"What?"

Bu Xingyou was really shocked, he had been on the sea for decades, and he didn't know how many winds and waves he had experienced, but there was no change like today, which shocked his heart, and his face turned pale all of a sudden, and he couldn't even hold the telescope in his hand, and fell directly into the sea: "How is it possible!" ”

Not to mention him, the pirates in the entire Jinbaochang don't know what to do next!

That's the Baoshun wheel! Two sixty-pounder rifled guns at the bow and tail, and the crew on them were also armed with a large number of Mini rifles with a maximum range of about 1,000 yards, which was too advantageous in naval battles.

Originally, in the battle with Ye Niangzi, Bu Xing's fleet only had the upper hand, but there was no absolute advantage, but now this Baoshun ship took refuge in the Hongjun and raised the red flag, then the whole situation has completely changed, and Bu Liang is about to cry: "What should I do next?" ”

But on the other side of the sea, Ye Niangzi's side can be said to be jubilant, Ye Yudie shouted: "Set sail, full speed!" Buxing is really preparing to ambush us off the coast of Ningbo! ”

This was originally expected by Ye Niangzi, and Ah Ning beside her said in a loud voice: "Niangniang, don't think about getting away with Bu Xingyou today!" Bite the Jinbaochang, and the caron cannon will bombard it! ”

It's just that Ye Yudie smiled and said: "Don't worry, Jin Baochang's opponent is not us, it's Baoshun Wheel, send a flag to Baoshun, tell them that they can stage a big show!" ”

Some old sailors already showed joy on their faces: "Niangniang, you are as clever as a god!" said that Buxing must have set up an ambush in the open sea to cut off our back road, and Buxing is indeed here! ”

Ye Niangzi said: "This is all the idea of inspection, it is not our turn to fight for merit, play the flag, tell Zhang Sigui, smash Jin Baochang, and double the reward!" ”

And on the "Baochang" steam steamer worth 140,000 taels of silver, Zhang Sigui also said with a smile: "Ye Niangniang, the Jinbaochang has been sunk, and the reward has been doubled!" ”

Bu Xingyou would never have thought that Ye Niangzi's attack on Ningbo Port this time was to pick up Zhang Sigui's Baoshun Wheel to revolt in Ningbo on the spot and return to Taizhou immediately, but since Bu Xingyou sent meat to the door, she could only be polite.

When the Huayang sailors below heard this, they immediately let out a cheer, and someone immediately shouted in English: "Chief Engineer, accelerate, accelerate!" ”

The steam engine was running at full power, roaring and running, and the thick black smoke became the most conspicuous scenery of the entire naval battle, and both Chinese and Westerners seemed to see a large reward waiting for them.

It's just that Zhang Sigui didn't take those rewards in his eyes, although nominally, he was the person who took the most money on the entire Baoshun ship, but his emotions at this moment were a little complicated, and he felt a little sorry for the North businessman and Daotai Duan Guangqing who ran for this Baoshun ship.

They paid too much for this Baoshun ship, but they drove the Baoshun ship to Liu Jiehu at this critical time, but he quickly suppressed all these negative emotions and shouted: "Give Buxing a good look today!" ”

There are no regrets, and now the Baoshun wheel has become the most powerful warship of the Hongjun Navy, and Zhang Sigui has flashed the bits and pieces of this uprising.

Originally, he didn't have the idea of taking refuge in Liu Chang, after all, he was just a group of rebels in Taizhou, and he couldn't make a big deal, and the orthodoxy in the world was still the Qing Dynasty, so he even wanted to suppress it after he found that the Western sailors under him were in turmoil.

But Feng Wenmang's door-to-door visit changed all this, the Feng family is a famous family, Cixi has been famous for more than a thousand years, and the Zhang family is also a famous family in Cixi County for hundreds of years, but now the status of the Feng family is far higher than that of the Zhang family, so Zhang Sigui didn't expect that Feng Wenqian came to persuade him to rebel and pull Bao Shunlun to the side of the Hongjun, and he even broke the teacup on the spot, and drove the second young master Feng out of the house. …,

But Feng Wenmeng said carefully, Zhang Sigui was immediately moved, he still remembered what Feng Wenkui said at the time: "The world is turbid, and there is almost no trace of light in this Qing Dynasty.

Zhang Sigui was almost one of the first people to open his eyes to the world in this afternoon, he ran abroad, came into contact with foreigners, and even spoke fluent English, but because of this, he was so desperate.

Baoshun is such a steam steamer, isn't it? But it is a common thing in the outer oceans, where several steamers are launched every day, and even such paddle steamers are almost obsolete in the outer oceans, and new propeller-driven ships are now popular.

Not to mention the countless new technologies such as railways, telegraphs, and steam engines, Zhang Sigui only has one feeling, that is, the Westerners are already thousands of miles away, and even some small vassals of Fusang are making rapid progress, only the Qing Dynasty in the dark is still a complete clay-footed giant.

The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom seemed to be difficult to pacify, but as long as it bought 20 steamships and a large number of foreign guns and cannons, it was easy to bulldoze the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, but those high-ranking officials and dignitaries refused to change with the most conservative ideas, and even the steamships were not allowed to break through. The purchase of this Baoshun ship this time finally achieved a breakthrough in the strict operation of the system, but this breakthrough took the efforts of many people up and down, and he even had a feeling of despair, so he was a really sober person.

Therefore, Feng Wenkui's words hit his heart at once, and then Feng Wenjian talked eloquently: "Now the Manchu Qing Dynasty is self-contained, and the long hair is close to the cult, and none of them can succeed, only those who can do things, only the Hongjun inspection Liu Chang is also!" ”

Zhang Sigui still couldn't believe that the Feng family's famous family for more than a thousand years had bet on Liu Chang: "Is this what you mean, or what Old Lady Feng means?" Or what does Feng Xiaolian mean? ”

Feng Wenkui smiled: "I mean, their old people are not easy to accept new ideas, by the way, solemnly introduce me, the president of Feng's telegraph company!" ”

"The Fung Telegraph Company?" Zhang Sigui was one of the few people who knew about the telegram: "How is this possible? Liu Jiehu, he agreed to you to do the telegram? ”

"Build a telegraph, build a railroad, set up a factory, build a steamship!" Feng Wenjian smiled: "Now everything is available, only the east wind is owed!" ”

"Really?" Zhang Sigui didn't expect a thief to have such an understanding: "How can there be such a character?" ”

But Feng Wenkui let him see his telegraph equipment: "Now even Western technicians have been invited over, as long as Liu Jian soldiers enter Ningbo Mansion, this telegraph line can be erected immediately!" ”

Zhang Sigui really believed it: "Okay! I promise you, when the time comes, you will preside over the telegraph railroad on land, and I will be in charge of shipbuilding and shipping at sea, and we will go hand in hand! ”

It turned out that Zhang Sigui thought that it was extremely difficult to sail a boat to join such a gang of thieves as the Hongjun, but he soon found that there was nothing easier than this.

Now there are about 20 Chinese and 60 foreigners on the Baoshun ship, half of whom are his own people, absolutely reliable, and the rest also have friendships, and he has always worried about these foreigners.

You must know that these foreigners control the key position of the entire Baoshun ship, not to mention that the steam engine cannot be started without these foreigners, but soon these foreigners took the initiative to catch up with him.

Among these foreigners, there were two more pulls, one was a pawn sent in by Rusya, and the other was bought by Demmons, these two profiteers both relied on Liu Chang's arms business to make a fortune, and naturally did not want such a good business to come to an end. …,

Even if this steamship is worth 140,000 taels of silver, but the steamship is still an ordinary person, to put it simply, it doesn't matter what kind of rifle it is, what matters is the finger that pulls the trigger and the person behind the finger.

At first, there was some conflict between the pawns played by Demmens and Ruth Yab, but the two groups quickly converged, and then they boarded up with Zhang Sigui, who was bent on sailing south.

At present, 70% of the personnel of the entire Baoshun ship are already determined to drive the ship southward, but the remaining 30% are still some wall-riding factions, but fortunately, the fine tradition of Chinese people eating and paying has helped Zhang Sigui.

This Baoshun cost 140,000 taels of silver, but the salary of the next 80 people on this ship was not a small amount, like the three chief engineers, according to the price agreed upon when they were hired in Shanghai, each of them could get 350 silver yuan a month.

However, the money spent on buying a ship was too much, and it could only be deducted back in this regard, and the three chief engineers who were originally scheduled to take 350 silver yuan arrived in Ningbo only to be told that they could only get 200 silver yuan, and both Chinese and foreigners found that their treatment was almost halved, and after arriving in Ningbo, they had not officially paid a salary, and as a result, the morale of the whole ship was very low.

In this case, Ye Niangzi's action to receive the Baoshun wheel could not be smoother, no one was willing to send sǐ for the Qing Dynasty, and in less than ten minutes, the entire Baoshun wheel was under the control of Zhang Sigui, and then Zhang Sigui offered his own reward.

As long as you arrive at the Taizhou Mansion, you will be paid three months' wages immediately, and then everyone's wages will be doubled, and this is still the basic salary, as long as you go to sea to patrol and perform duties, you will have a special allowance to receive, not to mention sinking enemy ships and capturing enemy soldiers, the reward cannot be higher.

Ye Niangzi originally felt that the cost of this plan was too great, and she was afraid that a one-time expenditure of three months' salary would cost tens of thousands of silver yuan, but Liu Chang told her that this deal couldn't be more cost-effective: "Duan Guangqing spent 140,000 silver to buy the steamer, and you can get it back with 10,000 silver yuan, and this one in and one out is the profit of 280,000 taels of silver." ”

In this way, if it weren't for the urgency of time, Ye Niangzi would have wanted to pay these three months' wages on the spot.

Even so, the morale of the crew on the Baoshun ship is very high now, not to mention that the Hong army sent an infantry platoon to reinforce the Baoshun ship, and all the key positions were controlled.

In this case, the Baoshun ship took the lead in riding the wind and waves, and went to Buxingyou's fleet...... ）