As guests from Li Hu's side, according to etiquette, Li Yuanyang and Li Duocai were going to enter the room to accompany the guests, but when they were called, they all stood outside the courtyard and no one dared to enter lightly.

No one expected him to come back, and after he went in, what should he call him? Yang Yanyan's uncle was called by Qianzhuang, and hurriedly passed by, and saw the two of them looking at each other, smiling bitterly, whispering, and urging them to say, "Go in." Come in. ”

Li Yuanyang stood behind Li Duocai, supported Li Duocai's waist, pushed forward and said, "Uncle Dongjia." I've got to take care of the food, you know, the food can't be ambiguous. ”

Li Duocai didn't do anything, dragged him out from behind and said, "I'm in charge of the canteen, what kind of food are you going to eat?" The food is vague and unambiguous, and it's also my business. ”

Uncle Yang Yanyan is weird.

One of these two is Li Hu's elder, the other is Li Hu's master, and the guests also call themselves Li Hu's elders, as relatives, what are these two shrinking back?

He grabbed Li Duocai and told him, "What are you hiding?" He is Li Hu's uncle, you are also Li Hu's uncle, you must be older than him, and he has to call you brother. You have to go. ”

Li Duocai was helpless.

When he saw Li Mandarin Duck stealing fun, he said with a dark face: "You will go to prepare the meal after you have met the guests." ”

The servant and a relative of the Yang family entered the hospital one after another.

Li Yuanyang saw Yang Linggang's wife preparing a meal at a glance, and hurriedly ran to him and said, "Don't cook here, it's all from the canteen." ”

Sister-in-law Yang said excitedly, "What." The chickens are all killed, you don't care, get in, get in. ”

When he arrived inside, Yang Linggang was accompanying the guests.

The guest also just sat down to greet him, waved his hand to get a congratulatory gift for Yang's mother, and said with a smile: "My mother always said that if you want to give gifts to the elderly, you can't get gold and silver, and give more blessings to longevity, which is extremely difficult to choose. The man took a simple wooden box from the horseback outside and presented it to Yang's mother.

Mother Yang smiled: "Where to use politely, I feel how difficult it is to come." ”

Seeing Uncle Yang, the guest stood up.

Li Duocai followed Uncle Yang, took a step forward, and introduced: "This is Ling Gang and Yan Yan's uncle." Everyone was stunned for a moment, Li Duocai clearly didn't know the guest, he and Li Hu had been separated for many years before they met, and the guest was a friend of Li Hu's father, he didn't know him, not to mention that he was embarrassed to meet the guest just now, why was he so proactive at this time. However, everyone was surprised, and introduced the main owner in turn: "This is Li Hu's uncle." After being separated for many years, he also looked for Li Hu for many years, and then he found it. ”

The guest said "oh" and greeted him with a different finger: "Li Hu and his grandmother are dreaming, afraid that Li Hu will suffer from the cold and cold?" Sent you?! ”

Li Duocai knew that this was dissatisfaction.

Li Hu was exiled to Beizhou, which was to hone him.

As a result, the family is not at ease with this, and that is not at ease, Li Mandarin Duck was sent, and then he was also sent, although he couldn't hide it later, but he didn't have the permission of the person in front of him, and hurriedly said: "Ah." yes......" he explained in cryptic terms.

The guest turned to talk to Uncle Yang.

He smiled and said: "I also heard Li Hu mention that he has an uncle who has rich experience and treats people amiably. ”

He said, "So he asked me for a gift." ”

With a wave of his hand, a long wooden box was brought to him.

Uncle Yang said excitedly that he was polite, and then said a few words Li Hu, seeing the guest's eyes, he opened it and saw that there was a wooden stick in the long wooden box, with a longevity crane at the top, and a grasping tooth at the end, all black, take it out and try it, heavy. The guest said: "This is the ironwood of the Far North Real Estate. It is extremely difficult to grow, the texture is so hard, and the blade is difficult to break. You can always walk on the road and rely on it. ”

It feels rare, but it's not a precious thing.

Uncle Yang accepted it on the spot, tried it twice in his hand, and said, "Ahhh Do you really keep chopping? The guest spoke to Li Duocai again: "You are Li Hu's uncle, it is said that he is a relative of our side, and he is not very polite to you, but when he thinks of meeting for the first time, he has to prepare something, he waved his hand, and others brought a big oil paper bag, Li Duocai hurriedly held it, and said "You're polite." The guest asked, "Open it and take a look." Li Duocai opened it, but it was a gray-white waxy monster piece overflowing with fragrance, and he was surprised: "What is this?" ”

There was a strange smell in the house.

Yang Linggang couldn't help but come over to take a look, and said in surprise: "Ambergris." ”

The guest was very surprised and asked Yang Linggang: "Do you recognize?" ”

Yang Linggang smiled: "Then why don't you know." Whales can be killed every year, and after dissecting them, look for this thing first, and the meat and oil of a whale may not be worth a piece of ambergris. ”

The guest nodded.

He glanced at Li Yuanyang, smiled and said, "Li Yuanyang is right." I have prepared a sword for you, this Xia sword is sharp, and the world knows it, so I won't talk to you anymore. ”

The gifts he sent verified the fact that he came from afar, all of them were light and easy to carry, all of them were rare things in the north, don't look at the fact that everyone didn't open the old lady's box, and dare to conclude that it was also a specialty of the north, and when he arrived at Yang Linggang, the guest sat down, looked at it with a smile, and praised: "What a strong man." Compared with Li Hu, I am also your elder, I have gifts for you, and there are also examination schools, are you willing to accept the examination schools of your elders? ”

Yang Linggang nodded: "Yes." The guests asked Yang Linggang to sit down, and when everyone also sat down, they made a gesture to take the school, but Uncle Yang dragged Li Duocai to sit down, and Li Duocai refused to live or die, which made a few people who watched the joke anxious for a while, and said: "Don't let it, don't let it, I want to ask Ling Gang." ”

Yang Linggang also looked pious.

The room quickly fell silent, and the guest began his first question: "Ling Gang." I ask you, can iron be made into a ship? ”

A room of people thought he was going to ask some practical things, such as how your business is going to be, and then give some pointers, but he didn't expect it to be related to maritime affairs.

Iron made of ships? It feels a bit fantastical.

Yang Linggang hesitated slightly.

A relative in the village, who was also running the sea, blurted out: "No." ”

The guest stopped: "Don't interfere with Ling Gang's thoughts. ”

Yang Linggang was still hesitating.

Uncle Yang was also anxious and reminded: "How heavy is that iron." Such a simple question, you don't answer it for a long time, don't you uncle laugh at it? You're still running the sea. ”

Yang Linggang gradually retracted and said slowly: "It should be possible." I love boats, and when I beat my ship, I ran through many shipyards, and I knew that some of the wood suitable for building a big ship would sink when it entered the water. But when it is made, it can float on water, and it will not perish. He asked, "Uncle." Am I right? ”

The guest smiled slightly.

Soon, he asked again: "The ship goes in the direction of the wind, can it be done by relying on the wind alone?" ”

Yang Linggang didn't think about it and said, "Yes." ”

He was pleasantly surprised and said, "Uncle." Are you a seamaker in Dongxia? Only the live sail skills of Dongxia can easily turn the sail with the wind. ”

The guest smiled again and asked, "Stormy weather, the tide is rolling, and the big waves are right in front of you, how can you walk to save the lives of your boatload?" ”

Yang Linggang didn't think about it and said: "In most cases, you have to rush forward." ”

The guest didn't say that Yang Linggang answered right or wrong.

Many people in the room were in a hurry, those who ran through the sea were pondering, and the same sect who had not run was anxious to help correct: "Turn around and run." ”

Yang Linggang yelled at them: "Understand a fart." Running back, the water shrinks the nest, it's a deep pit, most of the time, you have to rush forward while the flood peak is not raised, you rush forward, the water quickly lifts the boat, so that you can resist the flood peak. ”

The guests laughed.

"He's a good boy," he said. There are several gifts for you, but you can only choose one of them, what you choose, what is yours, this is also a test for you. ”

Yang Linggang didn't think about it and said, "Okay." ”

As soon as the guest waved his hand, his man put the first gift on the table, uncovered the cloth, threw a long pin with a tumbler, touched it with his hand a few times, and pointed to the north.

Yang Linggang exclaimed: "The compass of Dongxia. ”

The guest laughed and said, "Is it what you are missing?" In fact, this is just a part, there is a scale cover on the top, after installation, the needle can be fixed to the middle, only in the middle of the turn, the scale on the top can help you determine the warp and weft, so that it is more suitable for the bumps on the ship. ”

Yang Linggang was about to stretch out his hand.

The guest said, "Wait." I haven't read the rest yet, what if there is anything more useful to you? ”

Yang Linggang still wanted to, and said: "Above the maritime affairs, there are few things that can compare to this thing, and the Sinan in the court is not easy to use at all, and the spoon on the top can't turn." ”

The guest nodded, waved his hand again, and the second piece was placed between the two of them, and as soon as the cloth was removed, Li Mandarin Duck jumped up with a "whoosh".

He shouted in disbelief, "Big ...... Uncle, clairvoyant. ”

Immediately after, he gasped and asked, "Can we make clairvoyances over there in Dongxia?" ”

The guest said, "Yes." Dongxia has recently added an industry, called mirror grinding, and there are more people grinding mirrors, and the secret of clairvoyance has been mastered. ”

Yang Linggang is still very unfamiliar.

This copper tube looks like it can be retracted, can he use it better than a compass?

Li Yuanyang reminded anxiously: "Choose clairvoyance." Pick clairvoyance. ”

The room full of people stared with bated breath when they heard the name.

What is this guest doing?

Do you want to open Jubao Zhai?

The guest asked, "Ling Gang." With your hands on your hands, you stand in the doorway and look out. Mandarin duck, since you are so excited, you also go and help see how to use it. ”

Before Yang Linggang could pick it up, Li Yuanyang jumped up, his hands trembling and wheezing, which made Yang Linggang nervous.

When others wanted to go, they were all told back by their elders.

The two of them went to the door, and after looking at the sky and the earth, the distance and the near, they all came back.

Yang Linggang said categorically: "I want this." I'm afraid it's too expensive. Or I'll give some Uncle Qian. ”

The guest smiled: "Don't be too sure. The compass just now, you said it was it, didn't something better come out? ”

Yang Linggang nodded.

I couldn't put it down and stroked the "clairvoyant" and put it back with a trembling twist.

Li Mandarin Duck was stroking his sword, looking at the clairvoyant from time to time, as if he regretted asking for the sword, as if he wanted to return the sword to the clairvoyance.

The third thing was brought, and when he put it in front of him, it was more than a dozen rolls of paper, Yang Linggang hesitated to take it, picked up one, and also exclaimed: "The sea map." ”

He spread out one, touched and searched for it, and recited the names of places.

The guest said: "Clairvoyance still sees closely, but this chart can see farther." ”

He took out one, opened it for Yang Linggang, and said: "To the north, this is Phi Island, this is Falkland, this is the Yazizui Peninsula, this is Reservoir Island, this is Beibu Gulf, and this is North Heishui...... Soon this will become a trade route, the whole around Gaoxian, you look at this place, this is a reef area, marked, you look here, this is a strait, the place of passage to the north, you see, this is the Wa country, the pirates of the Wa country often haunt this area, and the navy of the Eastern Xia has a station here. In Yang Linggang's distraction, he concluded: "This map is thousands of times more precious than the Xia map published outside, it is the survey and mapping of the Eastern Xia Navy for three years, during which more than 30 ships and hundreds of naval officers and soldiers were lost, and the most important thing is that it integrates the most advanced longitude and latitude theory, and can describe every location." ”

The guest said, "This is only part of it, once you have chosen it, I can also find you a survey of the climate and a summary of the monsoon." ”

Not to mention Yang Linggang, the eyes of the people in the room were all hooked, and they were even more incomparably wide.

This guest?

Was he sent by the god of the sea?

Li Yuanyang was still reminding: "Ling Gang." Don't be dazzled, clairvoyant. Yang Linggang turned around and stopped him and said, "I want this chart." Clairvoyance can see closely, I have more than ten years of experience in going to sea, and I can feel it when I don't look close. I'm going to be far away. I want this chart. I want these charts. ”

The guest laughed, glared at Li Yuanyang, and commented: "People who know the goods." ”

As soon as he waved his hand, everyone was dumbfounded and asked, "What?" ”

Aunt Yang was anxious, stood up and said, "This is his uncle." Don't take things out again, these are priceless treasures, and you can't get them back if you sell Ling Gang. ”

The guest smiled: "Old sister, you are too polite, and you are too worried." Person?! Always more valuable than things. What's more, what about maritime talents like Ling Gang? People like him, Jing Kang is afraid that it will be difficult to find a few, and there are not many in Dongxia. You have saved Li Hu's life, I can't take anything out too much, but I take these things, not to repay Li Hu, nor to let Ling Gang repay, but to give a young man like him a dream, the dream of sailing, the sea is so big, someone has to support him behind him. ”

He said again: "These precious things in your eyes, maybe Ling Gang has seen the fourth thing, and he doesn't want any of them." ”

He demanded, "Bring it up." ”

The fourth was brought, and the guest lifted the cloth, but it was a classic book, on which it was written: "Daxia Hailuo New Edition".

Next to this book is a piece of paper, folded, almost negligible compared to the book.

The guest said: "This is the maritime knowledge compiled by me from all over the country, including the latest longitude and latitude map annotation method, including the summary of the monsoon, the movement of the sea, the changes of the weather throughout the year, the fish and plants on the sea, and the method of judging the island...... I know Ling Gang, you are literate. You just mentioned that iron energy shipbuilding, from sand ships to fortune ships to summer ships, we in Dongxia have built a piece of iron-wood ships, and we have also begun to consider building steel-framed ships...... It's just that the ship is sinking and it is harder to shake, and someone has to find a way to solve these problems. ”

Yang Linggang muttered: "I didn't expect that there are still books dedicated to maritime affairs in the world? ”

The guest said: "Secondly, this book can give you an unprecedented maritime strategy in the past and present. The guest pushed the origami on the side and said to Yang Linggang, "Open it and take a look." ”

Yang Linggang immediately picked it up, unfolded it, stood up suddenly, and read: "Maritime Academy." ”

The guest nodded, smiled and said, "You can choose, everyone can help him choose." ”

Li Yuanyang shouted beggingly: "Ling Gang." Choose clairy. You choose clairvoyance for me, and I'll find those things for you, okay? ”

Others also said anything, but they didn't dare to give Yang Linggang advice.

Yang Linggang's eyes gradually became firm.

He stood in front of the fourth gift and said in a loud voice, "Uncle." You say a lot. What I need to open up is my own dreams. Dead things are easy to find, and opportunities are rare. ”

The guest laughed and said, "You've got this question right again." The rest is yours too, I'll put it for you, and put it until you graduate from the Maritime Academy. ”R1058