I, the grandson of the second emperor of the Ming Dynasty, earned 100 million taels at the beginning

"This is really not good!" Zheng He shook his head again.

Are you kidding me, selling a wooden boat can still be considered, if you want to buy my ironclad ship, go ahead and dream.

"Your Excellency, the Duke, is accommodating. I heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of your country is about 20 years old, and there is a princess in our country who has just reached the age to be married. Look at this, don't you Han people like to get married? How about a marriage between our two countries?" , we will give you as much dowry as you want, and we don’t need a dowry.”

When Zheng He heard this, the corners of his mouth twitched wildly, "No, no, no, really!"

"Alas, Your Excellency, Duke, please don't leave, and discuss it again, one princess can't do 10, can you?"

"Hey, hey, why are you running? As long as your country sells these two warships, 100 is not out of the question!"

Zheng He, who was walking quickly, staggered, he really wanted to turn around and ask a question.

"What kind of breed is the king of your country, and the ability to give birth to cubs is so strong!"

Chapter 336: I still need a reason to rob you, so why am I still a pirate!

"Your Highness, they are here!"

On an unnamed island outside Baros, Qi Yuan rushed out of a cave, and shouted loudly to Zhu Zhangui, who was walking on the beach with his concubine Xu Ruoying, waving the telegram in his hand.

Zhu Zhangui, who was walking on the beach with his arms around the willow waist of the beautiful woman, waited for Qi Yuan to arrive, took the telegram in the other party's hand, read it with a big smile and said: "After waiting for so long, these guys finally came back, let me know Guys, hang the flag and start work!"

It is now the beginning of June in the third year of Hongxi, and two months have passed since the Gulf of Aden Fair on April 4st.

This exhibition has completely spread Daming's prestige in the west, and let the western countries know that the legendary oriental golden country is called Daming, where not only is there a lot of gold, but also powerful weapons that can kill people.

How much did Daming sell in this fair?How much did you earn?no one knows.

They only know that many national forces have bought their favorite weapons and firearms.

After getting powerful weapons, every faction is very excited and their spirits are extremely excited. They always think that after the weapons are equipped with the army, they will find some weaker countries around them to practice their hands.

This is like some ordinary players, saving hundreds of dollars on food and expenses, and bought the equipment eliminated by the big boss from the hands of the big boss.With confidence inflated, I want to PK other civilian players and experience the feeling of being a big boss.

The forces that buy firearms have this kind of mentality. Of course, it is more likely that they want to eliminate some forces and subsidize their own money to buy firearms.

Daming's weapons are very good and powerful, but at this price!

Thinking of the vain money that their own side has to pay, the various forces are excited, but also very painful.

What makes them even more uncomfortable is that Daming only accepts cash transactions.

In other words, if they want to get these weapons and equipment, they have to go back and get the money, and exchange them face-to-face one-on-one.

In order to get the equipment they wanted and to occupy more territories, the representatives of various countries rushed home to raise money with the accompanying soldiers arranged by Daming after the deal was finalized that day.

Some have bought weapons and equipment, and some have not.

Except for some forces who really can't afford the money and can only touch their empty pockets and drool at the powerful weapon.A fairly good big force didn't even get a hair, and didn't even enter the venue.

And this power is the country of Portugal.

"Damn yellow-skinned monkey, just wait, I will definitely get revenge for the humiliation you gave me."

"Our Portuguese country will definitely occupy your capital, take back all your treasures and factories, and make all your men despicable slaves, and all your women despicable daughters-in-law!"

On the wide sea, a fleet of five ships was sailing slowly, and bursts of roars and curses came from the flagship in the middle.

After taking a few breaths and venting the suffocated anger in his heart, the Minister of State Affairs of the Portuguese Country sat down on a chair and stared blankly at the distant sea.

He came here with the idea of ​​crazy purchases. Before leaving, the king also told him not to care about money. Daming’s technology is the hope for the rise of the Portuguese country. Also have to endure.

As a result, let alone paying a high price for the purchase, he didn't even enter the venue of the fair, which made him how to explain to King Joao I after he returned.

"Hey, my dear His Majesty the King, if we had known this would happen today, we should have taught this Ming country well, instead of baring our ferocious fangs just for a little bit of poor bread."

Thinking of the two powerful steel warships of Ming Dynasty, and the warships in the Gulf of Aden, where the armistice was drilled every day, and the guns were rumbling, the minister of state affairs panicked.

He was very worried that Daming, who had sold a large amount of arms to make friends with many powerful countries around him, would find an excuse in the near future to directly attack them.

Zhu Zhangui: You think too much, I never find a reason for my actions.

"Ding ding ding..."

The crazy and rapid bell rang, waking up the minister of state affairs who was in a trance.

"what happened!"

The minister of state affairs, who was already thinking about his own thoughts, was disturbed by the ringing of the bell, and shouted furiously.

"There are pirates, there are pirates!"

Heart-piercing shouts echoed the minister of state affairs.

"There are pirates!"

The minister of state affairs panicked, and quickly ran to the side of the ship under the guidance of the soldiers, took out the binoculars, and looked at the distance of the soldiers' fingers.

On the sea in the distance, several warships are approaching rapidly, and the skull flag flying high on the bow is so dazzling and glaring.

"Does this ship look familiar?"

Staring at the approaching pirate ship in the distance, the Minister of State Affairs frowned.

He seemed to have seen the style of these ships somewhere, but he couldn't remember where he had seen them for a while, anyway, they were very familiar ones, as if he had just seen them a few days ago.

Wait... the other day!

The Minister of State Affairs seemed to have thought of something, his expression was startled, and then he pointed in horror at the fast approaching ship in the distance.

"It's Daming, it's from Daming. I've seen these boats before. They belong to Daming."

"Hahaha... here they come, they come, they come to revenge on us."

After recognizing the identity of the incoming ship, the Minister of State Affairs, who was already in a panic, suddenly collapsed.

It's not that this guy has poor mental resistance, but that he has been continuously ignored by Daming, and he doesn't know how to explain to the king when he goes back, so he hasn't slept well for several nights.

Whether the Minister of State is crazy or not, the crew and sailors of the Portuguese country are no longer in control.

Encountered pirates these years, there are only two endings.

Either be killed, or become a prisoner of the other party, be sold by the other party, and be a slave for life.

No one wants to die, and no one wants to be a slave, so they can only do their best, trust the weapons in their hands, and trust the comrades around them. They can fight off the pirates and win.

"Turn around, turn around, run the other direction."

The soldiers hurriedly looked for weapons and prepared for battle, while the bearded captain quickly ordered the helmsman to turn around and run to other places.

It's not that this guy doesn't have the backbone of a soldier, so he doesn't dare to have a vigorous battle with the pirates.

But the ship on the opposite side was obviously bigger than his, and the number of the other party was one more than his own. The captain didn't dare to gamble on this.

More importantly, he also recognized the identity of the ship, which was exactly the model of Daming.

As for the pirate flag hung by the other party, just pretend that you didn't see it.

Which navy doesn't carry a pirate flag when going out these days, and travels as a country in normal times. If you encounter a fat sheep, you can make a lot of money by changing the flag.

So just look at the flag, if you really lose.

"No, there are also in the back!"

Just when the helmsman was desperately turning the rudder and preparing to escape from other directions, there was another loud roar from the watchtower.

"It's over!"

The captain paralyzed and sat on the deck in despair.

He knew that these Ming people were here for revenge, and as long as the two parties met, they would definitely be immortal.

Now the opponent's ships are larger than our own, and the number is also more than our own. We still come prepared, and our side has very little hope of winning.

More importantly, there are 5 ships on my side, and the other 4 are merchant ships, which have no combat capability at all.

Although his ship is a battleship, it is equipped with artillery and various attack weapons.

But what?

When he was in Aden, he chatted with sailors from other countries, and learned from the other party that each ship of the Ming battleship had at least seventy cannons.

And what about him on board?

There are only 12 pitiful guns, and they are installed on both sides of the ship and the bow and stern. There are only four cannons on one side of the ship. Compared with the powerful firepower of Ming Dynasty, it is nothing like it.

It's not that he didn't think about surrendering, but he could think of the hatred between the two countries. It is estimated that if he surrendered on one side, he would be skinned and cramped on the other side, and thrown into the sea to feed the sharks.

Thinking of the horrific consequences of the surrender, the captain shuddered violently, quickly got up from the deck, and shouted at the flustered crew and sailors:

"Children, we have been blocked by the enemy. This is a dirty plot, a shameless trap."

"Although there are pirate flags hanging on the opposite side, you must know their identities."

"I think you still remember how we treated their soldiers a few years ago."

"This is an irresolvable hatred. Only blood and death can free the dead. This is an unavoidable battle. Not only do we have no way out, we also have no possibility of surrender. Once we surrender, we will face endless torture and humiliation."

"Children, fight, fight to the death in order to return alive to meet your family, to eat bread and drink wine!"

"Roar, fight to the death!"

The captain still has some verbal skills, and just a few words stabilized the hearts of the crew and sailors, and by the way inspired their blood and courage to fight desperately.

"Seize a favorable position and fight with these damned yellow-skinned monkeys!"

Morale was available, the captain waved the knight sword in his hand, and loudly issued combat orders.

"Hehe, are you desperate!"

Zhu Zhangui, who commanded the pirate ship to surround the enemy fleet, saw through the binoculars that the opponent's ship was mobilizing manpower to prepare for battle, and couldn't help chuckling.

"Notice, remember to catch a few alive, the dead souls of our brothers are still wailing at the Lisbon docks, let's take a few over there, and warn their souls, we are back!"

"As ordered!"

Qi Yuan, who also changed into pirate clothes, saluted coldly, turned around and began to direct the soldiers who were getting ready to fight.

After several sea battles, the Marines of the Fifth Corps have become familiar with this way of fighting.

As Qi Yuan issued the combat order, the soldiers quickly found a favorable position, set up their guns, and got ready to shoot.

Those soldiers wearing cold weapons held a round shield in one hand and a short knife in the other, ready to jump into battle.

The gunners under the cabin were quickly loading shells and adjusting the angle of the muzzle, preparing to give the enemy a head-on blow as soon as the meeting started.

The ten warships commanded by Zhu Zhangui were divided into two echelons and surrounded the enemy's fleet left and right.

There is no cover or shelter on the sea surface. This kind of pincer attack, no matter how the opponent runs, it is only a matter of time before they are blocked.

The three fleets sailed quickly while slowly approaching each other.

Putaoguo discovered that the Ming ship was around 9:11 a.m., and when it was almost [-]:[-] a.m., the distance between the three teams was less than three nautical miles.

The time slowly reached 11:30, and the three ships had reached the distance visible to the naked eye. On the calm sea, there was a sense of chilling slowly.

"fire!"

When the distance between the ships of the two sides was less than one nautical mile, Daming first gave the order to fire.

The artillery equipped by the navy has been modified. When fully charged, the firing distance on the sea surface can reach up to three nautical miles.

Although the artillery can hit so far, its accuracy is so poor that it is embarrassing.

The sea is different from the land. There is no smooth and stable ground here. Even if the angle is calculated every time the artillery fires, no one can be sure whether the next wave will lift the boat and let the shells fly to Java.

Therefore, the navy has strict regulations. In order to effectively kill the enemy without wasting shells, the shooting distance is set at about one nautical mile, and the remaining shooting distances will be determined by the captain according to the situation.

The side guns rumbled, and the modified shells, driven by the power of the gunpowder combustion, roared towards the fleet of the Portuguese country.

"Enemy attack, take cover!"

Portugal deserves to be the starting point of the age of navigation. Their navy's ability to deal with battles is many times stronger than that of other countries' navies.

When the artillery shells of the Ming army roared and flew over, the observers and the captain shouted desperately, and the crew and sailors who were manipulating the ship or preparing for battle found a safe place to hide at the first time.

"Wow, wow, puff, puff..."

The naval strength of the Ming Dynasty after many years of training is naturally no small matter. Only in the first round of shooting, only 1% of the shells missed, and the remaining two layers were bombarded on the ships of the Portuguese country.

All of a sudden, the whole body of Putao Kingdom was beaten, and the lucky shells flew directly to the deck, causing several casualties.

Don't underestimate it, it's only [-]%.

At this distance, when manipulating this kind of old-fashioned artillery, many countries talk about shooting almost in vain, and even after several rounds, they may not be able to hit.