Chapter 281-282 Crusade at Sea

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So far, Da Zhao's navigation industry has undergone tremendous changes, and after the establishment of the official fleet, a lot of gold and silver have been found, and the economy of Da Zhao has been driven. There were also countless wealthy private individuals who organized a fleet of voyages. Today, the total number of registered civilian fleets has reached fifty-four, of which the Da Hengxiang family has thirty fleets, which have traveled to the distant western world and brought back countless rare goods, gold and silver. Of course, at the same time, a large amount of cloth, silk, and porcelain produced by the industrialization promoted by the government were also transported to Europe.

The official fleet, on the other hand, has thirty-five. Ten of them are a fleet of warships composed of the Tiger Tooth and the Golden Eagle Army, running around the world, except for reselling some items along the way, most of the energy is focused on encroaching on other people's spirit stone veins. The rest of the fleet, most of which consisted of merchant ships with armed forces, specialized in helping the Great Zhao dump cloth and porcelain into Europe.

However, the report pointed out that the civilian fleet, after selling ten ships of cheap and fine Oriental cloth in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, was detained by the Royal Navy when it left the port. Subsequently, Da Zhao's official armed caravan went to negotiate, but the other party's attitude was very tough and ruthless.

It's just that the Great Zhao Han people of this era are different from the people of the era before Zhao Zhe crossed over. Except for the fact that the Mongols almost broke the country, it has never been ruled by a foreign tribe. All of them are very proud, thinking that they are the center of the world, the most civilized country. In fact, the people of Da Zhao do have relatively proud capital, especially since Emperor Yongtai ascended the throne, he has been almost invincible in foreign wars. Even the surrounding countries dispatched 3.8 million allied troops, but half of them were wiped out by the Great Zhao army. Although the emperor rejected the other party's request to cede the land, he received sky-high compensation, but the people after hearing about it were greatly relieved, and the sense of honor and cohesion was greatly increased.

In fact, our Emperor Yongtai of Da Zhao did a good job. Obviously, two or three years after he ascended the throne, the people of Dazhao began to get better day by day, and the vast majority of peasants, although there are still a large number of people in a state of insufficient food and clothing, but because of the lack of food, there are fewer and fewer starving to death. There are also many peasants, because of their hard work, the continuous reduction of agricultural taxes, the imperial court has greatly developed water conservancy, regardless of the cost, to spend money on disaster prevention. Although they will still make a lot of money for the landlords, many farmers will have at least enough surplus grain to cope with next year, not only can they occasionally get a little meat, but they can also open up to eat during the New Year's holidays, buy household goods, and buy cloth. Even those landlords, who used to be very harsh, seemed to favor the peasants in many policies when they saw the emperor, and many of their faces were also restrained. He was much more polite to the long-term and short-term workers at home, and to the hired farmers. As a result, many peasant families have offered portraits of Emperor Yongtai at home.

If you want to say that the cloth is now cheaper, it is really nine tenths cheaper than before. It is said that the Great Zhao Organ invented a machine that could generate electricity to propel it through water flow and coal burning. With electricity, a weaving machine can work continuously, and the same cloth woven in a day can be worth hundreds of people before.

But Da Zhao did not have many weaving women who did not work and starved to death. At the time of the advent of such machines, the government counted all the male and female weavers engaged in the weaving industry in the country. And unify the majority of the people, and build a large weaving yard. The weaving workers who occupy the majority of the female surnames now no longer need to work hard in the morning and at night, as long as they make those machines well and grasp the quality. The money he gets every day is many times more than when he was a weaver.

As a result, Dazhao's cloth production has grown almost geometrically explosively in a year and a half. The yield is almost 100 times higher than before. As a result, the price of cloth has also plummeted, and many ordinary people can afford to buy clothing materials. In addition, the government and private caravans of Da Zhao would transport more than half of the cloth production to Europe over long distances. Although the benefits are almost doubled, they are much lower than the local fabrics in terms of quality and price.

Therefore, driven by profits, local merchants naturally ordered these fabrics from the mysterious East. Coupled with some hype, Da Zhao's cloth is still extremely popular in Europe. However, it will also blow the weaving industry, which has just begun to sprout in Europe, all over the body. Their Jenny looms, both in terms of output and quality, could not be compared with the electrified machines of Dazhao, and a large number of Dazhao cotton and wool fabrics flooded the entire European world, making the textile industry in European countries in a state of depression. They can only follow the price reduction, but if it is the same price as Da Zhao cloth, they basically have no profit, and some will lose a little.

As a result, many textile workers organized and called on everyone to resist Da Zhao's cloth. And in the United Kingdom, where the textile industry is more developed, as well as the Netherlands, there were clashes with the members of the Great Zhao fleet. But at this time in Britain, Zhao Zhe's little friend had regained power with the help of Zhao Zhe and was called Charles II. He didn't dare, nor did he want to offend the mysterious and powerful Da Zhao, and quickly forcibly suppressed the wave of textile workers.

But the Netherlands has nothing to do with Zhao Zhe. Ignoring Charles II's warnings, the weavers wounded some of the Great Zhao merchants. Subsequently, a businessman from Dazhao shot and killed several workers. In the end, although the Dutch political axe controlled the unrest, it deliberately favored its citizens. The Great Zhao fleet was seized.

Subsequently, the official fleet of the imperial court of Great Zhao negotiated with its Royal Navy. Under the tough attitude of the other side, a conflict began, and both sides opened fire. But it's a pity that the artillery on the official fleet of Da Zhao is a very powerful new artillery. The Royal Dutch Navy was simply unable to handle such armed merchant ships, and was quickly sunk by two warships.

At that time, the Dutch were very powerful at sea, with fleets scattered all over the world, and countless colonies, with the title of sea coachman. For the newly rising, but very rapid Great Zhao fleet, there has always been some jealousy and jealousy. It is also because of this that he took the opportunity to provoke. But unexpectedly, under Da Zhao's seemingly short and light artillery, he suffered a big loss.

The Dutch definitely didn't do it, so they began to declare war on Da Zhao Xuan. Of course, the so-called declaration of war does not mean that they drove their army to the land of Dazhao to fight. Most of the battle formations are battleship bombardments. At that time, Zhao Zhe was still playing in the North Pole and didn't know about it. As a result, the civilian caravan with weak firepower suffered some losses. But then the Dutch merchant fleet was counterattacked by the official armed merchant ships of Da Zhao and the treasure hunting fleet after getting the news.

Especially the treasure hunting fleet with a large number of grandmaster-level masters, where can the Dutch warships resist. Almost instantly, the usually humble and polite Da Zhao people became vicious. Again and again, the Dutch fleet was sunk and all the valuable things were snatched.

The advanced and combat effectiveness of the Great Zhao fleet frightened all Europeans at once. The robber's surname was revealed, and all the other countries except the British began to interfere with the actions of their Great Zhao fleet with strong measures, saying that they were not allowed to attack any more Dutch fleet. The arrogant Da Zhao fleet, where is willing. Conflicts arose with other countries, and the conflict escalated. In the end, even Britain, which was bent on shielding the fleet of Da Zhao, was under the strong oppression of various countries and the ultimatum of the Holy See. I didn't dare to help Da Zhao blatantly anymore, so I had to secretly send supplies in private.

In the lack of supplies, some of the Great Zhao merchant ships, almost most of them were captured. Only some armed fleets, along with some of the treasure hunting fleets that Da Zhao was doing in Europe, retreated to the west coast of Africa. and quickly dispatched a master to fly back to Dazhao for help.

The fighting between the two sides is a bit stalemate. Especially the Holy See Pope, knowing that there were masters in the Great Zhao fleet, organized a sea crusade, which was composed of masters from various countries and holy knights of the Holy See. Among them, there were at least three guys with congenital combat power, and they began to strike at Da Zhao's fleet.

Zhao Zhe didn't move after learning about the cause and effect, because he knew that this conflict was a matter of time. He immediately ordered shipyards across the country to vigorously build new warships, equipped with the most advanced artillery. He also sent the Golden Eagle Flying Cavalry to contact the Dazhao fleet in all directions, so that the merchant ships would return to Dazhao, while the other fleets would all concentrate on Southeast Asia. In particular, those fleets that were still facing each other in Europe were ordered to return to Southeast Asia first. Because Southeast Asia is almost already those European colonies. The war was waged there, and the first was close to Dazhao, but the other side was a long journey. Second, Zhao Zhe has long coveted the rich resources of Southeast Asia.

The entire Europeans, under the provocation of the Holy See, began to have a strong hostility towards Da Zhao, believing that the Da Zhao people were all infidels. And the Holy See, too, took advantage of the situation throughout the dioceses of Europe to incite a crusade at sea. Of course, they did not have the ability to run directly to Asia by road through the layers of blockade by the Arabs. However, the continuous development of navigation technology has made the long distance between the two sides no longer a natural danger. In fact, the countries of Europe, all over the world, have acquired many colonies. The sea power it has is far from being comparable to that of Da Zhao, a new maritime country.

A large number of fleets of various countries loaded with artillery chased the Dazhao fleet around Africa and came in the direction of Dazhao. Even the pirates, after smelling the smell of interests, also pulled out their ships and drove Da Zhao.

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Chapter 282: The Pope's Hallows

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Zhao Zhe was not angry, but excited. In this small world, twenty innate powerhouses have been cultivated, so you can't watch them at home, right? And there are very few congenital-level powerhouses in this world, and the two armies of the Tiger Tooth Golden Eagle under the leadership of twenty people are afraid that they can already be judged invincible. In fact, according to Da Zhao's current strength, Zhao Zhe dares to challenge the world without an excuse. What's more, the European world and the Holy See have given such a good opportunity for war.

That's nearly 2,000 grandmasters, and 20 innate beings. With this kind of combat power, Zhao Zhe would not believe that Europe could come up with such a lineup. Although it is said that in the past, the impact of the fleet's personal force on bombardment was not too great. However, excessive force can make the tactic of seizing ships easy.

Think about it, in the cramped and complicated place of a ship, what kind of lethality will be produced after a few grandmasters or innately landed? Unless the opponent can come up with as many masters as himself. Otherwise, no matter how many ships there are, they will not be able to stop the strong boarding and fighting of the two armies.

Anyway, there is nothing to do, and Da Zhao has been on the right track in many places. For this kind of grand occasion, Zhao Zhe didn't want to miss the opportunity to watch the excitement. Of course, now Da Zhao's combat effectiveness has almost reached the point where he doesn't need to take action himself.

The country's cutting-edge combat power has converged in Southeast Asia. In particular, the ten top warships gathered together. At this time, the large European fleets also began to sail into Southeast Asia one after another, trying to go to Dazhao. However, it was desperately resisted by the ordinary armed fleet of Da Zhao. Helplessly, with the increasing number of European fleets, the entire Southeast Asian region already has no less than 100 fleets of different strengths and weaknesses and different origins. As a result, the Dazhao armed fleet could only retreat from the battle.

Seeing that the past was almost over, Zhao Zhe's ten treasure hunting fleets quietly outflanked from the rear, assaulting all the fleets that could be seen. Each treasure hunting fleet is led by two innate people. Every innate master is not only a powerful and terrifying warrior, but also a living radar, as long as they unfold all their spiritual sense, some large things within a radius of dozens of miles cannot be hidden from them at all. Moreover, ten fleets, also one every fifteen miles, were sweeping away all the European fleets in their passes.

As long as the fleet where they passed, none of them could escape their slaughter. And some of Da Zhao's merchant ships followed behind their butts and loaded some loot. Zhao Zhe himself stayed on the flagship of the fleet in the middle. That flagship was the most advanced warship of Da Zhao, powered by energy crystals, far from being comparable to those European fleets that had just studied the use of steam to power.

The middle fleet, in just five days, broke through six European fleets, a total of thirty-five ships. And the losses of their own side are almost none. This is not a fair contest, and Da Zhao is far from being comparable to today's European fleets in terms of individual combat effectiveness and the development of ship artillery.

However, the next fleet encountered was a little extraordinary. A series of ten nearly 100-meter-long Yunfan giant ships, each with a bow portrait, is a delicately workmanship, lifelike angel. According to the ship's flag, this is supposed to be the fleet directly under the Holy See of Europe. The artillery with a range of up to 5,000 meters burst out when the opponent was extremely far away.

The one that provides various parameters is directly the peony with the innate realm. In a series of explosions, waves rose on the sea.

"Huh?" Zhao Zhe's spiritual sense probe was also a little strange. The guns on one side of his ten ships totaled four or five hundred. After firing a salvo of artillery in the azimuth of the side of the ship, I always thought that the other side would directly blow up one or two ships. This has been fulfilled in previous wars. However, according to his psychic sense, not a single ship of the other party was destroyed.

There are quirks. Zhao Zhe immediately used his spiritual sense to send a message to the fleets on both sides, so that all the innate powerhouses rushed over immediately. The other party's fleet always made him vaguely feel that something was not right. The ships on both sides, after receiving Zhao Zhe's order, continued to pass on the order, and hurriedly flew over the golden eagle.

And Zhao Zhe and Peony, as well as the three innates, flew into the air on their mounts. Look at the fleet of the Holy See. After a few moments, I saw that the opponent's fleet had not lost the slightest. Peony immediately ordered the ships to launch an artillery bombardment, and after a series of fierce artillery fires.

After Zhao Zhe was condescending, with his excellent eyesight and spiritual sense, he also saw the trajectory of those flying shells clearly. I have to admit that the hit rate is quite amazing. A salvo of hundreds of flowering shells, at least a tenth of them accurately hit the ships at such a distance.

However, just as the shells were about to hit the enemy ship, they exploded in mid-air as if they had encountered some obstacle. The rest fell into the nearby sea, blasting out waves one after another.

"Some kind of energy shield technology, this is a technology that any civilized race will master, but in different ways and degrees. You grandmasters, the innate powerhouses will also use it, but you can only protect yourself. Yiyi immediately gave an answer after Zhao Zhe asked. But it was also very strange: "But I wonder why such a backward race would have mastered the battleship energy shield technology." Just like your Nine Heavens Xuannu Palace, you not only have an energy shield, but also energy cannon technology. ”

"Energy cannons? Holy,. Zhao Zhe hurriedly ordered the battleship below to turn around, but it seemed too late. The statue of the Holy Angel of the other party's ship began to condense white light, and after the light became more and more abundant, Zhao Zhe immediately ordered all the crew to abandon the ship.

Suddenly, those holy angel statues seemed to have condensed to the extreme, and pillars of energy erupted one after another. At extremely fast speed, the two battleships led by the leader were pierced by the white light, and the broken wood chips flew endlessly.

"Everyone obeys orders and executes ship-grabbing tactics." Zhao Zhe's face changed, and the grandmasters of the two armies of the Tiger Tooth Golden Eagle reacted extremely quickly. Either they have taken to the air or have already jumped into the water. Under Zhao Zhe's order, a hundred Huya soldiers dived quickly towards the enemy ship in the water. Grandmaster-level masters, both in terms of physical survivability, are already extremely strong. Without armor, the speed of swimming is comparable to that of a swimming fish. But even then, it takes several minutes to swim a distance of four or five thousand meters.

However, the Golden Eagle Army, under the personal leadership of Zhao Zhe, swooped straight towards the enemy ships with the momentum of taking off. The bow of the ship is like a pillar of light, although the power is not small, but the launch strength is very long, and it is easy to dodge at the moment of launch. The threat to everyone will not be too great. Today's golden eagles almost have a spirit surname on their heads, and their flight speed is unbelievably fast.

The distance of five thousand meters does not even take a minute to pounce. According to Yiyi's analysis, any energy-type shield has a weakness. That's every second, it takes a lot of energy. Therefore, when any civilization designs energy shields, it almost invariably adopts two models. One is the fully open mode, which can be well protected, and even a speck of dust cannot enter before it is broken. But Yiyi didn't think that there was too much energy for them to squander on this broken ship, and it would be a miracle that they could drive for a few minutes if they were fully open. Moreover, the full-open mode can be observed with the naked eye, forming a translucent energy shield around it.

The second mode is to predict local surname defense. Only objects that have passed through a thin transparent cover that does not require much energy support, or if the energy velocity reaches a certain level, will be partially charged to block it. Through Yiyi's observations, it is clear that they are using the second mode. The speed of the shell is very high, and the mechanism of judgment determines that it is dangerous, so that it can be charged locally instantaneously. It's very simple, just like an innate master like Zhao Zhe, in order to resist some attacks, he will also transfer the true element to a local position to strengthen the defense.

It's like two people fighting and parrying with their hands. Instead of dancing your hands in defense, it will quickly consume all your strength and be slaughtered.

However, this kind of prediction has a weakness in the defense of local surnames, that is, if you pass through the energy shield at a very slow speed and show a certain harmless surname, you will not be judged to be a threat and charged. Of course, if the opponent's technological strength reaches the strength of the Gunagon Empire, this tactic cannot be achieved completely through the intelligent brain control shield.

At the same time, according to the suggestion, if you can't break through the opponent's shield at a very slow speed. Then turn around and run away immediately, and run away with all your family to the small world to avoid the limelight. Because Yiyi has already seen that whether it is the energy shield technology or the energy cannon technology, it is not the technology of the earth that can get it. It must be a race of high civilization, secretly supporting the enemy. And if the other party can reach the scientific and technological power of the Gunagon Empire, there is only one way to escape the limelight in the small world.

Zhao Zhe didn't know that when they swooped away. The old man of the Pope, who was standing behind the flagship, was also taken aback. With the powerful power he accepted and inherited, he naturally felt what kind of strength the other party group was. The first few have almost no less combat power than their own. And the remaining two hundred, each of them was not inferior to the most powerful Templars under his command. That's a full two hundred, and the paladins under his command are only a hundred. What's more, there are constantly new masters of saint-level strength who are breaking into his perception range, two, four, and it didn't take long to increase to eight.

This simply challenged the arrogant Pope's nerves, and his face turned extremely pale.

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(To be continued)