Chapter 1531 ("? ヘ?)" Is It Really Desperate?
In Basrari in the Persian Gulf, Abraham Ivan Woodin of the Woodin Chamber of Commerce and his fleet of giant Arabian ships have been on standby in the port for a long time.
In fact, on the third day since a certain little girl, the admiral, led her Li family's pioneering fleet to the south, they had already gathered in the port of Basra. The large fleet composed of sail and ships has already been replenished and ready to go.
And they waited for half a month.
Today, half a month later, the Woodin Chamber of Commerce finally received the latest news from Mogadishu, the port city closest to the Arabian Sea on the east coast of Africa.
"!!"
"What did you say?"
"They defeated the fleet of the Espinoza Chamber of Commerce off the coast of Mogadishu, and all twelve large Spanish square sailing ships were sunk by them?"
"They then bombarded the port of Mogadishu, made the port surrender, and expelled the people from the Espinosa Chamber of Commerce?!"
"This is impossible!"
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!!"
Hearing Hashim finished reading the information sent by their Woodin Chamber of Commerce's intelligence station in Mogadishu, Woodin, who couldn't believe it, just stood up from his seat, and then Walking up to Hashim, he snatched the document from the other party's hand, and began to browse by himself at a glance.
"this……"
"this!!"
However, after reading it by himself, Abraham Ivan Wooding felt a little bad all over.
He originally thought that the little girl and her five big ships would definitely not be the opponent of Gianlonimo de Espinosa. After all, that evil Chamber of Commerce is the most powerful European in East Africa. His power is an opponent that even their Woodin Chamber of Commerce has to deal with cautiously!
But how can I think...
The Li family's development fleet, they are actually stronger than that Li Huamei's fleet. They didn't just damage or sink a few enemy ships, but directly and simply wiped out Espi An entire fleet of Nosha, and also attacked the port?
That kind of thing, in his opinion, is difficult even for the Woodin Chamber of Commerce themselves.
"Woodin?"
"What's wrong,
Any questions? "
Seeing Wooding sluggishly for a long time, Deniya Ittihad on the side was obviously worried, then she looked at her two sisters, and finally stepped forward bravely, stroking Wooding's cheek tenderly Back and asked with concern.
"No……"
"nothing……"
"It's just that I didn't expect them to be so strong..."
"never mind!"
"My dear birds, I'm fine, you go to the pool at the back and wait for me first, don't worry, I'll be back soon."
He looked at Deniya, then looked at Amina and Faruma, who were looking at him, who were obviously also very worried, and felt that there were some things that they didn't want them to know, so they forced a smile to comfort them. They talked, and then directly opened their mouths to send them out of this hall first.
"Hashim!"
"Is this information true?"
"The fleet of the two little girls, did they really defeat the fleet of Espinosa and occupy Mogadishu?"
Seeing his three 'little birds' were a bit resentful, but in the end they left in a considerate manner. After seeing their figures completely disappear at the end of the corridor, Abraham Ivan Wooding just turned around and faced The tall subordinate in front of him asked.
"Yes Master!"
"I've confirmed it many times, and even specifically asked an Arabian ship at the pier that also came back from Africa. What the captain said was similar to what was written in this letter, and even a little more bizarre?"
"However, they didn't directly occupy Mogadishu. They just defeated the Europeans who were hostile to them and then expelled the Espinoza Chamber of Commerce. They don't seem to have much force to occupy the port."
"But I can't guarantee whether they will eventually send people from the Indian Ocean or Southeast Asia, or from Daming to open up business stations."
As he said that, Hashim told all the magical things about the Li family's pioneering fleet that he had inquired about from the Arab captain.
It is said that a passing merchant ship saw it with his own eyes?
Anyway, the other party said that the naval guns of the Li family fleet are very accurate, have a super long range, and are super powerful. Just two rounds of shelling sank nearly half of the ships of the Espinosa fleet, and then directly blatantly attacked the enemy while fleeing. Use the four bow guns to pursue, and finally use those bow guns to sink the fleeing enemy ships one by one?
What happened next was even more serious.
The Li family fleet arrived in Mogadishu the second day after the battle and blocked the port of Mogadishu. After a series of destruction and damage to several merchant ships of the Espinosha Chamber of Commerce and bombardment deterred the port. After the fort, they successfully entered the port, and also captured at least seven to eight medium-sized merchant ships of the Espinoza Chamber of Commerce and seized a large amount of gold and gemstones, the specific amount of which cannot be estimated.
"It shouldn't be..."
"How can they be so strong?"
After listening to his servant Hashem's report, Abraham Ivan Woodin couldn't help but couldn't accept it for a while.
Because according to his original idea, it should be like this:
Their Li family fleet plunged into the sphere of influence of the Espinosa Chamber of Commerce without preparation, and then they would definitely be beaten badly by the hostile forces, and finally had to flee back to the Arabian Sea in disgrace, and finally, I will come forward to appease and lead the main force of the Woodin Chamber of Commerce to go south with the big ships of their Li Family Fleet to directly defeat or deter the Espinosa Chamber of Commerce and those Europeans. Is that a normal and reasonable scenario?
But now it’s good, the opponent directly destroyed a fleet of the Espinosha Chamber of Commerce, and still stood still in the important East African city Mogadishu, which is the closest to the Arabian Sea. With such powerful words in other people's dictation and letters, I'm afraid that the Espinosa Chamber of Commerce may not be able to resist it?
"Could it be..."
"Is the rumor about India and Southeast Asia true?"
Suddenly, Woodin thought of that Chamenlin Afmad Nagpur in the Indian Ocean, whose strength was no worse than that of the Woodin Chamber of Commerce they had entrenched in the Persian Gulf for generations!
Then, there is also the Malay Governor of Java Islands, Dole Atai Lopez de Preyla and the Governor of Java, Antonio Van Kuen. They even died and surrendered, if those are true If so, doesn't that mean that Africa is likely to fall into the hands of the Li Family Chamber of Commerce soon?
"this……"
Thinking about it, Wooding couldn't help taking a deep breath.
Of course, the situation in Africa is more complicated, and there are many European countries there. Even if the Li family fleet defeated the strongest Espinoza Chamber of Commerce, it would be impossible to occupy it in a short time. It is indeed too far away from Ming Dynasty. They want to drive away the European forces that have been entrenched for many years, but they can't do it with the few people on those ships, even if there may be thousands of people on their ships.
"Owner!"
"What should we do now?"
"Should the fleet go south to Africa immediately?"
Seeing that his master, Woodin, was a little surprised, and at the same time, he also knew that Hashim, who was originally planned by Woodin, had waited for a while, and seeing that the other party still could not make up his mind, he couldn't help asking carefully.
"!!"
"No!"
"They must have been lucky, let's wait..."
"hold on……"
However, Woodin, with a cloudy face, reached out and interrupted Hashim's words, rejecting the servant's suggestion.
"correct!"
"I need to know as soon as possible what the Li family's fleet did there to let them easily take those two good places. Trade rights, especially in Java!"
"Going right now!"
Abraham Ivan Woodin's face was a little ugly.
Because, he suddenly found that things seemed to be beyond his expectations, and they were developing in a direction that he could not imagine and control. That feeling was very important for a man like him who had always controlled the Arabian Sea and the Persian Gulf. It was unforgivable, he had to do something, he couldn't be worse than a little girl, that was something he would never admit.
"Obey!"
"My master."
Bowed and saluted, Hashim didn't say much, but saw that his master Woodin didn't have any more orders, he took two steps back, then turned around and walked out of the hall quickly, ready to arrange people Go to the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia, and strive to investigate and return within a month.
...
And when Abraham Ivan Woodin in Basra was suspicious and suspicious of his life, a bad little girl far away on the east coast of southern Africa, the admiral, was already staying in a large building in the port of Mogadishu. In the house, and was eating and drinking with her little follower and second admiral Song Yifenghai.
This place was originally the property of the Espinosa Chamber of Commerce, but now it has become the commercial station and resident of the Li Family Fleet.
However, Anne did not plan to send the insufficient manpower in her fleet to occupy this place. Instead, she sent a letter to that fat man Nagpur on the Indian Ocean, asking him to send someone to preside over the business. This is how to deal with it for the time being, and after their Li family and the merchant ships of Daming come and go here, then slowly let the people of Daming occupy this place and even the entire port, that's not a big deal.
Of course, Anne didn't care about the above trivial matters. Everything was arranged by the first mate, and he did whatever he said, so she didn't bother to take care of those bad things!
"Annie, don't you know?"
"It is said that this is the legendary 'Wood and Bone Dushu'. It is the place where the Sanbao eunuch Zheng He came twice, and it is also the farthest place their fleet has reached!"
"Unexpectedly, I, Song Yifeng, came here today..."
In this beautiful house, Song Yifeng sighed while eating and drinking, she never imagined that one day, she would be able to come to the farthest place that the Sanbao eunuch had ever been to, like the end of the world.
If one day I go back to Seoul and let my master and senior brothers know, they will definitely be very envious or even jealous, right?
"But it's still too hot here, even the sea breeze is hot..."
"Look Annie!"
"This dress is still made of light gauze, but it's all soaked through now!!"
Just after sighing, Song Yifeng ran to Annie's side to complain again, and kept pulling her collar so that Annie could see her wet skin and the same wet skirt that was almost transparent .
"No way!"
(lll¬▽¬)
"This city is at 2o north latitude, very close to the equator. Can it not be hot?"
╮(╯▽╰)╭
"But don't worry!"
(*^▽^*)
"After the battleship finishes replenishing the gunpowder and shells, we will head south. It will definitely cool off when we leave the equator."
(??▽?)
"But……"
"Annie..."
"Can't we hurry up?"
"I think I've been tanned recently... Those Kunlun slaves outside must be because of being tanned often. I don't want to be like them, with a black charcoal head!"
"In that case, master and senior brother will definitely dislike me..."
Looking at the healthy complexion on her arms that had indeed become a bit dark, Song Yifeng's face immediately fell down. She didn't want to become the dark ghost of the local aborigines at all, not at all.
"ah!?"
(*ˉ?ˉ*;)
"That's impossible. If you want to become as dark as they are, at least you have to use fire to roast them slowly..."
(lll¬▽¬)
"And don't think people don't know, you guys don't go out during the day, either hiding in the cabin or hiding in the house like now, how could you get sunburned?"
(??ˇεˇ??)
"You... eh?"
∑('△')? !
At this time, Annie was about to continue to say something, but she suddenly saw a person walking in from the door, and then she had to stop, and Song Yifeng arranged her clothes immediately, not wanting outsiders to see her face. A disheveled look.
(…)
(● ̄(?) ̄●)
"Report!"
"Great Admiral! Second Admiral!"
"Last night, someone tried to snatch our ship, but was repelled. We also captured a few prisoners. We have roughly asked about the situation."
After the sailor finished his salute, he loudly and slowly explained in detail what the first officer of the fleet flagship asked him to report.
"!!"
("? ヘ?)"
"What did you say?"
('?_?`)
"There is a pirate leader named Azhisha, she saw that our ship easily defeated that fat man in Nagpur and Espinosha's fleet, so she wanted to seize the ship, but you only caught a few A kid?"
!? (?''??)?
Annie was taken aback. Didn't she expect that there would be such a bold pirate who dared to attack her family's big ship?
"But, what happened last night, why did you come to report it now?"
o(*`ー′)o
After listening to the other party's report, Annie was startled for a while, but soon continued to ask questions.
"Because you just woke up, you still have the face to say it!"
"Let's go!"
"Let's go see those pirates!"
Angrily glaring at a bad little girl, the admiral, after rescuing the bewildered sailor, Song Yifeng patted his buttocks and stood up when he was basically full.
Although, Song Yifeng herself just woke up, but she felt that she was infected by Little Annie, and things like being lazy and snoozing were not what she was good at?
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