When Carlo opened his eyes again, he was in a pure white room.
He knew that this was Daming's medical clinic.
The strong smell of medicine flowed at the tip of his nose, and Carlo felt extremely weak in his body, as if his whole body had been hollowed out.
He knew it was the effect of datura flower poison.
'I don't know if the plan was successful or not.
Carlo recalled the scene before he fainted in his mind.
He saw the Siwa tribesmen falling one after another, and then he felt a strong sense of suffocation.
Because he was the least poisoned, he was the last one to fall.
When he fell, he saw the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty coming over.
At this time, the door was opened.
A man wearing the costume of a Ming doctor came in.
"You're awake, how do you feel?" the doctor asked.
Carlo opened his mouth to answer, but felt a burning pain in his throat.
Seeing this, the doctor poured a glass of water from the side and slowly fed it to Carlo.
Carlo felt much better after drinking water.
"Thank you, how are my people?" Carlo asked with difficulty.
He urgently wanted to know what the situation was like now.
Is it similar to what I thought?
"Sorry, you are the only one who was poisoned this time."
"The toxicity of this poison is too severe, and we were not able to find a solution immediately. To be honest, we find it incredible that you can wake up."
"But the toxicity will have a great impact on your body. Please take a good rest during these days."
The doctor's answer made Carlo secretly relieved.
I'm just glad but not very happy.
After all, this is tantamount to saying that all the clan members died in his own hands.
The cautious Carlo didn't ask any questions. The doctor told him to take a good rest and left.
Someone brought some light food like porridge from behind, so that Carlo, who had just woken up, would not starve to death again.
Just as Carlo speculated, the death of the Siwa family caused a lot of trouble.
First of all, this was during Taisun's review ceremony, and even the wrong inference at that time almost led to the interruption of the ceremony.
The second is international security incidents.
In any case, with so many people dead, especially if they were poisoned, it was considered a major case.
This will also have an impact on the reputation of Ming Dynasty and the business environment.
The key is that this matter has attracted the attention of His Highness Taisun.
...
"The only thing I'm glad about is that His Highness the Grand Sun didn't give a time to solve this case, otherwise we would all have been punished."
"Speaking of it, this incident is really strange. So many detectives have been dispatched, but no useful clues have been found yet."
"By the way, Lao Li, our request for interrogation of Nasivakaro has been approved by the summit."
Hong Kong Island.
Yu Dong walked on the street and looked around, while complaining to Lao Li next to him.
Lao Li nodded: "It has been approved. You can go there tomorrow."
"But the time given to us is only one stick of incense."
Yu Dong was a little unhappy: "What use can half a stick of incense do? It's not enough for us to discuss the matter in detail."
Lao Li said helplessly: "These are all regulations from above. You also know that Sivakaro is a key figure now. It would be good if we can have a stick of incense. I heard that there are only seven groups approved in total, including us." , everyone is the same, just be content."
...
Zhu Ying actually doesn't really care whether this case can be solved.
Judging from the current situation, the possibility of a vendetta is relatively high, and Zhu Ying feels that this candidate may also be from the Ayutthaya Dynasty.
perhaps
It was to preserve the face of the Ayutthaya Dynasty, or perhaps to use their lives to apologize to the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Ying's guess is very close to the truth.
It is difficult to imagine such a situation as suicide.
Those poisons are not fake.
According to the imperial physician, this kind of poison is extremely severe and is basically difficult to cure.
The only person who survived may be because he was in better physical condition.
But even so, the organs are still failing.
This is tantamount to saying that even if you are lucky enough to survive, you will be a useless person in the future.
Under such circumstances, no matter who it was, it was difficult to imagine that the source of the poison could be themselves.
The direction was wrong from the beginning, how could it possibly produce results.
As for the reputation of Ming Dynasty, it actually doesn’t have much impact.
News of the case was not uploaded to the Di Di newspaper. Many people only knew that a riot had occurred, but did not know the specific details.
If the government doesn't disclose it, do the people still dare to go to the government office to eat melon?
This is obviously unrealistic.
Besides, these days, the death of dozens of foreign businessmen is really not that big of a deal. A random storm at sea might kill more than just that many people.
If you handle it in a low-key manner, no one will care about it after a while.
As far as the business situation in Ming Dynasty is concerned, it can be said that it is a truly civilized world. At least in Ming Dynasty, there is no need to worry too much about robbery.
In other countries, if there is no strong force to protect their goods, it is common for them to be robbed.
Considering that Ming Dynasty is a country of civilization and etiquette.
In addition to expressing sympathy for the poisoning of the Siwa family, we can also provide a certain degree of policy compensation.
Of course, the punishment that has been issued to the Ayutthaya Dynasty cannot be withdrawn.
As the Daming Navy assembled in the Guangzhou area, they have already headed to the Malacca Strait area.
The four managers of Ming Dynasty's ocean trade have been selected.
One of them is of course Guan Xianghai, the former envoy of the Provincial Government.
There are three others selected by Uncle Zhang from various major families.
The current structure of the Daming Ocean Trading Chamber of Commerce is mainly about foreign investment with the four major managers.
Each person has a warship, equipped with considerable armed guards.
Responsible for investment and development in Nanyang region.
After the gathering, Zhu Ying personally received them.
"Greetings to His Majesty Taisun."
In the newly built Hong Kong Yamen lobby, four people saluted respectfully.
Zhu Ying nodded: "No courtesy, I'll give you a seat."
"The Chamber of Commerce is mainly for the private sector, so everyone can relax a little bit."
Zhu Ying's eyes scrutinized the four people.
In addition to Guan Xianghai, the other three people came from the three major families of Li, Qian and Zhao respectively.
Of course, these three people are not direct descendants of any family, but the bosses of major families, and they have created huge benefits for their respective families.
It is precisely because of their outstanding talents that they were selected to serve the Chamber of Commerce.
Be the steward, not the shopkeeper.
The concept here is completely different.
After leaving the Ming Dynasty, the power in the hands of the four people rose sharply.
The most important one is that they can summon the help of Ming's troops outside the country.
For example, the navy is heading to the Strait of Malacca.
Each of them will have a hundred guards under his command, and will also have the power to assemble local armed forces.
This means that they are completely able to recruit troops, and the necessary money will be spent by the Chamber of Commerce.
The initial amount is one million banknotes per person.
Such high standards of support naturally require them to bring enough profits to the Chamber of Commerce.
"You are the first batch of managers of the Chamber of Commerce. No matter what happens, you must put the interests of the Chamber of Commerce first."
"I hope that every year in the future, you can bring enough considerable profits to the Chamber of Commerce to prove that my vision is right."
"Da Ming, there is no need to worry about anything. I will arrange for people to take care of you. Of course, I believe your family will not treat you badly."
"You don't have to limit your means, I just want to see the results."
Zhu Ying gave a few simple instructions, which made the other three people quite excited.
Although Zhu Ying attaches great importance to the expansion of foreign trade, taking the time to meet with the four managers is already a special favor to them.
The four people quickly expressed that they would definitely work hard for the interests of His Highness the Grand Sun and the Chamber of Commerce, even to the point of death.
After finishing these things, Zhu Ying took Zhu Yunxi back to the capital.
"Brother, I have never understood why we dealt with the death of those foreign businessmen so hastily and did not even publish it in the newspaper."
Zhu Yunxi asked puzzledly.
In his opinion, the eldest brother should pay attention to this matter and set a time limit for solving the case so that the truth can be revealed as soon as possible.
Only in this way can the reputation of Ming Dynasty be maintained.
"Do you know what Ming's reputation is?"
"Do you think I treat foreign businessmen very differently from the people of the Ming Dynasty?" Zhu Ying asked.
Zhu Yunxi hesitated for a moment and nodded slightly.
Zhu Ying continued: "They traveled thousands of miles and risked being swallowed by the waves to come to Ming Dynasty to purchase goods, not because of the fairness of Ming Dynasty, but because the goods of Ming Dynasty are very valuable."
"Just by going back and forth, they can earn enough money that they may not be able to earn in their own country for several years."
"I did treat them differently, and I did so on purpose."
"At the top of the Ming Dynasty, people below are always thinking about the thoughts of the top. Especially for officials, they may spend much more time on this than on the common people."
"Then how do you think the officials of Guangdong Prefecture will interpret my arrangement?"
Zhu Yunxi thought for a while and said, "They will feel that the eldest brother despises foreign businessmen."
Zhu Ying said, "Yes, when they feel this way, they will act according to this feeling in many things in the future."
Zhu Yunxi asked: "But why is it like this? Isn't this unfair to those foreign businessmen?"
Zhu Ying sneered and said: "What is fairness? My Ming Dynasty is so powerful, why should I talk about fairness to the people of these small countries?"
"People are different from each other. If there are no differences, how can we, the people of Ming Dynasty, have a sense of belonging?"
this is the truth.
Whether it is now or in the future, it is inevitable.
Zhu Yunxi nodded with some vague understanding.
...
Luzon.
The private soldiers of the four vassal kings arrived one after another.
According to each vassal king sending 3,000 troops, there were more than 12,000 people in total.
In fact, including auxiliary troops, the number has reached over 20,000.
According to the current military system of the Ming Dynasty, there are a total of twelve thousand households.
But for the Ming Dynasty, Luzon is now a completely barbaric land.
During the Hongwu period, Luzon had already sent two envoys to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty.
Even though the Ming Dynasty was kind to it and allowed it to pay tribute multiple times a year, Luzon's own national power was too low. Although it was an island country, it was extremely backward in shipbuilding technology.
Every time he went to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty, Luzon would get a lot of wealth.
They wish they could go there five or six times a year.
But the strength doesn’t allow it.
Of the ten ships that set off, it would be good if two or three could be saved when there is a storm at sea.
There is another risk on the way back.
The number of ships in Luzon itself is also very limited.
them
I am even more looking forward to the arrival of businessmen from the Ming Dynasty in Luzon.
The reason why Zhu Di and other vassal kings came to Luzon with more than 10,000 troops was because during the transaction, businessmen from the Ming Dynasty discovered that there were many gold mines in Luzon, even open-pit gold mines.
After confirming the news, Zhu Di and other vassal kings united to discuss.
First send troops to garrison, and then develop.
This is a big deal.
Because of the gold produced by the Lu family, they could conceal their taxes from the Ming Dynasty and put all of it into their own pockets.
.....
Zhang Li belongs to a hundred households.
He was originally just a general bannerman, but because he went to the Japanese country and fought with meritorious service, he was promoted to a hundred households.
Now, we are back in Luzon.
"Move quickly, we must find a village to stay before dark."
Zhang Li shouted loudly to boost the morale of his hundreds of subordinates.
He was under the command of King Yan and was the last batch of soldiers to arrive in Luzon.
For a run-down place like Luzon, the soldiers did not need to concentrate at all, but dispersed to patrol various areas.
"Boss, look, there is smoke ahead." A commander-in-chief climbed up a hillside and shouted in surprise.
Zhang Li quickly went up to take a look, and said happily: "Brothers, hurry up, it's only a few miles away, let's rest there today."
When the soldiers under his command heard this, they felt as if they had been given blood.
no way.
Luzon is a tropical area with hot, humid and scorching sunshine.
In just half a day, these well-trained soldiers seemed to have their energy and energy drained away.
too hot.
Now that I have finally found the village, I am of course overjoyed.
The smoke from the kitchen could easily attract attention, so Zhang Li naturally didn't want this place to be discovered by other teams.
Soon, hundreds of people arrived in front of the village.
There, a large number of indigenous people were cooking fires.
"Hey, brothers, please be careful later and don't ruin our food."
Zhang Li laughed loudly, and then led people directly to attack the village.
The natives soon discovered this group of uninvited guests and started yelling in unintelligible language.
A large number of natives came out with bows, arrows, spears, and even a few swords.
There was no trace of panic in Zhang Li.
"Firegunners line up."
"Fire!"
Thirty gunmen lined up in three rows. When the natives rushed over, the first row opened fire quickly under Zhang Li's command.
The sound of matchlocks frightened the natives, even though the first salvo only knocked down three natives.
Then after the second three rounds of volleys, a dozen of the natives rushing in front fell to the ground and started howling.
This is just a small village.
The total combat strength is less than forty people, and it has now been reduced to half.
"Don't waste fire bombs, brothers, just follow me and kill!!!"
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