It's the day of the list again, and there are two smashes of red tickets!

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On this day, the sky is high and cloudless, the good time in spring is vividly expressed on this day, the boundless Dadonghai is under the brilliant sunshine, flashing with sparkling waves, the brilliant waves shine with the crystal given under the refraction of the sun, the sea surface of the Dadonghai is like shining with countless crystals, bright and gorgeous.

Hundreds of miles along the coast of the Dadong Sea, the harbor where the warships of the Zhenfu army were anchored was about 20 miles away.

The port has been repaired again and again by the Han family for nearly a hundred years, and now it can be said to be a world-class military port, and every warship has a fixed place to dock. Here can be fully given dozens of warships to moor, supply, shelter, maintenance, a total of eight well-repaired docks in the port, the breakwater is built very strong, even the wind and waves of the East China Sea, it is difficult to break through, it is said that the breakwater is even filled with some copper water, so the warships of the pacification army are moored in the port, it is quite safe.

Only the warships of the Zhenfu army could be close to the military port, and those fishing boats had their own fishing port wharves under the control of the fishing department and the yamen.

Although the four warships of pearl diving this time were not used for training and going to sea to suppress bandits, because they belonged to the establishment of the Zhenfu Army, they still specially vacated a large wharf.

Among the four medium-sized warships, only two of them actually have combat effectiveness, and the other two have to carry mussel pickers and pearl pickers, the catapults and prepared stones on the ship have been unloaded, only the strong crossbow platform is retained, and the space on the whole ship is greatly freed, and there are large empty decks in the bow and stern to hold the pearl mussels, and there is enough space for the pearl pickers to take pearls on the ship.

Compared with the majestic large warships, the medium warships were much inferior in size, and the distribution of troops on board was also a little less.

Generally speaking, a medium-sized warship, in addition to the commander or captain in charge, will be accompanied by two or three captains to pass on the captain's orders and transmit orders to all parts of the ship.

The warship has nearly ten establishments, such as the helm office, the sail office, the catapult office, the crossbow platform, the sea scout office, and the logistics office, and each organization has a sea management commander, in other words, a medium-sized warship, in addition to the captain and captain, there are nearly ten sea managers, and then there are about 200 troops in various places.

Large warships can have more than 400 people, while small warships can only accommodate 30 or 40 people.

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"This big East China Sea is really magnificent, boundless, people often say that the chest is as wide as the sea, but it is really very reasonable." Standing at the highest point of the pier, looking at the endless sea, Changde Hou Cao Yin, who was like a beautiful woman, sighed, he half-covered his nose, obviously a little uncomfortable with the fishy smell of the sea.

Behind him stood Han Xuanchang and many officials from the Yusi Yamen, Xiao Tongguang also stood behind with a bandage on his arm, and Han Xuanling, the governor of the Donghai Zhenfu Army wearing a fish-scale armor with a black scarf on his head, also led several generals to follow behind, among which Cheng Xu was even closer to Cao Yin, with a respectful face.

This time, Han Xuanling thought about the candidate for the commander of the four ships again, and added Cheng Xu to fight for it, saying that he had not made great achievements all along, and asked the governor to give him the opportunity to make contributions, and Han Xuanling took care of Cao Yin's face, so he allowed this matter.

Of course, he just let Cheng Xu be in charge of the protection work, and as for the matter of pearl diving, Cheng Xu is naturally not qualified to ask.

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"Master Hou, the sea is very windy and rough, and the night is cold, this time it can take four or five days to go to sea." Han Xuanling said respectfully: "These few days should be extremely difficult, Hou Ye rarely goes to sea, I am afraid that I am a little uncomfortable, it is better to leave this matter to Xiao Shilang to supervise and deal with, what does Hou Ye see?" ”

Cao Yin smiled slightly and said, "Because I have never been to the sea, I want to go to the sea to see it." This vast East China Sea, if you can't travel on it, you are really ashamed of this life. Moreover, the Holy Lord ordered Benhou to assist in this pearl diving matter, how could Benhou have the emperor's grace. ”

Han Xuanling hurriedly clenched his fists and said: "If the Hou Ye insists on going to sea with the ship, the lower official is willing to serve and go to sea with the Hou Ye!" ”

Cao Yin shook his head, and his voice was soft: "Governor Han is busy with military affairs, so there is no need for you to do such a thing." He glanced at Han Xuanchang and said, "Lord Han, have the affairs of the county guard yamen been arranged?" If you go to sea with me this time, the affairs of the county guard yamen must be arranged. ”

"Don't worry, Master Hou, everything is in order." Han Xuanchang replied respectfully, turned his eyes to Xiao Tongguang, whose injuries had not yet healed, and said slowly: "Lord Shilang, this time I went to sea, it was hard work. The kid in Xiaguan's family is still very clever, so he will be transferred to the adult's side and be a messenger. ”

"What?" Xiao Tongguang didn't know what he meant.

"Han Mo." Han Xuanchang shouted, Han Mo came from the crowd with a smile on his face, wearing a sea pipe suit, and respectfully saluted Xiao Tongguang, which made Xiao Tongguang angry and hateful with a smile on his face: "Han Mo is at the disposal of Lord Shilang!" ”

"You're ......!" Xiao Tongguang's face was gloomy, and he paused, before he said coldly: "Are you really willing to listen to the dispatch of this official?" ”

"It's an honor!" Han Mo said with a smile.

That laugh, indescribably strange!

It's just that Han Mo suddenly felt two calm and fiery gazes staring at him, and his heart was furious again, it was naturally Cao Yin's gaze, gentle and scorching.

"Death does not change!" Han Mo scolded in his heart: "When you get to the sea, see if you still have the heart to think about these crooked things." ”

He quietly retreated into the crowd, not touching Cao Yin's gaze.

How impure that gaze was.

Xiao Tongguang is not a fool, Han Xuanchang arranged Han Mo by his side, and everyone knows the purpose, just like Xiao Taishi asked for an order to send him to Donghai County, Han Mo's purpose is also to monitor.

It's just layers of surveillance.

It's just that neither side is stupid enough to say it.

Xiao Tongguang wouldn't believe that a yellow-haired child in his eyes could do any tricks.

Han Mo's mind is no less than Xiao Tongguang's, he is very willing to accompany this old guy who thinks he is very smart to play on the sea, he knows that the sea is not on land, he has sufficient conditions to let this old guy continue to be in a very unpleasant situation after coming to Donghai County, at least let his injuries be more serious.

A smile appeared on the corner of Han Mo's mouth.

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Cao Yin looked at the rituals that were still going on on the shore and sighed: "I didn't expect that there would be such a complicated ritual for pearl diving. ”

On the beach, divided into two groups of people, one group are men dressed in gray oil-paper clothes, all with bronze skin, they are all born and raised in the East China Sea, young and strong, energetic, a total of one hundred and sixty people, all carefully selected from the East China Sea County mussel pickers, the water is excellent, can go into the water for a long time, collect pearl mussels under the sea.

On the other hand, there were 160 snow-white girls, dressed in white shorts and shorts, showing white calves, and wearing seaweed hats unique to Tokai County. They are pearl girls, and they are so skilled and meticulous that they can take whole pearls from pearls.

It is said that men who dive pearls will frighten the pearl mussels, and they will never be able to give birth to pearls in the future, so the East China Sea has been harvested by men for generations, and women have taken pearls.

These people will be registered in the official register, protected by the government, and once they want to collect mussels and pearls, they will be summoned. They can enjoy a small amount of money every year, and most of the taxes are reduced when they engage in production, and they are pearl people who enjoy certain benefits.

Because there has never been a large-scale collection of pearls before, there are only more than 30 pearl people registered in the register, this time with pearls instead of taxes, after a period of screening, finally re-compiled more than 300 places.

At this time, the pearl people were divided into two groups, kneeling on the beach, chanting softly in their mouths, while several shaman-like fellows in gray robes, holding large wooden scoops in their hands, scooped out the seawater in the wooden barrel from the large wooden barrel carried by the attendants behind them, and then poured it on the heads of those pearl people, drenching very carefully and carefully.

"Master Hou, that's praying to the god of the sea." Han Xuanchang explained: "Only by bathing in the sea breeze and letting the sea god know that they are free of dirt can they go to the sea and come into contact with the sea god's pearl mussels." ”

"Poseidon ......!" Cao Yin turned his eyes to the vast East China Sea, the sea breeze was blowing his long hair, if he looked at it from a distance, he really thought that he was a stunning beauty who captivated the country and the city.

"Woooooooo......oo

A trumpet sounded from the four pearling boats, the sound of the horn was long and long, and the sound of the horn was long and long, and the sound of the horn filled the sea.

The pearl people slowly stood up, and under the leadership of the shaman, they combined again, and each was divided into half, and the mussel pickers and pearl girls formed two lines, and boarded the two restructured warships.

When the people of Zhu all boarded the boat, Han Xuanling and Han Xuanchang led a group of officials to kneel on the ground and said respectfully: "Please board the ship!" ”

The warship under the command of Cheng Xu is called "Chen Bing", and the other warship "Chen Ding" is under the command of a lieutenant of the Zhenfu Army named Song Lin, who is the general of the Han family, and Han Yuan also followed Song Lin's subordinates to train on the "Chen Ding" warship.

The warships of the Zhenfu army were numbered according to the sexagenary branch to facilitate their deployment.

There are two pearl diving ships, one is "Wujia" and the other is called "Wuyi", Han Xuanchang waited with Changde on the Wujia pearl diving ship, while Han Mo and Xiao Tongguang were on the Wuyi ship.

Seeing that Xiao Tongguang looked unsteady when he got on the boat, Han Mo just sneered in his heart: "When you really get to the sea, you will regret coming to Donghai County and regretting boarding this ship." ”

Amid the sound of gongs, drums and trumpets, two pearl diving ships, escorted by two warships, left the harbor and headed for the pearl island, the destination of pearl diving---- the sea area.