Chapter Forty-Seven: The Tragic Image
The fleet moved forward at a speed of eleven knots, one knot was one nautical mile, about 1,800 meters, that is, it was traveling at a speed of eleven knots per hour, and if the coolies at the bottom worked harder, it could probably reach a speed of fifteen knots, which was converted into kilometers and could travel more than 30 kilometers per hour, which was very fast at that time. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
After two days they reached Mombasa, and entered the pirate's lair, which was already in ruins, and there was a miserable scene, full of broken stones, bricks, some corpses lying on them with white bones, or pressed by wood, and some were cut into several pieces by knives, and were torn apart by artillery fire, some vultures pecked at the rotten corpses in the land, and flew away when they saw people, and then fell down again to fight for food, and some wild dogs also stared at the sailors who came with blood-red eyes, and the musketeers shot with their guns, scaring away the large herds of wild dogs and hyenas。
Seeing these tragic images, Redbeard knelt down and burst into tears, thousands of pirates, now he is left alone, and he can't wait to kill himself, but now with Barbarossa's dagger, he still has a chance to make a comeback, especially after making a powerful friend like Xiao Lang'er, he can join forces to deal with these colonists in the future and restore his former glory.
Xiao Lang'er saw that Redbeard was leaving, gave him some weapons and dry food and a dozen gold bars, Redbeard looked at Xiao Lang'er happily, "Allah willing, you are the angel sent by Allah, come to rescue me, thank you, my life-saving benefactor, I will definitely repay your kindness in the future, I swear to Allah!"
Redbeard decided, where he fell, he would get up from where, after all, this was once his sphere of influence, and some of the black chiefs around him bought their own face, after all, he grabbed a lot of supplies and sold them at a low price, and went to them himself, and then found some people to make a comeback, saying goodbye to Xiao Lang'er, hoping to have a reunion one day, and then he would definitely be a strong man.
Watching Redbeard's figure leave, Xiao Lang'er watched him, this person is also a hero, not slumped because of failure, but mustered up the courage to continue to move forward, continue his own path of revenge, this Red Beard can be used in the future, Xiao Lang'er calculated, he will definitely have a decisive battle with the Portuguese forces in the future, if Redbeard cuts off their back road in the Middle East Sea, the two phases of attack will cause a fatal blow to Portugal, then Nanyang will become their own sphere of influence, and their maritime hegemony will have the possibility of realization.
Xiao Lang'er decided to move on, find a port where he could dock and sell the spices, see what he could buy, and if he had time, he could take risks in the coastal areas of Africa, hunting and the like, and exercise his team, there are many beasts here, and defeating some can not only solve the problem of food, but also improve the combat level of the team.
Back in the command room, Xiao Lang'er told the leaders above the middle level of the ship about his idea, and those officials were very interested in the field training, it seems that there is game to eat, and it can also improve marksmanship and improve the overall coordination and combat ability of the team. There was unanimous support.
The fleet traveled along the east coast of Africa, there were only a few small tribes along the way, and if you could see some of the larger cities, they would stop, it is said that the eunuchs of the Three Treasures had been here, and they also left some sailors on an island, these sailors married and had children, I don't know if they could find them, and these sailors were left in order to find the treasure, but then for various reasons did not succeed, these sailors stayed, and multiplied with the local black women.
Xiao Lang'er said at the meeting that if everyone performs well in the large-scale military training, he will marry a beautiful black girl to the outstanding person. Xiao Lang'er said this, causing everyone to laugh wildly, just look at An Julie, it's too dark, although the chest is big, the ass is big, but it may make them unbearable, there is not such a heavy taste, there is really no way, then there is only this, such as being on a desert island, can't go back, in order to continue their bloodline, they have to intermarry with local black women, but they all want to go back, think about the white and tender tall women in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, why are they reluctant not to go back?
On this day, I came to the south of Mombasa, which is today's Kenya region, and I was going to replenish it here, but I didn't expect to see the descendants of the Han sailors here, the faces looked the same as the Han people, but the skin was slightly darker, and there were many residents who looked very good-looking, and then those sailors were satisfied, saying that they wanted to find a daughter-in-law here, after all, there is Chinese blood.
The fleet sailed into a coastal port, where there is a small Nia town, and some Westerners make a living here, and it is said that they did the bloody trade of black slaves, bought the local chiefs, bought the black slaves at a very low price, and then transshipped them to Western Europe or the Americas to sell them at a high price, but slowly the sea, I don't know how many black slaves died at the bottom of the sea. Sometimes these Europeans were too lazy to spend money, so they went to the coast to rob the black slaves, just like Angelie and her family were robbed to the West.
Xiao Lang'er asked the ship to dock in the harbor, explained some things, and got off the treasure ship with two hundred musketeers and his own women, he wanted to go hunting in the nearby jungle first, and then conduct a multi-class training.
In the streets, the blacks looked timidly at their armies with firearms, but when they saw that they had no ill will, they had friendly smiles on their faces, and some children were chasing after them. Crossing the town, coming to the nearby jungle, they began to move forward in a fan-shaped formation, and every two meters there was a person, and the yellow sheep and wild deer were driven out and ran forward, and there was a burst of gunfire, and the small goats and wild deer were killed.
Suddenly hearing the sound of gunfire in the depths of the jungle, and the sound of some crying, Xiao Lang'er led his men to run towards the place where the sound came from, and in front of him was a miserable scene, there were more than 20 Westerners who were murdering, burning, killing and looting, shooting the old people of this tribe with firearms, the corpses were all over the field, and the blood was flowing like a river, and more than 100 corpses fell in a pool of blood.
Forcing some of the younger ones into a corner, and then sending out a few men to tie the hands of these young black men and women, one by one, and prepare to escort them back to town to sell, what a bunch of robbers!
Xiao Lang'er couldn't see it, and instructed his subordinates to outflank the past and surround the twenty-three Western robbers.
"Shoot!" Xiao Lang'er ordered to shoot all these Western robbers, leaving no one behind, a burst of dense firearms rang out, and the group of robbers were shot to the ground before they could react, rescuing these captured black men.
The negroes looked at them with frightened eyes, and when they knew that they were saved, they knelt down with joy and crawled over and kissed their feet, and there were forty or fifty of these remaining young men, both men and women, all of whom were teenagers of about fifteen or sixteen to thirty years old, and some of the female negroes were particularly slender and good-looking, and their clothes were generally naked, and some leaves or fur were tied around their waists, and they all looked like they were sturdy and capable of working, while the men were very strong, good at running, and had very strong endurance, and could continue to work in the fields for a long time。 The Westerners took them back captive, and the more beautiful ones were used as domestic slaves, and the sturdy ones were put to work on the estates, planting wheat, cotton, sugar cane, and so on.
Windsor told Xiao Lang'er about some black slaves, they are generally docile and obedient, hardworking and willing to work, as long as they are given a bite to eat, they will work hard, and few escape.
Xiao Lang'er asked Windsor to ask them if they were willing to follow them, Windsor was good at communicating, comforting these black people, and telling them with gestures and some simple words, if you want to go with Xiao Lang'er, with Xiao Lang'er's protection in the future, no one will dare to bully and hurt you.
These black men were frightened and didn't dare to stay here any longer, and when they saw that Xiao Lang'er's team was so strong, they wanted to follow them. Xiao Lang'er directs his men to help them bury the slain people, and the blacks pray with their primitive religious rites, their faces facing the west, where a white-bearded old man will take away the souls of the dead and let them live a good life in heaven.