Rise From the Humble

"I feel something is wrong..."

Zhu Ping'an said and walked straight towards Li Shu, his expression still a little serious.

"You...what are you going to do?" Li Shu involuntarily took a step back, crossed her arms in front of her chest, and looked at Zhu Pingan with her big watery eyes, her voice trembling slightly.

Zhu Ping'an walked over without answering. Under Li Shu's kitten-like warning eyes, he passed Li Shu and went straight to the porthole of the cabin. This was a window facing away from the direction of the fleet. If there were any foreign swords, As for the bloody disaster, they must have come from the direction with their back to the fleet. There was a navy escort in front, so they couldn't get through.

Zhu Pingan walked to the window and opened it. Through the light from the ship, he could see the howling wind, the turbulent waves, and the dark sea like thick ink in the distance.

In addition, there is a line of blood-red smoke and dust invisible to ordinary people on the sea outside, approaching rapidly from the dark distant sea.

Zhu Ping'an's eyes widened instantly, and Biao Shun became more serious.

"Ah, Zhu Pingan, the rain has blown in." Li Shu couldn't help but pout when she saw Zhu Pingan opened the window.

"Something's going to happen. You stay in the cabin and don't come out. I'll be back soon." Zhu Ping'an's voice was very serious. After speaking, he turned around and walked towards the cabin door. After taking just one step, he was held by a pair of small green hands. clothing.

"Zhu, Zhu Pingan, what happened?" Li Shu stretched out her green-white hands to hold Zhu Pingan's clothes. This was the first time she saw Zhu Pingan so serious.

"There are ships approaching outside, and I'm afraid the visitor is not malicious." Zhu Ping'an turned around and hesitated, but still told Li Shu the truth of his guess, then reached out and patted Li Shu on the shoulder, comforting him, "It's okay, don't be afraid. I'll go down and make arrangements to ask them to be more vigilant, and I'll be back soon."

Although Zhu Ping'an did not see the ship, the fate of the bloody disaster was approaching from the sea. If he said that he saw a bloody disaster, no one would believe it. So Zhu Pingan directly said that there was a boat.

"Are you talking nonsense? Why didn't I see a ship approaching?" Li Shu didn't believe it and looked at Zhu Ping'an suspiciously.

"My eyesight is better than that of ordinary people. It's natural. There are five or six ships speeding towards this direction outside. I chose this moment, I'm afraid the visitor is not good." Zhu Pingan reached out and patted Li Shu on the shoulder. , with a very serious expression, "I'll go down and be back soon."

"Ship, what kind of ship?" Baozi's little maid looked confused.

"You mean pirates?" Li Shu looked up at Zhu Ping'an with a bit of panic in her eyes.

"Sea...Pirates?!" The little maid Baozi started to tremble all over, and then she almost cried, "Uncle...Uncle, please don't leave..."

"If I find out that you lied to me, I will make sure you look good." Li Shu let go of Zhu Pingan's clothes, then took a paper umbrella and handed it to Zhu Pingan, hesitated and said, "You, please come back quickly."

Zhu Pingan took the umbrella, nodded, then turned around and walked out with a solemn expression.

The waves are turbulent, the wind and rain are fierce, and the dark sea seems to contain energy that can destroy the sky and split the earth...

If prevention is done well, pirates and the like are not scary, but natural disasters are what you are afraid of! ! !Zhu Pingan shook his head, got rid of the distracting thoughts in his mind, opened his umbrella, and walked downstairs, doing his best to obey fate! ! !

"Master Zhu."

"Master Zhu, why are you down here?"

When Zhu Pingan came downstairs, more than thirty people in the cabin downstairs, including sailors, guards and navy officers, saw Zhu Pingan coming downstairs. They all stood up with respect and saluted Zhu Pingan and said hello. Although Zhu Pingan is only a sixth-grade official, to them, this is already a very big official.

Especially now in the Ming Dynasty, the status of civil servants is much higher than that of military attachés. If they are at the same level, any civil servant can point at the military attache's nose and scold him! Even military attachés at a higher level have no temper in front of civilian officials at a lower level.

"There are suspicious ships approaching outside. You should be more vigilant and prepare to defend against enemies. Once you find something wrong, send a rescue signal to the navy ahead as soon as possible. In addition, the wind and waves are a bit strong today, so you must be prepared for emergencies."

"Send someone to notify several nearby ships to prepare together."

Zhu Pingan nodded, and while closing the umbrella in his hand, he gave serious instructions to the sailors and escorts present.

What?

Suspicious ship? Are you ready to defend yourself against the enemy? Want to send a distress signal to the Navy?

And what kind of storms and waves are there? We need to be fully prepared. What preparations should we make? Our sea-going ship has encountered a lot of storms and waves? This little bit of wind and waves is nothing to follow.

Everyone downstairs looked at each other. Mr. Zhu drank too much and was having fun with us. If Zhu Pingan was not a sixth-grade official, these people would have pushed Zhu Pingan into the water to wake him up. Did he say anything drunk? Really? , we are escorted by the navy in front of us, no matter how brave we are, there will be no pirates or the like to try to tease our navy.

If he hadn't drank too much, Mr. Zhu would have been too precious about his life, and the wind and waves would have frightened him into trouble.

"how?"

Zhu Ping'an turned his attention to everyone and used his power to suppress others for the first time in his life.

Although he is young, he is quite majestic, especially Zhu Pingan, who has been so easy-going all the way, and suddenly assuming such a majestic posture is even more impactful.

"Don't worry, sir. I'll be ready soon." Everyone lowered their heads. Although they didn't agree, they still made preparations according to Zhu Pingan's instructions.

Soon, two people from the left and right teams came out and told everyone to get ready. They wore armor and held knives, loaded crossbows, filled blunderbuss ammunition, and rushed to the guard posts one by one. A sailor also fired the two small French cannons on the ship. They were all set up in place, and the five muskets of each Franco machine gun were stored in the belly.

In addition, two sailors climbed to the bridge of the ship, held the wind lantern, blew the horn, and sent warning signals to several nearby supply ships.

Seeing that everyone was ready, Zhu Pingan nodded with satisfaction, gave some instructions, held up an umbrella, and prepared to go upstairs. Before leaving, Zhu Pingan turned around and asked: "Is there any way to defend yourself?" Guy?"

A small hand crossbow, six crossbow sleeves wrapped around the hand, and a sharp dagger were presented to Zhu Pingan by two team members respectively. If it weren't for the strict serial numbering control of the cannons, the two team members would also like to present the cannons together.

"I'll leave it to you all for my safety."

Before Zhu Pingan left, he bowed to everyone and spoke sincerely.

Suddenly, a feeling of dying for a confidant came to everyone's mind. Just because Mr. Zhu entrusted his safety to us and thought so highly of us, no matter whether Mr. Zhu is drunk or timid and afraid of death, we and others I will also try my best.