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"Your Excellency Governor, you are truly glorious today, but what is the happy event that greets you?"

In Valen da Gama's spacious office, Li Yuanqing saw this old thing again and greeted him warmly. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Valen da Gama's old face also showed a smile like a spring breeze, "General Li, you are also in high spirits today, even better than in the past!" Unfortunately, this was our meeting before parting. ”

"Huh."

Li Yuanqing smiled: "Your Excellency, just like the old saying of our Han people, how can there be a banquet in the world?" Today's parting is for a better reunion tomorrow! I have had a very comfortable time in Manila, and I thank the Governor for his hard work! ”

Valen da Gama glanced at Li Yuanqing and couldn't help laughing.

The two exchanged pleasantries, and the aunt Filipino maid served hot coffee.

Valen da Gama smiled and said, "General Li, I wonder what specific plans your fleet has for the future?" ”

As a large fleet carrying great wealth, Li Yuanqing knew very well that it was very difficult to hide his tracks, and in this regard, he did not intend to hide it from Valen da Gama.

Otherwise, the more weak your heart is, the more you want to hide, and once you wait for the incident on Coconut Leaf Island, it is easy for the old thing Valen da Gama to think of something.

Li Yuanqing is not afraid of his revenge in person, even if there is no advantage on the sea, but the Spaniards cannot float on the sea forever, and their fat strongholds will become Li Yuanqing's prey.

However, at this time, after all, there are no transportation conditions for later generations, in case this old thing does not open his eyes, take the local Chinese in Manila to open the knife~~, that is Li Yuanqing's sin, and it must not be tolerated!

Li Yuanqing took a sip of coffee lightly and said with a smile: "Your Excellency, I am going to go to Brunei first." As you know, the final destination of my trip is the Persian Gulf. Those Muslim aristocrats are real tyrants! Brunei is a Muslim country, and I want to get used to the atmosphere early. If the trip goes well, perhaps, by the end of the year, we can meet again! ”

Valen da Gama smiled and nodded, "General Li, I really can't believe that you are the first person to go to sea!" ”

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After leaving the Governor's Palace, Li Yuanqing held a banquet in a Chinese-owned restaurant near the wharf to invite local Chinese and overseas Chinese in Manila, whether they had done business with him or not, as long as they were overseas Chinese, they were all among his invitations.

For a while, the restaurant was full of traffic near the restaurant, full of Chinese cars and horses, which attracted the attention of the surrounding whites and local Filipino maids.

At the banquet, Li Yuanqing delivered an impassioned speech.

First of all, he affirmed the hardships and efforts made by these overseas Chinese in their respective undertakings, and they are the pioneers of the Chinese nation.

Later, Li Yuanqing also personally assured that in the next few years, the Ming Dynasty, especially the southern Liaoning side, will spare no effort to continue to strengthen the development of overseas trade routes, and connect the entire Nanyang region with the mother country of the Ming Dynasty more closely and firmly.

At the same time, Li Yuanqing also personally promised that in the next three to five years, he would open a wharf base in the Nanyang region to further develop the pioneering and stable trade of Chinese.

The banquet ended in a friendly and satisfying atmosphere.

After the banquet, a group of representatives of overseas Chinese spontaneously came to the shore of the wharf to send Li Yuanqing and his fleet away.

As Li Yuanqing's boat began, sailing to the deep sea, the huge fleet was like a huge school of fish, slowly following behind Li Yuanqing's boat.

Looking at the mountains and overseas Chinese compatriots cheering like a tsunami behind him, Li Yuanqing's eyes couldn't help but moisten a little.

It's a pity that at this time, his ability is still too weak to ~~, and in a harder position, express his support for these overseas Chinese compatriots!

But ~~, the first step has been taken, and it is not far off for the Han people to take root in Nanyang!!

As the first 'bridgehead' in the South Seas, Manila's route to Brunei has long been mature.

At this time, although it has entered the storm season, the weather changes are not too big, coupled with the large size of the fleet, well-prepared, and close to the route, it is not far from the land, Li Yuanqing does not have to worry too much.

After more than half a month's voyage, the fleet arrived in Brunei at the beginning of mid-to-late June.

Brunei is a very small country, because of its port bay conditions, first occupied by the Portuguese, as a supply base along the way, in the early seventeenth century, the Spanish tentacles, also extended to this area, as with the Portuguese, to share Brunei's port dividends.

However, because Brunei is too small, the Portuguese and Spaniards do not want to make too much trouble, they have not set up a formal establishment here, and the Sultan of Wenhai is weak, and it has become the world's first batch of real free trade ports.

With the two successive stops of Macao and Manila, the officers of the Changsheng Battalion have long adapted to the rhythm of maritime trade, and as soon as the fleet arrives outside the harbor, a clipper ship enters the port first, meets with the Brunei government, and signs a trade agreement.

Although Brunei had become Muslim at this time, the people of Brunei had admired Chinese culture for a long time.

Even, in the early days of the Ming Dynasty, there was a Brunei Sultan who personally went to Nanjing to worship and died of illness in Nanjing, and the Ming Dynasty buried him in Nanjing with high regulations.

At this time, although there are many businessmen of the Ming Dynasty, Brunei as an important transit station in the South Seas, often come and go, as familiar as home, but ~~, in addition to Zheng He's trip to the West, hundreds of years have passed, this is the first time, it is the official of the Ming Dynasty, there is such a large fleet, with official etiquette, to visit Brunei.

The Sultan of Brunei did not dare to slack off, and personally took his attendants and entourage to the dock to greet Li Yuanqing and his party.

The local population structure of Brunei is 60% indigenous people, about 20% Han Chinese, and the remaining 20% are Portuguese and Spaniards, as well as some white people from various countries who live in Nanyang.

Because the Han Chinese were the main body of the trade structure, in addition to the necessary Portuguese and Spanish, Chinese was also an important official language.

Li Yuanqing and the sultan, who was not yet 30 years old, communicated in Chinese without the slightest barrier.

The Sultan of Brunei warmly invited Li Yuanqing to the palace for a banquet tonight, but Li Yuanqing refused on the grounds that he was tired from the journey, but said that tomorrow, he would officially pay a visit to His Excellency the Sultan with official etiquette.

Although the Sultan of Brunei is the king~~, but~, his actual power is probably not as appropriate as a county order of the Ming Dynasty.

Seeing that Li Yuanqing was not arrogant because he was a nobleman of the Heavenly Empire, but had a peaceful intercourse, he was also overjoyed, and immediately promised that tomorrow, he would have a banquet in the palace to invite Li Yuanqing and his party.

While the quartermaster went ashore to purchase fresh vegetables, fruits, meat, and fresh water, Li Yuanqing, Zhang Baozhu and other wives and concubines, as well as more than a dozen major officers, came to a viewing platform at the wharf and looked at the entire port with great interest.

Zhang Baozhu and the female children all went to the top of the observation deck to watch the scenery, while Li Yuanqing took a dozen officers to the seaside of the pier and watched the entire layout and structure.

Junzi smiled: "This damn Macau and Manila, there are so many forts by the port, and when I came to this Brunei at dusk, I couldn't see a few forts, which is really uncomfortable!" ”

Xu Heizi smiled: "Shunzi, you kid is really cheap!" How? If you don't feel bad when you don't get pointed at the swarthy muzzle, do you feel uncomfortable? ”

Shunzi said unhappily: "Hei Ye, don't say it, don't be pointed at by the swarthy muzzle, tonight, I'm afraid that even if I sleep, I can't sleep with her!" ”

The officers around him couldn't help but laugh.

Li Yuanqing smiled slowly at this time: "Brunei is a good place!" Here, we must do our best to erect the majesty of our great tomorrow dynasty! Tonight, everyone is working hard, so let's give the sons and daughters a half-day off! Remember, it's okay to drink, but don't make trouble! ”

"Yes!"

All the generals couldn't help but be overjoyed!

After arranging the defense and sending off the generals, Li Yuanqing came to his wives and concubines, and invited them to a restaurant on the shore with a smile.

Zhang Baozhu smiled: "Yuanqing, tomorrow." I've been on this boat for almost a month, and I'm still a little dizzy. Wait for everyone to rest tomorrow and get acquainted with it, and then go to the dock to find a better restaurant, and everyone will have a good meal together. ”

Zhang Yunniang, Qu Minqiu, Yang Jiao~ Niang is not there, Zhang Baozhu is the main palace that does not give way, she spoke, even Ren Yinger and Wan'er, and they will never dare to refute easily.

Not to mention such a trivial matter.

Even if Zhao Mei really wanted to go ashore tonight to see the freshness, she could only endure her little temperament and endure it for the time being.

However, he glanced at Li Yuanqing with great resentment.

Li Yuanqing smiled, but didn't bother to pay attention to her.

This little girl's temperament still has to be sharpened!

Li Yuanqing's personal quartermaster quickly purchased a large number of fresh ingredients for Li Yuanqing's ship, and the firefighters had already prepared it, and soon packed up a sumptuous meal.

accompanied his wives and concubines to have a beautiful dinner, went to Wan'er's room, loved him, and paid the public grain, but Li Yuanqing did not stay in Wan'er's room, but changed to a small boat and quietly came to the rear of the fleet, a seemingly inconspicuous big ship.

This big ship is generally regulated with Li Yuanqing's big ship, but in terms of decoration style, it has to be a lot simpler, and from the appearance, it is very ordinary.

But this is another core of Li Yuanqing's fleet.

This ship is loaded with a large amount of medicine, and at the same time, it is also the residence of more than 100 female escorts.

Due to the lack of medical talents on Changsheng Island, Li Yuanqing's talent ratio for the fleet is that for every ten ships, there must be one doctor and two female escorts to deal with emergencies at any time.

But even so, there is still a serious shortage of medical staff.

Fortunately, the military discipline of the Changsheng Camp is strict, and from the beginning of the army, the health system is the top priority, and Li Yuanqing is well prepared and never spares the food conditions of his sons.

Along the way, there were not too many abnormalities in the children's bodies, even the fever and cold were rare, and the female guards did not have much use.

At this time, it was already more than ten o'clock in the evening, and most of the rest of the people had already fallen asleep, except for a few soldiers and female guards on duty at night.

Seeing Li Yuanqing coming, several people hurriedly saluted respectfully.

Li Yuanqing waved his hand and glanced at a female guard.

The female escort general understood the moment, hurriedly walked in front of Li Yuanqing, and said in a respectful whisper: "General, please come with me." ”

Due to the difference between men and women, coupled with the preciousness of female guards, their treatment is also extremely high.

Female guards who do not have a military rank will enjoy the treatment of a commander at the very least, and those who have meritorious services and official positions will basically be promoted to the next level.

The female guard is the general manager, which is equivalent to the total treatment of the soldiers.

Before, there were still people in the army who were dissatisfied with this, but with Li Yuanqing's strong methods, they were quickly suppressed, and they could no longer stir up a trace of turmoil.

Like Li Yuanqing's ship, the top cabin is the residence of the guards, the bottom cabin is the residence of the sailors, and the best position in the middle cabin is the residence of the female guards.

At this time, it was already late at night, most people had already fallen asleep, and the corridor was very quiet, and it was full of the unique fragrance of the 'girls' dormitory, and Li Yuanqing was also a little relaxed.

The female escort led the general Li Yuanqing to the innermost cabin, and said in a low voice: "General, that Persian cat and fox are inside." ”

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