86. Negotiations
The enemy ship panicked, and smoke rose from one of the ships, and it opened fire, but the water column splashed more than three miles from the coast, and it was clear that it was not within its range.
The ship continued to rush in, and a second cannon hit the enemy ship, but there was obviously a magician on the enemy ship, and the light flashed in the corresponding position, and the shell did not enter, and the enemy ship obviously knew that the range was not enough, and did not open fire, and went straight inside.
The air battery moved, Wang Qinian controlled the battery, aimed at the four ships, the four strange white lights in the air flashed, and the four ships also lit up the water curtain, it was the water curtain Tianhua, as soon as the two sides touched, a violent explosion occurred, but the four ships were intact, and the water curtain Tianhua also dissipated.
Wang Qinian was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood the means used by the other party, it seems that the other party is not stupid, a flying dragon fell because of it, and finally found a countermeasure, but they ignored that the magic crystal cannon can be resisted, if there are more than two, or even three or four doors are concentrated on one ship, it depends on the strength of the water curtain Tianhua.
The air battery adjusted its direction slightly, and began to fire again, and the four rays of light were lit up, and they were concentrated on one ship, and the Jersey was breaking in, and the ordinary sailors on board had seen a city, and those who were capable of building a city on the island must have guarded a great deal of wealth, and they had seen the glittering gold coins beckoning to them.
Suddenly, there was a flash of light, and the four strange white brilliance rushed over, and the mage who accompanied the ship tore a water curtain Tianhua scroll again, feeling that something was wrong, the chanting sounded, and the wand emitted a pale white brilliance, two layers of protection, but under the concentration of the four lights, the two layers of shields had a big explosion one after another. But the brilliance was not completely weakened, the ship immediately caught fire, Wang Qinian saw this scene, and two more lights lit up, this is not a floating battery, and the magic crystal cannon on the ground is not over yet, the four heavy guns fired together, and the shells were concentrated on the Jersey, although three of them were missed. Passing by. But there was one that was right in the middle of the Jersey.
Immediately a cloud of smoke rose from the Jersey, and the ship began to tilt and sink, but then the blow came, and two more rays of light hit it. Its fate is already sealed. There was a mess on board. The mage floated into the air and landed on another boat, which lowered its lifeboat. Someone even jumped into the sea.
The floating battery was re-aligned with the Ambrizett, the light in the air rose again, the Ambrizet obviously couldn't withstand the four-gun attack, the magician couldn't resist it, the ship began to catch fire, the captain was desperately screaming, the soldiers were desperately extinguishing the fire, the heavy artillery also began to speak, and the floating battery fired another salvo, and it had no choice but to follow in the footsteps of the Jersey.
The muscles on Wifred's face twitched twice, this kind of passive beating was not what he needed, in the past, as long as there was a surprise attack, the shore battery needed to be powerful, but it would always rush in, but here, this method seemed to be ineffective, and he couldn't touch the enemy at all, it was too aggrieved.
He gave the order to withdraw from the battle on all fronts, the remaining four battleships began to turn and retreat, Wang Qinian also stopped shooting, the two sides seemed to have a tacit understanding, the floating battery had been overheated, and it could no longer be put into battle, and it entered the cooling stage, Wang Qinian fell into thought, it seems that it needs to be improved, is it not a battery equipped with two or more magic crystal cannons, so that it can provide uninterrupted firepower.
The two sides fell into a strange silence, and after a while, a small boat was lowered on the Yi'anzhou, waving a white flag, and began to row towards the shore.
The boat is getting closer, there are two people on board, one is responsible for rowing, the other is Jenu Vincent, the ship entered the port, just now, Wifled was ready to send an airship raid, this was the first raid they thought was the first raid, I don't know that Wang Qinian had already applied this tactic, at the same time, ready to send a landing craft for landing operations, ready to use the method of small boat raid to seize the beachhead, the big battleship enemy can attack with a magic crystal cannon, can use heavy artillery to attack, but there are only a few people on the boat, and the cost of using a magic crystal cannon should be considered, but Zhenu Vincent said, it is better to let him go up and talk about it first, if the other party is willing, he can't turn the war into a jade silk, at least know the origin of the other partyγ
Wifred thought about it, and agreed, and then there was a situation on the island on a small boat, as soon as he went to the island, a few people came out, Zhenu Vincent looked at these soldiers carefully, and saw that two of them were whites, two were natives, and the whites and natives were actually together, but this situation is not nothing, the general natives have a lower status, but look at the situation here, the natives and the whites are wearing the same, and the weapons are the same, equipped with swords and muskets, as if the status is the same.
Entering the city, the streets are neatly planned, the houses are all built of logs, relatively neat, there are not many people on the street, it seems to be a newly built colony, just now I saw the city wall is high, and there is a moat, it is very strange, I did not see a castle or anything like that, it seems that it was not built by nobles.
Wang Qinian met Zhenu Vincent in his house, he sat behind a desk, dressed very casually, and when he saw Zhenu Vincent, he looked very casual: "Sit, Mr. Special Envoy." β
There were two guards standing beside Wang Qinian, one native and one white, with big shoulders and round waists, which looked like they gave people a sense of oppression.
Wang Qinian's attitude was very displeased, took off his top hat, bowed deeply and said: "Dear master of Sea Eagle Island, you treat a person who talks to you with sincerity like this. β
Wang Qinian smiled casually, glanced at him, his dress was very formal, and said with a smile: "Since you are sincere, why don't you declare war, I think it's very humorous, by the way, I haven't asked the name of the envoy yet?"
"Jenu Vincent, the senior investigator of the Haigu Fen Merchant Order, and the knight of the Norma Empire, dare to ask the name of your honorable Excellency?"
When Wang Qinian saw him standing, since he had first said that he wanted him to sit, but he didn't sit, he stood and smiled: "I, Qinian, Wang, you haven't answered my question yet." β
Dhenovenson felt that the name was somewhat familiar, and he didn't think much about it, but said in a hearty voice: "We are not sailing on the high seas without declaring war, but we have taken a fancy to a small island and sent out a flying dragon, but the flying dragon was killed by you, and we came, and there was no malicious intent, but you opened fire first, sinking our Jersey and Ambrizette, I strongly demand that you compensate us for our losses, and we will also establish a colony in the Sea Eagle." β
Wang Qinian laughed, stunned him, he looked at Wang Qinian suspiciously, Wang Qinian laughed enough: "This is your sincerity, Sea Eagle Island is my territory, the island is fifty miles without my permission, people from any country can't enter, you invade my territorial waters, the flying dragon violates my airspace, I don't listen to the warning, and attack my facilities, and the next flying dragon is a warning, and I don't know whether to live or die, and lead the fleet to attack, and you actually make such a ridiculous request, do you guarantee that your brain is not broken?"
A word is merciless, in fact, in this era, there is not much concept of territorial waters and airspace, Zhenu Wensen has always been respected, the reason why he is like this is completely because of the strength of the Haigufen business group, no one dares to disobey at all, he thinks that he is overpriced, Wang Qinian will repay the money on the spot, I don't want Wang Qinian to put them in his eyes at all, and his foundation will not allow others to get involved.
His face turned purple for a while, his anger rose, and his body couldn't help but reveal the sword qi, he hadn't spoken yet, the two guards next to him snorted coldly, and his body also lit up with yellow light, the two guards were all earth attribute abilities, one was the bear's magic core for planting magic, and the other was the porcupine's magic core, the reason for choosing them was very simple, that is, they were relatively large and oppressive. Wang Qinian usually doesn't need guards, and he doesn't need guards at all, but today's pomp is to be arranged.
Zhenu Vincent took a deep breath, calmed down for a while, and then said: "Your Excellency, you have not established a country, and you are located in Ian Island, the shape is very chaotic, I came here with sincerity, our fleet commander Wiflede was originally going to attack, but I persuaded him, there are six magicians on our ship, among which Zhijiefu is a magician and a senior magician, I think that although there are magicians on Your Excellency's island, they may not be able to defeat us, I think we can discuss." β
"Okay, you want to hear it?" Wang Qinian smiled faintly.
"Actually, the conditions are very simple, we can make you the governor of Sea Eagle Island, and of course, you must also fulfill the obligations of the governor, in addition to taxes, accept some immigrants from the Norma Empire. β
"It seems that the conditions are very lucrative, how much is the tax?"
"One out of ten, of course, it is not without benefits, you will be protected by the Norma Empire from now on. β
"That is, I have more of the Royal Family of Norma on my head from now on, and Norma will also send people to patrol regularly?"
"Of course, the patrol is supposed to be, and there are many benefits, you see, you are alone, it is not easy to support a place, today you come to rob, tomorrow he comes. β
"Will Norma send missionaries?" Wang Qinian asked.
"How can you unify the faith without missionaries, it's not a bad thing, whites are noble, there are natives in your guard, they can do miscellaneous things, but it's not good to exalt them too much. β
"Good. As soon as Wang Qinian said, his face showed a look of joy, and Wang Qinian changed his words: "I'm not interested in joining any country, and finally tell you, I won't cause trouble, but you come to provoke, you must compensate me for my losses, okay, send off!"
His face sank suddenly: "You choose war, and our merchant group will accompany you to the end." β
"It's not that I choose war, it's you, the robbers always believe in fists, the two battleships sank and haven't learned a lesson, if you want to fight, then fight!" Wang Qinian's face also sank, his original intention was to establish a country in Yi'anzhou, a country where all races are equal to each other, he is the soul of the earthling, not a racist at all.
"Okay, you wait, I'll ask you by the way, did you kill Brown?" asked Jenuwenson. (To be continued......)