The clouds dissipated.
The afterglow of the setting sun fell on the sea.
The sea area has returned to calm, with only thick smoke coming out of the chimneys of three dreadnought-class battleships.
They were chasing the enemy's flagship.
This battle has been going on since morning. Of the twenty invincible battleships, only the flagship where Pizarro is stationed is left, and half of the six dreadnought-class battleships have also sunk.
In this battle, the invincible fleet led by Pizarro demonstrated rich experience in naval combat, leaving Bai Yulian helpless for a while.
If it weren't for the strong ships and powerful guns, Bai Yulian would have been defeated in this battle.
Each of the remaining three warships suffered heavy damage, but fortunately the two key parts, power and weapons, were not damaged.
So the Dreadnought-class battleship runs very fast.
Another lucky thing was that the Marines were all experts. They eventually abandoned the ship and returned to the three warships by stepping on the broken wood or corpses on the sea. Only more than 2,000 people were lost - but Ye Changjiang disappeared forever in the vast ocean along with his No. 2 warship.
Bai Yulian was so depressed that he vomited blood. What he didn't know was that Count Pizarro was also vomiting blood.
This is his life's work!
It took him a full year and a half to come here from far away France!
In order to open up this route to the East, we encountered countless storms and endured countless hardships along the way.
He had truly arrived in the East. He had seen the rich harvest of this ocean voyage, and even his hands were on the fruit. He only needed to pick the final piece, and he would completely possess this tempting fruit.
But he never expected to encounter an obviously clumsy but fearless fleet here!
They only have six battleships!
Many of the artillery fire from our fleet clearly landed on the enemy ships, but why did we only sink three?
The attempt to steal a chicken ended up with a loss of the rice. Now everything is ruined!
Why are the three damaged warships behind me running so fast?
I was about to catch up with those twelve cargo ships full of gold, silver and jewelry... It would have been great if I had occupied the Ryukyu Kingdom instead!
Just based on these twelve ships of priceless goods returning to France, Her Majesty the Queen will definitely make me a Grand Duke!
What am I in such a hurry for?
With a nautical chart, wouldn't it be safer to build a huge fleet and destroy the enemy in one fell swoop?
Count Pizarro was extremely regretful at this moment.
He understood two things - first, the cannons of this Eastern Fleet had a longer range and greater power, and the soldiers' combat effectiveness was significantly higher.
The second thing is...it clearly has no sails, but it runs so damn fast!
This is probably related to the black smoke it emits. I don’t know what it uses.
"Full speed, faster!"
"My Lord Earl... please look up at the sky!"
Count Pizarro suddenly looked up and widened his eyes - thousands of Marine Corps masters were flying in the sky and were now falling obliquely towards his flagship.
"Ah, Eastern magic! Run...!"
"My Lord Earl, where are we going?"
Count Pizarro looked back and saw that the enemy warship was only three meters away from him!
The enemy showed no sign of slowing down. Was they trying to sink his flagship?
"Surrender, raise the flag and surrender quickly!"
Count Pizarro doesn't want to die!
Bai Yulian wanted to kill Pizarro, but Fu Xiaoguan said that if they encountered that fleet, they must bring back their captain because Fu Xiaoguan needed the precious nautical chart.
Bai Yulian did not give the order to sink the enemy ship after all.
The captain of the enemy ship raised the white flag.
Count Pizarro stood on the deck and raised his hands.
The Marines landed on the ship and quickly took everyone under control.
Bai Yulian's flagship turned around to avoid the collision and stopped in front of the invincible battleship.
He also flew up and stood in front of Count Pizarro.
"May I have your name?"
“&*￥#&”
Bai Yulian frowned, this was totally confusing.
Pizarro was still chattering, and he changed the language, but Bai Yulian still looked confused.
Now that there was no way to communicate, he ignored it and said, "Tie this guy up for me. Leave 2,000 people on this ship, and put 2,000 people on each of the twelve cargo ships. Let's go back."
As night fell, Bai Yulian began to return home with the captives and twelve ships full of gold, silver and jewelry.
He sat in the command room and began to summarize the gains and losses of this battle with his five division commanders.
Pizarro and others were gathered in the dark bottom of the ship, and he realized that there were no rowers on the ship at all.
What kind of ship is this?
Where does its power come from?
Pizarro was no longer ashamed of being a prisoner, but was extremely curious.
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Night also fell on Guanyun City.
The lights in the imperial study were brightly lit.
Fu Xiaoguan, Nangong Yiyu, Meng Changping, and Zhuo Yihang, who had just returned from Tailin City, sat at the tea table.
Fu Xiaoguan's expression was somewhat serious, and in his hand was a memorial that had been sent urgently from eight hundred miles away.
This was sent by Yan Shidao.
At the end of April, there were a few rains in the northwest of Beijing, the southwest of Beijing, the west of Huainan, the east of Huainan, and the south of Jiangnan. Only the south of Jiangnan had rains, and they were not thorough yet!
In the other four regions, Huainan West Road had been experiencing drizzle for several days, which was unable to even wet the dust.
Jiangnan and Huainan were better off, at least there was still water for irrigation, so rice planting was not delayed and sweet potatoes were also planted.
However, water resources in most areas of Beijing Northwest Road and Beijing Southwest Road have dropped severely. Half of the fields in these two areas are cracked, and it is obviously too late for spring sowing.
"Three of these four are suffering from severe drought. I have summoned you here to resolve this problem."
"Here's what I think. The grain prices in these four provinces have skyrocketed. This is absolutely unacceptable. We must stabilize the prices. Lord Meng, have the Ministry of Revenue send all the grain purchased by the court last year to these four provinces, at a price of ten coins per pound."
"Also, the people in three of these prefectures have no income this year. I'll have the Jinling Ministry of Works send people to these three prefectures... We might not have enough manpower, so the Guanyun City Ministry of Works will have to send people as well."
"This needs to happen quickly. Survey the farmland in these three prefectures as quickly as possible, and organize the people to build new water conservancy projects on a county-by-county basis. I require that every county have at least one lake or reservoir for irrigation. I also require that all farmland with the necessary conditions have irrigation and drainage systems."
"This is very important. Agriculture cannot rely on the weather, so it requires strong support from the court."
"We already have experience in building water conservancy systems, but we also need to ensure that people have access to water. After all the Ministry of Works personnel have completed their surveys, they will go down to every village to find groundwater and dig wells for the people."
Fu Xiaoguan explained everything in detail. At the end, Meng Changping nodded in agreement, but hesitated for a moment and said, "Silver..."
"Don't worry about the silver. Liu Jin melted down the gold and silver he brought back last year, and sold the jewelry. I know this isn't enough, so I'll give you another 5,000 taels of gold... that's enough, right?"
The eyes of the three giants are green.
Zhuo Yihang smacked his lips and said, "Your Majesty, the people in Jingdong and Huainan are also suffering."
Fu Xiaoguan felt unwell.
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