Section 393 The pirate's dilemma
In ancient times, the two families got married, and the more high-level they were, the more cautious they were.
The so-called "parents' order, matchmaker's words", often by the matchmaker (not necessarily a professional matchmaker, including people everyone knows, the higher the identity of everyone, the higher the identity of the matchmaker) to communicate with both parties, rarely two direct interviews---- in case of disagreement, isn't it that everyone has no face, even friends have to do, spread out that a certain family looks down on another family, refuses to marry, and there is an intermediary to communicate, there is no such problem.
Moreover, Lao Xiong also broke the rules, he showed you the image of his little daughter, and also said the name of his little daughter, you must know that the name of the ancient daughter is only known to her family and husband, and even her children do not know their mother's name, let alone outsiders!
In other words, he has taken you as a son-in-law, if you don't marry you...... This is purely raw rice to make mature rice.
Yan Changwu was very unhappy, but he didn't slack off and said: "When I finish fighting Batavia, I will call Uncle Zhen to come to the door to propose!" ”
"Good, good!" Xiong Wencan laughed and said: "The two families are married, and I can borrow troops from you with the shame of old Xiong!" ”
It turns out that this fight is such a good idea!
M's got hit again!
Xiong Wencan saw what Yan Changwu meant, and clearly didn't want to flow into the troubled water, Lao Xiong insisted on borrowing soldiers, just for fear of making unpleasant trouble, he also knew that Yan Dashao loved soldiers like children, and there were a lot of excuses not to borrow soldiers, and Lao Xiong couldn't make it difficult for others.
But the old bear is afraid of death, he hasn't enjoyed enough glory and wealth, and he doesn't want to do anything bad for the rogue, you must know that the rogue, the rogue, is a robber, and the robber doesn't tell you anything about benevolence, righteousness and morality.
But if Lao Xiong becomes Yan Changwu's Taishan, it will be very different, Taishan has something, his son-in-law obeys his work, it is justified, Yan Dashao deploys troops to help suppress, and others can't say a P word!
"You're X!" Yan Changwu scolded in his heart: "The dog officials of the Ming Dynasty are either good at playing tricks, or they are not all bad intentions. ”
I can't help but want to use the Japanese language: "My conscience is very bad!" ”
Seeing that his expression was not good, Xiong Wencan knew that this thing was not authentic, so he gave Yan Changwu the lady just now and said: "My youngest daughter looks even more charming than this picture, I guarantee that you will not regret it in the future!" ”
"Hopefully!" Yan Changwu gritted his teeth and said, waiting for the future...... No regrets!
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The beautiful thing of having a horse bubble made Yan Dashao feel bad, and when he set sail the next day, he instructed the little ones to take a careful sea route, and if there were guys with long eyes, they would send them to see the Sea Dragon King.
The officers and men of the fleet responded with a bang and concentrated on seeking the enemy.
At the same time, Xiong Wencan, the governor of Liangguang, sent a herald to inform the officials of the prefectures and counties, and the army and the people went out together to vigorously search the bays, and if there was any enemy situation, they quickly went to report to the clippers who were waiting in the major ports as early as possible, and then the clippers informed the Grand Fleet.
The cooperation between sea and land laid a net of heaven and earth, and soon there was news.
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Hailing Island in western Guangdong.
In a secret harbor, six pirate ships are concentrated, two of which appear to be quite damaged, the ship is broken, one warship is even more broken with two masts, barely a short mast is used for the top, and the other four are damaged, repaired everywhere, and in poor condition.
And among the pirates on board, many of them were wounded, sighed, and there was an atmosphere of frustration.
In the cramped cabin of a pirate ship, Li Kuiqi paced back and forth, his face gloomy, while several bandit chiefs sitting in the cabin had sad faces.
For these heroic pirates who lick blood on their knife heads and divide gold and silver in large bowls of flesh, such expressions must have encountered a difficult situation.
Yes, they didn't expect that even if there was a fast warship like the Southeast Province cruiser, it would be deflated everywhere.
In addition to Li Kuiqi's nephew Li Shentong who grabbed 10,000 silver dollars, and then Wang Xiaoer's New Year, it was not as good as a year.
The Southeast Fleet pursued them like mad dogs, and it must be known that the dogma of the officers of the Southeast Fleet was "Fight when you encounter the enemy!" ”
They don't have to worry about anything at all, if the warship is broken, it will have to be repaired when it returns to Hong Kong, and it will be repaired at public expense, and they don't have to pay for it out of their own pockets, and the harder the warship is beaten, the worse it gets, the happier the leaders will be.
Even if it is not rotten, they will enter the port for maintenance, and the officers and soldiers in the southeast have a generous remuneration and preferential care system, and they are not afraid of death when they fight.
What about pirates? Their ship is rotten, and when they return to Batavia, they are afraid that they will have to pay the Dutch for repairs!
Dead and wounded, you have to consider yourself unlucky.
I didn't grab much stuff, the problem is the relationship between the pirates on the shore, because they are afraid of the government and the Southeast Fleet, they don't dare to supply them and take them in to rest, so the pirates have no repair of their ships, and there is no medicine for the injured, so they can stay on Hailing Island, or spend 5,000 silver dollars to bribe the old relationship before, so they have a place to live.
"Uncle, it seems that there has been less noise recently!" Li Shentong was a young man with thick hands and feet, and said viciously: "Let's go out and rob him **!" ”
Li Kuiqi stopped and looked at Zhong Bin, the second master, and the two shook their heads together.
Zhong Bin said in a deep voice: "Before the typhoon comes, there will be a period of calm, the southeast thieves have not found us, they will not give up, it is very likely, their large fleet is coming!" ”
This old bandit, with his experience, came to a conclusion that was not far from the truth, he was also a good warlike man, proficient in maritime business, but unfortunately did not learn well, otherwise it would be very promising to become a powerful naval war.
"Uncle Zhong, your opinion says that we should run away?!" Li Shentong has no ink on his chest, speaks directly and rudely, and does not pay attention to the embarrassment of his uncles.
It's a failure to be a pirate, you don't grab much, and you have to run away in disgrace!
The bandit chieftains' faces were ugly, remembering that they had patted their chests in front of the Dutch and said that they would turn the southeast coast of the Ming Dynasty upside down, and the Dutch also believed in them and gave them the most advanced cruisers, but they didn't expect that the southeast fleet was so tricky!
Running away, I was unwilling, and it was even more difficult to explain to the Dutch.
Don't run, whether it's Li Kuiqi or Zhong Bin, they all have induction, and the typhoon is coming!
In the end, he was afraid of death and had the upper hand, Li Kuiqi decided to retreat tomorrow, first to Hainan, and then to Annan, on the mainland side, the official (Mingchen) bandit (Southeast Mansion) family are all behemoths, perfectly combined, and the pirates are not opponents at all.
"Maybe we can do business in Annam!" Li Kuiqi comforted himself.
However, when the next day arose, the pirates were on their way, an accident happened!
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On the Kaohsiung No. 1 ship, the navigator reported to the captain Zhao Tianjing: "Discover the pirate ship and sail to the southwest!" ”
Zhao Tianjing shouted "If you encounter the enemy, you will fight", he has been promoted to the commander of the first guerrilla detachment of the Grand Fleet, and he said briskly: "They are retreating, and they are caught by us!" ”
He immediately ordered: "Order the formation to unfold!" Then he nodded his fingers and said, "Fight downward!" ”
"Downwind?" The non-commissioned officer in charge of the herald recounted suspiciously, he knew that there were many battle maniacs in the Southeast Fleet, including Zhao Tianjing, who liked to seize the upper hand in battle, so that the cannons could hit the enemy's hull and bullet to the flesh. (The gunboat upwind has its muzzle facing downwards, hitting the enemy's hull just right)
"Yes, fight downwind, use chain bullets!" Zhao Tianjing said with a smile.