"The fleet doesn't have to go to Quanzhou, my ship will lead the way, you just need to follow!" Zhang Shiyi on the bow of the ship ordered the steward on the opposite ship, and at the same time asked people to convey his orders to the other ships. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Zhang Shiyi is the second owner of the shipbuilding workshop, except for Qi Niang, he has the most shares, and Qi Niang has been staying in Chang'an before, and has no time to manage the affairs of the workshop, so the shipbuilding workshop has always been managed by Zhang Shiyi, so for his orders, the stewards on each ship did not dare to disobey, and turned the bow of the ship to follow Zhang Shiyi's ship to the south.

Although Qi Niang heard Zhang Shiyi's voice on the boat, she didn't dare to come out, because she was worried that Zhang Shiyi would send herself back to Suzhou after seeing her, and she would definitely not see Li Chengdao at that time, so she quietly returned to the original cabin with food and water, and no one found her during the period.

However, Qi Niang didn't know that after Zhang Shiyi ordered the fleet to sail with his ship, he returned to his cabin with a smile, only to see Li Chengdao sitting there painting at this time, but what he painted this time was not the scenery of the Americas, but his own experience in Datang, after all, his brother and mother have also stayed in the Americas for too long, and they also miss Datang very much, but they can't come back like themselves, so they can only bring a few paintings back for them to see, in order to relieve the pain of homesickness.

"Chengdao, the matter has been completed, this batch of new ships will go directly to the stronghold of Liuqiu with us, and after you have seen Wei Ting's people, you can leave directly by boat!" Zhang Shiyi said with a smile at this time, Liuqiu's stronghold has been operated by him for many years, and it has begun to take shape, and the ships can also replenish supplies when they arrive there, as for the things that Li Chengdao needed before, he has also bought them, and now they have also been sent to Liuqiu.

"Thank you, brother!" Li Chengdao also put down the charcoal in his hand when he heard this, and then bowed to Zhang Shiyi very respectfully and thanked him, for Zhang's father and son, he was really grateful, although the words of gratitude were a little pale, but he still had to say.

Originally, after Li Chengdao saw Li Xiu last time, he was about to go to Liu to ask to see Wei Ting, but he suddenly received news from Wei Ting's side, saying that some things had delayed some time, so the meeting time was probably postponed for a few days, and it happened that Li Chengdao's ship was also about to arrive, so he and Zhang Shiyi waited at sea for a few days, and only stopped these new ships to go back together today.

"Haha, what are you polite to me, we are all brothers, just let your brother take care of my seventeenth sister more in the future!" Zhang Shiyi laughed and said, although the bearded guest always uses Li Chengdao to hit their brother, but he is not in the United States anyway, out of sight and out of mind, and he also attaches great importance to Li Chengdao, a talented brother-in-law, so the personal relationship between the two is also quite deep.

Next, Li Chengdao and Zhang Shiyi chatted about the situation of the fleet again, but at this time, Li Chengdao suddenly showed a somewhat hesitant expression, and after a while, he finally gritted his teeth and said: "Brother Yi, I have a little favor I want to ask you for help!" ”

"Say anything!" Zhang Shiyi said again very boldly.

Seeing that Zhang Shiyi agreed, Li Chengdao showed an embarrassed expression again, and then took out a painting that had been drawn from the drawing paper in front of him, and then sent it to Li Chengdao and said: "Brother Yi, I haven't seen Qi Niang for many years, and I don't know what she looks like now, so I can only draw a portrait of her now based on what she looked like when she was a child, can you help me see if she looks like her?" ”

Hearing Li Chengdao's request turned out to be this, Zhang Shiyi couldn't help but be stunned, and then looked down at the portrait in his hand, and found that the woman on the painting was six or seven points similar to Qi Niang, which made him very surprised, after all, Li Chengdao and Qi Niang have not seen each other for many years, and Qi Niang's appearance has also changed a lot, after all, the female college has changed eighteen, but I didn't expect Li Chengdao to be able to draw Qi Niang's appearance just by imagination.

"Like, it's very similar, but some details are not the same, such as Qi Niang's eyes are more flexible, speaking of which, the bigger this girl is, the more willful she is, so your husband has no less headache for Qi Niang!" Zhang Shiyi first praised a few words, and then pointed out some deficiencies in the painting.

"You can't blame Qi Niang, if you want to blame it, you can blame Mr. for spoiling her too much, but Qi Niang is a very smart and kind woman, even if she is willful, she won't do anything out of the ordinary!" Li Chengdao spoke for Qi Niang at this time, and when he said this, his face also showed a look of longing, as if he thought of the days when he was a child and Qi Niang.

Seeing Li Chengdao's appearance, Zhang Shiyi couldn't help but sigh, he actually wanted to recruit Li Chengdao as his brother-in-law, but unfortunately now it seems that the other party has long been there, but it is just that he has made people, originally with his identity, he should be a match made in heaven with Qi Niang, but now I am afraid that there is no chance to be together.

"Chengdao, don't blame Brother Li, he ......"

Zhang Shiyi hesitated for a moment and just wanted to persuade Li Chengdao, before Li Xiu prevented Li Chengdao from seeing Qi Niang, he already knew about it, but at this time, he saw Li Chengdao smile and said: "I know what you want to say, brother, in my heart, Mr. is actually similar to my father, if it wasn't for him desperately protecting our family, I'm afraid we would have died in that chaos, so no matter what Mr. decides, I won't blame him, and even if I were Mr., I'm afraid I would have prevented me from meeting Qi Niang." ”

Hearing Li Chengdao say this, Zhang Shiyi couldn't help sighing, then patted him on the shoulder, and didn't say anything more, while Li Chengdao looked at the portrait of Qi Niang in his hand at this time, and the look of longing in his eyes became heavier, but he never dreamed that Qi Niang was on another boat not far from him.

In the next few days, Qi Niang stayed in the cabin where she was hiding, but she didn't steal much water and canned food from the kitchen, even if she ate very economically, but she still ate it quickly, and it was only then that she realized that she had underestimated the amount of food she had eaten, especially the fresh water used up quickly, because the girl looked clean, and she usually tried to use a little water to pour it on her hand and wipe her face, and the result was naturally faster.

The water and canned food are gone, Qi Niang tasted the taste of hunger and thirst again, to be precise, she has not eaten enough in the past few days, at this time she is just more hungry, speaking of which, although Qi Niang tasted starvation in the Li family when she was a child, but since she moved out with Li Xiu, she has been pampered for so many years, and she has never been so embarrassed as now, no matter how strong she is, but at this time she can't help but feel very aggrieved, and her eyes can't stop gushing out.

"What are you crying about, isn't it just eating a few fewer meals, and it is considered to be losing weight!" But after all, Qi Niang is different from ordinary women, and her temperament is also very tenacious, when she wiped her tears, she cheered herself up, and stood up after speaking, ready to go out and steal some food, anyway, there are few people on the boat, as long as you are careful, you should not be discovered, and according to her calculations, it should be almost to Quanzhou now, of course, she doesn't know that the fleet has turned.

At that moment, Qi Niang quietly opened the cabin door, in fact, she didn't stay in the cabin all the time in the past few days, but occasionally walked around the cabin and corridor on the lower level, so as not to be too bored, and the cabin on the lower level usually has no one to come at all, so she doesn't have to worry about being discovered.

Qi Niang lightly came to the stairs connecting the upper cabin, through the light from above, it can be judged that it is daytime, the upper cabin is also very quiet, it is estimated that the guys on the ship are also working on the deck, which makes Qi Niang also bold, take off her shoes and gently climb the stairs, and then come to the upper cabin.

It's really as quiet here as last time, but what makes Qi Niang feel strange is that the deck is also relatively quiet, only vaguely hearing someone talking, instead of as before, the deck is full of shouts and laughter of guys, after all, these guys have developed a big voice, whether they are building ships or going to sea.

But Qi Niang doesn't have time to think about these now, she just wants to go to the kitchen quickly to eat, so she hurries up to the kitchen, but just as she was about to enter the kitchen, she suddenly heard a sound of footsteps on the deck, followed by the sound of stepping on the stairs, it seems that someone is going down to the cabin, which makes Qi Niang also startled, hurriedly went into the kitchen and closed the door.

At the moment when Qi Niang closed the kitchen door, Li Chengdao and Zhang Shiyi stepped into the cabin of this ship, this batch of new ships was bought by Li Chengdao to bring back to the Americas, compared to his old ships, these new ships are not only fast, but also more stable, the most important thing is that the operation is also very simple, only more than 20 crew members are needed on a ship, you can operate such a large sea ship, it is simply tailor-made for ocean voyages.

In addition, what makes Li Chengdao even happier is that these ships are all designed by Qi Niang himself, but even so, Li Chengdao still carefully inspected these ships one by one, after all, they are going to sail from Datang to the Americas on these ships, such a long voyage, a little problem on the sea ship may be infinitely magnified, and even cause the ship to be destroyed and killed, so in order to ensure that he can return to the Americas safely, Li Chengdao also has to be careful.

"Honestly, these boats are all of the same type, and the internal structure is almost the same, which also makes it easier for the crew to change boats!" Zhang Shiyi introduced to Li Chengdao as he walked.

"Qi Niang's boats are better than all the boats I've seen, but in the process of shipbuilding, the craftsmen can't be completely consistent, so sometimes there will be some mistakes." Li Chengdao also nodded at this time, and when he spoke, he also stretched out his hands and touched the bulkhead of the ship, checking the connection and workmanship between the planks.

"Huh~" As soon as Li Chengdao's words fell, he suddenly saw the kitchen door at the end of the corridor suddenly opened, and then a petite figure suddenly threw himself into his arms.