In fact, the Spaniards had apparently spotted them, and the four armed sailing ships were so careful that they drifted a little erratically. In naval warfare at this time, most of the Western warships were ramming horns or bow guns plus stern guns, and then unilateral ship guns, so their walking routes were similar to the [zigzag route] mentioned by the storyteller of the Ming Dynasty, although it is not very accurate, but it probably means this.

As for the double-sided guns taking turns firing, it took a few years for the Spanish Armada and Britain to fight to the death, and the British came up with the double-sided gunsoft gun tactics, and the guns of the Ming warships were double-sided, but the Daming battleships were similar to the Spanish warships, and they paid attention to a big character.

The displacement of these Spanish pirate gunboats is about 300 tons, which is actually about the same as the 500 warships in the hands of the good officials, but the good officials' own ships are 1,000 materials, twice as large as the Spanish ships, those Spaniards are not crazy, they will rob when they see a ship on the sea, ten warships are almost bigger than their ships, and they are not stupid.

With his hands on the railing, the obedient officer looked at the sea in the distance, and did not speak for a long time, Hu Litao didn't know what he was thinking, and he seemed to be thinking about something, and it was not easy to disturb him, so he had to accompany him, and after a while, the obedient officer woke up and asked him, "Brother Hu, what about Chiyo?" ”

Hu Baihu scratched his head, due to the language barrier, he really had difficulty communicating with the princess Fusang, so he had to say: "Your princess Fusang got on the boat, she was curious about everything, and she looked everywhere. He hesitated, but he couldn't say the next sentence [This Fuso is a real person] anyway.

You know, at this moment, the Ming Dynasty's warships are up to 5,000 materials, which is 2.5 to 3 times the largest warship of Spain, which claims to be the king of the earth, as for Fuso, their ironclad ships are so funny, and the Oda family ironclad ships recorded in the history of Fuso beat the most powerful Maori Navy at that time, and various records at the time believed that the Oda family ironclad ships were behemoths, and the merchants were even more frightened, and hurriedly rushed to send gold to Oda Nobunaga.

Missionary Louis? The point of view in Floys's report letter to the Kingdom of Portugal is [similar to the kingdom's ship, which is really surprising that Fuso can be built], and the record of "Nobunaga Gongji" is that the ironclad ship was twelve to thirteen meters long at that time, that is, about 23 meters, and later the famous pirate Daming Nine Ghost Jialong built a 32-meter-long ironclad ship, and the so-called ironclad ship of Fuso was not as big as the Ming Dynasty 500 ships, and it was already invincible to Fusang.

How long is the Ming warship? Later generations of archaeological evidence of the Longjiang Shipyard show that the treasure ship is 44 zhang 4 feet long, which is 138 meters from the excavation measuring ruler.

Of course, it was the largest ship, but the ship of the good official was not small, and it can be imagined how curious Chiyo was about the battleship with a thousand materials, especially the four layers of the battleship of the Ming Dynasty were double-sided guns, and the firepower was countless times stronger than Nobunaga's ironclad ship.

The good official heard Chiyo visit the warship, so he smiled and said I went to find her, Hu Baihu hurriedly said that I would lead the way for Xiao Maocai, so he took him down from the shippin and down to the bottom cabin.

After all, the seller behind the 500 Franc machines is Ningbo Bawei, and they always have to teach these Fusang people to test the guns, each of these 500 Franc machines is equipped with four sub-guns, that is, cannonballs, and those skilled gunners are teaching a helper how to fire more Zi Gong at the fastest speed, although it is not a live shot, but these Fuso people shouted slogans to move the Zi Gong around, and next to Tachibana Xuanhe frowned and didn't know what to calculate.

Chiyo, who was wearing small sleeves, saw the good official walking down from above, his face was slightly red, and he walked over quickly, "You woke up, I was just going to go up ......" The good official smiled and said It's okay, this sister Chiyo has a strong interest in martial arts, don't turn her into a lady, like to play guns! In a few years' time, I'll love to shoot guns.

That Hatano Rina stood in front of the good official with her chest straight, bowed her head slightly and shouted to the lord, and then glared at Hu Baihu, the good official looked a little inexplicable, Hu Litao was embarrassed by this long-legged girl, so he had to explain to the good official, "This, Xiao Maocai, it's not that I don't give this girl to you, but I promised Brother Zhongli to take care of your safety, I don't know this girl well, where can I let her stand next to you while you are sleeping." ”

As soon as the good officer heard this, oh! I see, the feelings are driven away, so I have to stare at Hu Baihu, but the positions of both sides are correct, so I said a few good words in the round, and said to Rina Hatano, the rules of this Ming country are different from Fusang, you carry a sword, Brother Hu will naturally stop you. Rina Hatano is inevitably aggrieved, my lord, I have sworn to this Mori Zhitian to be the lord of the Ji military general, naturally I want to carry a sword to protect you, how can I do without a weapon.

This, the good official really doesn't know how to say it, after all, the Fuso people are already deeply rooted in the bone marrow with a sword at the moment, even if Toyotomi Hideyoshi unifies Fuso, the samurai under his command can also carry a handful of swords in their arms when they see him.

So he smiled dryly and was about to divert the topic, not daring to explain carefully to this long-legged and thin-breasted Ji general, fortunately, at this time, Tachibana Xuanhe suddenly shouted, he immediately turned his head to look over, and the Zhijiang, who is famous for sending his sister, grabbed his head with both hands, and the expression on his face was like constipation, "Every shot is gold!" ”

He hurriedly walked over quickly, and said with a smile: "Mikawa Shou, the war is all about money!" ”

Tachibana Xuanhe noticed him at this time, and quickly bowed his head slightly, and then looked depressed, feeling that these five hundred big barrels were really bloody, according to the gunners of the Ming Kingdom, I am afraid that once or twice the ammunition will be exhausted. He could even imagine that the five hundred large cylinders lined up against the castle of the Shimazu family, and after a while, the castle of the Shimazu family opened, but the ammunition of the large cylinder was also exhausted.

How can this not make him entangled!

Looking at Tachibana Genga's expression, the obedient official knew what he was struggling with, so he couldn't help but mention him, "Mikawa Mamoru, we have a saying in the Ming Dynasty, called good steel is used on the blade, if you expect the big tube to sweep everything, it is unrealistic." ”

It's a pity that the situation of the Otomo family at the moment is really waiting for the sinking ship, hoping to grasp any life-saving straw. However, the obedient official reminded him two sentences, but he actually didn't think so, it was in his interests for Fuso to be divided, if the Otomo family unified Kyushu, how could he still sit back and watch him Zheng Guofan control the Tachibana family!

Therefore, the more chaotic the better, if others are willing to spend gold, the obedient officials will sell the eight guards' Franco machine guns to the other party, and any nation must sacrifice the interests of other nations if it wants to rise, this is the truth of [my hero, his enemy].

Tachibana Genga is not a stupid person, after listening to the words of the good official, he bent down and bowed his head to express his gratitude to him, but he was still anxious in his heart, you know, the Tachibana family can count on these big cylinders to turn things around, and now it seems that although things are good, but once the ammunition is finished, it is like an iron cannon without saltpeter.

This is the true portrayal of the Fuso Warring States at that time, obviously other daimyo have more powerful technology trees, but in the end it is the so-called [Mikawa Soul] infantry Tokugawa family, you know, a musket without ammunition is not as good as a burning stick, which is also the reason why the soldiers of the nine sides of the Ming Dynasty refused to mount, they would rather use a three-eyed gun, and after the fight is a hammer with a backhand.

And Fuso is not a saltpeter, this resource-poor island country, saltpeter relies on imports from the Ming Dynasty, so, no matter what kind of ape the Shimazu family boasts about, the collapse of the Otomo family, and the dragoons of the Date family, listening to scare people, they can also have an advantage in a short time, but after a long time, the biggest shortcoming will be exposed immediately, and there is no supply.

This is the last hole card of the obedient official who knows everything, all the Fusang daimyo are paper tigers, yes, I admit that the use of iron cannons in Fuso at this moment is the most dense in the world, but later generations even admit that your Fuso people's own textbooks admit that there is no supply in the later stage of the Battle of Keicho Wenlu...... Later generations of Fusang boasted that the army that invaded Korea had 60,000 iron cannons, regardless of whether this number was true or false, but due to the war with the Ming Dynasty, the saltpeter that could have been imported from the Ming Dynasty became a higher price to buy with the Portuguese and the Dutch, and the so-called iron cannons basically became burning sticks in the middle and late periods.

This is the killer weapon in the heart of the obedient official, the material embargo, Fusang is a fart, you have 600,000 iron cannons are useless. This is the reason why he came to Fusang with confidence, what Zheng Zhilong can do, I, Zheng Guofan, will definitely be able to do better.

But he would not say these words.

Smiling, he said to Tachibana Genga, who was full of entanglement: "Don't worry about Mikawa Shou, the fleet in my hand is not good-looking......" As he spoke, he turned his head and asked Hu Litao, "Hu Baihu, how many rounds can the Franc function on our ship make!" Hu Litao straightened his chest, "Xiao Maocai can rest assured, we have more than 10,000 rounds of guns on our ship, and according to the rules of our Ningbo Eight Guards, we can defeat the basic number of 2,000 rounds of guns once we go to sea, which is enough for us to fight six or seven times." ”

When the obedient official heard it, more than 10,000 rounds were enough, and if ten ironclad ships with more than 10,000 rounds of guns could not take a few cities on Kyushu Island, it would be too much to treat the Franco machine as a cannon.

Therefore, he smiled and said to Tachibana Genga: "Don't worry, Mikawa Mamoru will work together to take Hirado Town, I will recruit some sailors in Hakata Town and Herado Town, and when the time comes, I will help the Otomo family take the two castles of the Shimazu family as a thank you gift." ”

As soon as he said this, Tachibana Xuanhe was immediately overjoyed, "Is Maocai's words true?" ”

The obedient official said, of course I take it seriously! It's also a good opportunity to show your strength!

(To be continued)