Part 5 Pirate Legend 23, in troubled times
In the spring of the 29th year of Jiajing (1550 AD), the Jesuit expedition set out from the port of Nishicha Town, Hirado, Japan, and arrived in Acapulco in November of that year after nearly eight months of sea voyage, which was the first time that Shiraesean landed in the New World. [Full text reading. 】
The expedition traveled south from Central America, passing through Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panama, and finally reached Putozi (present-day Bolivia) on the South American continent, where he visited the silver miner Filip Sr., where he became friends with Felipe's father.
In order to find out the cultivation of these crops, he often accompanied the Indians to the farmland to investigate, and when digging sweet potatoes in the indigenous tribes of Guatemala, he accidentally found a crystal skeleton, and Bai Haishan spent a lot of money to buy it.
Although the Western colonizers brought brutal repression and killing to the New World, they also brought many people the opportunity to make a fortune, and many sailors who accompanied them were reluctant to go back, but Bai Haishan could not help but leave.
In order to reopen the route that Magellan had traveled, the Spanish Navy acted as sailors on this return voyage. In the winter of the thirtieth year of Jiajing (1551 AD), the expedition set out from Acapulco to sail westward, and near the Horununu Islands, it suddenly encountered a hurricane, and the fleet was dispersed.
After landing on the east coast of the "southern continent", they did not dare to enter the hinterland, replenished with fresh water and food, and drove north along the coast, in the Gulf of New Guinea, where they were attacked by the Oseyas.
At that time, the Osaias and other tribes had just finished a war and won a war, and it was rumored that the rival tribes had brought in many sorcerers from overseas, so Chief Aurel took them into custody as enemies.
While the White Sea Mountain survived by helping Chief Orel heal his wounds, the arrogant Westerners were unfortunate, and although the Oseas were not a cannibal tribe, the soldiers ate them all out of hatred for the enemy sorcerers.
Knowing that he could no longer leave, Bai Haishan exchanged his crystal body for books and notes, and captured Princess Maria's heart, was recruited by Chief Aurel as a son-in-law, ended his twelve years of wandering, stayed in the New Guinea Islands, and started a new life with Princess Maria, and a year later, he had a son, Bai Orletto.
Since Princess Maria brought a crystal bracelet and quickly learned Chinese and Spanish, with the support of the old chieftain, Bai Haishan and Princess Maria sang and sang, so that the primitive tribe quickly moved towards civilization, and they built this royal city, built large ships, and prepared to start trade with the Ming Dynasty, Japan, and Nanyang.
When Aureto was just one year old, Bai Haishan decided to lead a fleet to Japan to do business, one in order to rescue Wang Cuiqiao from the fire pit, and the other to try to develop ocean trade, although Princess Maria was very reluctant, when she found that her husband had made up his mind, she did not stop again.
In the thirty-third year of Jiajing (1554 AD), Bai Haishan led the native Oseia to suddenly appear in Hirado Castle, causing a sensation, and the news reached Wang Cuiqiao's ears.
At that time, under the blows of patriotic generals such as Tan Lun, Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou, the Japanese who plagued the coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty had shown a trend of decadence.
In order to recruit Wang Zhi, Hu Zongxian, the governor of Zhejiang and Fujian, at the suggestion of the Ryukyu king's father-in-law, asked the government to release Wang Zhi's old mother, wife and children from prison and provide for him, and secretly sent Jiang Zhou and Chen Ke to Japan, negotiate with Wang Zhi's adopted son Mao Haifeng, and move them with affection and reason, Wang Zhi finally agreed to Zhao'an, and secretly planned to secretly transport all his property to the Zhoushan Islands.
With the help of the Ryukyu king's father-in-law, Hu Zongxian decided to use a beautiful man's trick to find a fellow villager of Xu Hai in the capital and sent him to "seduce" Xu Hai's wife Wang Cuiqiao, who was Luo Wenlong, a student of the Hanlin Academy.
Luo Wenlong was reluctant to go overseas to do this errand, but his master Yan Shifan was very active, at that time, the old cabinet assistant Yan Song was facing the return to his hometown, Yan Shifan, who was known as the old man of the small cabinet, could not enter the cabinet due to eye disease, so he could take this opportunity to let Luo Wenlong find a way out for him overseas.
In this way, Luo Wenlong, who had a "sacred mission", came to Ryukyu and first got in touch with the prince, and under the careful arrangement of the prince, he went to Akimepo in southern Satsuma, Japan, and had the opportunity to contact Wang Cuiqiao, and soon won her "trust".
As soon as he saw Wang Cuiqiao, Luo Wenlong was shocked that he was a fairy, and secretly made up his mind that Xu Hai must accept Zhao'an to die before he could get this beauty, so he tried his best to Wang Cuiqiao's body.
During the period when Wang Zhi was preparing to accept Zhao'an, Xu Hai was still leading the Japanese to cause chaos along the coast of Zhejiang, he had little interest in Zhao'an, and he knew that Zhao'an might not end well, so it was not easy for Luo Wenlong to complete this task.
Just when Luo Wenlong showed his love for Wang Cuiqiao, Bai Haishan suddenly appeared in Hirado City! Wang Cuiqiao never dreamed that her fiancé was still alive.
Although Xu Hai'an C's spies by her side never left her side, Wang Cuiqiao, as a devout Christian, heard that the disciple of the saint Xavier was coming, and immediately ran to Hirado to "worship", which did not arouse anyone's suspicion.
Wang Cuiqiao secretly met with Bai Haishan in the Church of Christ, and had been the "Lady of the Village" of the pirate leader for many years, which made her ashamed and embarrassed, and she was about to commit suicide on the spot, but was stopped by Bai Haishan......
After making a deal with Matsuura Takanobu at Hirado Castle, Bai Haishan was about to pick up Wang Cuiqiao and quietly return to the Osea tribe, but at this moment, Wang Zhi activated the secret plan, and because his leaders, big and small, seemed to be unable to control their own fate, causing panic in the hearts of the people. For Wang Zhi, the more acquaintances he has, the more untrustworthy he is, who will he send to transport away the property he has accumulated all his life? It became a rather difficult problem.
After thinking about it, Wang Zhi decided to find a reliable person, so he thought of the charismatic St. Francis Xavier, unfortunately, this Western "saint" had already died in India, through the Jesuit priest's recommendation, Xavier's disciple, the devout Christian Bai Haishan, became Wang Zhi's only candidate.
Therefore, Wang Zhi promised Bai Haishan a heavy profit, and asked him to lead the "foreign natives" to help quietly transport the huge wealth to the Zhoushan Islands, but Bai Haishan categorically refused.
Surprisingly, Wang Cuiqiao soon got the news and strongly persuaded Bai Haishan to accept this task, and at this time, Bai Haishan understood that the Wang brothers and sisters had been overseas for so many years and were still shouldering the special mission of the imperial court.
Needless to say, Bai Haishan promised Wang Zhi, and was always controlled by him, and he had been preparing for a year, Wang Cuiqiao had just given birth to a daughter in Qiumepu, and it was time for this secret fleet to set off, because during this period, Luo Wenlong was entangled with Wang Cuiqiao, and many people mistakenly thought that this was Luo Wenlong's child.
Wang Cuiqiao knew that Xu Hai, who had lost his humanity, was more ruthless than anyone else since he joined the pirate group, and soon became the pirate leader under Wang Zhi, often harassing the coast of the mainland with murderous pirates. Later, he merged with several forces such as Chen Dong and Ma Ye, and his wings became harder and harder, although he still nominally obeyed Wang Zhi as the co-master, in fact, he had already done it alone.
With the support of Shimazu Takahisa, the lord of Satsuma, Xu Hai incorporated a lot of Japanese ronin, and sent these Japanese pirates to take the lead and be cannon fodder.
Although Wang Zhi accepted the court's recruitment, Xu Hai's arrogance was still very arrogant, with the cooperation of Chen Dong and Ma Ye's two forces, he drove a large number of Japanese robbers to land on the coast of Zhejiang, and the Japanese robbers killed people and set fire in front, and they looted in the rear, and when they were about to go south to Fujian, the news suddenly came that he couldn't believe that his "wife" had given birth to a daughter.
Xu Hai didn't know whether to punish Wang Cuiqiao? It's better to be glad that you're old! Anyway, he still couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart, and immediately left Chen Dong and Ma Ye behind, and led his subordinates back to Satsuma. In the ensuing battle, these two Japanese forces were defeated in successive battles, resulting in a gap between them and Xu Hai, and in fact achieved the goal of dividing the pirates.
At this time, Wang Cuiqiao is trying to get in touch with Bai Haishan, let Bai Haishan sail the secret fleet to Oseya, once this huge wealth is transferred to the Zhoushan Islands, Wang Zhi is very likely to buy the imperial court magnates, cut off the southeast coast and continue to make trouble, and only know that the pirate Xu Hai, who kills people and sets fires, is still the object of Wang Zhi's use.
As the "Lady of the Village", Wang Cuiqiao also has her own confidants, according to the plan, she will send a group of pirates to pretend to hijack this secret fleet at sea; Hakukaisan will make a plan and make a fake show, and sail the fleet to Amami Island in the Ryukyus Kingdom, where the two of them will meet and return to Oseia quietly.
At this juncture, Xu Hai suddenly returned to Qiumepu, intending to punish Wang Cuiqiao so that she could not get out of Qiumepu.
Just when Xu Hai* forced "Madame" to explain, the secret fleet led by Bai Haishan was "hijacked", and the embarrassed and angry Wang Zhi suspected that Xu Hai had done it, so he immediately ran to him to settle accounts, making Xu Hai baffled.
Since Amami Island is Xu Hai's territory, no matter how he explains it, he can't get rid of it; At the same time, under Luo Wenlong's separation, Chen Dong and Ma Ye all turned their faces with him, and with Wang Zhi's death threat, Xu Hai, who wore a green hat, was almost killed.
Bai Haishan couldn't wait for Wang Cuiqiao in Amami Island, and was very anxious, just as he sent someone to Akimepo to pick up people, Xu Hai decided to personally deal with this "unexpected" dispute to alleviate the conflict between him and Wang Zhi.
(End of chapter)