Hearing Xiao Xiangui's words, Li Tu was stunned. Li Tu knew that Li Dan would die of illness in Japan during www.biquge.info the Apocalypse, but he didn't remember the specific time. The last time Li Tu saw Li Dan in Beigang, Li Tu saw that Li Dan was coughing non-stop, and knew that he was not in good health, but he didn't expect to die so soon.

"The shipowner is so well-informed, how did this Li Dan die?"

At the beginning of the year, he had been buying goods sent by merchants from Fujian and Guangdong in Beigang, and loading the goods on ships and sending them to Japan. In June he fell ill and left Hokko for Hirado. On July 14, he fell ill and died in Hirado, Wakoku. ”

The vicissitudes of the sea are crossing, and a generation of famous people have returned to the west. Although Li Dan is not very good to Li Tu, this Li Dan is a serious business person after all, and he has never robbed Li Tu.

But soon, Li Tu thought of Zheng Zhilong again. Li Tu knew that as soon as Li Dan died, Zheng Zhilong would become the biggest pirate in the East Asian seas. For Li Tu, who ran to the sea, Li Dan is not terrible, but this Zheng Zhilong is really hateful.

Li Dan asked Xiao Xiangui: "What happened to Li Dan's industry, has his son Li Guozhu inherited it?" ”

Xiao Xiangui nodded and shook his head again.

Li Dan's power and property in Hirado were inherited by his eldest son, Li Guosuke. The relationship and industry in Fujian are all attributed to Xu Xinsu. Those disciples of Li Dan now do not listen to orders and go their own way. And Li Dan's family business in Xiaoliuqiu fell into the hands of Zheng Yiguan. ”

"This strongman named Zheng Yiguan doesn't know what means he used to steal people's hearts and minds, and swallowed up all Li Dan's ships and personnel in Taiwan, and even some of Li Dan's disciples also joined him. Unlike Xu Xinsu, this Zheng Yiguan completely ignored Li Guozhu and acted independently on his own. ”

"Not only that, this Zheng Yiguan also took over a pirate force named Yan Siqi, and now he has become the largest pirate near Xiaoliuqiu. With power, this guy changed his name to Zheng Zhilong. ”

"The owner of the ship should be careful this trip, don't fall into the hands of this Zheng Zhilong."

Hearing Xiao Xiangui's words, Li Tu thought for a while.

After a while, Li Tu looked at his two new ships and said lightly: "We are not afraid of him." ”

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Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao will arrive.

Li Tu's fleet left Meiwan, passed through Penghu and approached Xiaoliuqiu, and sailed north along the coast of Xiaoliuqiu. After driving for eight days, I was about to reach the Great Ryukyus, but I heard a shout from Aban on the lookout.

"There are a lot of boats up there!"

Li Tu walked to the tail tower, raised his eyes, and sure enough, he saw dozens of dense black dots on the northern horizon. The black dots were all sails of the ship, rising little by little from below the horizon.

Li Tu's fleet was spotted, and the black dots were coming this way.

The two fleets gradually approached, and the distance of five thousand meters, Aban on the lookout could see clearly that there were more than forty large and small ships in front of them, seven of which were large fortune boats, and the others were small boats such as bird boats and sand boats. Aban slammed the gong and shouted, "Pirates! The ships are coming! It's a pirate! Under the banner of Zhengzi! ”

With such a large fleet, the owner's surname is Zheng, and there will be no one else, obviously Zheng Zhilong, who has just annexed the assets of Li Dan Beigang. Unexpectedly, this Zheng Zhilong had just taken the position, and he bumped into Li Tu.

Hearing the sound of the gong, the faces of the crew members on the ship changed drastically and looked at Li Tu nervously. Jiang Yu, the new chief shopkeeper on the ship, said loudly: "Owner, we have many sails and fast ships, we can escape!" ”

On the sea 5,000 meters away, Zheng Zhilong's more than 40 ships covered the sea, and there were at least 700 or 800 people on those boats. Hundreds of hard sails swayed, creating a strong visual impact that scared the crew.

Li Tu was not afraid of these old ships, and with two new Fu ships, Li Tu was sure enough to deal with these pirates who were technologically backward for centuries.

He shouted: "The gunners are in position!" Reload! Catch up! We'll meet this Zheng Zhilong! ”

Hearing Li Tu's order, the crew cheered up and took their positions and entered a combat posture.

"The gunner is in position!"

"The gunner is in position."

"Reload!"

At the sound of the crew's orders, Li Tu's six boats sailed towards Zheng Zhilong's huge fleet. The two fleets approached quickly, and it was not until they were six hundred paces away from the pirate ship at the front that they could see the sword of the pirate on the opposite ship, and Li Tu shouted, "Flag bearer order!" All the ships are full on the right and sail eastward! ”

The flag-bearer waved his flag and transmitted Litu's order to the other ships in the fleet. The rudder turned, and Li Tu's fleet made a ninety-degree turn, adjusted its sails, and headed east. Four medium-sized Fukubunes drove in front and two Daifuku boats in the back, aiming their port side at Zheng Zhilong's pirate fleet.

Seeing that the distance was getting closer and closer, the pirates on the pirate ship became excited and began to wield their swords and howl loudly. In their eyes, the Litu fleet, which was only a quarter of their number, was a herd of fat sheep.

However, these pirates did not know that the gap between them and the equipment of the Li Tu fleet was centuries. In the face of this technological gap, the disparity in numbers is meaningless.

Five hundred paces away from a sand boat at the front, Li Tu ordered loudly, "Aim!" ”

On the second deck, the commander of eight heavy guns adjusts the pitch angle of the cannon and takes aim.

Pulling out his long knife, Li Tu swung his knife at the leading pirate sand boat, and shouted loudly:

"Port artillery fire!"

Li Tu gave an order, only to hear a few loud "boom", "boom", "boom", two new-style Fu boats shook violently and opened fire. Huge black smoke came out of the gun emplacements on the second deck on the port side, and the smoke was so thick that it blurred Leetu's entire vision. In the acrid smoke, the recoil of the guns caused the ship to jerk to starboard, crushing a spray on the sea.

Eight huge cannons on the port side of the two new-style Fu boats spewed out fierce tongues of fire, firing eight sixteen-pound heavy cannonballs, piercing the sky and rushing towards the sand boats in front.

At a distance of five hundred paces, the standard long gun was completely direct fire, and the hit rate was very high. Although six shells missed, a huge column of water was shot in the sea. But the other two shells hit the target, hitting the sand ship solidly.

The high-speed kinetic energy crashed into the sand boat, tearing the clumsy wood and breaking the small sand boat into three. The sea swooped up, swallowing the remnants of the sand boat into the sea in an instant. The dozen or so pirates on the ship were sucked into the whirlpool of the sunken ship, unable to escape, and drowned into the sea one by one.

As soon as the blow was successful, Li Tu's crew shouted loudly, and their morale was much higher.

But the slaughter had just begun.