After leaving the port for more than ten miles by sea, Liu Hua and others breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that everyone had escaped.
Although it was a blessing to escape death, Liu Hua was depressed. The commander failed to complete the task assigned by the master. Could it be said that he just went back empty-handed? He was not very popular in the first place, so he had to go back like this.
, then it would be even more unpopular.
"Why is there no boat chasing us?" The brothers around them were still looking nervously at the sea behind them. In their hearts, this torment was no different from fighting out among thousands of troops.
There are no pursuers behind me, that's really strange.
"It can't be that they don't have a boat!" someone muttered!
"Don't be ridiculous. How can we not have a ship in such a big port? Our ship is bigger, but a hungry tiger can't resist a pack of wolves. If they really want to swarm around, it's just Yun Laizi's half-assed artillery skills.
, no matter how many shots we can fire, we will be killed by them sooner or later!"
"Turn around!" Liu Hua heard their discussion, and a flash of lightning suddenly flashed in his heart. No wonder the tit prince wanted to call him ashore to talk about firearms.
"Turn around? Qianhu, we just rushed out. Brothers are not afraid of death, but rushing into a den of thieves to seek death seems not worth it!"
"Listen to me, that's right!" Liu Hua confirmed his order first, and then chuckled: "These Zhenla people don't have no boats, they just don't have firearms on the boats. They know that even if they catch up with us, they will be dead.
We will sink their ship with one shot after another, and they might as well not come out and embarrass themselves!"
He looked at his men around him: "Do you still remember the days when we were in Korea? Some of the ships we saw had firearms on board. Even if there were any, they were only a few or two firecrackers.
Do you think that everyone is like our Ming Dynasty ships, whether rich or not, they have to quietly install two cannons on them?"
"But our ship is not the commander's armored ship. This ship is really going to take a few hits. It will sink if it sinks. Qianhu, are we taking too many risks?"
"If we don't go ashore, they won't be able to reach us at all!" Liu Hua had completely clarified his thoughts, "Let's just go around in circles outside their shabby port, and for the ships coming and going, we'll give them a "no entry, no entry"
, if you want to do business, just go to us to occupy the city!"
He spat fiercely: "I almost told you here, you guys think we should show off this bad breath!"
"Of course we have to come out!" These subordinates are indeed Liu Hua's confidants. Once Liu Hua decided to make up his mind, they immediately started to move. Also, a group of barbarians drove us away like dogs.
I'm going back, I'm so embarrassed to tell my brothers!
Perhaps, by driving all these merchant ships to Champa, even if I fail in my errand, I won't go back empty-handed!
Standing on the boat that was slowly turning around, Liu Hua thought silently.
…
Wali was awakened by the sound of cannons. The sound of cannons was not very dense, but very regular. After about one stick of incense, there would be a loud bang, and then, after another stick of incense, there would be another loud bang.
, repeated over and over again, for almost two hours.
That damn Ming Dynasty man was still resisting! He struggled to get up and walked outside. Several guards stopped him and wanted to say something, but they were kicked away by him. At this time, where was he?
Be willing to listen to what they have to say.
When he walked out of the door and looked toward the port, he was stunned.
Originally, there were twenty or thirty ships moored there, and people were coming and going on the pier, which was a prosperous scene. At this moment, in his eyes, there was only an empty pier, and those small boats in the port, which were collected by them.
For tax purposes.
"Where are the ships?" He was furious and yelled at the guards who came behind him. What is a port without ships? Without these merchant ships, who would he look for to collect taxes?
"They're all gone!" the guard said timidly after kicking him.
"Why are you leaving? Didn't you make it clear to them that our people are arresting deserters from the Ming Dynasty and have nothing to do with them at all?"
"We have all said it, but those ship owners are not paying attention to us at all!" The guard looked aggrieved and said helplessly towards the only ship faintly visible on the sea: "That Ming Dynasty ship,
They have been firing at our port. At this time, everyone is afraid that those shells will fall on their own ships!"
He spread his hands: "Even if we increase the port tax to five times, these ship owners will still have to leave!"
At this time, how could Wali still care about the departure tax or not? He stared at the vaguely visible ship in the distance, and the veins on his forehead jumped a few times: "Why don't you attack and get rid of this scourge!"
"We tried it and lost two ships and more than a hundred people!" The guard almost cried when he saw Walli's look as if he wanted to eat people: "Those Ming people have extremely sharp artillery on the ship.
Before the ship even got close, a big hole was opened and it sank immediately; the other ship, remembering His Highness's kindness, tried its best to get close to their ship!"
Walli looked at him with a sullen face, and the guard swallowed weakly: "The Ming Dynasty's firearms are really sharp!"
"No one has come back, right!" Walli sneered: "We have artillery for long-range attacks, and muskets for close-range attacks. We are helpless, right? When did the Ming people actually do the same thing as the Westerners!"
"I think they can stay at sea forever!" Cursing fiercely, Walli walked back without looking back. For this kind of hedgehog, he had almost nothing to do except waiting for them to enter the port again.
"Prepare kerosene and ignition boats. As long as they dare to enter the harbor again, no matter how many people die, I want them to never get out again!"
"Your Highness, Your Highness!" Someone ran over from a distance: "News from Wangcheng, news from Wangcheng!"
Walli wrote a letter to his father three days ago. At this time, he finally waited for a reply. As the saying goes, misfortune never comes alone and good fortune never comes. After opening the letter and reading it, Walli looked gloomy and punched and kicked all the guards.
He was driven out and locked himself in the house alone.
The guards who were driven out looked at each other in shock, but no one dared to ask what happened. As for the letter written by His Majesty the King, no one dared to guess what was written in it.
In fact, the content of this reply was very simple. The king was very pleased that Wall-E could always think about the kingdom. Regarding the firearms that Wall-E asked about, the king clearly told him that there was no need to be so anxious about firecrackers, but artillery.
No matter how many there are, Zhenla Kingdom wants them all. It would be better if they can keep the other party's people who are skilled in cannon operations.
Compared to the prince, this king is more generous. He didn't mention the price at all. Just from the domineering words in his letter, you can see that this father is better than his son. It really makes sense.
We are very clear about the lethality and deterrence effects of artillery. Look at what people say - as long as there are artillery, ask for as many as you can!
Walli also understood, but unfortunately, he understood a little too late. If so many artillery were placed on the mountain where the lock chain was originally placed in Liao Port, how could this happen today? The Ming Dynasty's ship
, I am afraid it will be sunk before it even leaves the port.
Now it is no longer a matter of artillery or artillery. If the Ming people's ships are outside the port for a day, the Liao port does not want to earn a penny. All the ships in the port have escaped, and some ships will foolishly risk sinking.
Is it dangerous to enter port?
Walli is already in trouble. Since he mentioned this matter in front of the king, if he can't bring out the artillery by then, it will undoubtedly mean that there is a problem with his ability. You must know that the king does not only have his son.
The Zhenla Kingdom is not like the Ming Dynasty, which has a eldest son succession system. Whether they can inherit the throne depends on their own abilities.
They have fallen out with the Ming people, and the army under his command cannot do anything to them. If he makes a desperate move and gathers all the things that can float on the sea to fight against them, the people of the Ming Dynasty will definitely run away because they cannot see the enemy.
However, if this is not the case, then they can continue to be the scourge of Lao Port, always on the edge of the port, disgusting themselves to death.
Are we going to talk about buying artillery from them? Forget it, let’s consider this possibility again, it’s better to go to bed early!
Unable to fight and buy, they left, and they continued to disgust themselves outside the port, making the prosperity of Liao Port for more than a month return to its original state.
If someone walks in now and tells Walli that he has a way to take down the extremely annoying Ming Dynasty ship outside, and goes to get the artillery on the ship for Walli, Walli will kill him immediately
You can even bake chicken heads with yellow paper and worship her! Ugh! If it were a woman, my real princess would not be able to find an excuse to drive her away!
Buddha, if you really have a spirit, send such a savior to your humble servant!
"Your Highness!" A guard outside called softly.
"Get out!" Walli roared, not wanting to say anything else.
"Your Highness, the visitor said that he knows the origin of the Ming Dynasty ship outside the port!"
Huh? Walli was stunned. The Buddha really appeared?
With a creak, the door opened from the inside, and Walli walked out of the house. In the open space outside, behind several guards, a dark-faced middle-aged man was looking around. When he saw him coming out, he immediately
I saw my eyes were on him.
"Do you know where the boat outside is coming from?"
Wali glanced at this man and his eyes fell on his tiger's mouth. There was a cocoon on his tiger's mouth. Is this man a soldier?
The man looked left and right: "Your Highness..."
"Stand away!" Walli ordered angrily. When he saw the guards walking to a distance where they couldn't hear their words, "Tell me, which brother of mine sent you!"