In the southeast of Fujian Province in early March, on the sea covered by night, the Dutchman's "Cod" sails bulged and headed eastward at full speed.

Its task was to sail away from the waters beyond the sight of the Daming Golden Gate guards before dawn, and successfully transport the second batch of forty men to Penghu Island.

Gurlitt was writing letters to Governor Cohen to be sent to Batavia under an oil lamp.

"Your Excellency the Governor, without the interference of the Ming Navy, the voyage of the Galen ship from Baisha Island, which is called by the natives of Penghu Yu, to the nameless island east of Kinmen, the Ming Imperial Guard, is one day and night. From Kinmen to the remote harbor of Tong'an, Xiamen, it takes another two to three hours. Because of the purchase of Ming slaves, I saw a small boat in Tong'an that looked like a hammer, with a load of no more than 200 tons, but it could not only carry more goods and people in the cabin, but also traveled very fast, and it was easy to hide in the night to avoid the detection of the Ming navy. I implore the company to allocate funds to buy more Tong'an Shuttle boats from the Chinese. Your faithful Gullit. ”

After Gullitt finished writing, he put down the quill pen, read through it again, and said with a smile to Zheng Haizhu, who was sitting opposite: "Mrs. Zheng, I find that your gaze on this letter is far more enthusiastic than seeing a handsome gentleman like me. ”

Zheng Haizhu said without hesitation: "Yes, because the ship mentioned in this letter may allow me to earn another commission." ”

Like a cat inviting merit, Gullit stretched his waist and said: "You see, I am really obedient to you, and if you sell Fujian's boats, I will immediately write to the company." ”

Zheng Haizhu had no waves on his face, and said: "You are short of small boats, and a soldier like Chief Ruffin only has a battleship loaded with dozens of cannons in his eyes, as if he can't see him in the Ming Navy." When you really have the ability to occupy the whole of Fujian, then use such a big ship to load piglets. ”

As she spoke, she picked up the letter and stared at the flowery characters that resembled the German word formation.

Gullit stood up, walked behind Zheng Haizhu, and recited the pronunciation of "governor", "guard", "day and night", and "clipper" in Hokkien, and pointed out the Dutch words on the letter one by one.

Then, he lowered his cheeks more and more and said, "Mrs. Zheng, you should indeed hurry up and learn the language of my motherland, in that case, you will be able to understand what I have proposed to you in the ancient and beautiful Dutch language." ”

Zheng Haizhu avoided the strong perfume smell mixed with a strange smell, folded the letter paper with dried ink, and put it in a tin box with a beautiful pattern on the small table.

"Mr. Gullit, who always thinks of himself as handsome and amorous, I don't want to use your last name, I just want to share the spoils with you."

Zheng Haizhu said, squeezed Gullit away with a big grin, walked to the cabinet again, poured a small glass of wine, woke up for a while, took a sip, and smacked his lips.

Not to mention, the wine kept by Hongmao on the ship is not bad, it has not deteriorated, and the compound aroma of dried fruits and smoke is actually there.

Wine is also a good item for maritime trade, provided that the Dutch are first subdued and the robbers are put away.

Over there, Gullit clutched his chest and said, "Mrs. Zheng, you seem to be so disgusted with the men of your Ming Kingdom, and you like us very much in the Netherlands, I thought I would have a chance." ”

Zheng Haizhu took another sip of wine.

"Gurlit, I do think you Europa people are very powerful. Whether you are the Queen of Spain or the current Consul of the Netherlands, you know how to use the power of your country to support brave merchants and sailors. We, the Ming Kingdom, are accustomed to opposing and separating the government from the people. What our emperor and our court like to do most is to squeeze us, the businessmen who are not officials, and more ordinary people. They don't care what the world is like on the ocean, what the world is on the land on the other side of the ocean. What they love most is to be enclosed in their gorgeous and dirty officialdom and mansions, remote control their minions, and enslave the bodies and minds of thousands of civilians. It is not surprising that our emperor in the Forbidden City is like a waste, because at the end of totalitarianism, there is never a shortage of such arrogant, stupid and cruel leaders. And inside and outside the Forbidden City, there are more Ming men, who rely on kneeling and licking that person to climb to a high position, or bite each other to grab personal gains, and it doesn't matter about the reduction of national strength at all. ”

Zheng Haizhu suppressed her voice, but expressed it freely.

She couldn't help but find it a little ironic. In many eras before and after, the disadvantages of acupuncture may only be expressed in this way, to foreign people whose Chinese listening is still at the elementary level.

Gullit, who had been seductive a moment ago, gradually faded his gaze away from obscenity, and he was surprised.

The woman of the Ming Kingdom spoke too fast, and suddenly used a lot of unfamiliar words, and most of them did not understand.

He just read a strange meaning in her gaze.

It was like him lazily opening the window in the early morning when the birds were singing and the flowers were scented, only to suddenly usher in the stormy waves that poured in with lightning and thunder.

"Bang bang bang!" There was a sudden knock on the door of the cabin, and there was a hurried Dutch voice outside the door.

Gullitt opened the door, and a Dutch soldier reported: "The Chinese slave laborers in the bilge kept banging on the hatch and shouting loudly. Our translator went to ask, and they said that one of the members had been inspired by the goddess of the sea and was told that they were not going to work in Heung Shan O, and they felt deceived and wanted to see Mrs. Cheng. ”

"I'll take a look." Zheng Haizhu put down the wine glass and frowned slightly.

Gullit stopped her: "Those piglets, they are tied up with ropes, let them make a noise." ”

Zheng Haizhu raised his eyebrows and squinted at the Dutchman: "Since they are tied up with ropes, what do I have to fear, I can coax them from the fishing village to the boat, I can coax them a second time, at least tonight, we can all sleep peacefully." Gullit, if you want to be a knight, stand behind me and protect me. ”

Gullitt was provoked, and then caught a glimpse of the fleeting ridicule in the eyes of the Dutch soldiers, and said with a "heh": "Go, go and see." ”

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With the sound of chains dragging and dragging, the bilge of the "Cod" was opened, and the lantern carried by the Dutch soldiers reflected Zheng Zhilong's face and the hemp rope on his shoulder.

Zheng Zhilong's hand was behind his back.

He raised his face and glared at the condescending Zheng Haizhu and Gulit.

"Auntie, let's go up to the deck and see if the ship is heading southwest!"

Zheng Haizhu squatted down and said softly: "Of course, I went to Xiangshanao." Ah Zai, don't be afraid, you haven't been caught by Nan'an's sea patrols, and in front of you is the gold mountain that allows you to earn a lot of money and send it home. ”

Their conversations were all in the southern Hokkien dialect, which Gullitt could understand by the Fujianese Chinese he brought from Batavia, and translated it to Gullitt in a low voice.

However, the translator will not know that Er Zheng is dealing with the code.

The Fujian sailors disguised as "piglets" in the cabin could not see the sea in the distance. Zheng Zhilong could only rely on the pocket watch he bought from the Portuguese and his experience when Zheng Haizhu first took the "Cod" to estimate the progress of the voyage and confirm with Zheng Haizhu whether he had arrived near Kinmen.

got the code of "Jinshan in front", Zheng Zhilong said "hmm" and nodded slightly at Zheng Haizhu.

Suddenly, the rope on Zheng Zhilong's shoulders was loosened, and while being pushed up by the Ming army who had been prepared under him, Zheng Zhilong stretched out his arms and held the deck hard.

Zheng Haizhu also looked at Zheng Zhilong's belt while holding his breath, grabbed it, and gritted his teeth to help.

In a brief moment of just a few breaths, Zheng Zhilong had already jumped all over his body, kicked Gullit into the cabin with one kick, and then pulled out a short knife and protected it in front of Zheng Haizhu.

At dusk on the shore of Nan'an, the men of the Ming Kingdom who were searched one by one, when they went to the bilge after getting on the boat, Zheng Haizhu gave them rice cakes with a kind face, and took the opportunity to quietly hand the dagger to Zheng Zhilong.

When the Dutch wrote letters to the governor and spoke to women, the dagger cut dozens of cords.

"Hi, hi, Zheng, are you crazy!"

"God, when are you going to break free from the rope!"

Gullit's roar was heard from inside the cabin.

The Ming army tied up the Dutchman, who had a crooked beard, and left people to guard him, and then climbed up through the ladder that Zheng Haizhu quickly lowered.

The interpreter from Batavia sat down on the ground in fright, and the Dutch soldier woke up from his stunned stunning, blew his whistle and ran to the deck to alert his comrades who had gathered to drink.

An arrow flew from Zheng Haizhu's hand into the sky, and the sharp sound was far farther than the whistle.

On the right side of the "Cod", in the direction of the dark and dreary Liaoluo Bay, two lucky boats that had been crawling quietly for several hours were like wolves suddenly opening their eyes, revealing a fierce light and lighting up a number of lanterns.

As the bamboo sails were raised, the junk gained speed from the sea breeze, and its bow rose and fell, heading towards the "Cod".

"Mr. Gullitt is in the hands of the Ming people, don't shoot. The Ming people will not kill you, but will just escort everyone to Kinmen Island and let our chief negotiate. Ah, the junk over there, too. For God's sake, don't shoot, don't shoot. There were a lot of them, and there were gunboats, and we only had more than a dozen of them, and we couldn't win by shooting. ”

On the deck, the Batavia interpreter, who was brought up by Zheng Zhilong, couldn't care less about trembling when it was time to save his life, and shouted in Dutch to the Dutch soldiers and sailors on the deck.

"Tell them that whoever dares to fire the first shot, or fire the first shot at the junk, I will turn around and let my men cut Mr. Gullit's throat. Put down the musket and leave the gun emplacement. ”

Zheng Haizhu shouted for the translation.

The translator was busy adding these sentences.

The leader of the Dutch soldiers turned around and looked at the two junks, and the side of the ships was not in sight, and there was no Mars in sight.

It seems that the people of the Ming Kingdom really just wanted to take hostages, and did not want to bombard. Besides, their own people are still on this boat.

The leader then spoke a string of Dutch, and the soldiers began to put their muskets at their feet.

Seeing that Yu Zhigao's sailor ship had sailed to a distance where it could be connected, Zheng Haizhu breathed a sigh of relief and turned around and walked towards Gulit's cabin.

There lies evidence of Dutch ambitions.

When she finished the letter written by Gullet to the Governor of the East India Company and returned to the deck, she saw that the general named Zheng Yi under Yu Zhigao had come to the "Cod" and gave knives to the Ming soldiers who were pretending to be "piglets".

"General Zheng, just tie these Dutchmen to Kinmen, don't hurt them, it's ominous to kill them."

Zheng Yi nodded, looking at Zheng Haizhu with burning eyes.

This woman, sure enough, has a few brushes, and in terms of blood and generation, she can actually be regarded as her niece.

Ningde Zheng Ge said that her grandfather was quite valued by the Holy Lord back then, and he thought that wisdom and courage had been passed on to future generations.

In today's action, Zheng Yi was afraid that Yu Zhigao's generals would be reckless and impatient, in case he misfired and accidentally injured Zheng Haizhu, so he took the initiative to ask Ying to bring a boat to intercept the "Cod".

"Miss Zheng rest assured, with Master Yu's military order, the sons and daughters will not make claims tonight. However, with the current arrogant momentum of the Dutch, I am afraid that a big battle will inevitably be inevitable here in Luowan. ”

As soon as Zheng Yi finished speaking, he saw two Ming soldiers escorting Gulit to the deck.

"You woman, you are so despicable! God will punish you, you will go to hell! ”

Gullitt stared at Zheng Haizhu angrily.

"Gullit, don't be stupid, where did hell come from? You Dutch have killed so many black slaves, are you going to hell? Not only did he not go to hell, but he also became the richest man in Europa. In this world, there is no God, only Ming and Dutch, either talking or fighting. ”