Originally, according to the agreement between the Grand Imam and the Ming Dynasty, as long as the Ming Dynasty was willing to send troops, then the old port would be under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty, which was a good thing for both the Ming Dynasty and the Han people in the old port, and the Ming Dynasty increased the land and population, and the old port also found a strong backing, and no longer had to worry about being invaded by others.

However, under the above premise, the Grand Imam also agreed to several additional conditions, that is, to return the land and property of the Lu family and other families that had been encroached upon decades ago, and to demolish the mosque built on the Lu family's old house and restore it to the original mansion. Originally, this was an understandable matter, and after Qu Lie took over the defense of the old port, he also felt that this matter was not a difficult matter, so after he became familiar with the defense of the old port, he brought the Grand Imam and Qiu Ju to discuss this matter.

"General Qu, there is nothing to return the Lu family's land and property, I can make the decision on this point, but the old houses of the Lu family have been converted into mosques by us, especially the mosque in the Lu family's old house, which has become the largest mosque in the old port, if it is demolished, I am afraid it will cause panic and anger among the people of the old port, which will lead to something bad happening, so please forgive the general!" Qiu Ju stepped forward and saluted Qu Lie, with a pleading expression.

"Oh, so according to what you mean, you don't want to comply with the conditions you promised?" Qu Lie's face changed after hearing this, and his eyes stared at Qiu Judao coldly, although the status of the generals of the Ming Dynasty is not high, but in this overseas land, their Ming Dynasty has always been the overlord here, especially after defeating the Portuguese last time, Qu Lie, these Ming generals are arrogant, and this is the first time that they dare to play tricks in front of him.

"The general misunderstood. We're not trying to break our word and get fat. Rather, there is another remedy. For example, we can convert their houses into money and pay them compensation, or we can build the same house in other parts of the Old Port and give it to them, even if it is double the compensation, but the mosque really can't be demolished! Qiu Ju said pleading at this time, as a Muslim, he could not watch others demolish the mosque in use.

Speaking of which, Qiu Ju's offer to double the compensation is enough to show his sincerity. If it were Tang Bohu, I am afraid that he would think about it seriously, and might even help them persuade Lu Lao to them. But Qiu Ju forgot one thing, the Qu Lie in front of him was a military general, and he had always carried out the orders issued from above, so Qiu Ju told him that these were completely the wrong target.

"Hmph, I don't care what your idea is, and I don't care how you want to compensate, when General Ben came, he only received two military orders, the first is to aid the old port. The second is to supervise the return of the property of the Lu family and other families, and to demolish the mosques built on the old houses of the Lu family. Now that I have completed the first order, then I will complete the second order, I will give you seven days, and after seven days, if you are not willing to demolish the mosque, then don't blame me for my merciless fire! Qu Lie flicked his sleeves after speaking, snorted coldly and turned around and left.

"This ...... ......Seeing that Qu Lie was so unreasonable, Qiu Ju was also a little at a loss for a while, originally in his opinion, he had shown enough sincerity, even if Qu Lie didn't agree, he didn't have to refuse so ruthlessly, right?

"Ahem~, Qiu Ju, this General Qu will not agree to your request, now what we have to do is to rush to the port of Malacca as soon as possible, and then persuade that Lord Tang and the Lu family, otherwise after seven days, the other party is likely to bombard the mosque, and then there will really be no room for recovery!"

I saw that the great imam who had been sitting there without speaking, suddenly coughed a few times and said, the great imam is not young, the last trip to Malacca has caused him to lose a lot of energy, this time he came back on Qu Lie's warship, and he was infected with wind and cold on the way, which made his figure very bad, and he coughed constantly every day.

Hearing the words of the Grand Imam, Qiu Ju was also surprised, although he had not been in contact with Qu Lie for a long time, he also knew that the other party was a hot character, and what he said definitely counted, since he dared to say that he would bombard the mosque, he would definitely dare to do it.

Thinking of this, Qiu Ju didn't dare to delay any longer, and immediately stood up and saluted the Grand Imam, "Grand Imam, you have been wronged last time, so let me go in person this time, as for the things on the old port, I will bother you more!" ”

Although the Grand Imam is Qiu Ju's third grandfather, on such a formal occasion, Qiu Ju can only address the other party's position, and in the entire old port, only himself, the third grandfather, has enough prestige to suppress everyone.

"Ahem~, you go, but you must remember that we were sorry for the Lu family and other families at the beginning, so you will be sneered at by them when you go, but you must be patient!" The Grand Imam coughed a few times again and nodded and advised, he also attached great importance to his grandchild, and even decided to hand over the position of Grand Imam to Qiu Ju to inherit after his death.

Coincidentally, if you take a fast boat from the old port to Malacca, it will take three days, and one back and forth is six days, Qu Lie gave Qiu Ju seven days, that is, he still has one day to convince Tang Bohu and the Lu family, of course, if you think about it further, you may find something more interesting.

Time passed quickly, six days passed in a blink of an eye, but there was no news about Qiu Ju who went to Malacca, but the news that Qu Lie was going to demolish some mosques in the old port has already spread, especially the big mosque in the old mansion of the Lu family, which is known as the first mosque in the old port, and even in the entire Nanyang area, it is difficult to find a larger temple than this mosque.

Although the Muslims of the Old Port also know that the construction process of this mosque is not very glorious, they still insist that this mosque should not be demolished, and it is a big deal that they donate most of their family wealth to compensate the Lu family, after all, this mosque is their spiritual sustenance, if it is demolished, it will not only be disrespectful to Allah, but also a huge blow to the Muslims of the Old Port, so they absolutely do not allow this kind of thing to happen.

It is for this reason that on the last day of the seven-day period, all the Muslims of the Old Port took action, formed a procession under the arrangement of the Imam, and then went to the mosques that were about to be demolished, and surrounded them by a human wall to protect their spiritual faith.

These Muslims know very well that if they use force, they are no match for the Ming army at all, even if they are more than ten times the number of the other party, and they don't want to fight their saviors, so they can only use this passive method, men and women form a long human wall, with their own flesh and blood to protect the mosque.

Qu Lie took all the Ming soldiers under his command to the mosque built on the old mansion of the Lu family, these soldiers are all fully armed, the musketeers on both sides have been loaded with gunpowder, and the pikemen and archers in the middle are also ready, as long as the commander gives an order, they will rush forward to demolish this large-scale mosque, if anyone dares to stop it, then they can only treat the other party as an enemy.

"Grand Imam, hurry up and let these Muslims retreat, otherwise you will be injured by mistake when demolishing the mosque in a while, and you will not be able to blame General Ben!" When Qu Lie saw the Grand Imam sitting in front of the gate of the mosque, he immediately shouted loudly, although Qu Lie didn't mind killing people, but in the current situation, it was best to let them retreat by themselves.

"Qu ...... General Qu, I'm afraid the old man is going to break his promise this time, this ...... This mosque is the brainchild of all Muslims in Old Port, if you let it be demolished, I am afraid that it will immediately arouse the wrath of Allah, and Qiu Ju has already gone to Malacca City to discuss with the Tang Governor, and should be back soon, and there is still some time before the deadline we agreed, so ...... So please be considerate of General Qu! The Grand Imam said in a hoarse voice, although only a few words had already made him tired and out of breath, and his face was also very bad, it seemed that the previous illness was not only not better, but also had a tendency to worsen.

Qu Lie stared at the Grand Sect Leader with a murderous face for a long time, and in the face of this dying old man, he seemed to have a trace of compassion, and finally nodded and said, "Okay!" It's true that there is still a period of time before the original agreement, so I'll wait, but if Qiu Ju hasn't come back by then, then don't blame me for being rude! ”

After Qu Lie finished speaking, he turned around and returned to the military formation, but when his figure was blocked by the soldiers, the iceberg-like expression on his face immediately became very anxious, and at the same time, he said with words in his mouth: "Qiu Ju, Qiu Ju, why don't you come back, if you don't come back, General Ben will be forced to be a villain for a while!" ”

The reason why Qu Lie rejected Qiu Ju's proposal and insisted on demolishing the mosque was not just to carry out the orders of the previous expedition, but to have another layer of deeper intentions, which is also simple, that is, to show authority to the Muslims in the old port, so as to facilitate the management of this place in the future, after all, there are nearly 100,000 Muslims in the entire old port, and they have been separated from the Ming Dynasty for tens of hundreds of years, and they are also very fanatical about religious beliefs, and want to rule these people. It is not enough to help in times of crisis, but to be gracious.

It is precisely because of this that Qu Lie behaved so old-fashioned before, regardless of the demolition of the mosque, and even the use of force, in order to let the Muslims of the old port know that although the Ming Dynasty was merciful to the Han people overseas, the Ming army had enough strength to destroy those who dared to go against the will of the Ming Dynasty. (To be continued......)