Chapter 231 Shanghai Qinglou

When Angel heard this, his heart was overjoyed, the opportunity to make a fortune had come, the Qing Ocean Trade Fleet was not an ordinary merchant fleet, and the main goods sold were cotton, raw silk, silk and the like, which was well known, and he said happily: "Your Excellency the Governor, the Imperial Fleet has forty-two large and small warships, and it will never let a single merchant ship escape." ”

"You should know what the consequences of leaking the news are, and I hope it won't disappoint me again this time." Duke Mairodin said expressionlessly: "If you are not sure, withdraw immediately, Manila cannot live without cotton and raw silk." ”

"Your Excellency, Your Excellency." Angel stood up and gave a beautiful military salute.

After Angel left, Mai Ruoting walked to the window and looked at the beautiful scenery of Manila, this city would be unimaginable if there were no biological people, but these biological people in Manila also made him very sad.

He had never been able to understand why those biological people were not afraid to kill, the empire had ruled this land for more than a hundred and twenty years, and four or five massacres had been carried out against biological people. But these biological people always recover quickly, and they are really an indomitable and tenacious people.

In order to maintain the dominance of the empire, the successive governors can be said to have exhausted all means against the biological people, forcing them to change their religious beliefs, engaging in the Kapitan system, using the biological people to manage the biological people, provoking the relationship between the local natives and the biological people, and encouraging the intermarriage between the biological people and the natives, but the effect does not seem to be great.

It's only been peaceful for many years, and there are even biological people who secretly link up and plot rebellion, which really makes him exhausted.

Captain Ferrando, who was following behind the Qing ocean-going trading fleet, soon found a large amount of cargo floating on the sea, and he couldn't help but be shocked, these merchants were really decisive enough, and even threw away all the goods, and fled as fast as possible, he was very worried while feeling sorry for the goods.

Without the cargo, the speed of the fleet will be greatly increased, and it will take more time for the fleets behind to catch up, looking at the cargo floating in the sea, Ferrando not only secretly cursed, these damn biological people, actually threw silver into the sea.

The sky gradually darkened, and on the Pu 05 treasure ship, Zheng Qingyuan and Wang Tongxu stood on the back deck, looking at the dark sea and were silent, and after a while, Zheng Qingyuan said: "I'm not familiar with sea navigation, but the other party will follow us with three ships, let's change the course, can't we get rid of them?" ”

Wang Tongxu stomped his feet and said with a smile: "It's useless, we don't have enough supplies, this is common sense, the other party knows this very well, if the supplies are sufficient, change the course three times, you can easily get rid of them, but we are not enough to supply, we don't dare to change the course easily,

There are two ways to survive in front of us, one is to go north and look for port supplies along Luzon, and the other is to return along the main waterway, encountering a fleet of ships on the way and getting supplies.

If we go north along Luzon to find port supplies, we will not have a chance to survive at all, the other side is much faster than us, and we will not be able to escape no matter what. Now is the peak season for maritime trade, and the opportunity to return along the main channel is much greater. ”

"What if we divide into two or three ways?" Zheng Qingyuan asked unwillingly.

"Three-way definitely won't work." Wang Tongxu patiently explained: "Twenty fleets sail in the South China Sea, and that is the meat sent to the pirates' mouths. The soldiers are divided into two ways, and the other party will naturally chase them in two ways, which is also no chance. ”

Hearing these words, Zheng Qingyuan couldn't help but be greatly frustrated, "Is there no way, just waiting for the other party's reinforcements to come up and eat us?" ”

"Not necessarily." Wang Tongxu showed a smile on his face, "As long as the other party throws a mouse trap, we still have a chance?" ”

The next day, as soon as it was dawn, Captain Ferrando went to the deck to observe with his binoculars, and after only a moment of viewing, his face turned pale, and he immediately heard him roar, "Who was on duty last night?" How come the number of ships on the other side is ten less, and where did those ten ships go? Can anyone tell me, what's going on? ”

The lieutenant on duty quickly ran over, raised his binoculars and took a closer look, and a layer of fine sweat immediately appeared on his forehead, and he muttered: "Last night, I didn't notice any ships diverting at all, and ten ships diverted, so it is impossible not to notice it." ”

"Stupid pig, won't the other party turn off the lights and turn away?" Ferrando yelled angrily, "Don't hurry up and search yet"

The mildew lieutenant answered, and hurried away to search around with a telescope.

After a careful search, there was still nothing.

After hearing the report, Ferrando anxiously circled on the deck, the other party must have changed course in the middle of the night, and now it is at least forty or fifty nautical miles away, ten ships, not a small target, to the west is Annam, the distance is relatively long, and there is no route, the possibility is zero, it can only be north, or south?

Send two ships, one south and one north, to search? Ferrando thought about it for a while, then gave up, leaving only his own ship to follow, the other party changed the course slightly, and the fleet behind could not find them, besides, it was already forty or fifty nautical miles away, the vast sea, how to find it?

Commodore Angel led the main force of the fleet to catch up with the trade fleet on the morning of the third day, and Ferrando took Angel's flagship and reported cautiously: "Report to the general, the other side had ten ships that changed ships at night the night before yesterday and did not know where to go. ”

"Missing?" Angel immediately frowned, "Captain, let's be clear, what is the situation?" ”

Ferrando said with a numb head: "The night before yesterday, the other party turned off the lights at night, and the soldiers on duty did not find out. ”

"Well done, Captain." Angel sneered, "You really give the Navy a long face." ”

Ferrando's heart was furious, and he glanced at Angel, who was not smiling, and hurriedly reported: "Report to the general, the other party's fleet has thrown all the goods on board into the sea since the day before yesterday. ”

Hearing this, Angel frowned, and then waved his hand impatiently and drove Ferrando out.

There is no benefit, and there is no guarantee that the news will not be leaked, so why bother to do things in the first place? With a slight hesitation, Angel gave the order to return.

Since the Spanish fleet was chasing, everyone in the Qing trading fleet had been watching each other's movements nervously, and when they began to turn back, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and a low cheer immediately rang out on the ship.

Zheng Qingyuan said to Wang Tongxu with great admiration: "Wang Dongjia is really talented, and he did not hesitate to sink ten ships to collect the effect of doubting the enemy. ”

Wang Tongxu smiled: "It's too early to be happy, our supply problem has not been solved." ”

Since the cotton cloth, raw silk franchise, designated Shanghai port as the only export trade port, Shanghai's prosperity is flourishing day by day, into February, is the sea trade season, the black ship of the South Seas, the estimated ship of Guangdong, the three different ships of Fujian, the red head ship, the Tan ship of Zhejiang, the guard ship of Shandong, Zhili, the river boat of all parts of the Yangtze River, the local sand boat will gather on the Huangpu River, the port of Shanghai from the south and north, ten miles up and down, are moored dense size of ships, magnificent.

Thirteen elder brother Yinxiang is the first time to come to Shanghai, although he has long heard of the prosperity of Shanghai, but when he sees the ships moored on both sides of the strait, he can't help but be amazed, "I heard that Shanghai is prosperous day by day, and when I see it today, it is worthy of its name, even if it is Jiangning City, it is nothing more than that." ”

"In a few years, Shanghai will leave Jiangning behind." Yinzhen smiled slightly: "This is just the beginning, in a few years, Shanghai will become a famous port, since the thirteenth brother stays in Shanghai, don't miss the opportunity to make money." ”

"Hehe, what money am I going to make?" Yinxiang laughed and said: "You, a big financier, I am still worried about having no money?" Let's go and walk the streets. ”

When Da Chun heard this, he immediately said with a sad face: "Thirteenth master, the streets and alleys of Shanghai are overcrowded, and the two masters are both in civilian clothes, so this protection is really difficult to provide." ”

"Look at you." Yinxiang said with a smile: "This is your master's territory, you can't do whatever you want on the street, and you should be the guard." ”

Da Chun couldn't help but feel ashamed when he heard this, and glanced at Luo Jing who was standing in the outer circle, but Luo Jing nodded with a smile. Da Chun couldn't help but be overjoyed, and said with a smile on his face: "The words of the thirteenth master really make the slave have no face to see people, since the master has Yaxing, please show the route first, and the slave can also arrange manpower." ”

Yinzhen glanced at Yinxiang and said with a smile: "There is no Qinhuai River in Shanghai, so let's go to Yanghang Street to have a look, I heard that this year, many new guild halls have been built." ”

Hearing Yinzhen sarcastically that he likes to visit the Qinglou, Yinxiang didn't think it was funny, and smiled slightly: "People are not romantic teenagers, this Shanghai is so prosperous, in the future, there will inevitably be a well-known Fengyue place." ”

Yinzhen couldn't help frowning when he heard this, this is the truth, in this era, as a world-famous metropolis, how can Shanghai not have a place of wind and moon? This has to be planned in advance, and in a blink of an eye, he thought of Li Wei, looked around, and beckoned Li Wei to come over.

"Master, what do you command?" Li Wei walked over quickly and bowed.

Yinzhen smiled and said: "Your thirteenth master has always been elegant, Shanghai has everything, but there is a lack of well-known Fengyue places, you and the thirteenth master together to total, pick a location, and create a Fengyue place with Shanghai characteristics." ”

This is an opportunity to show his face, Li Wei was excited, bowed down and said: "Please also ask the master to make it clear, what are the characteristics of Shanghai?" ”

This kid is a talent, and he got to the point as soon as he asked, Yinzhen glanced at Li Wei with appreciation, and then said in a deep voice: "The eight alleys of Beijing, the Qinhuai River in Jiangning, the Slender West Lake in Yangzhou, and the Huamanlou in Suzhou all have their own characteristics, and Shanghai will bring together businessmen and wealth from all over the world, and naturally it must also gather the beauties of the world."

Li Wei couldn't help but be speechless for a while, what does the fourteenth master mean by doing the largest and most magnificent Qinglou in the world? He couldn't help but be embarrassed for a while: "Back to the master, this will cost a lot of money." ”

"Figure it out for yourself." Yinzhen smiled: "If the master gives out the silver, will you still need to do it?" ”

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