Chapter 165, British privateer VS Fujian pirates!
"Guys, it seems that the Chinese know each other very well!"
"Save it, let's do it!"
"Hahahaha, the Chinese are suitable for farming, they shouldn't go to sea!"
A group of adventurers from Europe were relieved to see the Chinese ship on the opposite side lower its sails and look like it was being ravaged.
And they know it.
In the Indian Ocean, if you want to say the most honest merchant ship, it is really the merchant ship of the Ming Dynasty.
These merchants from China rarely took the initiative to plunder at sea, and they were all honest maritime merchants who did business - in fact, the only ones who could organize ships to go to sea now were the merchants of Liangjiang, except for the merchants of the Thirteen Lines of Guangzhou.
These businessmen who do business in China believe in being kind and making money, and not causing trouble.
The character of this agrarian people is not to be praised on the sea.
If it weren't for the deterrence of the powerful navy of the Ming Empire.
How many countries along the way coveted these Chinese merchant ships coming and going in the Indian Ocean.
And now, with the issuance of privateer warrants by the Governor's Office of Kolkata.
Chinese merchant ships that have been active in the Indian Ocean for the past two years have finally been targeted.
"Keep an eye on, you can't let this little baby run away!"
John. Klein held a telescope and stared at the Chinese merchant ships in the distance.
It looks like a very common fortune boat.
A type of merchant ship that is not fast but has a large carrying capacity.
There do not seem to be gun doors on the sides, and an iron cannon is horizontal on the deck, but there are no gunners around.
Someone on the deck raised their hands.
Counted slightly.
There were about 30 people.
"People should have come out, and a ship of this kind will probably only need twenty or thirty sailors."
John. Klein put down his binoculars and said with a slightly relaxed expression.
The European adventurers, who were on guard with muskets, also showed a relaxed demeanor.
"The Chinese surrendered."
"I didn't expect it to be so easy."
"Such a big lucky ship, I'm afraid there are a lot of goods in it!"
"This time I've made a fortune!"
These white Europeans spoke in a relaxed tone.
This cannot be blamed for their lack of vigilance.
In this day and age.
The Europeans had a very strong advantage in the face of the natives of other places.
They have hardly encountered too much resistance in Africa and the Americas.
The only ones who are deflated may be in Asia, but here in Asia it can also be attributed to the fact that they are too far away to project a truly powerful force.
And it's usually also offshore.
It's like this on the ocean.
The self-confidence of the Europeans in force is quite explosive.
What's more...
The opponents are the Chinese, who have shown little force in the Indian Ocean.
What else is there to worry about?
The thought of being able to plunder a Daifuku ship without much effort is hard to hide from the greed and fiery fire in the eyes of these Europeans.
"Poor lambs, God has forsaken them."
Someone made a cross on his chest.
Because the requirement of the Governor's Office of Calcutta was to deter the Chinese from coming to this sea area "by absolutely bloody" means.
What is an absolutely bloody means?
That is, of course, tying people to sampans and letting these Chinese float down the current back to the Strait of Malacca, which has a current in the Indian Ocean that circulates the Bay of Bengal and then pours into the Strait of Malacca.
So it's easy to enter the Strait of Malacca from the Indian Ocean, just follow the currents.
But it is not easy to get out of the South China Sea to the Indian Ocean.
It is necessary to use the wind to constantly hop on the islands of the Strait of Malacca.
It's a lot of work.
Imagine a large number of starving Chinese floating to the Straits of Malacca ...
Do those Chinese businessmen, who are as docile as sheep, dare to step out of the Strait of Malacca?
......
"Get ready! Damn Ma Laizi, aim at their gun silos and throw them! ”
Cai Lian, who was hiding on the side of the ship, was also beating heartbeatly.
It's too risky to lower the sails, in case something can't run.
But this is a big deal, which one doesn't pin his head to the waistband of his pants?
In fact.
Since Ming Zheng was overthrown by the Qing court.
After the Qing court contracted as a whole and imposed a strict ban on the sea.
Piracy along the coasts of Guangdong and Fujian has not stopped.
Instead, it has reached a new peak.
Historically.
Cai Lian is a super sea thief in the Jiaqing period.
Many Chinese pirates were also hired as mercenaries by many princely states in Nanyang to make money.
For example, after Vietnam fell into the division between the north and the south in history.
Nguyen Phuc Anh in the north hired a large number of Chinese pirates to attack the Tay Son Dynasty.
He was also called "the big boss of southern Guangdong" by the pirates who begged for a living along the coasts of Guangdong and Fujian.
"Cai Tou, I'm staring!"
Staring out through the narrow slit in the side of the ship was a bald, skinny man.
"Fuck... It seems to be a bit prickly..."
Cai Qian muttered.
The guns under the cabin of the plywood ship in front of them had not yet been rolled out, but the muzzles of the guns could be seen in the black holes.
The caliber is large.
It appears to be a ship gun firing a twenty-four-pounder gun.
If you shoot at the other party before, it is likely that your Daifuku ship will not be able to carry it first....
The Niu brothers also lay on the side of the ship.
The guy in their hands is an upgrade.
From a bulltongue knife used to kill pigs, it has become a thick-backed Gurkha machete.
It was captured from the Portuguese before it.
It is less than three feet long with the handle attached.
But it is very thick, and it is a real war knife used to cut people.
He also carried a flintlock pistol on his back.
After equipping it with a upgrade.
Psychologically, the two have now basically completed the transformation from small landlords who went to sea to make money to pirates - the two brothers earned almost 200 yuan in the previous trip.
That's it.
Earned the total salary of the average ordinary worker for ten years!
This goes to sea.
Sure enough, you can make a lot of money.
And that Cai Tou is very trustworthy.
It is said that only three achievements are taken, and it is really only three percent.
The rest is divided according to merit.
Niu Jinbao killed an enemy at close range, so he divided a "head reward", and a total of more than 130 Ming Yuan was recorded in the account.
And Niu Zhaocai didn't have the luck of Niu Jinbao, so he only earned more than 60 yuan.
But that's quite a lot.
It is enough for the two brothers to marry several daughters-in-law after returning to their hometowns.
But after tasting this opportunity to make a quick buck.
Who can resist the thrill and temptation of making a fortune instantly?
Now that the two of them had quieted down, those grenades were in the hands of a dozen of Cai Tou's most trusted subordinates.
They had unscrewed the lid and had broken the lead by more than half to prevent the grenade from being thrown back.
Then reinstall the pull-up index fire device.
With security in mind.
The cable and lead of the Ming army's grenade are separated, and they will be installed when they need to be used.
The British's plywood ship approached, and the hands raised on the deck gave the pirates a duly frightened look on their faces.
"Something is wrong..."
David. Klein frowned.
"What's wrong?"
"I always felt like their fears were fake."
"Pretended?" John. Klein frowned, "How can you see it, in my opinion, these Orientals all look the same..."
As the two of them spoke.
The distance between the two ships was already close to more than twenty meters, and they were still slowly approaching.
"Everyone is on guard, ready to board the ship, first control the whole ship, and then say, anyone who dares to resist..."
Right here in David. Klein spoke loudly.
Sou!
A black shadow flew from the side of the opposite Daifuku ship, threw it along the gun compartment, and smashed on the barrel with a clang.
What is that?
Before the Klein brothers and the adventurers on board could react.
Rumble!
There was a loud bang.
The hull of the ship shook.
This was followed by wails from the gun bay.
"It's a grenade! Fooled 1"
"God, these Chinese are crazy!"
"Aren't they afraid of causing gunpowder to explode!"
The explosion of a group of grenades frightened white Europeans lying on the deck shouting in horror.
Fooled!
This group is not sheep!
It's a viper!
By the time they got up from the deck.
I saw the dense muzzles of the guns on the side of the Daifuku ship.
"Fire!"
Cai Lian yelled excitedly.
Niu Jinbao, who heard the voice, hurriedly raised his gun, aiming at a hundred people in front of him who had just gotten up from the deck and was hurriedly looking for his musket!
Bang!
Such a close distance.
Three projectiles, one large and two small, shot from the muzzle of the gun, hit the opponent's body.
Suddenly, three blood holes appeared, and blood flowed out.
Murder again.
Niu Jinbao thought.
This time, I didn't feel vomiting anymore.
Maybe it's because it's shooting remotely with a musket, or maybe it's because the mentality has changed after earning more than 100 Ming Yuan.
This time, Niu Jinbao didn't think that if he killed someone, he would be arrested by the government to pay for his life.
It's about calculating how much money you can get this time....
A round of muskets came down.
There are not many enemies standing on the deck.
Most of them retreated into the cabin.
"Grenades!"
Cai Lian gritted his teeth and gave the order.
He saw it too.
This ship is no ordinary merchant ship.
It is likely to be a peer who specializes in buying and selling at sea and has no capital.
So after two rounds of blows, he did not surrender, but just retreated to the cabin.
Whoosh!
A dozen grenades were thrown into the cabin.
The sound of dense explosions was accompanied by the light of fire.
The entire medium-sized Galen ship shook suddenly.
This grenade, which mainly uses fragments as a lethal load, has a small charge.
Therefore, it is difficult for this explosion to cause a fire on the ship.
And at the next moment of an explosion in the cabin.
Cai Lian shouted and led a group of fierce Fujian pirates to jump into the gang.
"Damn it! Get up! We are going to educate this barbaric Orientals with swords! ”
David. Klein was lying on the deck, shaken by the explosion, and when he reacted again, he saw that someone had jumped up on the deck.
Immediately, he drew his long sword and shouted that he was about to rush forward.
He was greeted by a dozen swishing grenades.
"Grenade! Get down! ”
David. Klein lunged forward, and a violent explosion could be heard not far from him.
Dododo.
It was on the standing log of the cabin next to him.
A few fragments grazed his scalp and were embedded deep in the oak wood...
David who escaped death. Klein breathed a sigh of relief, and then felt his crotch hot....
After the endless coma, Shi Yu suddenly got up from the bed. If you want to watch the latest chapters, please download the Star Reading app and read the latest chapters for free without ads. The website has not updated the content of the latest chapters, and the Star Reading APP has updated the content of the latest chapters.
He took a big breath of fresh air, and his chest trembled.
Confused, incomprehensible, all kinds of emotions come to my heart.
Where is this?
Then, Shi Yu subconsciously looked around, and then became even more dazed.
A single dormitory?
Even if he had managed to be rescued, he would have been in the ward by now.
And their own bodies...... How could it be that there was no injury at all.
With doubts, Shi Yu's gaze quickly swept from the room, and finally his gaze stayed on a mirror at the head of the bed.
The mirror reflected his current appearance, about seventeen or eighteen years old, and his appearance was very handsome.
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The previous self was a handsome young man in his twenties who had been working for a while.
And now, no matter how you look at it, this appearance is only the age of a high school student......
This change made Shi Yu stunned for a long time.
Don't tell him that the operation was a success......
The body and face have changed, and this is not a question of surgery or not surgery at all, but immortal magic.
He's a different guy altogether!
Don't...... Did you cross by yourself?
In addition to the mirror at the head of the bed, which was obviously not good in feng shui, Shi Yu also found three books next to it.
Shi Yu picked it up and looked at it, and the title of the book instantly silenced him.
"Essential Animal Breeding Manual for Novice Breeders"
Postpartum Care for Pet Animals
"Alien Beast Ear Girl Evaluation Guide"
Shi Yu: ???
The names of the first two books are quite normal, but what are you doing with the last one?
"Ahem."
Shi Yu's eyes were solemn and he stretched out his hand, but his arm quickly stiffened.
Just as he was about to open the third book to see what it was, his brain stabbed violently, and a flood of memories flooded back.
Icefield City.
Pet animal breeding base.
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Beastmaster?