The panicked sailors raised their sails under Shi Lang's order and continued to sail towards the port of Nagasaki, while the Japanese sailors and Zheng family ships waiting for the ambush in the bay also stood out one after another, and Zheng Tai and Baba Toshishige, who were standing on Quan Xian Mountain to look out, did not know what was happening, but they could not sit idly by and ignore the fact that there was already a fight outside the port.

But what happened outside the port of Nagasaki was a different story for the people on the Rose.

The people on the Rose clearly saw that the Lingding Island was entering the port normally, and Shi Lang led the fleet to catch up, hijacked the ship, and together with the Japanese ships in the port, captured the Lingding Island, and took it to Nagasaki.

The Rose was originally just a sloop, because after the Battle of Langgang Island, the ship was handed over to the British, so it was not equipped with naval guns, so the Rose did not come close, and could only observe everything from a distance outside the port of Nagasaki, and then retreated to the anchorage.

"Zheng Sen, what are your intentions?" When they returned to the anchorage, the whole fleet went into a state of alert, preparing for war, the originally peaceful camp was directly canceled, everyone boarded the ship, and a crew member waited for Zheng Sen to glare angrily when they knew that the Lingding Island was captured, and there were short-tempered people who had drawn their weapons.

Li Zhaoji glared at everyone and said, "Zheng Gongzi has always been by my side, he has nothing to do with this matter, so you can rein in your weapons and don't want Meng Lang." ”

After suppressing everyone, Li Zhaoji asked Zheng Sen and said, "Zheng Gongzi, what happened outside Nagasaki Port has nothing to do with Shi Lang, he still has his subordinates here, and he was captured by my people." You are their master, and I wonder if I can send someone to interrogate them. ”

Zheng Sen was extremely angry, he had never suffered such humiliation, the dignified son of the Zheng family, a seven-foot man, has always regarded himself as a bright and upright man, that is, the whole Zheng family wants to destroy Li Zhaoji, he is grateful for the friendship in Guangdong, and he does not participate, but now he is regarded as a thief. How can he bear it with his pride?

"Bring those bastards, I'll ask myself." Zheng Sen said in a deep voice.

Tang Mu immediately brought Shi Lang's subordinates who stayed here, except for the two servants who had followed Zheng Sen for many years, the rest were Shi Lang's subordinates, who were originally going to escape with Zheng Sen at night, so they were all elites and cronies.

More than ten people knelt in front of Zheng Sen, everyone was tied up, Zheng Sen said coldly: "Shi Lang betrayed and attacked Li's shopkeeper's ship, do you know?" ”

"If you go back to your son, the little ones don't know." The leader always dealt with it carefully, but in fact they just didn't know, because it was Shi Lang's temporary idea, thinking that Zheng Sen was on the boat.

Zheng Sen shouted: "At this time, you dare to hide it!" ”

With a broken drink, Zheng Sen pulled out his knife and slashed at the general, no one expected Zheng Sen to be so short-tempered, and he was going to kill someone if he didn't like it, Li Zhaoji was on the side, reacted and pushed it, the general instinct was to dodge, even so, he was cut in the arm, and the blade was in the bone, and he couldn't pull it out.

"You bastards, if you have any concealment, I will kill your whole family." Zheng Sen roared.

In the end, the Zheng family was born as pirates, and there is still a legacy of thieves, Zheng Sen said so, everyone remembered the rules and methods of the Zheng family, and they didn't dare to hide it anymore, so they confessed one by one.

Some people said that Shi Lang sent someone to Fukue Island by boat yesterday, some people told Shi Lang that he had dealings with some crew members of the Oriental Trading Company, and some people said that Zheng Sen was scheduled to escort Zheng Sen out of the camp tonight.

One by one, Shi Lang's intrigues and tricks since joining the fleet were cleaned up.

Zheng Sen was embarrassed, he knew that Shi Lang had bad intentions towards the Oriental Trading Company, and he was also very constrained on weekdays, but he didn't expect this guy to do so many things.

"Tang Mu, take people down and take strict care of them." Li Zhaoji commanded.

Zheng Sen suddenly pulled out the bone-piercing knife, and was about to kill again, this time everyone was prepared, Tang Mu reached out and hugged Zheng Sen's waist, and Li Zhaoji also grabbed his hand, and those Zheng family members dodged with rolling and crawling.

"These people dare to deceive the lord, all of them deserve to die!" Zheng Sen shouted.

Li Zhaoji said: "Zheng Gongzi, these people are still useful, and there may be untruthful ones, so they need to be asked carefully." ”

Zheng Sen saw that the family members were dragged away, he crossed his neck and said: "Brother Li, I was sincere in my heart and conspired with you to achieve a great cause, but who would have thought that my subordinates had Shi Lang and others conspire and plot, I have no shame to see you, and now I will judge myself to show my apologies." ”

Li Zhaoji wanted to persuade him a few words, but he never thought that Zheng Sen really wanted to wipe his neck, he hurriedly reached out to grab it, snatched Zheng Sen's waist knife regardless of it, and said: "I said it a long time ago, this has nothing to do with you, just now, I just asked you, that is, I want to find out the truth and rescue my ship, why do you want to do this."

If you die, you will really hurt me. How can Ling Zun believe that you are suicidal, and if you hear that you are dead, don't you want to kill me to take revenge! ”

How could Li Zhaoji let Zheng Sen die, in the past few days, he has been deceived and deceived, and all kinds of tricks have been exhausted, just to make Zheng Sen feel that the failure of Nagasaki's trade and the conflict with Japan are the fault of his lax rule. is so ashamed of Li Zhaoji, when Li Zhaoji deals with the Zheng family in the future, he will have one more hole card.

If Zheng Sen died, not only would all the previous plans come to naught, but the Zheng family would also fight with Li Zhaoji because of Zheng Sen's death.

"After all, I'm sorry for you, I'm sorry for you, I'm sorry to die, it's hard to regret living, I'm a good son, I don't want to end up where I am today." Zheng Sen's eyes were red, his voice was choked, and there was indescribable helplessness and grief in the words he spoke.

Li Zhaoji sighed and patted him on the shoulder, not knowing how to be relieved for a while. After all, everything in front of him was directed by him, and no matter how coy he was, Li Zhaoji really couldn't bear it.

"Zheng Gongzi, please go to the cabin to rest, this matter has nothing to do with you, wait for me to ask the reason, handle it properly, and send you back, whether it is Jiangnan or Fujian, I will never take you hostage." Li Zhaoji said.

"The big shopkeeper, you can't just let him go." Someone shouted.

Li Zhaoji said: "I have made up my mind, don't say more, you all go back to your own ship, set off immediately, and blockade the port of Nagasaki."

Ladies and gentlemen, I, Li Zhaoji, never bully the weak, but if people don't offend me, I won't offend anyone, and if people offend me, I will offend others. Whether it's the Zheng family or the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan, you must give me an explanation! ”

The crowd responded with a bang and retreated.

Nagasaki Office.

"Zheng Tai, look at the good things you have done!" As soon as Ma Ban Lizhong entered the door, he kicked over the tea set on the table, and said angrily: "The thief chief didn't get it, he only got a boat, what's the use." ”

Zheng Tai's face was also extremely ugly, he never expected it to end up like this, the plan was perfect, but the execution was wrong.

Rumble! Rumble!

The sound of cannons came from outside the gate, faintly coming out of the western fjord, and because Nagasaki was located in the middle of two mountain valleys, the sound of cannons from the horn was very clear.

"Find out what's going on!" Baba Toshishige stood at the door, looking anxious and commanding his subordinates.

Half an hour later, a samurai hurriedly came and said to Baba Toshishige: "Your Excellency, there is news from the Gongenyama Lookout and the Okiguchi Command Office, and it is the naval warships of the Oriental Trading Company that are blocking the Okikou before they open fire, and they are blocking a Tang ship leaving the port. ”

"How's it going?"

"The Tang ship was moored, and after the sailors of the Oriental Trading Company came on board to inspect it, they let it leave." Samurai said.

"Let me ask you, what is the situation of the enemy water division?" Baba Toshishige asked anxiously.

The samurai said, "There are all the gunboats of the enemy division, five in all, four three-masted ships, one large and three small, the largest one is named Dongfang, the rest are named after the egret, the wild goose, and the swan, and the remaining one, the sloop, is the ship that left yesterday after hovering outside the harbor."

In the face of the departing Tang ships, the enemy naval division only ordered them to anchor with their guns, so it is not known what their firepower was, but I saw that among the ships of the enemy naval division, four warships were similar to the ships used by the Dutch, and I thought that there were several to more than a dozen guns on the ships. ”

"You go, investigate carefully, and report back if there is a change." Baba Toshishige said to the samurai.

"This kind of sailor, the strength is not inferior to that of Holland." Baba Toshishige sighed and said, as the governor of Nagasaki, he knew that the Dutch ships traveled between Japan and Batavia every year, at least two or three, and at most four or five, even in terms of the year with more ships, which was not inferior.

Zheng Tai said: "Lord Executive, your name is Executive, you are actually the local governor, and you are in charge of the water division and the land division, so why not be afraid of an Oriental trading company." ”

Although the Nagasaki government was one of the distant countries of the Tokugawa shogunate, its functions were different from those of other distant countries.

It focuses on the things of trading, and the rest of the things are like branches and leaves, even if they are branches and leaves, they are also high and powerful. Its area of responsibility extends throughout Kyushu and even the western region. His soldiers and horses consisted of the direct subordinates of the commissioner's office and the Senban offices of the Saga and Fukuoka domains, and when necessary, the neighboring domains of Omura and Isaya were also under his command, and the Kumamoto, Tsushima, Ogura, and Hirado feudal domains were stationed in Nagasaki, and the eight feudal domains of Choshu and Kagoshima were stationed in Nagasaki from mid-May to late September.

"You don't want to talk nonsense here, this time because of you, you have already caused a sea disaster, if it causes a crime, I will not escape, you Zheng family, don't want to stay out of the matter, especially you, who is the initiator." Baba Toshige directly said cruel words to Zheng Tai.

While the two were talking, there was another cannon shot outside, and the samurai came to report it a short time later.

"Lord Bing, a thousand-stone ship coming from the south has been intercepted by enemy ships in the harbor and has been controlled. The merchants and sailors on board were all taken captive to the enemy ship, and after the supplies were carried out, the ship was sunk by the collapse of the country. The samurai said.

Ma Chang Li said angrily: "This is a provocation, it is to lock up my harbor!" ”

"Your Excellency, don't use force for the time being, it's better to send an envoy to talk to the Eastern Business Society, ask about their demands, and then make a decision." It was the New Year of the Silk Cutting Fu Zhongma who spoke, and it was obvious that this merchant representative valued harmony.

If the Oriental Trading Company really wanted to blockade the port, it would be the season of great trade, and the Kara ships would not be able to enter, the domestic ships would not be able to transport their goods to Edo, and all the merchants would suffer.

Racecourse Lizhong nodded slightly, and said in his heart that he had captured the Lingding Island yesterday, and he did not hurt the key people, and the goods were not damaged.

"Lord Racecourse, you can send a Tang Tongshi there." Zheng Tai reminded.

Ma Chang Li Zhong stared at Zheng Tai's face and said: "Zheng Tai, this matter started because of you, you should work hard to make up for it, from now on, if you don't ask this official, you don't have to say much, just wait for the order." ”

Baba Li looked at the Nian Ji on the side and said: Kawamura-kun, I'm sorry for you. ”

Kawamura Mizuken didn't think that this drudgery would fall on him, he thought about it and said, "Can Lord Kawamura arrange a deputy for him?" ”

"The Tang Tongshi of the Pursuit Institute will be sent by you."

Kawamura Ruixian knew very well that Baba Toshige was angry with Zheng Tai just now, that is, he knew that in Tang Tongshi, many people who secretly befriended the Zheng family were not reliable, so he didn't need one, he said: "I want to ask Master Zhenyuan to go out of the mountain to help." ”