There wasn't much cold air next to the fire, but Catherine felt a cold air coming from all directions, and she subconsciously looked towards Jiang Wan.
Jiang Wan did not look at him, but looked at Hogg next to her. In other words, looking through Hogg, she looked at the armed merchant ship cruising in the distance that had not docked.
"Are you threatening us?" Catherine's face turned cold before Jiang Wan could react.
"Whether it's a threat or not, you know it yourself!" Feng Wanli was also looking at Jiang Wan's expression. When Jiang Wan remained silent, he snorted heavily: "Take the gold and unload the cargo. I'll miss you all."
If I want to raise the price or even threaten us as a favor, even if I agree, the brothers behind me who have risked their lives to come here, as well as the soldiers sent by Master Yuan, will not agree. There must be someone involved in this matter.
result!"
Hogg also felt the change in the atmosphere and shouted something in a low voice. The few Francois who followed him off the boat behind him took out a few short blazing guns with their backhands.
At this time, there was no need for Feng Wanli to give an order. The Jinyi guards behind him made a clanging sound, and all the long swords in their hands were unsheathed. Not far away, several Jinyi guards holding crossbows and arrows even fired their swords.
The crossbow arrows were pointed at them without hesitation.
As long as Feng Wanli gives the order, Catherine and this Hogg will definitely not be spared.
The atmosphere around the fire suddenly became extremely tense. A small move by anyone might lead to immediate losses for both parties.
Hogg shouted loudly, pointing the blunderbuss at Jiang Wan and Feng Wanli with an angry look on his face.
"As soon as a shot is fired, the ships at sea will know that the trade has broken down. This is a trap. All the cannons on the ship have already been aimed at this place. When the cannons are fired, everyone will die here!"
Catherine said loudly: "If we die here, you Ming Dynasty will not be able to buy any cannons from our Chamber of Commerce!!!"
There is no wind or snow on Juehua Island today. The strong wind last night even blew away the snow. In the morning, the sun even emerged from the sea. Although it was not very powerful, in general,
It's a nice weather today.
The wind is gentle and the sun is beautiful.
No one wants to die in such weather, not even Catherine, nor Jiang Wan.
"Wait..." Jiang Wan suddenly raised his hand and listened intently.
Just when both sides were confused, Jiang Wan's face turned serious: "Put down your weapons, there seems to be movement over there!"
No one listened to him, and the Folangji people would not listen. And if the Folangji people didn't put down their weapons, the Jinyi guards would certainly not put down their weapons.
"There seems to be a sound of fighting over there..." Jiang Wan waved his hand: "Catherine, we will talk about the transaction later. I'm afraid something will happen. Feng Qianhu, please send two people back to take a look!"
Jiang Wan's heart was as cold as the ice in the sea. The thing he was most worried about had already happened. If the soldiers and horses on the shore were really attacked by the Tatars, he must immediately find out how many troops the Tatars had come.
How are the people on the shore doing?
Feng Wanli also changed his expression, made a gesture, and the two guards in the team turned around and ran towards the ice where they came from.
"Xing Xing Sheng!" Jiang Wan saw Xing Xing Sheng trying to hide behind the crowd at a glance, pointed at him and shouted, "Come here!"
Gao Xingsheng hesitated for a moment, and then fired, but the crossbow arrows in Jin Yiwei's hands were much faster than him. With two "duh duh" sounds, two crossbow arrows were inserted in front of his feet, and he immediately stiffened.
"If you take one more step back, I'm sure there will be ten more holes in your body..."
"Professor Jiang, it's not me!" Gao Sheng turned his head with some difficulty: "It's really not me!"
"It's not you. Why are you running away with a guilty conscience?" Jiang Wan walked up to him, her face as gloomy as a knife: "You sent a message to the Tatars?"
"If that's the case, do I dare to follow you here?" Gao Sheng said with a pale face: "I know it is a dead end, but I still come here, do I think I have lived too long!"
Over there, Catherine was explaining to Hogg in a low voice, and almost before he finished speaking, Hogg was already pointing at his ship and talking to Catherine, which meant that he wanted Catherine and others to
Get on the boat.
Catherine shook her head repeatedly and looked at Jiang Wan from time to time, obviously she couldn't let go.
Jiang Wan asked Xing Sheng sternly and asked a few questions. Jiang Wan was not sure whether the other party had passed the news to the Tatars. However, neither the Jin Yiwei nor the Folangji people present had any reason to pass the news to the Tatars.
Tatars, if the Tatars really attacked, then this was not done by Gao Sheng, but by Gao Sheng.
Less than a cup of tea later, two black spots appeared in the distance. They were the two Jinyi guards who had just gone to check the situation. Behind them, a dark figure was coming towards this direction very fast.
When he could see the person's clothes clearly, Feng Wanli's expression changed. The people in front were the Jinyiwei people, and the people behind were the Ningyuan City soldiers who were supposed to stay on the shore. But at this moment, they were rushing towards the island desperately.
Coming up, it was obvious that they had really been attacked.
"Qianhu, Tatars, a lot of Tatar cavalry!"
The two Jinyi guards shouted from a distance: "We are chasing you, everyone prepare for battle!"
At this time, everyone could see clearly that the dark figures behind the two Jin Yiwei were actually less than a hundred people. There were five or six hundred soldiers and Qingzhou who stayed on the shore. It seemed that they could escape here.
There are only so many people coming.
In the distance, dense shadows of horseback began to appear. They were Tatar cavalry. They were coming here slowly and leisurely, like hunters driving a group of prey to death. They were unhurried and calm.
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"Catherine, tell him that I will double the gold!" Jiang Wan turned around and said to Catherine: "One hundred taels of gold is the price of the goods, and the other one hundred taels is the reward for hiring them to help us repel the enemy. They
You don’t have to fight the enemy, you just need to throw all the cannonballs on the ship at the enemy’s cavalry!”
Catherine said to Hogg quickly, sensing the change in the atmosphere, Hogg was still hesitating.
Catherine knew that this guy was still thinking about whether he could increase the price. If he proposed any price at this time, in his mind, these Ming people should agree to it!
"Hogg, that's almost enough. If all these people die here, the interests of the Chamber of Commerce will be greatly damaged!" Catherine's face also became stern: "If you refuse, the young Ming man who spoke will die here.
As a result of the failure of the Chamber of Commerce's cannon trade, I will attribute all such huge losses to your nod!"
"Okay!" Hogg rolled his eyes and finally nodded: "You and them will come on board with me, the people of Ming Dynasty won't allow it!"
"No!" Catherine rejected his proposal: "The young Ming Dynasty man who spoke must also get on the ship. He cannot die here!"
Hogg looked at her and then at Jiang Wan: "Then it can only be him, not other Ming people. Move quickly, or it will be too late!"