As the person invited by Chunis, Martin is a big man in Dayuan Port and has been active in Southeast Asia all year round. Naturally, he doesn't know much about a little person like Ma Wei. He Bin stepped forward and whispered to explain Ma Wei's identity. After learning that Ma Wei was just a small leader, Martin waved his hand untiredly and said, "If you pay a thousand taels of silver, Ma Wei will hand over the boat and sailors to you."

Li Mingxun smiled slightly and sighed in his heart that the best way to deal with a hooligan is to find a bigger hooligan.

Regardless of whether Ma Wei was willing or not, when the Dutch threatened him, he could only hand over the Yongjin Ship, and the sailors above him, and they did not get a thousand taels of silver. Instead, the old blessed ship captured by the Dutch from which pirate, Li Mingxun disbanded all the Ma Wei's direct descendants from the sailors, mobilized some sailors who were used to being used to join the Yongjin Ship, and took Martin and his rank north.

At this time, the Yongjin Ship was very different from before. The color was painted into the yellow and black color that Ma Wei liked. In fact, Li Mingxun knew that this color was painted by many warships and could shock some sluts at a long distance. Ma Wei had high hopes for the Yongjin Ship and invested money to repair and improve. Ma Wei even spent a lot of money to buy four thousand jin of the Francis machine from the Dutch and placed it on the deck. However, everything he paid for now has become Li Mingxun's.

It was mid-February that there was a gentle southeastern wind in the Taiwan Strait. The Yongjin Route went north, but the first stop was Jialuo Village. This was Martin's requirement. Yongjin Route needed to change the face of Jialuo Village, scrape off the paint, apply a layer of varnish, and still use the true colors of wood to show people. After all, this is the painting of most Ming merchant ships, and Yongjin Route also needs to install goods in Jialuo Village. Of course, Li Mingxun knew that Martin had other impure purposes, such as investigating the situation in Jialuo Village.

Because Song Laoqi was going to deal with the sugarcane bagasse in the senior official, Gao Feng was the only one who followed Li Mingxun north. This rough-minded man did not know Li Mingxun's secret mission, but he was extremely disgusted with the Western genius Martin. As soon as he got on the ship, he showed disdain for the structure, degree and equipped Flang machine. He also occupied the room in the stern of the ship belonging to the shopkeeper. Even the Moorish slaves around him were domineering, which made people feel angry.

The Yongjin Hu stayed in Jialuo Village for two days, unloaded the oak barrels filled with sugar cane bagasse that he brought along, and then filled them with a large amount of deer skin, newly brewed soju, salt and some sugar and spices. He continued northward. For two days, he did not give Martin the opportunity to explore the surrounding Jialuo Village. The man just turned around the big market and stood in front of the stone tablet of the Qihe Blood Deed for a long time. This was the result of Li Mingxun's intentional control. In order not to give him time, Li Mingxun moved most of the strong laborers to unload and load the goods.

However, Lee Mingxun still underestimated the business specialist who disguised himself as a missionary. He only took two days to observe the secret of the large market outside the Jialuo Village, that is, the scale of the market transaction is far lower than the amount reported by Lee Mingxun to the Dutch tax officials, and it also exceeded the value of the goods transported by Lee Mingxun from the Port of Dayuan. Although there was no evidence, Martin keenly guessed that the transaction with Lee Mingxun was definitely not only the six indigenous villages around him, but Lee Mingxun also had channels to purchase goods from other places.

In fact, Martin guessed correctly. In addition to Hongya Six Society, Li Mingxun also traded with Huweilong Society, a large-scale village community, and the targets of the trade now include Dadu Fan. After all, Dadu Fan has dozens of village communities of different races, including Hongya ethnic group. Although Li Mingxun has no other channels to purchase goods, he has a salt cooking workshop and a winemaking workshop. The former is unknown to Martin, and the latter also concealed most of the output.

Once Martin's conclusion was learned by the senior officials of East India, the ending was undoubtedly miserable. The hidden taxes alone would be enough to arouse Chunis's anger, and Martin also threatened to send the company to send a business specialist stationed in Kraluo Village.

After receiving 300 gold coins from Lee Myung-hoon Ducart, Martin restrained his attitude and officially regarded Lee Myung-hoon as the target of blackmail in his heart, but he didn't know that Lee Myung-hoon had already listed him as the list of killings.

Ten days later, outside Jilong Port.

Li Mingxun stood on the side of the ship, allowing the subtropical wet sea breeze to pour into his cuffs. The deck under his feet was shaking, but he was already used to this kind of sea life. In the distance, a spinnery with the Spanish flag was approaching, and Martin, who was standing beside him, was ridiculing the sailing ship getting closer and closer with his disgusting voice.

The reason is very simple. The chicken coop is not the first stop of the Yongjin. Two days after leaving the Krasuk Village, they arrived at the mouth of Tamsui River. According to the Dutch intelligence, there should be an Espanyol castle there, but after arriving, it turned out to be deserted. Li Mingxun naturally knew that the Spaniards had withdrew three years ago. After Martin Ding 6, he saw the ruins left by the Spanish demolition of the castle, so he had already confirmed that Spain's strength was declining.

Seeing the spinning boat in front of him, Martin's arrogance increased to an unbearable level. He kept boasting about the strength of the Netherlands and the weakness of the Spaniards. In fact, this is exactly the case. If you are outside the Dayuan Port, you should encounter an Ahat-type patrol ship with a displacement of about 200 tons. This spinning boat with a displacement of less than 30 tons is generally only used to guide the port, but here is the Spanish patrol ship outside the port.

However, when the Spanish representatives took the 6th, Martin immediately changed to a humble and respectful appearance, and Lee Mingxun came forward to negotiate. The Spanish officer asked: "Where are you from? Why did you enter our harbor?"

According to the prepared script, Li Mingxun said: "Sir, we are merchants from Ming Kingdom. We went to Nagasaki Port and came to the chicken coop mainly for trade."

The officer's eyes lit up and asked, "Are there raw silk on your ship?"

No wonder he valued it so much. The favorite commodity of the Spanish in the East is raw silk. On the sailing ships from Manila to Mexico, raw silk is the most important cargo, but the quantity has been getting smaller and smaller in the past two years, and the price of raw silk is also ridiculously high.

Lee Mingxun shook his head slightly, and the officer couldn't hide his disappointment. Lee Mingxun said: "We have delicious deer jelly, mellow wine and various spices on our ship. I believe this is what you all need."

A smile appeared on the officer's face. If the raw silk trade brought huge profits, the abundant commodities on the Yongjin were related to his life. Nowadays, there is often no merchant ship in Jilong Port for several months, and the supplies are extremely scarce.

"Very good, I can guide you into Hong Kong, and the tax on entering the Hong Kong is also exempted!" said the officer, and at this time he saw Martin beside him.

"This is a missionary from Rome. His ship was attacked by evil Dutch people on the sea. I saved him and these poor people." Li Mingxun said, and several Moors also walked out.

"God blessed, it's so honor for me to finally see the Lamb of God again." Martin said in Italian, and repeated it in Spanish.

"Prince, it is my honor to see you. We have not listened to the gospel of God for a long time. Please go to San Salvador with me. I believe that the lord will receive you with the highest courtesy." The officer said excitedly.

Martin looked embarrassed and said, "What about these kind Ming businessmen?"

The officer said: "You can let them park in the Shanggang first, and someone will receive them. You are a distinguished guest. I hope you will accept my service!"

Martin then agreed that in fact, this was completely in the original plan.

The existence of the Spaniards in the chicken coop is similar to that of the Dutch. The city of San Salvador was not established on the island of Taiwan, but on the Sheliao Island, which is separated from Taiwan. There are only the Spaniards on the Sheliao Island, and the only port is also a military port. The Shang Port is located on the inside of the bay. On the island of Taiwan, in addition to the city of San Salvador, there is also a small castle on the Sheliao Island, which is used to block the Bachimen waterway to the east.

Martin's plan was to personally board the Sixth Seliao Island to investigate the defense status on the island, while Li Mingxun entered Shanggang to investigate the defensive power and deployment of the Spaniards on the island of Taiwan, and then leave together at the agreed date.

At the invitation of the officer, Martin boarded the Spanish spinning boat, while the Yongjin entered the bay by himself. Li Mingxun arranged for people to insert the cannon chamber with a wooden stick tied with a red rope, covered it with canvas, stood at the bow of the ship and personally directed the opponent behind him, and followed the spinning boat closely. After all, this was a sea area that the Yongjin had not yet entered, and he did not want to be stranded because of the dark sand and reefs.

The Yongjin hut was about 300 steps away from the spinning boat in front of it, and entered the interior of Jilong Port in the morning mist. They bypassed a huge reef marked with a flag and saw the towering tower building behind the ridge line in the distance. It must be the Spanish castle. Most of the castle and the military port were blocked by the ridge line, and they needed to bypass another sand beam to see it.

The Yongjin followed closely and chose a route farther than the spinning sailboat. After all, it had a deeper draft. Li Mingxun stood at the bow of the boat and carefully observed the surroundings. Suddenly, Gao Feng said: "Big Manager, look at the sailboat in front of you. The foreign monk seemed to be greeting us!"

Li Mingxun adjusted his telescope and looked at it. On the spinning boat that had already bypassed Shaliang, Martin stood at the stern, shaking a red cloth in his hand, his face a little anxious, but he didn't dare to shout it out loud. Li Mingxun frowned slightly, thinking that there was something unexpected. When he looked at Martin again, the Spanish officer appeared beside him, and the two of them were chatting.

The more I thought about it, the more something was wrong. Li Mingxun said: "Gao Feng, you lead someone to put down the small boat at the stern, bring a few good players, and hide it in the south of the Yongjin Ship. Don't let the people in the castle see it. Something is wrong!"

"Don't have any problems, don't have any problems!" Li Mingxun prayed in his heart.

The Yongjin Rouge bypassed Shaliang and entered the wide waters inside the harbor. Li Mingxun finally breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the situation in Jilong Port. Although he was collecting intelligence for the Dutch, Li Mingxun, who was bound to win Taiwan Island, had no doubt that he would attack this port in the future, no matter when it belonged to the Dutch or the Spanish!

The Shang Port on the main island of Taiwan is hidden in the morning fog. Only bonfires on the shore can be seen, but the port area does not have the warning lights that should be stopped, because there are no ships parked here. On Sheliao Island on the north side, you can already see most of the city of San Salvador, the solid castle, cannons that poked out the gap, and the Spanish sailors and soldiers who were greeting him excitedly. Going forward, a trestle deep into the sea appeared in front of Li Mingxun. It should be the Spanish harbor, and there were two unprepared spinnakers next to the trestle.

However, a cannon suddenly sounded from the city of San Salvador. At first, Li Mingxun thought it was the sound of a cannon welcoming Martin, but when the shells flew over the Yuanjin and fired a water column of more than ten meters high, splashing down Li Mingxun, he felt something was wrong. Looking at the city of San Salvador, countless soldiers ran around, and the gunners entered the cannon position. The long-barrel cannons were aiming at him, and a few sounds of muskets came from the spinnaker in front.

Li Mingxun was completely stunned. Why is this happening? What he did wrong will attract the Spanish shells? Did the officer see any flaws, or did he know when he started to act?

Suddenly, the lookout hand on the top of the mainmast of the Yongjin roared loudly, but amid the rumbling cannons, his voice was completely unaware. Li Mingxun saw him pointing at the Spanish military port with a bright flag, and turned his head to look. The scene in front of him made Li Mingxun completely unable to believe it. He rubbed his eyes to make sure that he did not read it wrong!

On the outermost berth of the military port, there was a familiar Garen-style sailboat, with three towering masts and a bowsprit. Although the sails had been closed and the gun doors were all closed, Li Mingxun still recognized it at a glance. This was the Spanish warship that was chasing him from Manila, and the name of the warship was written on the stern of the Kuanta ship - the San Juan!
Chapter completed!