"Do you think it doesn't matter if you have warships and artillery for the Ming Court sailors?" Uda glared angrily.

"Today, the Chinese businessmen came here to discuss the construction of the museum with the East India merchants, and it was personally supervised by Lord Liu Yu. Zhao Zhou is also an old man, and he directly moved out of Liu Yu's mountain, and Wu Da immediately closed his mouth.

"English merchants can naturally stay in the towns of Laoag, Wigan, etc., but they need to accept the law, if the English merchants and their families and servants break the law in the territory of the Ming court in Luzon, they need to be handed over to the government for trial." Zhao Zhou said.

"This?" Anderson grimaced,

The establishment of the East Indian Merchant House in Luzon was to facilitate the residence and trade of merchants doing business in Luzon, and it was naturally the English law to be followed.

Anderson was also speechless, this is something that the East India merchants would never accept.

"Since you have come to Daming, you must accept the laws of Daming." Su Langqing looked at Anderson and said coldly.

Several East Indian merchants looked at each other, in the past, I heard from fellow merchants in Luzon that the Ming people in Luzon were very weak, and when the merchant fleet came to Luzon, even if the goods were sold at a sky-high price, they would pay silver taels to buy, why are the Ming people so tough today.

Su Langqing smiled faintly, if he had said this to these red-haired ghosts in the past, these red-haired ghosts would have flipped the table and left.

It seems that Lord Liu Yu is right, the English people really have a demand for the Ming people.

Liu Yu naturally knew why the English would come to Laoag to open a commercial hall, and it would not open early or late, but it was at this time.

At this time in history, the East India Company gathered thousands of soldiers and a large number of warships and artillery to fight against Emperor Aurangzeb of the Mughal Empire.

As the saying goes, when the cannon goes off, there are ten thousand taels of gold.

In addition to spending money to prepare for the war expenses, this group of English merchants in the East Indies naturally wanted to raise some silver taels elsewhere to recover their blood.

At this time, the Ming court had already gained a firm foothold in northern Luzon, and the development of towns such as Laoag was also thriving, and there was a trend of the third largest city in the South Seas, so East Indian merchants naturally set their sights on it.

But the current Ming Court is not the Wei Gan Ming Court that was poor and begged for food everywhere.

Now the Ming court, which now controls most of the territory of Luzon, naturally has this confidence.

However, the East India Company was not as domineering as it had been.

In particular, Liu Yu also knew that the East India Company had lost the war, and he was even more lost.

Of course, at this time, the two sides are still arguing, mobilizing troops and warships to deal with the war.

No one knows about the defeat of the East India Company to the Mughal Empire in this war, except for Liu Yu.

"Your Excellency, the merchants of the East India Company wish to have their own courts, just as the Portuguese in Macao had when they first arrived in Macao." Anderson gritted his teeth.

Zhao Zhou shook his head, although he didn't know where Liu Yu's confidence came from, but out of his belief and surrender to Liu Yu, Zhao Zhou still insisted that East Indian merchants apply the laws of the Ming Dynasty in Luzon.

"If an East India merchant violates the law in Luzon, if the other party is a student, then English law shall apply and the East India Company shall be tried, and if the other party is a Ming person, then it may be handed over to the Luzon government." An East Indian merchant spoke up and offered a compromise.

Seeing that the Ming people did not react, Anderson said: "The East Indian merchants who live in Laoag pay taxes on their goods by the Ming court, and the East Indian merchants who live in Laoag pay the corresponding rent. ”

At this time, Su Langqing nodded, it was already very good to be able to force the English to do this.

Uda, who was on the side, frowned when he heard this, but he didn't say anything.

After that, it was nothing more than a discussion of the number of East Indian merchants and their families who came to Laoag, the accommodation provided, and the size of the East Indian merchant ships that entered the port of Laoag each year.

By the time the Four Seas and East India merchants were negotiating the construction of the museum, the Ming Hai fleet to Annam had already crossed the Babuyan Strait.

For several days, the sea was sunny and windy, in order to ensure safety, the Ming Sea merchant ship chose to pass through the Dayu Islands, and then go to Annam.

In the waters of the Dayu Islands, the warships of the Navy Town can also provide escort protection for the Ming Sea.

This also made the sailors and soldiers of the Ming army on each ship relax.

Erya leaned on the deck, looking at the endless sea, except for the last time he was tied to Luzon, this was the first time he had seen the sea.

Therefore, everything felt very fresh, several Ming army big bird ships escorted outside, and the eight lucky ships of the Ming Sea sailed in the shape of wild geese under the escort of several big bird boats.

Erya stood on the deck and looked at the majestic Ming army big bird ships that were cutting through the waves, guarding the lucky ships in the fleet like guards with knives.

Not far away, a similarly shaped fortune ship sailed towards its side, and this fortune ship was even larger than the big bird boat.

Like an eagle meets a sparrow.

And on the deck of the fortune ship not far away, a young man of his own age was also standing on the deck, leaning on the bronze cannon body with one hand, carrying a firearm in the other, and looking at the sea with a pair of deep eyes.

It is not the first time that Lin Xu, who is about the same age as Erya, has gone to sea.

This time, the Ming court dispatched personnel from Lu Town and Water Town to serve as escorts for the merchant fleet, and Fubo General Town naturally also transferred some personnel.

However, the difference is that the current Lin Xu is already the head of the Marine War Association in Fubo Qianzhen.

The military merit promotion system of the Ming army promoted a group of grassroots officers of the Ming army who could recruit and fight well, such as Lin Xu and Li Liu.

The salty and wet sea breeze blew on Lin Xu's dark face, and he chewed tobacco leaves, and also looked at the lucky boat not far away.

"Co-Chief, this trip is not only our Fubo Water Town, but even Huben Town has also sent elite soldiers to the future." A young soldier of a similar age stepped forward and pointed to the approaching lucky boat.

"What kind of tiger town, a group of landlubbers on land, on the sea or our Fubo Town land combat cooperation." Zhao Shen said disdainfully.

"That's it." Several teenagers chimed in.

"I've only been a soldier for a few months, so I hate this and that." Lin Xu said with a smile.

"At the beginning, a few of you dreamed of entering Huben Town, if it weren't for the new recruitment of new recruits in Fubo Town, you people would have to enter Huben Town even if they were miscellaneous servants." Lin Xu scolded with a smile.

He still clearly remembers that during the battle of Mingcheng, the Ming army of the two towns of Huben Town and Weiwu Town fought against the Spanish and Shengfan coalition forces, and those Ming soldiers who were armed with firearms and long knives at their waists.

It's only been a year, Lin Xu shook the self-generated fire gun in his hand and looked at the lucky boat not far away.

"On this trip to Annan, the Fubo Land War Association can't lose its momentum, let my colleagues see the bravery of the Ming Dynasty." Lin Xu shouted.

On the fifth day, the big bird ship of Sailor Town finally returned, and eight Minghai Fu ships sailed towards Annan together.

Life at sea is always boring, even if people who have never been on a boat will always have a longing when they see the endless sea, but after a month and a half, the beautiful scenery will become boring and boring.

In addition, sometimes stormy, sometimes scorching sun, and poisonous sun, except for the early morning and evening when they came out to breathe, the officers and soldiers of the Ming army Luzhen hid in the cabin most of the time and did not come out.

The soldiers of Fubo Town are naturally much better, and the officers and soldiers of Shuizhen, who have long been accustomed to living at sea, are diligent, and in addition to maintaining vigilance on the deck on weekdays, they also take care of a lot of trivial tasks.

Of course, it is also related to the fact that most of the soldiers on this trip to Fubo Town are local young soldiers in Luzon, and they are young and immature and naturally want to behave well in front of these veterans in Huben Town.