Chapter 115 Saying that you have it, you better have it!
"No! We can't cooperate with this group of Eastern robbers!"
"That's right! They are breaking internationally recognized rules, and trying to seize Macau, our Portuguese allies, and using the ships and flags of the British East India Company to carry out sneak attacks. Such an act is also an invasion of the Kingdom of England!"
"Yes! This is an act of war against the Kingdom of England! It cannot be forgiven!"
"Punishment must be carried out, and the Chinese prince who dared to offend the dignity of the Kingdom of England must be arrested and hung!"
On the edge of Dahao Harbor, in a low bungalow surrounded by a legion of brocaded brothers, Captain Smith from England and Grand Ban Jones from East India Company, also from England, roared in waves.
The effect of the sweating pill has passed. When I woke up, I found that I had been imprisoned by the Chinese and lost the two people from the Great Oriental. Of course, I was very angry.
Although they were almost pirates themselves and were robbed by others at the same time! But the privateers who robbed them before were all from the Dutch or the Spanish Netherlands, which were all the matters between white-skinned brothers.
But this time, they were snatched by the despicable, sinister and ignorant Oriental people!
This is really humiliating!
However, there were three foreigners locked in this room, and only two were shouting and killing. Charlie Goff, the senior member of the British East India Company's Chaozhou Store, just sat in a chair with a expressionless face, without saying a word!
"Charlie!" Looking at the hot-tempered Red Neck Captain Smith got angry for a while, and suddenly found that someone was inconsistent with him, he immediately transferred his anger, "Why don't you talk? Is it because of fear?"
Charlie Goff glanced at Captain Smith and showed a worried expression, "Mike, I am as angry as you, I promise God! And I am also investigating the more serious crimes committed by this Chinese prince!"
"What, he has more serious crimes?" asked Captain Red Neck Smith.
"Of course there is, that is to use black magic!" said Charlie Goff. "It is very likely that he is using some evil magic to enhance the power of gunpowder!"
"Charlie, aren't you kidding?" Jones' senior class seemed a little surprised.
"Is there such a thing really?" Captain Smith said with a puzzled look, "Charlie, didn't your letter to the company say 'maybe there'?"
Charlie Goff frowned: "Yes, but with further investigation, there may be some, maybe it will become true!"
It may be a very serious sin to have black magic, and it is against God, and it should be burned to death!
But if there is really black magic, and it is exclusively owned, it must be taught by God himself!
So it is not a sin, but a clear destiny!
"O God!"
"Lord! Isn't this true?"
Smith and Jones are praying to God!
Charlie Goff glanced at Ji Dabao, who was standing at the door of the house, with anger on his face, and looked at him, "Nicholas, have you made any new discoveries these days?"
"There are some," Ji Dabao replied, "Mr. Goff, what is certain now is that this super gunpowder is real and its power is even greater than we originally thought, but it is hard to say if it is not a black magic."
"How old is it?" Smith asked quickly.
"A two or three pounds of thunder would be enough to blow a big hole in a brick wall of one foot thick or two foot thick earth wall!"
"Is this true?" Smith didn't believe it yet, "Is this possible?"
"I saw it with my own eyes! And I saw more than once that Zhu San Taisun had been bringing his magic thunder bombing activities among the townships in order to mobilize villagers near Jieyang County to join his rebel group during this period, and publicly demonstrated the power of the thunder bombing!"
“How to display it publicly?”
"Will you make fraud?"
Smith and Jones, two foreigners, don't believe it very much.
Ji Dabao replied: "Zhu San Taisun will ask his subordinates to use a small thunder to insert a thick and strong wall of a building to ignite the so-called thunder. It is a building similar to a Western castle. The exterior wall is very thick and can even withstand the bombardment of small-caliber artillery! Because of the reduction in the population caused by the war, there are many abandoned thunder castles in Chaozhou. Prince Zhu San will use the method of blowing thunder to blow through its exterior wall to show the power of magic gunpowder!
I can swear in the name of Jesus, I have seen him blow up a solid wall with thunder!”
The oath in the name of Jesus cannot be chaotic. If you cheat in the name of Jesus, you will definitely go to hell after death. Even if you hold the antique indulgences issued more than a hundred years ago in your pocket, it will be useless to bury it.
So Smith and Jones already believe in Ji Dabao.
Ji Dabao then made a very solemn suggestion: "Mr. Smith, Mr. Goff, Mr. Jones, I suggest we can pretend to cooperate and then carefully observe how Zhu Sansun's army attacked Macau. If they really have black magic, they will definitely use it when attacking Macau!"
"Yes, yes, yes!" Red-necked Smith nodded repeatedly, "This is indeed an opportunity! If he really does, then Britain East India Company must reconsider its cooperation with him."
If Prince Zhu San really has black magic! Then the British East India Company will have to make money on his knees and always make money!
"But" Jones seemed to have some concerns. He had worked as a lawyer and knew about British law.
So after thinking about it carefully, he said with some concern: "But the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Portugal are traditional allies. If we stand by the side of Grandson Zhu San to attack Macau, we may be sent to the gallows after returning to England!"
"No, Mr. Jones, look at this." Ji Dabao smiled and took out the handwritten letter written by Zhu Hetian to King II of England, which was written in Chinese and English.
Among them, Chinese is Zhao style regular script written with a brush, while English is flower style written with a dip pen, which are all very beautiful!
At the end of the handwritten letter, Zhu and Guan, who were also the seal of "Chongzhen Youjian", did not hand over the private seal of Emperor Chongzhen to King Zhu Tianwang, but instead took it with it himself.
His handwritten decrees are all written in Zhao style and sealed with "Chongzhen Youjian". If they are passed down, they will have collection value!
In addition to the beautiful Zhao style and the seal of "Chongzhen Youjian", this handwritten letter to King Charles II of England also has a very beautiful English style.
As for the content of the letter, there are mainly two aspects. One is to explain the reason for seizing Macau Macau belonged to the Ming Dynasty, but it was temporarily lent to Portuguese merchants, on the condition that these Portuguese merchants were loyal to the Ming Dynasty and paid tribute. However, since the Qing army moved south to Guangdong, the Portuguese in Macau have no longer fulfilled their obligations, neither loyalty nor money, so Zhu San Taisun decided to take back Macau.
The second is to explain the reasons for requisitioning the British East India Company's armed merchant ship, the Great Oriental and its crew, as well as the issues of subsequent compensation and liability.
Jones had read the letter and breathed a sigh of relief, "With this letter as proof, His Majesty the King should not punish us for being forced to drive a ship for Grandson Zhu San, and the interests of the British East India Company can also be guaranteed."
Chapter completed!