Chapter 681: Natural Disaster? Man-made disaster?
The six unruly clippers made Han Lao Liu feel ashamed, and he hurriedly shouted at the top of his voice:
"Stop, stop! The front is dangerous! ”
But they didn't listen to him, so they flew over their boat and sailed into the depths of the lake.
Seeing that he couldn't call them back, Han Lao Liu sighed again and again, turned his head to Shen and said, "Alas, it must be some foreigners, this is definitely the end." ”
Shen Zuo's eyes were fixed on those boats, ignoring Han Lao Liu, but said to Sanchi beside him: "Have you seen the people on the boat first?" ”
Sanchi also said with a contemplative face: "I also feel very familiar, it seems to be Mr. He and Miss Deer."
"I look like, then, you can't go wrong." Shen said: "Someone chased him three feet and took out a clairplane mirror from his arms, looked at a ship and said: "The people on it are all dressed in strange costumes, and there are even Japanese ronins." Then he looked at the other ship and said: "This boat is full of black-clothed people "Three-eyed Fire Gun of Clear Water......" His voice fell, and he heard the sound of banging, and Sanchi couldn't help but shout: "My lord, they actually fired at that ship!"
"I'm not deaf......" Shen snatched the clairvoyant mirror from his hand, and looked closely, although those boats were getting farther and farther away, he could still clearly see that on the three pursuing ships, there were guys wearing Japanese samurai uniforms and holding katanas, and he couldn't help but whisper: "Sure enough, it's not from the government!" Then he instructed Sanchi and said, "Let everyone be on alert." ”
"Lang Lang Qiankun, broad daylight, is there any royal law?!" When Sanchi heard this, he immediately said excitedly: "My lord, let's show our hands?!" "Although there are many people on the other side's boats, they are all light boats and speedboats, and their big ships are the latest models developed by the Suzhou Research Institute, which looks no different from ordinary official ships, but there is an iron armor skin on the outside and hidden inside. Arballista, heavy organs, both offensive and defensive.
In a water battle, the strength of the ship is everything, so the opponent's boat is not scared at all.
"Hmm", Shen nodded, because he happened to see He Xinyin's old face as if someone owed him eight hundred hangings from the clairfront mirror: "Since you have seen it, you can't pretend not to see it."
"Okay!" Sanchi whistled and raised his voice: "Ring the gong!" ”
As soon as the words fell, the guards standing on the lookout platform vigorously rang the gongs at hand, and the gongs rang ......, and the boat was in a commotion, that is, half an hour of effort, and the guards stood ready for battle at each firing position.
"Your Excellency, please give the order!" Three-foot said with his head held high.
"Rescuing the pursued ships allows you to fire freely at the enemy," Shen commanded in a low voice:
"Try to keep your own people safe."
"Yes!" Sanchi responded in a deep voice, raised the order flag in his hand, and said with all his might: "Pursuit!" The ship slowly moved north.
"I can't help it...... Han Lao Liu puffed to Shen and knelt down and said: "My lord, don't follow up, this time is the most evil time, you can't get out if you go in!" ”
"I'll be careful." Shen smiled slightly and insisted that the boat sail into the water.
The speed of the boat became faster and faster, Han Lao Liu's face became more and more pale, he knew that he couldn't stop Shen Yi and the others, so he knelt on the bow of the boat, kowtowed vigorously and prayed, begging King Jiang not to blame.
Shen and Sanchi ignored him, all their attention was focused on a few clippers dozens of feet away in front, but seeing the flames and white smoke rising from those pursuing ships, there were even hand cannons equipped by the Beijing Shenji Battalion! The guns and shells were fired at the ship in front, and although the boat dodged left and right like a swimming fish, it still hit the bullets and even the sails were broken and slipped off the mast.
Seeing that the ship lost its sail, the speed slowed down, and the boat behind took the opportunity to accelerate, the distance between the two sides became closer and closer, and Shen Zhi's heart also rose to his throat, and he kept urging his subordinates to sail at full speed, "Unfortunately, the ship is big and heavy, and it is really not easy to catch up with those light boats and fast boats.
Seeing that it was about to form an encirclement, the lone clipper was doomed, "On the cloudless lake, a strong wind blew from nowhere, and the lake, which had just been calm, was suddenly high, and the waves squeezed from the east and west sides at the same time, and when they reached the middle of the lake, they were miraculously canceled out.
Before Shen could breathe a sigh of relief, he saw that the clippers that were right in the middle of the waterway were shaking violently, and the people on the boats were caught off guard, almost all of them fell, and several fell into the water.
Shen was big and heavy on their boat, and it was still a long way away, so although they felt their feet shaking violently, they were still able to hold on to the railing. Looking at this strange scene, Shen and the others opened their mouths wide, and Han Lao Liu trembled like chaff all over his body, and said in a trembling voice: "King Dingjiang, King Dingjiang is here......
Shen looked at the roaring lake, a nameless fear and confusion abounded, and said secretly:
Is there really a big turtle making waves? But then he denied himself and said: "This is not "Journey to the West", how can there be monsters?" ”
As he pondered, the situation in the lake became more and more severe, and under the action of a terrible force, the boats rose and fell violently, and more and more people fell into the water, only to see them shouting and struggling in horror, but as if they were sucked by something, and gradually lost their roofs.
"Get over there!" Shen ordered in a deep voice: "Put a signal flare!" ”
"My lord, that's too dangerous!" Sanchi is not excited now, no matter when, keeping the safety of adults is the most important.
"It doesn't matter, we're big." Shen said: "Let everyone hurry up, let's lean over slowly." ”
At Shen Qi's insistence, a rocket was released into the sky, and red fireworks unfolded in the blink of an eye, and in the blink of an eye, it was blown away by the strong wind; At the same time, the big ship slowly approached the strange place, and the closer it was, the more it tossed and drummed, and it had to hold on to the railing tightly before it could stand...... In order to protect the safety of the adults, Sanchi directly tied him to the pillar with a rope
The small boat that was being chased over there seemed to see the moment when the fireworks bloomed, and rowed desperately towards the big boat, but it was difficult to move forward.
Just when the two sides were desperately approaching, on the east and west sides of the lake, there was another gust of wind, and this time the wind was much stronger than the last time, the wind howled and rolled up the splash, and finally converged in the center of the lake, but did not eliminate it, but entangled together, and suddenly sucked up the lake water, forming a rotating water column! The water column was like being sucked into the air by some divine object, and from a distance, it looked like a giant python hanging in the air, and it was also like a swinging elephant's trunk!
"Dragons suck water!" Shen and Han Lao Liu exclaimed in surprise, the difference was that Han Lao Liu was paralyzed on the ground when he ascended, and he was so frightened that he said with feces and urine: "It's over, it's over, the king of Dingjiang is angry, we are all dead...... " and Shen said with a stern face: "He Xinyin is in danger!" ”
He said this, it makes sense, although there is an undercurrent underwater, which makes the boat bump and undulate, but He Xinyin and his wife rely on their martial arts to ensure that they will not be thrown off, but in the event of a waterspout, the boat can't support it at all, and the boat is destroyed and killed, only on the eve of the day!
As if to confirm his words, a clipper closest to the middle of the lake was struck by a whistling waterspout, and was lifted up and buckled on the water, and all the people fell into the water, and in the blink of an eye they were swept away by the whirlpool.
"My lord, let's go!" Three-foot-tall shouted, "That thing is too dangerous!" ”
The terrifying whistling and cries for help on the surface of the lake, he could not shout hoarsely.
Shen stared at the Yun waterspout and the overturned clipper, shook his head and said loudly:
"Keep going!" Before he could finish speaking, the water dragon overturned another clipper, and all the people on board were also swept into the whirlpool.
"Forward!" Shen shouted, "I order you to advance!" ”
"Yes!" The three feet had no choice but to respond, and ordered the sailors to row with all their might, and by the sudden change of the wind, they rushed over like an arrow off the string!
The boat that was being pursued was He Xinyin and Lu Lianxin, at this moment the boat had been sucked by the whirlwind, and it was completely out of control, no matter how the two of them urged, they couldn't take a step forward; The boat also creaked and swayed so badly that the two of them had to separate one hand and hold on tightly to the side of the boat so that they would not be thrown into the water.
He Xinyin looked at the water dragon that was getting closer and closer, and then shook his head and said, "Senior sister, it seems that the two of us can't escape this catastrophe, and I hurt you." ”
Lu Suixin smiled and said: "I can be a pair of mandarin ducks with the same fate as my senior brother, and I will die without regrets." Saying that, he didn't grab the side of the boat anymore, and threw his delicate body into the arms of his senior brother, dragging him tightly with both hands and saying, "Hold me tight, don't part on Huangquan Road." ”
He Xinyin looked at the water dragon in front of him, sighed, let go of the oars and ropes in his hands, hugged Lu Suixin in his arms, and said quietly: "It's a pity that no one has exposed this conspiracy......"
Before the words fell, I saw that it was dark in front of me, and I heard an earth-shattering roar, and then a huge wave rushed towards me, engulfing the two of them in a blink of an eye......
At that moment, He Xinyin and Lu Suixin both believed that they were doomed to die, but when the huge waves receded, the two found that they were still alive, and when they opened their eyes in surprise, they saw a big ship in front of them, and a long-lost smiling face.
And the water dragon has disappeared without a trace.
The lake soon returned to calm, the sun appeared in the sky again, and the wind and waves disappeared without a trace, if it were not for the floating corpses on the board, it really made people think that they had a nightmare.
Looking at He Xin-Yin who was caught up in the water, Shen smiled and said: "Although there are a thousand words, you should take a shower and change your clothes first." ”
He Xinyin opened his mouth and didn't speak, when he heard someone shouting: "Listen, the people on the boat, if you want to live, hand over the key criminals we arrested, otherwise don't blame us for killing them all!" "It turned out that two more ships escaped the doom of capsizing, outflanked from the left and right, and more than a dozen samurai armed with swords and guns, viciously threatening Shen and them.
"Who are they?" Shen asked softly.
"Yan Shifan's people." He Xinyin said: "I discovered the big secret, and I chased it all the way to this point."
"I see." Shen nodded, smiled at the two of them, and said, "I'll leave it to me here, you guys go and change your clothes quickly, I asked the kitchen to prepare lunch and hot soup, as well as my sister-in-law's favorite drunken mud snail, waiting for you." ”
Lu Sui smiled when he heard this, threw a flattering look at Shen Zuo, and said to He Xinyin: "Master, let's just listen to Lord Shen, he is much more powerful than us." ”
He Xinyin was helpless, so he had to go down with Lu Lian, and muttered before leaving: "It's still the same."
When He Xinyin and Lu Suixin bathed and changed clothes, and reappeared on the deck, they could no longer see the shadows of the two ships, only Shen stood there with a smile on his face, and said to Lu Suixin: "Mrs. Sister-in-law is still so delicate as a flower, but Brother He is younger, you two are really fairy couples."
Lu Suixin couldn't stand these rhetoric, and laughed like a flower, but He Xinyin said with a straight face: "What about those people? ”
"It's all sunk to the bottom of the lake." Shen shrugged his shoulders and said, "You know, I don't kill, this time I made an exception for you, how can I thank me?" ”
"I'll give you a great fortune." He Xinyin lowered his cheeks and said, "I'm hungry, let's sacrifice the Five Organs Temple first." ”
"That's no problem, the meal has already been prepared, please serve the two of you." Shen made a gesture of respect, and led the two into the dining room.
The restaurant has already set up a table full of dishes, He Xinyin is not polite to him, he sat down and began to pick up rice, Lu Lianxin looked at him several times, but He Xinyin ignored it, so he had to smile apologetically at Shen.
Shen said with a gentle smile: "Sister-in-law can only be used, I have a lifelong friendship with Brother He, don't treat me as an outsider." ”
Lu Lianxin nodded and smiled: "Speaking of which, it was the adults and Big Brother He who saved me back then, "If it weren't for you, I would have frozen to death in the wilderness."
Let her say this, Shen remembered the past events of the past, and his smile became more cordial.
At this time, Sanchi brought a large white porcelain soup bowl with steaming chicken soup inside, and Shen helped arrange the dishes on the table, and after Sanchi put it down, he personally "scooped Deng Bi's soup and sent it to the two of them." 7 Lu Sui hurriedly said: "My lord is too expensive, I can't eat this table of dishes, what kind of chicken soup is stewed?"
Shen couldn't help laughing and said: "This is not a cost, it should be called saving, because this big rooster is nothing." Kill them when your time comes. ”
"Huh? Prophet of Adulthood? Lu Sui's heart opened slightly, full of worship.
"Haha", Shen smiled proudly: "That's ......
"Hell yes." He Xinyin over there put down his chopsticks, glanced at his wife with vinegar, and said, "He is here to worship the old man's temple." ”
"Heh", Shen was surprised: "Brother He originally knew that this was the Black Triangle? Then how can you still return one r, ten "why do you still break straight in?" He Xinyin said: "Can't you ask some questions about nutrition?" ”
"Hehe......" Shen laughed awkwardly.
Lu Lianxin, who was on the side, hurriedly said, "Senior brother, how can you talk to Lord Shen?" ”
"Men talk, women interject less, eat your food." He Xinyin glared at her and said.
He has always been accustomed to his wife's admiration and admiration, but now that she has begun to blindly worship others, he feels that he has lost his heart.
Shen also understood what He Xinyin meant, there were many people chasing them, and they were well-armed, and the couple couldn't fight or leave, so they could only flee to this dangerous water, hoping to deter the enemy...... He Xin hid his life to save face, and he was willing to admit that he had miscalculated, and he couldn't explain it, so he was annoyed and angry.
"But then again", Shen said in a deep voice: "This section of water is too weird, how can it be so good that the wind and waves are so good, could it be that there is really a lake god to make trouble?" ”
"", He Xinyin disdained: "How can there be any gods and ghosts in this world, I can't imagine that you are so ignorant." ”
"Senior brother......" Lu Lianxin whispered, "Lord Shen is our savior......
"Hehe, it's okay." Shen smiled and said: "Brother He doesn't know how much he saved me, sister-in-law don't worry, we just talk like this." ”
"That's it, I don't think I heard it." Lu Suixin is completely defeated, and the heart says that sometimes men are more difficult to understand than women.
I heard He Xinyin say: "I heard about this legend in my early years, and I explored it here, and found that the wind here is particularly strong, especially a lot, not only the crown of Poyang Lake, but also the lack of a second place in the whole of Jiangxi, but this is by no means the manifestation of the king of Dingjiang, but formed by some special conditions."
"Listen up." Shen smiled and said, Lu Lian also held his ears and listened attentively.
"Why is the wind so strong and frequent in the waters of the Lao Ye Temple? I think the culprit, it's the terrain! Then I heard He Xinyin say in a deep voice: "The water in this area is fifty miles long, the widest part is thirty miles, and the narrowest point is only six miles. Just to the northwest of this body of water is the first mountain in Jiangxi Province. The Lushan mountain range is as high as a hundred zhang of enemies, and its mountain direction is just parallel to this waterway, less than ten miles away from Poyang Lake. ”
"I see," Shen said suddenly. It turns out that the southeast peaks and peaks of Lushan Mountain provide natural conditions for the wind speed to increase. When the wind goes south from the north, that is, when the north wind blows, the southeast peak of Lushan makes the airflow compressed, and the acceleration of the airflow begins, and when it blows to the Lao Ye Temple, which is only about three kilometers wide, the wind speed happens to reach the maximum value, and the wind roars and rushes. It's as if we don't feel it in an open area, but when we pass through a narrow alley, we feel a strong wind blowing in our faces.
There is no wind and no waves, the impact of the waves is strong, if it is catching up with today, and there is an opposite wind blowing, it will form a whirlwind, but the probability of this is very small, and I can't see it a few times a year, but I just let He Xinyin catch up, and I don't know if he is lucky, or bad.
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Explain two problems, one is the problem that there are no beggars in Shaoxing City, and the other is the attitude of the missionaries, at that time, China's household registration system tied people to their respective hometowns, and could not move freely, so with the burst of capitalism, there was a large-scale labor shortage in Jiangnan, and there were not many people who were rich and unkind at that time, most of the rich people still knew the etiquette in a warehouse, and the government and the people did build a lot of charity machines, which I can be more sure.
There is a saying that would rather be a dog of the Yangtze River than a person from the Yellow River, and the difference between the north and the south was so great at that time that I even think that this is the main reason for the fall of the Ming Dynasty.
There is also the issue of attitude towards missionaries, Catholicism will never be dominant in China, in fact, the realistic attitude of the Chinese makes this nation and Catholicism can never be compatible, and Shen is willing to create a platform for missionaries to communicate with doctors, just hoping to open a window for doctors to understand the world, and I write this, not out of thin air, in fact, I wrote this book, almost all the more important points are supported by historical facts, and must be confirmed by many parties. You can refer to the history of science and technology culture in the Wanli period, and you will know that the scholars of the Ming Dynasty treated the attitude of Western missionaries without any arrogance, but humbly asked for advice, like a sponge to absorb the knowledge they did not understand, so there will be a great development of science in the late Ming Dynasty, almost all Western scientific works have been translated in China, this is the first time in history that the famous ▲ Western learning to the East "There are many relevant materials on the Internet, you can.
In fact, I know that everyone is influenced by history books, and always feels that the Ming Dynasty is dark, and the political, economic, and social pattern is similar to that of the Qing Dynasty.