Kangxi, your Qing Dynasty is dead

Chapter 371 Spaniards, Louis XIV sold you! (ask for subscription, ask for monthly pass)
"Want the sailors to disembark?" Juan Lopez felt a little uneasy when he heard Gonzalez's words.

Because his Spanish galleon was not sufficiently manned, according to the typical configuration, a galleon should have fifteen officers, 26 sailors, nineteen cadets, ten handymen, 21 gunners and 120 five Soldiers, the whole ship has a total of 210 six people.However, since the routes of the galleons in the Pacific Ocean have always been very stable, there will be no battles at all, so the number of soldiers on board will be less and less. All the expenses of the soldiers are put into their own pockets.And those "extra" goods do not belong to the New Spanish authorities, but to the Governor of the Philippines, the Governor of New Spain, the fleet commander, the captain, and the prosecutor responsible for supervising the Governor and officials at all levels
In theory, there should be a total of 1000 soldiers on the eight Spanish galleons commanded by Juan Lopez, but in fact there are only 80 soldiers on each ship. Counting other crew members, the average number of soldiers on a sailboat The number of members is only one hundred and one.

With just such a small number of people, if something happens, it will be troublesome!

Gonzalez seemed to see what Juan Lopez was thinking, and said to him with a smile: "My commander, they are all Christians. What bad thoughts can Christians have?"

Yes, they all believe in Heavenly Father, the Emperor God, so how could they still have bad intentions?
But Juan Lopez still didn't dare to take it lightly. He said to Gonzales: "Consul, why don't you go to the Naha market first, and then go to the church to see Father Hong."

Gonzales turned his head and asked, "Director Feng, is Father Hong Ruowang on the island?"

"Not here," Feng Xifan said, "he went to Japan with General Geng, but his assistants, Father Gao and Father Li, are in the church in Naha. They are all Europeans."

"Well, may I see the two French priests?"

"Okay," Feng Xifan said with a smile, "please come with me."

As he spoke, he took Gonzalez and two other Spanish officers through the deserted streets of Naha Commercial City, and walked towards the church with the cross.

He found that less than half of the shops in the mall were open, there was no business, and there were no young and strong men or bosses, only some old people, children, and women were supporting the facade.

The few pedestrians on the street are also old people, children and women, and there are almost no strong men.

Under the leadership of Feng Xifan, Gonzalez quickly walked through several streets and came to a church converted from a temple.Two white men in black robes were talking in a low voice outside the temple, pointing at the building of the temple from time to time, as if they were discussing how to rebuild it.

Feng Xifan suddenly shouted to the two white priests in French: "Father Gao, Father Li, there are distinguished guests from the Philippines."

The two white priests turned around together, it was Gonzalez who also saw their faces clearly, yes, they were both blond and blue-eyed Frenchmen, one of them was a bit older, and he wore a gray Beard, one can tell at a glance that he is an old priest who has devoted himself to the Lord's cause for many years.The other priest looked a little thin, and he was a holy man who was willing to live in poverty.

The white-bearded priest made the cross on his chest first, and then said to Gonzales in French: "Welcome, welcome brother from the Philippines, I have already seen the sailboats on the pier. How is it? Is the journey going well?" ?”

The thin priest asked solemnly: "My Spanish brothers, are you also here to help General Geng save the Christians in Japan? Your late king, Philip IV, who loved his heavenly father, must be in the kingdom of heaven." Watch this holy war!"

That's right, Gonzalez said in his heart: These two priests must be French, they look like French, they speak like French, even the aggressive tone of the skinny man is very French. He is defiant, completely in the style of Louis XIV !
Since they are French priests, Gonzalez is relieved.Although Spain has participated in the anti-French alliance in Europe, it is besieging the ambitious Louis XIV together with the Netherlands, Austria, Prussia and other countries.But according to the practice of European colonists who robbed money in the East, the grievances of their home country in Europe have nothing to do with the East. Unless they also have an irreconcilable competitive relationship in the East, they will not go to war in the East because of the conflict in their home country—after all, the home country of Europe There are frequent wars between them, and often a war will last for decades.If the following East India companies also fight together, how can they still make money?There is no money to make, and capital is unwilling to invest!
However, France's power in East Asia was very weak, and Pondicherry, the closest colony to East Asia, was far away in India, so it was impossible to compete fiercely with Spain and the Netherlands in East and Southeast Asia.

In addition, the Prime Minister of Spain, Juan Jose, is a pro-French faction, so the reconciliation between France and Spain is only a matter of time.

Thinking of this, Gonzalez said to the two French priests: "Two respected priests, our fleet is a Spanish galleon passing through the Ryukyu to the New World. We didn't know about this holy war before. Can't you go to the docks with me and present to our commander the battle to liberate Christians in Japan?"

Both French priests nodded, and then showed pious and proud smiles.

The eight Spanish galleons all docked at the pier and put down the springboard, because there were a lot of materials to be moved - three months of supplies, and a large amount of goods, all of which needed to be carried on shoulders and hands, and the distance between the warehouses for storing supplies and goods The wharf is far away, and the livestock and vehicles on the Ryukyu Island were requisitioned by General Geng, so after seeing the two French priests, Commander Juan Lopez ordered each ship to select 80 people to disembark and carry supplies. Only 20 people were left on board to guard.And he, together with Lopez, Feng Xifan and two French priests, entered a yamen near the pier.

The two Spaniards were very interested in the ongoing war between Ming and Japan, so as soon as they sat down and drank a few sips of tea, they started typing.

"Father Albert, I don't understand. The Ming Empire is not a Catholic country. Why did they launch a war to liberate Japanese Catholics?"

It is the bearded man who is called "Father Albert". His French surname is Alba, which means noble and noble in Chinese, so he became "Father Gao". Of course, "Father Albert" or "Father Gao "It's all fake. His real surname is Gao Fu, his Han surname is Gao, and his real identity is the noble first-class Baron of Ming Dynasty!"
This is a genuine Ming Dynasty noble!
In addition, he is also the chief instructor of Zhangzhou Yiguantang, a member of the council of the Nanyang Trading Company controlled by Zheng, and the chief instructor of maritime affairs!
"No, no, you misunderstood." Lord Gao shook his head and said without blushing at all, "Da Ming did not go to war against Japan to liberate the Catholics. In fact, they also banned the spread of Catholicism. Of course, this is not the case. Because there is nothing wrong with Heavenly Father, but because the Kingdom of Spain and the Kingdom of Portugal attempted to invade and conquer Daming!"

Father Li. His British surname is "Li", and he claims to be from Lyon, France, so the Chinese surname took an initial syllable from "Lyon", and his surname is Li.He took the words of Lord Gao and said with a serious face: "The sixth governor of the Philippines, San Diego de Villa, once formulated a large-scale invasion plan in 1586, attempting to spend 1 to 2 Spanish The army, 1588 to [-] Indians and an equal number of Japanese, a total of more than [-] people, launched a general invasion of Ming Dynasty. And this plan was approved by Philip II, if not for the Spanish Armada in [-] Having suffered heavy losses during the invasion of England, Spain must have invaded Ming Dynasty!

And Portugal had a similar plan before it became Spain's Commonwealth of Monarchs! "

"what?"

"this."

The two Spaniards felt a little wrong at this time!
Isn't this a good invasion of Japan?Why did you bring up the fact that Spain and Portugal wanted to invade Ming Dynasty?It has been 90 years, and the plan was formulated at that time, but it was not implemented!

Feng Xifan looked at the surprised looks of the two Spaniards and said with a smile: "The Ming Dynasty's general has heard about the Spanish and Portuguese conspiracies for a long time, but he is not sure about the authenticity of these invasion attempts, and he is not sure whether the Spaniards are still preparing to invade."

"Boss Feng, those invasion plans were just people's fantasy 90 years ago!"

"Yes, yes, there is absolutely no possibility of realizing it!"

Feng Xifan's smile had been put away, and he pointed out with a serious face: "But King Louis of France gave a completely opposite answer in his personal letter to the general! King Louis said that you Spaniards will never die in their desire to invade China! Song Island built fortifications and stationed troops. In order to keep secret, you have repeatedly massacred the Ming people on the island! Japan is your accomplice of the Spaniards!

Therefore, the general believed that the Ryukyu Island controlled by Japan would become a springboard for Spain to invade, so he sent General Geng to lead his troops to recover Ryukyu and crusade against Japan. Kingdom, let's explore New Spain together! "

"You're going on an expedition to New Spain? Are you crazy?"

"Impossible, it's absolutely impossible. You can't pass through the Pacific Ocean at all!"

The two Spaniards already sensed that something was going wrong, and they both jumped up, drawing their swords while still talking stiffly.

But the two "French priests" were not used to the Spaniards, so they raised their robes and pulled out the daggers to strike the necks of the two of them--this action, at a glance, they were the French priests in the army!
Before the two Spaniards could react, Feng Xifan said to them in a very stern tone: "We can pass through the Pacific Ocean, because you will take us across the Pacific Ocean!"

"No, it's impossible!"

Feng Xifan smiled coldly: "You will! Jinyiwei's torture experts are on the island. They have a hundred ways to make you talk. And I guarantee that death will be very luxurious for you until you tell the truth. !”

"boom blah blah"

Gunshots rang out suddenly.

The two Spaniards immediately understood what had happened, and their faces turned pale with fright.

The smile on Feng Xifan's face became even colder. He said coldly: "Our French friends have already joined your galleon. They will soon cooperate with our army and seize all the ships! At that time, we will capture eight The captain and eight first mates will also get the ship's chart and logbook. If you surrender now, I guarantee that you will become rich and noble, the nobles of Ming Dynasty, and you can still retain the Catholic faith!"

It turned out that those who came with Lord Gao and Lord Li, as well as hundreds of sailors and mercenaries that Zheng Jing had hired at high prices from the Dutch East India Company and the British East India Company, were replaced by knocked out Spanish sailors. And the clothes of the soldiers, mixed with the eight sailboats, and then after the Zheng family pirates ambushing on the shore fired their guns, they came to cooperate with each other and seize the sailboats!

I have to admit that although the members of the Zheng family are not very good at land warfare, they are really professional in robbing merchant ships!And this time, Zheng Jing also has British and Dutch experts hired at high prices to help.

From planning to execution, the whole process was seamless and professional!

And the Lord Gao from England, at this time, has not forgotten to trick Louis XIV again, and said solemnly: "Dear Spanish friends, don't blame us, we are also following orders. We are French naval soldiers, and Now France and Spain are at war!"

France. The old traitor!

The remorse in the hearts of the two Spaniards!
What stupid pigs they are!
How can you trust the French?The French can even collude with the Ottoman Turkish Empire to betray the Catholic world!Now that France and Spain have not ceased war, it is not a matter of course for them to join hands with Ming Dynasty to attack Spain's financial source, the New Spain colony?
On the city wall of Shuli King City, Geng Jingzhong, who didn't know that he was also counted by Zheng Jing (he was also counted as cannon fodder by Zheng Jing in history), saw red battle flags raised on the eight Spanish galleons. On the mast of the boat, he was already dancing with joy.

The one surnamed Zheng is indeed the third generation of pirates!They are professional in robbing ships—in order to rob these eight ships, they prepared a large stack of scripts alone, and they were willing to spend money to rent all the shops and a temple in Naha City. At a high price, all the strong men on Ryukyu Island were hired to build castles in the mountains in the north of the island.He also rented all the merchant ships in Naha Port and sailed to Ningbo, and invited a group of blond and blue-eyed foreign devils to help with the performance.

And in order to ensure the effect, before today, they had rehearsed eight times. It turns out that going to sea to grab money is not easy!
In addition, the person surnamed Zheng has also found a scapegoat, one is the general Li Zhongshan-he was completely fooled, and he got involved with the Kingdom of Spain in a daze!There is also King Louis of France. This surname is also unlucky, and he has become a deadly enemy with Spain for no reason.

This guy surnamed Zheng is so smart, no wonder he is called "Zheng Jing" and he is about to become smart. His father's name is Zhu Chenggong, so why not just call him Zhu Chengjing!

Just when he was thinking about Zheng Jing becoming a spirit, Zheng Jing, a sharp-mouthed monkey-cheeked man with a feather fan and silk scarf, was already standing next to Geng Jingzhong. He coughed and said with a smile: "General Zhengdong. It seems that things have been successful. Now we should Talk about your going to New Spain!"

Geng Jingzhong looked back, and quickly smiled at Zheng Jing, "My lord, I'm not familiar with this New Spain, please give me some advice."

"It's easy to say, easy to say." Zheng Jing nodded, "You were in New Spain before. If everything goes well, you should be able to see the New World after sailing at sea for two months. But you can't land right away, because what you see is the northern part of the New World, where there are few people. , has not been developed, where you 3000 people have not developed a foothold."

"Then where should I go?"

"You continue to go south along the coastline and arrive at a port called Acapulco, which is a very prosperous commercial port. You loot it, and then take the food and property you looted and go north on a Spanish galleon to A seaport called Banderas Valley, stationed there, waiting for my reinforcements!"

"Oh, just guard some valley?" Geng Jingzhong was still a little worried, "Will the Spaniards launch a massive counterattack?"

"Yes," Zheng Jing said with a sincere smile, "but don't be afraid, with me here, I will definitely support you!"

(End of this chapter)