"Boom Boom"

The Daifuku ships that Pang Gang cashed out could be equipped with forty guns each, and twenty on each side, and when the ten Daifuku ships opened fire en masse, two hundred Napoleonic bronze cannons roared at the same time, and hundreds of iron pellets flew towards the sea ships that were fleeing rapidly.

Looking at the rumbling cannons not far away and the dense iron pellets flying towards them, the caravan sailors who were fleeing quickly were all frightened, and many of them were experienced sailors, and when they saw this situation, they quickly shouted to their companions to avoid the shells.

"Hurry, hurry, they fired, you fools, get down, get down!"

"The owner, the owner, they are firing, what should we do?" The dark-faced Sun Lao Er asked his owner in a panic.

"Crazy, these sailors are crazy, they actually opened fire." The proprietor standing on the side of the ship didn't seem to hear his deputy's question, and looked at the projectiles that kept flying towards him in the distance, his face showed a look of disbelief, and he muttered to himself with a pale face.

This was the most unbelievable thing he had ever encountered in his life, an army known as the Great Ming Water Division actually opened fire on them.

"Boss, get down!"

At this time, the deputy on the side knocked down the owner who was in a daze, and the two of them lay down on the deck together, and when they lay down, a series of iron pellets fell on the ship, and the six or seven pounds of iron pellets were wrapped in strong kinetic energy and smashed on the deck of the ship, and the ship smashed the sawdust flying, and from time to time there were the screams of the sailors.

"Knock"

An iron pellet hit a mast, and the mast, which was as thick as a sea bowl, was smashed on the spot, and the long mast collapsed with a bang, and the sails on it and the heavy mast also smashed into the cabin, causing chaos.

"Owner, we can't go on like this, we'll be sunk if we go on like this." Sun Lao Er dragged the owner to the other side of the boat and anxiously suggested to the owner: "We can't run anymore, they will beat us to death." ”

"So what do you say?" The owner had no idea at this time, and the arrogance of Shicai had disappeared without a trace, and all that was left was panic.

"Boss, stop the ship quickly, or we'll be all done later."

"Alright, stop the boat!" The proprietor gritted his teeth and the muscles on his face trembled, but he quickly chose the latter among the simple multiple-choice questions of asking for money or death, after all, there are still very few people who want money and don't want to die.

As the owner's order was given, a sailor climbed to the mainmast and raised a large white flag, which was also an order for other ships to hunt in the sea breeze.

With the owner's order, the five ships slowly docked, and at the same time, the originally dense cannon fire also stopped.

"My lord, the ship in front has stopped, and Commander Li asks us what to do?" At this time, a young man dressed in a sailor's costume ran to Pang Gang and asked.

"Stupid, you still need to ask, hurry up and get the boat up and arrest them all, do you still need me to teach you?" Looking at the young man in front of him with a hint of trembling in his excitement, Pang Gang scolded helplessly, "Xie Jintian, you have to sharpen your skills as a thousand households, do you want to report such a simple thing?" ”

Pang Gang looked at the young man in front of him who was only in his twenties and had participated in the training for less than half a year, and felt helpless in his heart, if he had participated in his own army, he would have been whipped down by himself if he had to ask for such instructions during the battle, but this was the first time that the sailors had fired at ships at sea with live ammunition, so it was good to be cautious.

Thinking of this, Pang Gang was a little indignant, if the training of the army for half a year had already trained the sergeants into a forbidden unit, how could it be so troublesome to get to the navy, half a year has passed, the trainees have gone out of the normal sailing, but they have not learned much in terms of combat skills, which is also one of the purposes of Pang Gang for letting them shoot live ammunition at those sea ships.

"Those Somali pirates in later generations know that they will board the ship and rob as soon as the target stops, why are Lao Tzu's soldiers so stupid." Looking at Xie Jintian, who was hurriedly running towards the gun position, Pang Gang couldn't help but feel a little depressed in his heart, it seems that these people still need to practice more.

"Let's go, let's lean in too!" As soon as Pang Gang waved his hand, he ordered the flagship to lean forward.

By the time Pang Gang approached the five merchant ships, the five merchant ships had been surrounded by the warships of Qingzhou, and at this moment, sergeants with guns were coming on board one after another to inspect them.

Pang Gang came to one of the most damaged merchant ships, and it was this ship that was the first to hoist the white flag just now.

When Pang Gang boarded the ship, all the sailors on the merchant ship had already been escorted to the deck, and Pang Gang came to the deck with more than a dozen personal soldiers and asked, "Which of you is the owner of these ships?" ”

As soon as Pang Gang's words fell, a tall, but chubby middle-aged man squeezed forward and nodded and said with a smile: "Adult, adult, the villain is the owner of these ships, the little surname is Liang, and the appropriate person is offended, please forgive me." ”

"Oh, you're the owner of these ships?" Pang Gang stared at him with a smile for a while, and only after looking at the proprietor that he was hairy, did he say: "You are not small, you dare to storm the checkpoint, didn't you hear our flags and shouts?" ”

"My lord, we don't know if you are really a great water master, otherwise we wouldn't dare to run away." The proprietor was desperately arguing, and at the same time his eyes were rolling around.

"Hehe, the answer is quite slippery." Pang Gang sneered: "It's not that you don't know, but you're afraid that you will be blackmailed by us after stopping." ”

The owner's fat old face flashed a hint of red, but it quickly disappeared, and he hurriedly said with a smiling face: "What's the matter, we have always paid taxes according to the rules of the imperial court, as long as we get on the dock, we will pay." ”

"Oh, really?" Pang Gangpi said with a smile: "By the way, I forgot to ask, what kind of goods are your ships loading?" ”

The proprietor said with a smile: "My lord, the villain is pulling silk this time, and it is a small business, so naturally I don't look at it in your eyes." ”

"Oh, the silk of the five boats is also a small business, I can be regarded as a long insight." Pang Gang smiled sarcastically: "Okay, wait a while to calculate the amount, and you can pay taxes to the official." ”

"What, pay you taxes?" The proprietor was stunned, he had never seen such a tax payment in his business for so long.

"My lord, you seem to be a Qingzhou sailor, why did you come to the boundary of Hangzhou to collect taxes?" The owner's words faintly pointed out that Pang Gang was suspected of reaching out to cross the line.

Pang Gang didn't pay attention to the merchant's nonsense, and soon the sergeants counted the silk on the ships that filled five ships, each worth 200,000 taels of silver.

Pang Gang sneered while listening to the number reported by the sergeants: "Hehe, Boss Liang, the small business you mentioned is really not small, and the five ships are full of one million taels of silver." Okay, the official won't talk nonsense with you, you can pay 200,000 taels of silver for the goods of one million taels of silver! ”

"What, two hundred thousand taels!" The proprietor surnamed Liang almost fainted after hearing this, and he almost jumped up immediately, "My lord, when did my Ming tax become so heavy, this is a twenty percent tax!" ”

"Is it heavy? Do you remember that the rent you collect from your tenants is never less than 50 percent, and that the tax is very heavy that the official only charges you 20 percent? Well, the official will detain these goods first, and when you hand over the silver, the official will return it to you. Come on, send them all back to the docks! ”

"My lord, no, the villain has to go back to deliver the goods, my lord!" The proprietor saw that it was not good, and the accustomed surname continued to bargain with Pang Gang.

Pang Gang was not interested in talking nonsense with him, and with a wave of his hand, the sergeants pressed the owner surnamed Liang and the sailors on the boat and drove them away.

The proprietor, surnamed Liang, did not expect that the general would turn his face when he said that he would turn his face, and there was not even the slightest room for relaxation, and soon hundreds of sailors and men on five cargo ships were escorted by the sergeants to the docks in Hangzhou.

What happened in front of the dock soon caused a sensation in the city of Hangzhou, and as the first "victim", the merchant surnamed Liang immediately ran to the governor's yamen and cried to Chen Yadong about Pang Gang's "atrocities".

"Lawlessness, lawlessness!" Wu Yadong, who was so angry that he took the case, immediately called Song Xinghe, the new commander of the Hangzhou soldiers and horses, and ordered him to immediately send troops to arrest this bold Pang Gang.

Song Xinghe shook his head with a wry smile and said, "My lord, it's not that the lowly position is unwilling to send troops, but the lowly position is powerless, and the lowly duty can't let the soldiers swim to the sea to catch them, right?" ”

"Uh" Wu Yadong suddenly remembered that the current Ming Dynasty, except for Nanjing, no longer has a successful sailor.

Wu Yadong frowned and said, "Then can you ask Nanjing for help and let them send a sailor to exterminate this gang of rebels?" ”

Song Xinghe said bitterly: "My lord, I'm afraid not, not to mention whether the Nanjing Military Department will order the naval division to rush to my Hangzhou, but even if the Nanjing Military Department gives an order, it is not yet known whether the naval division in Nanjing, which has not added a single ship for hundreds of years, can still be competent in this matter." ”

"Then make it clear to the emperor and ask the court to send a water faction" Speaking of this, Wu Yadong couldn't go on, where is there a water master in the current court.

sat down on the chair dejectedly, Wu Yadong never expected that this little martial artist, who was not in his eyes, would create such a big problem for him, but now he was forced into a corner by others.

(To be continued)