Volume 1 Tigers in Southeast Asia Chapter 51 Chiyomika is captured
It turned out that there were two layers in the big box. The food was placed in the lower layer, and the upper layer was used to store ore. Lin Fei thought to himself, Ling Xue didn't even dare to let others know that she was bringing me delicious food...
Ling Xue had just hidden the delicious food when Liu Daming burst open the door and rushed in. Lin Fei hurriedly asked, "What happened?"
Liu Daming said: "Something might have happened to the boat that Chen Fu and Chiyo Mika were on."
Lin Fei's heart tightened, and he asked, "What did you say? Something happened? What happened?"
Liu Daming said, "It's hard to explain in a few words. Come with me quickly."
Lin Fei hurriedly came out with Liu Daming, and Ling Xue followed behind. It didn't take long before they arrived at the dock. The Nuwa cruiser was parked at the dock. Lin Fei asked, "What happened?"
Liu Daming pointed at the Nuwa cruiser and said, "Follow me up, and you will understand once you get up there!"
Lin Fei took Ling Xue and boarded the Nuwa cruiser from the gangway. Liu Daming pointed to the deck and said, "Do you recognize this board?"
Lin Fei looked in the direction of Liu Daming's finger and saw a row of wooden boards on the deck, about a dozen in total, each of which was blackened by water. Lin Fei squatted down and looked at the boards carefully. After a while, he said, "Are these boards parts of the boat that Chen Fu and Chiyomika were on?"
Liu Daming nodded solemnly, and then said: "These wooden boards are all parts of the main keel. They should have been on the ship, but now they are floating alone in the sea. There is only one explanation, that is, the ship that Chen Fu and Chiyomika were on has sunk, and the people..."
Ling Xue exclaimed in shock: "No way! How could sister Chiyomika die?" Although Ling Xue regarded Chiyomika as a love rival, she was a kind girl after all and did not want Chiyomika to die an unnatural death.
Liu Daming said sadly: "People who often sail on the sea know that the sea is the most ruthless. Anyone who goes on the sea may die."
Ling Xue's face changed drastically. Her knees softened and she knelt on the deck. She picked up a piece of wood and said sadly, "Aren't all the wood planks on the ship similar? Could this board be from another ship?"
Lin Fei shook his head sadly and said, "No, the ship they were on was taken from the Spanish plantation. The paint on the Spanish plantation ship is very special, very different from other ships. I am sure that these planks are the main keel components of the transport ship that Chen Fu and Chiyomika were on."
Ling Xue's eyes widened, and she kept shaking her head, muttering, "Sister Chiyoko Mika, brother Chen Fu, they're all dead? How could this happen? How could this happen?"
Ling Xue muttered and suddenly burst into tears. Lin Fei gently held her in his arms. Ling Xue leaned on Lin Fei's chest and whispered, "They won't die. They will definitely be saved, right?"
Liu Daming shook his head and said, "There are no commercial shipping routes in this area, and there are not many fishermen on the island. Warships will definitely not go here. I don't think they can be rescued."
Ling Xue was still unwilling to give up hope and said, "Maybe they can swim back."
Lin Fei sighed and said, "The water temperature in this area is too low. It can freeze people to death in half an hour. They only have half an hour in the water. Lao Liu, where did you find these things? Is it possible for them to swim to shore?"
Liu Daming shook his head again and said, "It takes three hours to swim from where these planks were found to the nearest land. They definitely can't swim to shore."
Ling Xue burst into tears when she heard this. Lin Fei hugged her and asked Liu Daming, "Could the Spanish Navy have done this?"
Liu Daming shook his head again and said, "I don't know, but judging from these wooden boards, there are no signs of being blown up by explosive bombs or pierced by armor-piercing bullets."
Lin Fei nodded gently and said, "Don't tell Chen Jingui about this for now. He only has this one son. If he knew about this, he would definitely not want to live."
Liu Daming nodded helplessly, and Lin Fei took Ling Xue off the boat. Lin Fei felt empty in his heart, and his mind was full of Chiyomika's shadow. At this time, Ling Xue came out of Lin Fei's arms and said softly: "City Lord, don't be too sad..."
Lin Fei forced a smile and said, "I'm fine, you go back first."
Ling Xue nodded obediently, turned and left. Lin Fei returned to his residence and lay on the bed without even taking off his clothes. He tossed and turned, thinking of Chiyomika, then Ling Xue, then Chen Fu. His head was in a mess!
In the blink of an eye, the sky was already light, and Liu Daming's voice suddenly came from outside the door: "Lao Lin, wake up quickly, something big has happened."
Lin Fei was startled. What happened again? What happened? Could it be that the Spanish called? As soon as this thought came to his mind, Lin Fei sat up from the bed, got out of bed, walked to the door and opened it. At this time, Liu Daming stretched out his hand to push the door, but he pushed it empty. Liu Daming actually pounced on Lin Fei and almost threw him to the ground.
Lin Fei saw Liu Daming's anxiety and knew that this matter was very serious, so he hurriedly asked: "Old Liu, what happened?"
Liu Daming said breathlessly: "Chen... Chen Fu... is... back!"
Lin Fei's eyes widened when he heard this, and he asked in surprise: "Chen Fu is back? What about Chiyo Mika? What happened to their ship?"
Liu Daming shook his head and said, "That little thing refused to speak and would not speak until he saw you."
Lin Fei frowned and cursed, "This little brat always keeps me in suspense at times like this! Take me to see him now."
Liu Daming brought Lin Fei out and came to the fleet station. When Lin Fei saw Chen Fu, he was almost angry. Chen Fu was sitting at the table leisurely, dipping a fried dough stick into a bowl of soy milk in one hand and eating a peeled egg in the other hand.
Lin Fei walked a few steps to Chen Fu, snatched the bowl of soy milk, and said, "What happened? We all thought you were dead."
Chen Fu sighed and said, "Our ship was attacked. They sank our ship and captured us."
Lin Fei asked hurriedly: "Who are they?"
Chen Fu pointed to the south and said, "They are the Muslims on Mindanao Island."
Lin Fei frowned and said, "Muslims on Mindanao? Why did they attack you? And sank your ship?"
Chen Fu said: "They should think we are Spaniards. You know, although the Spaniards occupied Luzon Island and part of the Visayas, they were never able to completely control Mindanao. There are many Muslims on Mindanao Island. The Spaniards fought with them many times but never conquered them."
Lin Fei certainly knew the history of the struggle between the Spaniards and Muslims. The Spaniards believed in Catholicism, the same religion as Yu Xi'er, while Muslims believed in Islam. Catholicism believed that Jesus was the only God, and Islam believed that Allah was the only God. Both sides believed that the other was a pagan, and there had been many wars in history, the most famous of which was the Crusades that lasted for more than a hundred years.
Lin Fei said: "They and the Spanish are sworn enemies, so it is reasonable and not surprising for them to fight the Spanish. Why did you come back alone? Where is Chiyo Mika? Where are the more than 30 followers who went out with you?"
Chen Fu sighed softly and said, "We were all caught, including Chiyomika. They treated us as slaves and made us work for them."
When Lin Fei heard that Chiyo Mika was also captured, he couldn't help but feel nervous and asked hurriedly, "They didn't insult Chiyo Mika, did they?"
Chen Fu shook his head and said helplessly: "I don't know about that. They put her in solitary confinement."
Lin Fei's heart suddenly hung in the air. At this time, Liu Daming asked, "Then why did you come back?"
Chen Fu smiled proudly and said, "I'm so smart. I told them that I was from Yanhuang City and that the Lord of Yanhuang City was willing to pay the ransom for us. So they gave me a small boat and told me to go back to the Lord of Yanhuang City and ask for the ransom. They also said that if I didn't see the ransom within ten days, they would kill all of us."
Lin Fei asked : "How much ransom do they want?"
Chen Fu shook his head and said, "They didn't tell me. They told me to go to Mindanao to negotiate with them about the ransom."
Lin Fei let out a long sigh and said, "As long as you are all okay, the ransom doesn't matter."
Chen Fu then said, "City Lord, I bet you can't afford their ransom."
Lin Fei was stunned and asked, "How do you know I can't afford it? I have issued paper money in Samar and Leyte, and basically collected all the silver in the hands of the Filipinos. Now I have a lot of silver."
Chen Fu said sadly: "No matter how much silver you have, it can't match the number of slaves! In their tribe, I saw more than 500 Chinese slaves. Can you not rescue them?"
Lin Fei frowned suddenly. In his heart, he had feelings for Muslims, because there were Muslims in his country, and Han people and Muslims were as close as brothers. There were also many Muslim countries in the international community that were very good to his country, such as Pakistan.
These Muslims are very different from the Filipinos who occupied the South China Sea islands and illegally exploited the South China Sea oil. But I didn’t expect that here, they actually captured Chinese people as slaves!
Lin Fei suppressed his anger and said, "Of course I want to rescue them, but I don't plan to pay the ransom."
Chen Fu's face changed and he said, "If you don't pay the ransom, you're going to resort to violence? I think it's better not to resort to violence against them."
Lin Fei was suspicious and asked, "Why do you say that? Do you think we can't beat them? You have seen the power of our LBQ-1 automatic rifle."
Chen Fu shook his head slightly and said, "Although our LBQ-1 automatic rifle is powerful, it has no effect on them at all."
