Chapter 874: Pu Shi Ma

In all Buddhist and Hindu countries, the Shepa bead is a supreme treasure because it is said to have the purest red color in the world.

Su You used this thing to hang the envoys of various countries for a period of time, and after Wang Shao set off from Meizhou, Su You gave a small gold shrine to each country that came to participate in the fair, and the gold shrine was a red and bright snow bead.

The merchants from all walks of life who returned with a full load, except for the envoy ships of the three teams of Mayi, Luzon and Ryukyu to the northeast, the rest formed a mighty fleet and began to march towards Maliujia, Su You told them a shocking news, the Ning Navy has begun to fulfill its responsibilities as a great power promised in the "South China Sea Convention", as early as half a month ago, it has sent troops to clear out the pirates entrenched in the Maliujia Strait!

On this southward journey, Su You was also among them, and he would personally escort the envoys and maritime merchants through Dragon's Tooth City, cross the strait, and send them to Macheng.

The envoys who were drunk and dreamed of death in Yunzhou only then discovered that the companions who brought them to trade did not know when they were gone!

Dragon's Tooth City is also drunk and dreaming of death.

The first batch of boats returning from Cochin made Pu Shima, the former deputy commander of the Srivijaya Navy and now the self-proclaimed new lord of Funan, very happy.

After the Song people embezzled Jiaozhi, they established the City Ship Division there, and the things brought back by the Fan boat this time are really exquisite.

Dragon's Tooth City guards the eastern estuary of the strait, and the width of the water area is only a few kilometers, and the huge sea ship of the Great Song Dynasty, Pu Shima, did not provoke it, but the rest of the ships, even if the Mulan boat on the side of the Great Food passed by, they had to pay a toll obediently.

The first to come were not only merchant ships, but also the remnants of the Jiaozhi Yuanjiang Naval Division.

Li Jiyuan fell for the tactics of the Song people, and was lured into the Fuchun River to attack before and after, and finally did not know whether he was alive or dead.

His nephew Liu Shiheng had been attacking the Song people's sea supply lines in the open sea, and after the fall of Li Jiyuan's sailors, Liu Shiheng wandered around with the remnants of his sea power, and this time plundered several supply ships and merchant ships of the Song people, and came to defect.

There were 10,000 gold coins, 30,000 silver coins, countless silks, pots and pans, canned food, luncheon meat, and the weapons of infantry that were very important to the horses—spears, knives, and feathered arrows.

Most importantly, Liu Shiheng also brought a magical metal spring, which can be made into a ballista, through which a fire pot filled with Greek fire fuel can be thrown a hundred meters away, and the range is twice as long as that of a Greek fire using a pump!

It's a pity that there are only twenty of these flashing blue-black metal parts, and Pu Shima asked Liu Shiheng to make ten ballistas and install them all on his flagship King Kong.

The performance of the Jiaozhi battleships brought by Liu Shiheng is also quite good, a full thirty, but Pu Shima is older than the sailor, and he can see at a glance why the Jiaozhi people failed.

Cronyism. The captains and sailors under this young commander are all capable people who are old in sea warfare, but this leader, hehehe......

If it weren't for Li Jiyuan's nephew, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to sit in the position of deputy commander of the Yuanjiang Water Division, right?

This kid is a talent that can be created, has a strong view of the overall situation, is clever, can avoid the real and empty on the island after Jiaozhi is destroyed, and after getting a vote, he does not fall in love with his homeland, and he travels thousands of miles to join himself, and his vision and courage are excellent.

People who drift on the sea have nothing to love for their homeland, and warships are the land of pirates.

There is nothing suspicious about the identity, his subordinates have Jiaozhi people, Zhenla people, Zhancheng people, and even Kunlun blacks, Liu Shiheng's Jiaozhi dialect is much better than Chinese, and many Tuyin and Tuyin are not pretended to be by Song people.

Liu Shiheng's captains are even less suspicious, the pirates in the South China Sea have their own set of black words, and these people often say black words among pirates, which are no different from those killed by their own men.

These things, the Great Song Sailor can't pretend to be.

Liu Shiheng also knew that there were hundreds of jars of good wine in the goods he grabbed this time, all of which were filial to himself, and even pretended to be the Three Buddhas sailors, in the name of escort, and deceived hundreds of sea ships with wraps, forming a large fleet to anchor in Longya Port, replenish food and fresh water, and pay taxes.

After the maritime merchants finished replenishing, they left 20% of the goods and left, but this statement of nomination was too comfortable.

Hundreds of seagoing ships, each ship is taxed at 20%, which is equivalent to picking up 20 ships of goods for nothing!

It's no wonder that he is young and has average ability, but he can still be the deputy commander of the Yuanjiang Water Division, and he can barely unify the remnants of the Jiaozhi Water Division, and he still has some ability.

In the name of escort and supply, it is far more refreshing for the maritime merchants to pay willingly than to work hard and rob themselves.

Looking at the attitude of several of his deputies towards the new little brother, it can also be seen that if he can make a windfall through this method, no one is willing to fight and kill.

However, Liu Shiheng also brought bad news to Pu Shima, he wanted to get this way to make money, and the Great Song Dynasty Jiaozhi City Bo Si must also want to get it.

The kind of ballista he snatched, what was Da Song going to use it for? How sharp would it be if it were equipped with the kind of giant Song ships that passed through the strait last year and this year? Then they came to find trouble in Dragon's Tooth City, how to break it?

I haven't started it yet, I'm afraid I'm not familiar with this sea area, building warship ballistas, and rectifying the sailors.

If people have no long-term concerns, they must have near-term worries, and it is time to make a plan.

This kid is still colorful, these words are whispered to himself in private, but as soon as I asked him what he could do, this kid frowned, now the wind direction is favorable to the northeast and not conducive to the southwest, it is better for the army to retreat to Macheng, wait for the wind direction to turn around in April, and then come back not too late.

I just didn't say the word surrender.

Pu Shima is very happy, after all, he is a pampered second-generation official, everything is good, but he is a little less "bold".

This kind of person is the best candidate for deputy.

Thinking of this, Pu Shima poured himself a glass of cool mint sake: "Mufuti, what is that kid doing now?" ”

Muforti was a great cannibal, an intellectual in the pirate group, and the Greek fire was brought to Pushima: "That boy will spend all day with the orchid after installing the ballista on the king, and if this continues, he will destroy a good seedling." ”

Pu Shima took a sip of wine: "Mufuti, my good brother, according to your holy scriptures, how can you deal with such a situation? ”

Mufti said: "The holy scriptures say, O you who believe! When you are taught to go on a journey for the true God, how can you be so attached to your homeland that you are too lazy to set out? Will you exchange the happiness of the Hereafter for the life of this world? The enjoyment of this world is insignificant compared to the happiness of the Hereafter. ”

"So how can we win?" ”

Mufuti said: "The holy scriptures say that there is a people who have broken the covenant and want to expel the prophet and attack you first. Why don't you fight against them? Are you afraid of them? The true God is what you should fear more. ”

"But the wind is really not in our favor. ”

Muforti smiled: "The holy scriptures say that the true God is autonomous in his affairs, but most of the people do not know it. The holy scriptures also say that although most of them believed in the true God, they were polytheists. There were many signs in the ground, and they walked by, and did not pay attention. ”

"My lord, someone once gave you good advice, but you were blinded by interests and didn't notice it."

Pu Shima was a little confused: "Really? ”

Mu Futi nodded: "That kid, his advice is actually right. ”

"Oh?"

"Look, my lord, if the Song people's sailors come over and we fight in Dragon's Tooth City, we must be in a position where the wind is not favorable. But if we abandon Dragon's Tooth City and fight in Macheng, it will become that we are in the north and the enemy is in the south. ”

Pu Shima said: "A wise man can't just think about it for a while, in addition to the place of the battle, there is also the time of the battle, what if the Song people don't come before April?" ”

Mu Futi smiled and said, "My king, why don't we come back then?" I see that the children have been coveting canned wine lately, and their discipline is starting to be loose, so I just used this voyage to train them, test ballistas, and integrate the new team. ”

Pu Shima was still hesitating: "I have already sent a fast ship to reconnoitre, first find out the movements of the Song people." ”

At this moment, a swarthy man rushed in: "King! The Song people's sailor is here! It's already in Meizhou! ”

Pu Shima was startled: "It's really here, how many boats?" ”

The man said, "At least more than two hundred." ”

"How many new Song boats are there?"

"Huh? No, it's all old-fashioned sea boats. ”

Meizhou is only 1,600 miles away from Longya City, about 1,000 nautical miles, and for an old-fashioned sea ship with a tailwind, it is only seven days away!