Chapter 22: Going to Sea (3)
Ask for collections, red tickets!
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"What a silly girl!" Su Mei walked over and took Xiaoman into his arms with pity, and scolded her with a chuckle, if Lin Jian is a foolish Confucian who follows the rules and is stubborn, how can he become the dependence of everyone's hearts in the past ten months? In the past ten months, everything Lin Jian has done is not more serious than recognizing a girl from a low background as a sister?
Su Mei didn't know what her fate would be in the future, but Xiaoman had been by her side since she was a child, and she hoped that Xiaoman would have a good home. Brother and sister, brother and sister, she believes that as long as Lin Jian admits it in her heart, it is enough.
Zhou Pu joked on the side: "Or I'll be your brother!" Whoever bullied you, I will slap him flat for you. Zhou Pu raised his big hand and waved.
"I don't want Uncle Chen to be my brother." Xiao Man raised his head in Su Mei's arms.
"This 'Uncle Chen' is so sad to hear, dare to love because I am old and ugly!" Zhou Pu teased, "Uncle Chen can't compare to Brother Lin, who is young, handsome and capable!" β
"What nonsense?" Xiaoman was shy and anxious, wanting to say a few words; Zhou Pu laughed and walked away, not giving her a chance to defend herself, Xiao Man stomped his feet in a hurry, embarrassed to stand by Lin Lian's side again, and pulled Su Mei to the cabin.
At this moment, there were raindrops the size of soybeans falling and falling cold on the face.
"It's raining!" Lin Jian touched his face, the rain was menacing, everyone got into the cabin, and listened to the crackling sound on the top of the cabin, and the wind suddenly became stronger, and the ship lowered its anchor in the reeds, and shook the whirring wind.
"It's raining so hard, it's okay to have a few more lights...... Qin Chengzu thought that the firelight was not far through the rain curtain, and groped to light the two big candles in the corner of the cabin, and it was convenient for everyone to talk, and the cabin was suddenly much brighter.
The wind and rain became more and more violent, and although the boat was parked in the shallow water of the reeds, it still swayed violently. Cao Ziang, who had just returned to the cabin to rest, walked in at this time, and he was scarred by the torture of the officers and soldiers, and at this time he had a new piece of skin on his forehead, and he saw that everyone was looking at him, and said with a smile: "I slept soundly, and I knocked my head on the board of the ship." Why is it raining so heavily this winter? Seeing Cao Ziang so embarrassed, everyone laughed, and Cao Ziang said, "The boat is shaking so badly, I can't sleep anyway, so it's better to come and listen to you talk about things." We don't make a living from plundering, and although it is difficult to go to the sea, the key to whether we can gain a foothold on the sea depends on the response ...... from the shore."
Lin Lian nodded, and said to Cao Ziang and Qin Chengzu: "If you need anything, please command......"
Qin Chengzu looked at Fu Qinghe, although he always had a problem with Fu Qinghe, but he couldn't really just tell Lin Jian to do things for them, and he still wanted Fu Qinghe to say some things.
Fu Qinghe didn't postpone it, and said: "I go to sea with you, and there is no one around Su Mei to take care of it, can you let the four girls go to Jiangning with Su Mei for a while?" β
The fourth lady, Feng Peipei, was unhappy in her heart, turned her head and didn't look at Fu Qinghe, and said directly to Qin Chengzu: "What can I do if I stay on the shore?" She was very grateful to Su Mei for her help, but it was difficult to accept Fu Qinghe's request to protect Su Mei, and she also subconsciously resisted Fu Qinghe's resignation and farewell back then, and she didn't want to be separated from everyone, even if she knew that life after going to sea would be extremely hard, she also wanted to share the joys and sorrows with everyone.
"Fourth girl, you better stay on the shore," Qin Chengzu patiently persuaded, "Ziang also said, whether you can gain a foothold on the sea, the shore response is particularly important, we can't put the burden on Miss Su and Lin Ye......"
Changshan Island was inhabited by fishermen a long time ago, has been deserted for a long time, and now it can be said that it is a completely deserted island, and hundreds of people, mostly old, weak, women and children, want to gain a foothold on Changshan Island. Lin Jian and Su Mei both promised to take care of them on the shore, but there were few envoys that he and Su Mei could trust. If there is no enough trust to summon people, if the information leaks slightly, it will be a disaster, and Qin Chengzu still needs to send people to follow them back to Jiangning.
The fourth lady was still a little reluctant in her heart, thinking that there was no other more suitable person to follow Su Mei besides her, and she didn't say anything anymore, and her face was still very sad when she thought of separating from everyone.
Lin Jian said to Fu Qinghe: "Among those boys, let Enze go ashore with me, and the others will be entrusted to Fu Ye and Mr. Qin......" Seeing Zhou Pu standing in the corner of the cabin, his face was pale, and he asked in surprise, "What's wrong with Zhou Ye?" β
Only then did everyone discover Zhou Pu's abnormality and looked at it with concern. Zhou Pu propped up the corner of the table with his hand and said depressedly: "Somehow, why are you dizzy?" It was fine just now, maybe it was to make the boat shake. β
Qin Chengzu laughed and said, "I'm still worried about who will follow Lin Ye; You can't bear this shaking, and the wind and waves will be even greater at sea, so I think you Zhou Pu will escort Lin Ye back to Jiangning, and we will slowly deploy other things. Everyone laughed, but they didn't expect Zhou Pu to get seasick.
"Let the others stay on the shore, there may be a fierce battle when you go to sea to gain a foothold, and if you want to fight on the battlefield, which of you can withstand me? Besides, I'm no worse than any of you than water. There are so many landlubbers among the brethren! Zhou Pu was not satisfied with Qin Chengzu's arrangement, and muttered, "I'm just a little uncomfortable for the time being, and I'll be fine tomorrow." In order to prove that he was fine, Zhou Pu stood there with his chest straight.
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The wind and rain continued until noon the next day, and the water level of Qingjiangpu rose two palms deep compared to the deep and shallow water marks on the reed pole. The wind and waves surged, and Zhou Pu's "temporary discomfort" to the wind and waves made him suffer enough, and when the wind and rain stopped, he had already vomited and his feet were weak, and he could no longer find an excuse not to stay on the shore.
After nightfall, he came out of the reeds and took advantage of the night to rush to the shallow place of the three-masted sea ship through Qingpujin.
Whether it was Tinghu or Huai'an, they didn't realize that the official ship escorting the prisoners had already capsized in the reeds, and the officers and soldiers escorting them had also been killedβmaybe the Jiangning Anti-Theft Division's yamen would not wait for the prisoners to be escorted before notifying the prefectures and counties to send people to search along the waterway, right?
Zhou Pu's physique is strong, in the morning fainting and vomiting so that his feet are weak and even walking to be helped, after the wind and rain stopped, he rested on the boat for a long time, and turned around vigorously, but he could no longer find an excuse to insist on going to sea with him.
Watching Qin Chengzu and them work together to carry the ballast stone weighing hundreds of catties out of the ship, Zhou Puji sat on the bow of the Wupeng boat, and couldn't put it down and touched the Mo knife that had just arrived for two days, and the mulberry hard bow was placed on his side. Wu Qi stared greedily at the Mo knife and the mulberry bow, and Zhou Pu glared at him: "Hurry Mao, crow, you look like this again, I will give this knife and bow to Cao Erdan." β
Wu Qi squeezed his eyebrows and smiled and said, "You continue to touch, I'm not anxious." β
Lin Jian laughed, he didn't know why Wu Qi, who was no different from a farmer when he threw away the weapon in his hand, had the nickname "Crow", only that he was proficient in the art of scouting and inspecting the enemy, and he was the scout leader of this group of rogue horses.
Zhou Pu's fingers caressed the edge of Mo's knife lovingly, stood up and handed it to Wu Qi ruthlessly: "Here you go." He kicked the mulberry bow under his feet to Wu Qi, but his face was very painful.
The Mo knife was erected almost to the tip of Zhou Pu's eyebrows, made of iron, and the knife had ice-like lines on the knife, and the snow was bright and cold. Zhou Pu has never seen a few such good weapons in his life, but he accompanied Lin Tie ashore, even if he pretended to be the close follower of the master, he couldn't carry this kind of heavy weapon with him, let alone a strong bow, not to mention that there were inscriptions engraved with Ning Haijun Town on the Mo knife and mulberry bow.
Wu Qicai didn't care about Zhou Pu's heartache, took the Mo knife and the mulberry wooden bow, climbed the sea boat with the ape body, and looked back and laughed at Zhou Pu: "This is retribution, you privately divided the weapons the night before, have you ever thought that I was staring at the turtle sons under Chen Hansan outside?" Besides, I'm just keeping it for you first, maybe when you won't get seasick and go to sea, and I can still rely on it and not return it to you? β
"You're a shit, you're cheap!" Zhou Pu picked up a piece of charcoal from the bow of the boat and threw it at Wu Qi, but Wu Qi smiled and dodged it.
These weapons were all snatched by Lin Jian and Fu Qinghe from the hands of those officers and soldiers in Ninghai Town. Xiao Taoyuan also has the intention to cultivate his own pirate forces, these soldiers and armor are extremely sophisticated, and even let Lin Tie them get two three-bow bed crossbows, with these sharp weapons, it can't be said that they can be ten to hundred, and when they encounter a small group of pirate forces, they are not afraid of losses at all.
Moving more than a dozen ballast stones out of the ship, coupled with the heavy rain that raised the water level of Qingjiangpu a little, the boat was much less strained after many days, Qin Chengzu then commanded the people to prop up the long bamboo penny into the water, and saw the hull move.
"That's it!" Lin Jian and Zhou Pu climbed the sea boat from the Wupeng boat, and waited for the sea boat to travel a distance diagonally to Haikouzi, making sure that it would not be shallow again, and said to Qin Chengzu and Fu Qinghe, "The hard work at sea will be entrusted to Mr. Qin and Master Fu." β
Qin Chengzu and the others had to sail along the coast to Xinpu County, and nearly 20 injured brothers were picked up on the boat first, and they had to make sure that Xiao Taoyuan had sent people to Changshan Island to investigate, and they would only go to Changshan Island to settle down, and it would take them for a while before they could consider transferring their families to the past. Lin Lian, Su Mei, Xiaoman, Zhou Pu, the fourth lady, Feng Peipei, and Chen Enze will go back to Jiangning with everyone here via Huai'an first.