Chapter Fifty-Four: Encountering the Widows in the North

In the past few days, He Xi has done nothing. It's about seeing how sea freight works.

After several days of loading and unloading operations. More than a hundred large ships were finally filled with 300,000 stone of grain. On the auspicious day of the zodiac, he worshiped Mazu specifically. Heading south from the Yangtze River, head eastward to the sea first. Then look for the Blackwater Current, then turn north.

Along the way, the sea and the sky are vast. Except for a few other ships in this program. Other ships, rarely visible.

There are more than 100 ships, but there are a lot of them. But on top of the sea, it's almost a drop in the ocean. He Xi originally thought that more than a hundred ships could still maintain the formation. But in fact, it is not easy for ten ships to be within the range of each other's eyes.

Because the ship is too close to the ship. It's problem-prone.

If the ship is going in the same direction. Too close because of the turbulent water between the two boats, which can cause the two ships to lose control. Slammed together.

Of course, if the fleet really doesn't have any formation at all. It's also not right. Roughly there is a long snake formation, with ten ships as a outline, end to end. Fish in a row.

Because of this, it is visually difficult to see the ships in front, or behind. Moreover, there is a distance between the outlines. As a result, most ships can only see the ships in front of and behind them, or the ships of the program.

And along the course of the ocean current, the land is even more invisible.

It makes people feel like they are in the middle of heaven and earth. It's like a piece of driftwood.

Moreover, from Fujian to Penghu, from Penghu to Taiwan, it is actually very close, and it can be docked in a day and night. And from the mouth of the Yangtze River to Liaodong, even if it is smooth sailing, it will take ten days. It's completely different from He Xi's feeling in the Southeast Sea.

On this day, He Xi walked around the boat, which was considered a walk. Look at the monotonous and magnificent ocean. I feel a little bored in my heart.

However, he also knows that when the sea is calm, it is more boring if it is boring.

"Brother He, are you here?" Zhang He said.

Zhang He was in the most important cabin of the whole ship at the moment, and it was also the most open cabin, with the rudder in the front and a large wooden table in the back, on which a nautical chart was nailed. He Xi has seen it I don't know how many times. Every time I watch it, I have a feeling that I don't know what to say.

This diagram is marked in great detail.

For example, markers on the coast, and markers in the sea. For example, reefs. It is used to determine the position of the vessel. And most importantly, there are celestial markers, that is, the positioning of the stars. The angles and positions of the stars in the sky are marked in detail.

It can be said that from these points, there is no problem at all in connecting the routes.

But the problem is, it's the right route. But most of the whole chart is wrong. Shandong Peninsula, Chao-Xian Peninsula. And many other places, as well as islands, are completely distorted. I really don't know what it was drawn with.

Of course, He Xi also knows that compared to the maps surveyed and mapped by aircraft satellites in later generations. The maps of this era are naturally far inferior. But a map that can be accurate to this point is already good.

However, what made He Xi a little more dramatic was the back. A gossip platform blocked by a screen. In the middle of the gossip platform, there is a depression. At the moment the middle is filled with water. There is also an iron fish in the water as a marker. That's right, that's the compass.

He Xi fully affirmed his role. But this kind of furnishing is full of mystery. and a somewhat mysterious way of using it. I can't wait to use it every time, and I say in my mouth: "Looking for the dragon and dividing the gold to see the winding mountain, a heavy entanglement is a heavy pass, if there are eight dangers when closing the door, there is no yin and yang gossip." "Yunyun.

However, this is indeed the status quo of the Ming Dynasty.

It is impossible not to admit that the ingenuity of the ancient Chinese people. In fact, a lot of experience accumulated in life. It's all very scientific. But there is no scientific explanation. There is also a set of theories that can justify themselves.

This set of theories, in many cases, is still very useful.

For example, Chinese medicine, there are many theories of Chinese medicine, cold and heat, yin and yang, five elements, and make up for it. and many other theories, which are in common with these theories of Feng Shui metaphysics. But he was useful. It's embarrassing.

He Xi was also a little embarrassed.

Faced with such a scene, he just didn't know what to say.

At this time, suddenly an exclamation came from outside, saying, "My lord, there is a situation ahead. ”

He Xi immediately ran out. Look at the lookout on the high mast and point ahead. He Xi immediately took out his mobile phone, covered it with his sleeve, exposed only the camera, and focused into the distance to take pictures. This is also the way He Xi figured out the game at sea.

Actually, it's not without telescopes. Although there is no colorless transparent glass. But colorless and transparent crystals are still available.

The issue of cost, on a single telescope, is not considered.

However, due to technical problems, He Xi felt that this kind of telescope with a relatively low magnification. Not even as good as the telescopes in the men's dormitory to peek into the women's dormitory. Not to mention the phone's built-in telephoto function.

Soon, He Xi noticed that there was something different in front of him.

A cloud of wolf smoke rose into the sky.

It's a warning sign.

No need for He Xi to command. More than a dozen ships in this program, under the command of Zhang He, raised their sails and accelerated to rush up.

Wangshan runs dead horses, and the sea chase battle seems to be fierce, but in fact, the pace is not fast. From the discovery of the warning signal to the arrival of their boats, it actually took more than half an hour. As the ships caught up, He Xi looked from a distance and there were some small boats. Around the front of a grain ship.

It's just these small boats, and the big ships that carry grain. It's like a couple of hounds surrounding an elephant. From time to time, there were a few roars from the big boat. And a dozen small boats lingered. Several ships of the same class are also gradually getting closer.

Wait until the boats see the flotilla coming after them. A few shrill sounds. From the breath. It's not like a musical instrument from the Central Plains. These dozen ships moved away from this ship. Slowly receded.

Zhang He's face was a little ugly, so he changed to a small boat and boarded the big ship that had just been surrounded. He Xi accompanied him.

Zhang He made an inspection and found that seven or eight people had died. They were all killed by long arrows. Two more fell into the sea and were never found again.

Zhang He could only comfort everyone and announce compensation for the deceased. After calming the morale of the army, he returned to his ship again.

When Zhang He was doing things just now, He Xi didn't speak, and he calmed down at the moment. He Xi said: "Who are those people just now? ”

Zhang He said: "It's the so-called Japanese cowards. ”

He Xi said: "The so-called widows? ”

Zhang He was silent for a moment and said: "I guarded the southeast in the early years of Hongwu, and the Daming Sea Frontier was mixed from south to north. Among the Japanese people, there are naturally Japanese people. But the Chinese. Chao-Xianren, even Jurchens. Nanyang. How much less? The Japanese are not necessarily the leaders. It's just that the Ming Dynasty was set at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty and Vientiane was renewed. Could it be said that the imperial court forced the people into the sea to be cowards, how bad it sounds? ”

"The Japanese are also the Japanese Invaders."

He Xi listened to Zhang He's words, and actually understood. Pirates are the easiest team to internationalize. In order to make a living at sea, what kind of people can't cooperate. At the end of the day, it's all outlaws.

It's like Liang Daoming, Chen Zuyi, don't they have Japanese people under their command? The Japanese Ashikaga family did not control Japan enough, and there were many Japanese samurai who could not stay in the homeland. These are professional samurai, except for fighting and killing. Nothing but this bite of food at sea.

There is no doubt about that.

You must know that when the Tokugawa family was closed to the rest of the country, the whole of Southeast Asia was like a Chinese town, and there were many Japanese settlements, and many of these places had been in business for hundreds of years. Where did they come from?

Since the Ming Dynasty defined these people as Japanese criminals, they could only be Japanese criminals.

He Xi didn't dwell on this issue either, and said: "For these widows, is it just that? ”

Zhang He said: "How about that? Go hunting? Without waiting for He Xi to answer, he replied himself: "That's not possible." My first task is to get this batch of grain to Liaodong safely, not to exterminate the Japanese invaders. ”

"And." There was a hint of silence on Zhang He's face, and he said: "The pirates on the sea, whether they are pirates. In fact, it cannot be extinguished. As long as there are interests at sea, such people will not be killed. ”