Two more days later...
The Mughal prince and big businessman Zamenlin Avmad Nagopur in the Indian peninsula saw that several batches of his own rescue fleets could not defeat the Li family fleet, and his own port and shore guards were also destroyed. After being defeated and fleeing, almost surrendering with a white flag, he was hung on a mast in the wind and sun for five days and five nights, and after losing at least dozens of kilograms of fat, he finally gave in, very spinelessly. And they also swore in the name of their various gods that they would serve the Li family fleet and Admiral Anne as their masters for life?
There was no way, because Zamenling Avmad Nagopur was not a strong-willed person to begin with. He was just a nouveau riche and a money worshiper.
In fact, he relied on luck and rode on the trend of Westerners to open up India. He successfully earned a huge amount of wealth and obtained the position of local lord of the Mughal Dynasty, and then monopolized India's trade. For this extravagant person, he For extremely lustful people, when encountering force majeure, it is normal to surrender and admit defeat.
In fact, as early as two days ago, Nagopur had expressed its intention to surrender many times.
But the result...
That devilish little girl, that Grand Admiral Anne Hastur, ignored him and insisted on hanging him on the mast for two days and two nights, causing him to suffer for another two days, being tortured to the bone. After being exposed to the cold rain all night, and then being exposed to the sun for two days, I almost died and returned to the embrace of Mother Ganges.
But fortunately, what makes Nagopur burst into tears is:
That terrible and great Admiral Anne, the other party finally forgave him, accepted his surrender, and agreed that the Nagopur Chamber of Commerce would become a franchised chamber of commerce under the Li Family Chamber of Commerce, so that he could finally drag his body with pain and fear. , returned to his paradise-like private house full of wine, meat, and naked dancing girls.
Therefore, after the surrender of Nagopur, the ports of Madras, Ceylon, Calicut, Goa, and Karachi finally no longer hindered the Li family, allowing the Li family's caravans to come here. Travel unhindered, trade freely, and enjoy the same extremely low tax rates as the Nagopur Chamber of Commerce.
But it is a pity that the fleet led by Anne this time is not here to do business. They are here to find people and open up trade routes. Therefore, Nagopur is willing to 'take the initiative' to join the Li Family Chamber of Commerce and open all ports and traders. Station seems to be of little use to them?
Immediately afterwards, after accepting the Nagopur Chamber of Commerce, Anne did not care whether the other party was sincere or fake. Anyway, after their five warships were replenished in Calicut, they set sail directly according to the clues provided by Nagopur and others. Basra in the Persian Gulf slowly sails away.
Because the people of Nagopur said that an admiral of the Li family of the Ming Dynasty named 'Li Huamei' did come to Calicut City and had a minor conflict with the Nagopur Chamber of Commerce. After that, that group The people quickly led the fleet to sail in the direction of the Persian Gulf. Since then, they have never seen the fleet from the Ming Dynasty again.
Because the Nagopur Chamber of Commerce only controls the coast of the Indian peninsula, the Persian Gulf is mainly controlled by the Wooding Chamber of Commerce, an Arab force. The Mughals in India have always been at odds with each other, so there is no trade. Therefore, they still don't know where Li Huamei's fleet is now and where it has gone.
Therefore, little Annie had no choice but to lead her fleet of five super giant ships, flying the flags of the Ming Dynasty and the Li family, in front of the horrified and doubtful eyes of the owners and crews of the large and small Arab sailing ships. Down, along the west coast of the Indian Peninsula, and sailed straight into the Persian Gulf.
"Admiral!"
"Look!"
"The city ahead should be Basra, we are almost there!"
Putting down the telescope in his hand, he pointed at the port in front of him at the confluence of rivers at the end of the Persian Gulf, and at the big city where many sailboats were docked or coming in and out. The first mate on the side turned to face a certain moment. The little girl dozing off while playing backgammon with Song Yifeng reported to the Admiral.
"Eh?"
(???.???)????
"It's almost there, but it's still so far away. It's enough for us to play several more games!"
(°ー°〃)
Glancing at the outline of the city sitting on the coastline in the distance, and then calculating the current speed of her fleet, which was less than ten knots, Anne curled her lips and returned her somewhat blurred eyes to that place. On the Go board, he continued to pick up his white chess and started fighting with Song Yifeng.
"I'll get down here!"
☆?(o*?w?)?o
Snapped!
Song Yifeng knew how to play Go, but he didn't know who he learned it from, so he picked up Gobang very quickly, and today, he is very comfortable playing it?
Anyway, Annie discovered that the backgammon strategy that she used to bully newbies (such as the Tohsaka sisters and some stupid guy?) suddenly didn't work here, so now she's in a tough fight. She didn't care about Basra or Sister Li Huamei. She just wanted to win the opponent's game before the board was filled with black and white pairs.
"ah?"
“Are you coming to Basra?”
"Is that the legendary prosperous Arab city in the Persian Gulf?"
Song Yifeng stood up from the deck, and then looked towards the direction of the fleet for a while. After realizing that it was indeed very far away, and only a faint outline could be seen, she nodded, then turned around and sat in front of the chessboard. .
"..."
?乛?乛?
"Hurry up! It's your turn. Hurry up. It's just a rundown city. What's there to see? It's far worse than Hangzhou anyway!"
?(ψ｀▽′)o
As soon as the other party sat down, Annie couldn't wait to urge him, and asked Song Yifeng to get off quickly and not to waste time.
"Of course you have to watch it!"
"Every place in the world has different scenery, people, and architectural styles. In addition to looking for Sister Li Huamei and the others, we also have the idea of traveling around the world, so of course I want to see it! "
Snapped!
"alright!"
"Be careful, I'll do it three times!"
After Song Yifeng refuted Little Annie's words, she directly placed a black chess piece next to the two black chess pieces without even looking at the chessboard, so that they formed a line, forcing Annie to defend and intercept, and then she Only then can we take the initiative.
"Three companies?"
(?????)
"Hey~!"
(ˉ▽￣~)Cut~~
"Fourth company!"
|☆?(o*?w?)?o
Snap~!
Annie slapped the white ivory chess piece directly onto the smooth chessboard made of dark wood, and made a very textured impact sound. At the same time, the original three chess pieces on it formed a four-linked chess piece. situation.
"Aha! I won!!"
?*. ?(ˊ?ˋ*)??*.
Then, without waiting for the other party to react, Annie cheered loudly.
Because in backgammon, once one side takes the lead and forms a four-game situation, and the opponent does not discover and intercept it in advance during the three-game situation, it will be a sure kill that cannot be undone in any case.
"!!"
"Huh?"
Song Yifeng couldn't help but be startled when she saw that Annie was indeed the fourth in a row.
"Come!"
?(*??▽??)????
"As agreed, the loser will have a turtle painted on his face!"
?(⊙?⊙)??
With that said, Annie picked up a brush and after soaking it with ink, she planned to draw on Song Yifeng's face.
"etc!"
However, before the pen and ink could touch her face, Song Yifeng quickly stretched out her hand to stop it.
"This is wrong!"
"Annie!"
"There were not three chess pieces here before. I remember they originally only had two!"
"I know, you are actually cheating!!"
Song Yifeng just looked at the chessboard for a moment, and then she soon saw something, and angrily wanted to take the brush from Annie's hand.
"!!"
!(;?o?)o
"Don't talk nonsense! Where did they cheat? Do you have evidence? It's obviously because you didn't pay attention when you played chess, and then you wanted to deny it when you lost!"
o(*｀ー′)o
How could Admiral Anne cheat? She would definitely not admit that kind of thing easily. Besides, the other party really had no evidence, so while avoiding Song Yifeng's hand, she wanted to hit the other party's hand. The little chubby face that had been sunburned was painted away.
"evidence!"
"Of course I have evidence!"
"look!"
Standing aside with his waist in his arms, Song Yifeng pointed at the chessboard angrily.
"??"
(???.???)????
"That's just a chessboard, not evidence. It can't speak!"
(??w??)
Anne was very sure that when the other party looked at Basra just now, he definitely did not see what she did, because the other party's eyes could not be on the back of her head, and the first mate just now did not pay attention to what she did, so, Whether it's human evidence or physical evidence, the other party has none!
(…)
(●￣?￣●)
"Aha!"
"Don't tell me, the chessboard can talk!"
"If you don't believe it, see for yourself!"
However, what surprised the confident little Annie was that Song Yifeng pointed to the chessboard again with confidence.
"??"
く(＾_?)ゝ
Looking at the chessboard and then at Song Yifeng, Annie obviously didn't know what the other party wanted to do.
"Count the number of white chess pieces and the number of black chess pieces yourself!"
Song Yifeng did not answer, but angrily motioned to little Annie to count the pieces on the chessboard.
"Just count!"
?(?`^′?)?
Isn't it just counting chess pieces? Anne can finish that kind of thing in less than ten seconds!
"Thirty, thirty-one, thirty-two..."
!(;?o?)o
"ah!!"
━(?Δ?∥)━ン
Finally, Annie quickly realized what the other party meant when he said that the chessboard could talk, because, when she was doing her little tricks just now, she seemed to have forgotten some very important things?
"Ha ha!"
"Are you speechless now?"
"My black chess is the first mover. That is to say, after you made that move just now, the number of our chess pieces should be the same, but if you look at it now, your white chess can never be more than my black chess." , but look, you actually have thirty-two white chess pieces, while my black chess pieces only have thirty-one, how dare you say you didn’t cheat?!”
Plugging it into her waist, Song Yifeng smiled proudly.
This is backgammon, not Go. There is no such thing as "eating". Therefore, the number of chess pieces on both sides can be calculated. You only need to count the chess pieces on both sides to know whether there is cheating. Once cheating, it will be considered Both failed, so now it's time for Song Yifeng to use a brush to draw a big turtle on the face of a bad little girl to avenge her yesterday!
"that……"
(′～`●)
"Why is there an extra chess piece? Did it accidentally fall in?"
(′???`)
Annie reached out and picked up a white chess piece from an insignificant place in a corner, and then looked at Song Yifeng.
"look!"
?(????)?
"Now the number is correct, you lose!!"
(?￣? ￣?) Hehe!
After first throwing the white ivory chess piece into the round, pot-bellied chess jar without a blush or heartbeat, Annie shamelessly looked at the stunned Song Yifeng.
"!!"
"Damn it!"
Song Yifeng directly grabbed another writing brush, then dipped some ink at random, intending to smear it on Annie's face.
"Wow!"
!!!∑(?Д?ノ)ノ
"You're talking nonsense! I just accidentally dropped a chess piece, so I didn't lose!"
(??ˇεˇ??)
"in spite of!"
"Anyway, if you cheat, you lose. Stop and let me draw a line!!"
After saying that, Song Yifeng rushed forward directly.
"No way!!"
-=????=????(′Д`)?
Anne waved the pen in her hand and ran away, with no intention of admitting her guilt.
"stop!"
"Stop!"
"I won't draw a turtle anymore. I'll draw you as a Persian cat, right?"
"Stop!"
Soon, the two female admirals, one large and one young, began to have fun on the battleship "Xiang Feihu".
While joking around, they also spilled ink everywhere, chasing them from the stern to the bow, and then from the bow to the stern, causing the two of them and many innocent crew members, sailors and gunners to die. There was a lot of black ink on my body and face, but I didn't dare to care or scold, so I could only stand aside and watch innocently.
(…)
ε=(′?｀●)))Alas
…
While Little Annie and her fleet were sailing towards Basra, in the Port of St. George on the west coast of Africa, Li Huamei and others were preparing to leave and head north to the Mediterranean and North Sea after completing their supplies.
"Admiral!"
"We have already taught the Espinoza Chamber of Commerce a severe lesson and sank several of their slave ships in successive artillery battles. Now if we don't quickly pursue the victory and defeat them in one fell swoop, why are we leaving Africa? "
Li Huamei's subordinate, Xingjiu Baimu, watched the fleet slowly sail out of the port of St. George, and then looked at this huge continent. He couldn't help feeling a little aggrieved and asked their admiral Li Huamei.
"No way."
"Xingjiu, they are local snakes, and we are dragons crossing the river. Just beat them up and let them know how powerful we are!"
"And if this continues, causing them to dispatch more armed merchant ships to retaliate, or even asking them to turn to their Spanish and Portuguese navies, then we will be in trouble."
"We can't keep spending time with each other here without going to the Mediterranean, the North Sea, or the New World, right?"
"Besides, our ship can't withstand the wear and tear, so we can't be careless!"
Shaking her head, Li Huamei wanted to teach the unscrupulous businessman Gironimo de Espinoza, who declared war on their Li Family Chamber of Commerce and was mainly engaged in selling slaves, drugs, and illegal hunting, a profound lesson. However, Thinking that this was Africa, far away from the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and that she might not be able to replenish new ships here, she had no choice but to decide to stop when the situation was good, temporarily avoid the enemy's edge, and first go to the Mediterranean and the North Sea to visit. .
"That's right!"
"I completely agree with the Admiral!"
"Xingjiu..."
"Their strength is not bad, and they have many ships. We should not get into too much entanglement with them."
At this time, another follower of Li Huamei, Yi An Dukov, also stood up to persuade him.
"That's right!"
"Just beat them and hurt them. If we continue to beat them, the situation may continue to escalate. In Africa, where we are unfamiliar, we must not act recklessly."
The mature and prudent Yang Xi'en spoke up. He obviously didn't want to end up fighting with a local gangster force in such an unaccompanied place, in this remote Africa, because there were too many uncertain factors and they really couldn't afford it. Take risks of the unknown and failure.
This is just like the situation during the Chu-Han struggle for hegemony. Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, could always lose, but as long as the King of Chu lost once, he would lose the whole game!
And now, the situation of their Li Family Chamber of Commerce is the same as that of Chu Overlord. Although they have defeated Espinoza's ships in several battles and even sunk many, once their Li Family Chamber of Commerce loses once , then it’s really over.
Because they only have a few ships. They are here to travel around the world and do ocean trade and seek development and growth, but they are not here to fight with Westerners.
"alright!"
"Stop talking, let's go!"
"I hope that after receiving my handwritten letter, that Giannimo de Espinoza will be wiser and stop making trouble?"
"Let's go!"
"Go back to your posts. We are going north to the Mediterranean. We don't know what the situation is there. Everyone, cheer up!"
Clapping her hands, Li Huamei signaled that the matter was settled as it was, and there was no need to continue the discussion, and began to urge everyone to disperse and go about their own business.
"yes!"
"yes!"
"As you command!"
Seeing that the decision had been made, everyone who felt that there seemed to be no problem agreed with a bang and quickly returned to their respective posts. Then, these large and medium-sized blessing ships were blown by the southeast wind and puffed up their sails. Start accelerating towards the north.
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