The morning light shone in through the portholes, glowing red. Everyone was thinking about their hearts, and suddenly heard Li Zhixian say softly: "Okay." Wang Hou opened his eyes, touched his face with his hand, it was very rough, and asked, "How old am I?" "Brother Wang, how old are you and you still have to ask me?" Li Zhixian laughed, turned around and gave Qiao Lin a simple look.

Liu Hanyan said angrily: "I'm really a nerd, I don't know if I'll see you in half a year, and I'll be smarter." Wang Hou stood up and said with a bitter face: "I'm afraid I'm not less than fifty years old, and I will be even older in half a year, and my memory will be poor when I get old...... Yan'er, let me see you so I can remember what you look like. ”

Liu Han snorted: "Sister Li, you should make him older, so that no girl will take a fancy to him." "Hey, who will take a fancy to the old man?" Wang Hou looked around, stroked his beard and asked, "What other girl is so tasteless?" ”

"The more you talk, the more energetic you get, why don't you leave quickly, don't you see that Sister Jin has already cried into tears?" Liu Hanyan stuffed the burden on the table into Wang Hou's hand and pushed him to walk in front. The group got off the boat and sent Wang Hou and Qiao Lin to the "Tianyuan", Zhou Qingzhu cried: "Brother Wang, goodbye......"

Wang Hou patted her head: "Half a year later, Ah Zhu will become a big girl, obediently listen to Sister Ah Yan's words." Zhou Qingzhu muttered softly: "People are originally big girls...... Brother Wang, the purple bamboo has grown six feet tall, and after half a year, we will plant it there after we meet in the wooden bone bundle, okay? ”

"Of course," Wang Hou suddenly remembered something, and asked Liu Hanyan and Li Zhixian, "Don't lose those two bamboo whistles, have you seen the little fat man and the little beauty these days?" The two shook their heads at the same time, how could they be in the mood to summon flying fish and dolphins these days.

Liu Hanyan failed to call the little fat man out several times before, and he still complained a little at this time: "The little fat man doesn't know where to go, if he doesn't come out next time, I will ignore it." Li Zhixian said: "Although I haven't seen the little beauty, I can feel that it is not far from us, and I don't know if it will follow us to the west, or will it follow Brother Wang north?" ”

The little dragon girl and the prince in Liu Hanyan's arms also seemed to know that Wang Hou was leaving, and the little dragon girl jumped into his arms, sticking out her long tongue and kept chatting at Wang Hou; The crown prince hugged Wang Hou's leg and held on to it. Seeing this situation, Jin Minhui was even more sad, turned her head and looked to the east, a round of red sun erupted from the distant horizon, and the morning glow was piled up on the sea, forming a landscape of pink, tender white, and blue gray.

Wang Hou handed the little dragon girl back to Liu Hanyan, leaned over to pick up the prince, looked at it for a moment, and said with a smile: "Big matchmaker, you have to get along with the little dragon girl, see you in half a year." "Who's your big matchmaker?" I like to talk nonsense. Liu Hanyan stretched out his hand to hug the prince back, but saw it staring at Wang Hou with big eyes, looking at Wang Hou with bones, and sniffing non-stop.

Li Zhixian heard about the prince and the night pearl, and asked, "Brother Wang, what other good things do you have?" Why is the prince so interested? ”

Wang Hou reached out and touched his pocket, which contained the mutton fat jade wrench given by Zhu Di, the tea horse golden order of the Ouyang gang leader, the jade of the salt gang envoy of the Li gang leader, and the square purple jade of Zhang Yizhen, in addition to Qiao Lin's magic wand, and the star sapphire she gave ten days ago. He took out his wand and asked, "Could it be that the prince is interested in this?" ”

Liu Hanyan snorted: "Only you are interested in this...... Jolene, be careful in the future, don't be fooled by him. Before Qiao Lin could reply, Wang Hou suddenly realized and exclaimed, "I understand, what is the prince interested in...... Because, I have only one difference from you, haha......" waved to Liu Hanyan, Zhou Qingzhu, Li Zhixian, and Jin Minhui, turned around and strode onto the "Tianyuan", and Princess Qiao Lin also said goodbye to the four of them and followed.

Zhou Qingzhu asked in surprise: "Sister Yan, what do nerds say is only different from us?" Liu Han snorted: "What kind of ivory can the dog's mouth spit out." Jin Minhui couldn't help but laugh when she said that.

Li Zhixian muttered to himself: "It's a pity that the prince can't speak, otherwise we can ask clearly...... Could it be that the Night Pearl was not completely absorbed in Brother Wang's body? Otherwise, how could the prince feel it? ”

Wang Hou and Qiao Lin entered the "Tian Yuan", because the treasure ship was about to set sail, and many people were busy. The two of them came once yesterday afternoon, Qiao Lin still lived in the original room, and Wang Hou's residence was arranged to live in the original room of Nanhai Gong, next to Zheng He.

The two went straight up to the third floor, and after saying goodbye, Jolene walked to the stern, and Wang Hou walked to the bow. The door of the room was hidden, Wang Hou pushed the door in, it was fully equipped, put the package in the cupboard, and walked out with the door. Zheng He's room next door was silent, guessing that he was Zhang Luo, and there was nothing to do, so he simply went to the fourth floor to see the excitement.

When I went up to the main deck on the fourth floor, I saw Zheng He wearing a red robe and a three-mountain hat, waving to the shore not far away, which was crowded with Ceylonese officials and people who came to see the excitement. On the deck, rows of soldiers stood in an orderly manner, everyone ready to go.

The effort was not great, and I suddenly heard Zheng Helang give an order: "Go!" Suddenly the drums and horns sounded, the sailors and officers and men raised their huge sails, and the fleet sailed out of the harbor one by one. The scenery on the shore slowly moved back, and suddenly behind the crowded crowd, a figure jumped into Wang Hou's eyes, although far away, Wang Hou still recognized the person at a glance: more than fifty years old, dressed in gray rags, with a cold light in his eyes.

Wang Hou changed his appearance again, and he was not worried that he would be recognized, but he was still stunned: Hu Jun! Three days ago, he learned about Hu Jun's experience from Zheng He's mouth, and later Zheng He asked Tang Jing to send him ashore and gave him some clothes and silver. At that time, Wang Hou wanted to persuade him, but was stopped by Zheng He, "Hu Jun's temperament is too stubborn, it is difficult for you to convince him, so you don't have to go......"

Judging from the current situation, Hu Jun is still dressed in tattered gray clothes, it can be seen that he did not accept the clothes given, if he doesn't return to Daming these days, what are you doing here? Judging from his flickering eyes, it seems that he still has hatred for the fleet and Zheng Zongbing, but unfortunately his internal strength has only recovered fifty percent, and he is not absolutely sure of winning him, otherwise he can fight with him fairly, so that he will break the idea of revenge.

After thinking wildly, the fleet had sailed out of the harbor and into the sea, and the treasure ship "Tian Yuan" slowly slowed down, and after a while, the "Tianzhu" caught up from behind, and a gong and drum sounded, signaling to this side. The two boats ran no more than ten zhang apart, Wang Hou looked along and saw that in the crowd on the main deck over there, there were six very familiar people standing: Liu Hanyan, Zhou Qingzhu, Li Zhixian, Jin Minhui, Liu Zhaohui, Zhuang Zhaoxue!

The six people saw Wang Hou at the same time and kept waving their hands. Liu Hanyan put his hands to his mouth and shouted: "Nerd, you have to be careful!" Wang Hou was excited in his heart, and replied loudly: "If you know, you must also take care!" Watching the six people slowly move forward, I couldn't help but have a little moist eyes. At this moment, he is difficult to control the reluctance in his heart after all, he participated in the children's test last year in Chaohu Lake in distress, since Wang Qiaodong came out, and met Liu Hanyan in Wuhu County, this year and four months, the two have been inseparable.

Watching Yan'er and the others fade out of sight, he suddenly felt a sense of loss, the days when they were by his side, he didn't feel anything special, and at this moment, he finally felt alone, his heart was empty, although he knew that he had been separated for only half a year, but half a year might be fast, maybe very slow!

Seeing Jin Minhui's sad and reluctant appearance, Wang Hou suddenly felt uneasy, vaguely feeling that they would face a lot of risks on this trip, and only hoped that they could resolve it. At this moment, Wang Hou cherishes the time with them more and more, this cherishing is not only the relationship between men and women, nor is it just the relationship between brothers and sisters, of course, it is not just the friendship between the "helper" and the "elder". To have them as companions in this life is really worth cherishing and cherishing, if he is allowed to choose again, he will definitely not choose to act separately again.

"I know that the general is reluctant to give up a few elders, but if it is difficult to be separated for several months, how can he withstand the tribulations in the future?" Zheng He's words echoed in Wang Hou's ears, but at this moment, if there are any tribulations, Wang Hou is willing to face them together, whether it is bitter or sweet, whether it is success or failure, so that he may be calmer.

The two ships passed by, and the "Tianzhu" soon overtook the "Tianyuan" and headed straight west, followed by twenty-nine ships, including six treasure ships, five horse ships, two grain ships, three ships, thirteen warships, plus the leading "Tianzhu", a full thirty ships, forming a fleet of not small scales, to challenge the unprecedented crossing of the Western Ocean!

Holding on to the tall side of the ship, Wang Hou had mixed feelings, and suddenly heard someone ask: "General Wang?" Turning his head, it was Zheng He standing beside him, and hurriedly said, "Chief soldier, aren't you busy?" How do you recognize me? ”

"The general's bearing is not bad, he is not an ordinary person, how can his appearance cover it up?" Zheng He laughed loudly and quietly lowered his voice, "Although the general has changed his appearance, this white dress is still yesterday's attire, can I recognize it?" ”

Wang Hou woke up at this time, and secretly said that he was about to break up, and he didn't think about it so much, fortunately, he was recognized by Zheng Zongbing, if he was replaced by the enemy, he would rely on his easy appearance, cover his ears and steal the bell, but he would suffer a big loss! embarrassed: "It's still the chief soldier who is careful, admire and admire!" ”

Zheng He laughed, looked at the westbound fleet, and asked, "How sure does the general think he is going straight to the west?" Wang Hou thought for a moment and replied, "This ...... I don't know anything about navigation, but Zheng Zongbing and Nanhai Gong carefully planned, so I guess this trip is 100% sure. ”

"It is up to man to plan things, and it is up to heaven to make things happen. There is no 100% certainty of anything, and it is quite good to have a 6 or 70% chance of winning. Zheng He looked ahead and whispered to himself, "If this trip is successful, the "Navigation Chart" and "Crossing the Ocean and the Star Map" will be completed. ”

Note: Historical records: The mission of Zheng He's sixth voyage was to escort the envoys of 16 countries back to China. These 16 countries include Mukudushu and Burawa as far away as East Africa. After the fleet set sail from Sumatra, it was divided into several routes, led by the deputy envoy, and it was the sixth voyage to the Western Ocean, and Zheng He's fleet sailed directly to the east coast of Africa for the first time. According to the exact records, Zheng He's fleet reached Zhubu (the mouth of the Juba River in Somalia) and Slow Basa (the port of Sobasa in Kenya), south of Mugudushu on the east coast of Africa.

(End of Volume 5)

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