Keelung Port is divided into Inner Harbor and Outer Harbor, among which there is Niuchou Port as a military port in the Inner Harbor, and there are many commercial banks built around Niuchou Harbor, which also attracts many people to come to live, especially near the Inner Harbor, there are many residents.

In a residential area on the west side of the inner harbor, in an ordinary small house, there lived a young couple here, not long after they moved in, but the husband and wife were very kind, and this house was lived by the family members of the slave hunting association, and the men who worked outside were very familiar with each other, so after the couple moved over, they quickly became acquainted with the neighbors.

Today the young couple got up very early, and before dawn, the wife, who was not tall but had a very beautiful appearance, got up to make breakfast, and then the young husband was also called up, and under the gentle service of his wife, he gulped down a breakfast that was not rich, but made very carefully.

And the gentle wife also ate a few bites, but most of the time she watched her husband eat with gentle eyes, and at the same time, thinking of the madness of last night, a gorgeous red glow also surged on her face. This made the husband who was eating look at it, and his heart couldn't help but be hot, although it was not early now, but the separation was imminent, and he didn't know when he would be able to come back? Thinking of this, he couldn't care about anything anymore, and suddenly walked into the bedroom with his wife in his arms, closed the door amid his wife's exclamation, and then there was a sound from inside that made people blush and heartbeat.

After a long time, the sound in the bedroom subsided, followed by the sound of scrambling dressing, and at the same time the wife complained in a strange Chinese accent: "It's all strange husband, I could have arrived on the ship earlier, but now it's such an hour." If you don't hurry up, it's too late. ”

Regarding his wife's grievances, the young husband cheekily laughed and said, "How can this be blamed on the husband." If you want to blame the lady, you are too tempting, and you can't control the husband! ”

The husband and wife were talking privately. The movements of his hands were extremely fast, and he soon got dressed again and went out, but his wife's face was a little more spring love that had not faded, and her husband looked satisfied. If Li Su was here, he would definitely be very surprised to find that he knew both of them, and the husband was Feng Shijie, who was recuperating on his boat when he returned to Siyu from the slave port of the Japanese Kingdom, and his wife with a strange accent. It was the widow Yunjian Qiuji who was replaced by Feng Shuyu.

At the beginning, after Feng Shuyu replaced Yunjian Qiuji with himself, he stayed in the palace, nominally a maid in the palace, but in fact he was one of Li Su's royal chefs, whenever Li Su was tired of eating the food in the house, he would think of asking Feng Shuyu to make some chic side dishes for himself, and he didn't think much about the rest.

Feng Shijie was very opposed to his sister Feng Shuyu's approach at first, after all, although he wanted to be with the woman he loved. But he didn't want to exchange his own sister. It's a pity that this matter was agreed upon by Li Su and Feng Shuyu, and he was not allowed to object at all, and Li Su didn't do anything about it, he told Feng Shijie. As long as he takes a thousand guan to the palace, he can redeem Feng Shuyu. It's hard, but it's not impossible. So after that, Feng Shijie thought of the word money.

Wait for the King of Qi to arrive in Si Xuan. Feng Shijie took Akihime Yunma off the boat, and then in the presence of his sister. The two held a simple ceremony in their temporary rented house and were officially married from then on. Since then, Feng Shijie has devoted himself to making money, hoping to earn enough as soon as possible, redeem his sister, and let his wife live a good life.

Feng Shijie has a good craft of carving, and he knows architecture, coupled with literacy and arithmetic, it can be said that he is a more sought-after talent. In particular, after the Baekje people in Sihyun City moved out, most of the Han merchants who lived in the city needed to build houses, so with Feng Shijie's skills, he quickly found a well-paid job.

It's a pity that after working for a month, Feng Shijie suddenly found that although the job in his hand paid well, if he wanted to earn a thousand yuan in a short period of time, it would be tantamount to a fool's dream. However, he was not discouraged, because he found in this month in Si Xian that there are many opportunities to make money in the various territories of King Qi now, and it depends on whether he has the ability to grasp it.

After another month of investigation, Feng Shijie finally found a shortcut to make a fortune, that is, running a boat, the so-called running boat, in fact, is to be a crew member on the ship, originally the crew work is a hard work, but with the prosperity of maritime trade, the work of running a ship needs more and more manpower, in order to attract some high-quality crews, the owner will often offer some very lucrative conditions, such as the crew on a ship, according to different occupations, each person can carry a certain volume and weight of private goods, the income of these private goods, Ninety percent is owned by the crew, and the transaction goes to the owner.

This condition seems to be inconspicuous, but for all the crew, it is the main source of income, because the profits of sea trade are too rich, for example, the most ordinary porcelain vase in Datang, if it is transported to a small island in the South Seas, it may be worth a hundred times, and it is not uncommon to exchange it for the same volume of gold, so the people who run the ship now do not care very much about the wages given by the shipowner, they mainly look at the size of the ship's owner's private goods.

The reward for running a boat is huge, and even if you are lucky, you can get a hundred times the profit of a private carrying, but as the so-called sea is ruthless, running a boat also needs to take a lot of risks, although in the past two years because of the construction of new ships, the risk of running ships has decreased a lot, but occasionally there will be news that the fleet is swallowed by the wind and waves.

However, the reason why Feng Shijie made up his mind to take the risk of running the ship was not only that he knew that the running ship was allowed to carry smuggled goods, but that there were two other pieces of news that made him really moved. These two pieces of news are not secrets, the first of which is that King Qi asked people to design several instruments to be used when going to sea, and opened a special navigation academy in Dengzhou to teach the use of several instruments. The second piece of news is that these instruments are very important for navigation, and that various fleets are recruiting such talents, and even offering extremely favorable conditions, and the amount of private goods allowed to be carried is several times higher than that of ordinary sailors.

After hearing the above two news, Feng Shijie made many inquiries, and finally decided to leave Sixian with his wife to go to Dengzhou, and then go to the Navigation Academy to study while working. Feng Shijie was already literate, and as a person who knew architecture, he was much better at arithmetic than ordinary readers, and even knew some astronomy related to feng shui.

It is also relying on the above foundations, Feng Shijie spent months of hard work, not only learned the use of various navigation instruments, but also learned to draw charts, observe ocean currents, wind direction and other navigation skills, successfully graduated from the Navigation Academy, and obtained the certificate issued by the Academy.

It was also in this situation that after Feng Shijie graduated, he happened to meet Taiwan's slave hunting association to recruit people, and the remuneration was rich, every time he went to sea, he was allowed to bring five cubic steps of goods, which made Feng Shijie very tempted, so he took his wife to Taiwan, and now the place where they live is arranged for them by the slave hunting association.

After Feng Shijie came to Taiwan, he had already gone to sea twice with the slave catching team that came to him, and because of his excellent performance, coupled with the fact that he was a senior talent who graduated from the Navigation Academy, he was usually highly valued. A few days ago, Yanbei selected people from within the association to explore new slave hunting sites, and as a result, Feng Shijie was also selected.

For this exploration, although Feng Shijie was selected, it was up to him to decide whether to participate or not, after all, this time the sea was long, and the risk was also large, and most of the crew members were family people, so many people were reluctant to go, of course, there were a few guys who were singles and eager to try.

Feng Shijie and his wife have been married for less than a year, and now they have a lot of income, and they will be able to save enough for a thousand yuan in a few years, so he has a reason to refuse to go to sea this time, but he still can't let go of his sister in the palace of King Qi in his heart, although he knows that with the generosity of King Qi, his sister will not suffer there at all, but after all, there is still no freedom, so Feng Shijie wants to redeem his sister sooner or later.

The first is that the islands they explored, according to the different values of the slaves above, will be valued internally by the association, and one percent of the total price will be given to the crew members participating in the exploration, and the second is that the crew members are allowed to carry double the amount of private goods, for example, Feng Shijie used to be able to take five cubic steps, but now he can bring ten cubic steps. In addition, if an accident occurs during the exploration, then the association will compensate their families with a large amount of money, which is enough for their families to live in prosperity for a lifetime.

The conditions given by the association can be described as extremely rich, especially for Feng Shijie, if this exploration is successful, he can get a large amount of money, with this money, not only can he redeem his sister, but also have the first pot of gold in his life, maybe he can also buy a small sea boat and do his own business.

It is based on the above considerations, so Feng Shijie finally decided to participate in this exploration after weighing it for a few days, and his wife Yunjian Qiuji has the excellent qualities of a widow in this era, and she unconditionally supports all the decisions of her husband, which also makes Feng Shijie have no worries. And today is the day they will set sail.

Feng Shijie hurriedly got dressed, and then told his wife a few words, so that she could feel at ease at home, if something happened, she could ask for help from her neighbors, and she could also ask for help from the slave hunting association, for those of them who went to sea, the association would take special care of their families. As for the safety of his wife at home, Feng Shijie is not worried, because this is the association's residential community, not only the police patrol of Keelung City, but also the association's internal security guards. (To be continued.) )