"Zheng Zhilong's ship?" The traversers around were stunned all at once. The pen & fun & pavilion www.biquge.info suddenly discovered Zheng Zhilong's ship, how to deal with it, and everyone was out of idea for a while.

"Have you seen it clearly, are you sure it's Zheng Zhilong's ship?" Han Wantao asked.

"That's right, it's his." An Yuhang continued to observe, and replied, "The lucky ship in front of you is hanging the Zheng Zi flag, in this place, the ship that can hang the Zheng Zi flag is no one else's, it must be Zheng Zhilong's." ”

"You mean someone is chasing Zheng Zhilong's ship?" Han Wantao didn't believe it, "Who is so bold as to rob the Zheng family's ship?" ”

"I don't know." An Yuhang put down the binoculars, "What should we do, to intervene or not to intervene, according to their chasing speed, it is estimated that it will take another half an hour to catch up." ”

"Han Wantao, after we finished fighting Liu Xiang, do you remember what the tone of how to deal with Zheng Zhilong was set by the crossing conference?" Sun Dalei asked.

"You're the chairman, you ask me?" Han Wantao said this, but still replied, "At first, we wanted to replace Liu Xiang and drag Zheng Zhilong, but now we have changed it." What I mean now is that I hope to be able to get on the line with Zheng Zhilong, and in the future, I can get copper from Japan through him, and our warships can go to Liaoning through the Taiwan Strait. ”

"Then we're going to help Zheng Zhilong now?" An Yuhang asked.

"Yes, help him." Sun Dalei replied.

"You're sure about it." An Yuhang said, "If you are sure to help him, we will help him, but after a while, the policy will be changed again, and after helping others, you have to beat others." ”

"What are you afraid of?" Sun Dalei smiled, "There are only eternal interests, no eternal friends, and no eternal enemies." ”

"Chairman Sun." An Yuhang also smiled, "You are a good politician." ”

"Alright, no kidding." Sun Dalei raised his hand and pointed to the sea in front of him, "Lean over, let's help the Zheng family once." ”

"Yes." An Yuhang replied yes, turned his head and shouted, "Raise the battle alarm, raise the Mingzi flag, turn the rudder 45 degrees to the right, full sail at full speed, and lean over." The port and starboard guns were loaded with solid shells and prepared at an elevation angle of 5 degrees. ”

Sun Dalei looked up at the sun: "Can you lean over before sunset?" ”

"It should be." An Yuhang replied, "Our ship is fast." ”

Half an hour later, the Yazhou approached the three Damingfu ships. An Yuhang clearly saw from the telescope that the three ships had already handed over, and the sound of artillery and Franc machine kept coming.

"Turn the rudder 15 degrees on the left, the starboard gun is ready, kill the one behind first, and open the gun!"

With An Yuhang's order, five starboard guns spat out shells together. The Yazhou was less than 600 meters away from the last ship, and An Hangyu didn't even use the test shot, so he directly fired a salvo. The Daming Fu boat was punched 2 holes, and sawdust flew in all directions.

"Load the starboard gun with solid shells, him again!" At this distance, An Yuhang felt that this was not a naval battle at all, but a target shooting, and even the orders were not so standard.

Another round of salvo fire, the Daming Fu boat, which had been hit several times in a row, finally fired back, and several iron balls fell into the sea more than 100 meters away from the Yazhou, stirring up several waves. Seeing that his cannon could not reach the Yazhou, the ship on the opposite side began to turn around and wanted to leave the sea.

"There is no need to pursue. The right rudder was full, and the port guns were ready to hit the ship in front of him. ”

The Yazhou made an arc and went around to the right rear of the ship in front.

"Fire!"

The fortune boat in front of it was instantly hit with a few holes, and it also turned around and ran away.

"The port guns, the starboard guns are loaded with shotguns, and the rest are ready with muskets. Leaned towards the Zheng family's boat. An Yuhang was afraid that if he was misunderstood by Zheng Zhilong's ship, he was still ready for battle.

The sails of the ship on the opposite side were slowly lowered, and a stocky man stood on the bow of the ship looking this way.

The Yazhou slowly leaned over, the two boats were together, Sun Dalei stood on the deck and said to the man opposite: "We are the Yazhou Naval Division of Qiongzhou Prefecture, and the opposite side is the ship of the Fujian coastal defense guerrilla Zheng Daren?" ”

The person on the other side shouted, "Yes, we are the Zheng family's ship." I'm Zheng Zhihu, thank you for your help, please come and talk. ”

Sun Dalei couldn't help but look at Zheng Zhihu carefully, this is the second cocktail who was trapped in a fishing net a few years later?

Sun Dalei discussed with Han Wantao and others, and walked across the gangplank to Zheng Zhihu's boat.

Zheng Zhihu did not salute Sun Dalei and them, but stared strangely at the military uniforms on Han Wantao and An Yuhang: "You are Yazhou Sailors?" ”

"Not bad." Sun Dalei said with a smile, "We are the ship of the Yazhou Yulin Bay People's League, so we are somewhat different from the Daming Sailors, and Brother Zheng doesn't have to be suspicious." ”

"Really?" Zheng Zhihu scratched his head, "Why do I see that your ship and outfit are similar to those of the Hongyi people?" ”

"Huh." Sun Dalei replied, "We have a lot of dealings with the Hongyi people in Nanyang, so we have also learned some things from them, isn't Brother Ling also named Nikolai." ”

"You know that, too?" Zheng Zhihu no longer doubted the identity of Sun Dalei and the others, "Zhihu thanked everyone for their help, please go to the cabin to talk about it." ”

After talking, Sun Dalei learned that the two boats just now were Li Kuiqi's old department. Li Kuiqi had been arrested last year and subsequently sentenced to death, but some of his remnants continued to work as pirates in the Nanyang area, this time occasionally bumping into Zheng Zhihu, and the two sides fought. As for why Zheng Zhihu appeared off the coast of Guangzhou, it was inconvenient for Sun Dalei to ask, so he didn't ask.

"Brother Sun." Zheng Zhihu beckoned, and the person next to him carried a small box, Zheng Zhihu said with a big grin, "This time, thank you Brother Sun for your help, one thousand taels of gold, a small meaning, not a tribute." ”

"A thousand taels of gold." Sun Dalei said secretly in his heart, "It is said that the Zheng family is rich and rivals the country, this shot is a thousand taels, or gold, it is really a local tyrant of the Ming Dynasty." ”

"Brother Zheng is polite." Sun Dalei tried his best to suppress the urge to hold this thousand taels of gold into his arms, "We are all Daming Water Masters, besides, we have great respect for Brother Ling, Brother Zheng is in trouble, help him, that's natural, Brother Zheng doesn't have to be so polite." ”

"Hahahaha, Brother Sun is refreshing." Zheng Zhihu waved his hand, and the person next to him carried the gold away, Sun Dalei was angry in his heart, "You TM elm head, you really didn't give me a few polite words?" ”

At this time, it was already dark, and Zheng Zhihu's cabin was lit with giant wax, shining as if it were day. Zheng Zhihu clapped his hands again, and a few people came in one after another outside, putting wine and meat in the cabin.

"This is at sea, so it's inconvenient." Zheng Zhihu said to Sun Dalei and the others, "Coarse tea and light rice, don't mind, let's have a drink." When I return to Fujian in the future, my brother will thank you again, please. ”

After Zheng Zhihu finished speaking, he didn't care about others, he picked up the bowl first and made a bowl of it.

Several traversers looked at each other, each holding a bowl and taking a sip.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Zhihu sees that your ship is very peculiar and the artillery is far away, I don't know what tricks you have?" Zheng Zhihu put down the wine bowl and asked casually.

Han Wantao couldn't help but think secretly: "This Zheng Zhihu seems to be a reckless man, and he is still so concerned about these things, no wonder Zheng Zhilong can become a tyrant on the sea, and there are no weak soldiers under the strong generals." ”

"There's not much to tell." Sun Dalei's mind quickly thought about the meaning of Zheng Zhihu's words, "It's just that we have learned some methods of Hongyi artificial cannons, coupled with the craftsmen's intentions, that's it." ”

"Haha." Zheng Zhihu didn't ask again, and picked up the wine bowl again, "Zhihu salutes you again." ”

"Brother Zheng." Sun Dalei put down the wine bowl and took out his hand from his clothes, "You and I hit it off at first sight, and there are no gifts in the next place, this hand has followed me for many years, so I have a little heart, please Brother Zheng smile." ”

"Thank you, Brother Sun, for your kindness." Zheng Zhihu took the hand, took it in his hand and looked at it over and over again, "Brother Sun's handpiece is well-made, I don't know what the range is, where did Brother Sun get it?" ”

"The range is only seven or eight feet away. However, this hand-made system was not purchased from the Hongyi people, but made by the Yulin Bay militia in Yazhou. ”

"Really?" Zheng Zhihu's eyes showed a look of surprise, but not very believing, "I'm afraid that this hand is better than the Hongyi people, is it really made by yourself?" ”

"Exactly." Sun Dalei began to slowly lead Zheng Zhihu away, "Not only the hand, but also the artillery on our ship is also made by us. ”

"Do you sell it?" Zheng Zhihu suddenly asked eagerly.

"Does Brother Zheng need a firearm?" Sun Dalei laughed secretly, "I'm going to take the bait." ”

"Absolutely." Zheng Zhihu put his hands on the table, "Yinzi said, my brother is most worried about firearms now, if you can help him solve this problem, then my Zheng family will not treat you badly." ”

"Hehe, that's easy to say." Sun Dalei picked up the wine bowl, "Borrow flowers to offer Buddha, I salute Brother Zheng for a bowl." ”

Zheng Zhihu took a sip of the wine in the bowl and wiped his mouth: "Then do you sell it or not?" ”

"Brother Zheng, don't worry." Sun Dalei also drank the wine in the bowl, "We have few villains in Yulin Bay, and we make firearms for our own use, so there are not many of them." ”

"Then you're not selling?" Zheng Zhihu was a little disappointed.

"It's not that we don't want to help Brother Zheng with this." Han Wantao understood what Sun Dalei meant at this time, "Brother Zheng knows that the manufacture of firearms, especially artillery, requires excellent copper, but there is not so much copper in Qiongzhou, so even if we have the heart to help Brother Zheng, I am afraid that we will be powerless." ”

"Copper?" Zheng Zhihu thought for a while, "Although our Zheng family has been doing business at sea, we haven't paid much attention to this copper, although Dongying Kingdom produces copper, but Dongying Country seems to have a ban on foreign merchants to buy it." ”

Regarding the export of copper from Japan, Sun Dalei knows a little. Prior to the 17th century, copper accounted for a very small share of Japan's foreign trade. From the 17th century, Japan's foreign copper trade began to be active, especially from the second half of the 17th century to the early 18th century, the share of copper in Japan's foreign trade gradually increased, and began to become a commodity in Japan's foreign trade, which was continuously exported abroad. However, during the period 1600-1668, gold and silver remained the main means of payment in Japan's foreign trade, and copper was only in a subsidiary position. Because during this period, Japan's foreign copper trade was affected by Japan's ban on copper exports, and although the export of copper increased, copper trade was not yet the protagonist of Japan's foreign trade. It was not until 1669 that the ban on Japanese copper exports was lifted, and Japan's foreign copper trade began to be active.

The main copper mines in Japan are Besko Copper Mine and Ashio Copper Mine. In 1610, two local people discovered the Ashio deposit, and since then, Ashio Copper Mountain has been officially mined as a mine directly under the jurisdiction of the Edo shogunate. Subsequently, the shogunate set up a special mine management organization in Ashio, the "Money Mint", which greatly developed the Ashio Copper Mountain. Kanei Tsuho, a currency commonly used in the Edo period, was minted using copper from the Ashio Copper Mountains. During the Edo period, Ashio Copper Mine produced about 1,200 tons of copper a year at its peak.

Besko Copper Mountain was only discovered in 1690, and it is still buried in the ground to sleep a lot, and it is the idea of Besko Copper Mountain to fight through the group. After several battles, especially the Battle of Annam, the crossing group found that without the assistance of modern firearms, flintlock pistols and artillery alone could not guarantee 100% victory in every battle, let alone large-scale wars in the future. However, the crossing group now has only a few rifles and 2 machine guns, and the bullets are getting fewer and fewer, and at present, the military research institute is secretly developing the technology of reloading and manufacturing bullets, which also requires a large amount of copper. Although Zhang Guodong did not tell Sun Dalei about the work of the Military Research Institute, he still asked the committee to try his best to get some copper back.