On the first day of September in the fifth year of Zhengde, Zhou Zhong left Shuangyu Port with a large fleet, and they would first take the sea route, then disembark at Weihaiwei, and then cross the entire Jiaodong Peninsula to reach the capital by land.

Originally, if Zhou Chong's fleet could enter the Bohai Sea, and then get off the ship in Tianjinwei, it would be close to the capital, but don't forget, now the Ming Dynasty still enforces the sea ban, and places like Tianjin Wei close to the capital are very tightly guarded, if there is really a ship that dares to approach there, I am afraid that it will be immediately arrested by the army.

In contrast, Weihaiwei is much farther away from the capital, and the imperial court does not attach much importance to the supervision here, so the current Weihaiwei has long been bought by some smugglers on the northern route, and there are often some ships going to North Korea or the Japanese country to dock at Weihaiwei, so Zhou Zhong will choose to disembark here.

Zhou Chong this time is just launched the new fortune ship Nanyang, the whole ship is as long as fifteen zhang, after the previous trial voyage is very stable, so Zhou Zhong was selected as his own ship, in addition to this ship, there are also seven large ships, these ships of course can not be loaded with all gifts, in fact, including the Nanyang, these ships are loaded with a considerable amount of goods, they will continue to the north to North Korea after Weihaiwei sent Zhou Chong off the ship, and then contact with Kim Wenxian's Chungcheong Chamber of Commerce.

Speaking of which, this is the first time that Zhou Chong has sailed at sea for such a long time, although he has often traveled between Songjiang Mansion and Shuangyu Port before, but each time he only takes a boat for most of the day, and the distance from Songjiang to Shuangyu Port is too close, almost sticking to the coast, there is no danger at all. It's not much of a voyage.

But this time it's different. According to prior estimates. Zhou Chong and they had to sail at sea for nearly ten days, and they had to stay on the ship for these ten days, which was a very special trip for Zhou Chong and Jinxuan.

In the cabin on the top floor of the Nanyang lived Zhou Zhong and Jinxuan, but at the beginning, Zhou Chong was very worried, because Xie Lingyun and Wang Jinxuan also lived here, and this was since they got married. The first time the two of them met, Zhou Zhong was very worried that after the two women met, a conflict or a cold war would break out.

However, Zhou Chong was obviously worried too much, after Wang Jinxuan and Xie Lingyun met on the boat, not only did they not have any conflict, but they also became very intimate, at least in Zhou Chong's opinion, there was nothing abnormal about them talking and laughing together, and even forgave Zhou Chong aside, which made him really not understand what the two women meant?

The sea breeze is blowing. Although it was already the beginning of September and autumn, the weather was still very hot. Zhou Zhong asked people to open a large silk umbrella on the deck on the top floor to block the sun, and under the umbrella there was a rocking chair and a small table, on which were placed all kinds of fruits.

Speaking of coming from after crossing from Zhou Zhong to Daming, he has been fighting for his family and career, there are few times when he is so leisurely as now, sometimes he really wants to give up some things, and then take Jinxuan and Lingyun to live a leisurely life, but this thought is just a flash in his mind, he has too many things to let go of now, and there are countless people who rely on him to eat, if he suddenly lets go, God knows how many people in the Dao will lose their jobs and starve.

Thinking of this, Zhou Zhong couldn't help but sigh helplessly, shook his head and put these troubles behind for the time being, ready to enjoy this rare leisure.

However, Zhou Chong's leisurely was quickly broken, and then he saw Bang Er walking out of the cabin, and when he saw Zhou Chong under the parasol, he immediately came over and said: "Brother, let me go, my sister-in-law and I are going to play mahjong on the deck, and we have requisitioned the table and umbrella!" ”

Hearing the words of the bracelet, Zhou Chong raised his body helplessly and said, "Why don't you play in the cabin, the sun is so big on the deck, be careful to tann your skin." ”

"The light in the cabin is not good, even if there is an ice basin, it is very hot, it is not as cool as the deck, and the sun is not afraid of anything, didn't you say that basking in the sun is good for your health? Let's think it's a workout. Bang'er refuted Zhou Chongdao one by one, it seems that she is determined to occupy Zhou Chong's place to play mahjong.

"I've never heard of playing mahjong and exercising!" Zhou Zhong muttered in a low voice with some dissatisfaction, but he didn't dare to offend the bracelet, so he had to sit up with his hands propped up. At this time, the two little maids, Thrush and Abacus, also ran out of the cabin, and immediately helped Zhou Zhong clean up the fruits on the table, and then put the cloth bag containing mahjong on the table.

As soon as the mahjong was put on, I saw Jinxuan and Lingyun walking out of it talking and laughing, followed by Bai Mengwan and Sila, the four girls first greeted Zhou Chong, and then sat down with Bang'er, because it was five people, so Bang'er and Xila were in pairs. Zhou Zhong also had nothing to do, so he stood behind Jinxuan with a fruit plate and watched them play cards.

Speaking of Jinxuan, these women are usually bored at home, except for reading and embroidering, there are few other entertainment activities, so Zhou Zhong hollowed out some entertainment activities in the future, such as backgammon, checkers and other chess, in addition to mahjong and other common entertainment, but it may be nature, Jinxuan is particularly fond of mahjong, a game that is detached from the leaf play, and now not only Jinxuan They like to play, even Cira, who has just arrived in Daming, is also obsessed with mahjong, and she must have her every time she plays.

Zhou Zhong watched a few women play mahjong, and felt really boring, the space on the deck was so large, and when they played mahjong, there was no way to calm down, and he didn't want to go to the stuffy cabin, but Zhou Chong thought about it, and he didn't have any place to go, which made him a little depressed.

But at this moment, the little maid thrush beside Jinxuan came over and whispered in Zhou Chong's ear: "Master, Captain Liu on the ship just now said that the Pinghai in front of him is going to test the gun, and I asked you if you want to go and see it together?" ”

"Great, go get me dressed, I'll go now!" Zhou Chongzheng was extremely bored, and immediately stood up when he heard the thrush's words.

Jinxuan and the others were taken aback by Zhou Chong, and asked with a smile: "What is Xianggong going to do, why are you surprised?" ”

"Hehe, the ship in front is going to test the cannon, you guys be mentally prepared, don't take the sound of the cannon as thunder!" Zhou Zhong said with a smile, the gunners in the fleet last time tested the guns, and the results frightened Jinxuan and the others, thinking that there was a sudden thunder on a sunny day, which made him laugh for a long time.

Hearing Zhou Chong's teasing, Jinxuan and the others just wanted to open their mouths to fight back, but Zhou Chong turned around and entered the cabin at this time, and immediately went to the lower floor to find Captain Liu Tao after changing their clothes, and did not give them a chance to speak at all. Since Liu Tao successfully returned from Nanyang last time, he has been paid more attention to it, and this trip also named Liu Tao to command the entire fleet.

Liu Tao was already waiting for Zhou Zhong on the deck of the next layer at this time, and after the two converged, they immediately took a small boat to the Pinghai in front, this Pinghai is the sister ship of the Nanyang, launched a few days later than the Nanyang, the facilities on the two ships are almost identical, and the ship is also equipped with two newly cast Franc cannons, in order to test the power of the artillery, but also to train the gunners on the ship to shoot at the same time, so the two ships will carry out live ammunition training as soon as they have the opportunity.

When Zhou Zhong and Liu Tao came to the Pinghai, Shi Ping, the captain of this ship, was already waiting for them, Shi Ping's age was about the same as Liu Tao, and the experience of the two was also very imaginable, they were also Zhou Chong's captains recruited from other chambers of commerce, and because of their rich sailing experience, they quickly gained Zhou Chong's trust after entering the chamber of commerce, so as to become the middle and senior level of the chamber of commerce.

"Captain Shi, what are you going to fight this time?" Zhou Zhong boarded the Pinghai and immediately said with great interest, the sea voyage is really boring, Jinxuan and a group of women are playing together, Zhou Chong can't get in at all, and the only thing that can make him interested in killing time is to watch the test firing of artillery.

"Boss, please come with me!" I saw Shi Ping smile and smile, and then led them to the right side of the ship, pointing to a huge reef more than two hundred meters away that was exposed to the sea, "Boss, please look, that reef is the target of this test firing, and the two cannons on the ship are ready to be fired at any time!" ”

"Then what are you waiting for, hurry up and let the gunners ignite, the gunpowder and shells prepared on the ship this time are all prepared for them to practice!" Zhou Zhong said with some impatience. In order to train a group of skilled gunners, Zhou Chong really invested a lot of money, although there are not many guns on the ship, but the amount of gunpowder and shells is sufficient, and all of them are for gunner training, after all, in this era of backward technology, a good gunner is definitely made by piling up shells.

Hearing Zhou Chong's words, Shi Ping immediately ordered the gunners below to prepare, and after a while, he heard the artillery commander below shouting "ignition", and the two guns on the ship let out a roar almost at the same time, and then two shells flew out of the gun position below Zhou Zhong at the same time.

"Bah~" The two shells flew towards the target at an indisputable speed with the naked eye, but because the Pinghai was bumping up and down when sailing on the sea, it was not easy to aim, so the two shells failed to hit the target, one of them hit the sea dozens of steps away on the right side of the reef, and the other shell did not miss, but the angle was wrong, and the shell flew directly from the top of the reef.

In this era, it is almost impossible for the first cannon to hit the target, so they are not surprised by Zhou Chong, and then more than ten seconds later, the adjusted angle of the gun fired again, this time it still did not hit, but the landing point of the two shells is closer to the target, followed by the third gun, the fourth gun, the fifth gun, at this time it shows the advantages of the Fran machine gun, a gun has five sub-guns, almost can be fired five times in a row, this speed is simply a nightmare for front-loading artillery. (To be continued......)

PS: Update notice,Because the old fish has something to go out this afternoon.,So the evening chapter may have to be updated later.,I hope you can understand.。