A gentleman takes revenge, relying on his face for ten years

The tide is surging and the waves are sounding.Under the bright spring sun, the undulating water surface reflects the sparkling waves.

The salty sea breeze drummed up the oil sails, and the waves splashed on the black and gray bow, breaking into a fine mist, and forming a colorful rainbow on the bow.

"Rui Cai is in charge, Lord Admiral, this is a good omen." Mo Youtang laughed.

Yan Chongjin's mask was shining silver in the sun, he put down the clairvoyance in his hand, his eyes were indifferent.

"Your Majesty's iron-clad ship is a well-deserved king of the sea. As long as the enemy ship is found, there is no suspense in winning. However, I don't want to sink the Fang Tian. Although the Liu family's battleship is old, it still has an advantage in dealing with Japanese pirates. Their navy It can be considered rich experience, if you really turn against the imperial court, and your own people consume each other, it will be a pity."

Mo Youtang pondered: "The battleship is still in the second place, the key is the issue of command. There are raging soldiers, and there will be raging rafts. None of the three sons of the Liu family are brave and good at fighting. How can the soldiers under him dare to go head-to-head with the Japanese pirates?" The disease is getting more and more serious, I'm afraid it has a lot to do with the navy's cowardice.

"So we still need to change the commander." Yan Chongjin squinted his eyes and looked at the blue ocean in the distance. "The family has controlled the coastal defense for too long. This power should also return to the emperor."

Mo Youtang touched the tip of his nose, and thought: The Liu family is doomed this time...

"Is Liu Weide still unwilling to speak?"

"The kid was afraid that he would be cut if he said it, so he kept holding back, or... let the brothers beat him up again?"

"No need." Yan Chongjin looked back at the mast and ordered, "Lower the sail, turn on the steam engine, and bring Liu Weide to the deck."

"Yes!"

Liu Weide is the Shenlong who was bound and blindfolded by Wuhuada.

His life on the ship was very monotonous, and he did the same thing every day: eating, sleeping, and being beaten.This taste is naturally uncomfortable, but to survive, this kid actually managed to get over it.

Yan Chongjin squinted at the virtue of the other party's bruised nose and swollen face, and ordered someone to untie him.

As soon as he took off the blindfold, Liu Weide wiped away his tears from the strong light, but after seeing his surroundings clearly, he couldn't help being stunned.

"This...is this a ship?!" He has been on the water for many years and knows all kinds of warships by heart, but he has never seen such a large iron guy.

Liu Weide looked up at the chimney emitting black smoke, then lowered his head and stepped on the solid steel plate. Hearing the roar of the humming machine, he said in amazement: "There is no sail and no one rowing. How can this boat swim like this?" Hurry up? Are you raising sea beasts too?"

What's the mess?Yan Chongjin replied: "This is a new type of warship developed by His Majesty and the Shenji Battalion. It is protected by steel armor and powered by coal. It does not need to rely on wind and manpower."

"How can such a big iron bump float on water?"

Yan Chongjin smiled without saying a word, and took the other party around on the battleship.

The Shenlong is nearly 18 meters long and more than [-] meters wide. It is equipped with four sets of coal-fired boilers and two steam engines.According to Liang Han's estimation, when the Shenlong is in full swing, the speed can reach [-] knots, which is twice the speed of the sailboat with the wind, and it is three blocks ahead of the old-fashioned warship in terms of maneuverability alone.

Not only that, this cruiser is equipped with Dachun's most advanced heavy firearms, loaded with 25 guns.The caliber of the front main gun is close to the washbasin, and the range exceeds 4 nautical miles.Four continuous cannons are also installed on the mast plate and stern, and the rapid-fire firepower can suppress all close-range enemy ships.

In addition to the terrifying attack power, the Shenlong is still a veritable iron dragon.

The hull above the waterline is all protected by steel armor. It is easy for existing artillery shells to destroy a wooden ship, but it is as difficult as it is to penetrate the steel plate.In Yan Chongjin's words, this defensive ability is at the abnormal level. Even if ten enemy ships surround the Shenlong and fire their guns, it is like a tickle for this giant.

From the bow to the stern of the boat, Liu Weide saw the whole grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden, and everything was novel.In the end, he touched the long, shiny black gun barrel, rubbed his head and asked, "Admiral Yan, may I ask... How many other treasure ships like this are there?"

"The new coastal defense battalion is preparing to build an ocean-going fleet. The Shenlong is the main ship, plus escort ships, landing ships, supply ships, etc... There must be at least seven ships."

Liu Weide shivered.

This perverted dragon can almost single out their Liu Family Navy, but they still want to build seven ships? !What does the emperor want to do?

Yan Chongjin stood on the deck with an indifferent tone: "I let you read this to let you know that the existing navy will be eliminated by the new coastal defense battalion sooner or later. While you still have a bit of offshore advantage, I advise you to be more aware of current affairs. Take the initiative to hand over the sea power, don't wait for His Majesty to ask for it."

Liu Weide stammered and said: "Master Yan, Lord Yan... This, this is not appropriate? The Liu family has held the coastal defense for generations, relied on the sea to eat the sea, and raised ships to train troops. The emperor opened up a treaty port and ordered me to escort, no matter what. Leaving aside the tax and profit, you actually want to snatch the navy away?! The emperor still..." How shameless?

"Under the whole world, is it the land of the king; the shore of the land, is it the king's ministers." Yan Chongjin sneered, "What is imperial power? If you can reward you with a piece of sea, you can naturally take it back. Think of the Lin family who have guarded Xichuan for generations. , and look at the end of the Pei family, Ning family and Tantai family, you should understand that if you compete with anyone, you can't compete with Jinshang."

"That's because they conspired against each other first, and my family didn't do anything!"

"Your crime of dereliction of duty is enough to cut power; murdering the current Marquis is also enough to be executed." Yan Chongjin snorted coldly, "Would it be you who imprisoned Liu's family alone, or is it just a thought of the Holy One?"

Liu Weide was dripping with cold sweat.

He thought that Yan Chongjin brought him out to sea purely to find that madness, so he kept struggling between saying and not saying.But it never occurred to him that the emperor's appetite was so great that he wanted to take this opportunity to overthrow the Liu family and swallow the coastal defense force that the Liu family had raised for hundreds of years...

Liu Weide's heart was filled with bitter and salty seawater... Now it's no longer a matter of his head, I'm afraid this time, the whole family will be dragged into the water by him.

What's ridiculous is that he thought he could negotiate with the emperor with two hostages, and the co-author didn't take his little shrimp seriously at all.

Yan Chongjin looked over with a cold gaze: "Liu Weide, you almost killed my cousin, even if I throw you into the sea to feed the fish, if I can't bring back those two people, His Majesty will not blame you, on the contrary, he has more reasons Attack the Liu family. As for how to attack..."

He tapped the battleship under his feet with the tip of his toe, indicating clearly.

The head of the Liu family has always known how to protect himself. After the downfall of King Qing, he shrank back and did what his superiors told him to do. Liang Han couldn't even pick a thorn in his way of acting like a good dog.If it wasn't for Liu Weide's stumble in Fusheng this time, the imperial court might not find an excuse to punish Liu's family for a long time.

Therefore, if the Liu family didn't know good from bad, refused to hand over power or even rebelled against the court, Liang Han, who had been holding back for several years, might use a new fleet to snatch it.

This is what Yan Chongjin doesn't want to see.

Military power can be released with a glass of wine, and sea power does not necessarily have to be handed over by blood.

He didn't want the sailors of the Liu family to suffer internal friction, and he didn't want the situation between Liang Han and the family to be like fire and water.After the Pei family, Lin family, Ning family, and Tantai family, if the Liu family ends up being slaughtered again, it is difficult to guarantee that the remaining families will not unite with the feudal towns to deal with the emperor. He does not want to see the disaster of mutiny reappear in the Eastern Capital .

Liu Weide is greedy and incompetent, but he doesn't have the terrible ambition of Tantai Ye, and he is extraordinarily timid and afraid of death, so Yan Chongjin can easily manipulate him.After explaining the truth clearly, the other party immediately knelt down and begged, never having the courage to negotiate a deal with the emperor again.

"I beg Admiral Yan to save the Liu family..." Liu Weide cried with snot and tears, "You can't harm the whole family because of me!"

"It's unlucky for you to run into each other. Even if the other members of the Liu family are replaced, the emperor will still deal with it." Yan Chongjin sighed, "I told you the way to save the whole family from the very beginning. How to do it specifically , that is your Liu family's business."

Liu Weide felt overwhelmed: "The villain can still make decisions about the Fang Tian, ​​but when it comes to the entire navy, it still needs to be decided by my father and elder brother."

Alas, even if I come home alive this time, I'm afraid my father will beat me half to death...

The corner of Yan Chongjin's mouth hooked slightly: "You can convey to your lord: the emperor will not be idle and beg for a group of warships burning money. Taking back the sea power means that he may use force abroad. Once a war starts, who will hold the East China Sea Division?" , whoever has to get in the head. If it's not too hot, the Liu family can hold on to it..."

Liu Weide's face turned pale instantly.

Fengyu Island, two hundred miles away, is facing a terrible storm.

This is a ring-shaped island reef, which is the supply point for merchant ships traveling in the East China Sea.However, due to the changeable climate here, which is often accompanied by storms, few people are willing to go to the island unless they are ships with exhausted resources and dead ends.

Thunder and lightning flashed high in the sky, the bright white silver dragon howled and tore through the sky, and the rumbling thunderbolt split the dark clouds, reflecting the turbulent waves clearly.

The Fangtian kept bumping and bumping in the strong wind and waves, and hit the hidden reef several times, and finally narrowly squeezed through the narrow fjord, and sailed into the interior of Fengyu Island.

The ring-shaped island reef forms a natural sheltered deep-water port. The island is covered with vegetation, and the storm is much smaller than that at sea.The Fangtian anchored and docked, and the sailors of the Liu family rowed to the island to shelter from the rain in the harsh weather.

Of course, they didn't forget to bring the crazy paralyzed man and the stupid lame man, after all, these were the people Liu Dutong ordered to take care of them.

There were bursts of thunder overhead, Liang Sheng and Tantai Ye huddled in the bow of the boat, drenched by the torrential rain.Although it was a bit cold, but luckily suppressed the Gu worms that were about to move.Liang Sheng looked at the dark cliffs all around, feeling uneasy in his heart.

"A Sheng, are you cold?" Tan Taiye asked in a low voice, "You are shaking."

"It's okay." Liang Sheng shook off his wet hair, "I just don't know, what will these people do with us?"

"Since we didn't kill the killer at the beginning, it means we are still useful." Tan Taiye said, "Liu Weide has been exposed, the imperial court must know that we are on the Fangtian, maybe... maybe they will send someone to rescue us."

He didn't have much confidence in saying this himself.

After all, it was the utmost benevolence for Liang Han to let them go.Whether he will search for a needle in a haystack again depends entirely on the kindness of an emperor, and depends on how much brotherhood the other party has for Liang Sheng.

Liang Sheng held his hand: "Forget it, even if I really die here, I won't regret it." Being able to live up to now is already considered a profit.

The willow soldiers found a fairly dry cave, lit a fire to keep warm, and lined up from the inside to the outside according to the rank of the army.

Liang Sheng and Tantai Ye were arranged near the entrance of the cave.Anyway, they are two useless people, one crazy and one stupid, so they are not afraid of them escaping.

After the body warmed up and the stomach was filled, some people began to think about the current situation.

"My lord, do you think... Dutong can come back?" The general asked the deputy Dutong, "Are we already wanted by the court?"

"Ghost knows! Anyway, if you don't listen to Dutong, the Liu family won't let us go." Deputy Dutong said angrily, "Both left and right are dead, who do you like to die in?"

"But, but going on like this is not an option?" The general complained, "Our supplies are running out, if we hide like this, everyone will have to drink the northwest wind."

"Wait a little longer. Since Dutong asked us to wait here, he will definitely come to us."

After only two hours, someone really came to them.

However, it was not Liu Weide who came, but a group of Japanese warriors who had nowhere to go after being driven by the storm.This group of people drove a rickety broken boat, like a lost blind bear, and plunged into Fengyu Island.

Hearing the alarm from the distance, the Liu family's army woke up from their sleep one after another, picked up their weapons in a hurry, and ran to their battleship, leaving only two wounded soldiers as hostages.

Liang Sheng didn't know what happened, but he knew the situation was not good when he heard the sound of fighting getting closer.But he and Tantaiye were shackled together by iron chains, and they couldn't move their bodies, so they could only stretch their necks to look out.

The two wounded soldiers also noticed that the sound was wrong, and went out to have a look, but they were so frightened that they didn't break their arms or limp.They turned around swiftly, ran like rabbits, and went straight into the woods...

In an instant, two silver lights slid across the eyes like lightning!Liang Sheng watched helplessly as the two were hit by hidden weapons, and they both fell to the ground without saying a word.He couldn't help shrinking into the cave in fright, leaning tightly on Tantaiye's shoulder.

"Ah Sheng, what happened?"

"It seems that some masters attacked them..." Liang Sheng pondered for a while and guessed, "Could it be Lord Hou and Bingyan who came to save us?!"

Just as Tantaiye was about to answer, a group of people had already walked in.

About twenty warriors dressed in black, each holding a blood-stained long knife, stood at the entrance of the cave, looking down at the two of them coldly.

Oops, it turned out to be Japanese pirates!With a thump in his heart, Liang Sheng immediately blocked Tantaiye behind him.

Just when they were too scared to make a sound, the group of Dongying people suddenly retreated to both sides in unison, parting a passage.A few babbled Japanese words sounded from outside the crowd, and then a woman in black with a ponytail came over.

She is about 30 years old, her face is like a full moon, her lips are red like cherry blossoms, and she has a sweet smile like icing sugar on her face, but she holds a pair of double knives in her hands.The red liquid dripped down the cold and bright blade, and dripped on the ground in front of Liang Sheng's feet, it was very frightening.

"People from the Central Plains?" The other party stared at the iron locks on their bodies, and spoke fluent Chinese, "Are you slaves of that group of pure soldiers?"

Liang Sheng swallowed hard: "Forget it, let's do it."

"Hmph, those trash's combat effectiveness is not very good, but they will enjoy it!"

Liang Sheng blinked, and said dryly, "Ma'am... did you misunderstand something?"

"Huh?" She pinched her chin, "You look so beautiful, I thought you two were military prostitutes they captured!"

Liang Sheng and Tan Taiye: "..." Are all the women in Japan so imaginative?

"Anyway, since you met me, you are free." The other party cut off the chains that bound them, turned and left.

"Please, please wait a moment!" Liang Sheng said in a daze, "Aren't you... Japanese pirates?"

The woman in black looked back and smiled coldly: "The descendants of Fusheng, how can they despise bandits?"

"Floating descendants?" Liang Sheng said silently, "What do you mean?"

Tan Taiye asked: "Does it mean Fusheng?"

As soon as the words fell, the woman suddenly stopped, turned around and rushed over!

"What did you just say? Fusheng? Do you know Fusheng?"

Liang Sheng was quite frightened by her surprise, and nodded with lingering fear: "Yes, we are passengers of Fusheng..."

The other party suddenly opened his eyes wide, and asked anxiously, "Where is Fusheng now?"

"Sink, sink..."

"What?! Why did it sink?!" The woman grabbed Liang Sheng by the collar and asked, "What about my son? Have you seen my son Chi Han?!"

Liang Sheng and Tan Taiye opened their mouths wide in astonishment: "You are Chi Han's mother?!"

"Yes, I am his mother! My name is Ayukawa Nei!"

"No... Hahahahahahaha..." Tan Taiye laughed halfway, but Liang Sheng covered his mouth.

"Ahem, madam, don't worry, Chi Han should be fine." Liang Sheng talked about his encounter at sea, and Bu Chuan Neiyi was also shocked.

She had just suffered a great change, escaped from Tunbu's house, and took the old people from the Fushengguan out to find her son, but unexpectedly, the Fusheng was sunk by the pirate ship of the Tunbu family.

What's more, his son saved the people on the boat, and the people on the boat designed to save him, and finally let himself save his son's savior on the isolated island!It has to be said that in the dark, karma reciprocates, and everything has a definite number.

Knowing that her son had returned to the Central Plains, the boulder that Bu Chuanyi had been hanging in her heart finally fell to the ground. She said gratefully: "The two gentlemen have helped my son a lot, and the gods gave Bu Chuan a chance to come in such a timely manner. Kindness is rewarded with kindness!"

Tantaiye said with a cheeky smile: "Mrs. Bu Chuan, you're welcome. I've just started to be a good person. I don't have much experience. Please forgive me."

Liang Sheng: "..."

Bu Chuan Nei also thought he was joking, and said: "The Chun army outside has been wiped out, and that battleship is already ours. When the storm stops, we can immediately set sail for Dongjiangkou!"

Liang Sheng looked at the people behind her in surprise: "You guys wiped out all the Liu family's army?" How powerful are these Japanese masters?I'm afraid... even worse than the Seven Eagles back then.

Buchuan Nei said frankly: "We are all killers and are good at sneak attacks. Those soldiers who are timid and afraid of fighting and only know how to run away and leave their backs to the enemy will not have a way out."

"Forget it, there are also rebels on the left and right, so just kill them." Liang Sheng said, "It's just that the Fangtian is a battleship of the Dachun Navy, and I hope Madam can return it to the court."

"It's natural. We're not Japanese pirates, so we can take other people's boats at will?" Abukawa Nei said with a disappointed expression, "The Fushengkan has offended the Emperor, and I'm afraid I won't be able to survive in Dongying. I can only come to the Central Plains to join my son. Naturally, I will not offend your Emperor Dachun."

Tan Taiye said strangely: "Isn't Fusheng just a merchant ship? It is also the emperor's request whether the two countries communicate with each other. How can you offend him?"

"It's a long story," Buchuan Neiyi said, looking at the rain curtain outside the cave.

Chi Ri, Chi Yue's compatriot brother, was originally the leader of the Bounty League of the Jianghu forces in the Central Plains 20 years ago.Bu Chuan Nei is a killer in the bounty alliance. After the change of the corpse tide in the eastern capital, Chi Ri disbanded the bounty alliance and brought Bu Chuan back to Dongying Luliang to get married. This led to Chi Han.

Bu Chuan's family started out in the shipping business. Chi Ri and his wife resumed their old business and gradually expanded the business of Fusheng. Finally, they contracted Luliang Port, bought most of Luliang City, and became the city owners.It's a pity that the good times didn't last long. When Chi Han was seven years old, Chi Ri was killed in the sea. Bu Chuan Nei supported the huge family business by himself, and raised his only son with difficulty.

Seeing that his son was getting more and more promising and gradually able to share the burden, he was recalled to the Eastern Capital by Emperor Chun and inherited his father's title, which aroused the vigilance of the Emperor and the General.

Chi Han was originally not a pure-blooded Dongying person, but now he was made a Marquis by the Chun Kingdom Court and entrusted with the important task of a commercial envoy.As Luliang City is the most important navigation hub in Japan, the Emperor naturally does not want this place to be controlled by someone close to the Chun Kingdom.So he found an unfounded charge, ransacked the Fusheng Mansion, and wanted Buchuan Neiyi and Chi Han.

"They actually said that my son was working for the people of Chun, and that all the money was earned by the people of Chun. It must be the commercial patrol who got in the way and brought in private goods..." Buchuanaiyi said angrily, "On board There are so many commodities, one is one, two is two, as many go up and as many come down, what kind of tricks can Xiaohan play?!"

Tan Taiye shook his head and said: "Your emperor will definitely not sink in the water."

"Why?"

"Because he's too light-headed. Such a simple account can't be settled. I'm really worried that he will be tricked to death by Emperor Chun..."

Ayukawa Nei showed a troubled look: "Is the emperor stupid? But he has clearly achieved business! Now many people in Dongying are using the goods of Chunguo."

"That's the problem. He only saw the large population and rich products of Chun Country, but he didn't think about money." Tantaiye said, "Even if there is a ship, half of it is Dongying goods, half of it is Chun... Pure goods...seems to be the same quantity, but the value is much worse."

Chunguo sold as many as a thousand kinds of goods to Dongying. In addition to traditional silk, cotton cloth, porcelain, tea, medicinal materials, sugar, etc., there were also precious glassware and glass mirrors... But what can Dongying sell?Lacquerware, folding fans, all kinds of dried fish...the only valuable samurai swords are contraband.

To give an extreme example, a piece of glassware can be exchanged for three boats of fish in Dongying, so even if the volume of trade between the two countries is similar, the silver will eventually be taken away by the people of Chun.

"Emperor Chun is not stupid. If he didn't want to make money, he wouldn't open up three trading ports in one go." Tantaiye said with a smile, "By the time your emperor finds out that the country's gold and silver have flowed out, it will be too late. .”

Bu Chuan Nei suddenly realized, and said again: "The emperor can close the port again, or reduce the number of merchant ships in the Chun Kingdom."

"The regulations on trade between the two countries were only signed last year. How can the emperor unilaterally breach the contract? If he really does this, with the way he is doing today, I'm afraid..."

The author has something to say: Tan Taiye sighed, "I'm afraid the war is not far away."

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