Ten miles away in a flash.

The lush green of the island can already be seen with fishing boats fishing in the waters around the island, and even the islanders who are waving and jumping and shouting on the shore.

"Master Hou, where do we land?" Standing on the roof of the building, a group of men, women and children watched the rowing boats come to watch the lively fishermen and the scenery of the island, and Cao Shen held a telescope to search for a place to dock.

Chen Xu looked at a map taken from the Jurong County Ya in his hand, compared it a few times and said: "Originally, the best place should be to go to Daishan, but there are more than 100 miles, but the princess and Wan'er and the maids are all seasick, go around the northwest corner of this island and find a harbor to dock!" ”

Cao Shen quickly issued the order, so the flagship began to turn the rudder, and all the accompanying ships followed the rudder, and the whole fleet circled the lush island to the northwest, followed by some fishing boats and cheering islanders, who could only watch the huge fleet move farther and farther away, and soon disappeared from sight.

"Alas, this must be Qinghehou's fleet!" On the island, a group of monks dressed in Gebu linen clothes and tied in a bun watched the huge fleet leave with regret on their faces.

"Qinghe Hou is a disciple of the Immortal Family, and he has to teach three volumes of heavenly books in his dream, but he doesn't know what he will do when he suddenly comes with so many large sea ships?"

"The last time I went to Langya, there was a huge bay where dozens of big ships were being built, I heard that Qing Hehou plans to rent these sea ships to people to go to sea for exploration, and these sea ships may not be Qing Hehou's fleet!"

"I have also heard about this in Wuzhong, and it has also been published in the newspaper, and some people are already planning to go to the South China Sea, from Wuzhong to Jurong, hundreds of islands in this area, large and small, have all been searched, and have not found any trace of the immortals, I heard that the colleagues who went to Yingzhou also said that this is the case, this East China Sea can't be found, why don't we rent a big ship and go to the South China Sea!"

"Xian Daoyou is right, there is no trace of immortals in the East China Sea, I will go to the South China Sea, if there is no South China Sea, I heard that the Hehou said that there are still vast territories and countless islands in the west, although the immortal road is ethereal, but the world is big, as long as I am sincere, I will eventually find some clues, let's go, today I will go to Juzhang County to find some local colleagues to inquire, to see if Qinghe Hou really arrived in Wuzhong!"

"That's great!"

A group of Fang Dao warlocks gathered together and discussed for a while, and soon found a fishing boat, leaving the island and heading to the mainland.

"I'll go, this island is very lively!"

The fleet went all the way around the island, and along the way, Chen Xu held a telescope and kept observing, and found that fishermen and monks could be seen everywhere on the island, and the Zhoushan Islands were like an overseas paradise where a large number of people from Wuyue Land gathered.

"Hou Ye is right, these islands are very close to the coast, from the Shang and Zhou dynasties to the Great Qin after more than a thousand years of princely warfare, many people from Wuyue and even the Central Plains fled to live on this island, there is no royal law, no levy grain tax, no oppression by the gentry, plus many Fang Dao warlocks came to seek immortals and asked, it is completely a place to avoid disasters and practice, which is much more lively than Yingzhou, North Korea!" A steward who was familiar with the local situation in Huiji County said with a smile.

"By the way, Master Hou, where is the island of Taiwan where you said you are going?" Cao Shen put down the binoculars and asked.

"Taiwan is just outside the East China Sea facing central Fujian, about four hundred miles away from the coast of central Fujian, and now the ocean currents are stable in autumn and winter, which is the best time to cross the strait.

"Yes, don't worry, Master Hou, I will dock as soon as possible, so as not to stun the two concubines!" Cao Shen nodded hurriedly.

"Brother, don't be too anxious, when I first arrived in Langya in June, I almost vomited out my liver and kidneys on the first day I got on the boat, but now I'm used to it, so I still have to sit on this big ship often, and I don't feel it when I shake it!" Han Xin stood next to him with some comfort.

"You and I are both men, and we have suffered since childhood, so we can naturally persevere, but the princess and Wan'er have been living in the northwest inland since childhood, and they have been living in the northwest inland. Chen Xu smiled bitterly and threw the telescope to Han Xin and went downstairs.

At this time, Yu Wuya and a group of musketeers were standing on the deck with rifles to shoot seabirds, and the sound of banging was very lively.

A group of guards and servants who followed Chen Xu all stood around the deck and watched curiously, looking around, and some enthusiastic crew members accompanied the introduction.

Monkey Wukong jumped around on the deck like crazy, and when he saw Chen Xu coming down, he jumped on his head excitedly and squeaked and screamed.

Chen Xu didn't stop on the deck, and walked into the cabin with the monkey on his head.

In the past, flat-bottomed sea ships did not have sails and masts, so there were three to five floors of cabins on the deck, and the whole ship was repaired like a palace, the name was called the building ship, the idea was to build a flat-bottomed boat, and then build a house on it, because the bottom of the ship was large enough to ensure enough draft area, so the top was heavy and the bottom was light and would not easily capsize, but it was shaking badly, as long as there was a little wind and waves, it would keep shaking, and when it encountered big waves, it would be undulating like a roller coaster. When the waves rise, even the old boatman can turn his heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys upside down.

The current cuttle-bottom ship has a deep draft and therefore little turbulence, but because of the addition of several large sails, the deck is narrow and messy, and apart from the helm and mast lifeboat cables, there is only a small two-story cabin, which is mainly used as an observer and command room.

At this time, in the command room of the building, Ying Shiyan, Meng Wan, Chen Xi, Yu Ji and a few maids were all sitting on the fixed wooden chairs on both sides with pale faces, looking very bad, especially Ying Shiyan, the two little maids supported her to sit on the left and right, but the sweat on her head could be seen that the seasickness was very bad.

Chen Xi lay in the gentle arms of the water and hummed with his eyes closed, not at all as pleasant as when he started to get on the boat.

Yu Ji also lay on the back of the chair, looking at the island scenery outside through the window weakly, and the initial excitement turned into a painful look.

Xia Zijin and Chunxiang were in good spirits, the two hugged Chen Fangfei and Chen Yanxia respectively, and the two children seemed to be a little seasick, sleeping on the two of them in a daze.

Chen Xu came in, everyone cheered up and prepared to sit up and say hello, Chen Xu hurriedly waved his hand to comfort them and told them not to move.

"Husband, it's too dizzy to take a big boat, I can't accompany you to the sea in the future!" Ying Shiyan held Chen Xu's hand and said weakly.

"It's about to land, hold on a little longer!" Chen Xu sat down and held Ying Shiyan in his arms, feeling her cold hand and comforting.

"Husband, I'm so uncomfortable, I want to vomit!" Meng Wan also turned around and said on Chen Xu's shoulder.

"Look, I said you're all landlubbers, many people get dizzy when they first take a boat, especially a sea boat......"

Wukong jumped onto the shoulders of Shui Qing, stretched out his paws and gently helped Chen Xi smooth out his messy hair, which woke Chen Xi up, opened his eyes and saw Chen Xu, and suddenly came to a little spirit, "Daddy, Xi'er is hungry, I want to eat kelp!" ”

Chen Xu: ......

To be honest, Chen Xu didn't expect his family to be so seasick, he had taken a boat in Dongting Lake and Poyang Lake, and took a river boat from Jiangxi all the way down the Yangtze River to Guangling, and there were hundreds of miles along the way, and the family never saw such a dizziness.

And from the time the ship has only traveled more than ten miles.

Of course, river boats and sea boats cannot be compared.

Although the river boat is small, but in fact, the river is relatively fast and the waves are very small, so it is a lot more stable, and although the current sea boat looks very large, it is actually estimated that it is the size of the fishing boat with a displacement of hundreds or thousands of tons in later generations, facing the sea, even a 100,000-ton aircraft carrier and a cargo ship of hundreds of thousands of tons dare not say stable, this kind of wooden boat is simply no different from a small sampan.

And Chen Xu guessed that there is another reason is that the recent rush is more difficult, since arriving in Guangling, basically did not stop to rest, all the way in the rush to the same transfer, just more than ten days, from Guangling to Wuzhong, to Hangzhou, and then to Yuyao, after arriving at Juzhang today, I didn't have time to find an inn to rest and came to the harbor to get on the ship, many reasons were superimposed, so the family was dizzy except for themselves and the water.

Fortunately, it is still a calm autumn, and if it is the spring and summer storm season, I am afraid that it will not be as simple as seasickness, and it is estimated that it can be fatal.

Chen Xu was a little happy in his heart.

"Master Hou, I have found a docking point and are ready to dock!" A steward hurried in to report.

"Okay, everyone hold on a little longer, and it will be good to go ashore and rest soon!"

With Chen Xu's continuous encouragement, the ship began to turn its rudder closer to the coast, looking at the coast and the lush islands that were getting closer and closer, the spirit of a group of women seemed to be much better, and they helped each other to stand up and walk out of the cabin.

It was a small bay, and there were some improvised wharves made of wood and stone on the shore, which should have been built by the fishermen of the island, and there were seven or eight fishing boats fishing in the harbor.

Ten large sea ships one after another close to the shore to stop the ship to lower the sails and anchor, the long gangway down, the boatmen get off the ship to look for reefs or big trees to fix the cable, and wait for the sea ships to stop before putting down the gangplank, the crew are all under the command of the captains of the ships to get off the ship, whistles, reprimands, orders, shouts resounded throughout the bay, the crew of the ten big ships plus two hundred musketeers and Chen Xu brought more than a hundred escorts and entourage totaling thousands of people, in an instant this small harbor was full of people and was busy and chaotic.

After the big ship stopped, Chen Xu and Shui Gentle, Xia Zijin and others helped Yingshi and Mengwan a group of seasick people to get off the boat, and the servant steward of the Hou Mansion also instructed the servants to move the pots and pans and other tableware and seasonings brought along the way, and the other ships also had tableware and food with the ship, and carried them to the beach to find a suitable place to build a fire and prepare for cooking.

Since arriving in Wuzhong, the fleet has been docked in the previous bay has never docked, eating and drinking are the dry food and drinking water prepared on the ship.

After Chen Xu settled a group of family members, Cao Shen brought the captains of ten sea ships and a group of stewards to visit him, Chen Xu praised and encouraged him next to each other, and then ordered some crew members to call the fishermen who were hiding not far away to watch the excitement.

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