Chapter 62: The black eats the black

While Kong Youde was talking, Yue Su and others had already seen four merchant ships on the sea. After Kong Youde confirmed it, Yue Su immediately ordered - chase!

The pursuit was a pursuit, but Mr. Yue did not march too fast, but deliberately slowed down the speed to prevent the people on the boat from being frightened and turning around after seeing the officers and soldiers.

The officers and soldiers chased along the coast while watching the movements of the ships. The four merchant ships finally docked and stopped. At this time, Yue Su gave the order to pursue them urgently.

Zhangzhou was not a prosperous place in the Ming Dynasty. People along the river mostly relied on the water and fished a lot. Of course, some families would also do some business with pirates, selling some daily necessities to pirates, or

Exchange pirate goods

In the late Ming Dynasty, the imperial court banned the sea, but just in time for the development of commerce, many merchants came here to do some maritime trade. Going to sea from here was relatively secretive, and more and more overseas merchants came.

, after knowing that there are merchants hoarding here, they are also willing to transport their goods here, or exchange them with merchants in the mainland, or sell them directly.

As a result, this small fishing village became more and more prosperous

Around noon today, four large merchant ships slowly sailed to the shore. After the ship stopped, twenty men carrying muskets stepped out from the ship. Each of these men was blond and blue-eyed, but their appearance was that of those on the beach.

The fisherman was not curious, it seemed to be commonplace

This is because in recent years, foreigners have often arrived, and they all look the same. They used to be strange, but now they have become so-called.

After the twenty musketeers disembarked, three more people disembarked. The man in the middle was the captain George, followed by William on the left, and a thin Chinese man who looked like a monkey on the right.

The three of them got off the boat and heard George say in English: "Gao Wang, where is the buyer you mentioned?"

The thin Chinese named Gao Wang also spoke proficient English, "Captain George, the date we set with Boss Li is today. They must have arrived. Let's wait for a while, and someone will probably come to contact us."

Sure enough, not a moment after Gao Wang finished speaking, a young man dressed as a waiter and two well-dressed men came out of a fisherman's yard not far away. The target of these three people was exactly where George's boat was.

direction, when they were approaching, a musketeer rushed over, stopped the three of them, and shouted in English

The young man actually knew English and said in English: "Excuse me, Captain George. I am here to greet you on orders from my boss. Our steward has already held a banquet and is waiting for you in the yard in front."

Seeing that the visitor could speak English, George was very happy and said: "It turns out that your people have already arrived. I happen to be hungry too, so let's go over and talk and lead the way."

"Yes" the young man agreed, turned around and led the way. George took the musketeers and followed the young man towards the yard.

Arriving at the gate of the courtyard, a middle-aged man in his forties appeared from inside. The middle-aged man had a fair complexion and was wearing a red satin robe. He looked like he was a businessman. The middle-aged man cupped his hands in front of the door.

Said: "I wonder who is Captain George?"

He didn't speak English and spoke Chinese, so George naturally couldn't understand what he said. The young man quickly translated and introduced, "Chief steward, this is the captain, Captain George. This is the boss of our employer."

The steward is waiting here specially to conduct transactions with the captain."

"Very good, very good..." George nodded and said, "The jobs you want are all on the ship now. I wonder if you have prepared the goods we want, and you still have money."

The young man translated truthfully. After hearing this, the middle-aged man said with a smile: "We have prepared all the goods and money that Captain George asked for. We can trade the food and wine that I have prepared here at any time, provide support for the captain, and also invite the captain in."

Talk in detail"

After hearing the young man's translation, George hesitated for a moment and said, "There's no need to eat. I can't get used to your Ming Dynasty food. I think we'll trade immediately. Please bring out your goods. I'll also call someone here."

Get our cargo off the ship"

This guy came to Ming Dynasty for the first time to do business. He was worried about being cheated, so he didn't agree to a meal. He just wanted to trade immediately, take the money and leave. He is also a gangster. He used to often scheme against others. How could he let others scheme against him?

After hearing the translation, the middle-aged man immediately guessed what George meant. He looked up to the sky and laughed, saying, "Captain George is overly concerned. My master has always been based on integrity, and he does not do business with businessmen from other countries once and for all.

But Captain George, it is human nature to have estimates. It is not an exaggeration. Now that Captain George has said, let’s make a deal immediately. Come here, bring the goods and money and let Captain George see it.”

As soon as he gave the order, the servants immediately agreed. Within a moment, boxes of goods were moved out of the yard, and boxes of goods were also moved out of the yard next to it.

Boxes of goods were placed aside one after another. At this time, the middle-aged man said again: "Captain George, these are the goods you want. Please check if there are any more behind. Because there are too many, it will take a while to get them all."

Move out"

After the young man translated, George nodded, "Okay, then I'm offended." After saying that, he walked to the box. A middle-aged man opened the box, which contained a whole box of silk.

George touched it with his hand, feeling very satisfied and said: "Very good, very good."

Then, some waiters opened other boxes one by one. In addition to silk, there were also whole boxes of porcelain and tea.

That's what George wanted. He nodded and said, "You are indeed trustworthy. I like to make friends with trustworthy businessmen like my husband. I will also ask people to move the goods here for your inspection." After saying that, George turned his head and looked at

William said: "You should go back to the ship now and let our people move the goods down and let them inspect the goods."

"Yes, Captain" William agreed and ran back with two musketeers. After boarding the ship, he asked people to move the goods off.

On the George ship, in addition to the musketeers and gunners, the British also had some sailors who worked the ship. These people rarely worked. The coolies who worked were Indians and Africans. They moved boxes of goods down. The British

The person is only responsible for holding a musket and holding a whip to supervise the work.

As more and more cargo was unloaded, more and more people got off the boat. Of course, the other side was no exception. The cargo outside the fisherman's yard was piling up more and more. George looked at each box and checked about half of them. In order to save money,

When he had time, he said: "Husband, can you move the goods to my place? You and I can check each other. After all the inspections are completed, we can trade directly and save some time."

After listening to the young man's translation, the middle-aged man nodded and asked his men to carry the goods, and followed George towards the seaside.

The middle-aged man's servants were carrying the goods. There were enough servants in front of him. Two or three people were carrying a box. When they were five steps away from the other party's goods, they stopped and put the box down. Then some people returned and continued to carry the goods.

Not all of them left. It can also be seen that the middle-aged people do not trust George's side. George can also see it. Everyone is cautious, which is understandable.

George asked the middle-aged man to come over to inspect the goods. The middle-aged man immediately agreed and took his men to inspect the goods. But there was no one there to inspect the goods. How long would it take to inspect the goods? He asked his men to help them inspect the goods together.

George's goods are either boxes of ivory, boxes of spices, and gems.

Products like these are popular in the Ming Dynasty and are very easy to sell. No wonder middle-aged people have to spend a lot of money on them.

This time, George will not inspect the goods alone. He will bring his subordinates to inspect the goods together.

After a while, a lot of cargo was carried off the ship one after another, and the middle-aged man once again brought four to five hundred boxes of cargo. It was a big deal, otherwise George wouldn't be able to make such a trip.

Four to five hundred boxes of goods would require a thousand people to carry them. These people came to the place where the goods were just put down, and put down the goods one after another. The moment all the men put down the goods, they looked at each other, followed closely, and listened.

Someone shouted, "Brothers, if you don't take action yet, how long will you wait!"

As soon as the voice fell, all the men took out the steel knives from their waists and rushed towards George's people. They took action. The middle-aged man who was inspecting the goods opposite did not hesitate and shouted loudly. His men also showed their weapons,

Rush towards those musketeers

The musketeers were vigilant before, but as time went by, their tense nerves gradually relaxed. However, even if they did not relax, it would be too late to fight back, because the men under the middle-aged man were all conscious.

He moved closer to them, and only waited for an order before he drew his knife and chopped people at such a close distance. The muskets were not as useful as the knife. In addition, he was unprepared, so he was killed by surprise. In one moment, dozens of people fell down.

George and others who were inspecting the goods were even more unlucky. When the men who brought the goods for the second time arrived, they deliberately surrounded George and his men. George did not expect that the other party would suddenly

Do it, and still have this dream of getting rich, and keep fantasizing about how much money you can make by bringing Ming's goods back to England.

The opponent's sudden attack surprised him. Seeing more than 20 of his men being chopped down to the ground, he quickly took out his short-barreled firecracker and fought back.

With a "bang", a man was hit by a musket and was killed on the spot. But the musket was not a modern pistol after all. After one shot, it had to be loaded. There was no time to fire a second shot. Just then, four more big men were shooting at him.

Coming forward, George could only pull out the command knife from his waist, get into a posture, get ready for battle, and shout loudly in English: "We have been fooled, guys, fight them!"

As a half-pirate, half-businessman, Captain George also had some abilities. Four men rushed forward with knives, but after a few moves, they really couldn't hurt him.

At this moment, George's men had also reacted. Seeing that the distance was too close, the muskets were useless. They took out the sabers from their waists and fought with the opponent. They fought together, and the shouts of killing were shaking.

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Chapter 62: The black eats the black
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