A leisurely city for solo travelers

Chapter 307 Black Pimple

Southeast Asia? Brunei.

Governor 24 took the South American cigars sent by Frafen.

"It's great, I didn't expect to smell this smell here!" The governor's girl was in love again.

"If your lord needs it, there are many more. Our country has a fleet that travels regularly to and from Europe."

"Really? We want to cooperate for a long time." The governor said, and wrote a document, "Your Excellency is so generous, it must be good for everyone if Kuhn can do business here, and I will give 5% of the Fang Family Navy The market share will be transferred to your chamber of commerce.”

"Thank you, Governor. Your Excellency made this decision for the prosperity of Southeast Asia, and everyone benefits." Frafen is a typical split Dutchman, but his face is a bit flat, his eyes are a bit small, and he is not very handsome.

Governor 24 then sighed: "Yes, the Fang family's navy has done a lot of things over the years, but now, they seem to have given up on this sea area and returned to China to take care of some things."

Frafen pursed his lips and said with a smile: "It's not so easy to get out of that quagmire."

The governor then asked: "I always don't quite understand, if the Guild of Commerce intends to do business in these ports of ours, why doesn't it directly declare war with the Fang family navy, and use such gentle means to gradually nibble away."

"What the governor said is that we don't want to waste a lot of time. This is an order from the royal family."

"Royal family?"

Frafen said helplessly: "We have gone too far in Africa, India, and Southeast Asia. The royal family hopes that we will use a 'gentle' method, and we must take care of our country's honor and image, and don't leave words for other countries."

"'Be gentler'?" Governor 24 covered his mouth and suppressed a smile. "Your Excellency, with all due respect, is there any difference between being gentle and being tough? Why do I feel that this is an act of deceiving myself?"

Frafen whispered: "I feel the same way. I don't know what's wrong with the royal family. Maybe it's because they suddenly want to go to heaven."

The governor's face changed: "Your Excellency, please don't make fun of Christ."

"Okay, okay..." Frafen shrugged, "We are different people after all, hell has already registered my name."

The governor sighed again: "The Lord is too tolerant, we only need to repent before we die, no matter how many sins we commit, we can be forgiven."

Frafen laughed and said, "By the way, I can still repent. Thank you Governor for reminding me."

Governor 24 felt that it was boring to talk about this topic, so he asked: "I heard that the East Asian waters are in chaos recently, does your Chamber of Commerce have any intention of going north?"

Frafen shook his head: "I don't know, these are all arranged by the people above. Our squadron admiral can only obey the orders. But the fat man in East Asia is not just us who are watching, the French and British , the Portuguese are all eyeing each other, and they are jealous of each other, and they dare not go north easily. This must be the reason why the royal family asked us to 'take into account our image.' But believe me, it is only a matter of time, whether to invade them gently, or to enslave them brutally. They, the people above will make a decision sooner or later."

"I wish I could be gentle."

"Of course, this way I can say less when I'm dying to confess."

"..."

In the past few months when the Fang family navy disappeared in the waters of Southeast Asia, the Kuhn Chamber of Commerce has used various means to rapidly plunder their share, letters of recommendation from Europe, tobacco from South America, and even dumping popular products, Kuhn's three fleets frequently travel to and from the six ports that the Fang family's navy has worked so hard to develop, and they have almost squeezed the Fang family's navy away from this sea area.

As for what happened in East Asia, almost no one knows.In the eyes of most Europeans, it should be a place similar to Southeast Asia. The most advanced armed forces are large fishing boats carrying spear guns. If there is a war, they may be scratched by the thrown spear guns.

However, Admiral Frafen of the Kuhn Chamber of Commerce’s Second Fleet didn’t think so.

He has come into contact with some oriental people and heard some legends during his voyages.

Regardless of the artillery skills of the Orientals, at least their sailboats are worthy of recognition. There was a Chinese fleet with amazing sails that traveled to and from Southeast Asia, the Indian Ocean, and even Africans several times. This kind of gift, and tell everyone that in the far east, there is such an ancient country.

Therefore, Frafen is still affirmative of the ocean-going capabilities of the Orientals, including the frequent voyages of the Fang family navy in Southeast Asia, which also confirms this.

But on the contrary, Frafen could only laugh at the fighting methods of the Easterners.

He believes that the facts also confirm this point. When the Fang Family Navy was doing business here, they always walked around the Kuhn Chamber of Commerce, and didn't even have the heart to look at it from a distance to say hello.When the Kuhn Chamber of Commerce was still tentatively squeezing their share, they directly chose to flee and fled back to their East Asia.

Frafen thinks this is an oriental character, who can only give gifts but not fight.

But in fact, it is useless to be able to fight. The Frafen soldiers don’t think their broken wooden boats and horrible artillery can make a difference on the battlefield. It is said that their artillery was imported from Germany. Of course, the Germans sell half Products from centuries ago may have become rusty and moldy.

When Frafen returned to the pier, the sailors had already loaded the coral into warehouses, and they could earn a lot of money by handing over the cargo to the caravan back to Europe.

Frafen used to be a gambler, but he never gambled since coming to the waters of the island.

He found that plundering was far more profitable and interesting than gambling.

Flaffin boarded the boat and said to the adjutant, "Go back to Jakarta."

The adjutant took the lead, and several large North Sea three-barrel sailing ships made in the Netherlands left the port.

"Admiral! Look over there!" The sailor shouted from the lookout.

Frafen felt that he was so rare. Southeast Asia should be the safest sea area in the world, and those indigenous people were the most tolerant people he had ever seen.

"What are you calling? Is it the ship of the Preyla Chamber of Commerce?"

"It's not like...it seems...it's not like a sailboat at all..."

Frafen laughed and scolded: "Fishing boat?! You also report to me? Little Charlie, isn't your position too boring, do you want to stimulate my nerves from time to time?"

"No, Admiral..." the sailor on the lookout gulped, "Admiral, if those are fishing boats... I think it is only possible that they were fishing boats hunting for Poseidon..."

Frafen finally became nervous and took out a telescope from his pocket to watch it for himself.

In the distance, there are a few black bumps sailing this way. From an aesthetic point of view, it is really ugly.

Frafen even thought their reefs, thanks to the two pitiful little sails on those bumps, were sure to be ships.This kind of boat was a bit different from the boats that Frafen knew. It didn't seem to move only by the wind. On both sides of the boat, huge waves kept churning, as if there were many people paddling.

"It's a paddle boat?!" Fluffin cried out in shock.

"Admiral, what did you say?" The adjutant was a little surprised, "Is it the kind in the park?"

"No, no, it's for war. It's a Galais rowing warship. Oh my god, isn't this something in a museum?" Frafen was still looking at the lumps, wanting to see more information.

"Galaisai? Is this a name from the ancient Roman period?" The adjutant was a little dizzy. Was this the devil?

Frafen paused for a while, then turned around and said, "If you haven't heard of Galaise, at least you've heard of Venetian gunboats, right?"

"Venice gunboat? Oh my god..." the adjutant finally understood, "A gunboat made for war, with 15 rows of giant paddles, 20 heavy guns... a fortress on the ocean... But, isn't this type of ship already obsolete? "

"Well... With the maturity of navigation technology, this type of ship began to be restrained by British cruisers. Later, due to high labor costs and weak defense, it was eliminated. I didn't expect to see the famous Venetian gunboat here."

The adjutant only looked at a few black spots from a distance, imagining the appearance of a Venetian gunboat.

Frafen shouted: "Why are you still in a daze? Go and raise the negotiation flag!"

"Yes Yes……"

Flavin first raised the flag asking for identity, but there was no response from the other side. After repeating it three times, Flaven was finally a little scared, because the number of black bumps had increased from 3 to 10.

"The enemy's situation is unknown, retreat first." Frafen gave an order, and the fleet no longer stopped, but headed west.

Frafen stood at the stern and clenched his fists: "This Kuhn Chamber of Commerce has recorded it. Whether you are British or Spanish, my Kuhn Chamber of Commerce will not let it go."

Frafen was getting faster and faster.

"Little Charlie?! What's going on?" Fraffin felt something was wrong, so he asked the lookout.

"Admiral...their target doesn't seem to be Brunei..." The lookout made sure he was right, before he said blankly, "their target seems to be us."

"Who is so bold? Fight without declaring?!" Flavin snorted and ordered, "All personnel are ready for battle, filled with artillery, and it is just an antique ship. How dare you challenge the authority of the Kuhn Chamber of Commerce in Southeast Asia. "

As soon as he gave the order, he hesitated again. After all, the enemy is 10 ships, and the combat power is still unknown.Although the Venetian gunboat has obvious shortcomings, its firepower is still quite amazing when it comes to hand-to-hand combat.

Frafen coughed, and had to change his order: "Stand by after reloading the ammunition, and drive towards Jakarta at full speed first, pay attention, it is full speed!"

Jakarta is the base of the Kuhn Chamber of Commerce. No matter how evil the Venetian gunboat is, it cannot escape the encirclement and suppression of Kuhn's three fleets. Safety comes first. If any country declares war with the Netherlands, there may be more things to consider.

Half a minute later, Frafen was already sweating profusely.

"Full speed, isn't it moving forward at full speed? Why are they still approaching?!"

The sweat on the adjutant's face was no less than that of Frafen: "Admiral... We are really at full speed. Now that the wind is headed, is this the fastest?"

"Hmph, because there is a paddle boat on the opposite side, can we ignore the wind direction..." Frafen snorted and ordered, "Change the course according to the wind direction and get rid of them first!"

One minute later, the horror on Frafen's face could no longer be hidden.

"Little Charlie, help me count...how many rowers are those boats?"

"..." After repeated confirmation, the lookout said in a low voice, "40 rows... Admiral, a total of 80 squid."

"How is it possible...the largest Venetian gunboat only has 15 rows of paddles..." Frafen was shocked, "Don't they care about the cost? Don't they want warehouses and gun stores? This is simply...pirates!!! Beijing Pirates!"

Frafen has already thought about it. This is a configuration that basically abandons artillery and warehouses, consumes a lot of manpower, and can approach the enemy in a short time. Only pirates need to do this.

Now, due to the strengthening of artillery, even this kind of hand-to-hand combat pirates has basically disappeared. After all, they usually suffer heavy losses before close combat.

Frafen knew that it was impossible to escape from being bitten by this terrifying 40-row giant paddle boat. He made a decisive decision and ordered the ship to move sideways and aim its guns at the enemy.

Frafen was an experienced admiral. After the formation adjustment was completed, he shouted to the whole ship: "Don't be afraid. Although the enemy has 10 ships, our artillery shells are enough to sink them at close range."

The sailors said in unison that up to now, they were only shocked at most, and they were not very scared.The large North Sea three-barrel sailboat is equipped with 12 cannons. The last time an armed fleet of this level was forced to fight hand-to-hand by pirates was decades ago.

It's just that they didn't expect that before the enemy entered their own range, the enemy's shells would be the first to bombard them.

The sailors all laughed, how could there be such a long-range shell, the opposite is really a group of wood turtle pirates, they all think that this is a fleet formed by a group of uncivilized Southeast Asians, and they are savagely propelled by giant pulp, and they are simply unnecessary worried.

It wasn't until a shell landed 50 meters next to the flagship and the waves caused the flagship to stagger that the sailors finally fell silent - the range of the opponent's artillery was half as much as their own.

Frafen's heart was already in his throat. Even the range of the artillery was suppressed. Who is this damn fleet?

"Admiral, do you want to surrender?" the adjutant asked tremblingly.

"No...wait any longer... If the enemy wants to annihilate us, they have already started bombing wildly, but they only use the bow guns and are still approaching at full speed. I think their artillery is not as powerful as it looks."

Sure enough, as Flaven expected, after the four rounds of bombing, the opposite side was misfired, and dozens of shells only hit two.

"The opponent's shells are all gone, counterattack!!" Frafen shouted.

As soon as he finished speaking, each battleship's dozen or so gun bays unleashed full firepower, and tons of shells hit the opposite side like raindrops.

Frafen grinned and said, "Let these idiots see what firepower is."

The fleet of the Kuhn Chamber of Commerce is full of experienced sailors, and the hit rate of the shells is quite impressive. In addition, there are a large number of armed turrets. In just two salvos, at least 10 shells can be seen hitting the enemy ship.

"Two rounds of volleys are enough for them." Fraffin was confident that the battle had been won. He only cared about who the enemy was, so he raised his head and asked, "Little Charlie, can you see their flag clearly?"

"Okay... I haven't heard of this flag before, it seems to be a strange symbol, maybe a Chinese character."

"Chinese characters?" Frafen was startled, and finally came to his senses, "It's the Fang Family Navy?!! They're back?"

"Maybe."

Frafen tried his best to stabilize his mood. This news should be told to President Kuhn immediately. Of course, it should be together with the good news of his victory over the other party. He smiled and said: "You are really an oriental who is overwhelmed, little Charlie, tell me how many times you have sunk. one of their ships, I'd guess at least four."

"No... less than four ships."

"Three ships? My God, the opponent's luck is really good."

"Not yet..."

"What? There are only two ships. I have never seen such a bomb-resistant ship!"

"..."

"..."

"Admiral, their ship doesn't seem to have suffered any damage, but 10 ships are still rushing towards us..."

"It's impossible!" Frafen ordered the bombing again, and at the same time copied out the telescope.

This time, he could see clearly.

A round of shells accurately hit these black bumps, but these black bumps were only shaken for a while, and after a puff of black smoke, they still stood there intact.

The lookout had lowered the binoculars, which were unnecessary at this distance.

"Admiral, this is not a black bump, it's an iron block!"

"Yeah." Flaffin also threw away the binoculars. He didn't order the sixth round to fire. There was no time to reload and fire again at this distance. He could already clearly see the admiral on the opposing ship.

I don't know if the admiral on the opposite side is possessed by a god or what, but he stands shirtless on the bow of the ship instead of hiding in the iron armor.

The black-haired youth put the sawtooth sword across his back shoulder, God, he actually grinned.

"He is Fang Xian?" Frafen stood awkwardly and asked the adjutant, "Isn't he a businessman? Have you ever seen such a businessman? This is the most fucking businessman I have ever seen!"

Fang Xian took a step forward and pointed the horizontal knife at Frafen, his eyes said everything.

"Admiral! You can shoot him to death from this distance!!" The adjutant said quickly when he saw this.

"No." Frafen thought briefly, "Raise the white flag, close the guns, and surrender."

"Admiral!"

"We have no choice." Frafen has already prepared for the worst. "If you still want to live, please pray with me and pray that this admiral is a businessman and not a pirate."

"..."

As the ten ironclad ships approached and tons of kiln sailors poured out of the ironclad endlessly, the adjutant finally believed in Frafen's judgment.

The other side has at least [-] strong sailors, and they have already reached this distance. In a hand-to-hand battle, it is enough to wipe out three Kuhn fleets.

The admirals of the two sides met on the deck, and Fang Xian had already put on the admiral's shawl again.

Frafen just stared at him, not knowing what to say.

"The people leave, but the boats, goods and money stay." Fang Xian smiled at Flavin, "Go back and tell Kuhn that I am a kind businessman and I don't like fighting. Let him give me back what belongs to me. There will be a truce."

"..." Frafen bit the bullet and said, "Admiral Fang, are you declaring war on the whole of Europe?"

"If so, you would have been buried in the sea by now."

"..." Frafen had nothing to say, "I will convey your meaning to President Kuhn... As for the result, I'm afraid we still need to discuss it, and then convey it to the country, it will take longer..."

"Not so much time." Fang Xian fiddled with his fingers, "I will rest in Brunei for three days, and then head to Jakarta. If you haven't expressed your position before we arrive in Jakarta, I'm afraid I will have to take off my clothes again." Admiral's uniform, I'm going to be a pirate for a while now."

The sailors of the Fang family's navy all laughed wildly, the transformation of the admiral is really a great joy in life.Being able to beat the Europeans to such an embarrassing point, they surrendered just past them, which boosted the morale of the Yaozi sailors.

In this way, amidst the ridicule of many sailors in the Fang family's navy, the members of the Frafen fleet squeezed into several lifeboats and fled towards Jakarta precariously.

(End of this chapter)