The stuff filled in the gaps of the square covers on both sides of the deck was removed. Without the support of these things, the square cover was loose and easily pried up and removed by a crowbar. The cube wooden blocks were transported over and stuffed into the space under the cover from the square hole.

In the seventh month of the Song Dynasty, the sun was fierce. Xie Wuhuan, who was just commanding and didn't have to do it himself, was sweating all over. He wiped the sweat from his forehead, and admired Zhao Jiaren's methods in his heart. These square holes had been prepared long ago, not only were there square holes on the deck, but wooden frames had been supported under the deck. If there was only one square hole on the deck, the wooden block would only continue to fall down when placed.

Looking up, Zhao Jiaren's six ships were all ready. After installing these wooden blocks that were not yet used, the fleet would sail. Xie Wuhuan felt relaxed and melancholy. He could take a few days off and didn't have to do it as hard as before, which was naturally happy. However, Xie Wuhuan always felt that Zhao Jiaren's intention to cooperate was getting weaker and weaker now. The difference between the identity of the pioneer or the identity of the hired later was too far. Xie Wuhuan had seen the conditions proposed by Zhao Jiaren, and he felt that he had few opportunities in his life.

The design was completely considered. The wooden blocks were placed in the space, and the stuff was stuffed around them, which was smashed. The ship began to sail under the command of the captains of each ship. The school's squad leader was the captain, the deputy squad leader and the study committee member were the second deputy of the first squad leader. The sports committee member led the combat troops, and other members related to logistics were responsible for the relevant work on the ship.

As for the crew, the scheduling system was implemented according to the team they were in. This time, they also brought a large number of trainee sailors. After capturing four ships last time, Zhao Jiaren's crew members were almost not enough to drive back the captured four ships. It was really a arduous sailing, and the restless crew could not hold back when they arrived at the mouth of the Minjiang River. Many people got off the anchor and fell asleep on the side of the ship.

In order to avoid the last problem, the fleet brought all the trainee sailors onto the ship. The fleet did not expect the trainee sailors to have any outstanding performance, and the only thing they expected was to obey command.

The fleet sailed out of the Minjiang River and reached a position invisible to other ships. A kilogram of cannon was moved out of the cabin, and the pointed cone below was inserted into the hole in the wooden block and fixed. In the past, three kilogram of cannons were installed on both sides of each ship, and one on each bow and stern. Now in wartime, five cannons were installed on each side of the ship.

When the artillery position is completed, the discipline committee member begins to pass through the ship, checking the preparations of each position according to the first-level preparation status, especially whether the equipment of each position is in place. Gunpowder, shells, weapons and so on all need to be carefully inspected.

The people on the boat were coming and going, looking noisy, but not interfering with each other. The attendance allowance was at least 120 cents per person per day. However, this did not make everyone lazy and endure the sea. Compared with the rewards after completing each task, laziness seemed unprofitable.

At night, the fleet finally saw the northernmost lighthouse in Putian from afar. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief because the departure time was late, and everyone was worried that they would not have to stay at the sea at night.

Advancing along the direction of the lighthouse, when approaching the port, you will see many hazy shadows of ships in the harbor. The water diversion boat held up a torch and led the ship into the port. When paying the water diversion money and the lighthouse money, the fleet commander Li Hongjun was very happy. Resting in a safe harbor is a very good thing for any ship. As Zhao Jiaren said, if you don’t pay the money, who will protect the lighthouse every day. For those lighthouse night watchmen, the negligence of a day is only one thousandth, and for us, it is 100%.

There was nothing to say all night, and before dawn the next day, the fleet sailed out of the harbor under the guidance of the lighthouse. The study committee members on the ship took out small devices and determined the direction roughly in a triangular positioning based on the locations of the two lighthouses and the locations of the lighthouse itself recorded. The fleet then headed east.

Although there was no satellite positioning system in this era, Chinese ships have been developing. There are a large amount of hydrological data, and there are many experienced old sailors, and the best route is very dense. Pirates do not need the best route, what they need is to rush into this route and plunder. Zhao Jiaren's fleet sails along the outside of the best route. If he sees pirates rushing in and plunder, the fleet can just go up and kill the pirates.

The lights of the lighthouse are getting farther and farther away, and the originally dark sky is slowly lit up. After sailing for a while, the morning glow is on the sky. The study committee members are busy again and pasted paper on the backs of sailors with the words "Beat Pirates". The sailors school all use simplified Chinese characters. Zhao Jiaren's explanation for this is that this kind of character can be used as internal, and you can tell whether it is written by his own people at a glance.

The advantage of simplified Chinese characters is that they are easy to learn, easily recognize and write, "a depressed Taiwanese turtle". Such characters are the enemy of popularizing culture. Zhao Jiaren does not mention this realistic issue, but explains it from the perspective of confidentiality, completely to avoid trouble. Creating dictionaries and private autocratic history is a serious crime. Even in the very civilized country of the Song Dynasty, the scholars and officials can only write notes at their own homes. At most, some notes are circulated privately. It is wrong to seek troubles.

The sailors didn't know this. The reason they learned was to pass the exam as soon as possible and process money as soon as possible. Fortunately, the school did not emphasize rote memorization, and the goal of each departure was to learn words. Just like this whole literacy course this time was "The purpose of this departure was to fight pirates, and we will surely win." In order to learn effectively, the whole paragraph of text was taken apart.

The fleet continued to move south, and the sailors had breakfast on the boat. Just as they were about to gather to attend class, the bow clock was ringing. The propaganda committee member shouted at the top of his voice, "There is a boat in front of him, and the fight will start!" "There is a boat in front of him, and the fight will start!"

Study was interrupted, some crew members showed regrets, and more crew members rushed to the deck with joy. As soon as they reached the bow of the ship, they immediately saw four ships in the southeast that were entangled very tightly, not like a normal situation.

The flagship raised the flag saying "Sailing southeast and preparing for battle". The colorful flag sayings seemed dazzled to outsiders. For these fleet personnel who have been tempered for two years, you can understand it with a glance. The six ships turn together and head towards the target.

When I got closer, I saw that it was indeed a pirate robbing. However, the sports committee member Liu Meng frowned. "Squad leader, I seem to have seen the stolen ship."

Squad leader Li Hongjun nodded, "We have fired guns at that ship."

At this time, looking at Zhao Jiaren's fleet, the pirate ship that had robbed the Pu family had been tightly clamped by the left and right ships, and the people on both sides probably jumped onto it. Another ship was on guard, as if he didn't want the cooked duck to fly again.

Such careless behavior made Liu Meng not even sure that there were pirates on the three ships surrounding the pirate ship. He couldn't help asking again, "Squad leader, do we want to take a look?"

Li Hongjun did not answer Liu Meng's question, and he shouted loudly: "All ships should be careful! Eliminate the three pirate ships and rescue the besieged ships!"

The person who can become the squad leader is naturally Zhao Jiaren's confidant. He has told these people that the Pu family is the general backstage of Fujian pirates, especially pirates in Chameng. There are many people who have some connection with pirates these days, and many of them are captured pirates in the left wing army of the Palace Front Session. Therefore, the squad leaders did not feel particularly incomprehensible. The squad leaders all obeyed Zhao Jiaren's order to clear the pirates, and said at the internal meeting that they would implement it to the end.

In Li Hongjun's opinion, the enemy's enemies are friends, at least there is no need to watch them die.

With the captain's order, the squad leader began to act under the command of the squadron leader. The teams were in place one after another, and all the cannons were lifted up, and the team leaders manipulated the cannons. The squad leader on each ship handed over the work of the helm to the deputy squad leader or study committee member, stood on the rudder platform at the stern of the boat, and watched the crew perform the orders condescendingly.

The battle itself was not unexpected. After the ship leaned on it, Liu Meng found that the sailors on the three ships were dressed and looked different from the Song Dynasty. The sailors used Chameng accent to shout Chameng dialect that Liu Meng didn't understand very well. The Song Dynasty's sea ships would not hire so many Chameng people. The only possibility was that the ship was all Chameng pirates. Without the psychological burden of accidentally injuring good people, Liu Meng immediately commanded the combat troops to join the battle.

Three days later, five ships returned to Fuzhou. One was Zhao Jiaren's ship, three were pirate ships, and one was a ship attacked by pirates. The trainee sailors all looked very energetic and won huge victories. The high bounty made the trainee sailors even more excited. They studied, trained, fed, housed, and clothing in school on weekdays, and had ten cents of wages every day. To be fair, the trainee sailors didn't think this was harsh. However, once they went to sea, their income was the salary they could only get after one year of study. This joy was of course self-evident.

The old sailors have experienced a lot and remained in normal state. The trainee sailors stood tall with their chests and faces tilted. They stood neatly by the boat, fearing that others would not see them. When they were escorting the pirates off the boat, their voices were loud, and the pushing movements were filled with the passion of the righteous.

Zhao Jiaren, who received the report, looked dull. Such a "small victory" could no longer make him feel happy. However, this time, he rescued the pirate who was hated by the Pu family. Zhao Jiaren felt that he had found the treasure. Just like before, Zhao Jiaren handed the pirates to Xu Yuanzhi, the governor of Fuzhou, for handling.

Looking at the table with one hand, Zhao Jiaren admired his mother very much. Under his mother's reminder, Zhao Jiaren believed that the Pu family hoped to kill the pirates in Chameng who were caught last time as soon as possible. Since that is the case, the Pu family is likely to send pirates to Fuzhou to cause trouble. Now the facts have proved that the pirates are likely to target Fuzhou, and Zhao Jiaren felt that he should follow this idea.

A few days later, Pu Shiwen, who was in Quanzhou, also received news that three pirate ships in Chameng were solved by Zhao Jiaren's fleet. He tore the letter paper apart, and Pu Shiwen jumped up and pointed at the sky and cursed. He saw that he spoke very fast, and a large number of saliva particles flew in the air, almost scattering the sunlight into a tiny rainbow.

He was almost exhausted when he scolded, and Pu Shiwen sat back on the chair dejectedly. Pu Shiwen's eyes were exactly the same as Husky. Although he was extremely angry, his husky-like eyes were still firm and sharp. The pirates ran to Fuzhou because the southeast wind was still the main wind. They hoped to ride the southeast wind as far north as possible.

It is now the seventh month of the Song Dynasty. In another month, the north wind will begin to roar. At that time, the pirates rode the north wind to harass the south of Fuzhou. They followed the Song Dynasty fleet south like wolves.

After sorting out his thoughts, Pu Shiwen's husky-like eyes were full of excitement, and he regained his calmness. Sitting upright, Pu Shiwen said to the servants who were tall and deep noses beside him in Chameng dialect: "Send someone to contact the Chameng ships and tell them that there is a tough guy on the sea. Now they are all heading south, and when the north wind blows, make this business again!"
Chapter completed!