1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 32 "Da Ming Navy"

On the boundless sea, swells are rolling, and a big fish jumps out from time to time to feel the flying posture of a bird, and then plunges into the sea again.

Four large ships sailed forward and backward from the Luzon Islands. The waterline was very deep, and they only maintained a speed of 3 knots.

Qitian, Gouzi, Ding Chuangen and other teenagers lay on the side of the boat boredly, watching the waves being split by the big boat. Even if there were occasional big fish jumping up from the stern, it would be difficult to arouse their interest.A fleet of ships set off from San Fernando and has been sailing for three days and three nights.Ding Chuangen, Chang Chunsheng and other teenagers were excited at the beginning, but now, like Qi Tian and Gou Zi, they are a little numb to the endless sea, and even a little tired.Many migrants on board suffered from seasickness, and at least 40 people were lying limply in the bottom deck, complaining and cursing in pain.But none of this stopped the fleet from sailing resolutely to the southwest.

"Huh..." The leading bird ship suddenly blew the horn to meet the enemy, and the watchman on the watchtower of the original Santa Cruz was also waving the signal flag non-stop.

"Go! Go and have a look!" Qi Tian and Gou Zi looked at each other, then turned and ran towards the bow.

Cao Xiong looked at the [-] or [-] small boats in front of the fleet, and felt a little nervous. Zheng Zhilong's fleet must not be chasing here!Holding up the binoculars and looking around for a while, it seems that there are no other large ships following it.But can these little boats stop us?

"Sir, do you need to fire a warning in advance?" Gottwalt, the second officer of the former Santa Cruz, asked Cao Xiong respectfully.

Cao Xiong shook his head, "Keep the boats at a distance from the enemy, and get ready for battle!" These small boats are not equipped with artillery. If they want to attack themselves, unless it is a fire attack, they must stick to them and jump on board.If it wasn't for the fear of damage to the ships, there was no place to repair them, and all they needed to do was to drum up the sails and sink them one by one.

"These people seem to be...Southeast Asian natives?" Qi Tian looked at the small boats circling around him far away, and faintly saw the people on the small boats. They were bare-chested, dark-skinned, short in stature, typical Southeast Asian natives.

"Yes, it's a native." Yu Fukun nodded and said, "It should be the sailor of a native king on the island."

"Then what is the attitude of these earth kings towards pirates... just like us?"

"Officials and thieves can't fight each other!?" Yu Fukun said, "If the strength allows, they will come and suppress us, if the strength is a little weaker, then they will drive us away....Oh, look at them..."

At this time, the other party stepped forward with a small boat. Under the eyes of everyone, they first rowed to the boat led by Qi Dajiang, shouted to each other for a while, and then turned to Qi Tian and their original Spanish Santa Cruz. The big boat rowed over.

"Who are you? Why did you come to the border of my Sulu country?" On the small boat, a skinny and dark native with a shirtless body shouted loudly. It turned out to be Chinese such as Fujian and Yue.

"Sulu Kingdom?" Qi Tian's heart skipped a beat.He tugged at the corner of Cao Xiong's clothes.

"What's wrong?" Cao Xiong was about to answer when he felt someone tugging his clothes and turned to look at Qi Tian.

"Uncle, tell that person that you belong to the Daming Navy....Well, let's just say, you are the patrol guerrilla general of the Daming Navy, and you are ordered to patrol and protect the sea area." Qi Tian said in a low voice.

"Huh?...Why do we pretend to be the Great Ming Navy?" Cao Xiong was stunned.

"Uncle, just listen to me." Qi Tian said eagerly, "You can save a lot of trouble by saying that we are the Great Ming Navy, and there may be unspeakable benefits!...Trust me!"

Cao Xiong looked at Qi Tian suspiciously, the child's eyes were bright and his expression was firm, as if he had confirmed a certain guess.

"We are the Daming Navy!" Cao Xiong raised his head and said, as if he had returned to the demeanor of the former Dengzhou Navy, his waist straightened a little, "I am Dengzhou... It is the patrol guerrilla general of the Daming Navy. Who are you? How dare you come here to stop my Daming Navy from patrolling the sea?"

"..." The other party was stunned for a long time without saying a word, and at the end, he gnawed and replied, "You...you are the Great Ming Navy?...Oh, I don't know if the Heavenly Kingdom Navy is here,...wait for me to reply to my home General." Saying that, without waiting to greet everyone, he climbed off the big boat, returned to the small boat, and directed several people on the boat to quickly paddle towards his brigade.

"Uncle, do you still have your old military uniform... well, the official uniform you used to wear in the Dengzhou Navy?" Qi Tian looked back at the boat and asked Cao Xiong.

"That thing has been working for a few years, and it is already in dilapidated condition.... Hey, Xiaotian, why do we have to pretend to be the Great Ming Navy?"

"My uncle may not have heard that during the Yongle period, the king of the Sulu Kingdom came to our Ming Dynasty for pilgrimage and worshiped Daming as the suzerain country. It is the Sulu Kingdom, but our Daming's vassal state....Moreover, the Sulu Kingdom has always been respectful to Daming."

"Oh, really?" Cao Xiong rolled his eyes, "How respectful is it to me, Daming?"

"Well, I can't wait to incorporate its entire kingdom into our Daming!" Qi Tian said.I remember that during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, the king of the Sulu Kingdom wrote to the Qing court, requesting that the whole country be attached to the country and become a part of China, but was rejected by Emperor Qianlong.Now, probably, maybe, maybe, I also want to be a Daming person.

"So, Uncle, if there is our Daming's flag, military officer's uniform, military uniform, etc. on board, well, it's best to take them out and decorate them."

Mabujia quietly looked at the four big ships opposite, feeling a little nervous.Originally, he was ordered to take more than 400 people to set off from Palawan Island, preparing to sail to the Luzon Islands to attack the Spaniards there.But he didn't want to, and after walking for less than a day, he encountered these four big ships on the way.Among them was a large ship that seemed to be in the shape of the Spanish navy. When it was about to launch an attack, it was suddenly discovered that the people on board seemed to be Ming people.He immediately stopped his ships from approaching, and sent a small boat to investigate.He knew that on the open ocean, it was very dangerous for more than 40 small boats of his own side to stop quietly near several powerful ships.If the opponent is an enemy, relying on the huge hull and the power of the artillery, it can make one's own side fall into disaster.

Fortunately, the other party didn't seem to have any hostility. After negotiating with the two ships, the people they sent returned safely.

"What, they are the Great Ming Navy?" Mabujia was shocked when he heard the report from his subordinates.He knew that Daming was strong, but he had never seen it himself, only heard his father say it.His father had followed the old king to Daming for a pilgrimage decades ago, and he said how rich and powerful that huge country was.But he has never heard that the Daming Navy has come to the waters of Nanyang!Oh, by the way, I heard from some elders in the clan that more than 200 years ago, Daming had an extremely powerful navy that came here seven times.The majesty that time made all the surrounding small countries and tribes admire and fear.Could it be that Daming is ready to declare its force against the surrounding area again?

Mabujia suddenly became agitated, and he said to the sailors on the boat, "Quick! Quick! Row the boat over! I'm going to meet the general of the Kingdom of Heaven."

　Can I ask for some recommendation tickets and get some encouragement?
　　


(End of this chapter)