On the 16th day of the first month of the fourth year of Tianbao, it was past noon, and the winter wind direction turned from northwest to southeast, and several sea ships sailed northward.

He Liang stood at the stern of the boat and looked at the southern island, which was Beichang Island, and only a black spot could be seen in the distance on Beichang Island, where he and the fleet rested last night.

Yesterday, when the fleet passed through the sea of Long Island, they encountered the pirates, but fortunately, Zheng Kui, the third leader of the island, and the big leader were friends when they were young, so they were not only not plundered but were warmly entertained when they passed through the waters here. Of course, this also has to do with the gifts of the big bosses they brought.

During this period, the shipbuilding industry in the entire north was underdeveloped, and the existence of the gang of pirates on Long Island led to the existence of no merchant ships in the entire Wuhu sea area.

The wind and waves were calm along the way, and the fleet was unusually smooth. Since Wang Ze went to discuss with Wang Yong, Lu Wen, Cheng Chong, Zhu Rui and other high-level officials of the cottage a few years ago, it was determined that Zhu Rui would be mainly responsible for running the sea routes of Jianghuai and Southern Dynasties, and then Wang Yong's former head of the courtyard, Zhou Tong, plus He Bo's nephew He Liang, would go to open up the maritime trade routes of Liaodong and Goguryeo.

When He Liang and Zhou Tong were leaving, Wang Ze also secretly stuffed the navigation charts he had drawn from memory to He Liang and the others, hoping to increase the success rate of this trade exploration.

It is said that there is generally not much storm in winter, Wang Ze still has great expectations for Zhou Tong and He Liang's trip, if he can open up a route, he will be rich.

To tell the truth, there is really not much danger from Changguang to the Liaodong Peninsula on the other side, and there are many people who swim to Liaodong and later Korea with gourds tied to their waists during the war at the end of the Han Dynasty.

It was the third time that the accuracy of the nautical chart had been verified.

He Liang stood at the bow of the ship and looked at the navigation chart that Wang Ze secretly stuffed into himself.

To be honest, at the beginning, He Liang really didn't believe in the nautical charts drawn by Wang Ze, but according to the relationship between the nautical charts and the island when he was in Long Island, he found that it was really similar.

Until now, several islands on the chart appeared in front of him as scheduled, and now He Liang is really convinced, his own Xiaolangjun is really a fairy child!

At this time, Zhou Tong shouted at him on another sea boat: "Liangzi is ready to anchor on the shore!" ”

This time, Zhou Tong He Liang and his entourage had five sea boats, each boat was about 30 people, most of them were young and strong men who were originally responsible for fishing.

The island in front of him should be the Daqin Island in the future, because this island is far away from the mainland, life is inconvenient, even if it is inconvenient to go ashore to plunder, so the pirates did not occupy this island.

Before coming, Wang Ze had repeatedly 'handed over' generations, and there should be a large number of islands in the sea north of Long Island, and if the pirates did not occupy them, let them occupy them as much as possible, and they could be used as a transit station for the fleet in the future.

So here He Liang first arranged for the fleet to anchor and rest, but Zhou Tong couldn't wait, and the boat jumped to the shore more than a foot away from the temporary dock on the shore. He Liang shook his head speechlessly, this guy is thirty years old, and the dolls in the family are all ten years old and still jumping out like this.

When several sea ships were docked steadily, He Liang was also ready to go ashore to take a look at the island in front of him. At this moment, I saw Zhou Tonghuo burning his ass and running back, "Don't go ashore, don't go ashore, this place is too fucking evil." Zhou Tong ran back to the boat in one breath and said that he would not get off the boat or anything.

"What happened to Brother Zhou?" He Liang was very curious about what was on the island, and even Zhou Tong, a stupid and bold person with strong martial arts, was frightened.

Zhou Tong took a sip of water and took a breath before saying, "Mother, I'm scared to death!" You don't know, I went to the island and felt that the island was lush with trees and a lot of grasses, and I thought it was a 'very' good place to go, but after walking a few steps, I found that there were swarms of scorpions in the grass, all holding eggs and rolling into balls, and there were scorpions all over the mountains. Zhou Tong continued to drink saliva, "I think this place is very evil, let's better change places!" ”

He Liang thought for a while, "Don't be afraid, it's just the New Year now, it's still far from the sting, the weather is cold, even if there are a large number of scorpions, they will only hide in the grass and won't come out." Besides, it's too late to look elsewhere. ”

Then He Liang ordered, "Everyone clean up the shore and rest on the shore, and don't go deep into the island." "The men under him were scared back when they saw the famous Zhou Daring of the cottage just now, and they wouldn't go to the island.

Sure enough, there are many people with great strength, and it is not easy to rely on the flat land of more than one acre on the seaside, and I have to say that even in such a small area, hundreds of scorpions have been cleaned up.

"What are you doing with this?" Zhou Tong saw that He Liang had put these hundreds of scorpions into a clay pot, so he asked curiously.

He Liang smiled slightly, "The scorpions on this island are big 'fat' and beautiful, and they are good materials for brewing 'medicine' wine, and it will be excellent to brew some when you go back!" ”

Zhou Tong said to He Liang while eating the grilled sea fish, "I said Liangzi, I'm afraid this broken island won't be used, I don't think it's as good as the previous one Ishimo!" ”

He Liang was surprised that Zhou Tong used his brain, he always thought that it was just a stupid and bold martial arts, thinking of this, he smiled secretly, and then said to Zhou Tong: "Brother Zhou is right, tomorrow let each ship send five people to Dangji Island, first go and roughly clean up the site, and when our fleet turns back, it can be used." ”

The next day, a ship carried people to Dangji Island first, and when the ship came back and set off together, it was already dark when they arrived at Beihuangcheng Island, the northernmost island of the Miaodao Islands. Rest for the night, as usual, on the island left twenty people for construction.

There were only one hundred and twelve men on the five ships, and there was no island ahead of them to rest.

After two days of walking without saying a word, Zhou Tong almost went crazy in the narrow space on the ship.

At this time, the sea ships were not big, and there were no shipwrights in the cottage who could not build ships, and the boats bought were all medium-sized sea ships, and the largest ones were six or seven hundred stones.

Such a ship is not big, and after being filled with cargo, there is not much space on the ship at all, and it is understandable that Zhou Tong was suffocated.

"Damn, I'm going to have to come up with a super big sea ship in the future!" Zhou Tong viciously slapped the board of the boat in front of him with his palm.

"Zhou Dalang, I'm afraid you don't have much chance, I think your son is very 'fine', I'm afraid you can learn to build ships." A sailor next to him, who had known Zhou Tong since childhood, joked with him.

As soon as he mentioned his son Zhou Tong, he became energetic, "That's it!" Nor does it depend on whose seed it is! Wait for the next time to let the three-headed tie bring a few shipwrights back, and let my little treasure go to learn shipbuilding, I don't believe that I can't build a decent big ship? ”

As he was talking, he heard someone shouting, "Look, there's land ahead!" ”

He Liang also read books for a few years when he was young, and knew that it was already the Liaodong Peninsula in front of him. From the time of Qin Kai's expulsion of Donghu during the Warring States Period and the inclusion of the Liaodong Peninsula in China's territory, it was the land of the Han people for five or six hundred years after the Qin, Han and Wei dynasties, but now Liaodong is under the rule of Goguryeo.

Just when He Liang lamented the historical changes, Zhou Tong muttered in his mouth: "This time Liaodong sheep 'meat' should be full!" ”

"According to the charts, the fleet is now about a day's journey from the port of Goguryeo, Beisha City (later Dalian)." After the fleet docked, the sailors on their own ships went to replenish the fresh water, and He Liang and Zhou Tong discussed together.

Beisha City, also known as Biluxe City, was built by the Goguryeo people in the last years of the Eastern Jin Dynasty in the last years of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, about 404 A.D. after the construction of the mountain city in the Great Black Mountain.

This city was the political and military center of the Goguryeo people during the period when they ruled the southern part of the Liaodong Peninsula. The stone wall is built along with the mountain, stretching for about five kilometers, and the majestic shore is magnificent and magnificent. The canyon in the city is winding, and the cliffs outside the city are surrounded by cliffs, and they are encamped in the city, which can be attacked and defended.

Because Goguryeo was once '' by Emperor Cao of Wei, he sent his Muqiu Jian to destroy once, and later was destroyed by Murong Xianbei once, and the domestic city was destroyed several times.

Because of these reasons, the main function of Beisha City at this time was mainly to defend against attacks that might come from the Central Plains, so the military significance was heavier; The only merchants were mainly small merchants who depended on the military castle to survive, so He Liang and his party ran into a wall.

"Damn lucky, we were clever, we just went to a boat to test the water in first, and only half of the ship's cargo was robbed, if we drove in all the heads, we were afraid we wouldn't be able to go back to the south!" Zhou Tongqi scolded his mother.

It turned out that because he didn't know the specific situation, He Liang first entered Beisha Harbor with a ship, but when the Goguryeo navy saw that it was a native of the Central Plains, they immediately confiscated half of the goods on board in the name of taxes, and the remaining half of the ship's goods were also bought by merchants in the city at a low price.

Fortunately, Zhou Tong didn't go with him at that time, otherwise according to Zhou Tong's fiery temper, he would have been able to fight with the Goguryeo people on the spot.

Seeing He Liang stunned there with his head down, Zhou Tong suddenly became angry, and he roared loudly: "I said Liangzi, isn't it just that the goods of a ship were robbed, it is worth being so lifeless, if the big boss asks, it will be pushed on me." I'm angry when I see you dead! ”

He Liang raised his head and said: "Losing something is a trivial matter, but the big thing that Lang Jun is planning may be delayed, and the trade route in Liaodong will not be opened, and this is what I am worried about if I lose this big deal!" ”