“…… Wang Junlou went down to Yizhou, and the king of Jinling was gloomy. The iron lock of Qianxun sank to the bottom of the river, and a piece of falling flags came out of the stones. The past has been hurt several times in the world, and Yamagata is still cold. From now on, the four seas are home days, so the base is Xiao Xiao Lu Diqiu. Nowadays, although the mountain shape is still the same, but things have long been people, there are the imperial court army to encircle and intercept, and there are people and ships with strong guns, like wolves and tigers, and the rise and fall of everything in the world depends on whether there is foresight and wisdom. If you fight Manila again, there will be no place to stand if you are defeated, and Zhao'an will not be tolerated by the imperial court when he returns to his hometown, even if his brother-in-law still has the ambition of hegemony, the trapped tortoiseshell port will also be exhausted.

Since we take the four seas as our home, but where is the sunset township, but we don't have to wait until the Yanbo River to make people worry, and the Yi people can expand their territory in the New World, why can't we and the Chinese people? Persuade my brother-in-law and all the Australian lords, why not learn from the immortal crane ride, and join hands with the Elder of the Moon Sky and Xuande Zhenren to cross east, the sea is wide and the sky is high and the birds can fly, it is not a good policy......"

When Xu Ling'er read this, Ma Zhishan, Li Chenghuai, Chen Zhi and others surrounded Ling'er, and Li Chenghuai reached out and snatched Ah Ping's letter from Ling'er's hand.

Luo Amin said angrily: "The Lord of the Seven Ao is so presumptuous, what kind of system! ”

Li Chenghuai gave a deep salute and said: "Madame is angry, you see that the brothers here have just returned from patrolling the sea, and there is such a big incident at home, you can't help but let them know, among these people, some of them came from Japan with the big boss, and many of them are the remnants of Lord Lin Daoqian, and more people are forced to get involved. ”

Ma Zhishan, the owner of Erao, pouted his gray beard, walked over and said with a slight trembling: "I am old, I don't want to go anywhere, even if Lin Daoqian became the horse of the King of Siam in Pattani and invited Lao Er to him to enjoy the blessings, I don't want to go, now I just want to return to my roots." ”

A group of young people came one after another outside the Lin Mansion, all shouting that the court had deceived them, all of them were tense, and they couldn't wait to rush in to settle accounts with Guo Yi and Xu Ling'er.

Ling'er and Guo Yi obviously felt that this atmosphere was very different from what they had just seen and heard in the barracks, perhaps everyone thought at first that the imperial court was finally going to support them in attacking Manila, but now that they were going to be dismissed from here, they began to get excited.

Guo Yi observed Lin Feng from the side, recalling that when Lin Feng had a premonition that the catastrophe of Akimepo was coming, he abandoned all his brothers, secretly transported the gold and silver treasures, and hid Luo Amin in Owari Province; Now, it is a matter of life and death, and I don't know what kind of decision Lin Feng will make.

Lin Feng's face was expressionless, his face that had experienced vicissitudes of life lost the cunning of the year, closed his eyes slightly, made no sound, and quietly returned to the dining table, sitting opposite Mark and the priest.

Ling'er picked up Ah Ying, who was crying in fright, and also returned to the dining table, and asked the group of stunned Australian hosts and wives: "Sisters-in-law, I don't know what you are planning?" ”

These female dependents are most afraid of war, once the war resumes, their father-in-law and son may die, but they are even more afraid that after returning to their hometown, they will end up like Wang Zhi and Xu Hai......

Looking at Ah Ying who was crying, the ladies also secretly wept, and expressed their willingness to Ling'er to cross the ocean and open up a world in the New World, and followed Ling'er to Luo Amin's side.

At this time, there was also a commotion outside the village, Guo Yi was worried about the safety of those Ming soldiers, called Luo Amin aside, and said: "Although everyone is looking forward to a good way out, it seems that it is difficult to decide for a while, let's come here today, wait for everyone to calm down and then discuss, please sister persuade them, don't mess around." ”

Luo Amin nodded, and said to the female dependents: "Sisters, go back with your father-in-law first, and advise your family not to act rashly, return to their respective posts, and protect our homeland, please be sure to recognize the situation, Hawksbill Harbor is by no means a place to stay for a long time, after returning home, you should all think carefully about what you should do in the future." ”

These Australian ladies each found their father-in-law, and came over one by one to say goodbye to Luo Amin, but at this time, they couldn't find Lin Feng.

Guo Yi and Ling'er realized that Lin Feng didn't know when he suddenly disappeared, and they all looked at Amin in shock.

Mark pointed to Ling'er's backyard of the Lin Mansion, meaning that Lin Feng had gone there.

Amin said to the resigned Australian lords: "Please go back, you have to strengthen your vigilance, in case the Spaniards come to attack us, if you have any real thoughts in your hearts, you can come to me through your wives, and strive to give everyone a good way out." ”

When all the Australian lords and their wives left the Lin Mansion, the crowd outside the Lin Mansion also dispersed one after another.

Amin said to Guo Yi and Ling'er: "Two sisters, this place is not as bright as us, the weather is hot, there are many mosquitoes, I'm afraid you are not used to it, please move to the house to live." ”

Guo Yi replied: "It's okay"

Ling'er asked, "I heard that the dog is in Hawksbill Harbor, why don't you see the dog?" ”

Ah Ying replied in a childish childish voice: "Brother Dog has to go to the sea far away every day to patrol, for fear that there will be bad guys to bully us. ”

Luo Amin hurriedly pulled Ah Ying over and said, "Obediently, go to the hotel where the two aunts live with my mother, help them move their luggage, and live with the two aunts, okay?" ”

Ah Ying smiled and broke away from Amin's hand, ran up to grab Guo Yi and Ling'er, and said, "Auntie, let's go, I'll move things with you." ”

Ling'er stroked Ah Ying's little face and asked, "Ah Ying, do you miss your aunt?" ”

Ah Ying nodded seriously, looked up at her mother, and replied: "Listen to my mother, my aunt has a baby in her belly, and she can't cross the sea by boat, I miss my aunt ......" said, lying in Ling'er's arms and crying.

Mark and the priest followed them out of the Lin Mansion, and went to the inn to help Guo Yi and Ling'er pick up their luggage, and Mark helped send them back to the Lin Mansion and moved into the church to live.

After Ling'er and Guo Yi settled in the Lin Mansion, they took Ah Ying out of the village accompanied by Luo Amin, through the palm forests, and came to the mouth of the Renyain River.

Merchant ships from Luzon Island are lined with thousands of sails along the Inyain River, there is a trading market set up by the forest wind on the riverbank, and under the long shadow of coconut trees, a handsome young man is busy buying all kinds of goods from Luzon Island, and from time to time sending people to transport the collected goods to the merchant ships anchored at the coastal docks.

Guo Yi and Ling'er were looking at the young man, he should be younger than Ma Wu, the abacus crackled, after helping the islanders to settle the accounts, they stood up with a smile, and were enthusiastic about every islander who came to trade, and asked the workers to deal with the purchased goods, and personally counted the copper coins and handed them over to the hands of each islander who came to trade, and the islanders seemed to have a lot of trust in this young man, and some didn't even count, so they put the copper coins into the blanket, smiled at the young man and nodded, and left with satisfaction......

"God, let them do business here." Ling'er sighed.

"Hehe, why don't we want to do business like this." Luo Amin smiled helplessly.

"Who is this young man?" Guo Yi asked.

Ah Ying ran towards the young man with a smile, and a childish voice came: "His name is Dandan, and he is a good friend of Brother Gou'er." ”

"His name is Li Dan, he is an orphan rescued by the dog in Quanzhou, he is ingenious and very diligent, and this market depends on him." Luo Amin said.

Ah Ying took a mango from Li Dan, grimaced at Li Dan, peeled off the mango, ate it and ran back.

Leaving the trading market, facing the sunset, Ah Ying ran in front to lead the way, Amin accompanied Guo Yi and Ling'er while walking and chatting, they came to the coast of Pengaslan Bay again, three Hongyi cannons were waiting for the sea, and the major Australian owners also returned to their respective posts, commanding their warships and patrol boats to cruise in the bay......

The sea and sky are dyed orange and red, the sunset is getting redder and bigger, and the ten thousand rays of sunset reflect the tranquil tortoiseshell harbor......

"Mother, I'm hungry, go home and eat." With Ah Ying's shout, everyone looked towards the bay to the west, and the dark red sunset was disappearing from the sea little by little.

Ling'er and Guo Yi were both looking at the swaying Dafu ship on the harbor, in the afterglow of the setting sun, the pavilion of the Dafu ship seemed to be stained with blood, and it was flowing down drop by drop, both of them couldn't help but shiver, and prayed silently in their hearts......

Luo Amin looked not far ahead, until a high tower was lit up, she knew that Lin Feng was gathering information there at this time, so she picked up Ah Ying and said to Guo Yi and Ling'er: "Two sisters, let's go, let's go home." ”

At this time, Lin Feng was looking frantic in the control tower of Hawksbill Harbor, and no one knew the situation here better than him......

The depressed Lin Feng sent away the soldiers around him, closed his eyes, and seemed to return to his youth, when the boy who couldn't eat or wear clothes in his hometown followed his uncle Lin Daoxun to Manila......

Lin Daoxun started trade with Japan, Ryukyu and other places in Manila, because of the trouble at sea, his uncle's family stayed in Sakai Town, Japan, the young Lin Wenjun was unwilling to follow his uncle to do chores, so he ran to the sea, and met Luo Wenlong, who came to appease Xu Hai, and with the support of Luo Wenlong, he was entrenched in Akimepo at the southern tip of Satsuma, renamed Lin Yiguan, and began to recruit troops......

At that time, Lin Yiguan was so free and easy, he didn't need to go to sea to rob like his predecessors Wang Zhi and Xu Hai, and through Luo Wenlong, he transported the countless gold and silver treasures of Yan Shifan, a corrupt official of the Ming Dynasty, to Qiumupu, built his own castle, and started a business of selling muskets with Westerners......

Akimeura was not only protected by the lord Shimazu Takahisa, but also Chen Dong and Ye Ma who were entrenched in Hirado, Deng Bichuan of Iki Island, Shen Nanshan of Tsushima Island and other brothers echoed from afar, and there were even friends like Hideyoshi......

Everything was ruined in the hands of his own uncle and brother, as well as the two women......

When Lin Feng thought of this, he couldn't wait to kill Guo Yi and Ling'er with his own hands, but looking at the little fire in the South China Sea outside the bay, he broke out in a cold sweat, and under his nose was the place where the warships of Yin Zhengmao, the governor of Liangguang, haunted......

In order to prevent Lin Feng from colluding with Oda Nobunaga, Yushiba Hideyoshi and others, Lin Feng was imprisoned by his own brother in Mt. Hiei in Japan and Tongdu Temple in North Korea for nearly five years......

Ben was also glad that he had already been covered with "chess pieces" along the coast of the Ming Dynasty, and after escaping from the tiger's mouth, he wanted to stay on the coast of the mainland to do another "career", waiting for Oda Nobunaga and Yushiba Hideyoshi to attack the Ming Dynasty......

Unexpectedly, he went to the shopkeeper Chen Yuanhua sent to Ningbo, and his uncle's adopted son Ma Wu, these "rat-eyed" people, in order to do business, in order to make some small money, actually exposed all those "chess pieces" to Jinyiwei, so that they lost all their plates, and had to flee to Guangdong in embarrassment, collected the subordinates of his uncle Lin Daoqian, and then entrenched in Nanao Island, and were chased all the way, and fled to Luzon again to the sea......

The past is vivid, and it seems that he is standing on the sea ship again, holding his daughter A Ying in his arms, and her daughter flashes her eyes and asks again: "Daddy, where are we going?" ”

Lin Feng clenched his fists, suddenly opened his eyes, looked at the lights in the South China Sea in the distance, and let out an angry roar: Where are we going......

Hearing Lin Feng's roar, Ma Zhishan, Li Chenghuai, Cai De and others all hurriedly ran up, and all the Australian owners surrounded Lin Feng and asked in unison: When I am a family, where else can I go?

Lin Feng turned around, stared at his red eyes, breathed a long sigh of relief, and replied, "We're not going anywhere!" Be sure to stay here. ”

Ma Zhishan felt his gray beard, shook his head gently, and said: "The imperial court sent two yellow-haired girls to come here to find us, and on the surface, it seems to point us out a clear way, asking us to cross the ocean and open up a new continent. But in my opinion, this is a dead end, hehe, but it can also be seen that the court is powerless against us! When we first arrived in Luzon, we didn't know that the Western-Yiren had occupied Manila, and let the two Japanese be the vanguard to attack, kill the commander of the Western-Yiren, and offend the Western-Yiren. ”

Cai De interrupted Ma Zhishan and asked, "Do you want us to accept the court's recruitment and continue to repeat the mistakes of Wang Zhi and Xu Hai?" ”

"I hoped to occupy a territory and let the imperial court be a Luzon governor of the family, and we people can also follow the promotion of officials, but I hate that the court is mediocre and incompetent, and I can't see that the future of the Ming Dynasty is not a big trouble for us people, but a Westerner! They actually sent envoys to Manila to find those Yi people to deal with us, so that we are now cornered, is it tolerable, which is unbearable, just go back to Daming and rebel! Li Chenghuai said fiercely.

"Going back to rebel is a dead end, and it will also affect innocent people, I think it is better to kill Manila, kill those damn Westerners, and when we occupy Manila, the family will naturally be the governor of Luzon." A young Australian owner shouted.

"That's right! In fact, it is these Western-Yi people who are the most hateful, if it weren't for their existence, then the current family would be Xu Chai Lao back then, let's kill those Western-Yiren first. ”

"The chieftains of the southern archipelago of Luzon are also rebelling against the Westerners, and we have joined forces with the chieftains from all over the country to send troops to Manila and kill them without leaving a single piece of armor ......behind."

Lin Feng faced these indignant subordinates, knowing that they couldn't even compare to Ma Wu, let alone attack Manila and kill the Spanish commanders like Zhuang Gong and Xiao Ke; Of course, Lin Feng understands better that in the current situation, even if he fights for his life and captures Manila with the cooperation of the imperial court, he may not be able to sit on the position of governor of Luzon, but instead makes a wedding dress for the imperial court.

Ma Zhishan saw that Lin Feng was still silent, and persuaded: "You young people, don't be reckless, when your family says to defend the tortoiseshell port, I have no opinion, now, we can fight in the tortoiseshell port There are less than 1,000 soldiers, and more than 1,000 women, children, old and young, but once the Yi people in Manila attack us, we will become turtles in the urn, if there is no countermeasure, sooner or later a catastrophe will come!" ”

Lin Feng smiled and asked softly, "Second Lord, what do you think?" ”

Ma Zhishan was quite emotional, his nose shrugged, he almost shed tears, and replied in a trembling voice: "Leave those who can fight here and hold on, and send their families to Siam Pattani, and take refuge in the old Australian lord Lin Daoqian, and let the two female dolls take away the rest of the people who want to go home." I'm old, I don't want to wander anymore, I will follow these two female dolls back, it can be regarded as Zhao'an, the court will kill me or chop me, whatever they want, as long as they bury my old bones in their homeland, I will also be blind. What do you think of being a family? ”

Lin Feng knew that once Ma Zhishan returned to Daming, he would definitely not die well, but this sentence was indeed like a sentence that broke through the heavens and made him suddenly enlightened.

In the eyes of the imperial court, Ma Zhishan, who followed Lin Daoqian and Zeng Yiyi in the early years, was also a heinous pirate, if he first agreed to Guo Yi and Ling'er's proposal, and would not invade the coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty in the future, so that Ma Zhishan and others could follow them back, at least it would be regarded as expressing sincerity to the imperial court; If you have your hands free and send the families of the soldiers who are here to Siam Pattani, you will really be able to hold on to the tortoiseshell port, and you can play slowly with the court and the Spaniards in the future, even if the Spaniards come to attack, you don't have to be afraid anymore.

Lin Feng knew in his heart that as long as the Spaniards did not come to attack Hawksbill Harbor within half a month, he could make these arrangements.

In the future, as long as the news from the north that Yushiba Hideyoshi attacked the Ming Dynasty through North Korea, he could use Tortoiseshell Harbor as a base to raise troops, first cross the sea to Taiwan, and then enter the coastal areas of Fujian and Zhejiang......

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