readx; For half a month, Zhu Youzhen and Charlie spent time in the farmland of Chiji City. Charlie www.biquge.info who had no chance to escape, sighed all day long, but Zhu Youzhen lived a very fulfilling life, not only figuring out the habits of many crops in the New World with the slaves who farmed, but also secretly collecting some crop seeds. He asked Li Zhenyan to sew several sachets for him, so he hid these seeds in the sachets, and he refused to leave for a while.

Because they have worked together for a long time, Zhu Youzhen is also very familiar with those slaves, and he is called a supervisor, but he is actually similar to a co-worker. When they were resting and drinking water during a break from labor, Zhu Youzhen asked them how they were arrested by the Dutch.

When I asked, I found out that these people were all "egg people" in Guangdong and Fujian. It turned out that in addition to the four registrations of Shinong Industry and Commerce, there was also a class of lowly registrations, all of which were considered cheap industries in that era, such as the "happy household" of the Qinglou woman was a kind of lowly status.

People who are in the lowly status cannot be changed from generation to generation, and are therefore born inferior. The "Da Ming Law" stipulates that untouchables cannot participate in the imperial examination or become officials, but they have to bear a heavier burden of service than civilians.

And the "egg people" are the most miserable among the untouchables, they can't even have a house, they can only live on boats, and rely on water for draft. Most of the "egg people" in Guangdong, Fujian and other places are engaged in fishing, water transportation and other work, and some of them make a living from pearl diving. Due to the unbearable oppression of the government and the convenience of going to sea, many egg farmers have fled overseas to make a living.

But life overseas is not easy, in addition to being bullied and ostracized by the locals, they are also enslaved by Western colonizers. This was the case with the egg-dwellers of the Red City, who had already taken root here to cultivate their fields, and when the Dutch came, they were all slaves, and they were miserable.

Seeing that Zhu Youzhen got along well with these slaves, Charlie still did not give up persuading Zhu Youzhen to incite them to rebel. Zhu Youzhen had to patiently tell Charlie that the supervision of farmland is especially in the city, and now rebellion can only be a dead end, and it is better to wait quietly for the opportunity.

But Charlie couldn't wait. He was afraid that he would not be able to return to England in time, resulting in the inability to inherit the throne, and he was as anxious as an ant in a hot pot every day. Finally one day, he couldn't hold his breath anymore, so he took Zhu Youzhen and Li Zhenyan straight to Captain Pete to see if there was any news from Europe or Batavia.

Captain Pete smiled and told Charlie that it would take another ten days or so for Batavia's fleet to arrive here. Fort Provencha now had no authorized officer, so he had to wait for Governor Cohen's order before he could be dealt with. Even Charlie's offer to take him to Batavia first, because it was a little closer to Europe, was rejected by Pitt without hesitation.

Charlie was disillusioned at this time, and had to hang his head and plan to leave. Zhu Youzhen's eyes were sharp, and he saw Pete playing with a white pearl in his hand.

At this moment, a bold plan was born in his mind!

After thinking about it a few times in a hurry, Zhu Youzhen felt that this plan was completely feasible, so he stopped Charlie and whispered a few words to him. Charlie was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly said to Pete: "Do you like to collect underwater treasures such as pearls and corals?" ”

Pete was really an amateur collector, and he was especially fond of pearls. Charlie told him that he had heard from the slaves who farmed that there were many reefs in the waters of the Penghu Islands, and sea mussels and corals were abundant under the reefs. In order to return to Europe as soon as possible, he was willing to lead the Dutch to collect pearls.

Pete, a greedy fellow, really fell for the trick and immediately sent a warship to escort Charlie to pearl picking. Of course, at Charlie's request, Zhu Youzhen, Li Zhenyan and those egg people were all brought on board as his assistants.

When several people re-boarded the ship and faced the vast sea, Charlie couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart. Zhu Youzhen hurriedly squeezed his eyebrows at him, which meant that he wanted him to be calm and not be seen by the Dutch.

After a while, the ship sailed, and the city became smaller and smaller, and finally disappeared on the horizon. Zhu Youzhen was still staring at it, and at the same time silently thought in his heart: Treasure Island Taiwan, I won't let you be invaded by the Dutch for too long. Maybe three years, maybe five years, and I'll be back!

The Dutch still have the old rule, imprisoning Charlie, Zhu Youzhen and Li Zhenyan in one room, while the other egg people are locked in the bilge. As soon as the hatch closed, Charlie said impatiently: "Your Royal Highness, now you can tell me about your plan!" Shall we take the ship right away? ”

Zhu Youzhen smiled slyly and said, "Charlie, your thinking is basically correct. There were too many Dutch people in Chichi, and the port was heavily guarded, so it was impossible to capture ships there. It's different now, there are less than a hundred Dutchmen on board, and there are more than a hundred of us combined, so if you launch a surprise attack, the odds will be much greater! ”

"So what are you waiting for," Charlie Ho said, "we'll rush into the bilge at once and let the man out, and then attack the cockpit!" ”

"Sit down for me!" Zhu Youzhen hurriedly covered Charlie's mouth and said, "What's the hurry!" For fear of leaking the news, I didn't tell the egg people that we were going to take the boat. Now we have to wait for the best time! ”

"What!" Charlie was furious and said, "The ship is all gone, and you are not ready?" Wait, wait, wait, when! ”

"We Chinese have a saying, 'If you want to hurry, you can't reach it.'" Zhu Youzhen had to comfort him, "Now you listen to me, I promise you, this ship will definitely take you back to England!" ”

Charlie snorted angrily, and then lay on the bed and ignored Zhu Youzhen. Zhu Youzhen didn't have time to talk nonsense with him, but meditated, on the one hand, to recuperate, and on the other hand, to go through the upcoming riot in his mind like a movie, to see if there were any loopholes.

Soon it was noon, and it was time for them to bring water to the slaves. Charlie was upset and lay on the bed and refused to get up. Zhu Youzhen was not reluctant, he glanced at Li Zhenyan, and the two of them carried the bucket from the kitchen to the bilge.

When he arrived at the door of the bilge, Zhu Youzhen nodded to the Dutch soldier who supervised him, which meant that the smell of the bilge was too bad, and he could just go in by himself.

These days, Zhu Youzhen has been honestly working as a supervisor, and he has never shown rebelliousness, and the soldiers who supervise him have long been lax. At this time, when he thought that these people didn't have weapons anyway, and they couldn't make trouble at all, he was happy to be lazy for a while, and with a wave of his hand, he let him and Li Zhenyan enter the bilge.

As soon as Zhu Youzhen entered the bilge, he asked Li Zhenyan to pay attention to the movement outside near the hatch, and immediately called a few egg people who were usually the best with him and hated the Dutch the most, and said with a frosty face: "Brothers, we are in trouble!" ”