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Above the sea, the waves were turbulent, the waves more than ten feet high were constantly rushing onto the deck, and the wind at sea was constantly howling outside the ship. Lu Weixuan stood up with some difficulty and looked out of the cabin with a complicated expression on his face.

"Quanzhou Mansion, the largest port in operation for a hundred years! Now I don't know when I will be able to come back. Yan Hong, my wife! Xiao Wan, I also arranged it, I will not forget your last wish! It's just that it is not feasible to go to your tomb twice a year, so you can only sacrifice it every year. ”

Yan Hong, this name Lu Weixuan will never forget in this life, that is his favorite in this life, and his only wife, even if there are more than ten beautiful concubines now, no one has been selected who can replace Xiao Wan's mother.

"If it weren't for the fact that I met Yan Hong in Yunzhen Temple back then, I might still be a swinger in this life, I wouldn't have that good memory, and I wouldn't be as miserable as I am now!" Lu Weixuan couldn't help but sigh when he thought of this, and his body was a little weak and sat back on the chair.

The maid ring beside him immediately helped him to sit down, and at this moment, only the shouting of the shipwright outside the cabin was heard.

"All ships immediately drop their sails, be careful! This time it is a once-in-a-century winter dragon going to sea, whether you can spend it safely depends on the mood of the dragon king! ”

"Whoa!" Dozens of sounds came at once from all over the ship, and then the ship began to shake as if it were trembling, and the sound of cable transmission was constantly heard from all over the ship, and it was obvious that the sails were being lowered outside.

Lu Weixuan's expression gradually became a little solemn, and the maid who was serving him on the side immediately turned pale with fright when she heard the sound outside.

Donglong goes to sea, if the ship encounters, no matter how big the ship is, few can be spared, not to mention that the ships of the Lu family are just medium-sized ships dozens of meters long, and they can only be regarded as ordinary among the sea ships in Quanzhou.

A big man with a black and red face dressed in a lily robe walked into the cabin with heavy footsteps, and when he saw Lu Weixuan, he said loudly: "Master! This time, we encountered a once-in-a-century winter dragon going to sea, but I just hope not to be brought to the dragon's mouth, sir, I have done my best. ”

Listening to his voice, it was the captain of the boatman who had just shouted outside, but his face was also very ugly now.

Lu Weixuan stood up again and said, "Can you determine where we are?" ”

"Sir! The compass kept spinning, the sky was constantly flashing with thunder and lightning, we could not determine the exact location, if it was based on guesswork, it was about hundreds of miles away from the port of Fuzhou, didn't you say that we should stay away from the coast and avoid the Fuzhou sailors? If it weren't for that, we wouldn't have approached the center of the Winter Dragon's Sea Passage to find out that something was wrong! The shipwright said with a bad face.

Although Lu Weixuan is the head of the family, if he doesn't even have his life this time, he won't care about you even if you are the king of heaven.

Lu Weixuan didn't get angry after hearing this, just waved his hand, and then said: "Wu Duotou, this sea matter is all handled by you, if you can lead the fleet out of danger safely, Lu is willing to give you a thousand taels of gold as a thank you!" ”

"Thank you, sir! I will go out at once, and try to bring the ships together as soon as possible, so that if they are connected by iron cables, they will not be scattered, and if we can get lucky enough to encounter the reef, we will lose one or two ships, and we must also cast the anchor so that we will not be swallowed up by the winter dragon. Hearing a thousand taels of gold, the shipwright's eyes immediately lit up.

In fact, even if he didn't have such a reward, he would do his best to command the fleet to tide over this danger, and if he escaped, he could get a thousand taels of gold out of thin air, which immediately suppressed Fang Cai's dissatisfaction with Lu Weixuan.

"Then there will be Lao Wu Helm!" Lu Weixuan sighed, it is rare to have this kind of bad weather in winter, and it is rare for the dragon to go to sea, it is rumored that the sea dragon king will make waves to vent his anger on the sea, if the ship meets, it is rare to be spared, Lu Weixuan is naturally also worried, and immediately signaled the shipwright to lead out of the cabin to continue to command.

The leader surnamed Wu bowed and saluted Lu Weixuan, and immediately turned around and ran out, and the sound of heavy footsteps knocked on Lu Weixuan's heart like substance.

At this moment, a door in the cabin opened, and more than a dozen beautiful women with pale faces ran out one after another, among whom was holding a boy who was only six or seven years old.

"Sir! When the winter dragon goes to sea, you have to think of a way! ”

"Yes! Master, I have long advised you to go by land, but we have to take the sea route, and now we will all be eaten by the Sea Dragon King! ”

"Daddy! I'm afraid," the little boy quickly broke free from the woman who was holding his hand and ran towards Lu Weixuan.

At this moment, I heard a shout from outside: "Not good! Jump ship, Ssangyong go to sea! ”

At this time, Shang Mei was in the bilge of another ship in a daze, no matter how strong the wind and waves outside, she didn't care, she was still thinking about her son's slightly mature expression when he parted.

"Xiao Yu really inherited the wisdom of the merchants, but his husband did not allow him to take this road, and it seems that he can only take Xiao Yu out of these dangerous places after meeting with his husband."

"Why is the ship jolting so badly at this moment? It's weird! Did you have a thunderstorm? Shang Mei thought a little strangely.

At this moment, the cabin where she was suddenly split in two, and was cut by a stream of air that shimmered with a strange white light, and she couldn't help but let out a sound of horror as she saw the sea begin to get farther and farther away from her body.

"Oh my God! What's going on? ”

In the sky, there was a huge whirlpool that shone white and led from the sea to the sky, devouring the ships hundreds of feet ahead, and the cabin where she was was was also spinning, rising into the sky in another white vortex.

"Oh my God! This time, we were treated to a delicious meal by the Sea Dragon King! ”

A strong feeling of dizziness came, and Shang Meishi immediately fainted.

It was just a pillar of incense time, and several of Lu's ships on the sea were cut into countless pieces by the sea dragon, and were swept into the sky and sucked into two huge whirlpools, the sea breeze was still howling violently, and the waves were constantly surging into the sky, but there was not even a single ship or clothing fragment on the sea, and the Lu fleet disappeared without a trace on the sea.

After two days of rapid travel, the convoy has been 200 miles away from Fuzhou, and it will be more than 30 miles ahead to reach Yongchuan County (Yongchuan is not now under the jurisdiction of Chongqing, so friends do not need to delve into it.) ）

Shang Yu had been riding a horse for two days at this time, and he felt a little tired, and Hutou Town, the last place controlled by the Semu people, had already passed, so he got into a car to rest in a relaxed mood.

This car is equipped with Dehua porcelain, Hui'an stone carvings, puppet heads, filament lanterns, Anxi oolong tea and other Quanzhou native products, the value in Quanzhou is not very high, but in other parts of the Central Plains is expensive.

There was not much space in the car, but it still allowed Shang Yu to stretch his lower limbs comfortably, but soon after entering the carriage, Shang Yu took out a few items from the backpack behind him that had been custom-made at the blacksmith shop in Chengdong City, Quanzhou.

"Hmmm! Master Luo Biqing's flying grasp in the figure is not firm, with my reinforcement method, its firmness is much stronger, thanks to Xiao Wan got the ring decoration to give me inspiration, usually when not in use, it can be disassembled and folded up, and it does not take up too much space! Very practical. ”

"As for this kind of thing, it is a very interesting part of the master's knowledge, and it can be used to fire darts with much more power and accuracy than throwing them by hand, and it can also fire six shots in a row, but these items cost me one or two or three cents of silver, and the blacksmith is really too greedy for money."

Shang Yu put these iron items together in his hand, and then disassembled them, and after a long time, he couldn't help but sigh and said: "It's much worse than I imagined, these iron tools are too rough, if I have more money per month, if I can find the best blacksmith, I will be able to do better." ”

From the knowledge left by Liu Xingbao, the only land he can have at present is this kind of inexpensive land, which also cost him half a month's monthly money, which makes him feel distressed.

"I have to do this kind of thing for self-defense! If I meet someone like Zeng Ziyi again, I won't be at a loss. He felt a little angry when he thought of Zeng Ziyi and Fanghualou, coupled with the powerlessness of the whole village when they were slaughtered.

"If it weren't for my mother and father, I would have joined the rebels! The man named Guorui and surnamed Tangdi killed the soldiers like chopping vegetables, what kind of heroic figure was that? Thinking of the scene where Guorui and Tang He rescued Xianglan'er in the Quanzhou City Bazaar, Shang Yu felt his blood boiling, and he couldn't help but think of it.

"I heard my mother say that when my mother and my father met, it was when Meiling Town was slaughtered by the Yuan army, and I almost couldn't escape, and hundreds of my grandfather's family were killed, but it was when my mother and my father met by the river, and my father was just a guest nephew living in the Mei family at that time, but my father never let me ask about my ancestors, and I don't know why?" Thinking of this, Shang Yu couldn't help but shake his head.

At this moment, I heard Mu 13 shouting outside the car: "Business steward!" The second lady said that she was a little hungry and hoped to stop the car earlier, cook some dishes, and then hurry after eating. ”

Shang Yu immediately agreed, and loaded the items in his hand into his backpack. Then he pushed the car door, jumped out of the car, looked at the sky, nodded and said: "It's almost noon, after lunch, we can rush to Yong'an County around Shenshi, and it will be much safer from then on." Thirteenth, inform the convoy, stop by this river, we will get some water, and we will cook here to eat. ”

It's all for Lu Wan, the second lady, that the convoy has a pair of field cooking utensils, and the rest of the family, Yahuan and the dart master are still eating dry food, and the driving is bumpy, and it is necessary to take a lunch break.

When Mu 13 heard this, he immediately ran forward, and shouted loudly, signaling the convoy to stop on the dry grass on the side of the road, but in a moment, more than ten carriages stopped on the side of the road, and their own coachmen fetched water and forage to feed the horses first, and all the family members also had their own Mu 13 commanded to take out pots and utensils from a car, and made a simple stove on the ground.

Shang Yu came to the river and washed his face with the water in the river, although the river water was a little cold, but Shang Yu liked this feeling very much.

"Business steward! After dinner, let's get out of here! There are still thirty miles ahead to reach Yongchuan County, I always feel a little unsafe, there are too many heads hanging outside the villages and towns along the way, what those people do is outrageous, if they are interested in the Lu family's property, I'm afraid we will encounter danger! ”

Hearing this, Shang Yu immediately stood up, looked back, it turned out to be Li Darthead in the middle of the dart master, Shang Yu nodded and said: "Thank you Li Darthead, I can save this, but at present, we are more than fifty miles away from Hutou Town, and there are only more than 20 colored soldiers there, which is not a threat to the convoy at all!" After dinner, we took a short break and set off! ”

In the past few days, when Li Darttou encountered several bandits appearing, as long as he reported the name of the Lu family's firm, those bandits scattered in a hurry, which made Shang Yu secretly surprised.

"Business steward! After Yongchun County, it is relatively fine, but be careful of the area where the righteous army and the Yuan army are facing each other, where the soldiers have no morality at all, and when the Semu people troubled Quanzhou in the past, they will rob the Han caravan when they see it, so the reason why the Lu family moved out of Quanzhou is that they do not leave, and the Han caravan cannot reach Quanzhou normally to do business. ”

"Business steward! In addition to this matter, there is another thing I want to inform, which is entrusted to us by Mr. Lu. When Li Darttou said this, he couldn't help but pause.

After Shang Yu heard this, he knew that this dart head must have something important, so he asked, "What's the matter?" Li Darthead said it. ”

"Actually, this trip, after sending the second lady to Zhouzhuang, all our dart masters will follow you to Taizhou, as soon as our dart masters come out, the Iron Lion Dart Bureau is actually no one, Master Luo is the head of the Dart Bureau to go to the north with Mr. Lu on business, we will be responsible for protecting your safety. Mr. Lu said that if necessary, even if you give up the second lady, you must also protect your safety. Li Daotou said with a solemn look in his eyes.

"What? The second lady is the master, I'm just a manager, Li Darttou, aren't you crazy? Shang Yu couldn't help but ask in surprise when he heard this.

"Business manager, in fact, you also know that the Lu clan is only a part of the Shang Alliance, Mr. Lu must have mentioned to you that he is the leader of the Shang Alliance, and you are the heir to the next leader of the Shang Alliance that Mr. Lu has now designated, so your safety is far more important than the second lady who is in the open!" When Li Darttou said this, his tone became even more respectful.

When Shang Yu heard this, he was a little surprised in his heart, Lu Shaobei mentioned the matter of the Shang Alliance to him, but he didn't say that the Lu family was only a part of it, and he didn't say that he was the identity of the leader of the Shang Alliance, let alone that Shang Yu was the heir of the leader of the Shang Alliance, could it be that Lu Shaobei knew that there would be danger when he went north this time, and left a leader for the Shang Alliance in advance?

It's just that Shang Yu is so young, how can he control an unknown detail, and it is unimaginably huge, and it is divided into countless business alliances by various political forces?

"Li Darttou, I know the Shang Alliance, but I don't know that the master is the leader of the alliance, and I don't know that he appointed me as the heir of the alliance leader, can you explain to me in detail the internal affairs of the Shang Alliance?" Shang Yu couldn't help but ask more curiously.

"I'm sorry, business manager, if something happens to Mr. Lu! We will immediately cancel the trip to Taizhou and escort you to Yangzhou Prefecture! Naturally, someone there will tell you what happened, but it's inconvenient to say it at this time, and only I know about it! I'm going to arrange for other dart masters to patrol around, and I won't accompany them! After Li Dart said this, he respectfully saluted Shang Yu, and then turned back and galloped away from the river.

Shang Yu watched Li Darttou leave, with a lot of thoughts in his heart, and thought: "It turns out that the Lu clan is only a part of the Shang Alliance, so my current identity is no less than Xiao Wan, but it's a pity that the master didn't tell me everything." How big is this business alliance? The master only said that the Shang Alliance continued to provide a large number of silver taels for the rebels in various places for military salaries, and I didn't ask clearly! If my mother knew my master's identity, would she be happy? ”

I don't know how long he stood like this, Shang Yu kept thinking about what happened to him recently, and he thought about it for a while.

"Business manager, the second lady called you to dine together! You're in good luck! A crisp female voice came.

Shang Yu turned his head to look and saw Xiao Ying standing near the left and staring at him, beside her, Lu Wan was holding a stove in her arms and looking at him happily.

Not far away, a cloud of hot air came out of the stove, and a very fragrant smell came from the stove.

I only heard Lu Wan's sweet voice say: "Muyu! This special cod soup is added with white fungus and more than a dozen kinds of fresh vegetables, which I ordered Mu Thirteen and Ying'er to buy yesterday, and it took dozens of taels of silver to buy all the materials, this mountain and wild place is really not comparable to the house, it is not easy to get some food, and I can't finish that pot of dishes, so it is cheaper for you little thief! ”

Shang Yu couldn't help but be speechless, and said in his heart: "It turns out that yesterday in Hutou Town, she mysteriously ordered Mu Thirteen and Ying'er to go out for half an hour, and she didn't want to tell me when she came back, it turned out that she was just to eat such a pot of fish soup halfway?" ”

"Second Miss! Do you know that your pot of soup is enough for a poor family to last for several years? I'd better go eat dry food! Shang Yu couldn't help but burst into his mouth and said, although he also wanted to drink the delicious fish soup, but when he thought of the price, Shang Yu was upset, especially in the wild, Lu Wan's extravagant behavior made him speechless, and the delicious smell was also pungent at the end of his nose.

"You, you wooden fish, are so ignorant! Hell, ignore you! Lu Wan was very happy to call Shang Yu, but she didn't expect Shang Yu to speak to her like this, and ran to the side in a moment of anger.

"Business steward! Although you are in charge, you are just a person in charge for the second lady! How could you be so rude to Second Miss? After Xiao Ying left such a sentence before leaving, she chased after Lu Wan.

"Second Miss! Please wait for Xiaoying. ”