Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 297

It was just dawn the next day, and all the soldiers in the station, including the sailors trained by Mao Wenlong, assembled in the shortest possible time.

Zhao Wen looked at the assembled soldiers and shouted loudly: "Starting today, you will have a short training for seven days.

This training is to make you better familiar with the treasure ship. "

"I will obey your lord's order."

More than 4000 people looked at Zhao Wen and shouted magnificently.

Qi Qingtian looked at the high-spirited and imposing soldiers in front of him, his face was full of excitement.

"Take all the weapons and equipment in the station and set off!"

Zhao Wen pointed in the direction of the shipyard, and led the men and horses to get all the weapons and equipment in the open space onto the flatbed truck, and headed towards the shipyard under the drag of the horses.

Last night, Zhao Wen thought about it all night, and finally thought of names for the eight treasure ships.

These names are "Yangwei, Triumph, Tiger, Tianlong, Changhong, Yanjiang, Bahai, Riding the Waves."

Among the eight treasure ships, Yangwei is Zhao Wen's flagship, and the three treasure ships, Yanjiang, Bahai and Chenglang, are shelved in the shipyard.

After Zhao Wen picked up the names, he sent these names to the shipyard and asked them to write them on the hull with white paint.

The number of sailors in Zhao Wen's hands is insufficient, and he can only control five treasure ships.

The more than 1000 people brought by Zhao Wen were divided into five teams, with more than 200 people on each of the five treasure ships.

These more than 200 people control the weapons and equipment on the treasure ship.

Because Zhao Wen's fleet had just started, Zhao Wen did not finalize the captain of each treasure ship, but only selected an acting captain from among the 200 people.

In addition to the captain, a series of ship commanders such as the deputy captain were also selected from the sailors.

Because Zhao Wen's soldiers came from the north. Although they had also been on sea ships, their combat effectiveness was still incomparable to Zheng Yiguan's pirates who had been on the sea all year round.

So Zhao Wen wanted to let them get used to it for six or seven days.

Six or seven days may be short, but the sailors on board are all experienced old sailors, coupled with advanced weapons and equipment, it is not bad.

In the afternoon, Zhao Wen stood on the roof of the treasure ship Yangwei. Holding a telescope, he looked at the calm sea and shouted loudly: "Command, raise the sails, set sail!"

Following Zhao Wen's order, the sailors on the treasure ship Yangwei slowly pulled up the anchor, and the sailors who controlled the sails shouted near the mast to slowly raise the twelve sails.

The sailor standing on the watchtower held two small flags in his hands, and kept sending flags to the treasure ship next to him.

In fact, in the Ming Dynasty, semaphore was already very developed, and it had already become a complete and rigorous language for sailing.

A few quarters of an hour later, the treasure ship Yangwei slowly left the dock.

Standing on the dock, Mao Wenlong looked at the moving treasure ship, his face full of regret.

"I really didn't expect to see this kind of scene one day. Let me ask you in the entire Ming Dynasty, who has the ability of Zhao Zongbing?" Mao Wenlong was full of excitement, standing on the dock, looking away with his hands behind his back. treasure ship.

"Yes, father, you are right. In my opinion, it is better to let Zongbing Zhao be the emperor. If Zongbing Zhao becomes the emperor, not only the whole Ming Dynasty will become extremely powerful, but even our Mao family will A rising tide lifts all boats."

Mao Chengzuo stood quietly behind Mao Wenlong, seemingly inadvertently said, his eyes fixed on Mao Wenlong, wanting to see his reaction.

Mao Wenlong turned around and looked at Mao Chengzuo, "Don't say this in the future, and you don't have to test me. I just tell you one thing, no matter what Zhao Zongbing wants to do in the future, we can only follow him unconditionally.

Now I can see the morals of the world clearly. Those ministers in the imperial court don't take us seriously at all. They are all people who only know how to fight for power and profit.If it wasn't for Zhao Zongbing, I guess Daming would have died. "

Listening to Mao Wenlong's words, Mao Chengzuo's eyes flashed with excitement.

This is the first time Mao Wenlong has said such words to him in so many years, expressing his position.

Mao Chengzuo couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart, and said in a trembling voice: "The child will obey the father's order, and will definitely do things for Zhao Zongbing."

"Okay, let's go back too. From now on, Phi Island will be Zhao Zongbing's naval base, and there can be no mistakes.

By the way, has the person who leaked the secret of the treasure ship found out? "Mao Wenlong looked at Mao Chengzuo.

A fierce light flashed in Mao Chengzuo's eyes, and he said sharply: "I found out, it's Li Chenghai, one of our lieutenants.

When he was doing business on the island, he lost money in gambling because of itchy hands, so he sold the news to Zheng Yiguan and the others. "

"Hmph, it turned out to be this guy. Gambling is strictly prohibited in the army, and gambling is not allowed when you go out. It turns out that the general's order is a joke, and he betrayed the secrets of the army.

It's just a messy thing, clean him up for me, and let Zongbing Zhao deal with him himself when Zongbing Zhao comes back. "

A ruthless light flashed in Mao Wenlong's eyes.

"We have to keep up with Zongbing Zhao, and there must be no mistakes in the soldiers and horses in our hands.

In the past, the sources of our soldiers were messy, but now I have to clean up those generals who are fooling around and those who have unknown origins and wronged minds. "

Mao Chengzuo clasped his fist at Mao Wenlong, and said in a deep voice, "My child understands!"

"Also, let's go to the seaport later, Zongbing Zhao will replenish supplies there, so don't delay." Mao Wenlong suddenly remembered what Zhao Wen had told him, and hurriedly said to Mao Chengzuo.

The reason why Zhao Wen chose to replenish supplies at the seaport is because the area of ​​the seaport is large enough to replenish supplies faster.

In addition, all the treasure ships that go to sea are gathered there, and the supplement can be clearly organized.

Zhao Wen stood on the top of the Yangwei Treasure Ship Building. Holding a binoculars, he looked at the treasure ships that were gradually converging toward the estuary, and shouted to Qi Qingtian beside him, "Let all the treasure ships stop at the estuary one by one and supply fresh water and food. .This time we will come back after seven days at sea."

Qi Qingtian nodded, and then passed on Zhao Wen's order.

The sun gradually darkened, and five treasure ships like hills stopped at the mouth of the sea, replenishing supplies.

The sailors also hung lanterns on the treasure ship, waiting quietly.

Zhao Wen was sitting on the top of the building boat, and beside him was a round table, which was filled with all kinds of food.

Mao Wenlong, Qi Qingtian, Zhao Daniu, and Mao Chengzuo sat in turn.

Zhao Wen looked at Mao Wenlong who was sitting across from him, picked up the teacup on the table, and said to Mao Wenlong: "The supplies will be replenished at noon tomorrow, and going to sea for training is a big deal, so I will replace wine with tea and toast Brother Mao." .”

Mao Wenlong hurriedly picked up the teacup, flattered and said: "Brother Zhao, you've really spoiled me. If you want to respect, I'm here to respect you."

"I have to respect you for this cup. During the time I was not in Phi Island, without you, I am afraid that the treasure ship would not have been built so quickly.

You have made great contributions to the completion of the treasure ship as scheduled, and I must respect you for this cup. "Zhao Wen said sonorously while holding a teacup.

Mao Wenlong saw that Zhao Wen insisted on this, so he couldn't shirk it, "Then I'd rather be respectful than obedient, come, drink this cup to the full."

Mao Wenlong yelled, and then drank the tea in the teacup in one gulp.

Zhao Wen also drank it all in one gulp.

"Haha, brother Zhao is bold." Mao Wenlong put down his teacup and laughed.

……

The treasure ship was huge and there were many people on it. It was already noon the next day when the supplies were replenished.

Zhao Wen stood above the ship building, feeling the sea breeze blowing over, his face was full of satisfaction.

"My lord, the supplies have been replenished." Zhao Daniu was now under the ship tower, looking at Zhao Wen on the ship tower, and shouted loudly.

Zhao Wen nodded, then pointed to the southwest direction, and shouted loudly: "Direction southwest, advance at full speed."

"Wooooooow~~"

After Zhao Wen's voice fell, the soldiers standing on the watchtower waved the flags in their hands and passed on Zhao Wen's order.

At the same time, the sailors on the treasure ship also sounded the horn.

For a while, there was a humming sound floating on the entire sea.

At the same time, in Anhai Town, Jinjiang, Fujian Province, Zheng Yiguan was sitting in the hall of his house in Anhai Town. He looked at the people sitting in the hall, and frowned slightly, "Have our manpower and boats assembled yet?"

"Brother, there are still about ten days to complete the assembly. This time we have assembled [-] warships, tens of thousands of horses, and we will be able to snatch all those treasure ships back."

Zheng Yiguan's second younger brother, Zheng Zhihu, sat at Zheng Yiguan's subordinate position, with a fierce light flashing on his face.

Zheng Yiguan has more than 1000 ships and nearly 2000 ships. This time, he mobilized all the ships that could be mobilized except for the necessary defensive places.

Using so many ships seems like a big deal, but Zheng Yiguan understands that although there are many ships in his hands, most of them are small ships.

There are not many large ships, and a ship of the level of a treasure ship, to a certain extent, one can be worth dozens or even hundreds of ordinary small ships.

"It's just a small Dongjiang town general who dares to build a treasure ship privately, trying to meddle in the affairs of the sea, and doesn't take a picture of himself to see what he is."

Zheng Zhibao, Zheng Yiguan's third younger brother, also yelled angrily.

"Do you think that Mao Wenlong can build a treasure ship? We all live at sea, and it is already quite difficult to build ordinary ships, let alone treasure ships? Do you think Mao Wenlong has the strength to build them?
What's more, the blueprints for building the treasure ships have been missing for 200 years. Where did he get the blueprints for the treasure ships?Where did you get the craftsman from?Where did you get so much money?

I really can't believe that a small Dongjiang town general can build a treasure ship, and there are still eight ships. "

Zheng Yiguan sat on the main seat, his brows were tightly wrinkled, and his face was full of doubts.

Zheng Zhihu sneered, and said, "Brother, why do you care so much? Anyway, there are eight treasure ships on Phi Island now. These are treasure ships, or eight. If we get these treasure ships in our hands, who will be on the whole sea?" Or our opponent?"

"Yeah, brother, why do you care so much? We haven't seen such a big storm in all these years? We have countless ships under our command, just grab it." Zheng Zhibao also echoed.

Zheng Yiguan patted the armrest of the chair and stood up, "In this case, then pass my order to speed up the assembly of the fleet, and then go directly to Phi Island."

At this time, Zhao Wen was standing on the tower of the treasure ship Yangwei, pointing to the sea to the left, and shouted to the orderly beside him: "There is an enemy ship two miles to the left, fire on me. "

When Zhao Wen gave an order, the messenger standing beside Zhao Wen hurriedly waved the flag in his hand, and passed on Zhao Wen's order with the flag language.

The treasure ship is too big, and the distance from the ship tower to the artillery is quite long. In addition, on the sea, the waves are loud, and if there is a battle in the future, the artillery will also be loud, so semaphore is used to transmit orders.

After the messenger passed on the order, the soldiers on the left side of the ship hurriedly turned the launcher.

After the position was adjusted, the soldier opened the box with the rockets next to it, and loaded the 107 rockets inside into the launcher.

In addition to the soldiers on the deck, the soldiers in the launch port below the deck also put 40 fire out of the muzzle.

"fire!"

Zhao Wen roared angrily, and the messenger behind him hurriedly waved the flag in his hand.

Within a few breaths, the eight launchers on the left side of the ship continued to spew tongues of fire, and rockets continued to fly out of the muzzles below the deck.

For a time, the entire deck was filled with gunpowder smoke.

The 107 rockets flew towards the left like rain, and the 40 fires below the deck continued to fly out.

Seeing such ferocious firepower, Zhao Wen couldn't help but nodded.

In the following seven days, the five treasure ships continued to conduct exercises, rehearsing all the emergencies that could be encountered on the battlefield.

Qi Qingtian was not idle during this time, and under Zhao Wen's arrangement, he wrote various plans for the development of Taiyuan Island.

When Zhao Wen's fleet docked at the estuary again, Zhao Wen ordered all these soldiers to disembark from the battleship and take a good rest for a few days.

When Zhao Wen was formulating the battle plan, the spies Zhao Wen sent to the southeast coast rushed to Phi Island in a sea boat.

Under the leadership of Zhao Daniu, the spies walked into Zhao Wen's office room.

"My lord, Zheng Yiguan's fleet is almost assembled, and it won't be long before they come over." The spy looked at Zhao Wen in the room, and took out a detailed battle report from his pocket.

Zhao Wen hurriedly took over the battle report and read it carefully.

"Eight hundred warships, hehe, this Zheng Yiguan is really overwhelmed by Hubotu and Mount Tai."

Zhao Wen slapped the battle report in his hand on the table and kept sneering.

What the battle report said was similar to what the spies said.

Zheng Yiguan assembled [-] ships of various kinds, and the ships covered the entire sea.

Those Hong Yi who were extremely arrogant on the sea on weekdays also clamped their tails tightly, not daring to swagger.

The goal of Zheng Yiguan's dispatch of [-] warships was to destroy the entire Phi Island in one fell swoop and plunder the eight treasure ships intact.

(End of this chapter)