When Wei Bao heard this, he hurriedly took Fan Xiaolin's high-powered telescope to look, and saw more than a dozen large wooden sailboats, showing a geese-shaped array, sailing towards Weijiazhuang Wharf!

This is the big ship of the ancients?

Wei Bao counted carefully, there were 13 big ships!

Wei Bao was stunned.

After the crossing, Wei Bao has also seen some ships, from the local passing big boats, as well as nearby fishing boats that secretly go out to sea to fish, but he has never seen such a big man, they are almost catching up with the general size of his Zhenyuan ship, among the ships, it is definitely a behemoth!

When Wei Bao was in modern times, he once watched a documentary about Zheng He's sea ship in the Western Ocean.

Zheng He's fleet to the West was a large fleet, which was completely organized according to maritime navigation and military organization, and it was a powerful maritime mobile formation in the world at that time.

Many foreign scholars refer to Zheng He's fleet as a task force and Zheng He as a naval commander or naval commander.

After a comprehensive analysis of the world history of this period, Dr. Joseph Needham of Great Britain, a renowned international scholar, came to the conclusion that "the Ming navy was probably superior to any Asian nation in history, and even any European country of its time, so much so that all European nations combined, could be said to be incomparable to the Ming navy." ”

According to the records of "History of the Ming Dynasty" and "Biography of Zheng He", Zheng He had a total of 63 sailing treasure ships, the largest of which was 44 zhang 4 feet long and 18 zhang wide, which was the largest sea ship in the world at that time, equivalent to the current length of 151.18 meters and a width of 61.6 meters. The ship has four layers, the 9 masts on the ship can hang 12 sails, the anchor weight is several thousand catties, it takes 200 people to set sail, and a ship can accommodate 1,000 people.

"History of the Ming Dynasty: Soldiers" also recorded: "The treasure ship is as tall as a building, the bottom tip is wide, and it can accommodate a thousand people."

Wei Bao's imitation of the large warship is 94.5 meters long, 18 meters wide, 6 meters draft, 7,670 tons of displacement, and 15 knots of speed.

In fact, in terms of size, it is not as big as the sea ship of this period, and compared with the largest Zheng He treasure ship, the length is shorter by one-third, and the width is shorter by two-thirds! However, the maximum load and the number of people carried are definitely larger than those of this ancient sea ship.

In Zheng He's fleet to the Western Ocean, there were five types of ships.

The first type is called "treasure ships". The largest treasure ship is 44 zhang 4 feet long, 18 zhang wide, and has a carrying capacity of 800 tons. With a capacity of more than a thousand people, it was the largest ship in the world at the time. Its asana is majestic and unmatched. It takes two or three hundred men to move its iron rudder.

The second type is called "horse boats". The length of the horse is thirty-seven zhang and the width is fifteen zhang. The third type is called "grain ships". It is twenty-eight zhang long and twelve zhang wide. The fourth type is called "sitting on a boat", which is 24 zhang long and 9 zhang 4 feet wide. The fifth type is called "war ship", which is 18 zhang long and 6 zhang 8 feet wide.

Some of the ships of the fleet led by Zheng He were used to carry cargo, some were used to transport grain, some were used for warfare, and some were used for residence. The division of labor is meticulous and there are many types.

Zheng He's fleet was a large-scale fleet consisting of treasure ships as the main body and assisting ships.

When Wei Bao traveled, he once went to see a Zheng He treasure ship displayed in the ruins of Nanjing Bao Shipyard, with a length of 63.25 meters, a beam of 13.8 meters, 6 masts and 8 sails, and a displacement of about 1,300 tons.

Wei Bao felt that the kind of big sea ship he saw now was bigger than the display ship he had seen, and it might even be bigger than Zheng He's treasure ship!

According to Wei Bao's understanding, the navigation technology of the Ming Dynasty was not only ahead of the world, but also very advanced from the perspective of a modern person!

Daming's sea vessels even already have directional navigation technology!

According to Zheng He's Nautical Charts, Zheng used the Haidao Needle Sutra (24/48 azimuth compass navigation) in combination with transoceanic astrological navigation (astronomical navigation), which was the most advanced nautical navigation technology at the time.

Zheng He's fleet used a compass to navigate during the day and a starry and water compass at night to maintain its course.

Due to the reasonable solution to the problems of fresh water storage on board, stability and sinking resistance of the ship, Zheng He's fleet was able to "sail high and gallop day and night" under the treacherous conditions of "waves catching the sky and huge waves like mountains", and few accidents occurred.

During the day, various colored flags are hung and waved in the agreed manner to form the corresponding flags.

At night, lanterns are used to reflect the conditions during the voyage, and when it rains in foggy days with poor visibility, it is equipped with gongs, horns, and screw horns for communication and communication.

It embodies Zheng He's Western navigation technology, which is mainly manifested in three aspects.

Astronomical navigation technology, China has long been able to determine the direction and position of ships by observing the sun, moon and stars.

Zheng He's fleet had combined nautical astronomical positioning with the application of navigation compasses to improve the accuracy of determining the ship's position and course, which was called "astrology".

Using the method of observation and positioning of the "star-pulling board", by measuring the height of the sky, the position and direction of the ship were judged, and the route was determined, which represented the world's advanced level of astronomical navigation in that era.

The geo-navigation technology, Zheng He's geo-navigation technology in the Western Ocean, is based on marine scientific knowledge and nautical charts, and uses nautical instruments such as nautical compasses, logs, and sounders to ensure the navigation route of ships according to the records of nautical charts and needle books.

When sailing, determine the route of navigation, which is called needle path. The error of the compass does not exceed 2.5 degrees.

The "Zheng He's Navigation Chart" has been handed down thanks to the late Ming Dynasty author Mao Yuanyi's transcription in the "Wubei Zhi".

More than 530 geographical names are recorded in the charts, of which 300 are foreign names and 16 are located on the farthest coast of East Africa.

Cities, islands, nautical signs, beaches, reefs, mountains, and shipping routes are marked. Among them, the Nansha Islands (Wansheng Shitangyu), Xisha Islands (Shitang), and Zhongsha Islands (Shixing Shitang) are clearly marked.

In 1947, the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of China named the islands and reefs in the South China Sea after Zheng He and others to commemorate this great navigator.

Zheng He's Navigational Charts are the world's earliest surviving nautical atlases.

Compared with the most representative Portland charts of the same period in the West, the Zheng He Nautical Charts are extensive and rich in content, and although the mathematical accuracy is lower than them, the practicality is better than that of the Portland nautical charts.

Joseph Needham pointed out in his book "The History of Chinese Science and Technology" that Mills and Brigdon had carefully studied the accuracy of China's nautical charts, both of whom were very familiar with the coastline of the entire Malay Peninsula, and they spoke highly of the accuracy of China's nautical charts.

Wei Bao knew that the navigators of this era, especially the navigators of the Ming Dynasty, still mainly used Zheng He's charts.

In fact, Wei Bao visually inspected from a distance, there was an error in the line of sight, these sea ships were slightly longer and wider than Wei Bao's large warships, and the size was actually almost the same.

Moreover, the draft of the wooden ship is shallow, and the draft of Wei Bao's large warship is 108,000 miles, and the difference in hardness and strength is 108,000 miles, if the two collide, Wei Bao's ship must have nothing to do, and these big ships can instantly become wooden slag floating on the sea.

So Wei Bao never doubted Da Ming's marine ability in this matter, but he didn't expect that it could be so powerful?

What the hell is this Maritime Merchant Pirate?

Wei Bao has already made a judgment subconsciously, and feels that nine out of ten are pirates, and they are not ordinary pirates!

However, he can't do anything now, everything depends on Madman Tan and Lin Wenbiao, as well as a bunch of stewards and trumpet bosses, large and small, and more than 8,000 strong men under his command!

"It's coming! There are so many big guys, I don't know how many people came? Lin Wenbiao said to Madman Tan.

Madman Tan looked grim and said in a deep voice: "I'm afraid there are thousands of people, if they are all seasoned pirates, we are afraid that there will be big trouble!" ”

"What now?" Lin Wenbiao worried: "At this time, if you want to end the trade, I'm afraid it's too late." ”

"The transaction must not be terminated, Gongzi and tens of thousands of people are waiting for this batch of food to be rescued." Madman Tan said decisively: "Let all the people who are in ambush lie on their stomachs and don't take their heads!" Are they all ready? ”

"Don't worry, I've just gone to see it, and the last one I got a hoe and an axe!" Lin Wenbiao replied: "Most of them are shovels and crowbars!" ”

Madman Tan nodded, didn't say anything, and was a little relieved, they totaled more than 9,000 people, no matter how brave the other party's more than 1,000 people were, seeing so many people on their side, they would not have no scruples!

Madman Tan believes that everyone should know the significance of this batch of food, and when it is time to work hard, it should not fall off the chain!

"Let the lights be lit up! Let them get to the dock and all disembark! Madman Tan ordered.

"Good!" Lin Wenbiao agreed and went to arrange. Although Lin Wenbiao's status is not much different from that of Madman Tan, Madman Tan has always been his big brother, and this time Gongzi Wei ordered Madman Tan to control the overall situation, so Lin Wenbiao has to listen to Madman Tan.

"Turn on the lights!" Lin Wenbiao to a guard with a kerosene lamp at the pier.

The man hummed, raised the kerosene lamp, and kept drawing circles in the void, meaning to let the fleet from the sea dock here.

Fortunately, during this time, the wharf of Weijiazhuang was being renovated and expanded a lot, if it was a small wharf composed of a row of narrow woods, it would not be able to dock so many large ships! Now there is no problem.

In the flotilla formed by the geese-shaped formation, there was a burly man in his thirties and forties, with thick shoulders and a round waist and a big face, standing on the first big ship.

"Get over there!" The man glanced at the light signal from the dock on the shore and said to the people around him.

The men agreed in unison, the helmsman took the direction, the sailors paddled desperately, and the flag-bearers waved flags to the big ships around them.

As the ship was about to reach the dock, one of the crew members asked aloud, "Who are you?" Is it the person of the son of Jinshan Liwei? ”

"Exactly! Who are you? How many things did you bring? "Crazy Tan also made people talk.

"2,000 stone grain and grass, a lot, have you prepared all the silver?" The man on board then asked.

"You're ready! Our Wei Gongzi is rich and powerful, and in the end, he is faithful, how can he be short of silver? The shore man replied.

"Yes, although I have only met with Mr. Wei twice, Mr. Wei's reputation in Yongping Mansion is very great, and he has made a lot of money in a month's work! It's all about buying and selling on the right road. "A humanity beside the rugged man.

This person is Xu Leijian, a steward of Jiangnan businessman Xu Weibing stationed in western Liaoning, this transaction, he is secretly taking a private job, because he often travels between western Liaoning and North Korea, and is more familiar with people.

These maritime merchants were found by Xu Leijian from North Korea, and they have been going back and forth between Dongying and North Korea for a long time, and Xu Leijian has made several transactions with these people.

The rugged man nodded: "It's easy to do it if you have silver!" ”

Xu Leijian silently prayed that the transaction would be smooth and successful! He is the one who benefits the most, and both sides benefit.

Wei Bao's price is 15,000 taels of silver!

The actual price is at most 8,000 taels of silver.

Xu Leijian also dreamed of earning a huge profit of 7,000 taels of silver in one shot. Even if you can't get 7,000 taels of silver, 3,000 taels shouldn't be able to run away!

He thought to himself that if people on both sides want to do business in the future, they need him to lead from it, so they won't dump him as a middleman, right?

This is also the reason why he risked such a big deal to pull this batch of business.

Although Wei Bao couldn't hear the conversation near the dock clearly, he saw a bunch of large ships surrounding the dock, and guessed that he had already begun to make contact.

Wei Bao's eyes wandered in the direction of the dock and the periphery of Weijiazhuang from time to time, he could see all the places from this position, Wei Bao was most worried that there would be officials intervening at this time, if the officers and soldiers of the brigade came, he could see it here.

Fan Xiaolin knew what Wei Bao was thinking, looked at the dark distance, and said: "Childe, it is impossible for any officers and soldiers to come, come from the periphery, let alone thirty or forty miles, and it will be too late for people to come at this time." ”

Wei Bao nodded: "This bunch of big ships, not to mention can carry thousands of people, if they are really all pirates, the situation here is also very dangerous!" Don't wait here, go down and have a look! ”

"Don't go down, right? Everyone asked Childe to wait here to hear the news, in case he really started, no one would be able to take care of Childe at that time. Fan Xiaolin said hurriedly.

Wang Qiuya also persuaded: "Yes, son, you are waiting here, right?" ”

Chang Wuye also said: "Son, we have nearly 10,000 horses, don't be afraid!" ”

Wei Bao saw that several people said this, so he had to continue to sit, anxious, wanting to get a result as soon as possible.

At this time, Madman Tan and the others had already finished negotiating with the people on the ship, and 13 big ships had docked one after another!

13 ships can't fit thousands of people, and Wei Bao, Tan Maniac and others overestimate them.

The rugged man had the largest number of people on the boat, only sixty or seventy people, and the other ships were about 50 people.

"We have brought all the grain, 2000 stone is a lot! What about your silver? The rugged man glanced around, and saw that more than 200 people led by Madman Tan and Lin Wenbiao were mostly strong men with strong martial arts, and they were all practitioners at a glance, so they couldn't help but be secretly vigilant.

Madman Tan, Lin Wenbiao and others were also very vigilant, only to see that the rugged man was tall and big, with an Oriental sword pinned to his waist, and they couldn't tell whether it was Han or not? It looks a bit like the legendary Wako?

The other people who got off the boat were also dressed as practicing family members one by one, uniformly wearing strong suits, and everyone had long-handled knives pinned to their waists!

This knife is a weapon between the Oriental sword and the Han Pu sword, and is usually used by pirates in battle!

Fighting at sea is different from on land, there are no dozens of rendezvous back and forth, and it is usually a one-shot victory! Therefore, most of them are long-handled knives, so that the strength of the whole body can be exerted at once, and life and death can be decided with one sword.

"The silver is over there, so one person can take a look at it first, and we have to inspect the goods before we can give you all the silver!" Madman Tan pointed 500 meters behind! It was at the confluence of the drainage canal and the aqueduct, and it was full of people hiding on all sides, not afraid of being robbed.

The rugged man frowned, and looked at Madman Tan suspiciously: "What are you doing so far?" ”

"Isn't this the first time we've done business? Be careful! Besides, you're bringing so many people with us, we're more nervous than you! Madman Tan replied indifferently.

The rugged man frowned, and said to a few intimate subordinates around him: "You guys go over and take a look!" ”

After several subordinates agreed in unison, they walked over to the place where the madman Tan said to put the silver.

At this time, the people of 13 large ships went to the dock one after another.

"Brother Yan, how's it going? See the silver? A slender man with mouse-eyed eyebrows asked.

"Lao Yang, let everyone come down! They want to inspect the goods! Brother Yan winked at the questioner.

Lao Yang glanced at Madman Tan and the more than 200 people led by Madman Tan, nodded quietly, and whistled! Five or six hundred people who had disembarked from 13 large ships gathered one after another, and each of them held the hilt of his sword, as if he were facing a great enemy!

"Don't worry, as long as the food is enough and there is no problem, we will never owe a penny of silver, after all, we are locals, and we can't run away if we live here for a long time!" Madman Tan said.

"Wait until you see the silver, take the silver, and then pay the money with one hand and deliver it with the other!" Brother Yan said.

"Look at the silver first! Let's look at the grain and grass first, let's look at it together! And then pay with one hand and deliver with the other! We don't know what your food and grass are like! Madman Tan said.

"We have so many boats, and everyone has already disembarked from the boat, can we still run away at once?" A tall and thin man scolded: "Haven't you ever done a deal? Stupid pig! ”

Madman Tan glared at the scolding man, and scolded in his belly, you are stupid, your whole family is stupid, you are all stupid pigs! "Speak politely!"

As the two of them slammed into each other like this, the hands of more than two hundred and nearly three hundred people on the side of Madman Tan and Lin Wenbiao and five or six hundred people on the opposite side all held the knife in their hands tightly, as if they were about to start fighting if they didn't agree with each other!

At this time, the person who Brother Yan had just sent over to check the silver said loudly: "Brother Yan, there is no problem with the silver!" ”

"How? It's time for us to see the goods! Madman Tan said to Brother Yan.

"Okay, but now bring the silver, right?" Brother Yan said.

Madman Tan glanced at Lin Wenbiao, and Lin Wenbiao said, "It's okay to bring the silver!" While we were inspecting the goods, we began to move grain and grass! ”

Brother Yan's eyes flickered, and he secretly thought that there were many people on his side, and there were only two or three hundred people on the other side, even if they were all good hands, they could eat it on their side, and they had to move grain and grass, and most of them had to use it! Laughing: "Yes! Let's go? ”

Lin Wenbiao said to Madman Tan: "Are you looking for someone to carry grain and grass?" ”

Madman Tan took out a firework from his bosom and lit it on the torch beside him.

"What are you doing?" Brother Yan and the people around him asked in surprise.

With a whoosh, a beam of light shot out of the fireworks, piercing the night sky, and then exploded in the air, blooming into a huge flower bone composed of firelight.

Although Wei Gongzi's Military Industry Department has not yet developed and formed a smokeless fire, and its performance is still unstable, it is used to make a firework, and the effect is already extremely in place.

As the fireworks exploded in the air, more than 9,000 people crawled out of the ditches in all directions, and the torches in all directions instantly illuminated the empty space as if it were day, and made the place instantly crowded.

"! Hit the trick! The thin man who was talking next to Brother Yan just now, in a fit of anger, mentioned Xu Leijian's collar and wanted to kill him: "You colluded with them to set us along!" ”

"Don't dare, I won't dare!" Xu Leijian was also frightened by this crowded scene, he originally only thought that Wei Bao was a child of a family in the township, it was estimated that the family had a few money, and he wanted to secretly do a grain business, and he could come to two or three hundred people, he was already very surprised, where did he think that Wei Bao had so many people? I'm afraid there are tens of thousands, right?

Where is this or the children of the Jiachangli family? This is bigger than the momentum of the Wu family and the ancestral family in Liaoxi, right?

Brother Yan stopped: "Zheng Yiguan! Don't be busy killing people first! ”

The person who was called Zheng Yiguan by Brother Yan was the assistant immediately, pressed Xu Leijian to the ground fiercely, stepped on Xu Leijian's chest with one foot, and did not stab the knife, but used the tip of the knife against Xu Leijian's neck.

"What do you want to do with so many people?" Brother Yan angrily scolded Madman Tan.

Madman Tan smiled slightly, and said loudly: "Don't panic! Saying that it is the first time to do business, it is better to be cautious, you can rest assured, our owner is benevolent and generous, the most fair, as long as your food is enough, there is no big problem with the quality, and our silver will not give you a penny! ”

When the seafarers heard this, they became even more nervous, it turned out that this group of people was a real group of pirates! Where is the 2000 stone grain grass?

The person at the head is called Yan Siqi! Famous in history.

Yan Siqi was born in the 31st year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1603), was bullied by the eunuchs, killed his servants in anger, fled to Japan, worked as a tailor, and concurrently engaged in Sino-Japanese maritime trade, in fact, he was a pirate.

A few years later, Yan Siqi accumulated and became richer. During this period, Yang Tiansheng, a shipowner in Jinjiang, Quanzhou, who often went to Nagasaki to trade, formed deep friendships and got acquainted with a group of people with lofty ideals from southern Fujian who lived in Japan and engaged in overseas adventures.

Because of his popularity and fame, the Japanese authorities in Hirado appointed him as the leader of the snails.

In the fourth year of the Ming Dynasty (1624), Yan Siqi and others were dissatisfied with the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan, plotted to rebel and participated in the Japanese resistance struggle.

Yan Siqi and Yang Tiansheng, Chen Xinji (from Haicheng, Zhangzhou), Zheng Yiguan (from Nan'an, Quanzhou) and other 28 people worshiped the alliance as brothers, and made an oath: "Life is not the same day, death must be at the same time."

Everyone thinks about the alliance leader. Unfortunately, the shogunate sent troops to search for it, and Yan Siqi led the crowd to flee in thirteen ships.

He sailed to Chau Tsai Mei on the outer island off the west coast of Kyushu, and then crossed the sea to Ulsan, North Korea, to temporarily avoid pursuit.

Chen Xinji suggested: "I heard that Shuqiu is a desert island on the sea, the southeast is controlled, and the land is fertile and domineering. ”

When Yan Siqi and the others were preparing to leave Ulsan for Ryukyu and then go to Taiwan Island, they met Xu Leijian, who had done business and was now helping Wei Bao contact grain sellers.

Everyone felt that the price was good, and they happened to have a large amount of grain in their hands, so they were ready to use the grain to fish, and caught a large amount of silver, and just bought another batch of goods to go to Taiwan Island for development, so they followed Xu Leijian to Liaoxi.

But they didn't really prepare 2,000 stone of grain and grass, because the famine was not only in Liaoxi, but also in the entire Ming Dynasty, including Jiannu and North Korea.

The food in the hands of Yan Siqi and the others is definitely not 2,000 stones, not even half of it, at this time, I heard that the other party wants to check the number, and the other party has so many people, how can I not panic?

"Brother Yan, stop talking nonsense with these people! Fight with them, fight your way out! Zheng Yiguan said loudly.

With Zheng Yiguan's shouting, everyone under Yan Siqi drew their swords in their hands!

The people on Madman's side shouted and cursed, and everyone raised their weapons at the same time.

If the people on both sides weren't waiting for each other's bosses to give the final order, they would already be about to make a move, and the weapons bumped into each other with a loud clanging sound.

A super-massive battle is about to break out in an instant!

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