Lu Ming

Chapter 378 The Fat Sheep
In the calm waterway of Liyumen, a string of sail gunships with white sails and slender hulls are passing in file.

Lei Yue Mun is naturally the later Haimen located at the eastern end of Hong Kong Island.The narrow seaway with a width of less than 500 meters is being pointed and commented by a group of sentimental people at the moment.

Since there is no longer a supply port after passing Xiamen, the fleet began to use sails to sail in order to save fuel.Even so, the fast fleet with structural advantages such as ship shape, rudders, and power sails still maintains a parity speed of 7 knots in the wind, far exceeding all ship types of this era.

After completing the more than 400-kilometer sea journey from Xiamen to Hong Kong in two days, the fleet arrived at Leiyumen in the early morning of July 7.

Originally, according to Commander Wang Bo's intention, since it arrived in Hong Kong, the fleet must go to the south route, and go to Lamma Island to say hello to the head of the Liu Da Gang - the residence of the Liu Xiang Da Gang is no longer a secret. The main force is on Lamma Island.

Because Liu Xiang is a native of Lamma Island, he usually stays here when he arrives in Guangdong. What the 17th-century leader Liu would not have imagined was that in later generations, he would be mentioned in passing because he was the only two celebrities on Lamma Island. The other was Fa Ge.

Then Commander Wang Bo Wang's proposal was rejected.You must know that besides him, there are other casual passengers like Zhang Dongdong on board.Naturally, guests don’t want to go to some shitty Lamma Island: Now that we’ve arrived at Lei Yue Mun, wouldn’t it be good to go across the waterway to see Causeway Bay, Central, and Tsim Sha Tsui?
So Commander Wang could only be shamefully defeated by the tourists.Fortunately, the mission of this fleet was to open up the waterway of the Pearl River, not to destroy Liu Xiang's main force, so Commander Wang had no choice but to order the fleet to take the waterway of Leiyumen.

Less than ten miles after passing through Lei Yue Mun, you are passing through the thunderous Causeway Bay.Most of the passengers on the ship are now in their 30s. Causeway Bay, Tsim Sha Tsui, Chen Haonan, these terms are precisely the memories they can't erase when they were young.

However, the reality will definitely disappoint everyone. Causeway Bay, Central, and Tsim Sha Tsui across the waterway in the 17th century, where is the shadow of the Oriental Pearl Tower?What caught everyone's eyes was not towering buildings, but lush vegetation and dilapidated fishing villages; what appeared in the binoculars was not Haonan in leather pants, but a sallow and emaciated fisherman who didn't have any pants to wear.

"It's so fucking boring. When I, Situ Haonan, retires in the future, I will develop this film!" Ma Yue, the deputy director of the Intelligence Bureau, was wearing a Nanjing satin robe, with a bun on his head and a SLR around his neck. I was resentfully putting away my phone, not planning to take any more pictures.

Yes, in the eyes of those who are accustomed to seeing the primitive scenery of the [-]th century, the vegetation on Hong Kong Island is really not worth wasting the memory of the mobile phone.As for the SLR, let alone, it is better to shoot some girls.

Hearing the old horse's nonsense, another middle-aged scribe, who was wearing a straight dress, a square scarf on his head, and a cigarette between his fingers, suddenly shouted: "Old horse, you said that, everyone is witnessing today, when the time comes This piece of land will be given priority to you!"

It was Ding Liqiu who spoke.This gentleman originally served as the master of the general's mansion in Fujian, and also commanded the suppression of bandits in Longyan County.Ding Liqiu became the general commercial spokesperson of the General's Mansion as a result of opening up wasteland in Guangdong this time. According to the plan, he will be stationed in Guangzhou City to preside over the overall situation, and his position is very important.

Hearing Ding Liqiu's words, Ma Yue, who was so angry just now, shrank suddenly: "That's what Situ Haonan said, and it has nothing to do with me!"

A group of people at the bow laughed
In the old time and space, Hong Kong was a colony first, and then because of the two opposing camps of the East and the West, the bridgehead was squeezed into a highly concentrated deformed city.

However, in the plane of the time-travelers, there is no unique historical opportunity, and Hong Kong Island is just an ordinary island with a very low level of attention. No time-traveler will give up their land share in the metropolis to develop it.

After passing through Hong Kong Island, the fleet quickly passed through the narrow Kap Shui Gate.At this moment, the sea is calm and the majestic Kap Shui Mun Bridge and Tsing Ma Bridge are completely gone.

Passing the Kap Shui Gate is the trumpet-shaped Pearl River Estuary.According to the plan, the fleet now needs to take a turn around the Pearl River Estuary to say hello to the surrounding forces.So Wang Bo ordered the fleet to reduce its speed, increase its alert level, and pay attention to searching for abnormal situations.

Slightly slowing down the speed, the fleet taking the "zigzag" route sailed through Shenzhen Bay in the afternoon.Just when the watchman on the mast could see Longxue Island at the narrow mouth of the Pearl River, a message came from the frigate "Green Island" at the head of the fleet: Pirates were found.

Ge Erye is not in a good mood.

As the little boss of shopkeeper Liu's direct line, this is the third time he has led a team to the Pearl River Estuary to pump water.Thinking about those useless people who have never had a fat job so far, theoretically he should be elated.However, after counting the harvest in the cabin today, Ge Erye's mood suddenly became extremely bad.

Standing on the bow of his big bird boat, reaching into his crotch to scratch a few itches, Ge Erye, with his face rusted and yellow teeth full of yellow teeth, couldn't help stretching his neck towards the Pearl River.He now hopes that a few more merchant ships will come down from the upper reaches.

"Damn, the fat fish is getting less and less every day, and this land can't stay here anymore."

In clear contrast to the previous trips to set up cards to pump water, the number of merchant ships coming down from the upper reaches of the Pearl River has become increasingly scarce recently.Even if the pirates changed the way of "generating income" from robbery to pumping water, it did not stop the trend of a sharp decrease in merchant ships.

Glancing at the dots of fishing boats on the nearby river, Ge Erye was very preoccupied.

According to his life experience as a 35-year-old pirate, since Dabang has been earning high-intensity income in the Pearl River Estuary for several months, it is time to withdraw decisively and there is no point in staying any longer. ?

However, shopkeeper Liu has no intention of leading everyone to turn around for a long time.

As a direct descendant, Ge Erye knew a thing or two about the plight of the shopkeeper.Those Yizhou Kun thieves with strong ships and powerful guns, who killed pirates like hemp, have now sealed off the sea route along the Chaozhou-Shantou line, and everyone can no longer go to Fujian as usual.

However, Ge Erye's news channels ended here, and a small shopkeeper couldn't think strategically like Liu Xiang himself.Er Ye just instinctively felt that if he continued to stay in Guangzhou, the situation would be a little bad.

"Hey, let's go west and have a look."

After contemplating for a while, Ge Erye shook his head and woke up.The next moment he shouted loudly to the helmsman at the stern, and by the way asked the flag bearer to issue flags to the other four clippers hovering nearby.

So the five ships on the east bank of the Pearl River began to cross the bow, and their destination was the west bank—Ge Erye planned to go to the west bank to try his luck, hoping to intercept some merchant ships smuggled south from Xiangshan County.

Just as the fleet sailed across the middle line of the Pearl River, a voice shouted from the binoculars on the mast: "Master, there are fat sheep!"

"Huh!? Fat Sheep is finally here?" Erye Ge was shocked when he heard the sound.He quickly jumped onto the stern tower, stretched his neck and looked north.

"The shopkeeper is wrong, it's the south!" The waiter in Wangdou shouted again at this time.

The second master turned his head when he heard the sound, and then he saw the top of a mast gradually appearing in the sky.

"What a pair of sharp eyes, boy, wait to receive the reward!" Ge Erye raised his head and gave a big praise. The boy in Wangdou is a local, new to join the pirate gang, and has a high enthusiasm for work.

Considering that the ships approaching from the opposite side were in a tailwind, while several of his own ships were in a crosswind, Er Ye made a decisive decision and ordered all the ships to continue turning, preparing to go around in a circle on the ocean, just in time to intercept the incoming ships.

However, at the next moment, the clerk shouted again: "Shopkeeper, there are a lot of fat sheep!"

"Ah!?" The second master was shocked.

But when he jumped onto the stern tower again and watched carefully with his hands on the awning, a gust of cold air rushed from the second master's tailbone to the top door: in just 2 minutes, the mast changed from a single mast to a mast. Row.What frightened Er Ye the most was that he saw some white reflections on the mast, which were soft sails!

"Idiot! Is there such a fat sheep?" Ge Erye would like to dig out the eyeballs of that fool in Wangdou - but all the ships with soft sails on the East Asian ocean are not Ge Erye's Ordinary goods dare to get their hands on it, not to mention that there is not a ship coming from the opposite side.

At the same time, the surrounding ships also began to wave flags representing danger: the old pirates in Wangdou realized that something was wrong.

"Turn the rudder, turn the rudder, go west!" The second master hurriedly opened his mouth and shouted, even his voice changed in panic.At this time, I don't even think about pumping water. It's serious to hide to the west to get out of the way.

However, the sky failed as people wished, and the string of masts on the opposite side, which gradually became clear, also changed its course slightly at this time, and rushed straight towards the pirates.At the same time, the surrounding pirate ships also sent out the Sky-Speeding Monkey signal, which represented extreme danger.

Ge Erye really wanted to kill the fool above his head now: the lookout posts on the surrounding ships must have found something that he couldn't see.

The next moment, Ge Erye, who was hugging the mast, stopped him.He suddenly thought of a problem: the current location of his fleet is at the mouth of the Pearl River 40 miles north of Macau, and neither the Frangji of Haojingao nor the rest of the Semu people have ever made any move to this place—this is It will anger the Ming government.

Even if the Frangji people go to Guangzhou City once a year to order goods, they will go on the Guangzhou Ship Fuchuan, and the plywood boats with soft sails will never go deep into the Pearl River Estuary.

Thinking of this, Ge Erye's snot and tears flowed out at the same time: He knew who was coming from the other side.

In the frenzied sea breeze, Ge Erye hugged the mast and shouted frantically with all his strength.

And in his pupils that became bigger and bigger due to panic, a string of log-colored strange ships with faint black smoke and white soft sails were rushing towards him like lightning.

(End of this chapter)