Chapter 87: The Ghost
Shen Yanqing stood far away, looking at Yang Bo with a pair of beautiful eyes, not for a moment, until he squeezed out of the crowd and walked towards her.
A pair of willow eyebrows frowned slightly, she was suppressing the joy that she couldn't hide in her heart, but the light flashing in her eyes betrayed her, her small mouth was upturned, her cheeks were crimson, and her expression was so complicated that it was indescribable.
"Come here." Shen Yanqing said softly, grabbed one of Yang Bo's hands, and immediately flashed into a cabin beside her, which was a cramped utility room.
"Qing'er... Woo.." Yang Bo was so strange, but his mouth was blocked by fiery red lips.
The small utility room suddenly had a beautiful spring light.
"Third brother, let's go have a few drinks..."
Xu Wenjue, who was following Yang Bo, shouted excitedly, but he didn't expect the two of them to move so fast, and he couldn't help but look stunned, only to hear the sound of chirping in the cabin, just like the sound of a pair of young foodies and men competing to eat chicken wings, Xu Wenjue had never eaten it, so he naturally couldn't imagine what kind of sound it was.
After a long time, that voice disappeared, but Shen Yanqing was in Yang Bo's arms and refused to leave, looking a little coquettish and a little flustered, like being drunk.
Shen Yanqing suddenly thought of something and said, "What are you going to do with that ship?" ”
"Drive back to Shenjiabao, what else can I do?"
"However, the draft of that ship is very deep, and Shenjiabao does not have a suitable dock to moored it."
"There's a place to go." Yang Bo said.
"Where?" Shen Yanqing said curiously, "Why don't I know? ”
"Tibetan Soldier Cave, you should know that the east end of the Tibetan Soldier Cave is connected to the sea, I have asked people to survey it a long time ago, and when the tide is low, I estimate that you can drive into it on the seventh day." Yang Bo said: "I'm going to change the name of the ship, it's called Yanqing, how about it?" ”
"No, what's so good about a red-haired boat? When we build our own ship, the first one will be called Yanqing, okay? Shen Yanqing said, a little coquettish.
"And what is this one called?" Yang Boluo thought for a moment and said happily: "I am going to paint the ship and sails black, and the ship will sail on the sea, like a ghost, so let's call it the Ghost." ”
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"It's dangerous." Yang Bo sighed with palpitations.
Shen Yanqing and Yang Bo stood side by side, but at this time, they couldn't bear it anymore, they turned their heads suddenly, their beautiful eyes widened, looked at Yang Bo, and slashed and slashed, she really wanted to scold, her little mouth moved slightly, moved and moved, and finally she didn't speak.
Yang Bo is a daredevil, and no one knows better than Shen Yanqing.
Yang Boyan said that he wanted to pull the July from the karst cave in the sea into this cave, is this brain hole open? Big, bigger than this hole.
Sure enough, that day, the Shen family fleet went south to transport grain back, Yang Porter intended to board the July, standing on the bow of the ship in high spirits, to personally watch the July into the cave, July rushed to the cave, to the cave located in the black stone cliff, people found that the mast was high, not much higher, just one or two feet beyond the upper edge of the cave, it was this little length, the July was blocked at the entrance of the cave, and could not enter.
Yang Bo also had nothing to do, so he had no choice but to be ruthless and ordered the middle mast to be sawed from the root.
There is no middle mast in July reluctantly entered the hole, moved forward a distance of dozens of meters, and was blocked by a huge stalactite protruding from the top of the cave mast back mast, everyone was in a panic again, and quickly arranged for people to build scaffolding, let people climb up to knock on the stalactites, but the tide was about to rise, so people began to race with the tide, fortunately in the end there was no danger, if it was two moments in the evening, the tide rose, it can be imagined, the cave is unfathomable, July is afraid that it has sunk at the bottom of the cave.
Yang Bo is really unreliable sometimes.
But they single-handedly pried the Dutch a boat over, called God again, this time opened their brains, pulled the July into the cave, and gave him a success again, didn't he?
Sometimes, shit luck is also a kind of strength, and you can't accept it.
"The third brother has a blessed star, I am so envious." Zheng Zhihu laughed and said, "The matter is done, everything is easy to say, Yan Qing should not blame the third brother anymore." ”
Yang Bo temporarily invited dozens of young men to act as slender men, and used manpower to pull the July No. up, and several people followed the July No. forward, which should be the upper reaches of this abandoned Fu River.
After a few hundred more steps, the July finally stopped, where it would anchor for a while.
Yang Bo stood on the bank of the river, to be precise, his feet should be the ancient river channel, here was originally an underground river, after thousands of years, may be the cause of the change of the earth's crust, I don't know when, the water flow down the West Mountain has been diverted to the Nanxi River and Erdaogou, flowing to the East China Sea, here was abandoned, but this end of the east side, connected with the cave, and the East China Sea.
Yang Bo looked around, but his heart was thinking about the modification plan for the July issue.
The cave became unusually empty here, and the water was very open, and above the head, there was a huge dome, on which stalactites were dotted with strange shapes, and some seemed to be dripping water.
The wall of the cave is the wall is a thousand thousands, the blue is like Dai, someone has already lit the torch, the lights in the cave are bright, the dark shadows in the distance are heavy, giving people the feeling of being fascinated by the deep gods.
This place should be very secluded, as a temporary dock for the July, safe enough.
Yang Bo's original plan was simple, he wanted to change the hull and sails of the July to black, and paint the two large white letters of the Ghost on the outside of the ship's side.
Yang Bo also has to cast his own cannons, and if the performance of the new cannon is tested and surpasses the Dutch cannons, at least some of the Dutch cannons will be replaced.
After that, the July will transform into the Wraith, and if all goes well, the Wraith will be an invincible presence in the East China Sea.
Now there has been an accident, the middle mast of the July has been sawn off, and even if it is installed back in the future, it will be a few feet shorter, which may also produce a series of changes, Yang Bo even considered adding transverse rays on both sides of the ship, and extending the sails to the outside of the ship's side, and the future Ghost will look shorter and fatter.
Of course, there are also positives to such a modification, at least the center of gravity is lower, which is always a good thing, and as for how seaworthiness will be, it will only be known after sea trials.
Yang Bo and others re-boarded the July, and finally captured a Dutch warship, of course, it was necessary to carefully survey and find out the details of the Dutch, the Europeans' warships and artillery were all on the same path, the main potential opponents of the Zheng family in the southern seas, it was those Europeans, in case in the future, the Zheng family fought with the Europeans, and the enemy's background was clear, of course, it was beneficial to the war, which was also the reason why Yang Bo invited Zheng Zhihu to come over.
"Third brother, you see the design of this cannon is indeed unique, during the battle, with the gun, the rate of fire can be greatly improved, and my existing artillery is inferior." After watching the artillery of the Dutch, Zheng Zhihu sighed.
"Second brother, with this capture, we can eat the artillery of the Dutch thoroughly, but to eat it thoroughly, we can't do it like this, it will take a long time for the craftsmen to do it. Otherwise, these three deck guns, the second brother will bring them when he goes back, so that the craftsmen of Mindi can study more, in case the Zheng family and the Westerners fight in the future, they will be prepared, know themselves and know their opponents, and they will not be defeated in a hundred battles. ”
Yang Bo looked at Zheng Zhihu, his eyes were quite meaningful, this time he intended to take Zheng Zhihu on the July to observe the internal structure of the July in detail, plus these three deck guns, it was the meeting gift he wanted to give Zheng Zhilong, although he did not meet Zheng Zhilong, through Zheng Zhihu sent over, Zheng Zhihu is his second brother, the effect should be very different.
Zheng Zhihu was stunned when he heard this, obviously he didn't expect Yang Bo to take the initiative to send a few canons to the Zheng family, Zheng Zhihu thought about asking Yang Bo for one, this is the best artillery in the world today, with a sample, it can be imitated, and the Westerners are fighting, at least the artillery will not be too inferior, which is a great thing for the Zheng family.
But after thinking about it, he really couldn't open this mouth, the reason is very simple, this time the seizure of the July No. 7 was all up to Yang Bo's own strength, or rather, it was all Yang Bo's personal shit luck, he Zheng Zhihu didn't make any contributions, even if he and Yang Bo just worshipped and became sworn brothers, what about it?
Artillery is not an exaggeration to say that it is a weapon of the country, and brotherhood may not work at this time.
Yang Bo opened his mouth to say three doors, which made him embarrassed.
"This.." Zheng Zhihu's heart suddenly felt weak for a while, and he really wanted to, but his mouth was deflated, and he still couldn't open his mouth.
"That's it, I'll let people move it down." Yang Bo knew that Zheng Zhihu couldn't wipe his face, and said to Shen Yanqing with a smile: "Qing'er, with these three cannons, this time the Zheng family's three boats will help transport grain, and the Shen family will not give silver." ”
Shen Yanqing also smiled and said: "Second brother, you just take these three cannons, and the Shen family in the province will have to pay your Zheng family's boat fare." ”
Zheng Zhihu was grateful, and hurriedly said: "I will thank the third brother and younger siblings for their kindness on behalf of my eldest brother." ”
"Second brother, don't say words of gratitude, I still have a request, last time I mentioned to my second brother about buying food in Annan, I really need the help of the Zheng family, and I also ask the second brother to discuss with the eldest brother after he goes back, if the eldest brother has no objection, I hope the second brother can transport grain from Annan as soon as possible, how much, how much I want."
Yang Bo said about this matter, Zheng Zhihu really found the owners of many rice shops to understand, from Jiaozhi to buy grain and transport it, the price is not more than the price of grain on the market, there is no advantage, even more than some, now Yang Bo mentioned again, it seems that Yang Bo is serious, but Zheng Zhihu is confused.
Zheng Zhihu informed Yang Bo of what he had learned, but Yang Bo said: "It doesn't matter if it's higher, I don't sell it in the market, the grain shipped by the Zheng family, I will only use it to make wine for the time being, and then make it into a white fire and then sell it, if there is a surplus, I will store it for urgent use." ”