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Outside Meilan Port on the Nandu River, two sand boats, a Guangzhou ship, and a Fu ship are loading. (To read the latest chapter of the book, please visit the Wèn Aishang Novel Network biquge.info) The panting waffles carry bags of freshly collected rice onto the deck of the ship, and then pile them one by one into the second-level cabin under the guidance of the sailors. When the rice was almost finished, the water in the wooden barrels was brought in again, followed by ten days of dry food and cured meat, and finally dozens of pieces of wood cut into sections tied to the sides of the ship. When all the goods and supplies were loaded onto the ship, a group of ragged local people followed the ship nervously under the threat of knives and guns.

"The Li family of three." The sailor who led the people to the boat carried them to the inner cabin, but because the tonnage of the ship was very small, and the vast majority of the place was occupied by a large number of supplies, there was no separate space for each household to live separately. "Look at it." The sailor took something out of a corner and hung it on the inside of the column and the hull. "It's a hanging bed, and I've been sleeping on it for the past few days." The people holding their small belongings looked dumbfounded, and the sailor didn't explain much, so he hung another one under the previous bed with a high and low iron hoop. "One for each person, your one is here, remember to wake up and put it away, don't get in the way of others." With that, the waterman pointed to another household. "The father and son of the Huang family, come here"

After everyone was settled, the water man pouted: "The big guys are all going to Dongning to move to the tun, the ugly words are ahead, this man and woman, old and young, more than a dozen, don't have anything to do to make a fuss, if you dare to be uneasy, throw it into the sea, the dragon lord is unreasonable." ”

Originally, they were coerced and lured by Zheng Jun to immigrate, and these people were very worried in their hearts, but now they were frightened by the evil watermen and began to tear down, and when people were panicking, a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy came in, carrying a large basin in his hand, which seemed to be steaming porridge.

"The fifth brother is scaring people again," Seeing the young man, the so-called fifth brother, who was still tense just now, suddenly changed his face, and with a flattering smile, he wanted to snatch the big basin from the young man's hand. "Fifth brother, I don't need it here, you go and get a few pairs of dishes and chopsticks for them to share." Dahan immediately ran out, and as soon as the fifth brother left, the young man explained to several families. "The sea boat is not as good as the road, the bumps are very bumpy, so you can only eat some thin food these days, remember to eat a little more pickles, wait a little to the ocean, the wind and waves are big, the vomiting is very, do not eat some heavy taste, the body bones will not be able to bear." More than a dozen people listened in confusion. "In addition, the fifth brother has a disgusting and kind face, you are passers-by, you don't know the rules, so you have to hit a few times first."

"Still fighting!" A voice rang out suddenly, but the next moment it was covered by the family members around him.

"That's what I said, but I didn't really want to fight." The young man explained embarrassedly, just in time, the fifth brother brought all the dishes and chopsticks. "Don't talk about it, come over and scoop a bowl yourself." Hearing that it was ready to eat, more than a dozen people rushed over, and the scene seemed to be chaotic for a while, at this time, the fifth brother pulled out a dagger from his belt, and everyone shrank back in fright. "Come one by one, two bowls for one person are enough to eat." Only then did the young man speak, and at the same time used the knife next to him to divide the pickles for several people. "After eating, remember to find someone to bring the dishes, chopsticks and basins."

The boy finished dividing the pickles and left, leaving only the fifth brother leaning in a corner and looking at these immigrants. The immigrants squatted on the ground and devoured pickles with thick porridge, and most of them were landless tenants and domestic servants, and they couldn't eat the thick porridge and salty pickles that required a few liters of water to be poured into them all year round, so now they had the opportunity to munch on them, and they were not happy to eat them one by one.

Seeing that everyone had scooped the second bowl, the fifth brother straightened up: "Remember everything, first, you are not allowed to light a fire in the cabin; Second, things on the side are not allowed to be flipped casually; Third, if you want to pull and spit out, there is a commode over there, if anyone pulls it on the ground and spits on the wall, Lao Tzu will let him eat it back; Finally, don't call don't go on deck. By the way, if you have a headache and brain fever, say it early, and save a boatload of people who will be unlucky with you."

At noon, when the sun was at its highest, the ship finally left the harbor and headed west. This small fleet, consisting of four large sand ships with the largest of no more than 800 materials and the smallest of only 250 materials of Guangzhou, had to travel more than 700 miles (about 1,250 kilometers) to reach Siming Prefecture.

Based on the speed at which the slowest sand ship in the fleet travels six miles per hour while sailing against the wind, it will take nearly ten days to complete the entire voyage. However, this is already the fastest speed calculated according to the fact that the road was smooth and did not encounter wind and waves or the Qing warships intercepted it, and the crew and passengers on board were infected and died. However, if you encounter any of these situations, this long trip can be ended early anytime and anywhere.

But even if they arrive safely in Siming Prefecture, the grinding of these immigrants is not over, at least three more days before they can really set foot on the land of Taiwan, and when they get the wasteland allocated to them, the time will continue for more than ten days

The early winter sun shone lazily on the Tokatsukai, and the not strong south wind slightly stirred the stiff sails, thus propelling the whole ship. Looking at the two wrong rows of ships in the line of sight, Chu Tian leaned on the side of the aft cabin and whistled softly, obviously this time the voyage was very smooth, the six-day voyage had passed, except for a few immigrants who were uncomfortable because of seasickness, there were no other unfavorable conditions, if it could be maintained, and then one day westward could enter the control area of the twenty-eighth town of the Ming Zheng Sailor on Nanao Island, that is, it would be possible to get close to the mainland and avoid the wind and waves in the sea.

"Brother Chu." A low voice sounded, Chu Tian looked up when he heard the sound, but saw Huang Ping, who was already fourteen years old but skinny and had a fight with a ten-year-old boy, out of the cargo hold, after all, it had been six days, and the fifth brother was not too strict with them, and the older ones might not be able to move around at will, for children, this was no longer a problem.

"Brother Chu, what are you looking at?" Although the local dialect of Qiongzhou is somewhat difficult to understand, the simplest communication is understandable. "In addition to the sky and water on this sea, Brother Chu never gets tired of looking at it." Maybe it was because he saw that Chu Tian was about the same age as himself, or maybe he saw Chu Tian's majesty in front of the fierce and vicious fifth brother, so the boys in this group of immigrants liked to stick to Chu Tian's side. "Can you tell me more about Sun Monkey?"

"Will you wait until the food is delivered?" Chu Tian laughed, his story was also heard from his companions, and when he delivered food in the past few days, he told a few boys that he had come and gone, and the little foundation was almost finished, so he could naturally delay it for a while. "Brother Chu still has work to do?"

"Brother Chu is a liar?" Huang Ping pursed his lips. "I've been secretly watching Brother Chu blowing the whistle there for a long time in the bilge, so there's no work to do." Huang Ping was sweating profusely for a while, he didn't know that someone would peep at him, and was about to explain, when he heard Huang Ping continue. "Besides, I see that the people on the boat are very polite to Brother Chu, it's not that Brother Chu is the young captain, it's not like it, although I didn't see it, but I heard the fifth brother say, the bow of the ship will also have a smiling face when it sees Brother Chu, it should be that Brother Chu is the young owner of a big family, it should be, no wonder there are so many stories, no wonder he looks down on me and doesn't want to tell me stories alone."

"What nonsense!" Chu Tian was teased by Huang Ping, and reached out to touch his head. "I am also from a bitter background, there are four brothers in the family, and there is not much land, just when the general leader is recruiting, I have a background, as for the bow and the fifth brother, they are polite to me, but it is just for the face of the general leader." Chu Tian explained half-truthfully. "As for Brother Chu, there was indeed something just now, I didn't lie to you."

Speaking of this, Chu Tianzi slipped and climbed onto the mainmast, tightened the mast with his legs, took out a stack of objects from his arms, and unfolded it to see that there were several colorful small flags, he waved his hands, and after a while, there was a corresponding scene on the other boats in the distance.

"See?" Chu Tian, who slipped down from the mainmast, carefully refolded the small flag and stuffed it into his arms, while explaining to Huang Ping. "Every quarter of an hour, you, Brother Chu, I have to contact the other three boats, this is called the flag language, it is explained by the commander-in-chief, and it is a must-do homework to go out on a long voyage."

"Flags?" Huang Ping was a little confused, but he quickly forgot about it, and instead became interested in the general leader that Chu Tian always mentioned. "Brother Chu, who is the commander-in-chief, how can I hear my father say that the commander-in-chief or something seems to be a person who is a soldier and eats food? Could it be that Brother Chu is also a soldier? ”

"Of course Brother Chu is a soldier!" Chu Tian straightened his chest and folded his belly, pretending to be heroic. "Brother Chu is the first group of stormtroopers in the fourth squad of the Boys' Battalion Sailors, and he listens to the use of small flags, and he is serious and leads the nine grades of Yulu." Perhaps because he was afraid that Chu Tian would not understand how big the Zheng Jiupin was, Chu Tian specially explained. "It's the same level as the master of the county."

But I didn't think that as soon as Chu Tian's words were finished, Huang Ping was so frightened that he suddenly rushed back to the cargo hold, looking at Huang Ping's movements, Chu Tian was stunned for a long time, and then he realized that Huang Ping was so scared that he didn't even dare to ask who the chief was. Chu Tian shook his head stupidly, and was about to turn to the stern of the boat to see the bait he had laid down for shark fishing, when Huang Ping probed his brain out again.

"Brother Chu, my father said that you lied, my father said, how old are you, how can you be an official?"

"I'm a liar?" Chu Tian became depressed. "What am I lying to you for, not only am I an official, the bow of the ship is an official, and even the fifth brother has the title of Cong Bapin, so to speak, except for two of you on the ship, who are white, and the others are officials."

Huang Ping was so frightened that he fled back, but Chu Tian fell into the ears of the old soldier in his forties who led the ship with the title of squad leader, and he specially called Chu Tian: "Brother Tian'er, the background of the boy boy camp can be regarded as the protégé of the grandson of the prison country, so the original servant should not be too talkative, but it is a matter of the lives of a boatload of people, the servant has to remind him, remember to pay attention next time, no matter who is on board, don't tell others about our identity." ”

"Isn't that trying to cover up?" Chu Tian was a little puzzled. "Let's take people and goods from Qiongzhou to Siming and Dongning, which can't be hidden from some people."

"It's impossible to hide it, and it's true that the Tartar boundary order has been violated, but whenever you encounter the Tartar warship, you may be caught and detained, but!" The old soldier accentuated his tone. "As long as you don't show your identity, there is still the possibility of bribing the Qing army," the bow of the ship said that it was an empirical statement, as long as the identity was revealed clearly, even if the other party did know that you were Ming Zheng's person, at least there was room for a slow turn, but in case it was accidentally exposed by a homeless person like Huang's father and son, it was really only a fight to the death. "Brother Tian'er, don't forget, you and I were caught and killed, but the things on the ship are what Dongning and Siming are looking forward to, don't lose a big one because of a small one for the sake of fighting for face!"

"I'm taught." It was because of the long and boring voyage that Chu Tian was full of excitement, and then he understood part of the significance of Zheng Kezang's expansion of the safe route from Dongning to Siming to the Qiongzhou voyage

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