"Ah! Yes, the master said it right. Let Cixi be your housekeeper, I will be the second one, the second one!" Sure enough, when Matini heard Cixi's name, the fat flesh on her face twitched. What Hong Tao said was definitely not a joke. Cixi was definitely the subject of whoever was Hong Tao's first and who was the most loyal to Hong Tao. Whoever dared to compete with him would fight with him.

"But you burned all the ports along the way. Who else did the maritime merchants in the Song Dynasty do business with? Who dares to do business with us? In the future, everyone saw that our ships ran away. Will they sell the goods to monkeys?" Luo Dacai was not so easy to fool. The problem he thought was very realistic. If you were to do business with equality, if you came with a cannon and forced others to do business with you, wouldn't you run away if they couldn't beat them?

"Oh, uncle, your thoughts are too old-fashioned. You don't know how the Pu family do business in this area? Come, Lao Mai, let me tell you about your business story. If you dare to tell the truth, I will send you back to Pujia Lane in Quanzhou." Hong Tao made Luo Dacai say nothing but explain. Why are these Song people so despicable? They don't know how to do business if they have weapons in their hands? Are they really angels? There are black angels among angels!

Hong Tao did not intend to explain this issue to him himself, and Metini was enough. The Arabs had been playing the trick of abacus and the other hand. Afterwards, a bunch of religious figures had already expanded their sphere of influence to the Malacca Strait. If it hadn't been suddenly revealed, they would have taken over the South China Sea in another hundred years. This was indeed the case in later generations. The largest Muslim country in the world was not in the Middle East, but in Indonesia. Most of the maritime countries in Southeast Asia had enveloped Islam. After so many years of colonization in Europe, they had not changed it. This is the solid foundation they laid in the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries.

Hong Tao himself does not believe in any religion. He has no likes or dislikes of any religion. Anyone who hinders him is the enemy. According to the aggressiveness of the existing religions in the world, Buddhism is first excluded, Taoism is more honest and does not advocate expansion at all. Only Islam and Christianity will inevitably become stumbling blocks on his way forward. As for how to deal with these two giants in the end, Hong Tao has not yet thought about it, and he will not be able to escape in the end. On one hand, he is a strong ship and cannon, and on the other hand, he can win over and divide and provoke the attacks of the internal sects of their religion. He stands on the side and is a referee. He will be given a blood transfusion to whom he is weak. When he is strong, he will be beaten up. Whoever does not want to fight, he will have to change someone who wants to fight more as a leader. Be sure to make the struggle long-term and intense. Once they stop fighting, he will be in trouble.

The negotiation process on the shore was very smooth. Judging from the flag words, Wen Nan completed the task assigned to him by Hong Tao 100%, and helped Hong Tao get more. The stone fortress next to the dock not only had to be funded by the king here, but the supply of the staff of the Jinhe Company who was responsible for guarding the fortress was also borne by the king. The king also asked the Song Dynasty fleet to be stationed in Malacca Port. No need to have more, just one ship, and he was willing to give up half of the palace to serve as a dormitory for the crew.

The country was ceded, and the beauties of fine wine were even more useless. They sent it out of the city without giving instructions. However, Hong Tao refused these kindnesses. First of all, he looked down on those beauties. The king here tasted a bit heavy, and the beauties sent were not less than 150 kilograms. Secondly, he was unwilling to give them to his subordinates, not for any discipline. Instead, he was afraid that the crew would get into some hidden diseases.

"Well, tell him I agreed. Not only will my people not enter his inner palace, but they will not even enter the city. Let him rest assured. But one thing is to ask him to send people to clean the wharf and I will only give him one day. If I can't stop and replenish supplies tomorrow, my people will not be able to control it!" After listening to Wen Nan's report, Hong Tao added another one, since there is free labor to use, don't exhaust your sailors. Leave the locals to clean the wharf and let the sailors rest for one night, and there will be a battle tomorrow morning.

Still fighting? That's right! Hong Tao planned to send Buddha to the west and help people to the end. Those who attacked Malacca Port have already found out that it was the country of Pigs. They had two strongholds in the Strait of Malacca, one was called Penang. The name Hong Tao was familiar. Isn't that Penang in Malaysia in later generations? It's like Hong Kong Island, and it's an island very close to the Malay Peninsula.

Another one is Pirate Port. Looking at the location marked in Wennan, it should be Phuket, Thailand. Hongtao is more familiar with this place. It not only contains minerals but also tin mines! There is also a very special resource that reminds Hongtao of this, which is a nation called Chaoren. People who have visited Phuket in later generations will see or hear a water ethnic group that is very similar to the Dan family. According to the Thai pronunciation, they are called Chaoren. These people also live on boats all their lives, without nationality, no hometown, or even without writing, and rely on fishing for seafood and being pirates to make a living. In the eyes of others, they are pirates, but in Hongtao's eyes, they are born sailors. If they can use it, their own problems will be greatly alleviated. The number of people in this ethnic group is not very small, and it should be no problem to catch thousands or hundreds of people.

Moreover, Hong Tao felt that relying on one port in Malacca to guard the entire strait is a bit thin. Since someone has come to the door now, then okay, Phuket is too big and he cannot occupy it, but this Penang is not difficult at all. It is said that the Pigs have built a pier and a boat repair workshop on it. Didn’t this be prepared for him? It’s not suitable for him. What surprised Hong Tao the most was that there was a small town on the coastline opposite Penang, which was also a small kingdom. The king there and the king here were cousins, and the relationship was pretty good, and it was a strategic alliance. The reason why the Pigs came to attack the Malacca Port was because the king of Malacca sent troops to help his cousin resist the Pigs, but he was not only defeated, but also hated by the Pigs.

I heard that the Great Song Dynasty magic weapon wanted to help his cousins ​​recover their territory and drive away foreign invaders. The king of Malacca personally ran to the dock and kowtowed. Hong Tao did not let him kowtow in vain. Since he was here, then we would go on the boat and take a look together. It was less than 500 kilometers away. Including the battle, it would only take three or five days. What? The king couldn't walk away, so it didn't matter. It would be okay to find a minister who trusted the most. It would not be for you to go to see it in vain. When Penang was knocked down and the Pigs were driven away, it happened to tell the king that a stone fortress was built in Penang. In this way, there would be Malacca and two fixed supply points in Penang. Later, warships would be sent to station. The two stars in the south and north were shining, and the distance was only one or two days apart. They could support each other. Anyone who wanted to pass through this strait easily would have to ask whether Hong Tao would allow it.

Hong Tao only brought four warships to war, leaving Bo Jiao and Bo Yu to protect the cargo ships from the port of Malacca to dock and replenish supplies. In fact, the four ships were all redundant. There were basically no people in the water army camp of the pigs on Penang. They attacked Malacca and were dispatched in full swing, but they did not come back. The remaining hundreds of people in the village were waiting for the news of their army's triumphant success. Unexpectedly, four giant ships were waiting for the arrival of four giant ships.

This time, Hong Tao did not choose to attack immediately, but went to the other side to send the king's ministers to the dock and asked him to find the king and his soldiers here. This was done with purpose. Hong Tao did not want his sailors to take harpoons and crossbows to search for the remaining enemies all over the mountains and forests. Instead of attacking the water camp directly and breaking them up and running into the mountainous areas of Penang, it is better to scare them first and let them run out by themselves.

Sure enough, the water village was empty after one night, and all the pigs inside ran away on a boat at night. They probably saw four large ships coming from the east and had contact with the king here. They knew that the situation was going to go, so let's escape first. Unfortunately, they made the wrong calculation, or underestimated the speed of the warships. The four warships took only half a day to chase them back. When the lookout found the five sailboats in the telescope, they had no chance of escaping. There were no shallow mudflats to be used here. Hong Tao had completed basic surveying and mapping of the Strait of Malacca. According to the data, he knew this area of ​​water more than these natives.

Hong Tao did not order an indiscriminate attack, but just sank the brig boat at the head, and stopped shelling, forcing the pigs on the other four ships to surrender themselves. The way of surrender was very special. First, let the ministers of the King of Malacca shout and let the other party jump into the sea one by one. Whoever doesn't jump will be unlucky, the small iron ball will fly over immediately. On the one hand, this is to save grenades, and on the other hand, it is also to save resources. These pigs can be captured and used as slaves, while their ships can be left for the left-behind personnel in the Port of Malacca and Penang. Although Hong Tao doesn't look down on this kind of slender sailboat, it is better than not, and it is waste utilization. At present, a shipyard in Jinhewan alone cannot take into account the construction of large ships and small ships. Once a real double-decker warship begins to be built, it is estimated that other ships will not be produced within a year.
Chapter completed!