Chapter 396

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The Xue family is a family that has seen the world very early.

When the world's eyes are fixed on the land, they turn to the ocean.

Of course, to some extent, this was also inspired by Count Jin Zhou.

More than a hundred years ago, the entire eastern coastal area of ​​the Yue Kingdom was ravaged by pirates, and the Xue family suffered a disaster.

Jin Zhou was born, and with his own power, he wiped out all the pirates on the coastline of thousands of miles.

That is, from that time on, the Xue family began to consciously manage the ocean.

For decades, after several generations of hard work, and finally with some achievements, the Xue family gradually shifted its focus to the ocean.

But it was also at that time that the Jin family also had a patriarch who paid attention to the ocean, that is, Earl Jin Yu, who did his best to borrow millions of gold coins from the Yinyuan Society, hired an entire fleet, tens of thousands of troops, and went to the mighty Attack the pirate king Qiu Tianwei and capture the Leizhou Islands.

At that time, the Xue family was not only the absolute ally of the Jin family, but also the in-laws for generations, and the other party had a business in the ocean, so the two sides of course hit it off.

And the Xue family showed great enthusiasm to help the Jin family.

Who knew that the Xue family joined forces with Yin Yuanhui to bring the Jin family's coalition into hell.

Many people don't know why.

Is it because of kindness and hatred?

of course not.

Because the benefits of the ocean are limited, the Xue family has already eaten the benefits of the sea, and of course they don't want the Jin family to eat it.

Moreover, under the leadership of the Yinyuan Society, the Xue family and Qiu Tianwei also had a lot of interests.

Qiu Tianwei occupied the trade rights in the eastern seas, and Xue Che monopolized the trade rights in the southern seas.

Earl Jin Yu was very talented and sparse, and rushed in rashly. Of course, there was only one dead end.

The Leizhou Islands are more than 10,000 square kilometers.

The Nanzhou Islands of the Xue family are similar, about 17,000 square kilometers.

After decades of operation, it has a population of hundreds of thousands.

Although the arable land on these islands is not very large, the climate is hot and three crops a year.

Therefore, not only food can be self-sufficient, but also a large amount of salt.

Jinshan Island has iron ore, and Nanzhou Islands also have iron ore.

Not only that, the Xue family also has two large businesses.

Palm oil, precious wood.

Within a few thousand miles from the southern sea area, there are dozens of countries, large and small, with countless virgin forests, rich in palm oil and precious wood.

The entire Yue Kingdom, and even the wealthy nobles of the entire Eastern Dynasty, like huanghuali wood and red sandalwood.

And more than half of these businesses are semi-monopolized by the Xue family and the Yinyuan Society.

Compared with the Jin family's vigorous capture of Raging Tide City, the Xue family is the real muffled fortune.

This family is the real wealthy country.

It is precisely because of Potian's interests and wealth that the Xue family climbed the Buddha Mountain and climbed the relationship with the empire.

So this time Xue Che returned to Yue from Yanjing, Ning Yuanxian behaved with confidence, but Xue Che did not react violently.

Because his vision has long surpassed the Yue Kingdom, focusing on the entire Great Yan Empire.

It is precisely because of the wealth of Potian that the Xue family has a powerful fleet, a powerful South Sea Sword Sect.

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"The Clan lost." Xue Che narrowed his eyes: "So fast? The Nirvana Army really shouldn't appear in this world."

He was playing with a jadeite in his hand, which was just mined jadeite. According to the words of the earth, it was a kind of glass, a top-grade jadeite.

He holds jade in his left hand and glass in his right.

This glass is also produced by Shen Lang, and it has become a luxury item that has swept the eastern world.

Careful comparison, I found that the glass is still crystal clear.

"This jadeite business can't be done." Xue Che said: "Shen Lang's glass cost is frighteningly low. Even if our jadeite is mined, the price cannot be sold to them, and their glass already has various colors. ."

"However, our jadeite is natural, while Shen Lang's glass is man-made, and its value is far inferior to our jadeite." The shopkeeper in charge of jadeite trading said: "So in the end, glass is still no match for jadeite."

Xue Che said: "That's true, but at least ten or twenty years later. Rareness is precious. The amount of glass released by Shen Lang and Tiandaohui every year is less than our jadeite, and the price is not high, and there are even rumors. Said that these glass are extracted from jade, how to do this business?"

Glass is extracted from jadeite. Who spread this shameless remark?

Of course it was Shen Lang, otherwise how could the glass be sold at sky-high prices?

The shopkeeper said, "Do we still want those jadeite mines?"

"Yes, of course." Xue Che said: "Not only those jadeite mines, but also all the jadeite mines must be packaged, and then completely sealed up and not mined, so that the jadeite production in the entire eastern world will be completely reduced at once. It's getting rarer. Decades later, glass will be available on a large scale, when its value plummets, from luxury to common. And then jade can rise again."

The shopkeeper said bitterly, "My lord is wise."

This decision is indeed wise, but it has nothing to do with him.

Because the master's strategy will take at least several decades to see results, and his sons have retired at that time.

"Father, the imperial messenger is here." Xue Pan said.

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"Come to see His Royal Highness." Xue Che was about to kneel.

The messenger of the empire is still Prince Lian.

"Chong Yao is defeated." Prince Lian said.

Xue Che said: "I have heard about it."

Prince Lian of the Empire said: "If you lose, you will lose, and your plan will continue."

Xue Che said: "Yes, I am assembling the army. Once the assembly is completed, the sea fleet of the Jin family can be completely annihilated, the city of Raging Tide can be captured, and the entire eastern sea area can be completely blocked."

Prince Lian of the Empire said: "I once promised Zhong Yao that as long as he destroys the Nirvana Army, the Zhong family will establish itself as a country. Now I also promise you on behalf of the empire, as long as you destroy the Jin family's sea fleet, as long as you block it. In the eastern waters of Yue Kingdom, the empire also allows the Xue family to establish itself as a country, what about the title of Nanzhou Principality?"

Xue Che immediately knelt down and kowtowed: "I don't dare to think about it. The Xue family only wants to be a loyal minister of the empire for generations, and does not want to establish a country on its own."

As soon as these words came out, Prince Lian of the Empire narrowed his eyes.

From this sentence alone, it can be seen that Xue Che is much smarter than Chong Yao.

Whether it is Chong Yao or Su Nan, there is an obsession in their minds to establish their own country.

But don't you know that His Majesty the Emperor already wants to completely unify the whole world?

At that time, even the kingdom will not be able to keep it, let alone your principality?

You keep claiming to be your own country. Although the empire is allowed, it is not very happy in your heart.

Only Xue Che made a fortune in silence.

The Xue clan is obviously richer than the Su clan and the Chong clan, but he is still an earl, and even Jin Zhuo has been promoted to a marquis.

Prince Lian of the Empire said: "Then what do you want? The Empire can't keep you busy."

Xue Che said: "After laying down the Leizhou Islands and Raging Tide City, I am willing to manage the Leizhou Islands for the empire."

Imperial Prince Lian leaned back slightly.

This abacus is shrewd, not wanting the false name of the principality, and not wanting to be the king of a country, but wanting the right to rule the Leizhou Islands.

This is not just an archipelago, but also trade rights in the eastern waters of Vietnam.

"Xue Che, you have been wanting to hit the Leizhou Islands for a long time." Prince Lian said.

Xue Che kowtowed: "His Royal Highness laughed."

More than that, it is simply salivating.

The Xue family only rose up by taking the road of the ocean, and now the Jin family wants to copy the Xue family's trajectory, how can this be possible?

More than 20 years ago, Xue Che finally strangled the Jin family's ocean road, and now the Jin family is about to rise again, how can he not be anxious?

you can say it this way.

From the moment when Shen Lang destroyed Qiu Tianwei and seized Raging Tide City. The Xue family is preparing for this battle, preparing to destroy the Jin family and seize the city of Raging Tide.

"Okay, I will give you both Leizhou Islands and Raging Tide City." Prince Lian said.

The two did not discuss any private transactions, but Prince Lian, the businessman of the Xue family, also had a share.

In the more than ten years in Yanjing, Xue Che has used his interests to create a big network.

Prince Lian said: "Xue Che, I repeat, Chong Yao loses if he loses, it doesn't matter. But it is extremely important to destroy the Jin family and completely block the eastern sea area, do you understand? You just received an order. One of them, the state of Wu in the north, the imperial fleet further north, and the alien fleet further north, have all received the will of the empire. Completely blockaded the entire eastern world sea area, more than 15,000 miles from north to south, a total of ten Several fleets are involved."

As soon as these words came out, Xue Che's body trembled slightly.

Such a big hand?

More than 15,000 miles of sea frontier?

Then Xue Che was only responsible for two or three thousand miles.

what's going on?

To block off more than 10,000 miles of sea?

Prince Lian said: "You are a smart person, and you should know the weight of this. I won't tell you why, but I can tell you that the collapse of the sky and the earth will come soon."

Xue Che kowtowed: "The minister just obeys the will of the empire, and never dares to speculate."

Prince Lian of the Empire said: "Okay, let's do the job well. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and you have caught up with it. The credit is bigger than the sky, but it is easy to do."

"The minister obeys the order!"

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After the Imperial Prince Lian left.

Xue Che came to the huge map.

From this map, it can be seen that he is different from other nobles in the Yue Kingdom.

In the map of the Kim family, only the eastern sea area of ​​Yue Kingdom is included.

Ning Yuanxian's map only includes the surrounding area of ​​Yue Kingdom.

However, this big map of Xue Che is the ocean and islands of the entire eastern world.

His gaze stretched from the northernmost Permafrost Sea to the southernmost Mercy Island, a straight line distance of more than 16,800 miles.

Something has happened, something must have happened.

Otherwise, the Empire will definitely not use such a large hand.

A total of more than a dozen fleets were dispatched from several countries to block the sea area of ​​more than 10,000 miles.

What are you blocking?

Or, who is blocking?

Something must have happened.

What exactly happened?

Xue Che didn't really want to know, he only knew what great benefits he could get from it.

Prince Lian said that this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make such a great contribution easily.

Kim family?

Maybe it's just a trivial supporting role in this big play.

Jin's and Leizhou Islands are just a small stumbling block in the empire's plan?

………………

Xue's fleet had already assembled.

The reason why he never set off is just because there is no agreement.

Now that it's settled, it's natural to go.

Yan Nanfei was not only one of the great masters and the master of the South Sea Sword Sect, but also had an extremely close relationship with Mount Buddha.

Xue Che said: "Brother, you must remember one sentence. Kill the Jin family at the smallest price, and even kill everyone in the city of angry tides. We don't need everyone in the city of angry tides, we only need this place. The island. Also, we must kill the Jin family, from the 80-year-old old woman to the young child who is waiting to be fed.

Yan Nanfei cupped his hands and said, "Brother, I remember it."

Xue Che said: "Our brothers, one is in charge and one is outside, you have worked hard."

Yan Nanfei said, "Brother has worked hard."

Xue Che said: "Xue Pan, come here."

Xue Pan, the eldest son of the Xue family, came over.

Xue Che said: "You also went to study with your uncle. You have been on the ground for too long, and you need to go to the ocean to experience."

Xue Pan bowed and said, "Yes."

Yan Nanfei said, "Then everything in the family is up to my brother."

Xue Che said: "Don't worry, the Nanzhou Islands, the foundation of our family, are more than 2,000 miles away from the land. The Xue's fleet is here, and the Nanzhou Islands can rest easy."

Yan Nanfei and Xue Pan boarded the tall flagship of the Xue family.

"Set off!"

One command.

The flag is flying.

The Xue family's fleet left the Nanzhou Archipelago wharf in a mighty manner and headed towards the Northeast Raging Tide City, a distance of more than 3,500 miles.

"Remember, virtuous brother, weeds and roots!"

On the highest castle in Nanzhou City.

Ning Qi and Xue Xue watched Xue's fleet leave.

This fleet can really be called mighty.

There are more than 200 large and small ships, and a full 30,000 people.

Of course, this is also a coalition.

Sixty percent of them belong to the Xue family, and forty percent are ships from nearby sea forces.

Every war is like this.

As the leader of this sea area, the Xue family must bring other forces, one to increase their combat power, but to protect the safety of the homeland.

Otherwise, the main fleet will leave, leaving behind a lot of younger brothers. What should they do if they are about to move and have undeserved ambitions?

Maybe someone will ask.

Before Qiu Tianwei had 30,000 pirates, now Xue Che can assemble 30,000 coalition forces?

Can this sea area breed so many surface forces?

sure!

This is a trade benefit over four or five thousand miles of the sea, and dozens of national forces, large and small.

Zhang Baozai, a big pirate in the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty, occupied a much smaller area, but in his heyday there were thousands of ships of various types and an army of more than 70,000 pirates.

Ning Qi looked at this fleet with very complicated eyes.

"Your Highness..." Xue Xue stepped forward and hugged Ning Qi from behind, and said softly, "You don't have to be sentimental, I have a hunch that your era will soon come."

Ning Qi didn't speak.

After he came to the territory of the Xue family, the Xue family still respected him.

In particular, Xue Che came to greet him every day, and still regarded him as a young master, but Ning Qi could still feel the feeling of being under the fence.

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It was not only Ning Qi who watched the Xue's fleet leave from the castle, but also one person, Yan E, the governor in front of the Blackwater Terrace.

This is also a master who has the truth of a master, but does not have the name of a master.

His heart was even more complicated.

He is the true direct line of Ning Yuanxian, and he is also the senior brother of Xue Che and Yan Nanfei.

Because of interests and deeper entanglements, he went further and further on the road of the Xue family.

But he really never thought about turning against Ning Yuanxian.

So when he went to catch Ning Gang, the moment he saw Ning Yuanxian woke up, he immediately gave up all resistance and fell to his knees.

However, he couldn't get off the ship of Xue's and Ning Qi's.

And it was absolutely impossible for Ning Yuanxian to trust him anymore, so he chose to leave.

Although this place is good, it is not my hometown. I hope that one day I can return to Tianyue.

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The fleet of the Xue family is the absolute overlord in this sea area, and it is only within the territorial waters of Tiannan Province that other forces' fleets may appear.

Therefore, in the sea area of ​​more than 2,000 miles, Yan Nanfei was like cruising in his own bathtub.

Xue Pan looked at the boundless sea and said, "Uncle, when Earl Jin Zhou was so powerful, why didn't he occupy all the archipelagos in the eastern sea and southern sea, and then move all the Jin family overseas?"

Yan Nanfei said: "One is because of stupidity, and the other is because he died early."

Xue Pan said: "This time, we are going to kill the Jin family, weeds and roots, including Jin Mulan?"

Yan Nanfei said: "I hope that including her, the will of the empire will wipe out all those with special bloodline."

To be precise, all the special bloodline people who are not the six major forces will be wiped out.

From now on, only the empire and the six detached forces can master the power of the ancient civilization.

"That's a pity." Xue Pan said.

His words showed a very wickedness.

Jin Mulan is so beautiful, especially after Nirvana, her beauty stands at the top of the pyramid.

Xue Pan was also very coveted in his heart.

Yan Nanfei said, "The last person who coveted Jin Mulan was Ning Yi."

Xue Pan said: "Uncle is joking."

Yan Nanfei said: "I'm not joking, Jin Mulan was beautiful enough before, and was regarded as forbidden by the prince Ning Yi, but now Ning Yi is finished. Now Jin Mulan is even more beautiful, so beautiful that people can't open their eyes. So You can't touch it, once you touch it, it will make many big people hold grudges, you know?"

Xue Pan said: "My little nephew knows."

Yan Nanfei said, "So let's just destroy it and chop it up completely to avoid harm."

On the mast of Xue's flagship, there is always a person watching, standing at the highest point to observe the enemy's situation.

He was a little lazy.

Because within more than two thousand miles, there can be no enemy situation, this is completely the inner sea of ​​the Xue family.

The Jin family's Raging Tide City is still two or three thousand miles away.

Moreover, the navy of the Jin family is so weak that it makes people cry. It has been several years, and even the pirates have not been eliminated.

A land army can be trained in a few years, while a surface fleet can take decades to become a powerful navy.

Everyone in the Xue's fleet knows that the key to this battle is to besiege Raging Tide City.

There is absolutely no suspense in the battle on the sea.

Direct kill.

How many ships are there in the Jin family's fleet? How many people are there?

Less than a fraction of the Xue's coalition.

And their ship was small, Xue's warship was big and strong.

Not only that, Xue's battleship has catapults and giant crossbows.

The Jin family's warship is so small that it can't hold anything.

Therefore, in front of the Xue family's coalition, the Jin family's fleet is really like a child who has just walked, and it is absolutely vulnerable.

Perhaps it was too strong for the lookout samurai on the mast to take any interest at all.

Because for more than ten years, there has been no enemy of sufficient weight.

Just at this time.

Suddenly, a black spot seemed to appear on the sea far ahead.

The watchman of the Xue family couldn't help but stunned.

Is this the merchant ship?

He didn't care too much, it was normal for merchant ships to appear in this area, and even the patrol ships of the Xue family appeared.

However……

The next moment, dozens of black spots appeared densely.

This is not normal, absolutely not normal.

First of all, the trade fleet cannot be that dense, and it is not in this formation.

But it was too far away to see clearly.

After another quarter of an hour, I finally saw it clearly.

I... FUCK!

This, is this the hell?

What am I seeing?

The fleet of the Kim family?

The mastman wiped his eyes desperately, then patted his head hard.

Am I hallucinating?

A little closer.

He finally saw it clearly.

It really is the fleet of the Kim family.

Then, he quickly rang the gong.

"There is an enemy, there is an enemy..."

"Dangdangdang..."

"There is hostility."

Then, flag-bearers all over the flagship waved desperately.

Alert the entire fleet.

In fact, many people have seen it.

Yan Nanfei and Xue Pan also saw it.

They couldn't believe their eyes at all.

Is the Kim family crazy?

Is Shen Lang crazy?

We haven't hit you in Angry Tide City yet? You actually came to beat our Xue family?

How many ships do you have in your fleet?

How many people are there?

Your Nirvana Army is invincible on the ground and completely useless on the sea.

You are too quick to court death, aren't you?

Soon Yan Nanfei could see clearly, and he couldn't believe it.

The Jin family fleet consists of forty ships, and the ships are not large, adding up to no more than 4,000 people.

These ships look flat and very slender.

But other than that, there are no advantages. You have more than 4,000 people to take the initiative to attack my fleet of 30,000 people?

But since you, Shen Lang, are willing to die, I am also willing to bury you.

Yan Nanfei gave an order.

"Prepare to fight, prepare to fight!"

"The fleet is in an encircling formation!"

………………

Naval battles are extremely troublesome.

Especially in the naval battle at this time, it takes a long time to arrange the formation.

The two fleets, though already very close.

But more than an hour later, the naval battle officially broke out.

"Whoosh whoosh..."

"Boom boom boom..."

The fleet of the Xue family showed amazing long-range combat effectiveness.

They have a total of more than 200 large and small ships, of which more than 30 large ships.

These large ships are equipped with giant crossbows and large catapults, which can launch attacks across more than 300 meters.

This power is simply amazing.

but……

The accuracy is also impressive.

The giant crossbow is okay, and has a certain accuracy.

And the catapult can really only smash the sea.

To be able to hit a shot, it is definitely a burst of luck.

The Xue family's fleet, a burst of bang, the posture is astonishing.

But the results were almost zero.

No way, even in the era of artillery warships, I don't know how long it will take to master the accuracy.

And what about Shen Lang's fleet?

No giant crossbows, no trebuchets.

There is only one.

Archer.

Is this a joke?

Is this a naval battle going back to Earth BC?

"Whoosh whoosh..."

On the Shen Lang fleet, the Nirvana Army shot a rain of arrows.

All are rockets.

Draw a beautiful arc in the air.

"Puff puff puff..."

The rain of arrows slammed into the fleet of the Xue family.

Yan Nanfei and the others were shocked.

This is just maddening.

How far can the archers of the Kim family shoot?

This is almost the ultimate.

The two crossbows are thrown into the air and can shoot nearly 300 meters away.

But accuracy?

Not to mention.

Hit your luck.

In this way, the two fleets fought for half an hour!

The Shen Lang fleet actually had the upper hand.

Because the arrows of the Nirvana Army shoot too far, they are not weaker than the giant crossbows and large catapults of the Xue's fleet.

And 3,000 people shooting arrows is more accurate than dozens of giant crossbows and trebuchets.

But the results?

Not to mention.

At this distance, even the arrows of the Nirvana Army have no power.

Even if it is a rocket, it is difficult to ignite Xue's ship.

Fighting for half an hour.

Hundreds of casualties.

And the distance between the two sides is always maintained within a certain range.

There is no way.

Shen Lang did not dare to take risks.

The disparity between the strengths of the two fleets was too great, and it would be dangerous if they were approached by the Xue's fleet.

Shen Lang's ships are light, flexible and fast.

However, it is relatively brittle. Once hit a few trebuchets and giant crossbows, the injury is not light.

After fighting for half an hour.

Shen Lang's fleet escaped.

The Xue family fleet pursued frantically.

At this time, Yan Nanfei finally discovered the characteristics of Shen Lang's fleet.

Fast and very flexible.

The speed of the entire fleet was about 20% faster than that of the Xue's fleet.

The two fleets started a frantic pursuit.

Originally, the Xue's fleet was absolutely unable to catch up with Shen Lang's fleet.

But Shen Lang is too cheap. Every time the distance is too far, his fleet will deliberately slow down, so that the Xue's fleet can catch up.

The whole process is like a beauty teasing a hooligan again.

"Come here, come here, as long as you catch up with me, I will let you XXX."

As a result, the rogue chased frantically, but couldn't catch up at all.

When you were about to give up, the beauty stopped again and scratched her head: "Come here, as long as you catch up with me, I will let you sleep."

………………

Two whole days and two nights passed.

The Xue's fleet has been chasing frantically, and has not fought a serious battle at all.

Xue Pan said: "Uncle, Shen Lang has deceit and tricks."

Yan Nanfei sneered.

Of course Shen Lang had a trick.

Is this an attempt to lead the Xue's fleet to some terrifying hell?

It's ridiculous.

Who is most familiar with this sea area?

It's not you Shen Lang, but my Xue family.

You, Shen Lang, have many tricks, but I, Yan Nanfei, grew up on the sea.

This area is the inner sea of ​​my Xue family, and I know it well.

………………

On the flagship of the Kim family.

Mulan stood on the bow and closed her eyes to sense the ocean.

She heard the roar of the sea, the wind, and the bottom of the sea.

Shen Lang stepped forward and said, "Baby, are you sure?"

Mulan said: "It's certain, the ocean is whining, whimpering, and accumulating endless power. Waiting for an instant explosion."

Shen Lang said: "Is this outbreak powerful enough?"

Mulan said, "Whether it's our fleet or the fleet of the Xue family, in front of the might of the ocean, it's like a child's toy, and it can easily be turned into powder."

After Mulan's transformation, she has the perception of ancient human beings.

Perception of the whole of nature.

Perception of the earth, the ocean, and the climate.

She was able to know when it was windy, when it was raining, and when it was thundering.

Even more terrifying disasters, she can predict in advance.

He showed this ability a few months ago.

So Yan Nanfei's hunch was correct, Shen Lang was about to take the Xue family's fleet to hell.

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Note: Two changes and sixteen thousand today! Once again, I'm so tired that I lose my strength, everyone, give me the monthly pass, and the cakes silently pray.