"Who are these pirates?" Yu Qian looked at the approaching pirate ships coldly, confused.
Yang Qing glanced at the pirate ship, turned his head in surprise and asked Yu Qian, "What's wrong? Are they any different?"
"It's different! It's very different." Yu Qian took a deep breath and explained to Yang Qing, "You have never been to the sea, so you don't know whether you are a pirate from the South or the West. It would be good to have a few good knives, and some self-made weapons."
The soft bow made by us is the standard equipment of normal pirates. If there is also a strong bow, it will be enough for these pirates to dominate."
"But I have been to sea so many times and have had a lot of contact with the navy. I have never heard of any pirates owning cannons!"
Yang Qing didn't understand what it meant for pirates to have cannons. He said doubtfully, "This is America, maybe it's different from the other side of Nanyang."
Yu Qian glanced at Yang Qing helplessly and sighed, "Let me ask you, how do pirates make a living?" .??.
"Of course it's robbery!" Yang Qing was very surprised, how else could pirates live? Pirates can't just farm their own land, right?
If this is the case, then they are not pirates, but good citizens.
"Is it more cost-effective to rob the natives or the merchant ships?" Yu Qian asked again.
"Of course it's a merchant ship!" Yang Qing nodded immediately, "The most you can get from robbing the natives is some food, but the merchant ship is different. There's a dazzling array of goods, and they're all usable."
Yu Qian nodded slightly, that was exactly the reason.
Although there is no food, pirates will starve to death. But pirates cannot live on food alone, they also need a variety of goods. Cloth, porcelain, tea, even sugar, iron, medicines, etc. are all in short supply.
goods.
Not only are pirates in great need of them, but they can also sell any leftovers.
"But this is America. The natives don't even have a hair on their head, and there are almost no merchant ships on the sea. If they rely on robbery for a living, then how do they need to rob to ensure that they don't starve to death? How many things do they need to rob to make a living?
Can you afford the cannon?" Yu Qian stared at Yang Qing and said in a faint tone.
Yang Qing suddenly jumped up and looked at Yu Qian with a horrified face, "What do you mean?"
Yu Qian nodded slightly, sighed and said, "Shallow water can't support big fish! If such pirates appeared in Nanyang, it would be justifiable, but it would be too strange to appear here."
Yang Qing suddenly fell silent. How could he not know this truth?
"Brother Yu means"
Yu Qian took a deep look at the pirate ship and said coldly, "I suspect these people are not pirates at all!"
"Not pirates? Then who are they?" Yang Qing actually agreed with Yu Qian's words in his heart, but he was full of doubts and couldn't find the answer, so he could only ask Yu Qian.
"But just now we clearly saw them robbing the natives."
"Perhaps, the pirates are hiding their true identity," Yu Qian said leisurely.
"Cover up?" Yang Qing's eyes widened suddenly, he took a deep breath and nodded, "I understand."
After a pause, Yang Qing frowned and asked, "In my opinion, who are they?"
"It doesn't matter who they are, what's important is that we can escape smoothly." Yu Qian looked up at the position of the sun and muttered to himself, "I hope there's still enough time."
Yang Qing nodded fiercely and said, "I'm going to help move things."
"Boom!" A huge wave of water rose from the sky at the left front of the ship. The scattered sea water fell down, cleaning the ship and drenching the people on the deck.
"Quick, quick, quick! Keep throwing things away!" Yu Qian shouted at the top of his lungs.
Yang Qing's whole body was soaked by the sea water. He stepped forward and grabbed Yu Qian's arm and shouted loudly, "We only have food and fresh water left, we can't throw it away!"
As they ran away, they threw away everything except fresh water and food. Unexpectedly, they were overtaken.
Yu Qian grabbed Yang Qing's neck, pulled him in front of him, and shouted loudly, "There is it on the freshwater land! We have the thunder blunderbuss in our hands and we have food. What are you afraid of? If we can't get rid of the pirates, everyone will
Everyone is going to die!"
"Throw it away! Throw it all away!"
Yang Qing suddenly looked at Yu Qian in shock, as if he had just met him. Yu Qian's meaning was very clear, since there is no food to eat, then grab it with the thunder blunderbuss!
But what is the difference between this and pirates?
"Go quickly!" Yu Qian saw that Yang Qing was motionless and immediately urged him loudly.
"Yes." Yang Qing gritted his teeth and nodded vigorously, then turned and left.
Although he didn't agree with some of Yu Qian's actions, he had to admit that there was really no other way now.
But even if all the food and fresh water are thrown away, the speed of the big ship is only the same as that of a pirate ship.
The cannons of the pirate ships can hit them, but their thunderbolts cannot hit the pirates.
In other words, if the current situation does not change, they will only be bombarded by pirates with cannons all the time, and will always be in a situation where they are passively beaten and unable to fight back.
Although Yu Qian and others have been very lucky so far, the ship has not been hit by the cannon. However, pirates can fail countless times, and as long as they are hit once, it will inevitably cause the ship's speed to further decrease, and then they will be truly powerless.
Back to the days!
"What should we do?" Yang Qing's face was pale, and his face was covered with seawater flowing down his face. He looked at Yu Qian with fear in his eyes, hoping that Yu Qian could give him support.
Yu Qian glanced at everyone. Each of them was in a similar situation to Yang Qing, and the fear on their faces could not be concealed at all. Yu Qian understood that they could not be blamed for this. After all, before this, they had only taught in the academy and studied what they liked.
It's just something.
Even if they encounter a storm, they are not afraid. Because they believe that man can conquer nature, and even if they encounter an unexpected event in the storm, in their opinion, it will be a heroic death!
But it’s different now!
These are pirates, pirates known for their cruelty and cruelty. If they fall into the hands of pirates, they will really have to live or die.
People like Yang Qing are not born warriors, so fear is just human nature.
But now, everyone is placing their hope on Yu Qian.
Yu Qian looked up at the pirate ship, and now he could see the ferocious smile on the pirate's face even without a telescope.
"You really treat me like a dish, just waiting to eat me with a meat cleaver?" Yu Qian sneered.
He turned around and shouted to everyone, "Turn right!"
"Turn right?"
Everyone looked at Yu Qian with shock on their faces.
Yang Qing even exclaimed, "Brother Yu, the coastline is on the right. Where can we escape to?"