Chapter 50: The Storm Suddenly Changes
When Ouyang Duo woke up, he was already in an alpine pasture with clear grass, blue sky and white stars. Rubbing his eyes that were still a little sleepy, what he saw in front of him made him still a little unacceptable, and he was still in Ouyang Xuan's arms before going to bed, galloping in the night. When I looked at the camp gate again, I just smelled a strange smell and fell asleep. When I woke up, the scenery was completely different from the pastures around the capital.
It was already three poles in the morning, after Ouyang Duo got dressed, he walked out of the gorgeous wooden house, two extremely beautiful big birds in the sky were circling and flying in the air, and the two big white dogs on the ground were staring at the flying big birds with their heads up. Not far away, there is also a flock of snow-white sheep, leisurely gnawing on the grass.
"When I woke up, I saw that you slept soundly, and I didn't call you. Get up and have some breakfast", Tai Shuxuan didn't know when he appeared behind him. "Queen Mother, where is this? How do you sleep right here? The little guy turned back to Uncle Xuan curiously and said.
"This is a place for the Holy Emperor, and we will stay here for two days, that is, go down the mountain. I heard the Holy Emperor say that we still have to see the sea, haha, this is quite a desirable thing."
"Oh, how far is this from the capital? How did we get here? ”。 Ouyang Duo still asked with some confusion.
"It's 5,000 miles away from the capital, and as for how I got here, haha, I don't know. It's just a daze. Don't ask, go eat." After Tai Shuxuan finished speaking, he pulled Ouyang Duo and went straight to the restaurant in the wing. Ouyang Xuan and Yulin guards have not returned from training yet, and there are only a dozen deacon's guards here now. Uncle Tai Xuan led Ouyang Duo into a luxurious single room, and all kinds of meals had already been arranged. The little guy is also very curious about the breakfast here, milk tea, snow-white steamed buns, steamed buns, air-dried meat, and noodles that I don't know the name of, which makes the little guy have a great appetite. devoured a meal and finally drank a bowl of milk tea with a blue light. After drinking, he burped and said: "Queen Mother, why does this milk have a glowing light?" It's very refreshing to drink."
"This is the secret recipe of the Holy Emperor, often drink it to prolong life and strengthen the body."
"Oh, isn't the secret of the Holy Emperor's longevity related to this?".
"You kid, you're ghostly, the secret of the Holy Emperor's longevity has its own strangeness, and there is no chain here. Hurry up and eat, go and play on the meadow after eating", Uncle Tai Xuan was really afraid that this little guy would ask Ouyang Xuan some secrets.
"Well, it's just that everything here is a little weird and weird." Ouyang Duo reluctantly patted his bulging belly, and walked towards the group of sheep and white wolves accompanied by two Yulin guards.
The reason why Ouyang Xuan chose to come back here was because he wanted to bring Uncle Tai Xuan back to meet Uncle Tai, which was a necessary ritual. When Ouyang Xuan came back from training, he hurriedly ate breakfast and went to the service point where Uncle Tai was with a heavy gift. Uncle Tai didn't know what kind of emotion this grandson-in-law was, if he didn't know Ouyang Xuan's true identity, he would be quite satisfied, but since he already knew his identity, everyone knew that the new queen mother was the twin sister of the eldest princess. Although this country is happy to accept any decision made with Ouyang Xuan, after all, Ouyang Xuan already exists like a god. After a hurried visit, Uncle Tai also began to pack his bags and returned to the capital under the escort of Yulin Jun to retire with the eldest princess. This is the pension road arranged by Ouyang Xuan for him, so that Ouyang Xuan can provide money and food on time, and can also meet the wish of Uncle Tai Xuan to visit his grandfather at any time.
By the time everything was ready, it was five days later. Ouyang Xuan took sixty carefully selected Yulin guards, including ten female soldiers, these female soldiers were originally Yulin female soldiers who were in charge of the special training of female guards in the palace when Liu Hui was in the palace, there were a total of thirty people, and they were stationed in Ouyang Xuan's palace. When Ouyang Xuan was away, he was in charge of the maintenance of the palace and palace facilities, and when Ouyang Xuan was there, he was in charge of the guards of the female dependents, and now they are directly under the command of Tai Shuxuan.
The brigade did not go down the mountain directly, but flew directly to the Xiagu base in the middle of the night by flying saucer, and the Congxiagu base took a four-wheeled carriage and drove east as a caravan. The white wolf and the Fenghuang plus Ouyang Duo shared a big car, and Ouyang Xuan and Tai Shuxuan shared a carriage, but they rarely took it, and they were all given to female soldiers. Especially Uncle Xuan, who had just got a horse with Ouyang Xuanyuan's Xuanyuan and a bloody horse with a deep red body, naturally he was reluctant to come down, and he rode in front of the team and behind the team every day, and even wanted to hug him when he was sleeping.
Ouyang Duo has a special affection for horses, and he always rides with Ouyang Xuan to enjoy the scenery along the way, while the white wolf and the phoenix emperor only let them get off the car when there is no one around. Buick and Guli are used to this kind of life, because there is such a trip almost once a year, and Fenghuang is just beginning to adapt. The team is not huge, a total of ten large four-wheeled carriages and two gasoline-powered super off-road vehicles, because of fuel shortages, there are only 100 such cars in the whole country, mainly concentrated in the hands of the rich, and every trip is carried by a large oil drum. Ouyang Xuan was naturally no exception, with two barrels of gasoline in the trunk of the car, enough to drive from Xia Gu to the seaside.
The scenery along the way is also quite beautiful, there are grasslands, mountains and forests, and strange peaks and steep scenes, and Ouyang Xuan will take people to visit every place. When I was in high spirits, I would draw a picture and write some poems. Every time he went to a city, Ouyang Xuan would take Uncle Xuan and Ouyang Duo to the street in civilian clothes after settling down to buy special products. By the way, I learned about the local officialdom and social and cultural situation through non-governmental channels. Along the way, Ouyang Duo's eyes were opened, and he was already full of curiosity about all kinds of new affairs, but now he would come into contact with different affairs every day, and he became a hundred thousand whys.
Within a month, the group walked to Wanghai City (now Huludao, Liaoning) by the sea, for Uncle Xuan and Ouyang Duo, who had never seen the sea, it was like coming to heaven, and as soon as they settled down, they couldn't wait to beg Ouyang Xuan to go to the beach for a walk. Because it is an important passage for China's north-south trade, it has a population of nearly one million, two large ship ports, and nearly 1,000 ships of all sizes traveling every day.
In order to avoid the crowd, Ouyang Xuan had to use a naval base here, where three 10,000-ton ironclad warships and a 20,000-ton luxury cruise ship were parked, which was also Ouyang Xuan's only luxury. For this kind of ship that transcends the times, Ouyang Xuan spent a lot of thought and graupel energy, and with the assistance of the Duliba people, he built 50 10,000-ton warships and 300 1,000-ton inland river ships, using gasoline as energy, and now the three warships and yachts moored in Wanghai are powered by graupel energy. As for the merchant ships, almost all of them use coal as an energy source, and these merchant ships are now divided equally by the three families of Huaxia Nie, Wei, and Li, but behind the three families are the shadow of Ouyang Xuan.
On a beach not far from the base, Tai Shuxuan and Ouyang Duo were almost crazy playing on the beach. Even the seaweed that has been washed ashore has to be picked up and tasted, not to mention the crabs on the beach. It was the low tide time in the afternoon, Ouyang Xuan took the guards, a small basket and a spoon in one person's hand, looking for the razor clams hole on the beach, and then used a spoon to scoop a spoonful of salt in a small frame and sprinkle it at the mouth of the cave, and then waited for the razor clams to jump out of the hole, pick them up and put them in a special bag. A group of people had a good time, and the navy was on guard and patrol all around. They were also very curious about Ouyang Xuan's way of playing, but due to their duties, they could only watch silently, ready to try it when they were free. Tai Shuxuan and Ouyang Duo had enough of playing crazy in the seawater, and when they saw Ouyang Xuan's play, they would not let it go, took the basket and spoon from the female soldiers, and followed Ouyang Xuan to find the hole.
After looking for razor clams, he went to the rocks after the low tide to look for oysters, in short, Ouyang Xuan changed his tricks and led these people who had never seen the sea to play to their heart's content, and it was not until the sea began to rise in the evening that he led the playful people back to the yacht. Cook your own food and make a hearty seafood feast of razor clams, oysters, baby crabs and some seafood purchased from fishermen. For those who have never eaten seafood, this meal is of course unforgettable for their lifetimes, especially when Tai Shuxuan and Ouyang Duo still remembered their first seafood dinner when they died. Spicy fried razor clams, raw oysters, braised yellow croaker, dry-fried small crabs, steamed pike crabs, steamed lobsters, stir-fried shrimps, etc.
Before the dishes were ready, Ouyang Duo patted his bulging stomach and said, "Ancestor, why do you want to eat good things all at once?" Duo'er really can't eat it, can you get it better tomorrow? ”。 Tai Shuxuan also made the same action, and said: "That's right, Husband Mo doesn't want to support me to death."
Ouyang Xuan looked at the messy appearance on the table, shook his head helplessly, and said, "This thing is just a fresh, if you eat too much, you will get bored." Good guy, I really admire eating five or six big crabs and lobsters for one person. You have digested it first, and I have patronized it for you, and you have not eaten yet." After finishing speaking, people cleaned up the messy tabletop, re-served the steamed pike crab and lobster, and began to taste the seafood of this pollution-free era with knives, scissors, chopsticks and other tools on the table. Tai Shuxuan and Ouyang Duo took Buick and Guli, who were extremely averse to seafood, to take a walk on the spacious deck and enjoy the cool sea breeze. The distant part of the sea under the starlight is shrouded in endless darkness, and the shore is brightly lit, and the navigation lights on the sea are constantly flashing in the darkness. Buick and Guli have a natural instinct and sensitivity to the dark, they hold their heads high and greedily breathe in the freshness brought by the sea breeze, and they also faintly feel a hint of danger.
The sea is always full of challenges, and no one knows what the next second will be at sea, especially in this era when the sea is still full of unknowns. Just when everyone was falling asleep in the middle of the night, Ouyang Xuan also felt a trace of danger. He got up gently, got dressed, folded the quilt for Uncle Taixuan, stepped out of the cabin, and called the two deacon's guards in the guard's cabin to come to the deck, and it was already pitch black outside, except for the buoy lights that were still up and down and flickering, everything was shrouded in darkness. The sea breeze was a bit strong, and the air was mixed with a heavy salty and wet smell. There was still some rain hitting his face, Ouyang Xuan took a little rain with his hand, put it on the tip of his tongue and tasted it, it was very salty. Ouyang Xuan snorted, and hurriedly said to the guards beside him: "Go and sound the fleet alarm, and inform all the ship's personnel to enter the cabin immediately, and no one is allowed to go on the deck." "No!".
Ouyang Xuan hurriedly led the guards into the captain's room, and a moment later a terrible alarm sounded. The deacon's guards gave Ouyang Xuan's order through the communicator between the ships, and Ouyang Xuan stood in the captain's room, looking out through the porthole at the seemingly calm sea. The guards had already received the order and went to the cabin to inform them. When all the ships came with the message that they were ready, Ouyang Xuan let go of his hanging heart and quietly looked at the dark sea in the captain's room. I don't know how long later, when the sky was already bright, the whole ship began to shake violently, up and down. "What should come will come, and what should be experienced will not be left behind." Ouyang Xuan said to himself.
"Why does Your Majesty say that?" , asked the captain of the yacht.
"This is a hurricane at sea that is often encountered in the summer at sea, but it is a rare occurrence here." In the era when technology was not very advanced, it was common to encounter typhoons at sea. But it is rare to encounter a typhoon in Bohai Bay, but today Ouyang Xuan encountered it, and it seemed to be very violent. When the light of day was shining, the wind and the rain came as scheduled. The ship shook and undulated even more violently, and for Ouyang Xuan, who had been trained, these were hardly a problem, still sitting firmly in the captain's room and looking at the world outside that was blurred by the rain.
At this time, Tai Shuxuan and Ouyang Duo were each holding a bucket and vomiting, and the other Yulin guards were almost in the same posture and the same movements. The crew is better, they are all people who have seen the wind and waves, and they naturally adapt faster.
The storm and rain blew all morning before the sky gradually brightened. In the afternoon, the wind had subsided, and the rain had long since stopped. Ouyang Xuan went to various cabins to check, only two female soldiers were slightly injured, and the others had no abnormalities except for the discomfort caused by not vomiting. When Ouyang Xuan returned to the captain's room, it was already sunny outside, and there was not a trace of wind. The sun shone strongly on the wet deck, but Ouyang Xuan never lifted the alarm, because the air pressure outside was very low now, indicating that he was in the eye of the typhoon, which was not difficult for Ouyang Xuan, who had been trained in this field in later generations, to judge at all. Although many people didn't understand, Ouyang Xuan always insisted on his judgment and strictly ordered the people on the ship not to go out of the cabin and go to the deck. Because of the vomiting, no one wants to eat anymore. In less than an hour, the wind and the torrential rain came again. Although it was not as violent as in the morning, the momentum was still not small. It was not until the early hours of the second day that it gradually weakened, and at noon the sun was seen again, and the sea was calm again.
In the afternoon, Ouyang Xuan took Ouyang Duo and a few guards to Wanghai City in a carriage, such a storm, Ouyang Xuan wanted to see the response of the officials here, and Ouyang Duo paid more attention to the causes of the storm and how to judge the coming of the storm, and kept asking questions along the way, as if he wanted to squeeze out the knowledge in Ouyang Xuan's mind.
When he saw the city wall from a distance, Ouyang Xuan noticed that the people here were repairing the damaged houses and facilities in an orderly manner, and there were teams of navy and garrisons rushing to various disaster points on the road. Ouyang Xuan was very satisfied with this, and pulled over an official who was directing the rescue to inquire about the disaster, this typhoon disaster caused by this Wanghai City is still very serious, and almost none of the roofs of the houses are intact. The casualties reached more than a thousand, and nearly 100 people are missing. According to the official, there were dozens of fishing boats at sea when the typhoon passed, and less than half of them have returned today. Because the sea rescue was on different routes, it was not possible to send a ship to find it. Hearing this letter, Ouyang Xuan urgently ordered everyone to return and participate in the rescue at sea.
Returning to the ship again, Ouyang Xuan asked Taishu Xuan to take Ouyang Duo to temporarily live in the naval camp under the escort of female soldiers. The four ships immediately lifted anchor and were guided by local fishermen to the waters where they often hunted. Four boats searched repeatedly along the daily fishing routes, and really found more than a dozen damaged fishing boats, rescuing dozens of fishermen. These fishermen brought news that made Ouyang Xuan very angry