After the night, the lights were on in the hall of the Governor's House.

The Reverend Joao Codino, sitting at the head of the round table, struck the table with an angry expression, and uttered a loud growl at the Portuguese nobles and merchants who were beside him.He kept drinking and asked, “Why?”Why?Why did no one find this?A military fort suddenly stuck in our throats.Why didn’t anyone report it to me?”

Lord Mohammed stood in the corner of the hall, and he bowed down with a vote of Arab businessmen behind him, but he could feel the anger of His Excellency the Governor.

Before sunset in the afternoon, Master Mohammed, accompanied by his butler, rode in a hurry to the western Panimian area.He did not dare to approach, because far away he could see a lot of well-equipped cavalry swam on the road.

In fact, there is no need to be close, because at a distance of several kilometers, you can see the sudden appearance of the fortress watchtower opposite, and the hot air balloon tied to the tower of the fortress - yes, Xu Bing felt that the sudden appearance of a fortress was not shocking enough, so she sent the artillery observation balloon to Zhou Qingfeng.With it, you can monitor the movement around you day and night.

There is such a hot air balloon floating at a height of tens of meters, only the blind can not see this incredible miracle.Muhammad's frightened heart attack was going to happen, and he had no idea of returning home for half a day, and he was in a state of sluggishness with other Arab businessmen in Goa.No one thought that the Orientals who ate and drank with them a few days ago had made such a big battle.

By the end of the night, Master Mohammed had made a decision to bite his teeth.He sent someone to sneak in to contact Zhou Qingfeng's fortress to find out how much the sudden force really weighed, and he reported to the Portuguese governor of Goa, because the business of the Arab merchants looked at the faces of these Europeans.

But without the hospitality of the Lord Muhammad, the Portuguese in Goa have become a pot of porridge.The hot air balloons that rose before sunset caused a sensation in the city, and the fire of the hot air balloon was still bright after sunset, and it triggered the first crisis in the past hundred years when the Portuguese occupied Goa - the city's archbishop Francis Xavier decided that this was the devil who came into the world.

The fire in the hot air balloon is the burning devil’s eye.

Faced with such a never-before-seen situation, Governor Joao Kodino, who took office this year, was extremely angry.He questioned Lord Costa, who was in charge of the army, and asked for an explanation from the latter.But Lord Costa could not say a word except the red-faced expression of extreme irritability and shame.

After half a day of scolding by His Excellency the Governor, Archbishop Xavier finally began to ask meaningful words, “Have we sent for a check?”

“Send it.”Lord Costa said with hatred: "I sent a squad to investigate, but the dozen best musketeers are only half back."They said that the west was occupied by an army of oriental faces, and that the enemy was also armed with firearms, and cavalry patrols.Our people were knocked down before they could even come into contact with the enemy.

The soldiers saw with their own eyes that there was a devil in the world, and it turned into a black smoke attacking us, and we could not defend it.It is necessary that priests and priests accompany us before the soldiers have the courage to go again.”

“We have enough clergy to listen to the dispatch.”Archbishop Xavier said, “The judges of the Inquisition in the city are the best detors, and it is their duty to eradicate demons.”

After the Portuguese occupied Goa, they used the characteristics of the poor locals to carry out induced missions, forcing them to demolish indigenous temples and massacre local religious personnel.In order to rule the majority of the indigenous population, the use of force is only a means to maintain order, and religion is their weapon of power.

There are dozens of churches, large and small, in the city of Goa, and a large number of clergy have accumulated a wealth of experience and strong strength in dealing with the work of the pagans.Now they have become the ballast stone in the eyes of the Portuguese, enough to stabilize the heart.

Archbishop Xavier's statement reassured Lord Costa, who scolded him viciously: "As long as there are enough clergy to help us drive away the devil, we have the confidence to send those sudden Orientals back to hell."We will capture their leaders and force them to ask how they suddenly appeared to us.”

“Can we have an action tomorrow?”The Governor asked.

"Of course."Lord Costa said confidently: "There are a thousand excellent Portuguese musketeers in the city, two thousand indigenous soldiers, and we can still mobilize artillery to help fight."The natives of the East certainly did not attempt to be bombed.As is customary, the moment the cannons blaze, their army will collapse.”

The Lord was proud of what he had said, but he soon stopped talking.He subconsciously equated the Orientals who had suddenly sprung up today with those ignorant natives whom he had seen in the past, but in fact his men had just been taught by the enemy with firearms.He had to rectrace what he had just said, “But I have to admit that this group of Orientals is a little special today, and we need to take it seriously.”

During the whole meeting, the Portuguese did not ask the Arabs a word, at most after the end of the meeting, asked the Arabs in the city to provide two hundred slave cavalry, and to go out to fight tomorrow.

After leaving the governor's office, Master Mohammed hurried back to the Arab House.Arab merchants in the hall were already anxiously awaiting news.Orders from the governor's office were not surprising, and it was also to be expected that Arab merchants would provide cavalry.The focus is actually on the results of the contact with the Orientals.

"Sir, the leaders of the Orientals are indeed the young men who traded with us a few days ago."Muhammad’s butler said, “The sudden appearance of the fortress was very strong, and I saw a huge cannon on the wall.Their soldiers trained very well, and all used firearms.”

Hearing that the fortress was strong and artillery, the Arab merchants were amazed.This power is already very strong.The butler continued: “They were probably more than a thousand men, and they were very well defended at night.The fort is still building fortifications, and it seems that they are ready for war.

I was lucky enough to be brought into the fort to see, and their interior facilities were very well-equipped.They are close to the river, there is no shortage of water, and there is a lot of food, which can be supported for at least a month or two.I asked the leaders of the East, what if the food was finished?He smiled and said that if there was a shortage of food on that day, he would bring troops to grab food.Whoever has food, steals it."

Wow, the merchants were in awe.

Lord Mohammed frowned and pondered for half a day, after a long day, saying, “The scriptures left by the Prophet once said that the Orientals were very good at refining various magical devices, and they even had artifacts that controlled time and space.”We must have met a king from the East, who had previously demonstrated the ability to take things out of thin air, and now it is nothing more than a fortress.”

Oh, the merchants were even more surprised.Some people say inexplicably, “Didn’t this artifact have long since disappeared?”

Someone asked, “Have we ever had this kind of artifact?”

Muhammad shook his head, “These things are legends, and it is difficult for us to know the truth.”The king of the Orientals certainly did not casually make a fortress, he must have come to Goa with certainty.The Portuguese in Goa also have strong strength and are by no means rivals who can easily defeat them.Our problem now is how to deal with the problems we have.”

The steward said, “Lord, the king of the Orientals said they had come only to seek trade.”War is also about getting Europeans to recognize their power and thus to live in peace.He doesn’t have to worry too much about the outcome on the battlefield, won’t affect the subsequent trade?”

“Really?”Master Muhammad could not believe that the Arabs were now left to do business.He was concerned that the arrival of the Orientals would shrink the already shrinking market again.But what if the Orientals don’t want to eat alone?

Europeans like to eat alone, and they can't take up any benefits.After they got stuck in the road to the east, the route with the West was also closed.The once-powerful Ottoman Empire decayed and slowly became the sick man of West Asia.If the East could break this impasse...

Muhammad asked again, “What do the Orientals want?”

“We want us to provide horses and slave girls.The king of the Oriental said that they would go to the king of India to buy food, cotton and other agricultural products, and also to find Europeans in exchange for precious metals such as gold and silver.Of course they want minerals, but it has little to do with us."The housekeeper said.

Hearing this, Master Muhammad was in a deep heart.The king of the Oriental did not seem to want to break the status quo, how to do the previous business, or how to do it in the future.The butler added: "I have seen the horses of the Eastern cavalry, obviously not as good as us."Maybe that’s why he bought the horses.But he said that if we don't sell horses, he'll find someone else."

Lord Mohammed hated Zhou Qingfeng this kind of undercard, as well as a large number of choice of customers.This is simply slipping and cannot grasp each other's weakness.Nor could he think of a particularly good way, but sighed and said, "Look at tomorrow, Governor Codino can't stand someone challenging his authority, and he will certainly fight back."

Almost no one slept that night.The Portuguese and the Arabs were either angry or worried, and Zhou Qingfeng’s men were motivated by excitement.This expedition selected backbone, even if the soldiers are at least the first small diploma.They are not ignorant fools, but they know that they have traveled across half the continent to a foreign country to launch an expedition.

With the help of the propaganda system, a strong sense of mission and pride are brewing within the army.Many people have been through some competition to get this opportunity to go abroad, which is a lot to be proud of them in the past or a group of mud legs - the expedition allowance issued by the Ministry of Administration is also very proud.

Many people can't sleep with their eyes closed, and they can't immediately see who is more powerful.