Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 518 Refused to hand over
Just when the Ming Dynasty Global Fleet set sail and sailed towards the new world, the bodyguard group led by Bu'an across the continent finally succeeded in crossing mountains and rivers from Long Live City on the west coast to Manhattan on the east coast.

His journey took several months, and the hardships cannot be appreciated by outsiders.Fortunately, Bu An took a complete map of North America to choose the route, so he didn't take too many wrong paths. He knew the rivers and mountains and knew where it was more suitable to travel, so he walked very fast.

Today's New Amsterdam has been renamed New York, and the castle on Manhattan Island was renamed Fort James in memory of the Duke of York who conquered it.

"It's finally here." Bai Mingxiu sighed in his heart as he looked at the castle, which didn't look majestic, and even looked very simple.In fact, he didn't log in to Bu'an several times during this journey. Even if Bai Mingxiu thought he was very resolute, he couldn't bear this kind of journey of eight thousand miles.

The companions around him were also very excited. Jin Zhu smiled and said, "Can I sleep in a place with a roof today? It's not easy!"

Changmao also smiled: "The days of wandering are coming to an end."

Even Xia Feng, an Indian boy who joined them later, asked the translator Cai Tingjun, "Is our tribe going to settle down?"

In his concept, the escort group is his new tribe.

Bai Mingxiu was rather serious, and said to his companions: "According to the date, the ship from England should have arrived here, informing them that this land already belongs to our Ming Dynasty, but we can't guarantee that the British guys here will not give it to us. Find some trouble."

The bodyguard team first rested in a forest outside the castle, while Bai Mingxiu personally took Shouhou, Cai Tingjun and others to Fort James.On the outskirts of Fort James are some wooden houses inhabited by colonists, most of whom are still Dutch, but the defenders in the castle are British troops.

The group did not stay in the village for long, but came directly outside the castle to shout.

"Listen to the British troops in the city. We are an expedition team affiliated with the Long Live City of the Ming Dynasty. We were ordered to come here to take over this area. After the "Sino-British Treaty of Madrid", the sovereignty of this area has been transferred to me, the Ming Dynasty. Now I ask you According to the treaty, hand over this castle to us and prepare to leave here." Bai Mingxiu shouted.

The person who can speak English here is himself. Although he doesn't speak very well, he can still communicate.Although Cai Tingjun is a translator, he cannot speak European languages, but he is proficient in all Indian languages.

The British army above the castle obviously had some minor disturbances. The actual defenders of Fort James were only a few dozen people, and these defenders actually did not conduct military training very much. They had to work like the immigrants here. able to support themselves.

The man guarding the castle was George Cartwright, one of the officers who followed the Duke of York to attack New Amsterdam and the lord of a part of the colony.

More than a week ago, Cartwright did receive a letter from England, saying that according to the new treaty, the colony of New York was transferred to Ming.As a small colonial lord, Cartwright was very angry, but there was nothing he could do.But today, when someone really came to take over the land, Cartwright became nervous and didn't want to hand over power.

On the two-meter-high castle wall, he looked at the knights below, and said solemnly: "I am George Cartwright, the governor of the castle. I have indeed received the order to transfer the colony of New York, but I am The castle and this land will not be handed over to you. You claim to be the expedition team of Ming Dynasty, but there is no evidence to prove it. Moreover, the person I am waiting to receive the colony should be a fleet, not a few people from land. A guy who looks like an aborigine."

Bai Mingxiu had already seen that Cartwright was really looking for trouble, and he shouted: "Sir Cartwright, use your clever mind to think about it, if we are not from Ming Dynasty, why would we know about the treaty, why would we make a special trip to Come to this place to ask you to hand over? Please don't cause extra trouble to my work and do what you should do."

Cartwright on the wall was still stubborn. He snorted and shouted: "Whoever you are, it is impossible for me to hand over the land that belongs to England to you."

He looked at the few cavalrymen in the lower part of the city, feeling contemptuous in his heart, and secretly said: "Even if you hand over the castle, you will also hand it over to the global fleet with more than 100 large ships, so as not to lose my reputation. If a beggar can take this castle from me, then even if you don’t go back to England, you will be laughed at by the people there if you go to places like Boston and Hartford.”

The escorts sitting on the horses below the city were almost outraged, the skinny monkey was furious, and said to Bai Mingxiu: "Boss, I think this British guy is going to be fined if he wants to toast, so let's take down the castle and hang him." Die with these worthless things."

Cai Tingjun was a little worried, "But after all, we are just escorts. We have dozens of guns, but we don't have artillery like the regular army. It is quite difficult to break through this city. Why don't we camp nearby and wait for our global fleet to arrive? surrender."

Thin Monkey immediately retorted: "Waiting for a few weeks or even a month? That won't work! It will make these guys angry to death. We received the imperial court's order and crossed the continent to take over our Ming Dynasty's colonies, but these idiots were delayed. . When the people from the Global Fleet come, they will look down on us if we don’t even do this small job."

Cai Tingjun asked: "Is it our face or the lives of our brothers that are more important. We don't have heavy weapons, so if we attack a city, we have to attack by force, and we will definitely die."

The thin monkey also knew this truth, so he looked at Bu An who was silent, and asked, "Boss, you must have a way. How did we deal with these bastards?"

Bai Mingxiu smiled and said: "We must fight, and brothers cannot lose their lives indiscriminately. Let's trap these guys first and let them gradually perish in despair."

The thin monkey's eyes brightened: "How do you say, boss?"

"There are four gates in this castle. We'll lie in ambush outside. We'll take your rifles. We'll kill anyone who shows his head, and we'll kill anyone who leaves the city. It will take him a few days before we choose an opportunity to attack." city."

"Hahaha, the boss has a good idea! Let them turn into turtles first!" Thin Monkey said excitedly.

(End of this chapter)