During the long voyage, Hong Tao found another thing he thought was more interesting, which was to invite these maritime merchants and ship workers on the Southern Song Dynasty to their ships to hold a tea party. Everyone was idle and chatted about their hometowns, the customs and customs of the ports and the sales prices of various goods, which were quite lively. The words of these people were a window for Hong Tao to understand this era. It was difficult for him to see many things in person. Listening to them, although they had no intuitive impression, they could imagine many of them and were very rewarding.

These maritime merchants originally had a bad impression of Hong Tao, but after chatting twice, they liked to chat with Hong Tao again. The main reason was that he could tell things that everyone didn't know, and he was very eloquent, just like a storyteller, without stopping for half an hour. And everyone discovered that as long as he abides by the rules on Hong Tao's ship, this big man was still very kind. He was not only very familiar with sailing, but also had deep attainments in business, and often proposed some new ways and concepts worth thinking about. Gradually, chatting became a seminar, and everyone would sit in the captain's room of the Guangzhou Ship and debate how to sell certain goods. Sometimes he was quarreling and sometimes he laughed very dirty. Overall, everyone got along more and more harmoniously.

Both sides have gained something and are willing to communicate with each other. This journey is not so boring. Some maritime merchants will ask sailors to row a boat to the Guangzhou without waiting for Hong Tao to greet each other every day. They are already fascinated by arguing and discussing with Hong Tao, and have found a lot of inspiration for doing business. So Hong Tao's status in the fleet has become higher and higher, from a simple cooperative relationship to a half-teacher and half-friendly feeling. At this time, if Hong Tao has any suggestions, these maritime merchants are willing to sit down and calm down and listen to him explain in detail to everyone.

It has been almost forty days since I left Guangzhou Port. This large fleet finally dawned on entering the Strait of Malacca and arrived at the waters east of Malacca Port. However, this time the fleet encountered trouble. The Zhenzhou and Qiongzhou were the ones who were leading the way, and a large number of ships were found in front of them, and there were still battles. It was in Malacca Port!

"Bang bang bang bang...bang bang bang..." As the alarm flags were sent from the Zhenzhou, alarm bells sounded one after another on the other ships, and the deck and the masts were suddenly in a mess. However, this situation quickly calmed down. After the sailors and officers were in their respective positions, there was no trace of human voice on the deck, only the whistling sea breeze blew.

"Full sails, formations, flagships take over!" Hong Tao put down his telescope and issued the first order. The six warships finally hung up all the sails and their speed immediately increased. The four warships in front were all turning in the wind. The towed Guangzhou and Quanzhou avoided the cargo ships and accelerated to the front of the fleet. With the four ships that were circling back, they gradually formed a long snake formation, led by Guangzhou and rushed towards the port of Malacca.

"Brother, why is your ship so fast?" The trainee officers on the six cargo ships had already received the flags from the warships and began to slow down the ship. Go away from the main channel. Looking at one cross-sail battleship after another row, the stern and helmsmen on the cargo ships had seen the full speed of these strange ships, so shocked that they could not even close their mouths.

"Of course it's the boat. If it weren't for you, we would be enough here for ten years! Shh, don't disturb me, just watch it yourself, my husband is angry!" The trainee officers sent to the cargo ship were all teenagers, but they were more fanatical and loyal than other sang family members. No matter what era they were, young people were always excited. They were always the first group of people who were bewitched. Hong Tao shamelessly used their passion and brainwashed them.

There are more than 20 small sailboats scattered on the sea ahead, and there are more near the pier at the port of Malacca. Some of them don’t even have sails, just two pointed offshore fishing boats. These boats should not be from the port of Malacca. I have never seen so many ships at the port when I came before, so there is only one answer. These ships are here to attack Malacca. Because there are fireworks rising near the dock, the specific battle situation is too far away to see clearly.

"Yaya. What should I do now? You command, I will be your messenger." Looking at the enemy situation ahead that the mast lookout platform kept sending back with flags, Hong Tao put down the telescope, pinched Weng Ya's neck, pushed her to the position next to the helmsman, and stood next to her.

"... It should be, it should be scattered the fleet. Two ships will intercept the enemy ships on the inside, and the remaining four will attack the enemy ships near the dock. They are docking and have no ability to counterattack. After destroying them, they will encircle and annihilate the big ships on the inside of the channel." Weng Ya has been using a telescope to observe the situation on the ocean front. She can understand the flag words of the watchman, and her mind has made her own judgment based on the navigation knowledge she has learned in recent years. However, Hong Tao suddenly handed the fleet to her command, making her little heart unable to bear it, and even the voice of speaking became smaller. It was not like commanding a battle, but more like answering the questions raised by the teacher in class, and she couldn't get the answer right or not.

"Speak these words out loud and use a commanding tone! You are now the acting commander of the fleet. If I am sick or injured, are you just watching the fleet without command? Don't be afraid, just like you usually conduct simulation exercises. This is just a question. You should work hard to do it well, don't listen to others. Just rely on your own mind to think about it. If you are wrong, I will correct it for you. Let's start." Hong Tao let go of the hand that twisted Weng Ya's neck, cooled down the nervous Weng Ya in a peaceful tone, and cheered her up again.

"Command! Ship No. 6 followed the flagship to attack the ships on the inner side of the channel, and the other ships followed Ship No. 1 to attack the enemy ships on the dock! Right rudder 10, full speed, heading... Heading... Uncle, I forgot my compass in the cabin..." Weng Ya was really like that at first, with a captain's aura, but as she shouted, something went wrong again. She touched her whole body, but she couldn't find her simple compass, so she could only bit her lip and ask Hong Tao for help.

"Tail 310, the port gunner is in place! Silly girl, isn't there a compass on the rudder platform?" Hong Tao ignored Weng Ya first, after replenishing the order, he pinched Weng Ya's neck again, and directly sent her head to the rudder, pointing at the compass on the rudder platform for her to see.

"Hehehehe... My father said that I would study hard so that I could marry Weng Ya as my wife in the future, but I think she was a little stupid! Master, can I choose a smarter one?" The helmsman of the Guangzhou number is called Cifeng. He heard this name and you should guess who he was. Yes, he is Cixi's only son. Since he was arrested, he has been mixed with the children in Jinhewan to study Chinese and go to school. He has been completely integrated into the strange social structure of Jinhewan, and he has not taken his own child as a slave seriously. Like his father, he is very enthusiastic about promotion, and he is indeed slow to learn everything. He is the kind of person who is dedicated to doing things and has no distractions. This time, Hong Tao tried his best to assign more skilled sailors to other ships. Most of his ships were scouts and new sailors. This Cifeng is still an old qualification. He was an intern officer during his last voyage.

"Bang! Looking at the direction of the Yangtze, you are still picky. We Weng Ya married you and said that the smoke from your ancestral grave is coming out! Aren't you stupid? How many times have I told you, what's the mother called the master? Do I look like a slave trader? Do you remember it?" Hong Tao didn't expect that Mercy actually joked about Weng Ya, but he still joked in front of Weng Ya. In order to establish authority for Weng Ya, he had to wave his hand and slapped Mercy in the head, making him calm down.

"Bah! Only when drowning ghosts are willing to marry you. You are not as tall as me. I am the captain! I will punish you for five barrels, no! Ten barrels of water!" Weng Ya is a girl after all. When she heard a boy saying she was unwilling to marry her, regardless of whether she was willing to marry her or not, she immediately became angry. She scattered her teeth and claws and rushed over to fight against compassion, and also used her power to fight against revenge.

"Hey hey... Come back, you, give me some command! You are a girl, you can't be so wild, fight with boys at any time, they will take the opportunity to take advantage of you. And you are not allowed to punish the crew casually. Ten barrels of water? If you go down five barrels, he will be suffocated. Who will drive the boat for you? Remember this account first, and find him to settle it when you return to Jinhewan." Hong Tao had to change his role temporarily, act as a school teacher, first handle the conflicts between students, and then talk about the war.

In fact, there is nothing to fight in this battle. The opponent's ships are numerous, but the quality is too poor. There are only three or four Shanghai ships, and the rest are only limited to the pointed wooden ships of the Tan family. This kind of battle is not as big as when fighting the Arabs. At least the Arabs have the ability to cause losses to their fleets. They have basically no hope. If Hong Tao did not show his strength to the Southern Song merchant ships behind him and the king in the port of Malacca, he would not have to fire grenades at all. Just hitting the hull, he could send all these small boats to the bottom of the sea.
Chapter completed!