Chapter 2506: Be an official or a thief?

At the time of the high-level military meeting, the South China Fleet did not relax its advance. The battleship brigade headed west, using the cruise ship as its scout, and launched a search.

As a result, the white-skinned fleet was actually caught up by Mr. David!

The white-skinned battleships that escaped are generally in poor condition. Their sails, riggings, girders, pulleys and masts, and bulwarks have been severely destroyed. Some battleships were hit by shells near the waterline, causing cracks to enter the water and slowing down their speed. , Such battleships are by no means a minority.

The wooden sea-going ship of the great nautical era had poor airtightness. It was made of many planks. Although in the shipbuilding process, the craftsmen had filled the seams between each plank with asphalt and hemp rope. "Waterproof adhesive" made with plant ash, but the effect is not good. When the ship is in the sea, the wooden planks soaked in sea water for a long time will automatically absorb water and expand, squeeze the filler from the deck gap, and the sea water can If it seeps into the bottom of the ship, no matter how good the ship is, it will inevitably see water, including the South China warship.

Once the water seeps, it is necessary to use wooden barrels, pumps and other tools to drain the infiltrated seawater out of the ship, and then fill the leaking seams with various fillers.

The naval battle made the water seepage situation more complicated, because the impact force of the shells was strong, and the wooden board was a rigid structure that could spread the impact force everywhere, causing rupture, and it was difficult to determine the exact location, so it was exhausted to drain water. At this time, the South China battleship caught up. !

Baipi had the British and Dutch battleships as the main force. They had no intention of fighting, and they were originally gathered together, but they were overtaken by the South China ship.

The forward has fifty battleships, and the white skin naturally has the power to fight, but how many battleships are there behind the Nanhua ship?

Therefore, Baipi ran away, and the South China Army captured six battleships, namely the Dutch Ship IV and the British Ship II. The rest of the battleships were scattered with birds and beasts.

This escape escaped the Strait of Gibraltar, and George Munch sighed: "Ah, the Mediterranean, the cradle of Western civilization, can we go back?"

The great powers on the seas in Europe have gathered such a powerful fleet to fight the pagans in the East. Not only did they fail to defeat the pagans in the East, they also found that these pagans are like Antai (the warrior who stands on the ground in Greek mythology). , But Baipi was unable to lift him off the ground, but was beaten away by him!

Admiral Zhao Tianjing, where the flagship of the South China Forward is located, watched the enemy battleship disappear in the Strait of Gibraltar. He sent a cruise ship to report to Mr. David in the rear team: "Our army has successfully completed the task of destroying the enemy battleship. On the Mediterranean, it is invincible. Human battleship!"

Mr. David’s reply was simply three words: "Good job!"

He ordered Zhao Tianjing and Yan Zhang to monitor the Strait of Gibraltar, and he led Cabot, Siresma, and Xiao Changrong to North Africa. They wanted to solve a big problem!

The famous North African pirates!

The area in North Africa is barren, with little production, no fixed income, and the people live hard. Therefore, the poor and the bad waters make trouble for the people. The people there are reduced to pirates and have a resounding name, also known as Barbary pirates.

Barbary pirates have a long history. It was the first pirate organization composed of Turks and Moors in North Africa. They were supported by Ottoman Turkey and possessed strict national institutions. Their rulers also called themselves Pasha, so Barbary Pirates are not just the privateer fleet of the Ottoman Turk Empire, but it is more appropriate to call the semi-autonomous provinces of the Empire, and they are also one of the main forces of the Imperial Navy.

They did everything they did, looting the passing merchant ships in the Mediterranean. The coastal villages and towns of Spain and Italy were deeply disturbed. The Barbary pirates captured millions of European coastal residents and sold them as slaves to the Crimean Khanate. The Slavs became the main source of white slaves.

The Barbary pirates accepted the canonization of the Ottoman Turkish Empire. After the fall of the Ottoman Empire, they turned their heads and hit it off with the Chinese. They accepted the Chinese emperor’s canonization of their pirate chiefs, namely Algiers’ Algiar Pasha and Tunisia. Gassani Pasha from Tripoli (Libya), and Gerfar Pasha from Tripoli (Libya), they are all old pirates. They cooperated with the Chinese to cut off the sea traffic and transportation of the white skins and rob Spain, France and Italy. A lot of wealth was obtained along the coast, and a large number of white slaves were trafficked out.

but!

Things changed. As the Emperor Nanhua came to the Mediterranean, Baipi’s maritime power in the Mediterranean had been wiped out. The Mediterranean became a sea of ​​the Chinese. It was impossible to let the previous disorder run wild, and the North African pirates ushered in theirs. ending.

With all the birds, good bows hidden, cunning rabbits dead, lackeys cooking, the South China Empire certainly wouldn’t do such a dishonest thing, and proposed to the three Pashas: support the tripartite pirates to establish the country, so that they can live uprightly and where they can go. They are all respected, and future generations enjoy infinitely, helping their economy and making them self-reliant.

This proposal caused an uproar among the three gangs of pirates in Algiers, Tunisia, and Tripoli. They never imagined that they had a happy life on the sea, eating a big bowl of wine and meat, scoring gold and silver, and playing with women on stage. Or fly away!

The establishment of a country has its advantages, the leader becomes the king, everyone becomes the official, and everyone becomes the founding monarch.

But there is no freedom, and the income is definitely less than that of being a pirate. How much income can you make if you want to dig in the soil?

If you had a good income back then, you wouldn't be a pirate anymore.

But if you don't follow the Chinese proposal, you have to fight with the Chinese cruise ship!

The strength of the Chinese is so great that the pirates cannot be opponents at all.

Some pirates think that toasting and not eating fine wine, if you really fight with the Chinese, I am afraid that it is possible to be rooted by the Chinese. If you don’t believe it, please look at the fate of the former boss Turk, and then look at the misery of the white battleship. condition!

But many pirates don’t like to live a nine-to-five life. They put it in jokes: "Barefoot people are not used to wearing shoes!"

They yearn for the excitement of the wind and waves, they like to be free, they don’t catch a cold when being an official, and they don’t believe that they can govern the place as an official, and they are responsible for the people’s food and drink, oh my goodness, I’m even my wife. I don’t even want to raise a child. When I think about the life and death of so many people, I’m going crazy!

As soon as this remark came out, the pirates of UU reading www.uukanshu.com burst into laughter!

There were also some pirates who could not laugh. They said: "If the Chinese musket points to your head, I think you are still willing to serve the common people!"

Some pirates disagree: "What are you afraid of, the Mediterranean is so big, if it doesn't work, we will hide in the desert and see if the Chinese can catch us?"

The pirates on both sides quarreled, and some people argued with the mud, advocating letting the flow go. When the Chinese are strong, everyone should be the officials to enjoy and enjoy, and when the Chinese decline, we will return to our old profession.

As a result, they were sneered at what they said, and people on both sides sprayed them: "After you have been ashore for a long time, if you want to go to sea again, you don't know how to sail!"

"Even the boat rots! You can't swim anymore!" sneered at the grass.

No matter what you think, Mr. David wants the tripartite pirates to gather in Tunisia, where he will hold a meeting to see the conclusions of the pirates.

As a result, the Tunisian city is mixed with fish and dragons and it is very lively!