"Can we catch up with the fleet?" A middle-aged man with a fortune asked the captain anxiously.

"No, they've been gone for too long. Our sails took too long. Can't catch up at all. Captain Zhang Scar said helplessly to the merchant.

"Damn. All damn it. The merchant stomped his foot and cursed.

"Afraid of what? We are also armed merchant ships with nine guns on board. Among them were four powerful five-inch guns, facing such artillery. No one can resist it. Captain Zhang Scar said.

"That's what I'm worried about, no matter how much artillery we have, there are not as many pirates, what if we encounter pirates? I heard that they were all ships armed with a dozen cannons. The merchant said excitedly.

"Nonsense, you don't know where you heard this kind of news, is this reliable? This is who told you such news, it's ridiculous. Zhang Scar said with a smile.

"This. This. Isn't that true? The merchant asked, puzzled.

"It's true, but if they were equipped with that much artillery, they wouldn't be able to outrun us, and the artillery was huge, it took up a lot of space, it needed a lot of supplies, and many of the pirate ships were broken. Unless they were robbing a military ship, there was no such possibility. Zhang Scar explained.

"Alright. Don't think about it anymore. Let's hurry. Zhang Scar said with a smile. Then he ordered the ships to move on, because they had a problem with the sails, and there was also a problem with the spare sails, which caused their speed to slow down and break away from the Korean fleet, in order to prevent the Korean ships from being robbed, the Korean government stipulated that the ships could sail only if they had at least fifteen ships, which was a great guarantee for the safety of the fleet, and in the coastal areas of the Chu State, there were still a certain number of pirates, but they were powerless. They were powerless to deal with a fleet of armed South Korean merchant ships. The number of artillery above them exceeds theirs, a ruined pirate ship, it is difficult to hijack such a ship. At most, they hijacked the merchant ships of the Chu State.

"A merchant ship has been spotted ahead." The lookout shouted loudly at this time. All of them noticed a merchant ship not far away.

"Oh." Zhang Scar curiously raised the telescope in his hand to check the situation. Generally speaking. The fleet of the Chu State is also gathered in twos and threes, especially the merchant ships, not for anything else, for safety, the fleet gathers, generally speaking, they have three ships, or more ships, a single ship can only show that the other party's strength is extremely weak.

"Lean in and ask them what's going on." Zhang Scar ordered at this time.

"You can't mess around. If it's a pirate ship, we're not in good shape. Let's stop messing around. Get out of here. The merchant said.

"Don't be afraid, if you can get your guards involved. Maybe you can make a small fortune. Zhang Scar said excitedly.

"Little money?" The merchant looked at Zhang Scar in bewilderment.

"Prepare for battle, engage on the port side." Zhang Scar shouted loudly. The sailors excitedly waved their machetes, and if they hijacked a merchant ship on the way, they would be paid more. Of course. They also want to take risks, but they prefer to do so, because the opportunity to make a fortune is here, and an honest trip to the sea can only be regarded as a small fortune. Get rich, it's still far away.

"They want to run." The first mate said.

"Did you run? With so many goods, it definitely can't run fast. Their ships are still old-fashioned Chu State ships, and there must be a sale, on. Zhang Scar ordered. Soon they approached, and the merchant ships of the Chu State on the opposite side began to be afraid.

"Hey. Korean merchant ships on the opposite side. "After the two boats approached. The other side shouted loudly, and the other party sensitively felt the danger of the strange approach of the Korean merchant ship.

"Don't come any closer. We have cannons on it. The other side shouted loudly. Zhang Scar saw that there was a small cannon on their deck, which was a two-inch gun used by the infantry, in a naval battle, it may still have a certain lethal effect, but the power is very small, far inferior to his own five-inch caliber artillery, he can break the opponent's mast at once, and the opponent has no way to sail at all.

"We also have artillery. All are five-inch cannons. The sailors on board shouted excitedly. Saying that, their artillery was pushed out, and the muzzle of the black hole pointed at their ship, which made the Chu crew on the opposite side very afraid.

"We are Chu people, Koreans and Chu people are all Central Plains people, we all have to deal with the Mengla people, it is not easy for us to come here, everyone is from the Central Plains. Helping each other? The other side shouted loudly. Obviously, the other side has the intention of giving up resistance, after all, they are willing to do business after coming so far, and they are not willing to lose their lives.

"We also want to get rich, I don't know what kind of goods you are loading, if you can, give us some, and we will go together, otherwise, we will not be polite." Zhang Scar shouted loudly.

"Silk, we are all silk, we are not easy either, we have already spent a lot of money on this boat. We just want to make some money and come back. If we can, we can give you fifty horses, that's more. We can't get it out. I really can't take it out. We're all small businesses. The other man spoke.

"Fifty horses is too little, at least a hundred, otherwise, we will go up and grab it ourselves, you know for yourselves what the consequences are, you all have to feed the fish yourself, don't say I didn't tell you." Zhang Scar shouted excitedly. A hundred horses will do. They don't want to kill either, and once the fight starts, who knows if the ship on the opposite side will be able to withstand a few shots, and if it sinks, they will lose a lot. Therefore, under normal circumstances, if you can blackmail, you will blackmail, and if you can't blackmail, you will fight, of course, there are also horizontal ones, and you will fight directly.

"Okay. We admit it. The ship on the opposite side shouted helplessly. This is a kind of piracy robbery, merchants are pirates, pirates are also merchants, justice cannot be popularized here, it cannot be enforced here, it is still very chaotic here, everything is anarchic stage, and such random behavior can easily happen. The only way is to protect yourself, which requires a lot of business power, and the only way in the future is to organize business, not a single individual behavior, because if you continue like this, it is easy to cause huge losses. For example, the ships of the Chu State, fortunately, they did not have a battle process, and both sides left room for it, which was an amateur act of piracy.