One hundred and sixty-nine, volcanic eruption

As soon as Yao Xitong entered the city, he notified his subordinates to find Er'er, carefully sorted out the information that needed to be told to Xiao Bao'er, and then asked Er'er to recommend himself as a chef on the ship, and took the initiative to hand over the steamed bun shop......

Su Su and Jianwei didn't know the relationship between the bun shop and Yao Xitong, and when they heard that the bun shop took the initiative to find Xiao Baoer and admit that he was the big shopkeeper, both of them looked incredible, and felt that Xiao Baoer was really a hidden person. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Zhu Zhigao can probably guess a little truth, but he knows what to say and what not to say, and people who can't keep their mouths shut never die well.

Since then, Erer has been mixed in a group of people in a high-sounding manner, informing Xiao Baoer of a steady stream of information.

Yao Xitong once said that King Chun is good at dancing with long sleeves, and he has good shows one after another.

Xiao Baoer didn't understand it at the time, but only knew through Erer's information. On the one hand, King Chun has already married Wenren and is the guest of honor of Lord Liang, and he will return to Dadu to regain the throne that belongs to him when the time is right.

On the other hand, King Chun also cooperated with the Qin family. Qin Mao seems to have gone to sea this time for Xiao Bao'er, but in fact, he should have received instructions from the Qin family, didn't he see that the Qin family even sent him the holy relics to go to sea!

Jairi knew all this, so when Yao Xitong handed over the matter of finding the captain to him, he took the initiative to mention Qin Mao, who came to Song Land to complete the marriage.

Everyone in the world knows that the Qin family and the Wenren family do not deal with each other very well, and Xiao Bao'er learned more detailed inside information from Qin Mao.

This is a long story, I think that the Qin family was a bandit at the beginning, often harassing Liangdi, and the imperial court sent troops to suppress the bandits several times, and the silver was not spent, but even the shadow of the bandit could not be touched. Liang Di was really helpless, so he had to merge with the Qin family, the strongest of the bandits, through marriage.

Many years passed, and the Qin family became merchants and monopolized all maritime trade in Liangdi. The Wenren family formed a navy with the help of the Qin family, and finally had the ability to resist water bandits.

The two families seem to be harmonious, but the knot is unresolved. The Wenren family married the daughter of the Qin family, but never let the child with the blood of the Qin family become the lord of Liang. The Qin family provided excellent ships, but they always had reservations in shipbuilding technology.

Over the years, they helped each other and watched out for each other, until Feng Shu broke the balance that the two families had carefully maintained.

Feng Shu had shipbuilding technology in his hands, so the Wenren family got rid of the Qin family and started building their own ships, and successfully sailed on the sea, breaking the Qin family's monopoly on commerce.

The Qin family was frightened but helpless, so they had to keep a low profile, and constantly sold their interests, and married Song Di to seek self-protection for the Qin family.

The contradiction between the Wenren family and the Qin family is irreconcilable when it sounds, what does King Chun rely on to maneuver between the two families?

The problem lies with Feng Shu, this woman has been married to three Liang masters, and the first two died in accidents. This incident aroused the vigilance of the Wenren family, who thought that Feng Shu was ominous, and could not do anything about it for various reasons.

It can be seen from the custom that brothers of the Wenren family can share wives, and women are commodities in the eyes of the men of the Wenren family, with a very low status and no right to speak at all.

Feng Shu's existence challenged the male power of the Wenren family.

They don't like Feng Shu, and they can't openly go against the traditions set by the family, and they are even more reluctant to give Feng Shu the various resources they provide. At the same time, due to their connivance, Feng Shu already had his own power in Liangdi, and he was no longer someone they could easily shake!

King Chun was very smart, and through various materials, he found that the Liang lord Wen Renyin and the Qin family had a common enemy - Feng Shu. In this particular situation, he naturally has a way to maneuver between the two families and get everything he wants.

Yao Xitong guessed that Liang Di would help him get the position of Xia Zi, on the condition that he recognized that Liang Di could claim the country independently, or that he could be appointed as the lord of Liang in the name of Xia Zi. The new Liang Master can be anyone, as long as it is not Feng Shu's son, Wen Renhu. At the same time, he used the treasures of the Sima family to satisfy the Qin family in order to gain their allegiance.

How things will develop, no one can guess except God. Xiao Baoer is not interested in this at all, and only asks one thing every day: What are you eating today!

What's it like to go out to sea in winter?

The first few days were good, sunny days, the sea and sky were on the line, and the sand gulls were soaring. It was a great feeling to sit on the deck with a small cupboard next to you, with hot barbecues and spirits hidden in the small cupboard.

Not long after the good days, as the ship sailed eastward, the climate became colder and colder, and more than ten days later, I actually encountered drift ice.

It was one night, and Yao Xitong slept well in Xiao Bao'er's arms.

As for how a tall adult male lies in a woman's arms, it can only be said that Yao Xitong is super thick-skinned. shouted cold at night, and the whole person sat without sitting, leaning on Xiao Bao'er softly and motionlessly. The same is true for sleeping, and when both of them are asleep, they can't tell who is in whose arms.

In short, the ship encountered drift ice, and the loud impact woke Xiao Bao'er up. She looked out curiously, the sea that should have been pitch black was white in the moonlight.

Drift ice, also known as drift ice, is a phenomenon of ice flowers or ice cubes produced by wind, waves, and currents.

The sailing route Qin Mao chose rarely had drift ice, and even if there were, it was a small ice flower. It was the first time he had encountered such a white ice floe that was high above the sea and had no head in sight.

It is also thanks to him that the boat driver is the first time he can still command the ship calmly when he encounters such a large area of drift ice.

If the "tip of the iceberg" is used to describe drift ice, it probably means that the ice that is exposed to the sea does not look high, and the part hidden in the water may be ten times more exposed. These drift ices collide with each other under the action of wind, waves, and currents, and their shape changes every moment.

In this case, the only thing you can do to get out of the drift ice and into normal water is to break the ice.

When Qin Mao said this, Xiao Bao'er asked curiously, "Should we get off the boat together and break the ice piece by piece?"

Yao Xitong stroked the black cat in his arms and said softly: "General Mao definitely doesn't mean this, the Qin family merchant ship has a special design in the bilge, and after a while, move the ballast stone at the bow to the stern, let the bow lift and rush onto the ice, and then move the ballast stone at the stern to the bow of the ship, and use the gravity of the hull to crush the ice." ”

Zhu Zhigao knew that Yao Xitong was the big shopkeeper of the bun shop and was used to his talent, so he was not surprised.

Qin Mao was different, he had seen Yao Xitong's most embarrassed appearance, so that he was reluctant to admit that he was amazing and brilliant.

He was accustomed to seeing life and death, and there were not many things in this world that could surprise him.

Xiao Bao'er didn't care about the dark tide between these men, snatched the black cat in Yao Xitong's hand, and rushed to the deck with the cat like a hand warmer. The sky was bright, and she saw that the blue sea was pure white, and the crisp cracking sound of drift ice colliding with each other shook her eardrums.

Suddenly, a black shadow flew over her head, and she thought it was a sand gull, but when she looked closely, it wasn't. She shouted, "Dead turtle, hurry up and see what it is?"

Yao Xitong also sailed to such a far place for the first time, he looked at the animals in the distance, and said with some hesitation, "It looks like an eagle." ”

Zhu Zhigao also came up, adding, "That's the white-tailed sea eagle, because the presence of drift ice allows them to hunt in waters far from the coast." ”

Hearing this, Xiao Bao'er shouted at the top of her voice, "Susu, bring my bow up, and eat roast big birds tonight." ”

Qin Mao had just come up from the bilge, and when he heard Xiao Bao'er say about hunting sea eagles, he hurriedly said: "This bird has a strong sense of revenge, it's hard to say that it will attack ships in groups, so don't shoot it!"

The black cat in Xiao Bao'er's arms was raised and placed in front of Qin Mao's eyes, and asked, "Holy relic, holy relic, are you going to eat roast big bird tonight?"

Seeing this, Qin Mao had no choice but to stop persuading and let Xiao Bao'er do whatever he wanted. What is called cocooning and self-restraint? The black cat's recent performance has already made him suspect that the Qin family's holy relics are only afraid of being stolen and replaced!

On the day he went to sea, he opened the cage and released the black cat, which allowed the black cat to patrol the ship and crew. According to past experience, black cats are very magical, and if something is wrong with the ship or crew, the black cat will definitely bow its body to warn it.

In the days that followed, the black cat jumped up and down on the boat, unchecked. My favorite place to go is the kitchen, and Xiao Baoer is also very good, and he has become his pet when he comes and goes, and he competes with Yao Xitong for land for heating at night.

He watched his holy relic turn into a pet, and not only that, but the black cat also became Xiao Bao'er's talisman. As soon as there is a disagreement, Xiao Baoer will stand in front of him with the cat in her arms and hand over the problem to the holy relic to solve.

The answer is self-evident, the black cat is basically on Xiao Baoer's side.

Who can blame this? Er'er's food is delicious? Yao Xitong's combing skills are very high?

I didn't eat the sea eagle that night, the wind was strong and the waves were high, and all the arrows shot by Xiao Baoer were blown away by the wind. The frightened sea eagle flew away and did not return, so Xiao Baoer was so angry that she stood on the deck for a day, and finally caught a seal that floated with the ice to the vicinity.

Except for a few crew members, few people had ever seen seals, and when they saw Xiao Bao'er throwing such a large fat creature on the deck, a group of people all came to see the surprise.

The first time Susu saw a seal, she thought it was very cute. Hearing Xiao Baoer asking the crew if the seal could be eaten, if it was good or not, she turned her head and quietly returned to the room.

After a long while, Jairus came to Susu's room. Seeing that she wanted to speak and stopped, Jairus guessed that she couldn't bear to eat seals, and searched her stomach to find some comforting words, but heard her ask, "You were in the kitchen just now?"

"Well, it's the first time I've seen a seal, and it's fresh. ”

"I've heard that a crew member has eaten raw seal meat?"

"Well, when the ship hits a storm, the whole crew relies on that seal to save their lives. ”

"I think the taste of the seal must be fishy when eaten raw, why don't you go talk to Erer and let him cook it?"

Jairus racked her brains to come up with a single comforting word, and only said: "I thought you couldn't bear it when I saw you go back to the room before." ”

"I really can't bear it, I think about it carefully and feel hypocritical, cattle and sheep can eat, why can't seals eat?"

Jianwei smiled, she had long known that Su Su was different, and the longer she got along, the deeper she felt.

He said: "Er'er thinks that the meat of this thing is thick and fat, and it will be more delicious to marinate it and make sausages." ”

Does it mean that you can't eat seal meat tonight? Su Su hurriedly asked, "What do you eat tonight, the princess is willing to spit out the meat?"

"I left some braised water, saying that it was a reward for the icebreaker crew. The princess ate it, and ate it raw, and she and the black cat had one piece each. ”

Su Su sighed, "The princess is really good, she dares to eat anything!"

Jairus quipped, "Beware of when she eats you!"

Su Su smiled and said secretly: If you want to eat, you will eat Yao Xitong first, that guy looks more suitable for Xiao Baoer's taste!

The ice-breaking days are dull and tedious, and ships can only sail a few hundred meters a day. At this rate, God knows when we will reach the sea with warm currents.

At night, Xiao Bao'er shouted that the days were hard and boring, so she wanted to use her light skills to step on the drift ice to see if there were any edible creatures nearby.

Yao Xitong hugged the black cat lying on his lap to the side, lay lazily on the bed, and chirped, "It's so cold, my wrists and ankles seem to have been frozen, can you help me rub them?"

Xiao Bao'er sat on the edge of the bed, and just as she was about to help Yao Xitong massage her limbs, the black cat rushed to this guy's chest and lay on her stomach, as if she couldn't live without people.

Yao Xitong whispered, "Go down, is this where you sleep?" The black cat curled up in a ball on his chest, too lazy to move. He said to himself: If people are good-looking and kind-hearted, animals will be a little closer.

As soon as he finished speaking, the black cat, which was still lying on his chest, suddenly let out a terrible cry, and the cat's hair stood up and rushed out of the room like a hairball.

Could this be the Qin family's so-called holy relic warning?

Xiao Bao'er jumped out with the black cat, only to hear one loud bang after another coming from the bottom of the sea, and the calm sea surface could feel a slight tremor with the sound. Everyone stood on deck, and when one of the crew knelt down and prayed to God, the rest of the crew knelt down as well.

Qin Mao stared at the black cat tightly, only to see it suddenly jump onto the mast and bark a few times into the night. Then he jumped back to the deck and rubbed around at Qin Mao's feet.

Xiao Bao'er looked at the black cat inexplicably, "What does this mean, is there something or nothing?"

Qin Mao squatted down and picked up the cat, and replied, "There is something wrong at sea, we should be fine." ”

Another loud bang was heard, and the sky suddenly flashed with a strange red light, like someone had set a fire on the sea. The red light flickered for a short time, the smoke obscured the red light, and the bright fire gradually turned a dark red, and then disappeared into the night.

The gorgeous and eerie scenery made everyone ignore the vibrations coming from the bottom of the sea. Xiao Bao'er was happy to see it, and suddenly felt the soles of her feet slip, and she almost fell down with the angle of the ship's tilt.

Thanks to Qin Mao's quick hand to pick her up, he told her to hold on to the side of the boat. The crew was then shouted to return to their respective posts to prevent a greater collision between the ship and the ice floe, which led to the sinking of the ship.

There was a constant tremor from the depths of the sea, and their ship was like an eggshell thrown in boiling water, swaying through waves of ice floes.