Chapter 754: Not only did he not surrender, he actually dared to fight back (Second update, please subscribe)
My children...
Although his feet were locked in wooden shackles, tears continued to flow from Ali's eyes. Just a few days ago, those men on horseback broke into the tribe and not only killed many people as they did in the past, but also threw his son to death in front of him.
When they tied him up with wood, Ali also saw his son's head was crushed by horse hooves and thrown on the ground. No one cared about him. It seemed that to those people, except young men and women, the others were not worth mentioning, just like the wild beasts on the grassland. To those people in robes, they were just prey.
Compared to Ali's grief and anger, Abdulli, who was standing on the deck, was holding a pipe in his hand, looking at the sea with a smile on his face.
785 slaves!
Once transported to the island, these slaves could bring them a considerable fortune.
"It's a pity that no one castrates slaves anymore, otherwise the price wouldn't be so low."
Whenever Abdullah thought of this, he felt heartbroken. In the past, after they captured slaves, they would castrate them directly, and at least a quarter of the slaves would die. The more slaves that died, the higher the price.
"Yeah, it's all the damn British, otherwise we could still continue to sell slaves to Oman..."
Amin standing by also said with regret.
"Before the British came, we could sell 100,000 slaves a year. But what about now? It's just over 10,000. And do you believe it? When there are more and more complete slaves on the island, one day they may not need the slaves we send. They can just rely on the reproduction on the plantations to meet their needs..."
The golden age of slave traders is over!
Abdullah said with some regret.
"Well, maybe we should start a plantation and use our own slaves. Maybe, in another twenty years, we won't be able to do this business anymore..."
The ship sailed on the sea with the wind. Although it was a sailboat, its speed was not slow. It took only one night for the ship to enter the port of Zanzibar. As soon as the ship entered the port, the port became busy.
As usual, the port officer went on board and asked about the cargo, but unlike in the past when he would directly mention slaves, slaves were no longer registered in the customs records, but "livestock" instead.
"There are 785 animals in total, and the tax is three hundred..."
Just when the harbor master had just completed the registration, suddenly, a strong light shone from a distance, illuminating the ship. This was the searchlight of the left transport boat of the "Tianlong".
"We are the Ming Royal Navy's Tianlong. According to the authorization of the International Convention Against Slavery, please accept inspection immediately!"
When sailing towards the port of Sambadur, the sailor on the left transport boat of the "Tianlong" held a tin horn and shouted loudly in English. As to whether the other party could understand him, perhaps only God knew.
The reason why only speedboats were released was that in the absence of pilots, speedboats were more suitable for entering the port. However, less than one nautical mile away from the port, the two twin 254mm turret cannons in the side ship of the "Tianlong" were now aimed at the coast.
"Damn it, what's going on?"
The harbor master cried out in horror,
"What are they talking about?"
"Pearl Bless, my Lord, don't you speak English?"
Abdullah said nervously.
"My Lord, what are they talking about?"
"Slaves, they must be slaves, damn them, quickly, throw all the slaves into the sea, throw them all into the sea..."
The reason why the port officer was so anxious was because he knew that the slave trade was not open to the public. After all, in name, Zambales had long promised the British to open a slave market, but that was a public market that had been closed. In Zambales, there were many underground markets. Once the news got out, the British would definitely be very annoyed.
Throwing these slaves into the water and drowning them is the best option. After all, there will be no evidence left.
"Just throw them all down, quickly. Don't leave any alive."
"What are you going to do..."
Ali was dragged out of the cabin and thrown into the sea without even figuring out what was going on. Five slaves who were chained to a piece of wood were also thrown into the sea.
The slaves thrown into the sea sank without even struggling. The sea water in the port was not very deep, but for these tied slaves, even a few meters of water was fatal.
In this way, hundreds of slaves were thrown into the sea one after another.
Just as the slave traders on the ship threw the slaves into the sea, the left speedboat was approaching the slave ship quickly. A 20mm Gatling gun and searchlight on the transport boat equipped with two 300-horsepower gasoline engines were pointed directly at the slave ship. When the sailors on the ship found that they began to throw "cargo" into the sea, the captain Zhu Sihai immediately shouted.
"Aim at the mast and fire a few shots to give a warning!"
The sudden gunfire shook the entire port. Along with the sound of cannon fire and explosions, the mast of the slave ship was broken. The speedboat repeated loudly again as it approached.
"We are the Ming Royal Navy's Tianlong. According to the authorization of the International Convention Against Slavery, please accept inspection immediately!"
As the speedboat was about to approach, the harbor officer on board immediately retorted loudly in fluent English.
"You have no right to enter our port for inspection. Even the convention does not give you such a right! You must leave the territorial waters of Zambagel immediately!"
Just when the harbor master was angrily trying to drive away these invaders, a sudden cannon shot broke the peace of the port.
The sound of artillery came from the land, from the artillery battery in Sambadur Port!
When the speedboat's cannon fired, the gunners on the Sambager battery thought that robbers were attacking the port. Without thinking, they loaded the cannons with gunpowder and shells and fired.
However, the accuracy of their muzzle-loading smoothbore guns was very poor. After firing more than a dozen shots in a row, there seemed to be quite a lot of noise, but most of the shells fell around the left transport boat. The splashing water fell on the speedboat, which stunned Zhu Sihai for a long time. The reason why he was in a daze was because he couldn't think of it!
"Boat, Captain, he, they dared to fire at us!"
"Are you sure it was a cannon shot?"
Just as he finished speaking, the sound of artillery fire rang out again, and this time they actually noticed the fire from the artillery position on the shore.
"Damn it, they're really shooting at us!"
Zhu Sihai shouted.
"Quick, fire at the battery,"
When the gunner turned the target to the turret and fired at it with the Gatling machine gun, Ding Zezhong on the "Tianlong" also came back to his senses from his surprise.
"What are you still standing there for? Fire and level the fort!"
When saying this, Ding Zezhong's face was filled with excitement that was difficult to conceal. This was simply... like sending a pillow to someone in trouble. Originally, he just wanted to use slaves as an excuse to force the other party to cede land and then pay some money. But he never thought that the other party would be so sensible as to fire at the Ming Navy. This was simply... exactly, this was too cooperative!
"Blow up the fort, and then send the sailors ashore. I want to see who dares to fire at the Ming warships!"
(End of this chapter)
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