Chapter 865: Hostage Man and Grass Head
Wu Meng only gave the navy of the Saqi Kingdom half an hour, as long as the other party did not get out of the way for more than half an hour, the artillery and ballistas on the Great Song Dynasty warships would immediately fire, he was not afraid of making things bigger, and even had a feeling of eagerness to try the war that might be triggered, after all, only in the event of a war can they be used as generals.
However, to Wu Meng's disappointment, just when the half-hour deadline was about to pass, the Saqi naval army on the opposite side slowly moved out of the way, obviously his threat just now had an effect, in this case, Wu Meng had to sigh helplessly, and then let the Tianzhu fleet behind leave first, and he and Zuo Siming's fleet stayed to monitor Saqi's warships.
"I didn't fight, it's really disappointing!" In a gun compartment below the deck, Yang Shiliang slapped the artillery in front of him fiercely, and said with a disappointed face, just now he thought that the two sides were going to fight, and he almost jumped up with excitement, but he didn't expect to wait for a long time to wait for such a disappointing result.
"Okay, hurry up and extinguish the torches, it's okay if you can't fight, we're not afraid of the Saqi people's sailors, but the Tianzhu fleet behind is likely to be injured by both sides, which is not a good thing for the developing Nanyang Port." At this time, Zhao Jia, who was standing next to him, opened his mouth to persuade them, although they were students, but after they got on the warship, they also became a member of the navy, and they also had their own things to be responsible for, such as in the event of a conflict, they were responsible for the operation of the gun in front of them.
"That's right, I took a look with a telescope just now, and found that there are many women on board in the Tianzhu fleet, presumably there must be some foreign beauties among them, in case these beauties are frightened by the cruel scene on the battlefield, it will not be good." At this time, Li Cheng, who was standing aside, also smiled, looking at his dirty appearance. You don't have to ask to know what you're thinking.
After the Tianzhu fleet passed through the strait, Wu Meng and Zuo Siming ordered the fleet to sail back, during which the sailors of the Saqi Kingdom had been honestly staying on both sides of the channel, and did not dare to make any changes at all. Many people felt a little tired, although this period was not very long, but they had to face the danger of firing a salvo of 10,000 guns all the time, and this mental pressure was far stronger than physical exhaustion.
After returning to Nanyang Port, Zhao Jia and his naval officers were greeted like heroes, first of all, the officials in the port came out to greet them personally, and the Tianzhu fleet that had just arrived at the port, although it was called the Tianzhu fleet, but in fact, the fleet was composed of more than 20 large and small fleets. Half of them came from all over Tianzhu, and there were also fleets of Song people returning to the sea, as well as some merchant ships from other places, and these people were also very appreciative of the performance of the Great Song Navy just now, so each fleet sent its own representatives to express their gratitude to the navy.
Zhao Jia sat on Zuo Siming's flagship, looking at the ships on both sides of the harbor that welcomed his people, as well as the cheering crowd on board. There was also a sense of pride in his heart, although he joined the Navy mainly to learn about the mysteries of the sea through the Navy. But something like today to protect the interests of the Great Song Dynasty also made him feel like there was a fire burning in his chest, and Yang Shiliang and the others next to him were even more excited and red, it is estimated that this kind of scene has appeared more than once in their dreams.
The warship finally passed through the welcoming ship and entered the military port, and Zhao Jia and the others should have gone ashore to rest after a long journey. However, because of the previous conflict with Mashenggang, Wu Meng and Zuo Siming were worried that something would happen again, so after the two discussed, they ordered all the naval officers and men to stay on the ship and be ready to fight at any time. However, they obviously overestimated the courage of the Saqi Kingdom, and waited for three days, but the Saqi Kingdom still did not make any movement, but the two detachments sent by Wu Meng to patrol returned, in this case, Zuo Siming ordered the alert to be lifted, and allowed his soldiers to go ashore to rest.
Zhao Jia, Yang Shiliang, Li Cheng and others are just students of the Naval Academy, not the real navy, and they are usually disciplined by the instructors of the academy, of course, when they are on the ship, they are no different from ordinary naval officers, but after entering the port like now, they are much freer than naval officers, as long as the instructors allow, they can do some things they like.
"I didn't expect that this Nanyang Port has not been established for a long time, but it has already been so lively!" Yang Shiliang looked at the scenery on the wharf while walking, and his face was full of surprise, today's weather is good, so he and Zhao Jia, Li Cheng made an appointment to come out to play, just out of the navy's barracks, I found that the wharf was very lively, both sides of the road are full of stalls selling goods, most of them are local natives, in addition to some Song people, Persians, Tianzhu people, big cannibals, etc., the goods sold are also strange, for example, they saw that some natives actually sell all kinds of feathers, and the business is very good.
Zhao Jia observed the entire port while walking, and found that the number of Song people here is still not much, mainly some native people, and the number of Song people can only rank second, and looking at the dress of these Song people, most of them pass by here by boat, and the number of Song people who often live in Nanyang Port is estimated to be even less.
After turning around the wharf, Zhao Jia and the others began to enter the real Nanyang Port, speaking of which, when the Great Song Dynasty entered here, they were still very careful, Nanyang Port was originally just a small tribe of natives, and the first batch of navies to arrive here first established a stronghold, and then it slowly developed into the current port.
It is precisely because of this that the original stronghold has been surrounded by the port complex, which has become the administrative center of Nanyang Port, surrounded by tall city walls, which also forms the wonder of the city wall of Nanyang Port built in the city, and it is also the last fortress of Nanyang Port.
There is no city wall on the periphery of Nanyang Port, that is to say, this port is almost undefended, but it is not accurate to say this, in fact, the defense of the entire port is still very strict, but all the defensive forces are concentrated on the naval officers under Wu Meng, it can be said that these naval officers and their warships are the walls of Nanyang Port, if even they are defeated by the enemy, then the entire port is like a woman who has stripped off her clothes, and there is no longer any resistance force.
Zhao Jia three people through the lively port into the city, found that although Nanyang Port has no city wall, but the layout of the city has been carefully laid out, the division of business area and residential area is very obvious, after they inquired, came to Nanyang Port in the most lively and prosperous Tokyo Street, here is the main street of Nanyang Port, there are all kinds of shops on both sides of the street, compared to some messy stalls on the wharf, the shops here are also more formal, and most of them are some powerful businessmen who come and go here, This can be seen in their shiny clothes.
After floating on the sea for a few months, Zhao Jia and they ate fish almost every day, and the first thing they did when they got off the boat just now was to buy a lot of food on the small stalls, but many of these foods were special foods made by local natives, which were not very suitable for their appetites.
After eating and drinking, Zhao Jia and the three of them went downstairs to turn around on this Tokyo street, and when they saw some interesting things, they would also buy them, such as gems, ivory, big cannibal scimitars, etc., these things are definitely not cheap in Tokyo City, but they are not expensive here, and they can even be said to be very cheap, and they are happy to buy them and prepare to go back and give them away.
Zhao Jia and the three of them are not short of money, and they are also very generous, and after a while, the three of them have already carried a lot of things in their hands, but their spending money has also attracted the attention of many well-intentioned people, for example, they just came out of a shop that sells coral, but they saw a guy with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks came to them and whispered: "Three masters, I don't know if you are interested in some special goods?" ”
"Oh? What cargo? Seeing this guy who took the initiative to come forward to sell the goods, Zhao Jia and the others also asked with great interest, because they knew that in a seaport like Nanyang Port, some relatively hidden transactions would be carried out, and most of the goods in these transactions were not very glorious, but the value was not low.
"Hehe, don't hide it from the three masters, I'm a hostage, there is a batch of grass in my hands, there are all races, I don't know if the three are interested?" I saw the other party smile and said, the so-called hostage is actually a human trafficker, and the grass head is the title of the person who is sold, it is said that it is because when someone voluntarily sells himself into slavery, he will insert a grass mark on his head, so it is also called grass head.
"Grass? Are there any beauties? Li Cheng's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he immediately asked. Zhao Jia and Yang Shiliang were a little helpless, they didn't want to deal with human traffickers, but looking at Li Cheng's appearance, it was estimated that they couldn't leave, but they were also a little curious about this kind of human trafficker trade, anyway, no one knew their identity, and it was a little more experienced to go and see them.
"Yes, there are not only beauties, but also beauties of all ethnic groups, Tianzhu, Persia, Dashi, etc., whether it is black or white, as long as the master likes it, the villain can find it for the master!" When the trafficker saw that Li Cheng was interested, he immediately introduced with a look of surprise.
"Are there any Song people?" At this time, Zhao Jia suddenly asked, he knew that buying and selling human beings could not be eradicated overseas, but he also knew that his father had warned all merchants with unclean hands and feet, if someone dared to sell Song people, it would definitely be a dead end, so he wanted to see if his father's warning had any effect? (To be continued.) )