Several rounds of test shots of Zhuqiu Garbage made Zheng Zhilong understand at least two truths.

First of all, this guy is rich, quite rich.

This guy has more money than him, a pirate leader who even robs and does business.

You know, the bullets and shells this guy uses are really valuable. Even if it is not considered processing costs, the copper alone is worth a lot of money.

After these rounds of test shots, it will cost at least tens of thousands of taels of silver!

If you start fighting with the enemy, that's fine. When life and death are fought, no matter how valuable the bullets and shells are, they have to fire desperately.

Problem, there are no enemies now, and this guy seems to be just trying to test the range and power of the gunboat.

Just try the cannon, tens of thousands of taels of silver were thrown out like this!

He didn't have this kind of pride, and he didn't have so much money to throw it into the water.

Of course, having money alone is nothing.

Nowadays, if you only have money but no strength to protect yourself, you will be the lamb to be slaughtered. Even if he, a pirate, does not rob, bandit, horse bandit, rebel, or even corrupt officials will think of ways to rob.

The problem is, this guy is not only rich, but also terrifyingly strong.

More than twenty tower ships and gunboats were more than one thousand guns. His strength was so scared that he, the strongest pirate on the sea, could see it!

Unexpectedly, people's strength is more than that.

Zheng Zhilong was stunned with his mouth open, and more than a hundred wheel boats rushed forward again from behind.

Immediately afterwards, another roar of artillery fired.

There were even artillery installed on the wheel boat, and there were more than one!

He quickly raised his telescope and took a look.

Oh my god, there are five cannons on each wheel boat, although they are the smallest ones, and they are more than 500 cannons in total!

Where did this guy get so many artillery?

Zheng Zhilong was scared, he was really scared of this guy.

This guy is not only rich, but also terrifyingly strong. What's even more terrifying is that he has something to do with the background.

He is a little guerrilla general, really nothing to others.

At this moment, Zheng Zhilong had already made a secret decision to follow this guy in the future.

He is such a "reality". He will follow whoever is stronger.

Zhu Qizhe didn't expect that Zheng Zhilong was impressed by just a few rounds of cannons.

He was frowning and pondering now.

Because, the test-firing effect of the building ship gunboat or the wheel boat is not very ideal, and there are still many places that need to be improved.

For example, the side guns of the tower ship's gunboat have to be replaced. The biggest function of such giant ships is long-range artillery. If small warships are brought close, it will be troublesome. People can scrap the giant ship by just attacking rockets or even throwing torches.

Therefore, the range of the side gun must reach a safe distance of four or five miles, so that there is enough time to bombard the small warships that are trying to fight in close combat.

Also, the main cannon of the Chewl Boat must also be replaced.

At the beginning, because the 500-pound cannon had too much recoil, the wheel boat could not resist at all. Therefore, the main cannon in front of the wheel boat and the four side guns behind the rear were all small tiger squat cannons.

Now it seems that it won't work!

In naval battles, the tiger squat cannon is not very effective. Unless it is close to the body, the tiger squat cannon will basically not be able to hit anything.

In other words, if the main gun of Chewelbar is not replaced with a longer range cannon, Chewelbar will only have the function of close combat and no longer-range attack.

This is obviously a huge waste.

You know, at this moment, there are almost thousands of wheels under his command.

If you don’t have the ability to attack remotely, you won’t be a target for others in naval battles!

After this test shot, he stopped playing any tricks. The fleet continued to move forward and ran straight towards the east.

Dongfan was actually a treasure island in later generations. Because the Ming Dynasty implemented a long-term sea ban, it was developed and limited to this overseas island. During the Hongwu Dynasty and Yongle Dynasty, only a few thousand fishermen on the island were fishing on the east coast. Later, the Ming Dynasty gradually lost its maritime power, and fewer fishermen on the island gradually became smaller.

The pirates knew what happened in Dongfan at this moment, because during the Tianqi Dynasty, Nan Juyi offended Wei Zhongxian. Not only was he dismissed from office and investigated, but the Penghu Inspection Office, which supervised Dongfan, was also removed by Wei Zhongxian. From then on, Dongfan became the nest of pirates and the springboard for the great powers to plunder the Ming Dynasty.

Zheng Zhilong's old nest is located on the east bank of Dongban, roughly in the middle, a place called Bengang, which is near the North Port of Changhua, Taichung in later generations.

This was originally the place where Yan Siqi led his subordinates to open up wasteland and grow grain. Later, Yan Siqi unfortunately passed away, so Zheng Zhilong took over Yan Siqi's mantle and continued to develop here.

He was not only a pirate but also an overseas trade. He also recruited many refugees to open up land and farm. Especially in the seventh year of Tianqi and the first year of Chongzhen, there was a severe drought in southern Fujian. The people even ate up all the grassroots and barks. They had to leave their hometowns to find food. He took this opportunity to recruit more than 100,000 refugees, transported them all to Dongban, and gave people money and grain, plowed oxen, and allowed people to open up land and farm.

He did this almost the same as that of a ruddy rubbish.

Zheng Zhilong's nest is about 1,500 miles from the estuary of the Yangtze River. Generally, he had to sail for four or five days for such a long distance. However, this time it seemed that he had the blessing of Zhuqiu, and the journey was smooth. In less than three days, they arrived at Bengang.

The next step is to install artillery. He is not as rude as a slutty person. He only carries more than fifty cannons on a building ship. The earth cannons he originally bought and the cannons he bought this time are not as large as the number of pirate ships under his command.

So, the artillery I bought this time are all used as main guns.

Ten 500-pound cannons and five 1,000-pound giant cannons are used as main cannons for the large and small lucky ships in their hands, while the tiger squat cannons are used as main cannons for small boats such as Cangshan ships, wheel boats, and centipede ships.

A ship is loaded with a cannon, which is naturally nothing for experienced veterans under Zhuqiuzhuo. Under their guidance, the installation speed of the cannon is very fast. Zheng Zhilong estimated that it would take one or two months. However, with the help of these experienced veterans, it is estimated that it will be installed in at most ten days.

Zhu Qizhai was not idle during this period. He kept sending Chelunge and asked Zheng Zhilong's men to search the east coast of the East Bank. Soon, he found the locations of the Dutch and the Spanish.

Both gangs of robbers have established garrisons in Dongfan and have begun to build fortresses.

When Zhu Qizhua received the news, he immediately ordered someone to call Zheng Zhilong to his flagship.

In the flagship study, he pointed to the north and south ends of the east and south on the map and asked seriously: "The Dutch and the Spanish have occupied these two important positions, you should know?"

Zheng Zhilong nodded awkwardly and said, "I seem to have heard of this."

He actually didn't hear about it, but he was quite clear, because he had done business with the Dutch and the Spanish, so he naturally knew where they were.

However, given that Zhu Qi grunge has a deep background and seems to have a close relationship with the court, and he has recently joined the court, he has never dared to tell Zhu Qi grunge about these things for future development.

Affair with the barbarians is a serious crime. If the court knows, he has a big future.

He thought it would be fine if he hid the rubbish, but he didn't know that the main purpose of the people came here this time was to investigate the locations of the Dutch and the Spaniards and drive them away.

Zhu Qizhuo couldn't help but feel annoyed and said, "Since you know, why don't you drive them away? When they build the fortress, it will be troublesome."

Uh, how can you do business with others if you drive them away?

Zheng Zhilong could only shirk: "You saw it too. I just fired muskets and cannons like this, and I can't beat them at all!"

Zhu Qizhu glanced at him and then said seriously: "It's okay if you can't beat him before. This time, we must drive away all the Dutch and the Spanish. How can the territory of the Ming Dynasty be affected by the barbarians!"
Chapter completed!