New Ming Empire mixed in America

The bells of "dang-dang-dang" continued to ring, and the unusual behavior of the lighthouse keeper made everyone feel that something was wrong.

Soon, the black man guarding the lighthouse stumbled out, shouting loudly as he ran:

"It's a fleet. An unknown fleet appeared on the sea!"

fleet?

Now everyone became panicked and started running towards the town.

The fleet on the sea is definitely not Peruvian. If it were a Peruvian fleet, the tower guards would not be so panicked.

"There seems to be a small dock ahead. Let's go and find out if you have seen the two American warships."

** Qi raised his telescope and observed the large farmland near the beach. These are mature fields that can be planted with seeds directly.

But it is very regrettable that instead of growing various kinds of food in the fields, it seems that most of them are cotton.

Suddenly, ** Qi saw a familiar skin color in the telescope.

Thinking that he had seen it wrong, ** Qi readjusted the telescope and finally saw clearly this time.

Those working in the fields turned out to be Chinese with braids around their necks, while the black people stood aside with whips.

If the Chinese were not satisfied with their work, the black men would raise their whips and whip them hard.

Even at the outermost edge of the field, Qi Qi saw three Chinese corpses hanging on wooden shelves. (Don’t lie, it was even darker than this back then.)

**Qi's face gradually turned cold. He had already let out a bad breath when he was at Manta Port, but now after seeing this scene, he was still furious.

"The fleet docked and surrounded this town. I want them to know what liquidation means."

The fleet slowly began to approach the shore. The deep water here would definitely make it difficult for warships to pass through, but the armored gunboats converted from merchant ships could barely get close.

**Qi purchased a lot of books during this period, including military and agricultural books, and more historical materials about this period.

Among them, I saw a description of the suffering of Chinese workers in Peru in "Warnings in the Prosperous Age":

"I heard that the workers were chained to work every morning when they got up, and their wages were no more than a piece of bread and two bananas. They were brought back in the evening and were imprisoned by black slaves. If they were slack, they would be handed over with whips and sticks, and they would not be beaten to death."

"At night, he would tightly close a room and put his hands on the side pillars of the wooden couch with iron rings, making it difficult to turn around for fear of him escaping."

"There are also dozens of vicious dogs, and there are people escaping from time to time. The dogs are released in all directions, sniffing and searching, and no one escapes. If they bite and drag them back, they will be killed with pistols. If they don't come back, they will die in the end.

Either burned to death, or soaked to death in a water prison...".

This was the situation of the Chinese outside at that time, and this was also the main reason why Jiang Qi became irritable after arriving in Latin America with the fleet.

His purpose is very clear, that is, he is here to settle matters.

Dai Ying is too far away and may not be able to fight, so we can only settle with these buyers first.

As for the sellers and middlemen who made a lot of money, if they are strong enough, they will definitely be liquidated one by one.

Since the upper class people in Europe like slaves so much, let them have a taste of being slaves.

On the pier, the owner of the ship, who had been so arrogant just now, turned pale with fright when he saw the Xinming Royal Fleet approaching.

Although I don’t know which country the other party’s flag belongs to. But in this era, if a merchant ship encounters a warship, it will definitely be unlucky.

Either the other party is interested in your goods, or it is interested in your ship.

Fortunately, in Latin America, after being targeted by warships in Europe, not only the goods and merchant ships may be seized by the sailors with some excuse.

The captain is a little bit more handsome, which is also the result of being detained. The battered and handsome captain will not be released until the warship docks next time.

This is also the reason why the ship owner chose to transport coolies to Peru. Not only because Peru is close, but also because of the miserable experience he had on a British warship.

"Hurry those damn pigs back into the cabin..."

The captain ran towards the ship and loudly ordered the sailors to move.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the young man who claimed to be Chinese just now suddenly snatched the whip from the hand of the Chinese supervisor.

With the help of several companions, he strangled the supervisor's neck with a whip. Soon, the supervisor was strangled to death on the spot.

"Those Oriental coolies are dead. Let's go down and take a look. Don't let them get away..."

The captain of the ship stood on the deck and saw at a glance the scene of the Oriental coolies strangling the overseer and then running away.

The sailors who received the order began to aim at the side of the ship and skillfully pulled the trigger.

After a row of smoke passed, six of the dozens of Chinese who were escaping fell down.

"Everyone, keep running. If we run a few more steps, those sailors' firearms won't be able to hit us."

The leading young man encouraged everyone loudly, and at the same time he reached out and picked up the two children and ran towards the distance desperately.

"Captain, those are Chinese!"

The observer on the armored gunboat loudly reported on the intercom what happened on the dock.

"Those bastard sailors shot..."

The sight of the sailors shooting at the Chinese made a main gunner in the turret red-eyed.

He immediately began to adjust the direction of the muzzle and was ready to fire.

"What are you going to do? You want to fire without orders. Do you still have military law in your eyes?"

A naval soldier on duty as a military judge snatched the main gunner's match rope and asked loudly:

"What if there are still Chinese in the cabin? Can they survive if you shoot them?"

The military judge's words made the main gunner gradually calm down. He threw away the military judge's arm and rushed toward the two rotating machine guns next to the turret.

Artillery can't do it, but once you get close, the rotating machine gun can exert its power.

The white sailors on the side of the ship loaded their bullets again and raised their rifles.

But before they could continue to fire, their location was hit by a burst of bullets.

With more than a dozen rotating machine guns aimed at more than two dozen sailors, the scene directly turned into a restricted level that required mosaic.

Now the sailors on the ship were even more panicked, because there had never been a precedent for a warship to shoot at a merchant ship without warning.

But, again, his established rules will not work in the Xinming Empire, let alone when those people are opening fire on their own compatriots.

Seeing the sailors who were almost beaten into blood mist, the remaining sailors no longer dared to approach the side of the ship.

The ship owner was stunned, and now he was sure that these armored gunboats were coming to cause trouble.

Giving up the last bit of luck in his heart, he desperately drove the sailors to start raising the sails and setting sail, preparing to rush out desperately.

But most sailors rejected this foolish offer.

Even if the other party is interested in their merchant ships, they still have to use sailors to control the ships, right?

If you really believe the captain and raise the sail and run away, what if the other party fires a cannon?

As the saying goes, a dead Taoist friend will never die a poor Taoist, so these sailors not only failed to obey the captain's instructions, but also cut off the cable of the jib that had not been lowered in the first place.

Now it takes a long time to go to sea. This time is enough for the armored gunboats to come and receive the merchant ships.

The captain, who was held down by the sailors, was still struggling. He thought he had offended some big shot unintentionally, and now he was quickly filtering his list of enemies in his mind.

But after much deliberation, I still can't find anyone who has the energy to mobilize a fleet to deal with my enemy.

So the problem arises...

"Hurry and lower the Spanish flag on the ship. These warships may be hostile to Spain!"

The captain's words immediately made all the sailors wake up from their dreams. They quickly lowered the Spanish flag on the main mast and raised a white flag without any instruction.

But these actions still did not change their fate until the armored gunboat came closer.

The Royal Navy, who had been waiting impatiently for a long time, rushed over along the erected ship planks with rifles in hand.

The first thing the navy occupied was the entrance to the cabins, followed by the rudder and mast.

"Fake, how could it be an Eastern soldier? Am I dreaming?"

"Where did these yellow people jump out from?"

Immediately, the original owner was detained on the ship, and the sailors who were urging the new owner to take over the merchant ship were dumbfounded.