Chapter 364: Finding the Nine Gates
"Thank you, thank you, we will pay for the car, we will pay." After listening to Fang Jing's words, the man was overjoyed, this was almost the same money that he got for nothing, even if he paid for the car, there were still a lot of them, but they didn't count their wages at all.
This copper coin is not a lot for Fang Jing, not to mention that it can make people happy, and besides, he has to ask this man about something.
Later, after the man and his wife paid for the car, the coachman drove the ox cart away, leaving four people present, and not far from the four children of the family stood their four children.
"Big brother, I want to ask you something, do you know any islands in this sea area near here? Or have you ever seen someone go to sea and never come back? After Fang Jing watched the ox cart leave, he asked the man about the situation.
"Guest officer, there are a lot of islands here, but they are all small islands, and there are no people living on them, except for us fishermen who will choose these islands to take shelter temporarily when they encounter big waves, as for what you said that some people will not come back when they go out to sea, except for the dead, they will basically come back." The man listened to Fang Jing's question, and was a little confused, could it be that the two guest officers in front of him were here to find their relatives or what's wrong?
"That's it, then thank you, big brother, we don't have anything to do, we're going to go to the sea in a while." Fang Jing didn't find any useful information, thinking that it was better to leave early, so that he could go and find the island where the Nine Gates were located, even if it took some time, it didn't matter.
"Those two guest officers, you have to be careful, when there is wind and waves, you must choose to dodge." The man watched Fang Jing and the others get on the board, helped untie the rope, and shouted loudly, telling Fang Jing that they must pay attention when sailing at sea, he loves his own boat very much in his heart, but don't cause the ship to be damaged because of Fang Jing's rental.
Although the cost of building this boat, there is no price he said first, it is just more than 20 times, at that time I still borrowed a lot of money to build, who rented the boat, it is impossible to report according to the actual price, if it is really destroyed, even if the price of the boat is lost, but people still have to live, to build a boat out, it can't be completed in a day or two, this will take a few months.
"Okay, thank you big brother for your advice, farewell." Fang Jing shook the boat slurry, walked towards the sea, and responded loudly to the man.
The family stood on the beach, watching their boat move away, then returned to the shed at home, closed the doors and windows, hid in the corner and held those gold cakes and copper coins, the family really wanted to laugh loudly, but they were afraid that they would be known and lose the gold cake, if this was the case, they really had to wait until Fang Jing and they came back in the boat, and the gold cake would not be able to return it to him.
At this time, Fang Jing and the two of them had already gone to the sea, far away from the coast, and they didn't care about the man's boat at all, thinking about it, it was estimated that it couldn't be repaid, at least in Fang Jing's cognition, such a wooden boat, going to the sea, if there were really any strong winds and waves, this boat was estimated to be unable to be saved, and there were only a few planks left.
"Lu Jing, you are familiar with this place, there is a small island in front of you." Fang Jing pointed to a small reef in the distance and asked Lu Jing.
"Fang Jing, I don't seem to have been here before, maybe I have been here, but I haven't noticed, at that time, I rocked the boat for more than ten days before I saw the island, I think it shouldn't be too far to come to that island, but it is also four or five hundred miles away from the sea." Lu Jing looked in the direction Fang Jing pointed, and in her imprint, it seemed that she had never seen it.
"Okay, I know, let's just drive the boat like this, check around here for four or five hundred miles, at most half a month or a month, if you really can't find it, we can only take a look at it next time, it's the winter festival at this time, this kind of weather, I can't freeze you." After Fang Jing heard this, he didn't care, how could he know the direction as soon as he set off, if this was the case, that island would have been discovered a long time ago, but Fang Jing's words made Lu Jing's heart very warm.
Lu Jing stood beside Fang Jing, looking at Fang Jing, her face began to turn red, listening to Fang Jing's words, she was afraid that she would freeze herself, and her heart was warm.
As the two of them marched, the time of a few days, except for rowing, belonged to sleeping time, and sometimes they didn't know their direction, but fortunately, Fang Jing was there, holding a compass in his arms, otherwise, he really didn't know where he was at this time.
As soon as the two of them arrive at night, they will hide in the cabin and go to sleep, and they will not care where they drift, as long as you drift in this sea, as long as it is not a windy and rough weather.
During the day, Fang Jing will use some tools to extract fresh water, and as time goes on, the firewood on the ship is getting less and less, at least as far as the current firewood is concerned, it is estimated that it will not last long, in addition to cooking every day, it is to extract fresh water.
"Fang Jing, why do you know so much? You can make water out of this sea to drink, you are amazing. Lu Jing held a bamboo tube, drank water, looked at Fang Jing and said.
"It's nothing, as long as you use your brain, you can do it, it's just that you are used to it, if you get the green finch to this sea, he will definitely extract fresh water." Fang Jing looked at Lu Jing, knowing that Lu Jing's praise was sincere, not laughing at him.
"I know, Qingque must be okay, after all, Qingque is the student you taught, if your student can't, then you won't do a good job as a gentleman, hahahaha." Lu Jing was really not laughing at Fang Jing, she was just joking, but in Fang Jing's ears, it was very useful.
I have taught so many little babies, but only Qingque's head melon seeds were developed by Fang Jing, as for what state can be achieved in the future, we can only see how big Qingque's brain hole is in the future.
At this time in Fangjia Village, Fangjia School has been on holiday in the past few days, and all the children in the family have gathered at Fang Jing's house, waiting for lunch.
"Little uncle, when did you say my brother would come back? My brother has been in Chang'an for so long, why hasn't he come back? Fang Yuan sat on the chair at this time, holding a rice bowl, looking at Chen Erlin and his wife opposite, thinking that his brother was coming.
"Xiao Tuanzi, it will definitely take some time for Jing Wazi to go to Chang'an, maybe Jing Wazi was mistaken by something in Chang'an, let's not be in a hurry, okay? Maybe today, Jing Wazi will come back. As soon as Fang Jing leaves Fangjia Village, Fang Yuan must be the one who thinks about Fang Jing the most, otherwise, how can she say that she is a brother and sister, not to mention that Fang Yuan has never left her brother since she was a child, as long as her brother is there, she will be at ease.
"Sister Zhang, come out quickly, someone has sent some things back from Chang'anto." At this time, the fat aunt outside the gate shouted to Zhang Xiaoxia, who was eating.
After hearing this, the big family hurriedly put down the dishes and chopsticks in their hands and ran out, several carriages were coming this way, and the fat aunt was standing in front of the clearing.
"Thank you, sister, you can eat, if you haven't eaten, just eat some at home." Zhang Xiaoxia looked at the carriages that came, and estimated in her heart that it was something that Fang Jing sent back from Chang'antuo, and opened her mouth to say to the fat aunt.
"No, no, my family is also cooking, I brought you over, you are busy first, I have to go home to cook, but I can't afford to make mistakes, otherwise it will burn." After the fat aunt finished speaking, she trotted directly home.
"But Chen Erlin? We are from the Zheng Warehouse in Chang'an, Fang Jing asked us to send some things from Chang'an, please come and receive it. A middle-aged man who looked like a steward approached Chen Erlin and said loudly.
"Okay, let's take it, Dachu, Datou, you guys also come over to help, see if the quantity and things are right." Chen Erlin was illiterate, so they could only check the quantity and variety of things at the beginning of the year.
After a while, everything was checked, Chen Erlin drew the charge, pressed the handprint, and the handover was completed.
"Okay, everything has been delivered, no mistakes, let's go." When he first came to Fangjia Village, he was still a little angry when he was stopped by the soldiers on the side of the big banyan tree, but at this time, he didn't dare, not to mention how rich these houses were built in Fangjia Village, at least in his eyes, but he had never seen such a good house, and besides, they were only delivered, and they basically wouldn't offend anyone, plus there were soldiers, he wanted to be angry, and he didn't dare to give birth.
"Uncle, this is the preserved fruit sent back by my brother, haha, my brother is the best." Fang Yuan took a piece of preserved fruit and stuffed it into his mouth and ate it, not forgetting to praise Zhang Xiaoxia.
"Okay, don't huddle around, let's move your things into the house first, and you'll have to eat later, or the food will be cold." Chen Erlin urged everyone to help move the things into the miscellaneous room, there were a lot of these things, and they were a little heavy.
At noon seven or eight days later, another carriage came from Fangjia Village, came to Fang Jing's house, and handed over thousands of golden cakes to Chen Erlin and them, so that Chen Erlin and his wife didn't know what Fang Jing was doing outside, could it be that they were going to be robbers? How many days has it been? So he brought so many golden cakes to his house.
The carriage left, leaving a shocked family, even Qingque was a little red-eyed, although the money was obtained by Fang Jing, but Qingque never had much money, although he had his own money, but he didn't spend much, when he asked for things or money, he was taken from the money waiter.
As for the origin of these thousands of golden cakes, it is really as Chen Erlin and his wife thought, it was robbed, but the robber was not a good person, if Fang Jing could encounter such robbers a few more times, then Fang Jing's family must have too much money to count.
"Husband, Jing Wazi got so many golden cakes back, did he go for something? Why can you get so many golden cakes in such a short time? Zhang Xiaoxia, who was carrying the golden cake, asked Chen Erlin in a low voice.
"Jing Wazi's ability, it's really not something we can think of, so many golden cakes, I don't know how he got it, but it's not a big problem, the Holy Queen has come to our house, can it still be robbed? If it's really robbed, let Jing Wazi return it to the government when the time comes. Chen Erlin was also helpless, so many golden cakes, I only saw them last time in the big banyan tree, and it was still the money lost by the golden driver in Jinzhou.
At this time, Fang Jing was resting with Lu Jing on an island, and after dangling in the sea for so many days, he finally saw a slightly larger island, so he dragged the boat to the beach, and the two of them went to the island to rest, and by the way, they added some firewood, and made a good meal to rely on the two of them.
"Fang Jing, I won't eat fish today, can I get some meat to eat, and those bean sprouts, let's get some too, I'll go see if there are any wild vegetables on this island." After Lu Jing landed on the shore, she shouted that she wanted to eat meat.
"Okay, let's eat meat today." Fang Jing looked at the island and nodded in agreement, although there was only one piece of bacon left, but after eating some of the fish that Fang Jing had gotten these days, he was already tired of it in his mouth, and these days, Fang Jing would also use water to make some bean sprouts, which could also supplement some vitamins.
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