No. 098 Going to sea
As soon as he heard this, Cai Dao immediately wilted, and he couldn't warn him, and he was threatened by this little girl in turn.
If this is spread, it will really damage your own image.
Cai Dao didn't speak, and gently pushed open the door, wanting to lock the girl Hualanxi inside, but she stuck to herself too tightly.
He had no choice but to go down the steps in front of the door, tighten his clothes, shoes and socks, and the burden on his back, and then spread his feet and ran to the dock, trying to shake off Hualan Creek.
After running a full hundred meters, I saw a carriage parked around the corner, and Cai Duarm was sitting on the horizontal plate in front of the wheel, babbling unknowingly.
Cai Dao jumped into the carriage and urged: "One-armed grandpa, let's hurry up!" ”
"Hmmm! Childe, what are you doing in such a hurry? Cai Duarm looked at Cai Dao's panting appearance and asked a little strangely.
"Don't talk nonsense, hurry up!"
"Oh! Good! Cai Duwu was just about to whip up the carriage, but Hua Lanxi had already caught up.
Don't look at her as a soft and weak girl, but in the days when Cai Dao left his hometown, Hua Lanxi did not leave any of the homework he left. Although she is the head of the one hundred and eight children, she not only supervises those children, but also has always practiced herself, except for the strength that is not as good as those boys who have the natural potential of Hercules, she is almost the first in everything.
No, Cai Dao is a very capable runner in his age group, but he still hasn't completely shaken off the pursuit of this little girl.
"Childe, why did you bring her with you?" Cai Dujian thought that the son had come back this time, and he had changed his temperament, and he was used to being served by the maid.
"You hell girl has to keep up, I can't do anything about you. However, when you reach your destination, you should know what it means to 'retreat from the difficulty'. Cai Dao was too lazy to answer Cai Yiji's question now, and after putting down this sentence, he ignored the two of them, and lay alone in the carriage of the carriage with his eyes closed and recuperated, relieving himself by the way.
Hua Lanxi didn't understand the meaning of Cai Dao's words, but Cai Duarm, the old crew, understood!
However, he didn't tell the little girl, but quickly drove the carriage to the Xianyou Pier.
On the dock, there has long been a warship, which is the latest to be built and tested in the Canton ship.
The name of this battleship is "Weizhou Island", which is to commemorate the exploits of Cai Dujian and others, and Weizhou Island is the name of the first island he led people to conquer. At the Xiaocili Shipyard, among the ships that have been built so far, the hull of this battleship is the largest, and it can carry nearly 500 people at one time.
The carriage came to the dock, and Cai Dao and Cai Duarm got out of the carriage, took their respective baggage, and prepared to board the boat.
And Hua Lanxi naturally followed closely behind Cai Dao inch by inch.
When he came to the side of the boat, Cai Dao did not rush to board the boat, but put his hands together, looked at Hua Lanxi with a smile, and shouted loudly towards the boat: "Brothers on the boat, this girl has to come along, anyway, I will not agree to her boarding the boat." However, if any of you have mercy on you, you can vote by a show of hands. As long as half of the people on board agree, I will allow her to board the ship. ”
"Not allowed!"
"Resolutely opposed!"
“……”
After Cai Dao finished speaking, the crew members almost unanimously objected.
It's no wonder they reacted so violently. Because since ancient times, ships at sea have almost completely forbidden any woman to board them.
If you sail along the sea route, and you have a woman on board, most people will not come forward to oppose it.
If the captain is a female pirate, those who are loyal to her will naturally not care about this matter.
However, women are never allowed to board ocean-going vessels and fishing vessels.
If this girl was brought on board by Cai Dao, all the crew members might not object, but some of them might withdraw from the voyage.
At sea, the most important thing for the crew to consider is how to save their lives. As for pity and cherishing jade, what is that?
In the end, Hua Lanxi could only hold her little burden aggrievedly, squatting on the dock alone and crying, because this was the second time that Gongzi had left her on a long voyage.
Let's not mention how sad Hua Lanxi is. Standing on the deck, you can look forward to the rippling sea with four eyes. Cai Dao's depressed mood suddenly relaxed.
He went to sea this time for two purposes.
First, take a look at the first settlement built by Cai Yi's one-armed people on Yizhou.
The second is to go to the Wa Kingdom to see if there is a chance to get some hard currency from the hands of the little man this time.
The Taiwan Bay Strait, the sea area between Yizhou and Fujian, the closest point of the two is about 150 kilometers.
Along the way, the sea was calm and calm, and the 'Weizhou Island' was not going well. It took more than half a day to reach Baisha Cape in Yizhou, which is Taoyuan County in later generations.
Along the way, Cai Dao also saw the Penghu Islands. Now in the sea area around the Great Song Dynasty, there is no force that can compete with the Great Song Dynasty, so this strategic place in later generations is now at most a transit station.
When we arrived at the camp on the white sand headland, the sun was already setting.
Cai Dao got off the boat and saw the size and layout of the camp, and his brows furrowed into a pimple.
He asked Cai One-Armed to gather everyone together, and when he spoke, he was angry: "One-armed grandfather, I have repeatedly instructed you to be careful of the natives on Yizhou Island. If you're not fully prepared, don't rush to seize the territory here. If you look around, why not build a castle first, but instead go and reclaim the farmland along the coast. Isn't this looking for death? ”
Yes, Baisha Headland, where Cai Dujian has built a small settlement.
There were about 500 people, including more than 200 women, mainly those who were rescued from the bandits' lair who were eliminated by Cai Duarm. Although they were freed from the thieves, they were already homeless.
As for the remaining less than three hundred men, some were pirates with bad deeds, some were idle scoundrels and thieves in Xianyou County, and some were spies sent to Xiaoci by various forces.
Among these people, most of them did not come here voluntarily, but under the power of Cai Duarm, these people could only obediently accept their fate and stay in this place.
The reason why Cai Dao lost such a big temper was because Cai Duwu didn't let these people build a small city or castle in a hurry, they really despised those Yizhou natives who were hidden in the mountains and dense forests.
Once the details of the camp were discovered by those people, such loose defenses could not defend against the savage natives. If one is not good, it may suffer a catastrophe.