John Klein stood there with a long bloodstain on his face.
He is lucky.
The skin was only scratched by the fragments of the grenade.
Skin trauma.
But the European adventurers he hired in Calcutta at a huge price were in bad luck.
More than a dozen grenades were thrown into the cabin, and the explosive fragments immediately filled the entire cabin with blood mist.
Screams, wails, and moans were intertwined.
Although many people were not hit by fragments, the shock caused by the explosion of more than a dozen grenades made them unsteady and staggered to the ground.
Right now.
The group of Chinese pirates had already rushed into the cabin with a grin.
John Klein closed his eyes in pain.
A bad start! What a bad start!
They are the pirates with a legal license to plunder.
Why did we encounter a group of treacherous and cunning Chinese pirates?
This is wrong!
Aren’t the Chinese all docile businessmen?
Is it because I have bad luck or doesn’t know the Chinese people well enough?
When John Klein was thinking about it.
His brother David Klein had thrown away his weapon and raised his hands high.
Other surviving white Europeans did not dare to continue to resist, and all performed French military salutes.
John Klein reluctantly threw away the musket in his hand and raised his hands.
I hope these Chinese people can be kinder...
"Tie them all up!"
Cai Lian led his men into the cabin. Seeing that the other party had surrendered, he did not continue the attack. He ordered all the surviving white Europeans to be tied up, and then he checked the injured who fell on the ground one by one.
The corpses and those with severe injuries were dragged out and thrown into the sea.
The less injured ones were tied up and pulled to the deck like the prisoners.
There is no such thing as treatment.
Whether they can survive it depends on their own luck.
"Cai Tou, there is no cargo on this ship!"
"Damn, it seems that I have met someone who specializes in this business."
Cai Qian spat.
Although no cargo was seized, a large plywood boat was obtained, so this trip was not a loss.
"Tou Cai, these two are the leaders, this was found on them!"
Someone escorted the Klein brothers over.
"We are subjects of the United Kingdom of Britain and Ireland, and we demand the rights that prisoners of war should have!" David Klein immediately spoke loudly when he saw the fierce-looking leader of the Chinese pirates.
"What is this yellow-haired ghost talking about?" Cai Qian asked a subordinate who knew English.
"He said he was a British citizen and wanted to be treated as a prisoner of war."
"How are prisoners of war treated?" Cai Qian frowned.
"Go, give him two slaps to calm him down." Cai Qian said to a pirate next to him, and then handed a privateering certificate stamped with the seal of the Governor's Palace in Calcutta to the English-speaking subordinate.
"What is this?"
"With this certificate, one can attack enemy merchant ships on the high seas without being judged... The Governor-General of the Indian Colonies of the United Kingdom of Britain and Ireland. Cai Tou, this is a British privateer's certificate!"
"Private robbery certificate?" Cai Qian frowned, "Does it mean that the British court issued them a legal robbery certificate? Can this court do such a thing?"
"That's right, it's so outrageous. How can the British government be like this?"
"We are all worried about being caught and beheaded by Emperor Zhu's soldiers when doing this business. How can the British government issue a legal robbery certificate?"
"Is this the government or bandits?"
"That's outrageous!"
A group of Chinese pirates suddenly shook their heads.
The official government of a country, the imperial court.
How can a certificate be issued for such a legal robbery?
Robbery, such a cruel thing, is it something that the imperial court can do?
If the Ming Dynasty had no real business, how could they have anything to do with pirates like them?
The Niu brothers also shook their heads.
Although they are all pirates.
But deep down I know it too.
It is definitely not good to do this kind of business without capital.
In the future, I will have to pay tribute to Buddha, Mazu, Taishang Laojun, Jade Emperor, Guan Erye and other gods, so that I can get a slightly better treatment in the underworld.
So when I saw that the majestic British Empire actually issued a "robbery certificate", it was a violent impact on the values of Niu Zhaocai and Niu Jinbao, a farmer with very simple values.
Cai Qian rolled his eyes.
"It seems that the British are going to attack our Ming Dynasty. Taking these yellow-haired ghosts back to the Straits Governor's Mansion may be a great achievement."
Think of this.
Cai Qian immediately said loudly: "Clean up this big plywood boat and throw all the useless ones into the sea. Let's return to Malacca!"
"Cai Tou, what are you doing back in Malacca?"
"Go back to the Ming Dynasty officials to receive the reward!"
Cai Qian grinned.
Such important information.
Even if there is no reward, you can still have some connections with the Daming Strait Governor's Mansion.
It would be better if I could buy some military equipment from the Ming Dynasty.
...........
Batam, Straits Free City.
Daming Strait Governor's Mansion.
Luo Jiangong, the governor of the Strait of Malacca, has been troubled by the frequent reports of robberies of Ming merchant ships in recent days.
Being robbed on the sea is something that happens from time to time.
But it's really rare that it happens so frequently during this period.
And along with the looting, the corpses of Chinese people tied to sampans and floating along the ocean currents often appeared in these days.
The appearance of these corpses showed that this was definitely no ordinary robbery.
It is most likely an action against the Ming Dynasty merchant ship.
"This must be a provocation to Ming Dynasty!"
"The Strait Governor's Office should immediately dispatch a fleet to escort!"
"No, no, no, this must have been done by the British. The Strait Governor's Office should attack Huanglong and bombard Calcutta with naval guns in retaliation!"
At the Straits Free Municipality Office.
The members of the public bureau were shouting about beating and killing.
The magistrate of the Straits Free City, Tian Wenkang, a descendant of the Lan Fangtian family, and Luo Jiangong, the governor of the Ming Strait Governor's Mansion, frowned and accepted the questions from the members of the public bureau.
If the local public bureaus in the mainland are still harmonious and it is rare to see such rudeness to local officials, then in the Free City of the Straits, the voices of the public bureau councilors are much louder.
on the one hand.
It's because the Free City of the Straits is a commercial city.
Therefore, it is different from most cities in the mainland. There are no landlords and gentry here, only maritime merchants who settled here.
Therefore, regarding this kind of plunder against the Ming Dynasty maritime merchants, the congressmen supported by these maritime merchants must certainly speak for the financial backers behind them.
on the other hand.
The tax payment of the Straits Free City is very large. Among all provincial administrative regions in the Ming Dynasty, it is currently second only to Guangdong and Hunan. This means that the number of members of the Batam Free City's public bureaus in the Ming Dynasty Council is larger than that of the mainland. Provinces have even more places.
The Free City of Batam was a municipality directly under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty.
At the administrative level, it is equivalent to the province.
Therefore, these members of the Straits Free City Public Bureau, who can elect more than a dozen central members who can go to Yingtianfu's Council to discuss politics and meet the emperor, speak loudly.
Nowadays, plundering against Ming merchants is so frequent.
The Free City of the Strait and the Governor's Office of the Strait, as well as the Strait Fleet and the Ming Dynasty Army stationed in the Strait, are all responsible.
Otherwise, the congressmen in the central government would definitely take their copy and complain to the emperor.
"Everyone, I have sent people to investigate what happened recently. Once it is confirmed that it was done by the British Governor-General of Calcutta, the Daming Strait Governor-General will definitely retaliate!"
Luo Jiangong stood up and said loudly.
He, the Governor of the Straits, has much greater power than the Governor of the Free City of the Straits.
Under the Governor's Office, there are the Straits Fleet and the garrisons on the Straits Islands, which can be mobilized by the Governor's Office.
and.
Recently, the Ming Dynasty also dispatched the newly formed Indian Ocean Fleet southward and stationed it at the port of Batam Island.
Commander Zhu Xun and deputy commander Li Changgeng of the Indian Ocean Fleet have also arrived in Batam.
In addition, the coalition forces of the Ming and Indian princely states who were preparing to land in India were secretly sent to Lionaidao Island for intensive training.
Even if this kind of robbery against the Ming Dynasty merchants did not happen.
Ming Dynasty has also planned to take action against the British British Indian colonies.
After calming down the congressmen who were shouting about beating and killing.
Luo Jiangong and Tian Wenkang returned to the conference hall of the Governor's Mansion. In addition to the senior officials from the Governor's Mansion and the magistrate's office, they also sent people to the Ming Dynasty Indian Ocean Fleet command room Zhu Xi and deputy commander Li Changgeng. They had already sent people to Liaocheng. Neidao invited Yang Yuchun and Wu Hou Qian Dazhao to the General Training Hall of the Allied Forces of the Indian Princes of the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Xun led his troops to seek refuge when the Ming Dynasty first arrived in Nanyang and defeated the Dutch fleet.
He was originally a hero doing business without capital on the coast of Fujian.
His deputy Li Changgeng was a Jinshi in the 43rd year of Qianlong's reign. He served in the Fujian Navy for several years. Later, he was defeated by Zhu Xin and lost his post and returned home. After the Ming Dynasty arrived in Guangdong, he was activated again, but the Fujian Navy was soon replaced. The Ming navy was defeated, and Li Changgeng surrendered directly when he saw that the situation was not good.
Later, he went to the Ming Dynasty Army and Navy Officers Academy in Huangpu, Guangzhou for further studies, and became classmates with his rival Zhu Xin.
Now the two men were ordered to lead the fleet south to escort the Ming Dynasty's coalition of Indian princes.
Yang Yuchun went south as the chief training officer of the Ming Dynasty's Indian princes' coalition. He was only responsible for training and did not go directly to India - after all, he still dreamed of making a contribution in the Northern Expedition to the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Read the full content on AiYue app
Qian Dazhao, the Marquis of Wu, came from the Qian family of Wuyue.
The Qian family of Wuyue is a major family in Zhejiang and Zhejiang provinces.
Qian Dazhao's troops were second only to the British Gongsun Shiyi.
Before Sun Shiyi arrived at the strait, Qian Dazhao was the spokesman for the Ming Dynasty's coalition of Indian princes.
See everyone gathered.
Luo Jiangong took a deep breath: "Everyone, the recent incidents of merchant ships being robbed and execution-style sampan exiles indicate that this is probably a move against the Ming Dynasty. The only one with this motive in this area of the sea is the United Kingdom. The Governor’s Palace of Calcutta!”
"The British have already taken action first! I think we should not wait any longer and send a fleet to annihilate the British fleet first!" Zhu Xin said immediately.
"Send troops now?" Luo Jiangong hesitated for a while.
Right now.
There was a roll call at the door.
"The British Duke is here!"
After the endless coma, Shi Yu suddenly stood up from the bed. If you want to read the latest chapters, please download the Star Reading app and read the latest chapters for free without ads. The website has not updated the latest chapter content, but the Xingxing Reading APP has updated the latest chapter content.
He took a big breath of fresh air, his chest trembling.
Confused, confused, and all kinds of emotions came to my mind.
Where is this?
Afterwards, Shi Yu subconsciously observed his surroundings, and then became even more confused.
A single dormitory?
Even if he was successfully rescued, he should be in the ward now.
And my body...how could I not have any injuries at all?
With doubts, Shi Yu's eyes quickly swept across the room, and finally his eyes rested on a mirror beside the bed.
The mirror showed his current appearance. He was about seventeen or eighteen years old, and he looked very handsome.
But the problem is, this is not him! Download the Star Reading app and read the latest chapters for free without ads.
My previous self was a handsome young man in his twenties who had been working for a while.
And now, no matter how you look, this appearance is that of a high school student...
This change made Shi Yu stunned for a long time.
Don't tell him that the operation was successful...
The body and appearance have changed. This is not a matter of surgery or not, but magic.
He turned into a completely different person!
Could it be...that he traveled through time?
In addition to the mirror placed by the bedside, which was obviously not feng shui-friendly, Shi Yu also found three books next to it.
Shi Yu picked it up and took a look. The title of the book instantly silenced him.
"Essential Animal Breeding Manual for Beginner Breeders"
"Postpartum Care of Pet Pets"
"Evaluation Guide for Interracial Beast-Eared Girls"
Shi Yu:? ? ?
The names of the first two books are pretty normal, but what happened to the last one?
"cough."
Shi Yu looked solemnly and stretched out his hand, but his arm soon stiffened.
Just when he was about to open the third book and see what it was about, his brain suddenly felt a sharp pain, and a large number of memories came flooding back.
Icefield City.
Pet animal breeding base.
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Beastmaster?
