638 lessons, sailboats

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"General, what should we do now?" The first mate of the battleship walked over and asked Ma Yuan.

"Nonsense, what else can be done? Of course, you will withdraw, otherwise you will want to meet and fight with it! Ma Yuan said angrily.

"But general, if we withdraw like this, how will we explain to our boss when we go back, we haven't even figured out the other party's intentions, what if the other party doesn't come to fight us?

In other words, Li Zixiao has actually reached an agreement with Zheng Zongbing to allow their fleet to enter the waters under our control, but we haven't gotten any news yet. ”

The first mate was very delicate, and at this time, he said to Ma Yuan the question in his heart.

When Ma Yuan heard this, he also woke up instantly, yes, he couldn't just withdraw like this, otherwise it would be difficult to go back!

"First mate, what do you think we should do?" Ma Yuan looked at his first mate and asked.

"We need to send people to Li Zixiao's fleet to get in touch and find out the other party's intentions, and at the same time, we can't let our two ships fall into the encirclement of the other team."

"Well, then send a few people, get on the boat, and contact Li Zixiao's fleet, and our two warships will leave immediately and distance themselves from Li Zixiao's fleet."

Soon, Ma Yuan found a few unlucky eggs, and then lowered a small boat from the boat, and asked them to wait for the White Dragon Army fleet to come over in a small boat, and ask about the intentions of the White Dragon Army fleet.

Ma Yuan asked the sailors to quickly withdraw to the south with the ship under him, as well as another companion ship next to him, and keep a distance from the White Dragon fleet.

"Report, General, on the two warships of the Zheng family, there is a small boat left on it, and there are three people on it, asking us why we entered the sea area under their jurisdiction without authorization?

However, those two Zheng family warships have already sailed in the imperial court, and they are about ten nautical miles away from our fleet. ”

Soon, on a huge three-masted gunship, a White Dragon Army naval sergeant came to the cabin, reported the situation to Lu Yuan, and said.

"Bring the three Zheng family members who stayed behind to the boat and bring them to me. As for the two Zheng family warships, don't worry about them, let's continue to move forward according to the normal route. ”

Lu Yuan glanced up at the soldier and said in a deep voice.

"Yes."

After the soldiers retreated from the cabin, it didn't take long for them to return with three men and come to Lu Yuan, the three Zheng family envoys, and all their weapons were collected.

"This general is Lu Yuan, the commander of the navy under Count Li, and I know what you want to ask here, but you can't just ask why we entered the East China Sea, right?"

When the three Zheng family envoys came to Lu Yuan, it was Lu Yuan who was the first to speak, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he explained the intention of the three of them.

After listening to Lu Yuan's words, the three Zheng family envoys glanced at each other and nodded one after another.

"Then ask Commander Lu to explain our confusion, why did your fleet suddenly intrude into the sea area under our jurisdiction, but did you get the consent of Lord Zheng?"

Among the three, the Zheng family envoy led by him raised doubts about Lu Yuan.

"Heh, the sea area under the jurisdiction of the Zheng family? Are you referring to the East China Sea? How could Ben General not know when the Holy Lord and the Imperial Court assigned the East China Sea to Zheng Zhilong's jurisdiction? ”

Faced with the words of this Zheng family envoy, Lu Yuan chuckled lightly and refuted.

"Although there is no clear order from the imperial court, it is already a fact that our Zheng family fleet has been responsible for the defense of the East China Sea over the years."

The envoy of the Zheng family argued.

"Not anymore."

Lu Yuan stared at the Zheng family envoy who was very angry in front of him, with a playful smile on his face, and continued: "In the future, our lord can also bear the burden of protecting my Daming Sea Frontier.

This time, we are also here to share the pressure with you, after all, it has been hard for Zheng Zongbing to protect such a large sea frontier by himself.

In the future, with our help, you won't have to work so hard. ”

Hearing Lu Yuan's shameless words, the three Zheng family envoys became even more angry, and one of the leaders couldn't help but roar: "You guys are here to grab the territory, and you say it so nicely."

Li Zixiao is really shameless, when we attacked the red-haired ghost, why didn't we see him come out to defend the Daming Sea Frontier, and now he came out to rob while the fire was burning, it was too shameless. ”

Hearing the insult to Li Zixiao at this time, Lu Yuan's face suddenly became gloomy, and a member of the Zheng family in the back hurriedly pulled the sleeve of the person in front of him, signaling him not to go too far.

We're still on someone's boat, and if you anger them and they throw us into the sea to feed the fish, we'll die."

The man behind him pulled his sleeve, and the leader immediately realized that he was too excited, but he didn't intend to apologize.

He looked at Lu Yuan and said coldly: "If you say something, I will tell our family master, it is enough for my Zheng family to guard the East China Sea, and I don't need you." Let's go. ”

And when he had said that, the man was to take them away.

It's no wonder that this person is so unruly and dares to be so disrespectful to Lu Yuan, because at this time he is a member of the Zheng clan, although he is only a sideline, but his surname is Zheng, which is also his arrogant capital.

But I'm afraid it won't work this time, Lu Yuan came out this time, just to find fault, to show off his prestige, how can he look at the face of a nobody.

"Did the Commander let you go?" Lu Yuan said with a cold face.

Whoa!

In an instant, many of the White Dragon Army Navy soldiers around raised the flintlock pistols in their hands and aimed them at the three Zheng family envoys.

"What are you going to do? The two countries are at war without slashing. ”

Seeing the muzzles of the black holes around him pointed at him, the young man of the Zheng clan was also a little panicked, and shouted to Lu Yuan.

"Don't worry, I didn't plan to kill you, we can still abide by this. However, if you didn't teach you a lesson, the commander felt uncomfortable.

Lu Hai, you go and give him a slap in the mouth, so that he can remember it for a long time in the future, not everyone is something he can insult casually. ”

At this time, Lu Yuan's face was cold, and he gestured to a guard behind him.

"Yes."

The guard walked out, clenched his fists, and walked towards the young man of the Zheng clan.

"What are you going to do, you can't do this!"

The young man of the Zheng clan shouted in horror and retreated step by step, until he was pushed up to the back waist by the flintlock muzzle held by the white dragon sergeant behind him, and there was no way to retreat, then he stopped.

Bang Bang Bang!

Then, Lu Yuan's guard grabbed the Zheng young man's collar, picked up his palm, which was as big as a pu fan and was full of calluses, and fanned it towards the Zheng young man's cheek.

A crisp sound resounded in the cabin, accompanied by the screams of the young man of the Zheng family.

"You should die, our Zheng family will not let you go." The young man of the Zheng family was slapped in the face, felt aggrieved, and roared angrily.

"Hey, the mouth is quite hard, the Zheng family really has the courage, Lu Hai, fight hard." Lu Yuan sneered and said.

Bang Bang Bang!

"Ahh

The crisp and loud slap sounded, the dense sound, and the miserable screams of the young man of the Zheng family made the two people who accompanied him tremble when they heard it, and they didn't dare to step forward to plead.

"Zheng Lu, Zheng Lu, do you say that you are stupid, at this time, you dare to provoke others without looking at where you are, and it is strange that people don't clean you up!"

The two people who followed Zheng Lu behind thought so in their hearts at this time.

Soon, Zheng Lun's screams stopped, not because he didn't want to scream, but because he couldn't scream, because his mouth was swollen.

A face was swollen like a pig's head, and he passed out directly.

Lu Hai directly threw the unconscious Zheng Lu to his two entourages and told them, "Take him and leave quickly." ”

Then, as if they had been pardoned, the two envoys of the Zheng family quickly got off the three-masted gunboat where Lu Yuan was, boarded their boat, and rowed south.

To the south, the two Zheng family warships, which had not gone far, were waiting for their return.

And the White Dragon Army naval fleet led by Lu Yuan, because it went from west to east, did not go south, so Ma Yuan's two Zheng family warships did not need to flee immediately.

Half a day later, the boat finally returned to Ma Yuan's side.

"What's wrong with Zheng Lu?"

When Ma Yuan saw the two of them and carried Zheng Lu, who had passed out, to board the boat, he was also taken aback and hurriedly asked.

Ma Yuan thought that Zheng Lu was dead, and if Zheng Lu died, then the matter would be a big deal.

Although Zheng Lu is only a side descendant of the Zheng family, and his status in the Zheng family is not very high, he is still a member of the Zheng family, and if he dies on his warship, the Zheng family will not be able to spare him.

Before, Ma Yuan didn't want to send Zheng Lu to Lu Yuan at all, it was this guy who automatically asked for help, and he had to go, and Ma Yuan finally reluctantly agreed.

"He was beaten, passed out, and was not in danger of his life."

After hearing this answer, Ma Yuan was relieved.

"What's going on? What did the people over there say? Immediately, Ma Yuan became more concerned about what kind of reply they got from Lu Yuan.

Then, the two people who came back told Ma Yuan the truth about Lu Yuan's words.

"Hmph, arrogant, Li Zixiao really can't sit still, he's preparing to get involved in the East China Sea, so he has to ask us if we agree."

After hearing this, Ma Yuan was also very annoyed, and said coldly.

But then, he looked at the huge fleet to the north, and the black pressure was overwhelming, and he couldn't help but sink in his heart.

What if they don't agree, just like Lu Yuan said.

At this time, the White Dragon Army fleet is no longer what it used to be, and with the huge fleet in front of it, it is enough to be qualified to compete with the Zheng family.

"Do you count clearly, how many ships are there in Li Zixiao's fleet?" Ma Yuan tilted his head and asked the first mate beside him.

"Captain, I have sent a clear number of ships, a total of one hundred and sixty-one warships, all of them are at least two thousand large ships.

Moreover, the largest ships in the opposing fleet are four of our three-masted gunboats, and one larger battleship, which seems to be extremely similar to our three-masted gunboats.

I suspect that Li Zixiao has mastered the manufacturing method of our three-masted gunboat and improved it, captain, come and see! ”

At this time, the chief mate handed the clairvoyant mirror in his hand to Ma Yuan and said to him.

"What, there are ships bigger than our three-masted gunboats, it can't be!"

When Ma Yuan heard his first mate's words, his first reaction was not to believe it.

You must know that at this time, the Zheng family has always thought that the shipbuilding technology they have in their hands at this time is definitely the most advanced in the entire Ming Dynasty, and there is no one.

And Li Zixiao has only risen for a few years, how can he accumulate such a wealth of shipbuilding technology.

Ma Yuan could never have thought that in the shipyard on Li Zixiao's side, Li Zixiao personally instructed him, and Li Zixiao was a bug.

Although he did not know how to make some advanced warships such as battleships and aircraft carriers.

But for the galleys and sailboats that were still in use in the Ming Dynasty at this time, as well as a small number of sailboats, these relatively primitive ancient battlefields, he still had a lot of say.

In particular, Li Zixiao knew that the performance of sailboats was far superior to that of galleys, and at this time, Western countries had already completed the transition from galleys to sailboats.

It is precisely because of the vigorous development of sailboats that the red-haired ghost can cross tens of thousands of miles by sea and rush from the far west to the Daming Sea Frontier.

I have to say that the once Chinese shipbuilding technology was absolutely the best in the world, but by the end of the Ming Dynasty, it had been gradually overtaken by the West.

As for the original history, after the Qing army entered the customs and conquered the Ryukyus, the rat-eyed Tartars ordered the destruction of most of the bird ships.

That is also the only one in China, the sailboat that has just appeared, was strangled in the cradle, and then for more than two hundred years, Huaxia and the sea again.

For the Tartars, they seized the land of the Ming Dynasty and obtained tens of millions of Han people, which is equivalent to obtaining tens of millions of slaves, which is enough.

Then, they should close their doors, enjoy the treatment of landlords, enjoy the service of thousands of Han slaves, and go to care about what they are doing abroad, in case they encounter a terrible enemy!

The warlike will die, and the forgotten war will be dangerous, but unfortunately the Tartars have just come out of the mountains and forests, how can they understand this Chinese thousand-year-old precept!

But Li Zixiao is different, as a latecomer, he knows the direction of history too well.

Therefore, when Li Zixiao instructed Qingjiang Shipyard to manufacture warships, he gradually abandoned the galleys and slowly developed towards sailboats.

Of course, Li Zixiao can't take too big a step, so easy to pull the egg.

Therefore, at this time, two-thirds of Li Zixiao's fleet were still galleys such as fortune ships and sand boats, and the other one-third were bird ships and sailboats.

At the same time, as the White Dragon Army's three-masted gunboat on the basis of the Zheng family's three-masted gunboat, the improved three-masted gunboat is no longer a galley, but a half-sailboat.

This is also the reason why the three-masted gunboat built by the White Dragon Army itself has a larger tonnage.

Due to their own shortcomings, galleys can only be used as a near-sea fleet, and if they want to fight in the ocean, they are far less advantageous than sailboats.

And if Li Zixiao wants to build an ocean-going fleet in the future, and also start a colonization plan, and accumulate original capital for China, he needs to have a huge fleet of sailing ships in his hands.

And this time, Lu Yuan led one hundred and sixty-one White Dragon Navy ships to sea, which was also the first step in the transformation of their naval eagles.

(End of chapter)