Chapter 54 Persistence is a virtue

Since Han Xiufen met Yun Zhao, his county magistrate has been in a state of shortage of money.

No matter how much money they get, after turning around, the faces of the sisters of the Kuzo Department will become ugly again.

They didn't understand why the county magistrate never kept money!

Qian Duoduo still has some money in her hands, but just the money in her hands has not been seen by the sisters of the treasury department. Compared with Lantian treasury, Qian Duoduo's money in her hands can be completely negligible.

However, Han Lingshan, Xu Wu thought, Zhang Guozhu, and Han Xiufen did not think so, and they valued more how the money was spent.

Compared with Lantian Daye, some money is not worth mentioning at all.

Compared to the gold, silver and red grains filled with warehouses, they prefer to see prosperous cities and rich villages.

As for the money - just look for it if you don’t have it.

Baron Cristiano was not dead, but he was not alive very well.

He likes the great medals hanging around his neck, and they are still hanging around his neck. This is his glory. Han Xiufen is not a person who likes to deprive others of their glory.

There is only one ironclad ship above the entire Nanyang Ocean, and now it is Han Xiufen's flagship - the Lantian.

It is because of this ship that Han Xiufen dared to participate in the activity of scrapping the Portuguese fleet.

The reason why the British and Spanish dared to participate was that Portugal failed in the European Navy.

Thirty-five years ago, the Dutch defeated the Portuguese in the Naval Battle of Malacca, resulting in the once-prosperous Portugal losing most of the interests of the South China Sea. From then on, it was difficult for the Portuguese to make a difference in the South China Sea.

This time, it was also a naval battle between the Dutch and the Portuguese, but this naval battle took place in the Atlantic Ocean. The Portuguese lost fifty-six warships and were bombarded by the Dutch.

Therefore, in the next five years, the Portuguese who stayed in Nanyang will have no support.

After learning the news, the British, Spanish, Dutch, and Lantian all showed malice to the Portuguese.

The Portuguese knew their situation, so the grief-inspired Baron Critisiano gave up the entire Portuguese fleet after weighing the trade-offs, and took a dozen sailors on a very small supply ship, preparing to leave the South China Sea quietly.

He knew that if the Portuguese lost the treasures of the South China Sea again, it would take longer to restore their former strength.

So, for the future of the Portuguese Navy, Baron Critisiano escaped.

This is Baron Critisiano's private prosecution.

These words made Han Xiufen and Leoni stunned. After a long time, Leoni said: "You are really not for your family, but for Portugal?"

Critisiano said sadly: "Portugal is too small to withstand this level of failure. For many years, we have been committed to avoiding wars and not wanting to participate in the wars in Europe.

However, the Dutch disagreed, they were full of hostility towards us, and the Spanish had already launched an attack on us from land. No matter how humble we acknowledge their rule was useless. They had occupied us and now they were going to take away our dignity.

The sea is the last place of freedom for the Portuguese. Now, we are even losing the sea.

Dear Baron Xiufen Han, I heard that the distant Ming Dynasty has always been a country of etiquette. Now, I, Baron Critisiano, ask you to leave this wealth to Portugal, and you will gain a firm ally on the sea."

After hearing this sad story, Han Xiufen lamented, stood on the side of the boat and looked at the flying seagulls in front of him, and said to Baron Critisiano in the most compassionate tone: "Write your surrender book, use your seal to tell all the wandering Portuguese that they can surrender to my Lantian Navy and accept the dispatch of my Lantian Navy.

In this way, they may be able to survive, otherwise they will become slaves and be sold to the distant East--to be slaves forever!"

Critisiano nodded and said, "It's a good idea, and a kind idea. I'll write it now, but, dear Baron, I hope to continue to be the commander of the Portuguese fleet to which Lantian belongs."

Han Xiufen waved his hand, and a tall bald man walked over from the mast, lifted Baron Critisiano's body with one hand, threw him on his shoulder, and carried him out of the cabin.

Leonie listened to Baron Critisiano's faint call and whispered: "I always feel that this guy is not honest."

Han Xiufen said: "No matter whether he is honest or not, after we arrive on Tierra Tierra, if we don't have what we need, throw him into the crater and let him enter hell. We will never crawl out."

Leonie smiled and said, "It's best to do this. I can't wait to see the treasures that the Portuguese dare not transport back to the country."

Tierra Tierra is a black island, a small island formed after the volcanic eruption.

A thick layer of fertile volcanic ash is spread near the sea. After the seabirds threw the plant seeds on the volcanic ash through feces, lush plants appeared here.

Of course, the coconuts that occasionally float here also stay on the beach to take root and sprout, giving birth to dense coconut groves.

On the top of the smokey mountain, the entire mountain is still black and there is no grass growing. The crater lake always has a gap. At this gap, the acid water after the volcano erupts is soaked in rainwater and forms sulfur with high purity.

This thing is an indispensable material for making gunpowder. The reason why Han Xiufen came to Tierra Tierra to find the Portuguese treasure is one aspect, and coming to mine sulfur is also an important task.

Zhang Chuanli took more than a thousand black sailors to mine sulfur, while Han Xiufen took Lantian soldiers and the sluggish Baron Critisiano to find the treasure land.

"Will you kill me? Baron Soofen Han?"

"Baron Han, the nobles do not kill nobles. You cannot do this. This is not the practice of an elegant noble."

"Baron, I can obtain my freedom by paying the ransom, which is stated in the Noble Code, and you cannot violate it."

Han Xiufen smiled and said, "The first priority of aristocrats is honesty. If you are honest, I will abide by the "National Code" and allow your family to redeem you with equal weight of gold."

Leonie smiled and said, "Baron, you should believe our Baron. She has always been ruthless. As long as you fulfill your promise, we will fulfill our promise."

Leonie's words gave Baron Critisiano some confidence. Although he had a slight deviation from the human skin map, the direction was roughly the right one.

Critisiano, whose legs were peeled off, did not walk fast, but with the help of Han Xiufen's slave giant, the crowd soon arrived in front of a dark cave.

Han Xiufen glanced at the rocks everywhere at the cave entrance and said to Baron Critisiano: "Give you another chance. If you deceive me, the consequences will be very serious. At that time, your clan will have to pay the price for it."

Critisiano said weakly: "It's here, you can go in and take away our treasures. If you can't see it, it's your eyes covered by desire."

Han Xiufen looked at the shrubs of one foot thick and thin at the entrance of the cave and whispered: "No one has been here for fifty years, at least."

"We specially transplanted these trees."

Han Xiufen glanced at the black-clothed crowd, and a bandit with flexible hands and feet came over and walked into the cave step by step with a lamp covered with glass.

Then there were roars in the cave. While Han Xiufen was waiting anxiously, the black-clothed crowd crawled out in dust. After coughing for a while, he said to Han Xiufen: "The cave is very deep, there is a sour lake inside. I almost fell into the lake just now. This is not a place for people to stay."

Leonie pulled out her long knife and put it on Baron Cristiano's neck and said, "Dare you lie to us?"

Critisiano lowered his head and said, "The treasure belongs to Portugal, you cannot take it away."

Han Xiufen nodded and said, "Your behavior makes me respect it very much, but we need treasures very much. These treasures will become many useful things, which can support our workshops to make more things and allow our farmers to produce more food.

It can also make our market more prosperous, and of course, it can also help us build enough ships.

Say it, Critisiano, I have witnessed your loyalty to Portugal, and now it's time to think about it for yourself."

Baron Cristiano looked up at the sun in the sky and said sadly: "I am also a nobleman, and as long as the nobleman says it, there is no sincerity at all.

Baron Han, you will not allow me to survive, just as if you were in my hands, I will not allow you to survive.

Since they are all dead, I don’t mind suffering some more pain before I die. Only in this way can my Lord dote on me even more after going to heaven.”

Leonie dragged her long knife hard, and she drew a half-foot-long bloody cut on Baron Critesiano's back. Immediately, the cut wound was opened like a big mouth, and blood was flowing.

Critisiano screamed, kneeled on the ground and opened his arms to the sky and shouted, "Lord, I am suffering for you!"

Reoni slashed his back with another knife, and immediately a bloody cross appeared on the baron's back. The weak baron curled up on the ground and covered with volcanic ash. He still opened his eyes wide and looked at the sky and muttered to himself: "Lord, remember the suffering I suffered today."

Seeing that Leonie was still ready to cut the knife, Han Xiufen stopped her and said, "Stop it. The torture is to achieve the goal. If you cannot achieve the goal now, that is cruel. There is no need for us to continue to be cruel...

Throw him into the volcano.”

"In this way we can't find the treasure." Leonie was a little unwilling.

Han Xiufen looked at Baron Critisiano who was already in self-ansthesia and said, "He has told Caibao there."
Chapter completed!