54. Greed is the original sin
Is greed the original sin? This question is different from one's own opinion. If the opportunity comes but coexists with the risks, and a person bravely takes over and succeeds, then this person is a successful person who is brave enough to seize the opportunity. But if it fails, it is a lack of hearts and snakes swallowing an elephant.
Therefore, whether greed is original sin depends on how the world where heroes are judged by their results is judged.
A long horn sounded, and the artillery fire stopped. Only the sound of burning in the distance and people's shouts were left on the sea. The sound was blown away by the wind, and the ears suddenly became quiet, and there was a feeling of discomfort.
The third lady of the Hundred Di looked at the gradually spreading fire snake and pondered: "The Kumano Navy has stood firm for so many years. In addition to being good at water warfare and extraordinary fortune, I am afraid that its strong command and judgment are also necessary."
I asked with interest: "Senior Baidi, can you tell me your thoughts in detail?"
The three great men of the hundred lands said: "The Supreme Military Book "The Art of War" says: "The Swords of Sun Tzu" says: War is a strange way. Therefore, if you can show it that you cannot, if you use it, if you use it, if you show it that it is far away, if you show it that it is far away, if you show it that it is far away, if you show it that it is far away, if you show it that it is far away, if you show it that it is profitable, if you take it out of chaos, if you take it out of strength, if you take it out of strength, if you take it out of strength, if you take it out of strength, if you take it out of strength, if you take it out of strength, if you take it out of strength, if you show it out of mind, if you show it out of mind, if you show it out of your mind, if you show it out of your mind, if you show it out of your mind, if you show it out of your mind, if you show it out of your mind, if you show it out of your mind, if you show it out of your mind, if you show it out of your mind, if you show it out of your mind, if you show it out of your own. This is the victory of military strategists, you cannot be passed on first."
After saying that, no longer make a sound.
I thought about the classic he recited in my mind. Looking at the enemy ship that gradually dispersed but gradually approached, I always felt like I had some insight. Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in my mind, and I felt a big feeling, and shouted: "Lan! The right rudder is full, and we are moving towards the southwest forty-five degrees at full speed!"
Lan didn't understand why, but he quickly conveyed it according to my request. The second pair of the bow of the ship pulled the anchor with the sailor, and suddenly heard a sound. The sailor led his men to loosen the rope from the top of the mast, and the main sail fell down! After fixing, the direction was slightly adjusted, and the wind was immediately filled with wind! The hull under his feet began to move and gradually accelerated!
At this moment, my heart slowly let go. Five minutes later, our fleet gradually sailed out of the fog. I looked behind me firmly until three huge iron armored ships rushed out of the fog, like a hunting beast lurking behind me, which was terrifying!
Fortunately! Fortunately, the third wife of Baidi reminded me! I chose to leave at the last moment! Otherwise, once the ship covered in thick iron armor and full of hand-to-hand combat sailors rushed to the front, we were destined to have the end of annihilation! All the results in front would be equal to zero!
Cold sweat kept oozing from behind me, and I looked at the third lady of Baidi with gratitude. The old man's face was calm. But judging from his gradually relaxed breathing, his mood was not as calm as his face.
Not to mention the scared Jiugui Masayoshi and others next to him.
At this moment, a voice came from the ship behind: "Masayoshi! You have followed a good master!" Because he was against the wind, the sound could be so far, so he must have used something like a speaker.
Jiugui Zhengxiao's face changed slightly and he said to me: "It's brother!"
I nodded and signaled him to answer. And I quietly called Lan and whispered a few words.
Jiugui Zhengxiao shouted loudly: "Brother Jialong! Didn't the artillery fire hit you just now? What a pity!"
The opposite laughed and said, "If it were so easy, how could I be so powerful that I am today? Zhengxiao, are you ready to die?"
Jiugui Masayoshi also smiled and said, "Brother, your fleet was complete just now, and you can't do anything to me, let alone now!"
With their conversation, we used the night to adjust the fleet's navigation angle from the southwest to sixty degrees southwest!
Jiugui Jialong said something again. I didn't hear clearly. These unnutritional scenes were not important at all. I said anxiously to Jiugui Zhengxiao: "Teel him to expose his position!"
After thinking for a while, Nine Ghosts Zhengxiao understood what I meant, he ran over, asked for a musket from a musketeer, and shouted to the back: "Brother Jialong, let you have a way out today! My Nine Ghosts Zhengxiao swears to the sky that he must defeat you and avenge Brother Chenglong! Zhengxiao fires his gun as an oath, do you dare to accept it?"
After saying that, he raised his musket and fired a "touching" shot at the sky!
The voice of Jiugui Jialong came from behind: "I will capture you and let you go and keep a good look for your father and brother!" After that, three iron-clad ships were on the bow of the left, and shot the sky as if they were like this!
Suddenly, about 70% of the artillery fire on our three ships began to shoot at the bow of the ship!
The bow of the iron armored ship suddenly burst into flames! At least fourteen or five shells hit that position! Suddenly, a burst of scolding came from the opposite side! The burst bow of the ship also slowed down the speed of the ship suddenly!
Jiugui Jialong's voice came again: "Zhengxiao! I will kill you!"
But the voice had lost the confidence he had just now, and his fleet also began to turn around to avoid artillery fire!
Our fleet stopped shelling because only the first round of artillery fire was the best, and the next few rounds were not as good as the first round of volleys. This is the rule.
I did not ask Nine Ghost Masayoshi to respond to his words. This kind of verbal advantage was meaningless. Instead, I directed Lan to speed up and leave as soon as possible according to the original route.
Just now, when Jiugui Masayoshi and his brother started a quarrel, my arrangement for Lan was to slow down slightly, turn left slightly, and start sniping immediately after confirming Jiugui Jialong's position!
Lan immediately understood what I meant. Because according to the angles of the two ships, our ship only has the maximum inclination angle of the three guns at the stern of the ship that can meet the shooting conditions, and the inclination angles of other gun positions cannot be fired. If the hull turns about 30 degrees left, the gun positions at the stern and tummy can be fired, which is an increase of 50% of the firepower at once!
At the same time, it also takes into account the navigation angle so that it will not cross the hull and be caught up by the other party.
It has to be said that Nine Ghosts Masayoshi is indeed wise and his mockery method of attracting firepower is indeed first-class! It is worthy of commendation!
This time, we could leave with peace of mind. We sailed to the southwest for another half a day, and the Kumano navy behind us was completely gone, so we turned around and prepared to return to Jinzhou - of course, it was a boat. I had other arrangements for the other two boats.
The No. 3 ship was led by the three sages of Baidi, and headed straight to Nanyang and settled at his son.
Before parting, I asked him to repay my wish for a request - in Nanyang, to be precise, his son is now doing business in Jakarta. I asked him to start training ninjas for me after he arrived in Jakarta! Ninjas who are loyal to me!
Of course, I will give him financial support in the early stage. The Santao of the Hokudi accepted my request. However, he also proposed that he is old and it is time to retreat, so this ninja team should be led by Ishikawa Goemon.
Ishikawa Goemon was moved by my righteous help and the commander of the leader, so he happily announced his loyalty to me. I also happily accepted it.
I asked them to choose ninja seedlings, both locals, Asians and Europeans. I asked them not to use any method, either invite or “please”, and find teachers who teach them various languages. I want to slowly expand my intelligence agencies!
Ishikawa Goemon happily accepted my order.
I handed over the No. 2 ship to Chen Kui and asked him to take an interpreter invited from Sakai Port. I asked him to travel to Europe, hoping that he could bring back what I wanted smoothly.
I personally took Jiugui Zhengxiao and Zhi and others to return to Jinzhou as soon as possible. When I passed by Goryeo, I specially bought some excellent Goryeo ginseng.
After I arrived in Jinzhou and sent a trip to the port, I was not in a hurry to return because I was recovering from my injuries. Of course, there was a process. So I asked Buhui to take carefully packaged Korean ginseng to Jizhou and the capital one after another... As for what to do, is it still necessary to say? Haha.
During the next period of time, I fished, took a walk, practiced martial arts, and flirted with girls every day, and lived a very comfortable life. I suddenly felt that why I made myself so tired every day? Isn’t this kind of slow life good?
But while leisurely, I found that my sword skills had not improved for a long time. Since I realized it, it seems that pressure is the best motivation for improving martial arts!
Lin Qi really helped the craftsman to become a mystery, so he couldn't force this, so he could only look for it slowly.
On this day, I had nothing to do, so I took Jiugui Zhengxiao and Yuan to visit Bijia Mountain in Jinzhou.
This Bijia Mountain is a famous Taoist mountain scenic spot. The mountain has three peaks, two low and one high, and is shaped like a pen rack, so it is named after it. After the tide recedes, a "sky bridge" that is more than 30 meters wide and two kilometers long appears between the mountain and the coast, which can be opened to traffic and horses, so it is also called "Tianqiao Mountain".
We believed that the horses were free to the foot of the mountain, and the scenery was really good! After storming horses, we walked up the mountain. The cliffs along the way were amazing and the natural scenery was charming. From bottom to top, we started from the mountain gate and watched the real people's view, Lu Zu Pavilion, Sun Hall, Lei Gong Temple, Dingmu Temple, Wumu Palace, Abbot's Courtyard, and Sanqing Pavilion in turn. It is truly a beautiful scenery here!
We entered the Sanqing Pavilion on the main peak and gave the Taoist priest a few silver coins. He happily took us to Yuanshi Tianzun, Lingbao Tianzun, and Moral Tianzun Sanqing kowtowed, and gave us a talisman bag each of us, saying that it was burned when it was in danger, but it turned into good luck.
No matter whether it is useful or not, it is not too much. I thanked the little Taoist priest and asked Yuan to accept it.
After worshiping the Sanqing, I pulled the little Taoist priest to continue asking, "What else is there to do on the mountain?" The little Taoist priest is also a stubborn master. He told me that there are each of them to go down the east, west and north. Only don't go to the south slope.
I asked strangely, why is this? Could it be that there is any inconvenience?
The little Taoist priest said, "I'm going to have trouble." He said more but stopped talking. Then he went there mysteriously.
I have a problem with this person, which cannot withstand provocation. The more you don’t let me do something, the more I want to do it.
So, we pretended to go down the mountain from the west and went around for a section, and turned to Nanfeng. I thought to myself, I was carrying Yingxiu on my back, Li Shuang, and Jiugui Zhengxiao and Yuan were on my side, so I could definitely deal with any movement. So I strode into the mountain.
Along the way, there was no one in the crowd. Unlike other directions, there were buildings, which were really desolate and tight. Moreover, the South Peak seemed to be stretching down and far. As we walked along the way, we saw the sun falling west. I guess we couldn't go back today, so we were going to find a place to camp.
The three of us searched and found a huge rock. The stone was probably tens of thousands of pounds, and it was as smooth as a tabletop. It was fine if it was about ten people lying down. It was quite tall and was not afraid of attacks by beasts.
The three of us looked for some firewood separately. Jiugui Zhengxiao didn't know how to beat two hares. The three of us started a picnic happily. When the rabbit meat was roasted, it was already dark. We took out the seasonings we carried and sprinkled them on the roasted rabbit. It was so fragrant that we drooled!
Just as we were about to start eating, a strange sound came from our ears! The sound seemed to be a monkey, and it looked like a strange animal! It was very close to us!
We put down the rabbit, took out our weapons, and the three of us took the shape of a font to warn the outside world!
After a while, nothing was discovered. It was probably a false alarm. We let out a long breath, turned around, and prepared to continue eating, but we were shocked by the scene in front of us. Just in this turn, the rabbit meat placed on the fire among the three of us...is gone!
Chapter completed!