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Chapter 183 Shanglin Bay

Fortunately, as the elder of Daozong, he got a very important news because he gave two legs for Daozong 20 years ago.Based on this alone, even if some of the sect's rules were broken, it was justified.

"Young man, give me a reason?" Gu He said.

"Yuejin is big enough." Ren Daoyuan said calmly. In fact, he was not at peace. After all, this is the boundary of Bingzhou, and he is facing a Yue-level patriarch. Things get tricky.

"Oh? How big is it?" Gu He narrowed his eyes, his face was flushed, and his breathing was a bit rough.He needs monthly gold, and it is a large amount of monthly gold. He is not afraid that Ren Daoyuan has too much money, and he can eat as much as he has.

"More than [-] grams." Ren Daoyuan decided to take a gamble. If this old man is a ruthless person, it would be too late if he didn't say anything at this time.

Gu He's face flushed as if he had drunk strong wine: "Little friend, can you take it out and let Gu see it?"

"Of course." Ren Daoyuan said, and took out a piece of moon gold from his arms. Before coming here, he had already claimed it, [-] grams.

Taking out the moon gold, Ren Daoyuan generously threw it directly to Gu He, and now he can't be generous, so why not look a little more heroic.

Gu He stretched out his hand and inhaled Yuejin into his hand, looked at it over and over for a long while, and let out a long breath.Sure enough, it was moon gold, and it was excellent quality moon gold. It seemed that he could finally stand up.

"Okay...good thing, except for boats, you can do whatever you want." Gu He said firmly, he knew that this time he made a lot of money.

Guhe's people have a very good reputation, and one piece of monthly gold has actually brought a lot of things.Five hundred acres of land, a lot of building materials, enough manpower, and all kinds of materials for going to sea, and even the crew have prepared enough people for Ren Daoyuan to drive three ships.

However, Ren Daoyuan can't use these crew members for the time being, and it's useless if someone doesn't have a boat.

With enough land and resources, Ren Daoyuan doesn't need to worry about things here, and he has his own second manager to deal with them.The boat was ready, the supplies for going to sea were also loaded on the boat, and Ren Daoyuan set sail.

On this day, the sky was clear, and according to Shui Sheng, there would be no storms in the next few days, and it was a good day to go to sea.

Ren Daoyuan did not choose the crew members arranged by Guhe, but boldly used these underage orphans who were driven to the sea. Although these people were young, they had good experience in going to sea, and they had a far greater sense of belonging to the Ren family than the people arranged by Guhe.

The 1000-two-hundred-material ship is relatively small among sea-going ships, but it was only when he got on the bow that Ren Daoyuan discovered that this ship was like a hill, only the wooden planks were sunken. The sound of "squeak" is a bit worrying.

"Shuisheng, is this boat really okay?" Ren Daoyuan asked himself several times, although the answers he got were all in the affirmative, but he was still worried.

"Don't worry, young master. Although this ship is a bit old, the materials and manpower have been sufficient these days, and it has been reinforced. I dare not say that it is far away. There is no problem at all to reach Qiushui Island." Shui Sheng said again affirmatively, I laughed secretly in my heart, no matter what your status or cultivation level is, as long as you are at sea, you will always feel that you have no bottom line.

The sea is a world of water, and here, he is the master. Unfortunately, his luck as the master has not been very good.

Watching the brothers pull the rope.Raise the front sail, let the boat move the bow slowly, and sail the sea.The teenagers were happily in the rigging room, swinging around, playing and hoisting the mainsail, with an indescribable joy in their hearts.

They are the descendants of the people who drive the sea, they belong to the sea by nature, they belong to the ship, and only on the sea can they feel free.

In Ren Daoyuan's eyes, the speed of the boat was extremely slow. This boat was not a good boat in the first place, and it was a bit old.But before I knew it, I had already left Xiangshui Bay, and I could only see a shallow horizon in the distance.

"Master, let's go back to the cabin." Shui Sheng arranged the manpower and said back to Ren Daoyuan.Jun Moyan's sea chart is nothing in Ren Daoyuan's eyes, but in Shui Sheng's eyes, it is a rare treasure.

Even though he has never been to school, he still knows simple characters, and he is born to understand nautical charts. He can recognize the places marked on the map with just a glance, and even put forward many differences. the opinion of.

There is no scale on the chart, so the distance can only be judged by the cartographer himself.It is impossible for those who make charts to travel all over the islands in the South China Sea, so the charts are not accurate in many places.

Shui Sheng didn't know the distant place, but he was far more familiar with the waters near Xiangshui Bay than the cartographer, and he even knew where there were hidden reefs.

"Well, how long can our food and water last?" Ren Daoyuan asked as he walked. He had already printed that chart in his mind. If he went to Qiushui Island first, it would take too long. If possible , it is better to search the offshore area first, the sea area marked by yourself.

"Food can last for five months, and water is not a problem." Shuisheng said with a smile. He has never been to Qiushui Island, but half of the sea journey from here to Qiushui Island is in the sea area he is familiar with. Where can we replenish fresh water? He knows it all.

The two walked into the cabin, and on the wooden bulkhead, hung the enlarged chart with dots circled on it, marking many small islands, some of which were added by Shui Sheng later.

Ren Daoyuan took out a piece of paper and drew a circle on the chart: "Shuisheng, are you familiar with this sea area?" The place Ren Daoyuan drew was the area that he had talked with Jun Moyan before, and it was all under the responsibility of the Ren family .

Shuisheng looked at it for a while, then raised his head and said, "Master, I am familiar with this part. I have never been to other places, but I heard from the old man."

Taking the pen, Shui Sheng clicked a few points on the chart, where fish schools are most likely to appear, where there are frequent storms, and where there are hidden reefs, and draw them one by one.In the end, the pen stayed on an island, and the pen was not written for a long time.

"What's wrong here?" Ren Daoyuan asked, seeing that Shui Sheng was hesitant. From this chart, there are quite a few islands in the sea area under the responsibility of the Ren family, but most of them are inhabited islands, and only a few small islands are empty.

However, Ren Daoyuan felt that there was no hope for the islands that could be marked on the chart.Those who can live have long been there, and the rest may not even have fresh water. Without water, people cannot survive.

In the past, Ren Daoyuan didn't think water was so precious. It wasn't until he got to know Shui Sheng that he realized that the most precious thing in the sea was fresh water, which he usually didn't care about.Food is not important, as long as people are in the sea and have enough tools in their hands, the sea is an extremely rich granary, as much as they want.

"Master, this is a forbidden place. We call it a ghost land. Its original name is Shanglin Bay. It is a crescent-shaped island with a size of more than 40 square kilometers." Shui Sheng said hesitantly.

"Oh? More than 40 square kilometers? Is there fresh water on the island?" Ren Daoyuan asked.You know, in the offshore, more than 40 fair kilometers, it is definitely one of the few big islands.

A capital like Yanqing Mansion has an area of ​​about the same size, and there are millions of people living in it.Of course, the island and the land are not on it, and the same large area can support tens of thousands of people, which is already the limit.

"Yes, I have been there before." Shui Sheng said with certainty.

"Is there people living on it?" Ren Daoyuan's excitement just now faded away. Since Shui Sheng can go up, so can others. Such a good island, I am afraid that someone has already occupied it.However, from the perspective of the island, Shanglin Bay seems to be uninhabited.

"Of course not, it's a ghost land, who can survive there?" Shui Sheng said in surprise, and suddenly understood that this young master knew very little about the things in the sea, otherwise he would never have asked such a question.

"Why? There is fresh water and the area is large enough. How can there be no people living there?" Ren Daoyuan has been in Bingzhou for a long time. He knows that the south is different from the north. The population is extremely large, and the living area is much smaller than the north. The place where people can live is already full of people.

The so-called near sea is what Bingzhou people say, as long as it is within a month's voyage, it is considered near sea.The islands in the offshore waters have already been searched by the people of Bingzhou, and it is almost impossible to miss any place.

He and Jun Moyan didn't understand this before, so they drew the near sea into the search range. The sea area that Ren Daoyuan needs to be responsible for is basically in the near sea, so his task can be said to be very easy. Even It doesn't matter if you don't search, the possibility of finding habitable islands in this sea area is too small.

Shuisheng took a breath and said, "Master, the population of Bingzhou is very large, which has long exceeded the amount supported by the land, and the people of Bingzhou are unwilling to go to other states to seek a living, so most of them will develop into the endless sea. There are really no islands that can be used in the offshore. Not everyone can go to this ghostly place.”

It turns out that Shanglinwan is not a good place. The island itself is fine. It is a first-class island with a large area and flat land. There are several fresh water springs on it. If the land is opened up, it will be enough to support thousands of people. no problem.

But outside of Shanglin Bay, within a radius of tens of nautical miles, it is called a ghost land, full of large and small reefs.Coupled with the strong waves and high winds here, ships could not dock at all.

He used to go to the island by water, but not by boat. Even a small sampan was difficult to enter that ghostly land. He swam more than 30 miles by sea relying on his strong water skills.

That was three years ago, when the aquatic boat sank, a group of orphans who were driving to the sea held wooden barrels and chips, and floated on the sea for a long time, and they could catch fish for food, but there was no solution for the water problem.

At that time when they floated to Shanglin Bay, Shuisheng held a wooden board and led the crowd into Shanglin Bay. After resting on the island for several days, they entered the sea again, swam into the channel, and were finally rescued.

This Shanglin Bay is not within the waterway at all, and you may not see a ship here all year round.

(End of this chapter)