Chapter 148 – Chapter 30 (3)

On Shim Gyeong-seo’s ship, which encountered a British merchant ship, numerous warriors took a vigilant posture.

This is because there is an unfortunate story of bringing trade items to this side and making a surprise attack to plunder.

But it was the same for the other side.
That’s why each other’s boats are getting closer, and both sides are armed with weapons and taking precautions, but Sim Qing-seo and the British merchant did not raise a problem with that part.

When the large merchant ships approached each other like that, they threw hooks and made them stick together.

Kwajik- Kooung-

There were parts of the ship that were damaged due to failure to control the force, but it was a part that could be easily repaired, so not everyone noticed.

Shim Gyeong-seo ordered a strong subordinate to bring the box and opened the box in front of the British merchant.

Ceramics with shapes and patterns that cannot be seen in Europe.
The English merchant who saw it showed a box from their side with a satisfied smile.

It contained nuggets of high purity silver.
Shim Gyeong-seo received the box and showed it to an expert, who quickly confirmed whether the silver was real or not.

“The purity is very high.”

After hearing the answer, Shim Gyeong-seo exchanged a few words with the British merchant and then called out to the masters attached to the captains of other ships to ask.

-That way?-
-All are silver of good purity.-
-The same goes for this one.-

Fortunately, the English merchant was not one to play tricks with his trade.

Of course, there is a possibility that only a few of them are real in a show format, so you have to check separately when you receive the silver box.

Of course, the other party will also do the work of checking separately, but this is what you have to do.

While the sailors on both sides began exchanging luggage, they did not forget to be vigilant about their surroundings just in case.

“Hwiyu. If someone accidentally swings a knife, it’s going to be a war day.”

And, ascertaining such an appearance with the power of internal energy and eyesight, Jincheon could see that it was much more comfortable this way.

The boat the Jincheon crew was on is patrolling the nearby waters like other battleships.

“By the way, Jinrang, are you okay?”
“Inside?”

While we were having such a leisurely time, Lim Ha-yeon suddenly asked me something.

“Ah, do you get motion sickness? It’s okay. I don’t get motion sickness.”
“Really? Interesting?”

Since olden days, Jincheon likes rides that sway back and forth, and he doesn’t feel motion sickness with just the rocking of the boat.

In addition to learning martial arts, all physical abilities have been strengthened, so there is no choice but to afford more.

“But even if it’s me, why don’t you get motion sickness?”

Come to think of it, the strange Jincheon asked Im Ha-yeon and the others.

“I’ve been on a boat a few times during my active duty, so I’m used to it.”
“Sickness? It’s not particularly strange.”

Since Cheon Hye-woon had been riding in the past, he didn’t get motion sickness, probably because Baek Chung-ha was just a constitution.

However, strangely, the expressions of Im Ha-yeon and Seo Yu-ran became strange.
Should I say it’s like I’m trying to hide something?

In particular, the two people who had a bad relationship with each other were even conveying the meaning of cooperation this time.

“Hayeon, Yuran. Do you have something interesting to talk about?”
“So… To be honest, Yuran and I have experiences, so we’ve been on a lot of boats in places like the Yangtze River and the Yellow River. Isn’t that right, Yuran?”
“Keuheum. Keumkeum.”

However, Seo Yu-ran, who is naturally not accustomed to deceiving others, coughed and avoided his gaze.

– This damn bitch?! Hey! This is not my problem!?-
-That… But…-
– But go to sleep! Kiss me right now!-

The two women, who would normally have to disagree with each other, were full of thoughts of cooperating with each other this time.

The problem is that Jincheon, who has already noticed, smiles like a bad boy when he finds her toy.

“Ah~ I’m afraid you’ll be hurt by what happened during the day~”
“Ugh…”
Hehe. I never thought you would lie about such an important matter.”
“Heuk…”
“Number of people who fit that lie were really mean, right?”

It was a really childish tone and intention, but the two women who were guilty of the crime were heartbreaking at the childish tone and intention.

In the end, Lim Ha-yeon, who believed that if she endured as it was, it would eventually become known, decided to minimize it on purpose.

“Actually… Me and Yuran ran into each other while traveling through the Yellow River.”

Perhaps this story is the story of the time when the Demonic Cult invaded the central plains.

Of course, there are other sailors, so I shouldn’t talk about the Demonic Cult or the political faction, so I cleverly hid that part.

“The problem is that Hayeon and I both got seasick since we first got on a boat.”

The story is that the two of them were seasick with each other, and in the midst of many fights, the two of them retreated after the arrival of support from both sides.

If you listen to this far, the emphasis will be on the fact that the masters of Hwagyeong fought a foolish battle.

‘No. There’s something more.’

Looking at the expressions on the faces of the two, Jincheon could intuit that this story did not end here.

‘Both of them have certain secrets they like to hide. If I told you to tell me the hidden truth, I would shut up…’

“Then…”

The moment you open your mouth to ask something,

“!!”

Except for Baek Chung-ha, everyone’s eyes focused in one direction.

Jincheon, just in case, quickly unfolded the folding iron bow, and she took out a quality arrow that she had bought at the request of Shim Gyeong-seo and approached her captain.

“Hey, Captain. Is our ship all here?”
“Why?”
“I can feel six… No, seven ships over there. One of them is quite large, isn’t it?”

Jincheon was the first to notice the existence of British merchant ships, so the captain believed in their skills and fired a signal to alert them.

Pishun- Pung-

The movement of other escort ships became busy after seeing the color of the signal flare, which means alert.

Having worked together on this many times and built trust, there was no doubt or delay.

Of course, I can’t see it, but I feel a sense of wonder because the boundary bomb exploded.

While armed and vigilant, a red flare exploded from the escort ship closest to the east.

“Enemies!”
“All ready for battle!”

As soon as I finished the word preparation for battle, I could see seven shadows approaching me diagonally with my naked eyes.

Pupperpuppung!

At that time, a cannon exploded from a ship presumed to be the enemy, and a hard iron ball was fired, and someone screamed.

“It’s a cannon!”

As mentioned before, gunpowder is an important strategic resource and weapon.
Using guns that use such gunpowder means that the other party is a navy officially appointed by the country.

However, there is no way that the navy will suddenly pop out of the Ming Dynasty, which has issued a ban on the defense of the south.

That is,

“Haenam wave!”
“Haenampa is here!!”

Forces armed with cannons that were permitted by the country.
A military organization that can defeat pirates in the south and maintain peace.

Sailors who had lived in Guangdong could tell that the other person was from Haenampa.

“Euh? Haenampa?”

‘Wasn’t the Haenam faction the Moorim faction!?’

It was an absurd thing for Jincheon, who knew that the Haenampa he knew was a clan that lived in Haenam-do and used a sword.

No, weren’t the Crown and Murim mutually inviolable territory in the first place?

When Jincheon turned to Lim Ha-yeon and Seo Yu-ran, they also made faces that didn’t know what the situation was.

Because the Haenampa rarely plays an active role in the midfield, they also know about martial arts at the same level as Jincheon.

Pupperpuppung!
Kwajijik!

However, the other party did not give Jincheon and his party time.
It concentrated fire on one battle line and halved it in an instant.

“Hey! This side doesn’t have any weapons!? That side is a big phone, but what about this side!”
“Do you know that a cannon is a weapon that anyone can use! Everyone get ready for hand-to-hand combat! Row the oars!”

Answering Jincheon’s cry nervously, the captain delivered an order to the rowers below the boat to row.

If there’s a cannon over there, do whatever it takes to get close and induce melee combat.

Other friendly ships also judged that way, and began to desperately cling to the enemy, spreading the ship from side to side.

In general, if one side can attack unilaterally, it is common to keep that distance and keep the distance.

However, since the enemy side is trying to induce melee combat, isn’t it clinging to them as if they’ve been waiting?

“Kuk! As expected, you’re a Haenampa! You’re confident in hand-to-hand combat!”

The captain gritted her teeth at the sight of having to go head-to-head with Haenampa, who was also famous for his sword.

But,

“Puhahahaha! What are those?

Jincheon laughed at the sight of Haenampa’s boats engaging in hand-to-hand combat.

“In the end, the Murim Munpa is the only Moorim Munpa! If there is an advantage in weaponry, we should make the most of it!”

In Jincheon’s eyes, what the Haenampa is doing is that the tank commander pulled out his sword and said, ‘Attach the tank to them right now! I will show them the taste of my sword!’ It’s the same as giving a command.

Kwajijik! Kwajik!

Subsequently, another friendly ship collided with Haenampa’s ship, and hand-to-hand combat began.

“If it’s this street…!”

In an instant, as the position of one of the friendly ships was closer than expected, Jincheon raised his bow and fired an arrow.

“Hey! What are you doing!”

A sailor was engaged in a fierce battle in a narrow boat, and was shocked to see him trying to fire an arrow in an arc.

“Don’t worry, I’ll show you a funny side. If this is enough, I’ll have to inject about 40% more of my energy. The arrow will barely last.”

Jincheon, who told the sailors to be at peace, drew a protest while calculating the wind direction and the direction and speed of the ship.

“Graph.”

Peeing!

The arrows Jincheon sent flew several times faster than normal arrows.

His arrow pierced the body of the Haenampa warrior who was about to deliver a fatal blow after the ship rocked and knocked over a friendly sailor who lost his balance.

At the moment when the Haenam samurai grabbed his chest and suffered, the sailor quickly came to his senses and succeeded in counterattacking by stabbing the Haenam samurai with a sword.

“…”
“Nonsense… On such an unstable boat…?”

A ship on the sea rocks up and down, left and right even when it is still.
But such a ship is moving, and it fires support for allies in a melee?

An activity that would be dismissed as a joke by others, saying, “What nonsense is this?”

“Captain! This ship does not stick to the enemy ship and keep a reasonable distance! I will open fire!”
“…I see!”
“Captain!?”

It is admitted that Jincheon is an excellent archer.
However, changing the purpose of this ship for just that one person becomes a problem in an emergency like this.

According to common sense, it is better to collide with one enemy ship and attack with all forces to capture the ship and attack the other ship.

However, the captain, who had seen countless people for a long time, decided to trust his intuition.

‘That guy is no ordinary master!’

“Everyone hold the sails!”

At the captain’s command, the crew took sail in combat readiness and focused on navigation.

‘This side’s power is overwhelmingly pushed. If only the boat we’re on is going to win, it’s certain that we’ll be the only ones left over time.’

He confirmed with his own eyes that Haenampa’s skills were superior to those of his allies.

Even if the ship they boarded was active, they thought that if they abandoned their warrior pride and fired concentrated fire with cannons, the ship would be destroyed and the mission would fail.

He put down the arrows he had purchased and aimed them at the Haenampa warriors who were engaged in hand-to-hand combat.

Ping ping ping ping ping ping!

Jincheon fires arrows in rapid succession as if he were releasing them as soon as he pulled his flesh without aiming.

In general, you have to pull the flesh and calculate the arrow direction and wind direction, but

Pupper puffer puck! Puck puck!

His arrows pierced the bodies of Haenampa warriors.

“Wow!”
“Oohhh!”

Other friendly ships, which had been pushed back by the warriors of the Haenampa, began to push the Haenampa as their morale increased.

There was also a case where the warriors of Haenampa, who felt fear at the sight of arrows flying out of nowhere and attacking their allies, flinched.

While firing support fire at the friendly ship, Jincheon heard the sound of gunpowder exploding, and found a huge ship approaching this direction turning its side and firing cannons.

It was a blatant bombardment aimed at the deck while confirming that there was a good archer on this side.

“Stop!”

At Jincheon’s command, the master of the three hwagyeongs rushed in the direction of the shells.

After stabbing the bottom of the shell with the tip of Seo Yu-ran and Cheon Hye-woon, they placed the shell on top of the sword and sent the shell’s trajectory to another place using the principle of effective steelmaking.

Im Ha-yeon lacked such skills, so he blocked it by simply ignoring it with force.

Kwajijik!

The shells they couldn’t block broke the deck, but there was no problem with sailing.

This is because, in the first place, they centrally protected the mast and Jincheon.

“Seuheueueup~~~!!”

Of course, Im Ha-yeon, who left marks on her hands because she blocked the shells head-on, made an expression of enduring bitterness.

“Heh, I’m ignorant. I still can’t even use the principle of competent steelmaking.”
“What is it? Is this something you’re fighting over these days?”
“Feeling? Compared to what you did, isn’t this not even worth fighting for?”

The two women began to fight without tension while blocking the cannons, and the sailors who were concentrating on sailing the ship realized once again that those specially hired by Shim Gyeong-seo were not ordinary people.