Li Xiao learned a lot of information from Tang Ruowang's mouth, especially in this era when communication between the East and the West was not smooth. The information from Tang Ruowang's mouth was particularly precious.

Especially when he learned that rubber might be on Java Island, Li Xiao's eyes lit up. You know, rubber likes to grow in the tropics. It can be grown on a large scale in Hainan, Taiwan, and other places in the Ming Dynasty. As long as there are seeds.

, that’s easy to handle.

The dance was coming to an end, and Li Hu was so sleepy that he almost fell asleep. He didn't like the tune of the red-haired ghost, and seeing that Li Xiao and the red-haired ghost were chatting happily, it was inconvenient to disturb him. He could only sit very close to Li Xiao.

In this place, I dozed off one after another.

Although he was napping, he was on the red-haired ghost's territory after all. The short-barreled firegun in Li Hu's hand was never released, even with his eyes closed, and his ears were on high alert!

A gust of fragrant wind came, and Li Hu opened his eyes fiercely. The short-barreled firecracker opened the door in an instant!

Li Hu smiled again when he saw the woman coming. She was the beautiful woman just now, and she was holding a glass in her hand that she said was red or yellow. She didn't know whether it was wine or horse urine.

"Haha! You're boring, Oriental." The beauty had a smile on her face and handed the wine in her hand to Li Hu. Li Hu took the glass and Nikolaeva touched it lightly. The glasses collided with each other.

, making a "dang" sound.

"Girl, you are boring too!" Li Hu's eyes fell on Nikolaeva's slender neck.

"Since we're bored, how about we make a deal?" Nikolaeva still had a smile on her face.

"Deal?" Li Hu immediately became alert. This little girl didn't look simple.

"Yes! Deal! You can ask your brother, I know he is the one who has the final say among you."

"My eldest brother doesn't do small business!"

"Hahaha! My business is related to your life and death."

"Huh?" Li Hu narrowed his eyes and re-examined the woman in front of him.

In another corner of the ballroom, John and Bobby were watching Li Hu and Nikolaeva talking.

"Didn't you understand through all the inquiries? That commander-in-chief is not a very powerful person. He is just a warlord with a few soldiers in the north!" John muttered dissatisfiedly while sipping his whiskey.

"But their weapons are very powerful, and we need an internal response. If Nikolaeva successfully pulls that kid over, we can easily defeat them when Kui comes.

We have very few people, much less than the people of the Ming Dynasty. If we can save a few people from death, we will lose a few people. There will be many places that need manpower in the future. For example, Yizhou Island requires us to send people to build cities. The Far East is too big.

It’s so big that even the people of Ming Dynasty can’t take care of it.”

Bobby watched Nikolaeva's every move, and he very much hoped to bribe Li Hu. Young people, firstly, couldn't see money, and secondly, they couldn't see women. Greed is the original sin of mankind, especially for young people.

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The commander of the Dutch Far East Fleet, Kui Yi, will take the fleet that has just rounded the Cape of Good Hope to the Far East and will arrive in Macau in two days. By then, he will have a dozen warships with artillery and thousands of soldiers.

Bobby, a well-trained Dutch soldier, did not believe that Ming pirates who were still using bows and arrows could defeat Dutch warships with firearms.

"If your elder brother agrees with my suggestion, you can come...!" Nikolaeva put her arms around Li Hu's neck and brought her red lips to Li Hu's ears. Li Hu felt his ears were warm and his nose was full of fragrance.

After taking a look at where Bobby and John were sitting, Nikolaeva left Li Hu.

When Li Xiao walked out of the East India Company gate, Jiang Chaozong breathed a huge sigh of relief. Why was this night so damn long? Jiang Chaozong, who was worried outside, felt as if a year had passed.

Returning to the villa of Zheng's family, Li Xiao leaned on the recliner and listened to Li Hu talk about Nikolaeva.

"Brother, I think that ghost woman is very smart. Do you believe what she says?"

"It's hard to say! I always feel that John seems to be delaying the McCarthy matter today. They seem to be waiting for something. I asked Tang Ruowang and he didn't know. Maybe I can learn something from that ghost woman. You take Ai Husheng with you.

Go there. If there is really something, then bring that ghost woman back. I will ask myself!"

"I know, brother!" Li Hu immediately inserted the short-barreled firegun.

"Wait a minute! Take this!" Li Xiao handed over his revolver. There are only two of these in the entire Phi Island.

"Uh...!" Li Hu hesitated for a moment and wiped his hands hard on his clothes twice. When he held the revolver in his hand, the corner of his mouth almost reached the back of his head.

He asked Zheng Zhiyuan for some experts who were familiar with Macau, and Li Hu took Ai Husheng away. Li Xiao walked into the house, and Tokugawa Chiki had already prepared bath water. When he saw Li Xiao coming back, he hurriedly came over to help Li Xiao.

Take off your clothes.

There were flower petals in the water, which was very fragrant. It was a little hot, but it was still within an acceptable range. Sitting in the tub, Tokugawa Chiki took the soap locust and began to wash Li Xiao's hair.

Japanese women take care of people with great care. Their gentle little hands are scratching their heads, which makes them feel as comfortable as possible.

I didn’t drink much wine to begin with, so I immediately calmed down after soaking in the bath bucket. Seeing Tokugawa Chiki’s slender neck and the two buds that were hidden under the kimono, Li Xiao felt like there was a fire in his belly.

Running up, he was about to pull Tokugawa Chihime down and wash them together.

Then I heard Jiang Chaozong's voice outside: "Uncle Zheng is here. He said he has something important to discuss with you."

When he heard that Zheng Zhilong was coming, Li Xiao could only suppress his anger. He kissed Tokugawa Chiki on the cheek and asked Tokugawa Chiki to clean herself up.

"You're bothering me so late...!" Zheng Zhilong looked a little embarrassed when he saw Li Xiao's wet hair.

"Master Zheng must have something important to do, otherwise he wouldn't have come at this time. Just tell us what it is! There is no need to hide it between us."

"Tonight, there was a red-haired ghost who was in charge of the East India Company and paid money to see McCarthy. He thought that my people could not understand what he was saying, but it happened that my subordinate had been on ships in Nanyang and could understand.

their words.

The red-haired ghost told McCarthy that he had to be obedient here. He also said that he could leave in two days when Kui comes."

Kui Yi! Li Xiao felt that this name sounded familiar, but he still couldn't remember who this guy was. However, Li Xiao still had an idea, that is, anyone he was familiar with was someone who should not be underestimated.

Those who can leave their names in history are not ordinary people.

"I thought, you will never let this red-haired ghost off easily. But why does he say that as soon as Kui comes, that bastard McCarthy can get out?"

"I don't know who Kui Yi is, maybe I'll know tomorrow." Li Xiao suddenly remembered what Li Hu said, as if something big would happen in the next few days.

"tomorrow?"

"Yeah! Tomorrow."

"The red-haired ghosts have shrunk so much in the sea these days. Some of the islands that we originally competed with are now unable to come out. I always feel that the red-haired ghosts are a little strange. Their strength is about the same as mine. How could they suddenly show weakness?"

Li Xiao glanced at Zheng Zhilong, and it seemed that he was also a patient with strong persecution paranoia.

"Master, don't worry. When the soldiers come, they will block the water and cover it with earth. There is a war on the left and right. It's so close to the mainland. Even if we can't fight, we can still take a boat back to the mainland. The red-haired devil only has a few soldiers. How dare he come to the mainland to make noise with us?"

"

"Chief soldier, you don't know that our people of the Ming Dynasty have long traveled across the ocean. There are many places in the South China Sea where our people of the Ming Dynasty can be seen. For example, Java Island, Luzon Island, and what is the name of the red-haired ghost?

East Indian places. There are already a large number of Ming people living and doing business in these places!

In some places, the number of Ming people has exceeded tens of thousands. In total, there are hundreds of thousands of Ming people in the South China Sea now. If we lose at sea, what will happen to these people...! Alas!"

"There are so many people?" Li Xiao's eyes widened. He didn't expect that in these years, there would be so many overseas Chinese in the Ming Dynasty.

"Yes! Ever since Lord Wanli appointed Eunuch Zheng, the eunuch of the Three Treasures, to go to Nanyang, people of the Ming Dynasty have begun to go to sea to do business one after another.

There is nothing we can do about this. Places like Fujian and Guangdong are prone to droughts and floods at every turn. There are no droughts or floods in places near the sea, but typhoons.

In the past, you could still catch some fish near the sea, but then I didn’t know that Mao had issued a sea ban. Sail was not allowed to go into the sea, which was a hardship for the people. Some people worked hard to become Japanese pirates, some went up the mountains to become bandits. Some people had no choice but to

You can only go to Nanyang with your head tied to your belt.

The number of hundreds of thousands is only an estimate. No one knows exactly how many people from Fujian and Guangdong have gone to Nanyang over the years.

During the reign of Lord Jiajing, the red-haired ghost rented Macau. At first, he did business well, but then slowly began to rob houses and do everything. The local officials in Guangdong got money, and the red-haired ghost did not harm the mainland. Things at sea,

They are happy to turn a blind eye.

As a last resort, we people of the Ming Dynasty can only organize themselves. I, the general manager, was elected by everyone to fight against the red-haired ghost.

There have been victories and defeats in the past few years, but now they suddenly show weakness, I feel a little uneasy."

Zheng Zhilong briefly told Li Xiao the history of the Ming Dynasty's expedition to Nanyang.

We Chinese are the ones who love our hometown the most. If possible, many of us would live within a radius of dozens of miles throughout our lives without moving to a nest.

But there is no way. When the land in our hometown cannot support so many people, everyone has to leave their hometown. They are all forced.

No one knows how many descendants of the Yan and Huang people have been swallowed up by the turbulent sea over the years.

The Sanbao eunuchs led the world's largest maritime military force on a mighty trip. They conducted trade peacefully and did not bring disaster to the local indigenous people. They did not colonize those indigenous people or plunder their land like Westerners did.

resources and brutally exploited the indigenous people.

The character of the Chinese people is kind, and the thoughts of the Chinese people are peaceful. But Westerners, who are like wolves, do not think so. They insist that what is robbed is better than what is produced. Others' things are better than their own.

The Americas were plundered by them, and the Incas were almost wiped out by them. They even reached out to Africa, and the slave trade lasted for hundreds of years. How many black people were buried in the Atlantic Ocean!

Now, these guys who are eating from the pot and thinking about the pot have their sights set on the Far East and the Ming Dynasty.

For the sake of hundreds of thousands of overseas Chinese, and for the smooth sea routes for our Chinese people. This time, we really have to go head-to-head with the Dutch.

If we win, the descendants of China will be able to freely own the South China Sea. They will not have to be arbitrarily exploited by foreigners!

Lose! The overseas Chinese will suffer unprecedented disasters. I don’t know how many people will lose their lives in a foreign country, and their wives and daughters will become slaves.

"Master Zheng, don't worry, I will help you win this battle no matter what."

PS: Today is Navy Day, happy holiday to all naval officers and soldiers! The motherland needs a strong navy. The people need a strong navy.
Chapter completed!