In this way, on the morning of the fourth day, their sea boat passed through the Miaodao Islands off the coast of Dengzhou, and Chen Xin knew that Lushun was to the north. Later Jin conquered Lushun in the fifth year of the Apocalypse, and immediately withdrew, at this time Lushun was still in the Dongjiang Town, the Bohai Sea was still safe, and from time to time you could see the military ships heading for Lushun from Dengzhou, and they did not encounter any inquiries about the ship under the official flag of "Dengzhou Seaway", but Chen Xin suspected that as long as they entered the Yellow Sea, they only needed to change the last word, and "Dengzhou pirates" was probably their real banner.

At sunset on the afternoon of the fifth day, the Fu boat sailed out of the Bohai Sea along the coast of Shandong and entered the Yellow Sea, Chen Xin looked at the black coastline in the distance at sunset on the bow of the ship, according to what the sailors said, this is the farthest part of the Shandong land, then it should be Weihaiwei, of course, it is far from the famous military port in later generations. Chen Xin first heard about this place, also from the fall of the Beiyang Fleet, this battle not only shattered China's naval dream, but also completely exposed the weakness of the Manchu dynasty to the world.

Later generations summed up many reasons for the failure of the Beiyang Fleet, or fast artillery, or speed, or training, but Chen Xin felt that there was only one reason, that is, after more than 200 years of enslavement rule by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the Chinese had become devoid of vitality and dignity, and with such a social soil, how could they cultivate a modern navy with a strong sense of honor and adventurous spirit, even if they bought two Saxonies, it was only in vain.

Lu Donkey sat on the deck on one side, playing with a Japanese knife in his hand, holding a borrowed bamboo cigarette stick in his right hand, smoking a cigarette with a horn, he was a boat man, cooking twice a day, in fact, there was nothing to cook, it was all steamed bread and steamed cakes, and then boiled some boiling water. Thinking of the dozens of taels of silver promised by Zhao Dongjia, Lu Donkey did a good job.

After sitting on the ship for a few days, his initial excitement has passed, the space for activities on the ship is limited, and the people are not very familiar, now he feels very irritable, and the other sailors are similar, after a little time, all kinds of feelings begin to spread out, and after being bored, he will drink, and his temper will be greater after drinking, and there have been two fights today, and there is a lot of trouble on the deck, and all the actions are trivial things.

The sun soon sank to the sea, and the starry sky appeared in the sky, and at night, Lu Donkey's turn was on duty on the deck, and five or six people such as the black cannon were also on the deck. Watching the black cannon compare with a star-pulling board against the sea level, the navigation at this time mainly relied on the compass and the star-pulling board, and the star-pulling board was used to maintain the course at night, and there were people on the ship who were specially responsible for stargazing at night, which was how the star officer on duty used by the navy in later generations came.

The cave ladder in the cabin sounded gently, and Zhao Dongjia appeared on the deck to see if anyone was lazy, looking at a few smokers, frowning slightly, but he didn't say anything, he had been at sea for many years, and knew the feelings of sailors, if there were too many restrictions, it would be counterproductive, as long as they didn't smoke in the cabin, they didn't care about them.

He muttered a few words to the black cannon, stood with his back for a while, and then told the black cannon to be careful at night before returning to the lower floor. As soon as he turned his head and found that Chen Xin was also on the deck, he asked Hei Pao a little unexpectedly: "Why did you arrange for Deputy Chen Cai to be on duty at night?" ”

Hei Pao hurriedly said: "Mr. Chen is here to accompany Brother Lu." ”

Chen Xin hugged his fists and said: "The owner said that we should work together in the same boat and make a contribution to the next." How embarrassed to keep the vigil of the brothers. ”

Zhao Dongjia nodded and said, "Very good." ”

Hei Pao also said on the side: "Mr. Chen is righteous enough, and he wants me to say that only such a reader is called a scholar." ”

Zhao Dongjia listened, looked at the black cannon, and suddenly said to Chen Xin: "Chen Accounting, you come with me." ”

The two walked to the position where the bow car was closed, and a sailor was sitting here, Zhao Dongjia kicked his foot and scolded: "Get out of the way." The sailor hurried away and went to the middle. This Fu ship is ten zhang long, that is, more than thirty-one meters, after driving away this person, there is no one else within ten meters, Zhao Dongjia put his hands behind his back, looking at the sea in front of him, Chen Xin also looked with him, the view of the bow of the ship is very broad, the sea is sparkling, the vast sea and the endless starry sky make people feel more and more small.

waited on the bow for a while, but the owner still didn't speak, Chen Xin didn't know what he was going to say, but he definitely didn't want to play Titanic with himself, and he was still thinking about whether to tell him about the goods and other things.

Finally, Zhao Dongjia spoke, and his voice was very low: "Chen accounts can know where the first financial deputy on this ship went last." ”

"I don't know if I'm late."

"I tied him to this iron anchor and dried him for five days, and there were less than 60 catties of more than 100 catties left."

Zhao Dongjia's voice did not carry a trace of emotion, Chen Xin's heart tightened suddenly, and the gentle and quiet night seemed to be suddenly in danger. Thinking back to the past few days, it seems that there is nothing wrong with it except for the shot. While secretly guarding, he paid attention to Zhao Dongjia's hands with the corners of his eyes, and was slightly relieved to see that they were still behind his back. He replied, "Then this man must have done something he shouldn't have done." ”

Zhao Dongjia didn't look at him, but said lightly: "He received money from outsiders, so that my only son was killed, do you say he should die." ”

Chen Xin heard Lao Cai and Miss Zhao say that this little owner has been out for many years, and it turns out that he has died, no wonder they are so accustomed to Miss Zhao, and replied: "Even if they don't keep their duty, it's no wonder that the owner is just a pity for the young owner, he must be a hero who stands up to the sky and the earth like a big boss." ”

Zhao Dongjia didn't react to his sycophants, and still narrated in a faint tone: "Some Xiangshi said that I killed too much, and it will cause disaster to future generations, and now it is true, the only son died early, and only one daughter is left to serve the left and right, but when the woman is married, it is difficult to keep it." ”

Chen Xin began to understand in his heart that it must be Miss Zhao who said that he was recruiting himself as a son-in-law after she went back, so that Zhao Dongjia would say these words to him, but the specific situation was not clear, and he didn't know how to explain it for a while.

Zhao Dongjia said lightly: "Do you want to be my son-in-law?" ”

Chen Xin's mind was racing, and he didn't know what the owner meant, so he replied cautiously: "I don't know who the owner said, but since he left Tieling, he has been living in a fixed place, and he has come to the owner's store, but he has asked for three meals and one night, and he has no other ideas." ”

"Since you are from Tieling, do you know what the name of the four gates of Tieling is?"

Chen Xin was caught off guard: "Below, under ......"

Zhao Dongjia stared at Chen Xin with both eyes, "Do you think that what you said can fool Lao Cai, and you can fool me?" If it weren't for the fact that you were honest in money, I wouldn't let you be the deputy of the treasury. ”

Beads of sweat slowly appeared on Chen Xin's forehead, he rarely was so passive, he was exposed in person, and he didn't dare to mess around. Zhao Dongjia's voice continued to sound: "I don't care where you came from, I don't know where most of the people on this ship came from, but you want to be my son-in-law, it's not impossible, money and things, give it to you is yours, if I know that you have fraudulent and cunning behavior, I am not afraid to hang another person on the iron anchor." ”

Zhao Dongjia completely has the upper hand, Chen Xin is unprepared, his casual habits on weekdays will expose him many differences from this era, obviously Zhao Dongjia has long been suspicious of him, and he still doesn't know much about most of the common sense in this era, his life experience and accent are even more hard, if others really want to ask to the end, they will eventually be exposed, not to mention that the owner is on this boat is the existence of the power of life and death, and he doesn't even dare to quibble. This is not the time to play tricks, so I have to use a drag knife.

"It is true that I have some hidden background in my later life, but I have never had any bad intentions for the owner's family. As for the son-in-law, he has no extravagant hopes. ”

Zhao Dongjia turned his head to look at the sea in front of him, interrupted him, and said: "It's not up to you, just see if I want to, I won't treat you badly, the account room has the ethics of the account room, and the door-to-door son-in-law has the duty of the door-to-door son-in-law, if I can't keep this duty, my means are not to talk to you like today." ”

Zhao Dongjia finally looked at Chen Xin's face and said, "Remember, your life is in the hands of Lao Tzu, as well as the lives of your two so-called cousins." ”

Under the starlight, the three blurry scars on Zhao Dongjia's face were even more hideous. Chen Xinren was under the low eaves, and he didn't dare to fight for that meaningless face at this time, so he bowed his head and saluted: "That junior will listen to the arrangement of the owner." ”

After Zhao Dongjia turned around and left, Chen Xin slowly raised his head, looked at Zhao Dongjia's back coldly, for the first time, he was threatened with life and death, after the initial slight panic in his heart, it was replaced by anger that he had never had, he could be a son-in-law, but he could never be a person without dignity, let alone a person who even had to decide his life.

It is said that a mere Haikou leader is the Qin Emperor, Han Wu, Tang Sect and Song Zu, and he has never had the consciousness of selling his life, and when Zhao Dongjia disappeared into the hatch, Chen Xin's eyes slowly revealed a cold light.