Chapter 155: Do No Evil
At this time, on the Øresund Strait, there was only Helsingør in Denmark, but there was no Helsingborg on the other side, and Helsingør was also a small town with a small population. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info saw that Hong Tao and these strange warships had tried the door, and the fishing boats here were not afraid, and they tried to follow over to see what was going on.
It's a pity that their ship speed can't catch up with Hong Tao's fleet, and Hong Tao is not interested in visiting this Nordic town. The main thing is to worry about the language barrier, the temper of the people here is not very good, and they have to do it before they finish three sentences, and they will not die when they fight. The most desperate ships in Flanders Hansamine are flying the Danish cross flag, so don't mess with them.
Further on is Copenhagen, where Hong Tao's fleet has encountered some minor troubles. The Danes, who did not know whether to live or die, saw the strange fleet sailing into their territory, and immediately chased after them in two three-masted warships, followed by several smaller galleons, all flying the flag of the Flemish Hansea. It seems that this is really their birthplace, and the power is not small, and it is not wrong to say that it is a monopoly.
"Put the bottom sail away, control the speed of the boat, and take them with you." Hong Tao didn't want to turn around because of these two ships, and it would be much more convenient if he could bring them all to their destination and deal with them, so he deliberately asked the sailors to put away the sails and reduce the speed of the ship, so as not to throw people too far.
In fact, even if the other party doesn't follow, it's okay, after burning down the shipyard at the mouth of the Travo River, their own fleet has to return the same way, and they still can't escape the fate of being sunk. In terms of time, the people here probably did not know about the castle of Phobegenopzom, nor did they know that the Flemish Hanseatic organization had died in name only.
After crossing the Femarn, the right bank is full of vast forests, both coniferous and broad-leaved, with tall pines and oaks. Both types of wood were good materials for the construction of sea vessels and were the main materials used in the ships of the Flemish Hanseatic Sea. No wonder they put the largest shipyard here, there are plenty of raw materials, they are everywhere, just cut it.
The Travo estuary is easy to recognize, because the tall trees on both sides have been cut down, and if you look at the stubble on the stumps, the latest ones are only about a year or two. In order not to be discovered by the people in the river in advance, Hong Tao took three or four pursuers behind him to turn a small circle to the north, and sank these boats one by one on the sea surface about 20 kilometers away from the mouth of the river. This time Hong Tao had a long memory, and the Norsemen were unwilling to surrender, so they didn't talk nonsense and sent them to see the sea god.
Cleaning his tail, Hong Tao did another less chivalrous thing, he had his fleet all replaced with the flag of the Flemish Hansea, and then swaggered into the estuary.
The Flemish Hanseatic shipyard is located about three kilometres within the mouth of the river, where a naturally formed wide body of water resembles the belly of a gourd, and the estuary is the mouth of a gourd. Kilometers of woods shelter the cold winds from the Baltic Sea, and the water is calm and deep, making it a great location for a shipyard. What makes Hong Tao even more jealous is that there are actually six slipways here, each with a sloping ramp. In other words, as long as the manpower and materials are sufficient, this shipyard can start six galleons at the same time, which is two more than the largest Mayi naval shipyard in the Jinhe Empire, which is really a luxury.
"These are the crystallization of human wisdom, what a pity to ruin! In a moment you must pour all the whale oil thoroughly, and do not leave any of them alone, even the forest to the east, lest they worry about it later. "Sometimes Hong Tao is a bit neurotic, saying and doing the exact opposite. is extremely sorry on the lips, but it is more clean than anyone else when it is destroyed.
Not only was he going to burn down the shipyard, but he was also going to burn down the forest next to it. There is no end in sight to this dense forest, and it is difficult to say whether the fire will spread eastward along the southern shore of the Baltic Sea to Riga. Anyway, if it really burns, it will definitely not be small, and these red pine trees full of grease will become the best torches when they see a big fire.
Faced with a fleet of cannons and shotguns, the largely unfortified shipyard was quickly captured. The only two wooden batteries didn't even have a chance to fire before the guns knocked down the pile of logs underneath. The cannon on top rolled down with the logs, crushing the few gunners who were climbing up into meatloaf.
Compared to the Nordic sailors, the craftsmen in the shipyard were much more obedient. When some of the people who dared to rush forward with various tools were ruthlessly lowered to the ground with shotguns, the rest of them all followed the gestures of the Indian soldiers, threw down all their weapons, obediently raised their hands and knelt on the ground, and then were tied by the Indian soldiers with thin cables and driven onto the cargo ship. And that's not all, some of them had to dump whale oil stored in the shipyard into every corner of the shipyard by hand, and the rest were moved to the forest.
Hong Tao then continued up the river with his fleet and captives, and finally found the foundry about five kilometers from the city of Lübeck. Here, as at the shipyard, there were no defenses, only a few cargo ships slightly resisted a few shots with small cannons on deck. When they were all sunk, the foundry was occupied by armed sailors and army soldiers, who continued to capture people and carry grease.
"Let's shoot......" When the sky was already a little dark, Hong Tao's fleet set sail again, with two mortars on the deck of the flagship. After hearing Hong Tao's order, the gunner picked up a cannonball with a yellow circle on the tail and put it into the barrel. With a muffled sound, a few seconds later, a bright fire erupted in the foundry, and then the fire instantly grew larger, and even caught up with the speed of the battleship, rolling from south to north.
Originally, Hong Tao wanted to find the gunpowder factory set up near Lübeck City, but the river in front of him was getting narrower and narrower, which was not suitable for the activities of large warships, and he was not familiar with this place, so he simply gave up. When his fleet sailed out of the mouth of the Travo, the sky was already completely dark, but it was different than usual, and the southern sky glowed a faint red, which was the fire burning in the shipyards and foundries, and the sky was red.
From beginning to end, Hong Tao didn't see any pursuers, it was estimated that the fire ignited the forest and blocked the road, or that there was no large-scale army here at all, and they didn't expect the enemy to suddenly appear at their doorstep.
In order to fill the cabin with prisoners, Hong Tao also raided Helsingør at night, captured another hundred and ten people, and deliberately selected more than a dozen Nordic girls who were quite pleasing to the eye. I have such a big palace, and I can't always be empty inside, so I will bring back some little girls for Tu and let her train for a few years, she is a good maid.
"Hey, hey, hey...... I am also a man with a palace and a harem! Hahahaha...... Black, white, red, and yellow have to be a little bit, what is called extravagance in the future, it is not accurate to look at others, you must look at the king of the kingdom of Mexica, and this word belongs to me! When he thought of his big palace studded with gold and gemstones, full of young girls of all races, Hong Tao was happy from the bottom of his heart.
Through this incident, he thought of a thing that must be invented earlier, that is, photosensitive film, if you can take pictures of your palace how interesting it would be, this is a precious historical material, future historians want to understand world history, must look at their own photos, while gritting their teeth and scolding themselves for being bastards, maybe there must be a question in the exam questions that must be tested every year: King Hong Tao I of Mexico, how many harem concubines are there!
Then the town was burned to the ground, and then reluctantly boarded the ship and left. I knew that the Europeans were so easy to catch, and I went so far to Africa to catch slaves, anyway, they were going to die of exhaustion and disease, is there a difference in the color of the skin? If it weren't for the fact that it would not be more difficult for Carl's aftermath work, Hong Tao would have wanted to change the future slave capture site to the British Isles, where there are also quite a few people, and it should be no problem to go around the sea and catch a few thousand people.
(To be continued.) )