"Pirates!"
This terrible thought flashed through my mind
Only then did the comfortable fishing players recall that the background of this game was the end of the Ming Dynasty, not a peaceful village in the forest!
Small groups of pirates were as numerous as the hairs on an ox. From time to time, they would land their ships and rob the fishermen and salt villages on the shore. Robbery, murder, and all kinds of evil were the true portrayals of pirates.
Many players were wearing leather and carrying knives at their waists. They had silver coins and taels in their pockets. They were no longer poor noobs who had just entered the pit. When they encountered an enemy attack, their first reaction was not to charge forward recklessly, but to run faster and not stop!
This wasn't a game scenario with rich rewards, so not many people were interested in letting the NPCs kill them. Hence, the players desperately rowed the boat, wishing they could grow wings and fly to the high officials.
The casual players jumped off the fishing boat as soon as the fishing boat hit the sandbar. They shouted at the top of their lungs as they ran towards the construction site in the center.
"The pirates who kill without blinking are here!”
"It's raining and thundering. Let's go home and pack our clothes!
"Second Battalion Commander, where's my 6-pounder cannon?”
The player's warning resounded throughout the entire " Kun Body " sandbar. When the warning of encountering the enemy spread to every corner of the sandbar, Li Yang's main body was patrolling the military construction site on the sandbar.
He didn't hear the sound of the pirates 'guns, so he couldn't determine the number of enemies for a moment.
It was impossible for him to escape. As the leader of the transmigration organization, if he fled at the last minute, it would be an unimaginable blow to morale. He did not want to leave a negative impression of " when the crisis comes, the leader runs first " to his subordinates.
Nervousness poured into his limbs like heavy lead water. Li Yang's eyes turned black and his forehead was covered in sweat. He pretended to be calm in order to set an example for his subordinates.
However, he was a rookie who had never been baptized by the flames of war. It was inevitable that he would feel nervous about the impending battle. He subconsciously held Tao Yao's small hand tightly. An ice crystal extinguished the fire of nervousness in his heart.
Li Yang calmed down a little and ordered the elders and naturalized residents present to hold flintlocks and build a defensive position at the construction site. At the same time, he gave the players a game mission and asked them to come to the high officials to assist in the defense.
According to the players 'reports, there were nine enemy sailboats, three 200-ton ships, and six 70-ton boats. They came with ill intentions and were determined to kill all the high-ranking officials and rob all their property!
Players who had free time from all walks of life crowded into the cannon. Three 6-pound cannons were the reward for the " Roman Guards " dungeon. They had a test plan. Any player could fire them, but each shot cost one silver.
The Artillery Corps didn't care about the players 'strange method of charging for their cannons. They had been using concrete shells to communicate with each other for the past few days. Now that they finally had the chance to fire their cannons, they naturally wouldn't let it go. They all let out strange cries like chimpanzees and took off their shirts to reveal their sturdy chests.
Even though it was the winter solstice in November 1629, the weather in Tainan was still warm.
The pirates that the transmigration group had imagined did not arrive, and the visiting fleet was another one.
The boat carrying more than ten people slowly slid the oars, like a scout among young turtles, taking the lead to explore whether there was any danger on land.
Lin Mingjin was the owner of this fleet. He had pawned all of his family's estates to borrow a large amount of money to buy a big ship and goods. He had also contacted various relatives and clans to transport goods to Tainan and sell them to the red-haired people to make a fortune. Many merchants who ventured out to sea had become rich overnight.
Lin Mingjin had been here twice, so he had some understanding of this place. It was also because he was familiar with the red-haired man's personality and habits that he personally sat down. They boarded the boat and went ashore, preparing to discuss business with the red-haired man.
However, the construction site that appeared out of thin air on the high official's sandbar and some short-haired people in strange clothes had aroused his vigilance. He sensed that there were some subtle changes in the high official.
However, the boat was not far from Shazhou. He was afraid that his sudden departure would anger the "new nobles" on the shore, and he was afraid that he could not figure out the temper of the new master.
Moreover, he had paid a heavy price for this voyage. The huge profits from the first two times had made him desperate to make a third gamble. This was like an old stockholder who had sunk into the quagmire of the stock market, preparing to get rich with a high leverage of mortgage loans.
Before the boat reached the shore, Lin Mingjin gradually saw that the construction site was filled with more than a hundred armed short-haired men. The soldiers looked no different from the Han family's children, except that they had shaved their short hair like monks, just like those barbaric Hong Yi people.
The merchant's servant on the boat trembled. He had heard of pirates who were both merchants and bandits. These pirates often found some islands along the coast of China as bases, and then relied on them to plunder merchants to expand their strength.
"Pirates! Pirates!" The servant screamed in fear and was immediately kicked by Lin Mingjin. Lin Mingjin ordered the other guards to shut that idiot up. He did not want to make the "heroes" on land unhappy
Since he couldn't retreat, he would just force his way in.
Lin Mingjin pinched his thigh and pulled himself together before leading his servants ashore. The natives of the Ming Dynasty led a group of servants ashore. Li Yang's heart pounded. Could this group of people be merchants who crossed the sea to sell goods? If they were vicious pirates, hundreds of them would have rushed up to the sandbar and started fighting.
Hence, Li Yang temporarily let down his guard. Accompanied by dozens of flintlocks and hundreds of players, he came to the front of this group of people.
" I am Lin Mingjin. Greetings to all the shopkeepers." Lin Mingjin bowed respectfully. His forehead and cheeks were already covered in sweat.
"What did he say?" Li Yang looked around at the translator who understood Hokkien.
" He thought we were pirates." Jiang Feng translated awkwardly.
"Pirates? Hahahaha... I actually became a pirate!" Li Yang laughed out loud, and even the soldiers behind him were infected. Everyone laughed together, and the surroundings were instantly filled with a happy atmosphere.
This sudden laughter made Lin Mingjin at a loss. He did not know what he had done wrong, and sweat rolled down his cheeks.
The short-haired people spoke a strange language that he did not understand. After listening to it for a long time, it sounded like an accent from Liaodong.
The language barrier intensified Lin Mingjin's nervousness. He was afraid that these short-haired " pirates " would wave their hands and countless muskets would shoot bullets from both sides to hit him into a hornet's nest, or hundreds of mercenaries in strange clothes would surround them from both sides and pull them out to kill them.
The imagined brutal treatment did not happen. A middle-aged man with a calm appearance among the short-haired people said softly," You're here to sell goods, right?”
This sentence was like a good rain after a long drought. Lin Mingjin immediately stated that he was a merchant of the Ming Dynasty. He had shipped grain, porcelain, raw silk, and cloth to Moss Bay to sell goods, hoping to earn some silver and deerskin back.
"As expected of a Chinese businessman."
Regarding the attitude of the Chinese businessmen, the Time Travel Group had long come to a conclusion. Although Li Yang and the others did not have any presentable products, they had produced their best products through formal technology.
- The coarse salt and refined salt are definitely incomparable to the official salt of this space-time.
White salt was regarded as a key product to open up the market and had always been prioritized for production. At one time, Kaoxiong opened up three large-scale salt pans and produced a lot of salt that could not be eaten.
Therefore, for the transmigrators who were welcoming Chinese businessmen for the first time, it was self-evident where they would bring Lin Mingjin and the others.
Fujian, which had many mountains and little land, was a province that lacked salt at the end of the Ming Dynasty. Salt was definitely not a problem to sell.
"Come with us." Short Hair's gentle tone was like a good friend from the same hometown.
Lin Mingjin immediately felt as if he had been bewitched, and his feet involuntarily followed. The servants and servants had their weapons confiscated by the soldiers. Then, at 10
Under the " protection " of a few soldiers, he took a big sampan and headed straight for the transmigrator's salt village.
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