Chapter 1516

Went to Japan to fight Japanese pirates, burned two ports, wiped out the largest Japanese pirate force Laijima family, forced the Hizen family and the shogun to surrender, burned at least a thousand ships and sampans, and also won the Japanese kingdom The Li family's fleet, which has the exclusive right to trade, is returning to this sunny sea loaded with countless gold, silver and precious goods.

Although today's weather is fine, due to the headwind, the Li family's large fleet consisting of ten terrifying super clipper battleship fleets can only move forward slowly in a zigzag manner using the crosswind at a speed of about It is less than one-fifth of the time when the wind is down, and the voyage has become farther, so I have been sailing at sea for several days, but I am still floating on the sea, probably only about half of the voyage from Wa Kingdom to Hangzhou .

But the fleet is not in a hurry, because they don't have any important things to do. They just return to Hangzhou to replenish and process some captured goods. According to the current speed, even if there is a headwind, it will definitely be able to do so in three to five days at most. I saw the Qiantang River.

And what they are more worried about now is whether the docks in Hangzhou can berth these giant ships?

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 huge amount of gold and silver, they definitely don’t need to worry about it, because those are not cargo, but can be used directly The money is used, and then it can be directly transported back to the fortress base in Xiaoliuqiu for storage. There are deep-water ports and many large berths there.

"captain!"

"There is a situation!!"

"North!"

"There's a ship! There's someone waving a flag at us, and there's still a bit of smoke!"

At this moment, when the fleet was headed towards the sea off Hangzhou, led by the flagship 'Xiangfeihu', suddenly, the lookout hand on the mast supported the lookout basket and moved towards the sea. Seeing the bearded captain who was sipping tea on the podium, he howled.

"Waving the flag?"

"Return to wolf smoke?"

It is not surprising to meet other ships at sea. After all, although Ming Dynasty has been implementing strict sea bans, ocean trade has huge profits. Making money outside the scope of the law is better than anything else, so Many merchants and ship owners and even declining sailors will take risks and use sea ships to secretly do business in the Ming sea area, making a fortune silently.

However, under normal circumstances, when the other party sees their Li family's fleet, they will avoid it from a distance, and there are very few people who take the initiative to wave their flags at them and light up their smoke from a distance to attract attention.

"!!"

"It seems that the sail is broken?"

"But……"

"Then how did a broken offshore ship, that kind of Cangshan ship, come to the deep sea? They are dying?"

After the bearded captain with a fierce face picked up the binoculars and looked around for a while, he couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.

Because he recognized that kind of boat, it was obviously the Cangshan boat in the Daming Navy, and it was the smallest of the Haicang boats. Raise the sails, and the wind blows the oars.

That kind of boat is light and dexterous, mainly used for chasing enemies and retrieving heads. It is equipped with two thousand-jin Flang machines, three bowl-mouth guns, four Lumi guns, forty spray tubes, sixty chimney tubes, and fire bricks. Thirty yuan, one hundred rockets, four medicine crossbows, and one hundred crossbow bolts.

"Order!"

"The other ships continue to move forward, and our Xiangfeihu directly leans over to see what's going on with them!"

After pondering for a while, the bearded man decided to go up and have a look.

Because the other party sent a distress signal, and since they met at sea, they must go to see and rescue them out of reason. What's more, they have a fleet of ten huge ships here, with a huge fleet of more than 10,000 people, how can they be afraid that a small sampan on the other side will have any conspiracy?

Soon, under the order of Big Beard, after the flag bearers raised the signal flag, the leading flagship "Xiangfeihu" left the queue, and the remaining nine warships in the fleet still moved slowly against the wind in the original direction. When heading west, it turned around deftly and accelerated towards the small sampan Cangshan boat found in the north.

About a quarter of an hour later, the flagship of the "Xiangfeihu" slowly approached the Cangshan ship that was floating in the sea at this time, the sails were already tattered, and the oars were gone.

"Who are you?"

"Is it Daming's navy?"

Just throwing down the cable to let the other party be fixed, before the bearded captain with a row of musketeers condescendingly looked down at the other party asked, an old man with chapped lips who looked very embarrassed opened his mouth and asked expectantly.

"..."

Looking at the men and women coming out of the other party's narrow cabin at this time, and even a few Ming soldiers with knives, Beard couldn't help but feel a little puzzled, not knowing what happened to these people in front of him.

"no!"

"We belong to the Li family's fleet!"

However, he still didn't try to make things difficult for the other party, but after confirming that these people were probably just in distress at sea, not the kind of pirates who didn't know the heights and depths of the world, he replied loudly and heartily.

"Li's fleet?"

"May I ask, which Li family fleet is it?"

The old man obviously didn't know the Li family's 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 and mast that completely covered the sun. He hesitated for a while, and then asked again.

"snort!"

"Hangzhou Li's Fleet!"

Seeing those old guys below who were obviously asking for help, but still had some mistrust and even asked questions, the bearded man began to snort impatiently.

"Hangzhou!"

"Great, then you must be members of the Ming Dynasty?"

Hearing that the bearded man said that 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 preparing for some people inside to come out?

"Yes!"

Although the other party asked nonsense, the bearded man answered patiently.

"Dare to ask the strong man!"

"Where do you come from and where are you going?"

"..."

"I just went to fight the Wa country, and now that I have triumphed, I am going to return to Hangzhou to replenish."

"Back to Hangzhou?"

"Are you really Ming people?"

"ha!"

"Look at what you said, is it possible that we are speaking Japanese dialect, and the banner with Li characters on it is fake?"

The bearded man was really impatient, he could see that the guy below made it clear that he wouldn't trust them, he didn't understand, why did the other party ask so many questions when they were in such a difficult situation, if it wasn't for looking at them Poor thing, seeing that they are all citizens of Daming, maybe he just ordered the sail to sail away.

"Very good!"

"The sky has eyes, the sky has eyes!"

"quick!"

"We escaped from Zhigu, which is Tianjin, hurry up! Come down and meet us, there is a Daming Princess on board!"

Finally, after reaching this point, the old man with chapped lips finally let go of all his defenses, and said loudly to the bearded man above him, dancing with excitement.

"!!"

"Princess Daming?"

"Really, it's just your little broken boat, and there is a princess in it?"

"I don't believe it!"

The bearded captain didn't move, and still looked down with a condescending frown.

If the other party's ship was a 'Fengzhou' or other larger lucky boats with many accompanying ships, he might really believe it, but now, such a small broken ship dares to say that the upper side There is a princess, and let him welcome him, treating him as a three-year-old child?

"But……"

"This is absolutely true!"

The old man below was taken aback for a moment, obviously he didn't expect the bearded man to have such a reaction and attitude.

"Then how did you get here?"

"this……"

"I waited for the heavy rain at sea, and I didn't dare to stop the boat at the shore. I lost my way if I didn't check it. After floating in the sea for many days, my food was exhausted and there was not much water left."

"oh?"

"But, well, why doesn't the princess stay in the capital?"

"The capital?"

"You don't know?"

"??"

"what do you know?"

"The capital was breached by intruders a long time ago, and we escaped by protecting the princess with all our might. Your Majesty has died for the country, and my Ming Dynasty has already died!"

The old man suddenly felt a little sad, and couldn't help sighing sadly, beating his feet and chest.

And at this time, in the small cabin of the Cangshan ship, two young girls in court attire finally supported a pale, listless girl who was wrapped in a gorgeous cloak and got out of the cabin. .

"!!"

"ah?!"

The bearded captain was taken aback, and the original expression of suspicion on his face quickly turned into astonishment, and he couldn't say a word for a long time.

"I'm Daming..."

"Dead?!"

The exquisite monocular in his hand fell directly on the deck, but the bearded man didn't intend to pick it up at all. He just looked at the small Cangshan boat below with a little bewilderment. began to gradually separate.

"really?"

"This is impossible!"

You know, they just went to the Wa country to show off their power, and they almost beat the other party directly to destroy the country. They also made countless gold and silver and forced the other party to sign a series of unequal treaties with their Li family. But now, They had just returned halfway, and when they were still a few days away from Hangzhou, they encountered a broken ship on the way. The people on the ship actually told him: The Ming Empire has fallen, the capital has also been captured by intruders, and even Emperor Chongzhen died for his country. ? !

"You idiot!"

"Is it enough to ask? Why don't you hurry up and greet me?"

"hurry up!"

"The princess is still injured, she has been hungry for two days!!!"

Seeing the people around the big bearded man on the big boat start whispering to each other, and the big bearded man himself, who is the leader, was dumbfounded and didn't know what he was thinking. ' The people on the board scolded.

"..."

"Send them down, and have them all brought up in baskets!"

"besides!"

"Immediately report to the admiral!"

Frowning, darkening his face, and pondering for a while, the bearded captain with a ferocious expression couldn't care less about thinking more, so he had to calm down and turned around to give orders to the officers.

"Here!"

Soon, the sailors on the 'Xiangfeihu' started to get busy. Some climbed down the rope ladder directly, and some lowered the hanging baskets one by one, and pulled the guys below who claimed to be the Princess of Ming Dynasty and their entourage. deck.

At the same time, some people ran to the spiral staircase on the deck for the first time, and began to slap hard on the largest cabin under the ship's command platform, which is the door of the captain's cabin.

Two hours later, the Xiangfeihu caught up with the fleet again, and at the same time, it was still dragging the empty little Cangshan boat with cables behind it.

At this time, in the infirmary of the 'Xiangfeihu', two maids who had recovered after eating and drinking were carefully supporting the pale Princess Changping on the hospital bed and feeding some Liquid meat porridge, while the sleeve of her left arm was empty, and the wound medicine and bandages were replaced by the ship's medical officer not long ago.

At this time, as the chief admiral and the second admiral of the fleet, Little Annie and Song Yifeng must also be qualified to be here in the infirmary, but they didn't come to greet him, they just heard that the fleet rescued a Princess, that's why I came here to watch the excitement and not think it's a big deal.

"Hello!"

"Annie, is she really Daming's princess?"

After watching for a while, looking at the so-called princess who was drowsy after drinking less than half a bowl of gruel, and then asked the two maids to support her to sleep again, Song Yifeng moved closer to Annie's ear, and asked in a low voice on the road.

"How do people know?"

(?ˉωˉ?)

"They said yes, so yes!"

(?ˊ????)???

Anyway, Annie didn't know these people, so whether the other party was a princess or not didn't seem to have much to do with her?

"But why did her hand break?"

"It looks so pathetic..."

"Did the rebels really hit the Ming capital? Then Hangzhou and Yizhou will also be attacked by the rebels. What should we do when we return to Hangzhou in two days and meet the rebels?"

Song Yifeng was faintly worried.

Because the Ming Empire was their suzerain state in North Korea, but now it’s a good thing, Daming collapsed due to civil strife, even the capital was taken down, and even the emperor died. It’s uncertain what will happen to Hangzhou, Yizhou, and Quanzhou in the future. How will the Li family fleet continue to do business?

"People don't know..."

(*ˉ?ˉ*;)

"Anyway!"

(?~?)

"Whoever dares to embarrass our Li family's fleet, let's bombard whoever is right!"

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"Big deal, when the time comes, just occupy those places, and then you won't have to pay taxes anymore!"

(? ￣? ￣?) Hey!

Annie suddenly thought of such a good idea.

Now that Daming is dead, can it be said that they should occupy Hangzhou, Yizhou, and Quanzhou before those villains called trespassers take over those places, so as to facilitate the Li family's fleet to do business in the future?

"ah?"

"Can that be done?"

Song Yifeng was at a loss, wondering if their chief admiral was serious.

"It's possible, but it seems a bit troublesome to think about it carefully..."

(?~?)

Yes, after thinking about it for a while, Annie felt that it was indeed troublesome.

Because those cities are not islands, nor are they surrounded by the sea like the Wa country, their fleets seem to be unable to effectively guard those cities, let alone sail to the shore.

"Anyway, let's see when the time comes!"

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Annie obviously didn't like to think about troublesome things, so she simply didn't plan to think about them, and was going to talk about them later.

"..."

"Cough~!"

"From this point of view, my Daming is really dead..."

With that skinny old man who is said to be a eunuch standing by the door of the infirmary, he didn’t hear what the admirals were saying in the cabin. That princess, he couldn't help but sighed sadly again.

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