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"Wang Yu, what are you doing with borrowing a warship?"

Wang Yu contacted his father-in-law, Mao Wenlong, and went to the General Soldier's Mansion to see Li Huaixin that night. After a few words of greeting, Wang Yu clarified his intention and wanted to ask Li Huaixin to borrow a warship.

Although there are no naval divisions in Liaodong, there are still some warships. Li Huaixin said one day that he wanted to borrow a warship, but he was confused at that time, how could he not ask Wang Yu's intentions.

Wang Yu smiled all over his face and said, "My lord, if I borrow a warship, it is a very important business." Please help. ”

"Let me tell you, our friendship is friendship, but warships are important military supplies, and there are not a few warships in Liaodong, I will lend them to you without authorization, if something goes wrong, how can you let me explain." Li Huaixin said embarrassedly.

"I'll just borrow one, not to borrow all the ships. If there is a gain, it is natural that you will not be able to do it, if something goes wrong, I Wang Yu will double the compensation, and I will definitely not let you bear the slightest responsibility. I think my own credibility should be okay. Wang Yu said with a shy face.

Mao Wenlong also immediately followed the gang and said, "General...... This kind of thing, I shouldn't have mixed it up, but everything Wang Yu did was for the sake of the interests of the court. And he is a very measured person, if something happens, Wenlong is willing to bear it. ”

Li Huaixin's affairs in Wang Yu actually made a lot of benefits, the first time he raided his home, made a fortune, the second time he killed nearly a thousand Jurchens, Mao Wenlong was promoted to a guerrilla general, and he Li Huaixin was even crowned as the governor of the capital.

He probably knows Wang Yu now, and he seems to be doing a business without capital. However, Wang Yu seems to have some background, otherwise Lu Youwei would not have given Wang Yu so much face.

After pondering for a moment, Li Huaixin said: "Okay, let's take a few warships on the coast of Liaoyang, and tomorrow morning, I will ask someone to allocate one to you." ”

Seeing Li Huaixin's promise, Wang Yu hurriedly said: "My lord, I'm afraid it won't be enough tomorrow morning, can you allocate one to me now." ”

"Okay, okay, seeing that you are in such a hurry, I will ask Li Ren to take my order arrow, go with you, and allocate a warship to you. But Wang Yu, let's say it first, this warship is borrowed from you, but you have to pay it back, and there can't be any difference! Li Huaixin said.

"Don't worry, you'll be fine." Wang Yu said with a smile.

At that moment, Li Huaixin wanted to personally guard Li Ren with his own order arrow, and personally wrote a warrant and handed it to Li Ren.

The content of the warrant is probably like this, the warship was allocated to the guerrilla general Mao Wenlong, and there was an important military affairs to deal with.

Whether it is public or private, there can be no mistakes in this procedure, lend it to Wang Yu, it is too much to say, Wang Yu has no grade, if there is any problem, he can't explain it.

And it would be reasonable to allocate it to Mao Wenlong, at least he was a guerrilla general of the imperial court, as for what to do, there was no need to tell the generals below.

Wang Yu was very happy and went to the naval camp by the sea in Liaoyang with Mao Wenlong and Li Ren. There were a total of six warships in the naval barracks, and there was a staff general sitting here.

As soon as the general saw Li Huaixin's order and warrant, he didn't say a word, and immediately asked Mao Wenlong to choose a warship.

Now that it was dark, I could barely see the appearance of the warship, the size of the six warships was basically the same, and Wang Yu, Mao Wenlong, and Li Ren got on one casually.

On the boat, Wang Yu couldn't help but feel helpless, the novel said that even if the Ming sailor warship was not leading the world at that time, it was about the same. But on this warship, it was a poor clanging noise, and there were only four cannons in total, which was enough for something.

Wang Yu looked at Mao Wenlong and said, "Godfather, why is there only four guns on one ship, it's too few, it's not enough to do anything." ”

The general sent a thousand generals to accompany him, and Mao Wenlong asked this thousand generals what the configuration of the warship was. As a result, it turned out that it was indeed quite miserable, and each ship was equipped with four cannons, 20 shells, and 50 firearms, which was far less than the equipment of the defending troops.

But this Qian Zong is not embarrassed to say, in fact, this warship is just an ornament, and it is not used much for a long time, at best, it is to go to Dengzhou to pull some military supplies or something. No pirate would dare to rob the Ming Dynasty's warship.

Wang Yu pulled Li Ren over and said in a low voice: "Brother Li, you see that the artillery on this warship is really too little, and it is not enough at all." Can you bring all the guns on the warship? ”

"Brother Wang, this is not right...... This is the configuration of the warship, and the lord didn't write it on the warrant, so I don't dare to call the shots......" Li Ren said in a low voice.

"Lord Li even borrowed the warship, so do you need to lend me a few more cannons? Brother Li, I left in a hurry and didn't bring any money. Otherwise, I will send someone back now and bring two hundred taels of silver, which is considered a hardship fee. Say hello to the generals here, bring all the artillery over, and add 200 muskets and ammunition for me. It's better to tune me up a few more decent gunners and helmsmen. When my deal is done, there will be additional benefits. I, Wang Yu, do things, and Brother Li should also be clear. Wang Yu said in a low voice.

In fact, these requests he put forward do not require Li Ren and the deputy generals here to give an extra one or two pieces of silver, they are all things from the imperial court, and they will be over with a transfer. Of course, shells, ammunition or something, looking at Wang Yu's posture, there will definitely be losses, but for this kind of thing, the vice admiral who manages the warship naturally has a way to make the loss seamless. It's good for everyone.

Wang Yu said this, and Li Ren was embarrassed not to agree. Wang Yu is right, Li Huaixin even borrowed a warship, so he still needs to put on a few more cannons. At best, it's a matter of procedure. And this thing is not nominally lent to Wang Yu, it is lent to Mao Wenlong.

Li Ren nodded and said, "Okay, I'll talk to the staff here." ”

Wang Yu immediately beckoned Wu Sizhu, who had come with him, and asked him to hurry home and take two hundred taels of silver.

Li Zongbing may not be able to look at two hundred taels of silver, but for some generals or something, it is not a decimal.

Li Ren operated, he was Li Huaixin's confidant, and the generals at all levels in Liaodong also knew that the so-called not looking at the face of the monk and looking at the face of the Buddha should give him some face. The general ordered that all the artillery on other warships be moved to Wang Yu's warship, and all the guns and ammunition were prepared. Wang Yu's helmsman and gunner, and the generals were also found, and everything was ready.

After the busy work here, Wu Sizhu also brought the silver. Wang Yu handed a large bag of silver to Li Ren, and Li Ren took out half of it and gave it to the generals here, which was a great joy for everyone.

Wang Yu didn't go ashore either, took the horses to the boat, and left by boat. Forty helmsmen drove the boat out of twenty miles, and Wang Yu ordered the boat to stop, ordered Wu Sizhu to get off the boat and go home, gather people and horses, and rushed here to report, and then set off by boat. Of course, he still had to bring some money, so he asked Wu Sizhu to prepare an additional five hundred taels of silver to bring over.

After waiting for an hour, all the men and horses under Wang Yu were in place. There were a total of 300 people, each of whom was fierce and fierce. There are old people and novices, and the old leads the new. The old brother beside Wang Yu has already been beaten out and trained newcomers, so there is no problem at all.

After getting on the boat, Wang Yu began to assign work. The helmsman steered the ship, needless to say, and twenty-four gunners, eleven guns on each side of the ship, one in the bow and one in the stern. Wang Yu gave 250 people firearms, and the other 50 people, following the command of the gunners, helped to fill the shells.

In addition, Wang Yu called the helmsman and gunner all over, and each gave a reward of two taels of silver. These people were borrowed by him, and he wanted them to work without complaints, and money was the best indication of this.

Sure enough, when these people saw two taels of silver, their eyes lit up. I really didn't expect this uncle to be so generous. They worked in the barracks, and at the end of a month, they could get five cents of silver at best, and they had to drag on for a while. How can Wang Yu be so happy.

Wang Yu told them that as long as they work hard for me, after the matter is done, there will be benefits.

As soon as everyone heard this, their spirits were high, just like taking Viagra.

Wang Yu ordered the boat to be sailed, these helmsmen were all old oilers, and they were very familiar with the waters of Liaodong, so they rushed directly to the waters around Jinzhou. Naturally it will not be very close to Jinzhou, this is Wang Yu's request, if you wait on the edge of Jinzhou, a fool will dare to go to the sea.

Arriving at the designated sea area, Wang Yu asked everyone to rest and stand by in place.

And he took Song Sandao, Liu Changhe, and Wu Erhammer to the lookout, staring at the situation in the distance with a clairvoyant mirror.

At noon, a cargo ship came from the direction of Jinzhou, and as soon as Wang Yu saw the ship coming, he immediately said: "Second hammer, go down and give orders, so that everyone is ready for battle!" ”

"Yes!" Wu Erhammer agreed, and immediately went down to give the order.

Half of the people under Wang Yu are murderous without blinking, and they also know that they came with Wang Yu this time to do business, and after resting for two hours, they have no sleepiness, and they are all gearing up.

As soon as they heard that they were ready for battle, they immediately rushed to the deck.

Although this ship was a war ship, it had long since pulled out its flag, and it was impossible to see what kind of ship it was from a distance. When you get closer, you can see it clearly, and you will basically be within the range of the artillery.

The warship crossed the sea, just waiting quietly. It didn't take long for the cargo ship to arrive. The eleven guns on the left side of the ship were already in place, and they only waited for Wang Yu to give an order, and then they fired.

The ship on the opposite side was getting closer and closer to the warship, and when it came to a certain distance, the cargo ship seemed to feel that something was wrong and planned to make a detour. Where is the time, Wang Yu shouted, "Fire!" ”

As soon as the flag waved, listen to "bang ......"

A series of loud bangs, cannon roars, some splashing layers of waves, others smashing into the hull of the cargo ship.

The first cannonball was fired, and the ship immediately began to turn around, and when the bow was aimed at the opposite cargo ship, another shot was fired, "Bang! ”

Immediately after that, the ship turned again and turned to the other side. The eleven guns on the right lit up together, roaring again.

"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!" ……