In the past, it was basically not possible for Cao's trading company's inland waterway vessels to encounter problems. The surrounding societies

They are not fools and gangs. It is impossible for them not to know how powerful the Cao Family Trading Company is. If they go to the Cao Family Trading Company

It is estimated that their own ancestral graves will have to be dug up due to the trouble, but as time goes by, their business is also declining.

Then some desperate people started to do things. Each of these people felt that the defensive power of Cao's merchant ship was actually

The volume is not very high either. In fact, Li Cong was also planning an empty city at this time. The most goods transported on merchant ships were goods.

, how could there be more people? The speed has gone up, but if they are ambushing you and waiting for you, things will definitely go wrong.

It’s not as simple as you think, so in recent times, especially when they were fighting the Southern Empire, they didn’t care

Things like shipping on the inland rivers caused a lot of losses to the people of the Cao Family Trading Company, but some valuable items were lost.

Nothing happened. After all, it can be said that they are very well-armed, but a lot of food and other things were robbed.

Yes, take the inland shipping on the Meng River in the Eastern Empire as an example. It was robbed 115 times in one month, and about 1,200 ships were robbed.

Thousands of tons of food on the ship were robbed, and the money lost was not much. Li Cong would not notice it, but

The problem is that many people will have other thoughts when they see that the Cao Family Trading Company’s defense force is not very strong. Today

What I'm interested in is your grain merchant ship. It's nothing. If you want to rob it, just do it, but I'm interested in it tomorrow.

It's not this, it's other things that I'm interested in. This kind of thing surprises many people,

Especially some senior executives of Cao's Trading Company, they feel that if they are really robbed, the loss will definitely not be a small amount.

Therefore, the largest naval expansion of the Cao Family Trading Company this time is on inland shipping, although some rivers are similar to those on the sea.

. Such large rivers can basically be escorted by naval ships, because they do not need to be modified. Inland rivers

The river is very wide, and the navy's large-tonnage ships basically don't need to say anything when they come in. Those who want to do something along the way look at it.

Seeing this, we know what they should choose, and the navy of Cao's Trading Company also told the officials along the way, if we

If we are robbed, you must catch the person who robbed us within a week. If you don’t have that ability, it means you

This place is already under the control of bandits, so we can come and rescue you, because people everywhere don’t know how to solve this problem.

The local officials who allowed the Cao Family Trading Company's ships to land have already spread the word. Anyone who dares to attack the Cao Family Trading Company's ships

If you don't give face to the court, as long as you don't give face to the court, the court will definitely not give you face.

Things like severe beatings will definitely come towards you. Even if you want to run away, you won't be able to escape, and you will only be beaten passively.

This is something that is certain, and for this reason, it has saved the Cao Family Trading Company's ships a lot of trouble.

However, this is not a long-term solution. We still need to fundamentally prevent such things from happening, and that is to expand the inland river fleet.

The fleet was selected. This time, a small gunboat was chosen for the river fleet because it could transport less ammunition and fewer people.

, so their speed is very flexible. In fact, to deal with the pirates in this world, using speedboats is the best way.

The best way, but if that thing appeared here, it would be a bit too advanced, even Li Cong

I felt something was not very comfortable, so I came out with this Jianghe A-type escort boat.

A escort boat with a displacement of only 300 tons is considered a relatively large ship in the eyes of the people outside. Such a thing

They also felt very shocked when they sailed west, but for the navy of the Cao Family Trading Company, this was absolutely shocking.

That’s right, kid. Li Cong expanded this to more than 10 million ships with just one stroke of his pen. This number was very important to the Cao family.

The trading company's fleet is not very large. Li Cong required that there must be an average of ten cargo ships to one escort boat.

Only in this way can they all feel the threat of the Cao Family Trading Company, so that they dare not take action. Such a escort boat

It is 60 meters long and 24 meters wide. It is equipped with 16 guns on each side of the ship, two on the bow and two on the stern. Each gun is equipped with 110 rounds of ammunition.

Because the tonnage of the ship is relatively small, such a bomb load is already very large. In addition to the 119 crew members, there are also 50

As a Marine, it can be said that there is no space at all on this ship, but in this era, there are such

If you have design skills, no matter how big it is, if you still have to maintain firepower, then you will have to have more people on top, and some places will not be able to be opened.

, there are also two 5-meter-long boats on the ship, each with a super serial crossbow, which is also the result of Li Cong's transformation

, he believes that these pirates in this era must be killed. If you give them hope, then you can

After that, your goods will be hopeless forever. These people are not easy-going people. They spend their whole lives robbing.

, of course they want all of you, so you can’t give them all of you, so that you can kill them one by one.

You are all intimidated, otherwise you will suffer a loss, and these people will never thank you.

Another very important function of river escort boats is their ground attack capability. If they are allowed to support land attacks,

If they attack on the ground, they will have no problem, as long as they adjust the position of their artillery, more than thirty

Among them, the bow and stern of the ship, as well as several cannons on both sides, are all 127MM large-caliber heavy artillery. For the city wall

For people like them, artillery of this caliber is no longer something they can resist, so they want to attack the Cao Family Trading Company

It will still be quite difficult for the people to do something. On the deck, there are ten super serial crossbows on both sides, the bow and the

There are also two tails. This kind of thing is very effective for today's pirates. Today's pirates

They will never sink the ship casually, because what they need is what is on top. If the ship goes down directly

If it does, there will be no benefit to them at all. They will definitely not do such a thing. They will all want to pursue it.

Come up, then board the ship and control some people on it. Many merchant ships of the Cao Family Trading Company were captured by them for this reason.

The people who were robbed were all very capable. Some relied on their own diving skills, and some relied on their own skills.

Your own jump to this city is the Eight Immortals crossing the sea to show their magical powers. As long as you can board the opponent's ship, this is your victory.

Of course, there were times when they failed. After encountering these ships from the Cao Family Trading Company, one by one

Just the teacher. Those super serial crossbows can kill them all before they can think clearly. This

These people have finally realized how powerful the Cao Family Trading Company is, and they will not act recklessly. After all, the current situation is not for them.

When they came, Li Cong only tried to scare them, but did not kill them all.

Less than two hours after Li Cong, Wu Zuoxi and the others left, Er Sha and his rebels were all killed by the Southern Empire's army.

.It can be said that they don’t even have the ability to resist. More than four million regular troops of the Southern Empire have already captured these people.

Surrounded, their combat effectiveness is somewhat acceptable when facing the local army of the Southern Empire, but if

Facing the elite troops of the Southern Empire who came down from the battlefield, their abilities were not very good. Each of these people

Everyone will feel that they are out of their depth, and the weapons in their hands are all kinds of, the most important thing is their military

The heart is gone, and their boss, Er Si, has never sobered up his head. Basically, he started attacking from the army of the Southern Empire.

Until now, I haven't issued a very useful command. I am simply in a confused state. I still want to rush into this state.

It was absolutely impossible to get out. His military advisor cousin died directly in the first round of arrows. This

Compared with Cao's Trading Company's serial crossbows, Arrow Rain is really not that useful, but now it's against them

It's more than enough, mainly because these people are very powerful and their numbers are large, forming a large number.

The quantitative advantage is also very powerful. Sometimes when something like this happens, they think they are dreaming, but when

When they felt that their bodies were in great pain, they understood that what they were facing now was real and absolutely

Whether this happened in a dream or not, each of them knows that their so-called rebel army is finished.

There is no room for turning around. Although they still have many troops in their occupied areas, they all know that

The powerful people have already arrived here, and it is impossible for the remaining people to block the attack of the Southern Empire army.

When Er Sha was caught, the man had already lost consciousness. He looked like a brain on the street.

There was something wrong with the person, and the people in the Southern Empire didn't make things difficult for him. They handed him over directly to the people from the Cao Family Trading Company, Li Congneng.

All I can do is keep this guy. As for the other people, I'm sorry. In fact, Li Cong is also a bit of a woman.

Well, according to Wu Zuoxi, such a person should be killed directly. Leaving such a person behind is not a good thing for them.

It's a life-threatening matter. What should we do if this guy has huge hatred in his heart? It's absolutely impossible.

, this man has very deep feelings for his brothers. He saw that his brothers were dead, which was very important to him.

It is definitely a huge blow to his heart. What he wants to do most is definitely to avenge his brother.

Although his brothers did not die directly at the hands of the Cao Family Trading Company, there was a big reason. It can also be said that

is the main reason. The people from the Cao family business betrayed them. Don't look at him as stupid now. But when this person understands

After he comes here, he will understand what the people from the Cao family business did to him and his brothers. If the memory of his saber is given to Sue,

If he wakes up, it will be even more difficult for Li Cong at that time. Of course, Li Cong has gone through a lot of investigations and doesn’t know this.

This guy actually belongs to the Saber. The disappearance of the Saber back then has not yet been investigated clearly. He can be regarded as an unknown person.

It's a clever case. I won't mention that matter now. Er Sha was taken to another block by people from the Cao Family Trading Company.

A closed space, I hope it can have some effect on this guy, that is, the most cutting-edge kind of psychological education, if so
To be continued...