"Someone, call me the helmsman, I have something to ask him." Thinking of this, Yang Renyu immediately ordered.

"Yes," Yang Li, who was in charge of the verbal order beside him, immediately saluted and promised, and then went to the stern of the ship to give the order.

When the helmsman followed Yang Liji to Yang Renyu's side nervously, Yang Renyu asked him, "Helmsman, do you know where we are now?" ”

"According to a small estimate, it should be to Jeju Island, which is the palace of the king of Joseon and the land of horse herding in Joseon." The helmsman replied truthfully.

"Humph! What other palaces? What is the land of horses? It is nothing more than the back road for the king of Joseon to escape, and as for the herding horse, it is even more worthless, and the bantam of North Korea is not looked down upon by Lao Tzu. Yang Renyu despised it in his heart when he heard this, and ordered the helmsman: "Helmsman, sail north for me, destination: Liaodong Peninsula." ”

"Little obedience," the helmsman immediately bowed.

This is also what Yang Wenli told him, Jeju Island is far away from Liaodong and is not suitable for cooperative base areas, where the land is barren and not a grain producing area, and the horses on the island are local Korean bantam horses, which are not suitable for war horses, so he was ordered not to stay on Jeju Island and drive directly to Liaodong.

There is still a long way to go from Jeju Island to the Liaodong Peninsula, only one-third of the way from Songgang Province to here, and there are still two-thirds of the way left, which is another difficult and lonely long journey.

Fortunately, Yang Renyu got Yang Wenli's advice, he not only brought mung bean sprouts, but also bought a large number of kiwifruit, oranges, and oranges as special medicines to supplement the crew's vitamin C and prevent the occurrence of sepsis, so he didn't have any health problems with the crew.

Several helmsmen have been running the sea for many years, Japan, Korea, Liaodong these routes they are familiar with, they use the compass with the sun bearing, it is easy to find the correct course. Of course, this is just the case that they are familiar with the sea area, if they go to a completely unfamiliar sea area it is not so simple, there must be a precision timer, combined with a sextant to calculate the longitude, at present China has not mastered this technology, so in the Ming Dynasty can not do a real transoceanic voyage, not just the reason for the ship. As for Zheng He's voyage to the Western Ocean, it was an offshore voyage, with the continental shelf as a reference, and the transoceanic voyage are two different concepts, and the difficulty of the two is not the same level.

The sea voyage did not count the years and months, in a trance, and drifted on the sea for 20 days, during which some uninhabited islands on the sea replenished fresh water several times, and did not stay for a long time, and set out for Liaodong.

During this period, I also encountered a lot of hardships and twists and turns, encountered stormy weather, almost killed the whole team in the belly of the fish, and the crew fell ill, almost causing the plague, and because of the drifting at sea for too long, after the cured meat was eaten up, I had to rely on catching sea fish every day for food, eating sea fish every day, the appetite of the people on the ship was seriously degraded, and they began to lose weight one by one, and even the strength training was canceled by Yang Renyu.

Everyone is not confident in whether they can survive to Liaodong, and Yang Renyu wants to encourage them and stimulate their desire to survive.

Just when the future was bleak, Yang Renyu, who was sitting in the living room sighing, heard the long-lost cheers again.

"Boat, I see the boat."

Yang Renyu reacted as quickly as a spring, and rushed to the deck in a few arrow steps, and the others were similar, as if their bodies were all fine, and they all rushed to the deck to watch.

Sure enough, on the skyline in the distance, a few black dots were faintly seen, and the ship was seen, proving that it was not far from land, and everyone cheered loudly.

The journey was so long and boring that everyone thought they would die in the sea, but now that the land was in sight, everyone's spirits were lifted again.

The sight distance on the sea is extremely far, you can see a few miles away, and a few small black dots in front of you may be five or six miles away from your own fleet. Everyone couldn't wait to know the information about the mainland, so Yang Renyu immediately ordered loudly: "Give me all the sails and chase the fleet in front with all my might." ”

"Yes" all the sailors and helmsmen immediately agreed, and then went to hoist the sails and turn the rudder.

At this point, Yang Renyu no longer cared about whether it was an officer and soldier patrol fleet or a Jiannu ship ahead, and first grasped the exact information of the mainland, if he didn't do this, he was afraid that he would be slaughtered by his subordinates and feed the fish before chasing the front fleet.

This situation is not impossible, as mentioned earlier, after a long time at sea, the crew is a little crazy, and they can do anything, and they cannot be deduced by common sense.

It is considered Yang Renyu's luck, the fleet in front is a merchant fleet transporting grain from Dengzhou to the Dongjiang River, and now the price of rice in Liaodong is eight times that of Denglai.

It needs to be explained that Denglai to Liaodong is only separated by a narrow strait, and there are two powerful court sailors, Dengzhou Sailor and Dongjiang Sailor, so there are no pirates in Liaodong, and these merchant fleets are not armed.

Whether it is a warship or not, the two sides are close to each other, and they can see it clearly, and Yang Renyu is finally a little relieved.

The merchant fleet on the other side is not simple, it is the caravan of King Lu of Shandong. The prince of the Ming Dynasty was the prince of Anle, and the court watched it very closely, and he was not allowed to interfere in politics, nor was he allowed to leave the fiefdom casually, but allowing them to do business may be the emperor's compensation to them!

Of course, King Lu's face is hard enough, and the sailor does not dare to fight his idea, so he can go back and forth between the two places to do business unimpeded.

The current King of Lu is Zhu Shouhong, the king of Lu Xian, he has no ambition to win the title, his only hobby is money and beauty, maybe he is just a side branch of the current emperor, or he may be just a concubine, the reason why his status is not noble, in short, he is very loved by the emperors of previous dynasties, and he can die a good death.

"Lord Banner, it's King Lu's fleet."

The merchant ship was heavy and slow, and Yang Renyu's two ships were almost empty, so the speed was much faster, and after chasing for half an hour, the two sides were close to each other. Lu Chuanzong was a native of Shandong and a scholar, so he knew the flag of the fleet in front of him, and a bright yellow flag had a big Lu character written in the middle, he explained to Yang Renyu.

"King Lu?" Yang Renyu was stunned for a moment, he was just a lowly subordinate, King Lu was a royal nobleman, and he didn't dare to send someone up recklessly for questioning for a while.

Lu Chuanzong knew that Yang Renyu might not dare to offend the nobles, so he took the initiative to ask: "My lord, I am willing to go and inquire about the situation." ”

"Hmmm! Mr. Trouble. Yang Renyu nodded in agreement.

Yang Renyu and his two ships chased after each other, and the people of King Lu's caravan were also taken aback, and there was no one on the sea, and they were pirates, and King Lu's name was useless. Therefore, several boats were shouting loudly, and all those who had combat effectiveness were organized and ready to resist.

When they put down their boats and only got on board two or three people to row over, the other side was relieved, maybe they weren't pirates, or they wouldn't have sent someone to contact them, they thought to themselves.

…… To be continued