The rest of the soldiers, auxiliaries, militiamen, and village warriors, after receiving the order, immediately entered a state of readiness, and the forts, which were not usually understaffed, were immediately replenished with sufficient troops, and a large number of ammunition and food and fresh water were replenished, so that they could still defend for a long time in the case of being surrounded, without worrying about running out of ammunition and food.

And after the black head learned about the commander of the dry silk man and wanted to see him, he discussed it with Sun Baoqiang and decided to meet the guy first and hear what they wanted to do.

So the black head sent someone to inform Anthony that he could send an envoy to meet him on the island of peace outside Chicken Coop Bay.

When Anthony learned the news, he sent one of his men, with his handwritten letter and some gifts, to take a speedboat and sail to Heping Island outside Joncoop Bay.

Heitou and Sun Baoqiang met the emissaries sent by the Spaniards in the open space outside the Fort on Heping Island and asked them what they wanted to do this time.

The envoy sent by Antony then informed the blackhead of their intention, explaining that they had come here to build a Spanish castle and port here, as a port for future trade with the Ming Dynasty.

At the same time, he handed a letter from Anthony to the black head, who couldn't read the Spanish writing, so he simply threw it to his subordinates and asked the Spaniard to say it directly.

So the negotiators sent by Anthony told the blackheads their ideas, and directly stated that they were willing to pay 10,000 taels of silver to buy the chicken coop bay occupied by the sea wolf, and in the future, the sea wolf's ships could enter the chicken coop bay at any time to anchor and replenish, and they would also get preferential treatment, and the Spaniards were willing to sell them some artillery and arquebuses at a low price.

When the black head heard it, he laughed wildly on the spot, 10,000 taels of silver, these dried silk people are really innocent and cute! You must know that in order to control this place, the human, material and financial resources invested here in the past two years alone may be no less than hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.

And these dry silk people actually want to give only 10,000 taels of silver, so they want them to give them this land, and this is called Huazi can't be so little!

So the black head scolded the messenger sent by Anthony, and asked him to go back and tell their commander Anthony that there was nothing to discuss about this matter, not only the sea wolf would not sell Jilong Bay to their Gan Wax people, but also the entire northern part of Taiwan now belongs to the territory of the sea wolf, and the Spaniards are not allowed to set foot here, and they must leave here within three days, otherwise the sea wolf will use force to expel them and drive them out of here.

When the envoy was negotiating with the black head, he had also carefully looked at the fort on the island of peace, and he couldn't help but be a little surprised in his heart.

Because this fort does not look like a Chinese camp or fortress, but rather like some European fortresses, at least structurally the same as the ones they have seen in Europe before, and this fort is built of stone, which is quite strong and unusual.

The manpower, material and financial resources required to build such a fort are quite huge, and it is estimated that 10,000 taels of silver will not be able to build such a fort, and they proposed to use 10,000 taels of silver in exchange for the entire Jilong Bay, which is really a bit too low.

And through the Peace Island, you can also see that in the Chicken Coop Bay, the sea wolf also built a castle, which is much larger than the fort on this small island, and also adopts the fortress structure, and the overall construction is very strong, including both sides of the mouth of the Chicken Coop Bay, and there are two forts, one large and one small, forming a complete set of fortifications.

The construction of such fortifications and castles is definitely a very large investment by these Chinese pirates, and it is a joke to want them to give up here for 10,000 taels of silver.

However, this Spanish envoy still thinks that what these Chinese pirates said is nonsense at all, even if they occupy this Jilong Bay first, it cannot be said that the entire northern part of Taiwan Island is their territory, why should they Spaniards leave here immediately?

The negotiations between the two sides were unpleasant, and the emissary, returning to the place where the fleet was anchored, immediately reported the results of the negotiations to the commander of the fleet, Anthony.

After listening to the reply of his subordinates, Anthony also felt a little troubled, because the ships that came here to reconnoiter last time were inconvenient to get too close to Jilong Bay, and there were Chinese pirates interfering with them, so he didn't know much about the defense facilities in Jilong Bay, but just observed the situation outside Jilong Bay through the telescope from a distance.

At that time, they only saw one fort on the island of peace, and they did not see that there was another fort at the mouth of the bay on the west side, let alone the small fort next to the waterway on the east side, which had not yet been built.

However, after the people who went to Jilong Bay to negotiate this time personally landed on Heping Island, they almost saw the defense facilities set up by the sea wolves in Jilong Bay, and generally had a more intuitive understanding of the defense situation here.

However, the negotiators could only see the fort, but could not see the number and situation of the artillery displayed in the fort, and could only have a relatively intuitive understanding of the external situation, but could not really understand the firepower of the sea wolf here.

After hearing this, Anthony also felt that the conditions they proposed were a bit unusual, and the amount of silver given was a little too little, before they left, Shi Erva gave them the condition of 20,000 taels of silver to redeem this chicken coop bay, but he didn't want to open the price at once, so the first negotiation only said that he could pay 10,000 taels of silver, which obviously could not satisfy the appetite of these Chinese pirates.

But Anthony still thinks that it is better not to fight or not, these Chinese pirates should have seen the strength of their fleet, what they said, in Anthony's opinion, is a bit of a foreign power, if they are given some price, it is not possible for these Chinese pirates to retreat in the face of difficulties, and reach an agreement with them to withdraw from this chicken coop bay.

So he sent his men again to continue to negotiate with the blackheads, this time they directly raised the price to 20,000 taels of silver, but the blackheads still flatly rejected their proposal, and hereby demanded that they immediately evacuate the anchorage and leave here, otherwise they would be treated as enemies, and then forcibly expelled them by force.

So Anthony was annoyed at this time, because the authorization he had obtained had been used up at this time, but he still could not reach an agreement with these greedy Chinese pirates, and the other party also strongly pointed out that they would be expelled by force.

These Spaniards are accustomed to being domineering at sea, and they have the most powerful navy in the world, and the best soldiers and sailors in the world, and in the past hundred years, their footprints have spread to all corners of the world (a bit of an exaggeration, but they think so).

Although they are not as good as they used to be, their armada was lost at the hands of the British, almost destroyed, and now there are rising stars of the Dutch, who have begun to compete with them for territory all over the world, but in their eyes, only the Dutch and the British can act as their opponents.

Like these Chinese pirates, they are not qualified to say no to them at all, since they have taken a fancy to this territory, then this territory should be theirs, the Dutch occupy the southern side of the island of Taiwan, then the north must be occupied by the Spaniards, and this territory, nothing can be said to let these damn Chinese pirates have the final say.

So Anthony decided that since the negotiations were fruitless, the only way to do this was to use force to capture Chicken Coop Bay.

Although the use of force was not what he wanted, since the Governor had entrusted him with this glorious mission, if he could not take this chicken coop bay, he would probably not be able to explain it to the many councillors and members of the Chamber of Commerce and the Governor after he returned.

What's more, this time they are not dealing with the Dutch and the British, nor are they French, but just a group of Chinese pirates, if he can't even complete the task like this, then after he returns, it is estimated that his future will be completely ruined.

So Anthony categorically refused the blackhead's request to them, and told the sea wolf tribe who came to inform them that they Spaniards believed that the island of Taiwan was terra nullius, not anyone's territory, and they did not need anyone's consent to come here, and the sea wolf was not the owner of this place, so the sea wolf had no right to ask them to leave here.

At this point, the negotiations broke down, and the two sides entered a formal state of hostilities.

But Anthony is not a very reckless person, he can do it to the point that he can, not an ordinary fool can do, as the appointed fleet commander, Anthony still knows that he must be careful.

So he personally led the ship to the outside of Jilong Bay, and ordered the fleet under his command to block the mouth of Jilong Bay, seal the sea wolf's ships in the harbor and unable to sail, and first strangled the throats of the sea wolf tribes in Jilong Bay from the material point of view, so that they could not obtain external supplies for a certain period of time.

At the same time, he also ordered the infantry to capture prisoners on the shore and obtain detailed information about the Chinese pirates in Jilong Bay through the captives, but nothing more, he did not immediately launch an attack on Jilong Bay, but personally took a boat to the outside of Jilong Bay, and began to carefully observe the defenses set up by the sea wolves here with binoculars.

During this period, the black head was not idle, and sent several of his warships out of Chicken Coop Bay, and engaged in a contact exchange of fire with the Spaniards who blocked Chicken Coop Bay on the sea.

However, this kind of firefight is a low-intensity battle, and neither side has fully demonstrated their strength, but after a tentative firefight between the two sides, both sides generally have a relatively intuitive understanding of each other's maritime strength.

Although the quality of the Sea Wolf's equipment is definitely in an advantageous position among the Chinese pirate group, they are still at a disadvantage when facing these Spanish warships.

The warships stationed by the sea wolves in Jilong Bay are basically light warships, mainly sentinel ships and bird boats and Cangshan, and the displacement of these ships is about 100 tons when they are fully loaded, although they are also brigs, but compared to the Spaniards' large plywood ships, they are still too small, just similar to some of their sloops, which are the so-called speedboats, and they are not in an advantage in speed.