Daming pirates

After entering the waters north of Dongshan Island, the ship began to turn its rudder and sail towards Dongshan Island. While working, Yu Xiaotian listened to Liu Laoliu saying that there was originally a Tongshan Water Village of the Zhangzhou Prefecture Army on Dongshan Island.

In the early years, it was mainly set up to prevent Japanese warships. In the early days, it was said that the Tongshan Water Village here had dozens of warships such as fortune ships, sentinel ships, and winter ships, as well as more than a thousand naval troops.

In the early years when the Japanese invasion was serious, Marshal Qi (Qi Jiguang) presided over the prevention of Japanese invasion here. However, after Qi Jiguang was transferred to Liaodong, the Tongshan Water Village here gradually became deserted, and the warships were basically decayed but have never been replenished.

, the original naval forces were getting smaller and smaller, so that by this time, the Tongshan Water Village had ceased to exist in name only.

However, Dongshan Island has fresh water, and the government's control over this area is lax. In recent years, merchant ships passing by will come to this area to replenish fresh water, or buy some food and other things locally. They can also take shelter or repair at the southern end of Dongshan Island.

vessel.

What they are going to now is Dongshan Island to replenish some fresh water to meet the needs of the ship to Macau.

Yu Xiaotian learned more about some coastal affairs from Liu Laoliu's mouth. At the same time, he could also see that Liu Laoliu was an old sea wolf and knew quite a lot about the coastal affairs of Fujian and Guangdong.

After the ship turned, the wind on the sea began to get stronger, and the waves also increased, causing the ship to become bumpy. The hull heaved up and down in the wind and waves, and it made a few squeaking sounds from time to time.

Xiaotian felt chilled after hearing this, and was very worried about the ship. He was afraid that if the wind and waves increased, the broken ship would break up on the spot.

Liu Laoliu finished his work and turned around to see the worried look on Yu Xiaotian's face, observing the boat from time to time, so he laughed, patted Yu Xiaotian on the shoulder and said: "Mute! Look at you.

You haven’t been on a boat often! Are you seasick?”

Yu Xiaotian shook his head, indicating that he was not seasick, and pointed to the boat. Liu Laoliu immediately understood what Yu Xiaotian meant, so he continued with a smile: "Don't worry, dumb! This boat is actually not a few years old.

, the owner is willing to spend money, and the wood used is good, and it can withstand strong winds and waves! Even if it is used for a few more years, this boat will be fine. It is a good boat, but it lacks maintenance and looks a bit worn out, but that's okay.

, some pirates like to pick new ships to start with, and if they look worn out, some pirates will look down on them!"

After Yu Xiaotian heard this, he saw that most of the people on the boat looked calm, and he felt a lot more relieved. In addition, he now knew why the boat looked dirty. It turned out that it was the owner's intention.

All he did was to prevent pirates from targeting his ship!

However, Yu Xiaotian still disagrees with the shipowner's considerations. It doesn't matter if the hull is a little worn out. The long bottom of the ship should always be cleaned regularly! In addition, the inside of the cabin should at least be kept clean.

This can at least ensure the health of the boatman. It can be seen that although the boat owner has this consideration, the people on the boat are also lazy!

Probably because this area was not peaceful, the atmosphere on the ship was a little more tense than before. The man on the ship had climbed up to the mast and began to look far away from the mast to monitor the situation on the sea, while other people on the ship were

If nothing happens, I will glance at the surrounding sea from time to time.

As for Ma Biao, he became more honest after suffering a heavy loss at Xiaotian's hands. Now he started to lead his three subordinates to get busy. They led people to show off in the cabin and moved out a lot of things.

Yu Xiaotian looked at it and said, "Hoho! I didn't expect that they had so many weapons on this ship. Among these weapons, there were knives, some spears, and a few sharp axes. There were also a few bows and a few bags."

Arrows, and of course a few simple shields made of wooden boards, are basically enough for the boatmen on the ship to have a hand, which shows that those who run ships on the sea still have a strong awareness of guarding against pirates.

What makes Yu Xiaotian a little disdainful is that although these people prepared weapons on the ship, they did not treat these weapons well. Except for the bows that were covered with cloth, the rest of the guys they took out were in good condition.

The rust stains eroded by the salt spray from the sea make it look disgraceful.

Then Ma Biao and others brought out several more items, which surprised Yu Xiaotian. He did not expect that the owner of the ship actually prepared firearms.

Yu Xiaotian is no stranger to weapons. It is impossible for a young man like him not to like playing with these things, so he recognized at a glance that two of these guys were the famous three-eyed blunderbuss of the Ming Dynasty.

, and there are actually two matchlock guns.

During the Ming Dynasty, musket technology had been popularized in the world. In addition, the Ming Dynasty also attached great importance to the manufacture of firearms. It produced many fire blunderbuss, three-eyed blunderbuss and artillery equipment for the Ming army. Later, it also passed through the Korean War.

The captured Japanese iron cannons and the matchlock guns brought to China by the Portuguese were used to develop the very famous blunderbuss, as well as imitations of Western countries' French cannons and red cannons.

Therefore, the development of firearms in the Ming Dynasty was relatively good, but what Yu Xiaotian did not expect was that there would be such guys on private merchant ships. He originally wanted to pick it up and take a look, but considering that he and Ma

Biao's relationship with him and the people on the ship's distrust of him. I was afraid of causing misunderstandings among the people on the ship, so I gave up this idea.

However, he is not very interested in this crude primitive musket. First, he doubts the quality of gunpowder in this era. In addition, he also doubts the quality of this kind of musket. This thing is said to be loud, but its power is limited, and

It is very dangerous to use, because the craftsmen are not skilled in their craftsmanship, and coupled with the widespread corruption among officials, the craftsmen can only cut corners and materials, and the fire blunderbuss they make can easily explode, so he does not know whether the quality of this thing is safe.

, even if he was given a shot, he would not dare to use it.

So although he was curious, he didn't show it. He just took a few more glances from the corner of his eyes and went about his business.

Although the wind has increased and dark clouds have begun to appear in the sky, Liu Laoliu told Yu Xiaotian based on his experience that the wind will not be too strong and there is no need to take shelter from the wind. It will only rain lightly at most, so there is nothing to worry about.

, Yu Xiaotian glanced at the waves outside the boat that began to become turbulent, and he basically let go.

In ancient times, there was no weather forecast. When running a boat on the sea, the experienced boatman on the full-screen boat judged the weather conditions. Liu Laoliu had been on the sea for a long time and had a lot of experience. Since he said that there would be no bigger waves, he basically would

** is inseparable from ten, so Yu Xiaotian does not need to worry too much about the dangers of this ship.

Probably because they haven't seen land for many days, they are now sailing towards Dongshan Island. They estimate that they will see land soon. Yu Xiaotian seems a little excited. Humans are creatures living on land. Although they passed

The desire to enter the sea is fulfilled by taking a boat, but after wandering on the sea for a long time, you will still yearn for the down-to-earth feeling on land.

In the past few days, after such great changes as life, death and time travel, it is understandable that Yu Xiaotian longs to be down to earth again. Even if he cannot leave the ship yet, he can dock and move around a little on the shore.

It is also something worth looking forward to for him.

Ma Biao saw Yu Xiaotian again, and from time to time he stared at Yu Xiaotian fiercely, as if he wanted to swallow Yu Xiaotian in one gulp, but he did not provoke Yu Xiaotian again. It seemed that he still remembered the lesson just now.

Yu Xin, guessing that his ribs still hurt a little at this moment, Yu Xiaotian didn't bother to talk to him. In this environment, strength is undoubtedly the decisive factor in determining a person's status. Even people like Ma Biao have to

Give in to Xiaotian.

Following Captain Liu's instructions, Yu Xiaotian delivered a bundle of short spears to the side of the ship. When he raised his head and looked far into the distance to see if he could see land, a loud sound suddenly came from above his head.

Shouts.

"Master! Two boats are coming ahead!" It turned out to be the man on the mast shouting from above.

Everyone on the boat heard the shout of the man on the boat, so they all rushed to the side of the boat, stretched their necks and looked forward.

"Is it possible to see where it's coming from?" Captain Liu ran to the side of the stern building and asked loudly while looking forward.

Yu Xiaotian couldn't resist his curiosity and stretched his neck and ran to the bow of the ship to look forward. However, except for the vast waves, he could not find any sail shadow on the sea. This is why he specially sent people to climb the boat.

The reason for the mast is that the surface of the earth is curved, and the higher you stand, the farther you can see. No wonder the people on the mast can see it, but those standing on the deck of the ship cannot.

"Master! It's too far away to see clearly!" The man on the mast replied loudly while looking hard.

"You keep an eye on the top and look carefully! Everyone else should also cheer up!" Liu Shipong shouted loudly.

As a result, everyone on the boat suddenly became a little nervous. They each ran to their responsible positions, adjusting the sails and steering the helm.

Yu Xiaotian comforted himself. He was already unlucky enough now, and he should not be unlucky again. This was probably close to Dongshan Island, and it was estimated that a passing ship like them might have encountered him here!

But his self-comfort did not last long. After the ship continued to sail for a certain distance, the man above shouted loudly again: "Master! The momentum is not good! The two ships raised their sails and turned around.

The rudder is coming towards us!"

After everyone heard his shout, they couldn't help but feel a little bit in their hearts. Even Yu Xiaotian, a rookie, could imagine that in this case, the two ships not only did not sail to Dongshan Island, but changed their course and headed towards Dongshan Island.

If you drive them over, you will definitely not have any good intentions.

So Yu Xiaotian immediately pointed at God and cursed in his heart: God, you fucking want to kill me? First you threw me into the sea, and then you threw me into this unlucky era. I was almost killed.

It’s okay to drown on the spot and feed the fish. I was rescued on this broken ship with great difficulty, and now you’ve sent two more fucking pirate ships. Aren’t you just trying to kill me?

Thinking about it, when he went to sea with his uncle that day, he must not have looked at the almanac and bumped into a certain evil spirit, which made him end up like this. This standard is that he has won the serial unlucky prize, and his bad luck has reached the extreme!

Captain Liu's expression changed and he shouted sternly: "Did you see clearly? Where did they come from?"

"Master! There is no flag on their boat! They look like two small lucky boats!"

Captain Liu's face became more and more ugly. He muttered some curse words and shouted to the people on the boat: "Turn around! Raise the sail! We won't go to Dongshan Island! Let's avoid them!"

When the people on the boat heard this, their faces turned ugly. They all followed the owner's instructions and began to adjust the sails and rudder, turned the ship's course to the southeast, started to raise the sails, and accelerated away from here.

Soon after their ship turned around, the man on the mast shouted again, this time his tone was a little trembling: "Master! The two ships also adjusted their sails and turned, and they are still coming towards us! They are

There is no official or military flag, so the person who comes here is not a good person!"

It was as if the camp had been blown up as the ship suddenly became chaotic. Everyone rushed to the right side of the ship in unison, stretched their necks, and looked towards the sea outside the starboard side.

Not long after, everyone saw that on the sea level in the southwest, the sails of two ships began to loom in the waves. However, they were still far away and could not tell exactly what kind of ships they were, but they could roughly see them.

The two boats were coming towards them.

Yu Xiaotian cursed secretly in his heart: "I'm really afraid of what will happen! My life is really bad! Anything can happen to me!"

"Don't think about it, they must have come with bad intentions, and they are all coming back! Turn around again, hoist the sails, and head north with the wind! They might be the people of Sea Harrier! Damn, what a bad luck! Ma Biao, prepare some guys to protect the ship

!" Captain Liu's face turned a little livid at this moment, and he yelled and cursed angrily.

Everyone on the ship once again ran back to their responsible positions. Even Yu Xiaotian ran to the wooden windlass used to raise the sail under the mast and began to help the other sailors to pull the wooden handle of the wooden windlass.

All the sails on the ship were raised...

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