Chapter 17: How many steps does it take to go from a dog to a sheep?
"Lord Liu, this... It's like our ship. ”
On the highest attic in the center of the wharf, an officer dressed in a hundred households of the Ming Dynasty looked at the port with roaring artillery fire, his eyes widened, and he stammered and whispered.
"Nonsense, what is our ship, our Ming Dynasty is the state of etiquette of the Heavenly Empire, how can we do pirate things."
An old man standing in front of him, hearing Baihu's words, his eyelids jumped a few times, and he turned around and scolded loudly.
Baihu, who was inexplicably reprimanded, scratched his head suspiciously.
I didn't say anything, why was Lord Liu so excited?
Also, although the smoke on the docks was thick, he could not be wrong with his eyesight.
It was indeed the warship of the Ming Dynasty, and the largest one in the middle seemed to be the car of His Royal Highness King Yue.
Lord Liu stared at him and denied it, this Nima can't be explained.
"Why are you still stunned here, hurry up and do something."
"Uh... What's going on. ”
Master Liu glared at him speechlessly, "What else can you do, I asked you to fight pirates, will you go?" ”
Baihu glanced at the harbor with roaring artillery fire and shrunk his neck.
With such intensive bombardment, it is estimated that he will not even be able to catch a whole corpse of more than 100 people under his command.
"Don't be kidding, sir."
"I know it's a joke, so why don't you get out of here quickly, and tell me to go down and close the door, and no one is allowed to go out until the matter is over."
Looking at the departing hundred households angrily, Lord Liu listened to the rumbling cannon and sighed.
"These big guys, I really don't know what to think."
"The front foot is fine like a family, and the back foot is fighting."
"You said that you would fight, and you would notify me in advance, and you will notify me when it comes to the door, I will not be able to cope with Zhuge Liang in the next life."
"Wow..."
Hurried footsteps sounded from the staircase, and Lord Liu, who had a sad face, hurriedly retracted his thoughts and straightened his face.
"My lord, the king of Manraka is here."
The hundred households who had just gone down ran up sweating profusely, looked left and right and whispered: "The temper is very impulsive, and as soon as you come up, you will be held accountable, saying that we are Ming, why should we suddenly start a war with them." ”
Hearing this, Lord Liu wiped his face vigorously and said indignantly: "How the hell do I know, he asked me, I asked who to go." ”
pushed away the hundred households, and Lord Liu walked down the stairs with thunderous steps.
"Lord Liu, please tell Xiao Wang, what's going on, you good Ming, how did you start a war against us."
As soon as Lord Liu walked downstairs, a middle-aged man with a jewel strode forward and grabbed Lord Liu's hand, and asked loudly.
Master Liu, who understood some of the other party's special habits, felt a little nauseous in his heart, withdrew his hand vigorously, wiped it behind his back without a trace, and said lightly: "Why did the king of Manraka say this, when did our Ming Dynasty start a war with you, why don't I know." ”
When the king of Manraka saw the other party like this, his heart boiled with anger.
What a fucking bastard, the artillery of your Ming warships is all on my head, and you, as the head of the Manchurian and Ming Chamber of Commerce, don't you know, a liar.
If you want to go crazy, you can consider your own situation and the forces represented behind the other party, King Manraka gritted his teeth and said:
"Since there is no war, can you explain to me where the warships that attacked our country in the port came from?"
After speaking, he couldn't help but sneer with the grievances in his heart:
"Don't tell me you don't know those ships."
"As far as I know, the only country that can equip artillery on such a large scale is your Daming."
Lord Liu raised his eyebrows, ignoring the sarcasm of King Manraka, "I will say it again, my Ming is a country of benevolence and righteousness, and I will not start a war against other countries for no reason, let alone launch such a shameless sneak attack. ”
Speaking of this, Lord Liu straightened his waist: "Besides, even if there is a war, do you need a reason for our Daming to fight?" ”
"Everything in your country is given by our Daming, we want to take back our own things, what qualifications do you have to question."
"In addition, let me tell Your Excellency again, the world is very big, not only my Ming country, don't see the ship and artillery, just put the basin on our Ming head, be careful to anger Your Majesty, there is no good fruit for you to eat."
Lord Liu's words made King Manraka freeze in place.
He didn't expect that Da Ming, who has always been easy to talk and has always been wronged in his eyes, would be so strong.
Is this really the Da Ming in his impression?
Looking at the other party's slightly disdainful eyes, King Manraka was annoyed and angry, and he wanted to say a cruel word, so he threw up his sleeves and turned away.
The threat on the docks, and the poor defense capabilities of the country, he could only grit his teeth and swallow it in his stomach, with a humble expression on his face.
"Please also ask Lord Liu for forgiveness, just now Xiao Wang was just in a hurry and panicked, and said the wrong thing, Lord Liu is not strange."
"Humph!"
Lord Liu snorted lightly, picked up the tea sent by the person next to him, and stared at the other party without saying a word.
Serve tea and send it off!
This is an easy-to-understand rule of Ming officialdom.
But this Manraka king doesn't know much about the culture of the Ming Dynasty.
Seeing that Lord Liu picked up the teacup, he thought he was inviting himself to tea.
Although he couldn't do it in a hurry, but now that he had a request for someone, he could only endure the urgency in his heart, picked up the teacup, saluted Lord Liu, and smiled.
Lord Liu: "......"
Yes, the flattering eyes are thrown to the blind to see, and people don't understand it at all.
"Is there anything else going on with Your Excellency?"
People couldn't understand it, and Lord Liu didn't bother to pretend, so he directly picked out the problem.
The meaning of the words is to remind the other party that if it's okay, get out of here.
"There's... Yes... There are..."
Hearing Lord Liu ask if he had anything else to do, King Manraka was overjoyed, and thought that his sincerity had moved the other party, and the other party was willing to help, so he hurriedly said:
"Xiao Wang hopes that Your Excellency can talk to the force on the dock on behalf of Daming."
"As long as they are willing to leave and no longer attack the docks, we can consider what we want."
King Manraka had already made up his mind about it.
The fleet on his dock was from the Ming Dynasty, and the reason why he attacked without even saying hello was probably to avenge the fact that the Han coolies were driven out of Manraka.
He still needs to rely on Da Ming now, and the two sides can't get too stiff.
offended Da Ming, without Da Ming's protection, the greedy wolves around him would not hesitate to pounce on him and eat him alive.
Alas, for the sake of his position and the grand goal in his heart, the king of Manraka chose to forbear for the time being and decided to spend money.
With his understanding of Daming, as long as he admits his mistakes sincerely and comes up with corresponding compensation, this crisis can be passed safely.
Lord Liu, who was on the other side, paused with the hand holding the teacup, and looked at the king of Manraka opposite, his eyes full of sympathy.
In his eyes, the other party is no longer a person, but a fat sheep roasted by himself and sprinkled with spices!
Just this kind of fat sheep sent to the door, Lord Liu suspects that when he sees the other party again, it is estimated that the other party has been gnawed and there are no bones left.