Li Dayin said that he wanted to send out two boats, but in fact he only gave Wang Chengyu five thousand taels of silver and asked Wang Chengyu to help him build two boats.

Wang Chengyu made up another 5,000 silver, gave him two "old and decayed" 500-material ships, and formed a fleet with the two 500-material ships he had newly purchased, reconvened the manpower, and set sail for the sea.

The first few days at sea were very smooth, and I encountered some other sea ships on the way, and I did not encounter danger, after all, the fleet of four and 500 sea ships was not expected to take the initiative to provoke.

But when sailing to the fifteenth day, I encountered a sea ship from Lingao Island, generally encountered this situation at sea, the few ships saw the many ships, and they couldn't hide, but this sea ship was very domineering, only three hundred materials, and with one to four, I didn't care, I came up directly, and asked to check whether there was a flag issued by Lingao Island on the ship.

The so-called order flag is the passage flag issued by Lingao Island, but whenever you pass by the waters of Lingao Island, you must raise the order flag to the mast, so that Lingao Island will not obstruct it, otherwise you will face a fight.

Hearing this, Zhao Ran asked, "Have you ever had any Lingqi before?"

Wang Chengyu shook his head: "How can I ever have a command flag? I have been adrift at sea for decades, and I have always gone wherever I want, and only when I catch seafood near the island, I will pay a sum of silver to the owner of the island." ”

"In other words, the so-called Lingqi has only recently started?"

"Yes, the monk of Lingao Island, who stopped my boat, also told me that it was a rule that began in March this year, and that silver should be paid according to the size of the ship, and a sea ship of 500 materials could pay 500 taels of silver for a year. ”

Zhao Ran frowned and sneered: "It seems that Lingao Island has followed my Jimingguan to learn, what a big appetite! Have you revealed your identity? Did you tell them that this is the ship of Jimingguan?"

On the same day, Wang Chengyu summoned Jimingguan and finalized him to dig up Lingsulfur and Malachite, and Zhao Ran issued him a document to identify himself, which means that the fleet was authorized by Jimingguan to go to the open sea on business.

Wang Chengyu said: "Of course I showed it, but they didn't recognize it, saying that no matter who it is, if you want to pass through the sea of Lingao Island, you must buy a Lingqi." Of course, I couldn't have fallen into the prestige of the rooster and let the ships authorized by the Daomen pay for the transportation of a group of pirates, and I just and sternly refused. But who knew that the next day, there were more than ten boats on Lingao Island, and there were too few people under my command, only four monks, not their opponents, running and stopping all the way, and when they were about to reach the sea outside Zhoushan, the other party withdrew, but I only had one boat left, and I don't know if my brothers still survived. ”

Zhao Ran immediately asked people to take the maritime map he had prepared, which was the sea route he had marked after learning about it in the past year, and more than 20 islands in the sea had been marked. There are certainly a lot of mistakes and omissions, but the direction is pretty much the same.

The scene pointed to the map: "Where is the water area of Lingao Island?"

Wang Chengyu pointed to the Zhoushan Islands: "Starting from here, turn south, go along the coast, the boat travels for two days, you can reach Yuanjue Island, this is the first stop for many seafarers to go to the sea, and the opposite place is Wenzhou; From Daleishan Island to the southeast, if the wind and waves are calm, the boat can go to the three islands of the fallen leaves in seven days, and there are scale wave islands, Songmao Island, etc. along the way can be identified by the road. When you arrive at the three deciduous islands, you will enter the heart of the East China Sea, turn to the northeast, cross the Chengyun Islands, cross the Botang Sea, and it is Lingao Island. To the east from Lingao Island, there is the Cape Islands, and Sulphur Island is among them. “

Zhao Ran looked at this sea route, which was equivalent to a big concave bend from Zhoushan downward, and muttered: "I can understand the meaning of this sea route, there are islands along the way, one is to guide the way, and the other is to supply, but is it possible that we build a good ship, filled with wind charms, spirit gathering charms and water supplies, and sail directly from Zhoushan to cross the cape islands?"

After repeating the comparison on the straight line several times, he said: "There are wind talismans and spirit gathering talismans, you don't need to consider the wind direction problem, there is water, you don't need to think about the supply problem, even if the ocean current problem can cause trouble, it is not particularly serious, in this way, wouldn't it save half the time?"

Wang Chengyu shook his head, directly circled a large area of sea in the middle of this route, and said: "The wind and waves here change drastically, the sky is unpredictable, and at the same time, it is also the habitat of the demon beasts in the sea, which is too dangerous. Ten boats entered, and often only one or two came out, and the sea colleagues called this place the Demon Hell Sea. ”

What the demon beast in the sea looked like, Zhao Ran had never seen it, but on the night of the pier pressure test, he had personally experienced what the Lord of Hongze was doing in the water.

The demon beasts in the sea may not be as deep as Hong Zezhi's main cultivation, but the power that the sea can use is ten times and a hundred times stronger than the surface of the Yangtze River, and it is definitely not something that ordinary ships can resist. At the moment, it seems that it is impossible to find a different way for the time being.

It's normal to think about it, there are so many monks and maritime merchants on the sea, and their understanding of the East China Sea is not a hundred times stronger than that of himself, the abbot of the drought who sits in the view of the rooster's song?

After Wang Chengyu finished telling the situation in the East China Sea, Li Dayin said: "Naturally, we have to find a way to teach these lawless thieves in the East China Sea a hard lesson, especially Lingao Island, who actually dared to rob the ships that went to sea from my Daomen, do you really think that there are no gods at the top?"

Zhao Ran nodded: "This matter must be pursued, and let me think about it." That's it, Wang Daoyou has just come back from nine deaths, Lao Li, you can settle down Wang Daoyou, there are injuries and treatments, after I think about it, let's think about it in the long run. ”

Li Dayin shouted: "Well, you can't think about it in the long run, my two big ships are also inside! There are also goods on board, which were originally going to be sent to the East China Sea for sale, more than 10,000 taels of silver! I can't even sleep. When have we ever suffered such a big loss?"

Zhao Ran comforted Li Dayin for a while, and then sent him out of the Chicken Song Temple, and turned around to ponder carefully at the chart.

Who would have thought that the next day, he would receive a flying talisman from Wei Chaozong, the envoy of Lingji Palace: "Why, we caught an overseas casual cultivator here last night, named Wang Chengyu, do you know this person?"

Zhao Ran was stunned and replied: "I know, what's wrong?"

Wei Chaozong replied: "Why don't you come to Lingji Palace, some words can only be said clearly in person, let's check it, don't make a mistake." ”

Zhao Ran asked: "What's wrong with Wang Chengyu?"

Wei Chaozong replied: "Last night, when I attacked and arrested people in the East Pole Pavilion, I held him down in a secret door. ”