The ocean surface of the Pearl River Estuary is as clear as the sky, sails are like clouds, old gate ships, bird ships, and blessed ships are sailing on the ocean surface. Of course, Liao-style schooners are indispensable. This kind of ship is very popular with the Ming Dynasty's maritime merchants because it saves manpower, is fast, and can sail with wind. In the past ten years, more than two thousand large and small schooners have been launched from Liaodong to Nantianmen. It is rapidly replacing blessed ships and bird ships and becoming the master of the Ming Dynasty.

However, among the same oriental ships, there is a "Frote Sailboat"-style sailing boat floating on the sea. Although the ship is a "Frote Sailboat", the Portuguese flag is flying on the ship.

Captain Andre, standing at the back of the side, sometimes turned his eyes to the Ming ship in the distance. When he put down his telescope, he said to the first mate Tom beside him.

"Tom, look, it is these Ming people's merchant ships that drove us out of this sea, and even when we come to Macau, we have to pretend to be Portuguese!"

Andre's tone was full of unhappiness.

"If we trade at Nantianmen, the cost will be at least doubled, because the damn Ming people monopolized the trade, and... "

At this moment, Tom pointed at the sea and said.

"Look, it's the Ming Dynasty's fast ship!"

Following the direction of Tom's finger, a long line and beautifully shaped fast warship was sailing towards them.

Fast ship - This is what Europeans call Ming fast cruiser. Its prototype is the sail cruiser during the Civil War. It absorbed the concept of "slippers" and specialized in maritime breakups. It is known for its fast speed. It is a nearly perfect sailing ship, but it encounters steam engines.

However, in this world, it has been widely used. Even for the Ming Navy, this fast warship, which is only equipped with 12 nine-jin cannons and 4 large-caliber wine bottle cannons, is becoming the main force of the navy. There is no reason - it is fast enough. The beautifully lined fast ship has even become a symbol of the Ming Navy.

The warship that was sailing against the wind and waves soon sent a signal to stop the ship when approaching the "Portuguese merchant ship".

"Captain, he sent a signal to stop the ship for inspection."

"Check? What to check? Are they customs?"

Andre asked loudly.

"No, they are the Navy."

"Ignore them and tell them that we are a Portuguese merchant ship and are going to Macau."

Under the command of the captain, the sailors on the ship immediately raised their sails and sailed towards Macau. However, this Dutch-style sailing ship was obviously impossible to run past the Navy's "fast ship". However, it took only ten minutes to be caught up by the warship. When the two ships were sailing side by side, Andre, Tom and the sailors on the ship were all frightened and turned pale. Behind the cannon window, huge gun barrels were aimed straight at them.

"My Lord, this muzzle is at least an inch thick..."

Faced with such a huge artillery, at this moment, let alone resisting, the British sailors on the ship even had the idea of ​​death.

When the gun came, I just looked at the Ming sailors with a "fear" expression behind the cannon window, some of them were timid and even had the idea of ​​jumping into the sea.

At this moment, they heard a strange and scary roar.

"put……"

Even in Macau, people at the port could clearly hear the cannon sound. The fierce cannon sound shocked the whole of Macau. When everyone was dumbfounded and looked towards the sea, they saw a European ship raising a white flag.

"What's going on?"

The Portuguese on Macau Island all looked at each other in a glance. At this moment, a trace of ominous premonition appeared in their hearts.

At the same time, what surprised them even more was that more Ming warships appeared.

...

The first time he stepped onto the three-deck warship of the "Shandong", Fei Susha and the Macau Governor immediately protested loudly.

"Mr. Admiral, I protest. I want to protest seriously to your country!"

Ten days ago, when Zheng Zhilong arrived in Guangdong and became the admiral of the Nanyang Navy, even Fei Susha didn't think it was anything, but it was just a normal naval personnel transfer, even if the Nanyang Navy was the largest fleet in the Ming Dynasty.

He even looked forward to forming a deep friendship with Zheng Zhilong with joy. After all, this Admiral Zheng also had a name called "Nicholas First Officer". Even though he was not a devout Catholic, he was also a believer and it would always be easier to deal with.

But Feisusha never expected that the way this "Nicholas First Official" dealt with was to lead a fleet to surround Macau and then shell a Portuguese merchant ship.

"It is unacceptable that the Admiral actually ordered a warship to attack the Portuguese merchant ship!"

While speaking, Fei Susha even took a special look. The merchant ship next to the warship seemed to have been ravaged by a sea monster. Most of the goddess on its bow was bombarded by cannons, leaving only some remaining pieces, a huge gap, black hole, and it looked extremely terrifying.

They obviously only shot one shot!

The goddess was knocked out in one shot...

The Ming cannon is too powerful!

"Attack the Portuguese merchant ship!"

Looking at Fei Susha coldly, Zheng Zhilong sneered.

"Come on, take those crew members up!"

A moment later, Andre and others who were tied up were escorted over.

"You are from that country!"

"Your Excellency, you, we are Englishmen, please spare our lives."

At this time Andrey dared to be arrogant. After the "Goddess" was shot and half of the bow was knocked down by one shot, he only had one thought left in his mind - fear, and also survival.

As soon as he heard that they were British, Fesusha immediately screamed in surprise.

"British people, why are you British here? Don't you know that Macau only allows open ships and Portuguese ships to enter and exit? Why do you come here? And you pretend to be Portuguese merchant ships. What is your intention? Admiral, this matter has absolutely nothing to do with us..."

Before Fei Susha could speak, a log of navigation was thrown in front of him.

"Governor Feisusha, come, read this page yourself... Tell me, what is written on it?"

In an instant, Fei Susha became mute.

Even if he doesn't know English, Fei Susha knows what it says. As the Governor of Macau, he welcomes fleets of various countries to come to Macau for trade. Even if this violates the laws of the Ming Dynasty, who can resist the interests?

Moreover, for Macau, the most important thing is trade.

After leaving the merchant ships of various countries, Macau was a dead port. After the Ming Dynasty banned foreign merchant ships from directly coming to local trade in order to monopolize the navigation of the Ming Sea, Macau suddenly became important. After all, the cost of merchant ships from various countries sailing to Macau for trade was far lower than that of trade in the South Tianmen.

In the past few years, Macau has made huge profits from it, but now all this has been exposed. In fact, it has been exposed long ago, but it is just that officials turn a blind eye to each other.

"A man came, ships from other countries that illegally broke into the port of Ming Dynasty according to the "Regulations on Navigation", beheaded the captain Andrei as pirates, and the other crew members were no longer slaves!"

As soon as Zheng Zhilong's words fell, Captain Andre was pressed to kneel on the ground by two burly men, and you were cut off your head.

Blood splattered several feet away.

Fei Susha was immediately frightened. Is this going to kill someone?

We are very obedient. We have never thought about fighting against the Ming Dynasty. How can we just say that we can drive people away?

Fei Susha felt that wronged.

According to the experience of dealing with the Ming Dynasty, just use enough money to bribe them, and then pay taxes on time every year and pay enough rent.

The Ming Dynasty would turn a blind eye to what they did, but now, they cut off Andre's head as soon as they came up.

why is that?

Why is this happening? Why don’t they play according to common sense? Don’t you just want money? As for killing people as soon as you come?

Fortunately, it was the British who died. At this moment, Fei Susha heard Zheng Zhilong's ultimatum.
Chapter completed!