Pan Xiu followed a few cavalrymen and slowly walked towards Magong Town.

The cavalry was extremely cold to him, and they knew the crimes of the Dutchmen.

As a group of barbarians who dared to kill so many Ming people, and this merchant was still in a state of panic to mingle with them, it was obvious that he was not a good thing either.

Although they could get a horse from the other cavalry for him to ride, they didn't do so, just let him follow them slowly towards Magong Town.

For the hostility of these cavalry, Pan Xiu felt it immediately.

This made him even more worried about whether he would be killed by them.

So he behaved more carefully, lest he anger the cavalrymen.

Not long after, a cavalry rode straight from the direction of Magong Town, came to this cavalry team, and then whispered to one of the cavalrymen at the head.

"Your Excellency orders you to find a way to delay a little longer."

"Procrastinating?"

The cavalry leader whispered.

The cavalryman nodded.

The leader of the cavalry nodded knowingly, and then said to Pan Xiu: "My lord asked me to ask you some questions, who is your name?" Why are you mixed up with those barbarians who have plagued my people? ”

Pan Xiu had some doubts in his heart about what they said to avoid him, but he remained silent on the surface.

"The little one's name is Pan Xiu, he is a merchant in Quanzhou Prefecture, and he doesn't have much to do with those Hongyi, but he met those Hongyi when he went to Batavia to do business, and then he was invited by them to be a translator."

"What did those Hongyi ask you to do with us?"

The cavalryman continued.

"General Rayson, the leader of those Red Yi, asked me to greet the prince on his behalf, and at the same time ask if there was any misunderstanding and why they attacked their warship."

Pan Xiu struggled to squeeze a flattering smile out of her face.

Hearing this, those cavalrymen couldn't help but sneer.

Misunderstand? Killed so many Chinese and said that they misunderstood!

"Misunderstanding? What can be misunderstood? But you don't have long eyes to do things for the red-haired fan, it's really a crime that deserves death. Don't you know how many Ming people those red-haired people killed? ”

The cavalryman said angrily.

"This ......"

Pan Xiu felt a little wrong, and soon his face changed and he said extremely angrily: "Actually, I was forced, and those red-haired people said that if I didn't come, they would kill me." You don't know, in fact, I am in Cao Ying, and my heart is in Han. I was also very angry when I saw those red-haired people kill my Ming fishermen, but I ......"

Before he finished speaking, the cavalry leader drew his horsewhip and whipped it towards Pan Xiu.

"It's true that we are fools, and we are still in Cao Ying's heart in Han."

The cavalryman said with a sneer on his face as he whipped him.

Since it was summer, Pan Xiu was wearing very few clothes.

Therefore, Pan Xiu was quickly pumped to the point that he was covered in blood, and Pan Xiu screamed.

"My lord, spare my life, I didn't do anything for those Hongyi, I just worked as a translator. I'd like to tell you all about Hongyi. ”

Pan Xiu shouted loudly while wailing.

But the cavalryman didn't pay any attention to him, just kept whipping him.

The other cavalry wondered why the leader had suddenly become so tyrannical, but they had no intention of stopping the merchant because they had long been displeased with the merchant.

Seeing that this cavalryman did not show the slightest sign of stopping, this scared Pan Xiu to death, he should not have sucked him to death.

So he was so frightened that he hurriedly lay on the ground and begged for mercy.

The cavalryman seemed to feel that he couldn't get enough of whipping, so he got off his horse and kicked him in the leg several times, until Pan Xiu fell to the ground in pain and couldn't get up for a long time.

"Tell me honestly, did those Hongyi order you to assassinate our prince?"

The cavalryman from Magong Town asked.

"No, conscience of heaven and earth, do you think I look like an assassin?"

Pan Xiu said with a look of injustice.

"I look like it, give me a search to see if there are any sharp weapons."

The cavalry leader said.

Soon cavalry came to search him, and they searched him very carefully.

The two horsemen quietly exchanged glances, secretly praising each other for a good job.

After seeing that no sharp weapons were found, the horseman said, "You take him to Magong Town, and the lord will wait to see him, and I will go back to the lord first." ”

After saying that, he said goodbye and left, and reported to Lu Yanyu.

As for Pan Xiu, he could only follow those cavalry and continue to move slowly towards Magong Town, because the cavalry just now used too much force.

Pan Xiu felt as if his calf had been kicked off, he could only endure the stinging pain in his leg, and limped towards Magong Town, fortunately, those cavalry did not urge him, otherwise he didn't know how much he would have suffered.

Although he was not far from Magong Town, the distance to Magong Town was already two quarters of an hour later.

At this time, he was already sweating profusely in pain, and he looked into his calf and found that his calf was very swollen.

This made him so angry that he scolded the cavalryman in his heart, and wished that lightning would fall from the sky and chop him to death.

But now that he is in the tiger's den, he can only force himself to swallow this breath.

After entering the town, he remembered Gao Wenjin's explanation, so he looked around and observed the soldiers in the town.

Soon he found many men shirtless, leaning against the corners of houses or trees, swords, guns and shields thrown aside.

A dozen or so soldiers gathered together, gambling with a dice, and let out bursts of exclamations from time to time.

Seeing this, Pan Xiu couldn't help but feel disdainful, it was really worthy of a group of rebels, and it was no wonder that he was not exterminated by the Ming Dynasty like this.

The cavalry led him to the front of a large mansion, and in front of this mansion stood two rows of tower-like men, all shirtless, with bronze muscles on their upper bodies.

They all glared at Pan Xiu angrily, and they also resisted a big knife on their shoulders, which scared Pan Xiu so much that his legs and feet were weak, for fear that one of them would accidentally cut down the big knife and take his life.

Pan Xiuzhan trembled and followed a soldier from the courtyard to the inside, the discipline of the soldiers in the courtyard was much better than outside, at least they were well dressed, holding steel knives and spears in their hands, and they were just chatting quietly.

After seeing Pan Xiu and the soldier, he let them go in without even interrogating them.

Upon entering a living room, he found a young man drinking wine at a table with a middle-aged scribe.

Next to them stood two big men, two of whom looked extremely strong.

He looked at him vigilantly, and at the same time put one hand on the handle of the knife, like a tiger trying to choose a man to devour.

The middle-aged scribe gave Pan Xiu a gentle smile when he saw him, which made Pan Xiu's frightened mood much better.

"When you see us, King Qin still doesn't kneel!"

The person who came in with Pan Xiu immediately kicked Pan Xiu unceremoniously, causing Pan Xiu to cry out again in pain.

Since taking on this task, his legs have been unlucky.

However, Pan Xiu was also surprised, he didn't expect Lu Yan to come in person, it seems that this matter is not simple.

After kneeling, Pan Xiu hurriedly kowtowed three times, and then said with a flattering face: "The grass man Pan Xiu has seen the King of Qin, I wish the King of Qin all the best and defeat the Ming army as soon as possible." ”

Lu Yan put down the wine bowl in his hand, glanced at him lightly, and then said, "I can't see that you are quite good at talking, let's say, what do those Hongyi let you do." ”

"General Relsen of Holland sent me to greet you, and he said that there was any misunderstanding between our two families, and why did you attack them, my lord. He very much hopes that he can make friends with the prince and make a fortune together in the future. ”

Pan Xiu said with a smile.

"Make friends and make a fortune together?"

Hearing this, Lu Yan couldn't help but sneer.

"Those barbarians actually dared to kill my Ming people, and they still have the face to say what kind of misunderstanding."

"General Rayson has actually always admired my Celestial Empire, and very much hopes to exchange markets with the Ming Dynasty. He was just a little anxious, hoping that my Celestial Empire could let the adults ignore the villains and let them go. ”

Pan Xiu said respectfully.

He couldn't be clearer about the psychology of the Ming officials, even if those barbarians made some mistakes, as long as they admit their mistakes and then compensate them a little, the Ming Dynasty will forgive them.

Because the Ming Dynasty will think that it is normal for barbarians to know how to count etiquette and only know how to smash and rob and burn.

For example, when Zheng He's fleet arrived in Jawa, Indonesia, two local Muslim indigenous groups were fighting.

The natives from West Java actually killed 170 crew members of Zheng He's fleet, and the crew of Zheng He's fleet at that time was very angry and demanded that the damned natives be eliminated and avenge their robes.

With the strength of Zheng He's fleet and the world's first fleet, it is definitely a matter of minutes to eliminate this native.

But Zheng He refused, and only sent someone to negotiate with the natives.

Later, Zhu Di also appreciated Zheng He's behavior of taking the overall situation into account, and only asked the natives to pay 60,000 taels of gold.

In the end, the natives only paid 10,000 taels of gold, and the matter was over.

In fact, Lu Yan always thought that Zheng He had great selfishness in this matter, because he had a common identity with the natives, and completely ignored the death of his robe.

In fact, Zheng He did a lot of selfish things in the process of going to the West.

For example, in Sriwijaya (later changed to Old Port), when the king had been booby-trapped by Jawa, the famous pirates Chen Zuyi and Liang Daoming supported one person at the same time.

Chen Zuyi and Liang Daoming each sent their sons Chen Shiliang and Liang Guanzheng to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty.

But after Zheng He's fleet came to Srivijaya, he chose Liang Daoming.

Because Liang Daoming's deputy Shi Jinqing came to intercede in person, Shi Guoqing and he also have the same identity.

According to the records of Zheng He's deputy Ma Huan, Zheng He took the initiative to attack Chen Zuyi at that time.

The powerful Zheng He's fleet wiped out Chen Zuyi's fleet like a machete cutting vegetables.

It was not Chen Zuyi in the "History of the Ming Dynasty" and "Ming Chengzu Record" that Chen Zuyi surrendered by fraud at all, and Zheng He's fleet was forced to eliminate Chen Zuyi out of desperation.

In other words, Zheng He lied about this matter.

After eliminating Chen Zuyi, that Shi Jinqing was appointed as the ambassador of the old port, and the original Liang Daoming did not know what to do.

Therefore, Lu Yan always thought that Zheng He was too selfish, and he did not put the interests of Daming in the first place at all.

It was precisely because of the Ming Dynasty's connivance with the barbarians that Pan Xiu believed that Lu Yan would definitely let these Dutchmen go in order to show the magnanimity of the Celestial Empire.

Jia Xu shook the paper fan and smiled silently,

Lu Yan also smiled slightly: "Even if you admire my Heavenly Empire, you can't kill my Ming people without permission, but for his sake, it is an unintentional mistake, so let's do it, and the dead people will be compensated 500 taels of silver each." Recently, I have been raising the army to serve the king, and the military needs are a little insufficient, so let those Dutch donate 300,000 taels. ”

Hearing this, Pan Xiu couldn't help but be shocked by Lu Yan's lion's big mouth.

He even opened his mouth to ask the Dutch for 300,000 taels of silver, and he really dared to ask for it.

Moreover, a fisherman will ask for 500 taels of silver in compensation, and he estimates that Lu Yan also wants to deduct from it, a fisherman is just worth so much money.

What a money-grubbing man!

Pan Xiu, who was originally a little angry because he was beaten, despised Lu Yan even more now.

"This ...... I'll have to go back and ask General Relsen about this. ”

Pan Xiu thought for a while and said.

"Then get out of here, and if they don't agree to my terms, I'll send troops to kill them. A group of barbarians dare to offend me. ”

Lu Yan said coldly.

Pan Xiu hurriedly confessed, and then left here in embarrassment.

After Pan Xiu left, Lu Yan said to Jia Xu: "Military advisor, do you think they will be fooled?" ”

"I think it's likely!"

Jia Xu smiled slightly.

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After Pan Xiu returned to the fortress, he told Rayson and Gao Wenjin everything he encountered, especially the barbarism of those cavalry and the greed of Lu Yan, and he painted it even more vigorously.

Raison and Gao Wenjin listened very carefully, and asked questions from time to time.

And Pan Xiu also tried his best to recall and answer one by one.

Raison and Gao Wenjin listened to his report, but their eyes became brighter and brighter.

"Your Excellency, I think they are simply a bunch of barbarians, maybe we can beat these people to the ground with just one charge."

Gao Wenjin said to Raelson.

Raelsen also deeply agrees with this, and he himself greatly despises the natives of the Ming Dynasty.

It's just that because of the appearance of those fleets, he feels a little worried about whether this indigenous army is very backward after all.

And as the supreme military commander of these people, he felt that he still had to be cautious.

"How many of them were armed with bows, crossbows, muskets and artillery."

Raelson continued.

"Only those cavalrymen with cavalry bows, muskets and artillery were not seen."

Pan Xiu thought for a while and said.

In order to appease the hearts of those Dutchmen, Lu Yan deliberately hid all the weapons that threatened the muskets.

Hearing this, Lei Ersheng and Gao Wenjin were overjoyed.

"Your Excellency, let me take the soldiers on a trip. Give me five hundred soldiers, no, four hundred, and I promise to capture the pirate leader alive, and then hand over those ships to you. ”

Gao Wenjin said to Raelson with an eager face.

Raelsheng is also very excited, if he can capture that pirate leader alive and then use him to exchange for those sea ships, then it will be a lot of money.

Even if there are no such powerful warships in the whole of Europe, if they have these warships, they will definitely be able to dominate the entire South Seas, and even capture Macao will be easy.

But reason told him that he couldn't just believe Pan Xiu's words.

He thought for a while and said, "Later, you and Pan Xiu will go there in the name of negotiation, and if things are really as he said, we will kill them and teach these natives a hard lesson." ”

"Yes, Your Excellency."

Gao Wenjin said excitedly.

Hearing this, Pan Xiu couldn't help but have a bitter face.

After going to Magong Town, he had already lost half of his life, and if he went again, he would not be alive.

Although he refused again and again, there was no room for resistance under the coercion and temptation of Raison and Gao Wenjin, and in the end he could only reluctantly agree.