From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 450

Chu Feifan has been in the martial arts world for many years and is experienced. He will do anything in the safest way.

He thought that the Portuguese had suffered a defeat today and their defense would be much stricter, so he waited until midnight before he set out to swim over.

He did not approach the island, but took advantage of the night and went all the way to the southeastern dock.

From a distance, he saw torches on the shore and soldiers on duty. There were six soldiers at a glance, but it was not certain in the dark.

He quietly went ashore from the side, and climbed up the tree directly with his excellent lightness skills. Looking around, he did not find any other secret sentries.

This made him feel relieved. Fortunately, the Portuguese were not so cautious. For them, no one could swim over except the ship. If not, it would not be so easy.

The three cargo ships were indeed much smaller than the warships. Although they were in front of them, it would not work without dealing with these six guards.

But this is too risky. They all carry guns. No matter who they deal with, they will expose themselves. Then there is a high probability that the other party will shoot. It is too risky.

Wait!

Six people cannot stand guard all night. There must be a shift change.

He was very patient. He was a little sleepy just watching the guards dozing and yawning.

After forcing himself to be alert for almost two hours, the six guards finally started to shout.

Six soldiers also came over from the other side, and the two sides began to exchange weapons.

At this time, Chu Feifan, wearing a nightgown, ran onto the boat like a black shadow. When the new sentry looked over, he was already on the boat.

Not daring to delay, he took out a palm-sized porcelain bottle from his arms, unplugged it, and poured tung oil on the ground.

The ironclad ship was only wrapped in iron sheets on the outside, and the inside was still wood. With tung oil to help combustion and the sea breeze blowing, it would burn very quickly.

Chu Feifan lit the tung oil and went to the second ship along the deck. He did the same thing and set all three ships on fire.

At this moment, black smoke had already come out from the interior of the first ship. It was too dark for the guards to see it.

The guards finally saw the flames until they were completely burned out, and they all shouted.

One guard even fired a shot just to notify others.

But at this moment, Chu Feifan put his pipe on the shore, smiled coldly, plunged into the water, and left quickly.

More Portuguese strode over, holding various utensils to put out the fire.

It was just that the fire started from the inside and was too big. Even if the fire was extinguished at this moment, most of the three ships were rotten and could not be used for the time being.

In the Governor's Building, as the highest official of Macau, McPherson smashed everything on the desk to the ground.

Then he put a pipe heavily on the table, looked at the people around him with cold eyes, and said coldly: "Who is it! Who is smoking while on guard!"

The twelve soldiers on duty looked at each other, all confused.

McPherson shouted: "You idiots, you actually set fire to the cruisers, three of them, I should send you to see God!"

The twelve people lowered their heads and dared not refute.

Among the several officers, a gorgeous woman in a palace skirt had the ugliest face. As the Minister of Trade, she had applied for these three cargo ships with great effort. Now they were all burned at once, and it would take at least half a year to repair them.

The key is, what should be used to ship them!

No money for half a year! No one here can accept it!

"Governor!"

Kolodia suppressed her anger and said coldly: "This fire must be investigated thoroughly. The soldier who smoked on duty must pay the price. The three cruisers were destroyed. The Minister of Administration and the King will hold us responsible."

McPherson said: "Dear Madam, as the Minister of Trade, you applied for these three cruisers. You should write to the Minister of Administration."

Kolodia's face changed, and she said immediately: "This is a fire caused by soldiers smoking on duty. As the highest military commander, shouldn't the Governor take the initiative to take responsibility?"

"Of course , I will take responsibility. "

McPherson nodded and said, "As the Governor, as Ms. Avina's boss, I must protect you."

"I will not report this to the country, just as if it never happened, provided that you pay for the repair of these three cruisers."

Kolodia narrowed her eyes and said, "Governor, your people made a mistake, but you want me to take responsibility?"

McPherson said, "Madam, if this matter is reported, we will all be punished, and my punishment is only... poor supervision. You are the one who bears the main guilt. I don't want to see that scene.""With your financial resources, I believe you can handle this matter. I hope you won't be punished more for this. God will protect you."

Kolodiya stopped talking, just kicked the chair beside her to express her dissatisfaction, and then strode away.

When she returned to her residence, her face was extremely ugly, but she heard the beautiful sound of the piano.

She felt a little better, walked quickly to the bedroom, and said softly: "Daisy, my dear daughter, why don't you rest so late?"

Sixteen-year-old Daisy Avina wore white pajamas, raised her head and smiled sweetly, saying: "Mother, you are back! It's too noisy outside, I can't sleep, just practice the piano."

Kolodiya touched her head lovingly, sighed: "Baby, you should go to bed now, instead of holding the cello, practice the piano tomorrow, okay?"

"Well..."

Daisy nodded, couldn't help hugging her mother, and whispered: "Mother is in a bad mood, I can see."

"Go to bed quickly, everything will pass."

Kolodiya repeated this sentence, and she has been repeating this sentence since the moment her daughter was born.

After so many years, life has indeed improved, but she is really tired of this sentence.

She looked down at her well-behaved daughter, took a deep breath, and smiled lovingly again.

…

“Sir, as you expected, they are here.”

Early the next morning, Guan Lu came to report: “Almost all of them are out, three battleships have docked, and two thousand soldiers have all landed, but there is no attack.”

Zhou Yuan nodded, and said while eating buns: “They are waiting for me, they want to negotiate.”

Guan Lu smiled: “Negotiations are so big?”

“Show off!”

Zhou Yuan wiped his mouth and couldn’t help laughing: “When you have been fighting with these Portuguese for a long time, you will find that they are one of the most dishonest races in the world. , they are very good at packaging themselves, always looking like saints, but they are extremely selfish in their hearts. "

"If you are weak, they would like to rob you in the name of love. If you are strong, they will only talk about love, not money."

"After all, there are few people in Haojing, and there are no backup resources. More than 80 captives will never be given up."

Speaking of this, Zhou Yuan narrowed his eyes and said: "They are bluffing. This time, the initiative is in my hands."

"But no matter what, I can only change things on land, and I can't take back the control of the sea for the time being."