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- Thomas' old butler already understood what his master meant.
Facing the attack of the Song Empire, my master now has nothing to do.
But things like surrender cannot be said openly.
At the same time, they were locked in a fight with the Song Empire's fleet, and they did not have the appropriate power in their hands.
??Besides, the people below are now unstable, and many people are actually planning to have an affair with the Song Empire's fleet, or to take refuge with them.
Under such circumstances, it is not surprising that Thomas had some plans for himself.
¡°Besides, everyone is planning for themselves now.
The captains actually did the same thing, they just didn't say it out loud.
But they must be doing this behind the scenes now.
Although the old housekeeper does not have a government position, he can see it more clearly as a bystander.
"Master, please rest assured, I will personally deliver this letter to the commander of the Song Empire's fleet."
After taking the letter that Thomas gave him, the old housekeeper solemnly made a promise to Thomas.
Because he knew that his trip was related to his master's safety and even his future life.
It can be seen that what he wants to do is very important.
"We have to hurry up, we don't have much time left. Now the Song Empire's fleet is heading to Willemstad, so you must get there as soon as possible."
Thomas told the housekeeper with a solemn expression.
Afterwards, he gave the old housekeeper a few more instructions and asked him to leave.
After the old housekeeper left the Governor's Mansion, he immediately rode a carriage to the port.
At this time, people here at Cayenne Harbor are still looking leisurely.
They didn¡¯t believe that the Song Empire¡¯s fleet would directly attack like that.
In their opinion, the Dutch fleet is still very powerful, and the fleet of the Song Empire cannot be their opponent.
It¡¯s not their fault, because the Dutch fleet was constantly defeated. And the news of serious losses has been tightly blocked and has not been disclosed.
Therefore, in the colonies controlled by the Dutch, although the people knew that the Song Empire's fleet was at war with them, they did not know what the outcome of the battle would be.
Therefore, these people made random guesses and relied on their own imagination to believe that the Song Empire's fleet was vulnerable and must have been chased and beaten by the Dutch.
¡°In fact, they know that the facts are very different from their imagined fantasies. It can even be said that they only need to reverse what they imagined. That's not far from the truth.
On the Kaya Pier, a Dutch double-deck warship for both commercial and war purposes docked there early.
The three poles on the ship have been raised long ago, and what is waiting is the arrival of the old butler.
After the old butler got on the ship, the captain ordered to weigh the anchor and leave the port, quickly heading towards Willemstad.
This ship, its sailors and captain are all close associates of Thomas, the governor of the Caribbean colonies. Therefore, since Thomas wants to contact people from the Song Empire, he must use these people he trusts. .
Moreover. If he is unlucky, these close confidants will not have a good life. If he can survive this crisis safely, these close confidants will not be too unlucky.
In short, these people have common interests with Thomas. So Thomas still believed in letting these people do the work.
At the same time, the Dutch captains who had left the Governor's Palace earlier, after receiving the order from Thomas to summon the warships, also came to the port and left by boat.
but. In their hearts, they were very dismissive of Thomas's order.
Whether these people will carry out Thomas¡¯s order or not, only God knows.
Now everyone has different thoughts. Under such circumstances, no one can guarantee what these selfish captains will do.
Thomas also saw through this, so he sent the old housekeeper to Willemstad to contact the people of the Song Empire.
In Thomas¡¯ opinion, the captains who had attended the meeting might have had the same idea as him, and had begun to have private contact with people from the Song Empire.
After all, it would be easy for these people to hide it from him.
Just now in the Governor's Mansion, didn't these guys hope that they could take the lead and make the decision to surrender?
What a pity?I saw through their thoughts and didn't fall for them.
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That is simply a dream.
Thomas was really gnashing his teeth in hatred at what these people planned.
Maybe, these people have already been connected before they came to me.
They have even reached an agreement with each other, but there is no news at all here.
It can be seen that they are ready to make themselves the scapegoat and put all the blame on themselves in the future, making themselves unlucky.
After seeing off the butler, Thomas came to the back garden of the Governor's Mansion, with a heavy look of worry on his face.
Seeing the Governor coming to the back garden, all the maids saluted him one after another.
¡°My dear, what¡¯s wrong with you and why are you so frowning?¡±
A woman who was lying on a deck chair in the garden, basking in the sun leisurely and surrounded by various snacks, saw Thomas and asked while lying there.
This woman is in her early thirties and looks very ordinary, but her dress is very coquettish.
The tutu skirt that covered her breasts was exposed, and there was white powder on her face. She probably weighed more than three pounds if she shook it.
At the same time, the lips were painted bright red, as if they had just eaten.
Although from the perspective of future generations, this kind of makeup is definitely reserved for women from the urban-rural fringe areas of third-tier cities, but in this era it is an absolute trend.
"If Zhao Hongyu and Wang Shan were here and saw this woman's dress, they would definitely curl their lips and say: Even the five-dollar street girls are better-looking than her. This is simply a non-farmer."
Thomas frowned and walked to the woman's side. A maid quickly moved a seat over. After Thomas sat down, he said to the woman: "The situation outside is very bad now. The Song Empire's The fleet is very powerful. It has defeated our remaining fleet more than a dozen times and lost a number of warships. Now we can no longer be the opponent of the Song Empire fleet. At the same time, the captains seem to have some other Thoughts, I¡¯m worried about that right now.¡±
This woman is Thomas¡¯s wife, so Thomas has nothing to hide from her.
"What, those proud captains, do they have other ideas?" After hearing his words, Thomas's wife turned around and looked at Thomas in shock.
Because she heard the meaning contained in Thomas¡¯ words.
Thomas nodded: "They came to me together just now. First they told me how powerful the Song Empire's warships were, how far their artillery range was, and how advanced and powerful the Song Empire's weapons were. Then he asked me what solutions I could think of to solve the problem at hand.¡±
He told his wife everything that happened during the meeting.
When he said these things, Thomas's face looked very ugly, and it could even be said to be extremely ugly.
"These guys have been defeated repeatedly. Now the total number of warships in the entire Caribbean colonies is only more than 60. There is no way they can be the opponent of the Song Empire fleet." Thomas said bitterly. road. "Now they actually have the nerve to ask me if there is any way to solve it. In fact, the reason why they ask this is just to get what they want from my mouth."
Thomas¡¯s wife was no longer lying down, she was sitting up.
When Thomas said this, the woman said: "Did they threaten you first just to hear the word surrender from you?
This woman is not stupid, she almost understands what the captains mean.
Thomas nodded.
"Yes, your guess is correct. Although they didn't say so, I can guarantee that they thought so in their hearts." Thomas himself was really sure of this.
So true, even his wife had thought of this just from hearing about these things from Thomas's mouth.
"Hmph, do these guys really think I'm an idiot? It's a pity that I saw through their tricks and didn't fall for them at all, which made them very disappointed." Thinking of the disappointed expressions of those people when they heard their final decision, Thomas couldn't help feeling happy.
??The idea actually hit me on the head, so I can¡¯t blame myself.
Thomas is hereI thought to myself.
When he saw his wife's eyes on him, with an implicit questioning meaning in her eyes, Thomas explained: "When those guys asked me what I could do, I already guessed that they had other intentions. In fact, when they asked me what I could do, I already guessed that they had other ideas. It¡¯s very simple, our current maritime power is no longer able to compete with the Song Empire¡¯s fleet, so what does it mean that they asked me to find a solution?¡±
His wife listened carefully to her husband's words.
"It's not that I haven't tried hard, but the envoy I sent to Manhattan didn't come back in despair in the end. Because the purpose of those in the Song Empire is very simple, which is to seize all the colonial interests in the Caribbean. There is no way Changed facts.¡±
Thinking of what the messenger meant when he came back and his own analysis, Thomas said with certainty.
"Therefore, what else can I do? I can't fight again and again, and they won't talk to you, so there is only one way to go. They are just waiting for my words."
"Then did you say that sentence?" Thomas's wife quickly asked nervously. - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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