Two quarters of an hour later, inside the Governor's Palace in Manila.

Zheng Zhilong saw the captured Zheng Zhibao and a red-haired ghost.

"Big brother, what are you going to catch?"

As soon as Zheng Zhibao saw his eldest brother, he screamed aggrievedly.

"Shut up!"

Zheng Zhilong glared and scolded, and then looked at a group of red-haired ghosts.

Compared with the aggrieved Zheng Zhibao, these red-haired ghosts are not so determined. One by one, they knelt on the ground and trembled, not daring to look up at Zheng Zhilong.

"Which of you is the leader?"

Zheng Zhilong once again showed his talent for being proficient in multiple Chinese, asked these people in Portuguese, saw that they did not respond, and asked again in Spanish, and then the number was correct.

"We are Spaniards, and my name is Sobrino."

"And then?"

"We are here by the will of the great Habsburg King Felipe IV, and we have important matters to discuss with Zheng Zongbing!"

"You know me?" Zheng Zhilong asked strangely.

"Zheng Zongbing's name has spread overseas, and everyone knows it. I'm no exception."

"What did your king send you for?"

"Come and redeem the captives captured by Zheng Zongbing."

"Captive?" Zheng Zhilong was stunned for a moment, and after thinking for a long time, he remembered that he had captured a lot of Spanish officers when he captured Luzon.

But these people are now farming and planting, and I don't know how many are still alive.

"Just you guys? As far as I know, don't you just have a ship? Are you done pulling so many people?"

"We came with a fleet, but、But because I don't understand Zheng Zongbing's attitude, we haven't come here for the time being, and now we are docking at a port in Wenlai."

"Stop that? This doesn't seem like your territory, does it?"

"No, but we paid the rent."

"Oh! I kind of get it. Your king has sent a fleet to Luzon in the hope of ransom your captured officers with money. But your fleet did not dare to approach Luzon for fear of being attacked by us. So I paid the rent and stopped at the port of Wenlai, and then sent you people to be the vanguard to talk about the tone first. Is that what going on?"

"Yes, yes! That's it."

"Who's at the head of this fleet?"

"It's Mistress Franco!"

"Franco? He?"

Zheng Zhilong was stunned for a moment, and then understood. No wonder I didn't dare to come to Luzon, it turned out that the person who came was Franco.

"Since you are here to ransom the captives, why are you trying to trick Zheng Zhibao into rebellion?"

Hearing this, Sobrino's face turned ugly.

Although he was not a noble figure, he was born into a declining aristocratic family, and he recently succeeded his father as a baron. It was a coincidence that he followed the fleet to the East to redeem people. But along the way, he successfully attracted Franco's attention, so that Franco trusted him, and the task of sending people to Luzon to visit Zheng Zhilong fell on him.

Sobrino came to Manila with his people only to learn that Zheng Zhilong had set out on an expedition at the behest of His Majesty the Emperor. If it is someone else, either go back first, or find a place to stay and wait for Zheng Zhilong to come back. ….

But Sobrino was a restless man, and he sent back to deliver a letter to Franco, and then he and his men found a restaurant in Manila.

During the days of staying in the hotel, he has not been idle, constantly inquiring about various news in Manila.

For example, what was the ruling policy of the Ming Dynasty, what was the living conditions of the indigenous people, how many Han people had emigrated, and so on, which seemed useless.

Knowing that he got a message that he thought was useful.

Zheng Zhilong is not there, but his younger brother Zheng Zhibao is in control of Manila's military power.

So he began to approach Zheng Zhibao, and after learning that Zheng Zhibao liked beauty, he sent him a woman.

A fair-skinned Spanish woman.

At first, Zheng Zhibao was reluctant to accept it, no matter how stupid he was, he also knew that these Spaniards must not be well-intentioned.

But after Sobrino revealed his identity, Zheng Zhibao was relieved.

Since he is here to ransom the captives, he doesn't have to worry about his identity, and a dozen people can't turn over any flowers. Since he asked himself to take care of Serezo and the others, it would be more secure.

He has not tried a Spanish woman as a matter of course, and he has put it away, and there are many people who stammer him, so what's wrong with accepting a woman?

Since then, Sobrino began to get some new gadgets for Zheng Zhibao every once in a while, and after coming and going, Sobrino and Zheng Zhibao also became acquainted.

It stands to reason that at this time, his goal will be achieved, or he will be close to Zheng Zhibao, let him say good things in front of Zheng Zhilong, and ask for a ransom of 1.8 million taels less, which can be regarded as a lot of credit.

But Sobrino was not only a restless man, but also a very ambitious man.

He is not satisfied with being a low-level viscount all his life, he wants to make greater contributions.

For example, if the Zheng clan turned against the Ming, they inserted a lever from it to recapture Luzon.

These days, he understood the strength of the Zheng family. Zheng Zhilong served as the commander-in-chief of Taiwan and Luzon at the same time, with more than 100,000 soldiers and nearly 1,000 warships.

This strength is simply a well-deserved maritime hegemon.

Since you have the strength to be king, don't you have the ambition to be king?

It doesn't matter whether Zheng Zhilong can be called king or not, as long as he can provoke a dispute between them and the Ming Dynasty, and then take advantage of the chaos to recapture Luzon.

Oh, my God! If you can really make this great achievement, why do you have to be a marquis?

Your own family will go to glory in your own hands!

As soon as this thought came together, Sobrino felt his blood boiling.

So he began to guide Zheng Zhibao to be dissatisfied with the Ming court when he was drinking, and the method was to blow Zheng Zhilong, saying that Zheng Zhilong's credit was great, and the court only gave him a small earl. It is a sign of fear of him and distrust of him.

Zheng Zhibao didn't think so at first, but thinking about it, it seems that it is really like that?

His eldest brother has to be a duke, how can our brothers be a marquis, right? Otherwise, I will be sorry for the huge territory laid by the eldest brother.

So he swelled, and swelled greatly.

Then on some occasions, he said something disrespectful to Zhu Youzhen, and then he was detected by Jinyi Wei and reported to Zhu Youzhen.

"Zheng Zongbing! I don't, I just want General Zheng to be kind to Lord Serezuo. By the way, by the way, let's see if we can lower the ransom downward, and it doesn't trick General Zheng into rebellion!" Although Sobrino was already panicked in his heart, his face was still innocent.

"Oh? Really?" Zheng Zhilong got up from the chair with a smile, put his hand into his arms, and slowly walked in front of Sobrino. "Not really."

"There really isn't any~"

"Oh~"

Zheng Zhilong took out a pistol from his arms, then turned on the safety and pulled the trigger.

"Bang!"

The red-haired ghost next to Sobrino was shot in the head and fell to the ground.

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