In the compound, bearded men unshackle Abdul.

Abdel calmly crouched down and gently broke open the still warm finger and retrieved a ruby ring.

He glanced disdainfully at the Spanish lieutenant who had fallen to the ground.

"There is a price to be paid for stealing someone else's wealth."

There were bursts of screams outside the house, interspersed with bursts of firecrackers from time to time.

But soon everything fell silent.

"If stealing your ring costs you your life, what about you stealing Laoag's wealth?" Argyrie looked coldly at everything that was happening in front of him, he didn't panic, as if he had expected everything.

"Honorable President, we are not stealing the wealth of the Spaniards, we are just keeping the city of Laoag for the Manila authorities." The bearded man smiled cruelly and slowly picked up the delicate flintlock pistol on the ground.

"Mutafi, you are just a mercenary leader who was expelled by the Chamber of Commerce, you betrayed Rawag's employer and was expelled from the Chamber of Commerce by me, and after going to Vigan, you still did not change your nature, and even went to the Han to divide the property of the Vigan Chamber of Commerce, why do you want to get involved in the Arab Chamber of Commerce now?" Argyle glared.

The bearded man sneered and said respectfully to Abdel in the center of the hall:

"Lord Abdul, since the Spaniards are doing it to you, it is a provocation to the Arab Chamber of Commerce, let those stupid Spaniards taste the wrath of our Arabs!"

Hearing this, Argyle was furious.

"Enough, Mutafy, is it up to you?" Yagli snorted and looked at Abdel again.

"Abdler, you are a respectable old man, it is your order to let the merchant ship leave the port, please don't implicate the Chamber of Commerce." Argyle motioned for several of his mercenaries to step forward.

He also came this time because he found out that Abdel was the mastermind behind the voyage of the merchant fleet, so he asked the teacher to ask for the guilt, but Abdel really colluded with Mutafe, let alone the Spaniards would suddenly appear.

Yagley shook his head at the devastation of the garden, and although he was reluctant to do so, he had to order Abdel and Mutafi to be pressed to the Spaniards in order for the Arab Chamber of Commerce to have a presence in Rasag.

"Yagley, do you really think the Chamber of Commerce is yours alone?" Abdel said coldly, expressionless.

Suddenly, several mercenaries behind him grabbed Argyle and tied him up.

"What are you doing, I'm the president of the Chamber of Commerce, you are a mercenary of the Chamber of Commerce, you can't do this to me." Argley didn't expect things to turn out like this, and screamed as hard as he could.

"President Argyle, I can only say that you are too stingy with your mercenary brothers." Mutafi laughed and slashed Yagley's life.

"You," Abdel couldn't help but be a little moved when he saw Mutafi stabbing him.

"Lord Abdul, the Chamber of Commerce needs people like you, not these Spanish lackeys." Mutafi wiped the blood from the knife and spoke slowly.

The door slowly opened, and a team of mercenaries armed with knives and guns stepped out.

The Spaniards outside the compound did not expect to die at the hands of the mercenaries of the Arab Chamber of Commerce.

late at night

When Sir Brent ordered the news of the Manila authorities' destruction of the Ming army to all parts of Laoag, the whole city cheered, especially the Spanish soldiers and merchants.

Obviously, this news has greatly boosted the morale of the residents of Laoag.

Although the sound of firecrackers could be heard in the middle of the bustling streets in the evening, it did not affect the revelry of the Spaniards in the city.

Even the Spanish fleet moored in the harbor relaxed at the moment.

But at this moment, the official residence of Laoag,

Sir Brent was sweating profusely as he looked at the city's defenses.

"Damn Abdler, I should have thought of it a long time ago." Sir Brent gritted his teeth and cursed.

In the evening, a squad of Spanish soldiers went to capture Abdel but were all killed, and the entire mansion was empty, and what was even more surprising was that the body of Yagli, the president of the Arab Chamber of Commerce, was found in the cellar of the house.

This was a great surprise to Sir Brent and General Terry, and at the same time a bad feeling arose.

To make sure nothing went wrong, Terry personally went to the port to spy on the Arabs' fleet.

"Bars is dead." General Terry walked on the way to the port,

I thought that Abdel was the only one who defected to the Han Chinese, but he didn't expect that the soldiers of a squad he sent out would be wiped out.

"Damn, there must be Han people mixed in the city." This was General Terry's first reaction,

"General, you're back." Terry had barely reached the dock when a Spanish non-commissioned officer greeted him with a look of surprise.

"The fleet was immediately alerted, and all the sailors returned to their ships, the gunners rolled out their guns, the powder kegs were opened, the musketeers prepared the gunpowder and the projectiles, and no one but the Spaniards was allowed to enter the docks."

It has to be said that as a general, Terry is quite competent, and the sharp intuition of the soldier made him feel the seriousness of the situation, so he immediately thought of the fleet in the port.

"Wait, where does the smell of wine come from?" After Terry finished giving the order, he suddenly asked from the tip of his nose with a strong aroma of wine.

"Sir, the soldiers have been fighting hard in Laoag for a month and a half, and finally the news of victory has come from Manila, so they have taken out the best wine from the merchant ships and drank freely, and the frightened Ming people must not dare to attack." The Spanish non-commissioned officer smiled, and it was from him that the smell of alcohol emanated.

"The wine brewed by those Arabs is really delicious, sir, can you have a drink?" A Laoag official in charge of the docks quipped,

"Arabic wine." Terry was stunned for a moment, and then his face changed suddenly.

"Bang!"

Suddenly, there was a loud bang, and a brilliant fire shot up into the sky, illuminating the entire harbor.

The sudden explosion and the firelight shook everyone present.

"Quick, alert, firefighting." Terry was quick to react and rushed into the harbor while everyone was stunned.

A huge three-masted ship was engulfed in flames, and every now and then a fireman screamed and jumped off the deck in despair, and the blazing fire lit up the sky.

"It's Jean Barr." A sailor on the dock shouted in horror.

Terry almost vomited blood when he saw it, it was a third-class battleship, and the pride of the Manila authorities turned into a raging fire at this moment.

The fire was so fast that everyone was taken by surprise.

"All the sailors immediately returned to their ships, and the musketeers guarded the harbor and captured any Arab in the harbor." General Terry grimaced and roared.

A loud explosion shook the city of Laoag, and the residents who had been in joy were shocked by the sudden explosion, and the revelry instantly turned into panic.

For a while, screams, shouts, and angry scolding came and went on the street......

The local Spanish sheriff and indigenous servants tried to maintain order but were overwhelmed by the crowd.

None of the inhabitants of the city knew what was going on, and if they stopped fleeing and looked around, they would see a group of robed men appearing in the crowd around them.