After sending off Father Rybordeau, the chief commercial representative, Mount Mountney, said to Weddell: "Captain, we are here to trade with the Chinese, not to promote force, and if we continue to stalemate, we will not get the desired results." ”

"Mr. Mountney, do you mean to hand me over to the Chinese for punishment?" Weddell said with an angry look on his face.

"No, no, no!" Mount shook his head repeatedly, "That's not what I meant, we could have found a substitute for the dead to complete this task, could we?" Like that Irishman Terry. ”

The Irish had a feud with the English for thousands of years, and the same was true of England into the new century.

Lieutenant Pete on the side said disdainfully: "The Chinese's force is vulnerable, since we have won, why should we give in?" I think it's more effective to use the way of robbery, and we don't even need to pay silver coins to get the goods we want. ”

Mount continued to shake his head: "Pete, you have to be soberly aware that China is a huge country, although they are backward in arms, but they have a large population and a vast territory, and you will suffer in the end if you think like this. ”

Captain Weddell sighed on the side: "I really didn't expect the Chinese to be so backward in force, but unfortunately we only have six warships." If His Majesty can give me a strong fleet, I can guarantee that I will be able to get a piece of land from the Chinese as much as the Portuguese, and even force the Chinese to give trade privileges. ”

His idea did come true two hundred years later, and the British fought a very dishonorable Opium War.

By the end of the Ming Dynasty, China's firearms technology had lagged behind that of the West, and the biggest gap was in maritime power, which usually used manpower tactics to win naval battles.

"What we need to do now is how to get the understanding of the Chinese, rescue our arrested merchants, and carry on the trade, otherwise we will not be able to give an account to His Majesty the King," Mount said. ”

Weddell's visit to China was sent by the Gording Federation, which was composed of a group of British merchants, and King Charles I also participated in 10,000 pounds, the main purpose of the trip was to break the Portuguese monopoly on trade with China and establish trade relations with the Ming Dynasty.

Pete smiled: "Understand? I don't see the possibility of understanding unless the Chinese give in. ”

While they were talking, Thomas, the captain of the flagship "Colonist", ran into the conference room in a panic.

"Gentlemen, we may be in trouble, let's go out and have a look." Thomas said with horror on his face.

Captain Weddell, who came from a military background, didn't ask too much, and quickly left the conference room and went to the foredeck. He looked far away, immediately took out his monoculars and looked into the distance, and then froze.

Fifteen kilometers east of Ki'ao Island, fifteen kilometers from the British fleet, four huge silver-white warships were approaching at high speed, and Captain Weddell visually measured that the speed of this fleet was more than twenty knots.

The strange thing is that these four warships have no masts and sails, and the ship type is completely different from the ships of any country in this time and space, although the distance is relatively long, but based on years of experience at sea, he immediately judged that the giant ship led by him is more than ten times larger than his flagship "Colonist", which is no wonder Captain Thomas is so panicked.

"It's a Chinese ship, and they fly the flag of the Chinese." Weddell finally saw the flags on those ships, the sun, moon and golden dragon flags.

There are two kinds of flags hanging on the warships of the Tiance Army, namely the triangular Sun and Moon Golden Dragon Flag and the square Red Bayi Army Flag of the Tiance Army.

The sun and moon golden dragon banner is mainly used to judge the enemy between friendly troops when passing in the Ming Dynasty.

The commercial representative, Mount Mountney, looked in the direction of the Tiance Army Navy and asked, "Is it a Chinese warship?" ”

Captain Weddell put away his binoculars and said with a serious face, "I don't see their cannons, but we're going to get ready for battle." "Judging from the speed of the other side, these warships are not good.

Then he ordered: "Lieutenant Pete, raise the King's flag at once, tell all the ships to sail, open all the gun windows, and prepare to meet the enemy!" ”

"Yes!"

The British sailors and gunners all acted urgently, the soft sails were raised, the ships began to move in the wind, all the gun windows were opened, and the gunpowder men began to reload the guns.

The naval warships of the Tiance Army were faster, the British fleet had just traveled less than two kilometers, and the Tiance Army warships were already approaching a distance of three kilometers.

"Oh my God!" Weddell looked up at the tallest landing ship led by him and said in a lost voice: "The Chinese have such a big warship!" ”

Mountney's eyes were about to pop out, and he couldn't help but ask, "How can they run so fast without sails?" ”

No one answered his question, because there was a huge shout from the opposite side: "This is the sea area of the Ming Empire, you have not only violated the maritime rights and interests of the Ming Empire, but also violated the territory of our country, and committed heinous crimes against our people, now I advise you to surrender immediately and accept trial." ”

Wang Yue shouted twice in Chinese and English, and the third shouted to Lisa in French.

At this time, the upper echelons of the European aristocracy took pride in speaking French, which was the lingua franca. And English, which is only used by the lower classes of the British people, is still a small language, and even Lisa can't speak it.

Wang Yue's English can only be regarded as average, and he still uses translation software to find some words in this passage.

The shouting is that Wang Yue felt that in his previous life, in order to safeguard the rights and interests of the sea, the country often engaged in this set, and he was learning and selling now, so he spoofed it.

Wang Yue's English Weddell and others can understand, but Wang Yue's English accent is a little different from that of the British mainland, but very close to the accent of those hillbillies in the North American colonies.

"Surrender? What a dream! Captain Weddell, they don't have artillery! Lieutenant Pete glared at the battleship opposite.

Now it's closer, and after looking at it for a long time, I really didn't see any artillery on the opposite side of the battleship.

Unfortunately, the British were not as loud as the Chinese and could not talk to each other on the sea, but they had their own way of refusing the absurd demand of surrender.

"Tong!" A puff of white smoke came out of the British battleship "Sun", although it was far from range, it was only the response of the British to the shouting of the Chinese.

Impulsiveness is the devil, and the price is painful.

The Tiance Navy warships immediately responded, with three 76-mm guns and six four-mounted 30-mm anti-aircraft guns, firing a round of shells at the "Sun". Twelve seventy-six-mm shells and more than three thousand rounds of thirty-mm shells hit the target in succession.