Chapter 046: Mr. Zhang (Situke)
The big ship cleaved the waves at sea and sped towards the northeast. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
After dozens of days, Sun Yueling learned another stick from Yuan Hongdao, this stick is even more complicated and difficult to understand, he basically practiced the stick technique at the back string these days, and did not go to chat with those people in the mountain city. Although this stick is more complicated, he obviously feels that his level has risen to a new level, and he is overjoyed in his heart.
On this day, Sun Yueling practiced the thirteen sticks of sealing demons at the stern of the boat, and he played very energetically.
At this time, the big ship has sailed away from the depths of the Bohai Sea, passing by several islands along the way, on the occasion of autumn and winter, the sea breeze is more and more violent, and the whistling north wind blows the flag hunting. When Sun Yueling was enjoying his practice, he suddenly heard a shout from the direction of the bow of the ship in front of him.
Something must have happened, and his heart froze.
In the past few days, the ship has been like an arrow, and I have not encountered any pirates from the Shandong traders, and I am about to sail inland, so will there be an accident at this time?
When he came to the bow of the ship, he saw a crowd of people in front of the lookout and deck, all pointing and pointing and talking. He raised his eyes to look in the direction everyone was pointing, and when he saw it, he couldn't help but be shocked to see a blurry image of a sea ship in the distance of the sky, heading towards the ship they were on.
"A pirate ship for sure?" Someone couldn't help but shout, "Everyone be ready to meet the enemy......"
"What are you panicking about?" The chief manager, Zhang Yunbiao, came to the bow of the ship in an arrow step, and after staring at it, he immediately ordered, "Turn the sails, slow down, and prepare for battle." Ye Gongbing, Wang Mang, the two of you get off the speedboat to find out the situation. His series of commands and dispatches are sonorous and powerful, and he really deserves to be the head of Baishi Mountain City.
All the people on the ship were armed with knives, guns and clubs, scattered on both sides of the boat, just in case.
Ye Gongbing and Wang Mang put down the speedboat, and under the hard rowing of the two sailors, they quickly sailed towards the boat with blurred images in front of them.
The big ship had reduced its speed and moved slowly, and if anything went wrong, it could immediately drop its sails and sail away.
Sun Yueling leaned on the right side of the boat and looked at the fast boat. About a tea time, the speedboat was already dozens of feet away from the sea vessel, and the ship gradually became clearly visible, faintly only saw the sail mast broken, the ship seemed to be in chaos and mess, and dozens of people were running back and forth on the boat.
The dinghy stopped less than ten zhang away from the sea ship, and Ye Gongbing seemed to be shouting at the sea ship from a distance, but the north wind was howling at the sea, and it was impossible to hear what the two sides were saying from such a distance.
After a while, Ye Gongbing's small boat turned its bow and came towards their big ship. At this time, this flat-bottomed fortune ship of Baishi Mountain Castle has been firmly parked on the sea, which shows that the helmsman has rich experience and is of a very high standard.
"What's going on?" Zhang Yunbiao shouted to the two people who were gradually approaching the big boat, and the big boat threw out the rope and pulled the small boat slowly closer.
After Ye Gongbing and Wang Mang flew on the boat, Ye Gongbing said to Zhang Yunbiao: "It is a merchant ship from Dengzhou Mansion, which was attacked by pirates near Wangjia Island in front, and one ship was seized by the pirates, and the other escaped from under the pirates. ”
"Oh?" Zhang Yunbiao pondered for a moment and said, "You really see clearly, it is a merchant ship that escaped from the hands of pirates?" ”
Ye Gongbing nodded and said: "The subordinates have looked very carefully, the sail mast of this ship has been broken, and the hull has been damaged in many places, the ship is stomped, and there are several corpses hanging on the stern. The subordinates shouted to the ship, and when the caravans saw us, they shouted for help, told us to get them on board, and were willing to give half of the goods bought and sold from Korea. ”
"Really?" Zhang Yunbiao had a smile on his face, if he could get a batch of goods so cheaply, it would be a good thing to get it easily, maybe they wouldn't have to sail to Yizhou again, after all, there was still a sea route, which not only cost a lot, but also very likely to encounter pirates. Turning his head, he said to Wang Mang, "You can also see clearly, is it a merchant ship in Dengzhou?" ”
Wang Mang said: "The subordinates and Brother Gongbing have looked at it carefully, and shouted the words, if there is no accident, it should be a merchant ship in Dengzhou." ”
Zhang Yunbiao smiled: "From this point of view, this is indeed a merchant ship of Dengzhou Mansion." "Both of his men said so, and it seems that they should be eight or nine or ten. It's just that as the head of Baishi Mountain City, he is specifically responsible for this trip, so it is better to be cautious.
Ye Gongbing said: "The subordinates have already shouted at this merchant ship, telling them not to approach any more, otherwise rockets and boulders will be released." He didn't deceive the other party when he said this, this lucky ship was originally the bottom of the warship, and at this time, the brothers of the mountain city had already arranged large crossbows and catapults on the side of the ship, ready to enter the battle at any time.
Zhang Yunbiao glanced at the Dengzhou merchant ships floating outside Lixu, and saw that they had really stopped moving forward and did not come closer to his ship.
"Do you think it is to save or not to save?" Zhang Yunbiao glanced back at Chu Xinying and Yuan Hongdao who were standing on the lookout on the second floor, and threw this problem to everyone.
As soon as these words fell, everyone on the deck immediately talked about it again. Some people say to save it, some say don't be nosy, and some people even say that it is okay to save the merchants of Dengzhou Prefecture, but all their cargo on the ship must be given to Shancheng, after all, so many lives have been saved, how can there be no reason not to thank each other?
Chu Xinying had already understood the general situation at this time, and said to Zhang Yunbiao: "Manager Zhang, saving people's lives is better than building a seventh-level floating slaughter, and besides, there are so many people, and it is my Daming maritime businessman." The business of the world is one, and if we save him today, perhaps they will be able to help us in the future. In my opinion, why don't you get them on board? ”
As soon as her words fell, Wang Mang said: "Miss is right, how can we in Baishi Mountain City not be saved when we see death." Their sails and rudder are damaged and uncontrollable, and if we don't save them, they will float in the vast sea and die. ”
Yuan Hongdao had been listening for a long time, and suddenly interjected: "Manager Zhang, it is indispensable to guard against people, if they are pirates in disguise, what can they do?" ”
"Yuan Protector is too worried." Zhang Yunbiao said loudly, "The brothers have seen it clearly, is there anything wrong?" Besides, even if a pirate is disguised, how can I do anything? We, White Rock Mountain City, can't even handle just pirates? ”
As soon as his words fell, countless people immediately echoed the voice, shouting that the pirates were nothing, Baishishan City was invincible, and even during the Banzhou Rebellion that year, Li Hualong and Qin Liangyu were able to exterminate Yang Yinglong with their assistance.
As soon as these words came out, countless people praised them loudly, saying that the mountain city is well-equipped and has many masters, if even a few pirates are afraid, then there is really no need to come out and mix.
Yuan Hongdao looked at the high-spirited and fearless people in the mountain city on the deck, sighed, and said: "At this time and that time, now that we are far away from our homeland and the situation is not familiar, it is better to be safe and careful." Getting them on board is never a long-term solution, and besides, we have to go to Uiju. According to the old man, it is better to give them grain and beans and let them drive away. After all, the sea is close to the mainland, and there are many islands off the coast, so they will definitely be able to support it until they go ashore. ”
"Uncle Yuan, isn't this okay?" Chu Xinying frowned and said, "Isn't this leaving them to fend for themselves?" If they don't find the island to land, or if they drift into the depths of the Bohai Sea, they won't all die. How can we, in Baishi Mountain City, do such a thing? ”
Yuan Hongdao sighed again, this Miss Chu, who he grew up watching, although she was smart and lovely, but after all, she still lacked experience and lacked the heart to guard against people, and said: "Xinying, I am also for the good of everyone, I am not afraid of 10,000, I am afraid of ...... in case"
"Haha......" Zhang Yunbiao laughed and said, "It's still good for Miss." Our Baishi Mountain City has always regarded itself as chivalrous, how can we see death and not save it? He turned his head, looked at Sun Yueling, and said, "Do you think this is the truth?" ”
Sun Yueling was speechless immediately, when he was injured and got on the ship, Zhang Yunbiao always made a lot of excuses, thinking about driving him off the ship, but at this time, he suddenly changed his temper and actually wanted to save people, it seems that he was thinking about the batch of goods on the Dengzhou merchant ship, and he said it so righteously and awe-inspiringly, it is really not admirable.
But what could he say, but nodded and said, "Everything is at the command of the chief." ”
Yuan Hongdao said to Zhang Yunbiao: "Since Manager Zhang insists on saving people, then the old man will drive a small boat to visit again, what do you think?" ”
Zhang Yunbiao frowned, this Yuan Hongdao, when he was in the mountain city, he always liked to intervene in many affairs, and at that time, he had to agree to compromise because of the face of the young city lord, but this voyage, it was obviously his full responsibility, just to establish prestige in the mountain city, how could everything be according to what Yuan Hongdao said?
At the moment, he shouted unhappily: "Yuan Protector doesn't have to worry too much, this voyage, the young city lord entrusted me with a big responsibility, I should do my best to live up to expectations, you don't have to worry too much." Then he said loudly to the many brothers in the mountain city, "I have made up my mind, I Baishi Mountain City will not be able to see death without saving, pass my order, immediately lower the sail and advance, close to the Dengzhou merchant ship, and rescue all of them on the ship." ”
As the distance between the two ships gradually shortened, Sun Yueling also saw the situation on the Dengzhou merchant ship clearly.
Sure enough, as Ye Gongbing and others said, the ship was covered with wounds and bloodstains, and it seemed that it had been hit in many places by the pirates' large-scale attack facilities, and there were still scorched marks in many places, obviously burned by firearms. Only now that the fire had been extinguished, but the whole ship had festered, the sail mast had been broken, and it had lost the ability to sail, and it was no longer easy to escape from the pursuit of pirates, and it was impossible to sail back to shore on its own.
When the people on the merchant ship saw that someone had come to their aid, they all let out a cry of excitement and rushed towards the side of the ship.