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The moment the ship went ashore, my heart seemed to be pinched hard. A lot of things, a lot of times, you think you don't care, or let go. But when you really lose, you find that in your heart, it is far from peaceful. Not to mention letting go, or forgetting.

The coastline slowly narrows and tainters, eventually becoming a distant memory. Looking at the water trails dragged out of the boat, I suddenly had some difficulty breathing, and my eyes were also hot. Can I still come back to this land of China?

At that time, my father took me and set sail from Yantai and smuggled to Yokohama. What kind of mood did he feel when he left his homeland and headed east? Are you like me, who can't leave and have to go?

Is this fate? The fate of our Sun family? What about this tangled and uninterrupted fate?

The heart is heavy, and I don't feel bored doing anything, which has nothing to do with ambition, it is purely a person's mental state. I just stood at the bow of the boat, silently looking in the direction of the coastline, without saying a word.

Suddenly, I felt another person behind me, a kite. I didn't look back, she just walked up to me, gently held on to the railing, and looked into the distance with me.

The sea breeze blew the kite's hair backwards, and she untied the hairstyle that had been tied up, and the black hair that was over her shoulders swayed like waves. I glanced at her, and the little girl was laughing, but it was a very pleasant smile, although there was no sound!

I turned my head, looked into the distance again, exhaled a heavy breath, smiled and asked, "Kite, what are you laughing at?" I've been glad to see you! Tell me! ”

The kite did not turn its head, but looked straight ahead as always, but said in a very pleasant voice: "Laugh if you are happy!" Isn't that a good reason? ”

I sneered helplessly, raised my hand, knocked her on the head, and smiled, "Shouldn't you be sad about what happened to me?"

The kite rubbed her head, muttered a few times that it hurt, and didn't put down her hand, but smiled happily: "It's an encounter, but isn't it also a new beginning?" Why not look on the bright side? ”

I laughed dumbly and said, "If being kicked out is an opportunity, it is indeed worth celebrating."

The kite happily hugged my right arm, shook it gently, and said playfully: "New environment, new life, new friends, new beginning!" Isn't it worth celebrating? What are you nostalgic for? ”

I stretched out my hand, patted her hand gently, sighed softly, and said with a wry smile: "You are still young, you don't understand."

The kite rested her head lightly on my right arm, closed her eyes and muttered, "I will be with you!" No matter where ......."

I sighed slightly in my heart, but I didn't see a happy smile on the corner of the kite's back to me. She muttered, "Sir belongs to me again......"

I didn't hear it clearly and asked, "What did you say?"

The kite shook her head, indicating that there was nothing.

I sneered and sighed a third time.

At lunchtime, Lan Heshu reported to me on the recent trade situation—the trade between Dongying and Nanyang had made great progress, and the total amount was only much higher than the previous tributary trade with the Ming Dynasty, after removing those taxes and fees.

Moreover, many port cities in Nanyang are very backward and are basically in ruins, so we can also grab a certain amount of city management rights while investing, which is very beneficial to our long-term development in the future.

In particular, several port cities such as Ceylon and Brunei, after forming a full investment and occupying all the trade share, the city guard also signed an exclusive trade agreement with us, and in those four or five cities, our sword sea chamber of commerce has no less power to speak than the city lord, and we can also get a share of their taxes every month.

The name I gave was the name of the Blade Sea, and it was also the official code name of the most advanced destroyer in China in the previous Mei country. I liked the name, so I took it.

This time we were greeted by the No. 3 ship of the No. 1 fleet, and in order to confuse the Daming Customs, it hung the banner of "Minohime". In fact, the real name of the ship is called "Siyuan". It is a special "Fu" class ocean-going vessel, Daming technology, absolutely no problem.

The seakeeping of these ships is excellent, and the degree of resistance to wind and waves far exceeds that of any other ship type in Toei, including the ironclad ship that they are very proud of. And it was very stable, including steppe people like Lakshin, who showed no signs of seasickness.

In the afternoon, after afternoon tea, I sat on the bow deck and looked in the direction of progress. We are still in the offshore trade as a whole, and we often stop at ports, so we have a lot of supplies, and we eat food made from fresh ingredients.

When Lan saw that I was here, he walked over with the Nine Ghosts Masataka and bowed his hand to me, "Sir, not long after we went to sea, there was a boat following us behind!" It seems that they are coming for us! ”

I let out an "oh" and raised an eyebrow, but didn't make a sound, waiting for them to continue.

Nine Ghost Zhengxiao said: "They are all Fu-class sea ships, and everyone's overall performance is about the same, if there is really hostility, we can suppress them, because we are the configuration of warships, and this time we have specially strengthened our firepower." After several modifications, the overall performance is also much stronger than the original 'Fu'-class warship! ”

I took a sip of black tea and continued to ask, "Oh! So how long will it take for them to catch up with us? ”

Lan looked back and again, and said, "Their sailors are also very skilled, and we have been maintaining a relatively uniform speed at present, if we continue like this, they will always be two hours short of us."

I was silent for a moment, then asked, "What about the climate?" What is the weather like? ”

Lan frowned slightly and replied, "That's exactly what I'm going to say, the sea breeze is suddenly rising, the smell is salty, I'm worried that there will be a torrential rain ahead soon!" And this will slow down our side a lot, which will affect the other party! ”

I muttered, "In other words......"

Arashi continued, "In other words, we will slow down before the other side, and it is possible that the other side will take advantage of the weather and end up catching up with us somewhere!" ”

I frowned and said, "In the event of a storm, most of the firearms will be unusable, so we must take advantage of the opportunity of the two sides to get close to each other, hit each other hard, increase their danger in the rainstorm, slow down the speed, and we will win!"

Lan Lang said: "Exactly! However, we should reconfirm the identity and intentions of the other party. ”

I nodded, "Yes, let's figure out what I want to do first."

The sea breeze grew stronger and stronger for the next few hours, and as I stood on the deck, the wind blew on my face and ached. I looked at the waves in front of me and thought to myself. Who could it be? Ming Dynasty Navy? No, it won't be them. If it were, it wouldn't be a ship, but a fleet.

My heart was full of doubts, looking at the direction of the other party's ship, it was obvious that it was coming towards us, but who was it?

The storm is approaching, the sun has long since disappeared behind the dark clouds, the sea is covered with unusual white foam, and fish are jumping on the water. Our hull swayed gently with the wind and waves. The nine-meter-wide hull gave me a lot of confidence and increased my courage to fight against nature! People at sea are really destined by heaven.

Arashi reported to me that when the opposing ships saw us entering the storm zone and slowed down, they picked up speed again in an attempt to catch up with us through the storm. This is an extremely dangerous operation in navigation, and if you are not careful, the whole ship will be in danger, and the other party obviously has no scruples about this, but just rushes over bravely!

Our entire ship has entered a state of combat readiness, and according to the current state, if we do not deliberately dodge, if the other side does not consider the danger of the storm, then it is very likely that the two sides will meet in the storm circle before nightfall.

The sea breeze roared, and the waves kept rising, hitting the hull, the deck, and the planks of the hull creaked. I'm worried that this wooden deck will break - it never happened, but it still strengthened my determination to build a pure metal battleship in the future!

We haven't reached the center of the storm yet, so the storm will get stronger as we move northeast. At present, it is visible that the waves are more than one meter or two meters, and the "Siyuan" has retracted most of its sails and began to prepare for wind and waves.

And the boat behind seemed to be not afraid of the wind and waves, and still rushed towards us with its full sails open! How great is this, how much resentment is this? There is no reason to hurt the enemy by 800 rather than lose 1,000 yourself!

After another hour or so, the wind and waves became even stronger! Three or four meters high waves hit the hull, and the hull began to shake strongly! The sails have been retracted for the most part, and if the wind and waves are a little stronger, the sails will have to be completely retracted, and even some of the masts that can be removed will have to be removed! The purpose is to reduce the wind and water area of the ship as much as possible, and reduce the danger in the storm!

Even though it was still afternoon, the sky was already dark, the clouds seemed to be pressing overhead, the air pressure was extremely low, and the petrels were flying almost against the surface of the sea. The lightning shuttling through the dark clouds is like a long snake, emitting a heart-palpitating light!

I looked up at the sky, and while I was in awe of the majesty of the heavens and the earth, I was also enjoying and feeling it. I had a vague delusion that every time I went through such a risk exercise, I would get closer. This is a baseless idea, but I insist on it.

At this time, Arashi came over and reported to me, "Sir, the boat behind is still moving with full sail!" You see, their hulls are almost touching the sea! I don't know why, let them choose this tactic of ending up together! I'm here to ask you if you want to speed up your way away from them? ”

I suddenly felt very sympathetic to the captain of the ship behind me, what kind of obsession was he chasing me? I can confirm that they are not the Ming Navy, because the Navy does not have such courage, and there is no need to put their own life on the line for me.

I said in a deep voice, "Slow down!"

Arashi and Nine Ghosts Masataka were a little puzzled, and Arashi asked out loud, "Sir?"

I smiled and said, "Such persistence should be rewarded, no matter who he is." Slow down! I want to see who is so desperate! What the hell are they asking for from us! I'm so curious! ”

Lan and the Nine Ghosts Masataka had long been accustomed to my unusual path, so they answered yes and went down to prepare. Of course, while slowing down, the whole ship's artillery was ready for everything! Although it is illegal to engage in a storm, we must protect ourselves when we have to!

The Siyuan in the big waves slowly began to slow down, but the ship did not slow down! I couldn't help but secretly sweat and arranged loudly: "If the other party still doesn't slow down in a mile, shoot and sink them!"

There is less than a mile and a half left between the two sides! I order, fire a warning shot! Suddenly, the three guns on the stern of the port side began to fire, but they were aimed at the position of two hundred meters in front of the incoming ship. The warning of these cannons is very meaningful!

However, the ship on the opposite side did not slow down, but began to turn slightly, and the direction of the hull became straight to our ship and gradually moved side by side with our ship!

Do they want to board the ship? Or do you want to shoot? Why? Are they really crazy to board a ship in such weather?

I became more and more curious, but for safety reasons, I still ordered: "All artillery is on alert, as soon as the other side is suspected of firing, immediately open fire with all your might!" ”

I am very confident that this round of salvo will definitely be enough for the opposite ship to drink a pot! If you hit the key parts, then the opposite side will definitely not be able to survive this round of storm!

However, the incoming ship did not mean to fire at all, on the contrary, the flag was suddenly raised on the opposite side! I couldn't see the flag clearly in the wind and rain, but it felt very familiar! Whose ship is it?

As the ship got closer, I could see the flags of the ships! It is a plum blossom that blooms proudly......

And on the bow deck, standing in the front row is my fiancée who has already made a marriage but has no time to explain and meet - Li Huamei!