Leaving the Goryeo Peninsula, I did not want to stay in the land of the Ming Dynasty for a day, but led the fleet and headed south at full speed, along the coastline of the Ming Dynasty.

I looked at the rolling mountains, and suddenly my heart no longer had the resentment and reluctance I had at the beginning, but became very calm and relaxed.

I thought about it seriously, this is probably because of despair, despair for the Ming Dynasty, and despair for this era, which made me give up on the status quo, a kind of broken jar, let it go.

Blowing a river of spring water, what is the matter?

In this huge Ming Dynasty, except for Ye Sizhong, except for a few Shen Shixing and one or two others, who else is worthy of my nostalgia and struggle?

He who forsaken himself will be forsaken. Your own affairs, only your own heart, is the most important.

If you give up, no matter how hard others try, it will only be a zero after all.

So be it! So be it! No matter how painful it is, there is nothing to be done.

The cold rain and the river entered Wu at night, and Pingming sent the guests to Chushan Lonely.

Luoyang relatives and friends asked each other, and a piece of ice was in the jade pot.

I tried my best!

When the fleet went all the way south from the Jiaodong Peninsula, through Xuzhou, Suzhou and Hangzhou, to Quanzhou, through the strait, and to Macao, I knew that I was going to leave my homeland, and the last look at that small island might be the last look I would see at my homeland in this life.

I only hate that I don't have a camera in my hand, and I don't have the ability to draw all this with the pen in my hand, so I can only engrave it deeply into my mind and make it an eternal memory in my heart.

The fleet did not slow down, and still went smoothly at a speed of fifteen knots. When I couldn't see the land anymore, I thought I would be sad and wanted to cry, but who knows, but I felt a kind of relief from the bottom of my heart.

I'm never sad anymore, I told myself.

And this became the fundamental motivation for me to choose my future, which I didn't understand until many years later.

Along the same longitude as Macao, our fleet headed straight south, which was the fastest way under my command. Such a route can ensure that we can go directly to the Strait of Malacca, cross the South Sea and enter the Indian Ocean at the fastest speed.

I sent someone to greet him there, brought him a gift sufficient to compensate him for his righteous efforts to attract firepower, and thanked him for the information he had brought about the Spaniards' attack on North America, and then went south at full speed.

I believe that Pence Jr. also understands that saving people at this time is like fighting fire, and as for providing information, we have the situation to make up for it.

However, things in the world are destined for seven points, and three points depend on hard work, which is not false at all. Shortly after our fleet entered the South Seas, it encountered its first rainstorm in recent memory!

Under the raging tornado, two medium-sized transport ships were torn to pieces, and although I ordered all efforts to save people, nearly twenty sailors still perished at the bottom of the sea, and the losses were not counted.

As a last resort, we had no choice but to take refuge in the nearby islands of the Ronai Islands, according to the nautical charts.

The Ronai Islands are a modern part of Indonesia and are an overseas archipelago with tourism as its core industry.

However, under the premise that the productivity in all aspects has not been greatly improved to the level of modern industry, the islands are still a desert island, which does not have the ability to replenish, but it is completely sufficient as a place to avoid disasters.

When our fleet made a temporary landing on the south shore of the archipelago, lowered its anchor, lowered its sails, and began to repair the damage to the hull with all its might.

When I heard the damage reported to me by Adicon, my face was not shocked. Such a situation is inevitable, after all, walking on the vast sea, no matter what you encounter, it is not surprising.

However, at this moment, Mo suddenly found me, and he told me a message with a strange face: "Sir, we found a man in the depths of the cabin......"

I'm confused, found someone in the cabin? What is this concept? Who was found?

Seeing my strange expression, Mo turned around, and a thin figure turned out from behind him.

When I saw the person clearly by the flickering lights, I couldn't help but laugh angrily: "Shibiao? How are you? ”

The person who came was Zheng Shibiao, who I had already entrusted to Shen Shixing and Shi Xing! But how did this kid end up here? 、

Zheng Shibiao's cheeks were red, he was very embarrassed, but he tried to muster up his courage and said loudly to me: "Sir! I don't want to stay in the Ming Dynasty as an official, I want to ...... I want to go to sea with you! Do big things! ”

I couldn't help but laugh out loud, and this laugh made Zheng Shibiao blush even more. Eager to argue, and wanting to prove to me his loyalty and bravery, he called out to me in a tone that he had not yet fully changed: "I know that you have been ostracized in the Ming Dynasty!" I know you're not wrong! But they're going to drive you away! They are wrong! I don't want to play for them! ”

Zheng Shi's face turned red, and after shouting, his face turned even redder.

I shook my head and smiled, "Okay! This is not something you should think about, about it...... That's not right! I left you in Jingshi, how did you get on the fleet? ”

Zheng Shibiao suddenly puffed up his chest and said proudly: "I...... I stole a boat from the Tianjin Wei Wharf at night and sailed out of the port while they were unprepared. I guess you may have to go back to the West, and I waited for you for three days and three nights in Bohai Bay, east of Tianjin. Ten days ago, when I finally saw our fleet, I leaned in at night, afraid that the cable would come up! ”

Drink! This kid! I don't know how to express my feelings at this moment, whether I should praise him or scold him.

On the sea, such behavior is quite dangerous, and if you are not careful, you will be doomed.

But he still did it, and he did it willingly, looking at his expression, he was afraid that deep in his heart, he would treasure this fateful thing as a major wealth and opportunity in his life, but he didn't know that the consequence of doing so was a high probability of losing the future, or - loss of life.

However, it was too late to say this, and I admired Zheng Shibiao's loyalty, and I could not explain to him everything I had at my disposal.

I can't say that in the future, you will have a very famous son named Zheng Zhilong, and a grandson with a national surname named Zheng Chenggong.

So I gently pulled Zheng Shibiao to my side and said to him softly: "Child, do you remember the three things I asked you to do? ”

Zheng Shibiao lowered his head and said, "Remember!" Of course I do! But......" He suddenly raised his head and said to me stubbornly: "But sir, it was the Ming Dynasty that failed you first, why do you still speak for the Ming Dynasty?" ”

I gently touched Zheng Shibiao's hair, sighed and said, "There is a way that dogs don't think their families are poor, and sons don't think their mothers are ugly." Although I am extremely disappointed and even desperate in the Ming Dynasty, I can't change the fact that I have Chinese blood flowing in my body! I'm leaving, but I left you, that is, I left my hope and sustenance for the Ming Dynasty, do you understand? ”

Zheng Shibiao bit his lip, nodded vigorously after a while, and said again: "Sir, I'm afraid I won't be able to do well!" ”

I patted him on the shoulder and encouraged, "You can!" You are the smartest and bravest kid I've ever met! As long as you work hard, you will be able to do it! ”

Who knew that Zheng Shibiao grinned: "I am brave, I am brave, but I dare not be smart, sir!" I can't do this, so let me go to sea with you! Even if I am a deck washer! I just want to stay in your fleet! ”

I looked at Zheng Shibiao's serious expression, couldn't help but sigh again, stood up and looked at the misty rain curtain in the distance and said, "Child, I know that you are loyal, but there are some things...... Some things aren't as simple as you think. ”

I still wanted to go on, but I heard Zheng Shibiao ask with a sad face: "Sir, am I not good enough?" You're going to drive me away? ”

Seeing that the teenage boy's eyes were red, I couldn't help laughing again: "Child, you child! ”

I thought silently, Zheng Shibiao is only thirteen or fourteen years old this year, and I am afraid that there will be several years before he gets married. Since this is the case, I will take him to practice by his side for a few years, and then find a reason to let him return to Daming when it is almost time.

Or maybe as he continues to grow up, he also has his own ideas and judgments, and I can't keep it!

Thinking of this, I made up my mind, gently patted Zheng Shibiao's shoulder and said, "Okay! Since you are so insistent, then stay in the fleet for the time being. But you have to promise me one extra thing! ”

Zheng Shibiao immediately stood up straight, looked at me with a very reverent expression and said, "Sir, don't say one, it's ten, and I'm willing to promise you!" ”

I smiled, rubbed Zheng Shibiao's hair and said, "Child, my request is that you must go all out to learn fleet management and operational command, and you are not allowed to try your children's personal affairs lightly. If there is a girl you like, you must go through my review and check before you can get married! Do you understand? ”

Zheng Shibiao only thought that I was strict with him, so he immediately agreed with a smile, but I didn't know that I had deeper considerations.

Zheng Shibiao's son Zheng Zhilong's mother is an orthodox Ming Dynasty, so I asked Zheng Shibiao to be with a Ming Dynasty person in the future, because I was worried that if he went to sea with me and found a foreign girl, what if he couldn't give birth to Zheng Zhilong?

I don't know if I'm unfounded, but I don't want this to happen, so I have to nip it all in the bud!

Seeing that Zheng Shibiao agreed as if he didn't understand, I couldn't help but worry in my heart. He wouldn't understand why I was making such a request, and I couldn't explain it.

I can only pay more attention and be more careful!

Zheng Shibiao didn't know what I was worried about, and after bowing to me, he jumped up and went to find Adicon.

Alas, forget it, let him study hard with Adicon, maybe there will be changes in the future, but if Zheng Zhilong can be more proficient in water warfare, this can be regarded as history developing in a good direction, and there should be no disadvantages!

Watching him run away, I couldn't help but sigh softly.

The future will be left to the future to decide!