1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 23 San Fernando ([-])
"Lord mayor." The town's sheriff Difer came to the home of the mayor Garzilo early in the morning to report on the public security situation in the town.

"The grocery store in the town caught fire last night! Zhu and his wife and daughter are dead..." Difer said with a heavy tone.

"The grocery store caught fire?... Is it an accident or...?" Galzilo stopped and straightened his clothes.In the morning, he will take the captain of the Santa Cruz, Timemelke, to hunt in the mountains not far from the town.

"Obviously, it wasn't an accident!" Difer shook his head and said, "Zhu's neighbor said that a sailor from the Santa Cruz went to the grocery store last night. So..."

"So, those dirty sailors did it!"

Difer nodded, then calmly looked at the mayor.

Garzilo made a sign of the cross on his chest, and bowed his head in silence for a while.

"What's the reaction of those... Ming people?" After a long silence, he raised his head and asked Difer.

"...they...seemed very sad, all silently mourning the dead at the grocery store."

"Oh.... Any other aggressive reactions?"

"An overreaction?...Oh, it seems not. They...seemed to be very calm."

"Okay, Difer, thank you for your hard work!" Garzilo nodded and said, "This tragedy was an accident. Of course, I will tell Captain Timemelk about this accident, so that those dirty sailors will take care of us. You can behave a little better in the small town."

Difer shrugged, yes, last night was an accident.Those Dongfang Ming people have always been very docile, and will not have other overreactions to this "accident".It's just a pity that the oriental delicacies at the grocery store will no longer be available in the future.

The warm sunshine shone gently on the small town of San Fernando. In the blacksmith's shop, there was the sound of clanging and beating. The dark natives carried some fruit and rice on their backs, hoping to exchange for some beautiful oriental cotton cloth... The town was as calm and peaceful as ever.In addition to the slight green smoke still rising from the east end of the town, there are also broken beams and broken walls after the fire, which may indicate the crimes that occurred in the town last night.

Ding Chuangen looked at the burnt grocery store with a mournful expression, and his heart ached beyond measure.Xiaoyu's family, which was still laughing and laughing yesterday, turned into three unrecognizable corpses this morning. Just now the town's sheriff, Mr. Difer, announced that this was an accident, a tragedy caused by the careless use of fire at night.

But the Ming immigrants living nearby knew very well that this was not an accident, it was done by the sailors on the galleon that arrived the day before yesterday.But they didn't dare to say anything more, the barbarian official must be favoring those sailors who looked like them.Bear with it, ordinary people will inevitably be bullied wherever they are, Zhu Huaibao's family can only be considered unlucky.

"I want to avenge Xiaoyu!" Ding Chuangen gritted his teeth and said.

"Ah, revenge?" The two friends next to him shouted in surprise, "How to revenge?"

"They have a lot of people. They still have knives and firecrackers.... Chuangen, we can't beat them." Said a young man with thick head and thick face. He was Ding Chuangen's childhood playmate, Chang Chunsheng Years ago, his parents immigrated to Luzon across the sea with Ding Chuangen's parents.

"Ding, you have to think about it. Revenge means killing people. Of course, you will be killed by others." The other partner said, his Chinese is obviously not fluent, and he is a barbarian, Yazmir, and His parents are from Italy.

"Mir, you are with those barbarians!" Chang Chunsheng turned to Yazmir and said.

"No!" Yazmir retorted eagerly, "I'm not with them. They're Peninsulars (meaning Spaniards), and I'm from Sardinia. I hate those Peninsulars as much as you do."

"Xiaoyu was killed by those sailors. As best friends, do you think you should avenge her?" Ding Chuangen said.

"But, my father said, don't cause trouble..." Chang Chunsheng said agitatedly.

Ding Chuangen looked at Yazmir again.

Yazmir hesitated for a moment, but Lenovo thought Xiaoyu was gentle and cute in the past, and he had admired him very much, but this morning he was burned beyond recognition by the fire, and the boy burst into blood for a while, "Ding, I will go to revenge with you!"

Ding Chuangen nodded, turned around and walked towards the town with Yazmir.

Chang Chunsheng looked at the two companions who had gone away, hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth, and ran over.

Bodian lazily rolled over from the hammock, stretched in the narrow cabin, then shook his head, walked out of the musty smelling cabin, and came to the deck.Some sailors are cooperating with the craftsmen of the shipyard to replace the masts and sails, and some craftsmen and sailors are lifting heavy wooden planks to the bottom cabin to strengthen the waterproof layer.

"What a fine weather!" Podian rubbed his swollen sleepy eyes, and was going to find some companions to go to town for something to eat.When I think of the town, I can't help but think back to the madness of last night.Oh, what a fun and lovely oriental woman.But the hateful thing is that that fellow Drake accidentally killed that little beauty at dawn, which made people feel bad luck.In the end, they killed the older woman too, ransacked the grocery store, and set it on fire.

Not to mention, the small grocery store has accumulated nearly a hundred gold and silver coins, making everyone a small fortune.

Bordian searched around. His companions were either sleeping, or they had already gone to town, or they were lazily lying on the deck basking in the sun, and they were reluctant to waste energy at this time in the afternoon.

The wharf is less than [-] yards away from the town. You need to pass through a small forest and pass a small river before you can see the towering church spire in the town.Although a group of lawless sailors committed a massacre, but until noon, the town's sheriff did not see any trouble, which meant that they didn't need to worry about anything.Just like in Peru, Chile, La Plata and other places, killing an Indian easily does not need to bear any responsibility.Because, we are the people of God!

All kinds of birds and insects chirping in the grove seem to be a little impatient with the heat and humidity in the woods, maybe they are fighting for their own food, or of course, they may be panicking to avoid their natural enemies.Bordian staggered along the rammed earth path, thinking about what to do when he arrived in town.

Suddenly, a person sprang out from the forest, slashing at him with a short knife in his hand.

Bordian was taken aback, and turned sideways to hide, stretching his hand to his waist to pull out his rapier.

After waiting in the forest for more than an hour, the sailors passing by were either in small groups or not far from each other. Ding Chuangen and the other three never had a chance to strike.At noon, I simply ate some dry food, and continued to wait, waiting for the opportunity.

Finally, a lone barbarian sailor came over. Ding Chuangen was both nervous and excited. He looked at each other with his three companions, grabbed a dagger for chopping wood and rushed out.

When the dagger was about to hit Podian's shoulder, Ding Chuangen was suddenly afraid and hesitated for a while.As a result, the opponent retreated two steps quickly, and the short knife lightly slashed across Podian's arm, leaving him with a long bloody gash.

Bordian stepped back, turned around, drew out his rapier, and stared viciously at the boy with an oriental face in front of him.There was a pain in his arm, but he didn't dare to distract himself to check.

Chang Chunsheng and Yazmir came out from Bodian's side with their swords in hand, and together with Ding Chuangen, they formed a two-sided attack.

(End of this chapter)