Seeing the pier getting further and further away, Wei Zhidong had a ferocious face and shouted sternly: "Little dwarf, just wait and see!"
This time when I went to sea, not only did I not make any money, but the Japanese robbed my goods and I lost a lot of money!
Wei Zhidong has never encountered such a big loss in his life!
Not to mention, there is the Ryukyu King’s treasure trove, and the humiliation faced by the Japanese!
All these things are really intolerable!
Wei Zhidong suddenly turned to look at Liu Mindong and asked with hatred: "Before we went to sea, the emperor issued an imperial decree and said that no matter where we are, if we are bullied, the emperor will make the decision for us, right? "
"Yes, the emperor said that!" Liu Mindong listened and immediately nodded and replied, "Including the Ming Pao, it has also been mentioned, it must be correct!"
He also lost a ship of goods, which can be said to be a loss of money. Of course, he also hated the Japanese.
"Okay!" Wei Zhidong listened and said loudly, then took out the blood letter of the Ryukyu King from his arms, unfolded it and looked at it, staring at the seal of the Ryukyu King, he almost gritted his teeth and said, "I There is my uncle’s penis in the goods, so I don’t believe that my uncle doesn’t feel bad for me. With this blood letter, I must tell the emperor to make the decision for us, no, for the King of Ryukyu!”
"Yes, we must make the Japanese pay the price!" Liu Mindong heard this and said with the same hatred and distress.
Hearing his words, Wei Zhidong suddenly remembered something and said to him: "When we get back, it's almost the Chinese New Year. You can go to the Duke's house with your gifts. The Duke will definitely ask you about your situation like last time. Please talk about today’s matter carefully!”
"..." Liu Mindong was stunned for a moment, and then said hesitantly, "The Duke may not be able to see me!"
"Didn't you just stop me on the road last time?" Wei Zhidong obviously knew everything, so he immediately said to him, "This time, the next step is to stop him. It's a chance encounter. Do you understand?"
Thinking of so many goods being robbed by the Japanese, Liu Mindong gritted his teeth, nodded and said, "Okay, I understand!"
At this time, the Ming Dynasty's overseas trade had never received support from the government. Therefore, it is actually very difficult for Ming people to do business overseas.
Things like the two of them are just a microcosm of many maritime merchant encounters.
There are even many people who are even more miserable than the two of them.
A good example is Akito from Luzon.
Ever since the Spaniards on Luzon Island learned in the first half of the year that the Dutch had seized control of the sea on the southeastern coast of the Ming Dynasty and were reluctant to collect protection fees, they also started to take action against the Ming people in Luzon. Not only did they raise taxes, but they also thought of ways to They increased various tax categories in an attempt to extract more money from Ming people.
It can be said that life is getting harder and harder for Ming people in Luzon.
I want to leave Luzon, but I have no money. It is difficult to get out of the island, not to mention the possibility of encountering Dutch people at sea. You have to pay for it. Without money, you will die.
Therefore, the Ming people in Luzon Island can only live in misery.
If it were the past, since he couldn't survive, he would resist. However, several resistance attempts failed, and the price was to be massacred by the Spanish.
Against this background, Ming people in Luzon lived an extremely difficult life.
At this time, there was something special in a village outside Manila where Ming people gathered.
There were people watching at the entrance of the village; a relatively large yard inside the village was full of Ming people.
All the Akito looked at the Akito sitting in the middle with expectation and listened to him.
The Akito in the middle, who has a relatively strong build, is talking there: "Really, I definitely didn't lie to you, just look at it if you don't believe me!"
As he spoke, he carefully took out a wooden box from his arms and placed it on the table. After wiping his hands on his clothes, he carefully opened the box.
Seeing his action, almost all the people in the yard stretched their necks in unison, wanting to see what was inside the wooden box.
What the man finally took out from the wooden box was a piece of folded paper. After opening it very carefully, he held both sides of the paper up and down to show it to Ming people in the yard. At the same time, he said: "Look, this is the imperial court." The voucher given to me by Commander-in-Chief Zheng of the Fujian Navy! Did you see it, it’s stamped with the official seal!”
Everyone stared at the paper with their eyes wide open. Even though most of them didn't know how to read, they still stared at it with their eyes wide open.
There was curiosity and more of expectation in their eyes.
After a while, they started talking excitedly.
"It seems real. I saw an official seal!"
"I also saw it. The big red seal must be the official seal!"
"No way. Is this really such a thing?"
"The imperial court will really take care of us? Why is it so unbelievable?"
"..."
Hearing what they were talking about, an old man sitting next to the strong man smiled, stroking his long beard and said: "There is no doubt that this certificate of brother Wang Gui has been authenticated by me. It must be true." of!"
Obviously, this old man has a high prestige. After he said this, there was no doubt in the yard.
This Wang Gui is the high-ranking Wang Gui. On Zheng Chenggong's order, he came to Luzon first to contact the Ming people, hoping to cooperate internally and externally and conquer Luzon more easily.
At this time, after the old man confirmed, the yard was quiet for a while.
Suddenly, these Ming people immediately started talking excitedly, and some even danced, eager to express their mood at this time in all the ways they could express.
"Buddha bless us, thank you Bodhisattva, we are saved!"
"What Buddha or Bodhisattva? It's the Emperor. His grace is so great!"
"This is really a great thing. I didn't expect that the imperial court would take care of us overseas. It's really great!"
"..."
They are obviously not good at expressing themselves, and they can't come up with anything. However, their dancing and some even wiping tears can clearly tell how excited they are when they know that the court will make the decision for them!
Wang Gui actually feels the same way about this.
Because he was also in Luzon before. The last time the Spaniards massacred the Ming Dynasty, he escaped from Danguan. But more people I knew died in Luzon. At that time, I was really desperate, without any hope!
Originally, he thought that he would never come to Luzon again in this life. I really didn’t expect it to come this time.
But what is different from before is that before, he fled from his hometown to overseas to make a living, as a last resort;
But this time, he was ordered by the imperial court to make decisions for the refugees fleeing overseas. Therefore, when Zheng Chenggong made this request to him, he agreed without hesitation.
Why is it that Akito is always bullied by others overseas? Not to mention the Westerners, even the natives would bully the Ming people.
The ultimate reason is because they will not pay the price for bullying Akito!
That's it, no other reason!
Time and again, it has made the Western Yi and the natives think that Mingren were born to be bullied by them, and it doesn't matter if they kill him!
That’s why the Western barbarians and natives massacred the Ming people again and again!
If the imperial army can really teach the Western barbarians and natives a lesson this time, then from now on, if the Western barbarians and natives in other places still want to massacre or bully the Ming people, they must think carefully about doing so. s consequence!
In order that future Ming people would no longer be bullied and slaughtered after going to sea, Wang Gui came without hesitation.
Even though he knew that the current situation in Luzon was very bad for Mingren and that his life would be in danger if he came here, he still came without hesitation!
After Akito vented his emotions in the yard, the old man looked at them and signaled them to quiet down.
As a result, the sounds in the yard slowly died down. But who would have thought that just when the noise was almost gone, a middle-aged man couldn't help but ask again: "Brother Wang, why will the court take care of us fugitives this time?"
As soon as they heard this, other people immediately followed suit, and there was a commotion in the yard again.
"Yes, why do you care about us fugitives?"
"It would be great if the government didn't punish us, but now they have sent a large army to help us. I still feel that this is a bit unbelievable!"
"Yeah, I feel like I'm dreaming too. I'm afraid someone will suddenly tell me that this is a lie!"
"..."
These overseas Mingren are actually the same as the domestic hermits. For the imperial court, there is no such person. If discovered by the court, he will be punished.
Therefore, Mingren, who had been making a living overseas at this time, actually did not have much resentment towards the imperial court's insensitivity. Instead, suddenly the imperial court wanted to send troops to help them. Although they were very happy and excited, they were also surprised at the same time.
Seeing so many curious and eager eyes staring at him, Wang Gui knew very well what they were thinking at this time, so he smiled and said: "Actually, don't tell you about this, even I was very surprised at first! But, If you really think about it, it’s actually not surprising!”
Hearing his words, it was as if he hadn't said anything. Instead, it aroused their curiosity. Suddenly, the people in the yard continued to press, wanting to know the whole story.
In response, Wang Gui did not answer immediately. Instead, he said to the old man: "Mr. Zhang, why don't you read it to everyone?"
Mr. Zhang, whose surname is Zhang, is the only literate person in the village. Therefore, he is very prestigious in the village and is convinced by others.
At this time, upon hearing Wang Gui's request, other Ming people were surprised to see Mr. Zhang nodding his head and reaching out to touch his arms.
