The imperial court had just arrived at a large ship of 1,000 materials and a ship of 400 materials, and escorted more than a dozen people from the family of Zhu Rong, the king of Qi of the original clan, including Zhu Rong's eldest son Zhu Xianjiong, fourth son Zhu Xianjiong, fifth son Zhu Xianjiong, and his wife and children.

Among them, Zhu Rong's second son and third son died in the long journey to the sea.

The old port was the last stronghold controlled by the Ming army in the way to Tai O, so the ship was replenished in the old port, and at the same time, the sailor on board, Baihu Sha Lao Liu, asked the Ming army in the old port, how to get to Tai O? Is there anyone to lead the way.

Because Sha Lao Liu came to the old port for the first time.

He used to run between Jiaozhi and the Ming Dynasty, mainly to transport the things and people of Jiaozhi to the Ming Dynasty, and then transport some special products from the Ming Dynasty to Jiaozhi to sell.

His fleet belonged to a fleet that specialized in helping the household department to transport goods and make money in Nanyang and Daming, and occasionally encountered prisoners who were exiled overseas, so he took them along the way.

It was Zheng He and Chen Zuyi who sent Zhu Di and his entourage to Tai O at the beginning, and now these people and their fleet are not nearby.

Chen Zuyi was stationed in Fujian, and Zheng He was continuing his voyage to the West outside of Malacca with a fleet of ships, and his main task was to explore the map and investigate the military situation.

When Zhang Fu heard this, he asked his subordinates, who is familiar with Tai O and has been to Tai O?

Soon there was humanity, and hundreds of households Xu Shi went.

Back then, Xu Shishi followed Fang Yanping to transport Zhu Di and his party.

Fang Yanping is now in Da Luo Mansion, two days away from here, and he is the commander of the guard, so it is impossible to let him lead the way.

The key is that Fang Yanping was born in the infantry, and Xu Shishi was born in the sailor.

Zhang Fu immediately sent someone to call Xu Shishi, who was almost on the boat, back.

"Sha Lao Liu's fleet came from Daming Jingshi, brought a lot of goods to Jiaozhi, and brought a lot of local specialties from Jiaozhi, plus spices from the old port and Java, and then returned to Daming Jingshi, you first take them to send the Qi Wang's family to Daao, and then follow their ship, you can go all the way back to your hometown in Jiangnan."

After hearing this, Xu Shishi said that there was no problem and he was willing to lead the way, after all, his eldest son would inherit his military position, and he might go to the old port to Zhang Fu in the future.

Zhang Fu said again, if all seven of you go, you may have to go back half a year late, and the old port capital will make up sixty copper coins for each of you.

Zhang Fu left Xu Shishi's six fellow villagers, mainly considering that Xu Shishi's back had too much silver, copper coins, and treasure money, and one person might not be able to take it home, so leaving everyone else behind could help Xu Shishi.

Xu Shishi turned around and talked to the six fellows, and everyone heard that they would go back about half a year late, but each person could have an extra sixty copper coins, and they all agreed.

After separating from Zhang Fu, Yang Deli of Qianhu took Xu Shishi and his party somewhere.

A few people came to take a look, and it turned out to be an armory.

"Tai O is full of rebels, you all put on your armor and the weapons you want."

Yang Deli gave Xu Shi a pair of armor, which was not something that every hundred households could wear in the Ming army.

The other six fellows were equipped with a pair of chain mail, and then some took a bow and some took a crossbow.

Coupled with their original swords, guns and weapons, they soon became fully armed again.

Yang Deli finally said solemnly: "This is a matter explained by His Majesty, it must be sent to the hands of King Ming, and then you can go home, and then you can leave Jia directly on the ship, and Sha Laoliu will bring it to us when he returns." ”

"Please rest assured, it's just a trivial matter." Xu Shihui just thought that it was very simple to lead the way.

They didn't get on the boat again in the morning, and they met with Sha Lao Liu, and everyone got acquainted with each other.

Sha Lao Liu was only in his early twenties, Xu Shishi chatted with him very much, this guy followed King Han in Beiping when he was fourteen or fifteen years old.

At that time, he was a tenant of the King of Han, who conscripted troops in Beiping and recruited his father.

After the Jingjing tribulation, the king of Han asked his father to go home, and Sha Laoliu took his father's place, and the whole family followed the king of Han to Yunnan.

During the war, Sha Laoliu had been running between Jiaozhi and Fujian and Guangdong, specifically transporting goods and resources for the Han Dynasty.

So Sha Lao Liu looks black and strong, but he hasn't fought any battles, unlike the elite Ming Army, and he doesn't have that sharp temperament.

The two took the chart and discussed, and Sha Laoliu learned from Xu Shishi that from Jiugang to Tai O, it would take about 30 days if there was a tailwind, and at least about two months if there was no tailwind.

Sha Lao Liu had two boats, one thousand materials, one four hundred materials, in addition to the Qi Wang family, another one hundred and eight sergeants (including sailors), and about half a boat of Nanyang specialties, ready to return to Daming.

According to Xu Shishi's suggestion, he cleaned up some unnecessary supplies on the ship, vacated the space, and brought food and supplies for four months first.

The next day, Xu Shishi and the seven of them followed Sha Lao Liu on the boat, and when they arrived on the boat, they were very surprised, and Sha Lao Liu actually had seven or eight dogs on the boat.

Sometimes there are not enough people to eat at sea, and they still bring dogs? Xu Shi asked him very strangely.

There are many mountains in Shalao Liudao, Jiaozhi Dayuan and other places, and there are many natives in various places, and sometimes it is more useful to bring some dogs ashore than to sentry and probe.

Moreover, if you don't have anything to eat at sea, you can kill a dog.

“。。” Xu Shishi was speechless.

On the sixth day they set out, and ten days later they arrived at the territory of Majapahit, by which time the civil war had ended and Vikalamawahana had been victorious, unifying the country.

The Ming army did not go ashore to meet him, but only spent money on local supplies and left.

At the beginning of June, he went to Guli to be bored, and then went ashore to replenish supplies, and Sha Laoliu was surprised to find that there were still Han people here.

Xu Shidao is a Han who ran here during the turmoil of the Yuan Dynasty, and some even escaped during the Southern Song Dynasty, and they are about to become local natives.

Sha Laoliu looked at the past, it seemed to be a little darker than the Ming people, but the overall was still very similar to the Han people.

They replenished their supplies in Guli and continued to the southeast.

Xu Shishi also came once, and according to his memory, he didn't find the place where he landed that day until the beginning of July, a full month or so.

The second day of the seventh month.

Xu Shishi stood at the bow of the boat in full gear, looking at the coastline in the distance, his expression a little frozen.

There was a high place over there, and he remembered very well that when he left, the Ming army built a simple sentry tower and erected a big flag.

Now the watchtower has fallen, and the banner is not visible.

"Is it the front?" Old man Sha was by his side at this time.

"It's definitely the front, but how do I feel wrong? Can't seem to see people? ”

On the same day, Zhu Di landed with more than 10,000 people, and there was no trace of it.

"Even if you build a city, it won't be so close to the sea, you can know when you go up." Old man Sha turned around: "Prepare to release the boat." ”

Zhu Di didn't have a ship, so their big ship easily didn't dare to dock.

Sha Lao Liu lowered a small boat from the Thousand Grain Boat, which could transport six people at a time.

He glanced at Xu Shishi, Xu Shishi didn't say a word, turned around and took a long knife: "I'll go first, old Xu Tou, you follow me." ”

Old Xu Tou is the same villager and village as him, he is more assured, that is, he is the same age as him, and he is a little old after forty.

So the first to go ashore were Xu Shishi, Lao Xu Tou, and Sha Lao Liu sent four Ming troops.

The two large boats stopped three hundred paces away, and the small boats slowly rowed past.

After the boat approached, Xu Shishi was sure that he had not made a mistake, and the seaside was full of things thrown away by the Ming army, and even flags.

Old Xu Tou took a crossbow and cautiously approached him: "Baihu, will it be?" ”

There was a look of horror in his eyes.

"No way, one or two thousand people." Xu Shishi knew what the old Xu Tou wanted to say, and the old Xu Tou asked if Zhu Di's 10,000 or 20,000 people would all die.

"This bird place is not as good as the old port." Old Xu Tou muttered.

"Your Majesty has given them a lot of supplies, enough to survive, how long has it been?" Xu Shishi thought about it, the last time he came, it was August last year, and now it is July, almost a year.

As they spoke, their boat docked.

Xu Shirang left a person to watch the boat.

Climb up with the other four.

Climb to the height of the last sentry tower, stand on a high place and look, the front is endless, quiet and weird.

Within a few miles, there were no figures or buildings.

"Mother's." Xu Shishi scolded in his heart, I'm afraid I won't be able to go back for half a year?

He wants to hand over the Qi Wang's family to Zhu Di, and he can't see Zhu Di's people.

He left a man on a high place to keep in touch with the boat below, and signaled that the big ship could dock because there was no one around.

Then move on with the others.

The land was very dirty, and there were things thrown by the Ming army everywhere, but most of them were useless things, and there were no corpses to be seen.

Xu Shi thought that Zhu Di should go deeper inland with more than 10,000 people.

That day he took four of them around the land, and it took him half an hour to find nothing.

When he returned to the shore, the two big boats had already docked, and King Qi's family had also arrived on the shore.

Xu Shishi saw King Qi's family for the first time, more than a dozen of them large and small, and a few young beauties, but they had been adrift at sea for many years, and now they are not in a good state, and they are all weak.

"I quickly looked for a circle." Xu Shishi said: "Within a radius of two miles, there must be no one." ”

Old man Sha's face is not good, he is responsible for giving it away, but he can't find Zhu Di, what should I do?

He looked back at King Qi's family, turned his head and disturbed his head: "What should I do?" Do I still have to transport goods back to Beijing? I move all the cargo to the thousand-material ship, and I have to take at least one ship. ”

Xu Shishi thought to himself, if this wasn't for the clan, he would just slash and push the sea with a knife.

It's a clan now, and it's really not easy to do.

The two were silent for a moment, waiting for each other.

After a while, Xu Shishi thought of what Fang Yanping said before retiring, although he retired, the court and His Majesty did not treat us badly.

"I'll talk to my brothers." Xu Shi turned around to find the six brothers.

A few people chatted on the side, and Xu Shishi came to find Sha Lao Liu again.

"Give me the people, and I will be responsible for finding the king of Ming and giving them the people."

Sha Lao Liu was overjoyed, and his face showed emotion: "Thank you, brother, but how long will we wait for you?" Only one ship can be left here, in case the place where they built the city is too far from here—"

"A month." Xu Shishi said: "I can't find anyone back and forth for a month, so let's do our best." ”

The two discussed, and Sha Lao Liu wanted to take the Qianliu boat to go first and bring all the goods with him.

Leave 400 ships to wait for them for a month.

Not all of Xu Shishi's six fellow villagers are willing to be here, and two of them want to go back to Daming with Sha Laoliu's boat first.

So Sha Lao Liu left Xu Shi a ship of 400 materials, 16 sailors and sergeants, three months' supplies, and three dogs.

They themselves can go back and replenish in Guli first, and then go to Daming.

Considering that it may take one to two months for Xu Shi and them to go back to the sea to resupply again, Xu Shishi's supply on land in Tai O is about a month.

"I can only look for a month, and if I can't find it, I will leave." Xu Shi turned his head to look at King Qi's family and decided in a low voice.

Hearing this, Sha Lao Liu dragged him away from the crowd, and a trace of fierceness flashed in his eyes: "If you really can't find it, forget it, give them a little food, and don't worry about them." ”

"I understand." Xu Shi nodded heavily: "I always have to take my brothers back." ”