Duan Wang Zhu Changhao with Hui Wang Zhu Changrun, Gui Wang Zhu Changying, Zhu Yousong, Sun Yuzhi several people warmly entertained Xivar and his party, according to the ancient habits of the Ming Dynasty, the guests who came to their own homes need to be warmly entertained, the sumptuous banquet let the Xivar who was far away from his homeland eat the ditch full of trenches, the height of the wine made Xival drink all over the face, under the stimulation of alcohol, both the guests and the host were open to communication.

Now the position of the Portuguese began to gradually decline, the Dutch challenged Portugal's authority in the Strait of Malacca from time to time, and the English had begun to replace Portugal's dominant position in the Indian market, followed by France, and the Italians and Germans were active in this area, and there were Arab pirates ravaging the entire Indian Ocean, adding many unnecessary losses to the trade routes.

The Portuguese did not have the largest number of troops here, the largest number of which were the Dutch navy, but their influence was mainly on the island of Java, and it was the Dutch East India Company that colonized there. The English also formed the East India Company, made a series of agreements with the Mughal Empire in India, and established many colonies along the coast, only a small number of but more advanced warships escorted, most of them used armed merchant ships, and the situation in France was similar, but it was a warship escort, and they united to gradually encroach on Spain and Portugal's sphere of influence in this area.

Zhu Changhao, the king of Duan, tried to tell Sival: "Our Emperor Majesty intends to help you expel the forces of England and French colonists in this area, only the merchants of the Ming and Portugal can trade freely here, and the Dutch and Spain can leave it alone for the time being, as long as they don't provoke us, I don't know if you can provide some intelligence and help, now we can't even figure out which country's fleet it is, I'm afraid that we hit the wrong target when attacking." ”

Sivar, whose face was flushed, immediately became excited, and said: "This matter is simple, the flags hoisted by merchant ships in various countries are different, our people can clearly identify them, we can send some people to help you identify, and even send warships to act together." The Dutch had just split from Spain, and we are now a united nation with the Spaniards, but there were constant contradictions, and perhaps one day they would be separated. Although you drove out the Spaniards in Luzon, which had a great impact on their trade, but now they have no energy to retaliate, if you drive out the English and the French now, it will still be good for the Spaniards, and wait for the people from the country to say peace, let them see the strength of the Ming Dynasty, and acquiesce to the fact that you occupy, anyway, they have more colonies in the Americas. ”

At the end of the banquet, the two sides negotiated a cooperation agreement, but Sun Yu straightened his mind and did not let the Portuguese send a guide, but asked for four or five Ming people to serve in the colonial government, he was afraid that the advanced steam engine technology of the Ming Dynasty would let the Portuguese know. After replenishing the fresh water with food, the Ming armed fleet began to clear the Indian coastline of colonies.

The first place to arrive is Cape Comorin, a beautiful seaside town with a few armed merchant ships parked in a small seaside harbor and mostly people trading in the market. Look at the flag of England, there are not too many people on board, as the vanguard of the warship directly with hand-cranked machine guns to strafe, for a while sawdust flew wildly, there were many more big holes on the ship's gang, and it looked like it could not move on the sea, and some of the smaller ones were directly shattered. The English, who were trading with the local Indian natives, suddenly found that their merchant ships were attacked by pirates, so they quickly ran here, but what was waiting for them was a dense number of bullets, machine guns and rifles, and the people who were knocked down were a piece for a while, when they tried to organize a counterattack, the Ming soldiers who had already got off the boat rushed in front of them, and the rapid-fire copper-shelled bullet rifles made them basically have no chance to fight back, that is, those who were faster were also named by the snipers who covered the attack, and the whole battle was simple and brightand resolve it quickly.

The English saw indeed a pirate, but this was a pirate dressed up by the Ming army, and Zhu Changhao, the king of Duan, accepted Sival's suggestion, so he hung up the pirate flag and attacked pretending to be a pirate. After killing the English, the goods of these English naturally belonged to the Ming soldiers, and the trade continued, and the natives seemed to be accustomed to this, and did not find anything strange at all, it seemed that this kind of thing was constantly happening, and only then did they understand the intention of Sivar to let the Ming army dress up as pirates.

In this beautiful town, which is also a bloody town, after packing up the spoils of war, Zhu Yousong, who was dressed as a pirate in cowhide and coaxing, sailed away with the soldiers, leaving a place of corpses for those natives to clean up, and by the way, he also threw a little copper money to them as labor fees, and those natives praised these pirates for being really professional.

The next target of the Ming army is Cochin, the small towns along the way are just a plate of hors d'oeuvres, send a few warships to clean up, Cochin is a city in the current era, Cochin is located on the southwest coast of India, El Negulam district of Kerala, which faces the Arabian Sea, has an excellent seaport, water transportation is very developed, known as the "Queen of the Arabian Sea", it is the largest city in Kerala, India, with a thriving Jewish community, There is also a synagogue built in the last century decorated with Chinese porcelain and Belgian tiles. Blending the seaside charm of West Asia with the green paradise of Southeast Asia, this seaside city is quaint and cozy, making it unrivalled pleasure and relaxation, and Cochin is also the spice trading center of India.

A large fleet of pirate ships entered the harbor outside the busy city of Cochin, and the machine guns on the pirate ships smashed all the merchant ships hanging in England, France, and Italy, and then went ashore to rob the shops, and all the shops of these three countries were looted, as long as they did not resist, they would not kill, and those who resisted were immediately killed. When it came to the Jewish community, the Jews, armed to the teeth, immediately gave up their resistance, because the pirates were too strong, their weapons were too strong, and after some bargaining, the pirates left with the tribute, and did not bother them to do business, which was not to cause more hostility. As for the shops of the Arabs, seeing the shrewd Jewish practices, they quickly did as they were done, without any superfluous words.

The pirates who had finished the robbery walked away, leaving behind the weeping inhabitants who had disappeared without any sign of it, and no one knew where they were. Inexplicably, Portuguese, Spanish and indigenous traders wondered why these pirates were picking on people to rob. However, this method of robbery by the Ming army left endless disasters from then on, and the shops quickly divided into two factions, which were seriously opposed to each other. The robbers were believed to be pirates colluded by the Portuguese and Spaniards, and the Portuguese and Spaniards thought that they had offended the pirates, so they began an endless fight, which the Ming army never expected.

When he arrived at the open sea, he concentrated the things he had robbed along the way and loaded them on several merchant ships, and let Sun Yuzhi estimate that the value of these goods was nearly two million taels of silver, plus the direct robbery, a total of about three million taels of silver, the three princes plus a prince and Sun Yuzhi's eyes were green, it seems that piracy is a very rich career, Zhu Yousong even doubted whether he should take this as a profession in the future and become a full-time pirate.

To rob with such a large fortune, people will definitely laugh, in fact, they can't let go of the cargo ships of the convoy again, so they decided to send home a part of the fleet, and divide thirty cargo ships full of booty, especially the spices looted in Cochin, as well as silver, let them go back, and at the same time there are ten warships along the way to protect them, so as not to run into real pirates again, if they let the family rob it, it will really make a big meal for the dogs.

These things are all estimated, and the hired soldiers must also give them some dividends in addition to paying their salaries, otherwise they will have no motivation in the future, not stingy, 500,000 taels of silver will be distributed to the soldiers, let them write their own addresses, and the people of the Daming Royal Trading House will deliver them door to door, which is the benefit of large-scale commerce.

The morale of the soldiers who had received the money was immediately high, and such problems as seasickness and fear of water disappeared immediately, and one by one they screamed and wanted to go to the next town to rob at once.