Volume of Changning Kingdom: Section 5 Encounter in Labuan Island (1)
In a friendly and warm atmosphere, the two parties reached a pleasant cooperation agreement, and the Nanyang-style reception banquet served by Van Basten that night pushed the friendly atmosphere to a climax - the three veterans took turns to use big
Princess Tang, The Unparalleled Country, and rum drunk Van Basten so much that when his servants came to move him back to the house, they thought their master had left this world.
Early the next morning, the warm sea breeze caressed Van Basten, who was still sleeping soundly, while several senior members of the exploration team were already preparing for the day's itinerary: Wu Tingwei and Huang Lu were going to Da.
Rusalan, therefore early in the morning, he hooked up with Basten's deputy Peter Peters. The latter was a young man who was tricked into boarding a ship to the East Indies by VCO's manpower brokers all over Europe.
Then he was assigned here and became Van Basten's "assistant". This was actually just to sound better. On VOC's salary scale, Peter Peters is just a "soldier". According to VOC's salary list, Peter Peters is just a "soldier".
According to the system, each business store would station some mercenaries as guards. Peter Peters also came to Darussalam as a member of a five-man guard. At that time, he was wearing a gorgeous long cardigan, stockings, and a woolen wig.
He was also powdered and carried a heavy matchlock gun.
After serving here for three years, Peter Peters was the only one of his companions who died. Now, unless his superiors come to inspect, he will never put on that stuffy uniform again, let alone a wig.
Already.
As long as you don't go outside the city, Darussalam is a relatively safe place - after all, the Sultan is stationed here. The sanitary conditions on the beach are also relatively better. Peter Peters has a high probability of completing his service contract alive. He
At present, my main job is to run errands for Mr. Businessman and do various chores that cannot be done by indigenous servants.
Hearing that several senators were going to places, Peter Peters said that the ships were ready, but the senators had to bring enough guards, because these places are currently deserted islands, and they could easily be robbed and killed if they went alone.
"We have guards, as long as you prepare a boat and guide."
Peters immediately went to arrange the boat. A few people walked on the beach and talked about future plans. After going around in circles for a few times, Peters came to report that the boat was ready.
The group came to the beach and saw that two Southeast Asian wooden crab boats had been pulled and moored on the silver-white beach. The indigenous servants of the merchant house were inspecting the sails and rigging on the boats. Huang Lu jumped on the boats that had been sorted out first.
The crab boat called Wu Tingwei and the guide to set off.
"You guys go first." Cui Yunhong knew that Huang Lu was impatient. The place they were going to was relatively far away, so it was better to set off as soon as possible.
Watching the boat leave, Cui Yunhong and his entourage sat on the beach and blew the sea breeze, waiting for the servants to pack up the second boat before setting off. Fortunately, the sea view at Mara Port was good, so Cui Yongfang cleared a stone for Cui Yunhong to sit on.
While resting, the sailors followed closely around.
Just as the two were talking, a hissing sound came from behind the big rock where they were sitting. A sailor shouted sharply: "Who is that person?!"
"In the flash of lightning, Cui Yongfang pulled out the revolver from his waist and leaned against the stone to look to the right. Cui Yunhong immediately raised his Glock 17 and followed closely behind Cui Yongfang. As Cui Yongfang shouted loudly, the stone also
There was no sound.
Cui Yunhong made a gesture, and the sailors immediately divided into two groups and surrounded them.
Cui Yongfang mustered up her courage and was the first to rush over, yelling: "Raise your hands!" The gun pointed at a girl wearing a black top, gray skirt, and a white apron.
There is also a white hood with horns on his head.
This outfit is very familiar to Cui Yongfang - it is a typical lowland German woman's outfit.
"Who are you?" He couldn't help but spit out Low German.
Cui Yongfang suddenly appeared with a gun, which really startled the girl opposite. She shrank back to a corner of the reef and looked at Cui Yongfang in horror.
"Chief, it's a girl."
Cui Yunhong put away her pistol and followed. In front of her was a girl of fifteen or sixteen years old. Judging from her slightly higher nose, black eyes and yellow hair tips, she looked like a yellow and white mixed-race person. Such mixed-race people were common in many ports in Southeast Asia at that time.
very common.
She looked at the two of them with wide eyes, and in addition to fear, there was also a hint of curiosity...
"Yongfang, ask her in Dutch." Seeing that the other party was a girl and had no weapons, Cui Yonghong's tone softened a lot, "Who is she? Why do you want to eavesdrop on us?"
"I can hear Chinese..." the girl suddenly spoke, speaking in Minnan dialect.
Cui Yunhong nodded: "Can you understand?"
The girl nodded slightly: "I don't quite understand, but I can probably understand."
Cui Yongfang said a few words in Dutch, and then said to the owner: "She does speak Dutch, but she can speak it as well as me..."
Obviously, as a mixed-race child, the girl in front of her did not master either Dutch or Chinese very well. The Chinese she spoke was actually a mixture of Minnan dialect mixed with Low German and local dialect vocabulary. Cui Yunhong reluctantly communicated with her.
After a few words, I had to give up and let Cui Yongfang communicate in Dutch. Relatively speaking, there was relatively little ambiguity between them.
After a few words, Cui Yongfang knew that the girl's name was Anna, and she was Van Basten's daughter.
"Huh? He also has a daughter..."
Obviously, this daughter cannot be Van Basten's "legitimate child". VOC employees rarely bring their families to the East Indies: the huge expenses, travel and workplace risks make them willing to endure as little as five years.
Six years, sometimes twenty years, of being separated from your family.
Employees with a reasonable income like Van Basten often live together with indigenous women from Southeast Asia or Chinese or Japanese immigrant women in their stationed areas and have children. Obviously, the Anna in front of her is such a mixed-race child.
Judging from her ability to speak Hokkien, her mother must have come from Fujian. But I didn't see any women at Van Basten's place yesterday.
"Why are you following us?" Cui Yunhong asked.
"Aren't you afraid of being robbed and sold into slavery when you run to the seaside alone?" Cui Yongfang said seriously, "Although this is the capital of King Sudan, the seaside is not safe.
"Of course I'm not afraid." Anna showed the scabbard hidden behind her back, "I have a knife."
"What if I have bad intentions now and snatch you away?" Cui Yunhong felt funny, "Is there any way your father can save you?"
"This...impossible...you are dad's business partners."
"What happened to my business partner? I still captured you and sold you as a slave." Cui Yunhong made an "evil" smile.
As expected, Anna moved her body uneasily and continued to speak harshly: "It's impossible anyway. Dad said you are the most trustworthy..."
Cui Yunhong almost laughed, this rainbow fart is great! Enjoy it!
"I was secretly observing you yesterday!" At this time, the girl no longer had the fear before and said with joy, "Today my father fell asleep, so I sneaked out and followed you to see what you were going to do. I listened.
He has said a lot about you, and I really want to take a look."
"But we are going to sea today. We can't take you there. If you want to visit our ship, you can do it at any time."
"Going to sea, where are you going..."
While the two sides were talking, Basten's indigenous servant, who was packing the sails on the crab boat, heard the sound and rushed over. When he saw Anna, he wanted to take Anna back.
"You go back, I want to go to sea with them." At this moment, Anna pretended to be a young lady, pointing at Cui Yunhong and ordered to his servants. When Anna said this, the dark man
The servant immediately showed a pained expression like constipation, stretched out his hands and mumbled something about his life. Anna immediately responded with some words, and responded with a barrage of words. At this time, Cui Yunhong's master and servant were completely dumbfounded.
I can't understand anything.
Suddenly the servant ran towards the city. Anna ignored it and said quickly: "Let's get on the boat. Wherever you want to go, I have been to the seaside in this area!"
Cui Yongfang said: "Why don't we take her with us? We happen to have multiple guides."
"This is not good, are we kidnapping little girls anymore?"
"There are two servants of Van Basten on board, and the guide is also an acquaintance of Peters, so it shouldn't matter."
"Okay, just take her with you." Cui Yunhong thought this was harmless. If she insisted on not taking her with her, he would have to send someone to send her back, which would delay her trip.
The crab boat left the pier, spread its sails and sailed in the azure tropical water. The water was crystal clear, and you could see all kinds of beautiful scenery on the seabed of Brunei Bay. Cui Yunhong couldn't help but let out a deep breath. If a manor villa was set up here,
Wouldn't it be beautiful to take care of yourself until old age?
As soon as the boat started, Anna took the initiative to help set the sail and pull the rope, and she was very agile.
"You know how to sail a boat?!" Cui Yongfang said in surprise.
"Yeah, I've loved the sea since I was a child, but my father wouldn't let me go to sea alone. So every time they go to sea, I have to go with them on the boat." Anna said excitedly, "I learned it from an uncle who was a guard.
His sailing skills are beyond..." Anna's expression dimmed a little, "The plague took his life four years ago, and I haven't been able to go to sea much in the past few years."
"You don't look very European."
"Well, my mother is Chinese. But my mother also returned to the embrace of God during the plague four years ago."
"May she find rest in the Lord." Cui Yongfang quickly comforted her.
"But that's why I feel warm when I see you, haha, are you Chinese?" The girl quickly recovered from the grief of losing her loved ones and asked Cui Yunhong. This chapter has been completed!