The Westerners who came to Daqi not only included Portugal, Spain, but also England and France. They didn’t come together, but just happened to bump into each other on the route, and England and France were at war, and both sides Very unfriendly. Seeing the Spanish and Portuguese fleets who were also envoys, they immediately wooed them.

European countries have always been married. The grandfather of the Viscount Jose brothers who came with the Portuguese fleet is the current king of England. In addition, England is now powerful, so they are biased towards England. They couldn't find an alliance, and they got angry in various ways along the way. There was already friction. When they were approaching Daqi, the four boats found another group of pirates.

The ships of European countries do business by the way, and of course they also fight pirates by the way, and sometimes they even act as "adventurers" to expand the territory of their countries and plant national flags on the new lands they discover.

Of course, it would be better if there were no one above, and it would be even better if there were people, which meant that they would no longer have to look for labor.

The envoys of the four countries cleaned up many pirates along the way, and distributed a lot of gold, silver and jewels. France was always pushed ahead as a vanguard because of its weak power, but when it came to dividing the money, it could only get four shares. Even less, this time when the grievance reached its peak, he refused to use any force, and just lazily chased after the pirates. He thought, first chase the people back to the opponent's island, and then land on the shore at that time, the envoys of the other three countries If he doesn't work hard, he will let people rush directly to the pirate's den to grab things. Anyway, they are almost ready, so he doesn't need to let the English envoys. The two countries have almost the same number of envoys, and the English envoys will definitely not dare to do anything. .

The French envoy had a good idea, but he didn't want to meet Qi Haoran and the others to test the cannon.

If the cannon fire is released casually into the sea, although it has tested its power, it will not hurt anyone, but it is a waste of shells. Considering that there are still some pirates in the sea, Pedro's gang has a lot of cannons, so there is no need to provoke them just to test the cannons. But there are some pirates further afield, and it would be nice to take out a bunch of pirates while testing the guns.

So the warship went all the way out of the Guangzhou waters, and saw a medium-sized sea-going ship fleeing here from a distance. Unfortunately, the logo on the sail was very familiar to Qi Haoran, who was driven out of the Guangzhou waters by him. Japanese pirates.

Originally more than 500 pirates were killed by him, but now there are only 200 or so. Qi Haoran was excited when he saw the sign. He commanded the warship and went there. After calculating the range of the cannon, he aimed at the ship and fired.

The gun hit the hull, and the ship capsized at once, and the pirates on board fell into the water one after another. The French fleet, who followed far behind, couldn't help stopping the ship when they saw the overturned pirate ship, and looked at Daqi's warship from a distance.

The warship soon arrived at the place where the pirates fell into the water. For the pirates of his own country, Qi Haoran would interrogate them, and kill those who had lives in their hands. , shall be put to death.

On the contrary, some officials impeached Qi Haoran for killing indiscriminately, which was against the peace of heaven, but firstly, he was suppressed by Qi Xiuyuan, and secondly, there were not many officials in the DPRK to support him, so he let it go, and Qi Haoran never changed his form.

Qi Haoran and others also discovered the French fleet and the fleet behind them. Although they had some doubts in their hearts, they were not timid, so he asked the translator to get ready, and at the same time sent troops to salvage the pirates.

The location of these pirates' treasures hasn't been found yet, so he won't kill them easily, but only four or five of them remained.

The envoys on the French fleet turned pale when they saw that the other party was cruelly harvesting the lives of the pirates. Although they robbed the pirates, they would not kill them all. They robbed most of their treasures along the way, and then left the ship .

Seeing the other party acting like this, the envoys on the ship guessed that they were officers and soldiers from nearby countries.

Sure enough, Qi Haoran quickly asked the soldiers to display flags to inform the other party that this was Da Qi's territorial waters, and asked the other party's identity.

The French envoy glanced at the pirates who were dragged onto the ship by the other party with flickering eyes, and asked the soldiers to tell the other party their emissary identity with a semaphore.

Therefore, Qi Haoran received the envoys from the four countries in advance.

Qi Haoran waited until the England fleet behind, directly said that these pirates disturbed the envoy's ship, as the host, Da Qi would be the master for them, and directly took over the matter of the pirates.

Naturally, interrogating the pirates and exterminating the opponent's lair and the treasures in the lair naturally also belonged to Daqi.

Although the envoys of the Four Kingdoms were very sorry, they had just seen the iron and blood methods of Prince Daqi, and no one raised the question of treasures at this time.

Originally, envoys from various countries should be entertained by local governments, but when Xiaoxiong and Xiaobao on the warship heard that they were going to provide food and lodging for so many people, they felt distressed, "How much will it cost?"

Fan Zijin, who was standing on the side, was silent. The four-nation fleet did bring a lot of people, besides the boatmen, soldiers and servants, there were also businessmen accompanying him. After thinking for a while, he made a compromise and said: "We only provide food and lodging for the envoys of the four countries and their personal accommodations. .”

The envoys of the four countries didn't think there was anything wrong, they spent their own money on their missions to other countries, and when they thought of being separated from the brigade, the envoys of the four countries declined all of them and went to live in the foreign business hall, while the people they brought brought The inns on that road are all inclusive, which has greatly improved the development of the hotel business in Guangzhou.

Qi Haoran also wants to generate income for more merchants, so he is urging the envoys of the four countries to take their people and caravans to the capital. In Qi Haoran's words, "The capital is rich and prosperous, and the abundance of goods is not comparable to that of Guangzhou. Merchants from your country should go to the capital if they want to see more things from Daqi Fang."

The envoys of the Four Kingdoms are very excited, but the price of Daqi is too high. They will spend a lot of money on the way to bring so many people to Beijing, so they are reducing the number of people recently, and plan to bring some more delicate goods and some guards to the capital. The rest of the crew stayed in Guangzhou to wait.

And the Portuguese envoy got in touch with Pedro.

In the eyes of the Daqi people, Pedro is a pirate, but in the eyes of the Portuguese, Pedro is their count and a great "adventurer".

From Pedro, they knew that Da Qi had dealt a lot of blows to the pirates. The pirates that had been flooding the Guangdong waters had been wiped out seven or eight times. Although the scope of his activities has moved out a long distance, he still appears from time to time. Conflicting with the officers and soldiers of Daqi, he has suffered a lot of losses over the past year, so the profit and risk of staying here as an adventurer are not equal. He wants to change careers and do business, so the adventure activities should be carried out in another place, he It is hoped that the Portuguese envoys can come forward and discuss with the Daqi court to rent a place to dock sea ships, so that their activities will be more convenient in the future.

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