Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 397
It was a calm morning. A Chinese fishing fleet of five fishing boats set off from Keelung Fishing Port in the province. The destination of their trip was Bird Harbor, an island in the northeast.

Niaogang is located in Huangwei Islet in the northeast of Diaoyu Island. It has steep rocks and cliffs, standing in the sea. Thousands of seabirds live here. From April to May every year, flocks of seabirds almost cover Huangkun Islet. Sky.The number of seabirds laying eggs in Huangwei Islet is astonishing, and those who go ashore to pick up the eggs can find them easily.Because seabirds seldom get close to people, and people seldom hunt here, they are not afraid of people, so they are very easy to catch.The island is also known as "Bird Island" because of its many birds.

In addition to many birds, Bird Harbor is also rich in seafood.The lobsters here are particularly fat, and the largest ones are even as big as ducks.Another famous creature on the island is the centipede. They are about 20-30 centimeters long and come in two colors: red and black.

The captain of this fleet is named Yang Jianzhong. He was a water thief who ran boats and slaughtered customers. He specialized in this free business. He had a long scar, so others later called him "Scarface". This name is also a well-known character in the sea area.Later, since the first governor Liu Mingchuan took office, he has made great efforts to rectify the local law and order. The local water thieves died and fled, and the rest surrendered to the court. More than 100 brothers under his command surrendered to the government.

At that time, Emperor Guangxu was in charge of the new government and defeated France and the big powers with all the power of the whole country, and the government has been stable since then. Coupled with Liu Mingchuan's series of measures that have won the hearts of the people, the local area has become increasingly prosperous and the people can live and work in peace and contentment.

After Scarface returned to the government, he started as an ordinary dock worker, and in less than ten years, he accumulated a sum of money and bought a fishing boat to specialize in fishing.At that time, the government issued a series of policies to encourage fishing. Scarface seized this opportunity, signed an agreement with the government, and contracted the fishing rights in the Bird Harbor area. His business was booming, and he even supported a fleet of ships. His brothers who followed him on the road all came to join him.Now in the Keelung area, as long as the scar-faced "Longchang Boat Company" is mentioned, people will give a thumbs up and praise it for its good work.

At this time, Scarface was standing on the bow of the boat, looking at the direction of the sea, glanced at the flag on the mast, and nodded with satisfaction. Relying on his years of fishing experience, he knew that in this season, the area around Bird Harbor A large school of fish is gathering, and this fishing trip will definitely be rewarding.He planned to negotiate with the local area after earning a fortune this time to see if he could charter another island. He had already set his sights on the sea reef in the south of Bird Harbor. , There are no fewer fish schools than Bird Harbor.

"Lao Liu, how far is it?" Scarface asked Lao Liu who was steering the wheel.

"It's not far away. There are still about 20 nautical miles before we can catch up with the first wave of fish."

"Okay, guys, get the guys ready." Having spent many years as a water bandit, Scarface still looks like he's about to rob. Judging by his intuition, he thinks that today's water bandit area Not only are there large schools of fish, but you may even catch a big fish. The bigger the fish, the more valuable it is. This has basically become a customary rule in the industry.

He smiled and touched a scar on his chest, feeling suddenly moved in his heart. In 30 years, twelve scars have achieved today's wealth and status. He wants to thank the sea, so at this moment, he decided to return to Keelung after this fishing trip and build a Neptune Temple there.

Suddenly, I heard Lao Liu's broken gong shout hoarsely: "Boss, there seems to be a boat ahead!"

Have a boat?Scarface immediately became vigilant. According to the agreement, this sea area was clearly entrusted to him by the government. For this reason, his boat company had to pay at least 50 yuan in taxes to the government every day. How could there be ships here?Could it be a civilian boat that came to grab fish?
He picked up the binoculars, took a closer look, and was stunned immediately!The ones entrenched in front are not civilian boats robbing fishers at all, but warships!

Scarface gasped, how could there be warships here? If the Chinese warships were on mission, they should have received a government notice prohibiting fishing. He picked up the binoculars again, and this time he understood everything. The flags of warships are all plaster flags, they are people!

This is China's waters, how could warships appear for no reason, what is going on!

In addition to plaster flags, those warships also displayed a few conspicuous banners, and the five bright red characters "Chinese people stay away" came into Scarface's eyes.He immediately guessed that people must have come to provoke.What should I do?Do you turn around or keep driving?

"Boss, what shall we do?" The voice of the sixth son was very nervous, because he saw that the two leading warships had already approached.

The scarred face gritted his teeth, spat, and the bloodiness of the year was revealed again at this time, thinking that this is Laozi's territory, what am I afraid of, a few warships can scare Laozi, then Laozi was not a fool in the Jianghu up.He took a deep breath and shouted to Lao Liu: "No matter what else, just drive over!"

The five fishing boats continued to move forward at the same speed as before, but everyone's heart was hanging in their throats. Only Scarface touched the iron cock on his waist, still calm as usual.

When the distance between the two parties reached about 10 nautical miles, the two warships suddenly slowed down and at the same time issued a semaphore to the opposite Chinese fishing boat: "Stop advancing immediately and accept inquiries and inspections at the same place. Otherwise, open fire immediately!"

"People are going to open fire, let's go back." Lao Liu's face changed, he knew that the warning was definitely not a joke.

"Stop talking nonsense, drive over there. Give them a semaphore, saying that this is China's territorial waters, please get out quickly." Scarface's voice was calm, but his fists were already clenched tightly.

At this time, the warship had already started to turn around, and the muzzles of the five black holes on the right had also been aimed at the Chinese fishing boats. The people once again raised the semaphore: "Warning you to stop advancing immediately, or open fire immediately!"

"Boss, don't pass by, people will die!" After hearing the news, some sailors on the ship ran to the deck one after another. Seeing the situation in front of them, several of them were so scared that they wet their pants.

"Go back all of them. I'm the boss. You have to listen to me. This time it's not for fishing, but after you go back, I'll double your salary." Scar's face was red with eyes, and he pressed his hands on the iron cock.Seeing that the boss was really in a hurry, the sailors didn't dare to say anything, so they went back to the cabin one after another.

boom!The warship finally opened fire. After a 5-inch rapid-fire artillery shell drew a white trajectory on the sea surface, it landed in the sea water about 20 meters to the right of the fishing boat. The huge explosion power lifted the sea water into a water column tens of meters high. Suddenly, there was a burst of waves on the sea, and the fishing boat bumped violently. Scarface lost his footing and fell heavily on the deck.Several sailors rushed out and dragged Scarface into the cabin.

Scarface scolded: "Son of a bitch, people are really firing. Sixth, break down! Tell them to stop all the ships." He knew that if he insisted on going his own way, he would probably suffer a devastating blow. It's fine to pay it back by yourself, but the lives of the hundreds of brothers on board must not be lost here.

The five fishing boats dropped anchor and stopped, and the attack on the other side stopped. With little effort, the two warships came to the side of the fishing boat. Dozens of sailors with live ammunition came to the scarred fishing boat through the suspension bridge. The man who looked like a military officer shouted in blunt Chinese: "You, Chinese, all of you, come out, come here!"

None of the people on board came out, and the officer panicked. He took out his gun and fired three shots at the cabin. Fortunately, none of the three bullets penetrated the deck, otherwise the sailor hiding inside would be seriously injured.After three shots, the sailors came to the deck one after another, and knelt down under the pressure of the sailors.

"Who is, yours, Captain?" The officer's vicious eyes searched back and forth among the sailors.

"I am." While speaking, Scarface slowly came out of the cabin, and strode up to the officer, with his chest raised high, and his eyes fixed on him.

The officer walked around the scarred face twice with a cold face, and finally said, "You guys, what are you doing here?"

"This is Lao Tzu's fishing ground. Of course I am here to fish. I would like to ask, what are you doing here?" Scarface didn't show any weakness, and instead overwhelmed the other party in terms of momentum.

The sailors kneeling on the ground all had bitter faces, sweating for their boss.

"This is your fishing ground? Who stipulated it?"

"Of course it's China."

"But you have not obtained the permission of the Great Empire, and you have no right to fish here."

Scarface seemed to have heard the funniest words in the world, and he laughed out of anger, and the sailors next to him turned red with anger, and couldn't stop shouting: "Don't laugh! Bastard, don't laugh!" .”

"What are you laughing at?" the officer asked sullenly.

"Of course I'm laughing at you. This is China's waters. Of course, I'm here to apply for China's approval to open a fishing ground. I have a shitty relationship with you."

The officer's face changed first, and then he sneered twice: "This was originally the territorial waters of the Great Empire in history. It was only a few years ago that the Sino-Japanese War was forcibly carved up by you. Now you think it is necessary to take back here. , this time we sent our fleet to investigate here, and they are also responsible for preventing Chinese fishing boats from coming here to fish. Before long, the navy will conduct a military exercise here. I solemnly warn you that in the future there will be no If it’s your fishing ground, you don’t come to fish anymore.”

(End of this chapter)