Annan, Guangnanguo, Port Feifu.

This is an ancient port. It has become a trade center very early on. It was even the starting port for the Champa Kingdom to worship the Ming Dynasty. In 1615, the Portuguese settled here and established a business hall, and then the

This place was regarded as the trading center of the Ming Dynasty, and Europeans were introduced.

Since the Ming Dynasty banned the sea, private individuals were not allowed to go to sea. Although this ban is in vain today, there was no such trading center along the coast of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, the location of this kind of cargo distribution center fell overseas. In the East China Sea is the Port of Manila.

And in the South China Sea is Port Feifu.

In particular, due to the influence of the rebellion in South Zhili, sea smuggling in the north stopped for a time. Especially now, the three kings of the East China Sea are entrenched, which has cut off sea trade for a time, and Port Feifu has prospered by three points. The Spanish, Portugal

, France, the Netherlands, and other countries come here to purchase Chinese goods.

In the entire Feifu Port, the largest number of people are Chinese. Long-term trade has allowed them to buy houses and land here, settle down, and become the earliest overseas Chinese in Vietnam.

The Chinese people here are the largest and they have been reproducing here recently. Therefore, the entire Feifugang City is divided directly according to different ethnic groups in China, including Fujian Gang, Guangdong Gang, Chaozhou Gang, Hainan Gang and Hakka Gang. The Fujian Guild Hall has been built.

Guangzhao Guild Hall, Chaozhou Guild Hall, Qiongfu Guild Hall and Zhonghua Guild Hall, which is the Five Gangs Guild Hall. The guild hall buildings are majestic and magnificent. Mazu, Guan Gong, General Fubo, etc. are worshiped in the guild halls, and smoke is lingering all year round.

This day, early morning.

Feifu Port has just woken up from its slumber, and the heads of various guilds have gotten up and started to move around. Although this is the port of Guangnan Kingdom, as the chief of the shipbuilding department, the shipwreck (official name) is in charge of foreign ship trade and other affairs.

Basically, they are all overseas Chinese. Article 7 of Zhu Shunshui's "Annan Service Chronicle" states: "The person in charge of this ship is responsible for the ship affairs of the Tang Dynasty and the prime minister, and he is the uncle."

After getting up early, the Chinese captain also got up from his official residence and patrolled the port. This was his favorite thing to do. Seeing countless ships under his management and a large amount of money flowing in, he felt a sense of accomplishment.

While he was patrolling, he suddenly discovered that a strange ship came in. Judging from the shape of the sides of the ship, it looked like a Western armed merchant ship, with gun windows and a small outer deck.

Port Feifu is a commercial port, so there is no reason to refuse ships entry. Moreover, the ship doesn't think it can do anything with just one ship, so it doesn't care.

However, what really concerned him was that this medium-sized armed merchant ship, the size of a fuchuan, was flying a strange flag, which was a pattern composed of a sun and a moon. Seeing this picture, the ship couldn't help but

It reminds me of the Ming Dynasty.

In some names for the Ming Dynasty, civil servants liked to use the word "sun and moon wheels". Therefore, outside the Ming Dynasty, when seeing such a pattern flag again, people can't help but think of it.

Later, the person who got off the boat surprised him even more. He turned out to be a Portuguese. Due to various transactions and in-depth cooperation with Lord Ruan, the Portuguese had a high status here and could easily influence the fate of the ship.

He is very sensitive to these people.

At this moment, I saw a Portuguese man getting off the boat. The boat didn't care about anything else and kept staring at him. He had a bathtub. This Portuguese man probably came to see him. Because the area where he docked was located in the area where Chinese people live.

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Sure enough, after asking a few people, the Portuguese came directly to him. The first thing he said when he saw him was, "The Chinese should call you. It's like this. There is a fleet that wants to stay here. Because of the huge number,

, for fear of causing misunderstanding, so I acted as the other party’s outpost and came over to say hello.”

"Oh, it's okay, it's okay, just come in." The boat felt that the other party was making a fuss. Isn't it just a fleet? He had never seen anything like this, so would he be surprised?

"Then thank you, sir." The Portuguese guide smiled, said nothing more, turned around and returned to the boat, and then the boat set off.

Gai Feng shook his head, and after a somewhat boring tour, he went back to his residence. As the man who manages the foreign trade affairs of the entire port, he has a lot of work, including tax collection, which is very complicated and not so complicated.

A lot of time is spent in the port.

However, not long after he sat down, one of his clerks (the name of the official) ran in in a panic and shouted, "Sir, it's bad, there is a fleet, it's such a big fleet.

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"How unbecoming is it to be in such a panic? This is Feifu Port, guarded by cannons. What kind of fleet dares to come here to cause trouble?" The frigate reprimanded, then packed up his clothes and rushed towards the dock. This happened.

, as a member of Port Feifu, he must go there and deal with it.

Just when he arrived at the port, he was dumbfounded and stared blankly at the endless stream of ships sailing into the port. The hundreds of lucky ships in front of him were nothing, although it was rare to see so many Chinese-style ships coming at one time.

There are merchant ships, but apart from their larger number, there is nothing unusual about them.

What is really surprising is that the fleet lined up behind the Fu ship. Although the escape window has not been opened, the alert posture allows everyone to see that if something unexpected happens to the Fu ship at the dock, then

They will fire.

This huge fleet has eleven huge warships, and there are some smaller warships surrounding it, constantly swimming around to protect these warships.

Being in this trading port of Zhongming in Nanyang, he is well-informed. He has also seen all kinds of Western warship fleets, but he has never seen such a large number, let alone such a huge warship.

, just counting the closed windows above can be daunting.

"This...is...which country's fleet is this?" The boat stammered as he asked the people around him. As a foreign trade manager, he was not a mere commander. He not only had fifty soldiers under his command,

, and seventy soldiers (艚兵), which are his important forces to collect taxes and maintain law and order.

Moreover, in this port, there are forts built by Lord Ruan, troops stationed there, and a team of Portuguese musketeers. The defense force is very tight. However, the ship estimates that facing such a large number of gunboats, it is afraid that

The port cannot be defended at all.

As long as this fleet launches a bombardment, Port Feifu will probably be destroyed.

After hearing the leader's questions, everyone wanted to flatter him, but they all looked at each other. No one among them knew the origin of this fleet.

"Oh, Mr. Gai Feng, didn't I tell you that there is a fleet coming to the port for trade, please don't be nervous and don't misunderstand me." Suddenly, a strange Chinese accent appeared in his ear, and Gai Fang said Look, it was the Portuguese who greeted him just now. Unexpectedly, he could understand Chinese and speak it pretty well.

"Hello, sir, this is the fleet you were talking about. It is really... too huge." The ship replied very politely. The other party's question reminded him of what happened half an hour ago. He I felt slightly relieved. Since it was brought here by the Portuguese, they should not be enemies.

"Besides, these gunboats..." As he spoke, he pointed to the battleships on guard outside.

"There's nothing I can do about it. Their commander is a stubborn old guy. He refused to sail into the port because he was afraid of an ambush. Damn it, what kind of ambush could there be in Port Feifu!" the Portuguese cursed.

However, Shen Yourong, who had gone too far, didn't care about this at all. As long as he could hold the battleships of the naval fleet in his hands without fail, it didn't matter if he was an old stubborn.

The incident at Ningbo Port has made the entire navy a little uneasy, and they dare not sail into an unfamiliar port. They would rather work harder and be more tired, but they also have to manage the entire fleet well.

"Then which country's fleet is this?" The man asked again. If he didn't figure this out, he would be wary of doing business in the future. He was afraid that this country's fleet would suddenly appear, act as a pirate, and rob him all. .

Who would have thought that what he thought was a normal question would be met with a surprised expression from the Portuguese, "Don't you recognize that flag?"

"Flag?" The officer looked at it strangely. He knew that Westerners have national flags and hang them on their ships, so this fleet also belongs to the Westerners? The officer looked around, but only found all these ships. A flag with a sun and moon pattern hangs on them.

Could it be that this is their flag?

"Is this the sun and moon pattern?" Gai Feng asked doubtfully. He searched through the flags of all the Western countries he knew, but found nothing. These were not the flags of those famous countries.

"You really don't know it?" the Portuguese asked again in surprise, "This is the flag of the Ming Dynasty, and this time it is their navy fleet."

Daming! Daming! Daming!

When the Portuguese said the answer, these two words kept echoing in his mind, leaving him stunned on the spot. This turned out to be the fleet of his hometown.

Gai Feng is an old overseas Chinese. He has been taking root in Feifu Port for three generations. However, even though he has never been back once, Gai Fang still has a deep sense of pride in that powerful country in the north. When a person walks alone When you are abroad, every country in Southeast Asia treats you politely because your motherland is strong. How can you not be proud of your motherland?

Just when the ship was in a daze, hundreds of medium-sized fortune ships poured in, crowding all the sea areas in the port. Fortunately, this was considered when the port was built, so it was extra spacious and could accommodate it. Afterwards, they got off the boat and went into a lot of water. They moved their bodies and looked at the surrounding environment curiously.

Of course, not all of them came down. There were still many people on the ship to guard them. Even at the port, troops were sent to guard them.
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