Father, I really don’t want to be the emperor

Qin Ying spoke so eloquently that it was difficult for Ning Fan to refute. He suddenly realized that his worries were unnecessary. Although Qin Ying was from ancient times, it did not mean that Qin Ying had no intelligence or brains. On the contrary, in this era, Qin Ying He is still the most intelligent person of all time.

Ning Fan only needed to speak a little bit to Qin Ying to understand many things. This made Ning Fan feel particularly relaxed when teaching Qin Ying something.

Of course, making a sextant would take some effort for Ning Fan. After all, Ning Fan only knows the basic principles of a sextant. If he wants to make it, it will really take some time and effort. energy.

Sure enough, the sea became calm in the afternoon. When there was no wind, the big ship could only float on the sea, because the sailboat had such limitations. If there was no wind, it would be difficult for the sailboat to move forward.

"If there is always wind on the sea, the ship can move forward, but if there is no wind, then the ship can only float around on the ocean, and if the wind direction is wrong with the direction we are going, then Wouldn’t it be better to go in the opposite direction?”

When Qin Ying found that the ship could not move forward, she was still very distressed.

"Actually, there are many things to learn when sailing on the sea, such as the ocean currents. If you want to go along the ocean currents, it will save a lot of effort, because there is water in the sea that will flow. Don't think that the sea is just a pool of stagnant water, only scraping. There are waves only when there is wind, but in fact, the ocean in general, the water is moving."

"Of course, sails alone are not enough. We will definitely have to add power to our ships in the future."

Ning Fan briefly described the matter of adding a steamer to the ship to Qin Ying, which made Qin Ying's eyes widen with an expression of disbelief on his face.

After eating and drinking in the cabin at night, Ning Fan took Qin Ying to the deck. He pointed to the brightest star in the north and said, "That star is called Polaris. It is directly above the North Pole. .”

"At night, you only need to measure the angle between the ship and the North Star to know our latitude. And if you drive in the direction of the North Star, you will always be heading north."

Ning Fan tried his best to make the knowledge points he explained as plain and easy to understand, and Qin Ying did not disappoint Ning Fan. Throughout the first half of the night, Qin Ying kept asking Yifan, making people just like a teacher and a student. One answer.

In the second half of the night, the wind finally picked up. The crew raised the sails and the ship moved quickly towards the area where the pirates were located again.

With Wang Hai as the traitor to lead the way, the imperial ship was already close to the area where the pirates were in the early hours of the next day. Standing on the ship from afar, Ning Fan used a telescope to see traces of the pirates' actions on the island. .

This island is not big, in fact, it is equivalent to a large football field, but it has all the facilities on it, and it seems that the island is living well on it, and it is not unsatisfactory because of the lack of fresh water.

After Ning Fan just observed it from a distance, he found that the pirates did not seem to notice the ship on the sea. However, as the ship gradually approached, the pirates finally discovered the approaching large ship of the imperial court.

"Prepare the artillery. Once you reach the shooting distance, you will cover the island with artillery fire. You must scare these pirates out of their courage as soon as possible."

In the final analysis, the pirates of this era did not form a large scale. They were just pirates formed by a combination of rogues from Fuso and some unwilling fishermen on the seaside.

Ning Fan could clearly observe from the telescope that the vast majority of these pirates were ordinary people from Dakang, and only a handful were Fusang people. These Fusang people had a very high status among the pirates.

"Your Majesty, the pirates seem to have discovered us and have begun to prepare for battle."

Qin Ying can also observe everything on the island in the distance. Even without a telescope, he can see clearly what is happening on the island with the naked eye.

"The number of these pirates is quite large. A rough estimate shows that there are almost 20,000 people. We only have 3,000 people this time. We need to be cautious when using more to defeat the few."

Ning Fan took his time and started to reverse the direction of the ship. As it got closer and closer to the island, the gunfire on the ship finally began to roar.

Cannonballs landed on the island one after another, and smoke suddenly rose into the sky. The shells fell into the dense crowd, and blood mist exploded in an instant.

These pirates had never seen such a powerful imperial court, not to mention the fact that this was the first time even these pirates had seen these cannons.

At first, these pirates didn't even know what a cannon was. When a cannonball landed among the crowd, they exploded and caused blood and flesh to fly everywhere. These pirates thought they were being punished by heaven, and stood there dumbfounded, forgetting to even escape.

However, after the first round of artillery fire, these pirates seemed to have learned to be smart. They all learned to find bunkers and hid behind the rocks on the island or in the jungle to avoid the artillery fire.

"Keep fighting. The artillery shells we have brought this time are enough to cover the entire island with artillery fire. Bomb the entire island for me."

Ning Fan looked like he had a lot of money. In fact, Ning Fan did have enough ammunition to suppress the bandits this time. The cost of these shells was not high, so Ning Fan didn't feel bad when he fought.

The second round of artillery attacks soon covered the entire island. The pirates were severely bombarded and almost all of them died. When Ning Fan's ship approached the beach, dozens of landing craft quickly spread out on the sea. , thousands of Dakang's soldiers began rowing on the sea to quickly approach the island.

The next step was hand-to-hand combat. Ning Fan actually did not approve of such a cruel war situation, but in this era, such a war situation was inevitable.

Perhaps with the gradual technological improvement of the Dakang Industrial Revolution in the future, non-contact warfare may gradually become a reality, but now Ning Fan is still unable to support a completely non-contact war. This era still requires close combat. Hand-to-hand combat is still required.

Fortunately, the previous artillery fire had shattered all the pirate bombs on the island. The pirates who intercepted the first batch of landing troops on the beach were actually not very powerful and were quickly defeated. They were miserable. .

The artillery fire at sea did not stop, specifically targeting some of the living facilities of the pirates, such as the toilets built by these pirates, the houses built by these pirates, etc. The industry they had been operating for decades was actually destroyed by Ning Fan. .