At this time, the sea surface was light and low, and it was still clearly visible more than ten miles away, seeing this British naval fleet, Bu Xiuqiu muttered and scolded, and his expression became nervous.

He couldn't help but be nervous, the three ships were ordinary merchant ships, and they were a little apprehensive even when they went out to sea, and they were not armed at all, so they couldn't protect themselves at all.

At this time, Europa had already acquired some skills from China, and there were advances in both muskets and cannons. However, the gap between them in basic industry is too great, so although muskets and artillery are already comparable to Huaxia in appearance, there is a gap of more than one generation in performance.

Even so, with the long and short muskets of dozens of security guards on the three ships, I am afraid that they will not be able to stop the opponent's artillery.

"They're flagging!" The crew announced: "We must stop immediately and be inspected, or we will be fired......"

"Ignore them, as long as they dare to open fire, then it means declaring war on Huaxia." Buxiu Autumn Road.

Huang Zongxi looked at him with some surprise, this young naturalized Chinese was quite courageous. In the past few years, the naturalized Japanese people, Xian people, and Annamite people have worked for China in Africa and Europa, in the hope of making meritorious contributions to their children and grandchildren. The most tiring, hard, and dangerous work they always rush to do, and they perform very well, but fortunately, the vast majority of the young generation cultivated under the Chinese education system are full of passion, and the pride of the empire during the rise makes them unable to tolerate that they are inferior to those naturalized people in any aspect, so the current Chinese young generation can still suppress these naturalized people.

"Isn't it a declaration of war now?" Huang Zongxi said.

Naturally, Huang Shan also knows that there are sectarian disputes among the countries of Europa, and the English dispute has arisen early, and now the king Charles II actually respects the Pope of Rome, but most of his old cabinet members believe in Protestantism. Most of the people who besieged us before were followers of the Pope's faction, and if we were to pursue it, they would send some substitutes for the dead, and they would only say that they were hereticals*. It's really not good, you can also send Charles II out as a scapegoat - didn't Donglin send Chongzhen Tianzi out as a scapegoat in the former Ming Dynasty? ”

Although Huang Zongxi accepted the fact that Yu Guozhen was the emperor of China at this time, he still stubbornly believed that the Donglin Party had all the benefits and no disadvantages for the country. He rolled his eyes and glared at Bu Xiuqiu: "National events, there are historical commentaries, how can you say it!" ”

"Chief Huangshan, I respect you for your great knowledge, and I don't want to argue with you, but if you say 'Japanese seeds' again, I will throw you into the sea, and throw all your rotten Confucian scholars and naturalized students into it, and go back and only say that it was the barbarian who did it."

Bu Xiuqiu rolled his eyes, his eyes were full of murderous intent, if Donglin was Huang Zongxi's reverse scale, then the Japanese seed was his reverse scale. He has always prided himself as a retainer of the Yu family, because he had been with Yu Xiang for a long time, but his background made him hate.

When Huang Zongxi heard him say this, he couldn't help but be angry, and was about to say "You dare" but saw Niu Dull standing behind with a pale face, so he endured that breath.

He himself can ignore life and death, but he can't cause these naturalized beings to die with him. Confucian avenue, one tree and three branches, now Europa, this branch of Europe sees a trend of prosperity, and you must endure it!

"Humph!"

After glaring, both of them turned their faces away.

"Captain, they're urging, how do we reply?" The sailor asked Bu Xiuqiu.

"If you dare to attack us, you will attack Huaxia."

This reply was cold and hard, which made Huang Zongxi surprised: "What about the other party's shelling?" ”

"Born as a hero of China, you should have the pride of dying." Bu Xiuqiu replied coldly.

"You're crazy, don't you know that Han Xin temporarily endured the humiliation of his crotch......"

"That's a personal grudge, Huangshan Chang, you just insulted me, I can bear it, because it's a personal grudge. Now it is the prestige of the country, I serve in the Huaxia Army, how can I fall into the prestige of my country? ”

Speaking of this, there was a frenzy in Bu Xiuqiu's eyes.

The surrounding security guards nodded one after another, most of them were naturalized Chinese citizens, this identity was either obtained by their own efforts of a hundred times, or by the countless efforts of their families, so they cherished their identity extraordinarily, and they were more proud of their identity than real Chinese people.

Huang Zongxi was speechless, he looked at Niu Dull who was trembling again, and suddenly felt a sense of excitement.

Niu Yu is his disciples, and these naturalized Chinese who have studied in Xinxiang Primary School are Yu Guozhen's disciples, and his disciples are far inferior to these people, at least in terms of courage.

"Boom!"

After the flag was replied, the English navy was silent for a while, and then opened fire.

When Cromwell was Lord Protector, England built up a sizable navy, and Charles II inherited his power. But this artillery bombardment was a little far, obviously only to intimidate, hoping to scare the Chinese people. But the three ships ignored them, but hung their sails full, looking for a direction to break through.

All three sailing ships are of the Huaxia type, and their speed when fully sailed is better than that of ordinary sail warships. Seeing them break through the waves and drift away, the English finally made up their minds. The cannon sound on the battleship rang out one after another, stirring up a column of water around the three sailing ships, Niu Dull muttered, knelt on the ground to pray, but was pulled up by Huang Zongxi.

"Don't weaken your momentum!" Looking at the security guards who were pale and had different expressions, they all held on to the cable fence and did not move, Huang Zongxi shouted.

Niu Yu was silent, his heart was full of loss, he really felt any interest in Confucianism, and studied with Huang Zongxi, firstly, to have food to eat, clothes to wear, and secondly, to learn a little Chinese practical learning through Huang Zongxi. What he was really interested in was this, which was much more practical than the Tao and the like, and Niu Dull had no doubt that these things would help him change his very embarrassing situation. But now the essence of Chinese practice has not yet been touched, but it will be buried in the water first.

He only begged the English fleet to overboard the men after sinking the ship, and he had already seen a wooden box nearby, and if the ship was hit, he had made up his mind to replace it with an empty wooden box.

However, shooting at sea, it is not so easy to hit, the English Navy has good marksmanship, but after chasing for half an hour, it still only hits two shots, and both are not serious injuries but minor injuries.

But the boat slowed down after being injured, and the distance between the two sides was gradually narrowing.

At this moment, cheers came from the first ship, and Bu Xiuqiu looked east, only to see a few pillars of smoke emerging in the sea and sky. Seeing this, he was immediately overjoyed: it was a steamship in China!

The countries of Europa are also copying steam engines, and in fact some coal mines in England are already using steam engines to pump water, but these steam engines are not yet available as power for ships. Bu Xiuqiu has read an internal investigation report, that is, it will take about five to six years for Europa's steam engine to actually produce a steam engine that can be used as power.

However, the whole of China is full of confidence in its own technological advantages, and the number of researchers in the whole of China is as high as 30,000 people supported by the government alone, plus the investment of various industrialists themselves, the number of researchers in Huaxia has reached more than 50,000 out of a population of about 150 million. Thanks to their efforts, Huaxia's steam engines have reached the fourth generation, and even the internal combustion engine has entered the experimental stage.

Now, the appearance of the Chinese steamship here means that the Chinese escort fleet stationed in Lisbon has received the news and rushed here to receive support.

Huang Zongxi knew that the Huaxia West Sea Fleet had a detachment stationed in Lisbon, which was rotated every six months, and this fleet was now the most powerful fleet in China today, because there were no enemy forces worth mentioning in the entire South China Sea, so almost all of the new ships were allocated to the West Sea Fleet. The entire fleet consisted of twelve battleships, three of which were based in Lisbon, and eleven of them with auxiliary ships. Such a fleet, although not enough to completely destroy the English fleet, has no doubt that they will be forced back.

The English also saw the three pillars of smoke, which proved that at least three Chinese naval warships were coming, and they visibly panicked, and then began to intensify their shelling, trying to sink the three merchant ships in the shortest possible time. But the merchant ships were all encouraged by the impending rescue, scooping up the water and paddling one by one, speeding up the boat as much as possible, and the two sides, which were originally close to each other, actually began to pull away again.

The English estimated that it would only take about an hour for the gunboats of the Chinese Navy to arrive, and at this time, it was not easy for them to achieve their goal, in this case, retreating to the port and holding on to the batteries was their only option.

"It's Huaqing!"

Seeing the battleship coming at the head glowing with a metallic luster in the sun, Bu Xiuqiu said excitedly.

It is indeed the Huaqing, the first all-steel battleship in China, which is not large among warships in terms of size, but its tonnage is very heavy, and more importantly, it is equipped with thick armor, and the solid shells used by most of Europa's warships today cannot penetrate its iron armor at all. The purpose of sending this battleship to Europa is to promote the national prestige and deter Ouyi, who is fearful but not virtuous, and secondly, to accumulate more experience in ocean voyages of ironclad warships and test the practicability of this first ironclad warship.

"You've worked hard."

After being picked up in Huaqing, Huang Zongxi heard Yu Dahai say this, and his eyes couldn't help but feel wet. Such a simple sentence, after escaping death, really warms people's hearts. He also rose to the pride of being a Chinese in his heart, and then he looked at it with a smile and sang Guma Shiying.

"Huang Taichong, you're a little embarrassed this time."

"Hmph, Ma Yaocao, I've disappointed you, I didn't die here, but you, an old man, dare to come out by boat?"

"That's inevitable, I want to go back to China, I have to come to see you - this is my Minister of Foreign Affairs of China, Minister Xu Zhongxu, Tai Chong, why don't you come to see you?"

Huang Zongxi looked at Xu Zhong beside Ma Shiying with some surprise, he knew before, but he didn't have the length of a part of Huaxia, such a noble high-ranking official would appear here!

"Chief Huangshan, what is the situation in England, please tell me." Xu Zhong smiled and said: "I can give you a thorough explanation, Your Majesty sent me this time to completely solve the problem of England, and your point of view will determine how much blood will be shed when solving the British barbarians!" ”

Huang Zongxi was shocked: "No, never!" (To be continued)