Qing Dynasty: I Rely on Games To Fight For Favor - Chapter 186

As Xia Mian expected, shopkeeper Liu had already informed Major Dassoma, a Portuguese naval officer, of the background of his fleet, and one of the heads of the Portuguese East India Company.

In the dim cabin, everything was looted. A total of hundreds of crew members and men in the four ships were all driven into the cabin of this ship, filling the cabins.

They have been imprisoned here for half a month. Every day, those people only give them a few buckets of water and a small amount of food, and everyone is starving to lose weight.

There are so many people who haven’t had a bath or toilet for half a month. You can imagine what it smells like now.

The gloomy environment and the fear of the future are deeply pressed on everyone’s heart.

Few people in the cabin spoke, except for the intermittent sound of waves slapped on the ship from time to time outside.

There was a person sitting not far from the cabin door. The person was thin and had long-term wind and sun marks on his face. Unlike the sluggishness of the people around him, his posture was very straight, and his eyes were full of occasionally opened eyes. It is Jingguang, the shopkeeper Liu who is in charge of this trade.

Everyone looked up at him from time to time. Seeing him like this, they seemed to have some hope again and didn’t let themselves fall apart.

“Shopkeeper Liu, what do those Portuguese mean? Don’t let us go, nor…” a guy next to Shopkeeper Liu couldn’t help but ask softly. He originally wanted to say “Don’t kill us”, but the word to kill, he really didn’t have the courage to say Export.

“They dare not kill us.” Shopkeeper Liu deliberately increased his voice so that everyone in the cabin could hear this sentence.

Everyone heard it and looked at him.

“We are working for the court, dare to move us, they will wait to meet the anger of the court!” The shopkeeper Liu sonorously said.

At this time, the Qing Dynasty was not the weak and poor worm of mermaid meat. It was at its peak and could look at anyone. The people of the Qing Dynasty had their own confidence.

His words resonated a lot. Those who are weak, no longer afraid, and strong, are already angry and can’t wait to wait for the Portuguese to pay for it.

Shopkeeper Liu didn’t move, but a haze flashed through his eyes. In front of everyone, he had to say so, but in fact, he was not sure whether the court would save them. After all, they are just petty people.

At this moment, in a magnificent mansion not far from the ship, Dassoma Shao collided with a glass of red wine in a good mood. The fleet of the eastern country is always very rich, and once looted, you can get a lot of money.

Next to him, another person in charge of the East India Company, a slightly fat man asked worriedly, “The Oriental said that he was working for their emperor, wouldn’t it?”

“That’s not right. This country is too poor. The British have come, the Dutch have come, and the French have come. What else can we get?” The country he said refers to India.

“Don’t you like the jewels on the boat?” he asked the fat man.

The fat man’s face immediately showed a drunken expression, those jewels, who doesn’t like it.

“I heard that in the eastern country, the floor tiles are all paved with gold, and there are exquisite porcelain and silk everywhere. I really want to…” At this point, Major Dassoma seemed to be fascinated.

“There will be a chance.” The fat man had forgotten his worries just now, only madness remained on his face. With sufficient benefits, he is not afraid of taking risks.

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When this happened, Xia Mian didn’t want to play anymore, urging everyone to hurry and head straight to the Fujian Navy’s Yamen.

Half a month ago, the emperor’s Luangjia had arrived in Fujian, but the emperor never appeared. Fujian and even Guangdong and Guangxi officials at all levels are anxiously waiting.

Finally, the emperor came.

According to the preparations, officials at all levels visited the emperor.

Kangxi remembered that the merchant ship was robbed, but didn’t think it was particularly important. After all the matters were finished, he told Shi Lang to do it.

Shi Langting’s brows were frowned, and the cargo ship was robbed. This is not an exception, especially in the past six months, he has handled many similar cases. But the final result…

Most of the Qing army came from the north, and they were good at horse warfare. This water warfare was really not good. Some people even fainted as soon as they arrived on the ship.

Later, when he fought against Taiwan, Kangxi invested a lot of manpower and material resources to train navy officers and build ships, only to reluctantly let navy officers have the ability to fight.

But it was only the First World War. The true reason for the success was that the coup of the Zheng Dynasty in Taiwan caused civil unrest, and the red cannons installed on each ship by the emperor had contributed a lot.

Moreover, Taiwan does not have a Fujian University in total, and it is lonely overseas. There is no supply, and the Qing Dynasty can take it. There is nothing to show off.

The East India Company, he knew, and sent people to investigate in detail. Behind every East India Company are national forces, such as Britain, the Netherlands, and Portugal. They are all very good at naval warfare. With India as a stronghold, the Qing had no advantage in fighting against it.

Once a war breaks out, it will become an enemy to the whole of Europe, and the consequences will be disastrous.

For these reasons, the navy’s yamen did not dare to press too hard to deal with these cases. Most of them were asking people to come back, money… I had to do my best to get back the best, not, it could only be considered bad luck for these merchant ships.

He has also heard of Zechuan Goods Yard, which has something to do with the imperial concubine, and the business is very big. No wonder the emperor personally ordered this!

The East India Company dared to stroke the tiger’s beard. Shi Lang felt troubled, but at the same time faintly looked forward to it.

He has investigated the East India Company and learned about the maritime situation. Of course, he can see that they are devil who cannot feed themselves. If they do not prepare early, they will definitely threaten the Qing Dynasty in the future.

Last year, he sent a memorandum detailing the matter, hoping to attract the emperor’s attention. Unfortunately, at that time, the emperor did not reply to the powerful enemies in the north. this time…

In an instant, Shi Lang had already turned countless thoughts, “Yes!” He took his orders.

Kangxi didn’t care, and led the officials to inspect the navy.

Here, Xia Mian settled down well, so he quickly asked Jiang Lin to find the person in charge of Zechuan Goods Yard here to learn more about this matter.

In order to develop maritime business, Qin Jiye opened a branch in Fujian. The person in charge is the shopkeeper Zhao.

The shopkeeper Zhao was shocked. He had heard that the boss had a relationship with the royal family, but the concubine and the empress personally summoned him, which was beyond his expectation.

Trembling, he came to see Xia Mian.

“What the **** is going on?” Xia Mian asked.

The shopkeeper Zhao’s stubborn response was completely devoid of his usual shrewdness.

Xia Mian understood the cause of the incident. It turned out that it was not only her merchant ship who had the accident in the past six months; it turned out that the people had long ago hated the demons. It turned out that the crisis had already revealed its clues at this time, and it only really broke out at the time of Qianlong. Some things she wronged Qianlong.

“Shopkeeper Liu, are they still in the hands of the Portuguese?” Xia Mian didn’t expect that there would still be this incident, but Qin Jiye didn’t mention it in his letter. Also, he is far away in Mongolia, where does he know the scene here.

“Yes.” Shopkeeper Zhao agreed, and added hesitantly, “Sometimes they also ask for money.”

Sure enough, it was a robber’s behavior, Xia Mian laughed back.

Shopkeeper Zhao opened his mouth. In fact, he really wanted to ask Xia Mian to save those people. Many of them were his fellow villagers and buddies, but the concubine and empress in front of him, he didn’t dare in the end.

In the afternoon, Shi Lang sent a person to contact the person in charge of the Portuguese East India Company and asked them to return the people and cargo of the Zechuan fleet immediately.

As usual, they began to delay and shirk, saying that it would take time to investigate whether this happened.

Shi Lang reported the matter back to Kangxi, and Kangxi urged him to resolve the matter as soon as possible, but did not say anything else.

Shi Lang was helpless but had no choice, dragging, dragging, dragging, maybe even the emperor would forget about it. But if you don’t procrastinate, he has no good way.

Xia Mian was always paying attention to this matter, but at this moment he didn’t want to wait any longer. First, according to the shopkeeper Zhao, those crew members have been robbed for half a month. If they drag on, something will happen. Second, she wants the boss to pay attention to this matter, even if she doesn’t start a war with them immediately, she must be prepared. .

She already thought about what to do.