The days when the ship retreated south at sea were not as peaceful as Li Xiao imagined, like a vacation. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Li Xiao saw that less than a day after the boat sailed, many soldiers and their families began to get seasick, and dozens of people vomited bile. When Li Xiao saw it, he was worried in his heart, and he could only hope that the ship would arrive in Shandong as soon as possible and let them go ashore quickly.

For the sake of safety, Li Xiao ordered that the soldiers and their families could only take turns to go on the deck to rest in the wind, so as not to be inspected and interrogated by the Ming army sailors who patrolled the deck because of the large number of people on the deck.

Compared with the worried Li Xiao, Zu Wan'er fell in love with an interesting thing in this boring and dull voyage, that is, sea fishing.

All her fishing tackle was given by Hou Dao. The shrewd Hou Dao, seeing that she was bored in the boat, promptly presented her with fishing tackle and taught her some simple sea fishing skills.

Under Li Xiao's gaze, Zu Wan'er began to fish in a performative manner, her left foot took half a step back, her left shoulder was tilted back, and her hands held the sea rod at the same time, and the rod was at a 45-degree angle to the water level. The index finger of the left hand presses the fishing line, the center of gravity falls on the right foot, the tip of the rod swings forward from the right hand, and with a graceful flick, the fish sinker passes through the top of the head in a graceful arc, and then releases the fishing line, and the hook falls naturally into the water, splashing a small wave.

"Li Xiao, guess, see what fish I can catch." Zu Wan'er made a mischievous face at Li Xiao.

"I can't guess, you can play slowly." Li Xiao shook his head at her helplessly, this girl seemed to really regard this southern movement as a trip, or this dull voyage, and it would be good to make her happy.

After all, this girl, leaving her homeland, saying goodbye to her parents, eloped with herself like this, and she owes her a lot.

Li Xiao sighed lightly, then went down to the cabin, comforted the soldiers and their families who vomited in the dark, and told them to rest early. Then, Li Xiaofu walked onto the deck, and when he got on the deck, he heard Zu Wan'er's surprised shout: "Li Xiao, come and help me, a fish has been hooked!" ”

Li Xiao hurriedly went over to help, holding the fishing rod with four hands, Li Xiao saw that a fish in the distance that had bitten the hook was struggling to float in the waves.

"Li Xiao, you have to hold on tightly, don't let the fish escape." Zu Wan'er held the fishing rod tightly, but shouted loudly to Li Xiao.

"Don't worry, with me, this fish can't escape." Li Xiao said with a smile.

After a nervous fishing, Li Xiao drank softly, and the fishing rod was lifted and raised, and the big fish that weighed about 8 catties and shone with water was pulled onto the deck, and it was still fluttering on the deck.

The soldiers who were breathing the wind on the deck also ran over to see the freshness, Zu Wan'er was even more happy to clap her hands, Li Xiao took a closer look at the fish, and saw that the fish was long and flattened, with silver and fine scales all over its body, a little black and blue spots on its back, and a large mouth, which was full of sharp teeth and a sharp fish snout.

Hou Dao saw the excitement, and hurriedly came over, and said with a smile: "Haha, this is a mackerel, also called blue mackerel, there are folk sayings, there are partridge roe deer in the mountains, mackerel pomfret in the sea, this blue mackerel is one of the specialties of this Golden State sea area, this fish is delicate, delicious, can be made into mackerel balls, mackerel stew, braised vinegar mackerel and other good dishes, especially mackerel soup, that is really a ball fragrant, soup fresh, delicious seafood, that is more loved by all ages, diners praise ah." I didn't expect Miss Zu to catch such a good fish for the first time, which is really admirable. ”

Zu Wan'er smiled like a flower, and clapped her hands and shouted: "Shopkeeper Cai, then you will let someone teach me to make mackerel soup and see if it is as you said." ”

"Okay, I'll let the guy on the boat teach the girl how to make fish, and make sure the girl learns."

The onlookers burst into laughter, and for a moment the ship was filled with cheerful air.

Not long after, when dinner was ready, Zu Wan'er came over with a big basin in her hand, with a sweaty face but a smile: "Li Xiao, you can taste it and see how I do it." ”

Li Xiao picked up a fish ball, put it in his mouth and chewed it, sure enough, the fish meat was fragrant and delicate, the taste was fresh and tender, and it was indeed a good dish.

However, Li Xiao only tasted this one and stopped eating it, but instructed Zu Wan'er to give the seasick soldiers in the cabin something to eat, so that these soldiers could eat something and recover their strength.

Zu Wan'er gave him an admiring look back, and then walked away with a large basin, while beckoning the seasick soldiers to come over and eat mackerel balls.

Li Xiao smiled and watched the soldiers savor the delicacy, and then walked up to the deck alone.

Li Xiao then summoned Hou Dao and asked him in a low voice: "Now that our army is sailing like this, how many days will it take to reach Shandong?" ”

Hou Dao pondered for a moment and said; "Your Excellency, it's winter now, and our army is heading south, so the time can be shortened a lot. It is estimated that it will take at most eight days to arrive. ”

Li Xiao nodded, then sighed lightly and said, "I hope our army can arrive in Shandong safely." ”

Hou Dao hurriedly said: "Don't worry, my lord, the small ship has bought a peace charm now, and it is said that no sailor and pirate will come to harass it." Adults can rest assured that they can take the boat. ”

When the two were discussing like this, they didn't expect that some distance behind Li Xiao, in the afterglow of the increasingly dull dusk, a vicious eye was looking greedily at his No. 2 fortune ship through a clairfront mirror.

"Damn, Lao Tzu can see clearly, there are only a few dozen people on this boat, and after tonight, I will do it tomorrow!"

This person put down the clairtelescope in his hand, two vicious brown and yellow eyes and bones turned, and a black face full of horizontal flesh was piled up with a hideous smile, and the dirty beard scum on his face shook with his cruel smile.

This person is Shen Zhixiang, who was the nephew of Shen Shikui, the chief soldier of Dongjiang Town, and is now the deputy general of Dongjiang Town.

At this time, Shen Zhixiang was leading a No. 1 Fu boat, a No. 2 Fu boat, and a Haicang boat, a total of three fully armed Dongjiang Town Sailor ships, and followed Li Xiao's ship from afar.

"My lord, this ship seems to have bought our army's peace charm, if our army makes a move, I am afraid it will be inappropriate?"

The person who said this was the general Wang Tingrui, with a look of hesitation on his thin face.

"Bad fart!" Shen Zhixiang slanted at him fiercely: "This lonely ship is the fat meat that is sent to the mouth of this official, why don't you eat it!" A few days ago, in the naval battle with the traitor Shang Kexi's troops who threw themselves away, we lost so many ship brothers, and if we don't get them back from these merchant ships, how can we regain our strength? How can you avenge your dead brothers? How can I reproduce the majesty of my Dongjiang Town? ”

Wang Tingrui lowered his head, and he was so scolded that he didn't dare to say anything.

Shen Zhixiang was still angry, and continued to scold: "Wang Tingrui, you fucking coward!" On that day, you told my uncle every day that Shang Kexi, who had entered the dog, was going to rebel, but you couldn't design to take him down in time, so this guy took all the troops and ships of Hirokashima and threw himself away. You're so incompetent and useless, and now you're here again, phew! If you don't dare to do it, get out of here as soon as possible! ”

Shen Zhixiang had a fierce look on his face, and he kept scolding.

Wang Tingrui, who was scolded in public, was angry in his heart, his face was blushing, and he wanted to use a knife to cut Shen Zhixiang into ten thousand pieces.

At this time, the guerrilla Yuan Anbang on the side hurriedly came out to play a round: "Lord Shen, General Wang, don't fight between the two of you." Lord Shen is also an expedient measure to act like this, and we will obey the order. ”

"Inform the ships, firmly follow these two merchant ships, and after dawn tomorrow, my three ships will come forward to attack and seize the ships, and if the people on board resist, they will be killed immediately!" Shen Zhixiang ordered coldly, his eyes were fierce, and his face was sinister, becoming more and more hideous and terrifying.