In Basali in the Persian Gulf, Abraham Ewen Woodin of the Woodin Chamber of Commerce and his fleet of giant Arab ships have been waiting in the port for a long time.
In fact, since the third day when a certain little girl, the Grand Admiral, led her Li family's pioneering fleet southward, they had already gathered in the port of Basra. It was a port with fifteen giant Arab ships and several oars. A large fleet composed of sails and ships has already been supplied and ready to go.
And they wait for half a month.
Today, half a month later, the Woodin Chamber of Commerce finally received the latest news from Mogadishu, the port city closest to the Arabian Sea on the east coast of Africa.
"!!"
"What did you say?"
"They defeated the fleet of the Espinoza Chamber of Commerce off the coast of Mogadishu, and all twelve large Spanish square sailing ships were sunk by them?"
"They then bombarded the port of Mogadishu, forcing the port to surrender, and expelled the people from the Espinosha Chamber of Commerce?!"
"This is impossible!"
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!!"
After hearing Hashim read out the information sent from the intelligence station arranged by Wooding Chamber of Commerce in Mogadishu, Wooding, who couldn't believe it, stood up from his seat and then Walking up to Hashem, he grabbed the document from the other person's hand and began to read it by himself.
"this……"
"this!!"
However, after reading it himself, Abraham Wooding felt a little bad.
He originally thought that the little girl and her five large ships would definitely not be the opponent of Gianlonimo de Espinoza. After all, that evil Chamber of Commerce was the most powerful European in East Africa. The power is an opponent that even their Woodin Chamber of Commerce has to treat with caution!
But no idea...
The Li family's pioneering fleet was actually more powerful than Li Huamei's fleet. They didn't just damage or sink a few enemy ships, but they directly and simply eliminated Espy. Nosha's entire fleet and attacked the port?
In his opinion, it would be difficult for even the Wooding Chamber of Commerce to accomplish that kind of thing.
"Wooding?"
"What's wrong? Is there any problem?"
Seeing Wooding sluggish for a long time, Deniya Ittihad on the side was obviously a little worried. Then she looked at her two sisters, and finally stepped forward and gently stroked Wooding's cheek. Back and asked with concern.
"No……"
"nothing……"
"It's just that I didn't expect them to be so strong..."
"never mind!"
"My dear little birds, I'm fine. You go to the swimming pool at the back and wait for me. Don't worry, I'll be here soon."
After looking at Deniya, and then at Amina and Fazuma who were looking at him, obviously very worried, Wooding felt that there were some things he didn't want them to know, so he forced a smile to appease them. They talked about it, and then directly asked them to leave this hall first.
"Hashem!"
"Is this information true?"
"Those two little girls' fleet, did they really defeat Espinoza's fleet and occupy Mogadishu?"
The three 'little birds' who saw him were a little resentful, but in the end they left as they were told. After seeing their figures disappear completely at the end of the corridor, Abraham Ewen Wooding just turned around and faced asked the tall man in front of him.
"Yes Master!"
"I have confirmed it many times, and even specifically asked an Arab ship at the dock that also came back from Africa. What the captain said is similar to what is in this letter, and is even a little more bizarre?"
"However, they did not directly occupy Mogadishu. They just defeated the Europeans who were originally hostile to them and expelled the Espinosha Chamber of Commerce. They don't seem to have many troops to occupy the port."
"But I can't guarantee whether they will eventually send people from the Indian Ocean, Southeast Asia, or the Ming Dynasty to develop trading stations."
As he spoke, Hashim told all the magical things about the Li family's pioneering fleet that he had learned from the Arab captain.
It is said that a passing merchant ship saw it with his own eyes?
Anyway, the other party said that the naval guns of the Li family fleet were very accurate, had extremely long range, and were extremely powerful. In just two rounds of bombardment, they sank nearly half of the ships of the Espinoza fleet. Then, while the enemy was escaping, they also launched a brutal attack. They used the four bow guns to pursue, and in the end they actually used those bow guns to sink the escaping enemy ships one by one?
What happens next is even more outrageous.
The Li family fleet arrived in Mogadishu the day after the battle and blocked the port of Mogadishu. They destroyed and injured several merchant ships of the Espinosha Chamber of Commerce in a row and bombarded the port. After the fort, they successfully entered the port and captured at least seven to eight medium-sized merchant ships of the Espinoza Chamber of Commerce and seized a large amount of gold and gems. The specific amount is incalculable.
"It shouldn't be..."
"How can they be so strong?"
After listening to what his servant Hashim said, Abraham Ewen Wooding couldn't help but feel a little unable to accept it for a while.
Because according to his original idea, it should be like this:
The Li family's fleet rushed into the Espinoza Chamber of Commerce's sphere of influence without preparation. Then, they would definitely be beaten to a bloody head by the hostile forces, and finally had to flee back to the Arabian Sea in disgrace. In the end, I would then come forward to appease and lead the main force of the Wooding Chamber of Commerce to go south with the big ships of their Li family fleet to directly defeat or intimidate the Espinoza Chamber of Commerce and those Europeans. Is that a normal and reasonable scenario?
But now it's better. The opponent directly destroyed a fleet of the Espinoza Chamber of Commerce, and still stood firm in the important East African city Mogadishu, which is closest to the Arabian Sea. And if there is really something in their battle If other people's oral statements and letters say such powerful words, I'm afraid that the Espinoza Chamber of Commerce may not be able to resist, right?
"Could it be..."
"Are the rumors in India and Southeast Asia true?"
Suddenly, Wooding remembered the Chamenlin Avmad Nagopur in the Indian Ocean. The strength of the other party was no worse than the Wooding Chamber of Commerce that had been entrenched in the Persian Gulf for generations!
Then, there are the Malay Governors of the Java Islands, Dalate Lopez de Preila and the Governor of Java, Antonio Van Kuhn. They even died and surrendered. If these are true If so, doesn't that mean that Africa is likely to fall into the hands of the Li Chamber of Commerce soon?
"this……"
As he thought about it, Wooding couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.
Of course, the situation in Africa is more complicated, and there are many European countries there. Even if the Li family fleet defeats the strongest Espinoza Chamber of Commerce, it may not be possible to occupy it in a short time. After all, there is It is indeed too far away from the Ming Dynasty. If they want to drive away the European forces that have been entrenched for many years, they cannot do it with just a few ships. Even if there may be thousands of people on their ships, it will be useless.
"Owner!"
"What do we do now?"
"Do we need to send the fleet south to Africa immediately?"
Seeing that his master Wooding was a little confused, and also knowing Wooding's original plan, Hashem waited for a while. Seeing that the other party still could not make up his mind, he couldn't help but ask carefully.
"!!"
"No!"
"They must be lucky, let's wait..."
"hold on……"
However, Wooding, who had a gloomy expression, stretched out his hand to interrupt Hashim's words and rejected the servant's suggestion.
"correct!"
"Sending clippers disguised as caravans to collect intelligence on the Indian Ocean and the Guawa Islands in the South Sea. I need to know as soon as possible what the Li family's fleet did there to allow them to easily capture those two good places. Trade rights, especially those in Guawa!"
"Going right now!"
Abraham Ewen Wooding's face looked a little ugly.
Because, he suddenly discovered that things seemed to be beyond his expectations and were developing in a direction that he could not imagine and control. That feeling was strange for a man like him who had always controlled the Arabian Sea and the Persian Gulf. It was unforgivable. He had to do something. He couldn't be worse than a little girl. That was something he would never admit.
"As you command!"
"My master."
After bowing and saluting, Hashim didn't say much. He just saw that his master Wooding had no more instructions, so he took two steps back, then turned around and walked quickly out of the hall, preparing to arrange people. Make a trip to the Indian Ocean and the Southern Ocean, and try to investigate clearly and return within a month.
…
While Abraham Ewen Wooding in Basra was suspicious and doubtful about life, a certain bad little girl Grand Admiral far away in the east coast of Africa was already staying in a large building in the port of Mogadishu. In the house, she was eating and drinking with her little follower and second admiral Song Yifenghai.
This place was originally the property of the Espinoza Chamber of Commerce, but now it has become the trading station and residence of the Li family fleet.
However, Anne did not plan to send the already insufficient manpower in her fleet to occupy this place. Instead, she sent a letter to that damn fat Nagopur over there in the Indian Ocean, asking him to send someone to take charge of the business. Anyway, the other party has many people, so it can be done. Let's deal with it like this for the time being. After the merchant ships from the Li family and the Ming Dynasty come and go here, they will slowly let the people from the Ming Dynasty occupy this place and even the entire port. That's no big deal.
Of course, Anne didn't care about the above chores. Everything was arranged by the first mate. Whatever he said was what he said, so she didn't bother to care about those troublesome things!
"Annie, you don't know yet, do you?"
"It is said that this is the legendary 'Mugudushu'. It is the place where Zheng He, the eunuch of the Three Treasures, came twice in the past. It is also the farthest place where their fleet has arrived!"
"I didn't expect that I, Song Yifeng, would actually come here today..."
In this beautiful house, Song Yifeng sighed while eating and drinking. She never thought that one day she would be able to come to the farthest place that the Sanbao eunuch had ever been, as if it was the end of the world.
If I go back to Seoul one day and let my master and senior brother know about it, they will definitely be envious or even jealous, right?
"But it's still too hot here, even the sea breeze is hot..."
"Annie, look!"
“This dress is still made of light gauze, but now it’s soaked!!”
Just after sighing, Song Yifeng ran to Annie again and complained, and kept pulling her collar so that Annie could see her wet skin and her equally wet, almost transparent skirt. .
"It can't be helped!"
(lll￢▽￢)
"This city is located at 2° north latitude, very close to the equator. Can it not be hot?"
╮(╯▽╰)╭
"But don't worry!"
(*^▽^*)
"After the battleship has replenished its supply of gunpowder and cannonballs, we will head south. It will definitely be cooler after leaving the equator."
(??▽?)
"But……"
"Annie..."
"Can't we leave quickly?"
"I think I've been tanned recently... Those Kunlun slaves outside must be because they are often sunburned. I don't want to be like them, and get tanned like charcoal hair!"
"In that case, master and senior brother will definitely dislike me..."
Seeing the healthy skin color on her arms that had indeed become a little bit darker, Song Yifeng's face immediately dropped. She didn't want to turn into the dark ghost look of the local aborigines, not at all.
"ah!?"
(*ˉ?ˉ*;)
"That's impossible. If you want to become as hot and dark as them, at least you have to roast them slowly with fire..."
(lll￢▽￢)
"And don't think that people don't know. You haven't gone out during the day. You're either hiding in the cabin or in the house like you are now. How could you get tanned?"
(??ˇεˇ??)
"You...eh?"
∑(′△｀)? !
At this time, Annie was just about to continue saying something when she suddenly saw someone walking in from outside the door, and then she had to stop. Song Yifeng immediately arranged her clothes, not wanting outsiders to see her. A disheveled look.
(…)
(●￣(?)￣●)
"Report!"
"First Admiral! Second Admiral!"
"Last night, someone tried to rob our ship, but they were repelled. We also captured a few prisoners. We have roughly figured out the situation now."
After the sailor finished his salute, he loudly and slowly explained in detail what the first mate of the fleet flagship asked him to report.
"!!"
("?ヘ?)"
"What did you say?"
(′?_?`)
"There is a pirate leader named Azisha. She saw that our ship easily defeated the fat man from Nagopur and Espinoza's fleet, so she wanted to seize the ship, but you only caught a few. A little guy?"
!? (?''??)?
Anne was shocked. She didn't expect that there would be such a bold pirate who would dare to attack her family's big ship?
"But why are you reporting what happened last night now?"
o(*｀ー′)o
After listening to the other party's report, Anne was stunned at first, but then quickly continued to ask questions.
"Because you just got up, you still have the nerve to say it!"
"Let's go!"
"Let's go see those pirates!"
Song Yifeng glared angrily at a certain troubled little girl, the Admiral, and after rescuing the somewhat overwhelmed sailor, Song Yifeng patted her butt and stood up after basically eating and drinking.
Although, Song Yifeng herself had just gotten up, but she felt that she was infected by Little Annie. Things like being lazy and snoozing were not what she was good at in the first place?
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