232 arrived in Tianzhu
"Ping Guogong!"
"Pingguo Gong is here!"
Garrisoned in the Qiongzhou Military Port were the pirates Qian Laosan and Luo Siye, who were subdued by Tang Ping.
The two of them have already dominated the entire South China Sea, and they are Sri Buddha, who has absorbed the Great Wei Navy that surrendered in the past, and they are still not their opponents on the South China Sea.
It's just that the scale of the Datang Navy has not yet come up, and the East China Sea Fleet has only replenished one new steel battleship and four ordinary new warships.
Otherwise, both of them would have to make a report and explore the New World Oceania that Tang Ping said.
"How's it going?"
"No words!" Luo Siye gave a thumbs up, this is really not lying.
In the past, pirates seemed to be free, but they were still afraid of being wiped out, so it can be said that they passed the days of today and didn't know if there would be tomorrow.
Now not only have they been added to the rank of knight and glorified by their ancestors, but they can also hold their heads up and hold their heads high wherever they go, and the people also give them a thumbs up.
Therefore, the Tang Navy is very grateful to Tang Ping.
"Is there any important business for Ping Guogong to come this time? As long as you give the order, the big guy will go to the soup and the fire!"
Luo Siye patted his chest and said.
"I'm here to send you a few warships to send us to the Bay of Bengal. We have a monk named Tang Xuanzang in Datang who was detained in Tianzhu, it is a matter of national body, and we have to negotiate to bring him back. 「
"Xuanzang? Monks? Tianzhu?"
Fourth Master Luo, Qian Laosan, and a few pirates present listened to their eyes getting brighter and brighter.
Tang Ping also noticed that the expressions of several people were wrong, and asked strangely, "What's wrong?"
"Pingguo Gong......" Fourth Master Luo asked with some excitement, "Are you talking about the Sanzang Master who learned scriptures from the Western Heavens?" He was detained, isn't he the king of the daughter country?"
Qian Laosan also looked at Tang Ping with admiration: "Pingguo Gong, you are a heavenly man, shouldn't you be a rescuer invited by a monkey?"
"I think you guys were invited by the monkey!" Tang Ping said angrily, "What is this!"
He understood that these old pirates had brought in the story of Journey to the West.
At that time, he brought a lot of scripts to be distributed in Chang'an, and those classic stories were adapted into various operas or storytellers' stories to circulate.
Right
For these pirates who were still on the East China Sea back then, their favorite stories were the Water Margin and Journey to the West.
People who beg for a living at sea are more superstitious, so many people are really convinced of the story of Journey to the West.
Tang Ping came to talk about these things today, Xuanzang, Tianzhu, scriptures and other elements are not matched one by one?
So it's no wonder these guys are so excited.
Tang Ping said that it was a good thing, and finally let them understand that Xuanzang was an ordinary monk, and he went to save him first, the two had some friendship in the past, and second, Tianzhu's move was too bad for Datang to save face, so he ran away like this.
As for the system tasks or something, of course, I can't tell them.
"In that case, what else is there to talk about? As long as you give the order, as soon as our twenty warships go over and open their cannons, are you still afraid that the other party will not let them go?"
Fourth Master Luo said with some disdain.
It's not that he's arrogant, it's really that there is really no one in the East China Sea and the South China Sea.
Having an ironclad ship like the Taihao is the hegemon of the sea.
In his eyes, what Tianzhu is not Tianzhu, not to mention the artillery of the Taihao ship, that is, the tens of thousands of navy under his command, it is not easy to step on Tianzhu?
"It's not that simple." Tang Ping shook his head, if it was really that easy, he wouldn't have to make so many preparations.
"There has been turmoil in Tianzhu recently, and it should be one of the forces that detained Xuanzang, they are not close to the sea, and the warships pose little threat to them. And ......"
Tang Ping thought for a while and said, "This time you can only send us to the shore, later
I'll have to go there myself."
Luo Siye wanted to say something, but was lightly kicked by Qian Laosan, and he held back.
The two have been working together for a long time, and of course he knows that Qian Laosan is better than himself when it comes to looking at people's eyes.
Thinking that Ping Guogong insisted on going by himself, he was afraid that there was something he couldn't tell the two of them.
Since they are subordinates in this way, it is good that they do as they are told.
"When does Ping Guogong want to leave? How many days do you want to rest here?"
"No, I don't." Tang Ping shook his head, they teleported here directly, what is there to rest?
"Look at the weather, and if there's no problem, we'll go now."
Sailing from Qiongzhou to the Bay of Bengal, it will take two or three months, and I don't know how long it will take to fish out Tang Sanzang when I get ashore.
He wanted to go back before Wang Qingluan gave birth.
This time, he teleported with a full two hundred people, and most of his space-time energy was used.
It is estimated that the energy of time and space can be restored to half of the level in these two or three months at sea, so that if the situation is critical after going ashore, he can still teleport again with these two hundred brothers, but he himself will not be able to return to Chang'an at any time for a long time.
Qian Laosan and Luo Siye looked at the navigation chart brought by Tang Ping, they had not been to such a far place in the Bay of Bengal, but at least they were familiar with the situation in the South China Sea.
"Ping Guogong, the recent wind direction is just right for departure, since the task is urgent, please rest for a day, the two of us will prepare our baggage, and we can set off tomorrow."
The Datang warships are all hybrid, although there are also sails, but the largest source of power is the coke-burning steam engine.
The coal mines in Qiongshan, where they are stationed, have not yet been mined, and the coke they use is mainly sent from the Ryukyu Kingdom, that is, Taiwan.
In addition, this round trip is about half a year, so many people eat and drink on the ship, so naturally they have to prepare.
Being able to complete the baggage preparations in one day has already shown that the Datang Navy in Qiongzhou can have the ability to set off for combat at any time.
Tang Ping took a day, and the next morning he boarded the boat and set off in the direction of the Bay of Bengal.
On the way, Tang Ping can be regarded as seeing the majesty of the Datang Navy, at least in the waters of the South China Seas, no matter where the ships are, when they see the Datang Fleet flying the Datang flag, they all avoid it from a distance and give way to the waterway.
It's just that the ships of other countries are in awe, while some of the Datang merchant ships that also fly the Datang flag are proud, and they will wait on the side when the Datang fleet passes by, expressing their excitement with flags and cheers.
This made Tang Ping, who single-handedly created the Tang Navy, also proud.
Three months passed in a flash, and along the way, it encountered a small storm, and finally broke out without danger.
Tang Ping and the delegation he led finally arrived at a seaport in the Bay of Bengal.