Chapter 21: Crossing the Sea

The sea is vast, the naked eye alone can not see the edge, the sky is also vast, round as a cover, all the mountains and rivers on the ground are upside down to the bottom, just at the junction of the blue sky and the blue sea, there is a round of bright red sun slowly rising, rising, rising, emitting ten thousand rays of light, sweeping away all the darkness and filth in people's hearts

If it weren't for the fact that there were still many people watching the sunrise around him, Ding Dexing would have opened his arms and sang a song loudly, which was a completely different experience, especially after more than two months in a cramped ward, and then seeing such a vast sky and ocean, it was simply unbearable to have wings.

The room where Sesame Plum recuperates is too small, it can't hold so much deception and dumping, Huai'an City is too small, it can't accommodate more heroes at all, and even the three places of Huaiyang and Henan Jiangbei Province are too small, limiting the wings of Dapeng, and the real divine bird, hitting the water for 3,000 and 90,000 miles, how can it look at the rotting mouse corpses in the eyes of night owls.

"Heiding, why are you here too?" When he was thinking wildly, a familiar greeting suddenly came to his ears.

Ding Dexing turned around when he heard this, and happened to see Fu Youde's knife-like face, "General Fu, how could it be you, God, how did you lose weight like this." ”

"I was seriously ill some time ago." Fu Youde was reluctant to say bad things about Zhao Jun, so he smiled, and his pale face swelled up a little desolate.

"I'm sick, what's the disease, have you seen a doctor?" Ding Dexing heard this, his brows furrowed slightly, as a military general, and he was in his early twenties, in addition to being injured, it was really not easy to get sick, unless

"Don't mention it, it's already good, but it's a good prescription for Manager Zhu." Fu Youde obviously didn't want to mention the past again, so he smiled again, and said something else, "The scenery on the sea is good, after seeing it, it's refreshing!"

"Yes, Ding has never seen such scenery before." Ding Dexing stretched his waist, propped his arms on the guardrail of the battleship, and said inappropriately.

"Fu is also going to sea for the first time." Fu Youde also propped his arm on the guardrail, sighing with emotion.

Both of them had just joined the Huai'an Army, and they had just gone through a difficult choice, so after a few pleasantries, they suddenly had nothing to say to each other, so they simply looked into the distance and continued to enjoy the sparkling water around them.

It is rare that the sky is beautiful, and the sea has been blowing the south wind, so the battleship with only half of the load runs extremely fast, and after opening the thick cloth sails, it is like a barracuda running against the water, and fifteen triangular sails of the same size and the same appearance are lined up, which gives people another visual impact, making people feel that they have become one of them unconsciously, hanging straight on the cloud sails, riding the wind and waves.

"This Mr. Zhu is really a big deal." Silently watching the scenery around the meeting, Ding Dexing suddenly whispered, when he was rescued in Mangdang Mountain more than two months ago, he remembered that Zhu Chongjiu only had four warships in his hands, and two of them were converted from river boats, not the dhows in front of him that were moderately sized and flexible to operate, and just more than 70 days later, Zhu Chongjiu was able to take out fifteen triangular sailors at once to transport troops north, and this was not all the strength of the Huai'an Naval Division, and at the moment staying in Huai'an and Yangzhou, at least the same number of warships, Each one is no smaller than these fifteen.

"I heard that it was exchanged with the big cannibal over there with the big cannibal over there with the secret recipe of the burning pot jade." Fu Youde nodded, with sincere admiration in his voice, "That is, he has this kind of courage to spend thousands of dollars." ”

"Ahh Ding Dexing frowned when he heard this, and blurted out the questioning words, "Who did you listen to, then, wouldn't Manager Zhu be at a loss." ”

"I don't know if I have suffered a big loss, but Fu believes that if you change someone else, you will definitely be reluctant to sell the secret method, just for more than 40 old ships." Fu Youde nodded and continued to praise in a low voice.

Jar jade, that is, glass products, now even in the Huaiyang area, the price is also staggeringly high, especially the kind of glass mirror inlaid with gems around it, has been fried to the clouds by traders, with half a foot square as the bottom, every inch around the size, you can increase the price by 10,000 yuan, even so, it is still in short supply, as long as it appears on the market, it will be immediately bought with cash, and it is impossible to stay until the next day.

And Zhu Chongjiu, in order to strengthen the power of the Huai'an water master, did not hesitate to sell the secret recipe for making jar jade, and it is said that he also reached some kind of agreement with the big cannibal, and within 30 years after that, he will not sell the secret recipe to a third company in addition to the Huaiyang firm.

Only the great hero, only willing to give up the things outside the body, to pursue what they need most, only the true hero, will not fly the dog, patronize the present, he today in order to save the East Road red scarf, willing to a little stone into gold secret recipe, he will get the world in the future, will not be because of the reluctance of hundreds of acres of fertile land, learn from the Han Gaozu Liu Bang, to the old brothers who sacrificed their lives to follow the old brothers to a bird to hide.

"No wonder the Huai'an Army has risen so fast in the past two years." After listening to Fu Youde's words, Ding Dexing is also a good student to admire, Sesame Li is already the most angry person he has ever seen, and today, Zhu Chongjiu's mind and bearing are obviously above Sesame Li, just with this open-mindedness, other heroes are not qualified to compete with him for the master of the East Road Red Scarf, of course, any other hero, it is impossible for Zhu Chongjiu to have such a rich family background.

"What Fu admires, it's not just Manager Zhu who is willing to spend his blood to do things." It's rare to find an object that resonates with him, Fu Youde thought for a while, and continued, "Fu still admires, his long-term vision, Brother Ding, have you noticed, on this ship, whether it is sailing or cleaning the deck, there are a few people who are not experts, and they have changed others, even if they get dozens of warships for nothing at once, can he find so many suitable sailors." ”

"This" Ding Dexing was slightly stunned when he heard this, and his eyes immediately opened again.

Fu Youde is right, it is absolutely impossible to be a group of newcomers who have never crossed the sea, and each ship needs forty sailors, fifteen warships, at least six hundred sailors to control, more than six hundred veterans of sea sailing, how can it be recruited in a hurry, unless, unless he Zhu Chongjiu has planned to form a sea force half a year ago, and since then, he has begun to lay the foundation for the present, and at that time, the Huai'an army has just occupied Yangzhou, Zhu Chongjiu was overwhelmed by the 600,000 victims.

Half a year ago, just a few days after the capture of Yangzhou City, it had begun to prepare for the formation of a sea force, and even half a year ago, the Huai'an army had already begun to plan, across the hundreds of miles of water between Beisha and Lingshan, and smashed Jiaozhou, and it is possible that as early as half a year ago, Zhu Chongjiu had already planned, from Huai'an, by waterway to Zhigu, thousands of miles away, and then forced Dadu, God, what a long-term vision, for others, I am afraid I dare not think about it.

"And the brothers on this deck, Brother Ding, have you seen such well-behaved brothers anywhere else?" Fu Youde was still unsatisfied, and continued to ask with admiration.

There have been 6 people on the deck who have come up to let off steam, all of them are the Huai'an soldiers who boarded the ship in the middle of the night last night, however, they are not a chaotic cluster in the east, a wave in the west, hanging around, but strictly follow the guidance of a few small sailors, very evenly distributed in all directions of the two decks, so that the balance of the ship can be easily guaranteed, and no matter how many people come out of the inner cabin, it will not bring trouble to the ship boss and sailors.

Thanks to the frequent floods in various parts of Xu Huai, the soldiers are not very seasick, so after arriving on the deck, they have stood up straight, holding on to the guardrail, and watching the scenery around, and in the sky, at this moment, the south wind suddenly increased by a few points, blowing all the sails bulging, pushing the battleship to cut through the blue water, up and down, scales and claws flying.

With the help of the south wind, the battleship moved very fast, and before the sun could reach the middle of the sky, the island of Yuzhou had already appeared on the water in front of it, and the officers and men of the Red Turban Army, who had already occupied the island, prepared a steaming meal, and as soon as the fleet dropped anchor, they rowed on a raft and brought food and tea and soup.

After lunch, the battleship sailed northeast for an hour or so, and then turned around and ran due north, there was no shore in sight all around, only the lookout in the watchtower, through the long telescope, you can also find some hills or outcropping reefs as references, constantly use flags and horns to communicate with the helmsmen, correct the course, when the sun fell into the clouds on the west side, the lookouts also stopped working, the whole fleet seemed to be completely lost, and continued to gallop silently in the twilight, except for the captain and helmsman, No one knows exactly which direction they are heading or how far they are from their destination.

Dinner is half a salted fish and a big bowl of Champa white rice, from the general to the soldiers, everyone is the same, compared with the local rice, this kind of Champa rice trafficked from the sea for a long time, the taste is not a little worse, but Ding Dexing didn't care about the quality of the rice, sat in the single room assigned to the senior general, poked Fu Youde, who came over to eat together, with his fingers, and asked in a low voice, "Let's almost get there, with this way, from Leizhou to Jiaozhou, I'm afraid it won't take a few days." ”

"I don't know." Because of the cold reception he received some time ago, Fu Youde ate salted fish and brown rice with relish, quickly swallowed the food in his mouth, and responded in a low voice, "But I definitely can't lose it, I heard that Manager Zhu has made something called a compass here, which is installed on a quadrant, and with clairvoyance, it can directly determine the position of the ship according to the stars." (Note 1)

Note 1: The method of determining the course of the quadrant and compass was widely used in Chinese sea ships no later than the Southern Song Dynasty, but after the destruction of the Song Dynasty by the Mongol and Yuan dynasties, the navigation level of China regressed significantly, and it was not until the beginning of the Ming Dynasty that the communication with the Arabs was passed, and it caught up with and passed the world level at that time.

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