At the beginning of the civil castle, the Ming God of War was a little panicked

Chapter 369
In the bilge, Cao Yi and the others panicked when they heard the continuous sound of shelling outside.

Every time it is launched, or the hull is hit, some people will collapse to the ground, and some with poor psychological quality have already passed out.

However, the medical team was busy treating the wounded, so they didn't care about these elders at all.

Cao Yi kept telling himself, it's fine, the emperor is very good at fighting...

Boom!

Boom!

The hull of the ship was hit and shook violently, and everyone was so frightened that they cried and wailed.

Someone shouted outside: "Qiongzhou Guard conspired to rebel, the emperor has a decree, and the artillery returned fire!"

Boom!

Boom!

The bilge artillery fired alternately, and the hull moved again...

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I don't know how long it took, but finally, the gunfire stopped, and the ship began to move forward steadily.

Cao Yi stood up tremblingly, looked outside the cabin door, there were still people running around, and he didn't know what was going on now.

He tried to push the door, but found that it was not locked at all.

The guards outside the cabin had already withdrawn at some point, and no one cares about them now.

Cao Yi thought to himself: Didn't you say that you can't get out of the cabin without a call? Why is there no one guarding it? Could it be...it's over?

I only heard someone shouting: "The bottom cabin is damaged, all craftsmen, go to the bottom cabin to repair it immediately!"

"There are seriously wounded, medical team, medical team!"

"The fuel tank is exhausted, raise the sails, and adjust the course!"

"Attention all gunners, return the gunpowder to the warehouse, and the quartermaster will make an inventory!"

Seeing how busy everyone was, Cao Yi suddenly realized that it was really over.

He walked out of the cabin slowly, came to the deck, looked around, there were wreckage of the ship floating everywhere, and the surrounding sea area was in a mess.

The sea breeze blows on the face, refreshing for a while.

Cao Yi finally realized that in this battle, the ironclad warship won a complete victory with one against five!
He bravely walked to the side of the boat, leaning on the railing, poked his head out and looked down, and sure enough, there were traces of being hit by shells on the side of the boat, but it was just a few holes.

Faced with the double-teaming of five warships, the ironclad was only slightly damaged.

Simply invincible!
The others were also dumbfounded. They were a little timid at first, afraid that some enemies would appear, but looking at the calm sea, where was the shadow of the enemy?

Everyone's faces gradually turned from worry to joy, it's over, we won!
Cao Yi reacted, and immediately trotted to Zhu Qizhen, praised: "Your Majesty, the power of this ship... In my opinion, even if it costs [-] million taels of silver, it is worth it!"

All the officials nodded one after another, and five warships were wiped out in an instant. How can such a terrifying combat power be measured by gold and silver?
Even if the Dragon King of the East China Sea went out for a walk, if he saw this ship, he might obediently dive back.

Zhu Qizhen was listening to the reports of the ship's staff and had no time to pay attention to them.

"My Majesty, the damage is mainly in the bilge, and the maintenance team is repairing it. Eleven of our gunners were injured, two of whom were seriously injured."

Zhu Qizhen nodded. Only 11 people were injured and slightly damaged. This result is still very satisfactory.

If it wasn't for Qiongzhou Wei and the other six who launched a sneak attack, the gun doors on the side of the ship had been opened at that time, and there was no defense, an attack of this level would have no effect at all.

"The ministers congratulate the emperor, the first battle of the iron-clad ship has won!"

Only then did Zhu Qizhen turn his head, looked at Cao Yi and the others, and asked, "Who said that the iron-clad ships cost people money?"

Cao Yi's expression was horrified, and a thought suddenly came to his mind: there is an inner ghost, terminate the transaction!

It was just a few private complaints, how could the emperor know about it?
"Your Majesty's lesson, my ministers...the ministers just don't...don't know the power of the iron-clad ships, they have eyes but no eyes!"

At this point, if you refuse to admit it, I'm afraid... you will really die...

Zhu Qizhen didn't plan to have a common understanding with them, because he believed that these people really didn't understand.

"Ningbo Shipyard will continue to build ironclad ships. Within three years, I hope to see an ironclad fleet."

Cao Yi kowtowed repeatedly, and said: "Even if the old minister risked his life, he must do well what the emperor entrusted. From today onwards, the most important task of the entire Zhejiang Chief Commissioner is to supervise the construction of iron-clad ships!"

Zhu Qizhen thought for a while, and then asked: "Cao Qing's family, I'm here to ask you, there is a merchant named Cao Dejin in Ningbo Mansion, what is his relationship with you?"

Cao Yi was stunned for a moment, then said: "Cao Dejin... is the old minister's distant nephew, I don't know the emperor..."

"I heard that this person is very close to foreigners, don't you know?"

"what?"

Cao Yi was puzzled and said: "The old minister's nephew... is doing legitimate business, and he never dares to collude with foreign enemies. Please let the emperor learn from you!"

"is it?"

Zhu Qizhen chuckled lightly, and said, "Selling the blueprints of the iron-clad ship is considered a legitimate business?"

Cao Yi was dumbfounded, and hurriedly said: "The nephew of the old minister is a serious businessman. He only resells some silk and porcelain on weekdays. Where can he get the blueprint of the iron-clad ship? This...impossible!"
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Ningbo Mansion, Cao Family Mansion.

Cao Dejin was pressed to the ground, and two foreigners were put on the neck with a knife.

Zhang Laoliu, Wang Fusheng and others were all like quails, curled up in the corner of the wall, too frightened to breathe out.

Although Xiao Jing is young, his aura does not belong to anyone.

I saw him ask with an expression: "Where's the drawing?"

Cao Dejin wailed: "Who are you guys? Is there any law for breaking into private houses with knives in broad daylight? I want to report to the officials, I want to report to the officials!"

"Officer?"

Xiao Jing sneered, and said: "Zhang Chun, the former prefect of Ningbo, has already been imprisoned, who do you report to?"

"I, I... I want to report to the Yamen of the Zhejiang Chief Envoy. As you know, the Zhejiang Chief Envoy is also surnamed Cao. That is my family. I advise you thieves to stop as soon as possible, otherwise..."

Snapped!
Xiao Jing couldn't bear it, he took the handle of the knife and drew it.

Cao Dejin spat out a mouthful of old blood, and he still had two teeth.

"You... what are you doing..."

Snapped!
Just now it was the left cheek, this time it is the right cheek.

Cao Dejin's cheeks were puffed up, and blood flowed from the corner of his mouth.

"Come on!"

"exist!"

Xiao Jing said coldly: "Break his bones one by one."

"Yes!"

"What are you doing... ah!"

A heart-piercing scream resounded through the sky, and the people around were too frightened to breathe out.

Too cruel, who are these people...

Xiao Jing looked at the two foreigners and asked, "Can you speak Chinese?"

One of them reacted quickly, shook his head quickly, and muttered, not knowing what he was talking about.

Xiao Jing waved his hand: "I don't understand this, kill it!"

"Yes!"

Immediately afterwards, there was a flash of cold light, and the foreigner looked at him in disbelief and covered his neck, blood gushed out from between his fingers, and then slowly fell down.

Xiao Jing turned his eyes and looked at another foreigner.

The man hurriedly shouted: "Don't kill me, I can speak Chinese!"

(End of this chapter)