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Looking around, there was no shadow of sails on the wide sea surface. Wang Tongxu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. It seemed that he was a false alarm. He turned his eyes to a small island in front of him. It was a small island with a radius of several miles. They all called Tadpole Island. Because it was located at the mouth of the Bay of Manila, the Great Luzons built a fort on it...[.]

The sound of cannons just now should have been heard from the island. Because I don’t know what the situation is, Wang Tongxu did not withdraw his concentrated order. He sailed at sea and everything could happen. Be careful of the century-old ship. Although the Qing Dynasty Ocean Trade Fleet is full of glory, it is a behavior of eating alone. It is inevitable that someone will hold a grudge. Even the Luzons in Manila may not be relieved. In the past, it is difficult to distinguish between pirates and maritime merchants.

Soon, Liaowangshou, who had climbed to the top of the mast, heard the news. It was indeed the sound of cannons coming from the island ahead. However, behind the island, four Western warships were chasing a two-masted red-headed ship.

Upon hearing the news, Wang Tongxu frowned. The red-headed ship was a merchant ship from Fujian. The warship that appeared in Manila Bay must be a warship of the Great Luzons, chasing and shelling Fujian merchant ships? He couldn't help but jump. Did the Great Luzons start massacre local Han people again? Even the Qing merchants who brought them to go to business were not spared?

Wang Tongxu traveled to Manila every year to massacre local Han people. He knows very well. Since the massacres in the 31st year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, every two or thirty years, the Great Luzons will carry out a massacre on local Han people every two or thirty years. In the 12th year of Chongzhen, the first year of Kangxi, and the 25th year of Kangxi, there have been large-scale massacres, and there are countless small massacres on weekdays.

Thinking that this year is the 51st year of Kangxi, and it was exactly twenty years since the last massacre. Wang Tongxu felt nervous immediately. If he was encountering a massacre, he would be in trouble. After he hesitating, he decisively ordered, saying: "The fleet is divided into two teams and withdraws from Manila Bay, and the cargo is light and fast to be the front team."

Two orders were heard one after another, and the entire fleet was panicked. Although the sound of cannons was sparse, they continued slowly. Most people didn't understand what happened, but those who knew something were very puzzled. The cannon statement was obviously not for them, so why did they retreat in a hurry?

However, Wang Tongxu has a high prestige in the fleet, and his identity is there, even if the bosses of the ship are dissatisfied, they have to respect their orders and slowly turn around.

As the landing point of the shells approached, everyone on the Fujian Red-headed boat began to feel despair. Everyone knew at this moment that the Luzonan warship was just playing cats and mice. Standing on the boat was a young man in his twenties, with a short head and a common dress for Manila Chinese merchants. Even Yinzhen suddenly saw him, but he couldn't recognize him. This was Zheng Qingyuan who had been in Southeast Asia for less than a year.

More than a hundred people on the Red Head Boat were all members of Zheng Qingyuan's uprising in Manila. Seeing that everyone was full of despair, Zheng Qingyuan shouted loudly: "If you want to die, you must die in the South China Sea. Everyone should work harder! Break out of Manila Bay! Never be a ghost in Manila!"

Zheng Qingyuan's words greatly stimulated everyone on the ship, and the red-headed boat became faster. As soon as he walked around the side of Tadpole Island, a sailor shouted excitedly: "Fleet, our Han fleet!"

Zheng Qingyuan turned around and immediately snatched a monocular telescope and looked at it. When he saw the triangular yellow dragon flag on the ship, he immediately shouted excitedly: "It's Shanghai's ocean-going trade fleet! We're saved! Hurry up! Go up!"

As soon as he heard that he was saved, everyone on the boat immediately saw hope for life, and the red-headed boat immediately became flexible. Zheng Qingyuan turned red with excitement, took out a flag from his arms, and ordered: "Press it on the front of the sail."

Wang Tongxu turned his head in the Qing Dynasty trade fleet and began to slowly sail towards the outer sea. At this time, the escaped Fujian red ship was already seeing the escaped Fujian red ship coming desperately towards their fleet, and the four Western warships behind were also tightly held on.

"Damn Fujian guy!" Wang Tongxu cursed hatefully. The other party came directly towards their fleet, obviously trying to drag his fleet into the water and attempt to disrupt their fleet so that they could escape in the chaos. His fleet was full of cargo, and it was only a matter of time before he was caught up. Four Western warships were followed by them.

Wang Tongxu is very familiar with this kind of Western sail warship. It is the kind built by his brother-in-law's shipyard - a fast sail warship of thousands of materials. Each ship has 3,040 large and small cannons. He can't decide whether the four warships will sell him the account of the Qing Dynasty Ocean Trade Fleet, but he can't be passively beaten. His fleet has more than 60 ships, and hesitated for a while, and he ordered again, "The fleet is gathered and ready for battle!"

After ordering, the entire fleet complained, but everyone saw the four Western warships coming in at this time. They did not dare to neglect each of them. They slowly assembled into groups and arranged them in order, just in case. At this time, the Liaowanghou on the mast sent back the news, and the red-headed ship was on the sail with a dragon flag!

Dragon Flag? Wang Tongxu's heart jumped and he quickly watched with a telescope. When he saw the red-headed ship's sail was covered with a red golden dragon flag, he couldn't help but sigh in secret. The ship had to be saved. The flag was the Shanghai Ocean Fleet, the navy's military flag! Without looking at it, he knew who was on the ship. In Manila, only the 14th Master's third-class guard, Zheng Qingyuan. Only he had such a flag in his hand, and his nephew also had one in the hands of Zhang Decai of the Galoba.

This guy is smart and knows to stick the golden dragon flag on the front of the sail. If he raises it to the top of the mast, he will probably be a fierce battle. Wang Tongxu praised in his heart and pondered, how can he save people and avoid war? His merchant ship is full of goods, so it is best not to start a war.

After pondering for a moment, Wang Tongxu ordered in a deep voice: "Send all ships to let go of the red-headed ship and prepare to fight to the death!" After a little slowing down, he ordered "order Zhang Sibao and Xu Changwang to travel outside. If the situation is not good, throw away the goods immediately and rush back to Shanghai to report the news."

After ordering, the bosses of the ship who were originally lucky, immediately set up nervously. Although they were merchant ships, the South China Sea had complex forces and many pirates. In order to protect themselves, each ship had light artillery firearms. Although the other party was a Western warship, there were only four ships, so they were under little pressure. However, this was at the door of someone else. God knew that the other party would have warships to support him. Not only were they all blamed Wang Tongxu for being troubled, but could they care about the other party’s affairs at sea?

Seeing that the red-headed ship was getting closer and closer to the Qing Dynasty Ocean Trade Fleet, the four Spanish warships chasing behind him not only hesitated, but on the front warship, Captain Ferlando stared forward with frowns.

He had already seen clearly that the fleet ahead was the Qing Dynasty Ocean Trade Fleet. Although it was serving on warships, Manila's main trading target was the Qing Dynasty. How could he not know the truth about the Qing Dynasty Ocean Trade Fleet? He immediately became entangled.

He was too unwilling to pursue him. He was afraid of fighting with the Qing Ocean Trade Fleet. After all, the other party was also a physiological person. The other party had at least fifty or sixty ships. Once the fire was exchanged, he was not sure that he could win steadily. After pondering for a while, he ordered: "Reduce, keep moving forward."

Ferlando wanted to test the attitude of the Qing Dynasty's ocean-going trade fleet. If the other party can remain neutral, it would be the best. He doesn't want to fight fire with the Qing Dynasty's ocean-going trade fleet. Manila refers to the maritime trade relying on the Qing Dynasty.

Seeing that the Western warships slowed down, Wang Tongxu smiled slightly and ordered: "Crash the gun to warn them."

The sound of the cannon immediately sounded.

Ferlando was disdainful of this kind of light cannon. What he was afraid of was the fight against the gang. After all, the number of other people was countless times higher than that of him. These merchants were actually not much different from pirates. Once they rushed forward, the consequences would be unimaginable. Seeing that they had a clear attitude, Ferlando no longer hesitated and directly ordered, "Reduce, turn."

The three warships behind also began to reduce and turn.

Seeing that the Luzons did not intend to attack, Wang Tongxu did not dare to stay here. Since Zheng Qingyuan had escaped, Manila must have been cleaning or massacred the Han people at this time. He did not dare to let so many people and goods in the ocean trade fleet take risks, and immediately ordered to return.

When he heard Wang Tongxu's order to return, the manager Xu Yunliang was anxious and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Wang Dongjia, this tassium water and food cannot support us to return to Macau. Besides, the warships in Greater Luzon have no malicious intentions towards us. Why did they not enter when they arrived at the gate of Manila?"

"I know it naturally," Wang Tongxu said in a deep voice: "Although these four warships have no malicious intentions towards us, the current situation in Manila is unknown. I guess it is likely to be massacring the Han people on a large scale, and I can't take the entire fleet to take risks."

He was massacring Han people on a large scale again? Xu Yunliang was shocked when he heard this. The massacre of Han people in the Luzon is well-known throughout Nanyang, so he naturally heard about it. He couldn't help but say worriedly: "But how to solve the problem of fresh water and food?"

"Can living people still be suffocated to death by urine?" Wang Tongxu smiled and said, "Let's go north along the coast first. There is a small port dozens of miles away, called Tara, go there to replenish it."

When Ferrando saw that the Qing Dynasty Ocean Trade Fleet was returning so decisively, he was very surprised. Their warships did not show hostility towards the Qing Dynasty Ocean Trade Fleet. Why were they so scared? As soon as this fleet returned and went back to promote it, I am afraid that no fleet would dare to come to Manila this year.

After pondering slightly, Ferlando sent a warship back to Manila to report the situation to the Philippine Governor Mairotin, suggesting that the fleet be wiped out! The remaining three warships followed behind and waited for news.

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