Chapter Seventy-Three: Poor Character
The family members were so shocked, such a small cannon, although it looked very exquisitely made, it didn't look like it was very powerful, but after the cannonball was fired, the fast eyes couldn't catch it, how could they not be surprised.
The third shot finally hit within twenty meters of the plank.
Li Chuan was in high spirits and continued to fire until he fired more than a dozen rounds before he was addicted.
And the best one, just a little bit of a hit.
"Who's going to try?"
Li Chuan stepped aside and asked the cadres.
"I'm coming!"
Liu Sanmao was the most active, and immediately squeezed forward, standing in the position where Li Chuan was standing just now with an excited face.
Zhao Tiezhu also wanted to make a move, but Liu Sanmao took the lead, so he glared at him angrily.
A group of family members took turns to fight, and they had a lot of fun.
Li Chuan's heart was twitching, without him, the ammunition was too expensive, before Levin handed him a batch of shells, all 100 mortars were delivered, and the grenades were only half completed, there were 5,000 rounds, and in just a short period of time, more than 60 grenades had been knocked out.
One grenade is 6,000, and more than 60 rounds are more than 300,000 pieces.
It is said that when the cannon goes off, there are ten thousand taels of gold, and the ancients really don't deceive me.
This is just the beginning, if a group of qualified gunners are trained, it is estimated that 10,000 shells will not be enough.
When we arrived, it was a small island, seven or eight kilometers at its longest point and one kilometer at its narrowest point. The island is full of greenery and the scenery is very nice, but unfortunately there is no pier and big ships cannot dock at all.
"It's a little small!"
Li Chuan is somewhat regretful, such a small island really has no development value, if it is a little bigger, it would be good to be able to reach half of Hong Kong Island, and it can be developed as a base, or even built into a leisure island.
Unfortunately, the island is too small to be of great development value.
The family members were a little confused, and they couldn't figure out what the young master wanted to do.
A broken island, what is there to see, I have to run and take a look.
"Let's go, go back!"
Li Chuan waved his hand and prepared to go home.
"Young master, a ship is coming."
At this moment, a sailor put down his binoculars and reported to Li Chuan.
"Huh?"
Li Chuan was stunned, took the telescope and watched in person.
Sure enough, more than a dozen miles away, three large ships were heading this way from the direction they had come.
Because it was too far away, I could only see the approximate and could not see the flag on the ship clearly.
When sailing on the sea, you can't be too careful.
Li Chuan thought about it for a moment and said, "Let's go west!" ”
Huang Tianxiang nodded, and immediately ordered the sailors to change course.
The big ship slowly turned and headed west.
But soon, the sailor in charge of keeping an eye reported again: "Young master, those ships are also here." ”
Li Chuan frowned, could it be that he was coming at himself again?
We're not afraid, but it's too disturbing.
Every time you take a boat, you will encounter something, are you really so hated?
"Catch up!"
Li Chuan said with a calm face: "I want to defend it, which way is the immortal." ”
Huang Tianxiang answered, and immediately ordered the sailors to meet him.
On the other hand, the speed at which the distance is approached immediately doubles.
After about half an hour, the distance between the two sides had reached about six miles, that is, three kilometers.
Huang Tianxiang held up the binoculars and looked at it, and said, "It's a pirate." ”
"Where did so many pirates come from?"
Li Chuan scoffed: "Besides, even if there are so many pirates, why am I so unlucky, I went out to sea twice, and I can meet pirates every time." Since you're a pirate, you're welcome, hit me with a cannon. ”
"Yes, young master!"
The family members immediately became excited, they had just learned to shoot cannons, and the death note came.
"Quick, get the shells."
Zhao Tiezhu personally operated the cannon, ready to teach those things that were not eye-opening.
After the previous surprise, coupled with the personal artillery, the family members already knew the range of the mortar, and it could reach ten miles away, since the pirates were within the range of the cannon, how could there be any polite reason.
Huang Tianxiang took a breath and said, "It turned out to be a big fortune ship." ”
"Daifuku ship?"
Li Chuan didn't know much about ancient sailing ships, and he didn't understand them too much.
Huang Tianxiang said: "The Fu ship is the most common sea ship, and it is said that when Zheng Gong went to the West, the main body of the fleet was the Fu ship. With a pointed bow and a wide tail, two upturned heads and a high bow and tail, this type of ship can be used for ramming, and with a draft of up to four meters, it is most suitable for naval warfare. The Dafu ship is the largest kind of ship in the Fu ship, this kind of ship costs 100,000 silver, I heard that only the shipyard of the Zheng family in Fujian can build it, and it will build two at most a year, are these pirates the Zheng family's people? ”
"The Zheng family?"
Li Chuan's face was gloomy, and the roots of his teeth itched with hatred.
Huang Tianxiang was puzzled: "Did the young master offend the Zheng family?" ”
I don't seem to have offended the Zheng family, what is the Zheng family going to do?
Li Chuan shook his head and said, "Why do I offend the Zheng family if I have nothing to do?" Previously, the Zheng family also won the bid for the bidding of Western goods, are you sure that this ship is really the blessing ship of the Zheng family, not someone else's fake? ”
Huang Tianxiang affirmed: "You can't be mistaken, the little one has been dealing with ships for half his life, and he has seen a lot of lucky boats, and he has also seen this kind of big lucky boat." If it is a small lucky boat, the Zheng family will also sell it to those merchants, but this kind of largest lucky ship is the foundation of the Zheng family's fleet being invincible across the sea, and it has never been sold out, and others have not been able to rob the Zheng family's ship. ”
"Hit me, hit me hard."
Li Chuan said with a bad face: "Since it is under the banner of pirates, it must be ill-intentioned, since this is the case, then don't blame me for being unkind." No matter how durable this ship is, I don't believe that those people on board can carry my cannons. ”
At the same time, on the Mifune Daifuku ship, a group of people were also standing on the deck and looking into the distance.
"My lord, they're coming."
A sailor put up a pergola and looked at it for a while, then turned back to report to a man who looked like a leader standing behind him.
"Huh?"
The man was slightly stunned, stared at it for a while, and sure enough, he saw that the black dot in his line of sight seemed to be moving to this side, and immediately said excitedly: "Catch me up, this time I must catch the one surnamed Li and let him hand over the channel of Western goods." ”
"Yes!"
A sailor agreed, and immediately gave the order to go.
"Big brother, the firearm surnamed Li is powerful, be careful."
A man next to him reminded him, lest the boat capsize in the gutter.
The man said disappreciatively: "I'm afraid of a bird's egg, even those Hongyi ghosts can't kill us, how powerful can a stinky kid surnamed Li be, saying that he can beat people to death a hundred steps away, it's all, no matter how powerful the ghost is, I haven't heard of a fire gun that can kill people a hundred steps away." Even if the surname Li really has a firecracker, this time I brought a big fortune boat, and even a ghost Hongyi cannon, unless the surname Li plugged in his wings and flew, otherwise I see where he will run this time. ”
"Big brother, you can't be careless!"
The man hurriedly persuaded: "The Western goods that the surnamed Li got are so exquisite that everyone has seen them, and the fire guns they made must be very powerful, how could they miss last time, beware of capsizing in the gutter." ”
"Alright, I got it."
The man was a little impatient and waved his hand to show that he understood.
At that moment, a piercing scream broke through the air.