I really don't want to be emperor at the end of Ming Dynasty

Pirates dare to attack warships mainly because the difference between armed merchant ships and warships in this era is not obvious. It is even said that in this era, merchant ships without any defense do not exist.

Even the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty are also equipped with a large number of artillery. There are also many merchant ships affiliated with the Liaodong Ocean Shipping Company, which are directly equipped with rocket launchers, bowl-mouth blunderbuss and tiger squat cannons. These are close combat artifacts. One shot, It can sweep across a large area like a broom.

But the problem is, in this era, warships do not have rapid-fire cannons, nor the ability to shoot accurately. Fierce pirates really dare to rob warships. Just like the Ottoman Empire's navy, when small formations set sail, they were robbed not once or twice.

Red Beard is a larger group of pirates in the Indian Ocean. They own a total of sixty or seventy pirate ships, large and small, and they are basically all good ships. The pirates definitely do not have shipyards. Their ships mainly come from Europa's caravans.

You must know that in the Age of Discovery, the entire Europa was in a state of ineffective internal fighting. Britain and France fought for hundreds of years, Portugal also fought with the Netherlands for hundreds of years, and the Netherlands and Spain fought for more than half a century. Just like the ownership of Ceylon, it took Portugal nearly a hundred years to finally conquer Ceylon. As a result, they were robbed by the Dutch before they had time to enjoy the fruits of victory.

If you want to say why Red Beard has so many clippers, then it is thanks to the Europa people. They are pulling each other back and throwing black bricks at each other. Otherwise, how could Red Beard live so well?

Although Redbeard has more than [-] brave pirates under his command, this number of people is definitely not enough compared to Zheng Zhilong at that time. But the problem is that he is not enough in front of the Dutch East India Company, and in front of the British East India Company It's not enough to watch, both Portugal and Spain can easily deal with them.

If there were no such dirty things, there would be no living space for Red Beard. This is somewhat similar to the internal situation of the Ming Dynasty. Wild bandits would be wiped out by the government in a short time. However, if these bandits have a backing, they can occupy the top of the mountain and stand tall for ten years. It lasts for several years, even decades.

Redbeard cleverly took advantage of the contradictions between the parties, but he was able to mix things up like a fish in water. He had already drawn a clear line with Zheng Zhilong.

The Indian Ocean is their territory, and east of Malacca is Zheng Zhilong's territory. Even if Zheng Zhilong's fleet arrives in the Indian Ocean, they will not take the initiative to attack Zheng Zhilong's people as long as they do not take the initiative to attack them.

With the demise of Zheng Zhilong, Red Beard also tried the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty. Unfortunately, the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty were different from those of European countries. No matter which province the merchant ships were, once they were attacked by pirates, not only the Yecheng fleet would be They will come out to cross the border to attack, and the caravans are more ferocious than pirates. As long as they provoke the Ming merchant ships, their merchant ships will unite.

That is to fight to the death. You must know that the Ming Dynasty is also very strict about the management of maritime merchants. If a sailor of the Ming Dynasty merchants is attacked at sea, or an accident occurs, he must be rescued. If he stands idly by, he will be severely punished. Of course there are benefits to reaching out to the rescue.

Redbeard was shocked. Different from history, the Ming Dynasty's navy rose too fast. The Yecheng Fleet often came to the Indian Ocean to destroy pirates. The pirates who were destroyed by the Yecheng Fleet alone were not a hundred, but seventy or eighty. branch.

However, Red Beard was a little strange at this time. Under normal circumstances, the mercenaries who were five or six hundred meters away would have fired wildly and bombarded him in an attempt to scare him away. Why were these guys so calm and didn't seem to care about him at all? Take it seriously?
Redbeard felt inexplicably uneasy. This is the uneasiness of a creature when it encounters a natural enemy. He had an ominous premonition: This time he might encounter a hard nut!

Just when Red Beard was about to attack the Ming Dynasty naval battleship, he suddenly saw the Ming Dynasty's sun and moon flag flying on the bow of the ship, as well as the Ming Dynasty's dragon flag.

"Oops, they're from Ming Dynasty, retreat quickly!"

Redbeard has been able to roam the sea for more than 20 years because he knows who should be provoked and who should not be provoked.

It's a pity that Red Beard's luck was a little bad today. When he saw the Ming Dragon Flag and the Sun and Moon Flag, it was already too late for him to retreat.

"Boom boom boom..."

The four-inch long-barreled naval guns equipped on the Jusha class and Sea Shark class suddenly fired, and a large ball of blazing smoke was ejected from the muzzle. The air waves expanded, and the rumbling sound was like rolling thunder, tearing the sky apart, not to mention hitting, but light. Just hearing this sound is terrifying enough!
The pirates who were steering the battleship turned around and fled in shock. They saw a large ball of white smoke and flames rising from the bow of the Ming army's battleship. A terrifying whistling sound came from the air, and bolides with sparks were heading straight towards them. Smash it over here!

They were all dumbfounded: "What kind of ghost cannon is this? It's so scary!"

A small number but extremely powerful cannonballs fell one after another, stirring up thick and large water columns, and the rumble was deafening. This round of salvo was aimed at the school, but the hit rate was not high. Most of the shells were empty. However, two pirate ships were still hit by the shells and became the first victims of this naval battle.

The high-speed flying shells easily penetrated the hull, penetrated into the interior of the warship, and exploded. The pirates who were closer to the explosion point felt as if a small sun was expanding in front of their eyes, and then their consciousness was wiped out.

The power of the four-inch caliber high-explosive bomb is undoubtedly terrifying. The shock wave of the explosion spread overwhelmingly, and the wooden hull was torn to pieces. Countless wood spikes mixed with shrapnel were fired around at explosive speeds. The pirate sailors who were hit were immediately They turned into oversized hedgehogs, and were even torn into pieces. The torn limbs, broken flesh, bones, and internal organs were sprayed everywhere.

Even though the pirates are all ruthless and bloody, seeing this scene, they couldn't help but fight, and a hot, smelly liquid gushes out from the roots!

After the explosion came the fire. The most disgusting thing about high-explosive incendiary bombs is that not only is the explosion powerful, it also has a violent burning effect. If it doesn't kill you, it will burn you to death!

For a sailboat, this thing is simply a nightmare. The entire ship is the best fuel. The wooden hull, waterproof asphalt, ropes piled in the cabin, and the paint on the hull, once these things catch fire Just one shot was out of control, the fire spread quickly, and the hit warship was in chaos.

The red beard was shocked: "This... what kind of cannon is this, so powerful!?"

"It's a bit like the heavy naval guns of the Venetians! I heard from the navy that the Venetians have equipped a heavy fleet in recent years, which can launch a kind of cannonball that can penetrate into the interior of the warship and explode. It is very powerful. After the explosion, it will cause a fire, which is very scary. …Is it possible that Ming Dynasty purchased Venetian naval guns?”

The guess was wrong. This was not a naval gun purchased by the Venetians, but a naval gun sold to Venice by the Ming Dynasty. With the development of the Ming Dynasty's artillery, Cheng Shijie saw that Venice was indeed at a disadvantage, and was somewhat unable to withstand the Ottoman Empire's attack. The naval gun was modified, and the rear mount was changed to a front mount similar to a mortar.

The Venetian naval gun is a specially designed version, which is completely different from the Ming Dynasty naval gun. The shell is divided into two parts: the warhead and the propellant pack. When firing, the explosive pack is inserted first, and then the fuse is installed. Insert the warhead part of the cannonball and fire it.

The warhead of the cannonball is actually a rocket shell with the propellant removed. Although this is a castrated version of the naval gun, it allowed the Venetians to show off their power and use the advantages of the naval gun to quickly widen the gap with the Ottoman Empire. This was also the case for the Ottoman Empire. The reason why we protested to Deng Xianwu.

"Boom boom boom..."

There was no time to think about it. After about ten seconds, the Ming fleet fired the second salvo again! After the first calibrated fire, the hit rate of the second salvo was greatly improved. Shen Lei rolled over, the sky collapsed, and many pirates flew into the sky together with the deck fragments. The pirate ships were hit one after another. The ship caught fire and exploded violently.

Many pirates were covered in fire and ran wildly, burning wherever they hit. The two pirate ships that were hit earlier suffered another disaster, and each received two or three more shells. This time the fire became more intense, and the cabin was filled with thick smoke and a sea of ​​fire. The pirate captain shouted hoarsely and ordered everyone to use buckets of water to put out the fire, but it was pungent. The thick smoke makes it hard to keep your eyes open, making it impossible to put out the fire!
"Boom boom boom..."

The pirate fleet opened fire, and more than 200 naval guns let out earth-shattering roars. The solid lead balls smashed over like hail, smashing up clusters of water columns in the front, rear, left and right of the Ming fleet.

The Ming warship was also hit, but... the effect made the pirates feel discouraged. It was completely incomparable to the effect of high-explosive shells fired from four-inch naval guns hitting the warship.

The Ming army's naval guns basically hit the pirate ship with one shot. If you were hit by a shot, you would not die but also become paralyzed! Looking at the Ming fleet whose muzzles are constantly spitting out smoke, and then looking at their own warships that are constantly being shot and on fire, no matter how angry and angry the pirates are, how frustrated and frustrated they are, this battle is simply impossible to fight!
As if the fighting was not lively enough, the Ming army sailors launched rocket shells, then aimed and ignited them. Immediately, countless fire dragons screamed and soared into the sky from the deck of the Ming army warship, pulling out dazzling arcs in the air and aiming at them. The pirate ship plunged in!
Then there is no more then.

This naval battle was extremely cruel. Within half an hour of the exchange of fire, 31 pirate warships burned and sank into the sea, and nearly a thousand people were buried in the belly of the fish.

However, this kind of cruelty seems to be aimed at the pirates. In the firefight, they were not even able to fight back, let alone fight back. They were tortured to pieces by the perverted artillery fire of the Ming fleet, and they paid such a heavy price in casualties. Their record was only It punched six holes in the Ming fleet, and the flying wood chips killed two Ming crew members and injured many others, that's all!

It's not a fight of the same level at all. The pirates expressed that they feel very upset. The feeling of being pinned to the ground and flattened is not pleasant.

……

At the same time, Xiang Hui, the regent of the Ming Dynasty in Liaodong, was also enduring the feeling of being pinned down by Cheng Shijie. Xiang Hui was a good person and fun-loving, and even if the officials collectively forced the palace, Xiang Hui did not dare to go to Beijing. After waiting, he ran directly to Jinzhou.

The road in front of Xiang Hui is actually only two, left and right, either continue to resist, but the problem is that Cheng Shijie's body seems to have been modified by time and space. Obviously, when he is middle-aged, his fighting power is even stronger than when he was young, and Xiang Hui couldn't resist it at all,

She wanted to squeeze Cheng Shijie dry, but she was so scarred that it was difficult for her to move her fingers.

If Xiang Hui is dissatisfied with Cheng Shijie and files for divorce, it is estimated that Zhu Weiti and Yang Yuniang will immediately treat Xiang Hui as their ancestor and offer a stigma every morning, noon and evening.

Xiang Hui finally compromised: "Husband, get out of here, you are looking for your sweetheart, just like a donkey!" Cheng Shijie said: "Honey, you are my sweetheart. I have been guarding my body like a jade for you for so many years. Is it easy for me? "

"Then I need to thank you?"

Xiang Hui rolled his eyes at Cheng Shijie and said, "Virtue!"

Cheng Shijie lay in bed in a daze.

Xiang Hui asked: "What are you thinking about?"

Cheng Shijie said: "I'm thinking about what I should do after I retire."

Xiang Hui almost choked on her own saliva and said, "You...you are so expensive this year. You are thinking about things after retirement. Isn't it too early?"

Cheng Shijie said proudly: "I have always been so far-sighted."

Xiang Hui kept laughing: "Okay, okay, my farsighted husband, the Regent of the Ming Dynasty, have you thought about what you will do after you retire?"

"Think about it!!"

Cheng Shijie smiled and said: "When I retire, I will definitely spend all my savings to buy a fleet, travel across the world, do business with a sword, and rob anyone I don't like, especially those bastards like England and France. I have to rob them and lose everything! That’s right, I will definitely become the Pirate King after I retire!”

Xiang Hui was completely shocked by Cheng Shijie's lofty ambition. She looked at Cheng Shijie blankly and said, "You don't want to be the emperor, but the pirate king? How did you get your brain?"

Cheng Shijie said: "It's boring to be an emperor, but it's more comfortable to be the Pirate King. If you see someone who's unhappy, grab his mother's piece!"

"Are you going to snatch all the beauties from the four oceans and seven continents and put them in the harem?"

Cheng Shijie shook his head: "No, no, absolutely not!"

This is a proposition.

Xiang Hui sighed and said: "I just want our family to be safe... Unfortunately, I can't do it anymore. Husband, you should do what you should do!"

"What should I do?"

Cheng Shijie was a little confused: "What should I do?"

"Be the emperor!"

Xiang Hui's mood was a little low: "When I was in school, I saw in history books that from [-] to [-], a hundred years of modern times, a hundred years of humiliation. Our country has suffered too much humiliation that we should not bear. We Why should we work from dawn to dusk and become the world's factory? Do more than cows and eat less than chickens? This is because the great powers are drinking our blood. We didn't have a chance before, and now we must seek justice!"

Cheng Shijie said: "Justice for this matter will definitely be brought back. It doesn't matter whether I am the emperor or not, Jia Long will do the same!"

"It's different. Jia Long is still young. He can't understand some things. He doesn't have the same empathy as our generation!"

Cheng Shijie was silent.

As a generation born in the [-]s, we should be the most miserable generation.

When I mention those born in the [-]s, I just burst into tears.

Fortunately, we survived.

"Master!"

Zhu Weiti looked at this extremely familiar man, but she was a little nervous. They had been married for almost five years in name, but they had never had sex once.
Now that he finally got what he wanted, Zhu Weiti was inevitably a little nervous.

Cheng Shijie looked at Zhu Weiti and said, "I'm sorry!"

Zhu Weiti was a little stunned, what is this?

Finally, Zhu Weiti understood what Cheng Shijie meant by saying sorry. Just once, she fell into a coma, and when she woke up again, she had already hit three strokes a day.

Zhu Weiti wanted to give Xiang Hui tea, real sister tea.

Unfortunately, she was a little helpless.

With Gu Ziyi's help, he put on his clothes with difficulty.

Arriving in front of Xiang Hui, Xiang Hui looked at Zhu Weiti and said, "No, let's have a good rest!"

Zhu Weiti felt that she was so embarrassed.

Zhu Weiti looked at Cheng Shijie, feeling scared. She silently thought in her heart that next time, she must disperse the firepower.

Otherwise, my body won’t allow it

Cheng Shijie started his busy day and read the memorial for most of the day. Simply put, the Ming Dynasty was operating well and its development situation was excellent.

The only fly in the ointment was that the Battle of the Ural Mountains was over. What Cheng Shijie didn't expect was that Bolo actually played a trick on Lu Xiangsheng and swayed the Ming Dynasty. He kept asking Lu Xiangsheng to buy weapons and equipment, and kept saying that he couldn't hold on any longer and wanted to. They must surrender directly to the Ming Dynasty and surrender unconditionally.

As a result, he actually took advantage of last year's snowstorm to cross the Ural Mountains. When Lu Xiangsheng found out, Bolo led the surviving bannermen to kill to the west of the Ural Mountains.

Show weakness to the enemy and play beautifully.

Lu Xiangsheng came forward to plead guilty.

Cheng Shijie responded directly: "Don't blame yourself, everything is under control." (End of Chapter)