This time, Wang Xuan did not let the Interceptor change direction again, but just inserted it diagonally. With such a round of shelling, the merchant ship on the opposite side had no time to prepare for a counterattack again. It could prepare for another round after it got closer.
Jump over and capture the opponent!
At this moment, the pirates on the ship have begun to prepare various tools. When they get within ten meters, it will be time for them to perform!
Within 100 meters of approaching again, the Interceptor fired another round, this time almost at the opponent's head. None of the fifteen shells missed, and a white field was cleared on the opponent's deck in one fell swoop.
"Swish, swish, swish..." More than thirty cross hook locks were thrown by the pirates, and the two ships were tightly connected. The other side was unwilling to cut off the hook locks, but was shot by more than 20 muskets fired at the same time.
go back.
Wang Xuan ordered the sails to be lowered. As the Interceptor slowed down, the hook lock was pulled straight, making a rattling sound. The merchant ship on the opposite side was also forced to slow down.
At this time, the results of Wang Xuan's training were revealed. The pirates did not go their own way and jump over to fight. Instead, they waited for Wang Xuan's order. At this time, the 30 people operating the artillery also ran over with weapons in hand.
"Charge!" Wang Xuan gave the order and blew the [high-pitched horn]. With the sound of "Woooo~~", the pirates all rushed over through the springboard.
In fact, their morale was already at full level, and blowing the horn was of no use, but Wang Xuan wanted to have some sense of ceremony, and it must be his first time!
This time, there were seventy people who rushed over, and the other thirty people stayed on the ship to control the Interceptor.
Wang Xuan also jumped over behind the seventy people. He had no intention of holding back against these ghosts.
A guy who looked extremely brave, like a boatswain, brandished a two-handed long sword, whistling in the wind, and there was a pirate's body lying on the ground. He stopped three pirates by himself.
Wang Xuan quickly took out a flying ax from the space without aiming it. With a swing of his forearm and a flick of his wrist, the ax flew straight towards the opponent with a streak of black lightning.
The big man was very alert. He turned slightly sideways in an impossible situation, but did not completely dodge. He was hit by an ax on his shoulder. The sharp ax went straight in. After five or six minutes, he suddenly screamed and the sword fell from both hands.
ground.
Taking this opportunity, a pirate stabbed the opponent's stomach directly with a knife. With each stab and pull, a fountain of blood spurted out, and the person fell backwards.
Wang Xuan didn't fight directly, he just wandered around.
It's enough to leave this desperate matter to these pirates who have been tortured enough by training. You must always give them a channel to vent.
Wang Xuan just needs to be an ADC and give these warriors good firepower output. Wherever there is a danger, he can just fly his ax and solve the battle immediately!
He placed a total of 30 small throwing axes in the space, which were very lethal and invincible with the help of his sharpshooter skills.
The battle didn't last long. It would be useless to continue struggling, and the opponent soon surrendered!
Under normal circumstances, pirates will not kill them all. After all, without these merchants doing business, they will starve to death. Predators and prey have always been interdependent. If they are all killed, what will they eat in the future?
This kind of unprovoked killing will also be resisted among pirates!
Therefore, when it comes to killing, pirates are much gentler than their merchant counterparts.
The other party raised their hands to surrender, and the pirates immediately shouted and cheered.
Compared to their pirate careers, this battle was relatively easy, but judging from the results, it was huge. Not everyone had the opportunity to rob a large merchant ship of more than a thousand tons.
Many times the firepower and manpower on ordinary pirates' ships are several blocks worse than their counterparts.
Of course, the Interceptor is powerful, and a warship is a warship. On the other hand, a period of training has allowed them to get rid of their habit of rushing randomly. The seventy pirates gathered together are much more powerful than those scattered.
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The pirates spread out a path, and Wang Xuan strode out from the middle.
The other party's captain stared blankly at Wang Xuan. This guy wearing a three-cornered hat, a vest, and a decent dress was the other party's pirate captain?
Standing on the bloody deck, Wang Xuan strolled out as if there was no one else around amid the constant wailing.
This made him a little confused!
This does not fit the image of a pirate in his mind. He has been running ships for so many years and has seen a lot of pirates. Some are sloppy, dirty, cruel, vicious, and they look like bad guys...all kinds of things.
All kinds.
But this is the first time I have seen someone like the author, who is sunny, handsome, handsome and elegant. It is easier to believe that he is a noble than a pirate leader.
"This... captain, I am Ulysses Hornby..." For a moment, the merchant captain didn't know how to address Wang Xuan.
"Okay, I don't want to know your name, I just want you to know how much damage you have caused us."
"You attacked our ship for no reason and wasted our forty-five cannonballs and two barrels of gunpowder. You caused damage to our ship's hull and killed five of my subordinates. Tell me how you are going to compensate me!"
Ulysses Hornby looked confused, "Fuck, we attacked you for no reason, do you dare to have any shame?"
What are you doing? You have no idea!
Was it I who asked you to shoot me with cannons?
Besides, I only hit you once, so nothing happened!
We killed five of your people, don't you see how many of us have died? Can't you see the corpses all over the deck?
"But you are pirates, of course I will attack you!" Ulysses Hornby couldn't help but retort.
"You framed us again. Which one of your eyes saw that we are pirates? Do you have a video? Do you have an invoice?" Wang Xuan spread his hands and asked: "Look clearly, we did not fly the pirate flag!"
Hold!
This guy is definitely a noble!
This greedy character and shameless appearance are the same as those of the British nobles and officials.
"Okay, tell me how to compensate!"
"Arthur, take people to search and see if there is anything valuable that can be compensated to us!"
Wang Xuan turned around and said hello, and Arthur immediately led a dozen or so people straight to the cabin.
As the defeated party, Ulysses Hornby did not dare to say anything to this pirate leader who did not look ferocious.
Anyway, there is a lot of cargo on the ship, and the other party's ship cannot carry too much.
Not long after, Arthur brought people back. The ship carried silk, porcelain, and various spices.
Wang Xuan's lips curled up, it turned out to be a ship coming back from Asia.
"Ulysses, you know, I would rather you come up with enough gold and silver to compensate for our losses, rather than these goods that can make you rich, do you understand?"
"I understand, but I don't have much money left!"
When these goods arrive in Wang Xuan's hands, they have to be resold again, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive. The price is not as high as the merchants, which is really troublesome, so Wang Xuan prefers cash!
Wang Xuan kept talking about it, but he felt it was a bit troublesome. He didn't have his own channel to sell the stolen goods, which was really troublesome.
In fact, Elizabeth's father is a perfect collaborator. However, Wang Xuan is too small now, and if he rashly provokes the other party, he may be eaten in one bite during the transaction.
"Ulysses Hornby, which country are you from?" Wang Xuan's sudden question made the other party stunned.
"I-I'm Spanish."
"Let's go to the captain's cabin and talk."
Wang Xuan signaled to the other party, turned around and walked towards the captain's cabin.
Ulysses had no choice but to follow Wang Xuan in silence, and he also felt that things were turning around!
At first glance, this guy is not a brainless pirate.
"Sir, what are your orders?"
"I think your route to Asia is very dangerous, and although the profit is huge, it may not be so big that people can take such a big risk. So, now there is a new way to make a fortune in front of you."
"Who makes you so lucky to be the first ship to be robbed by me as a pirate!"
I was lucky enough to be robbed. Are you sure you are not playing a trick on me? Of course, Ulysses did not dare to ask this question, and he waited quietly for the next step.
"In the future, I will gain more and more, but I need someone to deliver goods. Now, I think you are more suitable. What do you think?"
"Although I won't sell you anything at a particularly low price, at least it's safe and risk-free, right? The single profit is not big, but it's enough if the quantity is large!"
Ulysses did not expect such a turn of events, and was stunned on the spot for a moment, but... after careful calculation, although a trip to Asia by himself would have made ten times the profit, in fact, the real profit was not that exaggerated. After all, it was necessary
Bringing a large number of sailors and daily necessities, how much is actually used for loading, and risking capsizing at any time in violent storms, there are so many pirates on the road, who knows when you will be buried in the sea!
It might not be a good thing to have such a collaborator!
"Of course, sir, may I call you?" Thinking of this, Ulysses respectfully gave Wang Xuan the nobility etiquette.
"Call me Wang Xuan. I'm from China. I think you understand."
"Dear Mr. Wang, yes, I know where it is. It is an extremely large and powerful country. It is bigger than the whole of Europe. There are countless people and gold everywhere, but their people all wear braids.
, but you didn’t, so I didn’t think of it for a moment.”
"Don't mention your pigtails to me, or I will beat you to death and feed you to the fishes!" Wang Xuan smiled, but there was a cold light in his eyes.
"Uh, okay, okay!" Ulysses apologized quickly, although he didn't know what he said wrong.
"Okay, that's it. I believe you won't go to sea again so soon. I believe my people will look for you before that."
After saying that, Wang Xuan asked him to write down the address, then patted him on the shoulder and said: "Do it well and don't let your mind wander. If you let me find out... then you will definitely not like the outcome!"
"Before I leave, I'll give you a gift." After saying that, Wang Xuan grabbed a stool and said, "Petrification!"
The stool suddenly turned into a black and white stone stool in Ulysses' eyes. He touched it with his hand in disbelief. The cold stone made him confirm that the stool he sat on every day was definitely not made of stone.
!
Well, this is witchcraft, evil witchcraft!
He suddenly turned his head towards Wang Xuan, looking at him in horror, his calf muscles twisting.
"Whoever deceives me, I will turn him into a stone statue and seal it forever on the bottom of the sea!" He was too embarrassed to say it was a stone mound, it felt so LOW!
After saying that, Wang Xuan walked out of the captain's cabin. Ulysses was stunned for a few seconds before following him out with a bit of fear.
"Take away all the gold and silver, including the tableware, and all the gunpowder!" Wang Xuan came out and shouted to Arthur loudly.
"Oh, by the way, tell me if you have any Asians on your clothes!" Wang Xuan suddenly thought of something, turned to Ulysses and said.
"Ah, yes."
There were a large number of Chinese people settling in Southeast Asia during this era, and Ulysses could have come into contact with many of them even if he did not go to the Qing Dynasty.
There are eight people on the boat, five sailors and three cooks. This is what Wang Xuan urgently needs!
For Wang Xuan, who has lived in Hong Kong for eight years, he can speak mostly Cantonese and Chaoshan dialect, so communication is not a problem!
Wang Xuan told them directly that if you mix with me in the future, you will certainly not object. Pirates and other things do not matter at all. The most important thing is that Wang Xuan is a Han.
In this era, there is no such thing as shooting someone in the back when a fellow countryman meets a fellow countryman.
Instruct them to follow Arthur to the cabin, pick out some porcelain, tea, and spices and come back. Recently, Wang Xuan almost vomited after eating the food made by these white devils!
Sesame eggs are really boiled, or sea water!
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! From now on, these three cooks will be treasures. Let these Europeans know that there is nothing that Han people dare not eat!
BBQ, boiled fish, hot pot, crayfish, abalone and shark's fin... Oh my, my mouth is watering just thinking about it!
Before saying goodbye, Wang Xuan pointed to his own aura, the big word "王" floating in the wind, "That is my symbol, remember it, someone will find you!"
After speaking, Wang Xuan walked across the gangplank and returned to his Interceptor.
They waved goodbye to each other, and just like that, a robbery that satisfied both the robber and the robbed ended successfully and happily!
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"Why did you have to rob them and kill so many people? In fact, you can continue to do business, as long as you don't go to England. This ship is so powerful, it must be better than the one you had before."
Turner found Wang Xuan when no one was around. He especially wanted Wang Xuan to change his ways.
"I'm a pirate. Of course I want to rob merchant ships. Besides, didn't you see that the other party was also very happy just now? Besides, we agreed to meet again!"
Turner looked depressed. He didn't know if the other captain had shit in his head, why he was so polite to Wang Xuan, who had just damaged his ship, killed others, and robbed his things.
He looked so reluctant to leave and promised to see you again next time. This must have damaged your brain!
Turner said he couldn't understand. Is it because Wang Xuan didn't light up all his belongings and didn't continue killing people?
Turner's outlook was suddenly shattered.
Maybe this is the reason why he is a blacksmith and the other party is a big businessman.
"Turner, have you figured out what to do when you go back? Are you still going to be a blacksmith?"
"..." Wang Xuan silenced the little blacksmith with just one sentence, and immediately forgot about any robbery or the like.
There was silence for a while, and Turner opened his mouth several times without knowing what to say.
Looking up to the stern of the ship, the sea water cut by the big ship rushed to both sides, with white foam waves. At first, I saw the sea water rolling, but not long after, it was assimilated by the vast and endless sea water, swaying together.
Yifu couldn't see any trace of the previous wave.
And Turner didn't know whether the crimes he committed to rescue Elizabeth could be wiped away as quietly as the waves.
"In fact, you don't need to worry too much. The so-called robbing navy warships, killing and wounding sailors, and robbing merchant ships will not have much impact on you." Wang Xuan's voice came faintly.
"Why?" Turner looked at Wang Xuan with some surprise. In his heart, Wang Xuan was wise and mysterious, and his words always made sense.
"In the eyes of those in power, as long as there are enough benefits, these will become 'insignificant' losses. If their small sacrifices can be exchanged for greater benefits, it will be very worthwhile."
"And among James and the Governor, Elizabeth is of sufficient interest!"
After hearing Wang Xuan's words, Turner breathed a sigh of relief, but was also very frustrated. Yes, Elizabeth was equally important to James. He sighed, "Pirates can never become heroes!"
"Why do you have such a wrong argument?"
Turner was stunned, "Wrong?"
"Yes, that's wrong. Every year, the British royal family issues a lot of 'private licenses'. This is blatantly supporting piracy. If it doesn't bring enough benefits to the entire UK, why would the royal family do this? You
How can you think they are not heroes!?”
"Besides, why do you want to be a hero?"
Wang Xuan patted Turner on the shoulder, "Let me guess, do you think that when you become a hero, you are qualified to publicly show your love for Elizabeth or marry her?"
"Innocent boy, if Elizabeth only liked heroes, then she would have agreed to James' proposal long ago. What's the matter with you? You don't even know what the person you like likes."
"Turner, please be more careful!"
Watching Wang Xuan walking away, Turner looked confused. The royal family supports piracy? Elizabeth doesn't like heroes?
Yeah?
right!
So……
After that day, Wang Xuan said nothing to Turner and continued to train these sailors every day. The last robbery process allowed everyone to experience the benefits of training, and now their subjective initiative has been mobilized.
In addition to the most basic formation at the beginning, Wang Xuan also started to have people grouped into groups to practice operating the artillery without having to actually fire off the cannons. It was not that Wang Xuan couldn't bear to part with it... mainly because he felt distressed.
But you can practice other things, such as cleaning the barrel, quickly returning to position, and loading shells. Try to standardize every action.
Anyway, Wang Xuan has too many training projects to arrange, and he will not let these guys idle. The reason why the pirates are unorganized is directly related to having too much leisure every day.