Fu Ao said: "The battle at sea, the situation is changing, there are three or four months, we can find another way, besides, the 'Black Dragon Palace' is pouring into the nest this time, the consumption of these many ships is not small, whether we can surround the island for three or four months is still uncertain, why do we need to worry about that!"

This Fu Ao commanded the warships and sailors in the "Wanjin Hall", and was good at naval warfare, and had fought with the pirates of the "Black Dragon Palace" several times in the past, and he had always been brave in battle.

At this time, a tall man in the crowd, wearing a gray and white straight uniform, spoke.

This foreigner has short brown-red hair, a broad face, a short beard, a very rough appearance, and a very loud voice. It's just that what he said was not Chinese, and he spoke "twitter, wow, wow" for a long time, and everyone in the hall couldn't understand it.

Hua Bushi, who was standing in the corner of the hall, didn't know this person, and whispered to a Chinese businessman beside him, "Brother Tai, do you know who this foreigner is?"

The merchant replied, "This man is the governor of the Dutch East India Company, and his name is Jane Pitossonkoan." ”

Hua Bushi said: "Thank you brother Tai for telling me." ”

The Dutch East India Company is familiar with Okura Castle, and the black python that ranked second in the "Zixiao Conference" last year is the fighting dog raised by this company. And this governor Ke An, although Hua Bushi had never met before, he had heard about it.

No matter how big the business is, the head of an ordinary Western fleet company will not be called a governor. Jane Pitosonkoan was known as the Viceroy because his East India Company was a Dutch official company, which not only traded with merchants from the East, but also signed treaties with other countries on behalf of the Dutch and had a lot of power.

In Okura Castle, the East India Company was one of the largest merchants in the West, no less than the fleet of the Spanish aristocratic Gongora.

The Governor of Ke'an made a long series of speeches, although everyone couldn't understand half of the sentences, but it must be a way to deal with the current crisis in Okura Island, so for a while, many business owners in the hall listened patiently, and no one interrupted.

Only Hai Hongzhu couldn't bear it anymore and said: "This foreign devil who likes to peel off his skin can't even speak to people, so he definitely doesn't have any good ideas!"

Hua Bushi, who was beside her, could only smile bitterly when he heard it. It seems that it is more difficult to make this "Huada Lady" know how to be polite than to let her practice peerless martial arts.

Fortunately, the governor of Ke'an did not know Chinese, so he did not know what Hai Hongzhu was talking about. He spoke for a long time, and when he was finally finished, the translator he brought with him began to translate the Dutch speech into Chinese.

I only listened to the interpreter: "Governor Ke'an just said that this group of pirates from the 'Black Dragon Palace' who surrounded Okura Island, blocked shipping routes, and hindered the conduct of ocean trade is a barbaric act that violates international conventions, and it will never be tolerated by righteous people like us, and must be resolutely and ruthlessly combated." On behalf of the Dutch East India Company and the Dutch Government, Governor Koan lodged a solemn protest against them, and did not rule out the possibility of using force to settle the matter. ”

Now that the huge ships of the Dragon Palace are surrounding the island, the situation is urgent, but the Dutch governor has said such a large set of official words, not only Hai Hongzhu, but even the other merchants in the hall can't listen to it. When someone shouted to the translator, "Hey, don't read any more nonsense, tell me what the hell that red-haired devil has in mind!"

The translator still made a brief translation of Ke'an's remarks, and only when he arrived at Zuihou did he say: "Governor Ke'an has a proposal, he can invite the Royal Navy of the Netherlands to come to Okura Island, I believe that with the strength of the Dutch Navy warships, it will not be difficult to sweep away the pirates of 'Black Dragon Island' who are surrounding the island." However, there was one condition, that the 'Wan Jin Tang' and the Chinese merchants in the city must agree, and that a written agreement must be signed. That is, from now on, all Chinese merchants in Okura Castle could only trade with the Dutch East India Company, and were no longer allowed to trade with the fleets of other Western countries. ”

As soon as this remark came out, everyone was in an uproar, especially the businessmen from Western countries were the loudest.

The Spaniard Gongora said: "The conditions put forward by the Dutch are really ridiculous! If the 'Mankindo' agrees to such conditions, I can also promise to let our Spanish naval fleet come over, as long as the Chinese merchants of Okura Castle will only do business with the Spaniards in the future." The strength of the so-called Royal Navy of the Netherlands is very average, and it has been defeated many times under the fire of our Spanish Armada. ”

The Dutch and Spain had been rivals in a naval war for many years, and the Spanish nobleman would not be polite to the governor of Coan. Not only Gongora, but also merchants from Britain and France also protested.

For Chinese merchants, if they only trade with a Western company, the price of the goods will be controlled by the other party, and the profits will inevitably be greatly reduced, and the losses will certainly be not small. However, now that the situation on Okura Island is critical, if the foreigners' fleet can drive away the pirates of the "Black Dragon Palace" who are besieging the island, it is not completely unacceptable.

Seeing that the hall was in chaos, Yao Yuanxiao slapped the table and shouted: "Don't be dry, everyone, listen to me!"

The internal force used by this shout shook everyone's ears, and everyone in the hall immediately fell silent.

Yao Yuanxiao said: "May I ask Governor Ke'an and Mr. Gongora, where are the fleets of your two countries now?"

"Our Spanish Armada is, of course, in the Atlantic, in the seaports on the coast of our country. ”

The translator translated Yao Yuanxiao's question to Governor Ke'an, who replied that the Royal Navy of the Netherlands was also on the coast of the Atlantic.

Yao Yuanxiao said: "It takes at least four or five months to make a round trip from Okura Island to Europa. Now that the pirates of the 'Black Dragon Palace' are besieging the island, they will come to attack in the near future, and it will be too late to send your country's fleet from the Atlantic Ocean when your news is sent back to China. ”

The "Black Dragon Palace" came in a big way this time, and it must be determined to win Okura City, and it is impossible to delay it for four or five months to fight, and far water cannot quench the thirst of the near, Ke An, Gonggola and others all know that what Yao Yuanxiao said is an indisputable fact, so they have to keep silent. And the Chinese merchants who wanted to use the power of the foreign fleet to drive away the pirates also showed disappointed looks.

All of a sudden, the chamber had changed from the previous noise to silence again, just because no one had a feasible way to defend the city.

But it was Sima Rulan who broke the silence and said: "We, Okura City, have always practiced the rules of free trade, and the cargo trade in the port is only fair, and no privileges are established. Now that the enemy is present, to defend this city, we can only rely on the existing liliang in our city, and we must also rely on everyone's support, only when everyone in Okura City works together can we have a chance to repel the pirates of the 'Black Dragon Palace'!"

After a pause, she added, "It is imperative to hold the harbor and prevent pirate ships from sailing through the bay to attack the city. How to defend, please also act according to the dispatch of Elder Yao and the Fu Helm Master. ”

Okura Castle is a castle built on the sea, with walls built on three sides, and on the seaside is a bay, and the harbor is located in the bay. If the pirate ship sailed into the bay, Okura Castle would be in no danger, not only could the guns on the pirate ship bombard any part of the city, but the pirates could also land directly from the port and enter the city, and the city would probably fall immediately.

Therefore, holding the gorge and preventing the pirate ships from sailing into the harbor became the first thing to do to defend Okura Castle.

At that moment, Yao Yuanxiao and Fu Ao began to count the number of frigates of each fleet moored in Okura Port, as well as the armament of the guns on board, so that they could be uniformly deployed and cooperate to defend the harbor of Okura Castle.

In the face of the siege of pirates, whether it was from Middle-earth or the Western countries, the various merchants trapped in the city became grasshoppers tied to a rope, and the main bosses in the council hall had no objections, and they all reported the equipment of their fleets.

But at this time, a disciple of "Wanjintang" rushed in from outside the door, came to Sima Rulan, and reported: "Tell the eldest lady, eighty or ninety people came outside the east city gate, saying that the indigenous villagers came from the seaside, and they wanted to find the boss of the Bark Sky Tower. ”

Ever since the discovery of a large number of pirate ships from the Black Dragon Palace appearing in the sea around the island, the gates of Okura Castle have been closed on all three sides, and no one is allowed to enter or leave the castle to prevent pirates from attacking from land. At this time, I heard that someone was going into the city to find the boss of the Barking Sky Tower, and Sima Rulan's eyes looked at Hua Bushi who was standing in the corner.

Hua Bushi hurriedly stepped forward and asked the disciple of the "Wanjin Hall": "Is there any leader among the eighty or ninety people, can you report his name?"

The disciple said, "Those natives don't know Chinese, and the leader is a man of medium stature and dark complexion, who looks like a fisherman fishing in the sea, but he doesn't know what his name is. ”

Hearing the description of this "Wanjintang" disciple, Hua Bushi immediately guessed that most of the people who came to him were the leaders of the group of indigenous people who came to him, Xin Lika from "Moli Village", but why he brought so many people here was something that the eldest young master couldn't guess.

Hua Bushi said immediately: "Miss Lan'er, the person who came from outside the city is probably an old acquaintance of Hua Bushi, I think there is something to come to the city to find me, wait for me to go to the city gate to check, and ask Miss Lan'er to order the city gate to be opened." ”

Sima Rulan nodded, and instructed the disciple: "You take Mr. Hua to the East City Gate, let him identify the people coming from outside the city, if it is indeed an old acquaintance, open the city gate and let them in!"

That disciple should claim to be.