Lei Jizi laughed and said: "Another one, this peach blossom island is called Peach Blossom Island, but there are no peach blossoms on the island." ”

"Really?" Zheng Zhihu said strangely, "There are no peach blossoms, why is it called Peach Blossom Island?" ”

"Why is that? Let's hear it. Han Zanzhou also felt strange.

Yang Bo had no choice but to tell the legend of Anqi Mountain again, and everyone was stunned.

Lei Zhenzi was silent, thought for a while, looked quite a chicken thief, and said: "Although there are no peach blossoms on this Peach Blossom Island, a peach blossom island is always bigger than a peach orchard, not to mention that the island is also rich in peach blossom stones. ”

Yang Bo, Xu Wenjue and Zheng Zhihu heard this, you look at me, I look at you, they were silent for a while, Xu Wenjue was just a joke just now, but at this time, Lei Zhizi mentioned it again, but the feeling was different.

"Why not?" Xu Wenjue pondered for a moment, gradually raised his eyebrows, and said hurriedly: "Lei Zhenzi is a man, but this idea is very much in line with my intentions." ”

Yang Bo and Zheng Zhihu were also pleased, and said: "The three knots of Peach Blossom Island are good." ”

"Our family is optimistic, hehe." Han Zan Zhou struck the festival and applauded.

So, everyone took Lei Zhenzi's clipper boat to Peach Blossom Island again.

They walked along the valley for a while, and then climbed up the hillside, and before they reached the top of the mountain, they found that on the hillside, there were stones arranged in the shape of fish scales everywhere, and the stones were separated by a finger's width from each other, and the stones were mostly blue-gray, and there were spots on them, just like the effect of a clever painter using stone as paper, splashing ink, and with a few brushes, a peach blossom jumped on the paper.

The peach is dying, vivid, and really pleasing to the eye.

Everyone pouted their buttocks and looked at the peach blossom stone for a long time, all of them praised it and thought it was a spectacle.

Lei Zhenzi has already inquired clearly, there is a temple of Emperor Guan on the mountain, but it is a little broken, fortunately, the statue of Guan Gong, except for the red face is a little mottled, the others are still complete, lying silkworm eyebrows, Danfeng eyes, holding a beard in one hand, holding a green dragon glaive knife in the other, majestic, staring at the eyes, looking down on all beings.

Lei Jizi asked people to prepare an incense case, on which an incense burner was placed, and a few fish, which were considered sacrifices, and a few bowls, probably used for drinking, and invited an old man, who is said to be the gatekeeper in the Guandi Temple.

Except for Lei Zhenzi, everyone else felt that this situation was quite child's play.

Lei Zhenzi was very attentive, busy before and after, everything was done, then he ran over, and said regretfully: "It's a pity, there is still such a medicine, there are no chickens on the island." ”

Everyone smiled bitterly, daring to think that this was boiling Chinese medicine.

"So what to do?"

"Easy to do." Lei Zhenzi had already had an idea, took out a knife from his arms, shook it, and said, "Wouldn't it be better for us to use a knife to cut our fingers and drip blood into the wine?" ”

Yang Bo had no choice but to take the knife and began to play with his fingers, ten fingers connected to the heart, it was extremely painful, Yang Bo poked for a long time, and there was not much blood dropping.

Lei Zhenzi looked at it, very impatient, reached out and took the knife, and was about to demonstrate, click, cut off the belly of the ring finger and pull it half, the blood flowed, but he indifferently put his finger into the wine jar.

Yang Bo and the other three had to do the same, and they all succeeded in getting blood, dripping into the wine jar, Lei Jizi brought four bowls and poured wine into them, but Xu Wenjue saw that it was strange.

"Zhenzi, we are three righteous people, what are you pouring four bowls of wine for?"

"There's my blood in the wine, what do you say?" Lei Zhenzi smiled, "I can worship with you, to be honest, I have suffered a lot from worshipping with the three of you young people, but the beauty of a gentleman as an adult, I have to reluctantly make it difficult." ”

As he spoke, Lei Jizi had already knelt down on the futon, and beckoned Yang Bo and the others, "Come on, what are you doing in a daze?" Swear to the heavens. ”

Yang Bo, Xu Wenjue, and Zheng Zhihu looked at each other, and had no choice but to kneel.

"Huang Tian is above, today Lei Shixin and Yang Yi and Zheng Zhihu are brothers, life and death are entrusted, good and evil are rescued, and blessings and misfortunes depend on each other....."

After reciting the oath, the worship has been completed, Lei Zhizi is the oldest, and he should be the eldest brother, the second brother Zheng Zhihu, the third brother Yang Bo, and the fourth brother Xu Wenjue.

Yang Bo didn't feel anything, but Xu Wenjue was very sad and angry, the good third brother is now the fourth younger, but now, he can only pinch his nose and recognize the eldest brother Lei Zhenzi.

When everyone returned to the No. 1 ship, the sky was gray, the north wind was howling, the sea was vast, and snow was coming.

The Shen family's fleet gathered again, counting Zheng Zhihu's three big ships, as well as more than a dozen small transport ships prepared by Ningbo merchants, carrying almost 40,000 quintals of grain, which was a record for Shenjiabao to transport grain south, as well as Lei Jizi's escort warships, a total of nearly 30 large and small sea ships, braving the wind and snow, mighty and mighty, marching towards Shenjiabao.

At noon the next day, the fleet sailed through Chongming and sailed to the sea near Nantong, but Shen Yanqing, who was on duty in the command cabin, received an astonishing news, the news was sent by Lei Qizi's sentinel ship in front of him in flags.

The Dutchman's July, in the middle of the channel, blocked the way of the fleet.

When Yang Bo heard the news, his heart sank, the July issue had been making him faintly uneasy, and sure enough, it appeared again.

When Yang Bo and the others rushed to the command cabin, news came from the front again, Lei Zhizi ignored the July No. and continued to break forward, but the Dutch forcibly blocked it and opened fire.

Yang Bo looked awe-inspiring, and said in a deep voice: "When we went south in July, they had already blocked us once, and they also sent Huang Renjie over, they wanted to buy my matchmaking method, I didn't agree, they left, I never thought that July would make a comeback, this time I'm afraid it's not good." ”

Xu Wenjue and Han Zanzhou were both very flustered, they should have heard of the Dutch's strong ships, obviously thinking that Yang Bo's side had no chance of winning at all, and the two also turned their eyes to Zheng Zhihu, after all, he was recognized as an expert in naval warfare.

"Second brother, what do you think?"

"This.." Zheng Zhihu hesitated.

The Zheng family does not shoot the Dutch, the Zheng family is in Mindi, but they have fought with the Dutch many times, and have never been defeated, and then they reached an agreement with the Dutch that everyone will not interfere with the river water, and even cooperate with each other to make money in business.

At this time, the situation is different, first, the three ships of the Zheng family are also transport ships, and there are no guns on board. Second, the Dutch blocked the Shen family's fleet for Yang Bo's match-making method, and it was undecided whether the Dutch would give Zheng Zhihu face.

Zheng Zhihu is an expert on the sea, and when encountering this situation, the first consideration is, of course, which of the two sides is strong and who is weak.

On their side, only Lei Zhenzi's escort ships were warships, equipped with a few tiger squat guns, and the other ships, including the three big ships of the Zheng family, were all transport ships with no guns at all, while the Dutch's July was equipped with twenty-seven cannons, of which twenty-four were on the side and three were deck guns, in comparison, the force value of the Shen family's fleet was not at the same level at all.

"It's definitely not okay to break through, but we still have two strategies, one is that we have a geographical advantage, we are familiar with the offshore sea conditions, our ship has a shallow draft, we can drive the ship to the offshore to avoid, and the other is that to the south, it is a tailwind, and the fortune ship has a speed advantage, we can retreat to the Hengdao area, there are many open reefs and reefs, and the July does not know the depth and will not follow rashly.

However, if the Dutch ignore it and open fire arbitrarily, the Shen family's fleet, including my three boats, as well as the small boats of the Ningbo merchants, may not be able to retreat in one piece. ”

Zheng Zhihu's two strategies, one is to avoid, the other is to retreat, and he can't retreat with his whole body, Yang Bo is obviously not satisfied, but Yang Bo also understands that the Dutch have twenty-seven cannons, with a fast rate of fire and a long range, Lei Zhizi's tiger squat cannon is not an opponent at all, and being tough is tantamount to sending him to death, the second brother of the Zheng family is right.

However, how is it good to just give in, but not guarantee absolute safety?

There are Shen Yanqing's sisters and brothers on this ship, none of them can have an accident, and there are characters like Xu Wenjue and Han Zanzhou, no matter who they are, if there are three long and two short, the consequences do not depend on the assumption.

Yang Bo pondered for a long time, and finally said: "It's just to avoid and retreat, I'm afraid it's not appropriate." ”

"Third brother, the Dutch should still send someone to find you, I think it's better to drop anchor first, wait and see, what do the Dutch want to do?" Xu Wenjue immediately suggested.

At this moment, Shen Yanqing got new news and said, "The Dutch sent a signal that they would send someone over. ”

After a period of deliberation, it was decided that the fleet would be anchored for the time being, and that the Dutchman's intentions would be clarified before making a decision.

The person sent by the July was still the same Huang Renjie, but this time, he was panicked, and when he saw Yang Bo, he knelt down directly, and said in a loud voice: "Sin, sin, contemptible people ask Gongzi for sin, I never thought that the Dutch suddenly changed their minds, I knew that this was the case, where would I recommend myself and wade into this troubled water."

They told me that Childe's match-making method, they were determined to win, and even did not hesitate to fight, so that I... persuaded the son to follow me on a trip in July, the price is easy to say. ”

After Huang Renjie finished speaking, he looked at Yang Bo with an anxious expression, hoping that Yang Bo could go to the July issue with him.

Yang Bo didn't have a good face and asked, "Mr. Huang, why did you change your mind when you left on July that day?" ”

"I don't know this little one, after the July left, they cruising around and didn't dock at the port, I guess they had already decided to stop your fleet again when it went north." Huang Renjie said bitterly.

When Yang Bo heard this, his heart moved, he took out his revolver from his arms, and said, "There are more than eighty people on their ship, yes or no?" ”

"Yes, yes, this time the little one figured it out." Huang Renjie replied urgently.

"Mr. Huang, if you use this against them, do you think you have a chance of winning?" Yang Bo shook the revolver in his hand and looked at Huang Renjie with burning eyes.

"What is this?" Huang Renjie curiously took the gun, looked at it, and asked, "Is this a short gun?" Yang Bo nodded, Huang Renjie suddenly shook his head like a rattle, and said: "Childe, don't think about solving it by force, don't do it." ”

Yang Bo took back the gun, and his face showed a determined look, he had decided that he would personally go to the Dutch on the July issue.