Moreover, the Governor also noticed that there were no bronze cannons lined up on the deck, but there seemed to be three or five people on the deck.

So the Governor lowered his binoculars again, and he pondered for a moment, wondering in his heart, how could such a slender ship like a weak woman, an unarmed ship, come to our Great Sulu Kingdom safely?

But in any case, this is indeed a ship, and the Governor looked down and thought for a few seconds that this ship was a harmless trading ship.

Then, since you have come to my great Sulu country, you must pay taxes!

So the Governor raised his chin into the distance, and waved his hand wordlessly, and the soldiers who understood it immediately became busy, and several low horns sounded on the deck, and a row of soldiers wearing rattan armor, carrying bows and arrows, holding scimitars, and wearing green scarves appeared on the deck, and with a few shouts spread throughout the deck, the rhythm of the drummers began to speed up, and there were a few whips on the lower deck that danced into the void, and the long wooden oars on both sides of the hull immediately increased the speed of the rise and fall, and after a while, the pulp ship adjusted its direction, began to speed up towards the misty ship......

Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Almost in sync with the sound of a bull's horn in the distance, a rush of bells rang out from the Pride lookout.

The crisp sound of the bell made the crew members who were busy measuring the depth of the water on the deck stop what they were doing, and everyone looked to the lookout.

At this time, Liu Yishuang, who was on duty at the lookout, shouted to the deck:

"Two o'clock on the starboard side! Discover the Shadow of the Ship! The distance is about a thousand meters! ”

Li Sanduo immediately picked up the binoculars in the cockpit and began to carefully observe the sea surface.

Sure enough, in the fog in the distance, there was indeed a dark shadow of a ship and a towering bow there, and you could also see shadowy masts, well, there seemed to be three such masts.

"Brother Zhu! That's the Slurry Giant of the Kingdom of Sulu! There are strong crossbows and bronze cannons, and the soldiers are equipped with muskets and hard bows, and the combat power is quite high! ”

Xue Laixiang, who was assisting Zhu Beiguo on the deck to survey the route, immediately shouted at Zhu Beiguo, his tone full of anxiety.

Xue Laixiang's anxiety was justified, although he already knew that the ship he was on was iron and very strong, but he was also very careful to find that there were no cannons on the ship, the familiar bronze cannons, and he could not see the gun doors on both sides of the deck, he did not know what this ship relied on to defend against the enemy at sea.

Yesterday on the big iron ship, he had tentatively asked this question to Ren Ke and Wei @ Hong, two brothers who had just become sworn brothers, but Wei @ Hong told him that the sailing ship had great firepower, with two 75 naval guns and two machine guns, which could completely destroy all the enemies in this world who coveted this ship.

Okay, Xue Laixiang then asked, brother, where is the 75 cannon you said? **Said that the 75 ship gun was in the turret, and then roughly pointed him to the position, and told him that you will get on that boat as a guide tomorrow anyway, and you will find out for yourself when the time comes.

So soon after Xue Laixiang got on the ship, he asked Brother Zhu to show him the 75 naval guns that Brother Wei said.

However, to his disappointment, these were two iron pipes that were no thicker than the mouth of the bowl.

Of course, he must admit that the whole cannon device is very exquisite, but he doesn't know how powerful such a thin iron pipe can be, as for what kind of machine gun, he didn't see the true face of Lushan at all, because he was wrapped in a layer of canvas and couldn't see the details.

But Xue Laixiang can judge just by his appearance that the so-called cannon is two long iron pipes, and these iron pipes are about the same thickness as the guns in the Ming official army, can they fight with these few toothpick-thin iron pipes!?

Xue Laixiang originally wanted to ask in detail, but Brother Zhu was very busy at that time and didn't give him a detailed explanation, so he left him there alone to do his own business.

As a result, Xue Laixiang's heart disease became more and more serious......

Obviously, at this moment, no one cares about Xue Laixiang's emotions, and after discovering the shadow of the ship in front of the right, Li Sanduo issued the captain's order as soon as possible - the entire crew entered a state of first-level combat alert!

"Take back the survey dinghy!"

"Engine Ignition!"

"Shut up the rudder!"

"Enter the gun emplacement!"

"All deck personnel on the first floor are on alert!"

With a series of various combat readiness passwords issued, the people on the deck began to get busy.

Xue Laixiang looked at the people hurrying by him a little nervously, and he didn't know what to do for a while.

At this time, Zhu Beiguo found Xue Laixiang, who was at a loss, and hurriedly walked over and took him to the deck on the roof of the cockpit, and then stuffed a binoculars into his hand, telling him that he only needed to stay here to watch the battle, and report to me in time if he found the situation.

With that, he turned around and ran down the top deck, busy with other things.

The four of them on duty were Hu Xiaolin, Song Chen, Du Ang, and Meng Xiangyang, and the brothers quickly ran to the top deck, they were already quite familiar with Xue Laixiang, and when they ran over, they just smiled at Xue Laixiang and shouted, "Hi!" I said hello and then started to go our separate ways.

Xue Laixiang didn't say hi, but he habitually bent over and arched his hand, and before he could respond to anything, the four brothers didn't say anything more, but in pairs, they opened the canvas gun jacket wrapped around the twin-pack 20 mm machine gun with a serious face, skillfully pulled the bolt, opened the ammunition box, and dragged out the bullet into the magazine, almost at the same time, the two gunners Hu Xiaolin and Song Chen shouted below deck:

"Machine guns ready!"

Xue Laixiang watched the four of them in a series of actions, and then he finally saw the so-called machine guns---- Yes, these mechanisms are really exquisite, but what is this for?

Xue Laixiang was still confused, and then a shout from the deck below also attracted his attention:

"Seventy-five cannons are ready!"

"All sailors are in position!"

"The engine fire is complete! The air pressure is normal! ”

At this time, a new report came from the lookout:

"A thousand meters in front of starboard, a large slurry boat!"

When Xue Laixiang heard this shout, he suddenly woke up, and quickly picked up the telescope and observed to starboard - Xue Laixiang couldn't help but feel shocked, this telescope can see so clearly!

This kind of binoculars is much better than the monoculars of the Tamui!

Then Xue Laixiang immediately saw the flag on the opposite ship in the telescope, and couldn't help but feel a little upsurge in his blood - his enemy was on the other side!

It was the boat that robbed him a few days ago, and it was one of the few pulp boats that put him in a desperate situation, and the green background and red black dragon flag fluttering in the wind on the bow of the ship was the family crest of Sulu Prime Minister Suhabidatu, a symbol he could not forget!

Xue Laixiang pulled the camera forward again, and immediately saw three red lanterns hanging high on the mast - they were the sea traffic signals that asked him to stop the ship for inspection.

"It seems that the boat on the other side has also discovered us, Brother Xue, what do you think?"

Knowing when, Brother Zhu was already standing by Xue Laixiang's side, and when he heard Brother Zhu asking, Xue Laixiang hurriedly put down the binoculars and said to Zhu Beiguo with some eagerness:

"Brother Zhu Mingjian, the ship belongs to the Prime Minister of Sulu State, and he has always patrolled outside the port, and if he encounters a foreign ship, he will be forced to board the ship and pay taxes, and all ships that have just arrived for the first time must be taxed on half of the goods according to the rules of Sulu State......"

"Damn! So ruthless? ”

Zhu Beiguo responded with some surprise when he heard this.

"So, how are regular customers like you taxed?"

Zhu Beiguo asked again.

"According to the law, the sea is exempted, and the wharf must be paid with the regulation silver. However, if we meet at sea, we will still have to recruit ......""

"What is the use of this law?"

"Brother Zhu doesn't know, the law is the law, and the ship is levied with a survey and a guide, but at this time, Lord Suhabi's ship is not here to collect taxes, but to inspect, if there is no forbidden thing, it will be let go, and if there is, it will be fined ......and confiscated."

"Humph! It seems that they won't stop until they find the contraband from the ship, right? ”

At this time, Zhu Beiguo looked at the dark shadow on the sea and said with a sneer.