At this time in Lingnan, the weather in the city is very hot, and at the seaside, the sea breeze blows in the face, and it feels very comfortable.

Xia Jing stood on the deck, feeling the oncoming sea breeze, feeling a little excited.

Hongmei was equally excited when she stood next to her, but she was more worried about the sun damaging Xia Jing's skin.

"Princess, let's go into the cabin, standing on the bow of this ship, the wind and the sun are strong, and the tan is not beautiful."

Xia Jing stroked her hair, the hair on the top of her head was already very hot, so she nodded: "Okay." ”

Saying that, she turned her head and said to Ye Fei, who was one step behind her, "Let's go in and discuss." ”

Ye Fei glanced at the endless sea and responded with a smile, "Okay, princess, please." ”

Several people entered the cabin, and Xia Jing asked Xia He to bring the chart from the sea.

Seeing this, Ye Fei probably knew what Xia Jing wanted to do, so he said, "My subordinates will invite the Lan family over." ”

Xia Jing waved her hand, "Go and come back quickly." "But his eyes have been glued to the ancient version of the sea map.

This is the first nautical chart she has had, with simple lines, roughly outlining the distribution of the islands in the sea, and the proportions are problematic in the first place.

This simple but precious map was a treasure in its time, as it was drawn by generations of maritime merchant fleets through seafaring routes.

No more than later generations, it is easy to see the terrain of various places through satellites.

"Princess, the Lan family is here."

Hearing Ye Fei's voice, Xia Jing turned around and saw Ye Fei leading a man of medium stature, about forty years old, walking in.

This man who is more than one meter tall is the second master of the Lan family in Lingnan, and Lan Jian, who is also the person in charge of the Lan family's maritime trade.

As a merchant who runs on the sea all year round, he can also be said to be a seafarer, and he can be said to be so familiar with the offshore sea area that he can no longer be familiar with it.

Lan Jian also saw Princess Qian for the first time, before he came into contact with Prince Qian's mansion, he had asked people to investigate, knowing that Princess Qian was King Qian's step-concubine, and knowing that the princess was younger than himself, but he never expected that Princess Qian's appearance would be so outstanding, and his natural appearance really amazed him.

Then I thought that King Qian was high and powerful, and she could marry a commoner as a princess, naturally she had something extraordinary, and marrying a wife was nothing more than fancy her family background or appearance.

If you can get one of them, you can be lucky, and if you can do both, you will be a winner in life.

Obviously, King Qian is among the lucky.

Just when he was out of his mind, Xia Jing smiled and said, "Fortunately, Second Master Lan." ”

Lan Jian calmed down, hugged his fists and saluted, "It is a blessing for Xiaomin to have the blue eyes of the princess." ”

Xia Jing laughed out loud when she heard what he said, and when everyone looked over, she waved her hand, "Okay, okay, let's discuss the next action." Invite Second Master Lan over this time, I'm going to work hard for you. ”

Lan Jian said politely: "To be able to serve the princess, Lan doesn't feel hard, it's an honor for the small people." ”

In order to prevent everyone from being so polite again, Xia Jing walked directly to the sea map and said to Lan Jian: "Second Master Lan has been running at sea for so many years, I believe that I must know this sea area well, can you tell us about the situation of pirates in this sea area?" ”

Xia Jing heard that there were pirates in this sea area before, but she didn't know the specific situation.

Of course, the main purpose of this trip is to train a group of seafarers and bring them out to adapt to the life of sea voyages.

Not long after this came out, there was a group of elites who vomited in the dark, and if they couldn't adapt to it for a few days, then they could only be eliminated from this batch of elites, and they could only be marines in the future.

Lan Jian's gaze fell on the map of the sea, and the look of surprise in his eyes was not too obvious.

He looked at Xia Jing and praised sincerely: "The princess is very capable!" ”

Maps on the sea are generally inherited by families, and they cannot be bought outside, of course, the imperial court also has maps, which are difficult for ordinary people to access.

A prince like King Qian, who was not in power in the capital, could not be reached.

Xia Jing just smiled and waited for him to explain.

Lan Jian faced Xia Jing's expectant look, there was no hypocrisy, he stepped forward and looked at the map for a while, then pointed to a sea area and said: "The terrain of this sea area is relatively complicated, the islands are of different sizes, and the underwater situation is complicated, such as reefs and other situations that only people who are familiar with this sea area know, so there is a group of pirates entrenched here." ”

Ye Fei listened to this, and asked a little impatiently, "Are you familiar with this pirate nest?" Know which island they are entrenched on? ”

Lan Jian spread his hands and smiled bitterly, "The princess really doesn't hide it, our fleet of Lingnan seas has been robbed by them, but if you want to ask them which island they are on, Shu Lan can't tell you." ”

Xia Jing frowned slightly, "You don't know their specific location?" ”

Lan Jian nodded: "Everyone only knows that the pirate leader is called Beibi, and there are about a few hundred people, and there are about four or five ships, and nothing else is known." ”

The people present listened to his words, and everyone fell into deep thought, and at the same time fell into a dilemma.

Needless to say, this time I came out to exterminate pirates, and it was also for training, so it would be good if they could have a real combat experience.

Nowadays, when you are sailing on the seas, it is a bit difficult to know the approximate location of pirates but not know the exact location.

In fact, Xia Jing took a fancy to the pirate's property, and now the sea ship under her feet is still leased by the Lan family, really counting, she currently only has the Xiyi sailboat captured by Xiao Wu, and the other two ships that went to sea this time were all leased from the Lan family.

Now that the wharves have been built, we can't stop our plans to develop maritime power because of sea vessels, right?

"North Nose, that's a bit strange a name, the originator of the Northern Pirates?" Ye Fei couldn't think of a good way, so he focused on the name of the pirate leader.

The corners of Xia Jing's mouth twitched: "."

The name came out of Lan Jian's mouth, and she didn't notice it, after all, Lan Jian spoke with a thick dialect.

But this name came out of Ye Fei's mouth, which made her finally hear it.

North Nose!

Hahaha!

Thinking that this pirate leader is either a Xiyi or has contact with the Xiyi people, but I don't know what kind of situation he is?

Hongmei looked at the endless sea and asked worriedly, "Princess, what should we do next?" Where to sail? ”

"Sail to the pirate area first." Xia Jing said without hesitation.

Lan Jian chuckled in his heart when he heard this, "Princess, by all means, that sea area is the world of pirates, and we used to only have to deliver food." ”

Although there were about 1,000 people in their three ships, they did not have an advantage in the sea, but in the sea they were counted by the number of ships, and in terms of firepower.

Their own ships know that the guns of their two ships can only be said to scare people, and if they want to kill the enemy, it is simply delusional.

Because the artillery was too backward, it was eliminated by others, and he picked it up.

And the princess's other ship, no matter how strong the firepower is, it is difficult to support it alone!

Pirates have at least four or five ships, and that area is familiar to them, so pirates have the advantage.

Xia Jing ignored Lan Jian, let the boat turn, and headed towards the island.

Two days later, they arrived in this sea, and they must have entered the pirate's lair.

Xia Jing stood at the bow of the ship, looked at the black spots in the sky, and said with a smile: "This sea area is indeed worthy of being a pirate's lair, and we were discovered by pirates as soon as we arrived. ”

Everyone standing on the deck listened to the nervous view from afar, and saw that the black dot was getting bigger and bigger, and their hearts tightened.

Is this really a pirate haunt?

Especially Lan Jian, he has been running on the sea all year round, and he knows too well the horror of pirates.

The people brought by Xia Jing are okay, they have only heard of pirates, and they really haven't seen them, everyone is not only afraid but also a little excited, and they are finally going to war with pirates!

"Only two pirate ships came." Lan Jian stared at the black dot in the distance that was getting bigger and bigger to remind everyone, and at the same time, he was relieved, fortunately, the pirates didn't leave all the ships.

As the two sides got closer and closer, the pirates over there found that they were two merchant ships and a sailing ship, and they were also waving their weapons on the deck excitedly, screaming!

In their opinion, merchant ships are the best to deal with, like moving mountains of gold and silver.

Seeing this, Xia Jing said to Ye Fei: "Let everyone prepare, especially the sailboat, and let them aim before firing the cannon." ”

"Yes, Princess!"

Ye Fei responded excitedly, this is the best way to test the newly made artillery. This kind of opportunity is rare, and of course it must be cherished.

Lan Jian, who was standing next to him nervously, was very curious in his heart, in the face of a strong enemy, what the hell is this master and servant who is not worried but excited?

Do they think they can defeat the pirates who have been entrenched here for years?

Have they forgotten that this is the pirate's lair, and once the war with these two pirate ships starts, then the other ships hiding in the pirate's lair will definitely come to the rescue.

At that time, it will not be three against two, but multiple pirate ships against three, don't make dumplings for people!

Xia Jing's side all entered the first level of combat readiness, and she also led people into the bottom compartment of the cabin to prevent being injured by the pirates' artillery.

Ye Fei commanded this naval battle, and seeing that the pirates were within range, he ordered: "All warships, aim and shoot immediately!" ”

Not to mention the two merchant ships of the Lan family, the modified cannons on the sailing ship were pushed out of the muzzle, this is the steel cannon that Xia Jing asked the craftsman to transform, the cannonball is a paper shell bullet, and the gunpowder inside is granular, which is much easier to use than the previous iron bullet, and the power is greater.

With the roaring cannon, there was a splash on the sea in the distance, and a cannonball hit the waterline of the pirate ship, and suddenly a large hole was blown out, and the fate of the pirate ship could be predicted, the ship would sink if it leaked water, and sinking was its ultimate fate.

The first round of shelling sank a ship, something the pirates never expected.

Watching the pirates fall into the water like dumplings, Lan Jian's eyes widened in shock, these pirates are fake, right?

How could it be so unbeaten?

One ship was sunk in just one round of artillery, so is the next one far from being sunk?

"Is this because the pirates are too weak or the princess is too strong?"

This will be busy with the enemy, and naturally no one will answer his questions.

However, if Xia Jing was here, he would probably tell him that in the face of strength, all threats are paper tigers.

Her improved steel cannon was a few levels ahead of the artillery of this era, which meant that the pirates used a generation of artillery, while hers was already four or five generations.

The crushing of strength is, of course, a pleasure.

The pirate jumped up in anger and yelled, "This is cheating!" Don't talk about martial arts! ”

The opponent's artillery is powerful and has a longer range than theirs, so how can this battle be fought? It's just impossible to fight!

If you can't win, run away, and one of the remaining pirate ships will turn around and want to escape.

Xia Jing saw that he wanted to escape, how could she let him escape, and hurriedly ordered to pursue him with all his might!

It's just a pity that the sunken sea ship is now extremely precious to her in poverty.

The most devastating thing for the pirates was that they found that they couldn't run away if they wanted to, and they didn't know where the other party got the Xiyi sailboat, which was much faster than their ship, so how could they escape?

In the past, they went to rob merchant ships, but now they are being chased and run in their own territory, what is the situation?

Could it be that it is a cycle of heavenly principles, and retribution is unpleasant?

Just as the pirates were about to fall into despair, they finally found three more ships coming from the lair.

The pirates breathed a sigh of relief, and finally came with reinforcements, and they didn't run away at this time, turning the bow of the ship and preparing to directly meet Xia Jing.

Xia Jing found that the pirate ship was not running away, and she didn't react for a while, so she was stunned for a moment, and when she found that three pirate ships were sailing in the distance, even the Lan family's merchant ship was vigilant this time.

Three to four, Xia Jing lost the ease just now, and she no longer felt distressed about sinking the ship, and immediately ordered the sailboat to attack with all its strength to sink the pirate ship that stopped.

Destroy this one first before you can concentrate on dealing with the other three pirate ships that have arrived.

Then another round of artillery rang out, and after the smoke passed, the pirate ship was crooked.

On the pirate ship that was rescued later, Beibi took off the binoculars and said with a gloomy face: "Since staying in this sea area, it is the first time that I have been provoked by foreign ships, and when it passes, don't save me cannonballs, give me all my strength, I will sink those three ships and let all the people on board go to the sea to feed the fish!" ”

With his orders, the three pirate ships met the enemy at full speed, their shells reloaded, and prepared to sink as many other ships as possible.

This is the price they have to pay for coming to this sea to provoke them.

The pirates were excited, and the elites on Xia Jing's side were equally excited, and both wanted to put each other to death, as if they were both enemies of their fathers.

"Boom, boom!"

"What's going on?" Beibi wiped the seawater from his face, and looked at everything in front of him in disbelief, "It's not within range yet, why did they open fire!" ”

The most important thing was that the other side also fired a cannonball at the front of the ship, and the splash of water soaked his whole body.

What does this mean?

It shows that the opponent's artillery has a longer range than his!

What is the most important skill to be a pirate?

Of course, it's the time to assess the situation, and it's the speed of escape.

Beibi found that the enemy's artillery had a longer range than him, and this battle could not be fought, so he promptly ordered his fleet to quickly turn around and escape.

Knowing that it's not the opponent who is still deadly, that's a fool's job, how can a pirate leader like him who is free in the South China Sea not do his best to die!

Ye Fei found that the pirate ship wanted to escape, so he hurriedly ordered to pursue it at full speed!

This was the first battle of their naval battle, how could they let the enemy escape?

Moreover, the princess had already taken a fancy to the ships and wealth of these pirates.

Lan Jian, who has been on the ship, is already numb, he has been running at sea for many years, and he really doesn't know that naval battles can be fought like this!

It's just a unilateral abuse of the enemy to escape!

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