Not only that, Li Hucheng also obtained the qualification to trade with the Thirteen Banks through his relationship, and has also done smoothly in the ocean trade in recent years.

For him, the profits of local trade in the Philippines combined in one year are almost the same as those of a long-distance trade, so since then, he has put all his body and mind on it.

But the risks of ocean trade are also huge. The storm in the South China Sea may not be sure when it will arise. Schooners are like ants in front of the storm. At this time, people do not understand the theory of climate and wind. Just as Europeans place their body and mind on God, Mazu became their only sustenance.

The sultry and windless season in Krabi is about to pass. In the past few days, the wind is getting stronger and the first storm in the South China Sea is about to arise. As the leader of Chinese businessmen in Krabi, Li Hucheng, 35, decided to personally purchase pigs and sheep for sacrifices.

There is only one butcher shop on the entire peninsula, and it is still far away from the port. If it weren't for a big festival like the Spring Festival, the butcher shops wouldn't have much meat and not much food to afford, but I believe they would have prepared more in the past few days.

The sea-catching season is coming, and the annual Mazu Temple event is about to begin, and the butcher shop will not miss it.

The reason why Li Hucheng was restless was that he was a single generation of three generations, but in his generation, although he had many wives and concubines, he did not give birth to a son for him.

He now has seven daughters, and a newly-acquisitioned concubine is pregnant again. If he is still a daughter this time, he will have to get the eight fairies.

"When you worship Mazu, pray for your son"

Therefore, when offering sacrifices, you need to be more pious.

The Chinese people's mind is also very simple. How to be pious and offer more precious sacrifices. As for praying day and night like Monarchists like the Monarchists, it is impossible.

The so-called cramming for the moment refers to people like Li Hucheng.

Of course, almost all Chinese people have this idea. How many real believers are there?

Not far away, Li Hucheng stopped when he saw the greasy word "Zheng" on the shaking guise outside a shop.

....

Day of worship.

It seemed that I felt the sincerity of the believers, and the strong wind suddenly stopped.

The sun shines brightly and the sky is clear.

Did the first storm in the South China Sea disappear like this?

On the stone steps leading to the castle on the mountain in Krabidi Port, about a hundred people are climbing up the steps.

Thirty people in front of them were walking leisurely and happily in gorgeous Hanfu, and dozens of followers, all in black Taoist robes, with thick Han style buns, and copper hairpins on their buns. They were all tall, and each of them carried a killed pig and sheep on their shoulders.

Whole pig and sheep!

Some people also carry other offerings, such as huge candlesticks and candles.

With a two hundred meters of steps, these people reached the top in less than a moment. On the other hand, a small bastion came with a sharp conical tip facing the stone steps. There was a cannon in it, and Spanish soldiers holding flintlock rifles on both sides.

Except for the Lifu, the thirty Chinese merchants walking in front raised their hands and signaled that they were not carrying anything else, but soldiers still came to search.

For those Lifu, after seeing the pigs and sheep they carried, these people did not check and waved their hands and let them in.

Not long after, a military fort built on the high ground appeared before them.

A typical European castle surrounded by a ridge is about six meters high. The originally thick white stones have been eroded into brown by the salty and wet sea breeze, but the thickness of each stone is thirty or forty centimeters visible to the naked eye. It is conceivable how much effort it took to build this castle.

The door was open, and there were also some soldiers waiting for guns on the city tower.

Li Hucheng sighed and walked in with everyone.

As soon as you walk into the gate, you won't see the street. Come to you is a small reverse bastion with its head facing inside and two strokes facing outside, and a space of about 500 square meters is formed between the city gate and the bastion.

If you want to walk to the street, you must go around the outside of the two bastions.

Some are similar to the horse-faced walls of Han castles, but the horse-faced walls are closed, while the castle is open.

In any case, once someone walks into this space, he will be shot without dead corners by defenders on the city gate tower.

A person is standing above the conical head of the prism in the city.

Gonzalez, the commander of the military fortress and the highest chief executive of Krabi, saw this person, Li Hucheng had to take everyone there. According to the rules, Gonzalez wanted to give them a lecture.

The castle was about three meters high, and Li Hucheng and others stood about three meters away from the head of the shui.

"Bang..."

Made of teak, the door with iron bars reinforced around it is closed.

Li Hucheng and thirty Chinese merchants lowered their heads and stood there quietly. Li Fu was still carrying the pigs and sheep sacrifices behind him. The two hundred meters of stone steps did not seem to affect their physical strength. Not only that, none of them looked panting.

Gonzalez is a professional officer in his thirties with curly black hair. When he saw Li Hucheng and others stop, he raised his right hand wearing white gloves.

Gonzalez's right hand raised seemed to be trembling slightly. If he had been here in the past, he would have had this movement when he met with representatives of the port Chinese businessmen here, but at that time his right hand was slightly raised, his fists were not clenched, and his five fingers were just curled up randomly.

Under the sunshine, under the red boat-shaped hat, his white face seemed to be whiter, which made the freckles that had originally retreated suddenly appear, making his originally solemn expression a little funny.

Li Hucheng and others still lowered their heads in humiliation. This was not the first time he had experienced such a situation, but he was a little uneasy at the moment.

The military fort can be stationed in a battalion of soldiers, and their families are also inside. In addition to the servants, it is also a big castle. It is also a lively place for people to come and go on weekdays, but for some reason, Li Hucheng felt uneasy.

Too quiet.

Since stepping onto the high ground, from checking their soldiers, no one spoke, and he was just signaling with his hands when he let him in.

What's wrong with this?

At this moment, Gonzalez's right hand suddenly waved down!

"Not good!"

Someone suddenly shouted in the crowd below.

But it's too late.

On the city tower, a large area of ​​fire flashed on the bastion. There were obviously gunfires, cannons, and the black things thrown down with these sounds. It was naturally a grenade.

However, there were obviously those in the crowd who were responding quickly. In the end, the strong men carrying pigs and sheep quickly raised the pigs and sheep to their heads after hearing the word "bad" and then gathered together.

But it's still too late.

The most deadly thing is the short-barrel artillery on the top of the city, and the shotguns sprayed from it. The shotgun blocked the roads to both sides and killed most of the people in the field in one encounter.

About half an hour later, the sudden massacre ended, and the situation on the field was:

The places near the bastion were covered with Chinese merchants and their followers, while the places near the city gate tower were filled with pigs and sheep. It was obvious that the strong men were under the pigs and sheep.

Gonzalez's freckled white face appeared from the head of the vertebrae again, and his right hand was raised again.

But this time he just waved forward gently, and then about one hundred soldiers from the castle and the castle were walking down.

When they walked down, they seemed to turn a blind eye to the corpses of Li Hucheng and others, and all walked towards the pile of corpses covered with pigs and sheep, and were faintly visible inside.

A captain said, some soldiers lowered the flintlock gun with bayonets and approached the pile of corpses.

"Boom..."

When a soldier was about to lift the pig aside with a pig tail, an accident occurred, and the pile of corpses made a shocking sound!

After the loud noise, the pile of corpses disappeared, and the more than 100 Spanish soldiers around were almost wiped out. There was obviously a pack of explosives hidden there. Its power and impact were so fierce that it also opened the closed door. Half of the wooden door flew into the sky, finally landed on the stone steps and slid onto the port!

The Mazu Festival of Chinese in Krabi ended in this way, which no one expected.

Including a Saiyin ship sailing outside the sea, I didn't expect it.

But after the huge explosion sounded, Saiyin No. 1 stayed for a while and left quickly.

An hour later, the sky suddenly changed. The originally clear and gentle sky was already covered with dark clouds, and the wind and waves on the sea became stronger again.

On the sea about a hundred miles west of Manila Bay.

The ironclad fleet suddenly stopped, on this turbulent sea.

Captain's Office.

Zhuang Jiyun, Zhou Jixun, Maerha and others sat quietly around the square table.

All three of them were frowning, especially Zhou Jixun.

Yes, there were thirty Marines who carried pigs and sheep. According to Zhou Jixun's plan, these people were only launched when they cooperated with the sacrifice and returned to the military fort. Each of them had two rotating pistols, five grenades and some ammunition hidden.

In order to slap and blow up the city gate, they also hid the best black gunpowder that Truqin could make in the four pig heads.

As a contingent, they obviously have Plan B as well.

That huge explosion was Plan B!

Plan B if you fail!

That's because, if the city gate is blown up normally, the sound will not be so loud, and secondly, after the city gate is blown up, the most elite personnel will come up to the city wall to raise the red flag in their hands.

But there was nothing, and the huge explosion was obviously not brought by the black gunpowder in the four pig heads, and it was obviously also due to some grenades.

The Truchens have always been invincible in Europe and Asia, both in the formal battlefield and in the intelligence battlefield. Even the secret assassin organization that hides deeply and acts in extremely mysterious ways was cracked by them, but they suffered a loss in Asia that they never cared about!

"We have no problem with people, we should be in that butcher shop"

After a while, Zhou Jixun sighed heavily and said.

While the three were silent, Zhuang Jiyun kept looking out the window. After hearing this, he did not express his opinion, but said:

"The storm is as fast as half a day, and the latest day is coming. We can't even get Krabi, let alone Manila"

"The most important thing now is to find a safe haven, there is no need to think about Manila Bay"

"Then we..."

Zhuang Jiyun seemed to be relaxed at this time.

"We are friendly, the closest to us is the Sinna Harbor in Borneo, but we cannot guarantee that we will not encounter storms before we arrive there"

"In addition," he pointed to the map on the table, "This is specially marked by Your Majesty. According to our detection, this is still a deserted harbor and no one touched it. However, Your Majesty marked the four words Subic Bay and said that if an accident occurs, you can go there to hide"
Chapter completed!