The Zhu family's merchant ship is to renovate the old ship that the Qin family eliminated in the early years according to the drawings given by Yao Xitong, Qin Mao has seen it once, and he is very satisfied with the modification of the Zhu family. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

This ship was originally built by the Qin family, and the renovation of the Zhu family all followed the shipbuilding technology of the Qin family. It's just that the time is tight, and the merchant ship has not been launched for commissioning after it has been renovated, and Zhu Zhigao is worried all day about whether this ship can shoulder the heavy responsibility of going to sea.

Qin Mao has never been worried about the quality of his merchant ships, even if they are old ships that have been eliminated, the materials used in their hulls are all excellent timber now. He is more concerned about whether there will be risks in this voyage, he is the captain of the ship, and everyone's lives are in his hands.

Zhu Zhigao's side had already set an auspicious day for going to sea, and because Qin Mao had a special request, everyone could only wait for him to deliver the Qin family's holy relics to the sea from Liangdi to him.

On the day the merchant ship went to sea, the men were all called to "worship the bow of the ship", Xiao Baoer wanted to follow, but Su Su was not allowed.

According to the rules, no women are allowed to appear during the pier worship, and there are no births in the homes of the worshippers (including pigs, cats, dogs, and weddings and funerals). Once someone has something to do, they must spray the whole ship with safflower, pure charm water, and pomegranate branches dipped in charm water, and at the same time bring incense candles and red cloth strips to tie in the bow of the boat.

When the boats could not go to the sea, there were only fishing boats and fishermen who depended on the sky for food. Fishermen have been engaged in high-risk fishing for a long time, and it is inevitable that fishermen have developed a way of thinking about good luck and avoiding evil.

They believe in the sea, revere the sea, and believe that there are gods in the mysterious and irresistible sea. and in the darkness he governs their life and death, their harvest, and their prosperity.

Fishermen believed that the spirits of the sea would attach themselves to the bow of their boats when they went out to sea, guiding them in the right direction, protecting them from rough seas, and bringing them a full barn of fish and shrimp. Whether the sea is prosperous or not depends on whether the bow of the boat is prosperous or not, and for fishermen, the bow of the boat is as important as the head.

The Zhu family's merchant ship was launched for commissioning, and in order to seek good luck and hope that the merchant ship would not have an accident, the Zhu family decided to worship the bow of the ship.

When Yao Xitong and the others arrived, they saw the bow of the boat leaning against the beach, the stern of the boat on the waterline, Zhu Zhigao and Qin Mao and many crew members kneeling in the direction of the bow of the boat.

Zhu Zhigao held three sticks of incense, first worshiped the sky three times, and recited the words in his mouth: "Heavenly Palace blesses". Bow to the sea three more times, and say the words in your mouth: "Return safely". He got up and put the incense in the wooden crevice in the bow of the boat. At the same time, several small red and white pennants will be clothed, and the names of the ghosts and gods near each flag will be inserted into the head and tail of the ship, hoping to be blessed by the gods and ghosts.

After worshipping the bow of the boat, he led everyone to burn silver ingots and set off firecrackers to drive away evil spirits by the incense table that had been arranged. The incense table must be offered with slaughtered pig's head, meals, fried noodles and other kinds of food.

When it's all over, everyone will push the boat into the water.

Xiao Bao'er waited until late at night to see Yao Xitong, Jianwei and others returning to the courtyard with a smell of alcohol.

Zhu Zhigao personally drove to see him off, and when he saw Su Su open the door, he hurriedly asked her if she had told Xiao Baoer all the rules on the sea, and when she went to sea, she would not let her get into trouble.

Xiao Baoer is not deaf, and her ears are very good. She rushed to the door and complained loudly: "You Central Plains people have many rules, why can't you let your feet hang overboard when you take a boat, saying that it is a "water ghost dragging your feet". Why don't you put your head on your knees and hold your feet in your hands, saying that this looks like crying, which is unlucky? It means that you can't cry after getting on the boat......"

"The woman can't step over the bow of the boat, can I fly over? I can't wash my hair, saying that washing my hair is wet and wet, which means capsizing the ......boat," she said halfway through, she suddenly raised her voice and asked: "To eat on the boat, you must first eat the fish head, saying that it is 'a good wind'." The fish on the plate should not turn over, nor should it first grab the fish's eyes, implying that the boat will 'capsize'. What kind of messy rules are this, what if I don't eat fish?"

Xiao Bao'er chattered like a bird, and Zhu Zhigao looked at it with a smile, as if he had returned to the time when he first met in Chunjiang. How nice it would be if she wasn't a princess, really just a handmaiden!

"That Zhu, I'm talking to you, did you hear that?"

"Been listening. ”

"What if I don't eat fish?"

"En......" Zhu Zhigao pretended to groan.

Xiao Bao'er was anxious, and said to her fingers, "I know it's not convenient to bring too much food on the voyage, but people really can't get used to eating fish, so you can make it convenient, okay?"

Zhu Zhigao also convinced Xiao Bao'er, and he didn't worry about his own safety at all, so he was worried about stuttering. He said: "Don't worry, the food has been prepared, and the cook has specially replaced it with the imperial kitchen......

Xiao Baoer waved goodbye to Zhu Zhigao with a smile, not bothering to think about where the Zhu family found the imperial kitchen. She closed the courtyard door, and as soon as she turned around, she bumped into Yao Xitong, "Why did you run out, Su Su?"

Yao Xitong covered the place where he was hit, and said with a bitter face, "It hurts, what's wrong, will I die like this!"

Xiao Bao'er punched him hard, "Let you pretend, it really hurts this time, right?"

Yao Xitong's whole body fell on Xiao Bao'er, "Xiaoxiao, it hurts, you just kill me, you don't have to go so far for me to find a place that doesn't exist at all." ”

"It really hurts, I don't use much strength!"

"I'm a disabled person with an old injury that hasn't healed, and I can't bear a little bit of strength, so you still beat me to death!"

The result of Yao Xitong's trickery was that Xiao Baoer successfully carried him back to the room, waited for him to change clothes and wash up, and told him a rare story before falling asleep......

Two days before departure, the Qin family's sacred relics to the sea were finally transported to the Song Land. Xiao Bao'er wanted to worship excitedly, but found that the consignment was actually a fat black cat!

The cage made of golden silk nanmu is upholstered with red velvet, and a pure black fat cat lies on it like that, and a pair of gray eyes occasionally open to look at the visitor.

Xiao Bao'er clenched Qingxiang and asked Qin Mao again, "Do I really want to bow down and kowtow to this?"

She is a princess, she can kneel to the sky and kneel to the king, but now she has to kneel a cat!

Qin Mao also knew that Xiao Bao'er was a little embarrassed, and comforted: "This cat is extraordinary, it is a holy relic, and listen to me tell you two allusions." ”

In order to let the young fishermen grasp the functional characteristics of each important part of the ship as soon as possible, the old fishermen like to use the zodiac to name the parts of the boat. Rat bridges, bull pens, tiger tails, rabbit ears, keels, water snakes, horse faces, sheep's horns, monkey boards, chicken shins, dog teeth, mast pigs, cover every part of the ship.

With the evolution of shipbuilding technology, cats that did not originally belong to the zodiac were brought into the part of the ship. The iron anchor that needs to be thrown into the water when mooring the ship is called the "iron cat", and the cat has the meaning of fixing the needle of the sea to the ship.

The second allusion is that the fishermen of the Qin family were born, and the fishermen respected the natural laws of the tides and were familiar with the laws of fish life. When worshipping the bow of the boat, the "fish head Daxin" will be posted on the bow of the boat, which is a kind of expectation. It expresses the complex mentality of fishermen who revere the sacred fish, sacrifice the fish with fish, win the trust of the divine fish, and protect the fishermen's safety at sea and the harvest of the fishery.

When the Qin family changed their identity from fishermen to pirates, on the one hand, they still achieved the purpose of communication and dialogue with the fish god through worshipping the bow of the boat, so as to make the trip smooth. On the other hand, they slaughtered fishermen, fearing reprisals from the fish gods, and privately began to worship cats again.

This black cat is a sacred relic handed down by the Qin family for several generations, and you must worship the cat before going to sea. If the cat ignores it, it means that the trip went well, and if the cat is short-tempered, it is best to choose to go to sea on another day......

Xiao Bao'er looked at the cat in the cage and asked unceremoniously: "The ancestors of the Qin family thought that cats would eat fish and were the natural enemies of fish, but when they arrived at sea, cats had no natural enemies, so taking cats out to sea was equivalent to bringing peace charms?"

Qin Mao nodded and agreed with Xiao Bao'er's statement.

Xiao Bao'er asked again: "Cats don't just eat fish, this product eats everything, is your ancestor mistaken?"

Yao Xitong couldn't stand it anymore, and hurriedly said, "Xiaoxiao hurry up and worship." ”

Xiao Baoer reluctantly knelt in front of the cage with Qingxiang in her hand. Everyone was fine after worshipping, and as soon as she knelt down the cat opened her eyes, the two of them looked at each other like this. The cat slowly arched her body and looked like she wanted to get angry, she glared at the cat fiercely, and the thing was stunned, and with a meow it curled up and shrank back.

Qin Mao worshipped this cat hundreds of times, and for the first time found that this thing was bullying and fearing evil. couldn't help but glance at Xiao Bao'er, it was not a loss to the queen, and she was full of aura.

It was easy for the people to set a date for going to sea, but a dispute arose over the route of the voyage.

So far, according to the information they have gathered about the underwater green boat, there are probably two routes.

One is from Wuzu, entering from the Oriental Ocean, and the sea area where the warm current is found, and walking in the direction of the warm current, as long as you see countless reefs and islands, and the other is from Wujun, the direction of the Eastern Ocean, sailing towards the Ryukyu Islands, which are closest to Bactria and passing through the vicinity of the Kikai Islands.

The Ryukyu Islands and the Xijie Islands were both places where the Qin family had trade and trade, and Qin Mao didn't think that the underwater green boat would exist near there. However, the samurai merchant ship did run aground near there, and it was also a fact that Wu Jun disappeared and reappeared.

According to him, in order to rescue the goods, he drifted down the current to a roundabout. The island was inhabited by hundreds of people who were hostile to him, and it was not until they unpacked the cargo that fell into the sea with him and confirmed that he was not lying that the group let their guard down.

He wanted to go back inland, but the group didn't provide boats for fear that he would reveal the exact location of the island. After a few days of deliberation, the group decided to teach him a light skill, and then sent a ship to send him to the sea with more reefs, so that he could use the light skill to find the ship that had been stranded nearby.

Wu Jun's words are more credible, and Wu Zu is a descendant of the Sima family, and his credibility is not low. The location mentioned by the two is 108,000 miles apart, and the sea area with warm currents and the sea area where the samurai merchant ship hit the reef are half a month away under normal driving.

Which route should I take? The one that Wu Zu said, or the one that Wu Jun said?

Everyone looked at Xiao Bao'er, and she said casually: "Wu Zu's one!"

Wu Jun shouted, "You don't believe me?"

Yao Xitong hurriedly explained, "The martial merchant ship ran aground near there, and I believe that Lord Song must have carefully searched the sea area within a radius of dozens of miles with the reef as the center. Where Lord Song didn't find it, we may not be able to find it. ”

Wu Jun asked: "Everyone knows the warm current that Wu Zu said, and I haven't heard anyone say that there is an island in the nearby waters for hundreds of years!"

Yao Xitong nodded and said, "That's why I want Xiaoxiao to choose the route." ”

Wu Jun and Qin Mao didn't understand, Zhu Zhigao was thoughtful, and Su Su explained, "Xiaoxiao is gifted, and she can always find the unusual in the ordinary. ”

"You just say I'm unlucky, I can get into trouble wherever I go!" Xiao Bao'er said this, and everyone finally understood.

On the day of going to sea, Xiao Baoer reluctantly watched the pig's head used for worship being thrown into the sea, and sighed: It's a pity, it is said that the pig's head can be dried to make bacon, and it is very delicious to stir-fry!

Qin Mao was responsible for arranging all matters at sea, and Zhu Zhigao was responsible for arranging the lives of everyone on board. Hearing Xiao Baoer's exclamation, he called the chef out in time.

"Xiaoxiao, this is the chef on the ship, tell him what you want to eat. ”

Xiao Bao'er raised her eyes and looked at the fat Er, as soon as the two looked at each other, Erer shouted: "Master, I rushed towards her as I spoke." ”

She stood motionless, thinking that the master in Er's mouth should be Yao Xitong, so it depends on how this guy plays the trick. Unexpectedly, Erer really rushed towards her, only to see her kneeling at her feet with a "plop", "Master, you really make it easy for me to find." ”

"Am I your master?" Xiao Bao'er pointed at Yao Xitong and asked, "Then who is he?"

Erer said: "He is your husband!"

"Why am I your master?"

"I don't know!"

According to Er'er, he only accepted orders and never knew who his superiors were. Not long ago, he received an order to come to the boat and wait for Xiao Bao'er, and from now on she will be the shopkeeper of the bun shop.

Xiao Bao'er looked at Er'er, and then looked at Yao Xitong with an indifferent face, what the hell are these two doing. She pulled Yao Xitong aside, "You don't remember the bun shop?"

"What is that, a place that sells steamed buns?" Yao Xitong pretended to be at a loss.

Xiao Bao'er was stunned for a while, thinking that Yao Xitong had not told her about the bun shop, she knew that it all depended on Uncle He, so she couldn't help but ask, and said, "It's nothing, the bun shop is an unpopular organization in the rivers and lakes." ”

Yao Xitong worked hard to keep a smile on his face, and the bun shop was an unpopular organization in Xiao Bao'er's eyes, which was also too sad.

Not long after everyone left the grassland, Xiao Baoer complained that she had no money and asked Yao Xitong what to do. What else can I do? As a man, you can't let your woman worry about money!

After hesitating for less than a day, Yao Xitong decided to hand over the steamed bun shop to Xiao Baoer to manage.

After the Gu attack, he cut off all contact with the steamed bun shop, for fear that Wu Ya would deduce the management method of the steamed bun shop and the flow of money through various details. If it weren't for Xiao Bao'er's lack of money, he wouldn't have contacted the bun shop so early, thinking of the terrible thing about Tongxin Gu, instead of cheap Wuya, it would be better to give it to Xiao Bao'er.

Xiao Bao'er is different from Wu Ya, putting aside the relationship between the two, just by saving his life, he will not regret handing over all the bun shops to Xiao Bao'er. The specific management methods and details can't be handed over in his mind, but the money and a lot of information can be let Erer know and then inform Xiao Bao'er that there is no problem in handing over this.