Chapter 21: Attack at Sea

After a few days of recuperation, the physical condition of more than a dozen orphans has improved greatly, and the older children can already eat the same food as the adults. Only a few small ones have to make some liquid food, Jiang Wuniang takes turns to feed several children, one person feeds a mouthful. The puppy was a little jealous and pulled his mother to cry. An Dalang came over and picked him up and sat on his shoulder, and took him to play.

After eating, some people go to bed early, and some people go for a walk to eat. Du Dalei found An Dalang, "Da Lang, follow me around, I rode a horse this day, and my legs are wooden." ”

An Dalang happily followed him, the two came to the beach, and said something sneaky, and after a while, An Dalang slapped his thigh, "Ha, a certain family really had the foresight to bring their mother and son back, and this matter is on me." ”

"Don't be reckless! Don't tell the eldest brother that we have to boil the frog in warm water, slowly infiltrate, and then it will be a matter of course, and the wood has become a dog. ”

"It's a boat."

"You don't understand."

"What do you mean by boiling a frog in warm water?"

"I'm really uneducated, I don't understand this. Too lazy to tell you. ”

An Dalang suddenly turned around and kicked out. There was a scream of "Ahh "My ass is going to turn into eight petals."

Du Dalei saw that it was Na Zhe lying on the beach humming and chirping. An Dalang walked over, "I thought it was someone who overheard us, it turned out to be the little teacher." ”

"Who knows what you two are doing mysteriously, I can't listen to it."

Du Da Lei Le, "If you want to know, I'll tell you, it's not a big deal, but your kick is in vain, who told you to eavesdrop." The three of them muttered for a while, and then went back to sleep.

The sunrise by the sea was beautiful, the sky turned light blue, and in the blink of an eye, a red glow appeared on the horizon, slowly expanding its range and intensifying its light. The sun was about to rise from the sky, and after a while there appeared a small half of the sun, very red, but not bright. The sun slowly rose upwards step by step, as if it were carrying some burden, and at last it broke through the clouds. It's a lovely red. In an instant, the crimson thing suddenly emitted a dazzling light, and at the same time, the nearby clouds also shone brightly.

The people on the shore got up one after another, and the sailors on the ship also came down under the leadership of Boss Lin. After breakfast, Steward Cui summoned everyone to assign tasks. "We have a lot of work today, most of us are responsible for carrying goods to the ship, and I took a few people to buy forage, grain, vegetables, fruits. Mr. Zhao, your brothers are responsible for taking care of the children and helping Mrs. Jiang cook, is it feasible? ”

Everyone got busy, and An Dalang took Du Dalei and Na Zhe to go on the horse. Wei Hongye and Boris went to the woods not far away to chop wood, while Zhao Zizhong and Jiang Wuniang took care of the children. Apricots, dogs and other children have become acquainted, frolicking and playing on the beach.

Jiang Wuniang took a few clothes and chatted with Zhao Zizhong while sewing and mending them. The wharf gradually became lively, and many small vendors came, selling some food. Zhao Zizhong looked at it and said, "I'll go see if there are any fresh fruits, and buy some for the children." ”

He walked to the crowd near the dock and picked out some pears and persimmons, when someone next to him talked to him: "This guy, I have a good hawthorn here, do you want to buy some, I'll be cheaper." ”

Zhao Zizhong looked back at the person who was talking to him, it was a middle-aged man, his appearance was very ordinary, he looked very wooden, so he asked him to weigh some hawthorns.

The man accosted him: "What ship are you on, why haven't I seen it before?" ”

"Cui's ship, we only came from the north yesterday."

"I see if you can be busy moving goods to the ship? We have a lot of strong laborers in our village, do we need to hire some? The salary is easy to say, you can just give it at will. ”

"I don't care about these things, you go to the caravan's manager Cui and talk to him."

Zhao Zi repaid the money and went back with the fruit. The hawthorn seller stayed for a while, then packed up his things and left. He came to a small fishing village not far from the pier and entered a small courtyard. After a while, a pigeon rose from the courtyard and flew south.

In the afternoon, Steward Cui returned from purchasing. He checked the progress of the handling and found Zhao Zizhong, "Mr. Zhao, it seems that the goods cannot be moved today, it is estimated that they can all be loaded onto the ship at noon tomorrow, if you set off in the afternoon, the ship may encounter a reef at night, which is very dangerous." We had to set off the day after tomorrow. ”

August 27, 962 A.D

The sailors lifted anchor and hoisted their sails, and the ships slowly left the dock and headed out to sea. It was the first time that everyone had taken an ancient sailing ship, and they were all very excited. The sea ship was about 30 meters long and nearly 10 meters wide, with a side about five meters above the sea, and five masts on the deck with hard sails. A few small children ran around on the deck, sometimes bumping into busy sailors and being scolded by the sailors.

Na Zhe sighed: "It's the first time I've taken a sea boat, and the scenery on this sea is so beautiful!" ”

Du Dalei turned on the second cargo mode, and he roared: "Ah! O sea, you are all water. Horse, you have four legs. Beauty, how beautiful you are, with a mouth under your nose. ”

The crowd on deck was so happy that one of the sailors, who was watching from the mast, almost fell. After a while, the wind and waves at sea gradually increased, and many people began to get seasick and vomit. Du Dalei and Na Zhe, the two second cargo, stumbled back to the cabin, holding the wooden basin and vomiting.

Wei Hongye was fine, he looked at them with a smile and said, "It's okay, you will get used to it if you vomit and vomit." ”

Jiang Wuniang cooked some soup for everyone, and Captain Lin asked everyone to drink it. said that this thing cures seasickness, and everyone squirted out after drinking. After repeating it several times, the symptoms of seasickness gradually lessened.

There was nothing to say that night, and in the early morning, Du Dalei staggered onto the deck. An Dalang was practicing martial arts, and he was slowly playing a set of punches, and the sweat was already soaking through the clothes on his back.

An Dalang saw Du Dalei come up and closed his posture. smiled: "Is it better, do you still vomit?" ”

Du Dalei said weakly: "If you don't vomit, it's dizzy." ”

"When I came, like you, it was the first time I took a sea boat, and I vomited so much that I got better after a few days."

Lin Lao walked over with a smile, "In another hour, I will go out of Bohai Bay, where the wind and waves are even greater, which is enough for you to bear." ”

An Dalang scolded with a smile: "Shut up, you old thing, it's very proud to see us spit on you!" Be careful that I punch you. ”

The two were chatting, and at this time, the sailor who was watching from the mast suddenly shouted: "Boss Lin, there is a situation." ”

Boss Lin raised his head and shouted, "What's the matter, what did you find?" ”

The water finger pointed to the left front, "There's a boat coming here, and soon, something is wrong." ”

Boss Lin quickly climbed the mast like a monkey and looked into the distance. After a while, he slipped down and said to An Dalang with a solemn face: "Nine times out of ten, we have encountered pirates, you tell the guards to prepare, eighty percent of them are going to fight." ”

An Dalang dragged Du Dalei back to the cabin. Gather the guards to prepare their weapons. Du Dalei returned to his cabin and shouted, "Boss, we have met pirates. ”

Zhao Zizhong stood up, "Don't worry, tell me slowly, what's going on." ”

Du Dalei said eagerly: "Just now the sailors saw a ship approaching us, and the captain said that it was probably a pirate. ”

"Really?" Na Zhe asked.

"The captain said eighty percent of it was true."

Zhao Zizhong took out the binoculars, "You all stay here, take care of the children, I'll go up and have a look." Boris prepared his crossbow and followed me. ”

Du Dalei hurriedly said: "Boss, I'll go too." ”

"Don't make a mess, stay honest."

Zhao Zizhong hurriedly went to the deck, and the captain Lin Boss commanded the sailors to change course constantly, and the sailors on the mast shouted: "It's only eight miles away from us." Zhao Zizhong ran to the side of the ship, picked up the binoculars to look, and saw that there was a boat in front of the left side of the ship, about ten meters long, with three masts standing on the deck, and some people gathered at the bow, some of them were wearing leather armor, holding various weapons in their hands, mostly knives and axes.

At this time, An Dalang also arrived on the deck with his guards, and he put on leather armor, carried a bow and arrows on his back, carried a knife at his waist, and held a horse lance in his hand. Zhao Zizhong handed him the binoculars, "Brother Xian, come and see." ”

An Dalang asked suspiciously: "Brother, what is this?" ”

Zhao Zizhong put the telescope in front of his eyes and taught him how to use it. An Dalang glanced at it, let out a loud "ah", and the telescope fell off as soon as he let go of his hand. Zhao Zizhong stretched out his hand to catch it.

An Dalang said in shock: "Brother, this is an artifact, where did you get it?" ”

Zhao Zizhong said: "This is a Western thing, called a telescope, which can see things in the distance clearly, which is extremely precious. ”

An Dalang stretched out his hand: "Let me watch it again, it won't fall this time." He took the binoculars and looked at them for a while, then turned back and said, "It must be pirates, there are about thirty people who can fight, they are ready to jump into the gang, and they have prepared the hooks." ”

Zhao Zi nodded emphatically, "I don't see that they don't have bows and arrows, let's use bows and arrows to attack from a distance first, and strive to kill some of them first." ”

An Dalang thought for a while: "The sea is windy, and the arrows will float when they are shot, so they can only shoot arrows at a distance of twenty or thirty paces, and if they are far away, they will be blown crooked by the wind." ”

He called for the Eight Heroes of the Divine Arrow and commanded, "Squat under the side of the ship, do not show your head, and if I shout 'shoot,' you will get up and shoot the arrow." Shoot all the arrows as fast as you can, and then get ready to fight. ”

He arranged for a second echelon, with the remaining guards and a dozen or so armed sailors standing three meters from the side of the ship, telling them to go up and cut down if any pirates climbed aboard the ship.

Zhao Zizhong and Boris prepared the crossbow and inserted * into the belt, Boris was a little nervous, and the hand holding the crossbow trembled slightly.