Song Beiyun

"Damn it, don't take it to the pit for me. I'm not interested in dragon chairs, not at all!"

Song Beiyun immediately heard Zhao Xing's flirtatiousness. Didn't he just want to show himself interested in the throne in a different way, and then wait for a day when his head twitches and a sudden imperial edict comes down? up.

To be honest, Song Beiyun didn't even dare to think about the horror it would be if that bastard Zhao Xing really gave him the throne, but one thing is certain, this person did it, maybe it was because he was raped when he went to bed in the morning. The sparrows outside woke me up, maybe because I worked overtime late one night, or maybe even because I was bitten by a mosquito in the hall.

Anyway, there are thousands of reasons, just wait for his brain to get hot.

"Then do you think other courtiers are interested in the dragon chair, and would they sit on it secretly?"

"I don't know if it's possible, but throughout the ages, I can't count the number of people who have been cut off because they looked up at the dragon chair out of curiosity." Song Beiyun waved his hand and said, "Stop talking about that."

And when they were discussing this kind of boring question, a person from outside suddenly came here in a hurry, he glanced at Song Beiyun and then at Zhao Xing.

Zhao Xing waved his hand: "If you have something to say, just say it, I don't make up my mind here."

"Marshal... The Eastern Navy sent a military report that a large number of Japanese pirates have invaded Taizhou. These Japanese pirates went up the coast to avoid our army's formation and constantly harass the local people."

Song Beiyun glanced at Zhao Xing, and then replied, "Can you find out if it's a Japanese pirate or a local pirate?"

"Return to Commander, according to the local people's description, these thieves are undoubtedly Japanese pirates."

Song Beiyun looked up at Zhou Yingxue and Chen Sufeng, and then looked at the hundreds of warships in the port from the dock. He couldn't help but fell into deep thought.

"What do you think when you meet the Japanese pirates?" Zhao Xing was worried for him there: "The Japanese pirates are on the sidelines!"

"What are you shouting about?" Song Beiyun turned his head and looked at Zhao Xing: "It's true that the Japanese pirates committed crimes, but you have to know their motive."

"What motive can a Japanese pirate have? Just do it! There are so many ships."

"Do you know how big the sea is? Just do it... Such a small number of boats on the sea is just a drop in the ocean, and you may not be able to meet them if you go out casually."

"Then what do you say?"

"Since they are real Japanese pirates, there may be three situations. One is spontaneously organized by the pirates over there, and their purpose is to plunder. In this case, we only need to deploy more land defenses. Let them Unable to plunder, and constantly consume their vitality. The second situation is that the local pirates collude with Japanese pirates, which is relatively troublesome. They will continue to be replenished, which requires a fleet to wipe out all their dens on the outer islands. Kill all the people. The third thing is that the Japanese Genji sent pirates to test the bottom line of the Song Dynasty and seek political appeals. In this case, we need to come out with all our strength and deter the other party with extreme means."

"But he is a pirate, what if the Heian capital doesn't admit it?"

"Let me tell you a story." Song Beiyun said with a smile: "One day, the rabbit ran into the old wolf on the street, and the old wolf stretched out his hand and said to him, 'Tell you not to wear a hat', and the rabbit did it after returning Wearing a hat, and the next day when I met the old wolf, I got a big mouth, "let you wear a hat". The rabbit thought, it's not enough to be beaten all the time, so he went to the tiger to complain, and the tiger shouted to the wolf, "you It can’t always be like this, you have to be smart, next time you want to beat that rabbit, you let him wash your clothes, if he washes with soap locusts, you beat him, ask him why he doesn’t wash with soap, if you use soap to wash you Beat him too, and ask him why he doesn't use soap locust to wash'."

"So the rabbit was beaten again the next day?"

"The next day the rabbit met the old wolf again, and the old wolf asked him to wash the clothes. The rabbit asked, "Do you want saponin or soap?" The old wolf panicked because the tiger didn't tell him what to do at this time, so he had an idea As soon as he moved, he said, "I don't do laundry anymore, go and find me a girl." The rabbit asked, "Do you want tall, short, fat, and thin?" The old wolf became more anxious when he heard that, and looked at the rabbit carefully. , I can’t believe he’s so smart all of a sudden, but the more he thinks about it, the more he gets angry, and he raised his hand and slapped the rabbit, ‘Keep you off your hat’.”

After Song Beiyun finished speaking, Zhao Xing was silent for a while, then clapped his hands and laughed loudly: "Let you not wear a hat! Well, well, this is very good."

Chapter 810, August 8th, Eighth Years

The enlistment ceremony of Zhou Yingxue and Chen Sufeng was originally scheduled to be presided over by Song Beiyun, but Zhao Xing refused to live or die, and insisted on personally witnessing the launch of this big guy.

So this enlistment ceremony, which had been planned for two months, was changed to Zhao Xing to preside over it.

Those who didn’t know thought that Emperor Song came to Haizhou himself for the launch of this ship. The morale of the Eastern Navy was high because of this incident. Now everyone is waiting for this huge ship to be launched to beat up those bullies. The Japanese pirates of the people of the Song Dynasty.

And this is not without side effects, that is, Song Beiyun's mood value has decreased by five points, the kind that even Zhao Xing named Song Beiyun as an admiral on the spot.

Today, the wind and the sun are beautiful.Seeing that the end of summer is coming, the sea breeze is warm and the sea is calm.The red flag fluttered against the wind, and the crowd gathered around the port, quietly waiting for this giant ship to open the curtain of an era.

"Inject water!"

With a yell, the thousand baffles of the groove in the dock were slowly pulled away by the traction wheels, and the sea water surged into the dock, and the huge ship floated on it quietly, even though it was surrounded by There are hundreds of wrist-thick steel cables tied around it, but the sea water still makes it shake slightly.

"unlock!"

With the first crisp sound of cable disconnection, hundreds of thick steel cables began to be released one by one, and as the cables were untied, salutes also began to be fired. There will be a cannon shot.

At this moment, the most excited people were not Zhao and Song Beiyun, but Zhou Yingxue and Chen Sufeng who had been staying up all night in fear. They saw that No. 30's eight balance locks were disconnected, but the ship was still stable. When they stopped on the surface of the water, the two couldn't help but hugged each other and cried, their crying even overshadowed the roar of the salute.

When all the balance locks were disconnected, only one main lock was still towing on the giant ship, and this main lock was covered with a red cloth, and a symbolic big lock was hung on the red cloth.

Zhao Xing was wearing a fine attire at the moment, just like worshiping ancestors.Surrounded by everyone, he came down to the main lock with a key in his hand. After taking a deep breath, he took out the notice and handed it to the servant next to him.

The waiter received this something similar to a call to action and began to read it aloud. When the announcement was finished, all the fireworks and firecrackers around were lit up, and everyone in the port also entered a state of excitement. Everyone was looking forward to this. One last shot.

Zhao Xing used the key to open the copper lock, and was immediately evacuated quickly under the cover of someone. Then, an explosive was detonated on a huge weight-bearing concrete block in the distance, directly breaking the main lock.

In an instant, the giant ship seemed to lose its restraint like a beast, and rushed backwards from the dock into the sea. The moment it entered the sea, a huge splash of water surged like a tsunami.

The big ship swayed back and forth on the water for a few times, then stopped there steadily, and someone on top climbed to the top of the mast and started waving the flag.

"everything is normal!"

As soon as the words fell, the whole audience was boiling, not only all the officers and soldiers were cheering, but even the people watching the ceremony at the port also cheered together.

Then the huge sail that must be driven by a steam boiler slowly rose, and the big ship slowly sailed out of the port, swayed in the distance, and then slowly returned to the port.

And after it returned again, the surrounding fleets were also ready, and the flag bearers on each capital ship played semaphores and applied for enlistment.

This scene made the dozen or so generals who were brushed down almost cry out with envy. Everyone fantasized that they were the one standing on the flagship. Even if they were not, standing on the capital ship next to them would still be majestic...

At this moment, suddenly the baffles of all the gun bays on the giant ship were pushed open, and then the naval guns on both sides were pushed out. All of a sudden, thousands of guns fired, and the clouds in the sky seemed to be shattered. Come.

The port also wanted to respond to them. After the two sides saluted you and me for a while, suddenly a melodious siren sounded from the giant ship, which echoed for a long time.

At this point, the enlistment ceremony is coming to an end, and the first fleet of the Song Dynasty will go down the coast to perform tasks and complete the test by the way, and this first task is to clear the coast of Japanese pirates.

"I want to get on board."

"What's the rush?" Song Beiyun whispered, "Did you not sleep well last night?"

"I can't sleep well, I want to get on the boat."

"Boat? What boat?" Song Beiyun seemed to be pretending to be stupid: "You mean a boat? A few days ago, there were more than ten duck boats thrown into the artificial lake not far away. You can move it with your feet, which is fun."

"I don't want to step on the duck boat!"

Speaking of duck boats, Song Beiyun also found it amusing. The artificial lake was originally a large pit left when soil was borrowed for construction, and then the large pit formed an inner lake because of the backflow of seawater.

Song Beiyun simply turned that area into a park, and it became a place for officers, soldiers and common people to relax.

I don’t know one day, in order to please the children, a senior engineer made a small boat driven by a chain, and made small animals such as chickens, ducks, pigs and dogs out of wooden boards. After seeing it, other people naturally refused to admit defeat. Then without knowing it, more than a dozen ships were convoluted, and they even started to toss the electric version.

"Then what are you going to do?"

Zhao Xing pointed to the giant ship sailing out in the distance: "I want to get on that ship."

"Let's talk about duck boats." Song Beiyun squinted at the Qianfan Fleet with his hands behind his back: "How?"

"I don't want a duck boat!"

After all, the fleet was gone, and Song Beiyun felt empty, like an old father sending his children to college.

But he also knew that the mission of the fleet was like this, whether it was traveling in the sea or being buried in the bottom of the sea, that was the mission of a ship.

But at this moment, the Japanese pirate fleet has passed Hangzhou Bay and is about to arrive in Chuzhou. They did not attack Hangzhou Bay, because that place is an important town, and a salvo of coastal defense guns alone can defeat them. into slag.

They are not stupid, what they want is to force Nanjing to conduct peace talks with Ping'an, and there is no need to pay for it with their lives.

So for the commander of this fleet, the task this time is very simple and easy.

While enjoying the food they plundered in the last seaside town, they were thinking about where to land. Anyway, there is no established port in Song Dynasty in the north and they don’t have to be afraid of the encirclement and suppression of the Eastern Navy. It can be regarded as peace of mind.

"Remember, grab money and food, don't kill people." The commander said to the people under his opponent: "Don't provoke Song Guo too much."

"But what's the difference, my lord?"

They still use Chinese when speaking. After all, these people are noble and upper-class people in Japan, and only upper-class people are worthy of speaking Chinese.

"Once we kill someone, we will all die." The commander is a very smart person, otherwise it would be impossible to take the largest fleet in Japan's history to sea: "The Song Dynasty will never die with us, and the simple plunder will not disturb us. Army, and their navy can't keep up with our fast boats. But if their army is alarmed, they will bombard us at the next port."

"My lord, we are almost there."

One of the chief mates stepped forward and handed over the telescope bought from the Song Dynasty. He saw the land appearing in the distance, and after confirming the position from their chart, he was sure that the land in the distance was the destination they were about to arrive at. ——Chuzhou.

"very good!"

He put down the binoculars and stood up: "Get ready to dock!"

In this operation, they will go all the way along the coastline, and after arriving in Haizhou, they will go around Shandong and return to Japan.

In this way, Mr. Yuan can negotiate with Da Song in the name of Qingwa, at least he will not let the Fujiwara family chew their tongues in the suzerain country, and it is even possible to completely replace the status of the Fujiwara family in the Song country.

"Full speed ahead!"

At this moment, the first fleet of the Song Dynasty that came down from Haizhou has entered a stable period, and the engineers and scientific researchers on board have already started the first day of data collection.

The weather is fine today, the wind on the sea makes the sails bulge, and the speed of the ship is normal.Because the hull is huge and heavy, it is not as bumpy as imagined. Coupled with the application of various new technologies, it is almost impossible to feel shaking in such a smooth sea.

The soldiers on board also started routine training. As the captain of the flagship, Da Hei Niu was carrying out the training plan seriously and responsibly.

"Fucking Japanese pirates." The big black cow stood on the bow and looked at the blue waves in front of him. He turned his head and said to the first officer: "Just look at the fleet of more than 100 people and tell them to stop for inspection directly. All the boats hang the cow flag on me, hit his mother."

What is bullying people based on their weight? This is bullying people based on their weight.On this giant ship, the bow part is almost all made of metal, with rams and support brackets added, so the bow looks extra sharp. As long as ordinary ships are hit by it, they will not sink, but have It is very likely that it will be divided into two parts.

"General, the commander-in-chief said... Let you save some money."

"The commander-in-chief isn't here, you're afraid of a piece of shit." The big black cow spat: "Bump! Just hit and it's over."

Whether it is the fleet of Song Dynasty or the fleet of Japan, no one can imagine what they will encounter in this calm sea at this moment.

Especially the Japanese fleet, they used to be the leader in sea-going ship technology, and they didn't pay attention to the shipbuilding technology of any other country at all.Not to mention the Qianfan Fleet of the size of the Song Dynasty First Fleet, they have never even seen a ship over [-] tons.

Of course, they also heard that Da Song might have one, but if they couldn't see it, they would be bragging. After all, in Japan, they said that there would be a giant ship of [-] tons in the near future in order to make Mr. Yuan happy.

"My lord, if our country has a [-]-ton giant ship one day, won't we not have to look at the face of the Song Dynasty?" A scholar on the pirate ship who had studied mathematics and measurement in the Song Dynasty said with emotion as he looked at the sea : "I really don't want to cower like this anymore, I want to fight Song Guo openly and aboveboard! Let them succumb to our feet."

Chapter 811: Sunny October 8, Eight Years

The fleet has been out at sea for five full days, and all the officers and men on board have completed the transformation from novelty to adaptation. The sea adventure that was originally full of expectations has also become an ordinary daily training.

The sea is still the same sea, endless as far as the eye can see, with boundless blue waves.Occasionally, I saw a few small fishing boats, and I had to let the small boats come forward and tell them to evade quickly. After all, with the tonnage of Zhou Yingxue and Chen Sufeng, even if they passed by those small boats, the waves would make the fishermen on board. Buried in the belly of a fish.

Now the emotions on the major battleships have also begun to calm down, and the scientific researchers placed on the major battleships have also begun to shoulder the mission of teachers, teaching the officers and soldiers wearing various cultural knowledge and navigation knowledge.

Don't look at this group of rough people, but the overall cultural atmosphere of the Song Dynasty has risen. People from top to bottom are humble and longing for knowledge. Therefore, apart from the captain, the most respected person on a ship This is the group of researchers and engineers who went to sea together.

And even the captain yelled shortly when he saw them. As for why they are so respectful, although these people are rough, they are not stupid. After all, they still have to take the exam after returning. They are studying. They will be eliminated in the next round.

Everyone is usually a good brother and easy to talk, but when it comes to the topic of boarding a ship, they are all fighting to the death, not to mention losing a piece of meat, even reading and writing are no problem.

Today, the speedboats are still cruising around forty kilometers outside the main fleet as usual. The speed of these small boats is much faster than that of the main battleships. Most of them are equipped with a steam turbine for verification, even if there is no wind Sometimes steam turbines alone can allow them to swim and take off, but because they carry such a heavy turbine, it is almost impossible for them to install turrets and carry cargo on them, so detection and warning have become the main tasks of these small boats. mission.

"Sir, if our precious boats are equipped with speed guns, it will be so powerful. If there are too many wolves, they can kill tigers, but now it is not worthwhile to install a turbine." The big black cow stood on the bow, With a bitter face, he said to the big engineer on the ship: "Can you talk to the commander after you go back, let's not use this engine, how about replacing it with a cannon?"

It is rare for the big black cow to speak politely, but he is definitely very polite to this man from the beginning to the end, because this gentleman is none other than Wei Wu, one of the three leaders of the contemporary Mohism.He was also one of the first bigwigs to integrate his technology and science into academic reforms. Even Song Beiyun had a polite face when he saw him, and he didn't dare to shout and shout.

"You, you." Mr. Wei tapped the big black bull on the head with a fan: "The so-called technology is applied after learning, and the so-called technology is changeable. From birth to development of technology, it needs repeated demonstrations. You changed the gun today. When will you come back to verify this engine? If you can’t prove it for a long time, how can you expect the future? Everything you are doing now is a reserve for the future iron-clad ship, don’t you want to get on the iron-clad ship early?”

Speaking of iron-clad ships, Da Hei Niu's saliva almost flowed down. He served as Song Beiyun's personal guard most of the time when he was on the shore, so he had heard about iron-clad ships. When Song Beiyun discussed with those technical experts, he concluded that The three standards of an ironclad ship are met. The first is that it can run at least [-] to [-] miles without wind driving day and night for an hour.The second is that the bullets are not sinkable. Even if the current main artillery is used to bombard the ship, it will be slightly injured within ten bullets and unsinkable within thirty bullets.The third is that it can last at sea for more than [-] days while following a supply ship.

This is Song Beiyun's technical standard requirements for future ships, and such a standard seems to be a miracle in the sky, but what is surprising is that even the old man himself thinks it is impossible, but those technical bigwigs say it. agreed.

So when he heard that these small boats were prepared for the ironclad ships in the future, he shut up on the spot.

The fleet is still sailing, carrying out various tasks slowly and orderly, including training exercises, scientific observations, data collection, etc. Its role is far more than just fighting, or why Song Beiyun said that this ship carries As for the future of the Chinese nation, because science is endless, so is exploration.

But in the afternoon of this day, the small boat in front suddenly returned and raised a semaphore saying that an unidentified fleet was found [-] kilometers ahead, and whether it was necessary to approach for investigation.

After the big black cow got the news, he became as excited as a pirate. He stood up and walked out of the cabin, and ordered the flag bearer on the mast: "Send the signal, the fleet is dispersed, double-teamed at eighty degrees left and right, lightly Ships and small boats are the first to advance, and if the opponent does not cooperate with the investigation, there is no need for any reason, and the attack will be launched directly."

The flag bearer quickly translated his words into semaphore, and the fleet also began to sail to both sides. There were only a few frigates left around the capital ship, and all the corvettes and small boats were heading straight towards the place where the unknown fleet was found.

The big black cow looked at the situation on the sea with a binoculars, and muttered in his mouth: "Damn it, don't be a Japanese pirate. I have a bird in my mouth these days. If the Japanese pirates see that I don't torture this gang Son of a bitch."

At the same time, the opposing fleet also spotted the corvettes and small boats that were heading towards them at a fast pace, and their commander's eyes revealed an unbelievable look: "What kind of ship is that, so fast!"

The Japanese technician next to him took the telescope and looked at it. After watching for a while, he decisively found something wrong, because the opponent's fleet approached too fast, which was faster than his own grasshopper fleet.The corvette is easy to explain, but the small boat accompanying it is a bit outrageous.

"That's not right..." the Japanese technician muttered, "That boat doesn't even have sails, how could it be so fast."

But they can't take care of much now. They are not fools when facing the small fleet coming. They are obviously not fishermen, and if it is a warship of Song Dynasty, they must not be beaten when they encounter it.

As for running... almost crazy, at their speed, this side of the fleet has not yet turned around, and the other end is already approaching, and when the time comes, they will be able to bear it if they are fired by Da Song's artillery?

The Japanese fleet also broke up after receiving the order. At this moment, the sea was still clear, but suddenly a thin layer of fog shrouded it, and the visibility dropped to about fifteen kilometers.

The Dasong corvette put away its sails after reaching beyond the safe range, and began to send signals to the unknown fleet ahead. First, a signal bomb went up into the sky, and then the orange warning flag began to wave, signaling the other party to stop the ship for inspection.

But of course the Japanese fleet was not stupid. They ignored the warning semaphore and rushed towards the corvette instead, intending to strike first.

Seeing the opponent's behavior, the corvettes quickly put on the red flag, which is also a battle flag. After hoisting this flag, a total of nine corvettes fired red signal flares at the same time.

The signal flare stayed in the sky for a long time, and it was very dazzling even in the daytime. After the launch, all the small boats and corvettes immediately turned around and ran away with full left rudder.

With the sails removed, the three small boats towed a corvette, and their figures disappeared from sight almost instantly.