The South China Sea has returned to calm after the typhoon, and there are no longer rough seas. The fishermen in Pontianak also took advantage of the time when the typhoon left to prepare to go to the sea. After all, they had rested for several days before the typhoon. If they did not go to the sea to fish quickly, they would have lost their lives.
When a typhoon comes again, it doesn't mean that the whole family is going to be in the cold wind.
Song Asheng, like other fishermen, rowed his boat to prepare to unload the cages. The cages on the boat were piled up like mountains. This was the result of the hard work of him and his family in the past few days.
"Goddess Mazu bless me, I will definitely gain a big harvest this time. As long as I can raise enough money to treat Brother Song, I will definitely ask the three animals to fulfill my wish."
Of course, the three animals Song Asheng talks about are naturally the small animals. He cannot afford the large animals such as pigs, cows and sheep. Only the gentlemen in the city can afford them. Besides, among the small animals, in addition to buying pig heads, you can hunt fish, chickens, etc.
There are two more at home.
However, Song Asheng looked sad when he thought of Doctor Liu prescribing the money for medicinal materials to his son Song Geer. They were all expensive medicinal materials and cost several Dutch dollars. This was a bit difficult.
But when he thought of the Dutch devils' arrogance in Pontianak, Song Asheng couldn't help but spit, they were just beasts.
Just as Song Asheng was thinking about his own concerns, suddenly the people around him started to make a commotion.
"Look, there's a ship coming."
"It looks like a big warship."
"Could it be a Dutch warship?"
As soon as these words were spoken, all the fishing boats out to sea immediately turned around and rushed back with all their strength. In recent years, Dutch warships have been used to being domineering and have caused countless injustices. Who is not afraid of it?
But they didn't know that what arrived this time was not a Dutch warship, but a Qing warship that got lost in the typhoon.
"Deng, why are these people so afraid of us?"
On the Zhiyuan ship, Leifer, who served as the chief instructor of the Zhiyuan ship, put down the telescope in his hand and expressed his doubts to Deng Shichang beside him. Leifer spoke in English, because Deng Shichang could also speak English, so the two
Human communication can only be done in English.
He remembered that the Zhiyuan ship was everywhere, and tens of thousands of people were watching it. Even in the British Singapore, the welcome it received was equally great. Unexpectedly, after encountering a typhoon and deviating from the course, there would still be such a situation, and judging from other
The clothes he wears should belong to overseas immigrants from the Qing Dynasty.
"Maybe they mistook us for warships from other countries."
Deng Shichang, who also put down his binoculars, looked at the flagpole and saw that the dragon flag on it was gone. "Damn it, why did this happen? Why didn't you raise the flag again quickly?"
"Take care of me, sir, the wind has broken the rope."
"Then pick it up quickly."
Under Deng Shichang's scolding, the warship's dragon flag was finally hoisted.
After the flag was hung, the commotion of the fishermen in the distance gradually subsided.
As the Zhiyuan ship raised the dragon flag, the situation was reversed.
"Look, it's a large warship of the imperial court."
The sharp-eyed fishermen immediately spotted the dragon flag on the Zhiyuan ship and shouted.
"Yes, could it be that the imperial court has sent troops?"
"The imperial court finally remembered us."
There was a lot of chatter on the fishing boats immediately, but a few fishing boats immediately speeded up and rowed towards the shore. They needed to inform others about the people coming from the court.
After approaching the offshore, the Zhiyuan ship stopped. There is no port here. The Zhiyuan ship has a deep draft and can only dock in the offshore. However, in order to find out where they were, Deng Shichang and others boarded the traffic boat and prepared to inquire.
Fishermen here.
Facing the officers and soldiers of the Zhiyuan who came ashore, the surrounding fishermen stood aside submissively.
Faced with this situation, Deng Shichang frowned, thought about it, pointed to a fisherman and said, "Excuse me, where is this?"
It was Song Asheng who was being questioned by Deng Shichang. Facing Deng Guandai, who was wearing a flowered feather on his head, Song Asheng was frightened for a while, but he still answered Deng Shichang's questions.
"My lord, this is Pontianak."
After hearing Song Asheng's words, Deng Shichang said to Leifer beside him. "It turns out that we arrived in Pontianak, and we really didn't expect to come here."
"Deng, I think we should meet with the local leader. In addition, we need to replenish some fruits and vegetables. Many of them are broken on the ship."
Faced with Deng Shichang's words, Leifer talked about the current needs on the warship. After the typhoon, many vegetables and fruits on the warship are no longer edible. Although they are not far from their next destination, Hong Kong, it is not a bad thing to be prepared.
It was obvious that Deng Shichang listened to Leifer's words, and he spoke directly to Song Asheng. "Can you introduce me to your clan leader or leader?"
Deng Shichang didn't consider this a request, Song Asheng immediately patted his chest and promised.
"Sir, please rest assured. If anyone comes from the Heavenly Kingdom, the clan leader will beat gongs and drums to welcome him."
"It doesn't have to be so grand. I just want to buy some supplies."
However, Song Asheng would definitely not hear Deng Shichang's words because he had already rushed to find the clan leader.
Without keeping Deng Shichang and others waiting, Song Asheng quickly came over with the clan leader.
"The old man Song Mingli has met the great master of his homeland."
As soon as he saw Deng Shichang, Patriarch Song was ready to kneel down and salute.
"Clan Patriarch Song is too polite. There is no need to perform this great ceremony."
Deng Shichang did not allow Patriarch Song to salute successfully and stepped forward to catch him.
Patriarch Song was also a sensible person. When he saw that Deng Shichang and others were unwilling to accept the gift, he stopped doing so.
"I don't know if the Angel of the Motherland needs to be used for anything. We in Songjia Village will definitely help."
"Nothing, the main thing is that we want to purchase a batch of fruits and vegetables for use on the ship."
Facing Deng Shichang's words, Patriarch Song's eyes flashed with disappointment, but he quickly covered it up.
"That's no problem, it's a piece of cake."
After speaking, he said to a young man behind him who was following him. "Song San, go back to the village and ask everyone to prepare a batch of fruits and vegetables for you to bring to you. Tell you, they must be fresh."
As his words fell, the young man named Song San immediately ran back all the way.
Although Patriarch Song had concealed it well just now, the worry in his eyes was seen by Deng Shichang.
"Mr. Song, I don't know what to worry about."
"It's nothing. Since the warships of the motherland are here to purchase supplies, we don't dare bother you, sir."
Patriarch Song's secretive attitude made Deng Shichang curious.
"If my father-in-law is in any trouble, just say it's okay and I won't spread the word."
"It's nothing, it's just that the Dutch are trying to occupy Pontianak, and Liu Tongzhi led the big guys to fight the Dutch. At first we thought they were sent by the imperial court to support us and others."
The Liu Tongzhi mentioned by the Song patriarch was the son of the former ruler Liu Shoushan. After Liu Shoushan's death last year, the Dutch took advantage of the unstable situation in Lanfang and the outbreak of the Sino-French war, so they took the opportunity to try to bring it under their own jurisdiction. The former Lanfang Republic
In order to survive, they reached an agreement with the Dutch and existed in a vassal-like manner. However, the Dutch have never given up their ambition to annex this fertile land that the Chinese have worked hard to develop.
The words of Patriarch Song left Deng Shichang speechless. Without the order of the imperial court, he could not have ordered to open fire on the Netherlands, even though his Zhiyuan ship was more powerful than any Dutch warship.
However, it was not Deng Shichang's style to do nothing when encountering such a thing. After some consideration, he said to an officer beside him, "Zhiquan, ask someone to collect the guns on the ship and transport them here.
"
Yes, although he does not have the right to fire, he still has the right to send some guns to express his attitude. (Warships have always been equipped with guns. At that time, it was basically the case for warships to have hundreds of them.)
"Sir, I'm afraid it will be difficult to communicate with your superiors if you do this."
"Listen to me, just say it was a typhoon loss."
After finishing speaking, Deng Shichang looked at Leifer.
"No problem, if it were me, I would do the same thing. Soldiers should be civilians."
Since both of them agreed, the matter would be easier to handle. So they took out nearly a hundred guns from the Zhiyuan ship and asked the Song patriarch to hand them over to Liu Tongzhi on his behalf.
Although Leifer concealed it, he sent it as an anecdote when sending a report to the country.
