Soon, Gu Yan saw the flags waving on the masts of the five unidentified warships on the opposite side through the monocular in his hand.

It's a pity that the flags of the two sides are not compatible, even if Gu Yan observes for a long time, he doesn't understand what the other side wants to express.

Out of prudence, I saw Gu Yan put down the monocular in his hand and gave an order: "Pass on the officer's order, load the shells, aim at the enemy ships, and prepare for battle!" ”

After Gu Yan's order was given, soon a soldier climbed the mast and kept waving the flag in his hand to deliver the news to the rest of the ships.

Soon, the order issued by Gu Yan's flagship was received by the rest of the ships.

"Hurry up, reload the shells! Reload the shells! ”

"Aim at enemy ships!"

At this moment, after hearing the order of their superiors, the gunners in the cabin quickly loaded large solid lead bullets into the cannon with extra force, and then adjusted the direction of the cannon with their own experience.

"The shell is reloaded, ready to fire!"

"Aim and fire!"

Soon, Gu Yan received a report from his subordinates: "My lord, everything is ready, and you can go to war at any time!" ”

After listening to his subordinates' reports, Gu Yan was also relieved, and immediately responded: "Well, this official knows, if there is a slight change in the warship on the opposite side later, it will be sunk directly!" ”

When the subordinate heard this, he immediately replied in a deep voice.

"Yes, sir!"

On the other side, at this moment, I saw Niels. Rosen, with a gloomy face, put down the monocular in his hand.

What he didn't expect was that the commander of the fleet on the opposite side actually ignored his own flag, and not only that, but the cannons on the thirteen warships were already aimed at his five warships.

At the moment, the distance between the two sides is getting closer, and under this distance, the other side does not even need to think about the issue of accuracy.

As long as you rely on those super-large caliber cannons, after a salvo, the five warships on your side will all sink, even if they are not sunk, they are lucky to shorten the distance with the enemy, and the ramming angles installed on those big ships are not vegetarian!

For Nils, he was caught in a dilemma, on the one hand, his own strength was far inferior to the other, and he could only be slaughtered, and on the other hand, the glory of the Armada made it impossible for him to bow his head like this.

Just as he was about to order the cannonballs to be loaded and fight to the death on the other side, the first mate known as Danny came to Nils and put forward this idea: "Boss, I suddenly thought of one thing, that is, we just seem to be using our common flag language!" ”

After Danny's reminder, Nils also quickly reacted and realized his mistake: "I subconsciously regarded the opposite fleet as a warship on the European side, so I used the flag language of the European side. ”

"No wonder the other party not only did not respond in the slightest after seeing his flag, but also set up a cannon and aimed at his own fleet!"

After thinking about all this, Nils immediately looked at the first mate named Danny with great excitement and said excitedly, "God forbid, Danny, you have been a great help!" ”

After this, Nils gave Danny an order: "You go to those sailors at once, and see if there are any sailors who can speak the flag here!" ”

"Okay, boss!"

After dropping these words, the first mate, named Danny, turned away.

Just when Nils was in a hurry, Danny approached him with a cowering sailor: "Chief, I have found someone, his name is Vons, he has been here with the trade fleet, and has learned some of the flag languages here. ”

When Nils heard this, his eyes lit up, and he immediately hugged the sailor named Fons quite excitedly: "God forbid, Fons, you are now our savior, and all of our lives will be saved by you!" ”

After speaking, Nils pointed to the ship's mast and said loudly.

"Go, lad!"

After that, in the face of everyone's expectant eyes, I saw Vons climb the mast and keep waving the flag in his hand.

On the other side, Gu Yan also saw the other party's constant waving flag, but this time, he understood, and the other side was saying that they were just passing by, and there was no hostility!

Seeing this, Gu Yan immediately put down the monoculars and instructed his subordinates on the side.

"Tell the ships on the other side to stop approaching us and get out of the way, or we'll open fire!"

When the subordinates on the side heard this, they immediately responded respectfully.

"Yes, sir!"

Soon, the order given by Gu Yan was passed on to the soldier who was responsible for waving the flag on the mast.

After that, I saw the soldier waving the flag in his hand vigorously, intending to transmit a message to the five warships on the opposite side.

"What does the other side mean?"

At this moment, looking at the constantly waving flags on the opposite side, Nils couldn't help but turn his gaze to Vons on the mast and asked.

Vons didn't respond immediately, but remembered in his mind what the flags meant, and only replied after a long time.

"Boss, the other side seems to mean that we should stay away from them, otherwise, they will open fire!"

When Nils heard this, the expression on his face suddenly became gloomy, and he kicked an empty wooden barrel in front of him with extra force, and said in annoyance.

"Damn heretics on the other side, sooner or later I'm going to send them to the Inquisition to be purified, damn it, no one has ever dared to speak to me like that, we represent the Invincible Armada......"

Seeing that Nils's anger was almost vented, the first mate named Danny stepped forward and admonished: "Chief, we are not the opponents of the group of heretics on the other side now, let's follow their requirements, otherwise, we will ...... then."

Before Danny could finish his words, he was coldly interrupted by Nils: "Here I am the captain, I am the commander of the fleet, and I don't have the right to speak as your first mate!" ”

"Pass the order down and do as those heretics do!"

Soon, Niels's order was conveyed, and the five ships stopped approaching and gave way to the Ming army's request.

The scene in front of him was naturally seen by Gu Yan, and seeing that the other party knew each other so well, he saw Gu Yan put down the monoculars and said with emotion.

"It seems that His Majesty was right earlier, the truth is always within the range of the cannon!"

Seeing this, the subordinates on the side hurriedly said in response: "My lord is right, just a barbarian, not under our power, my Ming is really invincible in the world!" ”

Gu Yan did not comment on the subordinate's words, and immediately, a look of regret appeared on his face: "Alas, it's a pity." ”

When the subordinates on the side heard this, they turned their eyes to Gu Yan and asked curiously, "My lord, what are you ......?"

When Gu Yan heard this, he turned his gaze to the subordinate, sighed helplessly, and then spoke: "Originally, the official planned to take the group of Rakshasas on the opposite side to try the power of the new cannon on the ship!" ”

"Since they know each other like this, let's spare their lives for the time being!"

"Passing on the officer's order, all ships sail according to the established route!"

Gu Yan's voice fell, and the subordinate on the side immediately answered in a deep voice.

"Yes, sir!"

Soon, a fleet of thirteen treasure ships swaggered into the distance, following the gap left by the fleet led by Niels.

"You damned heretics, I'm Nils. Rosen swears in the name of the Armada that one day, he will make you pay for today's barbarism! ”

Nils looked at the Ming fleet that was gradually moving away, put down the monocular in his hand, and gritted his teeth.

……

At the same time, Xu Jie's mansion in the capital.

At this moment, Xu Jie was sitting on the table in the hall, looking depressed.

Ever since he received Tan Lun's reply earlier and learned that there was the shadow of the emperor behind the whole thing, he fell into a state of panic.

"Damn it, why did I send someone to investigate this in the first place, I just had to pretend I didn't know anything about it, wouldn't it?"

"It's good now, it's okay to provoke Your Majesty's suspicion!"

Xu Jie thought so, looking at the delicacies on the table, and he didn't have the slightest desire to move chopsticks.

Just as Xu Jie was remorseful about this matter, the housekeeper walked in with even worse news: "Master, there are a lot of unknown people near our house who have suddenly appeared!" ”

When Xu Jie heard this, his face was full of surprise, and he immediately got up from his seat and asked, "What did you say!" ”

After that, I saw Xu Jie sit back on his chair dejectedly, and muttered to himself: "It seems that my previous conjecture is really correct, Your Majesty is already thinking about how to clean me up!" ”

"Xu Jie, Xu Jie, why do you want to investigate this matter, isn't this asking for trouble?"

Seeing this, the housekeeper couldn't help but panic, looked at Xu Jie with a look of help, and asked instead, "That's ...... So, sir, what should we do next? ”

When Xu Jie heard this, he immediately reacted, and ordered in a deep voice: "In this way, you immediately go and tell those people in the mansion to be careful, and if it is not necessary, try not to go out!" ”

When the housekeeper heard this, he immediately replied in a deep voice: "Yes, master! ”

Just as the housekeeper was about to leave, he was stopped by Xu Jie: "By the way, how did I do what I told you before?" ”

When the butler heard this, he paused suddenly, turned around immediately, and said respectfully: "Master, everything is almost done, it's just ......."

When the butler said this, his face was embarrassed.

Seeing this, Xu Jie glanced at the housekeeper coldly and asked impatiently.

"Just what?"

Seeing this, the housekeeper did not dare to hide it anymore, so he had to tell the current situation and the situation.

"Although the vast majority of the officials on the list have kept their mouths shut, there are still a small number of officials who are unwilling to give up, and they ......"

Before the housekeeper's words were finished, he was coldly interrupted by Xu Jie.

"Okay, you don't have to say any more, those people will be handled by me, you go and do your job!"

When the housekeeper heard this, a look of gratitude suddenly appeared on his face, and he hurriedly responded: "Yes, master!" ”

After the housekeeper left, Xu Jie's mood was even worse, and he waved his sleeves violently and said in a deep voice.

"Damn, dare not give me Xu Jie's face, see how I clean you up!"

After that, I saw Xu Jie riding a sedan chair and marching in the direction of the Forbidden City.

Xu Jie knew very well in his heart that his next performance would be related to his net worth and life, and immediately, he opened the sedan curtain, looked at the scenery on both sides of the road, and said to himself silently.

"Don't blame me Xu Jie's ruthlessness, who let you not listen to persuasion, what Your Majesty decided is also something you can stop?"

……

As soon as Xu Jie got out of the sedan chair, he bumped into Yan Song's sedan chair head-on, and when Xu Jie saw this, he had to stop and wait in place.

"I, Xu Jie, have been really unlucky lately, don't say anything wrong, I've obviously staggered the time, but I still met Yan Song, an old thing!"

Xu Jie thought so, but his face was full of warm smiles, and seeing that Yan Song was supported by the sedan chair driver, after getting off the sedan chair, he hurriedly greeted him and said respectfully.

"I've seen Yan Ge Lao!"

When Yan Song heard this, he immediately turned around, a look of surprise appeared on his face at the right time, and he immediately spoke.

"Oh, it's Elder Xu Ge!"

After that, the two walked side by side, chatting as they walked in the direction of the cabinet.

In the conversation between the two sides, Yan Song keenly sensed that something was wrong with Xu Jie.

Xu Jie, although he will also chat with himself on weekdays, will definitely not be so frequent!

The two sides were like a routine, complaining about the weather, and then chatting about the recent major events in the DPRK and China, even if it was over, but today's Xu Jie was so keen on small talk that it reached the point of talking.

Combined with what was happening now, Yan Song couldn't help but have such a conjecture in his heart: "Could he Xu Jie's request me?" ”

Thinking of this, Yan Song's eyes suddenly appeared with an imperceptible light, and after glancing at Xu Jie, he said secretly: "Hmph, Xu Jie, you also have today!" ”

"If you want to ask me to do something with Yan Song, you have to come up with enough chips!"

Next, the development of things was not beyond Yan Song's expectations, and when the two of them were about to step on the steps, Xu Jie seemed to have made up his mind and stopped Yan Song.

"Elder Yan Ge, I don't know what you think, those officials who have recently openly opposed the imperial court's addition of arithmetic to the imperial examination in the coming year's imperial examinations?"

When Yan Song heard this, he immediately stopped, and after glancing at Xu Jie, he spit out two words from his mouth unhurriedly: "Worm!" ”

(End of chapter)