Seeing that Sosa came over to intercede, Yan Hong had not yet spoken, Xia Zisu had already sunk his face, and said first: "What crime should this person be guilty of assassinating Qincha?" Get out of the way, if you break the wound of the chincha, will you eat the sin? ”

Chrissy also came over and said, "That's right, Sosa, you give up." This idiot can only bring us disaster and trouble, you look at him, what did he do last night? ”

In last night's battle, before the arrival of reinforcements, Pedro's team attacked fiercely, and several other captains suffered losses, killing and wounding many key members, so he hated this Pedro. They were also a group of unruly pirates, no more than Sousa, who cared about their own status in the system, and were not very afraid of the Albert family. Not to mention that Krisch is simply a Dutchman, a wanted man in Spain. Thinking that she had sacrificed three people and wounded two, and that this bastard had dared to shoot at the Xia guard, she even wanted to cut off Pedro's head with her own hands.

Pedro looked arrogant and continued to scream: "My father and brother are in important positions, if you dare to hurt me, wait to be punished." War! War! Your backward, decaying, barbaric pagan nation will be doomed. Portugal will launch a holy expedition to send you heretics to hell. ”

When Xia Zisu finished translating in a hurry, Sosa said on the side: "Your Excellency Yan Hong, please calm your anger." Although Pedro was rude, he was not false at all. His family is powerful. His father was a close vassal of the king, his brother was a senior admiral of our navy, and his uncle held the position of bishop. The Great Ming Empire. What is needed now is trade. And what trade needs is a sea of peace. If war breaks out. It is not good for both of you and us, and as for his offense, his warship can be used as compensation, and you don't have to pay a penny for it. In this way, the glory and safety of the empire can be preserved, and I hope you will consider it properly. ”

Yan Hong nodded and said, "Yes, according to the family of His Excellency Pedro, he was born." He made mistakes, and God will forgive him. "Hear this. Sosa's face was happy, Xia Shisu's face sank, I didn't expect this guy to be so bearish. But when you think about it, what does he have to do with himself?

Seeing that Yan Hong said this, he put the pistol against Pedro's temple and continued: "So, what I want to do is to send him to God!" With that, his fingers snapped lightly. There was a bang, and the smoke rose. With blood and brains splattering out. Poor Pedro was lying on his back, his limbs still twitching slightly, but he could no longer play with the pride of his Portuguese aristocracy.

Xia Zisu saw that Yan Hong actually shot Pedro with one shot, and shouted: "Good kill!" If he dares to raise an army because of this, I will help you. Seeing that his own Qincha shot and killed the rebels led by him, Deng Zilong also called his soldiers to gather all the captured Yi prisoners in one place, and prepared to give an order, and all of them were cut off to repay their merits.

Sosa's face distorted in an instant, and she couldn't help but say, "This ...... What can I do? How do I account for Lisbon? Yan Hong said to Sosa: "Why should Mr. Sosa be anxious, if you write a letter to the country, saying that Mr. Pedro has unfortunately suffered from malaria and has been called by the grace of the Lord, will Lisbon still send a forensic doctor to perform an autopsy?" ”

When Sosa heard this, she also understood what Yan Hong meant. Now that the man has been killed, what else can he do? Even if the truth is explained to the Albuquer family at the first time, what can it be? Will the other party let themselves go because of this?

Thinking of this, he could only sigh and say, "May God forgive this poor man, this cursed malaria has taken away too many good young men." ”

Several other captains were not so burdened. Even if they didn't have such a thing, it would be a dead end if they were caught by the Alburque family. Therefore, he did not care very much about Pedro being shot. Miguel's first mate was killed in the battle last night, and he was also a fire. At this time, he dragged the stump over and said in half-baked Chinese: "Well done, Your Excellency Angel, I admire you more and more." What are you going to do with those who are caught? I sold 10 Cruzado and bought them. ”

Yan Hong shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, I don't sell them." ”

Then he said to Xia Zisu: "Tell them, either surrender or die." ”

Xia Zisu muttered this sentence, but more than half of them chose to surrender. The remaining die-hard captives were ordered by Deng Zilong to be pulled out directly and hacked to death one by one. Looking at the human heads lying on the ground, Sosa thought to himself: If it weren't for Wang Bai's corroboration, I would really suspect that the prime minister's eldest grandson was impersonated by pirates.

Then Yan Hong said to those who had surrendered: "You have become prisoners. When I return to Daming, someone will arrange your work. For example, uh, picking stones, digging sand, cutting wood. In our Ming Dynasty, there was work for coolies. There is no blessing for you, only sin that cannot be endured. Don't you believe in any God, then pray for the rest of your life. You can also curse me by the way. ”

Hearing the future scene described by this angel, the faces of this group of surrenderers changed drastically one by one, and they felt that life was worse than death. Suddenly, one of them shouted something. Xia Zisu translated: "This Buddha Yi said, his name is Francisco, he is a famous craftsman, useful to the imperial court, and should not be treated like this." ”

Yan Hong said secretly, it was really a group of cheap bones, so he didn't scare them so much, and he refused to explain what he would do. At the moment, he took the man aside and got him a glass of wine.

This man began, and the others began to shout. Yan Hong took eight more people aside in one breath and gave them food. Then he said: "Ben Qin will test your talents in a while, if you are indiscriminate, and those who fail to pass the assessment will be beheaded directly!" ”

As soon as he said this, a crowd of people stopped talking. Only then did Yan Hong call Francisco into his room, and Xia Zisu served as an interpreter for interrogation. After asking, I realized that this person is indeed extraordinary. He was responsible for the design of the Lingbao built by Pedro before. This person also worked in a military factory, knows how to configure gunpowder and cast cannons, and is really a rare talent. Yan Hong was overjoyed, and even secretly scolded Pedro, this kind of skilled talent is used as a soldier, it is really a tyrannical thing.

Of the other eight people, three were indiscriminate, and the other five were the former first mate of the Golden Deer, who knew a wealth of nautical knowledge, two sailors were his long-term assistants, one was an officer, and one was a shipyard craftsman. Yan Hong instructed: "Pull those three fakes out of the gang and chop them!" The other five people told them that as long as they were willing to serve in the Ming Dynasty, they would be rewarded handsomely every month, and they could also become officials. ”

The Ming Dynasty originally had colored officials and Tartar officials, and the Mongolian Saihazhi also served as the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and it was not new to add a few foreign officials. It's just that they don't know Chinese, and they still need to learn later. Not only did these men get their lives, they were spared from hard labor, but they were also rewarded, and they naturally rejoiced, and they forgot about themselves becoming captives.

After arranging these people, Yan Hong called Sosa again and said with a smile: "Mr. Sosa seems to have said that I don't have to pay a penny for what warship I want to take as compensation." Now, let's talk about this issue. ”

In the next few days, Yan Hong lived in the trench under the pretext of recuperating from his injuries, and began to bargain with Sosa and several captains. On the night of Pedro's attack, Wang Bai was lying on the slave girl, but he was stabbed in the back, rolled out of bed, and was not lightly injured, but the slave girl was extraordinary, picked up the musket in the room, and killed the incoming pirates. Yan Hong took some Jinyiwei's high-grade elixir to save Wang Dashen's life.

In Yan Hong's mouth, Wang Dashen was seriously injured and dying, and he was afraid that he would lack the skills to return to heaven. If Zuo, the deputy envoy of the Guangdong Sea Road, was killed and killed, the great emperor would inevitably be furious, and he could not do anything about the opening of the port.

He said ruthlessly, but his attitude was clear: whether he is powerless or not depends on whether everyone's sincerity is enough. Several captains and Sosa had no choice but to pinch their noses and give gifts, so that the uncle could quickly show mercy. Of course, Yan Hong didn't get the money himself, but used it to pay for and reward the soldiers who followed.

With the further deepening of exchanges between the two sides, Sosa threw out even more fierce news. It turned out that the Portuguese did not live in the trenches for nothing, they gave money. 500 taels of land use money per year, 20,000 taels of transaction tax. However, the money was not given to the Ming Dynasty, but to Wang Dashen. Only then did Yan Hong know that Wang Bai was so enthusiastic about opening the sea, and actively acted as a peace messenger and an anti-war vanguard. It turns out that in addition to ambergris, it is also for his own purse. Guangdong has no foreign trade, its economy is average, and its annual input of more than 20,000 taels is not a small amount.

Now it has been explained that this money has naturally changed from being paid to Wang Dashen to being paid to Daming. It's just that the land use fee has risen from 500 taels to 1,000 taels. Moreover, Yan Hong said that it is necessary to set up a reserve office and an inspection department in the trench.

When Sosa heard this, he made a bitter face: "Your Excellency, I hope you understand that there is a huge gap between the legal principles and human feelings between us and your country. If there are two law enforcement agencies on an island, it is easy to cause misunderstandings, frictions, and even misfire, and then I am afraid that there will be unpleasant accidents. ”

Yan Hong said: "Mr. Sosa, you are confused. When did the official say that he wanted to set up two departments on one island? I'm talking about compilation, do you understand compilation? The purpose of setting up the establishment is that the people on this island should raise money, food, and military salaries for these people, and as for where they are actually stationed, whether it is Xiangshan or the trenches, there is something to be done here. ”

Sosa must have understood that these preparations were false, and they just wanted money, and they couldn't help but curse shamelessly. Fortunately, this money is not paid by oneself, and a tax will be levied at that time. On the contrary, Yan Hong also promised him benefits, and after paying 1,000 taels of taxes to Daming, his position as a protector of the trench was recognized by Daming. In the future, even if a strong dragon comes, if he wants to take the trench by force, the Ming Dynasty will send troops to support him. After this calculation, he still took advantage of it, and he was busy agreeing to come down at the moment. (To be continued......)