After resting in the village for the night, they hurriedly drank two bowls of rice porridge for breakfast, and then they set out on their way again, but when it was almost noon, they finally arrived at their destination, which was also the most important transit point for the migrants, that is, the great port of Fuzhou.

Fuzhou officials had been preparing for the arrival of the migrants for a long time, and immediately someone led their convoy to the port, and then, with the assistance of local officials, invited the migrants to board the ship, while slaves arranged by the government sent the migrants' luggage to the ship.

Originally, they still wanted to go around the city of Fuzhou, but they didn't expect their convoy to stop in Fuzhou at all, but directly pulled them to the port, and then got on the boat and left. This made the immigrants a little disappointed, after all, Fuzhou is such a big city, they can only look out of the car window, and all that remains in their impression is the wide streets, the constant flow of pedestrians, and all kinds of shouts one after another.

However, although they were a little regretful that they could not visit Fuzhou, they quickly diverted their attention, because they were sent to two huge ships, which were so large that each boat could seat five or six hundred people, and this was still a cabin for only four people, if a few more beds were added to each cabin, then more people would definitely be carried. Even in the port of Fuzhou, where there are many ships, there are very few other ships that can compare with these migrant ships.

In fact, they don't know that these immigration ships are special large-scale lucky ships ordered by Li Su, and they are now temporarily used for immigration, and if they send troops overseas in the future, then these ships will be used as troop carriers, and they will not only live four people in each cabin. By then, it would not be a problem for one such ship to carry a thousand troops.

The stones and others who boarded the migrant ship were very excited, after all, they had grown so big. It's the first time I've been on a boat, and it's such a big sea boat. So they ran to the deck in groups, pointing at the sea, their faces full of excitement, and even the occasional swimming fish jumping out of the sea, which would cause them to make a noise.

When all the migrants were put on the ship and the rooms were arranged, the convoy set sail as if their carriage had passed through Fuzhou and came directly to the port, without the slightest delay. In fact, it's not that the migrant ship is unsympathetic. However, the number of immigrants in the rear is huge, and their carriages and boats are not enough, so they have to arrange so tightly so that more immigrants can be sent to Taiwan in the shortest possible time.

It was almost noon when they got on board, and by the time they had arranged their rooms and put their salutes, it was time for lunch, and the immigration officer had informed them beforehand. This lunch will be eaten on board, and it will be more hearty than the previous meals, so that they will be satisfied. They still trust the words of the immigration officer, so they are full of expectations before.

Soon. They heard the ship's crew inform them that lunch was ready, and told them to go to the ship's dining room to get it. There are nine people in the stone family, plus nine people in the Tieshan family. A total of four cabins were occupied, and the extra two were Stone Daddy and Iron Mountain. They lived with two heads of the other family.

Originally, the poor people of the Tang Dynasty generally only ate breakfast and dinner, and only the rich and noble families ate lunch. However, with the prosperity of commerce in Datang, the people are no longer short of money, so lunch has slowly entered the homes of ordinary people. However, the fugitives on the immigration ship were all poor, and they had no habit of eating lunch at all, and when they were in the carriage, in order to hurry, they only ate some dry food distributed in the carriage at noon.

Stone had been working outside for more than half a year, and had long been accustomed to the lunch provided by the factory at noon, so he didn't think anything of it, and when he heard that he could eat enough, he immediately called the two families and went to the ship's restaurant to line up. Because this kind of boat is specially used to transport people, the area of the restaurant is very large, and you can see that on the wall on one side of the restaurant, there are many large pots and wooden barrels lined up, among which the wooden barrels are rice, and the large pots are all kinds of stir-fried vegetables.

Before the stone family entered the restaurant, they were already drooling by the smell of meat wafting from the restaurant, and when they entered the restaurant, they were even more shocked by this huge restaurant, even the same is true of the stone, think about the tea factory where he worked at the beginning, the small restaurant in it is much worse than the restaurant on this ship.

As soon as they entered the restaurant, they were prompted by the staff to pick up the cutlery, which was placed in the wooden barrel next to the door, and each person could take two wooden bowls and a large wooden plate, of which there were two dimples at one end of the wooden plate, just enough to put the wooden bowl down, and a pair of chopsticks. Once you've picked up your utensils, you can go to the place where you picked up your food and line up.

The immigration officer really did not lie, the lunch on the ship was very rich, the snow-white rice was packed in a huge wooden barrel, and there were several dishes in the cauldron, including braised pork, fried mutton, fried fish pieces, etc., all of which were meat dishes, and there were three large wooden barrels containing soup, namely mutton bone soup, sea fish and kelp soup, and mung bean sweet soup. What makes everyone even happier is that the rice in the barrel and the vegetables in the cauldron are served as you like, and the soup is the same, but there is one thing, that is, you are not allowed to waste, you have to eat as much as you want, and if you can't eat it all, then you have to pay for this meal that is supposed to be free.

This mode of eating is similar to that in the stone factory, so he feels very kind, when it is his turn in the team, he pours himself two spoonfuls of rice, and then fills a plate full of braised pork, although this thing is fatty, but it is very satisfying, when he was working, he waited for the factory to make braised pork to eat, but unfortunately their factory is a bit stingy, and only eats meat once a month.

After the stone served it to himself, he came to his father and mother and his younger brothers and sisters, and according to their meals, he didn't dare to give them more, after all, he couldn't finish eating but had to pay, and finally came to his wife Toon, although he was married for less than a month, but the stone already knew that Toon liked to eat mutton, so he gave her more mutton, and also gave himself and Toon two bowls of mung bean sweet soup, and the stone knew that the soup was sucrose, they grew so big, and they had never eaten sugar.

All the immigrants were very satisfied with this lunch with rice, meat and soup, and the only thing that was a little bad was that a considerable number of people overestimated their own amount of food, and when they felt full, they found that there was still a lot of rice and vegetables left on their plates.

The stone family actually encountered the same problem, such as too much braised pork in the stone, it is okay to eat a few pieces of this thing, but if you eat too much, it will feel very tired, but fortunately they are two families, and he can't finish it so that his father and younger siblings can change it, plus there is soup, so in the end, it is not easy to finish eating.

After a hearty lunch, everyone ate on the deck to see the scenery, after all, they were all going to sea for the first time, and the future was still unknown, so this made them even more worried, and they couldn't sit down and rest.

The big ship was running very smoothly, and after the cold wave of the previous day, the sea was also very calm, and the migrant ship was very large, so the ride was very balanced, which made the stones suffer a lot less and avoid the suffering of seasickness.

However, this good weather suddenly disappeared that night, and was replaced by a larger wind and waves, although it did not affect the boat, but it made the people from the inland feel dizzy, and many of them began to get seasick, and as a result, lunch and dinner were all vomited, and the whole migrant ship was in a mess.

The stone family is not much better, among them, Tie Shan and Shi Dad are dizzy and vomit out the bitter bile water, and several of Toon's younger brothers and sisters are also seasick, but Shi and Tie Da and Tie Er have nothing to do, and Toon and Shi Niang also vomit a little bit It's no big problem.

In the face of this situation, the officials in charge of immigration for the first time were also in a hurry, but fortunately, there were still a considerable number of immigrants who did not have symptoms of seasickness, and they organized these people to help, feeding medicine and cleaning, and they were busy until the middle of the night to deal with it, but by the next morning, more than half of the people who went to the restaurant to eat were less, and most of them were lying in bed and could not get up.

However, the officials on the ship are not pedantic people, seeing that so many people can't eat, they immediately organized people to send food to seasick people, but this time there is no big fish and meat, after all, no one eats such greasy things now, and they make some rice porridge and refreshing pickles. Shi Hetie Da and Xiang Chun received one for both families, and then fed Shi Da and Tie Shan and others to eat, and they also relayed the good news they got from the immigration officer that they would be able to arrive in Taiwan this afternoon.

The two migrant boats traveled south along the Taiwan Strait, passing through the Penghu Islands before arriving in Tainan City. Officials at all levels in Tainan City have already pressed the reception letter sent by Cui Wei, so they have already made preparations, and have arranged accommodation for them in Taiwan City, and have also arranged some guides to let these immigrants visit Tainan City, so as to understand the prosperity of Taiwan and make them more confident in Taiwan.

Stone after they lived in the temporary residence arranged for them in Tainan City, they were all very excited, although it was only a temporary residence, but it was already a hundred times stronger than their house in their hometown, as for visiting Tainan City, it made them look forward to it, after all, Fuzhou had missed last time, and although this Tainan City is not as famous as Fuzhou, but I heard that it is also a big city, maybe they can live here in the future, so naturally they have to take a good look.

However, before visiting Tainan City, they were told that after this visit, they were faced with a very important choice. (To be continued.) )