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When she returned to the bed, she saw that Ling Xue was sleeping soundly, and leaned over to whisper softly to Ling Xue, who was sleeping soundly on the bed, "You can sleep well for a while." When you wake up, tell the girl what you want to eat. He turned around and came back and whispered to the maid Ruoyun Ruoxia: "You two are here to serve Miss Xue'er well." The two maids said yes, and their voices were crisp and tactful.

Mingyu turned around and gently exited Ling Xue's bedroom.

Taking advantage of the time when Ling Xue was sleeping in bed, Mingyu led Song Qi out of the Ming Zhu Mansion, along Dream Island Avenue, towards the center of the island. The close-fitting maid and the other four little maids closed the flowers, the shy moon, the sinking geese, and the falling fish also followed closely.

The group walked through a grove of dates, through a long verandah, over a babbling stream, and over a small hill, with a wide meadow beyond, and the blue sea outside the meadow.

Song Qi walked along with Mingyu, and looked around, seeing the island's greenery, mixed peanut trees, the sky is high and the sea is wide, the gulls are flying wildly, and the scenery is beautiful, so he can't help but praise loudly: "The scenery here is so beautiful, like a paradise!" ”

"Thank you!" Mingyu smiled lightly, "The Peach Blossom Paradise is not a lot, but we are indeed isolated from the world. ”

"Have you been living here?" Song Qi asked curiously.

"Yes. Since I came into the world, I have always lived here. Mingyu stared at the turbulent sea, his eyes gloomy, "But eighteen years ago, this was still a deserted island off the beaten track. Eighteen years ago, my father bought the island from the Emperor for two million taels of silver. After nearly a year of construction and construction, the pavilions and pavilions and the Quxie garden have begun to become large-scale. In the following years, it was added everywhere and gradually built, and it became what it is now. ”

"The young lady was born in the year she moved to the island." The eyebrows are similar in age to Mingyu, and their appearance is very neat, and he added with a smile at this time.

"Oh, I see!" Following Mingyu's narration, Song Qi's mind couldn't help but flash the strange scene of pavilions and pavilions on a desolate island quickly erected from scratch, flowers and trees growing rapidly from seedlings, and babies turning into young girls and then into girls as soon as they opened their eyes.

The group rested a little on the seashore for a cup of tea, and then went all the way to Mengyu Mountain, the highest peak in the center of the island.

Along the way, Mingyu introduced to Song Qi: "More than 30 years ago, my father personally founded the Mingzhu Firm, which was headquartered in Chen Guoan Customs at that time. Later, the business gradually grew, and there were branches in various countries, so the headquarters was moved to the province of Wai Kok Doan. After buying Dream Island, he moved his headquarters to the island. ”

Song Qi nodded while listening and exclaimed: "Your father is really not easy!" ”

"Yes, we can't imagine the hardships of his business." Mingyu nodded, her eyes as clear as water.

This Mengyu Mountain is much lower than Huanglongling, less than 100 meters high, and there are stone steps up the mountain, so it is very easy to climb. It was just the work of the two pillars of incense, and a few people appeared on the top of the mountain.

An antique pavilion stands on the top of the mountain, and there is a plaque hanging on the pavilion, with three words inscribed on it: "Listening to the Sea Pavilion". This listening to the sea pavilion is unobstructed, you can look around, unobstructed.

The island is surrounded by the sea, with the boundless sea to the east and the mainland to the west.

Overlooking the island from the top of the mountain, it is about 30 miles long from north to south and about 20 miles wide from east to west.

The island is dotted with whitewashed houses and courtyards, which seem to loom among the yellow and green foliage.

After Song Qi took a look at the scenery all around, he couldn't help but exclaim: "The scenery here is beautiful and the climate is pleasant. Your father chose to live here, and it was a wise move! ”

"Yes." Mingyu raised his hand and swept the sideburns that were blown by the wind twice, "This is also the need to do business, it is convenient to transport goods from here to Chen Guo, Wei Guo, and Liang Guo!" ”

Song Qi looked at Mingyu in surprise and asked, "Do you transport goods to these countries by sea?" ”

"yes!" Mingyu looked back at Song Qi, raised his hand and inadvertently pointed to the mainland, "It will only take a day's boat journey from here to Chen Guoan Customs Wharf, it will only take two days to reach the nearest wharf in Weiguo, and it will only take half a month to reach Liang Guo." Compared with land transportation, the sea is fast, stable and safe. And not affected by the war. ”

"What are sea vessels powered by?" Song Qi couldn't help asking.

"Power?" Mingyu was slightly stunned, and quickly glanced at Song Qi, "You asked how to row." It's all about manpower. Sailors are rowing under the holds. There are hundreds of sailors paddling at the same time in the bilge of the big ship. ”

Song Qi half-opened his mouth, greatly surprised.

"Nothing out of the ordinary." Mingyu waved his hand and said with a smile to Song Qi, "I'll take you to visit the big sea ship when I go back." ”

"Thank you! To be honest, I'm also a small businessman, and I'm looking forward to seeing how big ships work. Song Qi smiled, raised his hand and pointed to the bottom of the mountain casually, and asked casually, "How many people are there on this island?" ”

Mingyu was still pinching his fingers and calculating, and hurriedly replied with raised eyebrows: "Except for our young lady's family, most of them here are the men, guards, sailors, plus maids, servants, housekeepers, etc., as well as each person's family, about five and five hundred people." ”

"Yes. It's better to make it clearer with raised eyebrows. Mingyu smiled slightly, then raised his hand and pointed to the mountains on the continent in the distance and said, "The high one over there is Huanglongling, and the short one is Longwei Mountain." It was only from afar that we saw a fire in there the other day, and we sent a ship to look for you. ”

Song Qi looked in the direction of her finger, and as far as the eye could see, she saw a mountain range on the coast twenty or thirty miles away, half hidden and half visible, and the smoke and clouds were thick. His eyes couldn't tell which was Huanglongling and which was Longwei Mountain. However, in his brain, the images of Huanglongling and Longwei Mountain are extremely clear. Even the scene of the fierce fight on the dragon's tail is very clearly revealed...

Song Qi looked at Huanglongling opposite, and suddenly remembered something, so he turned his head to Mingyu and asked, "I remember that at my master's funeral, several people knelt in front of the coffin and cried for master. Except for a few people who have been to Longwei Mountain before and I know, I don't know the others. Are they also my master's apprentices? ”

"Yes." Mingyu withdrew his gaze from Huanglongling, glanced at Song Qi, and replied slowly: "Uncle Ling has been the head coach of Dream Island for more than ten years, and he only retired to Longwei Mountain five years ago. Uncle Ling has taught martial arts to most of the people on Dream Island, so most of the family guards on the island can be said to be Uncle Ling's apprentices, but they don't have the name of master and apprentice. Because Uncle Ling is very strict and cautious in accepting disciples, he must go through complex tests, and he only accepts one every year, and only those who get the top three in the martial arts promotion competition have this opportunity. ”

"Tournament promotion?" Song Qi's eyebrows moved, as if he had heard this word somewhere. He searched his mind for memories, but he couldn't recall them all at once.

Mingyu raised his eyebrows and introduced with interest: "The martial arts promotion competition is one of the most solemn events in Dream Island, and it is held once a year when more than 1,000 family sailors show their martial arts talents. The top three finishers in each tournament can be promoted to Escort. Uncle Ling then chose one of the three to be admitted as a disciple. ”

Song Qi was a little puzzled and asked, "If these people can stand out among more than a thousand opponents and get the top three, do they still need to learn martial arts?" ”

Ming Yuwan smiled and said, "I said that their martial arts were all learned from Uncle Ling. For them, apprenticeship is just a ritual and an honor. Of course, after apprenticeship, Uncle Ling still had some top-secret tricks to teach. ”

Song Qi let out a sigh of relief, "Oh." I see. ”