Chapter 170 It's very simple to scare the turtle

The boat leaned against the small dock where Chen Xie dismounted the goods, five sailboats. When he didn't see the boat, Chen Xie was looking forward to it, and when he saw the boat, Chen Xie was very depressed. I didn't see the expected big sea ship, that is, it looked like a hundred tons. Seeing Liu Qing coming over with someone, Chen Xie had to squeeze out a smile, wondering if he was building a ship in Dengzhou, wasn't it a lucky ship.

Liu Qing ushered in a dark, short, and strong man, and when he went to that station, his fierce spirit came out. At first glance, it is a fighting man who has been working hard at sea for many years. Chen Xie took two steps forward and said with a smile: "Under Chen Xie, dare to be a benevolent brother Taifu." ”

"General Chen is still a Sven man, under Zheng Zhihu, nicknamed Python Er, an out-and-out rough man." As soon as the person came to open his mouth, there was a strong reckless atmosphere. When Chen Xie heard this name, he felt a little familiar, and immediately said: "I have heard for a long time that there is a good man in the sea of Fujian, called Zheng Zhilong, who recruited An a few years ago. Chen has always admired the heroes who crisscross the sea, I don't know what your Excellency has to do with Zheng Zhilong? ”

"Hahaha, it's my brother." Zheng Zhihu laughed three times, and Chen Xie reacted. Feelings: This is Zheng Chenggong his uncle.

"Okay, I heard Liu Qing say that there was a high roller on the sea, but I never thought that it was a good man of the Zheng family. Please, please. Chen Xie was extremely enthusiastic and invited Zheng Zhihu to get into his luxury carriage, and when the two sat opposite each other, Zheng Zhihu, a turtle, touched around and kept admiring: "Good, good." I heard of this car when I was in Fujian, and I never had the opportunity to come here, but today I have seen what it means to be a rich man's car. ”

Chen Xie smiled secretly in his heart. But his face was very casual: "Isn't it just a car, I like to take it with me when I go back." As he spoke, he reached out and pressed it on the cabinet next to him, and dropped the lid with a snap, and the cold air rushed out. Seeing this, Zheng Zhihu suddenly looked at it, Chen Xie unhurriedly took out a glass bottle of sour plum soup from it, handed it to Zheng Zhihu and said, "It's hot, cool off." ”

The refrigerator is very simple, just put ice cubes in a copper jar surrounded by quilts before departure, and then put it in a bottle with sour plum soup. Open the lid on the side and you can take out the sour plum soup. In Daming. It's one and only.

Zheng Zhihu, this turtle. Who have seen this, after taking the sour plum soup, he still won't unscrew the lid, but fortunately, Liu Qing helped open it in time and handed it to him. Grunt a mouthful. Zheng Zhihu couldn't stop. After taking a sip of it, he said, "Refreshing!" ”

Chen Xie still said indifferently: "It's just a small skill of carving insects." I'm a person who likes to enjoy, that's why I do these tricks. ”

The turtle is the turtle, and Zheng Zhihu's eyes are not very good at turning. Look at this car. How to see how to like it. The space in the carriage is large enough, and it is not a problem to arrange a bed, and the decoration inside is extremely luxurious, and the artificial crystal is inlaid everywhere as if it does not need money. Leather seats from modern society with self-adjusting backrests. There was also a carpet underneath, Zheng Zhihu only got up at this time, his feet were not clean, and he subconsciously hid his feet under the seat.

Chen Xie didn't see anything directly, and still said indifferently: "The last time I sent troops to Zhili, in order to transport military supplies, I ate some birdmen's pinch. I was very unhappy, so I asked the shopkeeper Liu to buy a boat in case of emergency. Brother Zheng is interesting enough to get five boats at a time. Liu Qing, this trip will give the Zheng family's goods an eighty-fifty discount, and the ship brought by Brother Zheng will be shipped as long as it can be loaded. If you don't have enough money, you owe it first, and you can make up for it next time. ”

Zheng Zhihu came back to his senses and said with a smile: "Thank you so much." "Americas are always in short supply, and agents in every province want to get more goods. Of course, those who run at sea know that it is good to be able to run once a year for goods shipped from afar. Even if it is the largest ship, it can come ten ships at a time, that is, one or two hundred thousand tons of cargo. And the Zheng family has always had an unsolved mystery, even if the sea is very big, the Zheng family has so many ships, and they have never met any cargo ships from the Americas. And I asked the Dutch about it, but they also said that they didn't know, and that it was fake, and that the Americas were all indigenous to Nima. Unless the ship is going to the Pacific Ocean, but with the existing seafaring technology and the performance of the boat, it is difficult to cross the Pacific Ocean that far.

Therefore, Zheng Zhihu wants to take a trip, and by the way, he wants to figure out this matter, can he be so generous and take out five boats at a time? Although it is said that it is necessary to collect money, it is also necessary to consider that shipbuilding is a very troublesome thing. This kind of 500-material sea ship can only be launched in half a year. Zheng Zhilong collects protection money at sea, and has never received protection money from ships in the Americas, and he is also very unhappy. Now on the sea surface of Fujian and Zhejiang, Zheng Zhilong is the king of the sea. How can it be accepted that someone does not pay protection money?

"Lord Chen, I heard that the Americas are on the other side of the ocean, and it is said that you will come to Daming by sea, and you will not lack big ships." Zheng Zhihu adjusted his mood and still tried it.

Chen Xie smiled and said: "The sea is very big, there are four oceans in this world, the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Arctic Ocean. Among them, the Pacific Ocean is the largest, and even if a large ship of 10,000 materials sails on the sea, it is like ants crawling on the ground. To put it mildly, it is not so easy to run into a big ship from the Americas, and it may not be a good thing to run into it. ”

Zheng Zhihu heard the threat, put away the smile on his face, looked at Chen Xie and said lightly: "What? Could it be that the majesty of my Zheng family on the sea can't see the big ship from the Americas? ”

When Chen Xie heard this, he said in his heart that he was going to kill his prestige. Immediately turned to Liu Qing and said: "Shopkeeper Liu, go back and arrange for Zheng Guerrilla to live in the barracks, and when the artillery is manipulating, Zheng Guerrilla must want to see it." Hehe, this car is specially designed to receive Zheng guerrillas, and if there is something to do, go first. ”

Chen Xie said that he would pull down his face when he fell, Zheng Zhihu felt a chill in his heart at that time, and secretly said that this person had changed fast enough.

After getting out of the car, Chen Xie rode directly and left with the guards. Chen Xie's guard was instigated by Liu Qing and forced him to set up. There were ten of them, all scout veterans who had been on the battlefield. Everyone wore built-in chain mail, with a short gun, a back and a long knife. Steel plates are installed on the toes of the shoes, and stab-proof suits are equipped with crotch protectors.

Don't look at the uncomfortable heat now, these young people are all fully armed, and they follow everywhere they go. belongs to Chen Xie's absolute loyalty, and the consciousness of being ready to block Chen Xie's bow and arrow at any time must be there.

With a sneer on his face, Liu Qing sent Zheng Zhihu to the Jiading School and found Jiang'an. After some explanation, Jiang An looked at Zheng Zhihu like a fool, and said in his heart, where did this fool come from? Dare to argue with the miracle doctor? The governor was stunned when he came, and even you, a turtle, dare to question the master's combat effectiveness?

Jiang'an blew the whistle, and Zheng Zhihu's six entourages immediately got down from another carriage and escorted Zheng Zhihu's carriage. But they were just a false alarm, watching a performance of the emergency assembly of the cadet corps. The trainees who rushed out of the dormitory rushed to the front of a large warehouse, and pushed out two steel-cast rifled guns from inside, which still had an extended barrel. Last time, Chen Xie came back in a bit of a hurry, and he made a total of two.

After Jiang'an gave a lecture, he set off with a small team, Liu Qing made a gesture and said with a smile: "Zheng Guerrilla, please follow and see, how is the training of my Dengzhou battalion artillery team?" Zheng Zhihu's face was ugly, but seeing Liu Qing's smile, he didn't have a seizure. Even if he wanted to, he didn't have the courage to do so, and a platoon of soldiers followed them with rifles and bayonets.

This time I didn't go to the shooting range, but went directly to the beach, and after the trainees quickly arranged the artillery position, they trotted over and said, "Mr. Liu, the artillery is ready, please instruct." Liu Qing said lightly: "Bring two pairs of binoculars." ”

After taking the binoculars, Zheng Zhihu's hand couldn't be put down, Liu Qing secretly scolded the turtle in his heart, and motioned to perform at will. Anyway, the two of them stood ten meters away, watching the artillerymen skillfully reload, and then the two guns fired a salvo.

With two booms, Zheng Zhihu's eyes were round, and the cannonball flew out for a long time without falling, which really frightened him. This Nima is too far, this kind of rifled cannon with a lengthened barrel is what Chen Xie is going to use against Houjin's artillery. Naturally, it is necessary to add materials and increase the amount without increasing the price, and the maximum firing range has not yet come out, and the distance for accurate shooting is calculated according to 2,500 meters.

This cannon shot out, how could it be that it took 3,500 meters to fall on the surface of the sea, and the water column stirred up could be reached without a telescope. Zheng Zhihu, who has been begging for a life on the sea for a long time, how could he not know how powerful this thing is? Although it is not all that there are cannons in a war at sea, the worst thing is that this kind of cannon is very light at first glance, not the kind of bulky cannon. If you put it on, the two wheels will definitely cushion the recoil. It is not a problem for a ship with 500 materials to be able to install five doors, and such a range is definitely a passive rhythm for the Zheng family's sea ships.

The more deadly thing is still to come, but in just twenty breaths, two more cannons have fired. Zheng Zhihu's face turned black this time, but fortunately, he was already black, and he couldn't see much change. But when several of his attendants saw this rate of fire, they could not stand calmly, and their legs trembled.

A ship that can run the sea, a ship from the Americas to the Ming Dynasty, how can there be three or five thousand materials, right? There are not too many such guns, and it is easy to fit twenty guns on one ship. Catch up with the Galen ship of the Tessians, which can hold at least fifty gates. What is this concept? Zheng Zhihu, who has been at sea all his life, also trembled his legs. People didn't say a big thing, they really bumped into the Taixi sea ship equipped with this kind of cannon, and twenty ships may not be able to take one of them, and they didn't get close to them, so they were all reimbursed.

This rate of fire is really scary.

The third round of artillery rang out again, and there was not much time, that is, about twenty breaths. At this time, Zheng Zhihu completely broke off the idea of collecting protection money, and he was glad that the sea was big enough to have no chance of meeting such an opponent. (To be continued......)