Five small boats floated in the shape of arrows in the blue sky and blue sea, and the sails on the masts hung diagonally, like boatmen leaning on the planks of the boats and doing nothing.

The western coastline looks like a gray trail across the horizon.

No one cast their nets, the wooden boats did not have a deep draft, and the five boats were not fishing boats, nor did they look like cargo ships. There were sailors on both sides of the ship looking boredly at the zigzag horizon.

The boat to the west of the second column was the largest, and in the middle of the cabin was a desk with a large fish the length of an arm.

Gu San Mazi rolled up a pair of sleeves and held a boning knife in his hand.

He moved like a leopard, with a flick of his wrist, the sharp knife flew into the sky, Shi Lang, who was sitting opposite, had not come back to his senses, and the handle of the sharp knife was firmly held in his hand again.

"This raw fish must be killed by itself, slice it by itself, dipped in its own sauce, and ......," he looked up at the young man across from him with a smile that he thought was charming, "...... Eat it yourself"

However, his pockmarked face, the more he laughs, the uglier he becomes.

His wrists flicked, his shiny knife weaving a shining net in the air, and the scales flipped up from the head to the tail. After a few moments, the tender fish is revealed. He whistled in satisfaction, turned the fish over in his hand, and scraped the scales off the other side.

"Okay," he shouted, and then slashed at the neck of the fish with his hand, and slashed his wrist downward, and after the "crunch" sound of the fish bone breaking, the bright red blood stained the blade.

Shi Lang sat on a small wooden stool, his hands on his cheeks, and watched intently.

In the past two months, they have walked north from Chongming Island to the sea of Liaodong, north of Dengzhou, where they encountered several storms at sea and fought a big battle with pirates in Liaodong

The sailors on these three ships are all good at one in a hundred, and the storm will not bother them, and pirates are even more feat. The pirates of the north also used the primitive method of attack of jumping ship, and after a few rounds of artillery, they continued to chase for half a day until they sank all the invading pirate ships.

If the road is smooth sailing, he may not be able to make a friend like Gu San Mazi.

Gu San Mazi is twice as old as Shi Lang, and to describe him in one word, it is "enthusiasm". It is said that he used to be a pirate, Shi Lang has never seen such an enthusiastic pirate, and pirates are all cold-blooded, like ......

Shi Lang thought that there was still fear in that person's heart, he was also a person who begged for a living in the sea, there should be no fear, but who could really get rid of fear completely.

A row of bright red fish with a well-proportioned thickness was stacked on the white plate, and the small green mustard greens were stacked aside, and Gu Sanmazi's rough big hand reached out in front of Shi Lang.

"Come on, delicious"

Shi Lang took the plate with a bitter face: "No matter how delicious things are, even after eating them for two months, Uncle Gu won't get bored?" "His uncle Shi Fu is commensurate with Gu San Mazi's brothers, and he naturally calls Gu San Mazi his uncle.

Gu San Mazi smiled "hehe": "You kid, in three or five days, you will be able to eat."

Gu San Mazi pointed to the west, there is mist on the sea today, and the coastline appears from time to time: "It has reached the boundary of Yangzhou Mansion"

Shi Lang sent a piece of fish meat into his mouth, he dipped in a little mustard greens, exhaled with a long mouth, and it took a long time to recover, and he asked in surprise: "Uncle Gu is so familiar with the fairway?" "He couldn't tell where he was from such a vague scene.

"Can you not be concerned about such a big thing?" Gu San Mazi looked into the distance, "The battle of the Northern Expedition"

Shi Lang stuffed another piece of fish meat into his mouth, and when he heard the second half of Gu Sanmazi's words, he couldn't help but ask: "Uncle Gu, you said that the regent will let me go to 6 where the Ming Wangshi is?" ”

Gu San Mazi thought for a while and said, "It's the same everywhere" They deliberately probed the coastal defenses of the Qing court along the way, and the combat power of the sailors was almost the same as that of pirates

"You say, will the regent go directly to Liaodong?" Shi Lang's eyes. The Northern Expedition was an opportunity for the Ming generals to dream of meritorious service, and he was very fortunate to be able to catch up with this opportunity.

Gu San Mazi immediately shook his head and replied very crisply: "It's not too cold in winter there, there are only two months of suitable sailing season, and southerners can't survive there." ”

No matter where you board 6, it's exciting to think about. Shi Lang quickly changed a topic that he was more concerned about: "Uncle Gu said that the prince would send who would be the commander of the water division."

Gu San Mazi returned to the desk, stabbed a piece of bright red fish meat with a sharp knife and put it in his mouth, and said while chewing: "After returning to Nanzhili, you can ask the regent yourself."

Shi Lang pouted, "How dare I?"

The regent was ready to involve the sailors in the Northern Expedition, and not many people knew about it. But Gu San Mazi heard that before they went out to investigate the route, several top figures in the sailors were already fighting over this matter.

At the beginning of the year, Shi Fu was entrusted by Zheng Zhilong to go north on the order of the regent and take over the Yangtze River defense line. Would the regent make a Fujian-Cantonese man the chief of the sailors? Gu San Mazi thought it was impossible. Nan Zhili and Zhejiang Sailor are not nobody.

Shi Fu and the young Shi Lang in front of him both thought that Shi Fu was firmly in the position of commander of the Northern Expeditionary Naval Division.

After crossing the boundary of Yangzhou, there is the mouth of the Yangtze River in front, and there are immediately more ships on the sea. Gu San Mazi ordered the sailors to hang the banner of the Ming Dynasty.

After driving forward for an hour, two huge sailors and seas met each other.

Shi Lang saw that it was the warship of the Fujian sailors, and walked to the bow of the boat and waved his arms excitedly. In Fujian, there is a reason to be excited about every boat that goes out to sea to return safely, whether it's a fishing boat or a merchant ship.

The big boat exchanged flags with the sailors on the small boat, and finally escorted the chickens like two big eagles, accompanying the five small boats on both sides to the south.

It was the second half of the night when the warship arrived at Chongming Island, and countless bonfires were lit on the pier. Shi Fu got the news and was already waiting at the dock. He didn't come to pick up his nephew, he came to pick up Gu Sanmazi.

The wooden boat docked, and Shi Lang jumped off the boat behind Gu San Mazi and breathed a breath of air with the smell of grass.

"Mr. Shi"

"Vice Admiral Gu"

Although Gu San Mazi is a deputy general, he is the real steward of Chongming Island, and Shi Fu's sailor is just temporarily stationed here.

The two saluted and walked side by side to the Sailor Guard, Gu Sanmazi's brother-in-law Gu Biao led his own soldiers to wait outside the dock.

Shi Fu said: "Vice General Gu, the regent sent an order ten days ago, asking you to go to Yangzhou to meet you immediately after you come back." He was a little envious and jealous, as the commander of more than 10,000 sailors, he was not as good as this pockmarked lieutenant general in the eyes of the regent.

"Ah, I guess the prince is in a hurry" Gu San Mazi rubbed his eyes.

"It's hard to work for Deputy General Gu, is it smooth along the way? Little nephew didn't bother you."

Shi Lang followed behind the two of them, pricking up his ears to eavesdrop on what his uncle and Gu San Mazi were saying.

Gu San Mazi praised: "You have a good nephew, there is a time for him to show his talents"

"The prince is in a hurry to summon the lord, but I am afraid that the Northern Expedition has reached a critical moment, my uncle and nephew have come all the way from Fujian, and they want to serve the country in the Northern Expedition, please Vice General Gu said a few words in front of the prince" Shi Fu arched his hand, and his eyes were still hot by the torch behind him, "It is done, and there will be a lot of thanks in the future"

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