Then the two returned to their room, and the shopkeeper found pen and ink, wrote down a contract for the transfer of slaves, signed each of them, and pressed their fingerprints.

After the money is paid, the contract is one for each person.

The delivery went smoothly, in less than a quarter of an hour.

The two returned to the hall downstairs, only to hear the shopkeeper say: "Ge Sanzai, from now on, you are this Yang Ye's person, you have nothing to do with me, let's go." ”

Ge Sanzai was confused and asked, "Where am I going?" ”

The shopkeeper said: "You just go with this Yang Ye, I don't care where you go." After speaking, he smiled at Yang Congyi and said: "Master Yang, the people are handed over to you, we have two clear money, I don't care what happens in the future." ”

"Yang understands, thank you to the store." Yang Congyi raised his hand to thank the shopkeeper, and then said, "Ge Sanzai, come with me, you will follow me in the future." ”

After speaking, he raised his hand to greet the shopkeeper and walked out of the inn.

Ge Sanzai is not a fool, and he understands what is going on at this time, thinking that it should be the store that resells him to the Yang Ye in front of him. Isn't it the same where, anyway, these debts on their bodies can't be paid off in ten lifetimes. He followed behind Yang Congyi without any hesitation and went out to the inn.

A guy had already brought Yang Congyi's horse, and when the guy saw Yang Congyi come out, he hurriedly handed over the reins in his hand and said with a smile: "The horse has been fed, and the guest officer is easy to go." ”

Yang Congyi said: "It's hard work." But he didn't take the reins, but turned his head to look at Ge Sanzai behind him.

Ge Sanzai raised his head, saw Yang Congyi, and saw the horse in front of him, and immediately came to his senses, and in the strange eyes of the man leading the horse, he stepped forward to take the reins.

Yang Congyi walked in front, Ge Sanzai led the horse behind, the two of them were silent, left the inn, and walked a long way.

Suddenly, Yang Congyi spoke: "Ge Sanzai, I see that you are a talent who goes to sea, I spent a lot of money to buy you, follow me in the future, you can continue to go to sea and do your old job." I'm going back to Quanzhou soon, and if there is anyone else in your family, I'll give you half a day's schedule. ”

Ge Sanzai was silent for a while before replying: "Thank you Yang Ye, my father and mother are gone, and there is no one at home." ”

Yang Congyi said: "That's okay, follow me with peace of mind in the future, if you do things well, within ten years, you will be free." ”

"Really?" As soon as Ge Sanzai heard this, he immediately asked urgently.

The three words were full of surprise and hope, and he longed for it to be true, and he wanted to be free, as if he were at sea.

Yang Congyi stopped and turned around, looked at Ge Sanzai's eyes full of expectations, and solemnly promised: "Ge Sanzai, from today onwards, as long as you follow me to do things in a down-to-earth manner and be an honest man, I will return your freedom after ten years, and my words count, this is what I said." ”

Ge Sanzai looked at Yang Congyi, and this time he heard it clearly, and immediately knelt on the ground with a puff, crying: "Thank you Yang Ye, the villain will definitely do a good job in the future and repay Yang Ye!" ”

"Well, I hope you remember what you said today. Get up. After Yang Congyi finished speaking, he turned around and left.

Ge Sanzai got up, raised his sleeves to wipe his tears, led the horse to follow, and landed three steps behind Yang Congyi.

"Master Yang, where are we going?" After walking for a long distance, Ge Sanzai suddenly spoke.

"Buy you a horse, and we'll return to Quanzhou immediately." Yang Congyi didn't reply.

This time, I spent a lot of money, and I spent my own money, and now I think about it a little painfully. But there is no way, it is definitely not possible to buy Ge Sanzai with the money of the imperial court, but for the sake of the fleet going to the South and Western Seas, he can't just give up this person, and in the end he can only pay out of his own pocket.

Early in the morning, Yang Congyi took Ge Sanzai to the horse market, picked it out, and bought a horse with good endurance, and the two urged the horse to leave Guangzhou that morning and return to Quanzhou all the way north.

Yang Congyi and the others did not delay all the way, and finally returned to Quanzhou on the tenth day of July.

After staying at the inn and resting for a while, Yang Congyi took Ge Sanzai to Quanzhou Shipyard first to inspect the progress of the construction of sea ships.

Although it was a hot summer in July, the craftsmen in the shipyard did not avoid the scorching heat and were sweating profusely. The whole shipyard is much busier than last month, and there are a lot more craftsmen.

Master Fei is not in the shipyard, so he is naturally looking for the old official if he has something.

Although Lao Shi was also sweating profusely, his complexion was very good and his spirit was very strong.

"My lord, we have already built forty seagoing ships, another twenty are under construction, and more than a dozen old ships are being inspected and repaired, and it is estimated that they will all be completed around mid-September."

Without waiting for Yang Congyi to continue asking, the old official said again: "Ten warships are also under construction, and the progress is nearly half, and they will definitely be built before the Mid-Autumn Festival." The 4,000-material ship is a little troublesome, although we found the drawings for the previous construction of the 'Shenzhou' at the beginning of the year, but we still encountered some trouble in the construction, the progress is a little slow, and the big ship is estimated to be completed in October. ”

"What's the trouble?" Yang Congyi was worried when he heard this, if they were not skilled, and the big ship they built was not safe at sea, it would be a big trouble.

The old official replied: "The space of the big ship is too large, the internal structure is too complicated, and the difficulty of building a big ship is more difficult than building ten small boats, there are too many accessories, and the internal splicing and installation are very troublesome." ”

"Are there any safety hazards?" Yang Congyi was a little worried.

The old official hurriedly shook his head and waved his hand, and replied: "That's not true, the keel we use is to hug the big wood, and then use a special technique to splic, the length of the ship is twenty-one zhang nine feet, this kind of big ship is not the same as on the ground at sea, the general wind and waves are not affected, the wind and waves can only let it shake, the key parts of the ship are one foot thick, some special parts are thicker, as long as the sail is not fully open, the wind hits the reef, the general collision will not have anything, the collision can not be broken. Therefore, the safety of large ships at sea can be assured that there is nothing to do. ”

As soon as he said this, Yang Congyi was relieved, the one-foot-thick plank, there is indeed nothing that can be broken, unless it is deliberately hit on the reef, if this ship is built, it must be extremely majestic, more than 20 zhang long, it can really be called a behemoth on the sea, much larger than the sea ship of 2,000 materials.

Through the old officials, Yang Congyi also learned that now there are 14,500 craftsmen in the shipyard, and the shipyard has also expanded a lot, many people eat and live in the shipyard, and start working at dawn until dark.

Together they went to see the sea ships that had been built, forty sea ships docked at the seashore, and at a glance, they were yellow, orange and orange, very spectacular. The sea area outside the shipyard was almost full, leaving only one passage in and out.

These built ships can dock in another place, and it is time to go to Lord Yan from the City Shipping Division to coordinate a few ports specially used to dock back to the Yi fleet, and when the time comes, the merchants will transport the materials to them for the time being, and then classify and load them on the ship.

Yang Congyi planned to stay in Quanzhou temporarily, first establish the Quanzhou Huiyi Supervision Office, and have time to inspect the shipyard shipbuilding progress at any time in Quanzhou.

Ge Sanzai already knew Yang Congyi's identity, so he respected him more and more. If it weren't for Yang Congyi's insistence, he wouldn't even dare to eat with Yang Congyi.

"Master, how many ships are we going to get, there are seventy or eighty ships that I heard in the shipyard just now, such a large fleet is really going to sea to the South Seas?" Ge Sanzai held back for a long time, but he couldn't help but ask.

"Yes, not only to the South Seas, but also to the West, Tianzhu to go, Dashi to go to, and even to Rome further west. This time, the fleet is very large, it is estimated that there will be more than 100 large ships, and you are familiar with the sea routes of the South China Sea and the Western Ocean. ”

Ge Sanzai replied: "I have taken the boat to three trips, it is relatively familiar, the ship used to start from Guangzhou, about 20 days downwind can pass through thousands of miles of Changsha, and then will enter the Wanli Stone Pond, after entering the Wanli Stone Pond, there are many small islands and reefs, the speed can be slowed down, I went to a few trips, and also found a relatively safe waterway, after arriving at the Three Buddhas, it is good to go west, it seems to be a bay, and you can go directly to Tianzhu by going west, without going around along the seaside." ”

Then he asked: "Such a large fleet, to the South and Western Oceans, the speed is slower than going to a ship, a boat to go out, a year back is enough, more than a hundred ships, at least two years, if you are unlucky to miss the wind season, it will take more time." ”

Yang Congyi said: "It doesn't matter if it's a year earlier or a year later, the key is to be safe." Whether it is safe to return to Yi this time is related to whether or not to return to Yi in the future, if the fleet goes out this time and comes back smoothly, there will be more people who will go out in the future. I asked you to come back with me, just because I fancy that you have been to Nanyang and Tianzhu, and if you can go to sea this winter, you will go with you. ”

Ge Sanzai said: "The master arrangement is, I will go wherever you ask me to go, I am familiar with the waterway, as long as you follow me, the fleet will definitely be able to go out safely and come back safely, without encountering strong winds and waves, and will not run into the rocks." ”

"Okay, if you go to sea in the future, you will naturally have your benefits." Yang Congyi said with a smile.

"Don't worry. I'm very familiar with the sea, and I promise that it will be fine. ”

"Forty ships have been built, and there is not a single helmsman or sailor yet, and when I find a place to stay, you can recruit some for me."

"Yes, sir."

The next day, Yang Congyi found Lord Yan and told him about the problem of coordinating the port.

There are five or six ports in the whole Quanzhou Bay, and several ports near Quanzhou City are relatively busy, and it is not convenient for boats to come and go, and the channel is not particularly wide. Xiutu Port, Hanjiang Port, Shihu Port by the open sea, three ports, one north and two south, the mouth of Quanzhou Bay, although it is a little far away from Quanzhou City, it is relatively remote, but the water area is open, and it is convenient for ships to enter and exit.

After consulting with Lord Yan, Yang Congyi immediately determined that these three ports would be the exclusive ports for the imperial court's Huiyi fleet, and other merchant ships were not allowed to dock at these three ports.

After the port was determined, Yang Congyi had to go to see the specific location and situation in person.

There are a lot of materials purchased this time, and the materials transported by the merchants cannot be directly moved from their ships to the Huiyi merchant ships, and they also need to be carefully inspected before they can be delivered.