Chapter 432: The Way Home (4)
The middle-aged man looked at a group of sturdy sailors, and although he knew in his heart that the army of Great Xia was not a bad man, he was inevitably still a little nervous in his heart.
"Back ... Back to the general, I have a brother who participated in the expedition a few years ago, and has not returned yet, and I am a little worried, this year, as long as there is a ship from the west, I will come to ask, and ask the general not to blame. ”
Hearing this, the captain looked at the middle-aged man and said in a deep voice, "What's your brother's name." ”
When the middle-aged man heard this, his spirit suddenly lifted up, and he hurriedly said: "My brother's surname is Yang, his name is Yang Shugen, and the general has never heard of it." ”
"Poplar roots?" The captain muttered something in a low voice, and then called a sailor and said, "Go and check if there is a sailor named Poplar Root." ”
After all, there are hundreds of sailors on the ship, and it is obviously impossible to remember everyone's name.
The sailor received the order and quickly retreated.
In the interval between the search for people, the fishermen who were watching not far away saw that this group of officers and soldiers had no malicious intent, and they all leaned over boldly to this side.
The fleet did not mean to drive them away, and in the conversation with these fishermen, the sailors had a general idea of the changes in the country over the years.
After all, these fishermen are just ordinary people, and their knowledge is very limited.
However, even this sporadic news made the crew fascinated and refused to miss a single detail.
Whenever they heard that there were many new things in Xia Guo that they had never heard of, they would always cause everyone to be amazed again and again, and they had missed a lot of things in the past few years of wandering.
Not long after, the sailor hurried over and reported: "Captain, there is indeed a brother named Yang Shugen among the sailors, but he is no longer on our ship. ”
The captain nodded, and said to the middle-aged man: "Yang Shugen is indeed my subordinate, but he is not on this boat, you can rest assured that he is alive and well, and when he docks, there will be time for you to meet." ”
The middle-aged man suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, his only bloodline brother could come back alive and well, it was really blessed by the gods.
After speaking, the captain looked at the fishing boats around him, arched his hand and said, "Fellow citizens, we must dock as soon as possible, and we will not be able to stay for a long time." ”
"General, soldiers, you bring these fish, you go to that unknown place for my Great Xia to explore, we should admire such courage, although these things are not worth much, but this is my heart, please accept it." Seeing that the fleet was leaving, the middle-aged man hurriedly lifted a basket of fish from the fishing boat and raised it above his head.
Seeing his compatriots like this, the captain and sailors felt an indescribable sense of pride in their hearts.
"These fish don't need to be, we know very well the hardships of life at sea, please go back."
After some persuasion by the fishermen to no avail, they watched with emotion as the fleet sailed towards the port.
"Dad, those sailors look really majestic, is Uncle really one of them?"
An eleven or twelve-year-old boy beside the middle-aged man looked at the distant ship and said excitedly.
The middle-aged man smiled innocently and said, "Of course your uncle is amazing, if it weren't for the fact that my father was reluctant to let you go, he would have followed your uncle to the sea." ”
"Dad, I want to be a sailor when I grow up."
The middle-aged man just smiled when he heard the words and touched the young man's head.
Newport City port, the guards are bored leaning against the big tree to avoid the hot sun, although this errand is a little boring, but the military salary should not be less than their own point, as long as there are no major mistakes, it is also a good choice to spend a lifetime here.
Just as several soldiers were arguing with each other, one of them casually glanced at the sea, his eyes suddenly widened, and he quickly got up from the ground.
"Get up, get up, look over there."
The other soldiers were about to rise up, and when they were suddenly interrupted, they were inevitably a little angry, and were about to curse a few words, when they saw the huge ships on the sea in the distance, they were startled.
"Where did these ships come from, I haven't heard of other navies coming this season."
"It can't be those dinosaur people!"
Hearing the three words dinosaur man, several people couldn't help but shudder, Xingang City has not experienced any war here, and these soldiers who are used to living a peaceful life have a trace of fear in their hearts in the face of unknown enemies.
At this time, one of the soldiers said, "I don't look like a dinosaur man, you see that the shape of the ship is similar to ours." ”
"Don't worry about it so much, I think we should hurry up and report to the garrison, if it's really an enemy, let us delay, our heads won't be saved."
It was a matter of their own lives, and a few people didn't dare to delay any longer, leaving two people here to monitor the few ships that were slowly approaching this side, and the rest of them ran quickly in the direction of Newport City.
On the ship, the captain stood at the bow of the ship and looked at the harbor with a telescope, and his brows couldn't help but furrow slightly.
The speed of change in Newport City was indeed beyond his expectations, but seeing that the garrison near the port was so empty, he was a little dissatisfied in his heart.
"I don't know who is stationed in this Xingang City now, if such a defense encounters an enemy, I think it will be difficult to defend."
The first mate nodded when he heard this: "Don't talk about those murderous dinosaur people, even if it is our ships, if there are enough shells, if they are unprepared, they can suddenly launch an attack, and they can take the port in half a day." ”
The captain snorted coldly and said, "I don't know if Your Majesty knows the situation here, when I return to the capital, I will definitely join the officials here." ”
Hearing this, the first mate hurriedly said: "General, don't be impulsive in this matter, you haven't been in the court for a long time, I don't know what the situation is in the court today, if you act rashly, I'm afraid that you will offend people, even if Your Majesty is on our side, but offending your colleagues, it will not be good for us." ”
"Could it be that just watching it like this, does my Great Xia Frontier have such a loophole?" The captain said with some exasperation.
"General, we don't know what the situation is in this new port, let's see the situation after we go ashore."
The captain snorted coldly and said no more, he had already regarded the guard of Newport City as a wine bag and rice bag in his heart.
When he was less than a few miles away from the port, he saw two warships sailing out of the port.
When the sailors on the mast saw the other side waving the flag, they shouted loudly: "General, they told us to stop." ”
The captain nodded, waved his hand and ordered the fleet to drop anchor and wait for the other to come.
Seeing the opposite fleet stop, the sailors of Newport City immediately breathed a sigh of relief, although they didn't know where these ships came from, but as long as they were sure that they were their own people, at least a battle would be avoided.