The servants standing next to Gu An had a look of panic on their faces, looking back from time to time in the direction behind them.
One of the servants said with a bit of panic: "Master, what should we do? If this continues, I'm afraid we won't be able to escape."
In the past few days, they could be said to have elaborated on ways to get rid of the Japanese pirates who were chasing them. To this end, they even abandoned several large ships and fled in separate directions.
However, these Japanese pirates also dispersed to chase them. Although it is not clear whether the Japanese pirates would overtake them if they chose other large ships, but based on their experience, I am afraid that those large ships will be in danger now.
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After all, the big ships they are currently riding are some of the fastest ships in their Gu family. After all, in a fleet, it is impossible for all ships to have the same speed. There are also new and old ships, so newly built ships are naturally faster.
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Even the slightly faster boat they were on could not escape these Japanese pirates, so it would be strange if other boats with slower speeds could escape.
With a bang, a clear roar could be heard from the Japanese pirate ship chasing behind him, and Gu An couldn't help but tense up.
Just hearing the roaring sound, Gu An naturally knew that it was Japanese pirates shelling.
Of course, the Japanese bombarded them more than once. I don't know whether it was because the Japanese pirates' artillery was poor, or because they were lucky, but the Japanese bombardments did not hurt them at all.
However, this kind of behavior of trusting life and death to luck is obviously unreliable. If you are unlucky and are hit by a cannonball, even if the ship does not sink on the spot, it may cause great damage to the ship.
In the process of escaping now, if there is any problem with the big ship under them, it will definitely be a fatal crisis for them.
Gu An turned around, stared at the Japanese pirates chasing them behind him, and said with a cold look in his eyes: "Give me the order, let everyone speed up for me, and get rid of these Japanese pirates no matter what!"
After listening to Gu An's words, a servant opened his mouth with a wry smile on his face.
Did he want to tell Gu An that the current speed was already their limit? If they could still speed up, why would they wait until now?
In fact, even Gu An himself knew this, but facing the Japanese pirates behind him, it seemed that they had no other better way besides speeding up.
After all, they had already thought of all the methods they could think of before, but they were of no use at all.
The Japanese pirates behind them stared at them as if they couldn't get rid of them.
The person who has been standing next to Gu An has a pale face, but there is not much panic in his eyes. He is wearing silk and satin. Just by looking at his dress, you can tell that this person is different from the servants of the Gu family.
Gu Shisan is one of the candidates for the next generation head of the Gu family. This person is only about 20 years old, but he has gone to sea several times and is one of the talents cultivated by the Gu family.
Gu Shisan is just his title, but his name is Gu Li.
At this moment, Gu Li, who had been doing nothing, opened his mouth and said to Gu An: "Uncle, if you continue to suffer from the chaos, it's time to make a decision!"
Hearing Gu Li speak, Gu An couldn't help but frown, his eyes fell on Gu Li, and he shook his head with some struggle: "Thirteen, it's not that uncle refuses to agree, but that your proposal is simply unrealistic. Uncle doesn't
I can watch you die."
It turned out that Gu Li proposed to lower two small boats from the ship, and then he would take a dozen servants to entangle the Japanese pirates, giving Gu An and the others time to escape.
Anyone who is not a fool can see this proposal. It would be strange if just two small boats could stop these ferocious Japanese pirates.
Gu Li looked at Gu An and said: "Uncle, if we don't give it a try, everyone will die. If we give it a try, even if there is only one ten thousandth chance, it can at least leave a breath of vitality for our Gu family, right?"
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Hearing this, Gu An looked at Gu Li with a complicated expression, gritted his teeth and said, "Even if you want to stay, it's my uncle who will stay. Little Thirteen, you take this big ship and try to return to the Ming Dynasty alive."
Just as the two of them were arguing over who should stay, a dark shadow vaguely appeared above the sea at the end of the sea level.
The black shadow that vaguely appeared on the sea was naturally difficult to see clearly with eyesight alone, but if someone looked through a telescope, they would find that it turned out to be a group of ships.
A large ship with a length of more than ten feet and a height of several feet sailed smoothly on the sea, surrounded by ships. The ships kept a certain distance from each other. At a glance, the surrounding ships were surrounded by ships.
There were no less than hundreds of ships, large and small.
Such a large number of ships is absolutely rare on the sea. I am afraid that only the fleet brought by Zheng He when he sailed to the Western Ocean can be compared with it.
In this sea area, apart from the Ming Dynasty, it is impossible for any other country to be able to dispatch such a huge fleet.
Needless to say, this fleet is the huge navy team led by Chu Yi.
The vast sea is different from inland lakes. Even though the soldiers Chu Yi selected in advance were all familiar with the water, there were still many soldiers on the big ship who were not adapted to the sea environment and became seasick.
Phenomenon.
Fortunately, quite a few soldiers were not very adaptable at the beginning, but they gradually adapted to it after a long time.
However, there were also a very small number of soldiers, which totaled about four to five hundred soldiers who could not adapt to sailing on the sea. Finally, Chu Yi ordered those soldiers who could not adapt to sailing on the sea to be sent back to the shore.
Therefore, the entire fleet can be said to be in harmony now, without any trouble.
On the huge ship, Chu Yi was currently in the cabin, his eyes falling on Lu Dazhu and several other generals.
This time Chu Yi went to sea with a lot of generals, but there were not many generals who actually stayed on the flagship. There were only a few generals such as Lu Dazhu.
All I heard was that Lu Dazhu said to Chu Yi: "General manager, all ships are in good condition. According to the judgment of experienced fishermen, there will be no strong wind or rain on the sea for at least a few days."
Chu Yi nodded slightly. The most fearful thing about sailing on the sea is not encountering enemies, but encountering stormy weather.
If you encounter an enemy, you can still fight hard. Even if you die in battle, you have nothing to complain about. You can only blame yourself for not being as good as others.
But once you encounter a storm, you really leave your life and death to God.
With such a fleet of hundreds of ships, Chu Yi dare not say that it can be invincible across the sea, but at least within the waters outside the Ming Dynasty, there is no country that can threaten this fleet.
Even if we look at the entire world, I am afraid that no country can dare to say that it can win reliably.
Therefore, Chu Yi was not worried at all about whether he would encounter any enemies on the sea. He was only worried about the ever-changing weather.
When the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty conquered Japan, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses were used. Although there were many reasons for the final failure, the weather was an extremely important aspect.
If there was no barrier from the sea and the ever-changing weather, with the crazy expansion ability of the Meng Yuan, not just one Japan, but several Japanese would have been flattened by the Meng Yuan cavalry.
After glancing at Lu Dazhu, Chu Yi said calmly: "I order people to pay attention to the weather changes at all times. Once there are signs of storms, they must be informed of this king as soon as possible."
The mighty fleet was sailing on the sea, and on top of a ship, an observer was looking at the surrounding scene with the help of a telescope in his hand.
Although you don't have to worry about being ambushed on land like you do on land, if you encounter an enemy, being able to discover it first will at least buy you time to react, right?
The lookout hand habitually looked around. The sea was endless. It could be said that except for the sea water, there was no other scene at all. Especially at this time, the fleet had already moved away from the Ming Dynasty and entered the depths of the sea. Even water birds
Things like that are extremely rare.
Suddenly, the lookout was stunned for a moment, staring in one direction.
In the telescope, you can vaguely see several black spots moving quickly on the sea surface.
After just a cup of tea, I could already vaguely see that those black spots were clearly ships.
The news reached Chu Yi's case almost immediately.
Although Chu Yi was a little surprised to learn that a ship had been found at sea, he was not too shocked.
Although the chance of encountering a ship on the sea is not high, it cannot be said to be small. After all, with the opening of the sea in the Ming Dynasty, there were not a few people sailing merchant ships out to sea.
And Japan is one of the favorite trading objects of Ming merchants, so it is reasonable to encounter some merchant ships on the route from Ming Dynasty to Japan.
In Chu Yi's opinion, nine out of ten ships discovered by the lookouts should be the fleets of maritime merchants heading to Japan for business.
Chu Yi just ordered the lookout to keep an eye on him at all times, and report anything to him in a timely manner.
However, in less than a stick of incense, Chu Yi, who was reading in the cabin, looked at Lu Dazhu in surprise and said: "What, you said that the discovered fleet seems to be being chased by another fleet?"
There was a bit of excitement on Lu Dazhu's face. It was obvious that the two boring days at sea had made Lu Dazhu a little depressed. Now there were actually people fighting at sea. How could this not make Lu Dazhu excited?
Lu Dazhu nodded excitedly and said: "Back to the chief manager, according to our observations, it is two teams of people chasing each other at sea!"
Chu Yi stood up and said with a smile on his face: "Oh, I want to see who he is!"
When Chu Yi appeared on the ship, several generals were almost on the observation deck staring at the sea in the distance with the help of telescopes in their hands.
Chu Yi took the telescope from Lin Pingzhi, and then looked into the distance with the help of the telescope.
In the telescope lens, you can vaguely see less than ten large and small ships running in tandem, with the former escaping and the latter chasing them.
As for the identity of the two parties, it was impossible to judge for a while because of the distance. However, judging from the hull patterns, these ships were most likely from the Ming Dynasty.
But even so, it is difficult to determine the identity of the other party. After all, the large ships built by the Ming Dynasty are owned by Japan or North Korea.
For merchants, as long as there is enough profit, even a large ship can be traded, so it is unrealistic to judge the identity of the other party through the pattern of the hull.
Suddenly, standing next to Chu Yi, Lu Dazhu, who was also staring at the distant scene with the help of a telescope in his hand, exclaimed: "Hey, the Great Tomorrow Sun and Moon Flag is actually the Great Tomorrow Sun and Moon Flag distributed by the Municipal Shipping Department!
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Chu Yi opened the sea. For those maritime merchants who went to sea to do business, all merchants who paid taxes and silver could receive a special Great Ming Dynasty flag after being enthroned and registered in the Shipping Department.
The Great Ming Dynasty Sun and Moon Flag is equivalent to a sea pass, which is directly related to Chu Yi's next actions.
In Chu Yi's plan, once the more than a thousand ships he proposed to build are launched one after another, he will build several maritime fleets, and then these maritime fleets will maintain order on the sea.
Of course, these are just ideas at the moment. After all, there are not many ships at the imperial court's disposal, and there is no spare capacity to build a maritime fleet. Therefore, the Mingming Sun and Moon Flag can only be used as a symbol of paying business taxes, and there is no other way.
function.
However, in Chu Yi's eyes, these merchants with special Ming Dynasty sun and moon flags are legitimate maritime merchants protected by the Ming Dynasty. As long as they pay business taxes legally, they will be recognized by Chu Yi. In Chu Yi's plan, once he decides
After the more than a thousand ships he proposed to build are launched one after another, he will build several maritime fleets, and then these maritime fleets will maintain order on the sea.
Of course, these are just ideas at the moment. After all, there are not many ships at the imperial court's disposal, and there is no spare capacity to build a maritime fleet. Therefore, the Mingming Sun and Moon Flag can only be used as a symbol of paying business taxes, and there is no other way.
function.
However, in the eyes of Chu Yi, these merchants with special Ming Dynasty sun and moon flags are legitimate maritime merchants protected by Ming Dynasty. As long as the other parties pay business taxes legally, they will be recognized by Chu Yi. However, these merchants with special Ming Dynasty sun and moon flags will be recognized by Chu Yi.
In the eyes of Chu Yi, the merchants of the flag are legitimate maritime merchants protected by the Ming Dynasty. As long as the other party pays business taxes legally, they are recognized by Chu Yi. However, in the eyes of Chu Yi, these merchants with the specially made Ming Ming Sun and Moon Flag are
Legal maritime merchants protected by the Ming Dynasty will be recognized by Chu Yi as long as the other party pays business taxes legally.
