Chapter 39: Healing
In the owner's house, Xiao Lang'er lay on the wide bed, lying for seven or eight days, this time the wound was very deep, almost to the heart, it was really a death escape, fortunately he had a black fish blood clotting ointment, which stopped the bleeding, and then under the treatment of the island doctor, he slowly recovered his livelihood, the wound healed, Jiaojiao was also carefully cared for, she was an island owner, where would she take care of people, and finally called his two maids, took care of him carefully, wiped his body, changed his tights, and carefully wiped next to his wound, for fear of wetting the wound, and then applied medicine and tied gauze。 Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info
Jiaojiao looked at this scene, wishing that she was the two maids, but unfortunately she was born to take care of people, she could only dance swords and swords, play the piano and music, and command her subordinates.
Seeing that they were busy and letting them go down, these two female slaves, I don't know how many times they have been favored by their husbands, if they go too far in the future, they will be punished heavily.
Jiaojiao sat on the edge of the bed, accompanied him to talk to him, asked him some previous things, when he knew that Xiao Lang'er was an orphan, he comforted him with his chest, in fact, his parents disappeared in a sea trip, and life and death were uncertain, the experience of the two people was the same, so it was better for Xiao Lang'er.
Feed him the medicine every day, Xiao Lang'er said that he didn't want to drink it, and tried his best to feed the medicine, now Xiao Lang'er is like a little baby, always needs his mother's care, he also enjoys the care of Jiaojiao and the two maids, during this period, the relationship between the two people is slowly healing.
Xiao Lang'er lay on the bed and stared at Jiaojiao quietly, "Don't hide it from you, Jiaojiao, in fact, the purpose of my coming is to pursue you, so that you can have a good home, do women be pirates all their lives? One day they will get married, and if they marry people, they will have children, and children will also be pirates, we are pirates just for a way to live, if we have a sum of money to live, we should no longer be pirates, wash ourselves white, take refuge in the court, or set themselves up as kings, occupy a piece of land, and run it well, so that everyone can live a good life, so that there is a way out." ”
"It turns out that this is how you came to Palembang, because you are still the Marquis of Haijing, the leader of the Martial Arts Alliance, and you were almost slept by the poisonous dragon!" Jiaojiao chuckled.
Xiao Lang'er said with a stern face, "I am not allowed to expose my shortcomings in the future, I can only say how brave I was here and how I captured the hearts of beauties." ”
"Okay, it's all up to you, my big hero!" Jiaojiao kissed him on the mouth. "One time is not enough, one more time!" Xiao Lang'er prayed.
"I have to settle the score with you, you have married me now, am I the eldest lady or the little concubine?" Jiaojiao said lightly pinching his ear.
"Well, it depends on everyone's performance, if the performance is good, this king will make her the queen! Xiao Lang'er's hand touched Jiaojiao dishonestly.
"Don't make a fuss, you touch me so itchy, be careful that I eat you!" Jiaojiao said as she opened her pretty little mouth and gnawed at Xiao Lang'er's ears. "You're healed, what are you going to do? Do you continue to complete the mission of Emperor Ming, or do you want to set yourself up as a king here?"
"As for me, I will definitely do what I promised others, I must take back the treasure, which can help the emperor as soon as possible, consolidate the Ming Dynasty, and let the people have enough to eat. Then take all the ladies to live happily on the island, give birth to many children, and let them travel around the world, do you think about it?" Xiao Lang'er squeezed her delicate little hands and looked at her with admiration. "I'm worried that when the time comes, the wives will come together and intrigue and make the chickens and dogs restless, and I will live in dire straits. ”
"You have made us a beautiful promise, and I hope you will keep it. I don't care how many wives you marry now, the more troubles you have, and whoever is disobedient when the time comes, I will help you cut her!" said coquettishly, no way, in this world, as long as a man is rich and powerful, a woman will throw herself into her arms, which is normal, and it will be like this when you see it.
"I have what I say, I must work hard to do it, what about you, continue to be your pirate king, but you have to slowly transform, Java and Sumatra can be slowly annexed here, see what minerals and products these places have, collect them, build ports, trade the world, and then strengthen your own power, maybe you can be a real queen, this is a long-term plan." Xiao Lang'er told her that because the pirates of all dynasties and dynasties would not end well, there were many reasons, and if they did not transform, they would only die, and then they would bury their brothers and sisters on this island.
"I listen to you, your judgment is very reasonable, my grandfather, how powerful he was at that time, he was rampant in the sea here for decades, but once he was exterminated by the powerful sailors sent by Zhu Di, I will do as you say. Jiaojiao touched his handsome face and said.
"It seems that the wound is almost healed, let's sleep together, come on!" Xiao Lang'er took her hand. "Don't, in broad daylight, it's a shame to be found out. ”
"Then you go and close the door!" Xiao Lang'er asked Jiaojiao, but Jiaojiao couldn't, so she had to look outside like a thief, and then closed the door gently.
"Come on, my Jiaojiao!" Jiaojiao just sat on the edge of the bed, and was hugged by Xiao Lang'er's strong hand, almost out of breath, "You, it's better to lie on the bed, be obedient at that time, it's almost good, and if you don't be honest, you can't really do anything." ”
The two talked about love for a night, never forgot each other, and lingering words that were always together.
After two days, the injury was healed, Xiao Lang'er was going to Johor, Chen Jiaojiao sent a few people to disguise themselves as business travelers, as well as his two maids, and left in a brisk boat, when Xiao Lang'er left, Jiaojiao returned his black knife to him, this is your life, you give me a good life, come back to see me.
Jiaojiao's heart seemed to have been taken away, tears flowed, and she had no strength to walk, this ruthless man said that he would not be able to come back to see her until a year later, and that he would take good care of their properties and make them stronger. She wanted to leave it all behind and follow him.
This man who loved her and hurt her will always be in her heart from now on, no one can move away, even if he never returns, she will guard him.
After Xiao Lang'er left, Chen Jiaojiao cleaned up her mood and raised the defense of the island to a higher level, first of all, she built various fortresses, built tall and strong walls along the island, even the artillery bombardment was not so easy to collapse, and built turrets on all sides, especially in the port, and added six forts and ten watchtowers.
The roads on the island are renovated, all replaced with large bluestone slabs, all hotels and entertainment venues are upgraded, renovated, and the shooting ability of musketeers is improved, and two thousand people are trained to become skilled firearms men, one thousand people become accurate artillerymen, and three thousand people become masters of cold weapons, to create a powerful naval army, good at naval warfare, and can also fight on land, and train every day, and from time to time to pull out for actual combat drills, rob some fleets, but never intrude on merchant ships from the Ming Dynasty, as long as they pay a small tax, so the caravans of the Ming Dynasty never worry about being robbed when they pass here。 Caravans from other countries were less tolerant and ransacked ships without paying.
Therefore, the economic strength of Palembang has become stronger, and the number of people has also increased, and it has slowly penetrated into the nearby islands, and those islands have strategic economic significance and seized them, these places originally had many islands, many of which were uninhabited, and there were some spices and other products on them.
Later, a tin mine and a gold mine were found on the island of Sumatra, and heavy troops were sent to seize them and transport them to Daming, which is a good material for preserving tea. The yield of that gold mine is very abundant and the texture is relatively pure. This doubled Chen Jiaojiao's assets. This is what Xiao Lang'er did for more than half a year after he left, Chen Jiaojiao wanted to help Xiao Lang'er complete his grand cause and become his most powerful wife.