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With a "plop" into the water, the remains of the captain of the Portuguese battleship were thrown into the sea.

"Amen." Xu Lang drew a cross on his chest and made Wang Zhaoxing on the side laugh, "Do you still believe in Jesus?" ”

"I don't believe in Jesus." Xu Lang said, "But I have a little respect for the deceased, after all, the deceased is the greatest." ”

Two warships dragged two Western-style ships for nearly three days and returned to the island where Li Fuqiang was stationed. In response to the new situation that arose, the traversers held an impromptu meeting.

"You've been around for almost a week, and you want to leave us here." Li Fuqiang was a little anxious when he heard Xu Lang's suggestion, "If these two ships are towed back, it will take several days." ”

"No way, Captain Li." Xu Lang took out Wang Zhaoxing's killer weapon, "Are you willing to throw away this boat of ivory and rhinoceros horn?" That's more than 100,000 silver, aren't you afraid that Sun Dalei will eat you? ”

"If you go back, more than 1,000 of us are staying on such a small island, and there are more than a dozen Vietnamese boats outside, and the things on them have not been moved down at all, but they are all the materials we need to go to Puliange, in case of a mistake, who will bear this responsibility?" Li Fuqiang asked.

"Okay, don't fight." Wang Zhaoxing said, "I'll come up with an idea." However, Commander Li, you are the supreme commander, you have the final decision. ”

"Let's talk about it first." Li Fuqiang is really reluctant to give up this boat's ivory.

"In this way, let's stay on this island for a few days and repair the two Western ships, I don't think there is any major problem with these two ships, and they can be repaired in a few days. Then we sent the Yazhou to escort and directly drove the two Western ships back to Yulin Bay, and the Guangzhou stayed here without moving. Da Nang is less than 300 nautical miles away from Yulin Bay, and although the speed of Western ships is not as fast as ours, it is not very slow, so I estimate that it will take 5 or 6 days at most, do you think it is feasible? After Wang Zhaoxing finished speaking, he looked at the people around him, waiting for a reply.

"I'll see it." An Yuhang was the first to agree, "This doesn't delay anything, it's a boatload of ivory." ”

"What about the operation of Priango, is it postponed?" Zhou Lei asked.

"Postponement." Xu Lang's answer was short, "It's not bad for a few days, and it just so happens that the Yazhou can come back with some supplies." ”

Li Fuqiang looked around: "Since you all have this opinion, then I agree, bring the prisoners of war back as well, let the committee get them, and let's do our own thing." ”

"That's right." After Li Fuqiang finished speaking, he remembered something, and asked Wang Zhaoxing, "Have you tried those Japanese?" ”

"Damn." Wang Zhaoxing slapped his thigh, "Forget about this, or take advantage of the fact that we are here now, let's try it together." ”

"Then it will be tried." Xu Lang said, "Zhao Dequan, go and bring the one who can speak Chinese." ”

After a while, a thin Japanese followed Zhao Dequan to the tent under the escort of 2 soldiers.

"What's your name?" Li Fuqiang asked.

"Hayi." The Japanese bowed deeply, "My name doesn't." ”

"You don't have a name?" Li Fuqiang was very strange, "How can you not have a name?" ”

"He probably doesn't have a name." Xu Lang explained in Mandarin, "Before the Meiji Restoration, only the nobility had names. ”

Li Fuqiang scratched his head: "Then how do you get it, how do we call him?" ”

"That, you." Xu Langqiang held back his smile, "You see that if you don't have a name, we can't call you well, so let's give you a name, how about I call you Keiji Yokoji?" ”

"Hayi." The Japanese thought for a moment and bowed again, "Keiji Yokoji, it's okay." ”

Wang Zhaoxing glanced at Xu Lang and said in his heart: "You TM will be bad for you." ”

"Alright, Keiji Yokoji." Xu Lang smiled and said, "Can you tell us where you are from Dongying Kingdom, what do you do, how are you on the ship of the Netherlands, how can you speak Chinese?" ”

"Hayi." Keiji Yokoji wasn't too tired, and bowed again, "Mine, the work of the people of Nagasaki." In Annam, do business work. My neighbors, the Ming people, my Chinese, and my neighbors learn to work. Ours, take a boat to work in the South Seas. ”

Yokoji Keiji's words made Xu Lang and others tired of listening to this, but they finally understood it.

In the middle of the 16th century, the Japanese began to move to the South Seas, and in the early Edo period, with the progress of the sea-seal ship trade, the number of Japanese immigrants to the South Seas gradually increased, and Japanese settlements called "Nihoncho" were formed in Luzon, Cochin, Cambodia, Siam, and other places. Later, the Japanese developed more in Batavia and then in the major cities and islands of the South Seas. In this era, the Japanese, like the Chinese, are also working hard in Nanyang, and the situation is not much better.

"Yokoji-kun." As soon as Xu Lang's title came out, the people around him laughed, and Wang Zhaoxing said with a smile, "Xu Lang, let's just call him by name, I don't feel comfortable calling him like that." ”

"Alright, Keiji Yokoji." Xu Lang changed his words, "Since you are passengers on the ship, then you can no longer be treated as prisoners of war. But you can't go to Nanyang anymore, we have to send you back to the Ming Dynasty, as for what you will do after you arrive in the Ming Dynasty, someone will arrange for you at that time. ”

"Hayi." Yokoji Keiji replied, "Go to the Ming Dynasty, I like it, the Ming Dynasty did business very well, don't fight wars." ”

"Huh." Xu Lang smiled, "You won't be an anti-war ally, right?" ”

"Hayi."

"Alright, don't be hayi." Li Fuqiang smiled, "Do you know what the Anti-War League is? ”

"Hayi. The work of the anti-war coalition, the work of mine, the work of not knowing. ”

The surrounding traversers finally couldn't help it anymore and laughed in unison.

"You're really a Yokoji Keiji." Seeing that he couldn't ask anything more, Wang Zhaoxing waved his hand and asked the soldiers to take this seventeenth-century Yokoji Keiji down.

After a few more days, the two Western-style ships were repaired. Wang Zhaoxing temporarily exchanged positions with An Yuhang, served as the captain of the Yazhou, and brought the two Western ships back to Yulin Bay with Xu Lang, the prisoners of war, and the Japanese. Li Fuqiang and An Yuhang waited for the Yazhou to come back on this nameless island, and the two sides agreed that within seven days, the Yazhou must return.

Xu Lang sat in the captain's room and spent the morning teaching Fernandez a few people to play cards. The reason why Xu Lang followed the Yazhou back to Yulin Bay was because more than 200 Westerners were captured at once this time, plus the Western prisoners of war from Tiandu Mine, and now there are nearly 400 Westerners in the entire Yulin Bay. Since Wang Hua selected a few to go to the military academy as instructors, and Han Wantao found the German Andreas to be the instructor of the cavalry platoon, now the Westerners who went down to the mine have expressed their willingness to join the army in Yulin Bay and can be loyal to the Ming court. In their opinion, as long as they can leave the Tiandu mine, even if they are loyal to Satan the Devil, they can do it.

In response to this situation, Xu Lang discussed with Li Fuqiang and others, and decided to go back and suggest to the two committees whether it was possible to use these Westerners to form another foreign legion. Only when there is competition can there be motivation, and relying only on the Vietnamese, the Military Commission is still a little uneasy.

"Captain Fernandez, you've lost again." Xu Lang buckled the playing cards on the table, and this set of playing cards that was grinding quickly and edgeless was still found from the Pearl cruise ship.

"Mr. Xu, you are still smart." Fernandez complimented Xu Lang. Keiji Yokoji and Tom were interpreting Dutch and Portuguese on the side, because Keiji Yokoji was a native of Nagasaki and could speak a little Dutch.

Xu Lang clapped his hands, and someone next to him took a wine jug and poured the liquor of the Ming Dynasty for several Western captains and first mates.

Xu Lang stretched out his hand and made a gesture of invitation: "Several, one day we will be in the land of Daming, how did we make suggestions with a few people, how did you think about it?" ”

After getting on the ship, Xu Lang and Wang Zhaoxing expressed their position with these captains on behalf of the Ming government. Their status will be determined as prisoners of war, and if they are found to have violated the conventions of naval warfare, they will all be sent to the mines to work as coolies, unless they are willing to swear allegiance to the Ming court and join the Ming army.

"Your Excellency." Captain Edwin replied, "Let's be loyal to the Ming Empire, I'm afraid this can't be done. Didn't you think about the ransom, we are not worth much. ”

"No matter how much you are worth, can you be higher than that boatload of ivory?" Xu Lang smiled, "Everyone, don't have any illusions about your future, in fact, things are very simple, there are only 2 choices in front of you now, either allegiance or mining." ”

Several Westerners did not speak, and Xu Lang picked up his wine glass: "Gentlemen, you still have a day to think about, don't worry, think slowly, do you want to continue to play cards and drink so happily, or do you want to consume your life and energy in the dark mine?" Cheers, everybody. ”

For the Yazhou to come back with two Western ships, the two committees in Yulin Bay were quite surprised. It's just that after Sun Dalei saw a boatload full of ivory and rhinoceros horns, his mouth grinned directly behind his ears.

"These two Western ships cannot be left behind, they must all be dismantled. In addition, none of these prisoners of war could be let go, and either the Western Foreign Legion could be formed, or all of them could be sent to the fields and mines. Our view is that this must not be leaked. ”

Xu Lang and Wang Zhaoxing conveyed to the two committees the collective opinion of the Prianggo Army.

"These Westerners are easy to handle, what about those Japanese, and treat them as prisoners of war?" Zhang Guodong asked.

"Chairman Zhang." Xu Lang smiled evilly, "Our task has been completed, the rest is your business, what to do, you can do it." ”

"Leave this to the family." Lu Tianxiang said, "How is your dispatch army, where is the progress of the Puliango operation?" ”

"Lu Lao." Xu Lang replied, "The operation of Puriango is currently going well, although it has been delayed for a while because of this ship of ivory, but it has not been affected, according to our temporarily changed plan, there should be more than ten days before landing in Puriango can begin." ”

"Are you ready for battle?" Lu Tianxiang asked again.

"Combat readiness?" Xu Lang and Wang Zhaoxing glanced at each other, no one expected that Lu Tianxiang would suddenly ask this question.

"Lu Lao." Xu Lang asked, "Isn't Brother Pulian in Cambodia's hands now?" What else can such a small country prepare? ”

"Pliango is in Cambodian hands, but 10 years ago, the Nguyen Thi had already intervened, and now there are a lot of Vietnamese there, and anything can happen." Zhang Guodong knocked on the table, "This Li Fuqiang, when he set off, he repeatedly told him that he was still so careless." ”

"Alright, it's not a big problem right now." Lu Tianxiang said to Xu Lang and Wang Zhaoxing, "Don't delay the two of you, hurry back to Da Nang, and talk to Li Fuqiang again, just say that it is the collective resolution of the two committees, and you must be ready to start landing again, don't do the same as last time, just fight in a daze, and make the family in a hurry." ”

"Got it, Lu Lao." Xu Lang and Wang Zhaoxing replied in unison.

"What else do you want?" Zhang Guodong asked.

"Prepare some supplies, we have been at sea for 10 days, and the fresh meat has become stinky meat. Get some vegetables, fresh meat, and we'll leave after loading the boat. ”