Dreams are good, reality is cruel!

The Blackbeard Pirates fantasize about making a fortune and returning home. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

But after sailing on the sea for half a month, I didn't see a single shadow of the ship.

The time came to August in a burst of irritability, and there were only a dozen days left before August 15.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is a day of reunion, and if there is no work, this time going to sea will be tantamount to doing it in vain.

Now, as long as the weather is good, Shi Lang is standing on the bow of the ship in person, holding a monocular and paying attention to the sea.

Once again disappointed, Shi Lang raised his head and looked at the lookout at the top of the sail pole.

The pirates on the lookout also took their goggles and then shook their heads at Shi Lang.

Shi Lang walked back to the cabin disappointed.

At first, the pirates were still in high spirits and ready at all times, waiting for the ghost merchant ship to come to Dafa Li City.

But after waiting like this for half a month, from day to night, there was only the vast sea and flocks of seagulls, and the morale of the pirates was gone.

Every day, I was bored to stay in Kosaka and count the seagulls, or gather in the cabin to gamble.

Shi Lang also loudly scolded his subordinates at first, but then he himself was discouraged.

Not only his subordinates, but even he began to wonder if it was the wrong choice to be a pirate.

When I was a mercenary, as long as I was diligent and ran farther, I could catch a large group of slaves and sell them for a good price.

Now ******, it's like you're hitting a lot of luck, and you can only wait stupidly.

If you don't start work, you don't have income.

Even if you don't have to pay the pirates' salaries, you don't need money to buy food or maintain ships.

Shi Lang was so anxious that a few blood blisters appeared at the corners of his mouth, and he, who had never believed in God, began to secretly beg God to worship the Buddha, no matter the size of the ship, in the end, let himself and his subordinates have a job to do!

After five days of anxiety and irritability, the pirates became more and more irritable.

It's no wonder that the scale of the ship is so large, and people will go crazy if they stay in this small space every day without much entertainment.

For several days, there were several fights.

Shi Lang was also angry, and directly locked those people in the confinement room.

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Shi Lang drank a lot of wine in the captain's room, his eyes red.

If Lao Tzu didn't accept this military order, Lao Tzu would still be in Manila hugging the slave girl and counting the money happily.

, which is now in the cramped cabin and drinking stuffy wine.

In order to succeed this time, Lao Tzu spent a lot of money to buy fifty cannons, more than three hundred muskets, and two glasses.

If he hadn't robbed the sea boat, then Lao Tzu's savings for so many years would have been all wasted, and he would have to start from scratch again.

If Lao Tzu hadn't been so arrogant back then and didn't offend the general, and now Lao Tzu would have been a commander a long time ago and had tens of millions of soldiers in his hands, where would there be Gan Hui standing alone in Jianghuai.

It's too late to say anything now, Lao Tzu doesn't want to be rich and expensive now, as long as he can come to a boat and let Lao Tzu return to his roots!

Just when Shi Lang was remorseful, suddenly a loud roar came from outside the boat: "There is a boat coming, it's the ghost ship!" ”

With this roar, there was a rapid sound of gongs from the ship.

Hearing the sound of the gong, Shi Lang threw away the wine bottle excitedly, hurriedly grabbed his musket and rushed out of the bedroom.

The crew members who had originally gathered in the cabin to gamble were desperately running out at this time.

Without saying a word, he picked up his weapon and ran to his post.

Shi Lang rushed out of the bedroom and ran to Kosaka and shouted, "Where is the ship?" ”

The pirate on the lookout hurriedly replied loudly: "Southeast, boss!" ”

Shi Lang stretched his glasses and looked southeast.

A Clark galleon, with a large and round hull, a large and round hull and a small deck, typical of Dutch merchant ships.

The tax paid in the Netherlands depends on the width of the deck, the narrower the deck, the less money you pay, so the smaller the deck and the larger the belly of the Dutch man-made ship, the more profitable it is.

Seeing that it was a merchant ship with a ghost, Shi Lang shouted happily: "Little ones, hurry up Yang Fan, go at full speed, you must grab that ship!" ”

"Yes!"

All the pirates had been dull for so many days, and now they heard that there were ships to rob, and they all shouted with excitement when they heard that there was no need for Shi Lang to encourage them.

The sails were hoisted, and the other pirates ran to the side of the ship to raise their weapons and shout loudly.

The three locks puffed up their sails and sailed swiftly towards the merchant ship like sharp arrows.

Half an hour later, the sailors on Clark's galleon also discovered the three pirate ships led by Shi Lang.

"Captain, an unknown ship has been spotted in the rear!"

This call from the top of the mast immediately attracted the attention of Yves Hargraves, the captain of the Dutch merchant ship Adriansund.

Captain Hargraves picked up the clairoscope and looked behind him.

"The ship is hanging ...... Damn, it's the pirate's skull flag. Run, they're damn pirates, get away from them! Hargraves exclaimed.

The Dutch merchant ship Adriansson hurriedly hoisted its sails at full speed and tried to escape as fast as possible.

Seeing that the merchant ship was about to escape, Shi Lang pulled out his waist knife and roared: "Quick, catch up with them, you must not let them escape!" ”

For a time, the Dutch merchant ship and three pirate ships started a chase battle at sea.

As time passed, the sailors of the Dutch merchant ships sadly found that the pirate ships were getting closer and closer to them.

"Captain, they're approaching us!"

"Hell, they're fast!"

Seeing that his ship was already approaching the merchant ship, Shi Lang shouted loudly: "Fire!" But don't sink the ship ****** Lao Tzu! ”

Hearing the order, the sailors hurriedly lit the letter fire, and the shells continued to roar at the two guns in the bow of the battleship.

The pirate ship had fired, shells falling around the hull and huge columns of water rising up.

Hargraves gritted his teeth and shouted, "Shoot back, fight back, don't let this damn pirate surround you!" ”

The two sides fired at each other with artillery, and one after another columns of water rose into the sky, and then scattered in mid-air, spilling majestically towards the warship.

Typical European merchant ships were built with platforms on which artillery could be erected, which was effective in preventing pirate attacks.

The Dutch were the first to venture into the construction of a merchant ship that could only transport goods and not be equipped with artillery.

The trade-off for this was that every voyage became a risky gamble of fate, but it had the advantage of low shipbuilding costs, half the price of British ships, and thus, low freight rates for goods.

In the Atlantic, under the protection of the large Dutch fleet, Dutch merchant ships encountered pirates with little regularity.

But this is Nanyang, the world of the Zheng family's sailors.

The "Adrianson" came to the eastern Indian Ocean from the sea, and in order to be safe, it was specially equipped with artillery, but there were only six guns.

It was no match for the twenty-five cannons of the Blackbeard Corsair, and after nearly two hours of chasing and fighting, all the guns on the "Adriansson" were destroyed.

Shi Lang always stood at the bow of the ship, roaring and shouting loudly, directing his men to shoot at the "Adrianson".

Seeing that the "Adrianson" was already dumbfounded, Shi Lang shouted excitedly, "Little ones, go full speed, lean in, and snatch that ship down for Lao Tzu." The reward for boarding the ship first is thirty taels! ”

Hearing that there was a reward, the pirates on the ship desperately steered the lock ship.

Approach it! Loot it! Capture him!

Then just wait to get the money.

The pirates were all standing on the side of the ship, waiting to board the ship.

Before the ship could get closer, the gunfire on the pirate ship rang out like popping beans, and the bow part of the ship was completely covered in smoke.

Originally, the sailors on the Dutch ship had their axes in their hands and were ready to take on the gunwale.

I didn't expect these pirates to be so insidious, and they came in a rain of bullets and killed seven or eight Dutch sailors.

Before the Dutch sailors could react, one by one the iron hooks were thrown out and grabbed the side of the main ship "Adriansund".

Then the topless pirates, roaring, pulled the Adriansson closer.

Planks with hooks mounted on the Adrianson, and the pirates, with an axe in one hand and a musket in the other, quickly jumped onto the Adrianson.

There are also some people who are idle and swing directly on a rope.

The Dutch initially caught the pirates' muskets off guard, allowing the pirates to go straight to Kosaka.

The Dutch threw themselves into the battle in disarray, and a white-knuckle battle broke out in an instant.

At this time, the other two locks also surrounded them, and more and more pirates jumped onto the "Adrian Pines".

The "Adrianson", which had only one hundred and thirty people, was not at all an opponent of four hundred pirates.

After nearly forty people died, the captain of the "Adrianson" had the white flag hoisted. (To be continued.) )