On winter nights, even the moonlight looks much colder.

Off the coast of Dengzhou, a sea boat is breaking the waves in the undulating waves to the north, and in the sea breeze of hunting, the flag of the Dengzhou sailor is fluttering arbitrarily on the mast.

After Li Bao explained to the more than ten brothers who operated the boat, he returned to the wheelhouse, and Gu Haotian had already made a cup of hot tea for him.

"This trip to sea has made a lot of brothers work hard."

"What's so hard, five taels of silver per person, I'm afraid they won't be able to earn much money for half a year, and they are all happy."

This time he went to sea, Li Bao called more than ten close brothers to help, and Gu Haotian also generously gave a high bounty, and a group of people were happy.

Xiao Jiasui and Bian Xiang were a little seasick, so they all rested early. Gu Haotian also went to sea for the first time, and he didn't feel much of it, and even he was a little strange.

"It's so late, why don't the little officials stop?"

"When I first went to sea, I felt so new that I couldn't sleep. How did the Li Bao brothers get to the Dengzhou Water Division. ”

Gu Haotian has always wanted to ask about this matter, but there is no suitable opportunity, and now there are no outsiders and it is the right time to be more quiet.

"When I was young, my family was poor, and when I was sensible, I went out to do business with a clan uncle, and my clan uncle was also a talented person, but he became a businessman with a martial arts talent, but let me learn a little bit by my side, I came to Dengzhou a few years ago, and it happened that the sailor was recruiting, and I was ignorant and thought that one day I could get ahead, and I signed up on impulse. If you knew this, it would be better to do business. ”

Li Baoyan fell silent, Gu Haotian was speechless for a while, and there was silence in the driver's cabin.

After a long time, Gu Haotian stood up, facing the vast sea outside the window, and he said slowly:

"The Great Zhou Imperial Court, not just the Dengzhou Sailor, his branches and ends are rotten, like a century-old house, has been crumbling, if you want to get ahead in this broken house, it is really difficult, unless you ......"

"Unless what?" Li Bao saw that Gu Haotian suddenly stopped, and asked anxiously.

"Recast the foundation, tear down and start over."

"Tear it down and start over!" Li Bao was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't believe his ears.

"If you don't tear it down and start over, how long does my brother think it will last if you tinker with this dilapidated house?"

Li Bao was silent for a long time before hesitantly spit out a few words: "I really can't last long."

This night, Li Bao couldn't sleep, thinking about the building about the collapse. He is different from ordinary charlatans, he has his own thoughts, a strong will, and the ability to make independent judgments. His original intention of joining the military camp was to get ahead and shine in the court, even if it was such a predicament at present, all he thought about was the non-people he encountered. Mixed in Sun Xin's shop all day long, in fact, his heart was directed at his brother Sun Li, thinking about finding a way out for himself. When he first encountered Gu Haotian, he observed that the other party was extraordinary, felt that he might meet a nobleman, and thought of finding a way out again. Deep down, he didn't think deeper. However, Gu Haotian's words opened a new window in his heart, allowing him to see a completely different prospect.

After a sleepless night, in the early morning, Li Bao appeared on the deck with a scruffy beard and a haggard face, and then saw the figure at the bow of the ship standing in the wind, tall as a pine.

"The little officials got up early?"

"The first time I went to sea, I woke up early with some excitement, Brother Li Bao didn't have a good rest last night, why did he look so ugly."

Gu Haotian looked bad at him, and he could probably guess the reason, but he deliberately asked.

"There are distinguished guests such as petty officials on the ship, and I am afraid that the people below will be slack, so I kept an eye on it last night, and it will not be in the way." Li Bao made an excuse.

Gu Haotian smiled and didn't break it, so the two stood side by side on the bow of the boat, looking at the shadows of the gulls and the layers of blue waves, and their thoughts were flying. Unconsciously, but at the junction of the sea and the sky, the clouds were dyed, and a round of morning sun erupted in the waves.

"The morning sun is really beautiful, but it's a pity that it can't always pass dusk."

Li Bao was thinking about what happened last night, and the once powerful imperial court was about to be overturned and restarted, so he couldn't help but sigh.

"Because of this, those who have aspirations must seize the day and seize the time."

"But ......"

Gu Haotian knew what Li Bao was going to say, it was nothing more than thinking of the rise and fall of dynasties, and lamenting the insignificance of his personal role, so he interrupted him and continued to take care of himself:

"In fact, who in the world can expect the vicissitudes of life a hundred years later, a good man stands in the world, as long as he is worthy of his heart and the world. The strong man is gone, and Wei and Huo have been forgotten; The Tang Dynasty is no more, and Li and Du are still praised by future generations; All you and I have to do is to preserve more blessings for future generations, and to build a few more fences for thousands of miles of rivers and mountains. After death, why worry too much. ”

Gu Haotian's short few words were like Huang Zhongda Lu to Li Bao, he was shocked, and the struggle, entanglement, and confusion of the night seemed to have an answer at this moment. I Li Bao is also a good man, why must he spend his life in the broken house of Da Zhou, why can't he contribute to the new building and make great achievements for future generations.

Thinking of this, Li Bao suddenly felt strongly that the young man beside him was the pillar, and his heart suddenly felt hot, and unconsciously raised a little expectation.

Many years later, Li Bao, as the admiral of the new dynasty, together with the generals, led the army to sweep the overseas island countries, and the Sea of Japan, the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea, and the South China Sea were all the inland seas of China, and his prestige was recorded in the annals of history and passed on to future generations. And throughout his life, he has always been loyal and truly worthy of his heart and the world.

In winter, the ship is stormy and rough, but Gu Haotian and the warship they took was larger, although it was a little bumpy but relatively stable, after a day and a night of sailing, Montenegro Island was already far away in the evening.

"In front of the little official is Black Mountain Island, but we can't get up, we have to find a place to dock first." Li Bao came over to report to Gu Haotian.

Gu Haotian looked and saw an island in the distance, swarthy, and a giant beast appeared in the undulating waves. He asked:

"Is there a good place to moor a boat nearby?"

"There is also a small island about an hour north, which is the closest, but I have forgotten the name, but this island is small and the coastal water is shallow, and the big boat cannot land on the shore, so you have to change the boat to go up. In addition, there is a large island to the northeast, but there is a deep-water port, and it is only necessary to sail for three hours. ”

"Let's get close to the island first, and we'll make a reason tomorrow."

Gu Haotian thought about it and felt that it was better to be nearby, mainly to save time.

So after another hour of sailing north, the warship arrived at the island, and at this time it was already dark, and Li Bao commanded everyone to anchor and stop the ship. Due to the rush of leaving last night, there is not much fresh water in the boat, and now there are many people in the boat, which is simply not enough. Fortunately, Li Bao had been to this island once or twice before, and knew that there was a fresh water well on the island, so he put down the boat and took a few people ashore to fetch some fresh water. Gu Haotian also wanted to take a few people up to have a look, but seeing that everyone was seasick for a day, they were all powerless, thinking that they couldn't see anything when it was dark anyway, so they would talk about it tomorrow.

Gu Haotian and others were anxious about waiting on the boat, and they had the intention to take people up to look for it, but they were suffering from the fact that there was no transition in the boat, although the swimming skills were okay, but the sea on a winter night was not a Liangshan water, and it was not advisable to take risks.

Helplessly, everyone had to wait bitterly, so they stayed up for nearly half an hour, and it was almost midnight.

"This island is adjacent to Black Mountain Island, it is not that it has been occupied by pirates, Li Bao and they don't know the truth and go up, will they be plotted." Xiao Jiasui said worriedly.

"It's not impossible, for the sake of today's plan, the only way to organize people to venture across the past is to find out, but it's a pity that the sailors' good hands are left in Dengyun Mountain."

Gu Haotian was also anxious, so he had to make this decision, and when he was about to select people to venture across the sea.

But he heard Bian Xiang pointing ahead and saying: "Wait a minute, there seems to be a light in that place, it is not Li Bao and they are back." ”

"But there it is!"

So in the eager gaze of everyone, a flickering halo of light gradually approached on the surface of the sea.

"These unobtrusive killers have come back after a long time, and they are so tired that a boatload of people is scared." Everyone scolded bitterly, and they all breathed a sigh of relief in an instant.

But Gu Haotian always felt a little uneasy in his heart, the island was not big, it was said that Li Bao and they were also familiar with each other, what made him delay for nearly two hours, and he was thinking that the boat was already approaching.

"Brother Li Bao, why don't you go for a long time, and make a boatload of people anxious." At this time, Li Fu, who had stayed on the boat, shouted loudly into the boat

"Brother Li Bao—Brother Li Bao never came to the island—"

"Why?" Li Fu asked strangely.

"He said—he said, oh, he said to get some game and come and give the people a taste."

Li Bao did not return to the ship, Gu Haotian was already suspicious, and when the man stammered that he was hunting, he already knew in his heart that Li Bao and they must have had an accident, the black light was blind, and there was no game to hunt on a strange island.

He hid himself and quietly confessed to Bian Xiang and Teng Huan, and then hinted that Li Fumo wanted to ask and let them come on board.

After about a quarter of an hour, the boat leaned against the side of the big boat, and then four or five men came up the rope ladder, and one of the men inside shouted, "Do it!" I saw those people, who immediately showed their weapons and killed everywhere.

Let's say that Teng Jian was guarding the front hatch, and when he saw a black shadow in front of him killing, he clenched the steel whip and swept away angrily at the head, but unexpectedly, this ten and nine steady blows were dodged by the black shadow alertly flashing back.

"Huh!"

Teng Jian screamed, surprised, and knew in his heart that he had met a master, so he immediately cheered up and tried his best to attack, and after a while, the two of them fought dozens of times on the narrow deck, but it was difficult to distinguish the winner from the loser.

I don't know how long, I saw the perimeter of the deck, gradually surrounded by the companions in the boat, Teng Jian understood that the overall situation had been stabilized, but the man found that the situation was not good and gradually panicked, the two fought for dozens of rounds, the man accidentally tripped over a cable when retreating, and suddenly stood unsteadily and fell to the ship building behind him, and Teng Jian was willing to let go of such a good opportunity, only to see the progress of the situation, the whip was like a thunderbolt, and swept away.