Chapter 316: Diamond Sutra

The fleet traveled for about half an hour before it joined the four warships that had departed from the northern pier.

Guo Jintao issued the order loudly, and the flag soldier conveyed the order to the other warships.

Ten warships slowly turned on the surface of the sea, forming a zigzag formation and heading south.

Zhao Zizhong's ship is the flagship of the entire fleet, located in the center of the Pinzi formation, according to the original plan, Boris, Du Dalei, and Zhai Xiaoshan respectively commanded three warships as three detachments.

Boris led three warships in the front, Du Dalei on the left, Zhai Xiaoshan on the right, and nine warships surrounded Zhao Zizhong's flagship in the middle, heading south.

At this time, several thin figures rushed out of the cabin and rushed towards Zhao Zi.

Guo Jintao hurriedly stopped in front of Zhao Zizhong and scolded: "What are you running!" You three boys, don't draw charts in the cabin, you all come out to fight? ”

Zhao Zi looked back and immediately smiled, it was Hu Yidao, Jackie Chan, and Tian Renfeng.

"Mr. Zhao, we have to complain, Guo Jintao abused us!"

"yes, he locked us in the cabin, and we've all drawn dozens of charts."

"We're going to vomit, Guo Jintao is so inauthentic, do you want to call the shots for us? Woooooo Tian Renfeng covered his face and cried.

Zhao Zizhong walked over and slapped each of the three boys, "Tian Renfeng, you kid is still pretending to cry, do you want to be locked up in a small black house?" ”

Tian Renfeng immediately put down his hand and said with a smile: "Mr. Zhao, aren't I joking with you, who knows that your old man has a sharp eye and will see through my little tricks at once." You're really better than the Monkey King! ”

Zhao Zizhong asked suspiciously, "How do you know about Monkey King?" Who told you about "Journey to the West"? ”

Hu Yidao said first: "It's Uncle Du, he tried to solve the binary quadratic equation with Tian Renfeng, but he lost." He wanted to bribe us with money, but we were rejected by a few of us with righteous words. We just wanted him to tell us about "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", but he said that he was not familiar with "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", so he told us "Journey to the West". ”

Zhao Zizhong turned around and asked Guo Jintao: "Old Guo, how many charts do you let them draw?" ”

Guo Jintao said with a smile: "Not much, not much, that is, more than 200 sheets." ”

Zhao Zizhong couldn't help but smack his tongue: "That's not much!" Why are there so many charts to draw? ”

"Mr. Zhao, we have ten warships. If one of the warships loses contact with us, they will be left to sail alone. If you don't have a chart in hand, you are likely to be in danger. You think more than 200 is a lot, and if you divide it among each warship, it's just more than 20. These three boys just want to be lazy. ”

Jackie Chan hurriedly said: "Mr. Zhao, we are not lazy. All three of us have been painting for several days, and we don't complain about being tired, and that's because we're painting on the island. But today is different, drawing nautical charts in the cabin, the warship is shaking, we still have to insist on drawing, our heads are a few laps bigger, Tian Renfeng vomited just now. We couldn't hold on any longer, so we wanted to breathe on the deck. ”

Zhao Zizhong was happy: "I said Lao Guo, it's okay for you to use child labor, but it can't be too excessive." They are still young, so they should combine work and rest and let them rest for a while. ”

"yes, we're still young, so let's play for a while." Hu Yidao pleaded with Guo Jintao.

Guo Jintao glared at him: "Okay, aren't you tired of drawing?" I'll let you move your muscles. Go and scrub the deck at once, if you can't clean it, you won't have anything to eat at night, so don't you go quickly!" ”

The three boys wailed, "Ah, it's so inhumane! Don't let us live! ”

"Mr. Zhao, you don't care about him, Guo Jintao is using us as big animals!"

Zhao Zizhong spread out his hands, "I can't help it, the entire fleet is under the management of Lao Guo." On the ship, I will obey his orders. Just bear with it. ”

The three boys reluctantly went to wipe the deck, Guo Jintao said with a smile: "Mr. Zhao, I have been strict with them according to your instructions." You can't intercede for them. ”

Zhao Zi nodded emphatically and said, "You just try to toss them as much as possible, I have no opinion." These three boys, if they are idle, they will not be settled. As long as they find an opportunity, they don't necessarily poke out some kind of basket. ”

At this time, a sailor came over and said, "Mr. Zhao, Commander Guo, I have found a supply fleet in front, about five miles away from our warship. ”

Zhao Zizhong walked to the bow of the ship, and saw a sail shadow in the sea area ahead, and more than a dozen merchant ships were connected end to end, lined up in a long snake formation, and were heading south.

Zhao Zizhong said to Guo Jintao: "Old Guo, you come to command the fleet." Let the warships guard the merchant ships in the middle, and then don't let the guards be idle, let them keep changing formations, and get familiar with the cooperation between the warships as soon as possible. ”

Guo Jintao nodded: "Yes, the speed of the warship is much faster than that of the merchant ship, and if the warship follows the merchant ship, it will be too boring." I would direct the ships and keep them turning, moving in formation, and then let the guards who operated the bed crossbows and ballistas practice firing at high speeds. ”

So Guo Jintao began to give orders continuously, and several flag soldiers were busy, waving flags to the surrounding warships to convey Guo Jintao's orders.

As a result, warships began to weave around the merchant fleet, like hyenas foraging on the African savannah, circling around the bulky buffalo.

Zhao Zi raised the telescope again and observed the situation around him. He saw that the guards on each warship were busy in an orderly manner, maneuvering the warships to move flexibly and freely at high speed on the sea.

Zhao Zizhong felt very relieved that his hard work for more than a year had not been in vain. Now the sailors and guards can skillfully control the warship, skillfully make various movements on the windy and rough sea, and have formed the initial combat effectiveness.

At the same time, the monk Tai Qin, who was standing on the deck of the Boris ship, was also very excited to see this spectacular scene.

It was the first time in his life that he had gone to sea, and when he saw such a large fleet of ships sailing south on the vast sea, his heart swelled up.

The strength of the Seven Seas Company is indeed a hegemon, although their career is just starting now, and the population under their rule is not large. But Seven Seas has amazing potential.

The bed crossbows and ballistas installed on their warships were definitely a weapon for naval warfare. Tai Qin knew that the tactics of water warfare in various countries now mainly relied on jumping gangs, allowing soldiers to jump on the deck of the opponent's warship and fight with swords.

But Boris told him just now that Seven Seas has abandoned the gang jumping tactics, mainly relying on bed crossbows and ballistas to kill and injure enemies from a long distance, so that the opponent can only be beaten passively and has no power to fight back.

Tai Qin also thought that the Seven Seas Company had produced many magical objects, such as lamp oil and candles used in Qingliang Temple, as well as perfumes, toilet water, soaps, soaps, whale skin bags, and leather boots that were highly sought after in Jinling City. There are also snow salts and spirits, which are very popular.

These are all novelties that have never been seen before, and Seven Seas will definitely make an incredible fortune with these things in the future.

Tai Qin was very confused, where did these brothers come from? There is no mention of this in the Buddhist scriptures. Could it be that outside the Three Realms and Six Realms, there are really many unknown places?

Buddha, my disciple really doesn't know what to do now! Your magic power is boundless, just give your disciple a hint!

Standing at the bow of the boat, Taichen began to recite the scriptures aloud:

"At that time, Su Bodhi heard that it was a scripture, deeply understood the righteousness, wept and wept, and the white Buddha said: 'I hope there is a world-honored one, the Buddha said that it is a very profound scripture, and I have never heard such a scripture in the past. World-honored one, if there are people who hear the scriptures and have pure faith, they will be born into reality. When you know that you are a human being, you will achieve the first rare merit. World-honored one is the one who is the reality, that is, the one who is not the other. That's why it's like the name is true. World-honored, I have heard such a classic today, and it is not difficult to believe in it and accept it. If in the next life, after 500 years old, there are sentient beings who can hear the scriptures, believe and understand them, and be the first beings. ’

'Why?' ’

'This person has no self, no one, no beings, no longevity. ’......”

Boris, who was standing behind Tai Chin, couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion when he heard him reciting the Diamond Sutra.

When he was studying in Beijing, he had studied Buddhism and was familiar with the Diamond Sutra. It seems that the monk Taiqin was very uneasy in his heart, and he wanted to get the answer from the Buddhist scriptures.

These days, Taichen has been wandering around the island, visiting many workshops and talking to the artisans when he has nothing to do. He also went to the academy and the academy, where the children in the hall played and exchanged knowledge with the scholars of the academy.

In the evening, Tai Qin also went to the night school to sit and see first-hand how the homeless people read and write.

He also invited a few homeless workers to drink and chat, and inquired in detail about their situation on Qishan Island.

It seems that Taiqin is also very conflicted in his heart, and it was none of his business to go to sea to fight. But he insisted on going to the Penghu Islands with the fleet, trying to influence the pirates there as much as possible, so that they would not do the act of blocking the car with their mantis arms and surrender to the Seven Seas Company.

At that time, Du Dalei and An Dalang laughed at Tai Qin's actions, saying that his desire to influence those vicious pirates was completely unreasonable.

However, Zhao Zizhong respected Taiqin very much, and asked him to go to sea with the fleet to see for himself whether those pirates could be persuaded by him to succeed and surrender to the Seven Seas Company, so as to cause less murder.

Later, Taiqin and Zhao Zizhong reached an agreement, and when they reached the pirate's lair, Taiqin landed first to persuade the pirate. If the pirates refuse to surrender, use * and * to reason.