Chapter 32 Peach Blossom Island
In the East China Sea, the blue waves are surging and the waves are rolling, and the boundless sea and sky are colorful. A seagoing boat cleaves the waves and sails on the East China Sea, aiming at the place where fishermen talk about the change of color - Peach Blossom Island!
At the bow of the ship, a handsome young man stood with his hands in his hands, looking at the endless blue sea, and the Taoist robe on his body fluttered under the sea breeze.
"Dao Chief, Peach Blossom Island is almost here!" At this time, a sturdy middle-aged man who looked like a ship boss walked over and reminded him respectfully.
"Oh? Where is it? Shen Chengping retracted his gaze, and looked around at the endless blue sea, where there was any island, and he couldn't help but look puzzled.
"Look, Dao Chief, it's in the northwest to the clouds!" The boat boss pointed to the distance.
"I saw it, I thought it was a seabird in the distance, it turned out to be Peach Blossom Island!" Looking in the direction of the boat boss's finger, Shen Chengping saw a small black dot at the junction of the sea and the sky, and as the sea ship chopped the waves and moved forward, the small black dot became larger little by little, and it also revealed its true appearance, which was clearly a small island.
Peach Blossom Island is not far from the mainland, according to the distance is estimated to be a piece of Zhoushan Islands, think about this is also the reason, Huang Yaoshi knows the matter of martial arts very well, if Peach Blossom Island is too far away from the mainland, this traffic is a problem.
Shen Chengping came to Peach Blossom Island to say that he was looking for Zhou Botong, in fact, most of the time it was to find Huang Yaoshi to teach martial arts, and if possible, he also wanted to learn the formation of Qimen gossip from him, he didn't point out that Zhou Botong was on Peach Blossom Island a long time ago, because in his opinion, Zhou Botong has been on this Peach Blossom Island for so many years, and the reason why his cultivation in the Condor Shooting is that he can be almost the same as the other four peers, not because he relies on what hands fight each other, but because he has been locked up on Peach Blossom Island for fifteen years, and he has to put more attention on martial arts.
Otherwise, according to his temperament, he is interested in everything all day long, he wants to play everything, and when he is distracted, how can he practice martial arts, and now Zhou Botong has been on Peach Blossom Island for six or seven years, and it is almost enough to think that Shen Chengping will think of rescuing him from Peach Blossom Island.
"What's going on, why did the ship stop?" Just when the sea boat was getting closer and closer to Peach Blossom Island, and he could clearly see the entire peach forest on the island, the sea boat slowly lowered its sails, and the speed of the ship plummeted until it completely stopped on the sea about five miles away from Peach Blossom Island.
"Dao Chief, it's not that we don't want to move forward, but the owner of Peach Blossom Island has rules!" The boss of the boat never left, and when he heard Shen Chengping ask, he hurriedly explained: "All foreign ships, once they enter the area around Peach Blossom Island, they will be punished by the owner of Peach Blossom Island!" ”
Shen Chengping nodded after hearing this, looking at the ship boss's face trembling with fear. Obviously, Huang Yaoshi used some special deterrent means, no wonder those ships heard that they were coming to Peach Blossom Island, and many boatmen were reluctant to carry people, or Shen Chengping specially contacted the Quanzhen Sect and transferred the ships under the Quanzhen Sect before they dared to go to sea, even so, the people on these ships were all trembling from top to bottom.
"Well, in that case, then you can put the boat down, and I'll go there alone!" Shen Chengping didn't embarrass the boss of the ship in front of him, and directly commanded.
"Dao Chief, do you really want to go to the island?" A layer of cold sweat broke out on the ship's forehead. was about to call the sailor next to him to give a few words, and then turned his face to look at Shen Chengping with a look of wanting to speak and stopping.
"If you have something to say, you might as well say it directly!" Shen Chengping chuckled and said, "You are also doing things for my Quanzhen Sect, what is there to say!" ”
That's right, this boss of the sea ship is actually under the name of the industry to which the Quanzhen Sect belongs, and the maritime trade of the Southern Song Dynasty is extremely developed, whether it is Fujian Province or Zhejiang Province has formed a large-scale foreign trade port, and at least a small part of the economy of the Southern Song Dynasty is relying on the prosperous sea trade.
Shen Chengping thought that the Quanzhen Sect would be destroyed by the Mongol army in the Condor in the future, and he could only disperse to maintain the Taoist system, so he wanted to take precautions, after the Quanzhen Sect gained a firm foothold in Guanzhong, the focus was to come to the coast to set up a Taoist temple, and at the same time subdued some local large households, and united to form a fleet to develop maritime trade.
Thinking of the invincible iron cavalry that will rise on the grassland in less than ten years, Shen Chengping doesn't know whether his future plan will prevent the rise of Mongolia, but taking precautions, the cunning rabbit three caves are indispensable, so under his suggestion, Quanzhen Sect expanded the territory to the entire Guanzhong, and did not focus on the expansion of the northern martial arts as the original plot, but began to turn to the development of the Southern Song Dynasty, and actively expanded the maritime trade business. It is planned that the fleet will expand in the future, and occupy a large island in the southeast coast, as a temporary rest and replenishment place for the fleet of the Quanzhen Sect.
The boss of this boat is a native of Zhejiang Province, and he has been working for the Quanzhen Sect recently, but he also knows that many of the Taoist priests of the Quanzhen Sect are martial arts people who come and go, and he has also seen with his own eyes that Shen Chengping will be able to jump several feet high at once, otherwise he would not dare to come here to take risks.
"Dao Chief, legend has it that there are ghosts here, the peach trees on the island have become essences, once someone went to the island, walked for a few days but still circled in place, this is a ghost hitting the wall! The Taoist is unlucky here! ”
Hearing what the boat boss said, Shen Chengping couldn't help but wonder, he didn't expect that this Peach Blossom Island would be rumored to be like this, and it had already been demonized, no wonder no one dared to approach.
"Okay, you don't have to worry, this island is just a master of martial arts, he has a strange temper, he doesn't like people to disturb, I have something to visit today, there will be no problem!"
"But......" The ship's boss hesitated, and wanted to continue to persuade.
"It's nothing, but it's not necessary, I'll go down when the boat goes into the sea!" Shen Chengping waved his hand, took a few strides to the side of the big ship, and saw that the boat had been put down into the sea by several boatmen, and it was rippling with the sea, and he didn't ask for any rope tools, and jumped lightly, and easily jumped out of the sea and landed on the small sampan.
"Wait for my reply!" Left a word, ignoring the exclamations and cheers on the boat, let alone rowing with a pulp, the boat was like an arrow from the string to Peach Blossom Island.
"Lord Huangdao, the old people of Huashan are visiting, and I hope to see you!" Under the urging of Shen Chengping's mixed internal force, the distance of five miles was only half a cup of tea, and the boat rushed directly to the beach of Peach Blossom Island for more than ten meters, Shen Chengping jumped lightly to the shore, and then a peaceful and light voice slowly entered the island.