Chapter 1: Heartless!
The treasure ship docked at the wharf in Luoyang, and has been guarded by the guards in turn, Zhao Chen took the old eunuch and his party to set off from Chang'an Baqiao, but in three or two days, they arrived at Luoyang Mansion.
When they arrived in Luoyang, the army that set out from Qinling had already arrived in Luoyang, and when Zhao Chen also arrived in Luoyang, the two sides repaired for a day, and then the troops were divided into two routes.
Zhao Chen still took the old eunuch and more than 100 personal guards, and went directly to Shandong by water in a treasure boat, while the 5,000 army rushed directly to Shandong by dry road.
Li Erzao's ships are all sea ships traveling on the sea, so they are naturally not suitable for supervising in Luoyang, so he directly built a shipyard in Shandong, built ships there, and just waited for Zhao Chen to bring people over, and then he could set off directly from the sea.
Separated from the army, the treasure ship also set off immediately, through the Yellow River into the sea, with the frequent trade in Shandong in recent years, this sea route has long become unobstructed.
In addition, it is the flood season of the Yellow River, so the treasure boat is smooth sailing all the way, and it didn't take long for the treasure ship to enter the vast sea from the Yellow River.
This time Zhao Chen went to Shandong, in addition to the guards on the treasure boat, it was the old eunuch and his two apprentices and grandchildren, since the treasure boat set off from Luoyang, these three people were extremely excited along the way.
Especially the old eunuch, it doesn't feel like he came to be a bodyguard for Zhao Chen, but was released by Li Er on vacation.
He was on the deck of the treasure ship all day long, lying there comfortably, enjoying the service of the two disciples and grandchildren, and enjoying the scenery along the way.
It seems that the person who came out of Chang'an, no matter who it is. probably have such a problem, and they will not be long in their lives. Hurry up and enjoy the disgusting look of the good time, I can't wait for it. The regrets of how many years have been lacking have to be enjoyed all at once.
Li Chengqian was like this at that time, and the old eunuch today is also like this, and compared to Li Chengqian, the old eunuch has gone even further.
When he was in Chang'an, he shrunk his shoulders in front of Li Er all day long. As a result, as soon as he left Chang'an City, especially when he arrived at the treasure ship, it was immediately like a different person.
Changed into a Yanju regular clothes, with a staff hat on his head, and walked differently than before.
And, it's still the same kind. suddenly made a lot of money, like a nouveau riche who didn't know how to spend it, he tossed those two apprentices and grandchildren all day long!
And the other way around. In stark contrast to the old eunuch, Zhao Chen got into the cabin since he hit Chang'an City. Except when he was in Luoyang, after coming down to meet with Dugumou and a few people. Until the treasure ship entered the sea, Zhao Chen was rarely seen.
This trip to Goguryeo. The veterans spent several days and nights working hard to carefully plan several strategic plans for him, all of which were based on the hypothetical encounters, the evolution and response.
And these, Zhao Chen can't be able to eat them all at once in a short period of time, and the veterans naturally know this, so they recorded these plans on paper.
And Zhao Chen spent this time in the cabin day and night, just studying these plans, hoping to completely remember these plans in his head before rushing to Liaodong.
The treasure ship was already sailing on the sea, the wind was calm outside, and the hour was almost afternoon.
Zhao Chen, who was in the cabin, looking down at the map of Goguryeo, suddenly heard the coughing sound of the old eunuch outside the cabin, and then there was a light knocking sound from the closed cabin.
"It's been almost half a month, and you haven't studied it yet?" The knock on the door just sounded, and before Zhao Chen could reply, the closed cabin door was pushed open by the old eunuch, and then, the old eunuch he saw was holding a plate in his hand, and Shi Shiran walked in from the outside.
"Don't dare to relax!" Zhao Chen has been accustomed to it these days, and the old eunuch's 'rude' behavior, after hearing this, he immediately raised his head, twisted slightly, and said to the old eunuch with a stiff neck: "It's all a good strategy to save your life at a critical moment, how can you just take a casual look at it!" ”
"You're thinking too much, it's not good!" When the old eunuch spoke, he pushed aside all the materials in front of Zhao Chen, and then put the plate in his hand in front of Zhao Chen, and sat opposite Zhao Chen, looking at Zhao Chen who was gently rubbing his eyebrows.
On the plate, a few freshly grilled fish, coated with a layer of chili oil, roasted golden golden, look delicious in color, and make people appetite.
"More than 10,000 lives!" Picking up chopsticks from the plate, picking up a piece of fish, putting it in his mouth and chewing it slowly, Zhao Chen looked at the old eunuch, sighed and said, "I hope that if I take them out, I can take them back!" ”
"It's war!" The old eunuch poured a glass of wine into the cup in front of Zhao Chen, poured a glass of wine himself, sat there, tasted it slowly, looked at Zhao Chen and sighed: "Our family also hopes that they can all be well, and there is no one left to go back!" ”
"So, you have to be prepared in advance!" When Zhao Chen heard this, he smiled at the old eunuch, picked up the cup in front of him, suddenly raised his head and drank it all, then took a slight breath and said.
"As the main general, it is the most taboo woman's kindness!" When the old eunuch heard Zhao Chen's words, he couldn't help but shake his head and sigh, and when he spoke, he suddenly seemed to remember something, looked at Zhao Chen and asked, "Our family baked it ourselves, how does it taste?" ”
"The craftsmanship has risen!" In the past few days, the old eunuch has probably been bored, and he actually began to learn to barbecue by himself, the fish he catches, where he barbecues, and when the barbecue is ready, he brings Zhao Chen's cabin to Zhao Chen and let Zhao Chen taste it.
The old guy, although he is the head of the big eunuch next to Li Er, but the treatment in the palace is no more expensive than a knight, it is really a delicacies of the mountains and seas, silk and satin, all of which are not lacking.
However, who would have thought that since he followed Zhao Chen out to sea, this old guy would be fascinated by this cook, and he still looked like he was happy with it.
"By the way, in fact, I haven't been consulted, what do you call your seniors!" The two of them chatted with the old eunuch while enjoying the old eunuch's grilled fish, and when it came to the end, Zhao Chen seemed to remember this, suddenly looked at the old eunuch, and asked seriously.
Zhao Chen's words are true, he has been in Chang'an for a few years, and he has known the old eunuch from the beginning, and the relationship between the two is also good, but until now, Zhao Chen actually doesn't know what the old eunuch is called.
"Why do you suddenly ask this?" The old eunuch, who was originally holding a cup and leaning it to his mouth, suddenly heard Zhao Chen's words, immediately stopped the movements in his hand, looked at Zhao Chen strangely and asked.
"Just ask, you don't have to say it!" Zhao Chen was also curious for a while, however, seeing the expression on the old eunuch's face, he couldn't help but be stunned, looked at the old eunuch, and said in a moment's stunned.
"Hehe, it's okay!" When the old eunuch heard this, he brought the wine glass to his lips, suddenly raised his head and drank it, and then looked at Zhao Chen and said: "The name of our family, no one has asked for a long time, that is, even our family itself has almost forgotten our family's surname!" ”
When he said this, the old eunuch suddenly turned his head, smiled at Zhao Chen, and said jokingly: "Our family is in the palace, but there is a title, do you want to know!" ”
"Uh, what is it?" Subconsciously, Zhao Chen was slightly stunned when he heard the old eunuch's words, and then subconsciously looked at the old eunuch and asked.
"Heartless!" The old eunuch looked very simple, and as soon as Zhao Chen's words fell, he looked at Zhao Chen very simply and spoke.
When these words fell, the old eunuch still looked at Zhao Chen with an interested gaze, and when he saw Zhao Chen's surprised expression after hearing his name, he seemed to have seen something interesting, and immediately sat there, opening his mouth and laughing.
The old eunuch's name is Wuxin, which obviously surprised Zhao Chen, the name Wuxin sounds a little ruthless, but imagining the identity of the old eunuch, Zhao Chen is also relieved.
The treasure ship continued to sail on the endless sea, and Zhao Chen, as he had done a few days ago, shrunk in the cabin day and night, studying the drawings given to him by the veterans.
And the unintentional old eunuch is still indulging in the fun of cooking every day, but since that day, after being inadvertently asked by Zhao Chen his name, for some reason, the number of times he came to Zhao Chen's cabin has decreased significantly.
This made Zhao Chen seriously doubt that his unintentional curiosity had caused a scar in the old eunuch's heart!
However, when he occasionally came out of the cabin and saw the old eunuch lying comfortably on the deck, while his two apprentices and grandchildren were trained by the old eunuch like monkeys, he shook his head helplessly and continued to do the right thing with the information.
The treasure ship continued to sail on the sea, all the way was smooth, about ten days later, standing on the deck of the treasure ship, you could see the long coastline from afar, undoubtedly that was the second stop of their trip - Dongying, Shandong!
At this time, standing on the deck of the treasure ship, when I looked through the telescope, I saw a dense number of ships docked quietly in a harbor along the coastline.
The sails are so spectacular that each ship is connected by several iron chains, and when it is quietly docked in the harbor, it occupies almost the entire harbor, and at a glance, there are at least hundreds of them.
On the side of these dense ships, there is the wharf of Dongying, which is also the shipyard that Li Er ordered to build here.
Zhao Chen is naturally no stranger to these ships moored in the harbor, this is that the shipbuilding drawings he gave Li Er at the beginning are smaller than the treasure ship and larger than the existing Wuya ships in the Tang Dynasty.
It is perfect for driving on inland rivers and near the sea! (To be continued.) )