The oars seemed to be covered with a layer of black gauze and a thin layer of black mud, and they were still oily to the touch.
Even the waves glowed with black light.
Someone who had touched the oar brought his hand to his nose and smelled it and said, "This is what it smells like."
Then the man stood up and looked towards the shore: "What on earth is it?"
A ray of fire streaked across the moon-white night sky like a shooting star and plunged straight into the man's chest.
The man stared at the arrow in his chest, then fell into the sea.
Suddenly there was fire on the sea, which made the faces of the Japanese pirates on the boat red.
The person in the front suddenly realized something and yelled desperately: "Turn around, turn around. This is oil, we have been trapped."
It's just that the oil on the water surface spread quickly, and the fire spread along the water surface and instantly burned the first few boats into "fire boats." People on the boat jumped into the sea one after another, but found that it had no effect, it was just from the barbecue grill to the oil pan.
What's more, they are also covered in oil, and a little spark can set them on fire.
Each living person soon became a handful of candles, and then one lit another, one boat lit another boat.
The small bay has become a hell on earth at this moment, with flames rising into the sky, heat waves hitting the people, and the sound of wailing and screaming shaking the sky.
The Japanese pirates who were left behind on the big boat were so frightened that they wanted to turn around and escape, but one person could not row such a big boat, so they could only huddle up.
Standing on the shore, Zhu Bai silently watched the quiet bay illuminated red by the flames, and suddenly murmured: "It would be great if there was a west wind right now."
Even Zhang Yu, who had been on the battlefield for a long time, froze and glanced at Zhu Bai.
As if God was responding to him, a gust of wind blew past him and swept towards the sea.
Zhu Bai ordered: "Continue pouring oil into the water. Don't stop."
Originally, he had concentrated all the oil and petroleum from Ningbo and Ninghai Guanya Bureau here, but he was not worried enough.
As a result, in order to force the stupid Japanese pirates to bring the oil on board, he had the Japanese pirates steal the first batch of oil.
The current oil is enough to burn these beasts into charcoal.
The soldiers kicked down the wooden barrels placed on the shore one by one.
Then there was a west wind, and the fire seemed to be alive, running wildly on the sea, and soon spread from the small boat to the big ship.
The people guarding the boat panicked, jumped into the sea, and swam to the distant shore.
Zhu Bai turned to Zhang Yu and asked: "Master Zhang, are you interested in shooting a live target?"
Zhang Yu said: "Yes."
Then he took a strong bow and shot two arrows in succession, hitting the man in the back.
The man struggled for a moment and then stopped moving. He floated on the water and was quickly swallowed up by the fire.
The big ship in the distance had burned into a torch, lighting up the entire sky.
The people in Ninghai all ran to the shore to see it and clapped their hands and said, "Happy, it's a good burn."
"Burn these idiots to death. Let you harm us."
Zhang Yu had already asked the guards and Ninghai County government officials to patrol along the shore to prevent Japanese pirates with good water skills from swimming under the water and hiding on the shore.
As soon as they saw someone emerging from the water, before they could pass by, the common people swarmed forward, holding stones or using their fists to beat the Japanese pirate alive until he was beaten to a pulp before stopping.
It can be seen that everyone has suffered a lot and hates it deeply.
Zhu Bai yawned: "Go back to sleep. There is nothing to see."
Zhang Yu told the guards to eliminate the remnants of the Japanese pirates and leave no one alive, and hurriedly followed Zhu Bai back to the inn.
Zhu Bai went back and fell asleep.
Zhang Yu told the inn to close the door and take precautions.
Zhu Bai didn't get up until three o'clock in the morning.
As soon as he opened the door, he found Zhang Yu and Fugui sitting on the left and right, holding knives and sleeping soundly at the door.
They must be worried that the Japanese pirates have not been eliminated and will invade at night.
Zhu Bai went out and looked at the sea.
The fire has been extinguished, and there is still smoke floating in the sky.
There were dark things floating everywhere on the water of the bay. I don’t know if it’s a person or a ship.
Zhang Yu and the others also woke up and hurriedly got up and came over to salute Zhu Bai: "Your Highness slept well last night."
Zhu Bai said: "It's okay."
Only by clearing out this group of Japanese pirates could he sleep peacefully.
Before, he had foolish benevolent thoughts, thinking that they were human beings too, and was somewhat intolerable.
But after seeing the people killed by the Japanese pirates, I no longer showed mercy to them.
These beasts carrying Japanese swords or samurai swords are devils no matter what age they are, and they must be killed as long as they have the chance.
After Zhu Bai had breakfast, he invited the magistrate over for questioning.
As soon as the magistrate of Ninghai came in, he gave Zhu Bai a solemn salute: "Thank you, Your Highness, for eliminating harm to the people. The minister has asked someone to row a boat to the sea to confirm whether the Japanese pirates have been eliminated, and to fish out all the corpses and bury them together."
Zhu Bai nodded slightly: "It's really embarrassing for you. I think the Japanese pirates will not dare to come again in a short time. But this is not an option. Have you ever thought about sending a ship to guard the bay, or to repel the Japanese pirates and prevent them from landing? .”
The magistrate of Ninghai sighed and said: "After the Ming Dynasty's sea ban, there were basically no large boats except fishing boats."
The key point is that Lao Zhu does not support private construction of large ships, and the naval forces are concentrated in several important state capitals.
Small counties like theirs are simply out of reach.
Zhu Bai thought for a while: "I will give a brief statement to the emperor to explain this matter. The third-level official and tooth bureau will pay for it to prepare one or two warships for each coastal county and train dozens of sailors. The official and tooth bureau will The guard leader helped each village train more than a dozen people, so that the villagers could at least protect themselves when scattered Japanese pirates came."
There should no longer be a situation where a few Japanese pirates can massacre a village.
The magistrate fell on the ground and sobbed: "I thank the King of Xiang on behalf of the people. It would be great if the emperor can grant me permission."
Zhu Bai said to Chief Ya and the stationmaster: "You two must have heard what I said."
Chief Ya and the stationmaster hurriedly handed over their hands: "Yes."
Zhu Bai said: "The people are peaceful and there are no Japanese pirates to intrude on our Guanya Bureau. Only then can we do business. You agree with this."
Chief Ya and the stationmaster replied: "The King of Xiang is wise."
"Indeed."
Zhu Bai nodded: "Then the task of buying ships and training villagers in Ninghai County will be left to you. I will immediately write to all the official bureaus along the coast, as well as my father."
Zhu Bai understands Lao Zhu's temper very well.
First of all, he couldn't bear to hear the suffering of the people. If he knew that the people of Ninghai County were so pitiful, Lao Zhu would definitely agree with Zhu Bai's opinion.
Secondly, I don’t want to give up money. As long as I don’t have to pay for it and can strengthen coastal defense, why not do it.
Zhu Bai thought for a while and asked: "What kind of ship do you plan to build?"
In fact, he was very interested in boats.
After all, I don’t have the chance to interact with him on weekdays.
The magistrate said: "Your Highness, there is a lot of sand on the coast here. If you use a sharp-bottomed Guangzhou ship or a Fuzhou ship, it will easily run aground, so you will probably build a sand ship with a relatively flat bottom. This is what is usually called Chongming sand ship."
Zhu Bai raised his eyebrows: "Oh, what does this ship mean?"
