On the East African coast, Yang Ce's offensive plan failed.

"It can't be said that it was defeated, the subordinates did bombard the ship for a while, and three shells from the seven guns hit the stern, probably breaking their rudder."

The evening breeze blew on the coastal beach of Xidacheng, Lin Feng squinted his narrow eyes in plain silk clothes and looked east, the mountains in the east were shrouded in shadows like giants in the dark night, he nodded and said, "The rudder rod is broken, why didn't you bring that ship back?" ”

"The ship is not moving, and a flying shark cannot be snatched, there are at least thirty guns on board, the upper gangways are all Franc machine gyroscope guns that shoot one pound of bullets, which can shoot backwards from the middle of the ship, the lower deck is heavy artillery, and the shells unloaded on the hull of the ship on the shore are three and a half pounds, and there is a heavy stone gun in the stern, which can smash the hull of the ship in one fell swoop."

Yang Ce, who had survived the catastrophe, had a circle of white cloth wrapped around his forearm, and the wound was not deep, and he was cut by the weapons of his own subordinates who didn't know which pirate in the chaotic artillery battle, and he didn't feel it at that time, until the Baihu left the combat area.

He shook his head lightly and said: "Our artillery can't penetrate its hull, and there are not enough to hurt people, so we can only leave at the speed of the ship, I always thought that only Xiyi had a warship equipped with heavy artillery." ”

In the textbook of the Navy Lecture Hall, the Portuguese navy and warships are very weak, but the army tactics are good, Yang Ce did not expect that the big ship had so many guns, just a moment of fighting made him feel invincible, if it was not for the earlier release of a round of shells to break the rudder of the enemy ship and not be able to turn, I am afraid he will not be able to come back.

"Double-layered grams, what are they called? Clarke? The speed of the ship is only slightly slower than that of the Flying Shark, and the thirty guns, the upper Franc machine and the lower heavy artillery, sound more powerful than the Nanyang Thousand Shark Ship, but unfortunately I don't know how many soldiers it can carry. ”

It seemed that the plain silk robe he was wearing made Lin Feng very uncomfortable, Yang Ce saw Lin Feng involuntarily tidying up his robe again and again under the moonlight, walking slowly and not knowing what he was thinking, only to hear him chuckle for a while, and said: "When you first arrived, you offended two countries, which is interesting." ”

"Huh?"

Yang Ce took two quick steps to follow Lin Feng and asked, "Two countries? ”

"Well, two, after you went to sea, King Dan and King Qiong found a small turret and trestle bridge built by the Portuguese in the early years in the westernmost part, and dozens of Arab Hu people in your mouth were stationed in it, and they were killed by what they had been talking about, and I think this island may be the land of the Northwest Celestial Empire."

"But it's not without good news, our ship has found out the surrounding situation, and the fleet that came back earlier than you said that the north should also be the land of the Hu people in the Western Regions called Lumi Country, which is very big. We are a big island, three small islands, and two large sea rocks that can build turrets, and the islands are like deserts, and there is very little arable land to support us. ”

"But this guards the Red Sea, with the country of Rumi in the north and the Portuguese in the south, and once the route is clear, it can plunder the Indian countries, it is really a good place, but the harbor is not deep, and it is impossible to build big ships."

Lin Afeng didn't seem to care about offending the two overlords of this sea area at the same time, and instead asked, "How about the wooden bones?" ”

"The subordinates fought with the Portuguese without landing on the shore, it seems to be prosperous, and this time they also brought back an Arab merchant, I am going to let him act as an interpreter, by the way, when it comes to cultivated land, it seems that the north of the wooden bones is a desert, but the south is all woodland, and the king can make the capital there."

"Although the Portuguese have several trading posts along the coast, none of them are their own cities, let alone important towns, and it is better to repel them than to be attacked on the belly of the island."

Lin Feng turned his head to look at the young Yang Ce and asked, "Scared?" ”

"Daxi City will not be the capital, at least it will not be my capital, the ship is my capital, they can't find us." Lin Afeng didn't have a smile on his face, but his expression was relaxed and wanton, and he didn't seem to take the Rumi Kingdom and Portugal, which had entered a state of war, to heart, but just changed the topic and said, "Isn't it a little awkward for me to wear this silk robe?" ”

Yang Ce didn't feel awkward, but he hadn't seen Lin Afeng wearing a silk robe, in the past, Lin Afeng often wore chain mail and piercing armor, and the armor always changed with plunder, but what remained unchanged was the cloth and linen shirt under the armor and the broken hat.

Suddenly wearing a silk robe, others don't feel awkward, but Lin Afeng himself is very awkward.

Without waiting for Yang Ce to say anything, Lin Afeng had already said to himself: "Your Chen Shuai is a man of insight, I have read his book, saying that he knows where he comes from, knows where he is, knows where he goes, and says that he should see the essence through the phenomenon - it was not a good idea to be the king from the beginning." ”

"The king is to keep people, and now people are retained, but they have lost their enterprising spirit, and they are thinking about the fixed capital, honor guards, and uniforms all day long, trivial and useless, at this moment, someone wants to fight with us, which is a good thing."

For the pirate king, the essence of power is obedience, no one obeys, and wearing a dragon robe is not an emperor.

At this moment, he needs a win.

"Take your translation to the wood and bones, replace all the cloth and porcelain with iron in batches, and it is better to buy a batch of guns and armor directly, as well as wood and gunpowder, and the island cannot build ships with a bloody tree with a rooster's comb, and we only have seventy-seven large ships, and we need to build a hundred small boats for fighting and arson."

It seemed that the preparation was never sufficient, Lin Afeng pointed to the coastline that was dark at night and said: "More than seventy large ships have less than 200 cannons, no matter who they fight, they will suffer. ”

"At least a hundred more artillery pieces must be purchased to solve the urgent need, and we can build the rest ourselves, although we can't make a durable cannon like General Zhenshuo, but an iron cannon of that shape can be made."

Yang Ce finally understood that Lin Afeng was not a war maniac, and he didn't really want to go to war with Portugal and the Ottomans at the same time, in fact, what they did could not be called a war with two countries, it was nothing more than a little battle at sea, even if the other party sent troops to attack them, it would only be a small fleet, to be honest, for Xidacheng, which had thousands of sailors and more than seventy large ships, unless there were tens of thousands of troops, none of them were afraid.

It's just that Lin Afeng needs to set up a powerful and terrifying target to make the pirates scared and concentrate his power.

As for how long this power can be concentrated, he has not thought about it, or he does not care.

His life was already walking on thin ice.

"Next year, here, and that, there will be three shipyards on the island, and a gun factory dedicated to cannon casting. I'll give you five boats to and fro from the bones of the wood, to sell the goods, and to establish a long-term trade relationship with them, and they had better be willing. ”

If he didn't want to, Yang Ce knew what he had to do.

"All ships will leave the island in the next two months to plunder the largest fleet of ships navigated here, and we need a city to stand up, and all navigable ships and all cities in this sea area will have to pay tribute to us, once a year."