It already looks huge from a distance, but until you get closer, you realize that just using the word "huge" to describe this behemoth floating on the sea is far from enough.
Xu Qianqian climbed up along the rope ladder lowered on the ship. When a few soldiers on the ship pulled her to the side of the ship, she looked back at the small boat she came on. The small boat was on the side of the ship.
In the shadow of this giant ship, it is as inconspicuous as a leaf falling from a towering tree.
Turning her head, she looked at the huge ship under her feet. It was too big. From a distance, the ship had a high bow and stern. There were fenders on both sides. There were two floors on the ship. She originally thought that there would not be much open space on the deck of the ship.
Come on, according to the practice of Ming Dynasty ships, the masts on this ship should be five feet each. There are five sails on this ship, which should be close to thirty feet, two to three hundred paces long.
However, the deck she saw was much larger than the school grounds at Antonio's "Governor's Mansion" just now. Such a scale made her stunned for a moment!
"Are you the envoy sent by the Spanish Governor?" A soldier with a long knife in his waist walked in front of her and stretched his neck to look down the side of the ship: "Are you the only one?"
"It's just me!" Xu Qianqian took a deep breath: "His Majesty the Emperor of Ming Dynasty has appointed the Governor of Luzon. Please see your general!"
The officer was startled by this shout, and the soldiers around him who were busy with their own affairs also focused their attention.
Xu Qianqian didn't care about these looks. At this moment, her heart was filled with joy. It had been a long time since she had said this noble title to someone so loudly. Only that stupid guy Antonio would be provoked by her few words.
He "forced" himself to find out the truth for him, so that he could have the opportunity to speak out this title loudly and without worrying about anything.
Regardless of whether what she said was true or false, the officer did not dare to neglect him. After asking her to wait, he immediately ran towards the tall ship tower in the distance. On the tall ship tower, several figures,
They were standing together, talking to the Luzon Port in the distance.
"Governor of Luzon?" Qian Wubing was stunned, then turned and asked Wang Yu: "Does our Ming Dynasty have such an official position?"
"It doesn't seem like there is!" Wang Yu thought for a moment, "Maybe there is. Princess Dingfu reads a lot of books, so maybe she knows!"
Zhu Yunniang thought for a while and slowly shook her head: "I don't remember that our Ming Dynasty has such an official position. Since the person here claims to be the Governor of Luzon conferred by His Majesty the Emperor, there must be an imperial edict to invite him.
Come here and you will know at a glance, hey, you just said it was a woman?"
The officer nodded, and Qian Wubing looked at the lonely-looking figure on the side of the ship in the distance: "Go and invite her over!"
It seems that this blessing ship should be divided into four floors! As Xu Qianqian walked, she couldn't help but guess: There were hundreds of these soldiers when she saw them, and these people all needed food and accommodation.
There should be a floor below where they have food and accommodation. For such a large ship to sail on the sea, there must be a floor for ballast. Well, this deck is the third floor, which should be the place for training. The fourth floor of the ship
The building should be the place where the battle takes place.
Sure enough, just as she had guessed, as soon as she stepped onto the highest floor of the ship, a row of cannons appeared in front of her. She secretly counted them, six on the left and right, and if the stern of the ship was the same as the bow, there was also a larger cannon.
If so, there would be fourteen artillery pieces on the ship. Compared with those Spanish sailing ships, the firepower would be much more powerful...
"You were sent by the Governor of Luzon appointed by Emperor Ming, not the Spanish Governor?"
A gentle word with a hint of doubt interrupted her thoughts. She raised her head and looked at the young man in front of her who asked her questions, her eyes turned red involuntarily.
"No, no, no!" She hurriedly took out a lacquered bamboo tube from her arms and said: "I am not sent by the Spanish governor, I am the Luzon governor of the Ming Dynasty, and here is the edict from His Majesty the Emperor as proof!"
She took out the somewhat yellowed edict from the bamboo tube and unfolded it carefully: "With this edict, there is also a seal. But when I came here, I didn't know that there would be a chance that it would come to our ship, so I didn't dare to bring it with me.
On my body..."
The few people who looked at the yellowed edict, including Wang Yu and Zhu Yunniang, needless to say, knew that it was true as soon as they saw the national seal on the edict. Qian Wubing, even though he had little experience, still saw this edict.
After seeing it several times, he didn't think it was fake. Besides, if the weak-looking woman in front of him was a master who could take a fake edict and go to the fleet to cheat her identity, then she would be too brave.
It's so big that no one can believe it.
"Are you a descendant of Mr. Xu Chai?" Qian Wubing asked after hearing Zhu Yunniang gently explain the meaning of the edict in his ear.
"Yes! Now I am the only one in the Xu family with the surname Xu!" Xu Qianqian's eyes turned red again: "My late father unfortunately died while resisting the Spanish. Although Qianqian is a daughter, as long as the Xu family
There is one more person here, there is the governor of the Ming Dynasty in Luzon!"
After saying a few words in a low voice, Xu Qianqian remembered that she hadn't asked the general about his official position, even though the general didn't look very ferocious or capable of fighting.
"You haven't asked the general yet?"
"Governor Xu, you're welcome!" At this time, Wang Yu was naturally the most appropriate to speak. We couldn't let Qian Wubing explain the origin of his official position!
"My lord's surname is Qian, and he is now in charge of the North and South Town Fusi! He serves as the acting commander!" Wang Yu said: "Governor Xu has lived overseas for generations. Perhaps these yamen names in the Ming Dynasty are a bit unfamiliar..."
"Commander of the Jin Yiwei?" Xu Qianqian covered her mouth with her hand and called out softly! Wang Yu's words were immediately interrupted, "Okay, Jin Yiwei, you are so powerful that even these overseas survivors know it!"
"Tell me about it!" Qian Wubing smiled. Someone brought a chair. Xu Qianqian hesitated and sat down opposite Qian Wubing.
The other party didn't ask anything, just let her talk. Obviously, they want to know everything! They want to know why she, the governor of Luzon, who was granted the title of Ming Dynasty, is in such a mess. People want to know why Luzon Island is so occupied now.
nest!
There was a wind blowing from the sea. She straightened her somewhat messed up hair and felt peaceful in her heart: "The story started more than ten years ago..."
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"How many people can we use now?" Antonio looked at the silent fleet and asked loudly to his adjutant: "Where are those lazy yellow-skinned monkeys? At this time, when the kingdom needs them, they are hiding in
Where has it gone!"
"In addition to our soldiers who are waiting in full formation, these indigenous people who have been armed by us have begun to assemble after receiving your order. It is estimated that by night, there will be close to 2,000 people available!"
"It's not very safe here. Now you know that I built the fortress several miles away from the port. It was foresight. If the enemy really has an advantage at sea, we will temporarily avoid it. When they land, they will bear our
Anger!" Antonio ordered his adjutant: "I will leave you ten soldiers and two hundred natives. You will monitor the fleet at sea for me, and I will arrange defenses in the fortress. Do you understand?"
"Understood, Your Excellency!"
"Remember, the lives of the kingdom's soldiers are a hundred times and a thousand times more valuable than the lives of these yellow-skinned monkeys. Therefore, if these enemies from the sea really have any hostile behavior, take your subordinates and immediately
Withdraw the fortress. As long as we hold the fortress, Luzon is ours. Even if these fleets do not leave, as long as we can hold on for two to three months, when the kingdom's combined fleet arrives, they will be destroyed. Before that, we
Be patient!”
"Your wisdom is as dazzling as the stars in the night sky!" The adjutant snapped to attention: "I will convey your orders to every soldier in the kingdom!"
"After I leave, you will have full authority to handle all matters at the port. When the woman from the Xu family comes back, I will send someone directly to the fortress. However, I think she will probably not be able to come back!"
"It's best not to come back!" the adjutant smiled understandingly: "Your Majesty the Governor, haven't you long thought that the Xu family should not exist on this island? As long as this woman does not die in our hands, she will die in our hands.
Anyone can take it, those yellow-skinned monkeys want revenge, let them go to those fleets at sea!"
"Hahaha!" Antonio patted the adjutant on the shoulder, and the two of them laughed tacitly.
…
"That's how it is. The foundation created by our ancestors has fallen into pieces in my hands and is no longer the same. But now, those Luzon natives, under the instruction of the Spaniards, have intensified their efforts.
Oppressing us, massacring us, every day, we live in dire straits, almost dreaming that Ming Dynasty's warships can appear on the sea, drive away these Spanish bandits, and drive away those ungrateful people who killed our compatriots.
Send them all to the eighteenth level of hell!"
Xu Qianqian tucked her hair behind her ears and ended her words calmly. Although her words were plain, the deep hatred revealed in this plainness was something that everyone could understand.
felt.
"Si Niang, come here!"
Qian Wubing waved to Mu Siniang, who had been standing silently behind him, and said, "Since Lu Song already had the imperial land when he was Emperor Taizong, naturally we will not just sit back and watch. Governor Xu, please introduce
Now, this Mu Qianhu is the deputy Qianhu of our Ming Dynasty Overseas Thousand Household Office, and you, Luzon, happen to be one of the jurisdictions of the Overseas Thousand Household Office!"
He tilted his head and looked at Mu Siniang: "Siniang, you have heard what Governor Xu said. How should you deal with this matter?"
Mu Siniang looked at Qian Wubing, then at Xu Qianqian who was looking at her earnestly, blinked her eyes, and asked tentatively: "Kill them all?"