my child……
Although his feet were tied to wooden shackles, tears continued to flow from Ali's eyes. Just a few days ago, those men on horseback broke into the tribe and not only killed many people as in the past, but also killed them in front of
He threw his son in the face and killed him.
When they tied him up with wood, Ali also saw his son's head being crushed by horse hooves and thrown to the ground. No one cared about him. It seemed that for those people, except for young men and women, others
They are all worth mentioning, just like the wild beasts on the grassland. To those in robes, they are just prey.
Compared with Ali's grief and indignation, Abdulli stood on the deck, holding a pipe in his hand and looking at the sea, with a smile on his face.
785 slaves!
When transported to the island, these slaves can bring them a lot of wealth.
"It's a pity that no one castrates slaves anymore. Otherwise, the price wouldn't be so low."
Abdullah felt heartbroken every time he thought of this. In the past, after they captured slaves, they would directly castrate them. At least a quarter of the slaves would die. The more slaves died, the higher the price.
"Yes, they are all damn British, otherwise we can continue to sell slaves to Oman..."
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A Ming on the side also said with regret.
"When there were no British, 100,000 slaves could be sold here a year, but now? That's more than 10,000, and do you believe it? When there are more and more complete slaves on the island, one day, they may be
We no longer need the slaves we sent, we only need to rely on reproduction in the plantations to meet their needs..."
The golden age of slave traders is over!
Abdullah said with regret.
"Hey, maybe we should also open up plantations and use our own slaves. Maybe, in another twenty years, we may not be able to engage in this business anymore..."
The ship sailed with the wind like this on the sea. Although the ship was a sailboat, its speed was not slow. It only took one night for the ship to sail into the Zanzibar Port. As soon as the ship entered the port, the port became busy.
.
As usual, the port officer went directly to the ship to inquire about the goods. Different from the past where he directly said slaves, now the customs records no longer register slaves, but "livestock".
"There are 785 livestock in total, and the tax is three hundred..."
Just when the port officer had just completed the registration, suddenly, a strong light shone from a distance, illuminating the ship in the strong light. This was the searchlight of the traffic boat on the left side of the "Tianlong".
"We are the "Tianlong" of the Ming Dynasty Royal Navy. According to the authorization of the International Slave Trade Convention, please accept inspection immediately!"
As it sailed towards the port of Zambagel, the sailor on the left traffic boat of the "Tianlong" held a tin trumpet and shouted loudly in English. As for whether the other party could understand it, I am afraid only God knows.
The reason why only the speedboat was released is because it is more suitable to enter the port without a pilot. However, less than one nautical mile away from the port, two twin 254mm turrets in the sideboard ship of the "Tianlong"
The cannons will now be aimed at the coast.
"Damn, what's going on?"
The port officer shouted in horror,
"What are they talking about?"
"Pearl blessing, my lord, don't you speak English?"
Abdullah said nervously.
"Sir, what are they talking about?"
"Slaves, they must be slaves, damn it, hurry up, throw all the slaves into the sea, throw them all into the sea..."
The reason why the port officer is so anxious is because he knows that the slave trade is shady. After all, in name, Zambagel has long promised the British to contact the slave market, but the open market has been closed.
There are many underground markets in Sambagel. Once word gets out, the British will definitely be very angry.
Throwing these slaves into drowning is the best option, after all, there will be no evidence to prove them.
"Just throw them all down, quickly. Don't leave anyone alive."
"What are you going to do..."
Ali, who was dragged out of the cabin, did not even understand what was going on. He was thrown into the sea, and the five slaves chained to a log were thrown into the sea together.
The slaves who were thrown into the sea sank into the sea without even struggling. The water in the port was not very deep, but for these tied slaves, even a water depth of just a few meters was fatal.
Just like that, hundreds of slaves were thrown into the sea one after another.
Just as the slave traders on the ship were throwing the slaves into the sea, the speedboat on the left was quickly approaching the slave ship. On the traffic boat equipped with two 300-horsepower gasoline engines, a 20mm Gatling cannon and searchlight were directed directly
Refers to the slave ship. When the sailors on the ship noticed that they started throwing "cargo" into the sea, the captain Zhu Sihai immediately shouted.
"Aim at the mast and fire a few shots to give a warning!"
The sudden sound of cannons shook the entire port. Along with the sound of cannons and explosions, the mast of the slave ship was broken. The speedboat repeated loudly again as it approached.
"We are the "Tianlong" of the Ming Dynasty Royal Navy. According to the authorization of the International Slave Trade Convention, please accept inspection immediately!"
When the speedboat was about to approach, the port officer on the ship immediately retorted loudly in fluent English.
"You have no right to enter our country's ports for inspection. Even the convention does not give you such power! You should leave Sambagel's territorial waters immediately!"
Just when the port officer angrily wanted to drive away the invaders, a sudden sound of cannon broke the calm of the port.
The sound of the cannon came from the land, from the fort of Zambagel Port!
After the speedboat's cannon sounded, the gunners on the Sambagel Fort thought that there were bandits attacking the port. They loaded the cannon with gunpowder and shells and fired almost without thinking.
However, the accuracy of their front-mounted smoothbore cannon was very poor. There was a lot of movement from a dozen consecutive shots, but most of the shells fell around the traffic boat on the left, and the splashing water fell on the speedboat, which stunned Zhu Sihai.
For a while, he was in a daze because he couldn't think of it!
"Boat, captain, he, they dare to fire at us!"
"Are you sure it was a cannon fire?"
As soon as they finished speaking, the sound of cannon sounded again, and this time they really noticed the fire of the fort on the shore.
"Damn, they're really shooting at us!"
Zhu Sihai shouted.
"Quick, fire the cannon at the fort,"
When the gunner turned the target around the turret and fired with the Gatling cannon, Ding Zezhong on the "Tianlong" also recovered from his surprise.
"Why are you just standing there stupidly? Fire and level the fort!"
When he said these words, Ding Zezhong's face was filled with excitement that could not be concealed. This was simply... giving a pillow to a poor person. Originally, he just wanted to use slaves as an excuse to force the other party to cede land and then pay some money.
But I never thought that the other party would be so aware of the current situation and fire at the Ming Navy. This is simply... just, this is too cooperative!
"Blow up the fort, and then the sailors go ashore. I want to see who dares to open fire on the Ming warship!"
This chapter has been completed!