Chapter 133: Return Voyage

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"Hong'er, what are you smirking at?"

"No, no, madam, I'll hammer your back......" After speaking, Xiaohong carefully pulled Song Meiling half to the side, and she herself leaned sideways to gently hammer Song Meiling's back.

"What's wrong with you girl today!" Song Meiling's somewhat sad mood was diluted a lot by Xiaohong's trouble.

Xiaohong secretly stuck out her tongue behind her back, lowered her head to prevent others from seeing her expression, although the crystal water pendant was cold on her chest, but there was a trace of sweetness in her heart, she thought of the immortal master's fingers that crossed her neck, her body couldn't help but tremble, and she twisted her body uneasily.

"Madam, you said, where is the Dongluo Island that the immortal master said?"

"I don't know what to do." Song Meiling felt uncomfortable kneeling, her little feet were numb, she moved her knees, although there were some clothes wrapped underneath, but the boat was shaking badly, it was not too far to come to this island, otherwise where would the Jiang family on the boat stand it.

Now that the sun is setting, the estimated time is about the middle of the unitary hour, the boat has been running for almost an hour, and the sky is about to gradually darken, and Song Meiling also knows a little about the difficulties of sailing that night, because she once heard Jiang Er said that in ancient times.

In this deep sea of the outer ocean, it is impossible to stop the ship if it cannot reach the bottom of the sea if it is anchored, and it is necessary to continue sailing at night, and the course can generally be judged according to the stars or Sinan. But now she looked out of the small window in front of the cabin, and the moon had risen from the east side of the sea, but the sunset had not yet completely set, so it seemed faint, but people said that the moon was bright and the stars were scarce, and the stars at night were not easy to see.

If you can't see the stars, you can't locate them, and I don't know if the Huang Immortal Master has any other treasures that can make him sail at night, and the sea boat he took out is really bad, although the cabin seems to have some spices, but the daughters of the Jiang family in their forties are crowded here, and the smell in this cabin is really bad.

Song Meiling felt a little depressed and a little dizzy, so she wanted to take out the white paper wrapped in "Guangao Mei" from her arms to contain one, this "Guang Ao Mei" was sent to everyone by the immortal master before boarding the ship, saying that it could effectively prevent seasickness.

At that time, Song Meiling used a big spoon to scoop out five or six pieces from the big crystal bucket like Huang Shi did, and then pulled out a piece of white paper from the pile of white paper that Huang Shi put aside and wrapped it up, the paper was bright white and made Song Meiling feel a little distressed.

Putting the plum in his mouth, he immediately felt a sweet and sour taste, and even the salty taste was just right, no wonder Hong'er ate it one after another just now, but it was also strange that the countryside in Datian was a good thing that money couldn't buy much, thinking of this, Song Meiling handed the bag of plums back.

"Hong'er, don't hammer, you take a rest first and eat a plum."

"Madame, I'm not tired......"

When the two of them were talking, they heard a happy shouting outside, as if they were about to arrive at Dongluo Island, and sure enough, after a while, they saw a head poking in, "Everyone, Dongluo Island will be there soon......

Before he finished speaking, there was a servant woman in the cabin who was probably anxious and wanted to stand up, but she also knelt for a long time and her legs and feet were numb, and she fell into a when the boat shook lightly, and almost knocked out her front teeth.

The other people on both sides hurriedly helped her up, and laughed at her blue nose and swollen face, even the bald little brother at the door laughed, "Everyone, although I have seen the island, this boat still has to turn around to get to the island." ”

Song Meiling recognized that this was a small leader under Huang Xianshi, named Wu Nanhai, so she asked, "Little Brother Wu, how long will it take to go ashore?" She didn't know how big the island was and how long it would take to go around in a circle, so she asked.

"Oh, I'll see." Wu Nanhai stretched out his left hand and pushed the sleeve on his wrist back with his right hand, revealing a watch, "About ...... It's about ...... 15 minutes. "Wu Nanhai is really unfamiliar with the timing of the watch.

Because this watch is after the capture of Jiangjiazhuang, Huangshi in order to commend their merits, to each of their veteran members who participated in the action awarded, although the watch is not big, not as atmospheric as Qiu Bofeng and Guo Mingxin's pocket watch, but it is exquisite and practical, and it is more convenient to carry it directly in the hand.

After the end, even Qiu Bofeng and Guo Mingxin liked it very much, and begged Chief Huang to replace their original pocket watches with this kind of watch, and the two pocket watches were taken back by the chief and then transferred to Shopkeeper Chen and Su Er, but the two of them were full of happy faces.

But there was also one person who almost cried, that was the fat man Wen Desi, I heard that he had made a mistake, although it was not particularly serious, but in order to punish him, Chief Huang said that he would move the watch back from the time he was given, and he could only get it after he accepted the punishment, so that Wen Desi was so anxious that he scratched his ears and cheeks.

Song Meiling saw Wu Nanhai looking at the bracelet called "watch" on his wrist, and Zhilu Dao said that this is to look at the time, because when she and a few female stewards went to see Huang Xianshi, they happened to see him assign this "watch" to those people, and saw that those people were all happy on their faces, and Zhilu Dao should be a good treasure of the fairy family.

I remember that after Huang Xianshi divided those "watches" for them, he gave some words to the five of them, in fact, it was nothing more than to listen to him well, do things according to his instructions, and not disobey the yin and yang, and after a period of time, if they passed the inspection, let them become regulars, and also give them the "watch" just now.

Although Song Meiling said that she was witty and intelligent compared to the four people under her command, she couldn't understand many of the words in Huang Xianshi's words, just like when she heard Wu Nanhai say the "15 minutes" now, but this did not hinder her, "Slave, thank you Brother Wu." ”

"Song ...... Girl, don't ...... Thank. It was the first time for Wu Nanhai to talk to a woman with a good appearance, and he suddenly felt a little surprised, and quickly turned around and walked out of the cabin.

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The woman in the cabin saw that Wu Nanhai had left, and heard that the island was about to arrive, so she immediately stretched her waist and stretched her legs, and there was a noisy sound of Yingying Yanyan, this sound spread outside, Wang Luobin, who was standing on the boat gang, rubbed his hands, "These girls ......" He originally wanted to say something to Zhan Wuya next to him.

But Zhan Wuya didn't answer, and touched Wang Luobin with his elbow, Wang Luobin just wanted to ask, but saw Zhan Wuya signaling himself with his eyes, "Ao" Wang Luobin saw that it was Chief Huang who was standing at the bow of the boat, chatting with Shopkeeper Chen and Mr. Su, so he closed his mouth directly, he didn't imagine being laughed at like Wen Dehe.

"Immortal Master, this Dongluo Island doesn't seem to be big." Chen Youxin took a long look, looking at the island that was getting closer and closer, in his eyes, the circumference of this island was five or six miles, could it be used as the foundation of the Yellow Immortal Master.

"Yes, it's a little small now." Huang Shi sighed in his heart, he didn't expect that Ji Lu's plan had not changed quickly, he chose this small island because it was relatively close to the coast of Fuqing, the island was small and not easy to be noticed, and there was a small leeward harbor, which was very convenient as a small base.

But I didn't expect that Su Minyou's original underestimation of the Jiang family's personnel was more than four times worse, and now after some people died, the total number of men and women was nearly a hundred, plus the thirty people rescued from Jiang's village, plus the twenty people under his original command, it had reached one hundred and fifty-eight people.

Other difficulties are easy to overcome, and there is no problem waiting for step by step improvement, but the source of fresh water is a bottleneck, there is no problem with eating and drinking, but everyone's washing is a big problem.

"Shopkeeper Chen, this is just a pedal for us, a small base, used to train our people, and when the opportunity is ripe, we will immediately go to Taiwan." Huang Shi thought to himself that the boat would naturally go straight to the bridgehead anyway, and it would be useless to think about it now.

"Taiwan?"

"Yes, it's not called Taiwan now, this is the name I gave it, in fact, it has been recorded in history books a long time ago, such as 'Daoyi' in the Book of Shang, 'Dongyu is' in the Book of Han, 'Yizhou' in the Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms, 'Ryukyu' in the Book of Sui, etc., all refer to that place. ”

"Oh, Immortal Master, I am a Zhilu Dao in the Ryukyus, but although the island is big, it is a land with a lord, and the lord of the country, the Shang family, has paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty, and as a vassal, I am afraid that it will not be easy to plan."

When Huang Shi heard this, he understood that Chen Youxin might have misunderstood, "Shopkeeper Chen, you are talking about Da Liuqiu, and I am talking about Xiao Liuqiu, which is more than 200 miles southeast of Penghu, where it is not only a terra nullius, but also a treasure land." ”

Xiaoliuqiu Chen Youxin really did not hear of it, but Penghu is a knowledge, because the Chinese attached importance to Penghu far more than Taiwan Island in the early days, in the Song Dynasty Penghu was subordinate to the territory of Jinjiang County, began to garrison, to the Yuan Dynasty, set up the Penghu Inspection Department on it, and in the Ming Dynasty, the garrison on Penghu Island was intermittent.

Chen Youxin would often pass by there when he sailed to Boni, and occasionally looked for people on the island to add water and materials, but now in that place, I heard that there is also a nest of pirates, otherwise it is much closer than the "Taiwan" where I don't know the way.

Huangshi has never thought of what construction should be done on Penghu Island, although the terrain of Ina Island is flat, but there are no rivers and mountains, and the soil layer is shallow, and all are red and brown soil, the fertility is insufficient, the water source is also lacking, and the sea breeze is strong, which is not conducive to the growth of crops, and in later generations, it can only grow sweet potatoes, peanuts, watermelons, cantaloupe, loofahs, etc., which can not rely on farming to feed their own people.

Second, it is also the reason mentioned earlier, although this place is not often garrisoned, but once it is occupied, the Ming Dynasty government will pay more attention to it, and in the Wanli period a few decades later, there was a case of expulsion of the Dutch by the Fujian government in that place.