After a while, Shi Xianggu, who heard Zhang Baozai laughing with his personal guards, quickly wiped away the tears on his cheeks and turned around. Zhang Baozai ran over quickly and threw himself into Shi Xianggu's arms. He looked around curiously, but he didn't notice Liang Pengfei's figure made him feel a little strange, but another thing attracted his attention.

"Godmother, what's wrong with your eyes? It's watery and so beautiful." Zhang Baozai's words made Shi Xianggu smile and kiss Zhang Baozai, who had extraordinary observation skills. "Little thing, don't you miss you anymore? I miss our little Baozai so much that I'm crying."

Seeing Zhang Baozai's innocent and cute smile, I couldn't help but feel warm. It turned out that the depression that had accumulated in my heart seemed to have dissipated a lot with tears. I remembered Liang Pengfei's hot gaze when he was just asking, and my heart couldn't help but jumped gently. "Is this guy saying this to comfort me or..."

For a moment, the ice on her face seemed to have faded a lot, and the cold and hard lines also softened a little. Perhaps she herself didn't notice that in addition to the gentle motherhood between her eyebrows, there was a hint of pride, and the proud charm of being a woman.

Liang Pengfei, who was hiding in the dark, felt relieved when he saw this scene and led the two bodyguards away from the fort with peace of mind. However, he was still uneasy. He didn't know if his words would make Shi Xianggu feel disgusted to him, which really made Master Liang regret it.

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Just as Liang Pengfei and Shi Xianggu and others were preparing for the war on King Crab Island, a huge fleet of ships was sailing northward in the South China Sea.

"Is this our fleet?" Colonel Alfonso, standing on the tail of the flagship, looked at the various battleship flags around him with contempt. His beautiful and straight blue velvet military uniform, elegant and upright figure, the metal wool on the commanding knife scabbard at his waist exudes dazzling brilliance, his handsome face, gray-blue eyes, and straight nose bridge make him look like the work of the sculptor Roland, and his sarcastic expression was like a peacock with a silhouette, arrogant and proud.

However, he did have a reason to be proud. At the age of thirty-five, he became a naval colonel, with only the last step left to the general's journey, and came to the east to serve as the commander of the poor Luzon fleet, just to take the gilded journey before he stepped on that step in the future.

His uncle, the King's Minister of Finance, personally promised that as long as he could stay in the East for two years and clear out the pirates who threatened the Luzon colony, when he returned to Spain, the one who waited for him would be a beautiful, golden star.

When he arrived at the port of Luzon after a long journey, he learned from the Governor of Luzon that the Spanish royal Yunbao fleet was attacked by a group of British pirates. This made the proud Alfonso feel very angry, annoyed why he didn't arrive here earlier? Otherwise, how could those British pirates have easily caused the Spanish royal Yunbao fleet to suffer such heavy losses.

And Baron Edmund, who leaned on his sister's thigh, climbed from an inconspicuous accountant to the royal treasure ship escorting the minister, was actually embarrassed to give the royal warship to the orientals who "rescued" them in order to survive.

The paranoid and arrogant Baron Alfonso believed that Baron Edmund must be afraid of death, so he contributed the warship and the royal treasures above to those hateful pirates in the East, and only for a small life was exchanged. This shameless and despicable behavior not only insulted the reputation of the Spanish Navy, but also did not insult the dignity of the royal family. It was something that the youngest and most preferred naval colonel of the Spanish royal family could not tolerate.

However, the fleet under his command was really pitifully small. Apart from three Spanish gunboats that could be taken advantage of, the remaining seven or eight were gunboats or armed merchant ships, and they also had to patrol Luzon Port and the surrounding areas. With the strength in his hands, there was no way to conquer those hateful Eastern pirates from a long distance.

However, he is worthy of being the elite of the Spanish Navy and the future famous general, Colonel Alfonso quickly came up with a brilliant idea, which was to use theft to control the thieves. He felt that instead of slowly attacking those pirates who were disgusting like flies, it would be better to use the name of the Spanish royal Yunbao fleet being attacked by Eastern pirates to lure Western pirates to fight with Eastern pirates. Although he lost some money, it could weaken these two forces that were harmful to the Spanish colonists. An important point could also add a strong mark to his war sheet.

Therefore, after his strong persistence and demands, the Governor of Luzon had to agree to recruit pirates to attack the abominable Oriental people. He also tried his best to promote this large-scale military operation of Western pirates. For this reason, he paid more than 100,000 taels of silver. However, Colonel Alfonso thought it was worth it. As long as he could defeat the abominable Eastern pirates and snatch the treasure ship, this achievement alone would be enough to win countless praises and the favor of the royal family in the Spanish naval world.

As for the Baron Edmund, what fate is waiting for him, it is not the question that Colonel Alfonso, who is eager to achieve success, he believes that his uncle, His Majesty the King's Minister of Finance, will handle everything for him. When he returns to the kingdom, he may even get a coveted hereditary title besides the shining general position.

However, these pirate allies still gave Baron Alfonso a headache. By leaving the Manila port alone until now, the pirates have robbed several fleets, including Easterners and Western countries. Fortunately, Alfonso had the foresight and replaced the flag of the Kingdom of Spain with a skeleton flag. He was so low-key that he could not be any more low-key along the way, otherwise it would be another headache-inducing international dispute.

"I swear to God that after this battle, I will definitely send all these damn 'allies' to the gallows to let them understand what order and law are." Alfonso kissed the silver cross hanging on his chest and stuffed it into his clothes.

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"Col. The pirate leaders have obeyed your call and are stepping on board the ship to the cabin for the matter." A Spanish soldier's loud report interrupted Colonel Alfonso's thoughts.

"All are here?" Alfonso took off his military cap, sorted out his beautiful long temples, and put them on again, and nodded majesticly to the soldier and asked.

"Black-headed Owen didn't come, but his first mate James came, saying that Captain Owen was unwell and needed rest." The soldier explained.

A trace of mockery spilled out of the corner of Alfonso's mouth: "Is that so? Our British gentleman who runs rampant in the Strait of Malacca has always been as strong as a bull, and he will feel uncomfortable?" Alfonso's mean sarcasm immediately caused laughter from the Spanish officers around him, as if not laughing loudly was not enough to vent his emotions.

"No, my dear colonel, I think this gentleman Irving must have felt that he really lacks aristocratic temperament and was afraid of being embarrassed by our Spanish, so he simply hid." A major officer made a gesture gracefully, his tone seemed so slight and promptly caused bursts of laughter.

The smile on Alfonso couldn't help but add a little bit. "Gentlemen, I've been having enough jokes. After all, we are on the same front as these pirates now, and we should express some kindness to them."

"Yes, Mr. Colonel." All the Spanish officers stood upright and expressed their respect and loyalty to the supreme commander, which greatly benefited Alfonso.

The widest cabin in the flagship was filled with Western pirates with different clothes, different hair colors, and different languages, making loud noises. Some pirates even poured strong wine while talking loudly about women. The strong smell of inferior tobacco made Colonel Alfonso, who had just entered the cabin, frowned and took out a white handkerchief of oriental silk, and hid it in front of his mouth and nose.

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PS: Finally, I didn’t say anything, the pace of war finally started! Cheering, excited, fish jumping, well, please vote for everyone, it will become more and more exciting!
Chapter completed!