open sea

Chapter 818 Giant Turtle
The messenger's "fleet urgent report" scared Chen Mu enough. In his impression, his "fleet" was Deng Zilong's fleet of Panama. The Darien Bay built a port and a shipyard.

If that fleet encounters an accident, it will greatly damage the morale of the Ming army.

However, the fleet reported by the messenger was not Deng Zilong, but Chen Ju's fleet, which had been lost for a long time, and the Nantang fleet had returned.

The [-]-ton Nantang ship wobbled to the port, accompanied by a Spanish galleon that looked like a large ship.

The general on board was Luo Shangzhi, a member of the Shenji Battalion, who led less than half of the Nantang ship's combat strength. When everyone docked, it seemed that they had lost a battle, with a strong smell of the sea on their bodies. "They smelled like a rotting mass of seaweed," said Almansadu, who granted permission.

No one would beat him up for this disrespectful remark, because the bannermen on the shore felt the same way, and even Luo Shangzhi felt like a bunch of seaweed.

Luo Shangzhi was so strong that he was called 'Luo Qianjin' as early as the same time.

Others are bulging people with armor, but he is just the opposite. It is people who bulge the armor. Because the joint of the two breastplates is too strong, the leather surface is two inches wider than others, and two steel plates are specially added to protect it. Under his ribs, with a large shield in one hand and a halberd on his shoulder, he wrinkled his nose and walked down the trestle bridge.

Seeing Chen Mu in a crimson robe approaching in a hurry, Luo Shangzhi waved his hands in shock: "Don't, don't, don't come, handsome, it's too smelly! It made me cry!"

Chen Mu also smelled a strong smell of dead fish. He had just held his breath forcibly. Now that he heard what Luo Shangzhi said, he took two steps forward in cooperation and paused—the fact that he knew the smell meant the situation was not serious. .

"What's the matter, where is Supervisor Chen? And your fleet, is this the only people left?"

With all the battles and calculations, the two large ships had less than 300 people. Deng Zilong had hundreds of forbidden troops, and adding one would only have a thousand people. In this way, the casualties of the forbidden troops in the shipwreck would be huge.

Luo Shangzhi waved his hands quickly when he heard the words: "Also, there are lizard islands and turtle islands [-] miles away to the south and east. There are more than a thousand soldiers on the islands, and the supervising army is fine."

The stone in Chen Mu's heart has fallen to the ground. Calculated in this way, there are only more than [-] banner troops missing due to the shipwreck... More banner troops have been confirmed dead after the shipwreck.

No one can avoid such a sudden storm. Chen Mu has long been prepared in his heart for many casualties and injuries. He has only one requirement for himself, and he wants to see people and dead bodies.

"Then what's the matter with your boat, is it leaking?"

"There is no water leak. The big western plywood ship was captured during the war. There are three other ships in Turtle Island, which are smaller than this." Luo Shangzhi said, looking back at the two behemoths parked at sea, and explained to Chen Mu: "On the ship They are all fish and turtles, and the north and south currents of Turtle Island converge, so there are a lot of fish, but it’s too far away.”

There is no need for Luo Shangzhi to explain the following words. The sea water stinks and the fish dies. As a result, the smell on the shore is so huge that Chen Mu doesn't know what to say.

This ship is called the Nantang Ship, not the Pond Ship!

When Luo Shangzhi reported the situation, the unloading of the ship had already begun in the shallow sea. The sailors inside moved out the live fish and huge turtles in wooden barrels from the bottom warehouse. The live fish were poured directly from the porthole into the small boat under the ship. The giant tortoise needs four or five bannermen to lift it together and slide it onto the boat along the plank.

A small boat can hold more than a dozen buckets of fish, but it can barely move with two giant tortoises. The scene is extremely spectacular.

Luo Shangzhi explained: "The turtles don't know how to grow, one weighs four to five hundred catties, and there are more than 20 turtles in the boat."

Chen Mu:? ? ?
He really wanted to ask Chen Ju, why did people arrest these bastards?To be honest, such a big thing can't be stewed in a pot.

"There are tens of thousands of turtles on Turtle Island, and they can be seen everywhere. They lick the dew and dented the stones on the shore."

Luo Shangzhi pointed to the giant tortoise that had just been unloaded on the trestle and said to Chen Mu: "It's better to put 200 of these at the bottom of the boat than anything else to hold the warehouse. There are 20 people in a boat, and they can last for [-] days without food."

"The supervising army asked me to come over and pass on the news, telling the commander-in-chief that the fleet is safe, and besides, trading fish and turtles for some food... It's not a problem to eat fish all day long."

Chen Mu frowned and asked, "Why didn't the supervisor come over?"

It's very strange, it's all right, the storm has calmed down, the sea route has been cleared, and the war has stopped. Why is Chen Ju still there?

Addicted to playing turtle?

"There are still 16 catties of smoked and salted fish that haven't been cooked yet. The supervising army asked me to come and report to the commander to see what to do."

"16 catties?"

Chen Mu paused, blinking his eyes and was stunned. How long did it take for Chen Ju to pass by? It was less than two months after a full fight. After a distance of four thousand miles, it took Luo Shangzhi nearly ten days to come back. Ten days ago, Chen Ju passed away. What is he doing after catching 10,000+ catties of fish?

"Originally it was 10,000 catties, but a thousand people couldn't finish it, so I made some salt and smoked it. The fish that had been salted were released, and [-]+ catties were caught one after another...there is no need to catch the fish, just fish it. .”

Fishing fish, making salt, and making bacon, Chen Ju is a lonely gourmet.

Chen Muzheng was thinking like this, when he heard Luo Shangzhi boasting himself, saying: "Thanks to the marshal for putting fishing gear on the tail of the boat, if we had no fish to eat after we finished our food, bastards would have suffered."

In fact, Chen Mu felt that even if there were fishing gear, the bastards over there would suffer.

Things kept going on in Changsheng County. Luo Shangzhi and his subordinates put down the live fish, smoked fish, salted fish and giant ghosts on the boat. Zou Yuanbiao of the wedding was brought back.

As soon as Chen Mu walked back to the port office, he saw Zou Yuanbiao and Bai Tao, chief of the White Horse Department, coming together. Chen Mu said, "You came just in time, and I was just about to talk to you about food. The county doesn't have to worry about food rations anymore..."

Before Chen Mu finished speaking, Zou Yuanbiao sighed and said, "You really don't have to worry about rations. The merchants from the White Horse Department came back with food and people, and there will be a lot of food and people coming later."

When the magistrate said this, his expression was not as if he was mentioning something worthwhile. On the contrary, he looked sad and said: "There are slaves who contracted smallpox from nowhere. The small county will block the roads, and the doctor will vaccinate them. Commander, do you remember the boats of people who came from Shandong earlier, where are they?"

From Shandong?

"Is it called Wang Chaozuo? They make mats in the county, why..."

Chen Mu couldn't continue talking, as if hit by a thunderbolt, yes, those hundreds of them came here by smuggling, and they didn't get vaccinated in Tianjin!

"Hurry up, go find Wang Chaozuo!" Chen Mu came to his senses and hurriedly said, "Not only Wang Chaozuo, but also the local people—we probably don't have enough pox seeds!"

　Good morning!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)