On the Yangtze River Waterway north of Jinling, a huge fleet was flowing downstream and heading straight for Songjiang Prefecture.

The size of this fleet can be said to be rare in more than a hundred years. Among them, there are more than 20 giant ships in tower ships, wheel boats, centipede ships and other rare sea ships on inland waterways. Since the orthodox dynasty of Emperor Yingzong, such a large fleet has not appeared on the inland waterways.

This sudden fleet is obviously unreasonable. The Ming Navy does not have so many giant ships at all, not to mention that this is the important area of ​​the Nandu, such a huge fleet should not have appeared here.

If it were the past, I was afraid that the Inspection Department, the Coast Inspection Department, and even the Inspection Censor would come to investigate the situation strictly and investigate what was going on with this fleet.

However, at this moment, no one dared to come to patrol.

There is no way. Since the Tianqi Dynasty, the entire military control system of the Ming Dynasty has been a bit messy. Due to food, military merits, factions and other reasons, the Ming army in the mobilization often launches mutinies. Whoever dares to provoke it, it would be nice if they don’t come to provoke you.

For example, in the second year of Tianqi, the chieftain of Yongning, She Chongming, didn't know what to do. The court summoned his men to Liaodong to support him, but he ordered his men to go straight to Chongqing Prefecture City, kill dozens of officials from the governor, prefect, county magistrate, etc., and directly launched a rebellion.

For example, in the early years of Chongzhen, tens of thousands of soldiers in Ganzhou Town were ordered to support Liaodong. As they walked, they suddenly mutinized. The kingdom of the general and the local magistrate were killed by mutiny soldiers.

There is also the famous Wuqiao mutiny in history. Tens of thousands of Liaodong troops stationed in Dengzhou were ordered to return to Liaodong to support him. When they arrived at Wuqiao, they had friction with local prominent tribes, and they could not control them. The generals such as Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming who led the troops simply launched a mutiny directly. Not only did they kill the local prominent tribes without leaving them, but even nearby prefectures and counties were affected and robbed.

Now the world is in chaos, with rebels, rebels, bandits, pirates, and rebellions everywhere. It seems that nothing big is the matter, and mutinies happen often.

These guys who are extremely hot-tempered and can get angry at a glance, who dares to provoke them?

It was precisely when Zhu Qizhe saw this that he let go of his hands and pulled out the huge ship hidden in the snow.

After the fleet rushed out of the Yangtze River waterway and entered the outer sea, he couldn't wait to order: "Send the order, all warships will install the main guns and secondary guns, and all warships will also carry out the guns and install them."

Soon, several teams of strong men lifted a thousand-pound cannon and two five-pound cannons to the bow, and quickly installed the base reserved in advance.

After a while, one main gun and two secondary guns were installed.

Zhu Qizhe raised his telescope and looked at the progress of other ships. Then he ordered excitedly: "All the gunboats of the building ships are lined up, accelerate, rush to the front, open all the gun doors, and prepare for a test fire."

A wave of order flags, more than 20 huge tower ships and gunboats quickly lined up, and the crowds came out. All the gun doors on all the warships opened in an instant, revealing rows of fang-like gun barrels.

What the hell is this guy doing?

In front, Zheng Zhilong, who was leading his own fleet, couldn't help but raise his telescope and sweep towards the fleet that was speeding forward.

This time he was shocked.

Oh my god, what exactly does this guy want to do, why did he release all the cannons?

To be honest, he hasn't seen such a scene a few times, because he doesn't have dozens of gunboats in his hand. If the Dutch and Spanish gunboats release all the gunboats, they will be ready to go. He will not have time to escape, so he still has time to hold a telescope and take a closer look.

Originally, he thought that Zhu Qi's gunboats might not be equipped with artillery. After all, more than 20 gunboats were thousands of artillery pieces, and the number was too terrifying. Nowadays, the imperial court probably did not have so many artillery pieces.

Unexpectedly, this guy really has so many artillery.

More than 20 tower ships and gunboats, densely packed with cannons, which is really terrifying.

He was watching all this in amazement, "Boom boom boom", and a loud roar like a tsunami suddenly sounded on the sea.

This guy actually fired, and he fired a volley on the side!

A side-side volley would cost more than 500 shells. More than 500 shells would cost more than 20,000 taels of silver!

Of course, Zhuqiu doesn't care about such a little money. In fact, the cost of solid cast iron bullets is only more than ten taels of silver per round, which is not as exaggerated as fifty taels.

The problem is that the range of the tiger squat cannon seems to be a bit too stretched.

He held up his telescope and looked at the drainage column less than two miles away, and his brows frowned slightly.

It seems that it is not possible to be so close!

If someone rushed over at full speed, how many shots could they fire within two miles?

He thought about it and ordered: "All building ships, gunboats, load armor-piercing bullets on the starboard side, ready to open fire."

A wave of order flags was waving, and a series of orders were passed. Soon, more than 20 tower ships and gunboats fired the prepared flags.

Zhu Qizhu ordered without hesitation: "All the gunboats of the building are fired, and the starboard side fires in a round."

"Boom boom boom", there was another loud roar like a tsunami, and a row of water splashed on the sea again.

Zhu Qizhe raised his telescope and swept it, frowning deeper.

The range is only about three miles, and the buffer distance seems to be insufficient.

It seems that these cannons have to be replaced, and the range must be at least about four or five miles!

He thought for a while, and then ordered: "All building ships turn left and turn horizontally, and the main guns and auxiliary guns are loaded with solid cast iron bullets, ready to open fire."

Another wave of order flags was waving, and the original row of ships and gunboats quickly lined up in rows.

Zhu Qizhe raised his telescope and swept it, then ordered: "All the gunboats of the building ships opened fire, and the main gun and the secondary gun fired in a round of volleys."

"Boom boom boom", there was another shocking sound, and two rows of water columns soaring into the sky suddenly splashed on the sea in the distance.

Well, the distance is almost the same, at least four or five miles away, and with the loading speed of the new cannon, it should be enough.

He thought about it again, and then ordered: "All the main guns and secondary guns of the building ships are loaded with armor-piercing shells and ready to open fire."

Another wave of order flags was waving, and soon more than twenty tower ships and gunboats were ready.

Zhu Qizhuo ordered without hesitation: "All the gunboats of the building ships fire, and the main gun and the secondary gun fired in a salvo round."

"Boom boom boom", there was another shocking sound, and two rows of water columns splashed on the distant sea.

This time, the distance is relatively far, at least five or six miles.

Zhu Qizhe put down his telescope, nodded slowly and said, "Well, this is almost the same."

Immediately afterwards, he turned around and said, "Yuanfu, Yuan Bi, how about it? Hundreds of cannons fired together, isn't it good?"

That's quite awesome!

Qi Yuanfu and Qi Yuanbi were both excited and blushed with excitement, and nodded vigorously.

Zhu Qizhua smiled and said, "These twenty gunboats are just pulled out and tried. You can follow Zheng Zhilong to study hard and figure out the way of naval battles. When you go out, I will give you hundreds of such gunboats. At that time, tens of thousands of gunboats will be fired together, and the red-haired monsters and yellow-haired monsters will be like a slag."

If Zheng Zhilong heard it, he would probably fall into the sea.

More than twenty gunboats, or just pull them out and try it?

This guy is actually preparing to build hundreds of such gunboats!
Chapter completed!