The small bamboo tube with a deafening whistle "whoosh" flew into the sky, and after a loud bang, a bewitching purple firework appeared in the sky.

"I see!" Li Tao touched his chin and said.

After a while, I saw two small boats put down from the big boat, and after waiting for a while, the two small boats came to the beach at a very fast speed.

When the people on the boat saw Lu Han, they all stood up straight and shouted, "My lord." ”

Lu Han pulled Li Tao and jumped onto a boat, and there were six soldiers on the boat, all of whom were eight-foot men with thick arms.

Lu Han and Li Tao said that such a small boat can carry sixty or seventy people at a time, and can carry up to one hundred and eighty people, and the speed of traveling on the sea is extremely fast, which is called a fast boat.

Wan Yun also boarded the boat with five or six guards, and the rest of the guards boarded the other boat one after another.

On the shore, two guards were left to watch the two horses and send them to the inn to feed.

The speed of the boat in the sea was very fast, and the movements of the six soldiers were in unison, and each time the oars plucked the seawater, the boat moved forward like an arrow for more than ten feet.

That is, with a cup of tea, the small boat sent Li Tao and them to the big ship.

When the boat rowed to the side of the big boat, Li Tao stood there looking at the big boat six or seven feet high, and there was an invisible sense of oppression that fell on him, as if a big mountain was pouring down on him in front of him.

Boarding the big ship and looking around, Li Tao is still standing on such a big ship for the first time, this ship is more than 30 zhang (more than 90 meters) long, more than 10 zhang (more than 30 meters) wide, and there are eight or nine hundred soldiers standing on the ship, so it still seems empty.

On the center line of the ship, seven masts thicker than buckets were erected at each other, and the folded sails hung over the masts.

"This ship is so big!" Li Tao turned around and looked around, feeling that he looked very small here.

"This is not the largest boat, the big one is parked in the open sea of Weihai, and it is generally not easy to go to sea." Lu Han turned to look at a general who came over, he raised his hand and patted Li Tao, asking him not to be stupid and go around in circles.

"Are you going to leave now?" The general bowed to Lu Han with a fist, waiting for him to show him.

"This is Li Tao, the son of King Jin Zhang." Lu Han raised his finger and pointed at Li Tao, then at the general, and said, "He is Vice Admiral Li, and he is the helmsman who manages the ship." ”

"Subordinate Li Qiang has seen the prince." Li Qiang clasped his fists and saluted.

Li Tao also arched his hand, which was regarded as a greeting.

Lu Han turned around and looked at the people who came up one after another behind him, turned around and said to Li Qiang: "You arrange these forty or so people from the world, and then prepare to anchor and go south." ”

Li Qiang glanced at those people and said, "The subordinates will arrange it." ”

Li Qiang bypassed the two of them, walked in front of Li Tao's guards, counted the number of people, and waved everyone to follow him, but no one listened to him.

Li Qiang was about to get angry, Wan Yun raised his hand and pointed to a few guards who stayed to protect Li Tao, and waved his hand to let the rest of the guards go with Li Qiang.

Li Qiang looked at Wan Yun squarely, exchanged names with him, and then took the rest of the thirty or so people into the cabin.

Li Tao walked from one side of the big ship to the other, walked back to the mast in the center, and slapped the brass mainmast twice, "This ship is too big, I'm afraid it's difficult to get close to the island where the pirates are hiding!?" He said.

Lu Han stood next to him and raised his hand to pat him, and said, "Aren't there those small boats, just have a sneak attack at night." ”

"Big brother has already figured out how to fight those pirates?" Li Tao smiled, with a compliment.

Lu Han looked at the sea and sky in the distance, "This depends on looking at the sea area where they are, so we can decide how to fight." He said.

Li Qiang came up from the bilge, followed by two people in civilian official clothes, and several people came to Lu Han's side and said, "My lord, are you anchoring?" ”

"Lift anchor, hoist the sails." Lu Han said.

"Anchor ......"

"Raise the mainsail."

All kinds of voices rang out chaotically, and the soldiers on the ship began to move.

Looking at the chaotic deck, in fact, things are done in an orderly manner.

Mei Zhiyuan has been recuperating in bed for a few days, and today he came out to sit in the courtyard and bask in the sun, holding a miscellaneous book in his hand, reading with relish.

His cough is better, it is not as bad as the first two days, the first two days of the illness is very urgent, it is difficult to stop coughing, and the cough has to vomit out the internal organs!

After drinking the ephedra decoction prescribed by the doctor for two days, the cough was mild, although there was still some cough, it was not as heart-rending as before.

Liu Qin, wearing a big white mask on his face, stood beside him, and served him tea and water diligently.

The other maids and servants were all sent far away by Mei Zhiyuan, sitting under the porch or embroidering flowers, or holding ropes to tie the ropes.

From time to time, there is laughter, breaking the quiet time.

"Ahem......" Mei Zhiyuan coughed lightly.

Liu Qin hurriedly bent down to pat Mei Zhiyuan's back, seeing that he was better, turned around and picked up the honeysuckle tea on the small table and sent it to Mei Zhiyuan's mouth, "Take a sip of tea and press it." She said.

"You go sit too, I'm fine, I don't have to here all the time." Mei Zhiyuan took the tea bowl and pushed Liuqin's hand away.

Liu Qin took two steps back and sat on a small vulture on the ground, "It's the same wherever you sit, and it's convenient to sit close to serve the eldest young master." Liu Qin said with a smile, not cold after being refused.

Mei Zhiyuan wanted to let her rest, but no matter what he said, Liu Qin just didn't listen. She is not the only maid by his side, and if she goes to rest, there will naturally be someone to serve him.

Mei Zhiyuan turned his head to look at the three girls under the corridor, they were talking while doing the work in their hands, weaving paintings saw Mei Zhiyuan's gaze, and stood up, "Does the eldest young master want anything?" She said.

When the others heard the sound of weaving paintings, they all turned their heads to look over, and when they saw that it was the eldest young master who looked at them again, they got up and looked at Mei Zhiyuan and waited for him to speak.

"I'm fine, sit down."

Mei Zhiyuan turned his head, lifted the lid of the tea bowl and drank two sips of tea.

Liu Qin hurriedly stood up again, reached out and took the tea bowl and put it aside.

Mei Zhiyuan coughed again, and he waved his hand to stop Liu Qin from patting him on the back, "You sit down, I'm much better." He said.

At this time, the door was slammed, "Open the door, I am Baozhu, the second wife asked me to give the bird's nest soup to the eldest young master, who will come out and get it?" ”

Weaving walked down the corridor, walked to the door and took off the latch, and when the door opened, the orb outside subconsciously took a few steps back.

Baozhu saw that the person who opened the door was not wearing that mask, and his heart seemed to be relieved, and he was not so afraid, "Sister Weaving, the second wife asked me to send bird's nest soup to the eldest young master, it's still hot, give it to the eldest young master to drink." She said.

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