The oars seemed to be covered with a layer of black gauze and a thin layer of black mud, and they were still oily to the touch.
Even the waves glowed with black light.
Someone who had touched the oar brought his hand to his nose and smelled it and said, "This is what it smells like."
Then the man stood up and looked towards the shore: "What on earth is that?"
A ray of fire streaked across the moon-white night sky like a shooting star, piercing straight into the man's chest.
The man stared at the arrow in his chest, and then fell into the sea.
Suddenly there was fire on the sea, which made the faces of the Japanese pirates on the boat red.
The person in the front suddenly realized something and shouted desperately: "Turn around, turn around. This is oil, we have been trapped."
It’s just that the oil on the water spread quickly, and the fire spread along the water and instantly burned the first few boats into "fire boats." People on the boat jumped into the sea one after another, but found that it had no effect, but
It's just from the barbecue grill to the oil pan.
What's more, they are also covered in oil, and a spark can set them on fire.
Each living person soon became a handful of candles, one lighting another, one ship lighting another ship.
The small bay has become a hell on earth at this moment, with flames rising into the sky, heat waves hitting the people, and the sound of wailing and screaming shaking the sky.
The Japanese pirates who were left behind on the big boat were so frightened that they wanted to turn around and escape, but one person could not row such a big boat, so they could only huddle up.
Zhu Bai stood on the shore and silently watched the quiet bay glowing red with flames, and suddenly murmured: "It would be nice if there was a west wind right now."
Even Zhang Yu, who had been on the battlefield for a long time, froze and glanced at Zhu Bai.
As if God was responding to him, a strong wind blew past him and swept towards the sea.
Zhu Bai ordered: "Continue pouring oil into the water. Don't stop."
Originally, he had concentrated all the oil and petroleum from Ningbo and Ninghai Guanya Bureau here, but he was not worried enough.
In the end, in order to force the stupid Japanese pirates to bring the oil on board, he had the Japanese pirates steal the first batch of oil.
The current oil is enough to burn these beasts into charcoal.
The soldiers kicked down the wooden barrels placed on the shore one by one.
Then there was a west wind, and the fire seemed to be alive, running wildly on the sea, and soon spread from the small boat to the big ship.
The people guarding the boat panicked, jumped into the sea, and swam to the distant shore.
Zhu Bai turned to Zhang Yu and asked: "Master Zhang, are you interested in shooting a live target?"
Zhang Yu said: "Yes."
Then he took a strong bow and shot two arrows in succession, hitting the man in the back.
The man struggled for a moment and then stopped moving. He floated on the water and was quickly swallowed up by the fire.
The big ship in the distance had burned into a torch, lighting up the entire sky red.
The people in Ninghai all ran to the shore to see it and clapped their hands and said, "Happy, it's a good burn."
"Burn these idiots to death and let you harm us."
Zhang Yu had already asked the guards and Ninghai County government officers to patrol along the shore to prevent Japanese pirates with good water skills from swimming under the water and hiding on the shore.
As soon as they saw someone emerging from the water, before they could pass by, the common people swarmed forward, grabbing stones for those who had no stones, and beating the Japanese pirates alive with their fists before stopping.
It can be seen that everyone has suffered a lot and hates it to the core.
Zhu Bai yawned: "Go back to bed. There is nothing to see."
Zhang Yu told the guards to eliminate the remnants of the Japanese pirates and leave no one alive, and hurriedly followed Zhu Bai back to the inn.
Zhu Bai went back and fell asleep.
Zhang Yu told the inn to close the door and take precautions.
Zhu Bai slept until three o'clock in the morning before getting up.
As soon as he opened the door, he found Zhang Yu and Fu Gui sitting on the left and right, holding knives and sleeping soundly at the door.
They must be worried that the Japanese pirates may invade at night before they are exterminated.
Zhu Bai went out and looked at the sea.
The fire has been extinguished, and there is still smoke floating in the sky.
There are dark things floating everywhere on the water of the bay. I don’t know if they are people or shipboards.
Zhang Yu and others also woke up and hurriedly got up and came over to salute Zhu Bai: "Your Highness slept well last night."
Zhu Bai said: "It's okay."
Only after getting rid of this gang of Japanese pirates can he sleep peacefully.
Before, he had foolish benevolent thoughts, thinking that they were human beings too, and was somewhat intolerable.
But after seeing the people killed by the Japanese pirates, I no longer showed mercy to them.
These beasts carrying Japanese swords or samurai swords are devils no matter what age they are, and they must be killed as long as they have the chance.
After Zhu Bai had breakfast, he invited the magistrate over for questioning.
As soon as the magistrate of Ninghai County came in, he solemnly saluted Zhu Bai: "Thank you, Your Highness, for eliminating harm to the people. I have already asked someone to row a boat to the sea to confirm whether the Japanese pirates have been eliminated, and to fish out all the corpses and bury them together."
Zhu Bai nodded slightly: "It's really embarrassing for you. I think the Japanese pirates will not dare to come again in a short time. But this is not an option. Have you ever thought about sending a ship to guard the bay, or repel the Japanese pirates and prevent them from landing?
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The magistrate of Ninghai sighed and said: "After the Ming Dynasty's sea ban, there were basically no large boats except fishing boats."
The key point is that Lao Zhu does not support private construction of large ships, and the naval forces are concentrated in several important state capitals.
Small counties like theirs are simply out of reach.
Zhu Bai thought for a moment: "I will give a brief statement to the emperor to explain this matter. The third-level official and tooth bureau will pay for it to prepare one or two warships for each coastal county and train dozens of sailors. The official and tooth bureau will
The guard leader helped each village train more than a dozen people so that the villagers could at least protect themselves when scattered Japanese pirates came."
There should no longer be a situation where a few Japanese pirates can massacre a village.
The magistrate fell on the ground and sobbed: "I thank the King of Xiang on behalf of the people. It would be great if the Emperor can grant this."
Zhu Bai said to Chief Ya and the postmaster: "You two have heard what I said."
Chief Ya and the webmaster hurriedly handed over their hands: "Yes."
Zhu Bai said: "The people are peaceful and there are no Japanese pirates to intrude on our Guanya Bureau. Only then can we do business. Do you agree with this?"
Chief Ya and the stationmaster replied: "The King of Xiang is wise."
"Indeed."
Zhu Bai nodded: "Then the task of buying ships and training villagers in Ninghai County will be left to you. I will immediately write to all the official bureaus along the coast, as well as my father."
Zhu Bai understands Lao Zhu's temper very well.
First of all, he couldn't bear to hear the suffering of the people. If he knew that the people of Ninghai County were so pitiful, Lao Zhu would definitely agree with Zhu Bai's opinion.
Secondly, I don't want to give up money. As long as I don't have to pay for it and can strengthen coastal defense, why not do it.
Zhu Bai thought for a while and asked: "What kind of ship do you plan to build?"
In fact, he is very interested in boats.
After all, we don’t have the chance to interact with him on weekdays.
The magistrate said: "Your Highness, there is a lot of sand on the coast here. If you use a sharp-bottomed Guangzhou ship or a Fuzhou ship, it will easily run aground, so you will probably build a sand ship with a relatively flat bottom. This is what is usually called Chongming sand ship."
Zhu Bai raised his eyebrows: "Oh, what does this ship mean?"
