The sky was blue, with only a few clouds drifting in the breeze, and from time to time they changed shapes, sometimes like galloping wild horses, sometimes like majestic mountains, sometimes like huge flowers blooming in the air. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Qin Feng didn't have the image of an emperor, he was dressed in a strong suit, lying on the top deck on all fours, enjoying the sun comfortably. It is said that since the beginning of winter, there has rarely been such good weather. The sun was shining on the body, warm, the wind was not strong, but there was a slight chill, but the people who walked on the sea felt more warmth than those who came up from the shore.

The main sails of the Taiping and Changyang ships were full of wind power, and they were cleaving the waves from the front, moving forward at a rapid pace. The Taiping ship is the first ship launched in the Ming Dynasty, named by Qin Feng himself, the second battleship has not been named, this time out to sea, Qin Feng gave this honor to Ma Xiangnan, this guy did not hesitate to immediately name the ship Changyang.

The people who operate the battleship are all extremely experienced sailors, the father and son of the Zhou family each command a battleship, and the vast sea is empty, except for their two battleships, not even a single sampan can be seen, but Qin Feng knows very well that it will not be long before they will encounter surprises.

There's the One-Eyed General, a former caravan guard leader and part-time pirate, who has a clear goal.

Now the battleship is very relaxed, as far as the eye can see, the sailors who operate the ship, while skillfully adjusting the sail position and course, while joking loudly, giggling and unprepared for battle.

Compared with these sailors, the guards of the Agni Death Battalion, who went to sea for the first time, were much more serious, they sat on the deck in rows, meticulously checking their equipment, there was really nothing to check, so they drew their knives, took out their skins, and wiped their knives one by one.

In addition to the lowest deck, on the second and third floors, the latest crossbow machine is installed, several soldiers are fiddling there, the crossbow machine that can be rotated at 360 degrees without dead angles, when it arrives on the ship, it can only turn 270 degrees, the box containing the crossbow arrows is fixed on the base of the crossbow machine, which is not fixed on the shore, adding a crossbow arrow box is equivalent to increasing the weight of dozens of catties, but on the ship, there is no such concern, and at sea, there are often wind and waves, when fighting, There will also be various situations, and if it is fixed, it will be more conducive to combat.

The crossbowmen are carefully inspecting every part of the crossbow. Things are two-sided, there is a good side, there must be a bad side, just like the new crossbow machine equipped by the Ming army now, the rate of fire is fast, there is no dead end, but there is a big problem, that is, this thing is too precise, but everything that is too precise, that is, the most vulnerable thing. If you don't care about him, he may strike at some point.

Several sailors were crouching in front of the crossbowmen, gathering and watching with interest as the crossbowmen inspected and maintained the crossbow machine, which seemed to them to be a rare thing that could shoot crossbow arrows without the bowstring they were accustomed to.

The crossbowmen rolled their eyes and looked at them, dismantling the guard plate on the outside of the crossbow, looking at the gears that were biting each other one after another, and looking at the pressure springs, the sailors' eyes widened and their faces were dazed. The crossbowmen looked down on them condescendingly, smiling haughtily.

You dead crabs, some time ago, you laughed at us so much that you were ashamed of yourself, and you had the mind to let Lao Tzu jump into the sea, and today you are also deflated, don't you understand?

"Brother, do you want to give it a try?" The crossbowman slapped the crossbow machine and laughed.

The sailor was overjoyed, "Is that okay?" Can we figure it out? ”

"Of course you can, a crossbow machine will cost about two hundred taels of silver, and if it is damaged, if it is not repaired, then you can only deduct your military salary." The crossbowman smiled and said.

The sailor's outstretched hand immediately retracted. Fuck you, two hundred taels of silver, look at these things inside, if you accidentally break one, you won't let people live, and more importantly, the crossbowman in front of you has bad intentions.

The sailor suddenly remembered that when he trained these crossbowmen these days and made them adapt to sea warfare, he had managed them a lot, and now, he was obviously trying to get back to the field!

"No, no, I have a specialization in the art industry, I'll still get my sail!" The sailor saw the pride of the other party's treacherous plot with a look on his face, held his head high, and left smugly, "Brother, do you want me to teach you how to get on and off the sail?" As he spoke, the sailor climbed up like a nimble monkey, clinging to the rope on the sail, and swishing up.

"You're a dead monkey, you're pretty clever!" The crossbowman laughed and cursed, then lowered his head again, carefully examining the small parts one by one. When they got on the ship, the craftsmen of Taiping City warned them that the sea water was very salty and the salt content was very heavy, and it was easy for their crossbow machine to have problems, and they must always maintain it.

The soldiers in charge of the battle looked no different from the other sailors, with their armor off and barefoot.

For not wearing armor, the commander of the guard battalion originally had a different intention for the horse monkey, but Zhou Li only said a word, which made the horse monkey speechless.

"Commander Ma, if you jump into the sea in armor and still float a few steps in the water, the last general will have no opinion." At that time, Zhou Li had a wicked smile on his face.

The horse monkey immediately blackened his face, the armor of their personal guard battalion, at least twenty or thirty pounds, wearing such heavy armor, jumping into the water, can still float, even if it can float, a few flutters will definitely exhaust all the strength and sink into the water like a stone.

This time it was a water battle, and no one could guarantee that they would stay on the boat all the time, and if they accidentally fell into the water and drowned without being killed, it would be a big joke.

Qin Feng didn't bother to pay attention to the harmless ridicule between these soldiers, in his opinion, this was another way for the soldiers to exchange feelings.

At this moment he was staring intently at an unknown seabird above the mainmast, hovering on one foot at the highest point, with a fish in his mouth, tilting his head to look at the people below.

It doesn't look like it's too scary!

Qin Feng felt that the sea was really good, at least he felt inexplicably open-minded now, blue sky, clear water, water birds, waves, and of course, big fish that jumped out of the water from time to time.

Sitting up straight, I could see Huo Guang not far away sitting on the deck fishing, this guy, since overcoming the problem of seasickness, sitting on the boat and dangling his legs fishing has become his biggest hobby,.

Qin Feng can't bear this temperament, he prefers to make a big net, and if he goes down the net, if there is one, he can see the effect immediately. This kind of idea, of course, was mercilessly ridiculed by Huo Guang.

However, Qin Feng still insisted on his opinion.

The horse monkey walked to Qin Feng's side, looked at the endless sea, and said a little confused: "Your Majesty, I, I really don't have to argue with the southeast and the northwest now." ”

Qin Feng pointed to the sun in the sky, "Look at it, don't you still argue about the southeast and northwest?" ”

"With him here, I know that if there are stars at night, I can make a rough argument, but what if it's cloudy? What if there is no sun and no stars? There was no sun or stars two days ago, so the blind man won't take us to the wrong door this week, right? It's been a few days, not to mention pirates, and I haven't seen many birds! Your Majesty, you said that if we go the wrong way, how will we go back then? "The horse monkey is full of worry.

"Zhou Li, they are old men on the sea, or in addition to these common sense that we know how to distinguish the direction, they have another way, but we don't understand it." Qin Feng said disappreciatively, "Do you see his calm and unhurried appearance, as if he was lost?" ”

"yes!" The horse monkey lowered his head, looked at the appearance of Zhou Li, who was standing straight on the railing on the bridge of the second ship below, and nodded. "Look at that, it seems to be confident. Your Majesty, I'm just panicking, I feel uncomfortable, I can't see anything but water, I always feel panicked, I used to be on land, there were mountains and water, trees and flowers, and people, but here, except for water, there is nothing. ”

"That's why sailors aren't so easy to be." Qin Feng nodded: "Zhou Li said that they used to go to sea, and it was common for them to float on the sea for a few months, but you have only been at sea for a few days." ”

The horse monkey jumped up, lay on the railing, and looked into the distance, "It seems that I am not this material, or I step on the ground steadily, if I am allowed to float on the sea for a few months, I am really crazy." Hey? ”

"What's wrong? Horse monkeys, what do you see? Qin Feng asked, and almost at the same time, the lookout whistle at the top of the mast also blew a short whistle. It's not that a signal of the enemy has been found, but that there is an indication of other discoveries.

"Your Majesty, there are a lot of things floating ahead, ahhh......h Your Majesty, there are seven or eight dead bodies floating in a string! ”

Qin Feng also stood up, walked to the mast, and looked into the distance, among the waves, there were not only dead corpses, but also a lot of fragments, a large piece of black and beautiful.

"I finally saw a few outsiders, but they were dead." The horse monkey muttered.

The ship began to slow down, and several sailors stood on the deck of the first deck with a long rod with a hook, and when the dead bodies floated nearby, they hooked them with rods and dragged them one by one onto the ship.

"What are they doing here? Get the dead on the boat? The monkey's eyes widened.

"Didn't you just say that you haven't seen anyone for a few days, and now that you see people, you naturally have to find out, look at the appearance of these people, they didn't drown, they were killed."

"Pirates!" The horse monkey suddenly became excited.

"Maybe it's the businessman who was robbed." Qin Feng said with a smile.

"It doesn't matter if he's a merchant or a pirate, we've found a target." The horse monkey smiled.