Daming Yinghua

Chapter 15
The sudden barking of a dog interrupted Mao Wenlong's talk about the plan to resist the Jurchens.

In the night, a man was riding a horse on the tidal flat, and a puppy was running ahead, moving quickly.

When the man reached him, he got off his horse and repeatedly accused Mao Wenlong: "General, the villain is late. I dare not light the lantern, for fear that the guards at Fangcheng will come out and see."

Mao Wenlong obviously knew him, and he was very polite when speaking to him: "The big tidal flat is full of fishy smell, and it will take some time for a dog to smell the smell of horses. Work hard bro, let's get on the boat.

"Okay, the general and brothers come with me."

The old man picked up the puppy, got on his horse and galloped to lead the way.

After going around a few reefs, the sight suddenly opened up.Under the moonlight, a flat-bottomed sand boat is on the beach.

Seeing the movement, the two sailors on the boat jumped off the boat one after another, and came to greet Mao Wenlong respectfully.

Mao Wenlong turned his head, and said to Xu San, the entourage who was jokingly about to be his son-in-law just now: "You and Xiaoqi stay here, take the horses and go with Brother Tang, and let the horses train in his farm for a few days. Don't go out to hang out, This is still the territory of Songjiang, so be careful not to run into that yellow official."

Xu San responded respectfully, and the Liaodong soldier named Xiao Qi picked up the reins, and the old man who led the way, each with three horses, drove the small group of horses away.

Mao Wenlong led the rest of the people onto the sandboat.

There are four kinds of sea ships commonly seen in Ming Dynasty: sand boats, Guangzhou ships, bird ships, and blessing ships.

Zheng Haizhu's first living place after crossing is Longxi County, Zhangzhou, Fujian.

She has seen all kinds of sea ships there, so she knows that among the four types of ships in Da Ming, only the flat-bottomed sand ships cannot sail in the deep sea.

But at this moment, the sand ship was straight away from the coastline, which meant that they might have to change ships soon.

Sure enough, the sand boat spread its sails and sailed against the crescent moon for less than two sticks of incense, then circled a small island and approached its partner: a large-scale bird boat.

The bottom of the bird boat is like a blade, the hull is tall, wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, and can sail through the rough seas.

Unlike the Canton Ship, which also has a sharp bottom and a deck as wide as the wings of a bat, the Bird Ship has a long and narrow deck, and the sides of the ship are folded inward. It is safer than the Canton Ship, and it is not easy to lose balance in strong winds.

Zheng Haizhu can recognize the shape of this kind of boat at a glance in the dark night, mainly because the bow of the boat is made pointed and upturned, like a sharp bird's beak.People in the Zhejiang area believed that the emperor of heaven ordered the blue bird to carry the seeds, so that their ancestors began to plant rice and live and reproduce, so they made the sea boat into the shape of a bird's head.

With a sound of "boom", the sailors on the bird boat put down a piece of wood from the gap opened in the ship's side, and connected it to the side of the sand ship that was a little lower.

Mao Wenlong grabbed Zheng Haizhu, carried it on his shoulders like a sack, stepped on the trembling connecting boards, and stepped onto the deck of the bird boat calmly as if walking on the ground.

Several large torches were erected on the bird boat, illuminating the deck brightly.

When the shirtless sailors were putting away the gangplank, a strong and capable young man in a braid short jacket came from under the mast, stared at Zheng Haizhu who was put down by Mao Wenlong, and said coldly: "General Mao, why is this a bitch?" Ladies? According to the ancient rules at sea, women are not allowed on board."

Mao Wenlong raised his eyebrows, and said: "There has been a rule in the sea since ancient times that eunuchs cannot board the ship. When Grandpa Qi beat Japanese pirates, the late emperor also sent his servants to supervise the army several times. I have never heard that Grandpa Qi kicked the nobles. disembark."

Although the young man in Luo Yi was entrusted to pick up Mao Wenlong, because of the slightest personal grievances in the previous dealings, he didn't want to give the old Qiu from Liaodong any good looks, so he said more sharply: "The general thinks our island is a brothel, why don't you go inside?" Send powder?"

Mao Wenlong narrowed his eyes, turned around with a smile, and said: "Brother Li, this little girl is not a whore, she has other backgrounds. You will know when you go to the island to see your elder brother. Let's go."

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In the darkness, the ups and downs of the bird boat became obviously severe.

Louder than the grunting of the men on the ship, was the sound of the waves crashing against the hull.

Zheng Haizhu curled up in a small cabin the size of a palm, reckoning that the bird boat had sailed into the vast East China Sea.

After the boat started, Mao Wenlong seemed to try his best to separate her from the rough guys in the boat, and asked the leader surnamed Li to arrange a resting corner for Zheng Haizhu alone. After the activity, tell her to pull the latch from the inside.

The various details of Mao Wenlong's behavior made Zheng Haizhu even more certain that neither his life nor his dignity as a woman was in danger for the time being.

Fortunately, the body of an ancient man on the coast of Fujian kept her from getting seasick.

So, after two days and two nights without closing her eyes, she let down her vigilance and finally fell into a deep sleep.

When I woke up, wisps of light filtered through the gaps in the deck.

Zheng Haizhu opened the cabin door, straightened her waist, let her eyes adjust to the daylight for a while, and then staggered up the ladder and climbed onto the deck.

The majestic scene of the vast mist and the water and the sky is coming.

Different from the turbid East China Sea at the mouth of the Yangtze River in later generations, the sea water in front of you presents a highly saturated blue-green color, like the finest waxy and bright brocade in the Sujia Lake area.

The sparkling waves rolled up by the wind are like the fine and elegant silver patterns on the brocade, shining with light and captivating.

If you turn your head and look to the other side, the scenery is even more fantastic.After the sun rises in the east, it penetrates into the clouds and becomes an ingenious magician. It not only changes the sky into golden, burgundy, pink purple, indigo and other colors, but also generously sends out vast rays of light, pouring down, sprinkled on the sea surface, weaving Create a brilliant and magnificent world.

ocean!

This is the ocean where brave human beings cannot be prevented from exploring, crossing, and developing it even though all kinds of difficulties and dangers are gathered!
But in the last years of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, the whole world has already entered the age of great navigation.

At this moment, Zheng Haizhu, who was still half a prisoner, even felt a kind of pleasant kindness.

Only when you are in the blue ocean, the government offices, streets, houses, bridges, and carriages with the imprint of the times will be cleared from your vision.

The sky and the sea seem to make this tiny traveler enter the space-time tunnel again and return to the world 500 years later.

A tall figure blocked the sunlight, Zheng Haizhu finally withdrew his greedy admiring gaze, and said to the tower-like figure, "General Mao, is this ship going to the Zhoushan Islands?"

Mao Wenlong was no longer as surprised as he was when he heard Zheng Haizhu mention the place name of Nanhuizui last night, and said calmly: "Since you are familiar with my map of the east route of Ming Dynasty, it is not difficult to guess."

"So, General Mao can tell me now, who is he going to take me to see?"

There was a meaningful smile on the corner of Mao Wenlong's mouth: "Go to meet your fellow villager, reconnect with him, and be his wife. Miss Zheng, do you still remember the name Yan Siqi?"

Zhangzhou, Yan Siqi...

After Zheng Haizhu confirmed that he had heard correctly, his jaw almost dropped in shock.

(End of this chapter)