Daming Haikou

Shipowner Liu hoped that the wind and waves on the sea would increase a little more, so that the two pirate ships following behind would retreat in spite of the difficulties and give up chasing them. The wind and waves didn't strengthen, on the contrary, just as Liu Laoliu predicted, it weakened a little bit.

Although the waves on the sea are still relatively large, making the ship turbulent when sailing, it does not pose any threat to the two pirate ships, so the two pirate ships are still hanging behind them like tarsus maggots, and continue to sail chase them.

This situation made the boat owner Liu and the boatmen full of worries, wishing to find a paddle to paddle the water, increase the speed of the boat, and quickly shake off the two tails.

But this kind of boat relies on the sails to provide power for going out to sea. There are no oars on the boat. Even if there are, they cannot reach the water surface and let them paddle. They couldn't speed up anymore, and everyone could only watch the two pirate ships dotted behind them, and gradually narrowed the distance between them and them, but there was nothing to do.

Before the pirate ship could catch up, Captain Liu yelled loudly to the boatmen on board: "Listen up, everyone! I have been waiting for you for a long time. Today, we met a pirate, and it was just the right time to use it." Time to watch you! You all know what a pirate is, and if the ship falls into their hands, everyone will get no benefit!

If you can help Yu get rid of the pirates today and drive them back, Liu will never treat you badly!After going back, everyone will be rewarded with one tael of silver! "

After Liu Shipowner called out, the spirits of the boatmen seemed to be mobilized a little, and they agreed in a scattered manner, and each of them tightened their hands.

However, Yu Xiaotian is very skeptical about the role of one tael of silver. He doesn't know much about the current price level and wage level of Ming Dynasty, but one tael of silver is not too much anyway!This shipowner Liu is really stingy, since he offered a reward, he still refused to offer a higher price, at least there are brave men under the reward, I really doubt what this guy thinks.

In addition, he also imagined that if he fights with the pirates, there is no guarantee that there will be casualties, but Shipowner Liu never mentioned any compensation for those who are injured or killed. Based on this, he wants the boatmen to work hard for him, isn't it a little bit Take it for granted?

But thinking about it the other way around, pirates are basically desperadoes. They are on the sea, and they don’t touch villages and shop behind them. The boatmen have nowhere to escape except jumping into the sea. It threatened the lives of the boatmen, so the boatmen probably didn't want the pirates to board the ship, so it was still possible to fight.

Just when Xiaotian was hiding beside the mast and thinking about it, he heard Liu Chuandong yelling at him: "Mute! Don't be dumbfounded! Go and help move the sandbags on the boat to various places and put them open. Find all the buckets, fill them with sea water and put them away! Also, fill up the pumps at the stern of the ship. If the pirates catch up with them later, they might launch rockets, so you can use them. Destroy the rockets that land on the ship!"

When Yu Xiaotian heard it, he got it!This guy really treats me like a donkey!No wonder there are sandbags piled up on the boat, they are for this purpose!So he had no choice but to start working according to Shipowner Liu's instructions. After all, he was also a member of the ship now, and if the pirates came up, he would not get any benefits.

Bags of sandbags were placed all over the side of the ship by Yu Xiaotian, buckets of sea water were put on the deck by Yu Xiaotian with a rope, and placed in a convenient position, and several bamboo pumps were also placed by Yu Xiaotian. Find it out, lean into the sea to suck up enough seawater, and place it on the deck of the boat.

At this time, Shangdou shouted from the mast: "The pirate ship is getting closer!"

Everyone quickly turned their eyes to the sea at the stern again. The two pirate ships were indeed getting closer at this time, and the shape of the pirate ships could already be seen more clearly.

The two pirate ships are also two-masted ships. It seems that the shape is indeed closer to the shape of the Fuchuan, but the size is relatively small, and the speed of the ship is not very fast, but it is slightly faster than the ship they are on. But this small speed advantage is enough for the pirate ship to catch up with them before dark.

The people on the boat also became more nervous at the moment, and began to gather towards the stern of the boat, each and every one of them found someone they could take advantage of, and held it in their hands, Yu Xiaotian's heart was a little suspended.

Although the pirate ships are still approaching, the pirates chasing a merchant ship on the sea is not as simple as Yu Xiaotian imagined before. Both sides are sailing ships. It is not something that can be done in a short while to catch up with the boat that Yu Xiaotian is on.

It was another period of chasing and fleeing, more than an hour passed in the blink of an eye, and it was past noon, but the pirate ship failed to catch up with the ship Yu Xiaotian was on.

The shipowners and boatmen on the ship obviously have some experience in dealing with such things. In order to increase the speed, they constantly change the sailing angle on the sea and adjust the sails on the ship so that the sails are full of wind as much as possible. Increase the speed, so although the pirate ship kept getting closer, it still failed to catch up with them.

This kind of situation made Yu Xiaotian understand why the Liu family was able to work at sea for such a long time without being bankrupted by pirates. It turned out that they were quite capable of meeting pirates at sea, not really. Be a lamb to be slaughtered, let the pirates plunder.

And things are not as simple as he thought, as long as merchant ships encounter pirates, they will definitely be hijacked. If pirates want to successfully intercept a ship, they have to spend a lot of energy and time, and the success rate is not high. It's too high.

If they can really delay until night, then this pirate's ship hijacking operation can only be declared bankrupt. It is estimated that many people who do business at sea use this method to escape the interception of pirates and resolve this crisis.

Seeing the pirate ship getting closer and closer, Liu Shipowner thought of Yu Xiaotian again, and stretched out his hand to greet Yu Xiaotian, saying: "Mute, come here!"

Yu Xiaotian quickly nodded, pretending to be a fool, and ran in front of him to wait for his orders. The surname Liu pointed to the two long poles on the side of the boat, a rusty broken single knife and a rattan card against each other. He ordered: "Dumb! You are tall and have long arms, and you are strong enough! Once the pirates catch up and want to get on our boat, you can use this long pole to reach out against the pirate's boat and force the thief Keep the boat open to prevent pirates from getting on the boat and jumping onto our boat!

If they jump over by any chance, you can chop them off with this. As long as you work hard, after today, Yu will not treat you badly!I must give you good wine and good meat!Do you understand?

Otherwise, we are finished, and you will not be in the same boat!There is nothing left in this world to pity you and take you in. If you fall into the hands of pirates, your life will be worse than death!Do you want to know about gratitude? "

Yu Xiaotian secretly despised this guy surnamed Liu, and now this guy considers himself his benefactor, in fact, Yu Xiaotian now knows very well what the idea of ​​this fight is, to put it bluntly, this guy still takes a fancy to his physique , wanting to pick up such a free labor force like him for nothing and treat him like a cow!Now that the situation is dangerous, he started to use these words to trap him, and let himself serve as cannon fodder for him. Pooh!

But right now he is "dumb", so of course he can't say such a thing, even if he is not dumb, he would not dare to say such a thing at the moment, so he can only nod his head full of slander to express his understanding.

Time seems to be frozen in this kind of chase, and now there is a layer of dark clouds covering the sun in the sky, so gradually Yu Xiaotian can no longer judge the time, but he roughly knows that it must have passed noon, Because his stomach was already rumbling, and the bowl of rice he ate in the morning had already been digested, making him feel hungry.

But today they are doomed not to be able to eat on time, because at this moment, Shipowner Liu is all focused on the pirate ship behind, who cares about whether the people on board are hungry or not!

The pursuit of the pirates is still going on, and after nearly an hour has passed, although the distance is getting tighter and tighter, the boat that Yu Xiaotian is on is very slippery, and they never let them approach successfully. A pirate ship seemed to have gradually lost patience, and finally chose to give up. First, it lowered half of its sails, and the speed of the ship slowed down significantly, then gradually adjusted its direction, stopped chasing, and gradually disappeared on the sea. For everyone on board, it was undoubtedly like a booster shot, which made everyone excited again, and some even started to cheer.

Shipowner Liu's face also softened a little. If two pirate ships caught up with them at the same time today and cooperated with each other to flank them, with their current manpower and strength on board, as long as they were caught up, they would basically have nothing to lose. Fight back, because if they fight back, the other party will definitely not be polite to them again, and they will definitely kill all the people on board after they seize the ship.

So if they are overtaken by two pirate ships at the same time, the only thing they can do is not to resist, but to lower the sails and stop the ship, and honestly let the pirates board the ship to rob and rob. Money doesn't count for life, and people on board will not be easily killed, but the goods on this ship are naturally unnecessary.

Therefore, although Captain Liu does not want to die, he also does not want to lose the cargo, because once the value of the cargo is lost, even if his surname Liu does not go bankrupt, at least it will take a long time to recover. body.

And now, when a pirate ship gave up its pursuit, the situation at sea changed, and the strength of the pirates was reduced by half, so the number of pirates on the remaining pirate ship was not that many, even this pirate ship After catching up, they can also have a fight. If they are lucky enough, they are very likely to repel the pirate ship. In this way, they will no longer be as afraid as before.

So after seeing this scene, everyone on the boat began to recover their confidence, and their morale seemed to cheer up a little.

But then the people on the boat saw that the pirates on the remaining pirate ship seemed to be much more patient. Although the Liu family's boat kept changing directions and evading in the sea, they persevered in sticking behind. What is even more frustrating is that at this time, the wind on the sea actually began to weaken, and the waves gradually began to become smaller. This is not a good sign.

And after all, the pirate's ship has to go out faster, and the distance between the two sides will gradually be shortened a lot during the next period of chasing. What's more, the pirates on this pirate ship seem to be very determined this time. Big, big has the posture of never giving up until he achieves his goal, and starts to draw the distance between the two sides closer, without any momentum of giving up.

"Damn, boss! The pirates on this boat are planning to eat us today! It won't take long for them to catch up! With the current speed of the boat, it will definitely be too late to get rid of them before dark. If we are caught up like this, if they do something wrong, we will be in trouble! Otherwise, I think, let's lean towards the shore!" Ma Biao rolled up his sleeves and looked at the two pirate ships that were approaching from behind. , Said to the ship owner surnamed Liu with a livid face, as the guard invited by the Liu family, Ma Biao was responsible for the safety of the ship.

According to the rules of sailing at sea, if there is a huge difference in strength between the two sides when the ship goes out to sea, the guards can give up resistance according to the owner's opinion. This will not only save their lives, but also save the lives of other people on board. , so even if the ship's property is robbed, they will not be held accountable by the owner afterwards.

But in today's situation, after one pirate ship gave up chasing them, only one remaining pirate ship still refused to give up, so this situation is obviously not considered a great disparity in strength, so once they are caught up by pirates, then the hired ones like Ma Biao Otherwise, even if they give up resistance and save their lives in the end, but the cargo is robbed, after returning, their reputation will not only be bad, but they will also be pursued by the owner Well, in that case, even if they go bankrupt, they will not be able to pay for the shipowner's property and ships, and if the news spreads, they will not want to continue to eat this bowl of rice in the future.

But on the other hand, if they were killed or injured in the fight with the pirates, the owner must also pay a sum of money for their compensation.

So after thinking about it, Ma Biao put forward his opinion to Captain Liu. He actually said this to be on the safe side. Once the pirates catch up and start fighting, it is best to repel the pirates, but once they are unable to defeat the pirates , then there is no way out, when the pirates seize the ship, they can abandon the ship and flee when they are close to the sea. Although the cargo is lost, at least their lives can be saved. Consideration for the shipowner and the boatmen on board.

Liu's complexion is also very bad at the moment, and he can also see that today I am afraid that if you want to hide, you will not be able to hide. The remaining pirate ship has clearly determined to eat them. It will definitely be caught up before.

After listening to Ma Biao's words, the surname Liu thought for a while, nodded and sighed with a livid face: "You are right. If this goes on, it seems that they will not be able to get rid of them! They are faster than us, and they will leave now." It's still early in the night, and it's unlikely to be delayed until dark. It would be fine if they behaved well, but if they didn't behave properly, then we'd all be ruined!

No matter!As you say, lean towards the shore!If it doesn't work, just abandon the ship and go ashore, it's better than being killed by them all! "

As soon as the voice of the surname Liu fell, the people on the boat immediately got busy again, the boat turned around again, and started heading towards the shore, but would their decision at this moment still have any effect?Yu Xiaotian lay on the side of the ship, while looking at the pirate ship at the stern, thinking secretly.

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