Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 110 Knocking off Nagasaki ([-])

Zhao Xin and the others in the wheelhouse of the Thunder God looked at the Guan ship that was approaching as if they were looking at an antique.

A fang-like stem rose high above the bow.On the small bow deck, two samurai in kimono are standing on it.

Behind them is a cabin that is completely covered with planks and reaches a height of two meters.There are holes on all four sides of the cabin.On the top of the cabin, a sail with family crests is hung on a thick mast.Under the hull, dozens of oars protruded from the cabin, paddling vigorously.

Zhao Xin took a telescope to look at it for a long time, and said in surprise: "The boards are all made of bamboo?"

"That's the 'Zong Yakura', and there are sailors and soldiers paddling inside. When fighting, you can shoot arrows or shoot with iron cannons." Shibata Juezang explained to Zhao Xin holding up his binoculars.

He no longer cared about being amazed by the binocular clairvoyance in his hand. All kinds of strange and weird things of Tang Yi emerged one after another, which dazzled him and Shengshan Chuansan and others.

"How does this thing fight side by side?" Zhao Xin translated Liu Sheng's question.

"When fighting, the general Yakura needs to withdraw the sails, lower the mast, and then rely on the sailor's oars to move. Generally speaking, bows and arrows and iron cannons are used for long-distance combat, and fire bottles and iron cannons are used for close combat. .”

When Shibata Juzou talked about this, he pointed to the sideboards on the side of the general Yagura and said: "The sideboards on both sides can be lowered, and when they are connected to the board, they can jump from above to the enemy ship."

"Is this shit also called navy?" Ding Guofeng twitched his lips and said disdainfully.

After hearing Pingtai's translation, the three islanders immediately rolled their eyes, and said to themselves, "It depends on who you compare with. If you are driving a Tang boat, you will definitely be under the might of the general."

But after thinking about it, two closed ships are not easy to fight against Qianshi Tang ships; unless hundreds of early ships and closed ships are besieged together like the Changzhou Fan in the past.

"Hiss~~! Let's talk about the Changzhou clan back then." Thinking of Zhao Xin's mention of the evil deeds committed by the Changzhou clan, Shibata Kyouzo felt chills all over his body.

"Everyone get ready!" Zhao Xin gave an order to everyone on board on the radio, and then turned to Shibata Juezang and said, "Shibata-kun, two bosses, you should go to the cabin and wait for a while. If someone sees you, not only you three will be in trouble, but the Sendai Domain will also be in big trouble."

After Shibata Juezang and the others left, Zhao Xin said to a sailor, "Let's arrange it as I said before." The sailor bowed and went away.

On the Guan ship sent by the Nabeshima family, the two samurai looked at the hull of the Thunder God as high as a city wall in front of them, completely helpless.How do you get here?Climb it with a hook?It would be too embarrassing if it fell into the water!
A samurai cleared his throat, raised his head and shouted loudly: "Listen, people on board! You have entered Nagasaki Port without permission! Exit the port immediately and wait for us to board the ship for inspection!"

After a while, the samurai on the ship heard someone cough twice on the big ship, and a head emerged from the deck.

"Cough~~spit!" A mouthful of thick phlegm landed on the warrior's feet impartially, and then there was a burst of laughter from the deck.

"Bastard! How dare you despise the majesty of the shogunate!" The samurai was furious, and when he was about to order the soldiers in Yagura to board the boat with a hook, he was stopped by his companions.

"Don't worry, the people from the enforcement office will be here soon." After speaking, the companion pointed to the east, and saw a customs ship coming from the wharf of the Humachi military camp.

Carrying a few officials from the enforcement office and a dozen concentric and twenty powerful Guan boats stopped 50 meters away from the Thunder God, and the officials at the bow raised their heads and shouted: "Listen, people on board!" ! Please state the name of the country and the meaning of coming here!"

Following Zhao Xin's instructions, Lu Shoushan walked to the side of the boat, exposed half of his body and said to the people below: "I am from Beihai, and I am here to find Dutch and Qing people."

The Tang interpreter who accompanied Guan on the boat heard it, and immediately shouted in surprise: "Your side is from the Qing Dynasty?"

"No, we are Beihai people."

Tang Ren's interpreter cupped his hands and saluted: "Please come out to answer your questions!"

Lu Shoushan shook his head and said: "My master has a high status, how can he show his face so easily. If you want to see me, I can convey it on your behalf."

When the officials of the enforcement office heard this, they were of high status and could not show their faces... Who are the people on this boat?

Tang Ren's interpreter asked again: "Since you can speak Tang dialect, can you tell me your last name?"

Lu Shoushan cupped his hands casually at the Tang interpreter, and replied: "My surname is Lu, a mere humble name, so it's not worth mentioning. Let's talk about it when the envoy meets my master later."

Tang Ren's interpreter almost turned his nose when he heard it, the bow (captain) didn't show up, and sent a servant to send us away!
"Pull down the rope ladder, we're going to board the boat for inspection!" The other shogunate officials and samurai listened to Tang Ren's explanation, and when they saw an oriental face who could speak Tang fluently on the big boat, they immediately became tough.

This is just listening to the man on the boat say loudly: "You can board the boat. However, my master is ordered, and only three people can come up. If you insist on forcing boarding, I might as well put the words first, the consequences are unpredictable, shall not be held responsible."

When several officials heard that the other party was so tough, the three corpses jumped out of anger.But after being angry, the few people looked at each other, and they must complete the task assigned by Mr. Xingxing.

As soon as the leading official gritted his teeth, there were three of them.No matter what, we must first go to the deck and meet the owner.As for the humiliation the other party brought to us, we will settle the score later!

The interpreter of the Tang Dynasty listened to the Shangguan's order, and hurriedly cupped his hands and shouted to Lu Shoushan: "As you have requested. Please also put down the rope ladder so that we can go up."

Lu Shoushan said: "The hull of the boat is too high, and it may be too dangerous to put the rope ladder on. Please move the boat to the stern of our boat."

The officials of the Enforcement Office had no choice but to order the boat to row over according to the position pointed by the other party.When the boat arrived at the position, there was a sudden roar above the head, like the roar of a monster, which made people jump in fear.

Everyone looked up, and saw a piece of black and yellow objects protruding slowly from the big ship; there were many rings wrapped around the object in a patchwork manner, and the top of the protruding end of the ship seemed to be a pulley. With a few ropes, there is a big iron hook hanging below, and what is hanging on the iron hook is actually a rope net!
As the pulley rotated, the rope dropped slowly with an iron hook, and the "suspected man from the Qing Dynasty" standing by the ship's side looked at the position where the rope net fell, while turning his head and shouting "keep to the left" and "backward" and so on. If so, it is obvious that someone on board is operating this thing.

When the rope net fell onto the bow deck of the closed ship, the expressions on the faces of several officials gradually changed from astonishment to livid.asshole!Throwing a piece of paper and breaking the net, are you going to use this to bring us up?How is this different from fish and shrimp!

"Don't you even have a rope ladder?" Tang Ren's interpreter shouted angrily at Lu Shoushan.

Lu Shoushan responded with a suppressed smile: "The ladder on our ship is broken and hasn't been repaired yet. Your envoy should make do with it first."

Several officials saw that there was no way to sit on this rope net.If they hang up after a while, the three of them will squeeze together and mess up their clothes.When he was in trouble, a sailor on the ship had an idea and found a wooden racket from the cabin to put things on.This thing is usually placed in the cabin to store materials separated from the bottom plate.

Two sailors carried a wooden racket and placed it in the middle of the rope net, and three people barely stood on it.

The two officials of the enforcement office and the interpreter of the Tang Dynasty blushed, endured the humiliation and stood on the wooden beat.Lu Shoushan looked at it, then turned around and gestured to Zhao Liang who was operating the crane, and then said to the three people in the rope net: "Please hold on and sit still."

The roar sounded again, and the rope net was retracted upwards, bringing the three island country officials on the wooden racket up slowly.

On the third floor of the Tianhou Temple in Tang Dynasty House, a group of businessmen stared dumbfounded.

"Hey, who are the people on this boat! How can we just let it go after humiliating the Japanese officials like this."

"Looking at the name of the ship, it seems to be my Chinese. Have any of you heard of this ship?"

All the bow merchants shook their heads.If such a large ship was built in China, it would have caused a sensation in the world.Besides, let alone start construction, the imperial court system does not allow it.This boat is bigger than the Emperor's Royal Boat, anyone who dares to secretly build such a boat would be easy to steal their house.

"Could this be the imperial court's ship?" Finally someone dared to ask.

"Definitely not." Shen Jingdan shook his head and said while stroking the beard on his chin. "The color of this hull is blue on the bottom and white on the top, which is completely different from the black and white two-color regulations of the imperial warships."

In this era, the largest sea warship of the Qing court was the Dachao made in Guangdong, and the longest one was only nine feet five feet (30.4 meters).As for the various sea trade sandships that travel between the Qing Dynasty and Nagasaki, the largest is only seven feet long.

"Who has clairvoyance?" A businessman crowded in front of the window suddenly asked.

"I have it, I have it, it's in the luggage, I'll get it!"

When Shen Jingdan heard this, he suddenly remembered that there was one in his room.Although the location on the third floor of Tianhou Temple was good, the area inside the building was too small. More than a dozen people squeezed in at once, not to mention looking at the big boat.

So he turned around and went downstairs, ready to go back and get his clairvoyance to look again.

After a cup of tea, Shen Jingdan returned to his residence, pushed open the door and said, "Ah Quan, help Daddy get the clairvoyance in the cabinet. Ah Quan? Ah Quan?"

Seeing that no one answered in the room, he felt strange and quickly called out twice.I took off my shoes and went to the back room to see that the window in the back room was open, and a copy of "Jin Yunqiao Biography" was spread out on the mat, and the pages were flipped by the wind.

Shen Jingdan felt strange in his heart, but he was still thinking about the big ship at this moment, so he hurried to the cabinet and opened it, and there was nothing in the box where he put his clairvoyance.

"Ah Quan? Ah Quan?" Shen Jingdan was worried about Shen Xuan, so he yelled again and again.

"Father, come and see, that big boat is really interesting."

Shen Jingdan was startled when his daughter's voice came from above his head.He hurriedly asked loudly, and then followed the guidance of Shen Xuan's voice and walked outside the house. He saw a ladder leaning against the wall under the corridor, which was the entrance to the top floor of the longhouse, so he hurriedly climbed up.

"Ah Quan, why did you come here? Go back quickly."

Shen Xuan didn't turn her head back at this moment, she raised her clairvoyant eyes and waved: "Father, come and see, the officials of the Japanese kingdom are boarding that big ship."

Shen Jingdan couldn't laugh or cry at this time, this is the consequence of not having feet bound. The 15-year-old girl is still jumping up and down like a kid, who will dare to marry after that.

He ducked down to dodge the spider silk dust on the beams, and moved to his daughter's side, only to see a few tiles on the roof were uncovered.Looking around, I could just see the big ship.

At this time, Shen Xuan was sitting on a small twig, with the front part of the clairvoyance on the tiles, and the tail in her right hand in front of her eyes.

"let me see."

Upon hearing this, Shen Xuan quickly handed the clairvoyance to her father, and then moved the little cockroach under her body to Shen Jingdan.

"Daddy, watch first, I'll go get a stick up." After speaking, like a kitten, it slithered to the ladder mouth after a few steps, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

Shen Jingdan turned his head to look at his daughter's eccentric figure, shook his head and smiled wryly, then moved his eyes to his clairvoyance and looked towards the big ship.

(End of this chapter)