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Chapter 1558 How to treat the pain caused by the prisoner exchange?

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    ¡¾Correction: There were two Ming Dynasty ships in the dock, so the two ships were captured, not three.  ¡¿

    The colonel cried and reported the bad news of the attack on Onda Port and the hijacking of the treasure ship. Colonel Thiago sat down on the chair, and his whole body lay there.

    "Who did it?" Cuban Governor Huelva was also wrong. Onda base was his defense zone, and he could not escape the blame for the treasure ship being hijacked.

    "It's a group of unidentified pirates. Their sails are black. They took advantage of the strong wind last night and slipped into Onda Bay." Lieutenant Colonel Thiago choked up and said, "I only saw two ships of five to six hundred tons.  Galenic ship, and a very large sailing ship.¡±

    Thiago and Velva looked at each other suddenly, and at the same time thought of the three Ming Dynasty sailing ships that escaped!

    Isn¡¯t it just a giant ship of one or two thousand tons and two medium-sized galenic ships?

    "What are the characteristics of those three ships?" the governor hurriedly asked: "For example, their sails!"

    "Oh, yes, the shape of their sails is a bit strange. Although there are horizontal sails, they seem to be mainly longitudinal sails" the lieutenant colonel recalled: "Also, the sails of the two Galen ships are black."

    Because it was night, no one noticed the pirate flag hand-painted by Xiao Zhuzi

    The colonel and the governor looked at each other again, and both saw shock in each other's eyes.

    We met the three Ming Dynasty sailing ships again.

    "No, it's impossible. How would they know that the treasure ship is in Onda?" The colonel said with difficulty, "Besides, their sails are white."

    "It's not difficult to change the color of the sails." The governor-general Zhongke said: "Maybe they just went to the port closest to Havana to vent their anger. A blind cat has encountered a dead mouse."

    Of course, the last sentence is the free translation of the Spanish ¡®hasonadolaflauta¡¯, which literally translates to ¡®the whistle blew¡¯.

    "No, I don't believe it." The colonel rubbed his messy brown hair and said, "They are obviously coming for the treasure ship."

    "Yes." The lieutenant colonel nodded to confirm.

    ??~~

    By the next morning, the colonel believed it even if he didn't believe it.

    Because Lin Feng sent a messenger, claiming responsibility for the attack the night before, and demanding that the Spaniards immediately release all Ming people and the two impounded sailing ships.  In exchange for the two treasure ships, their gold, silver and jewels worth four million pesos, as well as the captured Spanish sailors.

    "The Spaniards are never threatened!" the colonel said forcefully.

    "If you fail to meet the above conditions before 12 noon today, we will scuttle the Santa Barbara outside Havana Bay. If you fail to meet the above conditions by 6 o'clock this afternoon  Under the conditions, we will scuttle another 'San Marco'!" The letter that came to negotiate said bluntly in Chinese Spanish: "Then we will continue to look for new prey until you learn to make exchanges."

    Colonel Thiago¡¯s face was red with anger.  In his twenty years in America, this was the first time he saw someone dare to threaten Spain like this!

    But under the persuasion of Governor Velva, he quickly calmed down. How could he be so stubborn when his life was in someone else's hands?

    To the Governor-General, those Easterners are not important at all. Anyway, the Vice-King¡¯s order was not given to him.  The important thing is that His Majesty the King's treasure ship cannot cause trouble in his own jurisdiction.

    Colonel Thiago was confused.  The deputy king has a mission to deliver, and his majesty's treasure ship must not make any mistakes. If anything goes wrong, it will be enough for him to drink a pot.

    The governor again advised him to make an exchange first.  When the treasure ship comes back, it won't be too late to issue a wanted order so that the entire Kingdom of New Spain can work together to encircle and suppress these Ming pirates.

    And this is not blackmail, it¡¯s just that the transaction is obviously beneficial to us, and only fools will not do it if it makes a lot of money.

    "It makes sense" Colonel Thiago was finally convinced and reluctantly agreed to make an exchange with the Ming people.

    But I¡¯m still angry

    ??~~

    Two hours after the messenger left, the three Ming sailboats that had escaped a few days ago reappeared outside Havana Bay.  Following behind were two battered Spanish galleons.

    Colonel Thiago stood on the fortress at the mouth of the bay and felt his heart was broken when he saw that the two broken ships were the treasure ships he was escorting.

    "I'm so stupid, really" Thiago raised his dull eyes and murmured: "I only knew that the cannonballs had no eyes during the battle and might accidentally damage the treasure ship; but I didn't know that the Ming people actually  I would take the initiative to come to my door. How stupid of me, I actually separated from the treasure ship. If I had known better, I might as well have taken it with me"

    Governor Velva on the side saw that he was a little confused and hurriedly advised: "Who would have thought that two well-armed sailing ships could be robbed so easily. It was all an accident. Be careful next time.nbsp;"I understand." Director Ge said that she is still better than his wife. No matter what she wants to do, she can always convince everyone with good reason.

    ??~~

    As soon as the exchange was completed, the Governor-General of Cuba immediately issued a black notice, ordering all ports under its jurisdiction to be on alert, and to fire immediately if the Eastern Fleet was discovered.  All ships must also ¡®open fire upon contact with the enemy¡¯!

    Colonel Thiago also sent an urgent message to Mexico, requesting that the Ming Dynasty fleet be captured throughout New Spain, vowing to trap these oriental villains with numerous crimes to death in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea!

    However, a full month has passed, and there is still no news from the Ming Dynasty fleet, which has been restored to the size of five ships.  The Spanish sent countless reconnaissance ships, but no trace of them was found.

    Those people from the Ming Dynasty seemed to have disappeared from the world.

    This always makes Colonel Thiago terrified, but he can¡¯t wait any longer, because according to the royal order, all treasure sailing ships must gather at the port of Santo Domingo in Dominica before June and be escorted back home by the Atlantic Fleet.

    It¡¯s already the end of May, and if you don¡¯t leave, your schedule will be delayed

    He had no choice but to discuss with the Governor of Cuba to combine the two galley fleets into one, plus several Caravel sailing ships as supply ships and the light Galli galleys as reconnaissance ships to form a powerful escort force.  , escorting four treasure ships to Santo Domingo.

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