When Zheng Zhibao opened his eyes again, Zheng Cai said in a distraught manner: "It's too accurate...... It's so accurate...... Uncle, let's go! There's something evil about this ship! ”

"Can't go easily!" Zheng Zhibao roared angrily: "You must catch this ship, no matter what the price is!" ”

Zheng Cai smiled bitterly: "But how much strength do we have right now!" He's so fast that we can't beat him at all! ”

At this moment, the course of both sides is heading towards the southwest Ming Kingdom, and the wind direction is the same, and the tailwind is the same. With the blessing of the tailwind, the speed of the clipper ship has been vividly demonstrated. The Zheng fleet, which was originally on target, faced such a dilemma, and the hit rate was even worse.

At this moment, the Xingchen, which has six bronze 108 naval guns, can adjust itself to the best place, giving full play to the advantages of firepower and range to sling the Zheng fleet.

Even if Zheng Zhibao led the fleet against the wind again at this moment, he would have to face the dilemma of not being able to catch up with him awkwardly.

The tailwind was hanged, and the headwind was even more beaten, in such a situation, where does Zheng Cai still have the confidence to win?

Thinking of this, Zheng Zhibao clenched his fists and slammed it on the splint, then glanced at the Xingchen, staring at the sun and moon on the yellow background, as if to engrave this scene in his heart, and said: "I have never heard of this flag before, there must be something strange in it." This time, let's leave for the time being, and in the future, we will definitely get this one back! ”

Soon, Zheng Zhibao stopped talking, but returned to the cabin in silence. At this time, Zheng Cai hurriedly put down a few small boats and went over to give orders.

When it was almost dusk, the entire fleet understood and began to cover Zheng Zhibao's retreat

……

"Captain! They're gone! Liao Huige said loudly: "We won!" ”

"Win!"

"Win!"

"Win!"

……

Bao Guo is calmer than everyone thinks. "Want to go?" Is it that easy to walk? Stop those pirates who are throwing things and look like fat sheep! Fought for so long. What if you don't charge some interest? ”

After speaking, Bao Guo added: "Brothers! We have the old rules given by His Royal Majesty in our Royal Guards. The harvest will be added as a supplement to the military expenses and become a benefit and bonus for the brothers! Let's get down to these transports! ”

"Roar!" At this moment, even Liu Liankun cheered.

……

When the three slowest ships were washed and plyed and the sailors who dared to resist in overtime, the sea returned to calm.

No matter how fast the clipper ship runs, it can't catch up with more than a dozen boats.

But the capture of three ships of different sizes was undoubtedly a great piece of good news.

Not long after, with the end of the three gang jumps, the last resistance on the three ships also dissipated. This time, even Bao Guo was glad that the personnel of the clipper exceeded the standard this time.

As the first ocean-going voyage in Zhu Cihong's system, the clipper ship only selected a small number of old fur seals recognized as reliable by Jinyiwei due to technical secrecy and political secrecy, and most of them were selected elite soldiers of the Royal Guards Regiment who knew how to use water.

Because of the lack of personnel, Zhu Cihong deliberately doubled the manpower, in order to expand enough reliable naval personnel as much as possible.

This also allowed the Star to capture three ships and still have people to log in later.

It didn't take long. The catch was counted. Bao Guo happily took the fleet to the shore of Jeju Island.

Although this is the territory of North Korea, there is no resistance at all, and the tiger camp easily controls the port when he gets off the ship, but it is not publicized, it is only used for stay, and nothing happens for a while.

This time, according to the statistical information, Bao Guo expanded the manpower after putting down the three lucky ships here, and while letting the three ships go home, he continued to sail towards Japan with his men.

……

Seven days later.

Zheng Zhibao docked on Chongming Island. I changed the boat and entered the Yangtze River, and gradually sailed into Nanjing.

As soon as he entered Nanjing, he felt something strange.

Along the way, Zheng Caidao, who accompanied him, said: "The situation in Nanjing is a little crazy. Food prices have remained high. provoked many people to mourn. This new prince of the prison country, his status is mysterious. ”

"Jinling has excellent transportation in all directions, how can the price of grain rise so easily?" Zheng Zhibao felt a little strange.

Zheng Cai is the first to come. Knowing a little more, he said in a low voice: "Isn't it to give this new prince a good look?" Some time ago. The prince ran the Jinling Newspaper and unified the printing industry in the city. took away the public opinion advantage of Jiangnan Shizi. More importantly, it shook the basic plate of the scholars. Just look at how many books in Jinling are produced by a famous Wang workshop. If those Jiangnan gentry don't do it, I'm afraid it will be really sad in the future. ”

"No wonder...... In this way, the foreign grain merchants are either converging with these local snakes or are strong enough to form an alliance with them? How long has the price increaseen? There is no uproar in the city? ”

"How could it be. These days, the future crown princess is busy in Nanjing, giving porridge all the way, and I don't know how many lives she has lived. It's just that the price of this grain is rising day by day, and it is a blessing that no one dies, but how many families have a difficult life, and the complaints are everywhere. Zheng Cai whispered: "That's right...... Uncle, I'm afraid you don't know. That has been clarified. ”

"Say!" Zheng Zhibao's eyes widened suddenly, and his spirit suddenly gathered.

Of course, what Zheng Cai said was the encounter on the surface of the Oriental Sea, and that battle made Zheng Cai not sleep well and couldn't eat these days, it can be said that people have lost a lot of weight, and their hearts are even more tormented, otherwise they would not let Zheng Cai go over to investigate first.

He didn't go back to Fujian, and went down directly on Chongming Island.

I saw that Zheng Cai also had a solemn expression, and said: "Along the way, I inquired about a lot of fishermen and those private businessmen who were messing around here, and sure enough, I found a person, and I was sure that this boat was going to sea from the Yangtze River." I also inquired about the list of craftsmen who had recruited craftsmen in the near Yangtze River. I thought it was a troublesome thing, but it seems to be ...... Our adversary didn't even bother to hide his whereabouts. ”

Zheng Zhibao was impatient.

Seeing this, Zheng Cai said directly: "It should be from Longjiang Shipyard." Only if they have the strength to build a big ship of 5,000 materials. ”

The quantity word appeared in the Song and Ming dynasties that led the world in navigation, one material is equal to ten cubic feet, which is converted into one material = one stone = 92.5 kilograms, 500 materials = 46,250 kilograms, and a displacement of 46.25 tons.

This time, the Star is a sea ship with a displacement of more than 460 tons.

This ship is not large, but for something with a very high level of technical requirements such as navigation, the method of elimination also understands who it is.

"It's him!" (To be continued.) )