The treasure ship sailed on the sea for nearly half a month. The ship arrived at Zhoushan Island outside the waters of Mingzhou. The ship sailed into Mingzhou Harbor. The sailors repaired the ship and replenished a large amount of supplies. This time, it finally recovered to some extent. A hint of vitality.
Mingzhou can be regarded as a large port. Zhejiang people have been a group of people with great talent for business since ancient times. The port they manage is no less good than Qingyuan Port.
Liang Chuan's treasure ship no longer looks so out of place here. There are also shipyards here. As long as they have money, they can produce ships larger than Liang Chuan's treasure ship!
For half a month, the sea view seems to be endless every day. The little girl sits on the side of the boat every day, sometimes watching the sailors playing in the sea, sometimes learning to fish, sometimes staring at the fire like flames. The sunset is so stunning!
Qin Sang always stood beside her quietly. The two of them always thought that time had stood still at this moment. The days at sea were so unrestrained and the scenery was so beautiful. If they could bring her mother Liu E with them, this life would not be too bad. Difference!
She thought again that her mother might not like such ordinary days, so she could only sigh.
The little girl's thinking is very simple. She kept saying that the sea is really rich in products. She has eaten a lot of fresh fish, shrimps, crabs and abalone these days. She never thought in her life that the food in the sea tastes so sweet. Liang Chuan can always provide her with it every day. She was pleasantly surprised. It turned out that the things in the sea tasted so good when eaten raw. She had learned a lot after living for so long!
She also wanted to go into the water to see what it was like under the water, but she felt that doing so was very abrupt and not like her daughter's home. But this was fine. She couldn't swim anyway, and someone would have to go into the water if she drowned. Wouldn't it be a big mistake to save her?
She followed Liang Chuan ashore in Mingzhou and ate a lot of seafood for half a month. She also ate Mingzhou's fermented rice dumplings and steamed pork with lotus leaves and rice flour. She was so moved by the food that she burst into tears.
It turns out that there are not only mountains but also seas in the world. Although in the palace, we are well-dressed and well-fed, but every day we see either the Yellow Gate or the extremely violent palace maids, full of sorrow. The beauty of this world is on the sea and on the shore. If there were no Japanese pirates If so, people can live a comfortable and happy life, eat these delicacies and see beautiful scenery every day. What else is unsatisfactory in life?
Liang Chuan knew that the two girls were sentimental, so he naturally did not try to persuade them. Unless he was a hard-hearted person, who would not be moved by such a beautiful scene?
At the beginning, he made a great ambition to experience all the beautiful scenery in this world. He has been to the desert to see the sand and desolation, and to Bianjing to see the prosperity and smoke. The sea is not uncommon, and he drank all the sea water. Quite a few. Although I have traveled through time, this time I have many wives and concubines, many children and many blessings, and there are countless more situations than others that I can't even dream of. What else is not worth it?
When sailing south, the south of the East China Sea is obviously less disturbed by Japanese pirates. The ports in the south attach great importance to shipping. The merchant ships here are more or less armed, and the government also protects private shipping. Otherwise, if the golden road on the sea is cut off, who will they turn to to collect taxes?
Just because the Japanese pirates didn't catch up didn't mean that nothing was wrong. Liang Chuan didn't dare to be careless. When he got ashore, he asked Yelu Chongguang to take Yeluhan and several brothers from the intelligence team to take the land route and rush to Qingyuan quickly, asking them to inform Yi. Mother, in order to welcome myself!
Although there are risks at sea, the risks on land are greater. Liang Chuan doesn't want to suffer the consequences of sleeping in the open. He can reach Qingyuan after another half month at sea.
The journey from Mingzhou to Qingyuan is not far, but before Mingzhou goes south to Fuzhou, including Xianxia Pass, it is all mountains. If you look at the mountains to death, you may not be able to reach it after another month of walking!
Just in case, Xia Dehai also advised Liang Chuan to return to Fengshan by land with Yelu Zhongguang. Liang Chuan rejected this proposal. In his opinion, it was very cowardly to escape before the battle. There were so many artillery on the ship. If a few of them were lost, he would Even more distressed!
Liang Chuan spent three days working hard. After replenishing supplies in Mingzhou, the treasure ship sailed out of Mingzhou Port and headed for Qingyuan!
As a result, after sailing away from Zhoushan Islands, the crisis at sea came again!
The three Japanese warships that escaped and ascended to heaven at the mouth of the Yangtze River went back and told the captain of the fleet about the thunder weapons loaded on the Song ships!
And he also brought an even more surprising news: Genji's brother is still alive and on the Song people's ship!
Since the end of the war between the Genji and Taira clan, Minamoto Yoshitsune, the God of War who shone brightly in the war, disappeared without a trace overnight!
Some people said they saw Minamoto Yoshitsune at the foot of Mount Fuji, and some people saw Minamoto Yoshitsune on Shikoku Island. Benkei and Aguo, the envoys to the Song Dynasty, even said they saw the God of War in the Song Dynasty!
There are various myths that make it difficult to tell which one is true, but one thing is that many people believe that Minamoto Yoshitsune is still alive!
The leader of the fleet is Yamamoto Kameda. He was unknown during the Taira War. He was originally just a scoundrel in Kamakura City. Later, he made a fortune by relying on sea ships. After discovering that pirates brought more money than merchants, he decided to quit. He was cruel and ruthless. He now seems to have become the leader of the Japanese pirates who invaded the Song Dynasty!
When he heard that Minamoto Yoshitsune was still alive, he was just shocked. When he heard the thunder-like weapons on Liangchuan's ship, his eyes couldn't stop being enthusiastic. He needed this weapon so much. If he could attack from a distance in naval battles, he could If you strike first, you can still save a lot of your own strength!
When he heard that a thunderstorm could sink a ship at one time or make the ship lose its combat effectiveness, Yamamoto slapped the side of the ship and quickly organized his ships to rush to the Yangtze River Estuary!
Where is the shadow of Liangchuan on the Yangtze River?
Yamamoto intuitively told him that Liang Chuan must have gone south. This kind of large sea ship is a specialty of the south. There are very few such large sea ships in the north. They either come from Mingzhou Port or Yangzhou. To the south, only Lingnan and Qingyuan have them!
His judgment was spot on.
During the three days when Liang Chuan took a rest, they were chasing wildly. The sea seemed vast, but there were only a few routes, and there were only a handful of ports. They chased all the way to the south, but there was nothing!
The sailors took turns watching high up the mast all day long. Yamamoto's fleet numbered more than thirty ships, which immediately attracted the attention of the sailors. The sailor shouted: "Boss Xia, there is a fleet behind us!"
Xia Dehai was shocked, what he was afraid of was really coming!
"How many ships!"
"Maybe more than thirty ships!"
Although Yamamoto's fleet is large in number, the main force is the dozen or so ships that were ambushed at the mouth of the river last time. The other warships are far less large in size. The fleet is uneven, and quality can only be made up for by quantity!
Xia Dehai was so frightened that he broke out in cold sweats when he heard this amount. He immediately arranged for all personnel to be on combat readiness and put all the women in the cabin.
"What should I do, my boss?"
Liang Chuan said anxiously: "What else can we do? Run away quickly. There are so many ships and we can't even fight them!"
After Shadehai's order, he immediately asked the sailors to raise the sails and take advantage of the north wind to escape crazily!
Liang Chuan's seagoing ship had a big sail, and the huge sail pushed the hull forward, and the speed was no slower than that of Yamamoto's small boat!
When Yamamoto saw Liang Chuan's treasure ship, his first impression was that he was shocked. It would be very comfortable to use such a big treasure ship as his own car! And it's really surprising that such a big ship can escape so fast!
The technology of shipyards in the north is far less advanced than that in the south. Only when there is demand is there a market. The developed ocean-going commercial trade in the south has driven the development of the shipbuilding industry. In the north, in addition to farming, there are also some fishing boats in the ports. Yamamoto just wants to grab the place!
The sea has become a hunting ground for chases!
Liang Chuan himself was shadowed by the explosion of the cannon. Now he didn't want the sailors to use those cannons unless it was absolutely necessary! If the barrel is exploded again and all the hundreds of shells in the cabin are blown up, the ship can go straight to the sky!
Yamamoto licked his tongue at the bow of the boat and looked at the fat sheep, the big hole in the boat, and the windows on the boat. How could an ordinary sea-going ship open windows on the boat? Sure enough, it is exactly as the little leader who came back described it, this ship is definitely not an ordinary merchant ship!
This group of Japanese chased Liang Chuan's ship for seven or eight days. Instead of closing the distance, they widened a lot. They could only look at the small black dot on the horizon from a distance, but they still knew that this group of Japanese had not given up.
Unexpectedly, on the ninth day, another strange phenomenon appeared on the sea.
It turns out that the howling north wind strangely stopped tonight!
It’s over! Xia Dehai knew it was over as soon as he looked at the direction of the wind!
Their large ships moved very slowly without the wind, but the Japanese ships relied on ocean currents to move up quickly. The situation suddenly became extremely dangerous!
Liang Chuan immediately made a decision: "Turn the ship around! Prepare to fight. If the cannon explodes, you will die. If you are caught up by these Japanese, it will be even worse. Anyway, we will die. We also need to pull in a few more backs!"
Yamamoto also felt the change in the celestial phenomena, and he screamed with excitement. His men chased him for nearly a month, and finally got a little headlong. They all held long knives and were ready to attack this fat sheep!
Xia Dehai directed the treasure ship to turn around!
This time, it was the cannon fired from the right side of the ship. The hull of the ship was damaged last time and was sealed directly. One cannon hole was missing. Liang Chuan thought about the other four cannons and mobilized the strength of the whole ship to simply lift them to the deck. superior!
In this way, the ship will not be blown through after the chamber is exploded, which can be regarded as leaving a way out for yourself!
There are a total of nine cannons on the hull, and the black muzzles are facing the Japanese warships that are ready to show their fangs!
