"Damn! See land? Zhou Qing frowned and shouted at the sailors looking out on the mast with an iron horn.

"Not yet!" Answer on the mast.

The captain looked anxiously at the dark clouds rolling in the sky and said, "No, this kind of weather is inconvenient to see, and it is too difficult to find the island, so let's hurry north." This is a big storm, and if you can't find Tsushima Island, you won't be able to survive on the vast sea. ”

Zhou Qing felt the wind getting tighter and tighter, and finally compromised: "Alas, what Li Daguan said is really good, you really have to be careful in July, August and October. In that case, let's go to Goryeo. ”

As if he had been granted amnesty, he hurriedly shouted vigorously to suppress the wind: "Turn the rudder, go north!" ”

At this time, the sailors on the mast suddenly shouted: "See! See! Thirty degrees in front of starboard! ”

Gangshou hurriedly turned around and shouted: "The rudder is steady, fifty degrees to the right!" ”

Then he also pounced on the starboard side with Zhou Qing, but when he looked over, he saw the sea surface with black pressure and white waves, and he couldn't see the shadow of Tsushima Island at all. The leader hurriedly picked up a horn and shouted to the mast: "Can you see that it is true? ”

"See, it's true! There it is! The mast replied.

At this time, a crew member pointed in the direction of the bow of the ship and shouted: "See! Right there! ”

When he pointed at this, Zhou Qing also confirmed it, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief: "Grandma, Daguan Li is right, he will definitely build a lighthouse here in the future!" ”

A flat boat on the vast sea, when the storm is coming, the land in front of him is equivalent to a statement. The crew thanked the gods and goddesses while fighting the wind and waves with their greatest ability.

The wind is blowing harder and stronger, and although the island is close at hand, the distance that used to be easy to cross has become a moat. Fortunately, the crew on board this time were either experienced sailors or fishermen who were accustomed to seeing wind and waves on the coast of Denglai. This is not the first time we have seen such a situation, and we all understand that any fear and discouragement at this time will keep you at the bottom of the sea forever. Under the command of the leader, the crew worked together to steer the sails and make the ship zigzag through the strong wind and waves, and everyone could not help but cheer when they suddenly felt the wind weaken.

It's the mountains of Tsushima that shelter the wind, but now is not the time to breathe a sigh of relief. Sailing along the coast, gradually approaching the shore, and finally before it was completely dark, they found the bay where they used to moor, and dropped anchor in the depths of the bay, although the huge waves still kept shaking the boats, but with the cover of the bay, the sturdy ships finally made them safe.

The strong wind blew for two days before it gradually weakened, and when the sea finally calmed down, Zhou Qing, who had been walking and shaking, breathed a sigh of relief and ordered the fleet to move to the place where the boats were usually berthed at the entrance of the bay, and then put down the firewood boats and let the personnel go ashore in batches to rest.

At the same time, several samurai with swords stuck under their ribs and a large group of ashigaru appeared on the seashore. The leader was none other than the lord of the Tsushima Domain, Zong Heitaka, who couldn't help frowning when he saw the majestic ships on the sea: "Nani? Didn't there be only two ships last time? Why did there come five of them this time? In this way, there should be 200 to 300 Song people, which is too many. ”

Next to him, his uncle Zong Zhuzhu shook his head and said, "It's better to give up." Trade with them in gold and silver, and then sell the goods to Kyoto in exchange for more gold and silver, and then trade more goods with the Song people. In this way, there is a deal to be done every year, and with patience, Tsushima will surely become rich. ”

Zong Pingxiao's younger brother Pingming immediately retorted: "How much silk can they hold on these five ships?" How much silk can we exchange our little gold and silver for them? How many years does it take to become rich? This storm was an opportunity given by Aunt Amaterasu, and it was said that the Song people's ship ran aground in the storm, and no one survived, and no one could know what happened. As long as all these Song people are killed, the Song people must think that the ship sank in a storm. The Song people will definitely pass by here next year, and we will already exchange enough gold and silver to trade with them, and we won't need to wait many more years. ”

He pointed to the sea: "Look, the Song people sailed the boat into the bay, as long as the entrance to the sea is blocked, they can't get out." If there are more Song people, we will send more samurai and ashigaru, and we will definitely be able to kill them all. ”

A fisherman-like man ran along the beach and knelt down to report: "Lord, the Song people have come ashore." But they were very careful, and only some of them disembarked and went to the village. ”

Zong Pingming immediately said: "Let the women seduce them." Having just escaped death from a storm, the Song people will definitely like women. ”

Zong Pingxiao nodded, and ordered the two warriors beside him: "Go find some young women and lure the Song people to the shore." Let people buy their silk and glass as they always do, and don't let them notice the abnormality. ”

The two samurai flashed eager eyes and shouted "Haiyi", then ran over to a nearby village with a dozen ashigaru.

Zong Zhuzhu also wanted to persuade again: "Those Song people have weapons, and they have always been vigilant. It is better to trade with them. ”

Zong Pingxiao held the hilt of the knife in his hand, squinted his eyes and said, "The Song people are just some sailors. I heard the Koreans say that the Song people are very weak, and they can only scare themselves with weapons, how can they be able to defeat our Hezu warriors? ”

A group of samurai gathered around him excitedly shouted "Banzai". Seeing that his subordinates were gearing up one by one, Zong Hei Takashi shouted: "Saemon, you take 200 ashigaru, gather all the fishermen, prepare the boats, and block the entrance to the sea first when you start at night." ”

In fact, the lord of the clan had misestimated the number of people in this fleet. Three of the five sea ships were going to Liaodong to trade with the Jurchens, and as usual, there were more than 50 people on each ship, while the other two ships were Zhou Qing preparing to lead the expedition north along the Japanese coast, because Li Buqi repeatedly warned the Japanese that they were bandits, so in order to deal with emergencies, these two ships each carried 80 people. Therefore the five ships were more than three hundred people in total.

Zhou Qing was very longing for the huge silver mountain and huge island that Li Buqi said, and when the ship approached the shore, he urged the crew to repair the sails damaged in the wind and waves, and then went ashore on the small boat carrying firewood and water. As soon as he came ashore, he saw a strange atmosphere in the camp by the sea, and shouted, "What's the matter?" ”

Everyone giggled, Zhou Qing felt that the atmosphere was abnormal, and hurriedly asked again, "What's the matter?" ”

A man pointed to a fishing village not far away and shouted: "There are a lot of women there, Wang Amao, Zhao Si and they sleep with the women of the Japanese country, one sleeps three or four, we bet if they can still walk!" The crowd laughed.

Zhou Qing also laughed when he heard it. He knew that sailors who escaped from the wind and waves often needed to vent, so he didn't care, and asked casually, "How does the widow feel this time?" ”

A sailor smiled: "The taste is naturally not as good as the girl in the Dengzhou Qinglou, it is cheaper." There are too few houses, so you can only rotate past. ”

As soon as he said this, several sailors who went ashore with Zhou Qing asked, "How cheap is it?" ”

"Just a few copper coins, or a piece of clothing, who will accompany you!"

"So cheap? I also want to taste the taste of a widow. "Some people can't help but yearn for it.

But someone next to him immediately poured a basin of cold water on his head: "Do you have money?" ”

Most of the people were silent now. Yes, they don't have a big son on them. Most of these people, except for the old crew members who opened up the sea route several times before, were bankrupt fishermen in Denglai, and even a little money was left to their families before they set sail. Zhou Qing told them that there was no place to spend money along the way, who would have thought that there would be such an expense. So I can only say that I have more than enough heart but not enough power.

Seeing the stupid look on the faces of these people, Zhou Qing encouraged in a timely manner: "What's so interesting about the widows? When you return to Dengzhou, your wages are enough to kill three in and three out of Yicui Building, as long as you have enough strength! ”

So Zong Pingxiao's plan failed, he didn't expect that most of the Great Song sailors were really poor ghosts at this time, and even the clothes on their bodies were distributed, and they really had nothing.

Seeing that it was not early, Zhou Qing began to arrange the guards around the camp. At this time, it was necessary to let the crew go ashore to rest, but Li Buqi warned Zhou Qing more than once that the Japanese were robbers and asked him to be vigilant, so Zhou Qing never dared to be careless. At most half of the total number of people resting ashore at any one time, they must carry weapons, and sentries must be sent when they come ashore.

However, after anchoring in Tsushima Island a few times, Zhou Qing found that the situation did not seem to be as bad as Li Buqi said, and the strings in his mind were somewhat relaxed. So this time he did not restrain his men as strictly as usual, and he did not stop the old sailor from sneaking to the fishing village to sleep with a woman at night. And the sentry was all left to the newly recruited sailors.

However, he had no interest in the thin and swarthy widows, and after setting up the camp, he lay down to feel the reassuring solid land, and soon entered the dream.