Ji Qingwen was not in a hurry at all, and seeing that it was getting late, he asked Zheng Zhilong to go back to the ship first, and wait until dawn tomorrow to deliver silk, silver and other things.

Because he heard that his subordinates were going to spend the night in this fishing village, Chen Wenzhao divided his 200 sergeants into four groups, and every other hour, they changed shifts and slept to keep vigilant at all times.

Ji Qingwen saw that they were so tightly guarded, but he really hoped that a few unknown gangsters would come over to challenge, so that he could crush his opponent, and by the way, take a look at the combat effectiveness of these newly recruited sergeants.

Unexpectedly, this night was extremely peaceful, not to mention the gangsters who came to send them to death, even the rats who sneaked over to steal dry food were not half a mouse, which made Ji Qingwen have a very calm night.

So in the early morning of the next day, Zheng Zhilong took someone off the boat early and came to the sleepy-eyed Ji Qingwen and asked him to count and hand over the silk and silver.

Ji Qingwen didn't know if it was because he was disappointed or because he didn't wake up, so he waved his hand happily, and asked Li Yan and Duo Jiugong, who were traveling with him, to go with Zheng Zhilong to do business, while he walked around this somewhat cramped and narrow fishing village with his hands behind his back.

Although this fishing village is inconspicuous, it is located in a harbor, and two landmasses on both sides of the harbor stretch out to the sea, like two arms, isolating the dozens of modest fishing boats anchored in the harbor from the stormy waves outside the harbor.

And Zheng Zhilong's big ship is also docked in this harbor.

Zheng Zhilong himself is extremely conceited about his ship, and claims to be the best ship in the East China Sea.

It was the first time that Ji Qingwen was able to take a closer look at Zheng Zhilong's sea ship - I saw that this boat was nearly 20 zhang long, but the width was only about 4 zhang, which was very slender, thinking that it was for the convenience of riding the wind and waves in the rough waves;

The hull is paved with the wood of the first number, and several important parts of the bow and stern are wrapped in iron sheets, and painted with new and shiny paint, which looks very strong;

The three masts on the deck are towering into the sky, and although several large sails have been lowered, three pure white flags embroidered with the word "Zheng" in red thread are waving in the wind, as if to spread the name of Zheng Zhilong's maritime overlord all over the world;

What is particularly striking is that on the side of Zheng Zhilong's sea ship, there are actually six cannons, and the muzzles of the cannons are pointed obliquely at the sky, as if even God dares to shoot down.

Ji Qingwen was fascinated, Zheng Zhilong walked up slowly, and said with a smile on his face: "Lord Ji, the villain, this sea ship, have you still seen it?" ”

"Well, good ship! Good ship! Ji Qingwen nodded and praised two sentences, and then asked, "Have the silk and silver been handed over?" Didn't take advantage of you, did you? ”

Zheng Zhilong hurriedly said: "No, no." It's all fine silk, and if it's sent to Japan, it can make the villain earn a lot of silver. ”

Ji Qingwen suddenly changed his words, pointed to the deck of the sea ship in front of him, and asked, "Then let me ask you, where did you get those guns on your ship?" ”

Although Li Yuanyin, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, who acted with Ji Qingwen's subordinates in the countryside and braved the regiment, also became vigilant and said, "Yes! The power of artillery is huge, and it has always been strictly forbidden for the people to possess it in the imperial court. The combat role of the army is also marked, and there will inevitably be no outflow ......."

Zheng Zhilong traveled south and north, and naturally knew how powerful Jinyiwei was, so he could only answer truthfully: "Don't dare to deceive Lord Ji." In addition to the waves, sea breezes, currents, and unpredictable sea conditions, we must also guard against pirates. So the villain's ship is naturally equipped with a few cannons, but most of them are used to scare people, and they have not been used a few times...... As for these cannons, they were bought from the Dutch, English, and French, and they were definitely not used by the thieves and soldiers......"

When Ji Qingwen heard Zheng Zhilong say this, he became a little interested, and said: "This thing is very rare, can you let me get on the boat and take a look, and let me put two more cannons to try the effect?" Zheng Shipowner? ”

Although Zheng Zhilong was reluctant for outsiders to get on the ship, Ji Qingwen was holding the royal silk in his hand and mastering the customs clearance survey, he was his real food and clothing parents, and he could never be offended, so he had to reluctantly agree to Ji Qingwen's request.

So Ji Qingwen, Li Yan, Chen Wenzhao, Huang Degong and others boarded the deck one by one through the soft ladder hanging from the side of Zheng Zhilong's ship, while Li Yuanyin was left on the shore by Ji Qingwen in the name of restraining the army.

As soon as he got on the ship, Ji Qingwen saw that the deck of this sea ship was cleaned spotlessly, and it seemed that it was not much dirtier than the table he used to eat, and various objects and tools such as cables, springboards, iron anchors, pulleys, and crowbars used on the ship were also placed neatly in different categories - quite figured out with Chen Wenzhao's method of governing the army - it can be seen that Zheng Zhilong also has some means of leading troops.

The guns that aroused Ji Qingwen's curiosity were firmly fixed on the side of the ship, and the barrels seemed to have been smeared with special grease, shining in the sun. And next to the artillery, three large boxes were placed side by side, all covered with tarpaulins.

Ji Qingwen stepped forward to take a closer look, but saw a few English letters clearly poured on the body of an artillery: "Made in England"; On the other gun, there were a few letters that even Ji Qingwen couldn't read: "Gemaakt in Nederland".

Zheng Zhilong saw that Ji Qingwen was fascinated, so he smiled and said, "Master Ji is well-informed, and he must have seen the doorway. These cannons were indeed not secretly bought from the official army, right? ”

Ji Qingwen nodded thoughtfully: "You are not lying, this cannon is made in England in your mouth, and as for the one next to it, it is probably also made in Europa, but unfortunately I can't recognize the words on it......"

Zheng Zhilong was shocked when he heard this: "Lord Ji really learned from China and abroad, this cannon is indeed an English product I bought from a Francophone man, and the one next to it was captured by me from a Dutch pirate ship, I guess it should be a Dutch cargo......"

Ji Qingwen nodded, not at all happy that he had guessed the origin of these two cannons, but said, "Then you can try a few cannons for me." ”

Zheng Zhilong gritted his teeth and said, "If a cannonball is fired, ten taels of silver will be gone...... Alas! Forget it, since Lord Ji wants to see it, then I'll let it go! ”

As he spoke, Zheng Zhilong stretched out his hand to summon two gunners, casually pointed to a reef looming in the middle of the waves in the depths of the sea, and said: "A few of you, aim at that stone for me, give me some accuracy, if you are embarrassed in front of Lord Ji, be careful that I will give you hardship!" ”

The two gunners visually inspected the reef, nodded confidently, and said, "Boss, please!" But what kind of shells do you want to use? ”

"Use both, let Lord Ji see the excitement." Zheng Zhilong replied.

But I heard Chen Wenzhao whisper in Ji Qingwen's ear: "My lord, I have seen this thing artillery, and the power is indeed very huge, but this Zheng Zhilong's tone seems to be too big, that reef is five hundred steps away from here, and no matter how elite the artillery is, it can't hit that far, even if it barely hits, I don't know where it went......

Ji Qingwen didn't answer Chen Wenzhao's words, and watched intently as the two gunners skillfully acted.

I saw that the two men opened the wooden boxes placed next to the artillery, first took out the gunpowder from one of them, measured the weight with the scale, and stuffed it into the muzzle; He took out a round, swarthy cannonball from another box and stuffed it into the muzzle of the cannon; Finally, he lit the fuse and shouted, "Be careful, let off the gun!" ”

As soon as they finished speaking, there was a very dull roar, and the cannonballs flew straight out of the muzzles, and after a short flight, they disintegrated into countless pieces in the air, and caused a large wave next to the reef.

Zheng Zhilong introduced: "This is a scattered flower bomb. ”

The two gunners took out the binoculars they were carrying, looked at the reef, and proudly reported: "Boss, you hit the bull's eye!" ”

With that, they repeated the action they had just done, but the cannonball that came out of the muzzle did not disperse in the air, but slashed through a pure black arc and rushed straight to the reef, and the moment it came into contact with the reef, the cannonball immediately burst open, and a cloud of black, gray, and white smoke and dust was raised on the reef.

By the time the smoke settled, the half-sunken, half-floating reef had disappeared completely and disappeared beneath the undulating sea level!