"It's the battleship of the Ming Dynasty!"

Looking at the huge battleship speeding from front and the sun and moon flags on the battleship, Zhang Dongsheng's heart became shocked. He couldn't remember how long it had been since he had seen such a mighty fleet, the warships like huge ancient sea monsters emerging from the sea, their open sails shining so brightly in the sunlight.

Zhang Dongsheng groaned weakly: "God, isn't there something wrong with my eyes, when did the Daming Society have such a powerful fleet, and the shape of the ships is so biased towards those Western warships." ”

Although Boss Bi has been running a ship all his life, he has never seen such a huge warship, he forcibly endured the horror in his heart and said in a trembling voice: "Boss, let's ...... Let's turn around and run away."

"Escape...... Zhang Dongsheng glared at Boss Bi and said angrily: "Now that it's all like this, where else can we escape, if we really want to escape, I'm afraid it won't take half an hour to be caught up by others, and it will be even more miserable at that time." Okay, let's go down, everyone cheer up, and hurry up and move all our guns and guns out just in case. ”

Most of today's merchant ships are equipped with one or two two- or three-pound guns and a few muskets, although these firepower is still terrible compared to the warships of officers and sailors or a large number of pirates, but at least they can still fight against those pirates who run away from the gang or some lone pirates.

"This ...... All right! "Although Boss Bi thinks that although there is something wrong, it is better to have a few artillery pieces in hand than nothing, at least you can be brave.

Boss Bi thought so, but as the battleships flying the Daming Banner in front of him approached, the little courage he had just mustered was quickly evaporated like snowflakes under the scorching sun.

"Oh my God...... Where the hell did this battleship come from. ”

Looking at the fleet that was only a few hundred paces away from his own ships, Bi Laolian had no strength to groan.

Boss Bi took a 500-material fortune boat, according to the current situation of the Ming Dynasty, this kind of fortune ship is already a large and medium-sized ship, even compared to the previous warships of the Ming Navy. But no matter what I am afraid of, it is comparison, and now it is compared with the two battleships in front of me. Boss Bi felt that the lucky boat he was riding was as ridiculous as a child's toy.

At this time, a voice had already sounded on the huge battleship driving in the front, "We are the Weihai Naval Division of Daming Mountain, and the ship in front immediately stopped for inspection." Our division is the Mingwei Haiwei Naval Division, and the ships in front of us immediately stop and check, otherwise they will be killed! ”

As the hoarse voice drifted across the sea, the opposing fleet also began to outflank them, putting on a posture of catching them all, and the gun compartments of all the battleships were also opened, and the muzzles of a black hole began to be aimed at them.

See such a stance. Everyone on the merchant ship was frightened, and Zhang Dongsheng, the proprietor, would almost be paralyzed on the deck if it weren't for the support of Boss Bi.

Boss Bi trembled and said, "The owner ...... Let's listen to them and stop the boat, don't resist, otherwise...... Otherwise, these officers and soldiers would really have opened fire. ”

Zhang Dongsheng turned his head to look at the small cannons behind him, and then looked at the huge barrels of the exposed guns and the officers and men of the sailors who stood on the deck and looked at him murderously, and he felt that the size gap between the two sides was like a suckling child and a strong man, and it was so big that it was desperate.

"That's it...... Let's stop the boat. After saying these words that made him feel desperate, Zhang Dongsheng collapsed to the ground as if his bones had been removed......

Ten days later, Zhengfu, Shijing Town, Nan'an, Quanzhou, Fujian

Today's birthday of Zheng Zhilong's favorite son Zheng Sen, many people with heads and faces in Quanzhou came to congratulate or sent people to send congratulatory gifts. As for the people in Zheng Zhilong's hometown of Shijing Town, not to mention, almost all the merchants and gentry came to cheer.

Although Zheng Zhilong was born as a pirate, it can be said that he did all kinds of evil at sea, but Zheng Zhilong did a good job in treating his hometown fathers. Zheng Zhilong has to donate a lot of silver and food to the lonely and widowed elderly every month, and every year he sponsors many scholars to gain fame, and he never bullies the weak in the township. Zheng Zhilong's reputation in Quanzhou and even Fujian is very good, and the people in his hometown Shijing Town regard him as a Buddha of ten thousand families.

Today is Zheng Sen's sixteenth birthday, which is commonly known as the year of the dancing elephant. According to the algorithm of the ancients, this age is already the age when they can go to the battlefield, and Zheng Zhilong still attaches great importance to this day, and he has invited many people to celebrate it.

Today, Zheng Zhilong is wearing a purple brocade robe, his face is like white jade, he has a beard under his chin, and his long hair is just tied with a white jade hairpin. Although he is over forty years old, he sits there stunned to give people the feeling of a jade tree facing the wind, which shows how beautiful this guy was when he was young.

In the lobby of the backyard, Zheng Zhilong sat on the main seat, and next to him sat Fu Youchen, the prefect of Quanzhou, Chen Daci, the commander of the prefecture, and other officials, these people were changing cups and drinking very happily, especially the cheerful smile on Zheng Zhilong's face never stopped.

Yes, Zheng Zhilong's mood these days is indeed very cheerful, and he can't help but be unhappy. In the past month or so, his fleet has successively intercepted more than ten batches of Shandong ships, and the silver taels of goods obtained are worth at least seven or eight hundred thousand taels of silver, so many things are a lot of gains even in the eyes of Zheng Zhilong, who has deep pockets. Are there any people who can't get along with silver these days? So it is not difficult to understand that Zheng Zhilong is in a good mood.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors, Fu Youchen, the prefect of Quanzhou, put down the wine glass and stroked his beard and said to Zheng Zhilong: "Lord Zheng, you are the pillar of my Ming Dynasty, and the safety of the coastal areas of Fujian is all on you. As the so-called tiger father has no dog, Ling Gongzi is also a talent, and the official likes it very much at first glance, I wonder if Lord Zheng has the idea of letting Ling Gongzi enter the official career? ”

Although Zheng Zhilong was happy in his heart, he showed a reserved look on his face and said with a smile: "Lord Fu has won the award, although the dog is a little smart, but the so-called jade is not a weapon, and it will have to rely on you to help you in the future." As for letting him into the office, that's what the official thinks......"

In a side hall not far from Zheng Zhilong, today's protagonist Zheng Sen is sitting with a group of uncles, and the two sides are chatting happily. Although Zheng Sen is not very old, and lived in Hirado, Japan with his mother before the age of six, until Zheng Zhilong was recruited by the Ming Court to serve as an official, he was taken back to Quanzhou Mansion in Fujian Province to live and study, he studied very hard, just last year when he was nearly fifteen years old, he had been admitted to the reputation of Xiucai, and became a "Liao Shan Sheng".

Not only that, Zheng Sen is also quite strategic in military affairs, and it can be said that he is a rare talent with both civil and military skills, because not only Zheng Zhilong likes him very much, but even the elders of the Zheng family and Zheng Zhilong's subordinates take it for granted that Zheng Sen is the next successor of the Zheng family.

Zheng Sen lifted the wine jug, filled the cups of everyone present, and raised the wine glass to everyone: "Uncles, it is rare for everyone to celebrate Zheng Sen's birthday today. After speaking, Zheng Sen raised his neck and squeaked to drink the glass of wine cleanly.

"Good!" Zheng Sen's attitude made the people present very face-saving, and Zheng Zhibao, who was sitting on the side, smiled very boldly: "Ah Sen is so happy, I naturally can't be compared to being an uncle, so let's do this together!" ”

"Good...... Cheers! Everyone raised their glasses and drank the wine in their glasses.

After three glasses of wine, the atmosphere on the table began to be lively, these people were Zheng Zhilong's brothers and more important old subordinates, and they were more casual in their daily speech.

After drinking a few more glasses, Zheng Zhibao smiled and said to a man with a meaty face next to him: "Li Laosan, you kid is not authentic, I heard that a few days ago you stopped a fleet, there are more than ten merchant ships, you can make more than 100,000 taels of silver in this business alone, and if you make money, you don't see you invite a few of our brothers to drink, it's too uninteresting." ”

This man with a meaty face showed a smug look in his eyes, but said modestly in his mouth: "It's just luck, Shandong has opened a sea ban for more than a year, and there are more businessmen who go to sea to do business." It's not ...... Our brothers have just made a small profit. ”

"Hehe......" Zheng Zhibao gloated and smiled: "That Yueyang never thought that the sea ban he worked so hard to open was cheap in the end, you wait, as long as we hold on for a little longer, I'm afraid they won't be able to hold on, and then I want to see how that Yue Yang still opens his sea ban!" ”

Speaking of this, Zheng Zhibao's face was full of happiness, since the last time he was defeated by the Weihai Weishui Division, Zheng Zhibao was full of strong resentment towards Yue Yang and Weihai Weishui. He was the first to come up with the idea of sending people to attack the merchant ships of Shandong.

Hearing this, Zheng Sen on the side shook his head and said: "Third Uncle, Uncle Li, I've heard that you have frequently attacked Shandong's uploads these days, and it's just a matter of attacking those merchant ships, let's just ask for money, but sometimes you even kill all the people and ships, isn't this too much?" ”

"Sen'er, you don't understand!" Zheng Zhibao sneered: "Those businessmen are cheap bones, if you don't use a thunderbolt trick, how can they be afraid of you, and how can they obediently come to buy our Zheng family's flag?" ”

"You ......" Zheng Sen just wanted to continue to persuade him, but he heard Zheng Zhilong's roar not far away.

"What...... Many of the merchant ships going to sea in Fujian, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang were detained by officers and soldiers...... Who is so bold? (To be continued......)