As soon as the announcement came out of Quanzhou Port, it immediately became lively, no matter what, first come to register a number, to ensure that they can enjoy the good things of tax reduction and exemption in the next five years, after entering Quanzhou Port, these businessmen suddenly found that today's Quanzhou Port is very different from the past, just guarding the port of the harbor The few super ships made them panic, the muzzle of the black hole has a number of people, there are forty cannons on one side alone, doesn't it add up to eighty cannons? How many boats can be blown up by this round of shelling!

The notices posted everywhere in Quanzhou Port also reassured the private businessmen, although no one can say for sure if the government is repeated, but at least before the fall of this Qincha Duan should not change, although the tax is heavier, but there are still huge profits, why risk death to smuggle it if you can do business properly? After all, there are only a few people who are willing to take risks.

According to the report of the spies sent by Duan Fei to Zhangzhou, the smuggling ships in and out of Zhangzhou were less than 10% on the day of the announcement, and the next day they plummeted by as much as 50%, and on the 67th day, only the original smuggling ships in Zhangzhou were left, on the contrary, the ships in and out of Quanzhou were not as much as the growth in Zhangzhou, but they were still growing steadily, and it is conceivable that there are still many ships in the wait-and-see process.

On the tenth day of the announcement, that is, on November 1, the fifteenth year of Zhengde, there were twelve big treasure ships on the dock that had been refitted, and the number of sailors recruited had reached about eighty percent.

Duan Fei gave an order, and the ten big treasure ships that had already been ready to go sailed out of the port in a shuttle formation under the care of other small boats, and along the way, I don't know how many people looked up at the passing ships, these ten ships were really too big, any one of them was several times larger than the largest merchant ship everyone had ever seen.

There was an inconspicuous merchant ship unloading in the port of Hanjiang next to Quanzhou Bay, and suddenly a child pointed to the water and shouted: "Daddy, look, what a big ship!" , many miles bigger than our largest ship! ”

Everyone looked back and was amazed when they saw the huge treasure ships, and then they gasped when they saw the dense cannon holes on the side of the ship and the black and heavy iron plates.

A man wearing a hat sat on the high mast of the ship, he looked at the behemoth fleet that came out of the harbor from a distance, especially the ten behemoths in the middle, the man couldn't help but widen his eyes, and muttered: "No wonder Fei Ge is so confident, he actually built a treasure ship, and opened such a dense cannon hole, as well as this iron armor...... Fei Ge's fleet really has the strength to challenge the fleet of the Franc Man, but naval battles are completely different from land battles, are you really ready, Fei Ge? ”

Duan Fei actually has no bottom at all about his seemingly powerful fleet, Daming is rich in resources, there was once an invincible fleet on the sea, but the sea has been forbidden for a hundred years, and now he can't even pick out a person who can be called a rough naval battle, he has to pick up the tall one in the short one, and handed over the responsibility of commanding the fleet to Wu Huai'an, the third elder of the Wu family, it is said that this kid loves to cause trouble the most, and often fights with others at sea, and does have a certain amount of combat experience at sea, However, his strongest record was only to lead three small gunboats to overturn five small wrecked ships without guns and guns, and suddenly command such a large fleet, can he do it?

Wu Huai'an stood on the command platform excitedly, issued a series of orders, and really commanded a total of thirty-five large and small ships to go out of the port smoothly, and after going deep into the sea, Wu Huai'an began to try to change the formation and formation, although it was a little chaotic at first, but soon everyone adapted to the flag order, and began to drill with a clear eye.

Seeing Wu Huai'an's commanding appearance, Duan Fei couldn't help but smile at him: "Wu Huai'an, you are really amazing, this official thought that at least a few ships would have to be damaged to barely be able to control it, but I didn't expect it to be so smooth." ”

Wu Huai'an smiled proudly: "Thank you for your praise, the grass people didn't expect it, in fact, thanks to the banner set by the adults, as well as the formations drawn, the grass people were unheard of and unseen in the past, but if you think about it carefully, you are very reasonable, and you will find that it is really useful to perform it casually today." ”

Duan Fei said with a smile: "It's good to be useful, I hope you will integrate those things into actual combat as soon as possible, this official plans to officially crown you as the captain of this flagship Ziqiang, I don't know if you are willing?" ”

Wu Huai'an said happily: "Yes, of course I am willing, thank you for your success!" The grass people must live up to the trust of adults! ”

Duan Fei said with a smile: "Since you are willing to be the captain of this ship, then you are an official, and you still call yourself a grass people?" ”

Wu Huai'an smirked twice, and then he asked expectantly: "My lord, what kind of official is this captain, is there a county master?" How much money can you get in a year? ”

Duan Fei said with a smile: "The captain has not been included in the official grade for the time being, but this official thinks that it can probably be included in the fifth grade, which is almost the same level as the Quanzhou Mansion, but you are also the commander of the entire fleet at the same time, so it should probably be one or two levels higher, what level do you say it should be?" ”

Wu Huai'an's eyes lit up and said, "Isn't that almost the same as the political envoy?" ”

Duan Fei smiled, Wu Huai'an was so excited that he almost forgot what was going on, in fact, the commander of a fleet was far more important than the governor of a province, but this had not yet been recognized, and this was what Duan Fei had to strive for.

Wu Huai'an excitedly practiced at sea for a whole day, in addition to practicing formations and formations, flags, the gunners on the ship are also constantly rehearsing, today's cannons are made of fine iron, the probability of blowing up is extremely small, Duan Fei personally lit a few shots, everyone was relieved to practice boldly, gunner Lao Liu has been upgraded to the flagship gunner, he divided the cannon loading, ignition, discharge, and cleaning into several simple steps, so that these new rookie gunners first carried the melons ripe, and then practiced dozens of times with fake drugs one by one, Only then did they get real gunpowder, and when they were well prepared, they began to test the guns in turn, targeting the reef on the distant island.

Everyone knows that time is pressing, so the practice will not end until it is dark for a while, Wu Huai'an originally wanted to continue to try to practice in the dark, but Duan Fei dismissed his crazy idea, now everyone is still new, this kind of skill test should be done slowly in the future.

Under the guidance of the sextant, the sailors on the night shift quietly drove the fleet to the sea off Zhangzhou Mansion, like a huge sea monster, quietly lurking here until the sun showed a glimmer of light from the sea level, and the sea monster finally moved again, and quickly pounced towards the mouth of the Jiulong River.