On a vast sea, a fleet is sailing on the sea, and above the ships is flying the triangular dragon pattern battle flag that belongs to Dali.
Neia stood on the bow of the boat and looked at the vast sea, her heart filled with pride and ambition.
Dali replaced the Luofu Dynasty, and the Qin family fleet became the Dali Royal Fleet.
From a small maritime merchant, he became a sea trader of the Dali Royal Chamber of Commerce, overseeing the trade between the four Dali islands and Qingling Island.
Dali Royal Chamber of Commerce is a very large organization, which is divided into more than ten divisions according to the industries they are responsible for. Each division has different official positions such as doctor, yuanwailang, principal, and shopkeeper.
The royal fleet is divided into the Maritime Trade Department. Currently, there are three doctors in the Maritime Trade Department, who are respectively responsible for the maritime trade between the Four Islands and the Linghuang Land, the Four Islands and the Spiritual Sea, and the Four Islands and Qingling Island.
And Neia is now the doctor in charge of the maritime trade between the Four Islands and Qingling Island.
He is in charge of more than 30 fleets of various sizes, and all his friends from the Chengfeng Merchant Alliance are working under him as ministers and chief officers.
In the past, they were just small merchants on the sea. Although they flew the flag of the Chengfeng Merchant Alliance, the flag of the Chengfeng Merchant Alliance actually had no deterrent effect.
But now they have become the sea trading fleet of the Dali Royal Chamber of Commerce, and with the triangular dragon war flag flying above their heads, they have become one of the untouchable beings in the Yuluo Sea.
Anyway, since Dali replaced the Luofu Dynasty, he has never encountered anyone who dared to come to him for trouble.
Even the uncles on Qingling Island were very polite to them.
Nowadays, Ning Ya can be said to be very satisfied. As for the previous agreement between Qin Wei and him, he has long forgotten it.
He no longer wanted to leave Dali. Now he just wanted to hug Dali's thigh tightly and let the triangular dragon-patterned war flag fly further to the sea.
The purpose of his trip to Qingling Island this time was to check the situation in the Beichen Sea.
He is already preparing to let Dali's fleet enter the Beichen Sea.
The Beichen Sea is a vaster sea area than the Yuluo Sea, with more forces and higher-end industries. If a suitable trade route can be found from the Beichen Sea, the profits will definitely be beyond imagination.
Moreover, Beichen Sea Area has many specialties that are not available in Yuluo Sea Area. After these specialties are transported to Yuluo Sea Area, the price will increase several times.
Just when Neia was considering where to start entering the Beichen Sea, a guard accompanying the ship suddenly hurried to his side.
"Sir, a ship is approaching us!"
Neia immediately shivered when she heard this.
"Where?"
"East!"
Without saying a word, Neia leaped directly to the observation deck.
Encountering strange ships at sea is definitely a dangerous thing. Generally speaking, two fleets will choose to stay away from each other after meeting, because both sides are afraid that the other side has ill intentions.
If the other party does not choose to stay away, but chooses to get closer, then in all likelihood the other party has bad intentions.
After boarding the observation deck, Neia looked at the slowly approaching ships in the east, and her expression suddenly became solemn.
There were about a dozen ships in the fleet opposite, all of them warships, with black fish-head flags flying on them.
Looking at the black fish-head flag, Neia's eyes suddenly revealed a fierce glare.
"Damn it, it's the Blackfish Pirates!"
The Blackfish Pirates are a group of vagabonds entrenched in the northeastern part of the Yuluo Sea. They wander at the junction of the Yuluo Sea and the Beichen Sea, making a living by robbing merchant ships.
In fact, there are many vagabonds like the Blackfish Pirates on the sea, but most vagabond groups are relatively small, with only three or five ships.
But the Blackfish pirates are different. It is said that they have hundreds of warships and can be said to be the largest wandering pirates in the Yuluo Sea.
If it were an ordinary pirate, Neia would naturally not be afraid. This time, he stayed on more than 30 armed merchant ships, and he was protected by Dali's triangular dragon-patterned battle flag. Ordinary wanderers would not dare to provoke them.
But facing the ferocious Blackfish pirates, Neia couldn't help but feel nervous.
"Send the order and prepare to fight!"
"The frigate engages and the cargo ship turns to retreat to the southwest!"
Following his order, high-pitched horn sounds sounded.
The crews on more than thirty ships immediately became busy.
The ships that were originally gathered together immediately split into two parts. Four warships headed towards the opposite side, and more than 20 commercial cargo ships sailed slowly towards the southwest.
Just when everyone was busy, Huang Yaoshi appeared next to Ningya.
"Senior, the opponent is coming fiercely, I'm afraid a big battle is inevitable!"
When Ning Ya saw Huang Yaoshi, she seemed to have a backbone and said quickly.
Huang Yaoshi nodded slightly and asked, "Can we escape their pursuit?"
"The other party has a strong person in the Jingzhao Realm!" Ning Ya was shocked when she saw Huang Yaoshi asking this question.
"There should be more than one!" Huang Yaoshi looked solemnly at the approaching enemy ships.
Neia's face suddenly turned pale. There was more than one Jingzhao Realm powerhouse, so they would definitely not get any benefits if they fought forcefully.
As for escaping!
"It's hard for us to escape!" Neia said bitterly.
The cargo ship was loaded with cargo, so its speed was certainly far inferior to that of an empty warship.
Huang Yaoshi thought slightly and said: "Abandon the cargo ship, take a speedboat, and evacuate immediately!"
"But, there are more than 13 million silver coins in cargo on those ships! If we abandon this, our work for the past three months will be in vain!" Neia said tangledly.
The silver coins he was talking about were Wanhuang silver coins, and one silver coin could be exchanged for two taels of silver.
Huang Yaoshi shook his head and said: "Saving your life is important, I will delay it for you for a while, and you can evacuate as soon as possible!"
With that said, Huang Yaoshi jumped up and flew directly to the warship that was preparing to fight.
Ning Ya looked at Huang Yaoshi's figure with a confused look on her face.
"Damn it!"
He couldn't help but curse angrily, but still ordered everyone to leave the cargo ship and leave on a speedboat.
…
And the other side.
Blackfish warship.
Two men in cotton-padded clothes were standing on the bow of the ship, looking at the oncoming battlefield.
The Blackfish Pirates wander at the junction of the Beichen Sea and the Yuluo Sea. The Beichen Sea is cold all year round, and the temperature at the junction with the Yuluo Sea is not very high, probably at the level of early spring. Therefore, all members of the Blackfish Pirates wear cotton-padded clothes.
As a large pirate group, the Blackfish Pirates are not weak at all. You must know that the objects they plunder are all the fleets of some big forces. If they did not have some strength, they would have been wiped out long ago.
The Blackfish Pirates have only one leader, and there are five captains under him, all of whom are powerful men in the Silent Light Realm.
The two men in front of me are two of the five captains, Xia Shanhai and Hu Nu.
"It's interesting that the other party actually dares to fight!" Xia Shanhai chuckled.
The burly Hu Nu showed a ferocious smile and said: "After all, we come from a dynasty. It would be ridiculous if we don't even have the courage to fight!"
Dali, a newly established dynasty, may be a behemoth in front of the weak wanderers.
But for the Blackfish pirates, it has no deterrent effect.
They will even specifically pick out forces like Dali who are neither strong nor weak.
Well, in their eyes, Dali is a force that is neither strong nor weak.
They just like this kind of power that is neither big nor small.
If they provoke a force that is too powerful, they are asking for trouble.
Too weak a force and too little oil and water.
It is this kind of medium-sized force that is most suitable. Not only can they steal a large amount of goods, but the other party cannot eliminate them.
"There is a master on the other side!" Xia Shanhai said softly.
"Let me deal with it!" Hu Nu said enthusiastically.
…
On the warship of Dali Royal Fleet.
Huang Yaoshi landed on the deck and shouted loudly: "Where is Mr. Lu Qian?"
As soon as he finished shouting, a middle-aged man in smart clothes came running quickly.
"Lu Yuan greets you, sir!"
Lu Yuan was the former chief captain of the Donghai Navy. Later, as the Royal Chamber of Commerce expanded overseas sea trade, many soldiers from the Donghai Navy were transferred to the Royal Chamber of Commerce to serve as escorts.
Because of his rich experience in naval battles, Lu Yuan was promoted to Chief Qian and served as the guard commander of the Neia caravan.
Huang Yaoshi looked at him and said in a deep voice: "No melee, you just need to harass them, can you do that?"
Lu Yuan looked determined, "My subordinates will definitely complete the mission!"
"Yeah!" Huang Yaoshi nodded slightly.
Lu Yuan bowed his hands and then strode off the deck.
Then, waves of war drums sounded on the warship.
After a drum beat, more than a dozen mechanical birds on the warship's observation deck rushed into the sky.
After the second drum beat, more than a dozen mechanical giant scorpions in the cabin dived into the water one after another.
After the three-tone drum, a large number of crossbow arrows rose from the deck of the warship, each arrow shining with an icy cold light.
Lu Yuan stood on the top of the ship building, looking at the approaching enemy ships.
"Turn southeast!"
The messenger on the observation deck immediately waved the flag in his hand.
The next moment, the four warships turned to the southeast almost simultaneously.
…
Xia Shanhai looked at the movements of Dali Warship with a surprised expression.
"That's the machine beast?"
He looked at the machine bird soaring in the sky and couldn't help but feel surprised.
It is no secret that Dali Mechanism Beasts are on Qingling Island. In this year, Donia has sold more than 3,000 Mechanism Beasts to Qingling Island. Although most of them are Mechanism Giant Scorpions, there are also some Mechanism Birds.
The machine bird can be used for reconnaissance in the sea, and many merchant ships like the machine bird very much.
While he was observing, more than a dozen mechanical birds in the sky launched an attack on them.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh~~~
Scattered arrows landed on the sail, on the deck, and on the bodies of a few unlucky people.
The attack power of the machine bird is not great, it just throws arrows in the sky.
At most, it can only be harassed, but it doesn't have much destructive power.
…
"put!"
On the ship's roof, Lu Yuan let out a roar.
Suddenly, crossbow arrows flew out.
Neither the quantity nor the power of these crossbow arrows can be compared to the arrows of the machine bird.
Hundreds of crossbow arrows formed a rain of arrows in the sky, and the next moment they rained down on the Blackfish pirate fleet.
Bang bang bang~~~
The three-finger-thick crossbow arrow hit the deck, instantly penetrated the deck and sank into the cabin.
If you are hit, as long as you are not a cultivator of innate or above level, there is almost no chance to dodge.
The results of hundreds of crossbow arrows were still very good. In an instant, forty or fifty pirates were penetrated.
This scene shocked both Xia Shanhai and Hu Nu.
"Damn, how can their crossbows shoot so far!"
"And he shoots so accurately!"
Hu Nu exclaimed.
It's no wonder he made such a fuss. As the only long-range weapon in naval battles, crossbows are equipped on almost all ships on the sea.
The range of most crossbows is around five hundred meters, but the range of Dali's crossbow can reach one thousand meters.
This is naturally the credit of Gong Shuqiu. The crossbow designed with mechanism technology not only has a long range, but also has great power. More importantly, it is easy to operate and the firing rate is much faster than other crossbows.
The art of mechanism is Dali's only characteristic. The crossbows and small arrowheads designed with the art of mechanism in Dali's army are very powerful weapons.
Xia Shanhai narrowed his eyes slightly, "We seem to have underestimated the Dali Dynasty!"
The strength of a dynasty is definitely not only reflected in the number of powerful men in the Jizhao Realm it has, but also in the weapons and equipment of the army, the cultivation and combat effectiveness of ordinary soldiers.
"Let the clippers go and rush over!"
Xia Shanhai ordered.
Following his order, small speedboats were put into the water one after another, and many pirates rode the speedboats and rushed towards Dali's four warships.
After four consecutive waves of arrows, Dali's warship's offensive paused for a while.
Lu Yuan looked at the rushing boats with an extremely calm expression.
"Crash into it!"
"The crossbow arrows continue to fire rapidly!"
At this time, the distance between the two sides was still 800 meters, which was the time for them to expand their victory.
If they wait for the enemy to get closer, they will lose the advantage of the crossbow.
The soldiers on the deck almost used all their strength, firing crossbows crazily.
A series of arrows made the Blackfish pirates so embarrassed that they could only hide in the cabin and dare not show up.
"hateful!"
Seeing this, Hu Nu's violent temper immediately surged into his heart.
"I'll go kill them first!"
As he spoke, he held a long knife and flew directly out of the air.
In the blink of an eye, he appeared on the side of the Dali warship.
"Break it for me!"
He raised the long sword in his hand and released a ten-foot-long blade of energy that struck down at the warship where Lu Yuan was.
If this sword strikes, the warship will definitely fall apart.
The powerful force of Jizhao Realm is enough to destroy any warship.
But before the sword energy could fall, Huang Yaoshi had already taken action.
The palm of the fallen sword was shot out, and in an instant, the colorful palm shadows like falling flowers rushed towards Hu Nu from all directions.
The shadow of the palm is uncertain, like a sudden strong wind in the peach forest, causing thousands of flowers to fall, and the palm's force is as sharp as a sword, which instantly disperses Hu Nu's sword energy.
"Hahaha!!"
Hu Nu's attack was ineffective. Instead of getting angry, he became extremely excited.
"Don't you dare tell me your name! I won't kill the nameless ghost with my sword!"
He looked at Huang Yaoshi, his eyes full of cruel excitement.
Huang Yaoshi looked calm and said: "Dali worships Huang Yaoshi!"
"Huang Yaoshi! I don't think I've heard of it!" Hu Nu grinned and slashed at Huang Yaoshi again with the long knife in his hand.
The next moment, the two collided fiercely.
The sword in his hand is like the wind, elegant and exquisite.
The sword's intention is like thunder, violent and fierce.
The two fought in mid-air, causing terrifying waves on the sea.
Let the warships of both sides be washed away.
"idiot!"
Seeing this, Xia Shanhai couldn't help but curse secretly.
Huang Yaoshi and Hu Nu fought. Not only were the warships on both sides unable to continue fighting, it also made it impossible for them to continue their pursuit.
When Lu Yuan saw this, his expression changed for a while.
"Turn the rudder to the southwest and break away from the warship!"
Without any hesitation, he turned around and ran away.
It's not that he doesn't have the determination to fight to the death, but it's just that fighting to the death has no meaning at this time.
The fight to the death continued, and they had only one way to die.
Moreover, the task Huang Yaoshi gave him was to harass the other party, and he was not asked to fight to the death with the other party.
Now the fleets of both sides are unable to get close due to the battle between Huang Yaoshi and Hu Nu. If we don't leave now, we will wait until later.
And Huang Yaoshi didn't like fighting, he also fought and retreated at the same time.
A strong person in the Jingzhao Realm can fly, but cannot cross the sea.
It's okay to fly continuously for more than ten miles, but if you continue to fly, your true energy will be exhausted and you will fall into the water.
Maybe you won't drown in the water, but you can only drift with the current.
So even if he wanted to leave, he had to take a boat.
He didn't want to wander at sea for several days, or even ten days.
Seeing that Huang Yaoshi was about to run away, Xia Shanhai thought for a while and did not go to help Hu Nu.
It is difficult for the two of them to join forces to defeat Huang Yaoshi, but it is not easy to keep Huang Yaoshi.
As for the four warships, he was not interested either.
His target was the cargo ships.
Four warships are worth just a few dollars, but those cargo ships are worth hundreds of warships.
In this way, this sudden encounter only lasted for two quarters of an hour, and Huang Yaoshi left in the warship.
But the Blackfish pirates caught up with those cargo ships.
But Neia had already taken everyone away on a small speedboat.
As a result, Dali lost goods worth more than ten million imperial silver coins.