded by Conté. After all, they're here to find a place, not to fight. Besides, they weren't prepared to deal with the natives. If you die to fight a few natives, it will be more than worth the loss......

Therefore, Columbus foolishly ordered someone to put away the anchor and continue to sail along Taiwan Island until he reached the area of Sheliao Island and Tongpanyu Island at the mouth of the Keelung River......

"It should be here, this big island called 'Dongfan Island', it seems that there are big islands at the mouth of this river." Columbus compared the sketch given by Marin for a long time and judged.

While Columbus and Contay were debating whether this was the destination on the west side of Sheliao Island and Tongpanyu Island, suddenly smoke rose from Sheliao Island, and something seemed to have happened......

"What's going on?" Columbus asked.

The first mate climbed the mast and looked at it with a telescope, and then came back and reported:

"It looks like a small village on the island has been attacked by a gang of pirates!"

"Pirates? Are there a lot of people? Conté asked cautiously.

"It's not much, it's just a few dozen people, a boat. The pirates seemed to be armed with a kind of slender scimitar, but they were fierce...... Moreover, they are all small in stature...... "The first mate replied.

"Short stature...... Slender scimitar ...... Could it be...... Woko? Kong Tai wondered.

"No matter what he is, as the regular navy of the Grand Duchy of Beihai, let's teach these pirates a lesson!" Columbus was bored, much like looking for someone to fight.

Kong Tai thought about it and said:

"Okay, let's get our musketeers out of the way......"

Then, the commander of the musket team, Wesset, who had demonstrated the arquebus to the Ming officials in Guangzhou, gathered 100 sailors who could use muskets on the ship and landed on land with muskets and ammunition. At the same time, Comté also had 40 sailors armed with spears, also on land, divided into two groups, to guard the musketeers on either side.

But the first thing these musketeers did when they came ashore was to light the arquebus...... This is where the arquebusier comes into trouble - it takes a certain amount of time to prepare...... At the same time, arquebusiers need to be separated by 1 meter from each other to prevent the arquebus from accidentally igniting the gunpowder of the people around them.

When 100 arquebusiers lit the arquebus, wrapped it around their left arm, and clamped their heads to the arquebus, a large crowd ran from the east of the island......

The group of men and women, young and old, looked like refugees fleeing for their lives...... In fact, they are indeed refugees fleeing for their lives......

And behind them, a group of about 30 pirates was chasing and killing the group......

This group of pirates is very funny, most of them are only about 1.5 meters tall, and most of them are still hoop legs. Because of their short legs, they couldn't catch up with the group of refugees fleeing in front of them for a while...... However, this group of people is very fierce, they wield slender swords, and shout loudly in unfamiliar Chinese as they run:

"You fat sheep, you dare to run away...... When our great warriors catch up with you, they will all die and die......"

About 50 refugees who fled for their lives, led by a group of old men, had planned to flee to the southwest and swim to the main island. After all, it's not far from land. If the water is better, you might be able to escape to land alive. As for the water that is not good, it is left to fate......

However, the group of people who fled for their lives suddenly found that there seemed to be three large ships docked on the west side of the island, and more than 100 people came down from the boats, forming a formation, as if they were preparing to defend themselves against the enemy......

"Could it be the soldiers and horses of the imperial court? How did they end up on Dongfan Island? Far away, the leading old man thought suspiciously.

But at this point, he had no time to think about it. Because, the group of short-legged pirates behind them are about to catch up......

So, the old man immediately decided:

"Follow me to the west, the front may be the soldiers and horses of the imperial court!"

The group of refugees was in high spirits, and they ran towards the formation formed by the sailors of the North Sea Kingdom on the west side of the island......

When he got closer, the old man realized that these people were not the soldiers and horses of the Ming Dynasty at all. Because, these people are all blonde and blue-eyed ghosts......

"Uncle Gen, who are these people in front?" A young man asked apprehensively.

The old man named "Uncle Lao Gen" in the lead thought for a while, and said without hesitation:

"It doesn't matter who they are, let's go and call for help. If no one saves us, we may be killed by those ...... bandits."

"Makes sense......"

So, when approaching the battle formation of the sailors of the Beihai Kingdom, the old man in the lead shouted for help in the more standard Ming official dialect while running......

Wessett looked at Conté and asked:

"Master Contai, how are we going to deal with it?"

Kong Tai frowned, but quickly made a decision:

"Help these refugees, however, forbid them to storm the Honka! Never mind...... I'll tell you......" Kong Tai remembered after giving the order - these sailors did not know Chinese.

So Kong Tai shouted at the group of refugees in Marin's Mandarin:

"Don't storm the formation, come from the side!" After shouting, Conté kept gesturing to the refugees.

The old man in the lead understood and understood Kong Tai's gestures, and hurriedly said:

"Let's tilt a little south!" After speaking, he personally took the lead and ran to the side of the battle array. And the group of refugees supported each other, and also ran to the side of the battle formation with the old man......

Without the shelter of the group of refugees, a group of more than 30 knife-wielding dwarfs suddenly appeared in front of the sailors of the Beihai Kingdom......

Looking at this group of funny dwarfs, many sailors couldn't help but laugh......

"Don't despise these short people, they are very good at martial arts!" Kong Tai reprimanded loudly. He had heard from Marin that there was a little imp called Japan in the East, and although the samurai of their country were short in stature and had a strange walking posture, their martial arts were very good, and they were not merciless in killing people......

At this time, the group of pirates also discovered the sailors of the North Sea Country, and began to discuss:

"Fujita-kun, why is there a group of ghosts in front of you? Shall we withdraw? One of the pirate leaders hesitated.

The short samurai, known as "Fujita-kun", said confidently:

"Don't be afraid, although there are hundreds of people in that group of demons, we are all the most powerful samurai in Hizen Country. Although we are few people, we can fight several people at a time! So, gentlemen, let me rush! Sprinkle to give! "This group of samurai is the samurai of the westernmost province of Japan. Hizen Province included Hirado Island, which later became the famous foreign trade center of Japan, but now the pirate king Wang Zhi is only a 5-year-old little P child, and has not yet managed Hirado Island as his old nest. Therefore, the current Hizen Province has not yet become a major maritime trade domain, and is still just an ordinary feudal state. Of course, because of the geographical characteristics, the daimyo of Hizen Province, Shao Yi Masashi, sent this samurai leader named Fujita Kikujiro to take a pirate ship to the Ryukyu Province in the south to see if there was a chance to make a move. After all, before the rise of the great pirate Wang Zhi, much of the trade between Japan and the Ming Dynasty was transferred by the Ryukyu Kingdom. The Ryukyu Kingdom also became rich because of maritime trade. These samurai from Hizen Province wanted to rob the mediocre Ryukyu Kingdom at all. It's just that by accident, it was blown to Taiwan Island by the sea breeze. Seeing that there was a village on Sheliao Island, I simply landed directly to fight the autumn breeze......

"But, Fujita-kun, what is the iron pipe in their hands? Why against us? A samurai asked, confused. Although Japan's Sengoku period had already begun, there was no contact with the Portuguese, and there were no iron cannons, so the samurai did not know the musket......

"Whatever! I'm going to hit ten! Samurai, rush with me! Sprinkle to give! ”

Wessett saw more than thirty fierce dwarves with knives on the opposite side rushing to a distance of 60 meters, and he was almost ready to shoot. So, he raised his command knife:

"First row ready—"

"Fire—"

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