Chapter 553: Agreed
Although Luzon has been controlled by Li Su, but because the original suppression of the tribal alliance was not complete, some undead natives fled into the jungle in the central part of Luzon, and occasionally came out to harass them, although it could not have much impact, but if someone was not careful, they might also die. However, if it were in the coastal area, there would be no room for such native robbers.
Feng Shijie's pine plateau was originally relatively close to the coast, coupled with the influence of gold mines, so there are a lot of Han people, and even stationed an army, it should be very safe here, but as the so-called success is also Xiao He, defeat is also Xiao He, although the gold mine has brought wealth and prosperity to this plateau, but also attracted the attention of the remnants of the natives on Luzon Island.
These remnants of the natives did not have the guts to provoke the coastal cities, but they did have the courage to spread the wilderness on the pine plateau, and in the previous two years they formed a bandit gang called "revenge", and they somehow got into the vicinity of the pine plateau, often attacking the convoys or fleets of ships transporting gold, although they rarely succeeded, but it was too much of a burden.
In addition, this plateau is surrounded by high mountains, providing them with a natural place to hide, even if they send a large army to clear it, but as long as they hide in the mountains, no one can do anything about them, which also makes the people on the pine plateau feel a sense of crisis, and many people have strengthened their own defenses, such as Feng Shijie's current residence, which was built at that time, and is also very strict with the entry and exit of strangers.
Later, the revenge bandit gang fell into the strategy of the official army to lure the snake out of the hole, and was lured out by a caravan transporting gold, but was ambushed by the official army, and half of them were killed on the spot, and the remaining surrendered natives were also hanged, and the vicinity of the pine plateau finally calmed down again.
However, the vengeful bandits have perished. But the vigilance on the pine plateau has not been relaxed, for example, Feng Shijie's home, not only built very strongly, but also hired a group of guards, strangers are not allowed to enter or leave at all, so when Lu Wan came to visit Feng Shijie, he was blocked from the door, and in the end he could only let people report inside.
However, Lu Wan didn't wait long, and after a while, he heard a burst of fierce footsteps inside. Immediately after that, the heavy door opened, and a shirtless young man with only a pair of sharkskin swimming trunks and bare feet ran out, and this man saw Lu Wan standing in front of the door. At that moment, he was overjoyed and said, "Captain, it's really you!" ”
The person who came out was none other than Feng Shijie. Just now, when he heard about Lu Wan's visit, he was teaching his son to swim. happily didn't even wear clothes, so he ran to the gate barefoot to greet him, after all, he and Lu Wan lived and died together in the same boat, and their friendship was also very deep, so he was so out of shape.
And when Lu Wan saw Feng Shijie's appearance, he also laughed and said, "I haven't seen you for a few years." Shisuke, you live in such a big house, why are you so poor that you can't even afford to wear clothes? ”
Hearing Lu Wan's joke, Feng Shijie also laughed and said, "Captain, don't talk about me, when we were on the ship." Who is not dressed like this, I come to greet the captain like this, it is to show my sincerity! ”
Feng Shijie's words made Lu Wan laugh again, when they explored the route, the temperature at sea was extremely hot, and the whole ship from the captain to the crew was all hot, so it was not so regular in terms of dress, and there were even many people who simply bare their buttocks and met everyone frankly, Lu Wan and Feng Shijie were better at the beginning, at least they were still wearing pants.
made a few jokes about the events of the year, and immediately brought the two old friends who had not seen each other for several years closer, and at that moment Feng Shijie invited Lu Wan into the mansion, and then he went back to the inner house to change his clothes, and called his wife and children to the front hall.
For Feng Shijie's wife, Lu Wan has long known that the other party is a Japanese person, which is very rare among the Han people, because now the Tang Dynasty and the Qi Wangfu have legislated, not allowing Han men to marry a woman of different races, so Lu Wan was very strange for this, I don't know how Feng Shijie dared to marry a woman of different race?
But later, after the two became close friends, he learned about Feng Shijie's marriage, it turned out that this marriage was actually licensed by His Royal Highness King Qi, which made Lu Wan a little disapproving, because he felt that Feng Shijie didn't need to let his sister enter the palace because of a woman, but when he saw Iwami Qiuji today, Lu Wan also felt a little surprised, thinking that no wonder Feng Shijie was so infatuated, it turned out that there were such beauties among the widows?
However, although Lu Wan was amazed, he also reacted quickly, and after meeting with Yunjian Qiuji, he saw Feng Shijie's children again, the eldest son Feng Ping'an was four years old, and the daughter was named Feng Qingying, who was only one and a half years old, and she could just run, and her speech was not very clear.
Next, Feng Shijie set up a banquet to entertain Lu Wan, and the two of them felt a little embarrassed after chatting about some of the encounters between the two in recent years at the banquet, but in the end, Lu Wan suddenly told him about the route to the American continent that he had been looking for in the past few years, especially the equatorial current, Feng Shijie was also a student who graduated from the Navigation Academy back then, and he had also heard of it, so after listening to Lu Wan's story, he was silent for a while.
"Ishisuke, I know that you are living a rich life now, and you have a beautiful wife and children by your side, so it is said that I should not come to you again, but we lived and died together, and I also knew that you are not an ordinary person, so I came to you first after discovering that the ocean current is likely to lead to the Americas." Lu Wan said in a sincere tone.
After hearing this, Feng Shijie was still silent, but his brows slowly wrinkled. In fact, he had already seen the news from the newspaper that Lu Wan was going to organize a fleet to explore the Americas, and even he had a hunch before, knowing that Lu Wan was likely to come to him, and today it was true.
Don't look at Feng Shijie now has a lot of money, and his life is very happy, but some people are born with adventure genes in their bones, although sometimes they feel tired and want to live a peaceful life, but when this peaceful life really comes, they will feel an unbearable boredom, and Feng Shijie is undoubtedly this kind of person.
A few years ago, Feng Shijie wanted to expand the industry under his name, although he was very tired, but it was also very fulfilling, which made him have no time to think about other things, but after his industry entered a stable period in the past two years, he was also idle, but although his body was idle, his heart was not idle, and he thought about the previous years all day long, and what made him think the most was the time when they explored new routes, although it was precarious at that time, but now looking back, there is a different feeling, It even makes people yearn for it.
It is precisely with this kind of psychology that when Feng Shijie heard the news of exploring the Americas, and this time it was Lu Wan who led the team, he couldn't help but have an urge to rush to Taiwan, after all, although the current life is beautiful, it is not the life he wants.
Thinking of this, Feng Shijie glanced up at Lu Wan, and then said: "Captain, since you are the first to come to me, it is Shijie who has seen it, and from my heart, I do want to relive the adventure career of the year, but I am no longer a poor boy who had nothing back then, I have a wife and children at home, especially the children are still young, so if I have to discuss it with my wife!" ”
Hearing Feng Shijie's previous words, Lu Wan originally thought that the other party would refuse, but he didn't expect that in the end, Feng Shijie actually wanted to discuss it with his wife, which made Lu Wan breathe a sigh of relief, at least Feng Shijie didn't refuse, so there was hope for this matter.
In the next few days, under the arrangement of Feng Shijie, Lu Wan visited the gold mines in the Pine Plains, and said that when they landed in Australia, they found a gold mine, and now a city has been built there, becoming a bridgehead for the Han people to land in Australia, and the gold mines there are also very rich, but unfortunately it is too far, and the scale of development is far less than here in Luzon.
And that night, Feng Shijie, who returned to the inner house, told his wife Yunjian Qiuji about Lu Wan's coming, but after listening to it, the woman from the Wa Kingdom said without hesitation: "Everything is up to the husband!" ”
However, Feng Shijie sighed helplessly when he heard it, Yunjian Qiuji was born in the aristocracy of the Japanese Kingdom, and the education she received since she was a child was that she obeyed her husband's orders, and she would never disobey her husband at all, and she would not dare to hinder her husband's affairs, such as the answer above.
"I want to hear your true thoughts, don't use such words to wronged yourself!" Feng Shijie stepped forward and took his wife's hand and said.
Hearing her husband's gentle words, Qiu Ji in the clouds looked stunned, lowered her head and said after a while: "Qiu Ji is naturally reluctant to let her husband sail away, and she feels even more sorry for her husband to endure hardships at sea, but Qiu Ji knows that her husband has a lot of worries in the past few days, but after seeing Captain Lu, he immediately became very happy, which shows that her husband has a choice in his heart." ”
When Yunjian Qiuji said this, he suddenly raised his head, stared at Feng Shijie and said: "Husband, do whatever you want, everything in the family has Qiuji, and the man is ambitious in all directions, don't let you worry about you because of us!" ”
Hearing his wife's affirmative answer, Feng Shijie was also very moved in his heart, and his feelings for Yunjian Qiuji were even deeper in his heart. And a few days later, as soon as Lu Wan, who had visited the gold mine, came back, he got the good news that Feng Shijie was willing to participate, which made Lu Wan also overjoyed, after all, even Feng Shijie, the most important assistant, agreed, so it would be much easier to persuade others.
However, just when Lu Wan was preparing for their trip to the Americas, Li Zhi, who was far away in Taiwan, looked at the newspaper in his hand, and finally said with great regret: "Alas, the sixth brother is finally going to attack the Americas, but unfortunately I can't see off this brave fleet!" (To be continued......)