第九十六章 热兰遮城上
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“是,林先生!”船长赶忙退下号施令,林河水走到船舱里,拿出白纸与炭笔,重新回到甲板上,熟练的画起地图来。
“少尉,船上放了一条小舢板,上面的人说他们是明国人,来买鹿皮与硫磺的,他们的船上还有生丝、茶叶、还有一些日用杂货!“一个士兵向正拿着单筒望远镜的特勒报告。特勒没有说话,而是仔细的观察了一会,确认这是一条沙船,这种平底的海船在东南沿海很多见,只是在这个季节出现在大员附近海域有点冒险了些。看到甲板上有两门用于自卫的老式火炮,特勒的脸上露出一丝鄙夷的笑容:“让他们靠过来,我们要上去检查!”
海浪拍打着船舷,脚下的甲板晃动的有些厉害,林河水小心的分开双腿以避免摔倒,打量着岸上的士兵们,从外表上看,这队士兵们可谓是大杂烩:有高鼻深目的西欧人、有皮肤黝黑、眼睛凹陷,颧骨突出的东南亚土著、还有黄褐色皮肤,脑袋上还残留着月代头痕迹的日本人,最后他甚至还现了一个非洲黑人,这些士兵们被亚热带的阳光和海风折磨的一个个形容憔悴,但他们身上的盔甲和武器闪着金属特有的冷光,在岸上不远处,堡垒上的大炮已经对准了自己,这让他的喉咙有些干。
砰!
一条沉重的跳板搭上了船舷,特勒带着几个士兵上了船,他满不在乎的挥了挥手,士兵们便前往底舱检查,林河水赶忙上前一步,用西班牙语说:“我是大明的商人,船上装的都是生丝与茶叶还有一些杂货,是用来交换硫磺与鹿皮的。“
特勒没有理会林河水,他看了看回来禀告的士兵们,当确认船上没有违禁的物品后,他转过头,一双眼睛直视着林河水:“有酒吗?“
“有,当然有!”林河水被对方的举动吓了一条,赶忙转身对船长喝道:“快,快那些好酒给这位先生!”
拿到酒的特勒径直回到岸上,他走了两步,突然停住脚步,扭头对林河水喝道:“你可以在这里出售你的货物,不要去不该去的地方,记住,要交税!”
在引水员的指挥下,船重新升起了半帆,沿着水道向海湾内驶去。林河水站在甲板上,看到沙洲上出现了越来越多的沙丘,接着好像突然造物主突然改变了主意一样,一个急转弯转向海湾内侧,犹如一根枯瘦的手指指向台湾本岛,而在荷兰人的主城便位于这个转折处。这座城堡背靠着几座沙丘,正门面对着水道,正是这条水道将源源不绝的生丝、瓷器、茶叶、白银带来这儿,使其成为整个东印度公司最赚钱的商站之一。而此时码头上空空荡荡,只有海水冲击着深入水道的石砌码头,泛起一片片白色的浪花。站在甲板上,林河水看不到这座城堡里面有什么,因为整个热兰遮城建在一块高出地面的岩石上,厚实的城墙挡住了他的视线。
随着船舶的航行,很快热兰遮城便被抛在了身后,林河水看到一片建筑物,看形状应该是荷兰人的官邸、教堂、仓库与商人们的住宅。林河水猜想这应该就是荷兰人的“下城”了,这么做有一个显而易见的好处——沙洲那个向本岛伸出的突出部形成了一个天然的防波堤,即使有大风暴,荷兰人的舰队也可以安然无恙;而且即使入侵者登上了这座沙洲,除非他们已经攻克了热兰遮城,就无法攻击荷兰人的仓库、平民区以及码头,因为热兰遮城正好将下城挡在身后,荷兰人完全可以拒绝6战,用舰队摧毁敌人的补给线。
看到荷兰人对海上的防御如此森严,林河水只得将目光转向水道的另外一面,他只能将希望寄托于那条被称为鹿耳门的水道了,他看到对面那个叫做北线尾的沙洲的中央部分,在几座沙丘之间,有一座正在修建的堡垒,显然荷兰人并没有忘记另外这条通道,这让林河水的心情越沉重了起来。
当商船靠岸时,林河水受到了十分不错的接待,荷兰人是精明的商人,他们很高兴中国商人愿意来到这里出售生丝与茶叶,而不是直接前往马尼拉或者日本出售,因为这意味着大员港在东亚贸易网络上的位置在上升。荷兰商人慷慨的用现金支付了生丝与茶叶的货款,其他的日用品更是受欢迎,至于鹿皮与硫磺,荷兰人需要时间向土著人收购,毕竟在台风季节即将到来的时候,是没有多少商船来这儿的。
夜色来临,清亮的月色映照在海面上,泛起一道道银光,除了哨兵以外,大员港的绝大多数人已经进入梦乡,但是林河水并不包括在这绝大多数人之中,他小心的来到岸边,和船长小心的跳上一条事先准备好的小舢板,向位于北线尾沙洲的西南侧的鹿耳门划去。为了避免被热兰遮下城旁的哨兵现,林河水和手下将舢板沿着海岸线划行,直到哨兵的视线被北线尾沙洲挡住,他们才离开海岸线,用力向鹿耳门的方向划去,当进入水道后,林河水让部下缓慢的划动舢板,自己取出测量水深的铅锤,开始测量起这条水道的深度。他一边测量一边记载,很快额头上就布满了汗珠。
“林先生,林先生!”船长拍了拍林河水的肩膀,指着北线尾沙洲的方向压低声音道:“那边好像有人来了!“
“该死的!”林河水顺着船长手指的方向望去,果然看到一点火光刚刚绕过沙丘,这应该是荷兰人的哨兵,想不到他们巡逻这么森严。林河水看了看左右,空荡荡的海面上无遮无挡的,哪里有可以隐藏的地方?情急之下,他右手碰倒了一个东西,低头一看,却是鱼竿与水桶,里面还有半桶海蟹,应该是船主忘了拿回去了的。
“你便学我的做,待会你别出声,一切由我应付!”林河水低声叮嘱道,将鱼竿一一放入水中,自己仰面斜靠在船舷上,打火点着灯笼放在船舷,倒像是一副夜钓的模样!
几乎是转眼之间,哨兵便看到了海面上的舢板,他们快步朝岸边跑来,一边跑还一边取下背上的火绳枪,架在叉子上,做出瞄准射击的样子,一边高声叫喊,让林河水他们靠过来。林河水装出一副惶恐的样子,一边用闽南话应答,一边将船靠了过去。
“什么人,三更半夜的干嘛?”靠上了岸,只见这两个哨兵身材矮小精悍,竟然是日本人,也许是与明国海商打的交道较多的缘故,一口闽南话倒是说的颇为熟练。
“我们都是今天靠岸的海商,晚上这里也没有个可以消遣的地方,上了岸也睡不着,便出来钓几只螃蟹,回去做下酒菜!”林河水赔笑着从提起装了螃蟹的水桶,凑到两人面前:“二位,要不要也拿几只去?”(未完待续。)
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