Of course, big businessmen like Zhang Yanchang have their own stores in Feiqian and even in Fusang, and the big names in Fusang want to have fun, eat and wear, silk and porcelain, and all have to be transported from Daming, so no daimyo will dare to offend him, for fear that he will withdraw the store. But even so, it was necessary to unload the goods from Hizen and then transport the supplies everywhere, and Fuso was that big anyway.

Over the years, the Goto clan has grown from a small force that occupies several desert islands and an area equivalent to a county in the Ming Dynasty to one of the four major forces in Kyushu.

Not to mention, the various weapons that flowed into Fusang in the Ming Dynasty are also direct beneficiaries.

At this time, all the officers were concentrated on Lian Zining's Great Sea Shark, and everyone stood on the wooden city, looking at the sunset in the distance like blood, but their hearts were heavy.

At this time, the sea was extremely calm, and it seemed very tame, but anyone who had been on the boat for a long time knew the calm before the storm. And there is already a very uncomfortable feeling at sea, and it is clear that a storm is imminent.

An old shipwright stood in front of everyone, sniffing the breath of the sea breeze vigorously, looked at the sky for a while, turned back and said respectfully: "Ladies and gentlemen, the storm should have broken out at the end of the day. ”

Everyone nodded, this old boatman was the most experienced master in the entire fleet, he had grown up at sea since he was a child, and he was so experienced that his prediction was almost infallible.

A steward asked, "Old Liu, how big can this storm be, and will we have a big impact?" ”

The old Liu Tou'er hesitated for a moment: "This, the little old man can't say for sure, but our big ship is so big and as stable as Mount Tai, I think it can't be shaken by the storm, please rest assured." Moreover, this storm usually disappears at dawn, and it is only two hours before dawn, but it can hold on. ”

This is the relaxation of the people.

At night, sure enough, the wind rose, and the rain began to drift slowly, and the bright moon a few days ago had long since disappeared.

Then the wind grew stronger, and the rain became heavier, and in the second half of the night, the wind brought up the waves, and even the big ships began to shake.

Lian Zining wore a big hat and stood at the window, his face full of melancholy. In his previous life, he knew very well how powerful this storm at sea was, and according to later generations, this side of the Korean Strait should be a storm-prone area in the North Pacific region.

The boatmen below pulled their trumpets and braved the rain to unload the sails.

Amber stood next to Lian Zining, her face was pale, but Cheng Yu was in the bilge, this time there were some goods that could not be bumped or soaked in water, and she was ready to rescue them at any time with people.

At this time, suddenly a bright lightning flashed in the sky, and the sea was clear, and then the next moment, the rain suddenly became heavier, and became like a pour, hitting the surface of the ship's sea, and there was a rumbling sound. The wind also became stronger, and the whole big ship immediately shook more violently.

Another explosion thundered, a huge wave hit head-on, and the big ship was suddenly crooked, Lian Zining was defenseless, and when he stumbled, he and Amber both rolled to the ground.

The huge waves continued to hit, and the Fushan ship suddenly turned into a fallen leaf in the wind, wandering uncertainly, shaking very largely!

It's time!

In front of the power of heaven and earth, this floating mountain ship is also idle and insignificant.

Lian Zining held Amber and was hit by the huge impact and rolled back and forth in the house, Rao is his kung fu is good, and now there is no room for it, so he can only hold Amber firmly to prevent her from being bumped and touched. He was knocked out of the woods, and finally stood up holding on to the window lattice, and when he saw the amber in his arms, his face was already ugly. Covering his mouth, he said, "Master, I want to ......"

Lian Zining helped her to the bedside, where the toilet had long been fixed, and as soon as Amber let go, she threw up on the ground.

Lian Zining looked back at the window, it was already a storm, lightning and thunder, and occasionally a flash of lightning flashed, and he could see the stormy waves coming all over the world, like layers of mountains, shocking!

But fortunately, the ships that sailed this time are all very large, and there is no danger of capsizing for the time being, but Lian Zining is worried about the ships of the Weihai Division, and the largest of those ships is only a thousand Fu ships, which are converted into European-style displacement calculation methods, which are about 600 tons of displacement, will they be overturned?

The rain crackled in through the window, and Lian Zining's face hurt, so he quickly got up and closed the window.

The wind and rain are extremely terrifying, the power of the sea, not everyone dares to face it, except for those boatmen begging for food at sea, Lian Zining can also hear a voice shouting in the wind and rain: "Tie the rope around your waist, hold the mast, don't be swept into the sea!" ”

I don't know how long I tossed like this, until the sky gradually brightened, the wind and waves gradually decreased, and although the big ship was still shaking, it no longer affected its movement.

Amber was weak, she vomited all night, her face was already pale, and she was about to faint, not to mention her, even Zining vomited several times, and she was weak for a while.

Seeing that the storm was small, Lian Zining hurriedly helped her to the bed and said, "You have a good rest here now, I'll ask someone to cook you a bowl of hot soup." ”

If it was placed in normal times, Amber would definitely not follow, but at this time, there was only a weak nod.

Lian Zining walked out of the hatch, and his heart was suddenly wide.

The rain has stopped, revealing a bright blue sky, like a blue wash, and the distant sky is revealing half a round of red, illuminating the entire sea and sky, a piece of clear!

The sea after the storm is outrageous, and the silence is outrageous, and the beauty is breathtaking. Who would have thought that just now, it would still be as furious as a beast?

The boatmen on the deck were lying on the ground, all of them weak, but fortunately there were no casualties, and the steward began to direct everyone to take the cable and get on the sail.

The whole big ship also came alive, and countless people came out of the cabin, their faces were not good-looking, and their faces were full of happiness and joy, and only those who had experienced the storm at sea could understand the preciousness of this tranquility in front of them.

On the entire top floor, only Lian Zining Amber, Qi Wei, and Cheng Yu lived, and as soon as Lian Zining came out of the cabin door, he saw Qi Wei lying on the window of the corridor, looking down, and laughing a few times from time to time.

"Are you alright?" Lian Zining asked.

Qi Wei turned around: "Oh, my lord! ”

She skimmed off: "It's just this little storm, it's not in my eyes, we came all the way from Lisbon, and we've seen a lot more than this big storm." The storm at the Cape of Good Hope was so strong that the ship almost capsized. ”

"I know, isn't the Cape of Good Hope originally called Cape Storm?" Lian Zining smiled faintly and asked, "What are you looking at!" ”

"Look at that, it's fun!" Qi Wei pointed out the window, Lian Zining walked to the window, looked along her arm, and her face suddenly changed.

On the sea, not far from the Great Shark, a large ship was stalling on the sea. This big ship is also not small, although it is not as good as the horse clipper and the Fushan ship, but it is also more than 30 zhang long, and the outside of the big ship is covered with a thick layer of iron leaves, which looks like an ironclad ship! In terms of appearance, it is not worse than the Fushan ship, and the outer layer of the hull is the kind of push-pull plank, which is the same as that of the Fu ship, and there are weapons such as artillery or giant crossbows inside.

The ironclad ship must have had its mast blown off by the storm, and it was spinning in circles at sea, but it couldn't move.

In the direction of the bow of the ship, a flag was erected high, on which were two black apricot leaves hugging each other, Lian Zining asked Kang Lu for advice on the division of Fusang's forces when he had nothing to do, and he naturally had a great understanding of the representatives of each family and the forces, the banner. He could see at a glance that this slightly abstract flag was the well-known Apricot Leaf Banner in Fuso, which was originally the power of the Otomo family, the first hegemon in Kyushu, but since fifteen years ago, after the thunder god Tachibana Michiyuki killed all the courtiers of the Otomo family, the Tachibana family inherited this banner and all the power of the Otomo family in Kyushu.

What does it mean to meet the ship of the Tachibana family on the island of Kyushu here?

At this time, the sound of the clash of armor on the stairs below sounded, and Shi Dazhu strode over with a dozen or so personal soldiers, who were still a little vague under their feet, but the look on their faces was already much better. Since the top floor was full of Lian Zining's daughters, it was inconvenient for them to see people, so they didn't go up when they reached the staircase, but just stood there and shouted loudly: "My lord, Lord Kang sent someone to spread the word, saying that he was inviting his lord to go to his ship, and there was something important to discuss." ”

Lian Zining knew in his heart, it must be about this Tachibana family ironclad ship, Kang Lu has always known how to measure, every time the two need to meet, he comes to the big shark, this time let the rotten go to him, it can be said that it is quite rude, I think the matter is more urgent.

Lian Zining nodded, and instructed Shi Dazhu: "Go to the kitchen and tell me, make a bowl of hot porridge, it should be lighter and a little sweeter." By the way, also, let the kitchen stew a few chickens, make some cakes and steamed buns, and send them to those boatmen, people are tired for a night, and they can't treat people badly. ”

Shi Dazhu smiled: "Your lord, you are benevolent and righteous. ”

Lian Zining thought about it, Amber was a woman, and it was not suitable to see people, so he said to Qiwei: "You go to the kitchen and wait, and when the soup is ready, bring it to my room and feed Amber to drink." ”

"Hey, I'm a great mercenary, not your servant!" Kivi shouted dissatisfied.

Lian Zining ignored her, turned around and entered the room, took off her clothes, and Amber on the bed saw it and asked, "Does the master want to go out?" As he spoke, he struggled to sit up and dress Lian Zining.

"Okay, you lie down honestly first!" Lian Zining pressed her on the bed, smiled and kissed her on the forehead, Amber suddenly blushed, and he smiled: "I have asked the kitchen to make soup for you, and Qiwei will bring it later, you can lie here in peace, do you hear?" ”

Amber blushed and answered honestly, and Lian Zining smiled: "Good! ”

He put on the big red official robe of the fourth-rank military attaché and dressed up neatly, this is the way to go out, and said to Qi Wei, who had an angry puffed face: "Don't be stupid, go to the kitchen and stare at it!" ”

Kivi stomped her foot hard at his departing back, and finally went in the direction of the kitchen.

The distance between these big ships was not very far, and Lian Zining soon took a small boat to Kanglu's ship, but found that many small boats had also been put down on the ironclad ship of the Tachibana family and sailed towards this horse clipper.

On the deck, Kang Lu greeted him and said with a smile: "This time, because of an emergency, I neglected Lord Lian, and I will definitely set up a banquet in the evening to make amends!" ”

Lian Zining waved his hand: "But it's okay, Master Kang, what's the urgency this time?" But it has something to do with the Tachibana family? ”

Kang Lu nodded: "It's related to the Tachibana family!" ”

He pulled Lian Zining aside and said in a low voice: "Do you know, my lord, why did Master Hou ask me to bring a thousand elites to escort this batch of goods this time?" ”

Lian Zining frowned, and guessed a few points: "Could it be that?" ”

"Not bad!" Kang Lu pointed to his feet: "I'm not afraid to let the adults know, this time the goods are all ordnance!" Strong bows and arrows, spears and giant crossbows, and the waist knives and sabers made by our Ming Dynasty military department are all tens of thousands! 1,000 pairs of cotton armor, hundreds of fine horse armor, riding spears, stirrups, including the finest iron bars, lead and copper blocks, you name it! ”

Although Lian Zining guessed the ordnance, he couldn't help but gasp when he heard this number! Bows, arrows, and crossbows are not uncommon, and strategic materials such as spears and spears don't matter, but what shocked him was that there were still bubble nail cotton armor and horse armor for cavalry horses! You must know that there are only 800 pairs of cotton armor in Wu Yi's army, and there is no pair of horse armor!

Hou Ye Shouning is really a big hand, such a high means, and such a rampant action!

As a partner, Lian Zining couldn't help but feel a little jealous, and couldn't help but think, you can sell it to me! We're not short of money!

But he also knew that the price he gave would definitely not reach the level of these Kyushu turtles who were stupid and lacked equipment.

Lian Zining smiled bitterly, just gave a thumbs up and nodded: "Master Shouning, it's really a big deal!" ”

His own goods of hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, compared with others, are really far away.

"What is this?" Kang Lu smiled in a low voice: "My lord, have you seen that ironclad ship?" That is our Ming Dynasty's great fortune ship, is now the largest warship in the four major naval divisions, two thousand materials, two feet of draft, covered with iron leaves, the general artillery crossbow is no different from being bitten by a mouse, the ship is equipped with 20 bed crossbows, 20 three-ox crossbows, 200 strong bows, and 200 rattan cards, 100 spears, 1,000 dart guns, 100 pairs of iron armor, and 300 waist knives. But now it should have been turned into artillery by these Fuso people! ”

"That's what we sold them!" Kang Lu stretched out five fingers: "The cost of this Dafu ship is 50,000 taels, and our sailors buy it from Longjiang Shipyard is 80,000 taels, what price should we sell to them?" Hehe, a full 500,000 taels! ”

"That's it, those Fuso daimyo are still rushing to buy it! What is the Tachibana family? It's just relying on this ironclad ship, who is not honest, drive to the sea and fire a few cannons into his territory, this is amazing! Now this ship, let them give it a name, what is it, oh yes, twelve feet! Now it is the largest ship on Kyushu Island, and it can be said to be famous! ”

Lian Zining was really speechless, this Shouning Marquis, he really dared to buy anything! This surname is simply equivalent to a certain US naval high-ranking officer who sold an aircraft carrier to India privately in later generations -- in this era, such a Daifuku ship ironclad ship is an out-and-out deterrent force!

Kang Lu frowned: "This time our buyer is the Tachibana family, and the original agreement with these Fusang people was to deliver the goods offshore, why did they come here?" ”

The two of them said, and the people on the Tachibana family's ironclad ship also boarded the ship, and to Lian Zining's surprise, all the people who boarded the ship were women! They were wearing bright red foot armor (said to be armor for foot equipment), its shape looked like Tang Mingguang armor, and the heart guard on their chest shone brightly, wrapping their whole bodies, revealing only a small face.

Hundreds of women wearing big red foot gear came up, and after coming up, they stood in line on the deck, these people turned out to be girls who looked only fourteen, fifteen or sixteen years old, although they were not very beautiful, but they were all very delicate, and they could be said to be good.

Lian Zining's eyes were immediately attracted to them—to be precise, they should have been attracted by the firearms behind them.

The length of the musket behind them is slightly shorter than the musket in Lian Zining's impression, only about a little more than a meter, but the caliber is larger, it looks like it is three or four centimeters, and it is quite exquisitely made.

"This kind of fire gun is in Fusang, it should be the bird gun of later generations, but in this era, it is called an iron cannon by the Fuso people. The range is not very far, but the power of firing a heavy projectile is not small. ”

Lian Zining thought to himself in his heart, his eyes were full of coveting, what he lacked most now was firearms, and the three hundred firearms of the 3,000 households of the infantry army who came with him were still in vain!

The girls with iron cannons on their backs, the ironclad ship of the Tachibana family, Lian Zining suddenly had a thought in his heart: "Morning Match Women's Iron Artillery Team!" Is it her? ”

But there is a little more expectation in my heart.

Sure enough, after a while, a fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl came up up the rope ladder, this girl had big snowy eyes, her hair was tightly tied behind her head, she carried a sword around her waist, and she was also wearing armor, but it was not a foot of that kind of pretense, but a set of extremely delicate and gorgeous fish scale armor, which looked very weighty, and the nail leaves should be made of silver, shining.

As soon as the girl came up, the hundreds of girls knelt down in unison and said in unison: "See Her Royal Highness the Princess!" ”

(To be continued)