The man who was lifted up was a strong man in his thirties, with a dark face and rough hands and feet. He looked like an old seal dog who had been making a living at sea for many years. Based on his clothes and money, he should be a leader-level figure.
As soon as I asked this strong man where he came from, he started shouting: "Crazy guy! Fanatic! Sooner or later, the bosses will deal with you!"
Seeing Dugu proposing while sharpening his knife, the man sneered.
"What are you doing with a knife? The whips and irons are coming to greet you. If I frown, I am not a good man under the bosses!"
Dugu was furious and picked up an electric baton.
"Not busy." Ran Yao stopped Dugu and slowly opened the notebook:
"Name?"
"You won't change your name when you're working, and you won't change your surname when you're sitting down. Han Yiping is the same!"
"gender?"
"Where is your hometown?"
"How many relatives are there?"
"When did you first become a pirate?"
"How many years have you been working?"
"What's the name of your gang leader?"
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"What's your boss's name?"
“Where is my hometown??”
"gender?"
"When did you first become a pirate?"
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"When did you first become a pirate?"
"What's your gang leader's name?"
"gender?"
"When did you first become a pirate?"
“Where is my hometown??”
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"You said you are from Nan'an, Fujian?"
"The first seven times you clearly said you were from Minhou, Fujian!"
"Where on earth is it?!"
"What's the name of your gang leader?!"
"explain!"
"Turn on the lights!"
"Say your name!"
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After four hours of non-stop wheel fighting, Han Yiping's mouth was pried open. When he answered "Who is the leader of your gang" for the 25th time, he finally said the name "Liu Xiang".
After being caught with this problem, he still tried to deny it, but under the continuous bombardment, he finally suffered a complete mental breakdown.
Once a person gives in and confesses, he will tell all the facts. Han Yiping quickly told everything he knew.
In terms of rank, he is just a "share" in Liu Xiang's gang, a "shopkeeper", not a direct descendant of Liu Xiang, but because his subordinates are particularly good at fighting, they always have troubles every time they fight against the army and other pirate gangs. It was very powerful, so he looked at it differently. The commander-in-chief of Liu Xiang's side of this operation was a woman.
"woman?"
"A ghost girl." Han Yiping gestured, saying that this woman was well-known among various maritime groups. She owned a Western-style clipper ship, always walked alone, acted ruthlessly, and was full of scheming. And Fran from Macau. They have a close relationship with each other. She used to work under Zheng Zhilong and was very respected at one time, but then she suddenly stopped working for more than half a year.
The Liu Xiang Group had received the news that the time-travelers were occupying Lingao as early as October, but Lingao was a place with little business and was traditionally the territory of Zhu Cai Lao, so Liu Xiang had no interest in them.
The people who suggested seizing the clipper were indeed people from Zhucai's old group. When they defected to the new leader, they told all of this, including the news brought back by Shi Shishi.
Zhu Cai Lao did have the intention to cooperate with the time-travelers. It was for this reason that Liu Xiang staged such a show, trying to kill two birds with one stone, that is, to seize the "Iron Clipper" and make it impossible for Zhu Cai Lao to cooperate with the time-travelers.
Group to cooperate. To this end, he not only recruited a large number of sporadic bandits who did not know the details in the name of Zhu Cai Lao, but also sent some pirates who had been under Zhu Cai Lao to participate in the operation.
"Isn't Liu Xiang afraid that you people will confess after being captured?"
"I'm just saying that in case of being captured, the person who insists that it is Mr. Zhu Cai is the one. Mr. Zhu Cai has a close relationship with you, you must believe it." Han Yiping replied listlessly, "And there are not many people here who really know Gang Leader Liu.
"
"What happened to that big Western ship?"
"I don't know about that either. Our contact with the Western ships is all through that ghost girl."
"What's her name?"
"What's your name?"
Ran Yao frowned and remembered something. He had a very good memory and immediately thought that this person should be the woman who kidnapped Mr. Wen back then.
"Black curly hair and slightly brown eyes?"
"Yes, yes, this ghost girl is quite beautiful-" Pirate Han swallowed a mouthful of saliva.
Yes, it must be her. Ran Yao thought, this world is really small. But there was no woman among the corpses or prisoners.
"Where is she?"
"She probably escaped on the big Western ship. This ghost girl is very clever."
Ran Yao asked a lot more about the strength of the Liu Xiang Group, its base, the names of its main leaders, etc. Han Yiping answered everything accurately. There were some things he didn't know and couldn't tell. Ran Yao didn't
Forced, according to his experience, there is only so much that Han Yiping can squeeze out of him.
I interrogated a few more people, but they were all uninteresting. I started interrogating a few Asan again, and they were all gibbering and didn’t know what to say. Then I thought that since they were working for Spanish people, they should be able to speak Spanish, so I quickly found some people who knew Spanish.
Those who speak English should be the translators.
"I don't understand Spanish." Xiao Zishan gave an answer after checking the personnel files.
"No way?! We will have to deal with the Spaniards in the future."
"There are people here who understand English, French, Japanese, German, Italian, Russian and Korean. By the way, they even understand Latin, but no one understands Spanish."
"Isn't this nonsense? There are even people who understand Korean, but no one understands Spanish? A second foreign language is fine too."
"Really, I can't even search for the Spanish word here."
"What should I do?" Ran Yao put down the phone and said helplessly. Dugu's eyes suddenly lit up when he proposed marriage, and he remembered the hot Latin girl on the yacht in North America during the day. I heard from the Qian brothers that it looked like Venezuela. As an American, Dugu's marriage proposal only had two impressions of Venezuela: one was the beauty pageant girl, and the other was Chavez, who was often in the news.
"All Latin American countries speak Spanish, right?"
"Yes, there are also people who speak Portuguese -" Ran Yao also thought about it at this time: Isn't there a Venezuelan-American woman with temporary ID number 008?
He picked up the phone and called Xiao Zishan: "I request to transfer someone here. Please go through the procedures as soon as possible."
"Who knows Spanish?"
"Diana Mendoza."
Diana Mendoza always thought that she was the unluckiest person, and Zhou Weisen always boasted that she was seduced by his charm. In fact, Diana was just drunk in the bar in Hawaii, hoping to get a free yacht. She was just enjoying the breeze on the sea. Unexpectedly, she was kidnapped by these Chinese people. Not only was she kidnapped, but after more than half a month of tossing, she actually came to a wild place and was told that it was the 17th century!
Of course, Diana Mendoza didn’t believe his lies. After giving the nonsensical biology doctor a few slaps, she rushed into the cab. She was originally forbidden to touch the GPS, radar and maritime satellite phone. Left to her own devices, it was obvious that she would not get any of the desired results.
After a long period of tossing and crying, she was finally exhausted. Coupled with the Qian brother's wife's persuasion, she gradually realized her situation - without Zhou Weisen, she would not even be able to eat. Dia Na Mendoza, like all women in similar circumstances, completely resigned to her fate. Zhou Weisen was naturally unceremonious and took advantage of the beauty's fear of being helpless after entering a strange environment to easily kill Dianna. Mendoza became her own woman.
For the executive committee, it is gratifying that Zhou Weisen's emotional and physical problems can be solved, but Xiao Zishan really can't think of the use of this Latin girl who studies English language and literature - she can't speak Chinese at all, Xiao Zishan She had no choice but to be included in the list of "dependents", and only a few children brought by travelers could enjoy this treatment. This time, she was fully utilized as a Spanish translator. She speaks both English and Spanish very well. .
Seeing this tall and beautiful Indo-European mixed race beauty appear in the office, several men couldn't help but their eyes lit up - no wonder people say that Venezuela is a country of beauties, it is simply a mixture of the advantages of three different races: yellow, white and black. The born beauty - Zhou Weisen, you are such a beast!
The problem is that although her Chinese has improved greatly in recent months and she can carry out simple daily conversations, she still cannot make complex explanations, so she has to be equipped with an English translator.
It turns out that Asan's Spanish is a tragedy. They speak Spanish that even Diana Mendoza doesn't understand. After a long time of tossing, it finally became clear that they were sailors who were captured by a Spanish man named Sidonia in Manila. They knew nothing about the others who were recruited by the lord to join the ship, and they couldn't even tell where they were now.
"What use is Ah San to us?" Dugu asked. According to his opinion, he would have to cut off the heads of a few pirates to coerce him.
"Let's make curry. I actually like it." Ran Yao said, "If they are sailors, it will be useful."
The last person to come to court was the Spaniard. When the two Spanish prisoners saw that in addition to a few Orientals, there was a beautiful compatriot who could speak Spanish in the room, they almost couldn't close their mouths.
Two Spaniards were recruited on board the ship in Manila, one was a sailor and the other was an ordinary soldier. They came from the Viceroyalty of Barnabas in Spanish America and came to the Viceroyalty of the Philippines to try their luck.
From their mouths, Ran Yao finally learned how the Spanish galleon joined the battle. He also learned the name of the commander: Aragones Sidonia. He was a Spanish "gentleman" who was ordered to recruit and command a group of people.
A Spanish galleon sailed to the Chinese coast to trade or plunder, and if possible, try to gain a trading foothold with the help of local Chinese pirates.
Aragones himself could not afford to equip such an expedition, so this expedition was similar to launching a joint-stock company, with the Spanish governor of Manila and some officials, the manor owner as the investor, equipment for the galleons, recruitment of personnel, and purchase of materials and weapons.
It is divided among them according to shares. As the commander, Aragones Sidonia enjoys one-fifth of the total income. If he can obtain a coastal stronghold, he can also receive an additional bonus.
As for all the soldiers and sailors who participated in the expedition, they received no military pay or wages, but they collectively enjoyed one-fifth of the total income - distributed according to grade.
"This is an out-and-out robbery gang." Dugu said angrily after hearing the proposal, "Ask how many Chinese ships they have robbed! How many Chinese people have they killed!"
Ran Yao is not interested in this, he is more concerned about the strength of this ship.
According to his confession, there were a total of 400 people in the company of the Countess of Scarborough, including soldiers, sailors, doctors, gunners, craftsmen, and servants: some of them were Spanish, Portuguese, Italians, Chinese, Indians, and blacks.
and mixed race, and the others were all Malay natives recruited locally.
It's really international. No wonder Yu E Shui said that sailors in this era are just a collection of scum from all nationalities. In addition to this bizarre group of people, the Countess of Scarborough also brought a lot of supplies, including for trade.
commodities; a large amount of firearms and gunpowder - some of which have been sold to Liu Xiang; necessary tools and materials for building the castle. They did not bring much food and water. They mainly moved along the coastline and could go ashore to replenish at any time.
After forming an alliance with the local pirate leader Liu Xianglao, it will be easier to supplement these things. It is said that the next step is that they will fight a Chinese pirate named "Yi Guan".