Lin Guoxian sent a big ship to the east 'gate' Qing, Xu Chaoguang gave him a batch of grain, and the east 'gate' Qing took out some property, and with the acquiescence of Lin and Xu, he raised enough sailors on Dagan Island and Xiaogan Island, and then took advantage of the south wind to say goodbye to Lin Guoxian, and Xu Chaoguang set sail to the north.

Dongmenqing originally planned to go directly to Japan, but Lin Guoxian thought that he was still inexperienced as a shipowner, so it was better to go to Shuangyu first to accumulate experience, and then consider going to Japan.

This Dafu ship named Qinghuaxiang by the East 'Gate' Qing walked steadily and quickly in the deep sea, and immediately entered the southern Fujian Sea after leaving Xiaogan Island, Wu Ping asked the East 'Gate' Qing if he wanted to stop at Yuegang, and the East 'Gate' Qing said: "The ancients are humane: return to their hometown!" I haven't made a name for myself yet, so what are you going to do! We'll talk about it when we get back from Japan! ”

At this time, the wind is smooth, the Dafu ship departs from Xiaogandao and departs from Huyu Island is not much different, the goods that can be bought in Fujian and the goods in the cabin of Qinghuaxiang are also duplicated, and the crew has just entered the sea and has not been tired, so Qinghuaxiang docked in Huyu Island and has no objective need. The east 'gate' Qing said so, and Qing Huaxiang directly passed through the Dayuan Strait and entered the sea in eastern Zhejiang.

Before the sailing, Dongmen' Qing and Wu Ping had already made a preliminary integrated training for Qing Huaxiang's sailors, because the recruited sailors were all experienced sailors, so there was no need for individual skills training, what needed to be strengthened was only the cooperation of the group. Wu Ping has a high talent in maritime affairs and leadership, and has been carefully guided by Koo Lao, in the past year, he has successively accepted the baptism of sea battles, landing battles, encounter battles, ambush warfare and other wars, and even experienced a nearly annihilation of the whole army and survived, so when he reunited with the East 'Gate' Qing, Wu Ping had the ability to lead the fleet to fight.

However, at this moment, Wu Ping is worried, because recently, his beloved subordinates have complained to him every day, and he doesn't know how to solve it.

It turned out that after Qing Huaxiang left Xiaogan Island, Yang Zhizhong told the East 'Gate' Qing that Qing Huaxiang's team actually had a very serious shortcoming, and the East 'Gate' Qing asked what the shortcomings were, Yang Zhizhong sighed: "Whether we go to Shuangyu or Japan this time, we are going to do business, but do we have people on the ship who can do business?" It's all a bunch of rough embryos! Some don't even know how to count! ”

The positioning of the South Australian public, and the north of Xu Dong, Wang Zhi Group is different, although both sides are also businessmen and thieves, but Xu, Wang Group is business-oriented, if there is no need not to do pirate business, and the South Australian people are thieves, the "color" of the business is lighter, Xu and Wang Group sailors, small leaders have many themselves are small businessmen, and most of the people in the South Australia are not fishermen or thieves, Qing Huaxiang's sailors are mostly selected from the South Australian public, navigation and even war is not a big problem,' There are many chickens and dogs, but doing business is not its strength. This time, whether it is going to Shuangyu or Japan, it is a large amount of business, and it requires the cooperation of various people from top to bottom, and it is not possible to complete it by three or two people such as Qingyang Zhizhong and other people from the east 'gate'.

After listening to Yang Zhizhong's words, Dongmen' Qing frowned and said, "Since Uncle Yang knows that we have this shortcoming, we should say it before we get on the boat." ”

Yang Zhizhong said: "Was it useful to say it at the time? There may not be no people who can do business in Shangzhai, but will Xiaowei 'hand' such a group of people to you? So I know it's useless to say it, and I'm afraid you won't postpone your departure because of this problem, right? ”

The East Gate sighed, "You're right. Zhi Yi thought for a while and said: "There is no way, now I can only use local materials and teach these people on the ship well, hoping that they can help after arriving in Shuangyu." ”

He thinks that these are not difficult, business opportunities are mastered by the people at the top, and the people below are just to identify the goods, labels, know how to calculate the number of specific goods when the goods enter and exit, and abide by the rules when shipping and purchasing, etc., and the system that operates under these rules is a system for the daily operation of a business. Within this system, each member only needs to be familiar with the process of his or her own position, and the process that each member must be familiar with is a simple thing in the eyes of Dong'men' Qing, and he can do it at the age of five, so he was not worried at first, so he 'handed over' Yang Zhizhong, who knew such a system, to be fully responsible, with Zhou Dafu, Shen Wei and others assisting.

Who knew that Yang Zhizhong was 'messy' on the first day of doing things, and asked those sailors who were full of pirate habits to abide by the rules of a merchant apprentice, it was really difficult for them, some people felt awkward, and some people felt embarrassed, and Yang Zhizhong was a group of soldiers when he was in Fuzhilong, and he didn't need to teach apprentices hand-in-hand like he did more than 20 years ago. When I saw the clumsy appearance of these pirates, I couldn't help but compare them with my own soldiers, and I was even more dissatisfied with them, and I couldn't help but curse in my mouth. This is even more incredible! In the eyes of these pirate-born sailors, Yang Zhizhong is a useless old man, who will obey him? It's just that in the face of the owner, everyone is not good.

However, the grudge is always going to break out, this morning, the ship has entered the sea in eastern Zhejiang, the east will be white, the morning fog on the sea has not dispersed, the east 'gate' Qing is sleeping and was suddenly awakened, but it was Zhou Dafu to report: "The owner! Oh no! Yang Lao stumbled and fell into the sea! ”

Dongmenqing jumped up in fright and said, "How did you fall into the sea?" Did you save it? Hearing Zhou Dafu say that he was rescued, he put on his clothes and followed him to the deck, but he saw Yang Zhizhong trembling in the dry clothes he had just changed, and when he saw the east 'gate' Qingda shouted: "Owner! Murder! This is murder! If it weren't for the fact that my water 'sex' didn't grow old with people, I would have died a long time ago! Dong 'Gate' Qing hurriedly comforted, and asked him what was going on, Yang Zhizhong cursed and muttered, it turned out that he slept well in the early morning, but he didn't want to be dragged out with a cloth bag 'blind' on his head, and then he felt that his body was in the air and was thrown into the sea! He sneezed as he spoke, and exclaimed, "Lord! You're going to have to call the shots for me anyway! ”

Hearing this, Dongmen Qingyi said angrily: "Is this really the case? He shouted to the sailors watching on the deck, "Who is it!" If you dare to do it, stand up for yourself. ”

When the sailors saw that the owner was angry, a few of them cowered, and the east 'gate' Qing was about to say cruel words again, Wu Ping stretched out his hand to stop him: "The owner, what is the matter, we still have to find out first, why don't we go to the owner's cabin to talk?" ”

Dongmen' Qing glanced at him, and that glance was clearly saying, "It can't be your order, right?" But Wu Ping looked at him and neither admitted nor denied it, Dongmen' Qing snorted and said to Yang Zhizhong: "Uncle Yang, you go back and rest first, don't get sick." In this matter, I will definitely give you a 'handover' generation! ”

As he spoke, he and Wu Ping returned to the main cabin, closed the cabin door and asked Wu Ping: "What's the matter, you are also involved in this matter?" There was a mixture of displeasure in his tone.

Wu Ping said: "I didn't know about this in advance, and it's not difficult to find out the person who did it." But I don't approve of you punishing him! ”

Dong 'Gate' Qing frowned and said, "Why! ”

"Because this matter was all done by the person surnamed Yang!" Wu Ping said: "He asked people to do this today, and let people do that tomorrow, they are all trivial and boring things, 'making' people annoying, and scolding people all the time, full of boats, who is used to him!" This time it's the whole of him, if he really drowns, I'm afraid that eighty percent of the people in the boat will applaud! ”

"How can you say that!" Dong'men' Qingdao: "It was my decision to let Elder Yang train them!" It's all for our business in Qinghuaxiang! ”

"But the brothers can't stand it!" Wu Ping said: "I also know what you thought at the beginning, so I didn't object." But now it seems that the brothers are not fit to do this at all! ”

"If they can't even do this, what else can they do!" Dongmen' Qing glared and said, "Could it be that we all have to patrol the sea for the rest of our lives and rob everywhere?" Is that something that can be done for a lifetime? Don't talk about a lifetime, they won't be able to grab it when they're a little older, what should they do then? Waiting to die? ”

"Don't tell me this!" Wu Ping protested: "I understand the truth!" But if it goes on like this, the brothers will centrifuge! Do you want to celebrate Huaxiang's next time they dock, right? ”

"Scattered?" Dongmen' Qing said angrily: "If you can't even stand this little suffering, you can't even learn this little thing, it's a bunch of waste, what do I want a bunch of waste to do!" Scattered early and clean! ”

When Wu Ping heard this, he also said angrily: "Waste! They're all brothers I've picked out, and you call them rubbish! What about me? Am I just a waste boss in your eyes? Owner! ”

In the end, the word "owner" was so heavy and unfamiliar that it struck Dongmenqing's head hard like a hammer. The main cabin was quiet, and after a while, the east 'gate' Qingcai said: "I'm sorry, I'm angry." That's not what I meant. But...... But we really can't take looting as a root! That doesn't last long! ”

Wu Ping also calmed down and said, "I also know what you mean." But we've only been on this boat for a few days! The brothers are not very convinced of you, so don't let them hate you at this time. Otherwise, things will only get worse! ”

Dongmen Qingshen "groaned" and said: "Okay, I will think about this matter, see how to deal with it, and then ......" Before he finished speaking, he heard the sound of the alarm snail, and Wu Ping exclaimed: "There is a police!" "As soon as the words came out, people grabbed the 'door' and went out. Dongmen' Qing also ran out, and saw Chen Baifu come to report: "Three ships have appeared in the north!" The two before and after are in a flanking trend against us, it seems that the intention is not good! Because of this fog this morning, we found it late, and now they are very close to us! Right now it's a southerly wind, a little westerly, we're going with it, they're going against it, but they're obviously waiting for us to hit it ourselves! What to do, do you want to lower the sail and turn the rudder? ”

At this time, the east 'gate' Qing also faintly saw that there were three ships in the field of vision, one was a three-masted sailing ship, two were two-masted galleons, the three ships were distributed in a triangular shape, the three-masted galleons were behind, blocked in the north, and the two brigs were ahead, one in the northeast, one in the northwest into an outflanking trend, Qinghuaxiang only needs to travel for a while, and will immediately fall into the encirclement of these three ships - just looking at this formation, you don't need any flag to know that these three ships are really not good!

At this time, Yang Zhizhong also rushed over, after all, he is a person who knows how to take care of the overall situation, when this situation does not mention the matter of Fang Cai, he just shouted at the east 'gate' Qing: "Owner! Turn the rudder! Turn the rudder! Half a minute slower into their encirclement, if they let three ships come together and besiege us, we will be in danger! ”

The east 'gate' Qing was about to give an order, and Wu Ping's order had already come from the upper floor, ordering Aban to pull the sails and prepare to speed up, Yang Zhizhong paused: "'Chaos'!" 'Mess'! The rudder should be turned first! At this time, if you don't turn the rudder, you will first pull the sail full, and the ship will run to death! ”

The place of death that Yang Zhizhong said was the center of this triangle formed by three enemy ships! At this time, Qing Huaxiang is already on the edge of this triangle, if he doesn't turn the rudder and pulls the sail, Qing Huaxiang will rush to this triangle encirclement with a huge momentum!

After listening to Yang Zhizhong's words, he was also anxious to send Chen Baifu Chen Baifu to stop it, but Wu Ping's second order had already been passed over: the whole ship was on guard, ready to take on the side of the 'hand-to-hand' fight at any time! Dongmen' Qing's heart moved, and he gritted his teeth and said: "Now that we have entered the wartime, everything is under the control of Mr. Wu!" ”

Yang Zhizhong shouted: "But ......"

Dong 'Gate' Qing shouted: "Needless to say! Obey the orders of Mr. Wu! And he shouted out these words, and the sound was heard, and soon all the ships heard them. The sailors saw that the master of the ship was in agreement, and they did not hesitate to act, and the operation of the whole ship was much smoother.

When sailing at sea, the sail will generally lower the sail and slow down at night, and even stop in unfamiliar waters, because the vision is not wide in the night, and the foreknowledge of danger is far less than that of the day, so it will not travel at full speed as in the daytime. When the enemy ship was discovered, the sun was rising, and the mist was dissipating, so Qing Huaxiang's sail was not yet full, and at this moment, the sail was full, and with the power of the south-coming sea breeze to the north, he rushed into the triangle formed by the three enemy ships at once. Yang Zhizhong couldn't help but pound the railing on the second floor and said: "It's too late to turn the rudder now!" ”

I heard the order from Wu Ping's side: turn the rudder!

Yang Zhizhong sneered in his heart, feeling that Wu Ping was messing around, but soon he felt that something was wrong, because although Wu Ping's order to "turn the rudder" was expected by him, the direction of the rudder was unexpected! Under Wu Ping's command, Qing Huaxiang did not want to turn back or rush out of the gap between the three ships, but directly ran to the three-masted sailing ship located in the northeast corner and pressed over!

"He ......," Yang Zhizhong exclaimed, "what is he going to do?"

Dongmen' Qing seemed to think of something, and couldn't help but exclaim: "Wonderful! Wonderful! ”

Qing Huaxiang went north this time to do business, essentially a commercial ship, although there is armed defense, but the sailor's equipment has not exhausted the limit of this Daifuku ship. Dongmen' Qing and Yang Zhizhong didn't know the reality of the three enemy ships at this time, but judging from the size of the enemy ships, it was not a big problem for the three ships to accommodate two or three hundred people, and the other party must have come prepared if they dared to make a move, so Yang Zhizhong estimated that if the three ships were surrounded and engaged in 'hand-to-hand' combat, Qinghua Xiang would definitely not be able to please him!

Yang Zhizhong is the thinking of an old fritter merchant, and his first reaction when he encounters danger is to avoid it! But Wu Ping is not! Although he is now escorting Qing Huaxiang, he is still a pirate in essence! So when he saw the situation in front of him, the first thing he thought of was not to escape, not to defend, but to attack!

Small boats are conducive to shallow seas and rivers, large boats are conducive to deep seas and oceans, Qinghuaxiang sails are full, with the tailwind, sandwiching thousands of 'waves' like thunder! The enemy ship located in the northeast corner didn't seem to expect Qing Huaxiang to act like this, and couldn't make up his mind, the two ships were already extremely close! Seeing that he was about to collide, Wu Ping neither slowed down nor turned the rudder, and actually hit it directly! When the brig was about to flee again, where would it be too late? With a loud rumbling sound, Qing Huaxiang's iron bow was actually 'inserted' into the hull of the brig, Qing Huaxiang's hull was just a shock, but the brig was almost broken into two! The ship's mast was poured into the sea, sawdust was scattered all over the sea, and the wreckage and the sea were full of struggling enemy sailors, and the wailing sound of the waves rose and fell one after another.

Wu Ping didn't stop, commanded Qing Huaxiang to turn the rudder, Qing Huaxiang's hull swung, set off a 'wave' to throw off the completely abandoned brig, and then 'forced' towards the three-masted sailing ship that was obviously the main ship!

At this time, Qing Huaxiang was in the southeast, and the three-masted main ship was in the northwest, and in terms of wind direction, Qinghuaxiang was still generally tailwind, coupled with fast action and full sails, the speed of walking was faster than that of the three-masted sailboat!

The remaining two enemy ships were obviously suppressed by Wu Ping's ferocious tactics, the brig that was originally located in the southeast did not know whether it was afraid or frightened, and did not come to support, and the movements of the three-masted main ship also seemed very clumsy, it seems that their owner did not expect the other party to break his advantage when he raised his hand, and he was not able to adjust the next tactical thinking for a while! But on the battlefield, time waits for no one. By the time the three-masted galleon turned around and headed further northwest—apparently trying to escape—Qing Huaxiang had already caught up!

The commander of the three-masted sailing ship was probably afraid that Wu Ping would hit them again with his old tricks, so he adjusted the direction of the ship so that it was difficult for Qing Huaxiang to hit their hull with the bow of the ship, but Wu Ping didn't plan to hit them this time, but planned to engage in a 'hand-to-hand' fight! He raised his sword and shouted on the deck: "Brethren! They're running away! It can be seen that their courage has been scared by us! Everyone, rush! Take this ship! Drag it to Shuangyu and sell it! ”

The two teams of death squads roared in unison, shouting in response, and Kavala also ran to the right side of the tower with the musketeers and archers, and watched the two ships catch the muskets and arrows in unison! Qing Huaxiang is both bigger and taller than the enemy ship! Kavala and others had a natural advantage in using long-range weapons in a high position, and it didn't take long to suppress the enemy ships. Wu Ping's own well-trained men threw iron hooks, forced bridge plates, and flew over and rushed over under the cover of muskets and arrows from the tower! Wu Ping takes the lead, who doesn't need to die in the death squad? The three-masted galleon first witnessed the tragic death of its partner on the brig in the southeast corner, and was disappointed that the brig in the southwest corner refused to come to help, and the leader ordered it to escape, and its morale was already low.

Seeing that this fierce battle at sea had obviously tilted towards Qinghuaxiang's side, someone in the enemy ship suddenly shouted: "Surrender!" Surrendered! The head said, surrendered! ”

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Fresh 'flowers' fresh 'flowers'! There are too few fresh 'flowers'! Recently, I've been staying up late in the codeword, how supportive everyone is!