Chapter Twenty-Eight: Drilling into the Grove

The selection campaign organized by Baisha has come to an end.

Li Qiao'er had nothing to do, and stayed in Bai Sha and Zheng Zhilong's room at night to serve tea and water, and she was thoughtful.

It wasn't until the dead of night that it was time to rest, and Li Qiaoer couldn't stay longer, so she went back to her room to rest.

After Li Qiao'er retreated, Zheng Zhilong said: "This girl is diligent, so you don't need to arrange anything for him for the time being?" ”

Bai Sha said angrily: "I brought the person back, but you are enjoying Qingfu, if you feel comfortable being served." ”

Zheng Zhilong changed the topic and said, "I thought that the selection would take several days, but I didn't expect it to be done in such a short time, what are your plans next?" ”

Bai Sha said: "Next, step by step, the selected people will be transferred to the warship, we now have a total of five warships, even if each ship draws out seven crews, there are only more than ninety people at full capacity, so that each warship has less than twenty people, and the number is far from meeting expectations, but the overall number of crew members is small, which is also a matter of no choice." ”

Bai Sha continued: "Let me remind you that after the transaction is completed in Luzon, the crew must be greatly expanded and made bigger and stronger. ”

Zheng Zhilong nodded in agreement, "I won't tell you, I think so too." ”

Bai Sha lay down on the bed and said, "Let's talk about it first, I won't participate in these trivial matters, and when I get to Luzon, I have to be chic and chic, and go around." ”

Bai Sha suddenly heard something, sat up and said, "The last crew member during today's selection, Qiu Tian, do you remember?" ”

Zheng Zhilong nodded, not knowing why Bai Sha suddenly mentioned it.

"I slapped him in front of him, and the others didn't see it, but I clearly felt that he was very martial ......." Bai Sha said.

Zheng Zhilong said: "You really think you are strong? It is people's ability to be powerful. ”

Bai Sha kicked the other party and said: "I'm not talking about this, but when the two of us are facing each other, I feel that he is different, he should also be a person with all the muscles and points, and there is indeed a feeling of air mass exploding in my palm at that time." ”

As soon as he said this, Zheng Zhilong immediately came to his senses, "Is this true? ”

"It's true. If it weren't for that, I wouldn't let him go easily. Bai Sha said.

Zheng Zhilong immediately sighed and said, "Let's say you're right, but what can you do, is it possible to let him learn the book of 'Martial Dao Supreme', Captain of the Heart of the Sea has explained it, and it can't be passed on."

Bai Sha glanced at Zheng Zhilong and said, "I didn't say that I wanted him to learn, your association ability is so strong now?" What I want to say is, observe more, if it is a manufacturable material, you can take it for your own use, you are now the captain of the ship, you can't do everything yourself, as for my words, it is rather loose, and I don't have time to clean up this mess. It's time for you to develop some henchmen. ”

Zheng Zhilong looked at Baisha and said very sincerely: "You are my good brother, I will be rich and noble with you in the future, as long as I am still the captain, the position of the first mate will always be yours, and I will be on an equal footing." ”

"Pure! If it weren't for the beautiful captain in the heart of the ocean, who would be the first mate? If you want me to be your first mate, dream about it. After Bai Sha finished speaking, he lay down again, covered the bedding, and went to sleep.

Zheng Zhilong didn't say anything, blew out the oil lamp and went back to his bed to sleep.

Li Qiao'er in the other room had her ears attached to the wallboard, and she didn't hear any useful information for herself after eavesdropping for a long time, until the next door quieted down, she withdrew her eavesdropping ears, shook her head, and sat on the stool in a daze.

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Early in the morning, Baisha rushed to the cargo ship.

Enter the cabin to see the cargo, and by the way, look at the placement of the crew last night, and then explain the individual crew members who did not pass the selection and are discouraged. Each cargo ship walked through and assigned the remaining crew members from yesterday to their posts. Then go to the warship for the distribution of personnel.

Since the advent of artillery armament, the fleet has been sailed with three warships in front of the road and two warships in the back. Needless to say, the warship in front of it naturally has Baisha and Zheng Zhilong in charge, and the warship Baisha in the back has a candidate, that is, Qiu Tian, who emerged yesterday.

When Baisha officially appointed Qiu Tian as the leader of the two warships behind, Qiu Tian didn't thank Dade much, but just said that he would ensure the safety of the back.

Bai Sha believes in his words very much, less words can do more!

Da Biao and Du Ju were assigned to the second of the three warships.

Bai Sha spent the morning assigning the personnel and keeping a record of the crew.

After the reorganization of the fleet, it seems that the face has not changed much, but if it is in distress, the combat effectiveness is not the same, and Bai Sha is very satisfied with the crew allocation this time.

Zheng Zhilong stood on the bow of the boat, looking at the white sand jumping up and down. As if everything was done by Baisha, he was happy to be idle, and the most important thing was that there was a maid Li Qiao'er to serve around the clock.

It's not that Bai Sha is diligent and willing to share his worries for Zheng Zhilong, but he is purely bored and wants to find something to do.

After handling the affairs, Bai Sha returned to the boat, Li Qiaoer hurriedly offered the wild fruit, Bai Sha was not polite, picked it up and ate it.

Bai Sha and Zheng Zhilong's conversation generally does not avoid Li Qiao'er.

"The crew assignment has been completed, I have checked each cabin, the dry food and fresh water have been prepared, the number of beans is sufficient, the bean sprouts are germinating one after another, and there is no problem in eating. As for the weapons such as bows and crossbows and artillery on the ships, I have checked them, and the gunpowder is not damp, and there are no problems in fighting. Bai Sha said.

When Li Qiao'er, who was standing next to her, heard the bow and crossbow and artillery, a little worry flashed on her face, but she hid it very well, and neither Bai Sha nor Zheng Zhilong noticed it.

Zheng Zhilong nodded and said, "It's been some time to stop at this supply point, and now that everything is ready, it's time to set off again." Remember the last time I told you that after this second supply point, the wind is in our favor, and from here we will soon reach the third supply point for a short break, and then go directly to Luzon. ”

Bai Sha sighed and refreshed, "I haven't been back to land for a long time. ”

An incident sounded in Baisha, when I first went out to sea, the old fish said that they would meet in Japan. And now that he and Zheng Zhilong are heading towards Luzon, Baisha doesn't know why Lao Yu said this.

Baisha also often thinks of the friends in the town, this voyage to the sea, the changes to Baisha are very huge, and I have experienced many things. First of all, the captain of the heart of the ocean gave a book, so that Baisha officially touched the threshold of martial arts; And now the changes that this fleet has experienced have made Bai Sha know the sinister nature of people's hearts.

The experience of this period of time made this teenager gradually transform and mature.

"What are you thinking?" Zheng Zhilong looked at Bai Sha and said.

Bai Sha came back to his senses and said perfunctorily: "I miss the beautiful captain, I am very sad at the moment." ”

Zheng Zhilong just smiled slightly and didn't talk to Bai Sha about this issue.

Bai Sha and Zheng Zhilong discussed the specific departure time and waited for the departure.

The crew was about to embark on the journey again, listless, as if they hadn't spent enough time on the island and didn't really want to leave.

When it was time to go to sea, Zheng Zhilong had already arranged for the personnel to give orders, and when the whistle was about to sound, Bai Sha and Li Qiaoer were gone.

The scheduled time to go to sea is calculated, and if you miss the time, it will be considered a bad omen.

Zheng Zhilong looked around and found no trace of the two, so he was a little anxious at the moment, and hurriedly arranged for the crew to look for the two.

On the edge of the woods on the island, Li Qiaoer hid in the dense woods, looking at the fleet that was about to depart, her palms were sweating, as if she was a little nervous.

"When they're gone, it's safe, and no one should notice me when I'm gone. What if someone finds out, they won't come back looking for me, right? Li Qiaoer couldn't help but think in her heart.

The crew returned to report the news, and there was no sign of two people on each ship.

"Where the hell did they go?"

Zheng Zhilong's eyes looked into the woods.

Li Qiao'er, who was hiding in the woods, was startled, and quickly hid her slender body behind the trunk for fear of being discovered.

Li Qiaoer knows the time of departure, and it is now time to set off.

"Hurry up, why don't you leave."

Just when Li Qiaoer was anxious, suddenly the whistle of the flotilla departing sounded, and the crew could be seen from a distance that they had pulled the anchor.

Li Qiao'er finally breathed a sigh of relief and sat on the ground along the trunk.

With a bang, a wild fruit fell from the tree on Li Qiao'er's head.

Li Qiao'er touched her head and looked at the tree suspiciously.

Surprise!

When I looked at the next smile, close at hand, was a face of Baisha.

Bai Sha didn't know when he hung upside down on the tree, looking at Li Qiao'er with a wicked smile.

Li Qiaoer was frightened, stood up and ran.

Bai Sha jumped off the trunk of the tree, and caught up in front of Li Qiao'er in a few steps.

Bai Sha clasped his hands and did not speak.

Li Qiao'er's mind turned sharply, and she recalled that she shouldn't have said anything revealing just now. So he explained: "First mate, the ship eats dry food every day after going to sea, and I am afraid that the captain and the first mate will not be adaptable, so I am ready to go to the woods to pick some wild fruits."

"There are a lot of snakes in the woods." Bai Sha said.

Li Qiao'er was suddenly taken aback, looked around and said, "I'm not afraid." ”

Bai Sha raised his voice and said, "Even if you are here to pick fruit, what about your fruit?" I just saw you hiding behind a tree and didn't know what you wanted to do! ”

Li Qiao'er was stunned for a moment, then looked like she was about to cry, and explained: "I don't want to go to sea with you, you will come back anyway, I want to wait for you to come back on the island." ”

What Bai Sha couldn't stand the most was Li Qiaoer's appearance, and he took back some words that he was about to say. Just said lightly: "Follow me back to the boat." ”

Li Qiao'er stood still in place.

"Do you want me to carry you back?" White Sands threatened.

Li Qiao'er stomped her feet and followed behind Bai Sha very reluctantly......

The figures of the two reappeared in everyone's sight.

Zheng Zhilong saw the two people who appeared on the edge of the woods from a distance, and said to himself in surprise: "Went to the grove?" ”