September 6. It is suitable to be used as a stove and make livestock to live in. Do not mourn and be buried.

The Ryukyu Strait is characterized by high winds and rough waves, hidden reefs, and the slightest carelessness will cause ships to be broken and people killed, and most of the sea ships heading to the South Seas walk on the coast of the mainland and do not go deep into the strait.

Of course, there are exceptions to everything, and a five-hundred-year-old ship broke into the depths of the strait and headed for the northeast.

Lin Yongde, the proprietor of Yongchang Xing, looked discouraged, and looked back at the pirate ship that was chasing after him, full of despair.

This is the second time he went to sea to the South Seas, and he didn't want to come out of Fuqing for only a few dozen miles, and he encountered pirates.

But the pirate ship sailed lightly, and after four hours of pursuit, it was no more than two miles away from his ship.

"Owner, lose some of your goods, we turn to the east, and maybe we can escape. ”

Chen Tou went from bow to stern, cheering up the frightened sailors, and then came to Lin Yongde's side to make suggestions.

"Lost the goods?"

Lin Yongde repeated bitterly, glanced at the cabin, and did not make a decision immediately.

Most pirates are seeking money, intercepting ships is for the sake of the goods on board, if the owner of the ship loses the goods, the light ship escapes, everything is fine, but if the pirates catch up, it is impossible for the ship to live.

"The Ryukyu Island in the east, I heard that it has been occupied by people in the past two years, and its strength is extremely strong, and ordinary pirates dare not easily go over there, maybe they can get rid of the pursuit of pirates. ”

Lin Yongde's eyes lit up, and he said urgently: "How far is the big island of Ryukyu?"

Chen Tou said: "I haven't been there either, I heard that there are hundreds of miles, we originally went dozens of miles offshore, and ran to the northeast for an hour, and we have run eastward for nearly a hundred miles, if we go straight to the east, we should be able to see Ryukyu in one day." ”

Lin Yongde's face turned pale, glanced at the pirate ship that was slowly approaching behind him, and said in despair: "It's too late, they have already approached for nearly two miles, and in two hours, they will catch up, how can they rush to Ryukyu?"

Chen Tou said loudly: "So you have to lose some cargo, let the ship be lighter and run faster." ”

Normally, the ship boss would not work so hard for the proprietor, but Lin Yongde first set foot in sea trade, in order to win over Chen Tou, he promised him 30% of dry shares, and the first time he went to sea, he divided him more than 4,000 taels of silver, so that Chen Tou was determined to maintain this business.

But he knew that he wanted to continue to get so much silver, and the only way to keep the proprietor Lin Yongde was to keep it, so he actively suggested throwing away the goods.

Lin Yongde glanced at the ship behind him fiercely, and said loudly: "Lose thirty percent of the goods." ”

Chen Tou nodded vigorously, shouted loudly, and beckoned all the sailors and boatmen, and threw baskets of heavy ceramics from the ship into the sea, and the hull of the ship was light, and the speed increased a lot.

The three pirate ships behind were obviously extremely angry, and two small sails were raised on the ships, and their speed suddenly increased, negating the increased speed of the merchant ships.

Two hours later, even though the merchant ship had lost almost all the goods, it was still chased by the pirate ship, and the angry pirate did not get the goods, only by snatching the sea ship, this trip was not considered empty, and it was already necessary to kill people.

Zheng Tietou had a gloomy face, looked at the merchant ships close at hand, and said fiercely: "Lean up and kill all these bastards!"

After a night of ambush and a long day of pursuit, he only managed to get an empty ship, which greatly annoyed him.

And this territory is only 100 miles away from the Ryukyus, which is the territory of the Nujiao Gang, and I heard that the Nujiao Gang is very cruel and has killed several pirate forces who want to pick up cheap.

He didn't want to provoke those killing gods, he just wanted to call it a day quickly.

With greater speed and superior boat skills, the two pirate ships were able to hold the merchant ship in the middle, and dozens of pirates began to shoot with crossbows, because no rockets were used to capture the ship.

But the powerful feather arrows still wounded several merchant sailors, and dozens of merchant sailors and shipwrights had faces like ashes, knowing that there was no way out, clenched their knives and guns, and were ready to fight hard, and pull a bottom before they died.

"Bang"

"Bang"

Iron hooks flew out of the pirate ship, hooked the merchant ship, and desperately narrowed the distance between the two ships.

The merchant sailors stood up and swung their axes to cut off the iron hooks.

Dozens of pirates, armed with axes and short spears, smashed them with a shout.

"Ahh

Three or four merchant sailors were suddenly attacked, and fell on the deck screaming, and it seemed that they would not live long.

The other sailors dodged and gave way to the ship's position.

The pirates were experienced, and when they saw that there was an opportunity, several of them jumped up, climbed into the boats, pounced, and fought with the merchant sailors.

Chen Tou's face was miserable, he shouted loudly, brandished a long knife and slashed desperately, a dozen water people held spears and stabbed indiscriminately, a few pirates who jumped first to help were killed before they could gain a foothold, and several others were struggling to support themselves by the boat gang.

Seeing that the sailors on the deck were standing densely, dozens of hand axes and short spears flew out of the pirate ship, hitting five or six people again, and more than a dozen pirates jumped over and occupied a corner of the merchant ship with a few pirates in front.

Chen Tou led the sailors to rush several times, although there was a numerical advantage, but these pirates all had some martial arts foundation, and their fighting ability was much stronger than that of sailors, and a dozen or so people blocked the impact of dozens of sailors.

"Bang"

Another pirate ship also came over, and the sailors arranged over there still couldn't stop the pirates' attack, so the pirates jumped onto the merchant ship.

Lin Yongde stood at the door of the cabin, his hand holding the short knife was trembling, and his face was dead.

Sea trade is dangerous!

This is the consensus of everyone, Lin Yongde succeeded once, thinking that luck would always accompany him, but who knew that God made a little joke with him.

The cries of slaughter, the screams of pain, the senseless screams of horror, filled the entire merchant ship.

More than a dozen sailors have fallen on the deck, fierce pirates are approaching step by step, dozens of sailors and boatmen, although they are all desperate, but the gap in strength is too great, and they have tried their best, but it is just to let them live for a while.

Lin Yongde already regretted it in his heart, he knew that if he surrendered obediently and gave up a boatload of property, many people might be able to survive.

Lin Yongde thought a lot in his heart, thinking about his parents, wives and children at home, his hatred for pirates became more and more intense, and the short knife in his hand was held tighter, just waiting for the pirates to come, he pounced on them, and he could pull one by one.

Suddenly, Lin Yongde's eyes widened and he looked closely in the direction of the bow of the boat.

At this time, the merchant ship was caught by two pirate ships, and it had slowly stopped, and not far in front, two lucky ships appeared at some point, and they rushed over violently, aiming at the two pirate ships that were tightly clamped between the merchant ships.

Zheng Tietou also found the incoming ship, and when he saw the flag hanging on the ship, his heart jumped, he was really afraid of something, and roared angrily: "Call the brothers back!"

"Bell"

"Bell"

"Bell"

The pirates in the fight also found that something was wrong, and retreated like flowing water, Chen Tou and the ordinary sailors picked up their lives, and did not dare to force the pirates too much, watching the pirates unhook and leave the merchant ship, everyone ran to the bow of the ship together to see where it was sacred and saved the lives of dozens of them.

The two three-hundred-material fortune ships, with their sails fully open, ate enough wind, broke through the wind and waves, and pressed straight over.

A cyan angry sea dragon flag flutters in the wind, majestic.

"Raging Jiao Gang!"