Chapter 167: Misunderstanding
But for how to establish contact with the sea wolf, send someone to negotiate peace with them, this matter is not easy to do, since the battle of Chicken Coop Bay, the sea wolf's merchant ships have stopped trading activities to Manila, they can't send a ship to take the initiative to find the sea wolf, if you are not careful, you will not get the meat bun and beat the dog.
While they were at a loss for what to do about it, a merchant ship of Chinese merchants brought them new news, that is, the sea wolf had entrusted them with a message to the governor of Shierva, releasing a hint of goodwill willing to reconcile.
At this time, Shi Erwa immediately seized this opportunity, and immediately discussed with the parliamentarians to go to Nanri Island to negotiate with the sea wolf, so Blanco was elected as his plenipotentiary representative, and immediately took a boat to Nanri Island to negotiate with the sea wolf.
"Excellent! Mr. Blanco, welcome to my island of Nanri, I have been waiting for your news lately, and now that you are finally here, please be seated! Yu Xiaotian looked at the Spanish envoy, then smiled, stood up and said to him.
Blanco was surprised by the figure of the big leader of the sea wolf in front of him, this Yu Xiaotian was much younger than he thought, he originally thought that this Yu Xiaotian was at least a middle-aged man even if he was not an old man, but when he met, he found that this Yu Dangjia was actually not very old, and he looked like he should not even be thirty years old.
And his figure is not as short and obscene as the average Chinese, his height even if it is placed in Europe, it is definitely tall, and at the same time very strong, now although the weather has cooled down, but he only wears a short sleeve, the shape of this dress is also different from the style of clothes often worn by Chinese, more or less seems to have some characteristics of European clothing, very simple, but it looks very spiritual.
From his exposed arms, it can be seen that his arms are very thick and strong, the muscles seem to contain inexhaustible strength, and his body does not look clumsy, he looks quite sensitive, the first time they met, Blanco immediately felt a hint of threat, this person is like a cheetah.
Yu Xiaotian had long been accustomed to the surprise of the person who saw him for the first time, so he didn't care, got up and walked to the chair, waved for someone to serve tea, and invited Blanco to sit down and talk.
Blanco quickly thanked him and sat down on the chair where he started, this Blanco had already arrived in Manila when he was very young, and had been living in Manila, where there were many Chinese immigrants, opening farms, orchards, growing grain, and opening some small workshops.
And Blanco often deals with some Chinese and learns to speak fluent Chinese, but the accent is a bit strange, slightly stiff, and with some accents from southern Fujian, he can communicate directly with Yu Xiaotian, which is why Shi Erwa chose him as a special envoy to negotiate with the sea wolf.
After some pleasantries, Blanco gave Yu Xiaotian a meeting gift according to the habit of the Chinese, and the gifts he brought were five Western-style swords carefully crafted by Spanish craftsmen, called knives, and two handguns, that is, arquebuses, and of course, some are local products of the Philippines.
Yu Xiaotian likes these swords made by Spanish craftsmen very much, these swords should be made of Damascus steel, and the body of the sword has a unique pattern, including the cutting edge, which can also be clearly seen The pattern is very sharp and beautiful.
The handle of the sword is made of brass, and it is also covered with gold, and the handle is also inlaid with precious stones, which is a fine product at a glance, and it is not expensive, if it is placed in the future generations, such a few swords, each of which is worth a lot of money, far more exquisite than the few Western-style waist knives he now collects.
As for the others, like the arquebus, he didn't see it at all, and he had now replaced it with a double-shot flintlock rifled pistol, which was much better than this arquebus.
But he thanked him and accepted the gift from Blanco.
Blanco was now a little relieved, the pirate leader, much more gentle than he had thought, did not want to be a tyrannical and rude murderer, and did not dictate to him, gave him a seat very equally, let him sit down and talk, and readily accepted the gift he brought.
That seemed like a good sign for Blanco, and then he thought things might be a little better.
So Blanco explained his intention to Xiaotian, saying that the conflict between the two sides in Chicken Coop Bay was a misunderstanding, and put all the blame on Anthony, who has now been arrested and is just waiting to be hanged, saying that everything was caused by Anthony's unauthorized actions that caused the misunderstanding and conflict between the two sides.
Moreover, Blanco proposed that he wanted the sea wolf to lift the blockade of Chinese merchants going to Manila and continue to trade with the Spaniards in the future, and at the same time asked Yu Xiaotian about the whereabouts of the soldiers who were abandoned by Anthony on the island of Taiwan.
Yu Xiaotian laughed after hearing this, and said to Blanco: "Mr. Blanco, you are really wronging Commander Anthony a little too much when you say this!"
Don't explain the specific responsibility to me, I have already learned the details from the people who captured you, and this matter is not a misunderstanding.
The point is that you don't know the strength of my sea wolf, and you just want to take Chicken Coop Bay from my hands, which is the main reason for the conflict between our two sides.
And to be fair, Your Excellency Commander Anthony only faithfully carried out the orders of Governor Shierva!
You only offered Anthony a price of 20,000 taels of silver, and you wanted to buy the huge Chicken Coop Bay from me, in fact, it should be said that it is all the territory in the entire Taipei area.
Taiwan Island has been our Chinese territory since ancient times, and you only pay 20,000 taels of silver to buy this place, which is simply too underestimating us Chinese!
What's more, I run Chicken Coop Bay, and the investment is so large that it can't be measured by tens of thousands of taels of silver, which Mr. Anthony must have told you after he went back.
And according to the instructions of the Governor of Shierva, if the deal cannot be concluded, we should be expelled from Chicken Coop Bay by force, am I mistaken?
This is not a misunderstanding at all, but you have been prepared to use force against us in all your minds, otherwise, wouldn't it be enough for you to have one or two boats? And why did Anthony bring so many warships to my Chicken Coop Bay?
And after my men had rejected your offers, you brazenly bombarded my batteries with artillery and sent men on land to try to kill my soldiers.
So the responsibility for this is not with Anthony, but with you and with Governor Shierva! I don't know if I'm right? Mr. Blanco! ”
After listening to Yu Xiaotian's words, Blanco was deeply surprised by Yu Xiaotian's quick thinking, and at the same time, he was a little speechless and couldn't continue to shirk.
"This ......, this is indeed a misunderstanding, all along, our cooperation with you has been very pleasant, but in this matter, we have a misunderstanding, which led to the conflict, for this matter, our Governor asked me to apologize to the Chief! I hope we don't hurt our peace because of this! Blanco said awkwardly.
"I don't want things to come to this point, I know very well how you Spaniards treat us Chinese!
Through this incident, I hope that you will stop despising us Chinese in the future, we Chinese are not as easy to be bullied as you think! Yu Xiaotian said coldly.
"Of course, of course! Of course! Blanco hurriedly spoke, and couldn't help but sweat a little on his forehead.
In fact, before coming to Nanri Island, Blanco had already inquired about the conflict between them and the sea wolves through the Chinese merchants and boatmen on the ship, and had learned that in this battle, the sea wolves captured their two large ships, and also captured many of their personnel, but he didn't know the exact number.
So Blanco then proposed that he wanted to ask Yu Xiaotian to return the Spanish ships and prisoners he had captured to them.
"This can't be! When you fought the enemy before, could you have returned the captured enemy's ships to the other side? I remember when your Armada was defeated by the British, the British captured a lot of ships, and the British could return these ships to you?
Therefore, as a trophy of war, this request you have made is completely unreasonable, and I beg your forgiveness for not being able to agree, these two ships are indeed in my hands, and now they have been repaired by me and incorporated into my fleet, whether you want to or not, I will not return these two ships to you! Yu Xiaotian shook his head and immediately categorically rejected his request to return the ship.
Blanco also expected this to be the result, and the pirates managed to capture their two ships, and according to Anthony's return, although they were defeated in this battle, they still destroyed many pirates' Kron ships in the naval battle.
Although the sea wolf won the victory, the price paid would certainly not be very low, and the loss would definitely not be small, and now that they had captured two large plywood boats, how could they easily return them.
Since there is no room for the ship to talk, then the only thing to talk about is the question of people, the number of Spanish troops stationed in the Philippines is not large, and this time they lost so many people at once, so when Blanco came, Shi Erwa specially asked Blanco and the sea wolf to discuss, it is best to return the Spanish sailors and soldiers captured in their hands to them.
(Two more arrived!) Commuter pass, I want a commuter pass! If you don't, you can get a reward! Hehe! )