As a maritime merchant, Chen Wei had traveled the route between Japan and Ming Dynasty earlier, so he was very familiar with the route to Japan.
It was Chen Wei's familiarity with the shipping routes that prevented Dalíchis and other Portuguese officers from posing any threat to the shipping routes pointed out by Chen Wei.
On the one hand, Dali Qisi and others believed that they controlled Chen Wei's life and death. As long as Chen Wei did not want to seek death, he would not dare to deceive them. Besides, along the way, they followed the route indicated by Chen Wei.
It was indeed a smooth journey, exactly the right route.
Now that they saw the shadow of that piece of land, they almost instinctively thought that they had finally resisted the mysterious golden ancient country in the east.
Originally, Dalikisi's fleet would return after occupying the Strait of Malacca, but after unintentionally plundering Chen Wei's merchant ship, Dalikisi was moved, and after killing many crew members on Chen Wei's boat, he threatened
Chen Wei ordered Chen Wei to take them to the ancient golden country in the East.
Chen Wei did not understand what the so-called golden ancient country mentioned by Dali Qisi and others meant. However, from the descriptions of Dali Qisi and others, Chen Wei understood that it turned out that Dali Qisi and the others actually wanted to go there.
The Ming Dynasty, and the golden ancient country mentioned by these people refers to the Ming Dynasty.
Chen Wei, who hated Dali Qisi and others in his heart, acted cooperatively and led Dali Qisi and others to Japan.
Iwami Port is still full of ships. Although many young people from many surrounding countries have been captured by people sent by the Ming Dynasty and taken to the mines as slaves, Japan has a large population, and no matter how hard it is to capture them, they cannot
Able to capture everyone.
Besides, although Chu Yi and the others said they destroyed more than a dozen countries, big and small, after they landed in Japan, Japan has dozens of countries, large and small. The destruction of more than a dozen will not affect those businessmen who only have profit in their eyes.
These businessmen ignored the conflicts and contradictions between the Ming Dynasty and the famous names in Japan. Instead, they took advantage of the opportunity to make huge war fortunes and earn huge profits.
Qi Jingtong is still sitting in Shijian Port. He has more than a dozen ships and two thousand soldiers and horses, which is enough to control the order of the entire Shijian Kingdom from the mines to the port.
Under this circumstance, the Portuguese fleet led to Japan by Chen Wei appeared on the sea outside Iwami Port.
Through telescopes, Dalikis and other Portuguese naval officers could not help but marvel at the sight of ships coming and going in the harbor in the distance.
A naval officer was heard saying in admiration: "It is truly the legendary Golden Kingdom. Any small port can have such a prosperous scene."
Because of Chen Wei, these Portuguese officers only regarded the Shijian Port in front of them as just an ordinary port in the Ming Dynasty, so they attracted the admiration of many naval officers.
Since Dali Qisi and others can see the scene in Iwami Port through telescopes, then naturally they can also see this obviously extraordinary thing appearing on the sea from the watchtower of Iwami Port.
Portuguese fleet.
The Portuguese fleet includes dozens of battleships and supply ships. When these dozens of ships gather together, they are a dark mass, which is definitely very eye-catching on the sea. Therefore, when Dalikisi and others pass by
While the telescope was observing Shijian Port, several sentinels had already passed the news to Qi Jingtong as quickly as possible.
Qi Jingtong may not be a famous general, but if he has no ability at all, it is impossible for Chu Yi to entrust him with the important task of sitting in Shijian Port.
With the previous precedent of Zhai Luan being robbed by Dongfang Bubai, Qi Jingtong was sufficiently wary of any strange ship that appeared outside Ishimi Port.
It can be said that every ship that wants to enter the port must first be inspected by him before it can enter the port. Otherwise, those ships that dare to refuse inspection will be greeted by more than a dozen cannons on the port.
Qi Jingtong listened to the news from the sentry. The tea cup in his hand shook slightly, and the warm tea almost spilled to the ground. Qi Jingtong suddenly stood up, with a surprised look on his face and said: "What, tell me something."
A fleet of at least dozens of ships appeared off the coast of Iwami Port?"
The sentry nodded repeatedly.
Qi Jingtong took a deep breath, with a dignified look on his face, and said decisively: "Quickly lead the way, I, the general, want to go and check it out personally."
Qi Jingtong did not dare to be careless at all. Although the Ming Dynasty occupied more than one port, Shijian Port, after all, Shijian Port was the first port occupied by the Ming Dynasty when it landed in Japan. In addition, because of Iwami Yinshan,
Iwami Port is still very important.
While Qi Jingtong rushed to Shijian Port, on the flagship outside Shijian Port, the self-appointed governor Dali Qisi had a pensive look on his face.
In Daliki's view, now that he has successfully arrived at the Golden Kingdom, the next thing to consider is what attitude to face it with.
Although Portugal has always adopted a strong attitude when facing countries large and small, since Portugal started its great voyage, it has destroyed dozens of countries, large and small, and probably killed dozens of people directly and indirectly.
Thousands of them.
If it weren't for Marco Polo's description that the mysterious Golden Kingdom was not only very rich, but also very powerful, I'm afraid Dalikisi wouldn't have hesitated and would have directly used force to attack according to the Portuguese navy's practice abroad.
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"General, what should we do next?"
An officer looked at Dali Qisi, but his eyes were filled with greed and ferocity.
As the saying goes, dogs can't change their ways of eating shit. These officers almost all worked their way up from soldiers step by step. To reach this point, their hands are naturally stained with blood, and killing methods are almost their first choice.
Dalikisi naturally knew the temperaments of the officers under his command, but in order to be cautious, Dalikisi shook his head slightly at the officers around him and said: "There is no rush, let's send someone to communicate with them first, touch them
Find out what the other party’s background is before you make a decision!”
The officer just now showed a bit of disdain and muttered softly: "Our Portuguese navy is invincible across the ocean. How have we ever been afraid of others? It's just an ancient oriental country. Can it be said that it can still challenge the hegemony of our Portuguese navy?"
Thinking of their glorious past when one ship and dozens of spears could defeat thousands of natives and plunder tens or even hundreds of thousands of taels of gold and silver, other officers were also very dissatisfied with Dalikisi's caution.
untie.
Fortunately, Dali Qisi's military rank was higher than theirs. Although Dali Qisi's decision was somewhat unacceptable, he would not disobey his military orders.
Instead, the officer just now said: "In that case, let me, Wells, go and try out the details of this ancient eastern country."
Although he was a little worried about Wells's temperament, Dalikis was quite confident in the combat effectiveness of his fleet. Even if Wells messed up the matter, it was nothing more than direct use of force.
Therefore, Dali Qisi nodded slightly and said to Wells: "Wells, you can lead a ship into the harbor and try to find out as much details about the other party as possible."
As he spoke, Dali Qisi turned to Chen Wei and said, "Chen, please go with Wells."
Chen Wei walked up to Wells, but Wells gave Chen Wei a disdainful look and said: "Old guy, you'd better be more honest with me later. If I find out what kind of intentions you dare to have, I will skin you alive."
Got you!"
Chen Wei, who lowered his head, had a murderous intent flashing in his eyes. His fists were clenched, and his nails were almost inserted into his palms. The severe pain made Chen Wei suppress the urge in his heart to rush up and cut Wells into pieces.
Both of his sons were tortured to death by Wells. One can imagine how much Chen Wei hated Wells.
A ship left the fleet and headed straight for the port. At the same time, Qi Jingtong, who was speeding up, also appeared at the port.
Through the telescope, Qi Jingtong discovered almost immediately that this fleet was obviously not an ordinary caravan. Although the distance was a bit far, Qi Jingtong could also conclude that this was obviously a fleet with strong combat effectiveness and was by no means an ordinary fleet.
The caravan is so simple.
After Qi Jingtong noticed this, he immediately ordered the port to enter a state of alert. Qi Jingtong even sent his own soldiers to the mines to mobilize troops and horses in order to prevent any accidents.
Suddenly, the general on the side turned towards Qi Jing Channel: "General, a ship from the opponent's fleet is heading towards the port. What should we do?"
Qi Jingtong saw it clearly and snorted coldly: "What else can we do? No matter what the background of the other party is, don't forget that this is our Ming Dynasty's territory. No matter who they are, once they get here, they must accept our
Jurisdiction, restriction.”
As he spoke, a gleam flashed in Qi Jingtong's eyes and he said: "Immediately send someone to investigate, find out the origin and purpose of the other party, and at the same time, order everyone to be vigilant."
Soon several small boats headed straight for the Portuguese warship that had just entered the port.
On the warship, Wells looked at the merchant ships docked around him with disdain. Although his eyes were full of disdain, Chen Wei, who was standing beside him, could see the greed in Wells's eyes.
It was obvious that Wells was eyeing these merchant ships in the port.
Wells even laughed unscrupulously with his soldiers: "Have you all seen it? We are going to make a fortune. As long as General Dalikis orders the plundering of this port, we can all return home with a full load!"
"Hahaha!"
All the Portuguese soldiers couldn't help laughing loudly.
Chen Wei clenched his fists and looked at the Portuguese soldiers who were laughing loudly, and sneered in his heart: "Laugh, laugh, if you know the evil name of General Manager Chu Yi, I'm afraid you won't be able to laugh!"
