(I'm drinking high during the holidays, write half a chapter first, and make up for it later, let's watch it tomorrow morning)

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The biggest difference between a merchant ship and a warship, in addition to the speed of the ship, is defense. Wooden warships are most afraid of fire, so the first thing is to prevent fire, usually applying felt leather to the hull part to keep it out of fire. On both sides of the warship, there are female walls and battle grids, which can provide protection like pheasants on the city wall, and there are also indiscriminate attack weapons such as artillery carts, stones, iron juice and other lethal human ships. Even in the cabin where the crew rests, there are crossbow windows and spear holes, which can be used as a final defense for the enemy once the enemy attacks the ship.

Zhao Lie had not seen the warships of this era up close, but that didn't prevent him from arranging the merchant ship as a temporary warship.

Soon, the spare decks, dining tables, and stools, carried by a group of half-sized people, twisted and twisted on the side of the ship. Then the two boys brought a bucket of taper nails, and the older boys such as Zhang Junbao, Grasshopper, and Kuromaru picked up the hammer and knocked the taper nails into the cabin table and bench one by one, and firmly fixed them on the deck surface.

There were also children who brought fire oil, sand and stones, altars and jars, and other defensive objects, and piled them up behind the obstacles.

The pirates over there all laughed and leaned back, and the laughter drifted in the sea breeze: "Why are all the children busy, the adults?" Aren't you going to wet your pants completely? Are you hiding in the cabin to wash your pants? Hahahaha! ”

The merchant ship was still quiet, not only the adults were nowhere to be seen, but even the children were returning to the cabin one by one after finishing their work, and gradually, like a large merchant ship, it was empty.

The pirate ship slowly approached, one front and two wings, forming a semi-encirclement momentum. As Ding Xiaoyi said, because the merchant ship is close to the reef, the pirate ship cannot go around the back to attack, so as not to be attacked on the back.

When the ship was close to 20 zhang, the big-shouldered and round-waisted pirate wrestler slowly lowered the mast with a winch (the "sleepable mast" was commonly used by large ships in the Song Dynasty, that is, the mast base was equipped with a rotating shaft, and the mast could be raised or lowered at any time), and the sail was lowered to a stop.

In the bow of the largest warship, there is a big man with a red scarf on his head, a silver medal hanging from his waist, a beard like a hedgehog, and a face full of meat. But seeing that he was rubbing the silver medal with one hand and the nine-ring broadsword in the other, he squinted at the empty merchant ship for a long time, and tore his throat suddenly, and his voice sounded like thunder: "That kid, is it called Zhao Hunt?" Grandpa is Chen Yi! ”

In the past, as soon as Chen Yi reported his name, the hijacked merchant ships would be in chaos, and everyone would scurry like headless flies. In short, the whole ship will shake. This time, however, it was so quiet that only the sound of waves hitting the reef could be heard.

There was no movement for a long time, Chen Yi felt a thick disregard, and his two thin eyebrows were raised: "Zhao Lie listens to the truth, return the master's goods a lot obediently, grandpa only needs you to take a photo, in order to punish you for not knowing Mount Tai." Each of your companions will have his arm cut off, and he will live or die. How is it? ”

According to the rules of the rivers and lakes, Zhao Lie and others "committed", Chen Yi's punishment can really be called "compassion". It's just that this evil coward, known as the living Yama, would be so easy to talk to? I'm afraid no one will believe it.

Chen Yi didn't wait for the other side to respond, and said loudly: "Good teachers and others know that between life and wealth, the master only needs wealth." As long as you return the things, dig up the photos and break your arms, and the brothers will turn around and leave. If there is half a lie, the godmaster will encounter a head wind when he goes to sea, and he will not be able to return to the dock,"

Anyone who begs for a living at sea knows that this oath is quite heavy. Even the most vicious people will have scruples and bottom lines, and this is the bottom line of pirates.

The reason why Chen Yi didn't work hard, but spoke well, was that he was afraid of forcing the other party to burn the jade, set fire to the boat, and lose both his personal and wealth. He couldn't figure it out, and there were forty-three men on the merchant ship, from the proprietor to the galley, all of whom obediently raised white flags and surrendered. There are only eight people on the other side (thirty-two children are automatically ignored by him), what kind of courage makes them dare to resist to the death?

After a long time, the merchant ship finally moved, and a man in a square scarf and green shirt paced out and said in a loud voice: "Chen Yi, your reputation as a tide thief is too bad, even if you swear by a gambling curse, it is difficult to be convinced." But if you can do something, you can gain people's trust. ”

Chen Yi stared at this person coldly: "You say." ”