in2ebook Chapter 269 Pirates
Chapter 269 Pirates
Looking at the ship appearing in the distance, the fatigue of everyone on the ship over the past few days was instantly swept away, and excitement flashed in everyone's eyes.
Their ship had been drifting on the sea for more than half a year. They had seen one or two small islands along the way, but they had not seen any people. There was nothing but sea water.
Cai Qin held onto the railing, unable to hide the excitement on his face, and said, "Get closer to that ship."
The crew immediately took action, adjusted the sails, and headed towards the mysterious ship.
A minister next to Cai Qin held the railing, leaned forward, stuck his head out of the railing, and stared at the ship.
"So there really are people on the other side of the sea. Our Majesty is truly omnipotent and omniscient."
"Yes, when they get closer we will ask them where they live," another minister agreed.
The recruited crew members also looked at the ship with curiosity.
After boarding the ship, they also learned what these officials were going to do, which was to find new countries and establish diplomatic relations with them.
When I first found out about it, I scoffed at it for a long time, thinking that they and Her Majesty the Empress were just daydreaming.
But this is none of their business. They have the silver anyway, so they don’t care whether it is true or not. They didn’t expect it to be true. There are other countries besides Anguo, and there are people like us.
Just as the two ships were getting closer and closer, and the people on them could be seen with the naked eye, something strange happened.
"whoosh"
A feather arrow shot across the sky and headed straight for a minister.
The movement was so fast that the minister had no time to dodge.
Just as he was secretly thinking that his life was over, a sailor quickly drew his sword and blocked the feather arrow.
At this time, Cai Qin also realized that the person opposite was not friendly.
Then he shouted, "Get down."
Looking at the frightened minister standing beside him, Cai Qin pulled him to the ground.
The arrow just now was like a signal, followed by a dense barrage of feathered arrows.
Fortunately, there are many battle-hardened sailors on their ship this time.
After the arrow was shot, they quickly organized a defense, forming a line of defense with shields to block the continuous arrows.
After getting safe, Tang Qiuwan got up from the ground and squatted down, looking at the arrows that were still shooting at him with a serious expression.
"Ordinary people wouldn't attack as soon as they arrive. They must be pirates."
"That should be it. They are pirates. We don't need to be polite to them. Just tie them up directly." Cai Qin said fiercely.
As the two were talking, the group of pirates also noticed something was wrong.
"Boss, this doesn't look right. They don't look like ordinary merchant ships. Their combat effectiveness is not weak." said a pirate boy.
They were very happy to see such a big ship just now. There is no doubt that they can make a lot of money by robbing this ship.
This group of pirates has always been bold, but they didn't care that this ship was so much bigger than them.
Anyway, when encountering such a large ship, they always adhere to the principle of attacking from a distance first, and then getting close to the ship if they can defeat it, and retreating immediately if they cannot defeat it.
As long as they run fast, no one can catch up with them.
The pirate leader's face was gloomy: "Don't worry about it, just rob it first, and retreat if the situation gets bad!"
As the distance got closer, the figures on the opposite boat became clearer.
At this time, a sharp-eyed younger brother shouted: "Boss, why do they have black hair? They are different from us!"
Black hair?
The pirate leader was stunned and looked at the person opposite with narrowed eyes.
It turned out that they really had black hair and black eyes. Where did they come from? They looked so weird.
But what is certain is that they are all human beings.
As long as they are human, they are afraid of nothing.
"As long as he's a human being, no matter whether he has black hair or white hair, keep attacking!" the pirate leader roared.
Just as they were about to board the rocket, an iron ball fell from the sky.
Looking at the iron ball rolling to the side, a little brother scratched his head in confusion, "What is this, their weapon?"
Before he could get closer to check, a loud "bang" was heard.
The iron ball suddenly exploded, flames shot up into the sky, and several pirates around were blown away in an instant, screams rang out one after another.
The pirate leader was so frightened that he froze in place, his eyes wide with horror, "What kind of magic is this!"
When I came to my senses, I saw sea water pouring in from the hole that was blown out.
Soon the water reached his ankles.
"Quick, block the gap!" the pirate leader shouted in panic.
On Tang Qiuwan's side, everyone had already stood up.
Cai Qin looked at the panicked pirates across from him and said, "This thunder bomb is really powerful. I heard that it has great destructive power. It turns out it's true."
Before setting off, Yun Zhi was afraid that they would encounter unfriendly countries, so she asked the Minister of War to prepare a lot for them.
Several ministers standing by also nodded, with shock on their faces. This was the first time they had seen the power of a thunder bomb.
Cai Qin took a deep breath and said, "Get ready to board the ship and take them down in one fell swoop!"
The soldiers responded one after another, took the gangplank and rushed towards the pirate ship.
The pirates on the ship are still busy repairing the ship. This hole is not small.
In addition, the pirates were already frightened and weak in the knees, so they could not repair the damage quickly, and soon a lot of sea water poured in.
When the pirates saw the Anguo soldiers jumping over, they became even more panicked.
"No, don't kill us!" some pirates begged for mercy.
The soldiers ignored their pleas for mercy, or rather, they didn't understand them, and tied them all up one by one.
Soon, the pirates were taken onto the An Guo ship one by one.
Everyone looked at these pirates who looked different from themselves and started whispering to each other.
"Is this the person from another country? He looks so different from us, with blond hair and green eyes, so strange." said a crew member.
"Yeah, so people from other countries look like this. But apart from their hair and eyes, they look quite similar to the people from our Northern Barbarians." Another crew member nodded in agreement.
Li Daniu, who was standing by, looked at these strange-looking pirates and thought to himself that he had broadened his horizons.
If he hadn't gone out to sea this time, he might never have seen many things in his life.
After returning home, he must explain all this to his family.
The pirate leader who was surrounded by the crowd couldn't help but curse when he saw their looks as if they were looking at something strange and the words he couldn't understand.
As soon as he said this, the whispering voices suddenly disappeared for a moment, and then began to talk again.
"Is this the language they speak there? It sounds like bird talk, I can't even understand it."
The person who said this originally wanted to imitate it, but when he opened his mouth he didn't know what to say.
While the crew members were talking about them, Tang Qiuwan was a little distracted.
What the pirate leader said just now sounded a bit like English. She could barely understand one or two words, but not more than that.
After all, she only passed the CET-4 in her previous life, and his language is not exactly the same as English.
It's difficult. I can't understand anything they say.
"Master Cai, the language they speak is different from ours, and communication is a big problem. Even if we find that country, we won't be able to communicate with them."
"It's not a big problem. I'll go and learn from them."
How to learn?
Tang Qiuwan was a little confused by Cai Qin's words.
But she knew it next.
Cai Qin detained this group of people in the cabin, tortured them severely to make them behave, and then the two sides began to communicate through sign language and guesswork.
Ten days later, after hearing Cai Qin speaking fluent foreign languages, Tang Qiuwan was really shocked.
No wonder he dared to take on this task, he really has some skills, so impressive.
On this day, Cai Qin summoned all officials.
"My lords, according to the information we heard from the pirates, their country is about three days' sail ahead. It's called the Turan Empire and has existed for over two hundred years. The current emperor is a queen who rules the world with benevolence."
Then he began to talk incessantly, telling everything he had learned from the pirates.
At the end of his words, he added, "I don't know if there are any fakes among these, but I have asked all the pirates, so it shouldn't be a big problem."
After seeing that all the officials understood what was going on, Cai Qin continued, "Shall we set off now?"
In order to facilitate Cai Qin's studies these days, they stopped the ship on a small island.
Tang Qiuwan nodded and said, "Let's go."
Three days later, a continent appeared before their eyes.