As the captain made his decision, the other pirates obeyed and put away their scimitars. However, their expressions were filled with nervousness, and their whole bodies became involuntarily tense.
The captain looked back and became furious. He grinned and cursed: "Who are you showing your dead face? Are you afraid that the people of Ming Dynasty can't see that you are pirates? Show your smiling face to me. If anyone is exposed, I will kill you."
He threw it into the sea to feed the fish.”
Under the captain's loud scolding, the pirates all forced themselves to laugh. However, they were all tattered and dirty, and their faces were crooked and cracked. When they laughed, they looked even uglier than when they cried.
The captain shook his head dejectedly when he saw it. There was no way the team was like this. Those who could risk their lives to become pirates were either the scum of scum, or the lowest level of people with no way to survive. Anyone who looks better does not need to take risks.
Go to sea and become a pirate.
"Woo~woo~"
A sound of horns came from the Ming Dynasty warship in the distance.
The captain was about to ask the first mate something, but the first mate stopped him with a wave of his hand, and then listened carefully with his hands.
When the first mate finished listening, the captain asked impatiently: "What's wrong? What does the Ming Navy want to do?" ??
The first mate sighed and nodded, and said: "The Ming Navy wants us to lower the sails and stop the ship to wait for their inspection."
"Are you telling the truth?" The captain looked up at the first mate with some confusion, "You won't betray us, will you?"
The first mate spread his hands with a helpless expression and said seriously: "How could I betray you? I'm still waiting for the kind captain to give me a thousand gold coins so that I can go back with enough goods to repay my creditors. Besides,
Yes, in the eyes of the people of Ming Dynasty, the captain and I are the same person, so how can they believe me?"
The captain felt relieved, laughed, reached out and patted the first mate's arm and said, "Okay, I believe you."
Just as the two were testing each other, another whimpering horn sound came.
The first mate took a step back, shook his head and said: "Whether we want to attack or escape, please let the captain decide quickly. If we don't lower the sails and stop the ship, the Ming Navy will start to attack."
"You want to attack just now? It seems that the Ming Dynasty Navy is also very impatient and very cautious." The captain sighed at first, then turned around and waved suddenly at the pirates without hesitation.
The order: "Lower the sails and stop the ship!"
Two of the pirates quickly untied the rope, and the originally full sail fell from the mast like a kite with a broken string.
Without the help of the sail, the speed of the ship dropped suddenly, and soon it stopped completely and floated on the sea.
On the Daming Navy side, a flag soldier slowly lowered his telescope.
If he could pull back his hands and those ships lower their sails in time, otherwise he would not be polite to the other party and would directly order an attack.
And at such a close distance, with a small boat like the opponent's, the flag army can guarantee that it only takes one salvo to blast the opponent into the sea to feed the fish.
"Move over, take a few people on board, and invite them over."
"Yes." A commander listened to the Banner Army's instructions and quickly responded with clasped fists.
The pirate captain looked at the warships of the Ming Navy approaching slowly. Only then did the captain really see clearly what the warships of the Ming Navy looked like. This warship was much larger than his ship, and one of them could have
His two ships are so long together.
Fortunately, he was not prepared to reveal his identity. If there had been a conflict with the Ming Dynasty Navy just now, how would the battle have been fought? The ship was still frightened and secretly glad that he did not act impulsively.
As the warships of the Ming Navy approached, all the pirates felt as if they were being approached by a mountain.
咻咻咻~
Several ropes were thrown onto the pirate ship with flying claws attached. As soon as they were fastened, a dozen navy soldiers slid along the ropes to the ship. In the blink of an eye, they all jumped onto the ship and formed a circle back to back on guard.
The captain could not help but secretly swallow his saliva when he saw these Ming navy troops descending from heaven. As a pirate leader, he had never seen people leaping onto enemy ships. He was even one of the best.
But when he saw the way the Ming navy navy boarded the ship, he still felt shocked.
Speed, efficiency, and simplicity are the biggest feelings that the Ming Dynasty navy gave the pirate captain the most.
Seeing that no one was moving, the navy chief glanced around and saw that there was no danger. He stood up and asked, "Who is in charge on your ship?"
The ship was quiet for three breaths, and the pirate captain kept winking at the first mate.
The first mate had to stand up when he saw it. He bowed his hands and replied with a smile: "The answer to this Ming general is me."
Listening to the first mate's weird pronunciation, Shi Chang has long been used to it. Anyway, the Western businessmen who come to Old Port all pronounce this weird ghostly sound. That's all good, after all, this Westerner
Know some Chinese.
Just this made the chief minister who came here breathe a sigh of relief. Just speak Chinese. This is much better than not knowing Chinese. If none of these people can speak Chinese, then he can only use his hands.
Communicate with gestures.
Then the communication will be much more difficult, and this is an order from the Marquis of Zhenhai.
, asking him to take the person back. If he couldn't communicate, he was not sure he could take the person back.
The chief looked at the first mate up and down, then cast his eyes on the captain aside and asked suspiciously: "Are you really the captain? But why do we think he looks more like the captain?"
She Chang's eyes were not blind, and everyone else focused on the other person, not paying attention to the person in front of him at all. He then understood that the other person was probably the real captain.
The first mate smiled quickly, put his hand on his chest and bowed to the commander, and then said: "Wise general, this is indeed our captain. But he does not understand the Ming Dynasty Mandarin, Childe Harold
He is the only person on board who understands Ming Dynasty Mandarin. Although the captain would like to communicate with His Excellency the General, it is a pity that this task can only be completed by Childe Harrold. Please forgive me, Your Excellency the General."
The Chief heard the name of Childe Harold, but was not interested in it. He had stayed in the Old Port, so he had long been accustomed to Western names. In his opinion, the only way he could
What distinguishes Western names is the length of their names.
The one in front of him was pretty good. He had also met someone who had to take several breaths just to say his name.
Shi Chang's eyes were constantly patrolling the ship, and his right hand was placed on the revolver at his waist to prepare for emergencies. He casually asked: "What are you doing in the old port?"
The first mate crossed his hands in front of him and followed Shi Chang respectfully. The first mate was a head taller than Shi Chang, and his body was much stronger than Shi Chang. But at this moment, he was following Shi Chang.
It was like a wild beast being led around him.
After hearing the Ming army's question, the first officer quickly said: "I admire the various commodities of the Ming Dynasty. I came to Old Port to do business and plan to buy some back."
This reason can be described as quite satisfactory. Almost all Western businessmen who come to Old Port come for this purpose.
Therefore, the commander didn't pay much attention to it and just thought that these were Western businessmen who came to trade.
Shi Chang stepped on the wooden board, making a creaking sound. He walked around and found nothing wrong. Although the clothes of these people were a little tattered, they heard that the Western Ocean was tens of thousands of miles away from the old port. These people came to
Of course, the old port will be more difficult. Moreover, judging from the way these sailors stand, these people have lived on the ship for many years and are not just some random gangsters.
Seeing that there was nothing suspicious, Shi Chang turned around and left.
"Crack~" A crisp sound attracted everyone's attention.
Shi Chang turned around and saw a scimitar falling to the ground behind a thin, dark sailor.
.Obviously, this sound was made by the falling scimitar.
Shi Chang narrowed his eyes and stared at this person like a sword.
This person did not expect that when he was nervous, he actually let the scimitar fall out. Being stared at so fiercely by the Ming army put great pressure on him and made him even more nervous.
The other pirates also became nervous instantly and turned their attention to the captain, waiting for his orders.
Seeing that he was about to muddle through, he didn't expect that one of his men would actually do such a thing. The captain wanted to kill that idiot with a knife.
But now was not the time for him to get angry, so he quickly winked at the first mate, hoping that he would resolve the matter.
The first mate rolled his eyes. He really wanted to take this opportunity to expose the captain and these people as pirates. But there are only a dozen or so of the Ming Navy on the ship. Although he has heard of the reputation of the Ming Navy, he does not think that there are only ten people on the ship.
A few people can protect him among two to three hundred pirates.
As I said earlier, the Ming Dynasty Navy and he are neither relatives nor friends, so why should we protect him?
Putting aside the anxious thoughts in his heart, the first mate quickly explained with a smile: "Wise general, there are pirates on the sea where Childe Harold is returning now. In order to protect our goods, we will bring some weapons for self-defense.
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After listening to the first mate's explanation, the chief nodded and agreed with him. It's not that the chief was careless, but that the navy officers did not regard swords as a threat now. With the revolver in hand, the sword was indeed difficult to threaten them.
.In fact, the threat of swords is not as great as that of bows and arrows.
Seeing that the commander nodded in approval of his reason, the first mate quickly smiled and said: "The general is indeed wise and can understand our difficulties."
The commander walked up to the navy officers, turned around and said to the first mate: "Since you can speak Ming dialect, that's even better. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants to see you, so just follow us."
"The Crown Prince, Your Highness? What is that?" Childe Harold was stunned. He had never even heard of the Crown Prince.
"Nothing." Shi Chang was a little angry, but fortunately he stopped in time. If he continued, he would be suspected of being disrespectful to His Highness the Crown Prince.
Shichang took a deep breath and saw that the Westerner in front of him had never even heard of His Highness the Crown Prince, so he explained: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is the eldest son of His Majesty the Ming Emperor and will be the future Emperor of the Ming Dynasty."
Childe Harold understood immediately. He quickly put his right hand on his chest respectfully, bent down and said: "It turns out that you are the first heir of the Ming Dynasty. It is Childe Harold who can be summoned by you."