Chapter 2306: Arrival at Annan, transaction turmoil
Da Qin possesses the shipbuilding technology that Ying Hao exchanged from the system, and the sailboats it builds are so fast that they are already at the pinnacle of the times.
So how fast was the Da Qin warship?
The tailwind is about 30 kilometers per hour.
Calm sea is about 20 kilometers per hour.
As for headwinds? That would be too slow.
Yes, it is possible to sail against the wind, but the risk is too great.
As the saying goes: When sailing, you are not afraid of headwind, but you are afraid of no wind.
There were two sources of power for ancient sailing ships, one was wind and the other was human power.
When the ship is following the wind or facing the wind, it only needs to raise the sail to sail.
But if you encounter a headwind, it is best to lower the sail and find a sheltered harbor to stop.
But if you insist on going your own way and have to sail against the wind, it doesn't mean that you can't go to sea, but you need to go in a zigzag pattern to reduce wind resistance and risks, rather than sailing in a straight line against the wind.
However, if you sail in a zigzag pattern, not only will the risk be greater, but the range will also be doubled, which is obviously not a good choice.
Da Qin's warships can reach 30 kilometers in one hour and 720 kilometers in one day with a favorable wind, which is much faster than the speed of cavalry.
But know that the coastline is also longer.
The total length of China's coastline is 18,000 kilometers.
From Qingbei to Annan, we have to pass through Qingnan, Xuzhou, Jianghuai, Yangzhou, Jiaozhou and other regions, which is equivalent to crossing most of China's coastline. The navigation distance is conservatively estimated to be 12,000 kilometers.
With the Great Qin warship's daily speed of 720 kilometers, a distance of 12,000 kilometers would take sixteen and a half days to complete, even if there was a favorable wind throughout the journey.
However, the weather at sea is inherently changeable when sailing. Unless you have skills such as "Tian Shui (Zhu Tianpeng)" and "Shui Jun (Zhou Yu)", how can you always sail with the wind?
It is precisely because of this that Ye Qingmei gave a conservative estimate of more than half a month, and even made plans to sail continuously for a month.
Most of the time, the voyage was extremely boring. After a brief period of excitement, Ye Qingmei and Zhu Rong's enthusiasm quickly dwindled.
Especially Ye Qingmei. Qi Jiguang was in charge of the fleet's navigation, and Zheng He and Magellan were in charge of internal affairs. She, the emissary, had become the most idle person. She had nothing to do all day long, instead of practicing her own swordsmanship. , just like a salted fish basking in the sun on a plywood.
"Ah, so boring."
Ye Qingmei stood on the bow of the boat and yelled at the sea to vent.
Before she set sail, she fantasized about a lot of adventures, but in the end she didn't encounter any of them.
But if you think about it, you know that the Daqin fleet has 141 ships and a total of 8,000 elite sailors. Even if there are pirates, they must be far away, so how can they dare to take the initiative to provoke them.
"Oh, Oda misunderstood me. He is just a cartoonist and knows nothing about sailing."
Ye Qingmei couldn't help but complain.
The speaker has no intention, the listener has intention.
Gai Nie, who was guarding Ye Qingmei, heard Ye Qingmei mention 'Wei Tian' and couldn't help asking: "Ms. Ye, please forgive Gai for his shallow knowledge. What kind of comics are they? And who is this Wei Tian?" who?"
Ye Qingmei is the future imperial concubine. Of course, Gai Nie must understand her in all aspects to prevent some unscrupulous people from leading her into bad ways.
Seeing Gai Nie say these words with a serious smile, Ye Qingmei burst out laughing, and the girl's smile turned into a beautiful picture.
Ye Qingmei did not answer, but looked at Wei Zhuang, who was holding a sword in his arms and looking cold and aloof, and said with a smile: "Uncle Zhuang, do you know what comics are?"
Wei Zhuang, who was disturbed, frowned slightly and said calmly: "Comics, as the name suggests, are paintings that are made slowly and carefully."
Gai Nie showed a look of surprise and said seriously: "What Xiaozhuang said makes sense. So, this Wei Tian is a painter."
Looking at the two serious middle-aged handsome guys, Ye Qingmei burst into laughter and said: "Yes, yes, comics are paintings that are made slowly."
Both Gai Nie and Wei Zhuang were a little confused, but they didn't care. After all, through this period of time together, they had also realized that Ye Qingmei's brain circuit was somewhat unusual, and she couldn't take a moment to relax, chattering. , the noise gave them a headache.
If it had been anyone else, Gai Nie Weizhuang would have been disgusted to death, but the strange thing was Ye Qingmei's nonsense. Not only were they not disgusted at all, but they also found this girl very interesting.
"Uncle Gai, I have already mastered the Zongheng sword technique. All I need to do next is to practice diligently. You can teach me a new sword technique."
Ye Qingmei is not only the captain of the fleet, but also the future imperial concubine of the Qin Dynasty. She has a distinguished status, so naturally she can learn whatever she wants.
Even Gai Nie had no reason not to teach Ye Qingmei, so he asked: "Miss, what swordsmanship do you want to practice?"
Ye Qingmei pointed to the sword, made a sword flower sign, and said, "How about the Changhong Sword Technique Sword? Is it suitable for me?"
Gai Nie shook his head: "Changhong Sword and even Yang sword techniques are not suitable for women to practice. Ice Soul Sword belongs to Yin, so it is more suitable for you, young lady."
"Then uncle, please teach me the Ice Soul Sword."
"But I don't know the Ice Soul Sword Technique, but Xiaozhuang does. Why not let Xiaozhuang teach you."
Gai Nie felt that he was very clever and passed on the hard work of teaching Ye Qingmei swordsmanship to Wei Zhuang, so that he could naturally be quiet for a while.
Xiaozhuang, it’s up to you.
Gai Nie cast an encouraging look, but Wei Zhuang rolled his eyes and said with an eyebrow: Senior brother, you tricked me again.
Although Wei Zhuang thought that Ye Qingmei talked too much, the sailing process was indeed boring. It would not be a bad idea to teach the opponent's sword skills to pass the time.
In this way, Ye Qingmei and Wei Zhuang learned the Ice Soul Sword Technique to pass the boring daily sailing life.
When Zhu Rong saw that Ye Qingmei was learning a new swordsmanship again, he was originally planning to steal it, but when he discovered that it was an ice-type swordsmanship, he immediately lost interest. After all, the internal skills she practiced were of fire-type skills, so it was naturally impossible to practice them. Swordsmanship with opposite attributes.
In fact, for a warrior of Zhu Rong's level, even learning the Changhong Sword Technique will not increase his combat effectiveness much. Isn't it because sailing is too boring? Stealing a master is also a way to pass the time. It's a pity that she can't learn the Ice Soul Sword. I don’t want to learn either.
Ye Qingmei, who was immersed in her studies, no longer felt bored. Instead, she felt that time flew by quickly. More than half a month passed in the blink of an eye, and the fleet also successfully arrived in the Annan area, and she was able to master the Ice Soul Sword. It's just that it's far from being able to practice the sword's will.
Ye Qingmei's luck on this voyage was very good. Most of the way there was a favorable wind. It only took 21 days to cross the sea areas between Qingxu, Yangjiao and four states. Finally, the fleet arrived at the pre-arranged location. Arrived.
The reason why the fleet's voyage was smooth sailing was naturally not just because of Ye Qingmei's good luck, but the main reason was actually her skill "Lucky Girl".
[Fortunate Girl: A woman who is destined to be rich and powerful will have a certain chance of awakening this skill, and the effect may be different for different people.
Effect 1. After this skill is activated, it will bring good luck to yourself and those around you. It is suitable for any occasion. There is a high chance that you will survive the crisis and return safely.
Effect 2: At any moment, in any situation, in any scene, the decision you make is the most suitable and beneficial to you.
Effect 3: After marrying the one you love, it can bring prosperity to your husband, bring good luck to your husband, and improve the fortune of your husband's family. 】
It was precisely because of the effect of the 'lucky girl'1 that Ye Qingmei was able to get the green light for this voyage. It only took 21 days to sail a distance of more than 12,000 miles.
It was precisely because Ying Hao knew that Ye Qingmei had the 'lucky girl' skill that he let her take charge of Western matters.
Although Zhou Yu possesses the 'Water Lord' skill, he is the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy after all and cannot personally lead the fleet to the Western Ocean. The other naval generals of Da Qin have not yet shown their ability to sail as if they were walking on flat ground, so On the contrary, Ye Qingmei is more suitable.
At the same time, there was a simple port in Annan.
At this time, in addition to the crowds of people standing around, there were also a large number of horse-drawn carriages, donkey-carts and ox-carts loaded with goods. They were indeed a force that came to trade with Da Qin as agreed.
The largest number of them were the two dominant forces in Annan, the Nguyen King Nguyen Phu Anh Ho and the Yue King Li Gongyun.
Both the Ruan and Yue sides brought more than 20,000 troops. Apparently they were afraid that the other side would attack in the middle of the night and embezzle the goods they had traded with Da Qin, so they brought so many soldiers to protect them.
In addition to these two forces, there are eight small forces with only two to three thousand people, and a medium-sized force with about five thousand people. These forces are sandwiched between the Ruan Yue family. .
Among the many large and small forces, the medium-sized force was extremely dazzling and was vaguely surrounded by all forces.
Although they are small in number, only five thousand, they are all tall and strong, with tanned skin, and they are full of strength at first glance. They are obviously elite men who have been on the battlefield for a long time, and this force is none other than the Southern Barbarians.
After receiving the message from Zhu Rong, Chi You did not arrogantly send troops to Annan directly to seize the seaport. Instead, he first made contact with the two major Ruan and Yue forces in Annan.
After obtaining the consent of the local forces in Annan, Chi You sent Gonggong to lead 5,000 Nanman soldiers and a large amount of trading materials to the coastal ditch of Annan to trade with the incoming Da Qin fleet.
Although Gonggong was a native of the Southern Barbarians, he received a noble education from the Han Dynasty, and his vision was naturally not low. However, it was only after he arrived in Annan that he realized that there was such a large land south of the Han Dynasty, but it was a pity that it was all Some wild places.
He was used to seeing the powerful Gonggong in the Central Plains. In his eyes, the major forces in Annan were simply too weak to be weak.
Although the Han Dynasty refers to the surrounding foreigners as barbarians, it also shows how difficult and powerful the barbarians are.
The Nanman, Shanyue, Baiyue, Qiang, Yuanmeng, and Manchu Qing are all barbarians. Even the former Han Dynasty and today's Qin Dynasty must take them seriously.
But this was the first time even Gonggong, a barbarian, had seen a barbarian as weak as Annan.
After learning that the major forces in Annan had joined forces, plus Siam, Hongsawady (Myanmar) and other forces, the hundreds of thousands of coalition forces were defeated by a 10,000-strong partial army from Jiaozhou of Chu State. At that time, Gonggong's disdain for Annan's forces reached its peak.
Although the Southern Barbarians are poor, backward, and have no food to eat, the Southern Barbarians' army is very powerful in battle, and they can fight against Shu alone.
The national power of the Shu Kingdom is stronger than that of the Chu Kingdom, so if you calculate it, are the Southern Barbarians also stronger than the Chu Kingdom?
All the major forces in Nanyang combined could not defeat the Chu State's second-line army, and they obviously could not defeat the main force of the Southern Barbarians.
At this thought, Gonggong became proud.
He had always thought that the poor and backward Southern Barbarians were weak. Unexpectedly, on the big stage of the world, it turned out that the Southern Barbarians were also a powerful force, and he couldn't help but despise the Annan countries even more.
Even though they were both barbarians, Gonggong felt embarrassed when the Nanman and Annan races were classified as barbarians.
They simply did not cooperate with the Southern Barbarians.
Gonggong didn't even have the slightest doubt that with just his five thousand elites, he could sweep through most of Annan, but he obviously wouldn't do that. The reason was that Annan was too backward, even more backward than the Nanman, and Gonggong simply couldn't do it. Look down on it.
What are the Southern Barbarians doing in this undeveloped foreign land? Do you want to develop it yourself?
The Southern Barbarians have not yet been able to develop their own land, so how can they have the extra financial and material resources to develop Annan?
Gonggong's arrogance and disdain for the major forces in Annan were basically not covered up, and it was written directly on his face. This naturally made Nguyen Phuc Anh and Li Gongyun and other power leaders extremely dissatisfied.
We are all barbarians, how proud are you?
With this dissatisfaction, Nguyen Phuc Ying, Li Gongyun and other power leaders sent their subordinates to deliberately provoke and test the reality of Gonggong, and at the same time sent people to inquire about intelligence about Gonggong.
It doesn’t matter if it’s not a test; if it’s a test, it will cause a problem.
Gonggong was so powerful that he single-handedly defeated all the powerful generals in Annan and shocked the leaders of Annan to the point where they were speechless.
After Gonggong showed his martial prowess and gained some prestige, information about Gonggong was also spread to the ears of the major leaders.
Only then did they realize that even in China, Gonggong was the top general. He had fought against Xing Tian, Fan Kuai, Hou Yi, Liu Er and many other generals, and so far he had only lost to the recognized Shu Kingdom. The first fierce general Xing Tian.
The most powerful general in the Chu Kingdom, Chong Heihu, was far inferior to Nanman Gonggong in terms of reputation and performance.
After learning this, Gonggong's image began to become tall and sacred in the eyes of Annan's leaders, and the Nanman people also became in awe of him.
Everyone is barbarian, why are you, the southern barbarian, so strong?
The Southern Barbarians were obviously a powerful force that was not inferior to the Chu State. This also caused the forces that had originally planned to attack the Southern Barbarians in secret after the transaction to directly give up their plans to rob the Southern Barbarians of supplies.
Rob the Nanman? Don't be ridiculous. If people don't take the initiative to rob you, it's time to burn incense.
Naturally, the major forces in Annan no longer dared to provoke the southern barbarians, and they even took the initiative to send gifts in an attempt to make good friends with Gonggong. At the same time, they jointly built ports to await the arrival of the Daqin fleet.
