Chapter 681 Natural disaster? Man-made disaster?
The six unruly Clippers made Han Lao Liu feel embarrassed and hurriedly shouted:
"Stop, stop quickly! Danger ahead!!"
But the other person didn't listen to his nagging at all, so Fei Lian passed their ship and drove deep into the lake.
Seeing that they could not be called back, Han Laoliu sighed repeatedly, turned to Chen and said, "Oh, they must be some foreigners, and they will definitely be finished now."
Shen Ju stared at the ships, ignored Han Laoliu, and said to Sanchi beside him: "Did you see clearly the person on the ship first?"
Sanchi also said with a deep thought: "I also think it looks familiar, as if it was Mr. He and Miss Lu.
"I look like, then, the achievement is not wrong." Chen said, "Who chased him Sanqi and took out a thousand-mile mirror from his arms, looked at a ship and said, "The people above are all in strange clothes, and there are Japanese ronin." Then he looked at another ship and said, "There are all three-eyed muskets of a man in black, Qing Yishui..." After he finished speaking, he heard the banging sound, and Sanqi couldn't help but shout, "Sir, they actually opened fire on that ship!"
"I'm not deaf..." Chen snatched the Thousand Mile Mile Mile Mile from his hand and observed it carefully. Although the ships were gradually moving away, it was still clear that on the three chasing ships, there were guys wearing Japanese samurai uniforms and holding samurai swords, and they couldn't help but whisper: "It's true that they are not from the government!" Then he ordered Sanchi, "Let everyone be on level one alert."
"The world is bright and bright, and is there any other kingly law?" Sanchi heard it and immediately said excitedly: "Sir, let's show your skills?" Although there are many ships on the other side, they are all light boats and speedboats. Their big ship is the latest model opened by Suzhou Research Institute. It looks no different from ordinary official ships, but it has iron armor and skin on the outside, and is hidden inside. It has powerful crossbows and cannons, with many mechanisms, and both offense and defense.
In a water battle, strong ships and powerful guns are everything, so we are not afraid of the other party's small boats at all.
"Yeah", Shen nodded because he happened to see He Xinyin's old face that seemed to be owed to him by 800 years in the Qianli Mile Mile Mile: "Since you see it, you can't pretend you didn't see it."
"Okay!" Sanchi whistled, raised his tone and said, "Beat the gong!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the guards standing on the watchtower rang the gongs at hand hard, and the sound of the gongs was ringing. The boat immediately started to riot. In just half a quarter of an hour, the guards who were standing on all the shooting positions were ready for battle.
"Sir, please give orders!" Sanchiang said with his chest straight.
"Rescue the pursued ships and fire freely at the enemy." Chen Ji whispered:
"Try to ensure your own safety."
"Yes!" Sanchi responded in a deep voice, raised the flag in his hand and said with all his strength: "Chasing!" The ship slowly moved northward.
"I can't do it..." Han Laoliu knelt down and said, "Sir, don't follow up. This is the most evil time, and you can't get out when you go in!"
"I will be careful." Chen smiled slightly and insisted on letting the boat sail into the water.
The ship was getting faster and faster, and Han Laoliu's face became paler and paler. He knew that he could not stop Shen and waited for someone, so he knelt on the bow of the boat and kept kowtowing and praying, begging King Dingjiang not to blame him.
Chen and Sanchi ignored him. All their attention was concentrated on the several fast ships dozens of feet away in front of them. But they saw the chasing ships emitting fire and white smoke. There were even hand cannons equipped by the Shenji Battalion of the Beijing City! Guns and shells shot at the ship that was ahead. Although the ship dodged left and right like a swimming fish, it was still hit by agile bombs, and even the sails were interrupted and slid down from the mast.
Seeing that the ship lost its sail, it slowed down. The ship behind took the opportunity to increase the distance between the two sides, and his heart was getting closer and closer. He kept urging his subordinates to sail, but the ship was big and heavy. It was not easy to catch up with those light boats.
As the situation was about to form an encirclement, the lonely clutch blew from somewhere on the cloudless lake when it was doomed. The lake surface that was still calm just now was about a meter high in a blink of an eye, and the big waves squeezed from both sides at the same time. When it arrived at the center of the lake, it was miraculously offset.
Before he breathed a sigh of relief, he saw the fast ships that were just in the middle of the waterway shaking violently. The people on the boat caught off guard and almost all fell down, and several others fell into the water.
Chen was big and heavy, and it was still a long way from it, so although he felt his feet shaking violently, he could still hold the railing. Looking at this strange scene, Chen was waiting for someone to open his mouth wide. Han Laoliu shivered like a sieve, and said tremblingly: "King of Dingjiang, King of Dingjiang is here...
Shen looked at the roaring lake water, a nameless fear and confusion filled with it, and said intimately:
Is there really a big turtle that makes trouble?" But then he denied himself: "This is not "Journey to the West", how could there be monsters?"
He was thinking about it, and the situation in Lake JL became increasingly serious. Under the influence of a terrible force, the boats were undulating violently, and more and more people fell into the water. They were shouting in horror and struggling, but they seemed to be sucked by something, and gradually they were gone.
"Let's go!" Chen ordered in a deep voice: "Let a signal flare!"
"Sir, that's too dangerous!" Sanchi was no longer excited now. It is the most important thing to keep the safety of his adults at any time.
"It doesn't matter, our ship is big." Chen said, "Let everyone catch it, let's lean over slowly."
Under Shen Ju's insistence, a rocket was released into the sky, and the red fireworks were unfolded in a blink of an eye, and the wind was blown away again; at the same time, the ship slowly approached the strange place. The closer the distance, the more powerful the drum was. You had to hold on to the railings to stand... In order to protect the safety of the adults, Sanfoy directly tied him to the pillar jl...
The small boat being chased there seemed to see the moment the fireworks bloomed, and rowed desperately towards the big boat, but it was difficult to move forward, so it was very difficult to move forward.
Just as both sides approached desperately, another strong wind blew on the lake surface on both sides of the east and west sides. And this time the wind was much heavier than last time. The strong wind whistled and rolled up water splashes, and finally merged at the center of the lake, but it did not disappear, but entangled. In an instant, it sucked the lake water, forming a rotating water column! The water column was like a magical object sucked into the air. From a distance, it looked like a giant python hanging in the air, and it was also like a swaying elephant trunk that kept swinging!
"Dragon suck water!" Chen and Han Laoliu immediately exclaimed. The difference was that Han Laoliu immediately collapsed on the ground, frightened to the point of being so scared that he urinated: "It's over, it's over, the King of Dingjiang is angry, we are all dead..." Chen said with a serious look on his face: "He Xinyin is in danger!"
It makes sense for him to say this. Although there were undercurrents underwater just now, causing the ship to rush and undulate, He Xinyin and his wife could still ensure that they would not be thrown off because of their high martial arts skills. However, when they encountered a water tornado, the boat could not support it at all. The ship was destroyed and the people were killed, only in the evening!
As if he wanted to confirm his words, a fast ship closest to the center of the lake was hit in the middle of the roaring water tornado and was immediately lifted up and pulled back on the water surface. All the people of the upper class fell into the water and were swept away by the whirlpool in the blink of an eye.
"Sir, let's go quickly!" Sanchi shouted: "That thing is too dangerous!"
The lake was filled with terrifying howling sounds and calls for help, and he couldn't scream at the top of his lungs.
Shen stared at the Yunshui tornado and the overwhelmed Clipper, shook his head and said loudly:
"Keep moving forward!" Before he finished speaking, the water dragon overturned another fast ship, and likewise, everyone on the ship was swept into the whirlpool.
"Go forward!" Chen shouted fiercely: "I order you to move forward!"
"Yes!" Sanchi had no choice but to respond, and ordered the sailor to row with all his might. By suddenly changing the wind, he rushed over like an arrow!
The boat being pursued was He Xinyin and Lu Lianxin. At this moment, the boat was sucked by a whirlwind and lost control. No matter how the two of them activated, they could not make any progress. The boat was also creaking and shaking violently. The two had to split a hand and hold the Panshang tightly so that they could not be thrown into the water.
He Xinyin looked at the water dragon getting closer and closer, shook the plug and said, "Junior sister, it seems that we can't escape this disaster. It's all me who harmed you."
Lu Suixin smiled and said, "I will die without regrets if I can be a pair of mandarin ducks with my senior brother." As he said that, he didn't grab the boat side. He threw his delicate body into his senior brother's arms, and held him tightly with both hands and said, "Hold me tightly, don't separate on the road to the underworld."
He Xinyin looked at the water dragon in front of him, sighed, let go of the oars and ropes in his hand, hugged Lu Suixin in his arms, and said quietly: "It's a pity that no one has exposed this conspiracy..."
Before he finished speaking, he saw a dark look in front of him, and heard a shocking roar, and then a huge wave came to his face, swallowing the two of them in a blink of an eye...
At that moment, He Xinyin and Lu Suixin believed that they were dead now, but when the huge wave retreated, they realized that they were still alive. They opened their eyes in surprise and saw a big ship standing in front of them, with a long-lost smile.
And the water dragon has disappeared without a trace.
The lake surface soon returned to calm, and the sun appeared in the sky again. The strong wind and waves just now disappeared without a trace. If it weren't for the wooden board floating on the lake surface, it would have made people think it was a nightmare.
Looking at the water-dripping couple He Xin-yin and his wife were caught, she smiled and said, "Although there are thousands of words, it's better to take a shower first and change your clothes before talking."
Before He Xinyin could speak, he heard someone shouting: "Listen to the person on the boat. If you want to survive, hand over the important criminals we arrested, otherwise we should not blame us for killing them all!" It turned out that two ships escaped the fate of overturning and surrounded them from the left and right. More than a dozen warriors held swords and guns, threatening them fiercely.
"Who are they?" Chen asked softly.
"Yan Shifan's people." He Xinyin said: "I discovered a big secret and chased him all the way.
"I understand." Chen nodded and smiled at them, "I'll leave it to me here. You guys hurry up and change your clothes. I asked the kitchen to prepare lunch and hot soup, as well as the drunkard snails that my sister-in-law likes to eat the most, waiting for you to mumble."
When Lu Suixin heard this, she smiled and threw a glamorous look at Shen, and said to He Xinyin: "Master's Tools", let's listen to Lord Shen, he is much better than us."
He Xinyin had no choice but to go down with Lu Lianxin, and muttered before leaving: "It's still the same.
When He Xinyin and Lu Suixin took a shower and changed their clothes and reappeared on the deck, they could no longer see the shadows of the two ships. They only stood there with a smile on their faces and said to Lu Suixin: "Mrs. Sister-in-law is still as beautiful as a flower, but Brother He is a little younger. You two are really fairy-tale couples.
Lu Suixin could not bear these sweet words. She smiled like a flower. However, He Xinyin said with a stern face: "Where are those people?"
"It's all sunk at the bottom of the lake." Chen shrugged and said, "You know, I don't kill. I'll make an exception for you this time. How can I thank me?"
"I'll give you a great fortune." He Xinyin said with a drooping face: "I'm hungry, let's give sacrifices to Wudian Temple first."
"Then it's okay. The food has been prepared long ago. Please ask you two to serve." Chen made a respectful gesture and led them into the dining room.
The restaurant Tan--, with a full table of dishes already set up, He Xinyin was not polite to him, and sat down and started to cook rice. Lu Lianxin looked at him several times, but He Xinyin ignored him and had to smile apologetically.
Chen Kuo smiled gently and said, "Sister-in-law only works. Brother He and I are a life-long friendship. Don't treat me as an outsider."
Lu Lianxin nodded and smiled, "Talk about it, it was the Lord and Brother He who saved me back then. If it weren't for you, I would have frozen to death in the wilderness."
After she said this, Chen remembered the past events and smiled even more intimately.
At this time, Sanchi brought a bowl of big white porcelain soup, which was filled with steaming chicken soup. Chen helped to arrange the dishes on the table. After Sanchi put them down, he personally scooped Deng Bi's soup and delivered it to the two of them. 7 Lu Suixin hurriedly said, "Sir, it's too much to eat the dishes on this table, so why stew chicken soup?"
Chen couldn't help but smile and said, "This is not a waste, it should be called saving, because this big rooster is not here to kill it when you are."
"Ah? Sir, Bu Xianzhi?" Lu Suixin opened his mouth slightly and said in admiration.
"Haha", Chen smiled proudly and said, "That's...
"That's it." He Xinyin on the other side put down his chopsticks, looked at his crazy wife with jealousy, and said, "He is used to sacrifice to the old temple."
"Ha", Chen was surprised and said, "Brother He knew that this was a black triangle? Then why did he still break in? "Why did he break in?" He Xinyin said, "You can't ask some nutritious questions?"
"Haha..." Chen smiled awkwardly.
Lu Lianxin next to him quickly smoothed out and said, "Senior Brother, why do you talk to Lord Shen?"
"Men talk, women stop interrupting, eat your food." He Xinyin glared at her.
He has always been used to his wife's look up and worship. Now that he has begun to blindly worship others, he feels uncomfortable.
Chen also understood what He Xinyin meant. There were many people chasing them and the weapons were excellent. The couple could not fight and could not escape. They could only escape to this dangerous waters, hoping to deter the enemy. Who knew that they were either not afraid at all or they didn't know anything about it, and they rushed in anyway... He Xinyin wanted to save face, but he was reluctant to admit his miscalculation and could not explain, so he became angry.
"But then again," Chen said in a deep voice: "This section of water is too weird. Why is it so storm and waves very well? Could it be that there is really a lake god?"
"There's a lot of trouble", He Xinyin disdained to show off: "There are no gods and ghosts in this world? I didn't expect you to be so stupid."
"Senior Brother..." Lu Lianxin whispered: "Mr. Shen is our savior...
"Haha, it's okay." Chen smiled and said, "Brother He doesn't know how many four have saved me. Sister-in-law doesn't have to worry, we just talk."
"That's right, I just pretended not to hear it." Lu Suixin was completely defeated, thinking that sometimes men are more difficult to understand than women.
He Xinyin said, "I heard of this legend in my early years and I have explored it here specifically. Now there are very strong winds here, which are not only the best in Poyang Lake, but also the second place in Jiangxi cannot be found. But this is by no means the Dingjiang King's appearance, but it is formed by some special conditions.
"Look attentively." Chen smiled and Lu Lian, who was also stuck out his ears and listened with sincerity.
"Why is the strong wind in the waters of Laoye Temple so much and so frequent? I think the culprit is the terrain!" He Xinyin said in a deep voice: "The waters in this area are fifty miles long, the widest part is thirty miles, and the narrowest part is only six miles. If you look down from the sky, it is like a trumpet." The narrowest part is located near Laoye Temple. Just northwest of this section of water, it is the number one mountain in Jiangxi. The Lushan Mountain Range is as high as a hundred feet, and the mountain direction is exactly parallel to this section of waterway, less than ten miles away from Poyang Lake."
"So that's it," Chen suddenly realized. It turned out that the southeastern peaks of Lushan Mountain provided natural conditions for the speedup of wind. When the wind came from the north, that is, when the north wind blew, the southeastern peaks of Lushan Mountain compressed the airflow. The addition of the airflow began. When blowing towards Laoye Temple, which was only about three kilometers wide, the wind happened to reach its maximum value, and the strong wind roared. It was just like we didn't feel it in an empty area, but when we passed a narrow alley, we suddenly felt a strong wind blew.
There is no wind, and the impact of the waves is strong. If it is just like today, another opposite wind blows, and a whirlwind will form. However, the probability of this is very small. It is not seen several times a year, but He Xinyin caught up. I don’t know if he is lucky or bad.
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There are two problems to explain, one is the problem of no beggars in Shaoxing City, and the other is the attitude towards missionaries. At that time, China's household registration system bound people to their respective hometowns and could not move freely. Therefore, with the emergence of capitalism, a large-scale labor shortage occurred in Jiangnan. Moreover, there were not many rich people at that time. Most of the rich people knew etiquette when the granaries were full. The government and the people did build many charity machines, which I can be more certain.
There is a saying that I would rather be an Yangtze River dog than a Yellow River person. At that time, the difference between the north and the south was so huge. I even thought that this was the main reason for the demise of the Ming Dynasty.
There is also the question of attitude towards missionaries. Catholicism will never dominate China. In fact, the Chinese people's realistic attitude towards life makes this nation and Catholicism never compatible. Chen is willing to create a platform for missionaries to communicate with scholars and officials, but he hopes to open a window for scholars and officials to understand the world. I wrote this way, and it was not imagined out of thin air. In fact, when I wrote this book, almost all the more important views supported by historical facts. , and it must be confirmed by multiple sources. You can refer to the history of science and technology and culture during the Wanli period, and you will know that the literati and officials in the Ming Dynasty had absolutely no arrogance in their attitude towards Western missionaries. Instead, they asked for advice humbly, absorbing knowledge they didn’t understand like a sponge, so there was a science exhibition in the late Ming Dynasty. Almost all Western scientific works were translated in China. This is the first time that famous history ▲Western Learning Falls in the East” There are many related materials on the Internet, you can take a look.
Chapter completed!