Chongzhen Wiretapping System

Chapter 963 Regret

Lisbon, a cheap bar in an isolated street, is where the Portuguese hang out.The drinks here are the cheapest. If it is more expensive, the Portuguese cannot afford it.

When Lisbon was captured by the Spaniards, almost every household suffered.The whole city was under martial law, and then teams of Spanish soldiers broke into every house and searched for all property, especially those related to the East. Whether it was used or not, it was all robbed.If someone dares to resist, or shows a little resistance, he will be regarded as a traitor and killed!

That is to say, from that day on, the Portuguese in Lisbon can still survive, no matter how big the gap between the rich and the poor was before, they are almost the same now.

In today's Lisbon, the first class is the governor and his subordinates sent here by Spain; the second class is people from other countries, such as the French; the third class is the Portuguese who please the Spaniards and work hard for the Spaniards; The bottom one is the original owner of the city.

The troubles in life always have to be complained about, otherwise, life is already very hard and you will be crazy.Therefore, no matter how much money the Portuguese have in their pockets, they will come to this cheap bar to drink and complain.

There is wine guarding the door, but it is safe. If the Spaniards come, just shut up, what else?Of course, if those Portuguese traitors come over, they won't be able to find out, but they can't stop coming just because they are worried about this, right?
Towards the evening, the Portuguese who had finished their work gathered in this cheap bar again, making the normally deserted bar lively.

No matter how cheap the wine is, it still has alcohol.After drinking too much, there will be more words to express dissatisfaction.

"This wine is so fucking bad! Back then, I had a cellar of the best wines! Every day at the dinner party, I would choose a wine to taste!"

"Haha, Luther King, wake up, you thought you were rich before! Look at Ruff, he was richer than you before, right?"

"That's not true. Raph has connections in the palace, and he makes who knows how much money he makes from selling Daming tea!"

"Shh, don't mention Daming, be careful of traitors!"

"What are you afraid of, those sons of bitches who admit to being a thief as their father, if they dare to come, I dare to scold them in front of their faces. Pay me back!"

"That's it, what are you afraid of them? Anyone who dares to come here will be recognized. I will tell him not to find this person in the future!"

"..."

Reminiscing about the old life and scolding those two devils and traitors is almost a must-have program here.If possible, those grape traitors would definitely not want to come here.Because the Portuguese here's hatred of Portuguese traitors is not just talking.

If it is recognized, it will really be dead.Therefore, unless something very serious happens, there will be grapes who come to this kind of place to inquire about the news.Otherwise, it will never come.

Amidst the noise, Ludkin, who had drunk too much, suddenly burst into tears.People around him asked, and he replied: "My third child is about to be born, but I really can't support it!"

Hearing this, although they were all drinking, many people remained silent.

This kind of thing about Luther King is actually a common phenomenon.The only difference is that some people can't support themselves long ago, and some people can't support them until now.

After a while, someone said: "Forget it, Mrs. Ludkin, I paid for today's drink for you, so let me treat you!"

Hearing this, Ludkin looked up and said involuntarily, "Raff, don't you have three children in your family?"

"I can't support myself anymore anyway, so let's just go back and find the Spaniards and die together!" Raff said, his eyes turned red, and he drank the wine in his glass in one gulp!

Luther King was a little sad when he heard that. The Rafe family was originally rich, but suddenly became poor. They couldn't adapt to life all of a sudden, and two children died.Hearing what he said, the rest probably won't survive.

"Don't be like this, Raff, think of a way, life must go on!" Someone persuaded.

After hearing this, Raff smiled miserably and said, "You don't know that you used to live a good life, but you can live a life like this now. You work hard for the Spaniards all day long, and you still have to be beaten and scolded. I can’t even support my family, how can I live this day? Thinking about it now, I really regret it!”

"What do you regret?"

Laf said with a remorseful expression: "Before, I promised my eldest son and eldest daughter that I would send them to Daming to study. However, the matter was delayed, and it ended up like this!"

"Ah, you said me too!" Hearing this, Mrs. Luther King also regretted and said, "I also want to send my eldest son to study in Daming, but I am worried about the language barrier, so I am still hesitant! If I send it earlier , at least one son doesn’t have to worry about it!”

Not only him, many people in this bar regretted it for the same reason, worrying about language problems.

They were regretting, when suddenly, a person suddenly said: "We are not as courageous as His Highness, and we can't speak the language, so we insisted on marrying the princess. Look, we finally survived!"

Hearing this, Ludkin's eyes suddenly brightened and he said, "By the way, tell me, Princess Catherine knows about our situation in Portugal. Will she lead the Ming army to take revenge?"

Hearing this, almost everyone's eyes lit up. If Princess Catherine can lead the Ming army to fight over, they will have hope!

"Impossible!" Raff shook his head decisively after hearing this, "I know the most about Da Ming's situation. Let me tell you, women in Da Ming have no status, so it doesn't count. Besides, Her Royal Highness Catherine was married to the prince of Da Ming. The concubine is not a princess, don't you understand? Little wife, mistress, do you understand?"

Hearing this, everyone couldn't help being a little disappointed.It is really impossible to do what Raf said!
"But...but..." Ludkin was unwilling to reconcile, and wanted to refute Laf's words, but for a while, he couldn't think of any reason to refute. After a while, his eyes lit up. Immediately continued: "But isn't our Portugal allied with Daming? A country of brothers! Now that Portugal is destroyed, the Emperor of Ming should avenge us, right?"

"You think too much!" Raf sighed after hearing this, "There are only interests between countries, understand? If our Portugal has not been destroyed, it will be valuable. If we persist, maybe the emperor of Ming Dynasty will send reinforcements." Come here. But now that Portugal is gone, the emperor of Ming Dynasty sent a fart!"

"That's right, our Portugal is too far away from Daming, and it is impossible for the Emperor of Ming to go to war for the non-existent Portugal!" Others also echoed.

Luther King was a little reconciled, and argued: "No, the Ming army has already attacked Ottoman. A few days ago, I heard the Spaniards seem to say that the Ming army also defeated Egypt!"

In any case, if there was a glimmer of hope, it would increase his chances of supporting a child.So anyway, no matter how it ends up, it's always good to have hope.

After hearing this, Raff continued to hit him and said: "Let's not say that Osman is still far away from our Portugal, even if it is not far, do you think the Ming fleet can sail directly from Ottoman to the Mediterranean? Why don't you go to Africa and come here again? Thousands of miles away, how come?"

After hearing this, Luther King said unwillingly, "It would be great if we could drive directly into the Mediterranean Sea!"

"Just think about it. Daming and our Portugal are not real brothers, so it is impossible to overcome many difficulties and come to help us!" Laf was obviously the most pessimistic. After speaking, he turned to the bartender and shouted, "Have another drink!" , maybe you will never see me again in the future, can it be free?"

"Raff, don't do stupid things!" Luther King heard this, and quickly persuaded, "It's better to die than to live. Maybe we can smuggle to Daming in the future!"

After hearing this, Raff immediately shook his head and said, "Don't dream, don't talk about smuggling to Daming, even smuggling to South America is impossible! We didn't see the Spanish people's defense, and now we can't even see a ship at the port. No, fishing is not allowed. Look, he, he, and them all had boats before!"

While talking, the bartender brought him a glass of wine, put it on the table with a bang, splashed a lot of wine on the table, looked at Raff and said: "This glass is free, I'm a man toast you, you have to make a noise Let them see."

He didn't say it clearly, but everyone who spoke before and after the contact knew what he said. What he meant was that if Raff wanted to die, he should go to the Spaniards to let them know that the Portuguese are not so easy to bully!

"If I can't live anymore in a few days, Rafe, I will go to you and see who is stronger!" Others said while patting the table.

All of a sudden, the atmosphere in the bar suddenly changed from a little sad to angry.

Obviously, many people can't live through such a day, and don't want to live it.Of course, it's also possible that he drank too much alcohol. In short, he looked a little raging.

At this moment, there was a movement outside suddenly, I hadn't heard it for a long time, it was very familiar.

"Listen, it sounds like police sirens! What else? Is it the sound of guns?" Ludkinfu suddenly said with the sharpest ears.

After hearing this, Raff sneered and said, "Where did the gunfire come from? Now Lisbon is dominated by Spain, and the whole of Europe is discussing the matter of unity. Where is the enemy? Now the enemy of Spain is only the Ming army. You should Could it be that you have hallucinations after drinking too much, thinking that the Ming army is calling?"

Others listened, and some laughed with regret.

But some people suddenly exclaimed: "I heard it too, it seems to be the sound of gunfire!"

Hearing this, the bar fell silent immediately, and everyone listened with ears pricked up.

"Boom boom boom..."

(End of this chapter)