Hui Niang's pregnancy made Shen Xi feel a little sudden. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

No matter which wife in the family is pregnant, or Li Jin is pregnant, it makes him feel comforted, but Hui Niang's pregnancy makes him feel blocked in his heart and entangled.

This child may make his relationship with Hui Niang go further, and let Hui Niang enter the state of husband and child, but I am afraid that Hui Niang's personality will become withdrawn and extreme after pregnancy and childbirth, and the son born by a woman in the house is always unjustifiable, and Hui Niang cannot win more power for her son, which may inspire her resentment.

Postpartum depression is terrible, especially for a woman like Hui Niang, who has no place in her heart and no hope for the future.

"I'm sorry to die."

Shen Xi left Hui Niang's place and returned home, and spent the days before the expedition depressed about this matter. Shen Xi didn't find out that it was he who thought things too complicated, and the so-called concern was chaotic...... Shen Xi poured too much emotion into Hui Niang, and he finally got it, and he didn't want to lose it easily.

October 29 was the day when it was planned to officially send troops to exterminate the bandits on the front line from Guangzhou to the Leizhou Peninsula.

This time, the soldiers and horses will be divided into the front army, the middle army and the rear army, except for the Chinese army taking boats, the front and rear two roads of men and horses, all adopt the mixed mode of foot and horse, and advance to Leizhou Mansion by land. If you encounter bandits on the way, you will start a war on the spot, and if you are not, you will explore your surroundings and prepare for any possible changes.

Shen Xi sat in charge of the Chinese army to move with the ship, and the Chinese army was equipped with more than 40 large ships of 500 to 1,000 materials, plus 80 small boats ranging from 100 to 400 materials, which could be regarded as a mighty and mighty one. The fleet will sail along the coastline and for safety, it will stay on the shore every day before sunset, and at the same time keep a close watch against bandits.

The day before, the soldiers had loaded the food, fresh water, and war materials on the ship, and in the early morning of October 29, Shen Xi took his personal guards on board, and at this time, the 1,000-foot cavalry of the front army had already set off for an hour.

"Master, everything is ready, what else do you command?"

Zhu Qi was old and physically exhausted, so Shen Xi understood that he didn't have to follow the boat and asked him to stay in Guangzhou City to protect his family. Zhu Qi specially asked his son Zhu Hong to go to the battlefield with Shen Xi to experience and win military exploits. Ma Jiu, as the chief instructor responsible for manipulating the Franc machine gun, followed Shen Xi's side and listened to it at any time.

Shen Xi said: "After I left, the Governor Yamen kept an eye on me, and in addition, I kept an eye on the three divisions and beware of their tricks behind their backs." ”

Zhu Qi respectfully received the order: "Yes, master." ”

Shen Xi's command ship is a large treasure ship of 1,500 materials, with a three-story building in front and a tail, and a deck in the middle, in which the top of the bow is flat and open, and three masts are erected on it, and there are also three masts on the stern top, but a wooden octagonal pavilion is specially built in the middle.

The three masts on the amidship deck of the treasure ship are the tallest and majestic, and the canvas hanging on them is also the most huge. The ship is driven by the wind, and there are 150 sailors on this ship alone, and each time the ship adjusts its course, a large number of sailors need to work together.

This treasure ship comes from the Yamen of the Guangdong Metropolitan Command, and is said to be a treasure inherited during the Yongle period.

Shen Xi had seen the controversy about the treasure ship on the Internet in his previous life, and the first thing he did when he got on the ship was to check everywhere with the mentality of an archaeologist, and after inspection, he concluded that the displacement of this ship was about 900 tons, and there were many middle cabins, and there was even a breeding room specially used for raising pigs, which showed how spacious its interior was.

However, no matter how good the boat is, because the age of the ship is too old, in order to avoid accidents, Shen Xi instructed that if it encounters a big wind and waves, it must be docked as soon as possible.

Fortunately, it is the end of October, so there is no need to worry about typhoons, even if there are winds and waves at sea, the coastline will not be destroyed and people will die.

The fleet specially hired dozens of guides, who were very familiar with the hydrological conditions on the way south to Leizhou, and did not have to worry about the problem of hitting the reef.

Because he didn't sleep well last night, Shen Xi got into the cabin on the third floor of the stern and went to bed...... It was a cloudy day outside, and the sea breeze was not small in this kind of weather, so he was not prepared to stay on the deck to blow the cold wind.

It was the Xiaoice River period, and the coast of Guangdong Province in October was still relatively cold, and the soldiers initially put on a posture and stood majestically all over the hull, but only an hour later, they returned to the cabin one after another, and those officers and soldiers who were on guard duty also sat down, or found a place to lean on, completely losing their previous prestige.

In the cabin, Shen Xi was sleeping soundly under the quilt, and suddenly felt something drilling into his arms, and suddenly woke up, only to see a fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl leaning on his arms, looking at him with stunned and slightly frightened eyes.

Shen Xi immediately got up, then drew his saber and shouted, "Who? ”

The command ship of the governor of the three provinces, guarded by so many soldiers around, was actually mixed into the ship by a young girl?

The head of the hundred households, Jing Yue, appeared outside the cabin door and explained, "My lord, this is ...... General Li specially arranged it, and General Li said that the adults had worked hard all the way and someone had to take care of their daily lives, so he arranged for a boatman's daughter to serve on the boat. Rest assured, the last general is tight-lipped and does not dare to chew the root of his tongue. ”

What a corruption!

As soon as I went to sea, I sent the woman here, and this boat girl looked quite handsome...... What did her parents think?

Most of them were bribed or coerced, so I have to agree!

Shen Xi thought to himself, Li Che, the commander of the Guangdong capital, is a complete martial artist, and he wants to curry favor with himself, which is nothing more than a gift of wealth, Li Che has already given silver before, and now he is sending a woman, which is very in line with the temperament of a martial artist.

Think about that Qi Jiguang, a generation of famous anti-Japanese generals, famous through the ages, didn't he also send women and silver to Shoufu Zhang Juzheng in order to get convenience?

Shen Xi waved his hand and said, "Send people off the boat, this official doesn't need it." ”

Jing Yue said: "My lord, this ship has already set off, and it doesn't seem appropriate to dock and send people off the ship for this purpose, after all, ...... It's a woman, you might as well wait for the night to rest, and then send someone to send this woman back to Guangzhou Mansion, you might as well ...... today"

Why not what?

Take possession of other people's girls first, and then pat their butts and send them away? What did that look like?

"Send her to the lower cabin...... Send it away after dark! ”

Shen Xi said a word and asked Jing Yue to send the girl out.

After this incident, Shen Xi was completely sleepy, and then he carefully looked at his cabin, in addition to a large wide bed, there was also a fixed wooden cabinet and a table, the table was next to the window, and the pen, ink, paper and inkstone were prepared on it. The cabin floor is covered with a layer of strangely shaped blankets, and the surrounding walls are decorated to give it a touch of luxury.

Shen Xi shook his head, came out and climbed the stairs to the top of the stern building, sat down in the octagonal pavilion, and leisurely enjoyed the beautiful scenery on the sea.

The ships sailed along the coastline in a southwesterly direction, and the fleet was so vast that they were dozens of feet apart from each other, so that there were only one hundred and twenty or thirty ships, and there was no end in sight, and the momentum was extremely extraordinary. Shen Xi stood at the height of the stern, with the sea and sky on his left hand, and the strange rocks on the beach in the distance on his right, and from time to time you could see the vast mangrove forests on the coast.

Today's boats, big and small, are sailing, and when the sails are raised, they can get strong thrust by simply adjusting the angle of the sails when they are downwind and against the wind, and when there is no wind, they need to lower the sails to reduce drag when paddling.

During lunch, Shen Xi returned to the cabin, and as soon as he sat down at the table by the window, he saw the girl before entering the room with a special large bowl.

In addition to rice, there were still green vegetables, chicken, duck and fish in the wooden bowl, and her eyes were straight, so she carefully put down the wooden bowl on the table and stood aside obediently and waited.

Shen Xi took a closer look, in order to avoid turbulence during the voyage of the ship, the texture of this big bowl is wooden, the capacity is very large, just the rice is enough for half a catty, plus the vegetables piled up on the other side, with his small body can't eat so much, he immediately looked at the girl and asked, "Want to eat?" ”

The girl looked at Shen Xi and shook her head with difficulty after a while.

Shen Xi picked up the big wooden bowl, took a few bites casually, and then said, "I'm not hungry, you can take it and eat." When you are full, you will have the strength to go home at night. ”

The girl trembled and took the big wooden bowl handed over by Shen Xi, her eyes were full of longing, but she didn't know if what Shen Xi said was true, she secretly looked at Shen Xi, and her teeth unconsciously bit her lower lip, unspeakably pitiful.

Shen Xi's face was full of peaceful smiles, nodded encouragingly, and said in his mouth: "Eat, if it's not enough, go to the kitchen to serve it yourself, just say that I haven't eaten enough." ”

"Hmm."

The girl finally dispelled her worries, threw down her chopsticks, and grabbed the food in the bowl with her hand and ate it in a big gulp.

"You-"

Shen Xi wanted to remind her to use chopsticks, but thinking that this girl might rarely have the opportunity to serve on weekdays, it is estimated that she is a little unfamiliar with chopsticks, so it is better to let her eat more steadily...... After all, only what is caught is the most real.

He paid a little attention to the girl's naked skin, there were blood marks on the neck, as if she had been beaten, and there were several old wounds on her wrists, indicating that she had suffered a lot.

The girl ate something, licked the bottom of the bowl cleanly, and then put the bowl down obediently. Seeing this, Shen Xi shook his head, handed over the handkerchief, and said with a smile: "Wipe your hands, go out like this, they will definitely know that you are stealing food." ”

The girl shook her head in panic, and unconsciously wiped her oil-stained hands on her body, and after wiping it twice, she realized that she was not wearing ordinary coarse linen clothes today, but a clean shirt that she had changed into before she got on the boat.

Just as she was hesitating, Shen Xi had already put the handkerchief on her hand, she picked it up and wiped it slightly, and said with some fear, "I...... I will...... Wash it clean. ”

Shen Xi said: "No need to wash, I'll give it to you." Sit down and talk to me, how old are you? ”

The girl looked at Shen Xi and didn't understand why Shen Xi asked her this, so she hesitated for a long time before replying, "Ten ...... A baker's dozen. ”

"Void years?" Shen Xi Road.

"Hmm." The girl nodded.

Shen Xi couldn't help but be surprised, when he saw the girl's appearance, he thought it was a fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl, but he didn't expect that the girl was only twelve years old now, and she was completely a little girl. He couldn't help but sigh lightly, thinking of Xie Hengnu, Yin Wen and Lu Xi'er around him, and even Lin Dai, their childhood may not have been smooth sailing, but they basically grew up in care.

Shen Xi asked, "Why did you come to the boat?" ”

The girl lowered her head gloomily and said, "Daddy owes debts, use me and my sister to pay off the debts." ”

Shen Xi frowned: "What about your sister?" ”

The girl shook her head and said she didn't know.

Shen Xi thought to herself, the girl was only twelve years old, then her sister might only be ten or eight years old, either she was resold to the Jiaofang Division or craftsmen from the north and south, or she was adopted by a wealthy family, and when she grew up a little, she would give it away like her sister.

In this way, Shen Xi sent her back like this, and the girl could not avoid that she would continue to suffer and be resold in the future.

Shen Xi was moved by compassion and wanted to leave the girl behind, but he knew that this was the sorrow of an era, just like the girl he bought for Zhu Houzhao in the capital to sell himself and bury his father, although he had the ability to change the fate of several people, he was powerless to change an era.

To change the status quo, the only way to make the people have enough to eat, and the implementation of sweet potatoes and corn is the first step.

Shen Xi asked, "Do you want to go back to see your parents?" ”

The girl looked dazed, did not nod, and did not shake her head. She has so many injuries on her body, it can be seen that her parents are not good to her, and the girl also knows that she is the object of dislike wherever she goes.

Shen Xi sighed: "Stay, after you get to the shore, I will send someone to send you back to Guangzhou Mansion and take good care of yourself." ”

The girl doesn't know much about the outside world, although she is a little afraid of Shen Xi, but only out of fear of a powerful person, about how much power Shen Xi has and what she can do for her, she is simply confused, she only knows that by Shen Xi's side, she has eaten the most delicious meal in her life.

In the afternoon, the girl stayed in Shen Xi's cabin, found a corner to sit down, leaned against the bulkhead and fell asleep, occasionally opened her eyes, and saw Shen Xi sitting at the table with her head buried in writing, she didn't say much, closed her eyes and continued to sleep.

It wasn't until sunset that the boats docked one after another, and she became nervous. Shen Xi withdrew his gaze from the window, looked sideways at the girl, and comforted with a smile: "Don't be afraid, when you go ashore, someone will send you to a place where you can have a full meal." (To be continued.) )