The army went out to fight, but not a blade of grass grew.
Thirty-three warships, lined with long sails, although they could not cover the sky and the sun, they were a force capable of destroying a country. Twenty thousand naval officers and men were all fully armed and carried revolvers. This is an army equipped with pure firearms, with two thousand artillery pieces alone.
Han Du commanded the fleet, accompanied by Huai'an Hou Huazhong, Li Zengzhi, Zhang Chao, Jiang Ming and others.
Huazhong was implicated because of Li Wenzhong's poisoning. Although Li Wenzhong's death had little to do with him, after all, it was Lao Zhu who ordered him to take care of Li Wenzhong. Now that Li Wenzhong is dead, no matter how he died, he, the first person responsible, can never escape the blame. In order to make meritorious service and take revenge, Hua Zhong took the initiative to ask for help and came together.
The reason why Li Zengzhi came here was entirely to avenge his father. The hatred for killing my father is irreconcilable. Li Wenzhong had three sons, namely Li Jinglong, the future "God of War of the Ming Dynasty", Li Zengzhi, and his youngest son. However, Li Jinglong was the eldest son and could not easily take risks again, and his younger brother was too young, so it happened that Li Zengzhi stepped forward. Firstly, he went on this trip to avenge his father, and secondly, he could learn something by staying with Han Du.
The fleet did not take the old route of Yaeshan Island, but went straight to Qiongzhou. After passing Qiongzhou, it went straight to Champa.
Just as the fleet was rushing to Champa, Wangdou made a discovery.
"Report!"
"Speak." Han Du stood at the bow of the ship and ordered without looking back.
"Uncle, we have spotted a ship ahead." The messenger waved his hand and pointed to the right, which was the direction Han Du and others were approaching the land.
Han Du raised his telescope and looked at it. It turned out that it was not a ship, but a small fleet. Why is there a fleet near Qiongzhou? Although Lao Zhu had decreed the opening of the sea last year, the common people could only build a few small sampans to catch big fish on the seashore. It was impossible for ordinary people to build a fleet.
Could it be the work of private capital?
This is really not impossible. Even though the Ming Dynasty has only been a country for more than ten years, even the imperial court is still very poor due to continuous wars. However, under Lao Zhu's policy of hiding wealth from the people, private wealth is accumulating rapidly every year. More than ten years are enough for a former small businessman to transform into a wealthy businessman.
However, after Lao Zhu issued the decree to open the sea, he did not set up a shipping department to collect trade taxes.
Han Du looked at the fleet in the telescope and sneered. These businessmen are really as sharp as dogs. Lao Zhu has only been on the sea for a year, and they have smelled the huge profits in sea trade and want to take advantage of this empty window. Make a fortune.
After I cleaned up the Japanese pirates, I actually asked you to take advantage of me. Where in the world can anything be so cheap?
"Send the order! Chase after him."
With a wave of Han Du's hand, all the warships changed direction and flew towards the fleet.
After giving the order, Han Du patted Hua Zhong on the shoulder and said, "Master Marquis, go change your clothes if it's convenient."
Although Huazhong is the Marquis of Huai'an, his title is higher than that of Han Du. But he knew very well that Han Du's status in the heart of the emperor was not comparable to that of the second generation marquis who took advantage of his father's advantage. Therefore, he lowered his status along the way and was equal to Han Du, without any airs of a dignified marquis.
Although Hua Zhong was curious as to why Han Du wanted to change his clothes, he saw that Han Du was planning to change, so he did not refuse.
The warships were towering, and all of a sudden thirty-three of them surrounded the small fleet, like an elephant staring at a little mouse in front of them.
At this time, Han Du jumped onto the bow of the ship in a black outfit, with one eye covered by a black goggle. Waving the long knife in his hand, he shouted: "This is Jack, the King of Pirates. The ship in front was stopped by this person. He was arrested and inspected. He held his head but not killed. If you dare to resist, you will be shot to death!"
The fleet had long since discovered that they were being chased by a large group of dark cloud-like ships, and they tried their best to escape. However, their speed was less than half that of the warship, and there was no hope of escape. They could only watch the big ship approaching.
Who would have thought that just after the big ship approached, such a person would jump out.
What did he just say? pirate? Robbers of the sea? This name is really vivid.
Could such a huge fleet be robbers? If any robber has such strength, I'm afraid Ming Dynasty will have to look at his face, right? Fu Yong dared to bet that if he were a robber like this, he would eat the boat under his feet.
"Master, I'm afraid these people are here with bad intentions. What should we do?"
The speaker was the nephew of one of Fu Yong's cousins. In the Ming Dynasty, almost all businessmen liked to use people from their own clan. Because the clan has a patriarchal law, this patriarchal law can be said to have stronger constraints on the clan members than the national laws of the Ming Dynasty in many cases. Therefore, it is naturally very easy for people of the same clan to use it, and there is no need to worry about them having second thoughts.
Because, after all, their wives, children, and children all stay in the clan, and even if they have any ideas, they have to worry about how their family members can gain a foothold in the clan.
Fu Yong glanced at him lightly and felt that what his nephew was talking about was nonsense. Didn't you hear that they asked us to arrest them without any help? How can there be any goodwill in this?
Hua Zhong and Han Du were dressed in the same clothes. Not only did he not feel uncomfortable with the clothes, but he felt very comfortable wearing them. Although the title of Huazhong was picked up, his martial arts were developed bit by bit through his winter training and summer training.
Huazhong was originally a fierce general in the army who followed his father in the war. However, after inheriting the title, he knew that the foundation of the title of Marquis of Huai'an was too shallow, so he had to work hard everywhere under the name of Marquis of Huai'an.
It was precisely because of this that Lao Zhu saw him and remembered the contributions that Huazhong's father had made before, so he was asked to take care of the sick Li Wenzhong. I just hope that Huazhong can pass this matter and show its face in front of Li Wenzhong, so that it can take care of Huazhong in the future.
In the end, I didn't expect that Huazhong would be so unlucky. Even though Li Wenzhong had recovered from his illness, he would still be poisoned. As a result, not only was everything he had done ruined, but he was also almost implicated.
Hua Zhong buckled his blindfold and felt that Han Du looked more murderous after wearing this thing, and he should be good too. From this moment on, Hua Zhong fell in love with the blindfold.
The warships quickly surrounded the fleet, and there was no need to open the gun bay door and expose the cannons to scare people. The people on the fleet put their heads in their hands and squatted on the deck, not daring to resist at all.
How could they dare to resist when there were more men and horses on a large ship than all of them put together?
