Ma Wendong took a puff of his cigarette and glanced at the middle-aged man who was shouting the loudest.
"Wang family, your family went to Yangon City to do business two years ago and cheated people with shoddy products. After the incident, they tried to bribe Yuan Yan, but Yuan Yan caught them and gave them a good beating. They are not allowed to do business in Myanmar anymore. Not only did they offend Yuan Yan, but they also offended that Xiao guy. Do you still have a way out?
Let's not talk about the Wang family. Which one of us here doesn't have a life in our hands? We have a lot of connections with those peasants! It doesn't matter if you kill a family, there are still relatives and friends. Their roots are connected to each other, and they are like the same branch. They are outwardly obedient to us but inwardly oppose us. On the surface, they are obedient to us, but in their hearts, they hate us to the bone.
That Xiao guy is famous for being strict. He is wary of us doing business. He often gives us a heavy beating, but he still pretends to love the people like they are his own children to win their hearts. If we really go to Myanmar and report him, we won't even know how we die.
We are already like this, do we still have a way out? Hmm? Who has a way out? We can't go back to the Great Ming Dynasty. It's okay to hide our identities, but it's hard to avoid being recognized. If we spend money to buy relationships, then we'll always be held hostage by others. Can you stand it? Daming, we can't go back, we can't go to Myanmar, what if we don't stay here? I still have dozens of people to feed, so I don't dare to take the risk. "
Ma Wendong's words immediately made the other seven families speechless.
If it wasn't for the fact that they had no way out and were too ruthless, they wouldn't be like this now.
This was making the road more and more dangerous. If they didn't continue, they would still die.
"Sigh … it's all because we were blinded by greed and walked on this road of no return. Seeing that the Francis are not reliable, what else can we do? Ma Gong, the reinforcements of the Francis general that you mentioned should be arriving soon, right? "
Ma Wendong nodded.
"We're almost there. We've paid a high price for this, and they don't want everyone to leave, so they'll turn a blind eye to us and help us. It'll be great if we can get through, but if we can't, we'll just fight it out. We'll die sooner or later anyway, so we're not afraid this time!"
Ma Wendong's eyes were filled with ferocity.
The leaders of the other seven families also had unfriendly looks on their faces.
For people like them to reach their position overseas, which one of them didn't have a few lives on their hands? There were both foreigners and their own people. Who wouldn't be ruthless?
When Ma Wendong first came here, he killed three foreign missionaries because the three missionaries wanted to report him to the governor's office for torturing and killing several local Chinese villagers. He was afraid that the matter would be exposed, so he rushed to the front of the missionaries and killed them in the middle of the night. Then, he set fire to their corpses and burned them until not even their bones remained.
If they were really angered, they wouldn't hesitate to fight to the death.
"In short, we'll block the way and move quickly. Don't leave anything for them to use against us. If we can get there before the people arrive, then we'll be successful. If we can't, then we'll intercept them and delay them. In short, we can't leave anything for them to use against us. If we're really caught, we'll have to fight to the death."
Ma Wendong set the tone for this matter, and everyone went to make preparations. After Ma Wendong returned home, he changed into the coarse clothes he had worn when he started his business, which he hadn't worn for a long time. On the outside, he put on a gorgeous coat, and with a matchlock gun in his hand, he personally led his men into battle.
Chen Longzheng couldn't think of so many twists and turns. A pure person would have a pure way of doing things, and a one-track mind wouldn't be used to doing things in a roundabout way.
The rich families felt that the government always delayed things and liked to do things in a roundabout way, so they weren't too anxious. In the end, when they received the news, Chen Longzheng's team was less than 20 miles away from Dahudong Village.
This part of the journey scared the living daylights out of them, especially when the informant said that the official leading the team had a large number of soldiers with guns and machetes on their backs. They looked quite elite, but they didn't know if they were the elite troops under Xiao Ruxun.
This didn't make sense! Since when did the government work so fast? How long had it been since they received the news?
Even an experienced person like Ma Wendong was scared and broke out in a cold sweat. His mind went blank, and it took him a while to react. Just when he was trembling and didn't know what to say, his savior came.
His savior was none other than the officer who advocated for a tough attitude towards Xiao Ruxun. He was the General Franco that Ma Wendong mentioned. He didn't know what the general's full name was, so he just called him Hughes. Ma Wendong also had some complaints about foreign names. He felt that not only were they long, but they were also very hard to pronounce.
However, he was now their savior. When Ma Wendong saw a row of fully armed Spanish soldiers behind him, he felt that everything had become better and more relaxed.
"Mr. Hughes, you're finally here! I've been waiting for you for a long time! "
Ma Wendong went forward and expressed his gratitude to Hughes in broken Spanish. Hughes had a serious expression on his face as he praised Ma Wendong. "Ma, you've done a good job. Only by keeping these people here can we have hope of survival. Don't listen to the orders of those cowards in the Governor's Office. They only know how to compromise, compromise, and compromise! They won't get anything if they keep compromising! "
Hughes was a traditional hardliner. He was used to winning battles in Spain, and it was the same here. He had high standards and looked down on China's army.
"That's great!"
Ma Wendong thanked him profusely.
"I've brought 200 soldiers. Don't worry, I won't let those Chinese people make things difficult for you. I know what's going on, and I'll stop those Chinese officials. This is the Philippines, a colony of the Empire. No outsiders are allowed to behave atrociously here!"
Hughes made his attitude clear, and Ma Wendong felt that everything he had done was paid off.
Without further ado, he immediately set off to stop Chen Longzheng from reaching here. There was still some time before all the people could be transferred away. Now those peasants were still struggling to hide, so he needed to buy time.
Hughes nodded and immediately led his men to the road that Chen Longzheng must pass by to wait. He was ready to teach Chen Longzheng a lesson.
Chen Longzheng led his men and rushed all the way. After rushing for half a day, they could finally see the outline of their destination in the distance. A few people leading the way said that they were almost there, but not long after, the scouts in front came back and reported that the road ahead was blocked by a group of Spanish soldiers with guns and weapons.
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