PFC Chapter 625 Battle 1 is about to break out
Chapter 625 Battle 1 is about to break out
By then, with an experienced captain and crew at the helm, she wouldn't have to worry about not being able to return home.
While Lu Qingqing was thinking about things, the Japanese continued to take the money back to exchange for people.
At this time, the rescued refugees were also led onto the boat by the soldiers.
They were taken to a large cabin at the bottom of the ship.
This is an environment where many people live together, and it is a bit stuffy and humid inside.
But none of the refugees showed any disgust, and they all rushed in.
I was afraid that I would be left behind if I went in too late.
During the days of detention, these islanders did not treat them as human beings at all.
They were imprisoned in an open-air dungeon lined with stone troughs filled with muddy rainwater.
Every evening, these islanders would pour two buckets of rotten and smelly dead fish into the dungeon through the gaps in the wooden fence above.
It had been several days since those fish were caught. They had already rotted and were emitting a foul fishy smell.
Although these people had eaten grass roots and tree bark because of the disaster.
But at least the bark was not spoiled. Although it tasted bad and choked my throat, I could still eat it.
But to be honest, those stinky fish are worse than shit after fermentation.
But these islanders didn't give any other food, even these stinky fish were only given once a day.
With those two buckets of stinky fish, each person could only get about one fish a day.
But if you don't eat, you will starve to death.
After a day of hunger, most people started eating stinky fish.
But they had been fleeing from famine for so long that their bodies were extremely weak.
After eating these rotten and smelly fish, many people began to vomit and have diarrhea.
The dungeon was already dirty and smelly, and now it was even more smelly.
On the second day of being detained, someone died in the dungeon.
The islanders didn't care about the dead bodies until they started to stink, and then they started throwing them out.
In the days that followed, bodies were dragged out almost every day.
Before they saw the Ming Dynasty ships, they never thought they could get out alive.
For them, as long as they could be taken back to the Ming Dynasty, they would be willing to go into the bottom of the cabin, even into a dung bucket.
After the refugees entered the cabin, soldiers went to the kitchen to prepare porridge.
At the same time, he specifically instructed the kitchen to put some herbs for treating diarrhea into the porridge when cooking.
They also saw the situation of these refugees.
The prince spent a huge sum of money to redeem the person, and they can't just let him die on the road.
After settling these refugees, the soldiers got off the boat and returned to the dock.
At this time, the second batch of refugees was also sent over.
The soldiers resettled these refugees according to the same procedures as the first batch.
When paying silver and money for the third time, Yingchuan mentioned the seized ship to the Japanese.
The islanders went aside and discussed in a low voice, saying that they would send someone to ask for instructions and ask them to pay the silver first to continue redeeming the people.
In this way, several batches of refugees were replaced one after another.
After settling the refugees, the soldiers came back to report to Yingchuan.
The big ship is now almost full. It can only take one more batch of refugees and the ship will be full.
Yingchuan communicated with the islanders through an interpreter again, but the islanders still wanted to delay and continue to exchange refugees first.
Yingchuan took a tough stance this time, saying there was no room for more people on the boat.
If they refuse to give us the boat, then the ransom plan will have to be suspended.
Seeing this, the islanders grumbled for a while and then agreed to redeem the ship, but asked for a sky-high redemption fee.
When the interpreter mentioned the high ransom fee for the ship, all the Ming soldiers were angry.
They glared fiercely at the islanders opposite, and many soldiers even clenched their weapons tightly.
When Yingchuan heard the outrageous ransom fee, he frowned.
In fact, before coming, King Huai predicted that these islanders would ask for more fees.
Therefore, they were given a lot of extra silver and money.
But what I didn’t expect was that these islanders were so greedy.
If calculated based on the price they wanted, the silver they brought could only redeem two ships.
Ying Chuan turned around and said something to the interpreter next to him. The interpreter nodded and conveyed his meaning.
Unexpectedly, the Japanese people on the opposite side immediately turned hostile, pointed their weapons at Ying Chuan in front of them, and muttered something incoherently.
After listening to this, the interpreter stepped back nervously while translating the content to Ying Chuan.
These islanders were very arrogant and threatened that if they didn't pay the money they agreed on, there would be no need to exchange anymore.
The soldiers behind Yingchuan had already picked up their weapons in a state of vigilance because of the exorbitant demands made by the islanders on the opposite side.
After hearing what the interpreter said, he could no longer hold back.
The soldiers shouted, "We want to kill the islanders on the opposite side."
There were also many people shouting that they wanted to attack the defensive bunker not far away and rescue the soldiers and refugees inside.
Speaking of which, most of the soldiers under Yingchuan are coastal defense forces.
In recent years, due to King Huai's special training day after day, and the huge amount of money spent on equipment and improved food.
These soldiers had a victory rate of over 90% when fighting against the Japanese pirates and surrounding enemies.
Therefore, these soldiers were extremely proud in their hearts.
This time, they came along to redeem the person, and they were already feeling aggrieved.
Now, threatened by the islanders again, many soldiers can no longer bear it.
Seeing that the Ming soldiers were also about to take action, the islanders on the opposite side slowly retreated cautiously with weapons in hand.
The atmosphere between the two sides was very tense, and it felt like something was about to break out.
On the boat, Lu Qingqing saw this and pulled out her pistol.
The position she was standing in made it very convenient for aiming.
If a fight really breaks out, I guarantee that no one on the opposite side will be able to escape.
Ying Chuan was still weighing the pros and cons, but he didn't expect the scene to become more chaotic.
Seeing that the two sides were about to fight, he quickly spoke up to stop the soldiers' shouting.
At the same time, he asked the interpreter to say a few words to the Japanese people on the other side.
When the Japanese saw the Ming soldiers lay down their weapons, they gradually calmed down.
Yingchuan wanted to discuss the price again, so he asked the interpreter to communicate with the Japanese on the other side.
However, the Japanese people on the other side were determined and refused to negotiate.
Ying Chuan thought about the purpose of his visit and agreed with a sigh.
At the same time, he made a request.
The ship can be redeemed at the price required by the island nation, but they will give priority to redeeming the seriously injured soldiers and refugees.
The islander thought about it and agreed.
They didn't care much about those who were seriously injured.
If they continue to be left like this, a large number of them will probably die soon.
It would be a good idea to throw these people to the Ming soldiers, as they could be exchanged for a large sum of money.
Otherwise, if the person really dies, the money will be wasted.
In fact, they did not expect that the Ming Dynasty was really willing to use money to redeem people.
Therefore, at the beginning, the amount of money they offered was not very high.
But after trading two groups of refugees, the island country's top leaders saw that they were really willing to pay.
He immediately raised the price and increased the redemption fee several times.