"Quick, put the Basketball down!"

The sailors lowered some huge bamboo baskets on both sides of the ship, containing stones in them to stabilize the hull.

Then, most of the sails were also put away, without the need to climb up the mast like a Western sailboat, because the sails were clamped with bamboo,

On the dim sea, several sea swallows were flying proudly, and the dark clouds behind seemed to be chasing them, especially violent, and the strong wind converged with dark clouds.

Between the dark clouds and the sea, the "Bowang" weighs a small boat that is constantly shaking, and the entire cabin is shaking continuously, making it difficult to stand firm.

"Mr. Langjun, this little storm is actually quite common in the sea. If you hold on for a little longer, you will pass!"

"We have watertight compartments, and the sand boat has strong wind resistance!"

Li Jia was staying in the command room, looking at the sailors who were acting on their own, he felt quite uncomfortable. The captain was really a failure.

"Are you okay?" The hired deputy captain walked in wet with his clothes.

"It's okay!" Li Jia was a little absent-minded. He looked at the deputy captain, who used to play for a certain pirate team. Now that he is old this year, he can't stand much trouble, so this time he went out to sea for the last time and earned enough money for retirement.

"From now on, you will be instructed!" Li Jia's voice was very soft.

"You are not joking!" Looking at the young employer, the old captain was a little stunned for a moment. The husband was very excited about the captain's position, so why did he give up again this time?

"No!" Li Jia said seriously: "I took the liberty before, thinking that after reading a few books, I understood what navigation is. Only this incident did I understand the truth that I practiced it!"

"From now on, you will be responsible for commanding the sea ship!"

After removing the captain's duties, Li Jia was responsible for observing, understanding, and studying. Captains are not something that anyone can do, and they require a lot of knowledge.

For example, you must understand the route. Compass is not used in normal times, unless you are lost, what you need is a living map in daily life, and the captain must master the route.

This is useless just by relying on the guide.

So Li Jia suddenly became relaxed. He only needed to supervise the soldiers' training and the correctness of the route every day. Before he knew it, four days had passed.

Then, I waited in the waters near Chameng, waiting for the merchant ship to leave after replenishing supplies from Chameng.

The Chameng Kingdom now belongs to the southern part of Vietnam.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Xianglin County, which was established in Rinan County. In 137 AD, Qu Kui (also known as Quda or Qulian, also known as Shilimoro), the son of Gongcao in Xianglin County, killed the county magistrate, called himself the king, and first established Chameng Kingdom, also known as Linyi Kingdom.

Fan Yan, the governor of Jiaozhi in the Eastern Han Dynasty, conquered Jiaozhi County, and the soldiers of Jiuzhen County went to fight, but the Han army mutiny was a fear of expedition, which led to failure.

Emperor Shun of Han wanted to send 40,000 troops to suppress Jingzhou, Yangzhou, Yanzhou and Yuzhou, but was eventually persuaded by Minister Li Gu. From then on, the region became independent from China and was called Linyi Kingdom.

During the chaotic period of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Linyi King Fan Yangmai took the opportunity to attack Rinan, Jiude and other counties. The Southern Song Dynasty sent Tan Hezhi and Zong Qi to attack Linyi and captured the capital of Linyi. However, in the late Southern Dynasties, Rinan County was eventually occupied.

In 605 AD, Emperor Yang of Sui sent General Liu Fang to attack and destroy the capital of Linyi. "He obtained eighteen pieces of the temple owner, all of which were cast gold." Fan Fanzhi sent an envoy to apologize and was able to return to the capital.

Between 802 and 803 AD, Chameng sent troops to attack the Tang Dynasty, occupied Huan and Aizhou. In 809, he invaded the Tang Dynasty again, but was defeated by Zhang Zhou, the guardian of Annan of the Tang Dynasty.

Therefore, Li Jia was in a complicated mood when facing Chameng. He was basically eroded step by step in the territory of the Indochina Peninsula, from Chameng to Annan.

Is it because these territories cannot be defeated? It is not that the Northern Army fought south and was inconvenient to contact, and the Central Plains dynasty could not afford such huge consumption.

"How much loss can Rushi have a huge navy, and he set out from Nanjing, wait to Quanzhou, and then come straight from Guangzhou?" Li Jia thought to himself.

"Mr., that's it!"

Li Jia looked up and saw an inclined triangular sailboat slowly coming. The mast was tied with a rope and a white triangle canvas was tied to the top of the mast. The flag had a distinctive feature, so it was easy to identify. Abdul also put on a mask at this time and said in a muffled manner in the jar.

"If they hadn't loaded with extremely important goods, I think they wouldn't have traveled at this time!" Abdul said lightly.

"What do you mean?"

"Every year from late October to early December, the sea breeze will blow from the northeast to the southwest. This is when our merchants return to their voyages and also go to Africa (Africa); from late March to early June, the sea breeze will blow from the southwest to the northeast. The main time we travel from India to the east is more time-saving."

Abdul was a little confused.

"This is the basic hidden information among us Arab businessmen, and you don't know it should be."

"Damn it, why don't you go eat shit?" Li Jia was quite angry. At this time, he had the urge to kill someone.

However, Li Jia thought again that sand boats could go against the wind and there was no need to be so angry.

"Hang our flag-" Looking at this sailboat about the same size as me, Li Langjun, with excellent eyesight, saw at a glance that the boat had a heavy draft, and there were a lot of crew members on the deck.

When a black and white bear's flag was hung, the sailboat sailing opposite was a snatch, slowing down its speed, and even turning a little.

"Catch up--" Seeing that the situation was not good, Li Jia immediately ordered.

The expected escape was different. After a moment of pause, the Arab merchant ship accelerated and rushed over, which was quite a performance of being a black man.

"Why is this?"

"Our ship is a flatbed. These big cannibals look down on us, so they want to eat us!" The captain stood aside and gritted his teeth.

At this time, after some explanation, Li Jia suddenly realized.

Generally speaking, Arab merchant ships are larger than Chinese sailing hulls, and Arab merchant ships are extremely convenient to operate and much stronger than sand ships. Of course, the real advantage is only its strong operability.

"Save some effort and wait for them to come!" Since that's the case, Li Jia smiled coldly and waited for the prey to come to his door to die.

"By the way, hide the crossbow and wait until they get close to you before obeying the order!"

"And also wrap those arrows with strips of cloth and lard. Everyone has practiced archery skills. It's time to see their level!"

With Li Jia's order, everyone began to prepare. The naval battle of this era is to bring closer distance, get on the ship and destroy the other side, and thus occupy it.

"This, Li Langjun, what should I do if I use the rocket?" Abdul became anxious in an instant.
Chapter completed!