Duli Town, where Lushun Port was located in later generations, is now just a county in Datang, and is an important port from Dengzhou to Liaodong by sea. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

As Li Yu took control of Liaodong, the town of Duli became more and more important. A few months ago, 500 craftsmen and thousands of Tang troops arrived here with thousands of slave laborers, vigorously building a port and building a shipyard.

A few months have passed, and the once small port has more than tenfold in size, and next to the port is a shipyard covering more than 300 acres. The shipyard is not yet completely finished, but two dry docks have been built, and hundreds of craftsmen are building ships in the docks.

There is a plaque hanging on the gate of entering the shipyard, which reads five gilded characters of the Liaodong shipyard, and the guard at the gate is the elite Tang Army with a serious expression.

There were more than ten ships moored in the port, five of which were huge ships carrying ten thousand stones, and the rest of the ships were also more than thousands of stones.

Zhang Qin and Zhang Mao followed Yu Hong to a wharf in the port, which happened to park three ships, with Zhang Qin's many years of experience in dealing with sea ships, it was clear at a glance that these three boats were the three 3,000 stone ships that King Yan gave him to go to sea this time.

It's a lot smaller than the big ship of Wanshi parked next to it.

Yu Hong stood on the pier and shouted orders to the three boats, and the crew members on the ships got off the boat one after another to gather on the dock.

Three boats, 80 people each, for a total of 240 people. Zhang Qin observed that one-third of them were soldiers in armor, and the rest were also trained and fearful of water skills, not as useless as the sailors of the fleet he had led before.

At this time, a chubby and round young Taoist priest dressed in a Taoist robe got off the boat crookedly, saw Yu Hong's eyes lit up, and stepped forward to greet him: "Hey, Yu Xiaoxiao, are we going to go?" ”

The pungent smell of wine came to his face, Yu Hong frowned slightly, and replied a little unceremoniously: "Your Highness ordered me to leave today, this is named Zhang Qin, who is the head of the fleet that went to sea this time, and this Zhang Mao is the deputy captain of a ship." ”

The status of this drunken Taoist priest does not seem to be low, and he doesn't even take Yu Hong in his eyes, and he dares to do whatever he wants in front of him if he is drunk.

Zhang Qin thought that when he talked with Yu Hong along the way, he knew that he was the guard of the tent of King Yan's mansion, and he was promoted to captain after many battles in previous wars, and was one of the guards of King Yan's cronies. It is the trust of King Yan that will be arranged to be the deputy of his fleet going to sea this time, and it sounds good that he is responsible for the safety of the fleet, and if it is not good, he is sent to monitor himself.

"Mr. Zhang, I am glad to be ...... Belch! ”

The drunken Taoist priest pounced on Zhang Qin and hugged his shoulders as if he had made a deep friend, and the smell of alcohol was unpleasant, so he didn't think that a wine burp would come out.

Zhang Mao pinched his nose and ran far away, and even Yu Hong couldn't stop taking a few steps away.

"Luckily!" Zhang Qin replied with a face that was more ugly than crying, pushed the other party away from him with both hands, and ran away from the other party while he was standing.

"You two will hold the royal chief as a cabin!"

Yu Hong called the two of them, put the drunken Taoist priest who was about to fall on his arms, and struggled to put the one hundred and eighty pounds drunk Taoist priest on the boat.

"Captain Yu, who is this drunken Taoist? Should you take him with you this time? Zhang Qin asked with some confusion.

"Huh!" Yu Hong smiled a little bitterly: "His name is Wang Haichong, he is the only disciple of Ge Tianshi in Sanqing Mountain, three years ago, the master and apprentice of Ge Tianshi and His Royal Highness met in Chang'an, and the two of them became friends with His Royal Highness. This time, Wang Haichong asked His Highness to accompany him, and he wanted to go to overseas wilderness to spread the true meaning of Taoism, and His Highness agreed. ”

"Captain Yu, don't be kidding, we are going to sea this time to explore overseas wild islands, and all kinds of dangers may occur along the way, isn't it causing us trouble with such a drunk Taoist priest who is white and fat and drunk?"

"Your Highness allows it, and I can't help it!" Yu Hong spread his hands and said helplessly to Zhang Qin and the others.

"By the way, you still need an astrologer to go to sea, where is the astrologer?" Zhang Qin looked into the crowd, but he didn't see a single one wearing a robe.

In ancient times, when going to sea, the owner of the ship would ask a Taoist priest who knew astronomy and geography to be the astrologer of the ship, and the drunken Taoist priest Yu Hong did not say that he was an astrologer, so Zhang Qin asked this question.

"The new manager Zhang, is he looking for a poor way?"

An imposing voice came from behind, Zhang Qin and Zhang Mao looked back, their eyes were about to fall to the ground, and Yu Hong smiled bitterly when he saw this.

I saw a middle-aged Taoist priest with a beard and buttery skin wearing a shabby Taoist robe with several patches, and two ladies with heavy makeup and bright makeup in his hands.

"This ...... Is this our astrologer? Zhang Mao asked with some uncertainty.

The sloppy Taoist priest's eyes were sharp, and he looked at Zhang Mao coldly and said coldly: "What, look down on the poor Dao?" ”

"No, no." Zhang Mao hurriedly waved his hand, but was stared at by the other party, and goosebumps arose.

"This is the uncle Kang Dao Chang who is specially invited by His Royal Highness." Yu Hongchun introduced the three of them to each other.

"Uncle Sun Kang!" Zhang Qin and Zhang Mao were shocked, this person was actually the crazy Taoist who broke through the big name on the southeast coast. Alone on the island where more than 200 pirates were entrenched, he killed all the pirates on the island overnight, cut off their heads and built them on the seashore to form a Beijing temple. Sneaked into the Zhangzhou Thorn Mansion at night, took the head of the eldest son of the Thorn Shi who raised the pirates, and was wanted by the imperial court all over the world.

This person is not only strong in martial arts, but also has a masterful ability to hold stars in one hand, and has never had an accident on the sea. It is rumored that he once killed all the barbarian men on the island of Nanyang, and raped hundreds of women.

"Hahaha! It seems that the two of them know a lot about the poor road! Uncle Kang laughed heartily when he saw the shocked expressions of the two.

Under Zhang Qin's command, the sails of the three ships were slowly raised, and the rudder placed under the stern of the ship began to leave the harbor and sail out to sea as the sailors shook it vigorously.

Looking at Duli Town, which was gradually moving away, Zhang Qin and Zhang Mao were both in a very comfortable mood, but when they saw the two Taoist priests on the deck who were fighting wine, their mood instantly became dull.

"Don't care about the two of them, Your Highness has an order, the fleet has full authority to obey the orders of Chief Zhang, and I have the right to arrest and deal with anyone who violates the order."

Yu Hong walked to Zhang Qin's side, seemed to see the worry in their hearts, and said with a smile.

"Uncle Sun Kang has been working as an astrologer on a ship on the southeast coast for decades, and he has rich experience in discerning directions at sea, and His Highness has arranged this person to be an astrologer of the fleet, which can provide you with a lot of help. Moreover, this person can fight and kill, and most of the people he kills are traitors and evildoers, so don't worry about him doing evil in the fleet, if he encounters danger in the wilderness, it is also a big help. As for Wang Haichong, this person is seventeen years old this year, don't look at him with a fat body and look naïve and simple, his brain is shrewd, as the only disciple of Ge Tianshi, he can observe the heavens and measure the direction, and draw a map of the land, but no one can do it, otherwise His Highness would not allow him to get on the boat. ”

"It seems that I was overly worried, I didn't think these two people were so capable!" Zhang Qin smiled with relief.

Zhang Mao was stunned and said: "Uncle Sun Kang is still an astrologer, when he used to run the boat, he always heard others talk about how murderous he was at sea, and this is actually the case!" ”