Chapter 1338： Looking at the world outside (16)

The attacked French pirates were instantly furious and shouted: "This is a conspiracy, an English conspiracy! Attack, attack back with all your strength!"

As soon as the captain gave the order, the French gunners immediately charged with gunpowder and rushed to the nearest English pirate ship.

Now it was the English captain's turn to be angry. "These blind men in France, didn't they see that the pirate ship that attacked their ship was in the northwest?"

said that, but he still neatly turned the bow of the boat and slammed into France.

Lin Chengxiu was stunned and murmured, "Is there no one who doubts our identity?"

In the face of apostasy, everyone must first suspect the traitor, right? How could they "rebel" the other two English pirate ships?

This is because Lin Chengxiu does not understand the relationship between England and France in recent years. The two countries have been at war for almost a hundred years. In recent years, the war has become more and more prosperous. Many of their relatives and friends have died at the hands of the enemy, so they seem to be robbing the country together. Yes, but the hatred between them is much deeper than that of Da Qi.

Therefore, it is quite normal for the English to turn to the French when they are facing the battle. At this time, the captain of the other two English pirate ships said: "Although I must praise the heroic decision of the opposite brother, I have to say that the timing of his choice was not very good. Yes, he should deal with the French ships after taking down Daqi's caravan..."

At this time, no one doubted Lin Chengxiu's identity.

On the other side, Zhou Zhou brought the 2nd Pioneer Battalion into a fierce battle with the Italian pirate ship. The Portuguese pirate ship left their engagement circle and watched from a distance, not intending to intervene.

This made the captain of the Italian pirate ship very angry, saying: "This group of hateful Portuguese, they clearly agreed to cooperate, but they went back on their word. It's really hateful!"

Zhou Zhou clenched the Italian pirate ship even more when he saw this, and at the same time put people on guard against the Portuguese warship.

Lin Chengxiu in the distance saw him, and he shot Portugal decisively, pulling it into the battle circle.

This sea area was immediately scuffled.

When Daqi's two warships came over, the French pirate ship had been blasted and was entering the water silently, and the other two English pirate ships gradually reacted and shouted: "That is not our English ship, we have been fooled. !"

However, the distance between the ships was constant, and the communication basically depended on the semaphore. At this time, it was useless for them to just shout out, because no one heard except their own crew.

At this time, the fighting was fierce, not only did no one pay attention to their semaphore, they also didn't have time to semaphore.

With the addition of the two warships, the situation in the field was immediately clear. When the sun went down, the sea was dyed red, and the two pirate ships in England were finally destroyed.

Before that, some pirates from the other three countries had escaped somewhat. Zhou Zhou and Lin Chengxiu met, looked at the red-stained water, and said with a smile, "You used it well to sow discord, and the Western countries should be more lively after today. "

Lin Chengxiu did not dare to claim credit, and said, "This plan was contributed by the two young masters, not the last commander."

"You are the captain. If you don't agree, their wit will be useless. You don't need to be humble in front of me." Zhou Zhou turned around and said, "Immediately arraign the pirates and find out where they hid their cargo. We will set off immediately."

Zhou Zhou still let the two warships go back to find the caravan, and let them stop in the Nanyang area to rest and wait until they have cleaned up the pirates almost before going on the road.

The number of pirates caught this time is large enough, and the number of interrogation talents in Daqi has also increased. Therefore, many people survive the punishment every year and are recruited on the spot.

After resting for a night, Zhou Zhou divided his troops and went to fight for the goods that the merchants had captured.

On the other hand, the merchant ships docked in Nanyang watched the great strength of Daqi's army, and if they took the time to do some business with the natives of Nanyang, they would not lose money.

The officials and businessmen of Western countries stationed in the Indian Ocean were shaken by this military action by Daqi. The Governor of England in India took the lead in sending envoys to protest to Daqi, protesting their slaughter, and solemnly stated that Daqi's behavior had touched England. Interests, the Indian Ocean is their sphere of influence in England...

The Guangzhou prefect received the letter of protest, curled his lips, and said to him with disdain: "Please go back and tell you Governor, first, the Indian Ocean does not belong to England's sphere of influence, it belongs to India and all surrounding countries, we Daqi is only a few days away by boat, and how long does it take you to get to the Indian Ocean from England? We are too embarrassed to say that it belongs to my Daqi sphere of influence!"

"Second, my Daqi warships are to destroy pirates. Those pirates destroy humanity and wantonly plunder the merchants of my Daqi people..."

The prefect of Guangzhou is also a Jinshi, and his eloquence is too good to be desired. At this time, although he didn't say any dirty words, he expressed his meaning very clearly. You Westerners are despicable, shameless, and vicious. Come on, I don't even want to be ashamed. Since you can't restrain the people, then we Daqi don't mind helping you discipline and teach you what it means to obey the law!

In addition, the prefect of Guangzhou also actively contacted the Lifan Academy, hoping that they could get in touch with the masters who came from India, expressing that Daqi felt the same way as India and neighboring countries in Southeast Asia, and was willing to make a modest contribution to the invasion of the West. .

The Southeast Asian countries and the Central Plains have always had a tributary relationship. Even if India is a big country, it once admired the prosperous Tang Dynasty. The relationship between the two sides is not bad.

Compared with the Westerners who have different skin color and hair color and are not very friendly, they obviously have a better impression of Daqi.

Especially the indigenous peoples of the Southeast Asian countries and islands. For them, the Central Plains has always been the upper kingdom. Even if the upper kingdom has changed dynasties several times, they are willing to respect them - provided that it is beneficial.

And now Daqi has just leaked a little bit of wind, and countries have sent envoys to the DPRK.

Foreigners not only occupy their land and ask them to grow all kinds of strange crops, but also make them pay a lot of extra taxes. They can't even keep their long hair, they must be shaved or cut off, and they must be religious!

God knows what God is?

They have only heard of the Jade Emperor and the Buddha, and of course, they believe in their ancestral gods the most!

So when I heard that Daqi had been robbed by the merchants by the Westerners and stood with them, they came to seek refuge.

The prefect of Guangzhou did not expect that a random idea he had made would have such an impact.

At this time, Zhou Zhou and others who were far away at sea did not know about this situation, because they had been very busy in the past three months.