open sea

Chapter 538 Flying Shark
At the westernmost point of Java Island, in Fenghuang Harbor outside Fenghuang City, huge ships of [-] materials slipped into the sea from the dry dock.

Firecrackers blared, Javanese people and Chinese living in China came out of the city, held up the statue of Zheng He and went to the streets to worship, danced dragons and lions from left and right, Japanese people with Japanese swords on their waists and iron cannons in the streets also joined the parade, crossing the streets to go Their own port - Phoenix Port.

Nanyang is very large, and there are very few people. Eighty percent of the population of Nanyang is gathered in this piece of land, which is not as big as Fujian, the island of Java.

Two years ago, under the order of Chen Mu, Lin Feng led an army to land in Majapahit. He expected a big battle in his heart, but he did not expect that Majapahit has been reduced to a small country with only a thousand soldiers under the pressure of Java. In the blink of an eye, it was breached by the pirates from Ming Dynasty. These small fights could not satisfy the appetite of the Pirate King. He raised his eyes and looked towards the east.

The pirates landed from the easternmost tip of Java Island and attacked westward all the way. They intervened in the local tribal war with elite soldiers and bandits. For thirteen months, with the help of supplies from the Nanyang Army, they conquered the entire big island.

Lin Afeng is more familiar with this island than anyone else, even the local natives can rarely visit the entire giant island, but the pirates under his command are familiar with every plant and tree on this island from west to east, and even clearly remember There are 110 and two volcanoes under the whole island.

Such a place should not be suitable for human survival, but the volcanic ash has brought here the most fertile land in the entire Southeast Asia, and there is no place that is more favored by farming civilization than this place.

"Don't be jealous of me, the entire island to the east of Phoenix City belongs to the Nanyang Military Mansion, and I only want this city." Lin Feng was still carrying his worn-out bamboo hat, with a mottled breastplate on his mail shirt, He said to Lin Daogan: "I thought you wouldn't come, after all, you are an official of the court."

"Aren't you very happy to farm in the three islands?" Lin Afeng still looked down on Lin Daoqian, and sneered: "Why, I heard that Chen Shuai returned to Beijing to report on his duties, and he was worried about changes in the Nanyang military government, and the imperial court sent troops to him again. You suppressed it?"

Lin Daoqian pretended not to hear Lin Feng's ridicule. He knew that Lin Afeng just didn't want to see him go to the government several times. In all fairness, Lin Afeng went to Fujian and Guangzhou every time as a pirate. He also had good luck. How about a general like Chen Mu who has no suspicion of pirates in Guangdong?
He folded his arms and looked at the big ship sinking into the water, and said, "What kind of ship is that?"

"What ship? My ship!"

The rebellious pirate leader looked proudly at the warships of different shapes on the sea, raised his arms and pointed at the huge sailing warships on the sea and said: "The shape of the shark ship is narrower and sharper, wider at the front and narrower at the back, with three masts. The highest is nine feet, with Xiyi sails, double artillery deck, my boat is lighter, and its speed is far faster than that of a shark, it is called a flying shark!"

More than ten flying shark ships have been launched in the dry dock of Phoenix Harbor. Each hull is painted with blue paint to show the aggressive appearance of sharks. They are all standard and look like warships of some country. make.

Needless to say, Lin Daoqian is also an expert in boating. He can tell from the shape that this is a light boat, which is nothing more than bigger than the light boats in the past. He looked at the exposed muzzle of the flying shark boat and said: "There are 32 cannons up and down Window, the short position is smooth, can there be two and a half shifts?"

The speed of ships in the Ming Dynasty is very rough, and it is a unit of time, with ten shifts a day and night; as a unit of speed, it is the upper shift or not, and the shift becomes the average speed.

But it is simple and practical. The speed of the ship is ninety miles per hour, and it is four knots at the western speed.

The normal speed of Fuchuan, Guangzhou Ship and even the later Sharkship is faster, but the long-distance voyage always has speed. Affected by various problems, the average speed is unbearable. This kind of speed measurement method accumulated by experience Kind of scientific.

"almost."

In fact, Lin Afeng didn't actually calculate it. He only knew that the speed of the boat that was trying to launch earlier was two times faster, and the two and a half times may be a bit overhanging. It is used for battle, and the small shark boat is suitable for us, but after all, it is too small, if such a shape is made bigger, the speed will be slow, which is not conducive to chasing and intercepting."

The steady launch of the battleship caused the crowd on the shore to raise their arms and cheer, and the guns and guns blared into the sky.

Outside the largest pirate city in Asia and possibly even in the world, thousands of shipwrights and sailors of various races gathered under Lin Afeng's command. Craftsmen, local sailors, tribal fighters, merchants and sailors from Fujian and Guangxi, and Japanese ronin who followed the Japanese pirates and lived in various places in their early years.

With the warships of the Ming Dynasty swimming around on the sea, the living space left in East Asia for the outlaws at sea is getting smaller and smaller. They all gather here in unison. In this lawless land, the only things that can restrain them are sharp knives and iron blunderbusses. .

"My boat is different, except that it takes more people to steer the sails and spend some money on the canvas, everything else is not bad, it's faster." Lin Afeng turned to look at Lin Daoqian, and said, "Now you're here, Shi He Before long, if he is not stupid, he has to come, Nanyang is going to change, if you want to join the military navy, you can go, I only recognize Chen Shuai, if I change someone else, I will go to sea."

"What do you think?"

Lin Daogan spread his hands. Since Zeng Yiyi, the most powerful bandit at sea is Lin Afeng, especially after Lin Afeng looted Penghu and chicken coops. He actually has little power and is seriously short of manpower... Now Many people under Lin Afeng's command were his subordinates in the past, and after several mergers, they became Lin Feng's capable generals. What could he think?
He felt aggrieved when he thought about it, and he said: "The ones I brought from the three islands only have more than 900 capable men and more than 4000 dependents. This is suitable for farming. I want to recuperate here, and I also obeyed Chen Shuai's orders." .”

As he said that, Lin Daogan raised his arm and pointed to the east, saying: "The military government said that this place is very suitable for planting circles, and the Yi people call it the Spice Islands. The Portuguese and Yi people have a great demand for spices, and they can also grow rice. For some reason, Chen Shuai doesn't seem to want the court to pay attention to this, maybe it's to leave it to us."

Lin Daoqian smiled. I am afraid that only Chen Mu knows what Chen Mu is planning. He took out the official seal of the gold medal from the arms of his entourage and said, "Shuai Chen left this for me."

Throwing the two things to Lin Afeng, he looked at the official seal on his hand that read 'Lin Daoqian, Governor of Tangmin Island', and suddenly raised his head and laughed. He was even happier than launching more than a dozen flying shark boats, and handed them back to Lin Daoqian. , Lin Afeng blinked and said: "Chen Shuai really left something for you."

The so-called Tangmin Island is now Java Island.

Lin Daogan raised his eyebrows and asked, "Then what did Shuai Chen leave for you?"

"Guangzhou Fu Naval Lecture Hall Wanli two-year system, a map of the world."

Lin Afeng's weather-beaten face wrinkled into a smile. He had never seen such a person. He had unparalleled ambitions. He just wanted to let Ming people leave more traces in the world. He relayed the writing on the map, saying : "The Great Ming Empire will eventually be magnificent - the handwriting is not good-looking. On that map, he left me a route, hoping that we can do something."

"Phoenix Port does not go to Malacca. From Sumatra to the Lion Kingdom in the west, the northeast is called the Bay of Bengal, the northwest is called the Arabian Sea, there is the Persian Gulf, and the Red Sea. I heard that the pirates there are very disappointing."

The gun windows of the huge Flying Shark ship were opened, and the [-]-pound heavy gun supervised by the Nanyang Defense Weapons Bureau was launched from the portholes. The western-style sails were full, and the main sail was written with a huge Lin Feng lettering. And laugh.

"What is Li Ma Ben Li Ma Hong, I am the only one in the world, Lin Feng—I hope that when I pass by, those idiots will stop mispronouncing Lao Tzu's name."

　Good morning!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)