Shi Lang laughed: "It's really funny, you made a great contribution that day, how can others be rewarded for your meritorious service, but you have to be punished for your meritorious service." ”

Guo Xu's face sank, as if there was something unspeakable, and finally shook his head and didn't say anything.

"Brother Guo, I still have some good wine, how about drinking together?" Shi Lang asked again.

Guo Xu shook his head slightly and said, "My small duty is not to drink with General Shi, please forgive me." ”

Shi Lang smiled, he had nothing to do, and simply talked to Guo Xu, here, a cannon sound came from a distance, Guo Xu threw down the happy Shi Lang, climbed the back mast, carefully observed the flag of the avant-garde ship Egret, and after being confirmed, he immediately shouted to the messenger: "Immediately report to the big shopkeeper and Chen shopkeeper, there are pirates looting merchant ships in front, pirates have seven ships, and there is one merchant ship." ”

The messenger went immediately, and after a while, Tang Mu came out and shouted to Guo Xu: "Guo Xu, the big shopkeeper asked you to go to the military meeting." ”

Guo Xu immediately climbed down from the Jingzhi rope, Shi Lang took the initiative to help, Guo Xu thanked him, and the two entered the stern building together.

After the two entered the room, Li Zhaoji, Chen Liuzi, and Zheng Sen had already finished their discussion, and Chen Liuzi said: "I will take the Lingding Island, the Swan and the Zheng family two dhows, intercept them from the flanks, and you will immediately return to the Hongyan, take your ship as the guide, and attack head-on, and the Egret, Rose, and Dongfang will follow up in turn to disperse the pirates."

Do you understand? ”

"Yes, Shopkeeper Chen." Guo Xu agreed simply.

Shi Lang hugged his fist to Li Zhaoji and others: "The eldest son, the big shopkeeper, Shi is willing to help Brother Guo." ”

"It's okay, frontal assault, hand-to-hand combat, and broadside combat, Brother Li, there are twenty musketeers and knife players under Shi Lang's command, and they are very resistant to war, what do you think?" Zheng Sen himself was gearing up, but he also knew that he would not have the opportunity to participate in it, but he also wanted the Zheng family soldiers to show their style.

Li Zhaoji smiled and said: "After General Shi's fame, with you in charge, this battle will be won." ”

Guo Xu saluted and beckoned Shi Lang and the others to get off the stern, at this time the Hongyan had also come closer, and after setting up a springboard, more than 20 people rushed onto the Hongyan.

Fuxing.

It was a huge trumpet tiger ship, with three masts and a huge spinnaker, but twenty oars on each side of the hull, and the boat was rowing vigorously with a trumpet.

This is the South Seas, especially in Java unique merchant ships, the dhow is influenced by the Arab merchant ships, there are sails and oars, suitable for the climate of the local equator, after all, there is no wind zone, there is often no wind weather, but the people on the ship are not dark-skinned Nanyang people, in the people who are busy on the ship, there is no difference between the people of the two Guangzhou, and the head of the shipowner, more directly is the Ming people.

"Row faster, faster, get rid of the pirates, and I will reward each oarsman with five taels of silver. Also, throwing away all the useless things on the ship, we are running for our lives, and we can't care about that. "The Ming people shouted not the language of the Ming Dynasty, listening to the intonation, which is similar to the Nanyang language.

At this time, the pirates had already come closer, and among the seven merchant ships, there was only one small fortune ship, and the rest were galleys such as Long Dragon or Fast Crab, all of which were small, but on each boat stood pirates with weapons in hand, they were dirty and rude, and everyone looked hideous and far away, and began to fire guns, weapons in hand, and let out a howling cry.

"Stop the boat and spare your dog's life, or we will leave the boat and throw you to feed the fish." There was a fast crab ship running parallel to the Fuxing, and a pirate leader shouted loudly.

"Big brother, don't talk nonsense with them, there seems to be a sail shadow over there, let's grab this ship, and then go grab another one." Someone shouted loudly.

The Ming people on the boat shouted: "This good man, why do you rob us, I will redeem myself with three hundred taels of silver, you let me go, go and rob the ship from the south!" ”

"Three hundred taels of silver, damn it, send it to Hanako!" The pirate leader yelled.

"Then three thousand taels, beg the good man to spare his life!"

The pirate leader laughed and shouted to the brothers around him, "Do you hear, brothers, there are three thousand taels of silver on board, and you are still stunned for what to do, him!" ”

Several pirate ships swarmed up, and the Ming people who had just shouted immediately shouted a few words to the people around them, and everyone retreated into the cabin, followed by a clanging sound, which was to seal the hatch with nails and planks.

The wind whipped across the sail ropes, whining.

The sharp bow of the Wild Goose split the sea, and with the steady southwesterly wind, it rushed towards the point of the conflict at full speed, and on the mainmast, the blue dragon flag of the trading company fluttered in the wind, indicating the owner of the fleet.

"Full sails, two ammo, first shotguns, then solid shells, ready for battle!" Guo Xu's voice is loud enough to suppress the wind and let everyone hear it.

The gunners were busy reloading their ammunition and the sailors were sprinkling blood-absorbing sand on the deck, and everything was in order, and the sailors of the trading company on the Wild Goose had plenty of confidence in the face of a group of pirates.

However, Shi Lang was a little hesitant for a while, because the Hongyan had already charged ahead, distancing itself from the ships behind, and facing seven pirate ships, was it a bit too risky to impact like this.

When the Hongyan rushed to the place, the pirate ship suddenly burst into gunfire, and all kinds of guns were fired at the Hongyan.

Rumble!

Clusters of fire erupted from the two sides one after another, Shi Lang felt the vibration from the deck under his feet, and one of his subordinates suddenly let out a scream, not that he was hit by the enemy, but that he was in the wrong position, he stood at the tail of the gun, and the recoiled cannon directly broke the unlucky man's leg.

But then he was dragged into the stern, and the dining room table was cleared up as a makeshift ambulance station for the wounded, and the carpenter acted as a temporary doctor for soldiers and sailors in need of amputation.

Shi Lang didn't care about his men, because the more terrifying picture attracted him, a fast crab boat was directly torn apart by cannonballs, whether it was a solid cannonball or a shotgun, the weak board could not be stopped, and the human body behind was immediately penetrated, and the musketeer also fired a volley, which was to clear the oarsmen of a long boat on the port side that were exposed.

A long dragon ship pounced on the front of the Wild Goose, but the short-barreled heavy cannon was fired, and the spilled shotgun broke the ship into a broken pocket, and was immediately smashed into two sections by the Wild Goose at full speed.

The moment it rushed into the enemy line, the Wild Goose eliminated three opponents, and the rest of the pirate ships fled quickly and returned to their lair, unaware that there were already ships blocking their path.

"General Shi, get ready to board the ship, and the pirates." Shi Lang was awakened in shock.

Guo Xu held his iron helmet and said in a deep voice, it turned out that there were still some pirates on the besieged merchant ship who did not escape, Shi Lang immediately put on the iron helmet, rushed forward, and together with the sword player, killed seven or eight people, and the rest of the dozen or so people all surrendered.

These pirates knelt on the deck, begging for mercy and kowtowing, not only begging Shi Lang not to kill him, but also begging Shi Lang to take them away quickly, Shi Lang also felt that the merchant ship was tilting, he ran to the other side, and found that a huge gap had been blown up on the side of the hull, and the sea water was rushing in.

It turned out that the pirates couldn't break through the hatch of the ship, so they blew up the ship with gunpowder, but they didn't expect that as soon as the operation began, the warships of the Oriental Trading Company had already entered the battle.

"Set up a springboard and get everyone around." Guo Xu saw the situation clearly, and immediately ordered, he shouted in the cabin: "We are the fleet of the Oriental Trading Company, not pirates, if you don't want to die, come out immediately and get on our ship." ”

The cabin door opened, and the Ming man rushed out and asked, "Brother, are you also from Fujian?" ”

"It turned out to be my Fujian ship, why haven't I seen this kind of ship." Shi Lang was a little suspicious.

"Two brothers, thank you for the rescue, you must save my goods, don't work hard, don't work hard." The man of the Ming Kingdom pleaded again and again, and said: "If you can rescue my goods, I am willing to pay you five hundred taels of silver. ”

Guo Xu didn't want to save the goods, but since the other party didn't need to do it himself, he naturally agreed.

The Ming man beckoned a group of barbarians to come out of the cabin, and after setting up a springboard, he lifted the containers one by one to the Hongyan, Guo Xu saw that this ship was either raw silk or spices, all of which were precious things, no wonder the other party gave five hundred taels with one mouth.

But the waves at sea are not small, the Fuxing tilt is getting worse and worse, from time to time the springboard shifts, and even people and goods fall down, but this group of barbarians still disregard their lives to rescue the goods, until the Fuxing is about to turn over, Guo Xu in order to avoid harming himself, ordered to leave, is to stop.

Even so, some barbarians sank into the sea with the Fuxing, leaving only a large whirlpool.

The deck of the Hongyan was full of containers, and Guo Xu and Shi Lang looked at each other, both feeling that the man in front of them who had survived the catastrophe was a little weird.

He spoke Hokkien language, and he was also dressed in Ming people, but the people around him spoke barbarian language, and the dress was completely different from that of the Ming people, Guo Xu whispered to Shi Lang: "General Shi, look at that hat, it seems to be from Annan." ”

"I look like it." Shi Lang nodded, and he said again: "Brother Guo, why bother with this, who has something to do with you, you have made a great contribution this time, this time you will be rewarded, I will fight side by side with you, eat your water and wine, you will not refuse." ”

Guo Xu was embarrassed and said: "General Shi is the guard of the imperial court, he can eat my wine, and he looks up to me, how can I refuse?" But your reward may not be real, and the business in the trading company is ..... Alas, don't say it, don't say it. ”

At this time, it suddenly began to rain, and the Ming people came to beg: "Two heroes, please make room in the cabin, don't let the rain wet my cargo." ”

"This ship is small, and when it rains, everyone takes shelter in the cabin, where is there a place to shelter your cargo from the rain." Guo Xu felt that this guy was kicking his nose more and more.

But the Ming merchant said: "Don't worry about these untouchables, they don't have anything to do in the rain, just don't wet my goods." ”

There were more than 100 surviving oarsmen and sailors, all shivering in the rain at the moment, but no one dared to say anything.

"You can arrange it yourself, and I'll have someone make room for you." Guo Xu said lightly, Xindao handed over this guy to the big shopkeeper as soon as possible.

Half an hour later, the Ming merchants who had arranged the goods were sent to the Dongfang to meet Li Zhaoji.

This man was in his thirties, and he originally spoke very neatly and looked familiar, but when he arrived on the Touhou, he became more and more cramped and uneasy.

He saw this huge fleet, all of them were foreign ships, but they were all Ming people, so when he appeared in front of Li Zhaoji, his legs were weak, he knelt on the ground, and exhausted all his words to put on Li Zhaoji's top hat.

Li Zhaoji smiled: "You get up and talk, I don't know what the shopkeeper is called." ”

The man didn't dare to get up and said, "In front of the big shopkeeper, I don't dare to call the shopkeeper, I ...... My name is Wei Zhiyu. ”

There was a silence in the cabin for a while, and as Li Zhaoji snorted and laughed, everyone burst into laughter, Wei Zhiyu saw that everyone was laughing, and couldn't help but be a little embarrassed, and also laughed a few times, but everyone still laughed non-stop, Wei Zhiyu asked carefully: "Everyone, why do you laugh so much when you hear my name?" ”

"Does your taste delicious?" Chen Liuzi quipped.

"Delicious?" Wei Zhiyu covered his chest, collapsed to the ground in fright, and looked at everyone in horror: "Could it be that you still can't eat people!" ”

When everyone heard this, they burst into laughter again.