On the vast sea, three Garen ships were moving forward through the waves.

After obtaining the intelligence provided by the British, they were preparing to send the British to India for the corn, peanuts, potatoes and other crops they were preparing to collect this time.

"Are you pirates from the Great Yu Kingdom?"

After the British woke up, they boarded the deck. After examining the ship, he was surprised to find that the ship was very similar to their warships, and the design of the ship seemed to be more reasonable.

Unable to understand, he couldn't help asking the translator Zheng Shaoqing.

Zheng Shaoqing was a limited number of translators trained by Xiao Ming. In fact, Xiao Ming started to train translators for not long after he was established in the Bowen Academy. Zheng Shaoqing was the best among these translators.

There are two translators on the other two ships, and their identities are originally poor scholars from Qingzhou.

Zheng Shaoqing has learned that the British man in front of him is Wilson, the first mate of a British sail cruiser. In Wilson's story, Britain is now competing for overseas colonies with European countries such as the Netherlands, Portugal, France and other European countries.

Among these countries, they have the worst relationship with the Netherlands and are in a state of war. When each other's warships meet at sea, they will always encounter battles.

"No, we are not pirates, we are the fleet of the King of Qi of the Great Yu Kingdom." Zheng Shaoqing said righteously.

"Impossible, we have seen the merchant ships of the Great Yu Kingdom. You cannot have such a ship, and you cannot install so many artillery on the ship. And you are actually using cast iron cannons." Wilson shook his head repeatedly.

Zheng Shaoqing keenly noticed the message in Wilson's words, and he asked: "Have you ever contacted the merchants of the Great Yu Kingdom?"

"Of course, your merchants in the Great Chongqing Kingdom often trade porcelain and silk for a large amount of silver." Wilson spread his hands, "Your porcelain and silk are very popular in our country."

Zheng Shaoqing frowned and translated Wilson's words to Yue Yun.

"Your Highness said that he had never heard of Western merchants coming to Dayu for trade in Chang'an. You ask him where their merchants trade in Dayu."

After Zheng Shaoqing heard this, Yue Yun's words were translated to Zheng Shaoqing.

Wilson heard this and said, "I heard that in Ningbo, I don't know much, but it is said that Dutch merchants often do business with you Dayu people in Ningbo. Our fleet had docked in Guangzhou and was preparing to send an envoy to your capital to discuss trade with your king. However, the gifts our messengers brought to you king were embezzled by local officials, and our messengers were treated unfairly. Since then, our fleet has never been there again, and the Dutch later occupied the route."

"Ningbo? This is the fief of the King of Chu." After the translator translated, Yue Yun's brows frowned tightly.

"Is it because the King of Chu has been hiding this matter and secretly doing business with the Dutch?" Zheng Shaoqing hesitated.

"It's not impossible. The Cao family's money houses are all over the country over the years. Where did you think he got so much silver to support the money house? The Cao family is a vassal of the King of Chu. Maybe the King of Chu really knows this, but the huge profit is probably the heart of his lard. He secretly trades with these Westerners to conceal this matter." Yue Yun said.

The King of Chu had a great influence in the south, and it was not difficult for him to conceal it. Moreover, the people of Dayu did not care about these Westerners, especially the powerful people in Chang'an. In their eyes, these people were just barbarians.

"If this happens, wouldn't the King of Chu know about the guns and cannons?" Zheng Shaoqing asked.

Yue Yun was also in deep thought at this time, "Ask him?"

Zheng Shaoqing turned his head and continued to communicate with Wilson, but Wilson just couldn't explain clearly.

But Zheng Shaoqing seemed to see from Wilson's flashing eyes that this matter was not that simple.

"Captain, this British man seems to be dishonest. He is hiding something." Zheng Shaoqing said.

Yue Yun frowned, "If we ask him, we may not be able to get the crops that His Highness wants, but if we don't ask, we will not know the misfortune between the Dutch and the King of Chu."

"The official thought it would be better not to force me to ask. Let us go back and tell Your Highness about this. And we did encounter many merchant ships from the Cao family during the voyage, which is the evidence." Zheng Shaoqing said.

Yue Yun pondered, "But Your Highness said that none of these Westerners are good things. If we send him ashore, we may not receive any feedback. Look at the way they stare at our Garen ship and look greedy. I am afraid that only their fleet will be welcomed by the time."

Zheng Shaoqing also remembered Xiao Ming's words, saying that he could not trust any Westerners, because Westerners at this time were pirates!

"If this happens, the lower officials have a plan." Zheng Shaoqing said to Yue Yun with his ear.

Yue Yun nodded frequently after hearing this, "Just do it like this. They are pirates. We must be even more cruel than pirates. Remove our naval flag and replace it with the pirate flag we robbed."

Zheng Shaoqing smiled and immediately asked the seaman to hang the pirate flag.

Wilson's face turned pale when he saw the pirate flag fluttering. He asked nervously: "Didn't you say you are not pirates?"

"Not just now, now it's right, Mr. Wilson, I think you must answer our questions honestly now, or we can only throw you down."

Wilson shook his body. In his perception, there was still reason to be made with a country's fleet, but it was impossible to be made with pirates.

"Okay, okay, I say, I say, the Dutch were indeed deceived by your King of Chu at the beginning, but later they learned that the King of Chu was not the king of the Great Yu Kingdom, so they protested to the King of Chu, but the King of Chu promised to give the Dutch the most favorable treatment. And the Dutch also knew that there were several kings in your Great Yu Kingdom now, and the King of Chu was one of the very strong kings. They decided to support the King of Chu and sold a lot of antiques such as a clamp to the King of Chu."

"Matchrope?" Zheng Shaoqing's brows frowned even tighter.

Wilson continued: "The King of Chu still wants Dutch cannons, but the Dutch are not fools. Once the King of Chu has artillery, they can load the cannons on the ship. It is already difficult for the Dutch to maintain the ocean-going fleet, and they do not want to lose their last chips."

After saying this, Wilson tentatively said: "We in Britain also want to support a king in the Great Chongqing Kingdom to do business. If you really come from a king, I can recommend it for you. Believe me, the fleet of Great Britain will soon defeat the Dutch, which will be a wise choice."
Chapter completed!