Chongzhen Wiretapping System

Chapter 805 Complain

Philips, the Portuguese Governor in Colombo, stood on the top of the Colombo city. His face was not happy about the arrival of the ally, because he knew that this ally was actually here to accept Colombo.And his position as Governor of Colombo will become history.

"Your Excellency, it's time to go down to greet him." However, the leader of his entourage reminded him, "For the sake of the friendship between the two countries, we can't wait too long. Otherwise, the Governor will be criticized after he returns to China."

Hearing this, Phillips couldn't help sighing in his heart, forced a smile on his face and said, "The Ming Empire is really big, and this move is a big deal. If we have so many warships coming from Portugal, then there are still those natives, and those Dutchmen?" thing!"

After speaking, he went down to the tower to welcome him at the port.

When the leader of the entourage saw it, he immediately waved his hand, signaling to the others to hurry up and follow the governor to greet him. At the same time, he chased after Phillips and said with a smile: "That's not the case! After the Ming army accepts Colombo this time, it will definitely be cruel teach those natives and Dutchmen a lesson!"

He spoke in the tone of Phillips, because he knew that the governor was not happy.

Unexpectedly, Phillips did not accept his favor, and his tone changed, as if he said with a feeling of gloating: "That's not necessarily the case, then Rajsinghe II is not a fuel-efficient lamp. Even if the Ming army comes with a lot of people , but to occupy the whole of Ceylon, hehe, even if it can be occupied, it is estimated that it will take more than ten or 20 years, and it will be successful after the Kandyan Kingdom is brought down. Maybe those indigenous people will be obedient and obedient, hehe, it will be a headache !”

The leader of the entourage understood that what the governor said was actually based on a basis.

In the past, every time their Portuguese army was superior, the servants or allied tribes would rebel and stab them in the back.In short, the natives here are very treacherous, or shrink in the mountains, or jump behind, or directly rebel, anyway, all kinds of things happen one after another, and I don’t know how many Portuguese people have been killed.

What's more, there are still Dutch people today.Under the threat of the strong strength of the Ming army, the previously broken relationship between the aborigines and the Dutch must be healed to a certain extent, and they will work together to deal with the Ming army.However, the Ming army had just arrived and was not familiar with the place of life. Who would know who would win in the end?

At this moment, Phillips brought his men to the port to welcome the Deming Fleet into the port with the mentality that it is difficult for me, and it depends on you.

On the flagship of the Ming Fleet, there is a blonde with blue eyes, Johnson, the leader of the Haojingao Council, who was ordered to accompany the Ming Fleet.Because Anders was in the capital, his focus was on coordinating Daming's fleet to America, so he didn't come here.

After disembarking from the flagship, with a smile on his face, Johnson gestured to Phillips, who greeted him with a smile, and introduced to the Ming officials in scarlet robes: "This is Phillips, the Governor of Francois stationed in Colombo."

After hearing this, Phillips took off his hat and saluted, smiling, but thinking in his heart, I heard that only senior officials in Ming Dynasty wear this kind of official robe?
Just as he was thinking, Johnson introduced again: "This is Lord Yan Yingyuan, governor of Daming Dongwu and governor of the Western Navy..."

Speaking of this, Johnson added emphatically: "It is the arrow god who shot and killed the war elephant Ding Dongwu in the Ming Dynasty!"

Hearing this, Phillips couldn't help being very surprised, and quickly looked up and down.

After all, Colombo was not too far away from Dongwu. Dongwu changed the dynasty and became a province of the Ming Empire. This matter was big enough. Of course, he had heard of it and understood it.

And Yan Yingyuan's performance in that battle was passed on by word of mouth from the people of Dongwu, making it even more deified.It can be said that Yan Yingyuan's reputation as the god of arrows is very famous around Dongwu.

Although it is now the age of firearms, on the battlefield, being able to hit the eye of a running elephant with one arrow is not comparable to firearms.Therefore, when Phillips looked at Yan Yingyuan again, the feeling changed.After all, there may not be such a person in the whole of Portugal.

Although he didn't want Colombo to be given to the Ming Dynasty as Catherine's dowry, his attitude changed a lot at this time, and he immediately communicated with Yan Yingyuan enthusiastically.

Yan Yingyuan did not put on the attitude of a high-ranking official of the Shang Dynasty, but just socialized with Phillips. First of all, Johnson asked an urgent question: "My lord, I don't know where the Ming army is stationed? Is there a place to arrange it?"

When Phillips heard this, he turned his head to look at the huge Ming Fleet. Ships of soldiers were queuing up to disembark. He reckoned that there must be more than [-] of them, no matter how small.

Suddenly, he had one head and two big ones.The military camp in Colombo, even if all the people inside moved out, it would not be able to accommodate so many people.

However, people are not passing by, but come to accept Colombo.Even if it can't be arranged, it must be arranged, unless he pats his ass and leaves now, then how the Ming army arranges is the Ming army's own business.

However, letting him go now is a little too urgent!Even if the Clippers have come to notify before.But he didn't expect the Ming fleet to come over so soon, and he hasn't announced the arrangement yet, and he is busy grabbing more things before leaving!

Before Phillips could figure out how to answer, Yan Yingyuan followed up and said: "It has been agreed in the previous notice that the handover will be completed within one day after our army arrives. However, I am a little nervous about the one-day time, so let's take two days, okay. ?”

If the Portuguese army had already packed up after receiving the notice, then the Ming army would be handed over as soon as it arrived, and one day would be enough to settle in and leave at the same time. After all, Portugal only has 2000 or [-] people here.

However, when Yan Yingyuan came ashore just now, he caught sight of a group of Portuguese and their servants holding the natives and huddling in a corner near the city gate.You can see what's going on just by looking at it.Just like this, how could it be the kind that is ready and waiting for the handover.

After a pause, Yan Yingyuan said again: "In the past two days, I will let all the troops under my command stay on the warships for a while, but I want to send some troops to the city to familiarize themselves with the situation, how about it?"

This is a reasonable request, and I still consider the Portuguese side, made a concession, and gave it two days.

After hearing this, Johnson nodded quickly and said, "Yes, yes, I think we can do it like this!"

That's what he said, but Phillips was offended.There is always the feeling that your place is taken away by others.This feeling, especially among colonists like them, is even more sensitive.

But what can he say?It can't be said that I haven't snatched enough things. Wait a minute, let me send more people out to snatch more?
If he really wanted to blame, he could only blame King Joao IV for giving away Colombo as His Royal Highness's dowry?Or blame Portugal for not being strong enough, it was not Ming who gave it to Portugal but Portugal who gave it to Ming!

With no other choice, Phillips could only agree in the end.

Yan Yingyuan knew that he would not be happy in his heart, so he didn't bother him, politely declined Phillips' invitation to enter the city, and stayed on the flagship.However, he did explain that Li Dingguo, the Mumbai commander who was on board the ship, led the troops ashore, while Zheng Chenggong, the navy commander, stayed on board and deployed defenses.

As the agreement between the leaders of the two sides began to be implemented, Colombo suddenly jumped up.The Portuguese didn't care about anything else, and rushed into the city to pack their own things, or pack up some other people's or the public's things for themselves, which is unknown.

In contrast, the Ming army is very conspicuous.I saw the Ming army coming ashore. Not only was their military appearance neat and orderly, but they also walked in a queue.

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At night, in the Governor's Mansion, Phillips was drinking wine sullenly. Johnson walked into the room, saw him like this, and sat down beside him, poured a glass of wine and drank with him.

The purpose of Johnson coming with the Ming Fleet is to assist in the completion of the handover between Colombo and Mumbai.He knew that Phillips must be in a bad mood, so he came over to talk to him and relieve his worries.

For Phillips' mood today, Johnson is completely understandable.After all, when Phillips had the greatest power in the past, he not only controlled Ceylon, but also the entire Far East region, including Malacca, Annan and Haojingao.But now, even the governor is not suitable, and he wants to pack up and leave.

The room was a bit quiet, only the sound of pouring, drinking, and clinking glasses.At some point, Phillips suddenly heard a sneer and said, "Even if he is the God of Arrow, this Colombo can't just be taken care of!"

Johnson heard it, looked up at him, and saw that under the candlelight, his old face was flushed, obviously after drinking a lot of wine.

This is venting, and it is considered a good thing, so Johnson casually echoed it.

But he didn't expect that Phillips heard his perfunctory, and immediately said with dissatisfaction: "Why, don't you believe it? Even if he brought so many troops? It took us hundreds of years in Portugal, but we still can only occupy A small area. Now there are more Dutch people. Believe it or not, the Dutch will definitely join hands with the natives to deal with the Ming army. Tell me, which of them is the most fuel-efficient lamp?"

"Yes, yes, they are not fuel-efficient lamps, but this has nothing to do with us, doesn't it!" Johnson listened and coaxed him a little bit against his will.After all, the two countries are allies, and if the allies are defeated, it will affect Portugal to some extent.

Phillips took another sip of his wine, and then continued to say to Johnson: "Actually, His Royal Highness gave this Colombo as the dowry of His Royal Highness Princess. No one else knows, but I know it. It's not as good as it seems on the surface. The army rushed to ask for it, hehe, a bunch of fools!"

(End of this chapter)