Because he didn't dare to go all out, it was only a four-hundred-mile voyage, and it took Ye Chang a total of two and a half days. He set out from Dengzhou on the morning of April 11, and on the morning of April 13, he saw the land through a telescope. Guides who were familiar with the sea confirmed later that this was the destination of their trip, the town of Tori.

"Sure enough, as Shishilang said, you only need to determine the direction and determine the sea route, from Dengzhou to Liaodong, it is only a two-day journey, which is closer than Chang'an to Luoyang."

Ye Ying, Ye Ting and others, who went to sea for the first time, finally let go of their hanging hearts after two and a half days of fear, and cheered one by one.

The two ships sailed slowly along the shore, looking for a suitable place to dock, and the sailors on board poured out except for the helmsman and sailman, who could not leave their posts.

The two ships carried a total of more than 140 people, 30 of their own sailors, 60 recruited sailors, plus more than 50 non-seafaring personnel, who were crowded on the ship for the past few days, and it was indeed stuffy.

Under the guidance of the guide, the two boats sailed northeast along the coast, and after more than an hour, they saw a relatively open sea channel, and the guide cheered: "This is it, enter from this waterway, and it is the town of Duli"

Ye Chang ordered the sampan to be lowered, and a small boat with oars was lowered from the boat, carrying a total of ten people on board, eight of whom rowed, one measured, and one recorded. Seeing this, the guide smiled and said: "Lang Jun doesn't have to be like this, the water here is deep and wide, Lang Jun's boat, the draft is not deep, you can go over, there is no need to doubt." ”

"Even so, I'm afraid there will be a reef." Ye Chang said with a smile.

He knows very well that those who travel a hundred miles are half ninety, and if they run aground here, they can swim ashore, and the losses will be very heavy. In addition, he had to find safe waterways for the future of larger ships with deeper drafts to enter and exit

The sampan measures quickly, after all, it is only the first time to explore the waterway, and more detailed data will be added later. The sailboat slowly entered the waterway with the sampan, and suddenly felt that the wind and waves were calm and the weather was pleasant.

"It's good here, it's good here," someone laughed.

But he pointed to the left side of the waterway, where a small peninsula stretched out, and the peninsula itself was a mountain: "The monk should build a big Buddha statue on this mountain to protect the safety of the passing ships."

Although the monk is naïve but not stupid, as soon as his words came out, Rao is Ye Chang was just mediocre to the teaching, but he also nodded: "The third brother has this heart, and he will help him, but this matter is not urgent, what we need to do first is to find a foothold."

The name of Duli Town is not much, but in fact the population is not large, and the total population of a small town and several villages scattered together is several thousand. The first thing that noticed Ye Chang and them was an unnamed fishing village at the mouth of the small river, where several fishermen were half-farming and half-fishing, and their fishing boats were about to sail home, when they found that these two sailing boats, which they thought were "big ships", were sailing in, and they all approached one after another.

"Most of the people here are Han people, and the original Goguryeo people have been relocated inward, and in the past few decades, the Han people from Shandong and Andong have lived here and lived together with Zhuhu." The guide pointed to the visitor: "Occasionally, merchant ships come and go here, so they are not afraid of foreign ships. ”

As the guide said, the fishing boats approached and followed the second boat, and someone from a distance asked, "Are you here from Dengzhou?" I don't know what I want to sell, if it's Korean ginseng, some of them are willing to be among the guests......

The fishermen were poor, and occasionally merchants came, so they came up to offer their courtesy, hoping to earn a few errand money. Ye Chang smiled and asked, "You are Han Chinese?" ”

"I am a Han person, I am a Han person"

"Well, you will show me the way, where can I go ashore?"

"Lang Jun goes straight to the capital to be reliable"

"What about outside the capital?" Ye Chang didn't plan to go to Duli Town, in his opinion, since there were already buildings there, it was not the place he wanted.

He wanted a blank piece of paper on which he could draw whatever he wanted.

A few fishermen muttered for a while, but they couldn't say where it was, Ye Chang didn't ask, he looked around, and saw that there didn't seem to be any buildings due to the west, so he pointed there: "Where is that over there?" ”

"Wild Forest." The fishermen shouted.

There was a large dense wood, stretching to the sea, Ye Chang asked about the draft over there again, and learned that the boat could dock there, so he determined his foothold.

If it is a forest, then it is a terra nullius, and there are many fewer disputes.

After the ship came ashore, except for the sailors who repaired and inspected the ship, the rest of the people got off the boat, and both the sailors and craftsmen were doing one thing, and that was logging. They had to unload all the supplies on the ship in the shortest possible time, which required a gantry crane, which could only be made of wood.

Ye Chang summoned the fishermen to inquire.

Although they were fishermen, they had been to many places when they went out to sea, at least they were familiar with the situation in the vicinity of the town of Tori. The total population of Duli Town plus nearby villages is only about 4,000 people, but further northeast to Qingnipu, the population is larger, and the population of the town plus the villagers is about 10,000. The place where these fishermen went, that is, in the center of Duli Town, sixty or seventy miles to the north, although nominally belonged to the Tang Jili Prefecture, but as the Andong Protectorate continued to move westward, the Tang Dynasty's control over this place was limited to canonizing the local natives as officials, and the real control was almost none.

However, Duli Town is dominated by Han people, so when they heard that Ye Chang was an official of the Tang Dynasty, the fishermen were immediately in awe, and bowed down one by one: "I didn't expect to see my Han official again...... I don't know if Langjun came here, whether he was an envoy to the country of Bohae or Silla? ”

In the past, Han officials came here mostly to take on the responsibility of envoys, Ye Chang heard this and smiled: "No, I came here to build a port, I heard that the overseas immortal mountain is east of Japan, so the imperial court intends to build a port here as a stronghold, looking for overseas immortal mountain." If you want to build a port, you need manpower, and since you are locals, are you willing to come and serve the imperial court? ”

The fishermen's faces were a little scornful, they lived here from the Central Plains, although they had respect for the imperial court, but as the main laborers of the family, if they came to build a port, how should the food of the old and young in the family be done?

Ye Chang naturally understood their thoughts, so he said again: "Naturally, it's not for you to do it in vain, every day you talk about work and pay, pay money and rice, what do you think?" ”

The fishermen were still hesitant, but Ye Chang was not in a hurry, and said, "You help me recruit people left and right, recruit people, and I will also pay you." ”

This sentence touched several fishermen, and they responded one after another, and Ye Chang also asked people to buy some seafood they caught and sent them away.

However, it wasn't until the next day that someone came to Ye Chang's construction site to see the excitement, and on the third day, he had the courage to agree to help, but he only helped for half a day.

The population of the capital was small, and by the tenth day, there were only more than forty people who came to help after hearing the news, far less than the number of people Ye Chang needed. At this time, a shelter was finally erected, the simple dock was completely built, and the ship's supplies were unloaded into the warehouse.

"The next trip can bring Shen Xi's people and prepare for contact. In addition, a caravan must be sent to the Bohai Kingdom, recruiting men along the way. The situation in Liaodong, we have also inquired about it in the past few days. Ye Chang summoned the main personnel together and said, "Shanzhishi, you and Ye Ting led the caravan to the Bohai Kingdom, be more careful along the way." ”

Shanzhi was stunned: "Me? ”

"The people of the Bohai Kingdom believe in Buddhism, and if you go to a good teacher, you will get something." Ye Chang said with a smile.

Now Liaodong is almost completely unmanaged, and all localities and ministries are doing their own thing, but nominally under the control of the Tang Dynasty. Although this brought trouble to the caravan, it also brought benefits to Ye Chang's big plan, and there were homeless people everywhere, which meant that he could recruit people freely.

"The second brother and I stayed here to supervise the construction of the port and lodging to prevent any accidents. Su Thick Legs, you and Ye Ying go back to Dengzhou, we have already sent people to urge before we came, presumably the manpower of Luoyang and Xiuwu will arrive soon, you go back, if people come, they will transport people, and people will transport materials in the future. ”

Ye Chang had to move at least a thousand people to this side at the beginning, and it was naturally impossible for so many people to come at the same time, so they were broken up into a group of about 200 people, and they would go to Dengzhou in batches, and then take a boat from Dengzhou to Duli Town. There are few people in the capital, and it is impossible to have so much food, so Ye Chang needs to transport at least a year's worth of grain by himself.

He held a meeting inside, and the five Wu Dahai brothers also gathered together, Wu Dajiao complained: "I only came to work as a water worker, but I didn't expect to come to work as a coolie, and I cut down and move wood every day, does this Ye Langjun really want to settle down here?" ”

"It doesn't matter what he wants to do, our brothers are here, but they are not really here to be watermen." Wu Dajiang, who has always been gloomy and silent, said: "Big brother, when will we start?" ”

Wu Dahai shook his head: "Do you see the people around Ye Langjun, not to mention the more than 20 men who have obviously fought in the battle, that monk, and that Nanba, we are not opponents with any of them."

Everyone nodded, these days everyone got together, and they had seen the divine power of Shanzhi and the divine shooting of Nanba, and they were all extremely convinced.

"Don't say that those two are Su Thick Legs, and that body of kung fu, whether it is on the boat or in the water, is not under us, even if the big boss is still alive, he may not be his opponent. When there are many of them, we still have to be cautious and don't show our feet," Wu Dahai said again.

Wu Dajiang was a little unconvinced after all: "That is, Su is alone, and the rest of the people are okay to toss in the small river and ditch, but when they get to the sea, they are still far worse than us." ”

"Second child, even at sea, you took the boat, what to do with these people?"

"Naturally, they are thrown into the water to feed the fish and turtles."

"Then with the five of us, how many ships can we drive?"

This time, Wu Dajiang was silent, even if the five of them were lucky enough to be divided into a boat and successfully captured the boat, it would be impossible for the five of them to drive the boat quickly. The people in the other boat fought back, no matter how proficient they were in the water, they couldn't resist the number of people on the other side.

"Moreover, this boat is a treasure, you forgot, the telescope and compass in the hand of that Lang Jun are even more treasures" Wu Dahai said again: "I don't know what you think, after I saw the telescope, there is only one thought, this must be a treasure of the fairy family, if you target it, even if you run out of more than ten miles, you have to chase it back"

Everyone nodded again and again, almost adoring the telescope. Only the people of the sea can understand the meaning of this thing, and if it is combined with the compass, it can be said that no matter how far the sea is, as long as the ship is well supplied, they are sure.

"Also, where are we going after taking the ship? We can't go to the south, and although the big boss is dead, we haven't relaxed the pursuit of us, so why don't we flee to Silla? Rather than that, it's better to ...... here."

"Big brother, I didn't say that I had to do it now, but I don't know when Lu Dao will be a coolie like this." Wu Dajiang complained: "You see how strict they are, and their daily actions and behaviors are much more controlled than being imprisoned."

"If they can do it, we can naturally do it" Wu Dahai shook his head and said: "I think this Ye Langjun is indeed a person with great ability, why can't we beat the officers and soldiers, it is precisely because of the lack of Ye Langjun's ability." Now that we are with us, we can learn some good students, and we can also take the opportunity to make some friends. You can make friends with those fishermen from the capital, and if something happens in the future, they will also be a help."

"Yes, the eldest brother is right, I just thought that the eldest brother really wanted to be a cow and a horse for that Ye Langjun, since the eldest brother did not forget to avenge the big boss, I am relieved." Wu Dajiang Road.

"You also have to be careful, don't get together on weekdays, even if you are together, you have to be tighter"

While he was talking, he suddenly heard someone say: "Wu Dahai, Wu Dahai"

Wu Dahai was stunned for a moment, and stood solemnly: "Here"

"Come here, I'm ready, let's go back to Dengzhou"

It was Ye Ting who shouted Wu Dahai, Wu Dahai followed, and saw that Bian Ping was already by Ye Ting's side. Wu Dahai glanced at this guy, this guy is smart, and he is indispensable every time he pats a sycophant.

"Back to Dengzhou?"

"Exactly, I have to go back faster this time, and I have to transport a batch of food and materials from Dengzhou." Ye Ting said with a smile: "You go and prepare immediately, Su Thick Leg said that you are the best one in the plumber, let me see your skills"

"Yes" Wu Dahai rejoiced in his heart, and his brothers squeezed their eyebrows behind him.

This is a sleepy encounter with a pillow, before their brothers followed Su Thick Legs, although they had a thief heart, they were suppressed by Su Thick Legs, and they didn't have the courage to really do anything. But with this Ye Ting, it is not, although Ye Ting's martial arts are also better than ordinary people, but at sea, he is no better than a landlubber.

Of course, this is compared with the five Wu brothers, in fact, Ye Ting also worked hard to learn sailing, which is not only his personal will, but also Ye Chang's explanation.

"Why do you want to go back to Dengzhou?" Wu Dahai leaned next to Ye Ting and asked, "Our food is still enough." ”

The most of the things they brought in their first ship were food. Ye Ting glared at Wu Dahai: "If you ask too much, there will be more people here, only relying on today's manpower, when will the dock be completely completed."