Chapter 010: Serving the Crowd

In the eyes of many people, the days of drifting on the sea are both romantic and pleasant, and you can watch the sunrise and sunset every day, watch the seagulls soar freely, and the fish jump out of the water, sleep on the sea, and listen to the waves. But in fact, it is by no means what people think, loneliness and boredom are the main themes, especially when there is no way forward and there are pursuers behind, which makes people feel a lot more anxious.

Zhao Hao often secretly congratulated himself that he had the experience of being trapped alone in a lonely ship for many years, otherwise this kind of floating life would have made him crazy. On this day, he reviewed the homework that Liu Huang had taught yesterday and waited for him to come to teach. But suddenly the alarm bell on the ship sounded, and he immediately put down what he was holding and rushed to the window to check the situation.

"My binoculars!" Zhao Hao pushed open the back window and looked out, because his cabin was on the top floor and had a good view, just to see the situation in the distance, there was a fleet of ships on the sea rushing forward, the outline of the front ship was already visible, due to the influence of curvature, he could only see the top of the mast, he couldn't see it at all, he suddenly remembered that there was such a treasure in his 'treasure chest', and hurriedly turned it out.

With the telescope, he could see much more clearly, and Zhao Hao estimated according to the height of his ship and the weather conditions that the ship was less than ten miles away from them, but he couldn't understand the flag hoisted by the ship, and of course he couldn't distinguish between friend and foe. He had a weapon in his hand, and it was probably more of a hint to think that the crew was ringing the alarm bell. They could not be blamed for being careful, because their ships had already broken away from the group, and the enemy was in hot pursuit, and if the enemy had arrived, it would have been too late to prepare.

"Your Highness, it's an enemy ship." After all, Zhao Hao has been in this world for too short a time, and his knowledge is still shallow, he can only distinguish between friend and foe through the clothes of the crew, and those veterans can judge whether they are friends or enemies through the horns of the other party's ships communicating with each other, Ni Liang came to report as soon as he got the news.

"Oh!" Zhao Hao nodded and looked out the window to see more ships in the field of vision, which shows that the speed of the incoming ships is faster than his own, and the number occupies an absolute advantage, this time I am afraid it will be difficult to get rid of it as lucky as the previous times.

"Your Highness, let's go, there's a clipper on board, and you won't be able to leave any later night!" Ni Liang said eagerly.

"We can't escape, a small boat in the vast sea can't escape the pursuit of the warship, and I'm afraid the boat won't be our turn." Zhao Hao shook his head and said with a wry smile, this kind of ocean-going cargo ship will prepare two or three small boats when it is transferred or abandoned, which is equivalent to a lifeboat in later generations. As soon as the news of the approaching enemy ship came, the ship had become a mess, and a group of people in front of them had already poured into the back deck, and their thoughts were the same as Ni Liang.

"Your Highness, I will escort His Highness on the ship even if I fight with my life." Ni Liang looked outside and said through gritted teeth.

"Are we going to kill each other at this time?" Zhao Yu suddenly looked back at Ni Liang.

"Your Highness......" Ni Liang was stunned, and His Highness's gaze made him dare not look directly, with anger, helplessness and unwillingness in his eyes, and what made him feel palpitations the most was one of the indescribably complex things, and he couldn't think of what it was for a while.

"Ni Liang, you remember, there are some things that can't be solved by escaping, we must learn to face them bravely and solve the trouble." Zhao Yu stared at Ni Liang's eyes and said.

"Hmm." Ni Liang nodded vigorously, but he was very confused in his heart, he only had three ships on his side, and there was only a group of patients on board who had just recovered from a serious illness, did His Highness rely on these people to defeat a strong enemy......

As he spoke, the ship was already in chaos, and everyone rushed to the back deck to grab a few small boats and prepare to flee first. The more than 20 soldiers who were responsible for guarding the quarantine ship, and Zhao Yu was more appropriately called 'jailers', whose role was to prevent the patients on the ship from escaping, and it was very difficult to maintain order, and it was impossible to point at them to prevent the enemy from boarding the ship.

Now the soldiers are guarding the side of the boat with their horizontal knives in their hands to block the crowd from seizing the boat, but those who are eager to escape are red-eyed, and they are afraid that the contradiction will intensify again and they will take action, and with their twenty or thirty people simply unable to stop more than 400 crazy people, if they don't wait for the enemy to come, their own people will almost kill their own people. To make matters worse, the sailors and boatmen on board also rushed up to join in the seizure of the ship.

Of course, it was not that no one tried to calm the commotion, and Zhao Hao saw Liu Huang in the noisy crowd. He struggled to block the crowd that kept surging forward, shouting something, although he couldn't hear what he said specifically, but Zhao Hao, who didn't say a word, could also hear that he was reasoning with everyone. But like a chicken and a duck, he speaks the words of a sage, and the mouth is full of people, and a few people can understand it, who knows which grandson and Confucius are......

"Fathers, elders, brothers, the Tartars are in the Kou, everywhere wolf smoke, lives are ruined, relatives are separated, try to ask who has no relatives to die at the hands of the Tartars, whose wealth and land have been plundered by the Tartars, and who is not sad for the loss of the country and the loss of their families?" Zhao Hao looked at the people on the deck and said loudly, his crisp children's voice clearly came into everyone's ears, and also quieted the noisy scene, attracting everyone's attention.

Zhao Hao's heart is also beating 'bang' at the moment, he hasn't spoken in front of so many people for many years, but what he is afraid of is not this, but he has no bottom of what will happen next. He understood how terrible it was for those who were desperate to survive in a dangerous situation, and perhaps he would be given to the Mongols as a greeting gift in exchange for glory and wealth. But he also knows that there is no way back when he comes to this world, and he has to fight no matter what the result is.

"I guess no one is immune in this chaotic world!" There was no expected applause, but fortunately, someone listened, Zhao Hao could only ask and answer himself, and said, "I, Zhao's incompetence, has shattered the great rivers and mountains, and hundreds of millions of children have wandered around, and this king is also very guilty in his heart." With an apologetic face, he bowed deeply to everyone.

"It was the incompetence of the ministers and the failure of the emperor's grace that made the first emperor hunt in the north, and the royal family suffered, making His Royal Highness wander around." Although King Wei is young, he is also a nobleman, and his courtesy is not something that anyone can bear, especially an official like Liu Huang, who has already had inertia, he should first kneel down and speak, and then the officials on the ship also followed him to ask for guilt.

"The grass people don't dare!" Speaking of thousands of years of feudal society, the people are still afraid of officials, even if the modern legacy of advocating democracy is still there, not to mention that at this moment, seeing that the leaders who are usually commanding and commanding are lying down, they have been on their knees for a while, whether they understand or not, no matter what, everyone still owes His Highness a life-saving favor.

"Everyone, please get up!" Zhao Hao hurriedly helped Liu Huang Dao, but he also breathed a sigh of relief, he knew that it was very risky for him to stand up rashly, as long as there were villains who raised their arms and shouted at this chaotic moment, others would attack him in groups, and if he didn't get it right, he would be tied up and given to Yuan Jun as a meeting gift. But he also understood that this was temporary, and he had to be appeased as soon as he gained sympathy, otherwise it would be a wasted play, and this was also his way of dealing with debt collection in his previous life, so as to avoid an untimely death.

"I think that since the founding of Taizu, the Great Song Dynasty has boycotted the military, promoted the people's livelihood, and hid wealth from the people; Carry out the imperial examination, open up the wisdom of the people, take the scholars from the people, and rule the world with the scholars. However, the people of the Han Dynasty were repeatedly oppressed by their strong neighbors, and the Khitans, Dangxiang, Jurchens and Mongols frequently went south, causing our people to move south to avoid trouble. Today, the Mongolian barbarians are immortal, the thief's heart is immortal, and they have gone south to capture our people, occupy my land, destroy my homeland, thousands of miles of scorched earth, the flesh and blood of hundreds of thousands of strong men, and millions of displaced soldiers and civilians, and their condition is unbearable...... "Zhao Yu's little face was full of grief and indignation, and tears fell down his mouth. But this time he didn't pretend, but entered the play, and the tragic situation after the fire was the first thing he saw when he came to this world.

'Woo woo ......' Zhao Hao's voice was already crying as soon as his words fell, and at this moment, in their eyes, His Royal Highness was not a high-ranking prince, but an orphan who was displaced and separated, which made people feel compassionate. Moreover, he also got the advantage of being young, and the same words are more convincing and infectious when he says his pathos, and everyone has basically the same experience, which can't help but remind them of their sad past, and they can't help crying.

"The ancients said that 'trapped beasts are still fighting', which means that when a beast is forced to have no way out, it is still desperate to fight a powerful enemy. Now that we have no way out, is it better than a beast or a beast to our dignified men? The sympathy card was played, and everyone's emotions had shifted, and Zhao Yu began to sensationalize again, "The Mongols will not sympathize with our cowardice, they just want to occupy the land where we live, put our wealth in their own pockets, and turn us into slaves, slaughtered and bought and sold at will like a herd of livestock." Are you willing to live like this? ”

"No, we don't want to ......" The answer, although disorganized, shouted out by the crowd, with resentment and unwillingness in their voices.

"Yes, this king doesn't want to!" Zhao Yu raised his arms and shouted, trying to straighten his chest to make himself look taller, "We don't want to live like animals, we can only resist, defend our homeland with our flesh and blood, even our lives, protect our families, restore our country, and drive the Mongols out of the Central Plains!" ”

"Expelle the Tartars and restore my country!" Liu Huang, who was behind Zhao Hao, was dyed by His Royal Highness and shouted loudly.

"Expelle the Tartars and restore my country!" This time, everyone's shouts were much more neat, which could be described as hatred and hatred, and Zhao Yu knew that his goal was almost achieved. And then there was a brief silence in the crowd, although everyone was teased and enthusiastic, but the reality was extremely cruel, with how they a group of sick seedlings fought against a strong enemy.

"Now that the strong enemy is approaching, although the king is young, he does not want to be a slave of the country, and those who are willing to stay with the king in a war, and those who do not want to leave can leave!" Zhao Hao said again, he knows that painting cakes can only satisfy hunger for a while, and now that the strong enemy is on the side, he must face the reality......