1718: New Battleship
When Qin Li needed to make friends, he would immediately become the most caring person. He would speak and act without expressing his feelings but could make the people who came into contact with him feel like spring breeze. Unconsciously, he would have regarded him as a soulmate. Without such ability, Qin Li would not have used his own strength to incite the barbarians who were still living in the mountains to establish the so-called Yan Kingdom and go down the mountain to officially capture land, which caused great trouble for the Ming Kingdom.
After only a dozen days on board the ship, he successfully turned Wu Guoyong into his best friend. At least, Wu Guoyong thought so.
Then, Qin Li learned from Wu Guoyong that many little-known things from the Marine Merchants Federation and the Insurance Federation. These information does not belong to things with high secret levels, but if you are not a person in this circle, it is extremely difficult to know these things and understand them even more.
In fact, Qin Li didn't understand many things, but with an expert like Wu Guotong, over the past ten days, his understanding of many business behaviors in Ming Dynasty has risen to a higher level.
The more he understood, the more frightened he became. Later, a feeling of powerlessness filled Qin Li's entire body and mind without realizing it.
If Qin Li just thought Ming was terrible but was still full of fighting spirit, now, he suddenly felt a little desperate. Qi seemed to be fighting against an invincible giant. Although this giant is still in its growth stage, it seems that it is no longer comparable to Qi.
Or, it is really a good choice to go overseas to seek foreign aid.
Qin Li lay lazily on the deck, basking in the sun, and didn't want to do anything. Maybe this was his last free time. Once he got ashore, his life would not belong to him. About one-third depends on himself, one-third depends on the enemy's ability, and the other third must be handed over to God.
At some point, Wu Guoyong brought a pot of wine and lay down beside him. He stuffed the pot into his mouth from time to time and took a big sip.
"I'm lucky to go out to sea this time. I've already taken most of the voyage. I've been blessed with sunny weather. Look at you, I've vomited for a day or two and then recovered. If I encounter a big storm, haha, then you'll really suffer." Wu Guoyong stuffed the wine pot to Qin Li.
After taking the wine pot and taking a big sip, Qin Li smiled and said, "My luck has always been good."
His luck was indeed good. Since he planned the barbarians to go down the mountain, he has been one of the targets of the Eagle Nest in the past and the Ministry of State Security for the current pursuit. But until now, they have not even touched him. Instead, they are even losing their lives.
"This time it went so smoothly, maybe I'll still get your good luck!" Wu Guoyong laughed, "The legendary blessing general, this is it. Do you know our Ming Dynasty blessing general, Lu Yifan?"
Qin Li was stunned and shook his head, "I don't know." Of course he knew, but with his current identity, it would be abnormal if he knew. Lu Yifan's reputation was not great enough. Until now, he was just a general in command of a war camp.
"That's a blessing general. He's not very capable, but it's just a strange thing. As long as he participates in the battle, our Ming Dynasty will win, no matter which side he is from, hahaha, when he was on the enemy side, we won, and later he became the general of our Ming Dynasty. We still won. He even happened to save the Queen by chance. Tell me, this person's wealth is sometimes really destined by heaven." Wu Guoyong shook his head repeatedly.
Qin Li was also ridiculous. In this way, this person is really a blessing general who is already in the Ming Dynasty.
Putting aside the positions and identities of both parties, Qin Li still likes Wu Guoyong quite well and is straightforward. Although it is mixed with the cunning of a businessman, overall, he is not a person with deep scheming and colorful tricks, which is exactly the opposite of himself.
If you lack what you want, it is probably why you like to make such friends. Many barbarians were like this at the beginning.
Qin Li, thinking about his worries, took another big sip of wine. Before he could swallow a sip, Wu Guoyong beside him suddenly exclaimed and sat upright.
"What's wrong?" Qin Li asked.
"The Ming Navy cruised." Wu Guoyong said.
"This is not unusual, as long as they are not the pirate flags they are hanging." Qin Li said lazily.
Wu Guoyong smiled and said that the Ming Navy pretended to be a pirate to do things like Qi people, not once or twice, but he robbed Qi people so much that he dared not go to sea, and could only connect with people like himself.
"Cruising is not uncommon, but it is unusual for the Ming Dynasty to come out. This is the flagship of General Ning Zeyuan, the navy commander. The Ming Dynasty is here, which means that he is here too. I'll fuck, there's a whole fleet!" As he said that, Wu Guoyong had already stood up.
Needless to say, Qin Li also saw clearly at this time. At the distance, the huge figure of the Ming Dynasty first appeared on the sea level. Immediately behind it, one warship after another emerged.
More than a dozen main warships lined up in two rows, sailing neatly several miles away from the merchant ship.
However, what attracted the attention of both of them was no longer these majestic warships, but another bare warship on the water among the two rows of warships.
He was said to be bare because compared with the fully armed forces of other warships, this warship had no weapons and equipment, no catapults, thunderbolts, no crossbows, and no rows of soldiers standing on both sides of the ship. The most surprising thing is that he did not have the masts on the top of the warship and sails on each side.
I occasionally saw a few people running around on the boat, and I didn’t know what I was doing.
But this ship not only attracted Wu Guoyong and Qin Li, but basically, people passing through this sea area involuntarily turned their attention to this different warship.
Because he is too strange.
On the top of the battleship, a huge chimney was rolling out with thick smoke. If they hadn't seen all this clearly at this time, they would have thought that the battleship was on fire.
The warships were getting closer and closer, and everyone could see clearly. Wu Guoyong widened his eyes, and hey hey was constantly hearing the sound.
Unlike ordinary warships that stretched out countless oars or paddles from both sides of the abdomen, behind the buttocks of the warship, huge waves surged towards both sides, and it was precisely through this that pushed the warship forward.
"Damn, what is this?" Wu Guoyong murmured, "We Ming Dynasty has created a new thing again. Oh my God, why is this warship so fast?"
He finally yelled loudly.
At the same time, almost everyone who saw this warship burst out with such a loud roar.
The speed of this warship was too fast. When he first saw him, he was still on the butts of the two rows of warships, but in a blink of an eye, he had already passed the Ming Dynasty in front. At the same time, the sails of those warships were full of wind and were slashing the waves on the sea.
"How the hell is this possible?" Wu Guoyong exclaimed.
But something that surprised him even more happened. The warship that was sailing far away fell and drove back again. He had a good wind before. At this time, he and Wu Guoyong were just as good-wind as they were. But what made Wu Guoyong widen his eyes was that the speed of the ship was not affected at all, just as good as the speed before.
Wu Guoyong, who had been running at sea for many years, had a very accurate judgment on the speed of the ship.
"This is definitely not human power, this is definitely not something that human power can achieve!" Wu Guoyong shook his head repeatedly, and after watching the warship sailing for a distance, then turned around and drove back, he exclaimed.
After a while, he suddenly became excited again, "This must be our shipyard has created new technology. It's wonderful, and I can also get such a merchant ship back in the future. Haha, it seems that this is a experimental ship. The technology has come out. Maybe we can use it in two years. Haha, with such a boat, I can go a few more trips a year. I must buy it, and I have to buy it even if I sell it."
Wu Guoyong was so excited that he couldn't suppress himself, but Qin Li was feeling cold in his heart. The steam engine technology of Mingren had really been applied to warships, and it seemed that he had entered the practical operation stage. Faced with such a warship, how could the navy that Daqi had finally accumulated was his opponent? He really wanted to snatch the ship and run back to Daqi to report the news to Daqi.
But this idea just turned around in my mind and disappeared again. Even if I killed all the people on the ship, how could I drive the ship back alone?
Go to sea, go to the west, find the powerful countries in the west, let them go out to the army, tightly restrain the Ming people at the sea, so that they have no time or opportunity to attack Daqi. At this moment, this idea appeared extremely strongly in Qin Li's mind. As for whether the countries in the west are opponents of the Ming people, no matter whether they die at the hands of the Ming people, it doesn't matter. At least they can win the opportunity for Qi to win on land.
The warship, which had been running back and forth for several times, finally slowed down. Under the escort of two warships, they sailed all the way towards the Ming Dynasty, leaving only eyes that had fallen all over the floor and countless saliva behind them. What Wu Guoyong thought of, and some other ship owners naturally thought of it.
If you own a ship like this, you will have to earn several times more money in that year. And judging from the appearance of the ship, it seems that it is not driven by manpower, which means you can recruit less sailors. If there are fewer people on the ship, you will naturally be able to free up more places to load.
Chapter completed!