From the end of the 18th century to the middle of the 19th century, the Skuna sailing ship, which was originally popular in Northern Europe, began to be popular in North America, and this kind of large schooner with a displacement of 200 tons to 2000 tons, at least only 8~10 people can be operated, and after adding the sail, it is suitable for the monsoon of transoceanic sailing, so it is widely loved.

There is also a Cage schooner with a high foremast (mainmast) and a short backmast, also known as the Baltimore clipper, which is also common in North America and is mostly used for short-distance transportation in Central America and the Caribbean.

Night envelops the fjord

The bright moonlight swayed down from the sky, reflecting the sparkling waves on the sea, and you can clearly see the silhouettes of more than a dozen sailing ships moored in the fjord, which one is the "Guangfu"?

"Master, that ship is the Guangfu, there are a total of 27 sailors including me, and now there are less than 20 people on board, the captain is called Lin Zhengshui, and he is the uncle of the young gang leader Lin Zhanyuan." One of the captive crew members said with a wincing expression.

Richard followed the captive's guidance, and saw a three-masted and crosssailed Skuna sailing ship quietly moored in the fjord, its tall mast and streamlined silhouette in the moonlight, floating and sinking in the fjord waves.

The Skuna sailboats were generally made of ordinary wood rather than the high-quality North American oak used in wooden battleships, so they were much cheaper and had a shorter service life.

They can be built along the coast of North America and in the Great Lakes region, and are relatively common, and their transoceanic cargo capacity is not weak.

It is estimated that it can carry nearly 100 tons of cargo and 1670 passengers, and arrive in North America across the ocean.

The "Guangfu" arrived in San Francisco, in addition to transporting 121 pig flowers, there were more than 20 good people brought by Lin Zhanyuan, the young gang leader, and the goods were 300 quintals of raw silk, 220 quintals of tea and some porcelain, which were very sought-after goods, and the price was high.

121 Zhuhua were arranged to train in Rose Manor, and more than 20 good players directly joined the North American rudder, but before they had time to get familiar with the situation, they were caught off guard by the Datang Club.

Except for a few who were killed indiscriminately, the others were captured.

There were ready-made small sampans on the shore, and everyone pushed two small sampans into the sea together, and then headed towards the Guangfu.

At this time, at about 0:00 a.m., there was only the sound of waves of the tide, and most of the sailing ships moored in the bay were sailors on duty at night, and some people saw two small sampans entering the sea, but they all wisely closed their mouths.

There were more than 20 people who came, obviously all heavily armed cowboys, as long as they weren't looking for their own trouble, more than one thing was better than less.

Even if you look for your own trouble, it's too late to escape.

Maneuvering a sailboat is a very tedious job, which requires the cooperation of all sailors, untying the cables, retracting the anchor, lowering the mainmast, opening the front sail, opening the rear sail, adjusting the sail line against the wind direction, and slowly starting to act under the force of the wind.

This process takes more than an hour to complete when the weather is fine, let alone in this dark night, where can you just go?

In the British and American navies, the third- and fourth-class sail battleships are often armed with more than 100 guns, with a crew of more than 700~850 people, and the strength is very strong.

The sail cargo ship is different, although it will also be loaded with a few guns for self-defense, but the sailors are fifty or sixty people, and the very few large four-masted sailing ships of thousands of tons have more sailors, mainly to transport goods, basically no more than 100 people.

Richard stood at the bow of the boat with his hands in his hands, watched the small sampan approach the "Guangfu", and took advantage of the moment when the small sampan was sinking and floating in the waves, and jumped up with both legs, and grabbed the boat more than three meters high with one hand.

With this action, the frightened two sailors of the "Guangfu" who were on duty at night "......" took a few steps back and sat on the ground, their faces so pale that they couldn't even speak.

Whether this is a human or a ghost is too scary!

This year

Chinese sailors are more superstitious than white people, and when they go out to sea to fish, they have to draw lots to ask for hexagrams, worship God and Buddha, and there are many taboos, and they are a group of people who are deeply poisoned by feudal superstition.

Today's Richard is super physical, almost equivalent to the top of the first round in the NBA draft, with the highest agility of 3.7, physical strength of 3.5, and strength of 3.4, all of which are several times that of ordinary people.

Seeing that the sailors on the ship were so frightened, Richard showed a sneer at the corner of his unconcerned mouth, and commanded; "What are you doing? Throw the cable down and let the brethren come aboard. ”

"Whoa...... Small, small, that's it. ”

Under Richard's icy gaze, the two Chinese crew members couldn't afford to resist at all, so they hurriedly threw a few cables down, and tied a knot at the other end of the ship.

The process of occupying the whole ship went smoothly, only when he broke into the captain's room, he encountered some trouble, and the captain Lin Zhengshui shot outside, trying to make a senseless resistance, and then was shot to death, and the body was thrown directly into the sea.

Looking at the ship's inventory, there is also a large amount of raw silk, tea and porcelain, no wonder the draft is so deep.

These materials are not available to deal with them for the time being, so they are all backlogged on the ship, and they want to wait until the situation stabilizes before making plans.

As a result, all of them were cheap.

300 bags of raw silk and 220 quintals of tea are not a small number, and the value of 300 quintals of raw silk alone reaches 150,000 taels of silver, which is only the price of the origin of Shenzhou.

In North America, the price quadruples, and in Europe, it quadruples.

After the invention of the Jenny loom by the British, the latest technology has used steam mechanical power, which has led to dozens of times the increase in textile production capacity, and the demand for high-quality textile raw materials is more desired.

On board

Richard has already interrogated him, and Lin Zhanyuan, the leader of the young gang, has indeed not been on the ship tonight, and it seems that he should be hiding in a corner of St. Francesc, waiting for an opportunity to make trouble.

Considering that it was already late at night, Richard left 10 members of the team to guard the "Guangfu", and took 10 sailors with him, who were helped to their horses with their hands tied behind their backs, and followed the horse team back to the new town.

When we arrived at the rudder, it was already more than two o'clock in the evening.

Everything seemed to be normal here, Lin Zhanyuan was not stupid enough to take risks alone, but quietly waited for the opportunity like a poisonous snake watching on the side to launch a fatal blow.

After being busy for most of the night, Richard was really sleepy, and after checking the night guard around the yard, he came to the fine house in the small garden in the backyard, washed up briefly, and then slept in the warm brocade quilt, and slept very sweetly.