"Crooked eyes, why are you!"

Li Xiao drank in a low voice, but his face turned pale with fright with crooked eyes, and he threw himself on the ground and fell to his knees. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Master Li, please spare your life, the little one is also begging for a bowl of rice, so he embarked on the road of helping merchants smuggle." Hou Dao paused, saw that Li Xiao was expressionless, and hurriedly said: "My lord, you let go that day, the little one will follow the instructions of the adult, and never do anything to kill people. ”

Crooked eyes and pleading, Li Xiao finally sneered, and said slowly: "Hou Dao, but I didn't expect that you haven't seen you for half a year, and now you have such a good ship, it seems that your business is quite big." ”

Hou Dao saw that Li Xiao's tone became softer, his heart was overjoyed, and he said hurriedly: "My lord said that I was joking, a few days ago, Fang changed all his net worth to this boat, but I didn't expect to be lucky enough to be able to carry my adult party, which is really a great blessing." ”

Li Xiao laughed, asked him to get up and speak, and then looked around at the No. 2 Fu ship.

He saw that the No. 2 Fu ship was as tall as a building, with a wide bottom and a high bow and tail, with guard plates on both sides, and the entire outer deck of the ship was brushed with tung oil to keep out the water. The whole ship is divided into four layers, and the lower deck is equipped with earth and stone merchant cargo ballast, and there are oarsmen paddling ports on both sides. The second and third floors are cargo compartments and resting places for sailors, passengers or soldiers. The upper deck is a command and lookout area built on the deck.

The deck of the whole ship is flat, the keel is thick, the tree is three masts, and the mainmast is as high as 3 zhang, Li Xiao has seen some information about the ship in his previous life, and knows that this kind of ship in addition to the oarsman, is to balance the sail as a propulsion device, and can also sail in crosswinds and even headwinds, and can also roll the sail surface according to the size of the wind, even if there are many holes in the sail surface, it can still maintain a good wind effect. At the same time, the watertight compartment technology is adopted in the cabin, which greatly improves the sinking resistance of the ship. The stern rudder controls the direction of travel and allows the boat to be raised and lowered according to the depth of the water. The mooring tool of the Fu boat is a four-claw iron anchor, which is placed on the bottom of the sea and is in a flat position, and one or two claws will be inserted into the sediment, which has considerable grip. When lifting the anchor, pull the boat above the anchor to make the anchor rod upright, and the four anchor claws are upward, which is easy to get out of the sediment and raise the water surface.

Li Xiao noticed that this No. 2 Fu ship was obviously designed according to the style of a merchant ship, although it carried a large cargo, but its defense was too poor, and there were only three Franc cannons on the left and right sides of the entire Fu ship, and it was rusty on it, and it was estimated that it had not been used for a long time. At this time, there were at least 20 Franc machines on the No. 2 Fu ship of the Ming Army's naval division, and a few of them were equipped with more powerful Hongyi cannons. This is the ideal warship in Li Xiao's heart.

"Hou Dao, your ship's firepower is so poor, but you don't worry about pirates coming to rob you?" Li Xiao couldn't help but ask.

"My lord doesn't know, since the villain helped those merchants do smuggling work, those smugglers took the initiative to help me buy peace charms from nearby pirates, although it cost a lot of money, but it can ensure the smooth sailing of the ship. My lord, if you look at the flag planted on my ship, outsiders can't see the way, but we sailors know that being able to plant such a flag is a sign that we have bought a peace charm so that we can sail safely in this sea. Without the protection of this peace charm, how can a merchant ship like ours be an opponent of the pirates? Hou Dao said repeatedly.

Li Xiao was silent, he was clear, Hou Dao's words, in fact, there was a lot of suffering, these businessmen who were adrift on the ocean were also extremely helpless, if they didn't buy these so-called peace charms, they would always be invaded and harassed by the Ming army sailors who had corrupted military discipline, and the big and small pirates.

"In the future, if I, Li Xiao, have a sailor, I will definitely calm the waves for thousands of miles, and let this vast sea become a paradise for law-abiding businessmen to sail freely." Li Xiao said secretly in his heart.

"Hou Dao, this official will ask you a word, from now on, your lucky ship will become a part of our army's sailors, are you willing?" Li Xiao turned his head and shouted.

"Yes! Willing! As long as the adults spare their lives, Hugh said that this blessed boat means that all the belongings of the small ones will be given to the adults, and the small ones will not hesitate. Hou Dao confessed eagerly.

Li Xiao laughed, and he immediately appointed Chen Monkey as the chief of the sailor, Hou Dao as the deputy chief, and the actions of the No. 2 lucky ship in the future were all subject to Li Xiaojun's arrangement.

Since recovering from his injury that day, Chen Monkey, who has not been assigned a specific position, was very happy to see that he had been appointed as the chief of the water division, and immediately agreed not to mention it.

And Hou Dao, who saved his life and was also appointed as the deputy head of the water division, can be called grateful, and he treats Li Xiao and others more and more attentively.

Li Xiao's ship went south downstream, and in less than an hour, they all returned to the coast of the Pier of No Return.

Li Xiao left all the infantry on the boat, and only took Wu Liang and others with him, and returned to the pier of no return from the coast.

When Li Xiao and Wu Liang returned to the pier of no return, those cavalry had already returned from the land, and Li Xiao immediately began to arrange for the retreat to the south.

He first asked the 26 captured cavalrymen if anyone was willing to retreat south with Li Xiao's army.

As a result, 12 people were willing, and Li Xiao was very happy and warmly welcomed at the moment.

The remaining 14 people said that they already had a small family in Jinzhou and did not want to go, and Li Xiao was not reluctant, but just let them leave their armor, weapons and horses, and let them leave.

The 14 cavalrymen were overjoyed, and they thanked Li Xiao for his grace of not killing, and then walked out of the pier of no return in groups and disappeared into the snowy distance.

Then, Li Xiao arranged for the cavalry to leave.

All the cavalry was led by Zanhua Wu Liang, Tian Wei led the Xuanhu Cavalry, Wang Yishou led the Flying Harrier, plus the 12 latest cavalry who joined the team, and nearly 70 vacant war horses, with sufficient dry food and bean feed, together from the land to Longkoudun, Mazhu Town, Dengzhou, Shandong.

Then, Li Xiao arranged for the families of all the soldiers in the pier to bring their luggage and belongings in the dun, and Mo Changrong escorted them to the outer coast of the dun to board the boat.

After the family members left, Li Xiao saw that they had only come to the pier of no return in the past two days, and the newly joined Li Xiaojun's physician Chen Mazi, and the blacksmith Zhang Tongzhu and others were taking their men or craftsmen to silently collect Li tools and instruments, and do the final sorting and packing for the road.

Li Xiao thought that two days ago, when he sent Wu Liang to talk to them, he thought it would take a lot of talk, but he didn't expect that these two people would readily agree.

The reasons for both are surprisingly the same, that is, it is a rare honor to be able to serve a hero like Li Xiao who is bent on killing the enemy. What's more, neither of them is a local, so they don't have much to worry about when they go to Shandong. At that time, the two of them made this statement, which moved Li Xiao.

"Doctor Chen, Blacksmith Zhang, the two of them will not return to the dun, and they will have to work hard with our army, Li is really sorry in his heart." Li Xiao approached them and apologized.

"How can you say such things, since we have joined the army, we should serve our army. How can anyone else go, and we can't go together? Chen Mazi and the two guys replied with a smile while sorting out the medicine box.

"That is, the adults are bent on killing the enemy and serving the country, and the little old man really admires it in his heart. This trip to Shandong will definitely have more development, I am equivalent to this slight force, Lord He Lao so remembered. Zhang Tongzhu interjected from the side, he was hand-packing up the tools with a few craftsmen, and his black and red face was full of honest smiles.

Li Xiao nodded to them gratefully, and before he could say a word of gratitude, someone outside suddenly came to report that Miss Zu Wan'er was here.

Li Xiao was shocked, this snow was falling so much, what did she do here.

He immediately asked Duan Shidi to take Chen Mazi and Zhang Tongzhu and his party first, and rushed to the beach to get on the boat first, and then went to see Zu Wan'er in person.

Duan Shidi and the others went as ordered.

Zu Wan'er, who was covered in wind and snow, holding a horse in her hand, like a sculpture, stood quietly at the door of the empty pier except for Li Xiao.

Li Xiao pulled her into the pier. Looking at her frozen red face, Li Xiao felt inexplicably distressed.

"Wan'er, why are you here on such a snowy day?" Li Xiao said softly while patting the snowflakes on her body.

He spoke to himself, but Wan'er cried bitterly and hugged him tightly.

The two softness on Wan'er's chest made Li Xiao's heart tremble inexplicably.

"Li Xiao, did you already have a plan for today, why, you have been refusing to tell me!" Zu Wan'er let go a little, she shouted angrily in a low voice, her clear eyes, full of incomprehension and anger, and looked straight at him.

Li Xiao felt a sudden fever on his face.

"Wan'er, I was also forced by current events to leave Liaoxi and go to Shandong." Li Xiao's words were hesitant.

"No, I don't want to know where you're going, I just ask you, why don't you tell me!" Zu Wan'er's voice became more and more angry. "Li Xiao, do you know, I found out the news that you were leaving yesterday, and I only came here today in the wind and snow. If I hadn't arrived one step earlier, you bastard wouldn't have planned to abandon me and leave, you say, you say! ”

Zu Wan'er asked repeatedly, suddenly covered her face with her hands, and cried.

"Wan'er, I'll tell you the truth, the reason why I won't tell you is because my future is unpredictable and the risks are unpredictable. If you leave your homeland, abandon your parents, and change from a rich lady with fine clothes and food to a homeless and unruly woman, I, Li Xiao, am afraid that I will be tortured by my conscience for a lifetime. ”

After Li Xiao finished speaking, he felt an inexplicable bitterness in his heart.

"Li Xiao, you are really stupid! You said that you would marry me in this life. For this sentence, I am a girl's family, regardless of my reputation and not afraid of people's words, I have made up my mind to stay with you so often. If you and I can only share wealth and wealth, but not weal and sorrow, then what is the relationship between husband and wife! I just want to say one thing, if you don't leave me, I will live and die. ”

When Zu Wan'er said this, her eyes were full of tears.

Li Xiao's heart was hot, and he hugged her tightly from behind: "Li Xiao can get Wan'er, it is really the favor of God." If Li Xiao has a negative Wan'er in the future, I would rather be 。。。。。。 ”

A slender jade hand blocked his mouth, Zu Wan'er's eyes flowed, and she said lightly: "I finally escaped the surveillance of my parents, and I didn't come here to listen to your gambling curses." ”

Li Xiao was more moved in his heart, and hugged her tighter.

"Believe me, I'm Li Xiao, there will be a day when I get ahead, and when the time comes, I will marry you beautifully!" Li Xiao smelled the girl's body fragrance on her body, and muttered with a calm face.

In the snowstorm, Li Xiao and Zu Wan'er rode their horses away from the pier of no return and headed for the distant coast.

Li Xiao suddenly stopped the horse's hooves, he couldn't help but look back, this has lived for more than half a quarter, looking at the monument of the pier of no return that is full of snow, Li Xiao is full of emotion in his heart.

No return, what a quirky name. Isn't it, from the day I moved in that day, it indicates that I, Li Xiao, am going to embark on a road of no return?

No one answered him, only the howling wind and snow covered the whole world.

An hour later, all the crew finally got on board.

Li Xiao ordered, the Fu ship closed the anchor, and then went south.

At this time, the sky was already dark, Li Xiao stood quietly at the string of the boat, between the sea and the sky, there was an impenetrable darkness, only the wind and snow whistling non-stop

His ears were full of the sound of the waves, and the thick cotton clothes were blown by the sea breeze, but in Li Xiao's heart, there was a rare feeling of emptiness.

Compared with the vast sea and sky, this traveler is like a drop in the ocean, as small as dust. It's just that this small self has to do his best to play the strongest note of the times in this late Ming Dynasty and the world.

This should be the most important mission for God to arrange for him to return to the end of the Ming Dynasty.

The next day, the wind stopped and the snow stopped, and the clear sky revealed a warm blue.

Zu Dashou, who had a gloomy face, led more than 2,000 soldiers from Jinzhou to the empty pier of no return.

He jumped off his horse and began to peruse a large piece of paper taped to the outer wall of the pier of no return.

This is the paper that Li Xiao wrote by himself before leaving the pier of no return. In it, he recounted how he had to leave Liaoxi, and why he attacked Zhang Degui's smuggling team and killed the garrison king Dodge, who had colluded with the Tartars.

"Dashuai, what should I do now?"

It was Zu Kuan who spoke, and with a complicated expression, he asked Zu Dashou in a low voice.

Zu Dashou was silent, but under his carved appearance, the muscles on his face were faintly trembling.

After a long time, his right hand was raised tremblingly, as if to make a gesture of attack.

"Big brother, don't send troops! That Li Xiao, who abducted my Wan'er, has also left with him, if he sends a sailor to attack, I am afraid that Wan'er will also have an accident! ”

Zu Dashou's right hand trembled, and he suddenly drooped.

He turned his head and saw his cousin Zu Dale, who looked angry and helpless, begging for his own request.

The soldiers standing on the snow are like a group of silent statues.

Zu Dashou sighed, and suddenly felt as if all his strength had been drained, and he was extremely tired.

"The commander ordered that Wang Daoqi and Zhang Degui were attacked and killed by bandits, and Li Xiao, the general of the battle, was nowhere to be found." Zu Dashou licked his dry lips and said with difficulty: "This matter still needs to be investigated, and the whole army will return to Jinzhou." ”

"Order!"

In the sound of horses' hooves, Zu Dashou, who looked old and haggard, looked up at the sun after the round of snow in a daze, but muttered a word in his mouth.

"I'm Liao Town, and I'm lost."