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On the Xiangyi Restaurant in Yazhou City, Lu Tianxiang and the three of them, together with Wang Jian and Chen Mincheng, were drinking and talking. Huang Yuansheng's business is now getting bigger and bigger, because the opening of the Yulin Bay Hotel in Yulin Bay has robbed a lot of business of Xiangyi Restaurant, so at the suggestion of Huang Sanxiang, Xiangyi Restaurant opened a branch in Yazhou City.

After Lu Tianxiang and the others came to Yazhou, they discussed with Wang Jian, and decided to ask Chen Mincheng out alone to explore the situation.

"Chen Muyou, come, I'll toast you." Xu Lang drained the wine in his hand in one gulp, "We are really old friends, and the first time I came to Yazhou City, I was greeted by Chen Muyou." ”

"Xu Gongzi laughed." Chen Mincheng is getting closer and closer to Yulin Bay now, and he has no scruples when he speaks, "When you were with that Li Shuang, you came to meet me with a knife and gun." ”

"I apologize to Chen Muyou, there was nothing I could do at that time." Xu Lang drank another glass, "But I didn't break my promise in Yulin Bay, I promised Chen Muyou's conditions at the beginning, and I did it one by one in Yulin Bay." ”

"That's it." This time, Chen Mincheng raised his glass, "Your faith in Yulin Bay, not to mention that it is in Yazhou City, it is in the entire Qiongzhou Mansion, who doesn't say a word of admiration." ”

"Mr. Chen has won the award." Lu Tianxiang politely glanced at Sun Dalei.

Sun Dalei nodded and said, "Mr. Chen, what does Mr. Chen think of the more than a year of operation in Yulin Bay?" ”

"Sun Gongzi." Chen Mincheng secretly pondered the meaning of Sun Dalei's question in his heart, and said slowly: "The situation of your Yulin Bay is obvious to all now, and even our Yazhou City has been stained. In the past year, Yazhou City has prospered a lot, and there is less harassment from thieves and bandits, all of which are due to you Yulin Bay. But。。。。。。 “

After Chen Mincheng finished speaking, he suddenly closed his mouth and stopped talking.

"This old fox." Xu Lang secretly scolded in his heart, "Chen Muyou, if you have something to say, please tell me in person, if there is something we have done in Yulin Bay that is not enough, please ask Chen Muyou to dial one or two." ”

"Huh." Chen Mincheng said with a smile, "Since Gongzi Xu said so, then the student will also speak out." Although you Yulin Bay never stops paying tribute to ice and carbon every year, and there are many additional gifts, these are all in my heart and the adults of our family. But after all, you are from overseas, and from the perspective of my Ming law, you do not belong to my Ming people. But you are now living in my Ming Dynasty, occupying my Ming territory, using my Ming people, but you have never paid a penny of taxes to my Ming court. Moreover, your Yulin Bay militia is now more than 1,000 Ding Zhuang, although my family didn't say anything about these situations, but you have a lot of mouths, Guangzhou, and even the imperial court will probably have to ask about it sooner or later. ”

"What Mr. Chen said is extremely true." Lu Tianxiang said, "Although we are not the people of the Ming Dynasty, we are the relics of the Great Song Dynasty, the descendants of China, and we are also related to the Ming Dynasty by blood." We have been here for more than a year, and we feel that you have taken good care of us, but we have not been able to do our part to Daming, and we feel ashamed. ”

"Oh?" Chen Mincheng was a little surprised by Lu Tianxiang's words, "Mr. Lu means that you have to pay taxes to the imperial court?" ”

"Well." Lu Tianxiang smiled, "It's easy to say, it's easy to say." ”

"Mr. Lu, how do you say this?" Hearing Lu Tianxiang say this, Chen Mincheng couldn't care about being reserved, and hurriedly asked.

"Mr. Chen, we came to Yazhou this time for this purpose." Sun Dalei replied to Chen Mincheng's question, "As for us, we have been far away from our homeland in China for hundreds of years, and Mr. Chen has also been to my Yulin Bay to see, and our food and clothing customs are far from those of the Ming Dynasty now." In the past year, although you have always taken good care of my Yulin Bay, after all, it is not right for us to live in Yulin Bay for a long time. And our attachment to the homeland of the Ming Dynasty is increasing day by day, and it is unlikely that we will return to our homeland in the future. ”

"So what do you want to do?" Chen Mincheng was a little anxious when he saw that Sun Dalei had never been concerned about money.

"Mr. Chen, listen to me slowly." Sun Dalei said with a smile, "You see if this will work, you will assign Yulin Bay to us to live in." As for us, we can pay a certain amount of taxes to the Ming court every year, so that both sides will benefit. ”

Chen Mincheng thought silently for a while and said, "Are you saying that you want to pay taxes to the imperial court?" ”

"No, no, no, Mr. Chen misunderstood." Sun Dalei explained, "What we mean is that Yulin Bay and Yazhou City set an amount, and we will hand over a certain amount of silver to Yazhou every year, as for how much to hand over to the imperial court, isn't it up to your family to have the final say." ”

Chen Mincheng's mind turned twice in his stomach, and he arched his hand and said, "Mr. Lu, Mr. Sun." If Yulin Bay is assigned to you, will it be that my Ming court will not be able to ask about Yulin Bay in the future? If that's the case, this matter is not something that my family can decide, I'm afraid it will involve Qiongzhou Mansion and Guangzhou, and if you don't get it right, you will have to report to the imperial court, these are all things that need to be dealt with, and we have taken a big risk. ”

"Mr. Chen, you have misunderstood again." Lu Tianxiang continued, "It's not that the imperial court can't ask about the affairs of Yulin Bay, on the contrary, Yulin Bay officially belongs to the imperial court." We just want to settle down and work in Yulin Bay, but as long as there is something to do in the imperial court, something in Qiongzhou, and something in Yazhou, I am obligated to do it in Yulin Bay. Mr. Chen might as well think about it, since this year, has there been thieves on the ground in Yazhou? ”

In fact, Chen Mincheng didn't care about whether to set aside Yulin Bay or not, anyway, these people had already lived in Yulin Bay, and they couldn't get rid of it. Besides, since these people came to Yulin Bay, the original agreement has really not been broken, not to mention the filial piety of this year, just this place is appeased, the people live and work in peace and contentment, this year's evaluation of Lord Wang Kezong is superior. According to the news from the Ministry of Officials, Lord Wang Kezong may go one step further this year.

"Everyone." Chen Mincheng arched his hand at Lu Tianxiang and the others, "I have to go back to report to our family about this matter, whether it succeeds or not, it depends on the meaning of our family." ”

"This is nature." Xu Lang said, "Chen Muyou, do you know how much silver the Francis of Haojing gives to the imperial court every year?" ”

"Xu Gongzi, what do you mean by this?" Chen Mincheng's face changed suddenly, "Do you want to imitate the Hongyi people?" ”

"No, no. We are the descendants of China, how can we learn from that barbarian state. After Lu Tianxiang finished speaking, he glanced at Wang Jian again, and Wang Jian took out a stack of silver tickets from his sleeve and put them on the table without saying a word.

"Chen Muyou, I lost my words." Xu Lang apologized, "But the Franc machine man of the Hao Mirror gives me only 500 taels of silver to the Ming Dynasty every year, and he occupies tens of thousands of acres of land in my Ming Dynasty, and we are also indignant." Although we are not the people of the Ming Dynasty, we can be the same ancestor as the Ming Dynasty, and they can imitate the barbarian state. It's just that I know that Chen Muyou is also working hard for my Yulin Bay, and 500 taels of silver is my Yulin Bay's thanks. ”

Chen Mincheng's eyes staring at the silver ticket were a little straight, 500 taels, which is more than a year's filial piety. Chen Mincheng swallowed: "Everyone." The students appreciate everyone's kindness. But as for how to handle this matter, I would like to hear your opinions. ”

"That's what we mean." Sun Dalei knew that it was time for a showdown, "You will assign Yulin Bay to us to live in." However, Yulin Bay still belongs to the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and my Yulin Bay militia can listen to the imperial court. It's just some things inside Yulin Bay, and I ask the court to forgive us, after all, we have our own practices. But we can afford all the taxes paid by Yazhou to the imperial court, in addition, as the cost of renting land, we will pay Yazhou Wang 5,000 taels of silver every year, as for the cost of this matter, I Yulin Bay will bear all the expenses, I don't know what Mr. Chen thinks? ”

Chen Mincheng put the silver ticket on the table into his sleeve with satisfaction, and said earlier, why did he make such a big bend: "Everyone, I will report this matter to my family when I go back, but whether it succeeds or not, don't embarrass the students." ”

"Hehe, Mr. Chen is serious." Lu Tianxiang raised his glass, "Come, let's have a drink." ”

The military tribunal, which had been in place for half a year, was finally held for the first time. Zhang Guodong, Wang Hua, and Han Wantao formed a collegial panel, and Zeng Guangxian and Lin Zhaolong served as prosecutors to sue Maceni, the captain of the Queen, for violating the rules of naval warfare and killing naval soldiers in Yulin Bay. Poor Maniche could not find a defender, and in the end the military court had to appoint him a defender, Xu Lang, who let Xu Lang also join the army? Thirteen people were drawn from the military to form a jury, and at Xu Lang's request, no military member who had participated in the Pearl Harbor operation was allowed to participate in the jury.

Xu Lang, who was just as pitiful as Maceni, sat alone in the defender's seat. Jiang Beiming and Cheng Yiyi went to Qiongzhou and didn't come back, Xu Lang didn't find his partner after looking for a long time, and even Zhang Hai refused Xu Lang's request: "I don't want to annoy people." Xu Lang had no choice but to turn to someone else for help, and Zhao Zhiruo promised to be Xu Lang's assistant, but the military court flatly refused on the grounds that Zhao Zhiruo was not a soldier.

"Presiding judge, jurors." After listening to Zeng Guangxian's indictment, Xu Lang said, of course, he didn't need to listen to it to know what the indictment said, "First of all, I protest to the collegial panel, because all the witnesses are all from the Yulin Bay Navy, and none of the crew members of my client's ship and the crew of the San Marino have been able to testify in court, and their witness qualifications have been ruthlessly deprived by the military court, which makes the whole testimony extremely biased, if this procedure is followed, I think this trial will not need to be continued. Because you have seriously violated the spirit of the rule of law. ”

"The Defender." Zhang Guodong, as the presiding judge, laughed lightly, "The current identity of those people you said is prisoners of war who violated our Ming Empire, and they committed the crime of massacring my Yulin Bay Navy soldiers and robbing my Ming merchant ships. I hope the defender understands this. ”

"Presiding Judge, I think you've got a concept wrong." Xu Lang knew that his speech was powerless to change anything, but he was still trying his best to defend, "Anyone is innocent without the court's verdict." Since the presiding judge said that their identities are prisoners of war of the Ming Empire, then the prisoners of war are not criminals, and since they are not criminals, of course they have the right to testify in court, even if they are criminals, you cannot deprive them of this right. ”

"The Defender." Wang Hua, who was next to Zhang Guodong, said, "The trial procedure of this court is a resolution made by the entire military committee, please pay attention to the defender, this is a military court, you are also a soldier, please abide by the duties of a soldier." ”

"I protest too." Shi Xianyang, who was sitting in the auditorium, suddenly stood up and shouted, "You guys。。。。。。 ”

"Horn!" The gavel in Zhang Guodong's hand slammed heavily on the table, "Bailiff, take this person who disturbs the order of the military court down, and this court will deprive him of the right to observe." ”

Looking at Shi Xianyang's back, Xu Lang shrugged helplessly at Maccheni and spread his hands. After listening to the English commentary translated by him, Maccheni said to Zhang Guodong in English very calmly, "Your Excellency, can I defend myself?" ”

"Absolutely." Zhang Guodong replied, "Defendant, you have full right to speak. ”

Maccheni turned to Xu Lang and bowed: "Dear friend, allow me to call you that. Thank you for everything you have done for me. But I guess you don't have to defend me anymore. ”

Before Xu Lang could figure out what he meant, Maccheni turned to Zhang Guodong and said, "Your Excellency, I don't make any defense to all the accusations against me, but this doesn't mean that I recognize everything you have charged. I strictly followed the regulations of naval warfare, and before the cannon was fired, I had lowered the white flag and raised the Portuguese flag, so I considered me innocent. This so-called military tribunal of your Ming Empire completely ignores the facts and arbitrarily deprives witnesses in my favor, so it is pointless to defend further. You do not understand the law and the spirit of contract, and you will never be able to conquer and lead the world. Finally, I would also like to say that I am a nobleman of the Portuguese Empire, and if you were to put me to death, I would like to be able to preserve my dignity as a nobleman, by hanging rather than by your beheading. ”