Daming pirates

After understanding this, the anger of several old guys calmed down. Crazy Meng shook his head and whispered: "This is serious? The helmsman said it earlier, we all know it, how can there be such a misunderstanding?"

Liu Laoliu laughed and said: "Look, we old guys are only thinking about money. How can we think about so many things? Xiaotian is the one who thought carefully. If it hadn't been for Xiaotian, with us,

He must have been thrown into the sea to feed the fishes!"

Yu Xiaotian rolled his eyes as he listened to the flattering slaps of some old guys, and thought to himself, if you old guys can accomplish something big, everyone in the world will become a hero!

"But the road from here to Guangzhou is not very close. It would take a month at best to go back and forth. If Master Feng leaves like this, what if... Also, even if they agree to cast cannons for us, how can we contact them?"

After all, Zhao Mazi did more things in this area and thought more about it, so he raised his question.

Yu Xiaotian nodded and said: "Uncle Zhao is right to ask. I have also considered this. We will definitely not be able to take the boat there by ourselves right now, so we have to borrow the Li family's road!"

When I saw Feng Tiancheng off, I had already made an appointment with him. I would send someone to Dongguan to contact him later. I'm afraid it would be hard for you, Uncle Zhao, to make a trip to Guangzhou. You can take the boat from Li's family to Guangzhou and go to Dongguan.

, here is a handwritten letter from Feng Tiancheng. Take it and go to any Feng family store, and someone will take you to see him immediately.

Whether it will be successful or not, I dare not say now. After all, making cannons privately is a capital crime, and the government is very strict. It is reasonable for the Feng family not to dare to do it, but they have to accept our friendship after all. Uncle Zhao will never go there this time.

I will treat you patiently.

If they don't dare to do it, then Uncle Zhao can talk to them. We can ask them to send a craftsman who can cast cannons back with you. We can buy the fine iron for casting cannons or cast it ourselves! Finally, they can also

Find a way to get us dozens of blunderbuss!

In short, it is still unknown whether it will succeed or not. This requires you, Uncle Zhao, to find a way and talk to the Feng family. And I also promise Feng Tiancheng that as long as their ship comes north, he will send someone to inform us in advance through the Li family.

With just one click, we can pick them up in Quanzhou and escort them to Fuzhou, which will give them an extra layer of protection!"

After listening to Yu Xiaotian's words, Zhao Mazi stood up and nodded: "This is best. We really can't spare the ship and manpower to go south at the moment. I can just go there and take the opportunity to let the Li family know that we don't rely on them."

, we can still get things done! As for the Li family, they should pay more attention to us in the future!"

"Well said! That's right. We can't pin everything on the Li family, but it's not convenient for us to deal with other people around here. But when dealing with the Feng family, the Li family has nothing to say.

It’s time to do this! It’s better to strike while the iron is hot. In a few days, Uncle Zhao will go to Dalian Island. Waiting for the Li family’s ship to go south, he will go to Guangzhou to complete the matter as soon as possible. Come back and wait for you to come back and estimate our

There should be more ships!”

Inside a promontory at the south entrance of the Haishan Waterway, two ships were moored side by side. The promontory just blocked their figures. Only the tops of the masts of the two ships could be vaguely seen, protruding from the protruding promontory.

The two top buckets were lying in the bucket on the top of the mast, their eyes constantly looking towards the sea outside the cape.

Outside the cape is a busy waterway, which is a common waterway for ships traveling from north to south. It has always been very busy, and fleets or fishing boats pass by from time to time.

But if you don't look carefully, no one will notice that there are two bird boats moored in the cape, and on these two boats are a group of men wearing indigo clothes and wearing black cloth on their heads.

The Seal was launched two days earlier than Yu Xiaotian expected. After Guo Fu, his son, and his apprentices worked day and night, the Seal was finally repaired. They reinforced all the weak parts and replaced the damaged ones.

The ship's planks and mast were also re-reinforced with iron hoops, and two brand new sails were installed.

After such a torment, the Seal looked much more energetic than the Sea Wolf after coming down, which actually made the Sea Wolf look a bit shabby!

After the Sea Wolf passed through the battle of Nangantang, several holes were punched in the hull and the sails were also riddled with holes. After inspection after returning, no major structural problems were found, so a simple inspection was carried out.

After some repairs, a few holes were blocked, and Xu Laoshi repaired the sail.

In this way, the Sea Wolf can continue to be used at sea, but after this battle, the ship is not as energetic as before.

After returning from the battle in Nangantang, there has been no movement from the Shark Gang. It seems that they have accepted this failure and acquiesced that Hunjianglong has seized control of the Matsu Islands.

Yu Xiaotian calculated that although Hun Jianglong defeated the Shark Gang in the battle at Nangantang, they only gained the advantage because they came out in full strength. The Shark Gang is still strong and has not been injured.

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In addition, after that battle, although the Shark Gang suffered some losses, Hun Jianglong did not take much advantage. The losses of both sides were basically the same, and Hun Jianglong's losses were even greater.

Therefore, Hun Jianglong won the battle, but he did not dare to be too arrogant. He immediately joined forces and went south to continue to compete with the Shark Gang for territory. Instead, they limited their scope of action to the area north of West Dog Island, and no longer wanted to do so for the time being.

He reached out to the south.

Therefore, after the battle in Nangantang, the two sides temporarily calmed down. Yu Xiaotian was too lazy to continue to ask about this matter. He just asked the Li family to help them pay attention secretly and inform them in time if there was any situation.

What he had to do was to improve his strength as quickly as possible. After the battle in Nangantang, he knew that with just his two bird boats, they were still small at sea. Even if he fought with Liu Yidao, he would not be able to do anything.

If he could take advantage, he would have no choice but to run away when he encountered two lucky boats!

Therefore, Yu Xiaotian now plans to get one or two sentry ships or Haicang ships among the lucky ships as soon as possible, even the smaller Cangshan Iron. Even if these ships cannot be obtained, he can still grab a rushing ship.

Improve his strength.

So after the Seal was repaired and launched, he began to take people out on hunting trips to find his target. However, just before he took people out to sea, the Li family gave him a big gift.

This time, Manager Li of the Li family of Dalian Island suddenly took a shuttle boat from his family to Treasure Island and met Yu Xiaotian.

After taking a look at the village on Treasure Island, Manager Li was greatly amazed and praised Yu Xiaotian repeatedly for his greatness. Yu Xiaotian didn't bother to talk nonsense to him, so he asked what kind of wind had brought him here.

Manager Li sent four hundred kilograms of saltpeter along with the ship, and also sent three more muskets to Yu Xiaotian. The muskets they sent to Yu Xiaotian last time can be said to be from the same family. Such a handwriting is definitely

I am asking for help from Sea Wolf and the others.

Seeing that Yu Xiaotian asked directly about the purpose of his visit, Manager Li stopped beating around the bush and told Xiaotian the purpose of his visit.

It turns out that the Li family has another enemy in the Fuzhou area. It's not really an enemy, but it's actually one of their competitors. That family's surname is Lei. They do a lot of business, and they specialize in maritime business in the Fuzhou area.

It was after Zhou Cheng broke off diplomatic relations with the Li family that he hooked up with the Lei family. It was the Lei family who secretly instigated Zhou Cheng to ambush the Li family's cargo ship, causing the Li family's ship to be destroyed and people to be killed, resulting in a huge loss.

Later, the Li family's money found out who was behind it, and they became enemies with the Lei family. After Zhou Cheng died in the hands of Yu Xiaotian, shopkeeper Li began to think about revenge on the Lei family.

This time they found out that the Lei family will have two shipments of goods heading south from Fuzhou in the near future, preparing to take action in Luzon, so this is a good opportunity for the Li family to take revenge on the Lei family.

So Manager Li, under the instruction of Shopkeeper Li, took out saltpeter and three muskets, which he rarely used, as a down payment, and asked Yu Xiaotian to rob the two Lei family cargo ships.

Originally, the Li family thought that Yu Xiaotian might not be able to eat them all at once, and wanted to ask Yu Xiaotian to contact another helper to help them. However, they saw that Yu Xiaotian actually asked Master Guo Fu and his apprentice to repair Zhou Cheng's boat, so

He then left it to Yu Xiaotian to decide on his own whether to ask for help or not.

After Yu Xiaotian thought about it, he finally decided to do it himself. He had no shortage of manpower at the moment and could completely manpower both ships. He could rob the two Lei family ships with a certain degree of certainty two to two.

So Manager Li told Yu Xiaotian that as long as he helped rob the two ships owned by the Lei family, the cargo would belong to Xiaotian. After that, the shipment would be left to them, the Li family, and they would definitely give them justice.

The price was paid in full, and in addition, Yu Xiaotian was given a French cannon, and it was also a large cannon, as a reward for him.

When Yu Xiaotian heard this, he made a decision on the spot. He must intercept the two Lei family boats this time, and he did not dare to delay. After seeing off Manager Li, he immediately took the Sea Wolf and Seal.

, and also towed out the Yellow Fish.

Yu Xiaotian set the location of the ambush at the south entrance of the Haishan Waterway. After the Lei family's ship leaves Fuzhou, it will definitely have to go south here to Luzon. If it goes further south, it will be the actual control territory of the Shark Gang.

Take action, once you encounter the Shark Gang's boat, it will inevitably be a bit troublesome.

So after much consideration, he still decided that the best place to take action was to set up an ambush in this area.

When he came out this time, he could almost say that he came out in full force. In the stockade, only a few injured men were left, plus a dozen craftsmen stayed behind. The rest of his men were assigned to two boats to follow.

He went to war together.

During these days, Yu Xiaotian racked his brains day and night to consider the issue of maritime communications. He now has four ships in his hands. Regardless of their size, they will all face the problem of cooperative operations at sea. To cooperate at sea, it is necessary to establish

For an effective communication method, relying on loudspeakers will definitely not work.

Therefore, he must come up with a set of semaphores and light languages ​​to meet future maritime operations and communication needs between ships. These days, he has been thinking about it almost day and night, pondering this matter, and gesticulating from time to time.

Make some gestures, and then quickly write down the note.

The subordinates on the island thought he was suffering from hysteria and were worried to death. Even Liu Laoliu came to Yu Xiaotian and carefully tested him to see if he had been stimulated and his mind was not clear.

Later, everyone found out what Yu Xiaotian was doing, and then they gradually got used to Yu Xiaotian's anomalies.