Chapter Twenty-Four: The Night Banquet in Quanzhou
The fleet sailed mightily to the port of Quanzhou, which immediately alarmed the assassin Shi Fang Wenshu in Quanzhou, and hurried to the dock with the general of Zhichongfu and a team of soldiers.
Far away, until Fang Wenshu saw the golden Tang Dragon Flag hanging high on the sails of the fleet in the distance, a heart that mentioned his throat was put back, if the pirates invaded, the entire Quanzhou would suffer a catastrophe.
Following a group of small people, scattering the onlookers, Fang Wenshu straightened the official uniform on his body, and walked up with small steps, and there were already several generals in armor standing in front of him.
Xu Yang looked around at this harbor with heavy armor, only to see the blue sea water lapping on the shore, with circles of white foam, the beach without chemical pollution at all, it is comparable to the end of the world in Sanya, this is a beautiful small fishing village, although the port is very large, but it is far from enough to put down the entire huge fleet, for fear that the ship will run aground, so just put down dozens of small boats, and take a few generals ashore to announce the decree.
After getting off the boat, standing on the high platform, Xu Yang saw the crowd parting, and a scarlet-robed official with a goatee walked up with a jade plaque, followed by a group of soldiers wearing slightly shabby Tang army armor.
"Xiaguan Quanzhou Assassin Shi Fang heard the book and met a few generals, I don't know where the generals came from?" The fact that everyone set off from the sea was even faster than the sergeant who gave orders on land, which was enough to see the difficulty of Lingnan Road and the shortcomings of the slow speed of information transmission.
"This general Niu Jinda, is the pioneer general of the voyage of His Majesty, here is the seal of the tiger charm and the holy decree." Niu Jinda glanced at it, and a lieutenant next to him respectfully held a jade plate, on which were golden scrolls, a general seal and a tiger talisman.
Fang Wenshu turned the jade plate, looked at it carefully, and respectfully returned it to the little guy, bowed and made a big salute: "I don't know that the general has sailed so far, and the lower officials have many inconsiderate hospitality, please General Haihan." ”
"It doesn't matter." Niu Jinda looked rugged, "Organize manpower for Ben to replenish goods and fuel, Ben will only rest in Quanzhou for five days before leaving for Ryukyu Island." ”
"No."
After getting off the boat, Xu Yang felt uncomfortable, mainly because this military armor was too uncomfortable to wear, as a left guard general, the military armor must be worn, but the military armor of the Tang Dynasty was set up without humanity, the armpit part was often clamped, and the weight of the armor was also very heavy, and it was already a little unbearable to wear this military dress, it was really hard to imagine how those soldiers wearing Mingguang armor killed the enemy.
Quanzhou Thorn Shi was very thoughtful, and prepared a bathhouse for each general, Xu Yang soaked in the warm fresh water, feeling that the whole person was comfortable and wanted to sink in the water, and sure enough, it was still the people who relied on the sea to understand what people needed most after the voyage.
After taking a bath, everyone was told that dinner had been prepared, and that it was the first time that many officers had sat down for a meal together, so Niu Jinda also ordered that all sergeants above the rank of lieutenant should be present.
The sky gradually darkened, and the two servants took Xu Yang and Han Yanxuan to the main courtyard, which was the place where they would dine tonight.
The main courtyard is already an open flame, there is a brazier hanging on the wall, the whole yard is illuminated very brightly, there are a lot of delicacies on the table, the whole pig, the whole sheep, Xu Yang is a burst of saliva swallowing, these days on the boat often eat fish, eat when you see the fish want to vomit, now I just want to gnaw on the pig's trotters.
The same was true of the many sergeants, and for a moment the whole courtyard was filled with the sound of people swallowing saliva.
Niu Jinda was a little late, he arranged the settlement of the sea ships, fortunately there was more than one port in Quanzhou, and the fleet was divided into three parts, and finally docked at various wharves in Quanzhou.
Seeing that the Lord is coming, everyone is also seated, and after more than three months of sailing, they can rest for a few days, thinking that tomorrow they can sleep on land for a day of laziness, Xu Yang feels happy, there is always a sense of insecurity when sleeping on the ship, Xu Yang knows that this is the sequelae of watching too many maritime disaster movies.
After Niu Jinda took his seat, Quanzhou Thorn Shi Fang Wenshu sat beside him, and he came to speak first.
I saw him arch his hand to the many sergeants present and said: "The generals have come to Quanzhou, which is a great honor for Quanzhou, and the lower officials first thank the generals on behalf of the people of Quanzhou." With that, he picked up a bowl of wine on the table and tilted his head up.
Many of the sergeants also took up their bowls and shouted, 'Drink well.' He raised his head and drank it, Xu Yang was a little in a daze for a while, and he drank so boldly? I closed my eyes and prepared to take a sip of the wine in the bowl, but as soon as I took my mouth, a faint taste of wine and a bit of glutinous rice soaked into my taste buds.
"I rubbed it out to be Datang original ecological glutinous rice wine." Xu Yang almost didn't spit it out, he originally thought that he was drinking liquor, but he ended up drinking rice wine with a degree that was not as good as beer, which was just funny.
After three rounds of drinking, the atmosphere of the banquet suddenly rose, some of the sergeants began to draw a fist, and some began to eat a lot, Cheng Chumo belonged to the category of eating a lot, I saw this kid keep stuffing pig hands and chicken legs into his mouth, full of oil, like dementia.
"How did you eat like this?" Xu Yang walked over a little incredulously and asked, "Chu Mo, why don't you go with Baolin and Chongyi to draw wine?" ”
I saw Cheng Chumo whispering with some embarrassment: "Big brother whispered to you, I am seasick"
Xu Yang said indifferently: "I know, didn't you say last time that you don't like to take a boat, I knew that you were a little seasick." ”
"No" Cheng Chumo was a little anxious, so he had to get close to Xu Yang's ear and said: "It's not that kind of seasickness, it's very dizzy, it's very dizzy, when I first got on the ship and sailed, I vomited all the meat and vegetables every day, and I couldn't eat anything, I was afraid of Baolin and their jokes, so I didn't say it I was afraid of boats since I was a child, and I was flooded when I was a child, so I was afraid when I touched the water."
"Huh?" Xu Yang couldn't believe it, and looked at Cheng Chumo carefully, and found that his face had really lost weight, he had been sailing for more than three months, and there had been a seasick guy in the team, the key was that this guy was still his brother, and his eldest brother was too incompetent.
"Then why didn't you say anything when you boarded the ship?"
"My dad was there at the time, big brother, you know, what I'm most afraid of is that my dad doesn't want to disappoint him" Cheng Chumo showed his fragile side for the first time, and only in front of his eldest brother could he open his heart like this.
"Well, do you want to continue the voyage after that? Otherwise, how about staying in Quanzhou and sticking to the rear? Xu Yang felt it for the first time, under the heavy armor, it was not a brave general who could fight well, but only an eighteen-year-old boy.
"No, after three months of sailing, I feel better and better, and I get seasick less and less, and now I just miss the food on land, and I can't eat fish at all."
"Hmm." Xu Yang nodded and said: "Then eat hard, eat until you don't want to, when you come to Australia in the future, you will follow me wherever you develop the new continent, and never go to the sea again." ”
"Hmm." Cheng Chumo nodded solemnly, and a wistful light appeared in his eyes. RS