Chapter 1538ヽ(゜Q.)ノ? Does Anyone Know You Well?

First, after Sofala was reluctant to fight the Li family's fleet again, the wicked businessman Gianlonimo de Espinosa lost several ships, and then he was very decisive. He led the remnants of more than a dozen ships mainly composed of Spanish square galleons and the kind of commercial three-masted square-sail wide-body ships (wide hulls and small decks, which can reduce taxes and facilitate slave transportation) ) fled flamboyantly!

He directly lost important port trading stations such as Mogadishu, Mombasa, Mozambique, Madagascar, and Sofala on the east coast of Africa to the Li Family Chamber of Commerce, who came from afar, and led the fleet to the south. went.

But there is no doubt that the unscrupulous businessman Gianlonimo de Espinosa must have been terrified.

Before that, Li Huamei, the admiral of the Li family, had sunk and damaged several ships of their Chamber of Commerce when he came, but at that time, he didn't think those Daming people were any good, at most they were just a little cunning, However, when he dispatched the fleet back and searched all over Africa and waited for an opportunity to retaliate, unexpectedly, reality gave Espinosa a blow!

The first was the disastrous defeat of the Battle of the Comoros Islands, followed by the battle outside the port of Sofala. It was just two naval battles. The huge fleet of nearly 70 ships of the Espinosa Chamber of Commerce unexpectedly They were beaten to the point where there were only a dozen or so ships left, and the enemy was basically unscathed, and even captured several ships in vain. This kind of thing, looking at the whole world, is simply unheard of and unseen!

So the wicked businessman Gianlonimo de Espinosa ran away decisively, taking his last possessions and a dozen ships that were as frightened as he was, leaving him behind. The forces and ports that had been operating on the east coast of Africa for many years ran away magnificently.

Annie didn't choose to chase, because after the two wars, all kinds of materials, gunpowder and shells were consumed hugely, so she planned to resupply and repair at the port of Sofala first, and wait for that fat Nagpur on the other side of the Indian Ocean Send soldiers and businessmen to take over the territories she has knocked down here in East Africa.

As early as in Mogadishu, she also had people send letters to Nanyang and Daming. Now Nanyang must have received the news, but whether Daming has received it and sent someone over, she wondered I can't guarantee it anymore, so I can only let a fat man take care of it first.

But no matter what, she definitely doesn't want to think about the facts of that kind of messy things. She just wants to wander around. Of course, she also wants to open up business routes, airlines, and find Li Huamei's idiots?

Well, now Anne can't tell which thing she mainly does, but she also vaguely knows that in a short time, she might not be able to catch up with some idiots.

Because the captives of the Espinosa Chamber of Commerce have already confessed honestly:

The Li family fleet did stay here in Africa before, and even fought several battles with them, but in the end, after the Li family fleet took advantage of it, it has not yet waited for the large fleet of the Espinosa Chamber of Commerce. After the mobilization was completed, they ran away without any reason, as if they ran to the north of the Mediterranean Sea?

Then, there were naval battles between the two sides in Mogadishu and Comoros,

The two sides will start a conflict and develop to this point.

Therefore, Annie can only temporarily prepare supplies and repairs here in Sofala, and then plans to wait until a certain fat man Espinosa sends someone to take over the sphere of influence that has been hard-won in East Africa, such as various port trading stations. Then wait for the opportunity to go north and go to the Mediterranean Sea to find Li Huamei and the group of useless villains who are running so fast.

Before that, she had to stay in this port city called Sofala, but it was actually just a small town with a dock for a while.

This is Sofala. Although the Espinoza Chamber of Commerce has been entrenched here for a long time, the population and town size here are not very large. Anyway, there are more than 2,000 ships in the Li Family Fleet. After the fully armed sailors landed, this so-called city was actually just a place with a population of more than 10,000. At most, it could be regarded as a small town or a large commercial station, and it was directly occupied by the Li Family Chamber of Commerce.

So, Anne began to stay in this relatively cool town at 24.02 south latitude and 34.02 east longitude, and lived there for several days.

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Although it is also very hot here, compared to the equator and Mogadishu, this place is really much better.

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Anyway, Annie saw it, and that guy Song Yifeng never hid naked in the house to enjoy the cool without shame.

Although, Anne didn't mind that the other party liked to cool the house naked, but she always found it annoying to listen to Tibbers, the bad bear, who researched and muttered about food every time.

Moreover, the most important thing is: after hearing that kind of muttering so much, she couldn't help thinking about it several times, and occasionally she would have the feeling that she should try to squeeze the white and tender flesh on Song Yifeng's body, chest, and arms. Or the crazy idea of ​​slicing a piece off a butt egg and grilling it?

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But fortunately, Annie is different from her family's bad bear, she still has a bottom line, and she won't eat people easily, even if that Song Yifeng looks very "delicious and tender" in Tibbers' eyes.

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Thinking about it, Annie couldn't help taking a peek at Song Yifeng, who was wearing a Korean characteristic veil skirt and playing her game console, while her feet were dangling in the air intentionally or unintentionally.

The other party is not naked today, so Annie no longer hears Tibbers the bear, and does not have to worry about the other party being suddenly eaten by the bear one day, and then when she returns, she only finds a Two broken hands and soles or a big pool of blood or something.

If possible, Annie really wants to explain to the spicy Song Yifeng, for example, let the other party have the consciousness of being food, must be vigilant and protect yourself at all times, never be alone with Tibbers and easily treat yourself The flesh on the body is exposed?

"Report!"

Suddenly, when Annie was thinking wildly and thinking about some messy things, the chief officer of the sword fleet on her flagship "Xiangfeihu" suddenly yelled outside the door of the house, and then the other party walked straight away came in.

"Great Admiral!"

"The president of the Siruwela Chamber of Commerce just sent someone a handwritten letter, please read it?"

Then, after he glanced curiously at the second admiral Song Yifeng who was playing with an unknown thing, the first officer held up a roll of waterproof parchment letters sealed with mud and said.

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"I don't know what kind of president it is!"

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"It's better for you to read it to others yourself!"

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Annie lay lazily on her side on the big wooden chair she was sitting on, and while sucking coconut juice with a reed tube, she signaled the first officer to read to her casually.

"yes!"

The first mate didn't hesitate, he directly opened the mud that sealed the letter, and then opened the volume of the letter from the president of the Siruwela Chamber of Commerce.

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However, after pulling down the letter, Da Da's expression couldn't help but change.

Then, he turned the letter over again.

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For a long time, apart from opening his mouth subconsciously, he just glanced at the admiral who was lying on the chair, and then looked at the letter in his hand, his face was full of embarrassment, but it was Don't you want to say it?

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"What's the matter, did you say something bad about him?!"

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Annie slowly sat up straight, and then she began to think in her heart:

If it is really like what she thinks, perhaps, she should let the fleet set off tomorrow, bypassing Cape Town at the Cape of Good Hope, and then go all the way north to visit the coastline of West Africa, pack up that chamber of commerce, and go to Mediterranean looking for sister Li Huamei and those idiots?

"No, it's not..."

"this……"

"Admiral, you should read it yourself, subordinate...it seems that the subordinate does not understand their Portuguese writing?"

A little bit of a dry smile, and then, the first officer stopped pretending, but smiled dryly, and gently placed the roll of parchment letter in front of their Admiral Anne, who was scattered with a lot of snacks Dried fruit and split coconut on wooden table.

He came here to report, and he didn't bring a foreign translator who can speak Ming language, so he didn't even know whether he was looking backwards or forwards just now, anyway, he tried everything, and those tadpole-like words don't matter No matter how you look at it, he doesn't know any of them!

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"It's really useless!"

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Blinking her eyes, she looked at the embarrassing first officer, and then at the roll of parchment. Annie first reprimanded the other party in dissatisfaction, and then stretched out, using her wet, sticky little hands that were still stained with a lot of coconut milk. He immediately picked up the so-called handwritten letter, and opened it to browse quickly.

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Soon, Annie finished reading it, and then directly threw it into the wooden box she specially used to pile up garbage.

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"What's the matter, Anne, what's written in it?"

At this time, Song Yifeng unexpectedly stopped her entertainment, turned her face sideways, and said this question for the first officer who wanted to ask but didn't dare to ask.

"It's nothing!"

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"It's a hot guy named Finan Siruvera. He said that he has nothing to do with the Malay Governor of Nanyang, Preyla. He is guaranteed not to be our enemy, and he has no relationship with the Espinoza Chamber of Commerce. Familiarity, or even a competitive relationship?"

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"Anyway, it probably means that we don't want to embarrass him."

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"Then, he also said that the strongholds and commercial port ports operated by his chamber of commerce, such as Sao Tome, St. George, Sierra Leone and Green Corner, etc., are willing to provide supplies and docking services for our Li's chamber of commerce. Also, at the same time, can we also give our Li Family Chamber of Commerce a certain market share?"

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"It's probably like that anyway!"

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It was just little things, and Anne didn't care, and never cared.

Besides, she didn't intend to take the initiative to attack the West Wei Chamber of Commerce. As long as their ships can dock normally for supplies and trade, she will not be troublesome to face the ports and trading stations that others have built with great difficulty. All the fuss!

After all, it was too troublesome for her to often need to replenish shells and gunpowder, and it was really a waste of time.

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"oh!"

Song Yifeng responded, then turned around and continued to play her own game.

"So that's how it is."

"Then don't hit them!"

Nodding, the first mate responded calmly, and then possessed himself to carefully pick up the letter from the trash.

If the content in it is really what their chief admiral said, then this personal letter has the effect of a contract, and the chief admiral may not care, but he, the chief mate, must keep it properly and keep it Just get up.

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"Why don't you leave, is there anything else?"

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"Yes!"

"Admiral, there is a guy outside who claims to be a British nobleman and wants to see you!"

"correct!"

"He came with several escorting warships, and they have already entered the port."

The first mate didn't hesitate, and directly said the second thing he wanted to do here.

The passing merchant ship that brought Finan Siruwela's personal letter and the British warships entered the port one after the other, so he simply came to report together.

"British?"

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"It seems that when I was in the Indian Ocean, I saw a lot of British people and British ships, but why did they come to find them, and they don't know them well!"

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Saying that, Annie straightened up her face, looking reluctant.

"Forget it! Let them in!"

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Although she was a bit disgusted, but thinking about it, she was really full now, and she was still free for the time being, so Annie decided to go and find out what those British people wanted to do when they came to her.

...

"Hello!"

"Respected Li Family Fleet Admiral!"

"I am Sir James Clifford, Admiral of the Privateer Fleet of the British Navy. It is a pleasure to meet your Excellency."

Soon, a strange young man in military uniform who claimed to be the admiral of the British Navy walked in with a group of people, and politely took off his hat and bowed to Anne who was sitting on the chair. I saluted.

Obviously, before coming here, the other party must have done the relevant homework, knowing what kind of person the Li Family Fleet Admiral here in Sofala is, so, seeing Anne sitting on the main seat is a blonde After seeing the blue-eyed little girl, he wasn't too surprised, just smiled and spoke in his native language.

"Say it!"

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"What do you want to do here today?"

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However, what surprised the other party was that Anne didn't wait for the translator brought by the other party to speak, and asked directly in the other party's language.

To be honest, Anne really hoped that the other party came to cause trouble or declare war, because in that way, she seemed to be able to detain and confiscate the other party's escort ships in a grandiose manner! At that time, maybe she won't have to bother thinking about the convoy fleets in Africa and India.

"ah!"

"Are you British?"

"Sorry, I don't mean anything else, I'm just a little surprised by your fluent English accent..."

Clifford was indeed a little surprised, and subconsciously thought that the little blond girl in front of him was from their native England.

If that's the case, maybe the task they came here today will become a little easier?

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"Tell me! What do you want to do? If you don't say anything, you can leave now."

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Annie became a little impatient, and immediately urged her.

You know, usually, after eating and drinking, she is going to take a nap, so how can she have time to receive these inexplicable moaning guys?

"this……"

Seeing that Anne denied that she was going to drive people away without saying a few words, and seeing Annie's face, that Clifford hesitated for a while, but in the end he had to explain the general intention of their visit with some embarrassment. come out:

"Is such that."

"We heard that you and your fleet drove out the Spaniard Gianlonimo de Espinosa who was entrenched in West Africa, and have completely occupied this place, am I right?"

"To be honest, we have been fighting the Spaniards, and we have always wanted to enter Africa."

"But we didn't expect that they would be defeated by you and your powerful fleet so quickly..."

Thinking of the exaggerated giant warships he saw at the port, Clifford's eyelids couldn't help but twitch, and at the same time, he secretly felt a little bit of fear for the huge empire in the Far East, but thinking of that empire seemed to have already He felt a little better after hearing the rumors of civil strife, and then continued:

"Your Excellency, Admiral!"

"We have discovered that you and your fleet came from the far east, and there are only five large ships. There must be a slight shortage of personnel and armed forces, and there is no way to easily occupy the vast West Africa. Then Let alone opening up the interior.”

"so……"

"I don't know if your Excellency is willing to cooperate with us in the UK and give us the trade and management rights of this place?"

Then, Clifford wanted to speak out one of his plans and ideas.

For example: the port business station and the taxation of ships and so on are all managed by their British staff. Then, they can continue to inherit the trade of gold, gemstones and slaves from the Espinosa Chamber of Commerce, and then obtain As for the profit, he and his Clifford Army can give a small part of it to the Li Family Chamber of Commerce for free, and treat it as a paid exchange for the management rights of Africa, especially West Africa?

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After a while, Anne gradually became impatient when she heard such a thing.

"Uncle blame, you don't need to say any more!"

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"Here in West Africa, one of their servants, that is, the fat man in India, will send someone to send a boat to take over soon. He has a lot of people and wears a lot. If you just want to talk about that, you can go back now. oh."

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"Because, he is not familiar with you at all, so he will definitely not agree to it!"

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After yawning and waving impatiently, Annie signaled to the strange uncles in front of her to get the hell out and go home.

If she doesn't leave, maybe she will snatch their boat when she gets angry?

In fact, that is to say, their ships are all medium-sized frigates. If it was the first-level or second-level battleship under the command of the uncle named Bergstone in Nanyang last time, she might have ordered the forced Robbed.

"ah!?"

"you……"

"You already have arrangements here in West Africa?"

"Has the Li Family Chamber of Commerce gained a strong presence in India?"

"That's a pity..."

Clifford obviously knew that India and Africa were not far away, but he never thought that the other party still had influence in India, which really caught him off guard and never expected.

This unequal information made him feel a little embarrassed, and his expression began to change.

Because he knew that if the little girl hadn't lied, then those proposals he just made, those preconceptions, thinking that the other party would have to succumb to them because they didn't have enough manpower and because the Ming Empire was too far away, and let them rely on the British Empire for nothing. Picking up a cheap plan is really too ridiculous and a bit taken for granted.

"That……"

"I still hope that you will seriously consider the proposal just now?"

"I'll take my leave first."

After hesitating for a while, he felt that there was no point in staying any longer, so that Clifford didn't talk too much, but with a livid face, a little annoyed, he said his goodbyes and left with gritted teeth.

"Hello!"

"Annie..."

"What did he babble to you just now?"

"Why did he leave again all of a sudden?"

Song Yifeng obviously couldn't understand the conversation between the two parties, and the first officer at the side also couldn't understand, so after seeing the visitors leaving after a few words, and looking unhappy, She hastened to ask curiously again.

"Well……"

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"It's nothing, anyway, the strange uncle is a bad guy. He wanted to pick peaches when he saw us driving away the Espinosa Chamber of Commerce, and he wanted to trick people into selling these port merchants to him, but it doesn't matter, he was taken by others Seeing through, he was severely rejected!"

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"oh!"

"So this is ah……"

Nodding her head, Song Yifeng responded half-understood, and then realized that it was really not a big deal, so she once again immersed herself in that interesting magic weapon of 'game console' that was said to take hundreds of years to make.