open sea

Chapter 604 Choice
Yang Ce looked towards the shore with the inferior imitation goggles that belonged to pirates. The Asian pirates on the Blue Flying Shark ship wore half robes with hoods, covering their heads and shoulders to resist the harsh sunlight.

The city that was discovered by the advance expedition fleet was far away. Looking from a distance, the dazzling sunlight shone on the beach, and layers of heat waves distorted the huge stone city looming in the blurred lens.

Yang Ce, who was stepping on the stern of the bow, lowered his eyesight slightly, turned his head to the boatswain who was newly rowed to his subordinates, and said, "A residence by the sea, a city built of rocks - along the way, only this place conforms to the records in ancient books."

"Duke Sanbao's fifth and sixth voyages passed through this place, and all the bones were broken."

As Yang Ce said, he narrowed his eyes slightly towards the distant coast, paused with a solemn expression, and then raised his hand and shouted without looking back: "Scribe notes, sailing from Xida City to the southwest coast by flying sharks for five days In nine hours, it is suspected that all the bones are tied to the big stone city, and the sea route is [-] to [-] miles!"

After finishing speaking, he raised his hand and lightly patted the side of the boat that was a little hot in the sun and said with emotion: "The flying shark really deserves its name. Although the boat is small, it is better than a shark boat when it is chased and encircled."

The so-called Flying Shark is only relatively small, this ship is still much larger than the 110-material Dafu Ship, with [-] gun positions, a maximum troop load of [-], and a speed of [-] miles day and night, except that it cannot carry much There are hardly any cons outside of the cargo.

In Yang Ce's view, the biggest disadvantage of such a ship shape is that it is in the hands of pirates!

Due to the lack of large-caliber artillery in Lin Feng's hands, the Flying Shark warship named Baihu by the new owner Yang Ce is only armed with eight cannons, two for each of Erjin and Five Jin for General Zhenshuo, and four for each. The four 67-jin Francophones from the previous year were used to prepare for the smooth loading of looted goods after a battle, and because Yang Ce only had 68 pirates under his command, there were only [-] combatants on board.

The ship is a good ship, but the sailors on board are not worthy of the ship.

"Eunuch Sanbao has been here?"

The sailor Changsheng named Sun Liu has big arms, a round waist, and a blunt face. He is from the same hometown as Yang Ce, but the relationship between this pirate who is good at jumping gangs and fighting at sea is not close to his new captain.

The entire ship of Fuklo sailors were Sun Liu's close subordinates. When Lin Feng, the leader who claimed to be King of Fujian, handed them over to Yang Ce, he specially asked him to watch Yang Ce carefully.

Not to mention that the one taught by the Wutang Hall is the one taught by the Town God's Temple. If you unleash knives and guns, there is no one who cannot be killed!

For sea giants licking blood, human life is not so valuable. There is no need to doubt spies and other things, and then go to great lengths to verify them. His words are flawless - he is very useful.

Sun Liu echoed casually, he didn't care if Zheng He came here or not, he curled his lips and said, "So what, the ancient books say that the eunuch of the Three Treasures has been here, does the ancient book say our route back to the Lion Kingdom?"

"I said, when I return to Xida City, I will report to King Min."

Yang Ce turned around and looked at Sun Liu with a half-smile, but ignored Sun Liu. He leaned against the prow of the boat and sat cross-legged in the shadows, arranging the wrappings on his body, scratching his sunburned and itchy arms twice, Zheng Se beckoned to Sun Liu for him to sit next to him, and then said: "The ancient book not only talks about the route, but also the special products here."

"One hundred and fifty years have passed, the appearance of this place has not changed much, and the special products have not changed much." Yang Ce lightly tapped the deck with his fingers, and stretched out his fingers one by one: "It is rich in frankincense, leopard, and ambergris. Gold, silver, satin, sandalwood, rice, porcelain, and silk can all be used as money—do you want to learn?"

"study?"

Sun Liu didn't sit down at first, but when he heard Yang Ce suddenly ask him if he wanted to learn, he knelt down in doubt and frowned, his face slumped and he sneered, "Lin was learned to rob houses, what are you doing?"

"Heh, if you don't learn, don't learn. Why are you cursing?" Yang Ce could understand Sun Liu's words and led me, chuckled, and pointed to the thin figure climbing up and down the sail rope at the stern, saying: "Sun Jiu'er is your younger brother. You are strong and tall, you can be the general of the King of Fujian in the future, and you can also make him a general, even if you let him be a general, you dare to let him lead the fleet to battle?"

"It's better to do business." Yang Ce lightly nodded his forehead, and said with a relaxed expression: "Don't always be cold-hearted, it's good to be assigned to my subordinates."

"Not only are the bones tied, but Tianfang, Adan, and Cisa in the Arabian Peninsula in the north, and slow in the south, how to go and how to go, where there are reefs and dangerous shoals, what is rich in it, and what can block money. I know everything—want to live , follow me; I can not only keep you alive, but also make you rich."

"It's okay to use your brain more. The king of Min is cautious and has his own reasons. If I have two intentions, no one can save me. If I don't, you can follow me to make a fortune-don't say anything, let me be alone. This cools off."

Sun Liu got up and walked to the side in confusion, leaving aside what was on his mind, only Yang Ce was left sitting under the bow of the boat and yawned, took out a pipe from his waist pocket and held it, playing with the Nanyang Army lighter for a long time Ignition—everything about the Nanyang Military Mansion and the Naval Lecture Hall on his body, except for this lighter, there is only one belt left.

The proud son of heaven, who was born in the naval lecture hall, sighed softly.

He didn't like Puji, but he did accept Puji. Knowing that Puchuan was hidden by General Zhenshuo, he did let Puchuan go; he used to be one of the ten best students in the first class, but now he has become a pirate.

All of this has nothing to do with good fortune and greed. Being a pirate is his own choice.

"The Portuguese boat is approaching!"

The flying thoughts came to an abrupt end, and accompanied by short shouts from the observation deck, Yang Ce flew to look around, and two brown caravel ships of similar size approached quickly in the distance, and further away, there was a large Clark ship approaching mooring like a shadow on the sea.

When he opened the old imitation god's eyepiece, the seven-foot-long caravel ship stood with a priest holding a scripture in his arms, and soldiers with spears and guns and breastplates stood on the left and right. Behind them, several small cannons had pushed the muzzles out of the ship's side. .

As for the large Clark ship at the back, it has a very deep draft. Yang Ce had learned this barbarian shape with a lot of cargo in the martial arts lecture hall. He knew the parameters very well, and he knew that it was a merchant ship, a merchant ship full of cargo, but At this moment, the two frigates of the merchant ship seemed to be coming in bad ways.

The lookouts found them very early, and the ships were still four or five miles away. It was not easy for them to find the flying shark ship that was similar in color to the ocean. Yang Ce had a sunny smile on his face.

"The guns are loaded, the sails are ready for the battle, the birds, the birds, the gunner checks the chamber, the thrower is ready--don't make trouble, shut the portholes first, don't let them see the truth."

The incoherence in Yang Ce's order is because from the corner of his eye, he saw that his subordinates were also equipped with Yongle firecrackers: "There are more Caravels than us, but their speed is too slow and their firepower is slightly worse than mine. If he didn't Let them go if they cause trouble wantonly, if they come to rob, hehe!"

"I'll be able to gather all the gun positions, and the big belly in the back won't even try to run away!"

　Good morning!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)