The reason why they chose to gamble, Philip and others naturally considered it.

Although they are now nobles, at the end of the day, they are still businessmen at heart.

Capital once said that if there is 50% of the profit, the merchant can take risks, if there is 10% of the profit, the merchant dares to trample on all the laws of the world, if there is 30% of the profit, the merchant is not afraid to go to the gallows......

In the past, in order to obtain the national letter to Fengmingzhou, Philip and Filut did everything they could, and even dared to forge the national letter. Now that they have tasted the sweetness of Fengmingzhou's route, the huge profits are more than three times. Even the title of nobility on their bodies was given by this route, how could they go back to Europe because of the ban of the imperial court?

After some discussion, the two were unwilling, and even really thought about attacking Hangzhou Port and forcing the Ming court to make concessions. However, they also know the strength of the Ming soldiers, even the former strong Northern Yuan Iron Cavalry is not the opponent of the Ming officers and soldiers, even if they really attack the port of Hangzhou, it will definitely be an egg to hit the stone, and it will not be long before they jump.

However, such an idea opened their minds and taught them to come up with another way to force the Ming court to soften.

In the past, when they traded with the Ming Dynasty, they had been attacked by the Japanese Invaders, and they also knew that the Ming Dynasty had also been anxious because of the troubles of the Japanese Invaders. It was also forbidden to trade because of the Japanese invaders, and the strong man broke his wrist. With this precedent in mind, Philip thought of using the trouble to force Daming to give in.

As long as the Ming Sea Frontier is disturbed, in order to appease them, these European merchants, the Ming Dynasty will inevitably take the initiative to lift their ban and allow them to continue to communicate with Fengmingzhou, just as it did in the past.

This is much easier than storming the port of Daming...... After all, the Ming Sea has a long sea territory, and if it is just a plunder, it is not necessary to choose a place where there are officers and soldiers stationed in the guard.

And now, the Ming Concession in the South Seas is dotted, and most of these concessions are only guarded by merchants, and it is okay to deal with the local barbarian natives, but for a European fleet like them, it is quite insufficient.

But before they can do that, they need to take a foothold...... In this way, he will be able to gain a foothold in this sea area and start his plan to attack the Ming Dynasty.

The location they chose was exactly ...... Da Ryukyu, that is, an island located in the southeast sea of the Ming Dynasty, Dawan Island......

"They have held the shopkeeper hostage, but we still have to give them their lives...... Hey, how do you think about this thing, how depressed! On deck, Geng Datou glanced at a few British sailors passing by, and the anger in his eyes was almost undisguised.

Over there, the clever Fang Tum hurriedly pulled him over, and lost a few more smiles, which was confusing the eyes of those Britons looking back: "Geng Tou, aren't you stupid?" Staring at these rakshasa ghosts like this, in case it is going to break the shopkeeper's big thing! ”

"These rakshasas want to take an island...... Isn't that right in our hands? We also wanted to seize the ship and find a place to live. Now that they have helped us find the good and win the good first, won't we be relieved? ”

"When they turn around, they have a dispute with the Ming officers and soldiers, so we can naturally follow the yellow finches...... Besides, what kind of person is the shopkeeper? A few rakshasa ghosts, how can they help him? ”

"When you say that, I have a good time...... "Geng Datou has a sense of epiphany." In this way, where are we working for these rakshasa ghosts, this is to lay a foundation for ourselves? ”

"Not really." Fang Maozi said with a sneer. "The shopkeeper said, our trick is called borrowing chickens to lay eggs: borrowing the chicken of the Rakshasa ghost to give birth to the eggs of our White Lotus Sect!"

"But remember to let the brothers shine brighter, not only not to hurt too much, but also to help the shopkeeper and get the trust of those rakshasas."

"The white lotus was born, and the king of Ming was born...... Whether such a great cause succeeds or not, it depends on you and me! ”

The white lotus shopkeeper surnamed Fu is also a flexible person, and after knowing that Philip intends to occupy a base and harass the Ming Dynasty, he immediately changed his opinion: since these Rakshasa devils have the same plan as themselves, then they might as well take advantage of the situation to help, and they only need to be responsible for picking peaches at the end.

A few days later, the fleet reached the western part of Grand Bay.

At this time, the western part of Dawan is still the territory of the Potbelly Kingdom, although these natives are also brave, but they are not the opponents of these more civilized Europeans, not to mention the White Lotus Fragrance led by the shopkeeper Fu is brave and invincible, a group of people are all characters who lick the blood from the edge of the knife, and they successfully defeated one of the indigenous tribes of the Potbelly Kingdom that prevented them from landing on the shore.

Later, the king of the Potbelly Kingdom personally led several tribal coalition forces to the rescue, but was defeated by the well-equipped Britons and the White Lotus Sect coalition army, and the Potbelly King died in the battle.

“…… Are you saying that the king of the Potbelly Kingdom was killed and someone landed to occupy our southern side? ”

Dawan Island, Tamjiang Port, Li Jinglong looked at the indigenous refugees who had taken refuge here from outside the port city wall, and frowned deeply. "Now that there are no more robbers, which way are the bandits so rampant? Aren't you afraid of the might of my great soldiers? ”

"I haven't found out the name of the thief along the way...... The question now is, how should these indigenous refugees be resettled? In Tamkang Port, there is no food that can feed so many people. Li Gui, the housekeeper of the Cao Guo Mansion, said worriedly.

In the past few days, Li Jinglong, who is in charge of this port, has become closer and closer to the indigenous tribe called the Gaoshan Tribe, and many Gaoshan tribesmen have been willing to move down the mountain to help the Ming officers and soldiers develop the Danjiang Port. In order to attract more indigenous people, Li Jinglong also followed Zhu Su's teachings and opened a mutual market in Tamjiang Port, and set up warehouses and schools to teach indigenous people farming matters and attract indigenous people from other tribes to trade. In Tamjiang Port, the Han people and the indigenous people are in harmony, and there is a great scene of paradise.

It is precisely for this reason that when Philip and others killed the potbelly king, broke up the tribal alliance, and plundered the indigenous Dingkou and wealth, most of the potbelly tribes chose to go to the east of Dawan to open up new homes, and a small number of potbelly tribes, remembering the friendly attitude of the Ming people in Tamjiang Harbor towards them, chose to drag their families to this place to seek the protection of the Ming people.

Although Li Jinglong also very much hopes to absorb these indigenous people and strengthen the power of Tamjiang Port. But the suddenness of the incident was indeed a problem of how to accommodate these refugees, and the neighbor who suddenly landed in the south was also obviously friend or foe, which made Li Jinglong feel quite worried.

(End of chapter)