1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 27 San Fernando (seven)
Timelk, captain of the Santa Cruz, had a very late chat with Father Hampning last night. They recalled the city of Bilbao, where they lived together, and discussed the naturalization of Indians in the South American continent. Europe's increasingly aggressive posture expresses some concern.Father Hampling was erudite, deeply knowledgeable in theology, and had a fanatical obsession with preaching.However, I will leave the town tomorrow, and maybe I won't meet the priest again for many years.

It was late at night, he slept in the attic of the church with a little regret, and fell asleep with the faint sound of the waves in the distance.

It seemed that he didn't sleep for a long time, and Timelk was awakened by the sound of gunfire in the town. In a daze, he heard loud shouts, curses, and shrill screams in the distance.He sat up immediately, put on his coat hastily, and went to the attic window.

The town seemed to be under attack, and there were a few people walking fast on the street, brandishing swords, shouting at residents who walked out of their homes to check the situation, and even hacking.There were also town residents who attacked these unidentified attackers with arquebuses on the roofs and courtyard walls, but they were quickly shot over by crossbow arrows, or they were rushed into their homes and hacked to death.

"Oh, God!" Timmelk made a cross on his chest, "It's a damn pirate!" He immediately ran down from the attic to summon the accompanying attendants, and blocked the door of the church with various furniture and stones. Then they stood vigilantly at the door and windows with muskets.

Soon, the incoming pirates separated a wave of people and began to prepare to attack the church.A dozen or so pirates armed with swords and knives tried to break in through the gates and windows, but were countered by a dozen firearms inside the church.After dropping a few bodies, the pirates retreated to the opposite street corner.Captain Timmelk breathed a sigh of relief, perhaps with the sturdy structure of the church, he could stay here safely and wait for rescue.After all, there are [-] or [-] sailors on board. Armed, maybe they can repel these pirates.

When Cao Xiong brought Qi Tian and others into the town, several important strongholds in the town had been captured. After beheading some militiamen and residents who dared to resist, a group of displaced pirates basically controlled the town. Seaside town.

"The church has two floors, and the doors and windows are blocked, and there are at least ten or more fire cannons inside... Brothers can't attack for a while!" Yu Fukun reported in a low voice after seeing Cao Xiong, "Just a while ago. Kungfu, we killed two and injured four."

Cao Xiong carefully observed the tall church by the firelight. It was almost a stone building. The windows on the lower floor were very small. Although the windows on the upper floor were very wide, they were also four or five meters high. It was not so easy to climb up. There must be a firearm in the window.Similarly, because it is a stone building, the fire attack may not necessarily work.

"Leave him alone and arrange for some people to watch over him. After dawn, let's make calculations!" Cao Xiong said.

For the first time since the establishment of the Spanish colonists, the small town of San Fernando fell into the hands of a group of outsiders.The residents of the small town spent a night of panic and restlessness, and at dawn, they were all kicked out of their homes.They were driven to the market in the center of the town by a group of pirates with knives and guns.Some male residents were asked to clean up the dead bodies on the street and near the gates of the north and south towns.According to statistics, five people from Cao Xiong's department died and 14 were injured last night.The town residents and militiamen killed 15 people and injured about 30 people.

Cao Xiong stood on the high platform and simply announced that the town was temporarily under their control, and during this period, all residents were not allowed to go out at will.Any violation will be executed.Afterwards, after hearing the order to dissolve, the residents of the town ran home as quickly as they received amnesty, and tightly closed the doors and windows, waiting anxiously for their fate.

"Master Cao, Master Cao!" Niu Hu ran over panting.

"What's the matter, Xiaohu?" Cao Xiong saw Niuhu being so anxious, and his heart suddenly burst. Could there be a problem during the dock attack?
Niu Hu's face was a little rosy and his expression was quite happy, "Master Cao, second brother Qi called me to invite you over!" He walked to Cao Xiong's side, looked around, and said in a low voice.

"What's the matter? What's wrong?"

"Nothing happened!" Niu Hu said happily, "Silver! A lot of silver! ... There is a lot of silver on board!"

"Huh?" Cao Xiong grabbed Niu Hu's shoulders, "What kind of money? You fucking make it clearer!"

"That big ship at the dock is loaded with a lot of silver!" Niu Hu couldn't contain his excitement, and his voice became a little louder, "... There are about one or two hundred boxes, one by one, all full!"

Cao Xiong was stunned, looking at Niu Hu, the staring boss, seemed a little disbelieving.

"Let's go, take me to see!" Cao Xiong said, pushing a bull and tiger, "Go and see, is there really a lot of money!"

Qi Tian was also interested in listening to the ground next to him, and ran to the pier after him.

Niu Hu ran in front of him excitedly, and Cao Xiong followed at a trot.Qi Tian reluctantly ran after the figure in front of him, one foot high and one foot low. As for how much money he had, he ran so fast.

"Bang!" With a sound, the fire gun sounded, and Niu Hu in front of him slanted and almost fell to the ground.

"Enemy attack!" Niu Hu shouted, rolled around on the ground, then jumped up and charged with a knife.

In the slight morning light, two Spanish sailors in the woods were hiding behind two trees with muskets.Seeing that the muskets missed the pirates in front, the Spanish sailors rushed out together.The Spanish sailor who fired the gun smashed the bull and tiger with his musket.

"Damn, there's still an ambush!" Cao Xiong was furious, pulled out his long sword, and rushed over.

Suddenly, a musket was raised and aimed at Cao Xiong.

Cao Xiong froze on the ground with a long sword in his hand.A shot was fired just now, so the fire gun didn't fire!

Cao Xiong sighed in his heart, mother, today, I will be planted here.

The Spanish sailor who aimed his gun at Cao Xiong was very nervous and kept shouting loudly, as if he was telling Cao Xiong to put down the knife in his hand, or to stop Niuhu's counterattack.

Cao Xiong looked at the barbarians on the opposite side with contempt. He was a bastard, and there was a kind of shooting. If I died, Niuhu would naturally avenge me and chop you into two pieces.

The Spanish sailor who raised the gun saw that Cao Xiong still did not put down the knife, and continued to shout loudly, and from time to time looked back at the fight between Niuhu and another Spanish sailor.

"Ah!" There was a scream. Listening to the voice, it was the Spanish sailor who fought with the bull and the tiger who took the knife.The sailor who raised the gun was even more flustered, staring at Cao Xiong and shouting, his fingers tightly holding the trigger, ready to fire at any time.

"Uncle San, get down!" Suddenly, a young boy's voice came from behind.

Cao Xiong immediately fell to the ground, and the sailor who raised his gun on the opposite side was stunned for a moment, not knowing what the voice just meant.However, seeing the enemy on the opposite side suddenly lying down, he subconsciously raised his gun and pointed down.

"Hey!" With a loud voice, a black crossbow arrow shot from behind Cao Xiong, with a gun in the middle of the sailor's neck.

"Hiss..." The Spanish sailor who was hit by the crossbow fell on his back, stretched out a hand to pull the crossbow bolt from his neck, and hissing sound came from his throat.

"Go to hell!" Cao Xiong jumped up from the ground and slashed the sailor's neck, ending his struggle.

"Huzi, how's it going?" Cao Xiong rushed forward again and joined forces with Niu Hu to kill another Spanish sailor.

"I'm fine." Niu Hu said in a muffled voice, "The medicine brushed past my ear."

"Good boy!" Cao Xiong patted Qi Tian who was approaching, "Thanks to you this time!"

Qi Tian secretly exclaimed that he was lucky, thanks to him staggering behind him.Otherwise, let the Spanish sailor who slipped through the net kill Cao Xiong, then their group of pirates will be headless.

"Let's go, I want to see, let me almost get planted here. How much money do you have!"

When we arrived at the pier, we followed Qi Dajiang into the bottom warehouse of the galleon, and suddenly saw that there were one or two hundred willow boxes stacked neatly.Qi Dalu sat happily on a box, several boxes had been opened in front of him, revealing strips of silver.

"My mother!" Cao Xiong stepped forward with a knife and pried open several boxes, all of which were neatly stacked silver bars. He swallowed, stretched out his fingers, and wanted to count how many boxes there were, but he was too excited. Can't count.He has never seen so much silver in his life, and he has all of it in front of you.

Qi Tian picked up a piece of silver curiously, the silver-white was a little gray, which might be the purity of the extraction.According to a rough estimate, there are about [-] boxes and almost [-] tons of silver.This galleon must be the so-called treasure ship of the Spanish colonists, carrying a large amount of silver from South America to Asia.

However, for the Daming pirates who fled here from the famine, I am afraid that there is really no place to spend this lot of money for a while.It is far better to grab more food, cloth, weapons and ammunition.

"Xiaotian, do you like so much silver?" Qi Dalu saw Qi Tian holding a silver ingot and looked at it for a long time, then walked over and put his arms around his shoulder.

"I like it! But..." Qi Tian threw the silver ingot into the box and said with a smile, "We have nowhere to spend this money!"

"Not bad!" Cao Xiong also recovered from his joy, "We won't be able to go back to the mainland for a while, and this South Ocean area seems to only recognize French silver coins (Spanish silver pesos) and Dutch silver coins (Dutch silver ducats), Either it's gold. This silver is only useful in our Daming!"

"In addition to silver, there are many fabrics, linen, flannel..." Qi Dajiang jumped out of the silver box and said with a smile, "The most important thing is that there are seven or eight artillery pieces and several muskets, all of which are newly made. , there are nearly a hundred barrels of gunpowder..."

"Third brother, where are those firearms, I want to see." After listening to the introduction of the second brother Qi Dajiang, Qi Tian turned his head and said to Qi Dalu.He really wanted to know what level the mainstream weapons and equipment in the West were at during this period, and whether it was already an era ahead of the East.

"Over there!" Qi Dalu stretched out his hand and pointed at the tail cabin, "Hehe, I didn't expect Xiaotian to become interested in martial arts just a few days after throwing the book!"

Qi Tian smiled. In this troubled world, how can we protect our lives if we don't focus on military affairs?

He walked to the pile of willow baskets, squatted down, took out a musket from the basket, tore the sackcloth away, and presented a brand new musket in front of him.

"Xiaotian, are these muskets different from the ones we've used before?" Qi Dalu walked to Qi Tian's side, pointed to the musket, and said, "Look, this musket doesn't have a match, maybe it's not finished yet."

Qi Tian took a closer look. Indeed, it was somewhat different from the fire gun that Gouzi used to use. There was no place to place the match at the medicine door at the rear of the gun body.

However, it has one more hammer!
"This should be a flintlock gun!" Qi Tian gently moved the hammer at the top, then pulled the trigger, and made a crisp "click".

(End of this chapter)