The sky was bright, the Feilaishan was launched and set sail, the sailors skillfully controlled the sails, and Boss Zhang held the stainless steel clairvoyance given to him by Li Jing on the stern platform, excitedly observing the route and directing the voyage. Of course, Boss Zhang knows the value of this kind of clairvoyant mirror brought to Daming by the red-haired man, and the one in his second master's hand cost five hundred taels of silver, and he has been greedy for a long time. I didn't expect the eldest young master to value himself so much, and it was in vain that during this time, he got up early and worked hard in front of and behind the saddle, although he also had the attention to leave a good impression on the future head of the family, so that his children and grandchildren could have a good future in the future, but the great young master's reward still surprised everyone, and they all strengthened their determination to follow the eldest young master.

An hour later, the high-speed Feilaishan was steadily moored on the dock of Wupingzhai, the second uncle had been waiting for a long time, and the incense case was placed on the dock, which seemed to be a sacrifice to the god of the sea to bless the peace.

Li Jing got off the ship and commanded the loading of vegetable oil and cloth boxes with the second uncle, and the entrance of the cargo hold of the cabin was equipped with an iron bar door, which was locked and guarded by the sword and Bai Yu, if it was kept by Li Jing, the sword and Bai Yu could only sleep in hammocks in the small space on both sides of the door.

The space on the ship is cramped, Li Jing lives in a square cabin with the best conditions under the stern bridge, there are small windows on three sides, the window lattices are covered with thin animal skins that are bright, and the lighting is very good, and there is only a small single bed, a set of wardrobes, and a pair of tables and chairs in the room. The four maids can only pull up the hammock in the house to sleep, and get up during the day and put the hammock away.

It is said that there can be no women on the ship, but Li Jing insisted, and the others did not dare to have any opinions, they all thought that young people were young and liked to enjoy, and someone must serve them, and besides, the eldest young master was not like this. Li Jing was preparing to sail during this period to teach the four maids some knowledge of making nautical charts and judging the route, and these four little secretaries could be very important in the future, both with absolute trust and with a lot of work. Free yourself from heavy transactional work. As the saying goes, what does a secretary do?

After the sacrifice, everyone waited for the boat, Li Jing waved goodbye to the second uncle on the boat, Boss Zhang commanded the sails, and flew to the mountain to make the port, everyone turned around to go to their posts to work, when the two turned around and got off the cabin, Li Jing felt that the back was a little familiar, and he wondered.

"You two stop, turn around."

The two turned around, and Li Jing saw that it was Li Wei'er and Li Yue'er, his face blackened and his beard was pasted on his lips, Li Jing was shocked, "Sister, why did you come up, Boss Zhang, stop the boat quickly." ”

Boss Zhang also hurriedly ran over to see that it was the two young ladies, and suddenly became anxious, "Oh, my aunt, there are no women on the boat, why did you come up, I told the second master, the second master can't find you, you have to be in a hurry." ”

"You don't come, it's not the first time we've run a boat with my father, what woman is not good to get on the boat, and there are not four pretty people in the little brother's house."

Li Jing turned around and asked Boss Zhang, "What should I do, stop the boat and release the sampan, and send my two sisters back." ”

"Oh, my eldest young master, you can't stop the boat after the sacrifice, it's unlucky."

Li Wei'er and Li Yue'er hugged Li Jing's two arms and shook one by one, "Good little brother, you can take us to Jinling for a walk, we are going to suffocate in Chaozhou." ”

Li Jing said suspiciously: "No, you didn't mention to me that you were going to Jinling to play before, did you get angry with your second uncle, why did you run away from home without saying a word."

Li Jing didn't say that it was okay, as soon as he said that the children's eyes were red, he hugged Li Jing and cried, Li Jing was at a loss, I didn't know if they were going to make trouble again, "Don't cry, don't cry, I'll be the master of everything, what's wrong"

Li Weier said angrily: "Daddy bullied people and confiscated our clairvoyant mirrors, I told him, he couldn't tell me, he didn't talk about it, he was angry and smoked us with a copper cigarette pouch, and his buttocks were swollen." ”

Li Yue'er also cried and said: "I said that the clairmind mirror was exchanged with our little brother with a gold collar, and he insisted that it was to rob you, such a good thing, how can Brother Jing have it, it is clear that the old lady gave it to Brother Jing'er, you two dead girls want to go to heaven." He also asked where the gold collar came from. My sister said that she had leaked her mouth and told her about the bet with the Lin family's little hooves. Before, we lied to my dad and said it was copper gold-plated. As a result, my father was furious, beat us, and locked us in the room for a day without eating. We were so angry that we pried open the window and ran."

Li Wei'er also shook Li Jing and said, "Little brother, don't drive your sister back, Daddy is angry, and you have to be beaten when you go back at this time." ”

Li Jing felt sorry in his heart, it was all caused by his greed for other people's gold collars. After thinking about it for a while, he said: "It's okay if you don't go back, but the second uncle doesn't know where you went, and I'm not worried about you, and the second aunt will be frightened again, so let's sleep in my bed and live in the same room with Meilan Zhuju." I live in the same room with Boss Zhang. ”

He turned around and instructed Boss Zhang: "Do you have rich manpower, put down a small sampan, go back and tell the second master, and say don't worry, I will take care of my sister, I will come in about a month, just go out to relax, and go to the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties in Jinling to open your eyes." ”

"Master Major, this," Boss Zhang just wanted to speak and persuade. Seeing the second daughter glaring angrily, she hurriedly swallowed the words of persuasion, "Okay, put down the smallest sampan, Chen Liuzi, you and Lao Wen will go back and report to the second master."

Everyone was obviously tossed by these two aunts and grandmothers in the past, and hurriedly put down the sampan and let people go down. Then they dispersed in a hurry, and they were all busy with their own affairs. It's really how far away to hide.

Li Jing took the two of them to his room, Mei Lan Zhuju opened her eyes in surprise, looked at the two young ladies, and hurriedly gave a salute. Li Jing warned them that if there are women at sea, they must change into men's clothes and wrap their hair. It's okay to make as little trouble on the deck as possible. Li Jing took out his two short firecrackers and handed them one to each of them, as well as lead bullets and gunpowder bags. The four maids also found two Yanling short knives for each of them. Li Jing wrapped up his luggage and bedding and went to Boss Zhang's room.

How dare Boss Zhang be on an equal footing with the young master and move to sleep in a hammock with the sailors. Boss Zhang's room is on the lower floor, only one side has a small window, only about four square meters, in addition to a two-meter-long and eighty-centimeter-wide bunk bed, there is also a one-meter-wide small table, Li Jing put the items on the top bunk, the futon on the lower bunk, and the oil lamp on the table. It's basically settled.

Li Jing heard the gurgling sound on the boat, and took a look at the oil lamp, and there was actually a row of three-story chicken coops opposite his room, raising more than 20 hens. It's just that I cleaned and rinsed clean, and I didn't smell any peculiar smell. It seems that China, like Europe, still has privileges for captains and distinguished guests on board. At dinner, Xiao Ju brought it in, followed by two civet cats, Xiao Ju said that the two young ladies stopped crying, and they were all settled to let Li Jing rest assured, they would serve well, but they wronged the young master. Li Jing knew that he was all self-inflicted, but he could only smile bitterly, but the two ship cats were quite cute, one male and one female, two tiger-striped orange cats, used to catch mice on the ship.

Li Jing still knows this maritime tradition, ancient ships were all wooden, and rats would run up when loading and unloading at the shore, biting the goods, breaking the shipboard, and causing shipwrecks. The space on board is cramped, the air is dirty, and the fresh water is tight, which is easy to spread infectious diseases. Like what plague, hemorrhagic fever or something is very terrible, often a lot of deaths.

Therefore, rats are the enemy of sea ships, once they are mixed into the ship, they will drill into the gaps, the materials on the ship will be crowded, and every inch of space must be fully utilized, and it is impossible to catch them. Therefore, when loading and unloading goods on the shore, there should be a special person to watch the springboard to prevent rats from running up. In addition, it is necessary to prevent rats from climbing onto the boat from the cable, generally when mooring, a few smooth ceramic balls are generally worn in the middle of the cable, and the rats will slide into the sea as soon as they climb up, so as to prevent the invasion of mice.

The boat cats are the last line of defense, and if any rats do get in, it's up to the kittens. All sailors are very rare to kittens. There are meat and small dried fish, and they are willing to feed them if they don't eat them.

The two kittens knew that the food in the captain's room was the best, so they first went to the upper floor to sell cuteness to the six girls, and then followed Xiao Ju, who served the food, to Li Jing's cabin. Li Jing finished eating, drank some boiling water, and fed the remaining two small dried fish to the two little orange cats. I scratched my chin a hundred times and stroked my back a hundred times, until I stroked the two little orange cats/cool, and then meowed and walked out of the room with Xiao Ju, who cleaned up the dishes.