Chapter 19: The Ship Robbery (1)
Early the next morning, Wu Zhengdao and others took advantage of the fact that the sky was still dark and bright, and they took a lifeboat ashore. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
There are a lot of things to deal with today, Wu Zhengdao and Yang Yuzhou each have a list in their pockets, in addition to the necessary items on the list, there are some kinds of things, from small needles to large buffaloes for ploughing the land, and they can't count them with one hand.
Of course, they had already copied several copies of the same list yesterday and handed them to the merchants to buy according to the contents of the list, and the merchants' sweeping operation even caused all kinds of items in Batavia City to be closed to the market for a time.
It is said that it also attracted the suspicion of the governor Van Dimen, but fortunately, the Chinese merchants in Batavia during this period had a certain amount of political power, and they only used some reasons to deceive the people of the governor's palace.
Standing on the edge of the dock, Wu Zhengdao looked at Batavia City, which had not yet opened, and said with a smile: "Today's job is very simple, in addition to counting the supplies, we are responsible for walking around the city, and then ask Xiao Zhou to investigate the tails that are staring at us." ”
"Bait."
"That's right, it's a decoy, we have to dig out those guys hiding in the shadows one by one, and then kill them and make an example for others to watch, we are not so easy to bully."
Zhou Billy didn't know when he came over, took Wu Zhengdao's words and began to say viciously.
This plan has been agreed upon by the king and the trade team, after all, the possible danger is minimized, and the safety of the people crossing Batavia will be guaranteed in the future.
"Xiao Zhou, you are almost sure that you will dig out the other party."
"About sixty percent, the other party's skills in tracking and anti-tracking are not very proficient, I have sixty percent certainty." Billy didn't say too much, but he still gave a guarantee that was at least convincing.
"Okay, then act according to your plan, we will fully cooperate with you today, it's up to you." Wu Zhengdao smiled, patted Yang Yuzhou's shoulder and walked towards Batavia City.
Although most of the shops are not open at this time, the street food stalls are already set up.
A few people stepped forward and sat down at a stall and ate breakfast.
At this time, Jim, the captain of the Pirate Alliance, and several key leaders were in the city, and they had already discussed how to act last night, preparing to blend in with the coolies who carried the goods, and use the time of the coolies to carry the goods, enter the Perfect, and then take the opportunity to seize the ship.
As for how the weapons were hidden, they had already prepared for it, hiding some short knives and daggers and the like in the rice, and after getting on the ship, they had to seize control immediately, and it was better to hijack the captain of the ship, or the main person, as a hostage, so that it was possible to seize control of how to search the ship in the shortest possible time.
The Perfect is too large, and in addition to the range of the entire ship's internal structure they are not; understand, so they are ready to carry out some investigation after the people carry the goods on the ship, and investigate the internal structure of the hull clearly.
"Captain Jim, our people at the docks have come to report that they have come ashore, what should we do now."
A man who was obviously dressed as a Chinese asked that in fact, most of the pirates who hijacked the ship this time were Chinese, and these people all went to sea from the coastal generation of the Ming Dynasty.
"Act according to the original plan, send a few people to follow them and find out their movements in the city, and the others do as originally told." Jim calls the shots.
In addition to Jim in action, Li Taihe of Taihe Company received a reward of 10,000 taels and was preparing for the loading of goods, etc., early in the morning, he personally ran to the dock to supervise the loading of goods, and accompanied Wu Zhengdao and others to accept the good or bad.
"Wu Group, Li received some news, saying that you were targeted by pirates, you have to be careful, these people are all murderous masters, in addition to robbing goods and ships, they also rob people."
Li Taihe is worthy of being a local merchant in Batavia, and he already knows about the pirates targeting Wu Zhengdao and others, in order to prevent them from being attacked by pirates for no reason, he gave his own kind proposal, although he can't help to deal with pirates, but it's okay to give a reminder.
"We know the kindness of Shopkeeper Li, we already know about the pirates, since they want to find death, then just let the horses come, we Australians will never be afraid."
Wu Zhengdao's indifferent expression made Li Taihe feel that he was very confident, maybe it was really as he said, they had this strength.
It doesn't matter if the pirates come to trouble the Travelers, the Travelers will solve them and at least teach them a lesson, telling them that the Australians are not that easy to mess with, yes, just to teach them a lesson.
While Wu Zhengdao was in charge of inspecting the goods, Yang Yuzhou and Zhou Billy were also carrying out an arduous anti-tracking investigation task.
Zhou Billy is full of experience in investigation, if this guy has reservations, it is that he is too unconfident in himself, and always thinks that he can't do well, this is what Wu Zhengdao feels after understanding him.
If the right time is given to give him a chance to perform, maybe this guy's self-confidence will gradually increase, and this is a good opportunity for him.
As soon as they landed, Zhou Billy discovered the enemy's dark eye, but he pretended not to see it, and only after knowing that he was carrying out an anti-tracking plan with Yang Yuzhou, he started his own operation.
He first disappeared into a restaurant, then unwittingly followed the pirate spies who were following them, penetrated their secret stronghold, and even eavesdropped on their conversation for a while, and only after making sure that their conversation was indeed not so audible before slowly leaving and returning to the docks.
"Brother Ang, the matter has been done," After seeing that no one around him and making sure that no one heard him, Zhou Billy began to report to Wu Zhengdao. "The pirates are in a house in the north of the city, there should be more than one group of pirates in it, they seem to have formed an alliance, as for the rest, I didn't hear any useful news, only heard a sentence saying that what is on the ship, you must be fast."
After listening to the report, Wu Zhengdao and Zhou Billy began to analyze, the ship started, the pirates must go to sea, they didn't dare to do it in the city, after all, the Dutch were not so easy to deal with, plus they needed to develop the colonial economy, so the crackdown on piracy would be more severe.
"Could they be trying to do something on the ship, Xiao Zhou, things are almost the same here, I see you go back to the cabin first, take a good look at the coolies on our ship, I think pirates may disguise themselves as coolies and lurk quietly inside."
"Well, okay, I'll go back, but Angkor, I think your analysis is very reasonable, and it's similar to what I thought before I came back." Billy Zhou scratched the back of his head a little embarrassed.
This kid is just not confident, if he is confident, he will say what he thinks at the beginning, instead of waiting for Wu Zhengdao to finish his analysis.
Hopefully, this incident will play a role in him.
While Billy was returning to the Perfect in a lifeboat, the two sails in the port of Batavia were heading in the direction of the Perfect, and the people on the two sails were none other than Jim and a group of pirates.
At the stern of the Perfect, several pulley groups were passing through the professors of the original cargo transfer area, and boxes and bags of cargo were being carried onto the ship by coolies.