Accompanied by intensive gunfire, like fried beans, billowing smoke rose, and screams suddenly rang out from the top of the small Lion City.
Then, before the Persians could react, another hail of arrows fell from the sky.
The Persians were so suppressed that it could even be said that they had no resistance from the beginning to the end. Their numbers were small, and their weapons and equipment were very different. They were no match at all.
"Boom~"
Here at the city gate, accompanied by a terrifying loud noise, the Lion City was shaken and a section of the city wall collapsed instantly.
"The city wall fell~"
"The city wall fell~"
I don't know who shouted out, and suddenly all the Persians on the city wall were panic-stricken and terrified.
The Ming army also launched a charge. Like a tide, the Ming army quickly rushed in along the gap under the pressure of the musketeers and archers.
"Surrender~surrender~"
"We surrender~"
Adal did not hesitate anymore and decisively chose to surrender. If he continued to fight, he might be killed by stray bullets. Surrendering voluntarily might save his life.
"Haha, call in!"
On the "Guan Yu", Hu Xian held a telescope and saw his people pouring into the Lion City like a tide, and he immediately laughed happily.
It went very smoothly, surprisingly smoothly.
In less than an hour, the Lion City was easily captured. This first battle was too easy.
"Let's go into the Lion City and see what good things our Persian merchants have left us."
I wish you a smile on your face. It's such a smooth start. This is a good sign. Besides, if we win the Lion City, the wealth of the Persians in the Lion City will be theirs.
They came to Ceylon just for money, unlike the Ming Dynasty who had to worry about face and so on. They were essentially said to be pirates who came out to rob overseas and only valued silver and gold, and didn't care about anything else.
In the Lion City, the surrendered Persians were slowly gathered together. The Persians hiding in every corner of the city were soon like mice that dared to come out. They would be killed if they resisted at the slightest. If they were caught obediently, few of them would be killed.
Suffer some physical pain.
"I want to see your leader~I want to see your commander~"
Adal kept roaring, these Ming people in front of him were different from all the Ming people he had encountered in the past. The Ming people he had met in the past were gentle, gentle and modest.
But these Ming people in front of them? They are very rough and barbaric. They have surrendered, but they have not given them the courtesy they deserve? They even put leg irons and bracelets on themselves? They treat themselves like slaves.
treat.
This made him very angry and felt very unfair.
Hu Xian, Zhu Benduan, Feng Xiang, and Chen Lin entered the Lion City as victors and soon came to the side of Adal and others.
Adal is dressed luxuriously, wearing gold and silver. Even the cloth bandaged on his head is decorated with jade. Just from this outfit, you know that he is either rich or noble.
"I heard you wanted to see me~"
Hu Xian came to Adal's side, looked at Adal and said.
Soon, someone who was proficient in Persian came over to translate Hu Xian's words to Adal.
"I am the lord of the city here? Why are you attacking us? We are people of the great Persian Empire. If you treat us like this, you will go to hell."
Adal looked at Hu Xian carefully and immediately shouted loudly.
"Of course I know you are Persians? Your Persian Empire has fallen apart now, isn't it? You, Persia, can't protect itself? What's the point of having a great Persian Empire?"
When Hu Xian heard this, he couldn't help but smile and said to those around him: "Return the Persian Empire~"
"Haha~"
Zhu Benduan and Feng Xiang suddenly laughed. They were not completely ignorant of the affairs in the Middle East and Persia. Since they were planning to attack Ceylon, they would attack the Persians and the Middle East first. Of course, they knew it clearly beforehand.
"you!"
Adal was immediately angry. But after looking at what happened to him, he quickly became discouraged and said, "I have already given the order to surrender, why do you still treat me like this?"
"I'm not your slave, why do you have to wear leg irons on me?"
"You were not our slaves before, but from now on, you are my slaves."
Hu Xian smiled. How could there be such a naive person? It would be fine if he surrendered?
If you think too much, if it is a war between two countries, maybe they surrender, usually not much will happen, but they are businessmen, and businessmen all want to make money, and they go out to do business.
This adult slave was worth twenty or thirty taels of silver when sold to Nanyang. Their own plantation was seriously short of manpower, how could they let them go?
Of course it is impossible to kill him. How could he be willing to kill such a strong slave? Isn't it good to keep him to work?
Businessmen will always squeeze all your value out of you before they give up.
They came all the way from the Ming Dynasty for wealth, and everything they did was to make as much money as possible.
"Come here, collect all their clothes and valuables, and then transport them to the Nanyang plantation. Each of them is strong and strong. They will definitely be good laborers."
Zhu Benduan looked at the people around Adal. They were all important figures in the Lion City. They were all wearing gold and silver. The items on their bodies alone were worth a lot of gold and silver.
"What?"
"I protest~I protest~"
As soon as they heard that they were going to be sent as slaves to plantations in Southeast Asia, the Persians immediately screamed with excitement and even began to resist.
But soon the bright sword was placed on their necks, and each one of them was so frightened that they quickly fell silent.
"I have money, I have a lot of money~"
"I demand to follow the rules. I use money to redeem myself. I use money to redeem myself."
Seeing that the protest had no effect at all, Adal suddenly became anxious. After thinking about it for a while, he shouted anxiously.
"rich?"
When Feng Xiang, Hu Xian, Zhu Benduan and others heard this, they immediately stopped and said, "It's easy to do things if you have money. Just have money."
"If all your money is here in Lion City, I'm afraid it will be useless. The entire Lion City is now owned by our Daming Western United Trading Company."
"Unless you have money elsewhere."
Hu Xian smiled and said.
"I...I~"
Adal suddenly felt helpless, rolled his eyes and said: "I still have a lot of money in Persia, I still have a lot of assets in Persia, I can use my money in Persia to redeem myself."
"Is there money in Persia?"
"Very good, let them write letters and find a way to bring them back to Persia. When they bring money to redeem them, we will release them. For now, we'd better send them to plantations in Nanyang to grow sugar cane."
Hu Xian thought for a while and ordered.
Regardless of whether you have money or not, you are bound to be a slave for at least a period of time. To be honest, even if you have money in Persia, you may not be able to bring it over to redeem yourself.
"Growing sugar cane?"
When Adal heard this, he immediately panicked. He had been pampered since he was a child and had never done any physical work, let alone worked as a slave to grow sugar cane.
"Stop talking nonsense~"
However, no one answered his words. Someone came over and very roughly took off his gorgeous clothes, took off his jade and gem necklaces, and took off seven or eight various rings on his fingers. In the blink of an eye, it was like a
Just like a skinned pig.
"I protest, I protest~"
"I demand to be treated fairly~"
Adal kept roaring, but he was answered with fists, whips and severe beatings.
When the other Persians saw this, they couldn't help but fell silent. Those who still had family members and relatives in Persia wrote letters obediently, hoping that someone would come with a ransom to ransom them.
As for those who have no family and little money, they can only accept this tragic fate. From then on, they will be the slaves of the Ming Dynasty.
The entire Lion City was wailing, and the adult Persians put on leg irons and bracelets and were pressed onto the boat. Fortunately, the Ming people were still somewhat humane, at least they did not leave their children alone and allowed women
Be with your children.
Well, these little kids make great slaves when they grow up.
Anyway, Nanyang is rich in products and the grain output is very high. The cost of feeding one person is very low. It is a good business to raise some young slaves and continue to be slaves when they grow up.
Anyway, when the children grow up, they can grow sugar cane with them.
For businessmen such as Hu Xian, Zhu Benduan, and Feng Xiang, all values must be squeezed to the extreme.
City Lord's Mansion, Hu Xian, Zhu Benduan, Feng Xiang and others came here, and all the huge wealth A'dar had accumulated fell into their hands.
The soldiers were constantly searching the entire Lion City, including hidden doors, hidden walls, basements, basements, etc. They searched very carefully.
Whenever I discover something, I immediately scream with excitement.
Even though the Lion City is small, it is very wealthy.
The Persians here are so rich.
There are boxes after boxes of gems produced here in Ceylon, all of which are top-grade gems of various colors. Many gems are extremely valuable, and any one of them can be sold for thousands or tens of thousands of taels of silver.
Jade, jade from Burma, Siam, pearls from Southeast Asia, ivory, agarwood, and coral are also packed in boxes, and each box has to be carried out.
There are also gold, silver, gold nuggets, and silver mines from Tianzhu. Each box is so heavy that it requires many people to lift it.
There were also myrrh, frankincense, ivory, diamonds from Africa, silk, porcelain, glass products from the Ming Dynasty, etc. A large number of things were dug out from every corner of this Lion City.
They searched so cleanly that they even dug out the gold, silver, jade, pearls, etc. used for decoration on the walls, packed them into large boxes and transported them to the City Lord's Mansion, waiting for the shareholders of the Western United Trading Company
Together, we will collect statistics, calculate the value, and then distribute it uniformly according to the proportion agreed in advance.
