Daming Military Empire

Chapter 345
Shivira did not go to Guangnan immediately after accepting the task of persuading the Quangnan Nguyen to surrender. He first used Zhu Cijiong's special line to send a telegram to the southeast governor Nan Juyi, borrowed several large ships from him, and then gave him Macau His subordinates dispatched telegrams, summoned all the defenders, guards, personal guards, entourage, etc., and rushed to Haiphong Port by ship to wait for his order.

He was trying to show off. Although he was not a big shot in the Ming Empire, he is now one of the top big shots in Portugal. He made a special trip to "visit" a Portuguese businessman, so he had to show off.

He also sent a confidant to rush to Haiphong Port on a fast horse, and then take a fast boat to inform Roland: The Earl is coming, so hurry up and get ready to welcome him.

After doing all this well, he went to Haiphong Port Shi Shiran. Of course, this time he didn't go on a desperate horse run. I'm a big shot myself.

It was already three days later when he arrived at Haiphong Port slowly. At this time, the troops from Macau also arrived to inform Roland that his cronies had also returned, so he borrowed ten ordinary ships without flywheels from the Beiyang Fleet. The Fuchuan battleship, with two or three thousand men, headed for Guangnan mightily. Of course, what he was flying was not the flag of the Ming Empire, but the flag of his own family.

At this time, the Hoi An Port in Guangnan was already full of colorful flags, and there was a lot of voices. Count Shivela, the Governor of Portugal and Macau, was going to visit Hoi An in person. Ruan Fulan, the head of the family, is here.

By the way, even if a Portuguese governor has a lot of face, Ruan Fulan, the king of Guangnan, doesn't have to come to greet him in person, right?If Shivira was just a governor, he would naturally not have to come to greet him in person, but the problem is that Shivira is not only the governor, but also a very big businessman. Most of the goods in Guangnan are sold by the Portuguese businessman Roland. All over Southeast Asia and even in Europe, and Roland has to rely on Shivela to take care of a lot of business. Without Shivela's greetings, who knows Roland in Goa, Ceylon, or even Dongfan and Luzon.

That is to say, Guangnan's foreign trade mainly depends on Roland, but Roland depends on Shivela.

Roland and Ruan Fulan waited for a long time, and the governor's fleet finally arrived. However, when they were about to go up to meet them, it was not the governor who disembarked first, but a group of guards.

Shivira’s ostentatious routines were all learned from Zhu Cijiong. First, teams of guards rushed down, and then teams of entourages rushed down. More than 2000 people went down. Only then did he wander off the boat with a few cronies in charge.

This move really bluffed Roland and Ruan Fulan. Although Ruan Fulan had [-] to [-] troops, they were used to defend various important places, and his own guards were only a few hundred. There are so many Vera; not to mention Roland, his men are only one or two hundred in total, which is not at the same level as Shivera.

Shivela's status in the minds of the two suddenly rose a lot, and the two were as attentive as they wanted, as if they were Shivela's subordinates.

After enjoying a lot of flattery, Shivela finally remembered the business, with a straight face, he said seriously: "Roland, I have something very important to talk to you, find a place, and I will talk to you alone. "

Seeing Shivela's expression, Roland naturally didn't dare to be negligent. He hurriedly discussed with Ruan Fulan, and then asked Shivela to get into his carriage, and then the whole team set off for Hoi An City.

Seeing Roland getting into the carriage, Shivira immediately pointed to the driver in front of him seriously and asked, "Is it reliable?"

Roland nodded quickly and said: "My lord governor, don't worry, that is my follower who has been with me for many years, no problem."

Shivela nodded and asked coldly: "Do you know why I came here?"

How could Roland know, he shook his head, and asked nervously: "What is the Governor Governor coming here for?"

Shivela didn't answer, but said coldly: "Do you know that you got into a catastrophe?"

Roland's frightened face changed, and he stammered and asked, "Master Governor, are you joking? I didn't do anything!"

Shivela snorted and asked coldly: "The Ming Empire is an ally of our Portugal, do you know that?"

Roland nodded quickly and said, "I know, I didn't offend the Ming Empire!"

Shivira sneered, and said sternly: "Not yet, don't you know that the Ming Empire wants Guangnan Ruan to surrender? Why do you still help them? It doesn't matter if you seek death. Don't implicate me, don't implicate our entire Portugal!"

Roland's eyes were obviously flustered, and he said hesitantly: "I didn't directly conflict with the Ming Empire, I just helped the Ruan family cast some artillery and build a few bastions."

Shivela couldn't help but immediately ordered: "Stop immediately, don't help them build cannons, don't help them build bastions."

Roland said a bit embarrassed: "Their bid is high."

Shivira hated iron and steel and said: "How much money can they pay, 10 taels, 100 million taels? You earn this little money and spend it. Once the Ming Empire calls, I can't save you."

Roland said unwillingly: "Master Governor, what you are doing is big business, tens of millions of taels is nothing, it is not easy for us to earn such a small amount of money."

Shi Weila shook his head and sighed: "Well, I just want to set up a company. You pay 100 million taels, and I will give you [-]% of the shares. After Ming Dynasty unifies the southeast peninsula, you will be the person in charge here, and you will earn more than you do now." There are too many, Ruan Shi, you don't want to help, stop everything immediately."

Roland heard the words and said excitedly: "Really, Your Excellency Governor, well, I will listen to you!"

Seeing that Roland was persuaded, Shivira immediately entered the next session. He asked kindly, "You should have a good relationship with Ruan Fulan. Do you know why he refuses to surrender?"

Roland immediately nodded and said: "I know this, he is afraid that Li Shenzong will trouble him afterwards."

Sure enough, Shivela said mysteriously: "He doesn't have to worry about this, you will bring him to me later."

Roland didn't know what Shivira meant, but since he had decided to hang out with Shivira, he naturally wouldn't object. As soon as the team arrived at the resting point in Hoi An, he hurriedly led Shivira into a A luxurious room, and then he went out and brought Ruan Fulan over.

Ruan Fulan didn't know that the two had already decided to sell him, so he said politely: "My lord, what can I order from Ruan?"

Shivela didn't answer, but just waved his hand and drove Roland and the interpreter who followed him out, and then said directly in Chinese: "Master Ruan, I dare not give orders, I suggest you go to Shenglong City immediately to ask for surrender." , otherwise, I am afraid it will be too late."

When Ruan Fulan heard this, his eyeballs almost popped out. It was unheard of for a foreigner to speak Chinese so well. More importantly, what Shivela said really shocked him.

He still thinks that Shivira is his big backer, so he didn't lie, but sighed: "Oh, it's not that I don't want to surrender, but I don't dare. If I surrender, I will definitely die as soon as Daming withdraws." No guarantee, relying on the help of you and Lord Roland now, build more cannons and build more bastions, maybe you can block Da Ming's attack, and Da Ming can't be dead here, they will retreat after a few months at most , I'll be fine by then."

Shi Weila sneered: "You are too naive to block the attack of the Ming Empire. How many people do you have here? Has Zheng's [-] troops blocked the attack of the Ming Empire?"

Ruan Fulan gritted his teeth and said, "I have a lot of artillery and bastions."

Shivela continued to sneer and said: "Does the Zheng family have no artillery? They still use Dutch cannons. What happened? Bastion, can the bastion you build compare with the Dutch? The Dutch Zeelandia Castle Did you know that the Ming Empire took it down in one day!"

Ruan Fulan was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat when he heard the words, he asked in fear, "What should I do then? Your Excellency Governor, please help me!"

Shivela snorted coldly: "We Portugal are not capable of fighting against the Ming Empire, but before I came, I asked you for a position with His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire. The hereditary commander will also serve as the right army of the Annan Army." Commander, in the future, the Annan Army will be dispatched directly by the Daming Military Department, and Li Shenzong will not be in charge. You should rest assured that this is your last chance. If you don't surrender, I can't help you."

The last backer was gone, and Ruan Fulan was completely desperate. He struggled for a while, and finally said in a slump: "Okay, I surrender, and tomorrow I will lead the army to Shenglong City to ask for surrender."

(End of this chapter)