In this way, Fan Yuxuan said goodbye and left, and before leaving, she went to see Aobai, and the two talked secretly for a while before leaving, so naturally Laizhou went to her musket workshop.

After sailing on the sea for more than ten days, it was not far from Goryeo, on this day, I saw five sea ships in the distance, all of them hung the Ming flag, and the soldiers on board suddenly became nervous, especially the Qing soldiers.

Yang Xin hurriedly ordered the Qing army to go down to the deck, the Qing army was afraid of water, and they all lived on the lowest deck of the ship, but a few people were tired of living and came up to see the scenery, and they were all driven off the deck at this time.

The two fleets of them met soon, and someone on the leading one waved a flag, and Jiao Xuewen immediately ran over and said, "King Huixing, the other party wants to meet us." ”

Yang Xin looked at it from a distance, and he was not the one who saw the bow of the ship too clearly, frowning slightly, he only had two boats, but the other party had five, but he didn't know how many people they would have, this is a troop carrier, they are just cargo ships at most, right?

So he said: "Agree to their request, and after a while, everyone will be clever and act according to my eyes!" ”

Jiao Xuewen hurriedly agreed, and his subordinates also waved the flag and replied in agreement.

The leading ships on both sides quickly joined the strings.

As he got closer and closer, Yang Xin finally saw the incoming ship clearly, only to see that there were also a lot of soldiers on it, a leader-like general, with more than a dozen soldiers, from the wooden planks on the two ships, walked over as if nothing had happened, obviously an old sailor at sea.

The general was also a little surprised when he saw that the bow of the ship was full of soldiers, at least hundreds of people, but he didn't look scared, and still walked up to Yang Xin with a grin.

The general, with a bearded face and a fierce expression, asked, "Who are you?" What to do in Goryeo? ”

Seeing that his words were a little arrogant, the guards suddenly looked unkind, but Yang Xin didn't care, and said: "This brother, who came from Xiadengzhou, is called Yang Da, and he is going to go to Goryeo to do some business." ”

It's quite strange in my heart, and I don't know who these people from Daming can actually manage Goryeo.

"Dengzhou? Why don't you hang the triangular red flag of our Zheng family? ”

The general asked again.

Yang Xin was suddenly depressed, it turned out that he had really met the opponent, this person was Zheng Chenggong's subordinate.

So he snorted coldly and said: "It's the first time I've gone to sea to do business, and I've never heard of the Zheng family's flag when going to sea!" ”

The guards immediately glared at him.

The general also felt that the atmosphere was a little wrong, the soldiers on the deck were all tall and well-armed, and he had seen several cannons on the ship just before he got on the ship, and it was obvious that the firepower of these two ships was very strong.

So he smiled slightly and said: "Brother Yang is also surnamed Yang, since it is the first time to go to sea, haven't you visited your Yang commander in Weihaiwei, why don't you know the rules of this sea?" ”

Yang Xin was stunned, this person actually knew Yang Yubu!

It seems that he still doesn't know what happened in Denglai, Yang Yubu is no longer the commander of Weihaiwei, and he doesn't know how long he has been drifting at sea.

Yang Xin had an idea and said, "Are you talking about Commander Yang of Weihaiwei?" I heard that Weihaiwei had been broken by the thieves of Qishan a few months ago and cut off his head, so I thought about asking him to come. ”

The man was taken aback when he heard this, and said: "I haven't returned to Daming for more than half a year, what happened in Dengzhou?" ”

The words instantly became respectful, and Yang Xin's temperament and the fierceness of his subordinates allowed him to restrain his arrogance.

Yang Xin said with a smile: "Now that the Manchu Qing Dynasty has entered the customs, it has hit Huai'an, and there is no one to manage Denglai in Shandong, and the thieves are like hair, and they have long been in a mess. ”

The general's face suddenly changed color, and he exclaimed, "What? The Manchus have already entered the customs? ”

At this time, his face was already in a cold sweat, and he said: "Since Brother Yang is going to sea for the first time, it is no wonder that in Xia Shilang, if there is trade in the far sea in the Ming Dynasty, each ship needs to pay 3,000 taels to my Zheng family to buy a triangular red flag to hang on the bow of the ship, and my Zheng family's sailor can ensure the safety of merchant ships at sea. ”

Yang Xin sneered in his heart, this Zheng family originally collected protection money at sea, no wonder they were so rich.

So he looked a little reluctant and said, "This? General Shi, I didn't plan to go to the open sea to trade, but just went to Goryeo to buy some grain and came back, so I don't think it's very necessary to buy the Zhengjiaqi you said, and I ask the general to forgive me. ”

Shi Lang glanced at the boat and felt that the atmosphere was wrong, so he hugged his fists and said: "Since this is the case, then I will leave below!" ”

With that, he turned and left with his soldiers, and after a while he returned to his ship.

Yang Xin looked at his back and sneered, and the fat man Lin on the side looked fierce, but Yang Xin didn't give an order, so he naturally didn't dare to act rashly, and the lame man asked for him: "King Xing, why didn't you do it just now?" ”

Yang Xin pointed to the front and said: "The purpose of our trip is to raid Goryeo, they have more ships than us, and the confrontation at sea is not as good as on land, we may not be able to win, even if we can win, it will be greatly damaged, and it is not cost-effective." ”

Yang Xin had also heard of Shi Lang's name in later generations, and knew that this person would fall out with Zheng Chenggong in the future, and he was also a fierce general at sea, so he might not be able to defeat him, and he was already cowardly before the war.

Fan Yuxuan next to her breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Fortunately, you changed into the banner of the Ming Dynasty, otherwise you would definitely have a fight when you encounter them!" Three thousand taels are collected when they pass by, and they are collected for every boat, no wonder the Zheng family makes money so quickly. ”

Yang Xin sneered: "Daming can't even collect commercial taxes, but their Zheng family has collected the customs customs of the entire Daming, it's strange if they are not rich, and they don't contribute to Daming after collecting money, otherwise how can you Daqing enter the customs?" ”

At this time, the two fleets separated, but the Zheng family's fleet did not leave, but hung far behind, with unknown intentions.

Yang Xin couldn't help but be a little worried, he was a sneak attack in the past, what is the matter with a tail behind him, don't raid when he was copied by the Zheng family, and he was immediately very angry.

"Pass my order and fire three cannons to warn the Zheng family's fleet!"

Jiao Xuewen was overjoyed and hurriedly commanded the soldiers to open fire.

The four cannons on each ship were bought from the Portuguese in Macao, and the last time Zhao Yuan proposed to buy firearms from the Westerners, Yang Xin approved it at that time, and just bought a second-hand sea ship from the Jiangnan maritime merchants, and shipped it back to Weihaiwei together.

"Boom, boom!"

Three times in a row, three solid shells shot towards the Zheng family's fleet at a rapid pace, the range was about one and a half miles, although it was not as powerful as the Hongyi cannon, it was not a little bit, this was a twelve-pounder gun produced by Portugal's artillery factory in Macao, and the power was very amazing.

After Shi Lang came back from the Daxing ship, he was unwilling, these novice Dengzhou maritime merchants actually dared not to buy the Zheng family's flag, which was a serious provocation to the Zheng family's hegemony at sea, he wanted to do it at that time, but he heard that the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, and the Ming Dynasty only had half of the country left, and he came back from Japan, and planned to go to Goryeo with a little ginseng and then return to Jiangnan, and he wandered abroad for more than half a year.

Now the other party is firing artillery demonstrations, the power of the cannon is not trivial, but he was also startled, he Zheng Jiafei has no financial resources and channels to buy such cannons, but at this time there is no decent opponent at sea, this kind of artillery is not cheap, so in order to save money, there is no equipment, seeing that the opponent's firepower is strong, the situation is unknown, so he had to give up the tracking, turn around and leave.