Chapter 1523 ??(???*) Evidence of Overlord?
Today is the night of the full moon, but the Malay governor, Doyle Atai Lopez de Preyla, has not been able to return to the port of Malacca, nor has he returned, of course including his hard-fought organized fleet.
Because, he sank together with his flagship, at the bottom of the bottomless South China Sea.
Therefore, the Li family fleet came to Malacca, and successfully occupied this important port city guarding the Strait of Malacca and the spice transportation route without firing a single shot, and prepared to start advancing the Li family's ocean here. trade domination.
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"Is this stuff sweet?"
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Song Yifeng was drinking foolishly from a bottle at the side, and she kept teasing Annie to try it too. In the end, Annie had no choice but to take out a bottle from the wooden box, unscrew the oak cork and smell it suspiciously. smell.
"All right!"
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"Then let's try it..."
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"!!"
ε=(ˇεˇ))) Bah! !
However, just now, she picked up the bottle and tentatively sucked the yellowish liquid into her mouth and took a small sip, but in the next second, Annie spit it out in one gulp almost instantly, and then He also threw the bottle and the liquid inside in disgust, and let it drop into the seawater of the port of Malacca with a 'plop'.
"That's what you said, the good stuff they found, and the rum?"
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"Not good at all!"
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"Although it tastes a bit sweet, there is always a choking taste when you drink it in your mouth!"
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"It's not good to drink anyway!"
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Looking at Song Yifeng, whose face was a little flushed from drinking, Annie gave him a look of contempt, not understanding why the other party would like to drink such boring things.
"It's delicious!"
"This is wine shipped from the New World, don't throw it away if you don't drink it..."
Song Yifeng, who was already a little drunk, saw little Annie glance at the rum in her hand, and she hurriedly hugged the glass wine bottle tightly, for fear that the other party would snatch it and throw it into the sea.
She did know that these rums were used by Dole Arte Lopez de Preyla to reward sailors and hold victory ceremonies, and they were precious goods shipped from the New World with great difficulty. But now it has been confiscated by the Li Family Chamber of Commerce, and at the same time, the seaside fortress of the Governor's Mansion where they are located and most of the huge assets of the Preyla Chamber of Commerce that have not had time to transfer or have been looted are also confiscated.
"Really boring!"
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"People don't like this kind of thing called wine~!"
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"Huh?"
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"Why are they here again? Didn't they say they'll be resting here at the port for two days, and they have something to deal with by themselves?"
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"Um?"
"What's the matter with you?"
Song Yifeng, who was a little drunk, also looked at the first officer who was rushing to the terrace of the seaside garden of the Governor's Mansion where they were in a strange way, and asked a little strangely.
"Great Admiral!"
"There is also the second admiral, we are at the port, someone gave me this thing, look!"
The first officer didn't say what it was, but spread out the parchment that seemed to be old in his hand with a serious expression, and put it on the round stone table in front of the two of them.
"This is……"
"what?"
Song Yifeng rubbed her eyes, now that she was a little drunk, her mind was starting to get a little confused, and she didn't even know what it was.
"Looks dirty..."
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Annie, on the other hand, moved a little further away from the dark parchment with some disgust.
"Two admirals!"
"It is said that it is a map, an important map that depicts the exact location of the 'Certificate of Overlord' in Southeast Asia!"
Seeing that the two admirals in front of him didn't seem to be paying attention, the first officer hurriedly told what he knew.
"The proof of the overlord?"
"What is that?"
This is obviously the first time Song Yifeng has heard the word 'Proof of the Overlord', so, scratching her head, she raises her long red pretty face in a daze, and looks at the woman with her lazy and blurred eyes. The first mate who kept his eyes fixed asked again.
"Is it something delicious?"
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Rarely, Anne also had a little bit of interest.
"This..."
"It is said that the 'Certificate of the Overlord' is the proof of dominance over the Seven Seas. Once you get the Certificate of the Overlord somewhere, you can rule and manage that piece of ocean, and at the same time get the protection of the sea god Mazu?"
As for the so-called 'Proof of Overlord', the first mate himself was not too clear about it, and he had never seen it himself. He just learned such a brief explanation from the mysterious person who gave him the map.
"but……"
"Unfortunately, the map of the Proof of the Overlord must be unlocked with a certain method, and then the specific burial point can be found. It seems that some necessary conditions are missing now?"
Looking at the dark map, the first officer was also a little embarrassed. After all, he rushed to report this kind of thing before he had even written his horoscope. I don't know why he chose to believe in that mysterious person just now. Mysterious weirdos.
"Well……"
"Can you wash it and try it?"
Song Yifeng asked tentatively, and planned to splash a little of the rum in her hand to try it out.
"No!"
"Second Admiral, this shouldn't work..."
"It seems to have been waterproofed, and I don't know if the layer of paint on it has overlapped with the paint of the map. If it is handled rashly, a careless one may completely damage this precious map. of."
The first mate hurriedly stopped Song Yifeng, and carefully explained with a smile.
"Annie?"
"What do you think? How can we find clues to unlock its secrets?"
There was no other way, Song Yifeng had no choice but to look at the big admiral, little Annie, who was leaning on the stone table with her chin propped bored, wondering what she was thinking.
"!?"
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"Really..."
ε=(ο｀*)))
"Why do you need to find clues, just use magic to solve it?"
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"Look!"
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As she said that, Annie stretched out her hand with some distaste and tapped it lightly, and the map soon appeared the real one, and then a sea chart appeared on it, and in the middle, there was a big red circle.
"!!"
"It's so easy to untie it. When the person handed me the map, he said that there are many restrictions, and it may take several years to figure it out..."
The first mate was startled, and after thinking about what kind of person their chief admiral was, he nodded in a clear understanding.
"It seems to be in the northeast of Jakarta, the southwest of Brunei, and the due east of Palingpan?"
"It should be right?"
After looking at it, Song Yifeng thought about the map of the South Seas that she often looked at recently, and she quickly figured out what the red circle on the map indicated.
"That's right!"
"Look, there are still words here, and the specific route is explained on it..."
"Great Admiral!"
"Since it has been untied, let's go find the 'Proof of Overlord' now!"
After reading the specific instructions above, the chief mate who thought he could find it excitedly suggested to a little girl who still looked sleepy.
"don't want!"
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"I don't want to go anywhere tonight!"
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"Let's wait until tomorrow..."
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There is a hot spring in the Governor's Mansion, so Annie plans to take a good hot bath at night, and then sleep well, and wait until tomorrow, when she wakes up naturally, if she still remembers this matter, she will Will definitely look for it.
"totally agree!"
"Then go tomorrow!"
Song Yifeng was drunk tonight, and she wanted to continue drinking, but she dared not go on board at this time, otherwise, the overnight meal in her stomach would have to be shaken out!
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In the Governor's Mansion in Malacca, when a bad little girl was studying the map of "Proof of the Overlord" with her first mate and second admiral and successfully found the burial point, and was about to take a bath and sleep, In Jakarta's Governor's Mansion of Java, the vicious Dutch Governor of Java, Antonio Van Kuen, was still discussing something with his subordinates in the study, without any sleepiness.
"What?"
"It's really confirmed..."
"That guy, Preyla, was actually defeated. He and his flagship were smashed to pieces by the Li family's ship, and sank directly to the bottom of the sea?"
"Are you kidding me..."
"A total of 67 warships, 18 were sunk and 22 were captured, but the five giant warships of their Li family were not damaged at all?"
"It's impossible!"
Seeing the secret letter from a subordinate who had rushed to Jakarta to report, Antonio Van Kuen stood up directly from behind his desk in horror, and the blowing air made the few sticks on the table next to him The candlelight of the precious whale oil candle could not help flickering, illuminating the shadows of several people in the room.
"Your Excellency the Governor!"
"This is already the finalized news. It was reported by the Clippers from Malacca the day before yesterday."
"A few days ago, you also asked about the armed merchant ship of the Preyla Chamber of Commerce that fled to our Jakarta. The five enemy battleships were extremely fast, and no ship could catch up with the same wind. The range is far, at least twice or more than our traditional cannon heavy artillery, so that they can calmly adjust their direction and carry out side bombardment at a distance, while Preyla's fleet can only bear losses and cannot counterattack ..."
"It's not surprising that it was defeated in the end."
"It's unimaginable that the cannon craftsmanship of the Ming people has reached this level?"
At the desk of Governor Antonio Van Kuhn, the man who seemed to be a secretary or a staff officer, wearing a Dutch military uniform and a wig, was calmly explaining and correcting their Governor Kuhn Misjudgment.
"..."
"Let the fleet stand by first, let's not recover Ternate and Manado..."
After closing his eyes and thinking for a while, at last Antonio van Koon had to open them again and painfully gave his new order.
"clear!"
"Your Excellency, what should we do next?"
"The Li family fleet will definitely attack us again!"
"In the Spice Islands in Southeast Asia, Preyla's fleet is not weaker than ours, or even stronger. Since even they have failed, then we..."
The officer wearing a Dutch officer's uniform and a wig obviously thought more than Kuhn. He had already begun to worry about the terrible scene when the Li family's fleet sailed south from Malacca and attacked their Java Islands.
There is no doubt that even if they gather all the ships near the Spice Islands and arm them, they will only end up like the Portuguese Malay Governor Dole Arte Lopez de Preyla , Harvesting a miserable and aggrieved failure, there is no other possibility!
"..."
"I will immediately write to the headquarters of the East India Company for help!"
"Let them send more high-speed warships as soon as possible. Ordinary armed merchant ships will definitely not work. In order to load more cargo, the merchant ships in the Netherlands have large belly and are faster than Preyla's merchant ships. Slow down, it will only become a living target!"
"So, we need more warships, the more the better!"
Gritting his teeth, Governor Kuhn picked up the quill, and then pulled out a piece of waterproof parchment, intending to write an urgent letter to the senior East India Company in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, with ink on it.
Although this letter will make the directors of the company feel that the Governor of Java is a little incompetent, but in order to protect his own interests and keep the Spicy Islands, a good place that is rich in spices that is comparable to 'gold', he I can't take care of that much for the time being.
"But Your Excellency!"
"Now that Malacca has been captured by the Li family's fleet, this letter will be sent across the Indian Ocean and around the Cape of Good Hope when it is sent to Europe. It has been at least half a year since the return and return. When the supporting fleet arrives, it is likely to be the same. It will be next year or the year after, will the Li family fleet wait so long before attacking us?"
Although he didn't know the proverb that "a long-distance water can't quench a near-thirst", the staff officer also knew that it would definitely be too late to ask the East India Company for help at this time.
"..."
"I don't know, let me think..."
"Let me think again..."
"!!"
"so!"
"Can we temporarily surrender to the Li Family Chamber of Commerce, pretend to obey them, and buy the necessary time for the arrival of the fleet?"
Soon, after pacing back and forth in the study for a long time, the governor of Java, Antonio Van Kuen, finally came up with a solution that didn't work.
So, in the Governor's Mansion in Malacca, when two little girls were playing and soaking in the hot spring, when a certain second admiral named Song Yifeng finally passed out because of drinking and falling asleep, Tibsti slipped one leg clean and smooth When he carried it to the room, the governor of Java, Antonio Van Kuen, wrote such a friendly letter of surrender to the Li Family Chamber of Commerce overnight.
The letter roughly means:
First, the Kuhn Chamber of Commerce surrendered to the Li Family Chamber of Commerce, acknowledging the Li Family Chamber of Commerce's occupation of Ternate and Manado Port and its rule over Nanyang.
Second, as a condition of surrender, the Kuhn Chamber of Commerce will hand over 20% of its trade profits to the Li Family Chamber of Commerce every quarter.
Third, the Spice Islands under the Governor of Java, including Jakarta, Palembang, Banjarmasin, Makassar, Surabaya, and Ambona, unconditionally open routes and markets to the Li Family Chamber of Commerce and its subordinate ships .
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