Chapter 488: Can You Still Laugh! [2 more]
As a maritime merchant, Chen Wei had also run the route between Dongying and Daming earlier, so he was very familiar with the route to Dongying.
It was also Chen Wei's familiarity with the route that made Daliqisi and other Portuguese officers not pose any threat to the route Chen Wei pointed out.
On the one hand, Daliqisi and the others thought that they were in control of Chen Wei's life and death, as long as Chen Wei didn't want to find death, he would definitely not dare to deceive them.
Now that they saw the shadow of that land, they almost instinctively thought that they had finally resisted the mysterious ancient golden kingdom of the east.
Originally, Daliqisi's fleet would return after occupying the Strait of Malacca, but after inadvertently plundering Chen Wei's merchant ships, Daliqisi's heart moved, and after killing many crew members on Chen Wei's ship, he threatened Chen Wei and ordered Chen Wei to take them to the ancient golden country of the East.
Chen Wei didn't understand what the so-called Golden Ancient Kingdom in the mouths of Daliqisi and others meant, but in the description of Daliqisi and others, Chen Wei understood that Daliqisi and others actually wanted to go to Daming, and the Golden Ancient Country in these mouths was referring to Daming.
Chen Wei, who hated Daliqisi and others in his heart, made a cooperative appearance in his heart, and led Daliqisi and others to Dongying.
Iwami Port is still a ship coming and going, although in many surrounding countries, many young people were taken away by the Ming Dynasty and taken into the mines as slaves, but Dongying can be said to have a large population, even if you catch it, you can't capture everyone.
Besides, although Chu Yi and the others destroyed more than a dozen large and small countries after landing in Dongying, Dongying has dozens of large and small countries, and destroying more than a dozen will not affect those businessmen who only have interests in their eyes.
These merchants did not care about the conflicts and contradictions between the Ming Dynasty and the daimyo in various parts of Dongying, but instead took the opportunity to make a lot of war profits and earn huge profits.
Qi Jingtong is still in Iwami Port, with more than a dozen ships under his command, plus 2,000 soldiers and horses, which is enough to govern the order of the entire Iwami Province from the mines to the port.
In this situation, the Portuguese fleet, which was lured by Chen Wei, appeared in the sea off Iwami Port.
Through the clairvoyant, the Portuguese naval officers such as Daliqisi could not help but marvel at the sight of ships coming and going on the harbor in the distance.
I heard only one naval officer exclaim: "It is truly a legendary golden country, and any small port has such a prosperous scene." ”
Because of Chen Wei, these Portuguese officers only regarded the Iwami Port in front of them as just an ordinary port in the Ming Dynasty, so they were admired by many naval officers.
Since these Daliqisi and others were able to see the scene in Iwami Port through a clairmile mirror, then naturally they could also see this obviously extraordinary Portuguese fleet on the surface of the sea from the watchtower of Iwami Port.
The Portuguese fleet includes dozens of warships and supply ships, and these dozens of ships gathered together is a piece of black pressure, which is definitely very eye-catching above the sea, so while Daliqisi and others observed Iwami Port through the clairvoyant mirror, several sentry agents have already transmitted the news to Qi Jingtong as quickly as possible.
Qi Jingtong may not be a famous general, but if he has no ability at all, he will not be entrusted by Chu Yi to sit in Iwamigang.
There was a precedent of Zhai Luan being robbed by Dongfang Undefeated before, and Qi Jingtong was vigilant enough for any strange ship that appeared off the coast of Iwami Port.
It can be said that every ship that wants to enter the port must first be inspected by someone he sends before it can enter the port, otherwise those ships that dare to refuse to be inspected will be greeted by more than a dozen cannons on the harbor.
Qi Jingtong listened to the news from the outpost, the teacup in his hand shook slightly, and the warm tea almost spilled on the ground, when he saw Qi Jingtong stand up suddenly, his face was full of surprise and said, "What, you said that a fleet of at least dozens of ships appeared off Iwami Port?" ”
The sentinel nodded repeatedly.
Qi Jingtong took a deep breath, his face showed a bit of solemnity, and he said decisively: "Quickly lead the way, General Ben will go to check it out in person." ”
Qi Jingtong didn't dare to be careless, although it was said that the port occupied by the Ming Dynasty was not only Iwami Port, but after all, Iwami Port was the first port occupied by the Ming Dynasty when he landed in Dongying, and because of Iwami Silver Mountain, Iwami Port was still very important.
At the same time that Qi Jingtong rushed to Iwami Port, in the sea off Iwami Port, on the flagship, Daliqisi, who was the self-appointed governor, was contemplative.
In Daliqisi's view, since he has successfully reached the Golden Country, the next thing to consider is what kind of attitude to face.
Although Portugal has always taken a strong attitude in the face of those large and small countries, since Portugal started the Great Voyage, there have been no less than dozens of large and small countries destroyed by Portugal, and there are no less than hundreds of thousands of people who have been killed directly and indirectly.
If it weren't for Marco Polo's description, the mysterious El Dorado was not only very rich, but also very powerful, I am afraid that Daliqi would not hesitate to attack it by force a long time ago, in accordance with the practice of the Portuguese navy abroad.
"General, what are we going to do next?"
An officer looked at Daliqisi, but his eyes flashed with greed and hideousness.
As the saying goes, dogs can't change and eat, these officers almost all came up step by step from non-commissioned officers, and they were able to get to this point, naturally their hands were covered with blood, and the killing method was almost their first choice.
Daliqisi naturally knew the temperament of these officers under him, but Daliqisi shook his head slightly at several officers around him in order to be cautious and said: "Don't worry, let's send someone to communicate with the other party first, feel the details of the other party, and then make a decision!" ”
The officer just now showed a little disdain and muttered softly: "My Portuguese navy is invincible across the ocean, how can I ever be afraid of others, just an ancient country in the East, can I still challenge the hegemony of our Portuguese navy?" ”
Thinking of their glorious past when a single ship could defeat thousands of natives and plunder tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of taels of gold and silver, the other officers were also puzzled by Daliqi's cautiousness.
Fortunately, Daliqisi's military rank was higher than theirs, and although Daliqisi's decision was somewhat unacceptable, it did not disobey his military orders.
The officer who had just now spoken: "In that case, let I, Wells, go and try the details of this ancient country of the East." ”
Although he is a little worried about Wells's temperament, Daliqisi is quite confident in the combat effectiveness of his fleet, even if Wells messes things up, it is nothing more than a direct use of force.
Therefore, Daliqisi nodded slightly and said to Wells: "Wells, you should lead a ship into the harbor and try to find out the details of the other party as much as possible." ”
Saying that, Daliqi thought to Chen Wei on the side and said, "Chen, you go with Wells." ”
Chen Wei walked to Wells, but Wells glanced at Chen Wei with disdain and said, "Old guy, you'd better be honest with me later, if I find out what you dare to do, I'll skin you alive!" ”
Chen Wei, who lowered his head, flashed a murderous intent in his eyes, his fists were clenched, his nails were almost inserted into his palms, and the severe pain made Chen Wei suppress the urge in his heart to rush up and break Wells to pieces.
His two sons were all tortured to death by Wells, so you can imagine how much Chen Wei hated Wells.
A ship left the fleet and headed straight for the port, and at the same time, Qi Jingtong, who came quickly, also appeared on the port.
Through the clairvoyant mirror, Qi Jingtong almost immediately found that this fleet was obviously not an ordinary caravan, although the distance was a little far, but Qi Jingtong could also conclude that this was obviously a fleet with strong combat effectiveness, and it was by no means as simple as an ordinary caravan.
After Qi Jingtong noticed this, he immediately ordered the port to enter a state of alert, and even Qi Jingtong sent his own soldiers to the mine to draw troops and horses, in order to prevent any accidents.
Suddenly, the general on the side walked towards Qi Jingdao: "General, a ship from the opponent's fleet is heading towards the port, what should we do?" ”
Qi Jingtong saw it clearly, and snorted coldly: "What else can I do, no matter what the other party is, don't forget, this is our Ming territory, no matter who it is, since you are here, you must accept our jurisdiction and constraints." ”
Saying that, a gleam flashed in Qi Jingtong's eyes and said: "Immediately send someone to investigate, find out the origin and purpose of the other party, and at the same time order everyone to be vigilant." ”
Soon several small boats were heading straight for the Portuguese warship that had just entered the port.
On the warship, Wells looked at the merchant ships docked around him with disdain, although his eyes were full of disdain, but Chen Wei, who was standing beside him, could see the greedy color in Wells's eyes, and it was obvious that Wells was eyeing these merchant ships in the port.
Wells even laughed unscrupulously with his soldiers: "Have you seen it, we are going to get rich, as long as General Daliqisi orders the raiding of this port, we can all return with a full load!" ”
"Hahaha!"
The Portuguese soldiers burst out laughing.
Chen Wei clenched his fists and looked at these Portuguese soldiers who laughed loudly, and sneered in his heart: "Laugh, laugh, if you know the murderous name of Chief Chu Yi, I'm afraid you won't be able to laugh!" ”
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