The white horse passed by, the sun and the moon shuttled back and forth. In the blink of an eye, Huang Chen had been here for five or six days. He still couldn't adapt. For example, taking a bath. In his previous life, he always loved cleanliness, and there was only a slight difference between him and mysophobia. When summer comes, he will definitely change from one day to the next.
One wash became two or three washes a day.
However, this is an isolated island overseas and has always been short of water. There is only one well in the entire village, located in the center. The village was originally built around this well. After all, people can live without food for a day, but they cannot live without water. Huang Chen
If he wanted to take a quick bath, he would have to carry two large wooden barrels seven or eight times, which would be overwhelming even with his outstanding physical strength. Therefore, he had to compromise with reality and change to one day a day.
Wipe your body and take a bath once every three days. You only need two buckets of water to wipe your body.
Huang Chen got up early this morning and took a comfortable cold bath. When he came out of the tub, he was as black as ink, his skin was clear, clean and cool, and his body felt a little lighter.
Yesterday evening, Zhao Hongyi came to inform him that he would go to sea today and asked him to prepare. Thinking that he was about to participate in the dangerous job of a pirate, Huang Chen lay on the bed at night, unable to fall asleep for a long time. In his past life and this life, he continued to
He has never killed a chicken, so why kill someone? But he is already prepared to kill someone. If you don't kill someone, why don't you wait for someone to kill you? You will die as a fellow Taoist, but you will not die as a poor Taoist.
Huang Chen, his mother, and the mute girl had a simple and warm breakfast. Under her mother's earnest instructions, the mute girl walked out of the house with worry in her eyes and rushed to Zhao's house with her coir raincoat and bamboo hat. Zhao Hongyi immediately led the
He went to Kou Ao.
Kou'ao is located in the southeast of the village, with a good geographical location, with the big pool in the middle, sheltered from the wind on three sides, and one door open to boats. According to Zhao Hongyi, it is one of the best boat parking places in Dachen Island.
When the two arrived, there were many people gathered in Aoli. Soon Huang Chen discovered a strange phenomenon. No matter whether he met people from Fujian or Zhejiang, Zhao Hongyi always spoke in the same tone, never exceeding three sentences, and never stopping in his tracks.
, seemed to have a general relationship with everyone. Huang Chen could see that others were equally lukewarm towards him. Even though his face was smiling, there was no smile in his eyes.
Huang Chen subconsciously rubbed his fingers. He was not popular with the villagers, and now he is with Zhao Hongyi, who is also not popular. What is this going to do? A combination? A bad duo?
At this moment, the red sun was hanging high above the blue sea and sky, casting endless light. The atmosphere was rising steadily. The two of them went straight to the shore. Waves of soft southwesterly wind blew in the face with a faint smell of sea, and immediately surrounded them.
The heat around the body is blown away. The bay is as calm as a large lake. As the sea breeze blows, the ripples are smooth and rise and fall like silk.
Huang Chen's eyes were fixed, looking at the five ancient ships moored quietly on the water for a moment. The smallest rowing boat was about four feet long, the two medium-sized sailboats were about seven or eight feet long, and the two largest sailboats,
A conservative estimate is about ten feet. In modern times, it is one foot and three meters, and one foot and thirty centimeters. In the Ming Dynasty, it is estimated to be about the same. Even if there are some differences, they will not be outrageous.
Seeing them, Huang Chen couldn't help but think of the first game he came into contact with, "Navigation", and was filled with emotion. Back then, he played "Navigation" to the point where he forgot all about sleep and food, stayed up all night, and even bought a world map as a reference.
Later, this game that had far-reaching significance to him was released online. Naturally, he didn't want to miss it and indulged in it for more than a year.
Zhao Hongyi told him that one of the two largest boats belonged to Hu Erlao, so he went to work on this boat.
"This is where I will work in the future?" Huang Chen stared at the ancient sailboat that was more than thirty meters long.
Zhao Hongyi knew that Huang Chen was a bird and didn't understand anything, so he explained the ship knowledge to him in detail: "This ship is a big bird ship, ten feet and four feet long, two feet and two feet wide, with a draft of seven or eight feet, and a heavy load
One thousand five hundred stones. The ship is equipped with four doors of copper hair baskets ranging from 500 to 1,000 kilograms, four large and small flannel machines, a hundred muskets and crosses, and the firearms are not inferior to those of the warships of the Ming Navy."….
Huang Chen kept his words in mind word for word. Franji knew that a breech-loaded smoothbore cannon was an outdated thing at present. As for the copper-haired cannon and the Baizi gun, it was expected that they were earthen cannons cast in the Ming Dynasty.
After hearing what Zhao Hongyi said about the characteristics of bird boats, Huang Chen pointed to a medium-sized sailboat next to him and asked: "Is that also a big bird boat?"
Zhao Hongyi nodded and said: "Yes. The head is small and the body is fat. The hull is long and straight, the sails are high and the oars are long. It is a typical bird boat style. This is a normal bird boat, seven feet and five feet long and one foot and seven feet wide.
, with a draft of five or six feet and a load of six hundred stones.”
Then Zhao Hongyi told him that Japanese pirates once harassed the coast of the Ming Dynasty. The ships were small and light, coming and going like the wind. The warships of the Ming Navy were as tall as buildings, and they were slow to start and end, making it difficult to catch up. Later, small boats were used to chase the enemies. But in frequent attacks,
During the confrontation, in order to gain maritime superiority, both sides unanimously enlarged the ship. The bird ship was a freak that mutated during that period.
The reason why the bird boat is called a bird boat is because it uses both sails and oars to sail on the water, like a flying bird. At first, it was only six or seven feet long, and it was among the light boats. Gradually, its length increased to eight, nine, and ten feet.
Even those exceeding twelve feet are not lacking, and they have transformed from light boats to giant ships on the sea. Today's various models of bird ships are the most commonly used ships by the soldiers and bandits of the Ming Dynasty. Once the bird ships exceed ten feet, they are renamed big bird ships.
, to distinguish them from ordinary bird boats, there are also small bird boats.
What are pirates? They are desperadoes on the sea who only use their knives but not their brains. Zhao Hongyi is different. He has extensive knowledge and has covered a lot of things. He can talk about everything in detail. Huang Chen listened with interest. Suddenly there was a sound.
The team of thirty or forty people entered the port. Wherever they passed, everyone gave way to salute, so as to show their dignity. The direction they were traveling was exactly towards the two of them.
Zhao Hongyi reminded in a low voice: "Second Master is here." After saying that, he pulled him aside.
Huang Chen followed Zhao Hongyi's example, lowered his head and tied his hands, observing quietly from the corner of his eyes. The person walking at the front was short, dark-skinned, and old in appearance. The satin robe on his body not only failed to enhance his appearance, but instead made him look slightly better.
Appearing obscene.
"Is this person Hu Erlao?" Huang Chen could hardly believe his judgment. He glanced at Hu Yin next to Hu Erlao. The two of them did not look like father and son, but more like grandfather and grandson. The person behind Hu Laoer was obvious.
Different from most people, including Zhao Hongyi, they each carried swords and firearms, wore uniform green clothes, with open chests and bare arms. Their exposed skin was scarred and shocking. At first glance, they were murderous desperadoes. Their eyes revealed a
He looked into his eyes suddenly with murderous aura, which was enough to arouse goosebumps all over his body.
Huang Chen suddenly realized that pirates are very different from pirates. The people around Hu Erlao are the real pirates and the foundation for Hu Erlao to settle down. To put it bluntly, if Zhao Hongyi and the others die, they will die. It is insignificant. It’s a big deal.
Recruiting a new group will not harm the vitality, but if any one of these people in front of him dies, it will cause old Hu Er's pain for a long time.
"Second Master..." Huang Chen and Zhao Hongyi clasped their fists and said.
Hu Erlao nodded slightly. Hu Yin didn't notice Huang Chen until now and winked at him as a greeting.
Zhao Hongyi and Huang Chen followed up, and the former asked quietly: "Do you know the young master?"
"We had a chance encounter." Huang Chen replied.
Just as the group was preparing to board the ship, another group of people, about thirty or so, poured into Kou'ao, causing a commotion in Aoli. The commotion was worse than when Hu Erlao came in. Huang Chen initially thought it was the big boss.
Ichimu Lao arrived, but he immediately realized something was wrong. Although Hu Erlao stopped boarding the ship, he did not come forward to greet him, nor did he step aside. Instead, he stayed where he was with a calm expression, lit the dry cigarette in his hand, and puffed out clouds.
Fog, wait quietly.
Those people were very fast, striding over, as if they were not here to say hello, but to fight. Unlike Mr. Hu's subordinates who wore uniform green shirts, their clothes were red, yellow, blue, purple, colorful, and the fabrics were forged, cloth, linen, and all kinds of colors.
, seemed like a group of rabble, but Huang Chen felt that they were more than ten times more powerful than Hu Erlao's elite. Because of this, regardless of height, fat or thin, everyone looked left and right, unruly, with an almost arrogant self-confidence...
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They were still far away when they heard a long laugh from the leader. Before anyone arrived, the sound was loud and loud, like a bell. Huang Chen hid in the crowd and visually estimated that this person must be over 1.8 meters tall with a torso
He is extremely majestic, and even his facial features are larger than those of ordinary people. He is very upright, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, a high nose and a wide mouth, which can be regarded as a handsome appearance. Behind him is a simple heavy sword and a water-polished steel whip.
, just from the appearance point of view, both are not light in weight.
Huang Chen, no matter how frail his memory was and how ignorant he was, still knew about this man. His reputation was so great that it almost overshadowed Elder Yimu and Elder Hu. His legend was spread everywhere in the village.
His surname was Wang, his first name was Fengwu, he was twenty-six years old, and his original name was Wang Dawu. He was the most famous hero in Ningshao, Zhejiang. A neighboring county official repeatedly insulted his mother. The Queen Mother knew that her son had a bad temper and did not dare to speak out.
, he accidentally learned about it in the middle of last year, and in a rage, he stopped the county official in front of the county government office and beat him to death. Afterwards, he returned home, took his mother, wife and children with him and fled, when dozens of government officials chased him.
The pressure was so urgent that he turned back to fight, killing and wounding seven or eight people. The rest of the people dispersed in a hurry, which shocked Ning Shao.
Wang Dawu changed his name to Wang Fengwu and fled to sea. He first fled to the village and his status was not obvious. At that time, he had a fierce battle with other pirates at sea and suffered heavy losses. Soon after, the enemy invaded his lair. Seeing that he was about to be destroyed, Wang Feng used force to turn the tide at the critical moment.
, killed the bandit leader in a surprise attack and forced the enemy to retreat. It can be said that he single-handedly saved more than a thousand lives in the entire village.
According to rumors, Wang Fengwu is invincible and fierce, and can be called a figure like Chang Yuchun. Rumors are inevitably exaggerated, but Wang Fengwu has indeed done several things that ordinary people cannot do. Huang Chen secretly admires this fierce brother's ability.
At the same time, he was also confused. This was no longer the ancient times. It had long since entered the era of handover of hot and cold weapons. According to his understanding, no matter how outstanding your martial arts skills were, if you could hit it with a gun, you would still have to create a hole and blast it with a cannon.
They will also be smashed to pieces. It is true that pirates lack guns and guns, but they are not without them. Why can Wang Fengwu play "Yi Qi Bei" so coolly?