Chapter 180: Cannons shattered the South and checks were connected to the north and south. Open!

These men were all black-robed and dressed. On weekdays, they occasionally reported their affairs with Ruan Li, but did not interact with other naval armies. Each ship had three or five people. Only a very small number of sailors had participated in the first round of sea cannon test explosions. Only then did they know that this was the man in charge of artillery under the command of the Blacksmith Guo. After that, they tried the cannons and did not leak in front of other sailors. Instead, this group of people drove their own boats to sea. After the test was complete, they came back again. Ruan Li had participated in several cannon tests and knew the power of this thing. Now they were very happy to see that they wanted to use it.

At this moment, the big ship behind also approached quickly. The crossbow on each bow removed the arrows and set up a small wooden box, each of which placed a small iron duck egg. The man in charge waved a black flag down, and the "eggs" ignited the fire line. The wooden box quickly pushed forward along the crossbow frame. When it was finally approached, it overturned. Only the iron duck egg flew towards the pirate ship with sparks. It was less than 200 steps away. There was no need to even aim. Dozens of iron

The duck egg fell steadily into the pirate ship, and the thieves were still hesitating. They didn't know why the crossbow was launched. However, a sharp arrow flew out, but a giant arrow weighing more than ten pounds was shot fast. What is this small iron egg? Just a "calling" sound was the result of the iron egg entering the cabin. The Jincheng navy on the ship had the knowledge and knew how to cover his ears, but the stupid one stretched his neck and waited for the loud noise.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!—"

Ruan Li smiled from ear to ear on the boat. Although Wang Lan had heard of the name of artillery for a long time, she had never seen any real application. Seeing the pirate ships splashing, the remaining limbs flew around, and fireworks were everywhere. More than 30 iron eggs were shot out, and more than thirty sounds exploded. Nearly half of the pirate ships were seriously injured, and the thief was in chaos! These ships were the larger ones among the pirate ships, and the gunners in Jincheng were cautious, for fear of missing shots, so they only dared to aim at the larger ships and let the boat escape. But after this explosion, the thieves were devastated. Where could they have the morale of the army?

On the Huainan ship, the "artillery" were greatly motivated, and the black flag was raised again. In a short while, the distance between the two sides was close to 200 steps. The second round of "cannons" was launched again. This time, they had already calculated the opponent's large and small ships. They heard a thunder-like explosion. Seven or eight small boats were bombarded directly, and the cabin was exploded by the iron egg. The thieves on the ship fell into the water and escaped. Three or two iron cannons fell into the water and exploded, splashing several meters high water columns.

The thieves were so shocked that they were far away from each other. Unfortunately, the joy and sadness were so great that the Jincheng naval soldiers on the big ship were lying on the bow of the boat and were happy to watch. Some of the flying iron bars hurt their own people. Although there were not many, the artillery soldiers dared not fire artillery. At this time, the oars on the big ship were rowing, and the distance between the two sides was within a hundred steps. The crossbows on the big ship were fired at the same time. Those mobs were not the opponents of the regular navy? Although they could barely fire arrows, they were also urging the boat to turn around and flee, and they were defeated!

The Jincheng Navy relied on the power of the iron cannon, but it was less damaged by the navy. If we fought, we would not lose too much manpower. I think that even the thief was numerous, but we were not against the Jincheng Navy. Therefore, when Ruan Li underestimated the enemy, he did not even plan for this artillery. Unexpectedly, the sea cannon was used for the first time, and the sea cannon had great power. Seeing that the corpses were broken on the sea, the pirate ship was smoked and fired, more than half of the thieves were killed or injured, and those who escaped by chance were also furious. Ruan Li was very happy: "From today, on the sea of ​​the South China Sea, our Jincheng Navy is the most respected. In addition, who can compete for power?" He was very excited and stood at the bow of the boat and shouted: "Children, sails! Rowing! Let's chase!"

The attack and defense were immediately changed. The pirates who were still in the momentum just now wanted to row a few more hands, and now they couldn't fight. They just wanted to get farther away from these big ships chasing them, but the boat was weak, so where could they escape? Ruan Li was really a monkey, and she was not in a hurry to strangle them. She just let the big ship hit the pirate ship, hitting the wooden boards scattered, and then shot the thieves floating in the water along the way. She chased them until the twilight time, and there were no more thieves on the sea. However, many pirates were captured on the Qinglan Zhuo boat behind, and three of the seven thieves were alive, including the old thief in Wu.

"Mr. Wu, after meeting at noon, I had not yet asked for details, so I hurried back. It seems that the fate is not over, so I can still ask the boy for advice!" Wang Lan smiled and bowed, but her face could not even be as clean as the afternoon. She was obviously in a good mood. The old thief was soaked, her hair was loose, and her outer robe was no longer sure where she was lost. Her face was ferocious, and she spitted off the remaining sea water in her mouth, and then said: "Little thief should not be proud. You should walk on the sea often. You must also be a boat capsized, and you will bully others by using magic. What kind of hero?"

Wang Lan was stunned and realized after a while that the old thief still regarded artillery as a spell. Anyway, there were very few people in Jincheng who could use artillery. Whether it was Jin army or Jincheng military and civilians, they often regarded this artillery art as the "Five Thunders Method" and let him go. He smiled and said, "Mr. Wu reminded me that it was only 30 years later, and it was not easy to overturn the boat for a while. The small magic thunder was not easy to come to the old man's eyes. Now I only have one thing to ask: Mr. releases animals for a long time for a sea merchant, which is considered a kind of good deed. But our family has let you go once. Is it better to release it or not to release it for the second time? Mr. can teach me!"

Ruan Li couldn't help laughing when he heard Wang Lan talk about "Farley". When Wang Lan asked interestingly, he couldn't help laughing. The old thief's eyes were a little scared. It was the second time he fell into the other party's hands. This question was not easy to answer. After being depressed for a long time, he ignored the brown rope tied up on his body and stepped forward, shouting fiercely: "I fell into the hands of a thief like you. I want to ask us to beg for a life, but I don't think about it. I'm over 60 years old and have never seen any world? It's worth dying. It's not considered premature death. It's common to cut into pieces. If you have sex, don't let the master wait for a long time! If you let us go, you can't think of a peaceful life on the sea from now on!"

Wang Lan bowed with an exaggerated expression and said, "Jiang Gui's nature is old and stronger, it turns out! Maybe Mr. is not a young family? It is extreme or extreme, so it must be so. Mr. lived overseas for a long time, so where can he get married and start a business? I am a figure in the Central Plains. He was about to let his husband go back, but he was afraid that his words would be true. In order to avoid being disturbed by the old husband in the future, he had to cut off the weeds!"

Ruan Li was stumbled on the side. Wang Lan would not kill the old thief for the time being, but he would have used it. He shouted and shouted, "Everyone will be chopped down! Don't leave half on the boat!" At that moment, the navy army raised their swords and fell, dozens of heads fell into the sea, and the bodies were pushed down. Triangular fins on the sea gradually gathered, and dozens of evil sharks came up to enjoy the delicious meal. The old thief's face changed drastically, and then he closed his eyes and stopped talking. He had not seen anyone use the sword to force it for a long time. When he opened his eyes, dozens of soldiers around him raised their swords to face each other, just waiting for Ruan Li or Wang Lan to give orders.

"Mr. Wu, if you don't make any decisions, Wang will regret it tomorrow. If you want to retrieve the husband's body from the sea, you may not be able to find it!" Wang Lan pointed at the group of sharks on the sea lightly.

The old thief finally felt disheartened and sighed to the sky: "What else do you say when you fall into your hands? My husband's family is all in Penghu. If it weren't for this, how could he bear the aura when he is alone? Stop! Stop! But it's just that you wait for the defeat! It's just a pity for these thousands of brothers!" As he finished speaking, tears flowed out from the corners of his eyes.

Wang Lan said seriously: "If you do good or evil, in a moment, if you don't accumulate the virtues of your past years, you will be a thing in the fish's belly. If you do good from this, will you not be blessed in the future? These thieves will have their rewards today because of their evil deeds in the past. The old man has been through storms for a long time, wouldn't he know this truth?"

The next day, we had more than ten intact pirate ships, which could be used after a little repair. They were all around a hundred stones, and there were only a few pirates left. One was the place on the ship, and the other was Ruan Li's hand. Fortunately, Wang Lan slightly dissuaded him and left two or three pirates in Liuqiu, Ma Yi, Boni, Luzon, Cham, Bagan and other places. Otherwise, except for the old thief in Wu, the rest would have been slaughtered.

Three months later, Wang Lan received Yang Zaixing's reply at Qinglan Port, and there were only four words as big as a bowl of "Build a Port and ask for help"!

The one who arrived with the letter was a minor official in Jincheng, and there was a cage of birds accompanying him. He didn't know what his name was, but the minor official refused to say it, saying that since then, the letter sent by the birds can be brought back to Jincheng by the birds, and everyone was surprised.

At the same time, the same cage of birds was also sent to Luo Yan. At that time, Wanyan Liang had already built the earth trench to a certain extent. Although the Jin cavalry brigade had not gone deep into the Kelie tribe to pursue and suppress it, it maintained the construction of the earth trench very carefully. Luo Yan also knew that although he had the title of "Helan Khan", the total number of Wang Gu tribe under the tent was less than 10,000, and the available army was less than 1,000. How could he dare to invest his strength in the battle with Wanyan Liang? At present, the tribes were concentrated in large quantities slightly closer to the Kelie tribe.

Fang, who was considered a large tribe on the grassland, has since trained troops and herd herds. At present, Helan Khan is the largest supplier of fine iron and weapons of the Khal tribe, and the Khal tribe is the protector of the Wanggu tribe, defending against the possible invasion of Wanyan Liang side by side. The northern grassland was quite quiet for a while, only Anbahaikhan was seriously preparing for a marriage with the Tatar people, and was planning to send his daughter to Tatar, which could exchange for the peace of the generations on the grassland and eliminate the feud between the Mongolian tribes and Tatar.

Yang Zaixing was in Jincheng, but he was full of worries: Recently, many Jin Dynasty merchants or Daxia merchants complained to Gao Lin when trading in Jincheng, saying that they were often exploited by Jin Dynasty defenders on the way. If the goods they brought were only a little lost. If the silver they brought was too much, the real money and silver would be the most unreliable. Several small merchants were even kidnapped by the Jin army.

"Grandmaster, there is never a golden man who dares to take action wherever Jincheng business passes. We don't want anything else. If you want to sell goods in the next time, I'll say that the little goods will be fine if you walk with your brigade. Don't say anything else, you can give some money to the raft. Do you think it's okay?" The merchant who was asking for peace pleaded with Gao Lin pitifully.

"This—" Gao Lin was really embarrassed for a while. "We are not an escort business. The bodyguard matter must be decided by Lord Yang. Let's ask him?"

But Yang Zaixing thought more and called Hong Hao to ask: "When did our Song Dynasty use 'Jiaozi'? Why is it not very useful now?"

Hong Hao was indeed knowledgeable and replied immediately: "In the early years of the Song Dynasty, there was a 'private relationship' in Shu, which was often hosted by wealthy merchants and big businessmen. Later, there were illegal people who sent Jiaozi indiscriminately, and they were banned by officials. Later, during the Jingde period, Zhang Zhizhou, Yizhou, Shu, deeply understood the disadvantages, so he ordered only sixteen wealthy families in Shu, who were well-known, and could handle them. The seals of California Prefecture were the beginning of official exchanges and had principal, and could share silver and money in various prefectures and counties in Shu, and it was very beneficial to go to merchants. The official exchanges were made during the Tiansheng period, and Yizhou Jiaozi was established.

The yamen was only used by the official company to create Jiaozi for three years, and the new one was replaced after the end. After that, the application was widely used, and all the routes were Jiaozi in Yizhou. During the Daguan period, the rules were established. The Jiaozi were used in Shu. The rest of the routes were made in Kaifeng. The old orders were ten or five. At present, they had to be used in two types: 500 s. The court only issued the orders, which could be used for the taxes, but could not be exchanged. If there were private redeems among the people, a single redeem was often only paid for more than 700 s. Therefore, the people were unwilling to use it."

After hearing this, Yang Zaixing understood a little. This is no different from the coins in later generations. However, Jiangnan is in a difficult situation. Although it is in recovery, it is necessary to issue some paper money for urgent needs, but if it is issued too much, it is not allowed to be exchanged, so it will naturally depreciate. The court's move can deal with temporary needs, but it is like drinking a dove to quench thirst. After a long time, it is afraid that it will not be able to maintain the effectiveness of money. He asked Hong Hao tentatively: "If the Jincheng business company is in accordance with the Jiaozi method, it will also print some documents, plus the Jincheng seal and pay it to the merchant, wherever my business company is located, it will be beneficial to the merchant company. Do you think it is okay?"

Hong Hao pondered for a long time before saying, "What the Lord said is nothing more than the convenience of the merchants who traded the market. I don't know what the Jin Dynasty is, but the Song Dynasty did not allow private printing according to the law. This is because the officials and the Lords are embarrassed. The rest is not a problem. When the first time in Shuzhong, the silver and money they have reserved were only one million yuan, and even 30 million yuan in the treasury in this prefecture, it is no problem to issue tens of millions of yuan!"

Yang Zaixing smiled and said, "Sir, I think too far. Someone's meaning is similar to money. A document can be worth hundreds of silks or thousands of silks. It can be numbered in movable characters and only once. If you use it later, it will be printed. It is convenient for businessmen to do so, but it does not need to be used by the people."

Hong Hao gradually understood that Gao Lin was confused, but he didn't know that this was the origin of the later "Jincheng Check". The merchants received the check and could exchange it in various places. Once it was redeemed, the semicolons could not be leaked and could only be sent back to Zezhou to destroy. There were also information such as the identity of the holder on the check, which could not be forged at will.
Chapter completed!