"Your Excellency Shi Luobao, are you just here to be an intermediary?" When Li Zhaoji returned Shen Youlong to Zhao Wenji, looking at Shi Luobao who came forward, Li Zhaoji said with a smile.

Shi Luobao smiled: "No, I'm mainly here to see my friends." ”

Li Zhaoji smiled and stretched out his hand: "Yes, it's an honor to have a friend like you." ”

With that, Li Zhaoji beckoned Shi Luobao and Ferreira into the stone building.

The stone building was very dark, and most of the doors and windows were blocked by wooden rafts or straw mats, and Shi Luobao said: "I can't imagine that you live in such a humble place, you really suffer." ”

Li Zhaoji waved his hand: "It's okay, Your Excellency Shi Luobao, I haven't been living here for a long time, and I will leave soon." ”

"Really? Where are you going, do you need my help? Schroeb asked.

Li Zhaoji looked at Ferreira, who was meticulously doing translation work, and said: "Ferreira, when will His Excellency Shi Luobao learn to grind, it is better for him to be direct." ”

Ferreira was helpless, and after sitting down, he said: "You now have three armed merchant ships, although they are far inferior to the four pirates surnamed in the Pearl River Estuary, but they are also a force to be reckoned with. As the Governor of Macau, His Excellency Schroebel needs to make sure that you are not in a state of hostility with the Kingdom of Portugal. ”

Li Zhaoji nodded: "This is certain." ”

Ferreira reported to Schroeb very seriously, and it was clear that this guy was relieved. Li Zhaoji thought that in the Hongmen banquet at the Fujian Huay Kuan, maybe the Portuguese Council of Macau also participated, but he didn't care anymore, and he didn't even kill Lin Cha, let alone other people.

"Do you remember the proposal that His Excellency Schroeb made to you in the first place?" Ferreira asked after exchanging words with Schroebel for a while.

Li Zhaoji smiled: "Of course I remember, you want to kidnap me and rob my Dongfang." ”

Ferreira smiled awkwardly when she heard this: "Yes, that does make you feel unpleasant, so Your Excellency Schroeb is willing to make amends, for the sake of the friendship between us, you can make an offer." ”

Li Zhaoji waved his hand: "I'm just joking, the branch of my Oriental Trading Company in Macau has been running steadily, which is the greatest friendship of His Excellency Shi Luobao to me." ”

Ferreira nodded and said, "Yes, in the future, there will be more cooperation between us, this is the wish of His Excellency Schrobao, and the other is that cooperation, His Excellency Schrobao wants to bring it up again." ”

"Why?"

"The unhappiness between us boils down to the fact that the Macau Council needs a ship that can return to the mainland, and you have such a ship. And now it's different, you have three ships, and it looks like the Indy is a little bit newer than the Vostok, so we have room to work together. Ferreira stared into Lee Zhaoji's eyes, his face full of sincerity.

"Correction, there is no Indy, it's Lingding Island." Li Zhaoji said with a smile.

After acquiring the two ships, Lee changed the name to the Vostok, but the remaining two ships were needed, and the Indy was changed to the Lingding Island to commemorate the first island controlled by the trading company and the victory in the first battle.

The London was renamed the Tamsui, which was the destination of the trip.

Ferreira shrugged, "Okay, Lingding Island." If you can sell us the Dongfang or Lingding Island, the Macau Council is willing to give us a reasonable price. ”

Li Zhaoji directly refused: "What I lack most now is a boat, and I won't sell any of them." ”

After hearing Ferreira's translation, Shi Luobao showed a disappointed look, while Li Zhaoji said: "I still stick to my previous suggestion to you, Macao can build a Yahat merchant ship by itself or buy it from other countries, and I am responsible for providing technical support to help you build a ship as fast as the Vostok." ”

"Well, that's all there is to it, but luckily, we are not short of time." Schroeb said.

In fact, after the Battle of Xin'an, Shi Luobao aimed at the Yahat ship, which was still called the Indy at that time, but obviously, Li Zhaoji's sudden attack completely shattered Shi Luobao's plan.

In any case, the cooperation has been settled, and what is even more unexpected for Shi Luobao is that Lee Siu Kee has brought a lot of business opportunities to the local business in Macau.

He placed a lot of orders, including artillery, firearms, protective gear and other weapons and equipment, and bought an independent courtyard in Macau, and placed Bai Mo, Gu Jinniang and other women in Macau.

After completing the handover of hostages, Li Zhaoji's fleet stopped at Neilingding Island for only four more days before hoisting its sails and anchoring and launching an expedition.

Santo Domingo City, Tamsui, Taiwan.

This is a castle built at the mouth of the Tamsui River after the Spanish colonized northern Taiwan, but in the past ten years, Taiwan is completely a chicken rib for the Spaniards in the Philippines, and the investment that has lasted for many years has made the Spanish Philippine governor feel big, and he ordered to withdraw from Santo Domingo City five years ago, leaving only twenty defenders, and the person in charge of this army is drinking in the main fort of Santo Domingo City at this time.

"Pour the wine, pour another glass." Ensign Petro was a very rude man, and his voice was especially loud.

"No more wine, second lieutenant, not a drop left." The young soldier said cautiously behind him.

"No way, there must be, didn't the supply ship from last month bring wine?" Pietro turned his head and stared at his guard with fierce eyes, and asked viciously.

The young soldier avoided his eyes, and in fact, everyone knew the ferocity and brutality of Ensign Pietro, and even the most ferocious natives would feel fear in the eyes of those of higher rank than him.

The soldier couldn't dodge, but he mustered up his courage and said, "Ensign, there is no more wine, a ship should have come last month, and it did, but it went to San Salvador and did not stop here. Only one quartermaster arrived in a small boat, inspected our warehouses, took the last bit of deerskin and disappeared. ”

"How did I not know?" Petro said.

The soldier bowed his head and said, "At that time...... You're drunk. ”

"Damn it!" Petro cursed, he stood up, drew his sword, and staggered at the void, the frightened guards hiding outside the door. Looking at the guard's frightened looks, Pietro let out a rampant mocking sound.

Pietro scoffed, "What are you afraid of, cowardly fool, this sword of mine is for slaying ugly and filthy enemies, not for a loyal servant like you." ”

"Yes, Second Lieutenant, you are the most powerful warrior I have ever met." The soldier whispered.

Pietro laughed: "Yes, although I have only twenty men under my command, as long as I Pietro is here, even a thousand people will not be able to break through this fortress protected by the king....... ”

Talking arrogantly and loudly, Pietro's eyes looked out of the window, and suddenly his arrogant laughter came to an abrupt end, and he couldn't help but rub his eyes with his dirty hands, because in his field of vision, there was really an enemy coming.

The morning fog was blown away by the breeze, and three three-masted galleons sailed out of the mist and into the mouth of the Tamsui River, where they suddenly appeared in Pietro's field of vision.

For a moment, Pietro thought he was dazzled, and he rubbed his eyes desperately, then opened them again to make sure he was not mistaken.

You can clearly see the masts including the mast in the bow, and there are three tall masts erected, and the gun doors of each warship have been opened, and the muzzle of the black hole is pointed at the city of Santo Domingo.

"Enemy attack, Dutch attack." Pietro was carrying a knife and shouted in Fort Santo Domingo, and with a clatter, he staggered and hit his head on the door frame, still insisting on running to his post.

Of course, Santo Domingo City is not only one unlucky guy in Pietro, but also a guy named Shichiro Yoshida who is just as unlucky as him.

The city of Santo Domingo is bordered by the Tamsui River to the west, and the Half Moon Fort is at the forefront of the sea, and there is a sentry post, the only two of the forts, one facing the sea to be alert to threats from the sea, and the other facing inland to guard against the attacks of the native barbarians.

And when Li Zhaoji's three warships came to the mouth of the Tamsui River and emerged from the mist, the sentries on the Half Moon Fort were squatting by the city wall, their butts pulling feces outward. Pietro's roar quickly caused a reaction, and the cannon that summoned the whole army was ignited, and with a bang, Shichiro Yoshida was so frightened that even the shit was pinched off, and even the person fell down with the shit.

The only fortunate thing is that there is a freshwater river below, and falling into the water from a wall less than a foot high will not hurt.

Fortunately, when Shichiro Yoshida was carried to the ocean by the raging river, he was picked up and sent to the Vostok.

Li Zhaoji looked at the appearance of the yellow man in front of him, a little surprised, and said, "You...... You're from the Ming and escaped from the Spaniards, right? ”

Yoshida Shichiro looked at Li Zhaoji and the others, shook his head and nodded, he didn't dare to say that he was not from the Ming Kingdom, for fear that these guys in front of him would kill him, but he didn't dare to speak, because his Chinese language was very poor, and he had the unique accent of the Wa Kingdom.

"You are not from the Ming Kingdom, you are a Japanese person!" Yang Yandi saw the katana stuck in Yoshida Shichiro's waist and said angrily.

Shichiro Yoshida wanted to get away with it, but now he was seen through it, and he quickly knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, speaking Chinese with a Japanese accent.

Li Zhaoji handed the katana to Yang Yandi, squatted down and ripped off the clothes on Yoshida Shichiro's body, seeing his strong and clean chest, it was obvious that he had not been abused at all.

"Big brother, the Japanese who appeared in the Spanish-controlled area should be a Chejitan." Chen Liuzi whispered in Li Zhaoji's ear.

Li Zhaoji nodded slightly, remembering such a group of Japanese wandering in the South Seas. Cheshitan is actually a common name for Japanese people who believe in Catholicism.

Before Japan closed the country, the Spaniards and Portuguese traded in Japan, and at that time Japan did not have so many restrictions. Unlike the Dutch and British, who liked to do business, the Portuguese and Spaniards were completely religious lunatics, so there were many Japanese who believed in Catholicism in Japan, especially on the island of Kyushu, and even in the Cheshitan daimyo.

It was not until the Tokugawa II shogun issued the "Keicho Ban Religious Age" that all the missionaries were expelled, and a large-scale massacre of the Kishitan group was carried out, and a large number of Kishirdan went into exile and haunted various countries in the South Seas.

Many of these Japanese worked as mercenaries in Nanyang, and because of their faith, they naturally preferred to live in Manila, and Shichiro Yoshida was one of them, and he was hired from Manila to guard the city of Santo Domingo at the mouth of the Tamsui River, along with four Chejitan.

"Why do you speak Chinese?" Lee asked.

Shichiro Yoshida says, "When I was a teenager, I was apprenticed to a Ming man in Manila to repair and make leather boots. ”

"Where is he now?"

"Dead....... Died in that massacre two years earlier. Shichiro Yoshida lowered his head and said, "That's not about me, it was the Spaniards who killed them, I didn't participate, I really didn't." ”

Li Zhaoji smiled coldly: "It doesn't matter if you have it or not, now you just need to cooperate, if you don't cooperate, you will die the same." ”

Shichiro Yoshida, who was only in his early twenties and was not a highly trained samurai, immediately fell to his knees and begged for mercy.