After the typhoon, the South China Sea returned to calm, and there were no more rough seas on the sea. The fishermen of Pontianak also took advantage of the time when the typhoon left to prepare to go to the sea, after all, they had to hide from the typhoon and rest for several days.

Song Asheng, like other fishermen, rowed his own boat to prepare to get out of the cage, and the cages on the boat were piled up, which was the result of his and his family's hard work in the past few days.

"Mazu Niangniang bless, this time there must be a big harvest. As long as I can raise enough money for Brother Song's medical treatment, I will definitely ask the three animals to repay their wishes. ”

Of course, the three animals in Song Asheng's mouth are naturally the small three animals, and he can't afford the big three animals of pigs, cattle and sheep, and only the old men in the city can afford to use them. And in addition to buying pigs' heads, fish can be hunted by themselves, chickens, and there are two at home.

However, when he thought of Dr. Liu's prescription for the medicinal materials he wanted to give his son Song Ge'er, Song Asheng looked sad, they were all precious medicinal materials, and they needed several Dutch money, which was a bit difficult.

However, when he thought of the Dutch devil's power in Pontianak, Song Asheng couldn't help but spit on them, they were all beasts.

Just as Song Asheng was thinking about his own thoughts, suddenly there was a commotion among the people around him.

"Look, there's a ship coming."

"It's like a big warship."

"Could it be a Dutch warship?"

As soon as these words came out, all the fishing boats that went out to sea immediately turned their bows and rushed back. In recent years, Dutch warships have become accustomed to being tyrannical, and the injustices caused are innumerable, and who is not afraid.

It's just that they didn't know that it was not the Dutch warship that arrived this time, but the Qing warship that got lost in the typhoon.

"Deng, why are these people so afraid of us?"

On the Zhiyuan ship, Lefer, who served as the chief instructor of the Zhiyuan ship, put down the telescope in his hand and said his doubts to Deng Shichang beside him. Lefell speaks English, and because Deng Shichang also knows English, the communication between the two can only be done in English.

He remembered that when the Zhiyuan ship went everywhere, there were not thousands of onlookers, or in the British Singapore, and the welcome received was also not small. I didn't expect that after the typhoon deviated from the course, there was still such a situation, and judging by his dress, he should also be an overseas immigrant belonging to the Qing Kingdom.

"Maybe they're treating us like warships from other countries."

Deng Shichang, who also put down the binoculars, looked at the flagpole, and the dragon flag on it was gone. "Bastard, I said how could this be, don't hurry up and raise the flag again."

"Lord Pipe, the wind has blown the rope off."

"Then pick it up."

Under Deng Shichang's reprimand, the dragon flag of the warship was finally hung up.

After the flag was hung, the commotion of the fishermen in the distance gradually subsided.

As the Zhiyuan ship raised the dragon flag, the situation was reversed.

"Look, it's a big warship of the imperial court."

The sharp-eyed fishermen immediately spotted the dragon flag on the Zhiyuan ship and shouted.

"Yes, isn't the imperial court sending troops?"

"The court finally remembered us and waited."

There was a lot of talk on the fishing boats at once, but a few of them immediately accelerated their rowing to the shore, and they needed to inform the others of the news of the arrival of the imperial court.

After approaching the offshore water, the Zhiyuan ship stopped, where there was no port, the Zhiyuan ship had a deep draft, so it could only dock in the offshore water, but in order to find out where they went, Deng Shichang and others boarded the traffic boat and prepared to ask the fishermen here.

Facing the officers and soldiers of the Zhiyuan who went ashore, the surrounding fishermen reluctantly gathered on the side.

Faced with this situation, Deng Shichang frowned, thought about it and pointed to a fisherman. "Where is this?"

It was Song Asheng who was questioned by Deng Shichang, and in the face of Deng Guan, who was wearing a flower feather, Song Asheng was furious for a while, but he still answered Deng Shichang's question.

"This is Pontianak."

Hearing Song Asheng's words, Deng Shichang said to Leyfer beside him. "It turns out that when we arrived in Pontianak, we really didn't expect to come here."

"Deng, I think we should meet with the local chief, and we also need to add some vegetables and fruits, many of them are broken."

In the face of Deng Shichang's words, Leffel said the current needs on the warship. After the baptism of typhoon, many vegetables and fruits on the warship are inedible, and although they are not far from their next destination, Hong Kong, it is not a bad thing to be prepared.

It was obvious that Deng Shichang listened to Lefer's words, and he spoke directly to Song Asheng. "Can you introduce me to your patriarch or leader?"

Deng Shichang didn't count this as a requirement, Song Asheng immediately patted his chest and promised.

"Your Excellency, please rest assured, if you know that the Heavenly Empire is coming, the patriarch will definitely beat gongs and drums to greet you."

"Don't be so grand, I just want to buy some supplies."

However, Deng Shichang's words, Song Asheng would definitely not hear them, because he had already run to find the patriarch.

didn't let Deng Shichang and the others wait for a long time, Song Asheng soon brought the patriarch over.

"Old decay Song Mingli, I have seen the old country."

As soon as he saw Deng Shichang, Patriarch Song was ready to kneel down and salute.

"Patriarch Song is polite, there is no need to make this big gift."

Deng Shichang didn't let the Song patriarch salute successfully, and stepped forward to catch him.

Patriarch Song is also a sensible person, and when he saw that Deng Shichang and others were unwilling to accept the gift, he didn't do it.

"I don't know if the angel of the homeland needs to use the old decay, our Songjia Village will definitely help."

"It's nothing, the main thing is that we want to buy a batch of fruits and vegetables for use on the ship."

In the face of Deng Shichang's words, a trace of disappointment flashed in Patriarch Song's eyes, but it was quickly covered up.

"That's fine, it's a trivial matter."

After speaking, he spoke to a young man who came with him behind him. "Song San, you go back to the village and ask everyone to prepare a batch of melons, fruits and vegetables and send them to the adults. Tell the big guys, be sure to be fresh. ”

As his words fell, the young man named Song San immediately trotted all the way back.

Although Patriarch Song concealed it well just now, the worry in his eyes was seen by Deng Shichang.

"Uncle Song, I don't know what to worry about."

"It's nothing, since the warships of the old country are here to purchase supplies, we don't dare to have Lord Lao."

Patriarch Song's secretive attitude made Deng Shichang curious.

"If my husband has any suffering, but it doesn't matter, I won't spread it."

"It's nothing, it's just that the Dutch are trying to occupy Pontianak, and Liu Tongzhi is fighting the Dutch with the big guys. At first, we thought it was sent by the Imperial Court to support us. ”

The Liu system in the mouth of the Song patriarch is the son of the former commander Liu Shoushan. After Liu Shoushan's death last year, the Dutch took advantage of the unstable situation in Lanfang and the outbreak of the Sino-French War, so they took the opportunity to try to bring it under their jurisdiction. Previously, in order to survive, the Republic of Lanfang had made an agreement with the Dutch to exist in a vassal-like model. However, for this fertile land that the Chinese have worked hard to develop, the Dutch have never let go of their ambition to annex.

Patriarch Song's words left Deng Shichang speechless, without the order of the imperial court, he could not have ordered the Dutch to open fire, although the Zhiyuan ship under his seat was stronger than any Dutch warship.

However, when encountering such a thing, it is not his Deng Shichang's style to do it at all. After some consideration, he said to one of the officers beside him. "Zhiquan, you have someone collect the guns on the ship and bring them over."

That's right, although he didn't have the right to fire, he still had some guns to show his attitude. (Warships have always been equipped with guns, and it was basic for warships to have hundreds of them at that time.) ）

"My lord, I'm afraid it's hard to deal with the superiors in this way."

"Listen to me, just say that the typhoon has lost."

After finishing speaking, Deng Shichang looked at Leffel.

"No problem, if you change me, I will do the same, and the military should be the people."

Since both agreed, things were easy to do. So he took out nearly a hundred guns from the Zhiyuan ship and asked the Song patriarch to hand them over to that Liu Tong.

Although Leffel concealed it, he sent it as an anecdote when he sent it to the country.

So Carlo also knew about it.