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Chapter 62: First Encounter with Pirates


The next morning, after Zhang Qianfang got up, he went directly to Zhang Lijie, Zhang Liangcai's son.

He asked his wife yesterday that Zhang Lijie had resigned on his own because of a conflict with the shopkeeper not long ago, and he was sulking at home these days.

When Zhang Lijie saw Zhang Qianfang, he immediately jumped up and shouted: "The young master is back."

Zhang Qianfang lightly hit him on the head and said, "Why, we've been separated for only two years.

Didn't you call me little brother before?

Tell me what happened in the store."

Zhang Lijie saw that Zhang Qianfang was still the same as before and was less reserved, so he briefly explained the process.

It turned out that he worked as a clerk in the Zhang family's shop and learned accounting and other things from shopkeeper Wang.

He was quick with his hands and feet, quick-witted and good-looking.

He actually attracted the attention of shopkeeper Wang's daughter, and shopkeeper Wang knew that he and Mr.

Wang were friends.

The Zhang family has a close relationship, and he will probably take over his job in the end, and he is very optimistic about this matter.

He doesn't want Zhang Lijie to be too arrogant and look down on shopkeeper Wang's daughter.

As a result, he and shopkeeper Wang didn't get along well, so he had to leave the store. .

Zhang Qianfang patted him on the shoulder and said, "I thought it was something, but it turns out it is like this.

Well, are you interested in following me to the sea?"

Zhang Lijie was overjoyed.

He originally didn't want to be just a shopkeeper, but now that he could go to sea, he naturally wanted it.

Zhang Qianfang asked him to talk to his father first, and then talk to his uncle in detail when he came back.

He came to his uncle Yang Tiansheng's house.

After putting down the gifts, Yang Tiansheng took him to the guest room.

After asking him the reason for returning home, he said cheerfully: "Since you only have one ship now, then go with my fleet first.

Together, we can have someone to take care of you."

Yang Tiansheng is a maritime merchant from Jinjiang.

He travels to Nagasaki, Japan for a long time.

With his fleet taking him, Zhang Qianfang will naturally be able to familiarize himself with shipping more quickly.

So after thanking his uncle, he expressed his willingness to join the Yang family's fleet and made an appointment for a day to go to sea.

Two days later, Yang Qianfang took Zhang Lijie to the station in Quanzhou and met with everyone.

It just so happened that there was no accounting room in their fleet, so Zhang Lijie was considered a professional counterpart.

Zhang Qianfang introduced his subordinates to Zhang Lijie one by one, and then said: "Xiaojie, we are not ordinary sailors, we are the army, so you must also treat yourself as a soldier.

Understand, you first learn how to use fire guns from Brother Shen." , you will have to take care of the accounting in the future.

Everyone was a little nervous when they went to sea for the first time to run a boat.

There were six boats in total, and the leader was Yang Dali, who was under Yang Tiansheng.

Yang Dali first came to greet his young master, then told Zhang Qianfang what to pay attention to when sailing at sea, and exchanged simple flag issues for maritime communication with Shen Congjing, and everyone set off.

The fleet was moving in a long serpentine shape, and Zhang Qianfang's boat was in third place.

This shows that Yang Dali still takes good care of this young master.

Zhang Qianfang asked his men to familiarize themselves with ocean navigation first.

Everyone thought they had traveled so far when they came, so they didn't think much of it.

However, after they officially went to sea, they discovered that there was a big difference, because they had always sailed close to the shore when they came to Quanzhou.

You can always see land, but now you are surrounded by the vast sea on all sides.

People always feel like they have no feet in the sea, and their hearts are empty.

Zhang Qianfang told Shen Congjing and Zhang Lijie to study the issue of flags for maritime communication.

Yang Dali's contact method was relatively crude and could only express simple meanings.

Zhu Youxiao once told him about matters to be paid attention to at sea, and one of the important points was flag communication.

The problem required him to develop a complete set of semaphores that could express his meaning clearly at sea.

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After the ship sailed for a few days, everyone finally adapted to the daily life at sea, and their pale faces finally turned red.

Zhang Qianfang began to conduct sea training.

Just like in the Beijing camp, everyone ran, jumped, aimed, and assassinated on the boat, especially aiming.

Everyone had to practice a hundred times a day.

Although gunpowder was not used now, the basic operations must be in place.

Yang Dali called the flag and said that it would reach Nagasaki in two days, and asked all ships to pay attention to safety issues.

After Shen Congjing reported it to Zhang Qianfang, Zhang Qianfang said in surprise: "What do you mean by safety issues?"

Shen Congjing shook his head and expressed ignorance.

But they soon knew that when a large ship appeared in the field of vision, Yang Dali raised a flag and asked other ships to be on alert.

The first, second, and third ships attacked the incoming ship.

Only then did Zhang Qianfang and the others know that the original safety issue was referring to Safety issues for others, because now we are pirates.

They were the third ship, and they were part of a series that directly attacked the incoming ship.

Everyone was very excited, and they were shouting and cheering for their own ship.

However, Yang Dali’s first ship was already very close to the enemy ship, and he could already hear To the sound of firecrackers.

The ship seemed to accept its fate and slowed down.

At this time, the second ship had also approached the enemy ship.

The people on Zhang Qianfang's ship were very disappointed.

What else could they do?

It would have been over by the time he arrived.

At this time, I heard a sound like exploding beans.

Shen Congjing shouted: "If there is a problem, take the firecrackers, be on guard, and be careful when approaching enemy ships."

Zhang Qianfang also knew there was a problem, because Yang Dali only had a few firecrackers on the ship, and the sound should be that the enemy ship was firing.

Sure enough, a flag was raised on the second ship, and Shen Congjing said: "The enemy's firepower is too strong, please support."

At this time, we were not far from the enemy ship, and we saw that Yang Dali's ship had been boarded by an enemy ship on the gangplank.

It seemed that there were heavy casualties, and the enemy was ready to board the ship to grab the goods.

The second ship approached the enemy ship, and there was another sound of firing guns.

They were fooled.

This was the first thing that came to everyone's mind.

When we were about a hundred steps away from the enemy ship, we could clearly see the situation on each ship.

Most of the people on the first and second ships fell on the deck, while the deck of the enemy ship was filled with a large number of sailors holding matchlock guns.

Shen Congjing said: "Damn, I met a robber when I cut the path."

It was obvious that this ship was a disguised cargo ship, but it was actually here to snatch goods.

Zhang Qianfang waved his hand, and everyone set up their muskets on the side close to the enemy ship.

After a "fire" sound, a piece of the enemy ship fell down, and then began emergency charging.

After a while, the second burst of bullets swept out.

At this time We are almost approaching the enemy ship.

Zhang Qianfang shouted: "Javelin."

A few people in the back row threw the javelins in their hands.

These people were the masters specially selected by Zhang Qianfang.

It can be said that their shots were flawless and they pinned several pirates to the deck.

Zhang Qianfang shouted again: "The first team changes weapons, and the second team is on guard."

The person in front handed the firecrackers to the people behind, picked up the long knife, and the people behind held the firecrackers and pulled the trigger when they found an opportunity.

Knock the opponent to the ground

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