Went to Japan to fight Japanese pirates, burned two ports, destroyed the largest Japanese pirate force, forced the Hizen family and the shogun to surrender, burned at least a thousand large and small seagoing sampans, and also obtained the Japanese government. The Li family fleet, which has exclusive rights to trade, is returning to this beautiful sea loaded with countless gold, silver and precious goods.
Although the weather is very good today, due to the headwind, the Li family's large fleet of ten terrifying super scissor battleships can only move forward slowly in a zigzag manner using the crosswind, with a speed of about It is less than one-fifth of the value when the wind is favorable, and the voyage has become longer, so I have been sailing at sea for several days, but it is still floating on the sea. I have only sailed about half of the voyage from Japan to Hangzhou. .
However, the fleet is not in a hurry, because they don't have anything important to do. They are just returning to Hangzhou to resupply and process some captured goods. At the current speed, even if there is headwind, it will definitely be done in three to five days at most. Saw the Qiantang River.
What they are more worried about now is whether Hangzhou's dock can accommodate giant ships like theirs?
Also, will the big ship run aground in the Qiantang River?
Anyway, the crew members all know that if the ship is too big, unloading the cargo will definitely be a big problem. As for the massive amounts of gold and silver, they definitely don’t need to worry about it, because they are not cargo, but can be used directly. You can use the money and then transport it directly back to the fortress base in Xiaoliuqiu to store it. There is a deep-water port and many large berths there.
"captain!"
"There's a situation!!"
"North!"
"There is a ship! Someone is waving flags at us, and there is some smoke!"
At this time, just as the fleet, led by the flagship 'Xiang Feihu', was sailing in a row towards the sea off Hangzhou, suddenly, the lookout hand on the mast held the lookout basket and headed towards He howled at the bearded captain who was sipping tea on the command platform.
"Waving the flag?"
"Return to the flames of war?"
There is nothing strange about meeting other ships at sea. After all, although the Ming Dynasty has been implementing strict maritime bans, ocean trade has huge profits. Making money outside the scope of the law is better than anything else, so , many merchants, ship owners and even declining naval forces will take desperate risks and use sea ships to secretly do business in the Ming Sea, making a fortune in silence.
However, under normal circumstances, when the other party sees the Li family's fleet, they will stay away from it. Very few will take the initiative to wave flags at them and light up smoke from a distance to attract attention.
"!!"
"It seems like the sail is broken?"
"But……"
"So how did a broken offshore ship, a Cangshan ship like that, end up in the deep sea? Are they dying?"
After the bearded captain with a fierce look picked up the binoculars and looked around for a while, he couldn't help but feel a little confused.
Because he recognized that kind of ship. It was obviously the Cangshan ship in the Ming Navy. It was the smallest ship in Haicang, also known as Cangshan Iron. The hull was small, higher than the water, with a draft of 5 feet. It was equipped with a scull and the wind was favorable. Raise the sail, and the wind will stir the oar.
This kind of boat is light and agile, mainly used for chasing enemies and fishing for heads. It is equipped with two Qianjin Folang machines, three bowl-mouth blunderbuss, four Rumi blunderbuss, forty nozzles, sixty chimneys, and fire bricks. Thirty yuan, one hundred rockets, four medicine crossbows, and one hundred crossbow arrows.
"Send the order!"
"Other ships continue to move forward, and our Xiang Feihu will go directly over to see what is going on with them!"
After pondering for a while, the bearded man decided to go up and take a look.
Because the other party sent a distress signal, and since they met them at sea, they must go to see and rescue them. Furthermore, they have a fleet of ten giant ships with over 10,000 crew members. How can they be afraid of the conspiracy of a small sampan on the other side?
Soon, under the command of Big Beard, after the flag bearers raised the signal flag, the leading flagship "Xiang Feihu" broke away from the queue. The remaining nine warships in the fleet were still moving slowly against the wind in the original direction. As it headed west, it deftly turned around and accelerated towards the small sampan Cangshan boat found in the north.
About a quarter of an hour later, the flagship 'Xiang Feihu' slowly approached the Cangshan ship that was floating on the sea at this time. The sails were in tatters and the oars were missing.
"Who are you?"
"Is he a naval engineer from the Ming Dynasty?"
He had just thrown down the cable to hold the opponent in place. Before the bearded captain, who was leading a row of musketeers and looking down at the opponent from a high position, asked, an old man underneath who looked very embarrassed and had chapped lips opened his mouth and asked hopefully.
"..."
Looking at the men and women filing out of the other party's small cabin at this time, and even a few Ming sergeants with swords, the bearded man couldn't help but feel a little confused, wondering what was going on with these people in front of him.
"no!"
"We are from the Li family fleet!"
However, he still did not make things difficult for the other party. Instead, after confirming that these people were probably just shipwrecked at sea and not the kind of pirates who knew nothing about the world, he replied cheerfully and loudly.
"Li family fleet?"
"May I ask, which Li family fleet is it?"
The old man obviously didn't know anything about the Li family fleet, so he looked at the huge ship like a towering mountain, and then looked at the big 'Li' hanging on the top of the sail mast that completely covered the sun. He hesitated for a while, then asked again about the big flag and the weird black blind man's bow.
"snort!"
"Hangzhou Li Family Fleet!"
Seeing the old guys below who were obviously asking for help, but still a little distrustful and even asking questions, the bearded man began to snort impatiently.
"Hangzhou!"
"Great, then you must be Ming people?"
Hearing that the bearded man said it was a certain Li family in Hangzhou or the fleet of General Li, the old man finally breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly waved towards the cabin, as if he was preparing for some people inside to come out?
"Yes!"
Although the other person asked nonsense, the bearded man still answered patiently.
"Ask the brave man!"
"Where are you coming from and where are you going?"
"..."
"I just went to fight against the Japanese country. Now that we have triumphed, we are going to return to Hangzhou to replenish our supplies."
"Go back to Hangzhou?"
"Are you really a Ming Dynasty person?"
"ha!"
"Look at what you said, is it possible that we are speaking Japanese dialect and that the big flag with the character "Li" on it is fake?"
The bearded man was really impatient. He could see that the guy below had made it clear that he would not trust them. He didn't understand. Why did the other party still ask so many questions when he was in such a predicament? If he hadn't looked at them What a pity. Seeing that they were all citizens of the Ming Dynasty, he might have just ordered the sails to be raised and sailed away.
"Very good!"
"The sky has eyes, the sky has eyes!"
"quick!"
"We escaped from Zhigu, which is Tianjin. Hurry! Come down and meet us. There is a Ming princess on our ship!"
Finally, after reaching this point, the rotten old man with chapped lips finally let down all his guard and said loudly to the bearded man above him, dancing with excitement.
"!!"
"Princess Daming?"
"Really or not, it's just your little broken ship with a princess in it?"
"I don't really believe it!"
The bearded captain did not move, still frowning condescendingly.
If the other party's ship was a 'Fengzhou' or other larger blessing ship with many following ships, he might really believe it, but now, with such a small broken ship, you dare to say that it was loaded with There is a princess, but you still ask him to welcome her. Are you treating her like a three-year-old child?
"But……"
"This is absolutely true!"
The bad old man below was taken aback, obviously not expecting the bearded man to have this reaction and attitude.
"Then how did you get here?"
"this……"
"I encountered heavy rain at sea, but I didn't dare to dock the ship. I lost my way without checking. I drifted at sea for many days. I ran out of food and didn't have much water left."
"oh?"
"But, it's all right, why doesn't the princess stay in the capital?"
"Capital?"
"You don't know?"
"??"
"what do you know?"
"The capital has long been invaded by intruders. We tried our best to protect the princess and escaped. Your Majesty has died for his country, and our Ming Dynasty has perished!"
The old man suddenly felt a little sad and couldn't help but beat his feet and chest and sighed sadly.
At this time, in the small cabin of the Cangshan ship, two young girls in palace clothes finally supported a pale, listless girl with a gorgeous cloak wrapped around her body to emerge from the cabin. .
"!!"
"ah?!"
The bearded captain was startled, and the original look of suspicion on his face quickly turned into shock, and he was unable to say a word for a long time.
"I am Da Ming..."
"Dead?!"
The exquisite monocular telescope in his hand fell directly to the deck, but the bearded man had no intention of picking it up at all. He just looked at the small Cangshan ship below with some confusion. At the same time, the focus of his eyes also changed. Beginning to gradually separate.
"really?"
"This is impossible!"
You know, they just went to the Japanese country to show off their power, and they almost destroyed the other country. They also made countless gold and silver, and forced the other country to sign a series of unequal treaties with the Li family. But now, They were only halfway back. When they were still a few days away from Hangzhou, they encountered a broken ship. The people on the ship actually told him that the Ming Empire had fallen, the capital had been captured by bandits, and even Emperor Chongzhen had been martyred. ? !
"You idiot!"
"Is it enough to ask? Why don't you come and greet me quickly?"
"hurry up!"
"The princess is still injured and has been hungry for two days!!!"
Seeing the bearded man on the big ship, everyone around him began to whisper to each other, and the bearded man himself, as the leader, was dumbfounded and didn't know what he was thinking. The skinny old man once again loudly shouted towards Xiang Feihu 'The people above the number scolded.
"..."
"Send someone down and have them all pulled up in baskets!"
"besides!"
"Inform the Grand Admiral immediately!"
The bearded captain, who frowned and had a dark face, pondered for a while, and his expression turned a bit ferocious. He couldn't think of anything more, so he had to collect himself and turned around to give instructions to the officers.
"Here!"
Soon, the sailors on the 'Xiang Feihu' began to get busy. Some people climbed down directly along the rope ladder, while others lowered the hanging baskets and pulled down the guys who claimed to be the Princess of Ming Dynasty and her entourage. on deck.
At the same time, some people immediately ran to the deck staircase and began to slam hard on the door of the captain's cabin, the largest cabin located under the command platform of the ship.
Two hours later, the Xiang Feihu caught up with the fleet again, and at the same time, it was dragging the empty Xiaocangshan ship with a cable behind it.
At this time, in the infirmary of the 'Xiang Feihu', two palace maids who had recovered after eating and drinking were carefully supporting the pale and still weak Princess Chang Ping on the hospital bed and feeding her some food. Liquid meat porridge, and the sleeve of her left arm was empty. Not long ago, the medical officer on the ship had replaced the wound medicine and bandage.
At this time, as the first and second admirals of the fleet, Little Annie and Song Yifeng were definitely qualified to be in the infirmary. However, they were not here to greet him. They simply heard that the fleet had rescued a man. Princess, that’s why I came here to see the rare things without worrying about the excitement.
"Hello!"
"Annie, is she really the princess of Ming Dynasty?"
After watching for a while, looking at the so-called princess who became drowsy after drinking less than half a bowl of gruel and then let the two palace maids support her to fall asleep again, Song Yifeng leaned into Anne's ear and asked in a low voice said.
"How do you know?"
(?ˉωˉ?)
"They said yes, that's it!"
(?ˊ????)???
Anyway, Anne doesn't know these people, so whether the other person is a princess does not seem to have anything to do with her.
"But why was her hand broken?"
"Looks so pitiful..."
"Did the rebels really attack the capital of the Ming Dynasty? Then will Hangzhou and Yizhou also be attacked by the rebels? What should we do if we encounter the rebels when we return to Hangzhou in two days?"
Song Yifeng was slightly worried.
Because the Ming Empire was their suzerain state in Korea, but now, luckily, the Ming Dynasty collapsed due to civil strife, even the capital was captured, and even the emperor died. Who knows what will happen to Hangzhou, Yizhou, and Quanzhou in the future? How will the Li family fleet continue to do business then?
"People don't know..."
(*ˉ?ˉ*;)
"Anyway!"
(?~?)
"Whoever dares to embarrass our Li family fleet, we will attack whoever it is!"
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"The worst thing is, we can just occupy those places when the time comes, and then we won't have to pay taxes anymore!"
(?￣? ￣?) Hehe!
Anne suddenly thought of such a good idea.
Now that the Ming Dynasty is dead, can it be said that they should take advantage of those bad guys called bandits to capture Hangzhou, Yizhou and Quanzhou, so as to make it easier for the Li family fleet to do business in the future?
"ah?"
"Can that be done?"
Song Yifeng was a little at a loss, wondering if their great admiral was serious.
"It's possible, but if you think about it carefully, it seems a little troublesome..."
(?~?)
Yes, Anne thought about it and felt that it was indeed troublesome.
Because those cities are not islands, nor are they surrounded by the sea like the Japanese country, their fleets do not seem to be able to effectively protect those cities, nor can they sail to the shore.
"Anyway, let's see and talk about it when the time comes!"
ε=(′ο｀*)))Alas
Anne obviously didn't like to think about troublesome things, so she simply stopped thinking about them and planned to wait until the time came.
"..."
"Ahem~!"
"It seems like my Ming Dynasty is really dead..."
Standing by the door of the infirmary with the skinny old man who was said to be a eunuch, the ferocious bearded captain who didn't hear what the two bad little girl admirals were saying in the cabin sneaked in and saw the fallen asleep. That princess, he couldn't help but sigh sadly again.
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