Chapter 66: The Pirates Get Off the Ship and Die
Wang Wu was seasick.
Although I was mentally prepared for the possible seasickness reaction, I didn't expect that the reaction when I was really seasick was simply turned upside down, and I didn't give people any time to prepare.
It really gave Wang Wu a big shock.
Not only could people not stand firm on the ship, but their stomachs were also like a river and a sea, and there was nothing to vomit in their stomachs, and they were still vomiting there.
So much so that the young man who originally looked very energetic looked haggard as if he had been drained and dehydrated in a blink of an eye, and when he was helped up by his subordinates and walked two steps, it was a whirlwind, and even his legs were weak.
I had no choice but to lie on the boat.
Fuchenzi, Cao Diwei, and the dog were not much better, and they were either holding on to something fixed on the boat and closing their eyes tightly, feeling the strong discomfort caused by the body's ups and downs, or lying on the boat like a dead pig like Wang Wu.
But even so, my head is dizzy.
Neither is the wailing, nor is the moaning.
The sea does not allow anyone to lie flat.
When Wang Wu felt that it was better to jump into the sea and die if he continued like this, a weak woman's voice suddenly sounded in his ears: "Oh, brother, drink a little of this, and rub a little more under your nose, and you won't feel uncomfortable." ”
Hearing this, Wang Wu couldn't think much about it, subconsciously reached out and took a small gourd, opened the lid and poured it into his throat, but it was so sour that his tongue was about to fall out.
It's vinegar.
Vinegar from Zhenjiang.
How is vinegar?
Wang Wu didn't understand, but not to mention that after such a big sip of vinegar, the feeling of the world spinning just now was really much less, and even the stomach seemed to be much more comfortable.
"Thank you,"
Wang Wu looked up and found that the person who handed him vinegar was actually Qian Xiaozhao, who had been staying by his mother's side like an autist since he got on the boat and didn't say a word.
Behind the girl, her mother Liu Ru was looking at Wang Wu and his seasick subordinates in surprise.
Obviously, it was Wang Wu and his group whose performance shocked Hedongjun.
This made Wang Wu very embarrassed, forced him to sit up and handed the gourd to the dog on the side, motioned for everyone to drink some vinegar to relieve the seasickness reaction, and then nodded to Qian Xiaozhao and said, "It's quite useful, thank you Miss Xiaozhao." ”
Then curiously asked the other party how he knew that vinegar could relieve seasickness.
"Everyone in our hometown knows it."
Looking at Wang Wu, who was sitting on the ground and didn't dare to move, and his seasick men, Qian Xiaozhao actually had a little smile on his face, and then returned to his mother and didn't speak.
"Let Hedong Jun see and smile, I'll just wait for a while to get used to it."
As soon as Wang Wu's words fell, a wave came over, and the fishing boat was violently turned upside down, and then the whole person was carried by the waves and turned around uncontrollably on the boat.
His head "grunted" against a wooden plank, looking extremely embarrassed.
Qian Xiaozhao, who was sitting next to his mother, saw it, and couldn't help covering his mouth, wanting to laugh but not daring to laugh.
Looking at the staggered subordinates next to him, all with pale faces, Wang Wu also looked helpless.
In addition to strengthening the determination of this national hero to resist the Qing Dynasty, Zhang Shangshu also wanted Zhang Shangshu to "support" some of his talents in the construction of the navy, as well as the generals of the navy.
Professional things must be done by professionals.
When Wuchang set up a water camp with a lot of money, because there were no experts in the construction of the water division under his hands, Wang Wu asked Zhang Tianfang, who was not seasick, to be temporarily responsible.
Later, when Jingzhou set up the three-standard battalion directly under the general army, the middle battalion was handed over to Zhang Tianfang to command.
The water camp turned to the general Wang Shengming to be responsible.
This person was a subordinate of Li Furong, the Marquis of Weiyuan, who was martyred last year, and a descendant of the self-proclaimed sage Wang Yangming, who had gone to Macao with a eunuch from the Yongli court to hire Portuguese mercenaries to participate in the defense of Guilin.
According to Wang Shengming's own words, the Yongli Emperor was also preparing to let him go to Europe to ask the Pope to send troops to the east to support the Ming Dynasty in fighting the Tatar invading army.
It's a pity that the Yongli court collapsed before it could be made.
The relationship between Yongli and the West and the Holy See, Wang Wu had an understanding in his previous life, and even knew that the Yongli family had been baptized into Catholicism and should be the only emperor in Chinese history who believed in God.
This incident also made the Holy See attach great importance to the East, but by the time the Yongli Emperor received a letter for help, the Ming Dynasty had already fallen.
It can be regarded as a joke played by history on the exchange of Eastern and Western civilizations.
Wang Shengming is not an expert in the construction of the water division, and he does not even know how to command the water division to fight, so he is temporarily in charge of the construction of the water division, the reason is that this person is a rare "intellectual" under Wang Wu, and he is still a person who can speak Western.
Whether it was Portuguese or Spanish, Wang Wu didn't know, because he couldn't even understand English.
If Zhang Shangshu can support talents to help Wang Wu build a powerful sailor, then in the future, Wang Wu will be able to control the Yangtze River based on Jingzhou, whether it is Wu Zhou crossing the river or Manchu Qing crossing the river, it depends on his face.
If you are not happy, no one can cross the river, so you will consume it.
This is also one of the reasons why Wang Wu has to Jingzhou.
Land and water.
I can't beat you on land, but I can beat you on water.
This plan is feasible, and Zhang Shangshu should not refuse Wang Wu's request.
In these years, the best sailors are indeed among the sailors of the Ming and Qing dynasties along the coast.
It may be that vinegar has played a role, or it may be a psychological effect, and gradually Wang Wu is no longer as uncomfortable as at the beginning, and occasionally can stand up straight and look into the distance.
Luo Zimu said that Zhang Shangshu led his troops to move to the area of Hanging Island a few months ago, and he couldn't say where Wang Wu was, but he still knew that he was still in the sea area of Zhoushan.
After about a day and a night on the boat, Wang Wu was woken up in a daze in his sleep, and when he opened his eyes, he found that it was already dawn.
"Is it there?"
Wang Wu sat up and subconsciously wiped his face, planning to wash his face first after getting off the boat, so as not to let Zhang Shangshu see this ghostly appearance.
I didn't want Luo Zimu to be a little nervous and said: "General, there is the sound of cannons!" ”
"Cannons?"
Wang Wuyi Rin, where did the cannon sound come from in the vast sea, did it run into the patrol of the Qing Army's naval division?
Startled, he quickly got up and ran to the bow of the boat to look in the direction pointed by Luo Zimu, there was an island in the distance, but there were more than a dozen warships on the water near a larger island.
Because he did not bring a clairvoyant mirror, Wang Wu could not confirm whether the warships were owned by the Ming army or the Qing army.
The sound of artillery in my ears became denser and denser, and I could vaguely see fires and white smoke rising from the island.
frowned and asked Luo Zimu where this was.
Luo Zimu said in a low voice: "This is Hanging Island. ”
Wang Wuyi was stunned: "Lord Shangshu is on this island?" ”
Luo Zimu nodded, his face solemn.
The Qing army apparently discovered the hiding place of Lord Shangshu and sent troops to encircle and suppress him, but he did not know anything about the situation on the island.
Wang Wu immediately asked the boatman to inform the boatman to dock the fishing boat quickly.
Yu Zhang Huang said that he wanted to see people in life and corpses in death, otherwise he would never leave.
The two boatmen said that they would not sail their boats to the island, saying that the officers and soldiers were encircling and suppressing the pirates, and the island was extremely dangerous.
"Damn, you don't rely on the past, Lao Tzu slashed you with a knife!"
Cao Diwei drew a knife and threatened a boatman by the neck.
Wang Wu stepped forward and asked Cao to put away his sword, and then asked Gou Yu to take out a hundred taels of silver ingots from the baggage he was carrying with him and put them in front of the boatman, and told the two that they could leave on their own as long as they were sent to the island.
The two boatmen looked at each other, one hundred taels was not a small amount, and their reward for this trip was only ten taels.
For the sake of money, the two boatmen gritted their teeth and approached the boat to Hanging Island.
As soon as they arrived at the shore, they saw a group of green battalion soldiers chasing a group of Ming troops and rushing to the beach.
The fishing boats that suddenly docked attracted the attention of the group of Green Battalion soldiers, and several of them rushed towards the fishing boats with long knives in their hands, shouting: "The pirates will not get off the boat and die!" ”