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"En." Jia Jiang nodded.These small boats are all brave men who have received heavy rewards. Facing the fierce bombardment, they are fearless, and instead go up to bombard each other directly.In this way they draw each other's firepower.
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1590 Korean gunboat
"Report, general, general. It's not good." Just when the general at home was puzzled, a low-level officer of the noble navy ran up with disheveled hair.
"General, general." The low-level officer continued to call.
"Yes, yes, someone came up from behind." The officer stopped and took a breath.
"What?" The general broke out in a cold sweat at this moment, because he knew it.There are not many people behind to defend.If the opponent rushes up from behind, this is the real danger.
"Hurry up. Get someone to blow them out. Get them out." The general shouted loudly.
The people around seemed to have not heard the order.
"General, they, they have cannons." At this time, the officer whispered again.
Hear here.No one spoke.Everyone knows how powerful this cannon is, it can kill them, so they don't want to do this anymore.
"Send me someone to rush down immediately. Hurry up." The general threatened the officer loudly.
"Boom." At this moment, a shell hit.
"Kill." Immediately after, there was a shout of killing.
"He, they are calling." The officer's face turned pale, and he looked at the general in panic and said.
"What?" At this moment, the generals were all frightened.He didn't expect the opponent to attack so quickly.He didn't send troops to defend, but he attacked all of a sudden.This greatly exceeded their expectations.
"Kill. Bang bang." The merchant's armed forces launched a violent charge.The aristocratic navy who gave their back to the opponent was not their opponent at all, and although the fort had infantry, the infantry was defending in front.rather than behind.The battery was full of artillery.Artillery had no weapons for defense.This situation is too great a threat for them.
"Quickly retreat." Seeing the businessman rushing towards him, he was armed.Some people immediately persuaded the general to leave here.
The noble navy generals have been frightened.The prestige just now was swept away.I just didn't have the courage to resist any longer.
"Come on, brothers." These more than 500 merchants armed with all their strength rushed and rushed, they quickly rushed to the fort, and the resistance of the Chu noble navy collapsed in an instant.The noble navy didn't have the courage to resist at all, they were just a bunch of mobs, and they just thought that enough was enough to stop fighting.The results can be imagined.
Just when the merchants of Chu State were armed to quickly solve the obstacles on the Yangtze River, a Korean merchant ship appeared in Shang Wen's eyes.
"Big boat. It's a big boat." The fishermen found the big boat when they went out to sea in the morning.Then all run around telling each other.
Shangwen also came here after hearing the news. What he didn't expect was that he would see a big boat here. This big boat was indeed a big boat, bigger than any fishing boat Shangwen had ever seen, but it was only relatively big.Naofumi took out the telescope he made to check the situation.The big ship did not approach, obviously he was looking for a place to anchor, and there were not many places suitable for a big ship to dock around.
"Look what the flag is, my eyes can't see clearly." Shang Wen handed the binoculars to Mo Li.
"Oh. Let me take a look." Mo Li took over the binoculars to check the situation.
"Okay, it seems to be the flag of South Korea." Mo Li said after looking through the telescope for a while.
"What?" Shangwen looked a little surprised, because he didn't expect it to be a Korean flag.
"This is a Korean ship. By the way, check if there is any artillery on it." Shangwen said nervously at this time.Because he knows that South Korea has built a large number of wooden gunboats in Qin's shipyard.Such a large ship was probably a wooden gunboat.
"However, they seem to have people coming down, and a small boat seems to be approaching us." Mo Li continued.
"En." Shangwen's doubts became even bigger.
"This may be a Korean warship." Shangwen said.
"What? South Korea still has warships." Mo Li was a little surprised. Obviously, South Korea's warships were beyond her knowledge, because in her opinion, South Korea still had warships.And also appeared at sea.
"As for the artillery, I didn't find it. How can you be sure that this is a gunboat?" Mo Li asked suspiciously.
"Because this ship is very big, bigger than a merchant ship, and has a lot of sails, and ordinary merchant ships usually don't do this. Because if you do this, the shipbuilding cost will be very high, and the merchant will calculate the cost shrewdly. , not only that.” Shang Wen said.
"They are too big. Only gunboats will do this. Speed, firepower. Only gunboats that pursue force will do this." Shangwen said.
"Will these Koreans attack us?" At this moment, Mo Li asked such a question.
"I think. No. Otherwise they wouldn't come." Shangwen said.
"Wait and see. We'll know everything we need to know in a moment." Naofumi nodded.
Soon, the small boat approached the coast, and the fishermen watched the visitors from the sea warily.
"We don't have any hostility." Once ashore.The Koreans on board made such a gesture.
Shangwen went with the patriarchs in those fishing villages.
"Are you Korean gunboats?" The patriarch was still looking at these people from the side. The patriarch didn't know why these Koreans appeared at sea.But Shangwen on the side asked such a question.
"You, who are you?" A big bearded man asked Shang Wen.
"I am from Qin State, and the shipyard of Qin State has built such ships, I know." Shang Wen's meaning is obvious, that is to warn the other party.He knew the details of the other party.
"Oh." The bearded man nodded.
"I am the second officer of the Lance, Zhang Er." The big man said.
"Qin Shangwen." Shangwen nodded and replied.
"Can you tell me the purpose of your coming here?" Shang Wen asked.
"En. Of course." Zhang Er nodded.
"We are here to investigate the situation. We need to find a place to stay." Zhang Er said.Having said that, the fishermen looked at Zhang Er vigilantly.And Zhang Er's subordinates looked at Shang Wen with their weapons in their hands. If they had done something, they would have done it long ago.Obviously not until now.It seems that the other party did not intend to use force from the beginning.Shangwen is well aware of this.Because the opponent didn't even open the fire door.
"What's the matter?" Shang Wen asked.
"Well, Mr. Gu probably doesn't know that the Yangtze River waterway in the south is impassable, and many merchant ships stay in the coastal areas, but this is not a solution. If the goods cannot be delivered in time, the loss will be huge." Zhang Er said.
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1591 Opening up another trade route
"A large number of merchant ships stay here, and the loss is too great for us." Zhang Er complained.
"So, we have to find another way. We thought of Qi State, the coastal line of Qi State, so we come here to try our luck. If it doesn't work, we have to go further north. Maybe Yan State has In such a place, in short, we have to send our goods to South Korea, or to Qin." Zhang Er said sincerely.
"You are here, not to attack here?" Shang Wen asked with some doubts.
"No. Not." Zhang Er replied decisively.Shangwen nodded. Judging from the speed of answering the question, it is obvious that the South Korean side has no such intention.Shangwen felt relieved now.
"I will help you with these. But I want to know about your situation." Shang Wen continued.
"En. Alright. I'll tell you everything I know." Zhang Er continued.Obviously, the other party also trusted Shangwen.Afterwards, the conversation between the two was carried out surrounded by everyone, and many local Qi people began to understand the world they had never known, and heard the explanation of Zhang Er, a Korean.