In May, it has entered the summer season, which is the most common time of the year to see Chinese white dolphins. When the white sails appeared outside Longmen Island, a pod of Chinese white dolphins swam out of Qin'zhou Bay, and they were now accustomed to the flotilla coming and going, so they playfully followed the unprecedented fleet.

"Miss, Miss, there are such beautiful fish!"

Hearing the exclamation of her little girl, Ruan Lizhen sat up straight and sighed slowly.

When she was taken away by the guard, the guard sorted out the gold and silver in the courtyard of her house and gave it to her, so she still had some wealth on her. In the days when he was waiting to leave, he felt that life was inconvenient, so he bought two little girls who were ruined because of the thieves' attack on the family. These two little girls, of course, are not as clever as the maid ring she used to use, but they are better than simplicity.

At least all the way, thanks to their care, and only peasant girls like them, who were full of vitality and never bound their feet, still retained such vitality after a long forty-day voyage.

Ruan Lizhen didn't plan to go out to see what kind of beautiful fish, so she avoided going outside as much as possible along the way. But the two little maids didn't have much reverence for her now, but felt that this young lady with a steady demeanor and a book in her hand was gentle and gentle, so she ran into the cabin and carried her to the deck.

Under Yu Guozhen's request, Ruan Lizhen had a good time on the boat, and stopped along the way regardless of the cost, which also made the long journey more interesting. But no matter how preferential treatment she is, at most she and her maids are given a small cabin, and there is always a toilet smell that is difficult to wave away in the cabin. So, after wearing a veil and coming above the deck, Ruan Lizhen couldn't help but take a deep breath.

The sea breeze filled with a faint sweet smell lifted her spirits.

Then she saw the white dolphins jumping on either side of the boat, this huge white "fish", and she couldn't help but exclaim, and now she understood why her two little girls were so excited.

Along the way, they have also seen a lot of foreign scenery, fish and birds in the sea, they have seen a lot, but this is the first time they have seen such a beautiful one.

Escorted by the white dolphins, they entered the Longmen Waterway.

"Is that a battery?" Ruan Lizhen saw the high platform built on the Longmen Waterway, as well as the cannon port of the black hole on the high platform.

The Longmen Fort was a very important part of Yu Guozhen's plan, and Qinzhou would become his main base, and the main forces that posed a threat to Qinzhou's safety would come mainly from the sea in a short period of time. Therefore, the Longmen Fort not only built the fortress mode, but also added cannons, in addition to the original two Furlong cannons, eight more similar guns with a longer firing range, and even a Hongyi cannon.

Seeing these more than ten large and small cannons, pointing at them, Ruan Lizhen felt a special shock.

Beneath the fort is the newly built shipyard, which began in September of the old year, and now eight months have passed, and the external outline of the shipyard has been fully revealed, and even a dry dock has been dug out. The inclined support of building materials such as cement and bricks, as well as the abundance of manpower, are important reasons for the completion of this series of projects, of course, this dry dock is only built at most with a displacement of about 1,000 tons, and the scale is not large.

After the ship entered Qin'zhou Bay, it was smooth sailing, and it only took an hour, and Xinxiang was already in sight.

Now Xinxiang is no longer a small village, but a small town composed of three villages. Half a year of construction has allowed it to expand rapidly. First of all, in the southwest of Huangniuling, on the riverside facing Changmendun, a new complex of buildings has been erected, and their central building is a soap workshop, because a large number of sea fish are disposed of here, there is always a strong fishy smell.

The second is the port area, the first thing Ruan Lizhen saw was the huge gantry crane in the port area. The gantry crane supported by cement and steel bars, like a huge stone door, stood in her sight.

She opened her mouth slightly and covered her mouth with her sleeve, because she couldn't see how the gantry crane was built, and her eyes were full of surprise.

It was by no means a naturally formed stone pillar...... The place called "Xinxiang" by the sailors actually has such a miraculous product?

Then, she saw the cement road like a cloth belt, and now the cement road in Xinxiang is no longer the only one, from the village to the wharf and the soap workshop, the three cement roads are connected to form a ring. There is also a longer concrete road, which winds north from the village along the Yuhong River, and then twists east through the mountains to the city of Qin'zhou.

This cement road is now half built and has been repaired to the mountains, but the remaining amount of work is larger, mainly relying on the officers and soldiers under Duguxing. They are now all skilled road construction workers, with a basic income of one tael of silver a month, plus project progress rewards and project quality awards, their monthly income can reach more than three taels of silver. Although it is not as much as when it was first opened, the good thing is that the income is stable and long-term.

On both sides of the concrete road, beautiful broad-leaved plants are transplanted, and when the sea breeze blows, these verdant creatures sway happily as if they are dancing. In the midst of greenery, the wall of Xinxiang Village is exposed. Nowadays, the wall is of course not a simple wooden fence rammed earth, in addition to the original wooden fence, with red bricks, cement and another layer of bricks, looks neat and beautiful, and the protection ability is far better than before.

Because of the high terrain of Xinxiang Village, Ruan Lizhen can see the buildings in the wall above the river. Rows of neat three-storey small buildings rose from the ground, Ruan Lizhen saw six rows, she had seen the buildings in the southern capital before, and she had seen the towns built by the Hui people in their hometown, but most of them were gray and white blue bricks and black tiles, like red bricks and red tiles here, filled with a bright atmosphere, she saw it for the first time.

As soon as she saw it, she fell in love with the color.

After the channel has been dredged twice by the Xinxiang Fishery Administration, the three-masted ship can now dock directly at the Xinxiang wharf. Before that, Ruan Lizhen returned to her cabin, packed up the fine softness, and turned it into two bags, which were carried by two little girls. After a while, a servant woman came to inform them to disembark, and she came to the deck again, where a crowd of people was waiting to come ashore, and Ruan Lizhen had no intention of going to crowd it, so she did not rush forward.

But even so, the crowding on the deck forced her to retreat again and again, until she reached the side of the ship.

The two little girls looked around curiously, and they suddenly pointed behind them: "Miss, look, the flag hanging on the boat!" ”

Ruan Lizhen turned around and saw that about thirty zhang away from the ship, a boat with the flag of that beautiful white sea fish had anchored and stopped, and lowered two sampans.

On one of the sampans, Luo Jiuhe scolded and said: "Be careful, if there is an accident, react quickly, we are now lifeguards......"

When he was scolding, a gust of river wind suddenly blew, and the veil on Ruan Lizhen's face on the big boat was swept away by the wind. At this time, the big ship swung violently because of the waves.

She was like a piece of cloth that fell off the ship.

There was a sudden exclamation of surprise all around.

Luo Jiuhe's sampan happened to be passing by the side of the boat, separated from the place where she fell into the water, at most about five zhang. Luo Jiuhe scolded again, and then urged everyone to slide towards the falling water, and before the boat could stop, he had already ripped off his coat, revealing a torso that had turned copper due to the sun's rays, and jumped directly into the water.

He originally had a good surname in Shui, but for most of the half a year when he was transferred to the Fishery Administration Bureau by Yu Guozhen, he tossed at sea every day, so it was really not a difficult thing for him to enter the water to save people.

Ruan Lizhen, who fell into the water, became extremely calm in her heart, and she survived secretly, but she still didn't hide after all. Hate only hate, he didn't die when he fell into the thief, in that case, he can still maintain a reputation.

The river water was quite clear, and she didn't struggle, letting her body sink, and she vaguely felt in her heart that dying like this was also a relief.

However, at that moment, a strong hand reached out and grabbed her by the hair.

Luo Jiuhe opened his eyes in the water, what he was most afraid of saving people was the kind of guy who danced with his hands, and it was rare to see someone as motionless as this one. Luo Jiuhe was still a little strange in his heart, he came in time, this guy ...... I guess I didn't drown, right?

While thinking, he honestly and unceremoniously pulled Ruan Lizhen's hair and floated up.

When his head came out of the water, there was another shout around him, and then, Ruan Lizhen's head also floated. Although her wet hair covered most of her face, she still showed a small piece of her face.

Ruan Lizhen was still confused at this time: Naturally, she didn't die, was she rescued?

"Bureau, good job." There were cheers on the sampan.

"What a fart, come and help, I know that there will be such a fool who will fall into the water and make trouble for me. Fortunately, he was picked up by Lao Tzu, but he didn't make a sound or move, and I don't know if he had drowned - grandma's bad luck, if he drowned, he would have to eat the head of the petty officials. ”

Ruan Lizhen felt that her hair was pulled a little painfully, and then she heard a scolding voice, she could think that it must be an extremely rude sailor. She felt a little sad in her heart, and tears suddenly welled up.

Then she leaned on the sampan, which, of course, could not climb up with her own strength, and a strong hand put a hand on her thigh, and she was thrown onto the sampan. Ruan Lizhen was ashamed and frightened, and her tears became more and more, and her silent crying turned into a low whimper.

"You can still cry, it's alive, bureau, don't worry, the little official won't let you eat the head, and you still have a reward - alas, what a beautiful little lady, bureau, bureau, hero saves beauty!"

"Fuck, don't pull Lao Tzu a hand, what hero saved the beauty and saved a big idiot...... Hey? ”

"Who is a fool, the slave family is squeezed down!" Ruan Lizhen finally couldn't help it, she raised her head and said with tears in her eyes.

The two looked at each other, and Luo Jiuhe suddenly froze.

(To be continued)