"Buddha...... The warship of the Franc man! Palak suddenly woke up and pointed to the warship that had just emerged from the sea in the distance, and shouted loudly, his voice full of panic. The Kingdom of Malacca was influenced by the Ming Dynasty, and all Europeans were also called Franco, but now only the Portuguese fleet can appear in Malacca City.

With his shout, the other people in the port also noticed the warships on the sea in the distance, and the whole port suddenly became strangely quiet, and then immediately screamed, most of them fled backwards in horror, but most of the people who fled were Malacca locals, and those on the merchant ships anchored in the port were a little unclear So, they didn't understand what was going on, and they didn't know why the people of Malacca City wanted to flee?

In fact, the reason why the Malacca people fled was mainly because they all knew the warships in the distance, because just the year before last, the Portuguese who drove those warships came to Malacca City and wanted to occupy it, but unfortunately the Malacca Kingdom resisted desperately, and finally repelled the Portuguese after paying a lot of price, and even captured many Portuguese soldiers, who are still locked up in the cells of Malacca City.

It was also the great battle of the previous year, the Kingdom of Malacca not only paid the price of thousands of casualties, but also the port was also very badly damaged, and even killed many non-combatants, Palak was not a water officer at that time, and his previous water officer died at the hands of the Portuguese, and he also witnessed the ferocity of the Portuguese, so he would be so alarmed when he saw the Portuguese warship again.

However, compared to the Malacca locals like Palak, the maritime merchants who docked at the port were unaware of the brutality of the Portuguese. They didn't know that danger had enveloped them. Therefore, all of them are a little unclear. However, some of the wiser merchants had already reacted, and immediately threw down their ships and fled with the Malaccans in the direction of the city, after all, although goods and ships were valuable, there was only one life.

On the Portuguese warship, the new Indian governor Alfonso stood at the bow of the ship with a leisurely face, looking at the panicked scene on the port of Malacca in the distance, but a smile hung on the corner of his mouth. After a long while, I heard him whisper to himself: "Francisco is really a fool, he led so many troops to defeat the Malacca people the year before last, no wonder His Majesty asked me to replace him as the governor!" ”

The Francisco in Alfonso's mouth is the former Governor General of India, that is, the Governor who forced the Ciara family to flee to the Ming Dynasty, but because Francisco fought unfavorably in India and the South Seas, he was ordered to be removed by the King of Portugal, and now Alfonso is replacing the other party as the Governor of India.

Alfonso had already arrived in India the year before and announced to Francisco the king's order to succeed him as viceroy of India. But Francisco refused to recognize the order and still refused to hand over the power of the hearing. Alfonso was even imprisoned until another Portuguese fleet arrived in India last year, forcing Francisco to relinquish power and release Alfonso.

However, it is the above incident that makes Alfonso very resentful of Francisco, and wants to do everything better than the other party, such as the current attack on Malacca, the last time Francisco failed to attack here, but Alfonso is determined to win this time, because he not only brought more troops this time, but also better prepared.

Alfonso's fleet soon arrived at the port of Malacca, and eighteen tall warships lined up, blocking the entrance and exit of the entire port, and no ship in the port could leave, which immediately caused the dissatisfaction of many merchant ships, and they wanted to come forward to theorize, but when they saw the guns of the Portuguese fleet, they all retreated in fright.

After blockading the port, Alfonso immediately sent people ashore to meet the king of the Kingdom of Malacca, and at this time the Malacca people were also ready, and all the irrelevant people withdrew from the port and returned to the city, 30,000 Malaccan soldiers were ready to fight, although they defeated the Portuguese last time, but they also paid a huge price, and at the same time knew that the Portuguese firearms were very sharp, so they did not dare to be careless.

King Sultan of the Kingdom of Malacca. After receiving the Portuguese envoys, Mahmoud put forward three conditions to him, the first was to ask them to release the Portuguese prisoners of war, the second was to compensate the Portuguese for the losses caused by the last war, and the third was to cede a piece of land near the city of Malacca for the Portuguese to use for the construction of fortresses, so as to better maintain the local peace in Nanyang.

Alfonso's three points can be said to be the essence of the word "shameless", it is clear that they attacked the city of Malacca first, but failed due to lack of preparation, but now they came with a large army and demanded compensation for their losses, which is simply shameless. But this is also the usual logic of European bandits, as long as their fists are bigger than others, then their words are the truth, and if others want to object, unless your fist is bigger and harder than his.

Sudan. Mahmoud was trembling all over his body after listening to the three points proposed by the Portuguese envoy, and the ministers on both sides were also angry, especially those generals, who were clamoring to fight to the death with the Portuguese, after all, they had defeated the Portuguese once last time, although they paid a great price, but after all, they had a great advantage psychologically.

Sudan. Mahmoud had no real power in his hands, and the prime minister Shultai was in charge of everything in the kingdom, but Shultai was obviously angered by the Grapevines, so he quickly stepped forward to the Sultan. Mahmoud suggested that the unscrupulous Portuguese should be shown the power of the Kingdom of Malacca.

With Shultai's statement, other ministers also asked for their lives, and the Sultan. Naturally, Mahmud would not refuse, so the whole kingdom of Maliu soon made a decision to resolutely resist, and even in order to show his determination, the Sultan. Mahmoud also ordered the nose of the Grape Man Messenger to be cut off, and killed ten Grape Man prisoners, and asked the Messenger to bring back the heads of the prisoners, in response to Alfonso's shamelessness in this forceful way.

"Bastards, barbarians, Malacca are a bunch of shameless barbarians!" On the flagship, when Alfonso saw the bloodied messenger and the ten heads, he angrily threw the valuable porcelain cup in his hand, and his two blue eyes flashed with a crazy light, and he wanted to immediately order an attack on the city of Malacca.

However, although Alfonso was angry, he forced himself to calm down in the end, because he did not want to repeat Francisco's mistake, after all, the Portuguese did not have any foundation in the South Seas, and the number of troops in their hands was not large, if they really fought to the death with the Malacca, then even if they won the victory, I am afraid that they would have to suffer a lot of losses, and then he, the governor of India, would definitely have to bear some responsibility.

It is precisely because of this that Alfonso did not rush to attack Malacca City, but while sending people to check the terrain around Malacca City, he completely blocked the port of Malacca, did not allow any ships to enter or leave, and as long as he saw the ships of the Kingdom of Malacca, he would immediately open artillery and destroy them, although the Malacca people also had a navy, but their small ships could not be compared with the Portuguese at all, so they could only shrink into the port and not come out, so as not to be used as a target by others.

On the one hand, the Portuguese did not dare to organize an army to attack ashore for the time being, and on the other hand, the navy was too weak and could only put all their hopes on the land army, so the two sides were at a stalemate for a while. However, the Alfonso side clearly took the initiative in this stalemate, and it was up to him to decide when the war would start, and the Malacca could only defend passively, and with the port blockade, the previous merchant ships could not dock at the port, which made Malacca lose a lot of tax revenue every day.

Although the Malacca people were not happy, the maritime merchants who came and went were more uncomfortable than them, such as the ships that were supposed to replenish the port of Malacca, but now they could not enter the port at all, and finally had to find their own way, many of which suffered from hunger and thirst due to lack of food and fresh water.

However, the maritime merchants who were stuck in the port were even more uncomfortable, originally they just wanted to replenish the water in the port and leave, but now they were blocked in the port by the Portuguese, and people and ships could not leave, especially some merchants had signed agreements with others, and if they could not deliver the goods on time, they would have to lose a lot of money.

It is precisely because of this that from the day the Portuguese besieged the port of Malacca, merchants continued to come to the Portuguese warships in small boats, hoping to meet Alfonso and ask them to let their ships go. But Alfonso refused all the requests of these merchants, and even didn't even see those merchants at the end, after all, there was not much power behind those merchants, which was not enough to attract his attention, and he also wanted to put pressure on the Kingdom of Malacca through these merchants.

However, on the tenth day of Alfonso's siege of the port of Malacca, another merchant came to ask for a meeting, and this time it was not one or two, but a group of merchants, of course, if it was only so, it was not enough to attract Alfonso's attention, but the key was that the other party was a group of merchants of the Ming Dynasty, which made Alfonso have to pay attention, and finally decided to meet each other.

As mentioned above, Europe's understanding of the Central Plains Dynasty is mainly through Marco Polo's travels, and it just so happens that Europe is in the darkest period now, so they have a beautiful conjecture about the Central Plains Dynasty, and at the same time there is a certain awe in their hearts, after all, the Central Plains Dynasty is a country whose land area can be compared with the whole of Europe, so even if the strength of the Portuguese is the highest in Europe, they still dare not have any contempt for the Ming Dynasty. (To be continued......)