Chapter 1156: Let's Talk About Trade
A grenade, smashed through the deck of the British galleon, fell into the cabin.
Then there was a loud "boom", which exploded, and the terrifying shrapnel swept through the British ship. Although the British sailors are not afraid of death, they will still die.
After a scream, all the people in the cabin fell.
The cannonball from Weddell's side hit the side of the Sunshine, but it only smashed a small crater, and then bounced off and fell into the sea.
βfuckοΌ What is the ship on the other side made of? Weddell was dumbfounded, and the Portuguese interpreter on the ship trembled with fright: "Treasure ship, that must be the legendary treasure ship." It is a mysterious oriental power, a secret technique of the Great Interior. β
Weddell was furious: "Secret tricks! Don't the Portuguese understand science at all? β
Translation: "Then what kind of science do you say is that?" β
Weddell was stunned for a long time: "Is it the power of God?" β
The translator was furious: "You are your mother's school." β
On this side, the two of them were angry, and on the other side, the cannons in Gaojia Village were not idle, one cannon after another, flowering bullets and solid bullets, exchanging shots. Flowering shells kill and injure the opponent's soldiers, and solid bullets smash the opponent's hull.
The two exchanged blows, and Weddell's fleet was beaten terribly.
"Admiral, if we continue to fight like this, we will be dead."
"Gotta Jump!"
"But the other side has twelve ships, and we only have five, and if we fight the jumping gang, we have no advantage in strength."
"Then ......run away," Weddell finally made the right decision.
However, it is no longer possible to escape.
Weddell had just made a gesture of trying to escape, turning the bow of the boat.
Shi Lang and Zheng Sen on this side ordered almost at the same time: "Maximize the speed of battle, block their escape route." β
The Wanli Sunshine is an electric boat, and it only needs to switch one gear, and the speed is full in an instant.
The Xiaobai No. 3 is a steam paddle steamer, and the workers who are responsible for adding coal to the boiler immediately desperately add coal to the furnace, and the chimney on the ship spews out a puff of black smoke, and the ship's big whistle "woos" for a long time, and the speed begins to increase.
The two ships went one after the other, and the speed was full, and the brush of the ground blocked Weddell's way.
βfireοΌβ
"Fire!"
The two armies again opened heavy fire.
The shells were still bounced off the side of the Sunshine, and only one shell damaged the side of the Xiaobai No. 3...... Drill a large hole in it.
But Weddell's side suffered heavy losses, and the shells raged on the ship, and if the shells hit the right place, several sailors were killed on board.
In this almost one-sided situation, even the soldiers of the empire will be demoralized.
The British sailors began to fear, began to be confused, and the ship was in disarray.
"Can't escape!"
"The road ahead was blocked, and the way back was blocked."
"Now that it's time to surrender. Surrender may survive diplomacy. If we continue to fight, we will all die. β
Soon, Weddell raised the white flag ...... -
More than an hour later.
Humen Fort.
The head of the Qing Officials Division of the Ming Dynasty's Ministry of Rites, Kai Long, sat on the chair in the middle, and on his left and right, there was a large group of civil and military officials. Zheng Zhilong, Shi Lang, and Zheng Sen were also mixed in the group of military attachΓ©s, standing with the Guangdong general soldiers, watching the next negotiations.
Oh no, it shouldn't be called a negotiation at this point.
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It should be called a declaration.
Kai Long said to the dejected Weddell: "Now, on behalf of the Ming Dynasty, this official orders you and the Hongyi people to compensate for the losses caused by this war to our country, and immediately get out of the waters of our Ming Dynasty, and you must not come again in the future." β
How arrogant Weddell was when he came, how cowardly he is now, hung his head, and said honestly: "I know." I will immediately return thirty-five cannons, thirty pigs, and twenty-eight thousand silver dollars to your country. β
Chiron happily threw out a sentence: "Very good! β
Now that Weddell was under control, he could no longer prepare war reparations himself, so he had to contact a merchant named Paul, who would contact the East India Company and bring money from the company to pay for the reparations.
This operation can't be done in a month or two.
During this time, Weddell could only be used as a prisoner to experience what it means to be in Guangzhou.
He shrugged his head, depressed, as the soldiers pushed him into a cell and locked up.
After being bored for a long time, he suddenly heard the soldiers guarding the gate talking to someone, but they were all speaking Chinese, and Weddell couldn't understand a word.
After a while, the door opened.
Two middle-aged men entered, along with two and a half older children.
The soldiers guarding the gate retreated far away, apparently under strict orders not to eavesdrop.
These two middle-aged men are Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Zhihu. And the two-and-a-half-year-old children are Shi Lang and Zheng Sen.
The four sat down in front of Weddell.
Weddell secretly felt something strange in his heart, what did these people have to talk to him?
Zheng Zhilong opened his mouth and spoke in Dutch: "Do you understand Dutch?" β
Weddell was shocked, this man could actually speak Dutch, and he spoke quite well.
He replied, "Yes." β
Zheng Zhilong: "That's good, let's communicate in Dutch, I only know a little English, but I'm not very good at it." β
Although he said that he was not good at it, Weddell was already a little shocked in his heart, and thought that this decadent eastern country had been closed off from the country and had no characters, but he didn't expect this middle-aged man to be multilingual, and he was not worried about the elites in the West.
Zheng Zhilong: "The officials of the imperial court, they want to drive you away, and the British are not allowed to trade again." β
Weddell nodded gloomily, "Hmm." β
Zheng Zhilong: "But General Ben believes that the imperial court's approach is unreasonable. β
Weddell: "Huh? β
Zheng Zhilong: "Trade is good for everyone. β
Weddell is really a big wonder in a big strange, this is really a hell, I came here to stir up trouble to fight the Humen Fort, in fact, it is because the Portuguese control Macao, not allowed themselves to trade in Macau, in order to force the Ming Dynasty to give themselves a trade port, I went to the Humen Fort to find trouble.
I thought that if I lost the war, this trade would naturally not be negotiated.
Unexpectedly, after losing the battle, someone came to talk to him?
Hell yes!
Zheng Zhilong smiled: "Xiao Sen, you can continue to talk." β
Zheng Sen sat down: "Weddell, you're good!" β
Weddell frowned when he saw that the other party suddenly changed a child to talk: "Why did you suddenly change someone?" Or a child? β
Zheng Sen: "Although I am not very old, I am the commander of the coastal army of the Ming Dynasty." β
Weddell: "Huh? β
Zheng Sen: "Let's talk about trade. β
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