A hundred miles away from the mouth of the sea in the muddy water, two sea ships that have gone through vicissitudes of life slowly sail eastward, and the flag fluttering on the top of the main sail looks old and dilapidated, and only the words east and sea are vaguely recognized. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The two ships each had a total of twenty soft sails, large and small, but at this time it was impossible to find a single sail without patches, some of the smaller ones were not even patched, and the once white canvas looked gray and dirty.

When the ship sailed more than 40 miles away from the mouth of the water and could clearly see the wide delta of the mouth of the water in the river, the crew at the bow of the ship beat the gongs and drums in their hands and shouted to everyone on board, with a look of excitement in their tones.

"The mouth of the water has arrived......"

"Ho Ho ......"

The crews of the two ships let out a cry of joy and cheer, and they all poured to the side of the ship to look out at the Delta of the Eastern Estuary. The long and winding coastline and the familiar sails at the mouth of the river all signaled to the tired tourists who had returned from a long journey that they had come to an end of their nearly seven-month overseas journey, and that they had returned to the west coast of Pyongyang, the familiar seat of Andong Prefecture.

Zhang Qin, Zhang Mao, Yu Hong, and Wang Haichong stood side by side, looking at the estuary from afar, excited and excited, with undulating chests and deep eyes pondering their respective hearts.

Li Yu, who had nothing to do, was floating on the lake in the back garden of the palace, and a flat stone came out of his hand and floated five times on the calm lake before finally sinking to the bottom of the lake.

"Yikes! Your Royal Highness's good technique...... "A group of beautiful maids beside Li Yu cheered for Li Yu with fancy.

Li Yu enjoyed it very much, with a charming smile on his face, facing all the young and lively little ladies with their own appearances. Lazily opened their hands, the two maids consciously threw themselves into their arms, and glanced at the handsome and chic beautiful boy with a solid chest with a red face.

Embracing the beauty in his arms, in the longing and admiring eyes of the rest of the maids, Li Yu sat back on the rocking chair covered with tiger skin in the small pavilion by the lake.

"Ah......h

In the exclamation of the two girls in his arms, Li Yu lay in with the beauty in his arms, and the motionless rocking chair shook instantly, and Li Yu snorted comfortably.

At this time, the maid immediately seized the opportunity and held the rocking chair and shook it gently. When the other maids saw this, they couldn't help but stomp their feet in annoyance.

The comfortable rocking chair and the seductive fragrance of the beautiful girl lying in her arms made Li Yu intoxicated for a while. Especially the two girls are well-behaved and intelligent, and the two pairs of weak and boneless little hands are just right to knead Li Yu's body, and the comfort that spreads all over the body makes Li Yu almost addicted to it and can't extricate himself.

No wonder the ancients often said, gentle township, hero grave.

When Li Yu closed his eyes and indulged in the gentle township, two smooth fingers gently pinched Li Yu's delicate nose.

Li Yu, who was not breathing well, opened his eyes, and a charming and youthful face met Li Yu's eyes with a naughty and lovely smile.

Li Yu wanted to stretch out his hands and hug this beautiful girl into his arms to punish him, but his hands were not empty, so he reluctantly gave up this shameless idea.

"Xin'er, are you thinking about Ben Xun?"

Xin'er Jiao snorted, and said with a little dissatisfaction: "What's the use of thinking about my family, how can there be so many beautiful girls around me?" ”

"Hehehe!" Li Yu laughed a little embarrassedly, patted the two women beside him, and motioned for them to get up.

Xin'er still pouted and looked at the lake, pretending not to pay attention to Li Yu.

Li Yu repelled left and right, brewed his mind, and was ready to appease Xin'er.

At this time, an attendant hurriedly walked up to Li Yuyu and said, "Your Highness, the Southeast China Sea expedition arrived at the port of Pyongyang today. ”

"The Southeast Sea Expedition is back?"

"Exactly!"

The Southeast China Sea expedition is related to Li Yu's future planning, and the stakes are very high, and the relationship between children and daughters is insignificant compared to it.

Li Yu, who was eager to know what the Southeast China Sea Expedition had brought back about the situation of the overseas islands southeast of the Tang Dynasty, left in a hurry.

Xin'er turned around, saw Li Yu's departing back, and sighed lightly.

While Li Yu was waiting, Zhang Qin, Yu Hong, Wang Haichong, and others, the leaders of the Southeast China Sea Expedition, came to report on their work after a short rest.

"Meet His Royal Highness King Yan, the ministers have fulfilled their mission and successfully completed the task."

Li Yu smiled: "Okay, everyone, please get up!" Sit! ”

After nearly seven months of wandering at sea, the tropical sun was scorching, and the skin of several people was tanned (not black of a black man), and their cheeks were full of weather, frost and vicissitudes.

Li Yu sighed with emotion, and asked the maid to make good tea, and the dim sum carefully made in the dining room was used to entertain several heroes who returned from a long voyage across the sea.

After Zhang Qin and the others sat down, they looked at the fragrant tea and delicious snacks on the dining table, and they all had a worried face, without the slightest appetite.

Li Yu was a little strange when he saw this, he had successfully returned from a long voyage, he should be festive, why were the faces of several people so sad?

"Zhang Qin, Yu Hong, and the others looked sad, why is this?"

"Back to Your Highness." Yu Hong said bitterly: "We couldn't bring back all the brothers who went to sea together alive, and dozens of brothers were abandoned by their ministers on overseas wild islands, not knowing life and death. ”

Li Yu was shocked in his heart, it was not surprising that the fleet sailed to explore the exotic and wild seas, and did not all come back alive.

In the later Western Age of Discovery, every time explorers led an expedition fleet to explore undiscovered places, more or less crew members would die on the way to the voyage for various reasons. More than 200 Magellan sailed around the world when he departed, and only 18 returned to Spain. The expedition led by the French explorer Conte de La Perlouse was killed in the waters of the Vanuatu Islands.

It can be said that Zhang Qin and the others went to explore the non-central and southern seas that no one had ever set foot in before, and it was a kind of luck to be alive.

Some people died on the way, and Li Yu would not blame them, because it was inevitable.

But Yu Hong said that they abandoned dozens of people on a desert island, which made Li Yu unthinkable. What made them so ruthless to abandon dozens of people?

Li Yu's face was a little gloomy, he looked at Zhang Qinxun and asked, "Zhang Qin, you are the head of the fleet, what Yu Hong said is true?" ”

At the beginning, dozens of sick people were abandoned, but Zhang Qin's own order, although it was to cater to the public's will, Zhang Qin did not quietly contribute to it.

Zhang Qin replied worriedly: "Back to Your Highness, the minister's order to abandon dozens of soldiers on the desert island is also forced to do it, which is also the meaning of the other soldiers in the fleet. ”

"Say why." Li Yu's face turned sideways, and he said a little impatiently.

Before the reason was said, he shirked his responsibility as soon as possible, which made Li Yu feel a little ashamed of Zhang Qin.

Yu Hong snorted coldly, since abandoning his sick brother, Yu Hong and Zhang Qin have a cold relationship.

Zhang Qin wiped the sweat from his forehead and said: "Your Highness, less than half a month after the fleet left Borneo and headed east, there was a sudden outbreak of an epidemic that had never been seen before in the fleet, and the symptoms were extremely terrifying. Panic over the disease spread through the fleet, much to the horror of the rest of the men. Later, even Dr. Xiao was infected, and the soldiers made trouble, and if they did not throw the sick behind and the fleet left, they would launch a mutiny. The minister was also forced to make this decision out of desperation. ”