Tonight was the night of the full moon. However, the Malay governor, Duarte Lopes de Pereira, hadn't made it back to the Port of Malacca. And of course, neither had the mighty fleet he'd finally managed to assemble.
He and his flagship had sunk, plunging to the bottom of the unfathomably deep South China Sea.
And so the Li family fleet arrived at Malacca. Without firing a single shot, it smoothly seized this important port city, which controlled the Strait of Malacca and the spice trade routes, and prepared to establish the Li family's maritime trade dominance there.
"..."
(ー`′ー)
"This stuff is sweet?"
[]~(￣▽￣)~*
Song Yifeng was sitting nearby, clutching a bottle and drinking like a fool. She kept urging Annie to try some, too. In the end, Annie had no choice but to take a bottle from the wooden crate, pull out the cork, and sniff it suspiciously.
"All right!"
(?????)
"I'll give it a try..."
(*￣?￣*)
"!!"
ε=(?ˇεˇ??))) Ptooey!!
But Annie had barely picked up the bottle and cautiously sipped a little of the pale yellow liquid when, the very next second, she spat it out with all her might. Then, looking thoroughly disgusted, she flung the bottle and its contents away, sending it plunking straight into the waters of Malacca Harbor.
"So this is that good stuff you told me they found? This rum?"
(′~`●)
"It's not good at all!"
(?~?)
"It does taste a little sweet, but as soon as it's in your mouth, there's this choking smell!"
(?╭╮?)
"Anyway, it's not good!"
(￢д￢.)
Annie glanced disdainfully at Song Yifeng, whose cheeks were flushed from drinking, and couldn't understand why she liked such a boring drink.
"It's delicious!"
"This rum was shipped all the way from the New World. If you don't want it, at