Chapter 16: Experiences at Sea

The day was dawning, and the earth was hazy, like a light veil of silver-gray. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info At this time, Wan Lai was afraid of silence, and suddenly there was a bird's call, which broke the silence. After a while, a fish-belly white floated in the eastern sky, and the earth gradually brightened.

Zhang Taiji deliberately got up early in the morning to see the sunrise on the sea. The weather is sunny today, and the cloudless sky is a good day to watch the sunrise over the sea. The friends were also woken up early by Zhang Taiji and accompanied him to the bow of the boat to enjoy the sunrise. Girls are always emotional, Ling'er and the two sisters saw such a beautiful scenery, they suddenly felt sleepy, and couldn't help but sigh, wow! It's beautiful! It's so beautiful!! Repeatedly shouting.

Zhang Taiji suddenly remembered a poem, which is suitable for this situation, how can he let go of such a good opportunity to pretend to be 13? ! So he shook his head and chanted:

The light dyes the sea breeze, and the waves are turbulent at all times.

The eagle spreads its wings for 3,000 miles, and the sun and the moon are in the middle of a line.

As soon as this poem came out, the two sisters Fan Bing and Fan Xue immediately turned into starry eyes, looking at Zhang Taiji with admiration. It's like a fan of an idol who sees it. Han Buxin and Wang Meng also nodded again and again, praising "It's so wet, it's so wet!" It's really a lewd hand and it's so wet" Zhang Taiji smiled cheaply, pretending to be modest: "Don't dare, don't dare." Hmm~~ Why don't you see Yuan Fang? Listening to his praise, it's the most flavorful!! "Yuan Fang was seasick yesterday and was in a bad mental state, so he didn't come out this morning. Without the praise of a sycophant master, Zhang Taiji secretly said that it was a pity!!

After Yuan Fang got on the boat yesterday, she began to have seasickness. At first, it was fine, but it was uncomfortable, but as the waves increased, the reaction intensified, and then I vomited a lot. In this era, there was no seasickness medicine, and Zhang Taiji massaged the dove tail point for him, which was located above the front center line of the body, slightly below the bottom ribs. Massage him while exhaling, which can adjust the gastrointestinal function. Don't say it! After a while, Yuan Fang felt much better and no longer wanted to vomit. The little friends have long been accustomed to Zhang Taiji's versatility, but the crew members are extremely surprised by Zhang Taiji's magical methods. Zhang Taiji took the initiative to teach these crew members this simple massage technique. In the future, when someone gets seasick, this simple technique can make them less painful.

In the process of Zhang Taiji and his people enjoying the beautiful sea view, the fleet gradually sailed to the mouth of Jiaozhou Bay. Jiaozhou is a half-enclosed bay. Zhang Taiji stood at the bow of the boat, he could see the land on the left and right, like a person with his arms open to make a half-hug shape, and the narrowest part of the bay mouth was only more than four miles from the northern end of Xuejia Island to the southern end of Tuan Island.

The flotilla sailed to the mouth of the bay and stopped. Dozens of ships of different sizes were rearranged according to a certain pattern, and Zhang Taiji's ship was lined up on the left side of the fleet. An official ship slowly approached the flotilla from the west side of the flotilla, and from a distance, it was seen that this official ship was more than one zhang wide and five zhang long. The bow is pointed, and the draft is not deep. There were twenty or thirty soldiers standing on board. Most of the soldiers wore tight-fitting and narrow-sleeved robes, and carried bows and arrows. The leader was dressed in leather armor and a pointed leather helmet. He carries a long-handled waist knife in his waist. Looks like a Mongol.

In a few moments, the official ship arrived in front of the fleet. When Zhang Taiji was only a few steps away, a soldier on the boat shouted: "Is there anyone in charge?" Come out and answer. Without waiting for the soldiers to finish shouting, Zhang Baiwei hurriedly ran to the side of the boat and replied with a smile on his face: "I am the leader of this ship, and a few military masters look at the faces?" When the soldier saw someone coming forward, he shouted, "We have been ordered to patrol the thieves here, so stop your ship and be inspected." ”

As he spoke, the official ship was almost close to the ship where Zhang Taiji was. Zhang Baiwei hurriedly asked people to put down the soft ladder. The two soldiers went up the ladder and got onto the boat. One of them pretended to look around. A man talks to Zhang Baiwei. Zhang Baiwei learned from the conversation that the Mongolian on the official ship was a new county lieutenant, and it was said that he was Daru Huachi of this county. Ling Zhen's nephew. "The new official takes office with three fires", and he has to lead people everywhere to arrest thieves. Zhang Baiwei quietly stuffed the soldier with a money bag. The soldier opened it and looked very satisfied. After a while, the two disembarked, and the fleet continued to set off.

When the fleet left Jiaozhou Bay, it entered the vast Yellow Sea. The flotilla headed northeast along the coastline, with several ships breaking away from the flotilla and heading out for the deep sea. Zhang Taiji asked Zhang Baiwei curiously, what happened to those ships? Zhang Baiwei did not hide it and gave him a detailed explanation. It turned out that those ships belonged to a group of pirate forces, and the pirates were actually Han people who couldn't survive on land. The leader is called Song Ziqiao, this person is brave, usually likes to fight unevenly, and has made friends with many righteous people in the rivers and lakes and heroes on the sea. Song Ziqiao was a wealthy family in Jimo County, because he was dissatisfied with the oppression of the Mongols, he gathered a group of people to kill Daru Huachi in this county, and fled to Jinjiao Island at sea with hundreds of family members to become the owner of the island. Many people who can't live on land go to the city. Now Song Ziqiao has one hundred and ten boats and two or three thousand people. Although these people were pirates, they also did some murderous and overstepping goods, most of them robbed the official ships of the Yuan Dynasty, as well as foreign merchant ships such as Japan and Goryeo. Take care of the local boats. has business dealings with the Zhang family in private, and the relationship is good. This time I went to the land to purchase a batch of supplies, which were mixed in the Zhang family's fleet and were not easy to be discovered.

Zhang Taiji sighed in his heart after listening to it, it seems that it is not easy to live there!! The Zhang family did business at sea, not only to bear all kinds of uncertain risks. It is also necessary to have a good relationship with the government, and not to offend the pirate Haoqiang. If you are not careful, you may lose all your money, Zhang Baiwei saw that he looked like a little adult, and bowed his head in contemplation. couldn't help laughing, patted his head and said: "A male husband is born between this heaven and earth, he should be full of pride and not afraid of any difficulties. Just like this ship, sailing on the vast sea, no matter how big the wind and waves, you must move forward bravely. Zhang Taiji nodded heavily after listening, put aside all distractions, and regained his calm and confident smile.

The fleet arrived at the sea near Laoshan and was transported to the dock on the shore by small boats carrying several people. Zhang Baiwei waved goodbye to them and continued the voyage. After Zhang Taiji and a few people went ashore, it was already in the afternoon, and when they calculated the time, they were afraid that they would not be able to reach the Taiqing Palace before dark. So I decided to rest for the night in a small fishing village and go up the mountain tomorrow morning. There are more than a dozen families in the fishing village who make a living by going out to sea to fish, and the people are simple. Most of the villagers are dark-skinned and ragged. When they saw a stranger coming, they all watched from a distance, and no one stepped forward to talk.

The best house in the village is just three thatched huts forming a small courtyard, framed by primitive timber. The roof is triangular in shape and covered with mud thatch. The windows and doors are made of wood, and the courtyard is surrounded by a fence wall. Unknown greens are grown in the courtyard. The owners of the house are a family of four, a couple in their twenties and thirties. Two children, a boy and a girl, are slightly younger than Zhang Taiji, four or five years old, wearing old clothes with patches stacked on their bodies.

The man seemed to have just come back from going to sea, carrying a net bag, which was full of freshly caught fish. The woman took several large wooden basins and sorted the fish. Two children were playing with fish, playing with each other from time to time. Seeing Zhang Taiji and a few people walking outside the hospital, he asked them curiously what was the matter?

The housekeeper Han Fu stepped forward and offered to spend the night. The male and female hosts looked at Zhang Taiji and them, saw a few children and women, knew that they were not bad people, and saw a few people dressed up and knew that they were rich and noble families. Let Zhang Taiji and them into the house. There are only three rooms in the house, and it seems crowded when a few people go in, obviously unable to live. After discussion, the hostess and Mrs. Han Yue'e and their daughters lived in the East House, and Zhang Taiji and his friends lived in the West House. Han Fu slept in the outer room. The man led his two children to a neighbor's house for a night.

For dinner, I ate the fish brought back by the host, and some green vegetables, and the rice was the rice that Han Fu brought with them. Zhang Taiji felt that the fish was very fresh, but it tasted very fishy, obviously because the seasoning was not enough. So Zhang Taiji didn't eat much, so he couldn't eat it, and Zhang Taiqing and them were the same. The two sisters, Fan Bing and Fan Xue, ate some, but Ling'er didn't eat at all, and ate some snacks she brought. The landlord's family has a lot of food, and their family eats more than Zhang Taiji combined. Maybe you can't usually eat such good rice. Life is never easy, and Zhang Taiji feels that he has no reason to laugh at them.

After eating, there was no bonfire party, and I was ready to go to bed directly, but fortunately, the weather was not too cold now, and everyone had covered them, so that they would not sleep in the ventilated room and catch a cold. After lying down, everyone unanimously asked Zhang Taiji to tell a story, which was already a must-have program for friends before going to bed. The night is long, Zhang Taiji can't sleep so early, and now he is at the foot of Laoshan Mountain, so let's talk about "Laoshan Taoist".

"There is a scholar surnamed Wang in the county, ranked seventh, a son of the official family, and he has been envious of Taoism since he was a child. He heard that there were many immortals on Laoshan Mountain, so he took his luggage and went to find immortals. He climbed to the top of a mountain and saw a Taoist temple, and the environment was very quiet. There was a Taoist priest sitting on a futon, his white hair hanging down to his collar, and his expression was refreshing and superb. ........." With Zhang Taiji's wonderful narration, everyone's attention was attracted by him, and even the hostess next door and Mrs. Han were listening carefully.