Great Song Pirate

Chapter 475
In addition to these things, Xu Yi also learned some new information from the water cats. The good news is that although the water cats were almost wiped out in this battle, they finally saved the water cats' boats. Don't worry about their Fubo Army's top secret being learned by the Japanese.

The bad news is that most of the ships in the Water Cat fleet fell into the hands of the Japanese. So this guilt is also an important reason.

"Brother Shui Mao, don't blame yourself so much anymore. If you lose it, you lose it. It's no big deal. We already have Lei Gong Pao, so how can we still be afraid of them? Don't worry! As long as the Lei Gong Pao is not lost, the Japanese will be naked." They can't catch up with us, not to mention that the ballista is not as simple as they imagined, and they wanted to make it!"

"What I'm worried about is that we lost some thunderbolt bullets. If the Japanese learn how to make thunderbolt bullets, it will be a disaster!" Shuimao still blamed himself.

Xu Yi then laughed: "You don't have to worry about this. The Japanese people probably wouldn't be able to figure out the formula of gunpowder. Besides, we are the only ones who can make this kind of gunpowder in Song Dynasty. One family, there is no semicolon other than this. Apart from me, there are no more than ten people who know all the recipes. Even if they go to Dasong, they can’t find this recipe. If there is one less, how can we be afraid of this!"

What Xu Yi said is true. There are no chemical analysis methods in this era. Even if the Japanese got the thunderbolt and took out the gunpowder, they still couldn’t figure out the ingredients and proportions inside. If it can't explode, it will be an iron egg at most, and there is no threat!

After a while of comforting by Xu Yi, Shuimao finally stopped being depressed, and he ate and drank to replenish his body. Now he doesn't think about anything, but only thinks about following Xu Yi to take revenge after recovering from his injuries.

In addition to these, the water cat finally brought Xu Yi a very important good thing. After such a long period of activities in the country of Japan, he got a batch of very detailed maps of the country of Japan, which cannot be bought with money. There is a big difference between the terrain of this era and later generations of things, not to mention that Xu Yi would not bother to memorize the map of Little Japan in the past. With this thing, it will be easy to deal with, and he can follow the map and clean up one by one. They are gone.

Xu Yi let the water cat have a good rest, and then called a group of people to study it with a map...

"I don't know which way my lord is going to go to the country of Wa this time?" Sun Hai asked suddenly.

Now they don't have any ready-made charts at hand. In the past, when Shuimao's ships traveled between Dulong Island and Wa Kingdom, most of them took the sea route from Mingzhou to Wa Kingdom. This time, everyone thought that Xu Yi would assemble the boats on Dulong Island The soldiers and horses went to conquer the Japanese country, but he finally chose to gather here in Danshui Village, which surprised them a little.

Xu Yi asked Cui Yan to fetch a pen and paper, and roughly sketched on it. Soon a rough map appeared on a large piece of paper, and soon Kong Qingxi and Wang Feng shouted: "Isn't this the place where we are staying now?" Looking for an island? Well! This is Fujian Road, this is Liangzhe Road, this is our Dulong Island, this is Danshui Village, and this is Chicken Coop Village, so this map is in the master's mind!"

Xu Yi didn't pay any attention to them, just immersed himself in sketching on the paper, and gradually a map of China's coastal areas appeared on the paper, and then someone shouted: "I see, this is Wa country, this is Koryo, my lord really Awesome, even charts can be drawn!"

Xu Yi finally drew a few dots in the large blank area between Liuqiu Island and Wa Country, which connected like pearls between Liuqiu Island and Kyushu Island of Wa Country, and then dropped the pen.

Xu Yi pointed to these black spots and asked the generals, "Does any of you know where this is?"

Everyone shook their heads. They were all active along the coast of the Great Song Dynasty. Basically, they did not develop further east, and no one paid attention to this place. Only Diao Bin muttered hesitantly: "I seem to have heard of this place. This place is called...what is it called...it seems to be Tiansun Kingdom! I can't tell, and I can't tell! Anyway, there are few people in this place who deal with Da Song. I still heard a subordinate talk about this place. It is said that when a merchant ship from the Song Dynasty went to the country of Wa, it encountered a strong wind, and was blown all the way to this place, and it took a lot of effort to return to the Song Dynasty. What kind of division, hundreds or thousands of people occupy a piece of land, what kind of country they claim to be, that's all I know!"

In fact, Xu Yi didn’t know much about the history of the Ryukyu Kingdom. He only knew that there was a Three Mountain Kingdom in the history of the Ryukyu Kingdom. Later, during the Ming and Qing dynasties, they paid tribute to the Celestial Dynasty and became a vassal state of the Celestial Dynasty. It was invaded by the Satsuma clan of the Japanese country, but it was still a vassal state of the Chinese dynasty. It was not until the end of the [-]th century that it was taken over by the damned dwarfs and became their Okinawa county. However, until modern times, some Ryukyu people have asked to return to the kingdom of heaven , As for the history of Sanshan Kingdom before, he is not very clear, so he nodded and said: "We don't care if it is Tiansun Kingdom or not, this place is not a big place anyway, I have heard of this place before, so we call it The Ryukyu Islands are ready!"

"Liuqiu Islands? Isn't that the same name as our island? My lord wants to take over this place too! Hehe!" Wang Feng smiled shyly, he was told by Xu Yi The name is misleading.

Everyone also followed suit. These guys are now big-hearted. They only saw a few small islands, so they wanted to occupy them. Xu Yi sweated, but his heart was also moved. Now the Ryukyu Islands are still there. It is not considered a country, and later generations here is the main traffic route between Northeast Asia and Southeast Asia. It is said that it is a very rich place, and it just happened to guard the southward passage of the Wa Kingdom. It is really a good place, not to mention that this place was originally China. If you take up the place late, it will be cheaper, little devil, so he secretly calculated it.

"This Ryukyu is different from our current Liuqiu Island. Forget it, I won't explain it to you. Let's not talk about this matter. Let's take a look, our expedition to Wa Kingdom this time is very different from the last expedition to Annan. The season is not very favorable for us. If we still take the northeast channel of Dulong Island, there is basically no place to supplement on the road. Moreover, it is the middle of winter, the north wind is strong, and the waves are relatively large. For such a large fleet of ours Generally speaking, in the event of a storm or other events, there will be almost no place to shelter from the wind or supplement it. This road is obviously not a good choice!
If you want to be safe, one is to continue going north, after reaching the coast of Koryo, turn east, and go straight to the country of Wa, but in this case, we must go to the coast of the Song Dynasty, and there is also a problem of going against the wind, so it is not guaranteed On the way, we will encounter the navy of the Song Dynasty or the navy of Korea first. It is hard to guarantee that there will be no problems. This is not counted. The biggest problem is that it will increase our voyage a lot, so it is not feasible!
After considering these, I want to take this road this time, that is, along the Ryukyu Islands all the way to the northeast. In this way, we will not drive completely against the wind, which can save a lot of distance, and it is relatively much safer After all, we have to pass through a large number of small islands along the way, which can not only shelter from the wind, but also obtain supplies at any time on the road. In terms of our military strength, even if we encounter forces here, we don’t have to be afraid of them. If we really pissed off, I just cleaned them up incidentally, so I think this path may be the safest one. I don’t know what everyone thinks? "

The group of people like Wang Feng, Kong Qingxi, etc. are all veterans of running boats. After listening to Xu Yi's explanation, they naturally understood Xu Yi's meaning immediately. The safest thing is that this time they sent troops to the Japanese country, it can be said that they used the best of the Polish army. Basically, they put all their treasures on this dispatch. What are you going to do? If you set off directly from Dulong Island, there is really no place where you can shelter from the wind and rain. When Xu Yi was in Dulong Island a few years ago, when he led the fleet to expedition to Japan for the first time, he met on the way back. There was a storm, and it was almost impossible to know where it was blown. Later, by luck, I returned to Dulong Island. Most people know about this. In the past two years, Shuimao has been working in the country of Wa, sending boats constantly. There have also been several shipwrecks on the way to and from Dulong Island. The ship was hit by a hurricane and has since disappeared. This time, no matter how you say it, Xu Yi chose this road, which is the safest road, so everyone nodded in agreement.

At this point, they have completely decided on the route for the expedition, and they will set off collectively on the sixth day of the first month of the new year. Xu Yi saw that there were only a few days left before the holiday, so he ordered everyone to continue to prepare and spend a good year here. And he also wants to go back to Jilong Village. It's time to spend a peaceful holiday with his family. At this time, the people in Danshui Village have already started to decorate the lanterns and festoons to welcome the arrival of the New Year. Xu Yi held a banquet in Danshui Village. Had a big drink with the people gathered here in advance, and everyone wished the success of the expedition. It was inevitable that Xu Yi would distribute a batch of red envelopes to let everyone win a prize. After a year of busy work, It's time to take a break now!

Watched by everyone, the Crossbar slowly left Danshui Village, headed towards the sea, turned around the river mouth, and disappeared from everyone's sight.

(In the past two days, some friends have become anxious, saying that the pig’s feet have not yet set out to repair the little devil, but I think it is always necessary to prepare! Kill them directly, and then be killed? Do you think so? If everyone is anxious, then Just jump over and pull it down!)

(End of this chapter)