I, the grandson of the second emperor of the Ming Dynasty, earned 100 million taels at the beginning

Putting the money into his arms, the soldier squinted his eyes and looked at the dozens of tightly packed people behind Amo.

"What's the matter with them, why are they wrapped so tightly, take off all the face towels, I have to check them one by one."

The so-called inspection is only superficial. In fact, the real meaning of the soldiers is to let Amo spend some more money.

Although Amo is young, but he has been at the bottom for so long, he understands everything about people and the world, and he knows everything, so he can understand the meaning of the other party in a single word.

With a smile on his face, he touched it from his bosom again, and put his hand into the soldier's hand.

Inadvertently seeing that ray of golden light, greed flashed in the soldier's eyes.

"Recently, there has been a lot of wind and waves at sea, and they are all sick. They have just taken medicine and can't see the wind, so they are packed a little tighter."

"No, this is the explanation from above, and everyone must check."

After finally meeting someone who took advantage of him, the soldier naturally wouldn't let him go so easily. He still has two lovers to support, and if he doesn't make more money, he won't be able to sleep with him.

"Sir, I am good friends with Lewis Knight, please accommodate me."

The smile on Amo's face became even stronger, and he took out a few more silver coins and stuffed them into the soldiers' hands.

Touching the money in his sleeve, although the soldier was a little dissatisfied, he hesitated to stamp Amo's pass, considering that the other party might know some important person.

"Be honest, don't cause trouble inside, or you will be punished even if you know a nobleman, let alone know any knight."

"Yes, yes, thank you Mr. Knight!"

Amo nodded repeatedly with a smile, took the pass handed over by the other party, and greeted the people behind him in Arabic to set off immediately.

"Be careful, the security here is very strict, don't talk if you can."

Walking into the pier, Amo observed the surroundings with a smile on his face, and explained the people behind him in Daming Mandarin.

"Don't worry, Mr. Zhang, we brothers are all saved."

A tall man following Amo replied with the lowest voice.

After the group went around and confirmed that there was no follower behind them, Amo took out a sum of money and rented a small yard around the pier, and the group lived in it.

"You wait here first, don't go out if you can't go out, I'll go find out the news for you."

Dozens of men who entered the courtyard and still covered their faces did not say a word, but nodded in unison.

None of them can speak Arabic, let alone Portuguese. As the saying goes, walls have ears. If they communicate in Mandarin and are heard by others, their whereabouts will be exposed.

When he came to the door and grabbed the doorknob, Amo hesitated for a moment, then looked back at the man who escorted him to the door.

"If... I said yes. If I don't come back before dark, tell my cousin, ask him to bring back the bones of my great-grandmother, and take good care of my sister, and find a good home for her when she grows up. This is what I owe her."

The man nodded solemnly and raised his hand in salute.

"call!"

Taking a deep breath and letting it out slowly, Amo adjusted his mood and walked out the door with a warm smile on his face.

After he walked out, the man behind him took a quick look around and closed the door when no one noticed, then turned and entered the house.

Back in the room, the man didn't speak, and quickly made tactical communication gestures with his hands.

Dozens of men received the order, jumped out from the rear window, avoided pedestrians, and hid in a safe area they had observed. Only the man was left in the house.

The cunning rabbit and the three caves are in a foreign country, and they are shouldering important tasks. Anyone from a foreign race is not worthy of trust, even if this person is the prince's cousin.

Time passed slowly, and it reached dusk in a blink of an eye.

"Boom boom boom, boom boom!"

Three long knocks and two short knocks on the door sounded in the quiet courtyard.

The man lying on the bed in the room with his eyes closed and resting his mind suddenly opened his eyes, and at the same time grabbed the handle of the gun in his arms with his right hand.

"Lutu is open, I'm back from business!"

There was an Arabic voice outside the door.

After confirming that the tone was the same as the one he knew, the man responded in a vague tone. When he came to the door, he observed the situation through the crack of the door and confirmed that Amo was the only one who opened the door and welcomed him in.

There was only one person left in the room, and Amo was not surprised, nor did he ask where the others had gone.

Having been with his cousin for so long, he has learned a rule of Ming Dynasty, that is, don't ask what you shouldn't ask, and don't inquire about what you shouldn't ask.

"How about it?"

Looking at Amo who closed the door, the man lowered his voice and asked the other party nervously about the situation.

Amo put his finger on his mouth, shook his head at him and led him into the room.

"Take me out of here first, I'm being followed."

Entering the room, Amo whispered as fast as he could.

The man's expression was fixed, he carried the opponent on his shoulders, jumped out from the back window of the house, and then disappeared without a trace in the alley.

"Oh!"

Not long after the two disappeared, the gate of the courtyard was kicked open, and a group of Portuguese soldiers with weapons rushed in, led by the money-collecting soldiers at the pier just now.

"Damn it, let them run away, there is definitely something wrong with these people."

A group of people rushed into the house, but after searching and finding no one, the leading officer cursed in a low voice.

Then, maybe feeling upset, he raised his hand and slapped the money-collecting soldier.

"You bastard, all my achievements have been ruined by you, you should really be sent to the gallows."

The soldier who collected the money covered his face and lowered his head, obediently daring not to say anything.

"Go and search around. They are outsiders. They are not familiar with the terrain here, so they can't run very far."

He kicked the soldier collecting money again, and the officer waved his hand and ordered a search around.

The officer did not report to the above and planned to act alone with his own team.

It is because people are selfish, and few people will contribute their benefits to others for free.

Moreover, today's incident was still the dereliction of duty of his subordinates. If his opponents found out, even if he caught those people, he probably would not get credit for it, and would even be punished.

In a warehouse full of goods at the pier, Amo and his party gathered here.

"I have already found out that there should be about 60 of our people alive. They were doing hard work at the dock, but the Portuguese country learned that our ship went to Aden, and they were afraid that these brothers would riot after receiving the news. , and locked them in a prison on the pier, as for whether they are alive or dead now, it is uncertain how many people are still alive."

Amo quickly told the news he found out.

In order to find out this news, he spent more than a dozen gold coins and dozens of silver coins.

"Where is the location? Little Zhang, have you found out clearly?"

The man who led the team confirmed that his own people were still alive, and while he was relieved, his heart rose again.

"do not know!"

Amo shook his head helplessly.

He got this news from a drunken official, and the other party also heard about it, but it is not clear which cell those people were locked in.

Before everyone was disappointed, Amo continued: "But there are only three cells in Lisbon, except for one in the palace, and the other two are outside the city."

"Our people are not important prisoners. I don't think they will be locked up in the palace. They will most likely be locked up in two cells outside the palace."

The leading officer, who was a little disappointed just now, quickly asked, "Do you know where those two places are?"

Amo nodded, took out a simple map from his pocket, laid it out in front of everyone, and reached out to click on two locations.

"Here and here are probably located in these two places. I originally wanted to go and have a look, but the defense of these two places is too strict, and I can't get through as a foreigner."

"Enough!"

The man picked up the map and started asking people around him to write down the route.

"Master Zhang, I will take my brothers to thank you. If you have any orders in the future, as long as you don't violate His Highness's orders, our brothers will do it for you even if we go through fire and water."

Amo, who was grabbed by the man, scratched his head with a naive smile, "They're all from our own family, so you're welcome."

Because Daming would come at any time, Lisbon, the capital of the Portuguese country, recently imposed a curfew. Except for patrolling soldiers, no one was allowed to wander outside at night.

As soon as it got dark, the Portuguese people who were working or wandering at the docks returned home as quickly as possible.

You can't hurry up. If you are caught by the patrol before the sun goes down, you will be whipped.

The weak civilians who don't have enough to eat can't bear the whip, so for the sake of their own lives, it's the best choice not to go out after dark.

"I will take half of the people to this cell, and the people you will bring to another cell, Liu."

In that warehouse, the leading officer gathered all the people who put on night clothes together and assigned the next tasks.

"Our mission is very simple. Find our people, take them to a safe place, and then fire a signal flare to let the fleet come over. When there is chaos, take the brothers to the fleet to gather. Do you understand?"

The leading officer explained the combat mission to everyone with a serious expression.

After everyone nodded, he extinguished the weak torch in his hand, lifted the cloth covering it, bumped fists with the team leader Liu on the opposite side, and after giving the man his blessing, he led people out of the warehouse and told Go for your own goals.

"O Allah the Great, may they return safely."

Amo, who did not participate in this mission, looked at the backs of the two teams going away, closed his eyes and prayed silently for these brave soldiers.

"Tap tap..."

The sound of patrolling footsteps resounded in the silent night.

The silvery moonlight shone on a group of armored soldiers, and the deep cold armor was in harmony with the moonlight, reflecting the silvery light.

This is a very rare stone road in the west. This road leads to a pier at one end and a castle at the other end.

There is the royal capital of the Portuguese country, where João I and his family lived.

Glancing at the brightly lit palace with bursts of singing and laughter, a sneer sneered at the corner of the blacksmith's mouth under the veil.

Let's play, let's make trouble, you will cry later.

The patrolling footsteps gradually receded, the blacksmith patted the people behind him, and was the first to rush out, crossing the street.

The team that sneaked into Lisbon this time were all members of the fleet led by Zheng He.

At the beginning, Zhu Zhangui planned to let the vanguard team go. After all, this team is an excellent soldier who jumped out of the entire army, and its combat effectiveness is not comparable to that of ordinary teams.

Of course, under this premise, Gu Zi cannot go.

Although this big man is lucky, he has no brains. If he goes there, let alone help, he can burn his incense if he doesn't cause trouble.

But when the vanguard team was about to set off, the crew who followed the fleet and were in charge of navigating, and who had traveled around the world with Zheng He, collectively knelt down in front of Zhu Zhangui.

As the iron frame with the highest military rank in the entire team, he tearfully begged Zhu Zhangui to leave this opportunity to them.

In the words of the blacksmith: These brothers were lost by them, and this shame is also left by them. They should pick up those brothers and let them use their actions to wash away this shame and atone for those brothers.

In the end, Zhu Zhangui was touched and gave them this task.

A group of more than a dozen people crossed the street and soon came to a small castle.

This afternoon, they captured a dock warehouse manager, and after a while, they got the information they wanted.

The castle in front of me used to be the residence of a viscount. Later, the viscount offended the previous generation of kings, and his family died in political struggles.

After the death of this family, the castle also moved to a new owner, but then there was a legend that it was haunted. Prison, responsible for detaining prisoners who violated the law.

I don't know if there are any brother blacksmiths in there, but the tongue that was caught is not clear because of their low status, so they can only go in and try it out.

Dodging the patrol on the castle, a group of people stuck to a corner of the castle.

After checking the number of people and confirming that there were no shortages, the blacksmith reached out and tapped a man with a rope on his back.

The man nodded slightly, and with the help of his companions, he untied the rope with the hook on his body. After tidying up, he picked up the other end of the hook, spun it around a few times, and raised his hand, the hook flew away with a whoosh. up.

"when!"

The hook wrapped with cloth strips made an inaudible sound.

The man slowly tightened the rope, and when he reached a certain distance, he pulled hard, and the rope in his hand became tense instantly.

He stretched out his hand and tugged it a few times to confirm that it was really safe. The man gestured to the surroundings, and he was the first to climb up.

A few minutes later, there was a burst of crickets chirping from above.

The blacksmith also responded, and patted the people around him, telling them to go up quickly, while he stayed at the end and was in charge of breaking the back.

A group of people landed on the wall of the castle. The blacksmith glanced at a few vigilant people, and clenched his fists at the others.

A dozen or so people divided into small groups of three and started heading in different directions.