Chapter 230: See Massacre Again

When Ferrando followed the ocean-going trade fleet far away with three warships, Wang Tongxu quickly noticed it, and stood on the deck and observed it with a telescope for a long time, and he felt a chill flood from the bottom of his heart.

Only three ships followed, and the other one must have gone back to Manila to report and move the rescue troops, what is the intention of the Greater Luzonians? Do you want to give up chasing Zheng Qingyuan? Or are you planning to rob their fleet and kill people? Whatever their intentions, they would be devastating for the fleet, and in such a situation, the fleet could not deviate from the main course.

After pondering for a long time, Wang Tongxu ordered: "Inform the fleet to return the same way, and send a small boat to pick up the leader on the red-headed boat." ”

The steward Xu Yunliang was surprised, and asked hesitantly, "Don't you want to replenish fresh water and grain?" ”

Slowly shaking his head, Wang Tongxu said with a solemn face: "The three warships followed behind, they were not at all uneasy and kind, this sea area, we are not familiar with each other, so we can't leave the main channel, now is the peak season for sea trade, there are many ships going to Manila to trade, we don't leave the main channel, as long as we meet the fleet, there is a glimmer of life." ”

"Isn't that resigned to fate?" Xu Yunliang lost his voice.

Wang Tongxu said coldly: "Out of the main channel, I don't even have a chance to resign myself to fate." ”

Xu Yunliang suddenly felt a cold behind him, and muttered: "Dare to rob our Great Qing trading fleet, don't they plan to do business in the Great Qing Dynasty?" ”

"There are so many pirates in the South Seas, and their hands and feet are clean, who knows they did it?" After Wang Tongxu finished speaking, he stopped speaking, looking at the sea and looking at the flustering concentration, here is more than 100 miles away from the port of Manila, and the round trip is more than 200 miles, the speed of the sail warship is fast, a round trip is only three hours, plus the preparation time, it is estimated that it will take four or five hours to reach the entrance of Manila Bay.

The fleet is full of merchant ships, the speed is only half of the opponent's, it is estimated that it will take a day to catch up, if they can meet the larger fleet in this day, they may still be saved, if they do not meet the fleet, but it will be more auspicious.

Zheng Qingyuan, who escaped death, soon boarded the treasure ship Pu 05, and Wang Tongxu did not dare to slack off on the third-class guard of the fourteenth master, and personally took Steward Xu to greet him on the deck.

As soon as Zheng Qingyuan got on the deck, he bowed down and said, "Today, thanks to the Wang Dongjia, the grace of saving his life, Qingyuan remembers it in his heart, and he doesn't dare to forget it." ”

Seeing that he thanked him so cautiously, Wang Tongxu hurriedly replied with a salute and said, "Lord Zheng, don't dare to take this word seriously, there are more places for the fleet to rely on the navy in the future, Lord Zheng must not see outside." As he spoke, he bowed and stretched out his hand to give in: "Lord Zheng, please, the grass people let people set up a table in the cabin, and they will be shocked for you, please." ”

"That being the case, everyone should not see outside, Wang Dongjia called me Qingyuan." Zheng Qingyuan said casually.

The two of them entered the cabin, and after the guests of honor were seated, Zheng Qingyuan said straight to the point: "Wang Dongjia, the three warships of the Spaniards are following us from afar, obviously going back to move the rescue troops, intending to kill people and destroy their mouths, so as not to cut off the trade route, in this regard, Wang Dongjia has a good plan?" ”

Wang Tongxu nodded and asked in a deep voice: "What happened in Manila, can you tell me one or two?" ”

"Massacre, massacre" Zheng Qingyuan sighed, and said with a painful expression: "This massacre is all because of me, I developed my power in Manila, but I didn't expect that it was a hundred responses, in just half a year, it quickly developed nearly a thousand people, and the result was not secret, causing the Spanish authorities to retaliate frantically, I was fortunately not in the manor, and I took hundreds of brothers to rob three boats when I heard the news. ”

As soon as he heard that it was the massacre caused by Zheng Qingyuan, Wang Tongxu was suddenly shocked into a cold sweat, fortunately he met Zheng Qingyuan and them, otherwise, when he entered Manila at this juncture, the people of Greater Luzon were red-eyed, and they would definitely not let them go, and he sighed lightly: "As the old saying goes, saving others is saving yourself, if you don't escape today, this fleet will also suffer a catastrophe when it enters Manila."

Since the people of Greater Luzon are planning to kill people and block the news of the massacre, we still have a glimmer of life, and the current situation can only be safe if we return to the nearest Macao, but it will take at least ten days, and the fresh water and food on the ship are not enough to support the return needs. ”

"Throw away all the cargo on the ship, so that the ship can go a lot faster." Zheng Qingyuan thought for a moment and said: "First, to reduce the time of return, and second, it is not easy for the Spaniards to catch up with us." ”

Throwing away? The muscles on Wang Tongxu's face twitched, the ship was loaded with cotton, raw silk, and silk, and the loss was gone, that is, he returned to Shanghai alive, how to explain to Zhang Yuanlong?

"Don't worry, as long as I can go back alive, I will explain to the Fourteenth Master." Zheng Qingyuan knew that these businessmen regarded money as more important than life, so he said in a deep voice: "If the Fourteenth Master does not compensate, my Zheng family will accompany you, hundreds of thousands of silver, and my Zheng family will still take it out." ”

Wang Tongxu glanced at him, your Zheng family is rich, but you are a young man, and you are qualified to call the shots? However, with the character and net worth of the Fourteenth Master, he will not embarrass them, besides, at the moment, it is important to save his life, and he can't take care of a lot, and if he doesn't throw away these goods, he will also cheapen those people in Greater Luzon for nothing.

After settling down, Wang Tongxu walked out of the cabin and ordered loudly: "Order all ships, except for raw silk and silk to be left behind, and all other goods will be thrown away, and all losses will be compensated by the Fourteenth Master." ”

Manila Governor's Palace.

After listening to the report of Commodore Angel, the commander of the Far East Fleet of the Navy, Duke Mai Ruoting, couldn't help but be annoyed, and knocked on the table without any gentlemanly demeanor: "General Angel, the four sail warships of the Empire were intercepted by three small sampans that were powerless, and there were also batteries on Tadpole Island to intercept them, and one of them was escaped, can you tell me, what happened?" ”。

Angel glanced at Governor Mai Ruoting, who was dressed in a gorgeous dress but fat as a pig, and said in a deep voice: "Your Excellency, this is not the time to hold accountable. If the biological flotilla were to return to the sea, no ship would dare to come to Manila this year. ”

Duke Mai Ruoting snorted coldly in dissatisfaction, he didn't know the consequences, after each massacre, Manila had to be frozen for two or three years, and then it would slowly recover, if it was an ordinary fleet, he didn't have to scruple at all, but he had to think carefully about the Qing ocean-going trade fleet.

Since the fourteenth prince of the Great Qing Dynasty, who founded this fleet, dared to monopolize the export of cotton cloth and raw silk, he was naturally a powerful figure, and if the news of his fleet was leaked, it was likely that the trade in the Far East would be cut off from now on.

However, let Manila freeze for two or three years, he is also unacceptable, not three years, two years without trade, he, the governor, has to be replaced, weighed for a long time, he asked: "Are you sure not to let the news leak out?" ”

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