From winter to early spring, the sailor has been established for more than three months, but in the coldest winter, the sea is frozen, and it is impossible to go to sea, but it does not hinder the training of sail raising and lowering operations. At the beginning of the first month, the ice on the sea surface of Tianjin has begun to melt, and the sea training continues.

After nearly two months of training at sea, by the beginning of March, Zhou Yuji felt that his soldiers had initially mastered the operation of the ship, and continuing to train in the coastal waters would not play much role. It happened that the imperial court had the task of transporting grain and grass to Liaoxi, and Zhou Yuji took the initiative to take over this task.

Most of the 80,000 or 90,000 troops in western Liaoning relied on the imperial court for money and food, and those transported by land were far less convenient than those transported by sea. Starting from Tianjin, it takes seven or eight days to reach Juehua Island by sea. The grain is loaded onto the sand ship from the Tongzhou warehouse, and the sea river is taken through the canal to Dagu Port, and then the sea ship is transferred, 13 2,000 grain ships, plus 50 1,000 grain ships, which can be loaded with 230,000 stone grain at a time, which is enough for the soldiers of western Liaoning to eat for half a year.

It's just that it will take some time for grain to be transferred from Tongzhou warehouse to sea vessels.

Just when Zhou Yuji and others were staring at the Dagu port when the grain was transferred from the sand boat to the sea ship, a soldier under his command came to report that Li Yanzhi, the chief soldier of Fujian, was coming and was waiting in the camp.

Zhou Yuji hurriedly returned to the camp of the sailors, and sure enough, he saw Li Yanzhi sitting in the camp drinking tea with a smile, and the brothers Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Hongkui respectfully accompanied him.

"Haha, Brother Zhou, you want to kill me." Li Yan came up with a bear hug and said with a hippie smile.

"Roll on, you have to hug Cao Bianjiao." Zhou Yuji pushed Li Yanzhi away, with a look of disgust.

Li Yanzhi still put his arm on Zhou Yuji's shoulder, and said with a smile: "Isn't Brother Cao far away, besides, Brother Zhou and I haven't seen each other for a long time, so we can't be intimate?" ”

Zhou Yuji cried and laughed: "Okay, they have all become the general soldiers of Fujian, and they are not all on the right track, and the little ones are all watching." ”

Li Yan glanced directly at the barracks, except for the Zheng family brothers who were standing awkwardly, the other soldiers all withdrew from the tent in good spirits.

"I've already met the two Zheng brothers, and you are not outsiders," Li Yan sat down with a big grin, and chattered: "I came all the way from Yan'an Town, but I was tired, Your Majesty urged me tightly, and I only shook it in Beijing for a while, and I rushed here after receiving a warning from the military department, and I didn't even go to Bada Hutong to take a turn." Brother Zhou, you are a snake in Beijing, if you go to Beijing next time, you have to lead me to Bada Hutong to find the most beautiful sister to have fun. ”

Zhou Yuji scolded with a smile: "Get out of yours, you don't know, Lao Tzu never goes to places like Bada Hutong." ”

For fear that Li Yanzhi would be endless, Zhou Yuji hurriedly changed the topic: "I said that you didn't go to Fujian to take office, why did you come to me?" ”

Li Yanzhi restrained the smile on his face and sighed, "Do you think I want to come?" I don't even want to be this Fujian general soldier! It was His Majesty who asked me to come to you to report to you, saying that I was going to Fujian to be a general soldier, and it was inevitable that I would go to sea to fight. ”

"Don't dare, you killed me." Zheng Zhilong on the side hurriedly interjected.

"What dare you dare, these are Your Majesty's original words." Li Yan waved his hand, "We are familiar with land battles, and we haven't played much on sea ships, so Zheng Shen will give you good advice in the future." ”

"Yes, yes, my subordinates must know everything." Zheng Zhilong hurriedly said.

"Alright, you guys go get busy first." Zhou Yuji commanded.

Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Hongkui glanced at Li Yanzhi, saw that Li Yanzhi also smiled and nodded, and hurriedly quit the barracks.

"This General Li is so young, he looks like a little white face, and he is not a good person, how can the emperor let him be the general soldier of Fujian!" On the way to the beach, Zheng Hongkui quietly said to Zheng Zhilong.

Li Yanzhi is tall and straight, at least half a head taller than the Zheng brothers, with a handsome face, a well-fitting military uniform looks heroic, handsome and already a Fujian general soldier at a young age, which makes Zheng Hongkui very jealous.

"I've already inquired, this Li Zongbing doesn't look young, but he was born as a martial artist, and he followed His Majesty when the Praetorian Guard was first established, and experienced the rebellion of King Fu and the rebellion of the displaced people in Shaanxi, and he has indeed made a lot of contributions." Zheng Zhilong said softly.

"It's okay, at least he looks kind and has become the chief of the eldest brother, and we will have a better life under him in the future." Zheng Hongkui said with a smile.

Zheng Zhilong shook his head: "If I have a choice, I prefer to work with Mr. Zhou." Although Mr. Zhou is strict, he has clear rewards and punishments, and although Mr. Li is smiling, he feels that there is a lot hidden behind the smile, and he is afraid that he is a smiling tiger. ”

Zheng Hongkui was a little disapproving: "So what can it do?" As long as we go back to Quanzhou, it will be our brother's world, and some of us have a ship, so it's a big deal to go to the sea again! ”

"Fart!" Zheng Zhilong said angrily, "It's so easy for us to go ashore, with the status of an official family, how can we become a bandit again?" Aren't you afraid of insulting your ancestors? ”

As soon as Zheng Zhilong became angry, Zheng Hongkui suddenly didn't dare to speak.

"Being a bandit is not a long-term thing, only by being an official can you glorify your ancestors!" Zheng Zhilong's tone softened, "Fourth, you are young and sharp, you should study more, learn from Mr. Li, and strive to give our Zheng family a martial arts to come back!" ”

"Big brother, I know!" Zheng Hongkui hurriedly agreed.

After Zhou Yuji and Li Yanzhi talked about the old days, they let Li Yanzhi rest in the camp, and he went to the dock to supervise the grain loading ships.

Li Yanzhi was bored, so he came to the beach to watch the Zheng brothers train sailors.

Zheng Hongkui warmly invited Li Yanzhi to get on the boat, wanting to see Li Yanzhi laugh. Generally speaking, people who have never been on a boat generally cannot withstand the wind and waves at sea, and seasickness and vomiting are very common.

However, after Li Yanzhi got on the boat, he walked freely and his face was as usual.

"Lord Commander, have you ever been on a ship before?" Zheng Hongkui asked curiously.

Li Yan smiled and said: "I am from Jiaozhou, and my family has a Zhuangzi by the sea, and the Zhuangzi is full of fishermen, and I used to play on the fishing boat when I was a child." ”

"I see." Zheng Hongkui was a little disappointed.

Although he had been on a sea ship before, Li Yanzhi was not familiar with how to operate a sea ship and how to command a sea ship to sail and fight. At the moment, he looked carefully, observed the command of the Zheng family brothers, and asked if he didn't know how to ask, Zheng Hongkui didn't know everything.

"The waters of this Bohai Bay are too calm, like a small river ditch, and this boat is also very small, like a sampan. Another day, the general soldier, you will go to my family's sea ship, my brother's ship is a four-masted ship, dozens of times larger than this ship, and then your subordinates will take you to the deep sea to take a turn, and see the hurricane waves, that is exciting,! Zheng Hongkui boasted.

"Okay, I've wanted to go out to sea for a while." Li Yan said with a straight smile.

After returning to the camp after training, Zhou Yuji set up a banquet for Li Yan to wash the dust directly, and suddenly went out to deal with the incident on the way, and asked Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Hongkui and others to accompany Li Yanzhi to drink.

Zheng Hongkui found an opportunity to share the high and low with Li Yanzhi in the wine field, and tried his best to persuade him to drink.

Li Yan smiled, the bowl was dry, and he drank more than ten bowls in a row, and his expression remained unchanged.

"Vomit ......" Zheng Hongkui held on to the pillar and vomited in the dark, and it took him a long time to return to the wine table, he only drank half of Li Yanzhi's drink, but he couldn't hold it anymore.

Li Yan ate the wine and food slowly, and said to Zheng Hongkui kindly: "Brother Zheng, are you okay?" If it doesn't work, go and rest, just have your eldest brother with me. ”

Zheng Zhilong sat on the side, his face pale.