I don't know how long he lay down, Zheng Laohu was dazed, and when he felt that he was about to fall asleep, he heard someone call him: "Master Zheng, wake up." ”

Zheng Laohu jumped up suddenly.

He never imagined that he would fall asleep like this. It's also a loss of luck, if it's bad luck, I don't know which one of my heads has been cut.

When he opened his eyes, he was standing in front of him with a sword bag on his back, who was not the Taoist priest who was not a noble son?

Zheng Laohu hurriedly got up.

"The Taoist ......"

"Let's go." Yu Ziqing motioned for Zheng Laohu to silence and follow him, "The boat is in front." ”

Zheng Laohu said: "Boat? What ship? ”

The moonlight is good, at least the reef in front of him is clearly reflected in the bottom of the eye, even if it is the water beads on the reef, it is clearly visible in the moonlight, Zheng Laohu looked left and right, and he didn't see where there was a boat, and he was puzzled, and suddenly saw a black thing in the distance.

The sea is very wide and large, and at night, the sea water near is often black and rumbling, but the sea surface in the distance, under the reflection of the starry sky, and the farther away the brighter it is, which will give people the illusion that the sea water will glow.

It was a very gentle dark blue, and everyone who begged for a living on the sea would be obsessed with it.

But now, in what should have been a gentle dark blue, a black shadow blocked a large area. Zheng Laohu didn't react at first, but when he reacted, he fought a cold war.

Zheng Laohu estimated that such a big ship. Not to mention a pirate like him, I'm afraid that the treasure ships of the imperial court are smaller than this. Especially the hideous collision horns, reflecting the cold light in the moonlight.

Zheng Laohu's intuition told him. This ramming angle alone is enough to shred the vast majority of ships that are now galloping on the sea! Only a few were able to escape with speed.

After fear, what comes to mind is ecstasy and greed.

There is no one like them who does not like boats, which means being stronger and faster. and much more wealth. The nature of the robber made Zheng Laohu's first reaction when he saw this ship was how he could get his hands on this big ship. But Yu Ziqing's voice woke up Zheng Laohu again.

Seeing Zheng Laohu stunned at the sea, Yu Ziqing didn't want to continue to delay: "Master Zheng." It's time for us to go. With that, he turned around and walked away.

Zheng Laohu reacted at this time, and grabbed the corner of Yu Ziqing's clothes with ten times his usual reaction speed, and said, "Excuse me." Is that the ship of the Daomen? He said. and signaled to the sea.

"Yes."

"However, the treasure ship of the imperial court is not so big, is it?"

Yu Ziqing said: "There are bigger ones." Because I was going to pick you up at Longmen Beach, I let you stop there. ”

The area around Longmen Beach is full of reefs, and big ships can't enter, so it has become a place for pirates to trade, sell stolen goods, and replenish.

Zheng Laohu was stupid: "Also, there are bigger ones?" ”

"Yes." Yu Ziqing replied: "Because we want to transport grain, a total of thirty-three ships have come out of the Daomen this time. Twenty-nine others were as big as this one, and three were a lap larger. ”

Zheng Laohu couldn't believe it.

He had always thought. The treasure ship of the imperial court was the largest ship in the world, but it was not expected. There are bigger ones in this world.

Zheng Laohu said: "However, shipbuilding needs a keel, right?" Where did the Daomen find a tree that was bigger and stronger than the one found by the imperial court? ”

What's more, for a large ship of the same level as the treasure ship, the requirements for wood will be doubled for every foot of keel length! The imperial court built a treasure ship, and even he, a fisherman, knew about the wealth spent, not to mention the ship in front of him!

As a pirate, Zheng Laohu knew the price of a treasure ship better than anyone else. When a ship reaches the level of a treasure ship, the amount of manpower, material and financial resources required is astronomical. In the same way, such a ship would definitely cost more than three times as much money as a treasure ship, and now there are twenty-nine of the same ones in the Daomen, and even three even bigger ones......

Zheng Laohu felt that the miscellaneous old man on the West Mountain on the edge of his hometown was definitely not as poor as he appeared! What a robe, three years new, three years old, sewing and mending for another three years! It's a lie! The Taoist Gate is so rich, and it is not enshrined by the Taoist temples in the world? If Daomen can build so many ships of this size, money must be indispensable. The miscellaneous old man looked ordinary, maybe the amount of silver he paid for his filial piety every year was an astronomical amount, not to mention the miscellaneous old man left it to himself.

If it weren't for his lack of strength, Zheng Laohu would have wanted to rob the Daomen.

As soon as this thought moved, Zheng Laohu felt that the Taoist priest in front of him seemed to be aware of it, at least, the other party's eyes were staying on his body at the moment.

Zheng Laohu was shocked, did not dare to speak, and immediately lowered his head.

In the face of absolute power, all intrigues and tricks are bullshit. Zheng Laohu is very sure, not to mention himself, even his brothers are all combined, which is not enough for others to have a finger. Therefore, it is better to put away the thoughts that should not be there.

But the more he couldn't get it, Zheng Laohu's heart was like being scratched by a kitten's paws, and it itched terribly.

Yu Ziqing didn't care about Zheng Laohu's thoughts, he grabbed Zheng Laohu's arm, clamped the other party under his armpit, and flew onto the boat on the waves. As a result, before I stepped on the deck, I saw a familiar figure lying on the side of the ship doing something.

Yu Ziqing let go of Zheng Laohu, walked over and said, "Tongyunliu? Why are you here? ”

Yu Ziqing thought that like Jia Jiu, a person who had such cultivation at such a young age should be like breaking the wind and dust, cultivating day and night, no matter what the environment, he would seize all the time to cultivate, cultivate, and cultivate again. Where is it like this, actually lying on the side of the boat, dragging the rope in his hand, not knowing what he is doing.

Jia Jiu raised his head and said, "Senior brother, don't care, I'm measuring the direction and speed of the ocean current." This is important for nautical charts. As he spoke, he looked at Zheng Laohu, who was lying on the ground and touching the deck behind Yu Ziqing, and said, "Senior brother, has you received someone?" ”

Yu Ziqing nodded.

Yu Ziqing is not familiar with this junior sister.

When Jia Jiu was at home, many silver-clothed Taoists were waiting. The person who is most familiar with Jia Jiu is Yan Wei, who often stays in the world, and after Jia Jiu went to Yuqing Mountain, he was more familiar with him. At first, he was responsible for taking care of his younger brothers and sisters, and later he was Ou Yeyuan, who was stationed in the Sword Casting Valley for a long time.

As for Yu Ziqing, among many senior brothers, he felt the calmest about the appearance of this junior sister. Different from the teachers who are thinking about the golden clothes and the Taoist lineage, and different from the enthusiasm of the brothers and sisters for fellow practitioners and Taoist couples, Yu Ziqing pays attention to fate on the cultivation path.

Yu Ziqing never thought about it. Among the many candidates for the silver-clothed Daozi, the self with medium cultivation and weak sense of existence will be sent to the East China Sea by the division commanders. even partnered with this junior sister.

Yu Ziqing's deepest impression of this junior sister is not this junior sister's cultivation, nor the highest token of the silver-clothed Daozi's assessment, nor the countless tricks. What really impressed Yu Ziqing. It was after the construction of a new type of big ship. This junior sister calmly asked for the sight of two big ships colliding. Not only did the big boats collide with each other, but this junior sister also arranged for the big ships to collide with the reef, turtle boats, and everything else, and not once, but many times until they were completely destroyed.

Yu Ziqing still remembered Ou Ye's jumping feet, and what impressed him at that time was the words of this junior sister: "I'd rather watch these ships fall into pieces now than they fall apart on the sea for no reason." That's the real disaster. ”

Yu Ziqing felt that these two sentences were enough.

Jia Jiu knew what it meant for Yu Ziqing to stand in front of him. also understands that Zheng Laohu is lying on the ground, except for the rare big ship. And I don't want to offend nobles. He didn't stay long, and quickly cleaned up and went back to his room.

Now that the necessary data is in hand, the next step is to analyze and draw up the charts. This work can also be done in the cabin, without having to stay on deck.

Waiting for Jia Jiu to leave, Zheng Laohu also got up and said, "I didn't expect there to be a woman on this boat." ”

The woman's voice can still be distinguished by Zheng Laohu. With these pirates, women are naturally indispensable on the ship, and even the official ships running in the canal have boat wives. Zheng Laohu just didn't expect that this Yu Ziqing was obviously a high-level Daomen, and it stands to reason that he should be a monk of Qing cultivation, and he would actually take women.

It's just that Zheng Laohu can only say this at most.

On someone's ship, he didn't dare to offend anyone. Being thrown off the ship is no joke.

Zheng Laohu never expected that Yu Ziqing would explain to him: "That's my sister." He designed and supervised the construction of this ship. ”

Zheng Laohu was stupid: "One, a woman? ”

Yu Ziqing glanced at Zheng Laohu, suddenly turned his head, and raised his voice: "Collect the anchor and set off." ”

In the darkness, someone immediately answered, and immediately after, Zheng Laohu heard the sound of iron chains rubbing. After a while, I heard a dull clang, as if something had hit the hoop, and then, with a jolt, the ship moved.

Zheng Laohu lay down at that time: "This, why doesn't this ship use sails?" What about the sails? ”

Yu Ziqing said: "The wind is not in the right direction. The ship's sailors were also not familiar enough with the ship. Raising the sails hastily, I am afraid that I will drive the boat to the reef. In this way, it is better to use the currents and the power of the ships directly, and leave the shore first. ”

Zheng Laohu hurriedly grabbed the corner of Yu Ziqing's robe, and said, "This, this boat is moving by itself......"

Zheng Laohu was already scared stupid.

In Zheng Laohu's impression, the ship could move on its own, did he see the sailors coming and going on the deck, the total number of people he saw was only two people, and even more, he didn't hear the sound of the oars entering the water at all, only a strange roar. The boat just moved, why wasn't Zheng Laohu afraid?

He thought he was on a ghost ship!

Thinking of this, Zheng Laohu stretched out his hand suddenly.

He'd heard that ghosts don't have legs. If he really got on the ghost ship, then the person in front of him must have no legs.

Zheng Laohu couldn't take care of it anymore, he had to confirm it.

When Zheng Laohu's hairy hand grabbed Yu Ziqing's calf, Yu Ziqing wanted to roll his eyes. How can a person who practices martial arts be caught by someone so easily by the leg? It's just that Yu Ziqing asked him to catch it, and Zheng Laohu could catch it, otherwise, Zheng Laohu would have been kicked to the point where he didn't know where.

Yu Ziqing knew very well how chaotic Zheng Laohu's heart was at the moment. Because, when I heard that the ship designed by Jia Jiu could sail without sails, everyone thought that Jia Jiu and Ou Yelu were joking. When they first saw this kind of ship that could sail without sails, their senior brothers didn't react for a while, let alone people like Zheng Laohu.

On this big night, I rushed on a boat with few people and didn't even raise the sails, and the boat would still move, and ordinary people would have been scared to death a long time ago.

Yu Ziqing knew that Zheng Laohu was very chaotic at this moment, so he didn't mind Zheng Laohu's offense.

But for Zheng Laohu, this Taoist master was not angry when he was so offended, it can be seen that he broke into the ghost gate.

Under the fear, Zheng Laohu only felt a faint cold air drilling into his neck. He didn't dare to raise his head, and he didn't even wait to distinguish Ziqing's body temperature, so he scared himself out so stiffly.

When Zheng Laohu woke up again, he was still on the deck, but the deck was still empty. However, the sun is fine today, and there are seabirds hovering overhead. He even had a cloak on him.

Zheng Laohu shook his head and sat up.

He thought he was having a nightmare until there was an extra rice ball in front of him.

"Hey! Brother, you're so interested! Why don't you sleep in the cabin and fall asleep here? ”

Zheng Laohu turned his head, but found that it was a very young man, about fifteen or sixteen years old, who looked quite white, and did not look like he was running the sea at all.

Zheng Laohu stupidly took the rice ball and said, "Thank you, brother." Where is Little Brother from? ”

"I was originally from Dongting Lake, because my uncle and grandfather in the next room were Taoist priests of Baiyun Temple, so I was selected to come to the fleet to beg for a living. What about you? ”

Zheng Laohu said: "Fleet? ”

The young man pointed forward and said, "That's not it." ”

Zheng Laohu realized that at some point, there were many more ships around this ship, especially the big ship on the left, and the side of the boat was a few feet higher.

The young man also said, "Have you heard? Our ship is the leader! ”

Zheng Laohu said stupidly: "Team leader? ”

"It's our ship that starts at the head, and the rest of the ships are lined up and followed."

"Why?"

"Who knows. Anyway, it was ordered by the Dao master above, so let's just do it. ”

Zheng Laohu reacted at this time.

He seemed to have been stunned last night.

Recalling the horror of last night, Zheng Laohu had to confirm again: "Listening to the tone of the little brother, it seems that he went to school?" ”

The young man said, "Where." Didn't I say that? My uncle and grandfather were Taoist priests of Baiyun Temple. Thanks to my uncle and grandfather, I learned 180 words with the Taoist scriptures, and I can write my own name and settle accounts. ”

Zheng Laohu was surprised: "With your ability, it should be easy to find a job and be a decent bookkeeper, right?" (To be continued.) )