Chapter Seventy-Eight: Mercenaries

"Your Zhao family will really see the wind and the rudder." Uluci's eyes rolled and he thought for a moment.

"I don't want to care about the grievances and grievances between you Tang and the Spaniards, but this business ......" Uluci glanced at Zhao Ke.

"Young Master Wu, for the sake of making a living in the same chamber of commerce for more than 20 years, let's pull the Zhao family along." Seeing that Uluci's face was uncertain, as if he was thinking about something, Zhao Ke hurriedly begged.

"Okay," Seeing Zhao Ke's appearance, Uluci waved his hand impatiently.

"How can I say that Young Master Wu agreed." Zhao Ke Daxi,

"Don't be too happy just yet." Uruci poured a basin of cold water directly.

"Since the pirates attacked the docks, the current Ming people are like frightened birds, the entire Vigan harbor is full of Ming soldiers, how to transport the six ships of goods to the dock is a problem, in saying that the road is dangerous and abnormal, pirates are eyeing the various seaways, it is difficult." Wu Luci sighed slightly, and glanced at Zhao Ke meaningfully.

"Young Master Wu don't have to worry about it, these days the Ming Army built the wharf with the Zhao family speedboat to transport all kinds of materials to the wharf, so the Ming people will not care about the Zhao family's ship in the harbor, the goods will be sent directly to the Zhao family's fast boat, and then there are people from the Chamber of Commerce who will transport six ships of goods to the merchant ship." Seeing Uruci's playful eyes,

Zhao Ke gritted his teeth,

"As for the dangerous road, the Zhao family has another thank you after the incident."

After listening to Zhao Ke's words, Uluci finally nodded with satisfaction.

"When are you leaving?"

"The sooner the better," Zhao Ke leaned in,

"It's tomorrow night,"

"All right," Uruci agreed,

"Okay, I'll go back to Zhao's house to resume my life." After getting Uluci's answer, Zhao Ke was overjoyed, hurriedly bid farewell to Uluci, turned around and walked to the shore.

Watching Zhao Ke's figure drift away on the dock,

"Go, call Captain Mutafe." Uruci commanded a servant beside him.

The servant immediately set out, and in a short time brought a middle-aged man with a sturdy build.

"Uruci, I heard that you have something to do with me." The man who looked like an Arab came over,

"Our Chamber of Commerce still has a few merchant ships in the harbor right now, I mean the big ships equipped with artillery." Uruci said.

The man frowned, and looked at Uluci with some puzzlement,

"There are not many of these big ships in themselves, just a while ago there were five ships carrying goods to Laoag, and now there are eleven big ships with artillery left in the port, what do you want to do?" Mutafe looked at Uruci warily.

"The last time Uluci took advantage of my drunkenness to incite my subordinates to send the boat out and bombard Mingren without permission, it has already made the people of the Chamber of Commerce very dissatisfied, what do you want to do this time."

For the son of the president of the Vigan Chamber of Commerce, who has been making trouble all day, Captain Mutafi really has no good feelings.

However, as a captain hired by the Wigan Chamber of Commerce with a high salary, he is not easy to say.

"I want you to ship a shipment to Manila." Uruci said.

"Shipping, Manila?"

"Is it the same as the last time the fleet sneaked out of port to Laoag? It was the decision of the Vigan Chamber of Commerce. Mutafi wondered.

"No," Uruci shook his head,

"It's a private order, and I have a good friend who commissioned me to ship six ships of grain to Manila."

"Of course, when it comes to food, it is actually the Chinese merchants who want to impress the Juan governor of Manila with six ships of gold, silver and jewelry." Uruci smiled.

"Oh,"

"It looks like the Spaniards are going to fight back in Wigan soon." Mutafi said jokingly.

"But Uruci, the sea has not been safe recently, these pirates even dare to attack the port, if you really send six merchant ships to Manila, I am afraid that they will be robbed by pirates on the way."

"These armed merchant ships are not mine or yours Uluci, but the Wigan Chamber of Commerce, if something really happens, I can't afford to take this responsibility." Mutafe said with a sad face.

"I just let you go out of port with six boats and didn't really let you go to Manila." Uruci sneered,

"What do you mean," Mutafi had just arrived, and he didn't know much about the previous situation.

"These Chinese businessmen naively think that they can sway left and right in front of the Ming and the Spaniards, but they don't know that in the eyes of the Spaniards they are just a group of lambs to the slaughter."

"Even if these six gold and silver treasures were to be transported to Manila, the Governor of Juan would just accept them with a smile and continue to discuss how to divide the assets of these Chinese merchants." Uruci shook his head, his eyes suddenly cold.

"They're going to die anyway, so why should we bother to get the treasure of six ships to the Spaniards for nothing?"

"I see what you mean."

"These Chinese businessmen are no different from a few decades ago, they always feel that they can give up a small fortune and get away with their whole body, and in the end they are just lambs slaughtered at will by red-haired ghosts. In this case, it is better to intercept these six ships halfway as compensation for the betrayal of the Weigan Chamber of Commerce by the Chinese merchants. Mutafi couldn't agree more.

"The Zhao family will use a fast boat to deliver the goods to the dock tomorrow night, you pick six ships to pick up, and when the goods arrive at the ship's hold, they will leave the port for Manila immediately,"

"But," Uruci paused again,

Seeing Uruci looking at him with ill intentions, Mutafi also showed a cold expression.

"Don't worry, I'll let the mercenaries kill these people halfway, and then send the goods to Manila, and when the fleet arrives in Manila, it is estimated that the Spaniards have also rescued Vigan, and even if the Spaniards monopolize the assets of the Vigan Chinese merchants, we will not lose a piece of the pie."

"It's just a pity that so many Chinese businessmen in Vigan are so rich that they have to cheapen those Spaniards for nothing." Uruci sighed softly.

"Not necessarily,

"When the Spaniards return to Vigan and slaughter the Chinese merchants, the Chamber of Commerce will inevitably send mercenaries to loot the assets of the Chinese merchants, and for the mercenaries, killing people and setting fires is their strength." Mutafi couldn't help but look greedy as he spoke.

"Either way, we'll have to wait until the Spaniards break the siege of Laoag and crush those damned pirates." Uruci no longer talks about these distant things.

"Speaking of pirates, it's a bit of a hassle." Mutafi, who had just talked about looting the assets of Chinese businessmen and was still eager to try it, began to look solemn when he heard about the pirates.

"You know that these pirates even dare to fight the port of Vigan, let alone the six merchant ships that slipped out from under their noses, and if those six ships are to reach Manila safely, I guess I will have to take more than half of the mercenaries with me."

"Is that so?" Uruci also had some troubles.

As a chamber of commerce, in addition to arming merchant ships, it naturally also has a brave and warlike mercenary arm.

These were Arabs, and the mercenaries composed of the local tribes were numerous, more than two hundred.

In addition to cold weapons, various types of firearms were also prepared.

In addition to escorting merchant ships on a daily basis, he also protects the neighborhoods and docks of the Vigan Chamber of Commerce.

It is the most powerful armed force except for the Viganming army.

A large part of the reason why the Ming army is so polite to the Vigan Chamber of Commerce is also because of this fierce mercenary.