Chapter 379: Haikou!
Ten days, that is, ten days, pass in a blink of an eye.
Originally, the fleet of only six merchant ships swelled to as many as fifteen ships because of the addition of the Zheng family.
Although Li Anran also knows that this is because the Zheng family knows his identity and understands that even if he loses money on this trip, as long as he can get in on the relationship, he will still make money before he dares to do so, but he has to admit that Zheng Chenggong is indeed very courageous.
What surprised Li Anran the most was that this Zheng Jialangjun didn't enjoy his luxurious life, and he actually wanted to go to sea with him.
"Enqing (Zheng Chenggong's character), this sea route is not easy to walk, do you really want to go?" Standing on the dock and watching Li Anran, who was making the most final preparations, he turned his head with a smile and asked the other party who was still dressed as a scholar on the side.
"There's a real ...... There is Xiaoyao (Li Anran's word), what is Enqing afraid of? Playing with the folding fan in his hand, Zheng Chenggong smiled.
"Then Enqing, will you stay on your own ship and follow the fleet, or will you come to my ship to rest?" Li Anran, who knew that the other party wanted to get close to him, was not disgusted by such behavior, but asked with a smile.
"As long as you don't mind, Enqing naturally wants to settle on your ship." Zheng Chenggong replied without thinking about it.
Don't look at Zheng Chenggong, he has never been to sea, but as a powerful steward of the Zheng family, he naturally will not be unaware of the dangers at sea. With such a great god in front of him, if he still doesn't know how to choose, then he really has been reading a book for so many years.
"It's a good thing, it just so happens that this trip will take some time. With Enqing by your side, you can also relieve some loneliness. Li Anran, who was not surprised that the other party would choose this way, nodded and smiled: "Since that's the case, let's go." ”
After speaking, he walked towards the merchant ship as the flagship under the leadership of the old helmsman.
Since Quanzhou still needs people to sit in charge, Li Rui naturally can't go along. I could only stand on the pier and watch the group board the boat smoothly.
After getting on the boat, Li Anran, who knew that the Dao fleet had already prepared the ship, didn't talk nonsense, and directly gave the order to pull out.
Fifteen merchant ships were already a large fleet in the Tang Dynasty. Especially when these fifteen merchant ships. One by one, they left the dock. Then, when they are lined up on the surface of the sea, it is very visually impactful.
Waiting for the fleet to turn into a small spot on the sea, Li Rui, who was standing on the dock, got back into the carriage and rushed towards Quanzhou City.
Li Rui didn't know what he was doing, not long after he left. Several maritime merchants dressed in fancy clothes appeared on the dock.
It is said that there are maritime merchants here at the docks. Not a noteworthy thing at all. But if Li Rui can come back here. You will find that these people present are not the same ones who regarded themselves and the shipyard as "fat" at the beginning.
Although these people deliberately lowered their voices when they spoke, look at the cruel color on their faces. You don't have to guess to know that this is certainly not a good thing.
After the fleet left Quanzhou Port, Li Anran did not let the fleet rush to the very close Liuqiu Island, but went directly to the Wa Kingdom located on the Ryukyu Islands, and even Tachibana Michiyo and Honda Kozaburo did not take them with them.
In fact, the shipping in the Tang Dynasty was mainly offshore. It was usually to places such as Wako, Goryeo, Luzon, and later Malaysia, Indonesia, and Singapore, and few people were willing to take the risk of sailing to the open sea.
After all, the longer the voyage, the greater the danger. Not to mention the Tang Dynasty, even in modern times, the danger factor of far-sea navigation is still not low. The only difference is that modern shipbuilding technology is powerful enough that it is a large ship of hundreds of thousands of tons at every turn.
Compared with the wooden sea ships of Datang time and space, it is obviously safer in the face of the same wind and waves.
Of course, there are still people who are willing to take such a risk, lured by the temptation of sufficient profits. Otherwise, the Maritime Silk Road would not have been created. But even so, the farthest is usually to Arabia, and even further away is very few people dare to go.
The route from Quanzhou to the Wa Kingdom, there are many people who know the way. However, due to the fact that the season is now approaching winter, on this route, which used to be relatively lively, I really haven't been able to see my peers along the way.
After the fleet completely left Quanzhou, Li Faran originally sat with Zheng Chenggong in the cabin, which had been renovated and was more comfortable than other ships, but while chatting, a "Didi" sound sounded on his left wrist.
Li Anran, who intended to show his strength in front of the Zheng family through Zheng Chenggong, did not shy away from the other party. Directly pulled open the sleeve of his left hand to reveal a bracer that was very strange in Zheng Chenggong's opinion, and then tapped it a few times.
The next moment, a blue light shot out from the bracers. At first, it was a straight line, but soon it spread out like a flower, forming a small inverted cone of light at the bottom and wide above.
As the pillar of light quickly faded from conspicuous to conspicuous, a holographic projection screen appeared in everyone's sight.
For Su Xiaomei, this kind of immortal weapon has been seen many times, and it is already strange. Even Barack Obama, who passed the "brainwashing" of the multifunctional exploration ship and was promoted to the head of the guards, was not surprised at all.
But Zheng Chenggong, who was sitting opposite Li Anran, suddenly appeared in front of him when he saw a three-dimensional screen that was no different from the real image at all, even if this person's temperament and cultivation were not bad, he couldn't help twitching the corners of his eyes and was startled.
Li Anran, who didn't pay attention to the other party's reaction, appeared on the holographic stereoscopic screen in front of him a sea area. On top of this sea floated six ships of different shapes, which, strangely, did not have their sails raised.
After Li Anran operated on the holographic stereoscopic screen a few times and pulled the picture closer, it was easy to see that there were many men with blades on the deck of these big ships, who were busy going back and forth there.
Zheng Chenggong, who was originally just surprised that the other party would naturally suddenly cast this kind of immortal spell, after seeing the clear figure appearing on the holographic projection screen, his face couldn't help but change, and said, "It's not good! It's a pirate! ”
"Haikou?" Li Anran, who heard this, smiled and said, "It's them who are waiting." ”
If Zheng Chenggong, who was only surprised by what appeared in the magical image, after hearing this, he couldn't guess that the sea area he saw in the picture was likely to be the place where the fleet was about to pass. At the same time, it can also be seen that the appearance of these pirates is simply expected by someone.
"Enqing, you don't care about the rest of the matter, sit in the cabin, I'll let Obama take care of it." After checking the picture that appeared on the three-dimensional holographic projection screen, Li Anran, who turned it off, stood up and smiled.
Obama, who was signaled by his young master, immediately took two steps forward, although he did not speak, but his body, which was strong enough to be looked up to, could give people an invisible sense of security even if he didn't make a sound.
"Yes, real people." Although there is no way to figure out the whole thing in such a short period of time. But Zheng Chenggong knew very well that at this time, he only needed to do what the other party said, and he didn't need to ask much about other aspects.
After placing Zheng Chenggong, Li Anran, who knew that there was a Haikou in front of the road, did not have the slightest intention of stopping the fleet or taking precautions, but directly took Su Xiaomei Biu~ and disappeared as the face of the two people in the cabin.
Faced with such a scene, Zheng Chenggong was in awe, and a strange look could not help but appear in his eyes.
Don't look at Zheng Chenggong as a member of the Zheng family, and he can be regarded as having a lot of power in his hands. can monitor and temporarily increase the power possessed by the Zheng family's various industries, but in the final analysis, he is just a concubine.
Not to mention being in charge of the entire Zheng family, even the way of becoming an official is good for people to get out of the ground, but because of the arrangement of the main room in the family, it has become a mirror. Otherwise, with Zheng Chenggong's knowledge, not to mention the champion, it is still no problem to take the Jinshi background.
It's a pity that what he learned was obviously better than his eldest brother, that is, the eldest son born in the main room, but in the end he only ended up abandoning literature and engaging in business.
Just when Zheng Chenggong was facing up to the idea of whether he could realize his dream with the help of someone's strength, the fleet that was heading towards Kyushu Island had already spotted an unknown ship in the distance in front of him. (To be continued......)