We have fought to the Arctic Circle, and you want me to inherit the throne?

Seeing Li Che's sneer, the pirate immediately shut his mouth in fear and dared not say anything more.

Li Che glanced at him and said, "It's none of your business. Keep talking."

The pirate nodded and continued to tell the story of the Portuguese, suppressing his fear.

The King of Luzon, who had just accepted the Portuguese's generous gift, immediately agreed without hesitation when he heard that the other party only wanted a piece of "big" land, and even felt that he had gotten a great deal.

After getting the king's approval, the Portuguese immediately searched everywhere in the local area and finally bought the largest buffalo in the area.

After slaughtering the cow, a large piece of cowhide was peeled off, cut into countless long strips with a knife, and then the cowhide strips were strung together.

In the end, the strips of cowhide cut from a mere piece of cowhide were thousands of feet long.

They used strips of hide cut from a single cowhide to enclose land, seized large colonies from Luzon, and built docks, forts, and farmlands on them.

The later plot is even more familiar. It is nothing more than infiltration and colonization, using force as the main means to carry out dimensionality reduction attacks on the indigenous people.

Today, Luzon has become a colony of the Portuguese. Although the name of the Kingdom of Luzon is retained, the actual person in power is no longer the royal family, but the governor appointed by the Portuguese.

After listening to what this person said, Li Che looked at him silently and did not speak for a long time.

The sight of the pirate frightened him, his defenses completely crumbling as he knelt on the ground and cried:

"Sir, you have an invincible fleet, you must be from a powerful nation. I am only a pirate, I cannot stand up to you. Please tell me what you want me to do!"

Foreigners who lacked the Confucian concept of "loyalty and righteousness" did kneel down faster than the Goryeo and Khitan people.

Li Che stared at him and asked, "How many troops does the Portuguese have in Luzon?"

"I don't know the exact number, but there should be more than a thousand, definitely no more than two thousand!"

Li Che pulled the corner of his mouth.

It is really absurd and courageous that more than a thousand people can colonize a country.

Back then, when Li Che had more than a thousand people around him, he had to be very careful even when leaving the city.

On second thought, this is the Spain that once proposed 60 soldiers to attack the Ming Dynasty. Even if the world changed, their nature could not be changed. It is reasonable.

Li Che continued to ask: "What weapons do they use?"

"Cannons. They have cannons, but they can't reach as far as your fleet's cannons, nor are they as powerful as yours."

Li Che nodded slightly, this was understandable.

Li Che had long anticipated that Europe would have sailboats and cannons, otherwise American crops would not have been introduced.

The army with firearms underwent a qualitative change, which allowed it to colonize the not-so-powerful country of Luzon.

"You...you..." The pirate seemed to realize something and hesitated.

Li Che frowned and said, "If you have something to say, just say it!"

"Where are you from?"

Li Che smiled and said, "I'm from Daqing."

The pirate's eyes looked like they were about to pop out.

He had naturally heard of Daqing. Although this great Eastern country was shrouded in mystery in Europe, its presence had always been strong.

Especially the colonists in Luzon, they had heard of Daqing's reputation.

After all, many Xia people who escaped from the previous dynasty migrated along the coast to Luzon, and they accounted for a considerable proportion of the population.

In the eyes of the Portuguese, Daqing was a huge empire with a huge population.

However, Daqing's influence on the ocean was very low, so the Portuguese did not regard Daqing as a threat and did not take the initiative to contact it.

The pirate took a deep breath and asked cautiously, "Are you planning to take this fleet to Luzon to fight those Portuguese?"

Li Che did not answer him, but asked: "Do you think I can win?"

The pirate stood there in shock, unable to recover for a long time.

Then, a look of ecstasy appeared on his face: "I don't know if you can win, but if you want to go to Luzon, I can recruit more people to join your fleet."

“There are not only Portuguese there, but also blacks and Celts like me who have suffered unfair treatment and are willing to fight with you!”

"Let's talk about this later." Li Che shook his head. "I will provide you with food and a safe place to stay. You can rest here first, and I will come to find you."

"Yes." The pirate lowered his head.

Li Che glanced at him and was about to turn around and leave the room when he suddenly thought of something.

Turning back, he asked, "Do the Portuguese have a kind of food that grows beneath the soil, tastes very sweet, and has a very high yield per acre?"

The pirate thought for a moment, then said, "You mean...sweet potatoes?"

Li Che's eyes suddenly lit up: "There are really sweet potatoes in Luzon?!"

He only remembered that the first sweet potato seedling in China seemed to be brought from Luzon, so he asked this question. He didn't expect to get an unexpected gain.

The pirate nodded. "Yes, there are sweet potatoes. We've eaten them before, but the Portuguese are very careful about where they're grown. The indigenous people who grow them are also strictly guarded."

Li Che smiled and said, "It's okay, it's enough."

He turned and walked out the door, and instructed the guard at the door:

"Keep a close watch on him, find a ship's doctor, and make sure he doesn't miss out on daily food and water. Don't let him die!"

Several soldiers bowed and said, "Yes."

Li Che looked at Li Sheng and others not far away.

Everyone stared at this side in astonishment, their eyes full of shock.

Li Che frowned and asked, "What's the matter?"

Everyone hesitated, and finally Li Sheng asked, "Your Highness, how come you can speak their language?"

Li Che was suddenly speechless.

I can still explain my own wonderful ideas by saying that they came from ancient books.

But it is a bit too exaggerated that a country that has never had any contact with Daqing can actually speak their language.

Li Che had no choice but to put on the airs of a vassal king: "Now is not the time to talk about this, everyone, we have things to do."

From the moment he heard that the Portuguese had occupied Luzon, Li Che was mentally prepared to fight them.

However, the Fengguo Navy had traveled a long distance, and it was not a battle on home soil after all, so he was still a little hesitant.

But when I heard the word "sweet potato", all my hesitations disappeared, leaving only one thought:

Take it back! We must bring those sweet potatoes back to Fengguo!

Even if it means slaughtering all the Portuguese on Luzon, even if it means paying a heavy price in casualties, we must get this thing at all costs.

Sweet potatoes and corn are different. Although both are high-yield foods, there is still a gap in their yields.

One acre can produce dozens of dan, which is twenty times better than growing grain!

The yield of sweet potatoes is so exaggerated that it doesn't seem like a plant from this planet.