The city lord was also a smart person, knowing that Wenshen was going to annex himself. At the same time, he thought to himself: "I am the lord of a city here, and that path is so at the mercy of others. But if I like the country, if I don't sell it, I will rob it. I have less than a thousand troops in total, how can I fight?"

Seeing that his face was gloomy and gloomy, Wenshen laughed and said, "Zhang Long, let the city lord see our howitzer."

Not long after, several soldiers pushed a howitzer to the deck. After debugging, Wenshen patted the city lord on the shoulder, "Sir, how about my cannon?"

The city lord stepped forward and touched it. He felt a chill. He turned to look at Wen Shen: "Sir, what is this cannon for? Do you want to use this cannon to buy my city? Although this cannon is made of fine iron, it is too exaggerating to buy my city with force."

Wen Shen smiled and thought to himself, you, the city lord is so stupid. Then he said to the artillery: "Let the car owner take a look."

"boom……"

Following the sound, the city lord saw a stone wall on the shore being blown into the sky. A few seconds later, the stones that flew into the sky fell to the ground with a thunderous thunder.

Looking at the stunned city lord, Wen Shen said, "Master, how about this cannon?"

The city lord turned his head and looked at Wen Shen dullly, stretched out his thumb, and said foolishly: "Awesome! So awesome! Sir, do you really want to exchange this cannon for me?"

Wen Shen's face turned cold and took out a cigarette and lit it, "You have a good idea. But why should I change it to you? Is your brain watered up? You deserve it too!"

"Ah..." At this time, the city lord reacted and it turned out that he was demonstrating to him. If the city was sold to others, he would use this to bombard him. Thinking of this, the city lord's face turned red and white, and he felt cold all over. The more he looked at Wenshen, the more terrifying he became.

...

Three days later, Wenshen took over the entire city, including the main island of Singapore and some nearby small islands, at the cost of two boxes of glass and one box of porcelain. The city lord took his family and entourage to Malacca City, west of Singapore, with his family and entourage.

After Wenshen accepted it, the first thing he did was to modify the place name. Name the entire jurisdiction area Xingzhou and the city where he was located was Xingcheng. There is a river near Xingcheng, named Xinghe. Xinghe is the only river in Xingzhou, and the water used by the whole city depends on this river.

In order to better develop Xingzhou, Wenshen decided that Zhao Hu would lead 500 soldiers to garrison here, be responsible for the defense of Xingcheng, and clear out nearby pirates and strengthen and repair the city. In order to increase the enthusiasm of soldiers, Wenshen increased subsidies for overseas garrisons, and stipulated that overseas garrisons could apply for transfer back to the country after three years.

At the same time, Wenshen left behind 100,000 silver dollars, six howitzers, fifty heavy machine guns and corresponding ammunition. If he encountered problems that could not be solved, he would send a telegram and he would quickly return to the rescue.

Xingcheng is located in the city of trade, so Wenshen exempted all passing ships from taxes and fees, and asked Zhang Dongsheng and others to promote more among the merchants. They did not charge any fees when they heard that, and there was such a powerful army stationed, so they were naturally very happy.

After a few more days of rest, the fleet entered the strait and slowly advanced towards the Indian Ocean.

...

Due to the development of maritime commerce, some port cities have appeared on the west coast of the Malay Peninsula one after another. These cities do not belong to any kingdom. The city lord is the king here, and there are great powers. It is a bit like the bandits who occupy the mountains and become kings, but there are all some pirates here.

Most of the city lords are powerful pirates or tycoons. These cities are big and small, and Malacca is the largest one.

Malacca is located about 300 miles west of Xingzhou. Unlike Xingcheng, most of the people in Malacca live on boats or built in wooden houses on the water. The population is about 20,000. Except for fishing and planting, they will work part-time pirates and rob passing merchant ships most of the time.

On this day, a group of three ships entered the port of Malacca.

"Haha, this is not the Lord Pu of Shi Lai, why do you have time to come to me?" A short and strong man with a beard and trembling face was patrolling the dock with a pair of people and happened to see the Lord of Shi Lai on the dock.

The Lord of Shira sighed and clasped his fists and said, "Boss, I'm here to join you. Now I don't even have a place to stay."

The short and strong man said in surprise: "Why is this? Although your Shila City is not as good as my Malacca, it is also a Feng Shui treasure land. Could anyone occupy your territory?"

"That's right! A team of men came to the Song Dynasty and forced my Shila City with two boxes of glass. It's so annoying to me!" The Shila City Lord said gritting his teeth.

"You have nearly a thousand people, why did you agree?"

"The master, I don't know anything. The group of Song people had six giant ships in total. The largest one was twenty feet long and covered with iron armor. This is not the most terrible thing. The most terrifying thing is that they have a kind of running, called howitzer, and it can be done with one shot. My city wall was flattened. Do you think I can disagree!"

The short and strong man took a breath, "Is this really the case?"

"Can I still lie to you? I think it won't take long before the group of people will pass by. You will know at the time of a glance."

"If there is such a ship, I really want to see it." The short and strong man touched his short and thick beard, not knowing what he was thinking.

...

After a day of sailing, Dingyuan and three ships arrived near Malacca, while Zhang Dongsheng and others were left far behind. As a last resort, Wenshen felt that he would rest in Malacca for one night and wait for them by the way.

"Gaga, I didn't expect there were such a majestic ship!" The master of Malacca couldn't help but sigh when he saw the three giant ships docking. At the same time, he thought in his heart that if he could get these three ships, he wouldn't sweep across this sea area. The more he thought about it, the hotter he felt, the brighter he was.

This boss still has some idea of ​​becoming the leader of more than 20,000 people. He knew that the front would definitely not be able to occupy the ship, so he decided to come to the dark side.

After the ship docked, the boss hurriedly organized a huge welcome team. He beat gongs and drums, sang and danced again and again, which was very lively. Seeing Wenshen and others getting off the boat, he hurriedly stepped forward and bowed, "The young boss of Malacca, welcome the Lord of the People's Republic of China."

Wen Shen looked at the man's appearance and felt that he didn't look like a good person no matter how he looked. He thought to himself: "If you have nothing to do, you will be either a traitor or a thief." As the saying goes, you don't hit a smile on your face, and agreed: "The boss doesn't have to do this. We will rest here for one night and we will set off tomorrow. It's still early in the modern day, so we will buy some food here."

"No problem, we lack anything here, but we don't need food." The master of Malacca unconsciously glanced at the huge ironclad ship, "We still have a superior guest room, so the Lord Shangguo can rest with peace of mind."

Wenshen smiled and said, "No, I usually live on the boat and I'm used to it!"

The boss laughed dryly: "Yes, this ship is so big, it must be much better than our small inns."

Wenshen took a few guards to stroll around the water city on a boat, but he felt that it was not very interesting. The people here were so dark and full of yellow teeth, which made him feel very disgusted.

Wenshen felt more comfortable when he returned to the boat. Not long after, the soldiers who went out to buy food also returned to the boat one after another.

"Secretary, I feel the atmosphere here is a bit weird, I'm afraid it's a fraud." Zhang Long came to Wenshen and said quietly.

"You also feel it. I think they want to come here, so be careful tonight."

"The officials understand that if they dare to attack the camp, I will let them go without a return."
Chapter completed!