Volume 1 Tigers in Southeast Asia Chapter 10: Into the Tiger's Den
Lin Fei smiled confidently and said, "This is the most ingenious part of my plan. Tomorrow I will pretend to be a wealthy businessman. There are several suits in the captain's room that fit me perfectly." Lin Fei pointed at Yu Xier and said, "Old Yu, you pretend to be my secretary. Your blond hair and blue eyes and your pure London accent are a great cover for us. We are about the same height, so you can wear the captain's clothes."
Yu Xier nodded. Lin Fei pointed into the cabin and said, "There is another woman. I asked her to pretend to be my wife. Women are the easiest to let people down. Didn't I also capture Chen Jingui? He was originally a businessman. I asked him to introduce me to the Spanish guards. With these things, the Spanish will definitely not be suspicious."
Li Mingbai asked, "But will Chen Jingui behave well tomorrow?"
Lin Fei said: "Let's keep his son Chen Fu on the boat. If Chen Jingui dares to be dishonest tomorrow, we will castrate his son!"
Everyone nodded in agreement. Lin Fei said, "I will arrange the tasks now. Lao Liu, you pick out the twenty best and most capable brothers to dress up as my servants tomorrow. Prepare the machetes and other things, and pick out some good clothes from the whaling ship crew and change into them tomorrow. Lao Li, you keep an eye on the ship tomorrow. If the plan fails, the Pangu will be our retreat."
After Lin Fei arranged the tasks, he asked everyone to go back and prepare. Then he called Chen Jingui over and said with a smile, "Brother Chen, how many sons do you have in your family?"
Chen Jingui saw Lin Fei suddenly smile, wondering what Lin Fei was up to. When he heard Lin Fei mention his son, he thought Lin Fei was going to use his evil trick on his son. His legs went weak and he knelt on the ground, begging, "My dear, I will do whatever you ask me to do . Please don't hurt my son. Our Chen family has only one son for five generations..."
Lin Fei coughed lightly, stopped Chen Jingui's pleading, and said: "Tomorrow you will wait for me at the north beach. When you see me, introduce me to the Spanish guards and say that I am Mistizo, a wealthy businessman from Manila. Do you understand?"
Chen Jingui nodded repeatedly. Lin Fei said, "That's good to understand. We will keep your son on the boat. If you do what I want tomorrow, your son will be fine. If you dare to make any mistakes, I will castrate your son and send him to Java to be a eunuch for the chief."
When Chen Jingui heard this, he kowtowed loudly and said repeatedly, "I dare not make any mistakes." Seeing that Chen Jingui was frightened, Lin Fei asked him to return to Ibayat Island. As for what happened tonight, Chen Jingui absolutely did not dare to say anything.
After Lin Fei looked for Chen Jingui, he went to find Chiyomika. Chiyomika had not said a word in the past ten days. At first, she was deeply afraid of Lin Fei. Every time Lin Fei went to see her, she would curl up in the corner and tremble all over. Later, when she saw that Lin Fei was polite to her, she was not so afraid anymore.
Lin Fei came to the outside of the captain's room and heard a low cry coming from inside. Lin Fei knocked on the door and went in. He saw Chiyoko crying in the quilt. Lin Fei walked to her bed, patted her shoulder and whispered, "Miss Chiyo, get up. I want to talk to you about something."
Chiyoko came out from under the quilt and wrapped it tightly around her body. Lin Fei sat on a chair beside her and said, "Miss Chiyo, I want to ask you for a favor tomorrow."
Chiyomika hesitated for a moment and asked, "What can I do for you?"
Lin Fei said solemnly: "I want you to pretend to be my wife."
Chiyomika shook her head repeatedly, and Lin Fei said, "It's very simple. Just follow me tomorrow. You don't have to do anything."
Chiyomika said, "No, I'm already engaged to Aoki-kun. I can't be someone else's wife, even a fake one."
Lin Fei sighed softly and thought, "I can use threats to deal with a greedy villain like Chen Jingui, but I can't use threats to deal with this innocent girl, right? I'd better coax her." So Lin Fei said, "How about this, if you help me tomorrow, I will send you back to Japan."
Chiyomika's eyes lit up and she said, "Really?"
Lin Fei nodded, and Chiyomika thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I promise you, should I make any preparations?"
Lin Fei looked at Chiyomika and thought, "There are no women's clothes on the ship, so she can only wear this kimono. That's okay. I can say that I married her in Japan. She has never been out of the captain's room, and her clothes are not dirty. There are no flaws. It's just her hair... She hasn't washed her hair since she got on the ship. Her hair is dry and messy, and it's all tangled. I'm a wealthy businessman, how can my wife's hair be so messy?"
Lin Fei pointed at Chiyomika's hair and said, "Can you wash your hair?"
Chiyomika was afraid that Lin Fei's men would be tempted by her beauty, so she didn't dare to wash her face or hair. When she heard what Lin Fei said, her face turned red and she nodded. Seeing that Chiyomika agreed, Lin Fei walked out.
After a night of preparation, the next day finally arrived. In the afternoon, Lin Fei took everyone on a small boat to the north beach. Chiyomika sat next to Lin Fei. She had washed her hair and looked even more beautiful. Everyone on the boat was looking at her, making her heart beat fast.
When Lin Fei led everyone to the beach, he saw Chen Jingui standing in the distance. Chen Jingui also saw Lin Fei and the others and hurried over. At this time, Lin Fei said to Chiyo Mika: "Miss Chiyo, please hold my arm with your hand, so that it looks real."
Chiyoko blushed and hesitated to hold Lin Fei's arm. Lin Fei led everyone to meet Chen Jingui. When Lin Fei saw Chen Jingui, he said in a cold tone: "Chen Jingui, your son is doing well now."
Chen Jingui smiled and said, "Don't worry, good man, I promise that nothing will go wrong!"
Lin Fei nodded, and Chen Jingui led everyone forward, gradually walking into the depths of the woods, the light dimmed, Chiyomika was a little scared, and she couldn't help but hold Lin Fei's arm tightly, leaning against him. After walking in the woods for ten minutes, the view suddenly became clear.
All I saw was a green sugarcane forest, surrounded by a three-meter-high fence. From time to time, a few naked native slaves working in the forest flashed by. Chen Jingui pointed at the forest and said, "Grandpa, the sugarcane plantation is in front of us. The sugar factory and the winery are in the southeast corner."
Lin Fei nodded and said, "Take us in."
Chen Jingui led the way with a nod and a bow, and soon arrived at the gate of the plantation. The sentry at the gate saw a group of people coming and took off the gun on his back and walked over. Lin Fei recognized at a glance that the gun used by the guard was a Spanish imitation of the Mauser M1893 rifle, which used a magazine to feed ammunition and the magazine could hold five bullets.
The Spanish soldier said to Chen Jingui in Spanish: "What do these people do?"
Chen Jingui smiled and said, "They are the wealthy Mistizo merchants in Manila, and they want to see our Colonel Denison." The Spanish soldier walked towards Lin Fei, and Yu Xier stepped forward to stop him, saying in a pure London accent, "You can't see my master. My master only talks to your Colonel Denison."
The soldier saw Yu Xier's appearance, heard Yu Xier's English, and saw Lin Fei holding the arm of a beautiful woman who was wearing strange clothes. He thought Lin Fei was not an ordinary person, so he hurried to find Colonel Dennison. Not long after, a man with freckles all over his face and muscles came out of the plantation. Chen Jingui hurriedly introduced him to Lin Fei: "He is Colonel Dennison."
Lin Fei took Chiyo Mika's arm and walked up to Colonel Dennison. He extended his hand elegantly and said in English , "Hello, Mr. Dennison. I am Lin Fei Yar, a businessman from Manila. I am glad to meet you."
Colonel Denison smiled, stretched out his hand and shook Lin Fei's, and said in stiff English: "Hello, Mr. Lin Fei Yar, what do you want to do for me?"
Lin Fei smiled and said, "I have already negotiated a deal worth 200,000 pesos with your boss, Mr. Cardero Fernando. I took a boat for more than ten hours from Manila just to see the situation of the plantation. If I am satisfied with your sugar and rum, I will increase the amount of the order. Mr. Colonel, you will definitely get a share of the profits."
When Lin Fei said this, he deliberately used some advanced words in English. These words are not commonly used and only well-educated people will use them. Lin Fei did this to show his dignity. Colonel Dennison really benefited from it. When he heard those words he had never heard of, he immediately looked at Lin Fei with a higher opinion and said politely: "Please go to the plantation and rest for a while. We will arrange a tour for you soon."
Lin Fei smiled slightly, pointed at the people around him and said, "This Englishman is the secretary I brought back from the British Empire. He followed me when I was studying in the British Empire. This is my wife, whom I married in Japan. The person behind is my bodyguard. As you know, the Katipunan in Manila is very violent, so I have to be on guard. Therefore, my bodyguards all carry knives. If you don't like them bringing knives in, I can ask them to leave the knives behind."
The Katipunan was an organization that used armed violence to resist Spanish rule. In Lin Fei's era, the organization eventually defeated the Spaniards, but unfortunately they did not gain national power because the Americans invaded the Philippines after the outbreak of the Spanish-American War. When Lin Fei mentioned it, Colonel Denison was more convinced that Lin Fei was a wealthy businessman in Manila. Colonel Denison smiled and said, "It's okay, it's okay. Please bring your swords, warriors."
Dennison then took Lin Fei and the others to visit the plantation, winery, sugar factory, ammunition depot, and warehouse where slaves were guarded. Lin Fei took note of the guard situation in these places one by one and planned the action for the evening.
