"We have moved away from the original waterway, and we have drifted at least a hundred miles to the east!" Captain Olier said to Ren Siqi with a serious face, pointing to the chart and lighting it at the possible location of the ship. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Can we go back to the original course?" Ren Siqi asked. In ancient times, there was no satellite positioning, and it was all possible to get to where you wanted to go by relying on simple orientation tools such as compasses and nautical charts.

If you deviate from the original familiar course, you may not be able to find the correct direction in an unfamiliar sea area, and you can only get lost in the vast sea.

"It's hard." Oliel shook his head, "It's southeast wind, we can only go north, but don't worry, as long as we go north, we can always reach Japan." ”

Ren Siqi was reassured by Olier's rich sailing experience and reassurance, and let him decide the course. As for the lost "Fuchun", I believe that with the sophistication of Sima Nan and Mao Shiba, they should be safe and sound, and they will meet in Japan!

Anthony listened silently, having been following Olier all these days, trying to learn the art of navigation from him, fantasizing that one day he would become a captain and ride a big ship through the waves.

The ship continued to move forward, and two days later, there was a green reef in front of it. I think I have reached the vicinity of the Ryukyu Islands, and if you follow the Ryukyu Islands north, you can also reach Japan.

At the beginning, the islands and reefs encountered were some uninhabited desert islands, and the "Flying Fish" did not lack water and food, so there was no need to stay on the desert islands.

At noon, a larger island appeared ahead, and on the sea outside the island, several fishing boats rowed on the sea. It was supposed to be a populated island, and Ren decided to stay on the pirate for a while to ask where he was now.

The "Flying Fish" sailed towards the island, and the fishermen on the opposite island did not panic, but slowly rowed the fishing boat and greeted the "Flying Fish".

"But the ship from the Ming Dynasty? Welcome to the island! At the bow of the fishing boat, a burly, **** man shouted loudly.

The Exocet slowly dropped anchor near the island, and the man was picked up on deck.

He wasn't very old, and he looked like he was in his twenties at most. The muscles on the two tanned shoulders were bulging, and they were full of explosive power, and their faces were as angular as a knife and axe, but they looked like a very handsome young man. Ren Siqi himself is very handsome, but standing with him, he looks very weak.

"Li Xingjiu on Xiaping Island, are you from the Ming Dynasty?" Li Xingjiu stood proudly on the deck and asked loudly, speaking fluent Chinese.

"In the next Siqi, Daming Zhejiang Xiucai, this time I went to Japan to do business, I don't want to encounter a storm last night, and the ship floated to your land." Ren Siqi was afraid that the other party would have a misunderstanding, so he introduced his identity, and sure enough, after hearing that Ren Siqi was a showman, Li Xingjiu was in awe.

"Brother Li, are you a wise man?" Ren Siqi asked curiously, this Li Xingjiu can speak Chinese, his accent faintly smells of Mindi, and the bun on his head is also a Han bun, which is clearly a Ming person.

"Exactly, we came to Ryukyu during the Hongwu period, and we were originally fishermen from Fujian. In the fifth year of Hongwu, Hongwu sent 36 boatmen from Fujian Province to settle in Ryukyu, and our family has settled here since then. Seeing the people of his homeland, Li Xingjiu was very excited, and told Ren Siqi about his origins.

The island where Li Xingjiu lived was called Hirajima, and it was not on the route to Japan, so I didn't see many Daming ships passing by in the vicinity for many years. Now seeing the "Flying Fish", Li Xingjiu is very enthusiastic and pulls Ren Siqi to the island as a guest.

The whole island is not big, seven or eight miles long, ten miles wide, there is a high mountain of more than 200 meters in the center of the island, there is a spring water falling from the waterfall on the top of the mountain, it forms a waterhole at the foot of the mountain, there are dozens of buildings with Chinese characteristics distributed next to the waterhole, about 100 acres of fields are cultivated on the flat land near the waterhole, and the rice planted in the field has turned yellow and is about to mature.

There are more than 100 people living on the entire island, all of whom are descendants of the Ming boatmen.

Li Xingjiu warmly invited Ren Siqi to his bamboo building, and a girl with a pretty face greeted her, wiping the sweat on Li Xingjiu's forehead with a towel.

"Sakurako, hurry up and prepare a meal and entertain the guests from Daming!" Li Xingjiu said softly to the girl.

The girl answered, glanced at Ren Siqi and the others a little shyly, and after a bow, she walked out.

"Is this your wife? It's really beautiful. Ren Siqi praised Li Xingjiu.

"I'm not married yet, and my father has passed away for less than three years, so I can't get married until the filial piety period comes." Listening to Ren Siqi praise his beautiful woman, Li Xingjiu was very proud, "She is the most beautiful girl on Hengshan Island, her father did not agree to our marriage, so I secretly went to their island and brought her out." ”

Fresh oysters, white raw fish fillets, fragrant dried fish, green pods, and cherry blossoms are very capable, and four dishes are made in a short period of time. The arable fields on the island are limited, the food produced is not enough to eat, and there is no way to make wine, and the location of Pingdao is remote, and it is not easy to go to the big island, there is no wine on the island at all, and you can only replace the wine with tea.

Eating delicious food, Ren Siqi listened to Li Xingjiu boasting about his feat of going to Hengshan Island to rob people.

"Didn't her family come looking for her?" Ren Siqi asked curiously.

"Of course I found it, but she didn't go back, what can they do, want to rob it? It also depends on whether my knife agrees or not! ”

In Li Xingjiu's mouth, Pingdao and Hengshan Island are feuds, and the two sides have fought for many years for a piece of fishing ground, and many people on both sides have died in the battle. Hengshan Island definitely doesn't want his daughter to marry to Pingdao, but Sakurako is desperate for Li Xingjiu, and if she wants to take her daughter back, she can only rob it.

"Oh no, no!" At this moment, a fisherman from an island hurriedly broke into Li Xingjiu's house, "There are people from Hengshan Island, and there are many fishing boats, and they are shouting and scolding us to return the cherry blossoms." ”

"He. . . Damn, you dare to bully you to the door. Li Xingjiu was furious, Huo Ran got up, apologized to Ren Siqi, picked up a long knife hanging on the wall and went out.

"Ajiu!" Sakurako hurriedly shouted at him in the back.

"You wait here, don't go." Li Xingjiu's footsteps were fast, and he disappeared out of sight in the blink of an eye.

"Sakurako, if you don't worry about him, you can go with me to have a look." Ren Siqi said.

"But you won't let me go for a long time!" Sakurako is embarrassed.

"He didn't let you go because he was worried about your safety, but you can rest assured that no one can snatch you out of my hands with me." Ren Siqi said proudly.

Can't let go of it in the end, on one side is his relatives, and on the other side is his beloved man, Sakura hesitated, or followed Ren Siqi to the coast.