Chapter 308

On the vast sea, three Galen ships are chopping the waves.

After obtaining the information from the British, they are going to send the British to India in exchange for the corn, peanuts, potatoes and other crops they are going to collect this time.

"Are you Pirates of Dayu?"

The Englishman woke up and went on deck. After examining the ship, he was surprised to find that it was very similar to their warship, and the design of the ship seemed more reasonable.

He couldn't help but ask Zheng Shaoqing, the translator.

Zheng Shaoqing is a limited number of translators trained by Xiao Ming. In fact, Xiao Ming started to train translators not long after he was established in Bowen college, and Zheng Shaoqing is the best one among these translators.

There were two translators on the other two ships. They were all poor scholars in Qingzhou.

Zheng Shaoqing has learned that the British name is Wilson, who is the first mate of a British sail cruiser. In Wilson's story, Britain is now competing for overseas colonies with the Netherlands, Portugal, France and other European countries.

Among these countries, the relationship between them and the Netherlands is the worst, and they are at war. When their warships meet at sea, they will always encounter fighting.

"No, we are not pirates. We are the fleet of Qi king of Dayu." Zheng Shaoqing said righteously.

"It's impossible. We've seen the ships of the merchants of the state of Dayu. You can't have such ships, let alone have so many guns on them. What's more, all of them are cast iron guns." Wilson shook his head.

Zheng Shaoqing was acutely aware of the information in Wilson's words. He asked, "have you ever come into contact with the businessmen of Dayu?"

"Of course, your businessmen in Dayu can often exchange porcelain and silk for a large amount of silver." Wilson spread out his hand. "Your porcelain and silk are very popular in our country."

Zheng Shaoqing frowned and translated Wilson's words to Yue Yun.

"Your Highness said that he had never heard of Western businessmen coming to Dayu to trade in Chang'an. You ask him where their businessmen trade in Dayu."

Zheng Shaoqing heard the words, and Yue Yun translated them to Zheng Shaoqing.

Wilson listened and said, "I've heard that I don't know much about Ningbo, but it's said that dutch businessmen often do business with the people of Dayu in Ningbo. Our fleet once docked in Guangzhou and is going to send a delegation to your capital to discuss trade with your king, but the gifts we sent to you by our messengers are given by local officials Our messengers were treated unfairly. Our fleet never went there since then, and the Dutch took over the route later

"Ningbo? This is the fiefdom of the king of Chu. " After the translator translated, Yue Yun's brows wrinkled tightly.

"Is it the king of Chu who has been hiding this and doing business with the Dutch secretly?" Zheng Shaoqing hesitated.

"It's not impossible. Over the years, the Cao family's banks are all over the state of Dayu. Where do you think he got so much silver to support the banks? And the Cao family is the vassal of the king of Chu. Maybe the king of Chu really knows about it. It's just a huge profit. I'm afraid he's cheated and secretly trades with these Westerners to hide it." Yue Yun said.

The king of Chu had a great influence in the south. It was not difficult for him to hide. Moreover, the people of Dayu didn't care about these Westerners, especially the powerful people in Chang'an. In their eyes, these people were just barbarians.

"If so, didn't the king of Chu know about the guns?" Zheng Shaoqing asked.

Yue Yun at this time also fell into meditation, "you ask him?"

Zheng Shaoqing turned his head and continued to communicate with Wilson. Wilson just couldn't make it clear.

But Zheng Shaoqing seemed to see from Wilson's twinkling eyes that it was not so simple.

"Captain, this Englishman seems dishonest. He's hiding something." Zheng Shaoqing said.

Yue Yun frowned, "if we press him, we may not get the crops your highness wants, but if we don't ask, we won't know what happened between the Dutch and the king of Chu."

"I think it's better not to ask. Let's go back and tell your highness about it. Moreover, we did encounter a lot of Cao's merchant ships during the voyage. This is the evidence." Zheng Shaoqing said.

Yue Yun pondered, "but his highness said that none of these Westerners is a good thing. When we send them ashore, we may not get any feedback. You can see the way they stare at our galleons and look greedy. I'm afraid that only their fleet will meet us at that time."

Zheng Shaoqing also thought of Xiao Ming's words. He said that he could not believe any Westerners, because Westerners at this time were pirates!

"If so, I have a plan." Zheng Shaoqing whispered to Yue Yun.

Yue Yun nodded repeatedly, "let's do it like this. They are pirates. We should be more ruthless than pirates. Unload our navy flag and replace it with our pirate flag."

Zheng Shaoqing laughed and immediately asked the sailors to hang up the pirate flag.Wilson's face turned pale when he saw the flag flying. He asked nervously, "don't you mean you're not pirates?"

"Not just now, but now, Mr. Wilson. I think you must answer our questions honestly now, or we will have to throw you down."

Wilson trembled. In his cognition, there is still reason for a country's fleet, but there is no reason for pirates.

"Well, well, I said, I all said that the Dutch were cheated by your king of Chu at the beginning, but later they learned that the king of Chu was not the king of Dayu, so they protested to the king of Chu, but the king of Chu promised to give the Dutch the most preferential treatment, and the Dutch also knew that there are several kings in Dayu now, and the king of Chu is one of the strong kings He decided to support the king of Chu, and he also sold a lot of these antiques to the king of Chu. "

"The torch?" Zheng Shaoqing's brow is more tight.

Wilson continued: "the king of Chu still wanted the Dutch cannons, but the Dutch were not stupid. Once the king of Chu had the cannons, they could put them on the ship. It was very difficult for the Dutch to maintain the ocean fleet. They didn't want to lose their last chips."

With these words, Wilson said tentatively: "we in Britain also want to support a king to do business in Dayu. If you are really from a king, I can introduce you. Believe me, the British fleet will soon defeat the Dutch, which will be a wise choice."

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