The sunset in early summer is already warm, reflecting on the sea, dyeing the world a grand gold.

Luo Xi's hands together could only hold the large pen, dipped in gold powder lacquer, she imitated the handwriting on the paper brought by Ah Che, and traced it on the huge ship wall one stroke after another.

The water was already rising, and Shen Sanmao led people to stand in the sea water that did not reach their calves, holding the ladder frame for Luo Xi, and moving the ladder frame with Luo Xi's movement of the pen.

In the setting sun, against the backdrop of this huge and majestic ship, these busy figures especially looked small, but it was this small figure that created this behemoth that could conquer the seas.

"The ...... of the writing She's a female worker, right? ”

"With so many people, how can you ask a woman to write?" A fisherman watching from afar whispered: "This is going to do big business, what if you get into trouble?" ”

"Bad luck for a woman? So who built this ship? Who got out of the way? How did the sea get so peaceful? A fisherwoman on the side asked in a soft tone: "Many years ago, there were many cases of selling women at sea, and many women were tied to ships and sold to foreign countries. ”

The fisherman's face changed slightly: "I'll just say it casually...... You're babbling a lot of ......"

"Why are you only allowed to speak?" The fisherwoman pulled her husband and said, "Oh, the Hong family's Dumiao Miao is bad luck with the boat, you can go for him in two days." ”

The fisherman was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly said "Bah, Bah, Bah" a few times: "What are you talking about, I didn't ...... I'll go home and pack my bags first! ”

He was one of the fishermen who had been selected by the city to go out to sea together in two days to explore the route.

As he spoke, he pulled another person away: "Yellow croaker, let's take a walk, let's pack up our things!" ”

Huang Yu was dragged by the man, and shouted to the fisherman: "Sister-in-law Cheng, don't be as knowledgeable as the big shell, I'll turn around and scold him!" ”

The fisherman smiled and waved at him.

Her husband said, "Let's go home too, it's getting dark." ”

"Let's see." The fisherman girl stared at the figure of the woman who had written the last stroke, and the big vermilion letter: "How beautiful." ”

As he spoke, he stroked his bulging abdomen with his right hand, and said with a soft laugh: "Dad, I'm not afraid at all now......

Her husband didn't understand, so he asked, but only listened to his wife: "I'm not afraid of giving birth to a girl and coming to this world to suffer." ”

Now, in this piece of Jiangdu City, there are so many female babies supporting it.

The Assassin has issued a number of new ordinances, not only encouraging women to go out to work and study, but also cracking down on human trafficking, and the death of those who are found to be drowning infants, and the imprisonment of those who do not report it.

Historically, children and women have always been the most vulnerable victims of human trafficking. Most of the drowning babies were girls. Although these regulations are not explicitly designed for women, they do protect them.

The tide rose higher, and seeing Luo Xi and the others go ashore in a small boat, the fisherwoman turned around and left with her husband.

The sky was already dark, torches and wind lanterns were lit everywhere, and many people left one after another, but Luo Xi stood by the sea for a long time without moving.

Until a voice called out to her: "Sister! ”

Luo Xi turned his head and saw that it was Luo Ze walking here.

Luo Ze gasped slightly: "Sister, why are you still here......"

"Ze'er." Luo Xi interrupted his younger brother's words, raised his hand and pointed to the big boat: "This is the Changning." ”

Luo Ze looked in the direction of her finger, and couldn't help but be attracted for a while.

It was the first time he had seen such a large ship so closely, and he even needed to look up and clearly feel the shock and oppression of this huge object.

"It is 25 feet long and can accommodate more than 600 people on board."

"The load is 3,500 stones, and the maximum load of my merchant ships on the ocean is about 2,500 stones."

"We've also built watertight compartments, do you know what a watertight compartment is? Even if there is water in one cabin, it will not flow into the other cabins—Ze'er, are you unheard of such shipbuilding? ”

"By the way, you look there, there is the name of each craftsman engraved, and everyone has engraved it himself, and my name is also on it......"

“……”

Luo Ze listened and listened, and wanted to speak several times, but his sister didn't give him a chance to interject at all.

He began to stop trying to speak, but listened quietly, he listened to these words, looked at the sister in front of him, and felt that she seemed to be a different person.

In the past, my sister's hair was always neatly combed, her dress was always clean and fragrant, and her demeanor was quiet and elegant; Today's sister, with only a wooden hairpin that looks like she carved herself, has a few strands of hair scattered on both sides, her lips are slightly chapped, her sleeves are rolled up to her elbows, her extraordinarily simple dress is mostly wet with seawater, and her shoes are covered with mud and sand.

Her expression is no longer "square", but reveals a certain stunned obsession, which is what it looks like to be caught in the things she loves.

But this is such a sister, but the feeling for him is more vivid than before.

After listening to Luo Xi's words quietly, Luo Zecai said: "Sister, since the test went smoothly today, then you can go back to the Assassin's Mansion with me?" It just so happened that my father had returned, and my mother missed my sister—"

My sister hasn't been back for more than a month.

"Father is back?" Luo Xi looked stunned.

Luo Ze nodded.

Luo Xi showed a puzzled look: "When did my father go out?" ”

Luo Ze: "......?" ”

He sighed, "...... Grandmother clearly told my sister. ”

Luo Xi thought about it, but he didn't remember it very well.

"Sister." Luo Ze lowered his shoulders slightly, and said helplessly: "You are really my sister......"

Sister, where is this just obsession, her state is even a little drunk.

Luo Xi pursed his lips and smiled, raised his hand to wipe the water droplets on his forehead, raised his leg and said, "Okay, let's go." ”

At this moment, in the Jiangdu Thorn Mansion, Chang Suining didn't go anywhere as when he returned from going out before, so he stayed in his courtyard and set up a simple family banquet.

Lao Chang, Ah Dian, Wu Jue, and Meng Lie are all here, along with Yao Ran, Wang Changshi, Wang Yue, and Zheng Chao.

The dining table is still placed in the courtyard, everyone sits on the ground, the early summer evening breeze is cool and pleasant, and the banquet is full of laughter.

The spirit of Infinite seems to be very good, and during this time he has been under the supervision of the Overseers of Adian, and he has begun to bear fruit in the matter of exercising and recuperating. In addition, there is about the impact of what Chang Sui Ning did, but the most critical ...... It was the wine bowl he was holding in his hand.

There are very few opportunities to drink alcohol now, and today I finally caught the opportunity, everyone here, except for Ah Dian and Chang Suining, and Yao Ran, who doesn't like to drink, everyone else was saluted by him one by one.

Ah Dian saw it in his eyes, and repeatedly failed to dissuade him, his face was so anxious that he puffed up, and he came to Chang Suining's side and whispered secretly: "...... Your Highness, look at him! ”

Although his voice was small, but the action of reaching out to Wujie was very unconcealed, Wujie saw it, and hurriedly poured the remaining wine in the bowl into his stomach, seeing Chang Sui Ning looking at him, he hurriedly squinted his eyes, and grinned "hey" with a bit of flattery.

If Qiao Yang sees this scene, he will be more convinced that "Ah Wu" is the reincarnation of Endless - when Ah Wu makes a mistake, he squints his eyes and wlocks his tail, and he looks like a ghost.

Wu Jue and Ah Wu, there is only one tail left at the moment.

Chang Sui Ning didn't want to be too restrained all the time, and it was also very important to stay happy and live, so he discussed with Ah Dian in a whisper: "Today's situation is special, let him drink it." ”

As he spoke, he picked up a piece of snack and put it in his hand as a bribe to the Overseers.

Overseer Dot's love of snacks, and the plate on his own table has already entered his stomach.

But the Overseers have clear principles, and they can't help but hesitate at this moment: "But ......"

Chang Suining clipped him another piece.

"Okay......" Ah Dian stuffed a piece of dim sum into his mouth, and finally opened the net, while saying vaguely: "Then I have to practice a little more tomorrow!" ”

Wu absolutely didn't know anything about this, and seeing that his Royal Highness didn't say anything to stop him, he happily poured wine for himself.

He immediately asked, "Why don't you see Mr. Qian today?" ”

Wujue and Luo Guanlin, although they both have fake identities and fake names, but the two of them don't know the details of each other at the moment, because the two have no intersection, Chang Suining can't easily remember to explain the true identity of Qian Shi to Wuji.

The reason why Wu Jue asked this question at this moment was very simple - more than one person, he could toast two more bowls of wine, and that's it.

"Mr. Qian's family has come to Jiangdu, and Mr. Qian should be busy ...... with his clansmen at this moment" Chang Suining thought of a word: "Reminisce." ”

Money and even its "clansmen" are narrating a very new kind of old.

Listening to the cordial "Nineteenth Brother" and "Nineteenth Uncle", Luo Guanlin, who covered the upper half of his face with a mask, gradually stiffened.

He turned his head stiffly to look at his mother, who was smiling brightly.

He just went out, why did he suddenly have so many "family members"?

He has only been away for less than a month, but he also has the novel experience of "leaving home as a young man and returning to the eldest child".

Luo Guanlin looked at his mother helplessly - stop this farce out of nothing!

Granny Jin smiled at everyone in the Qian family, and took the time to glance at her son, this is a situation that she has managed with great difficulty!

While he's still here, isn't it very reasonable for her to use him to pave a way for her family?

Granny Jin didn't plan to care about her son's feelings at all, after all, when this thing rebelled with Xu Zhengye, she didn't ask her how she felt about being a mother.

Finally sent the Qian clan away, Luo Guanlin was finally able to take off his mask, rubbed his swollen and sore temples, and the hometown dialect came out: "Mother, you are really my mother......"

Granny Jin snorted: "I don't think so!" ”

On the way out of the Qian clan, the young man Qian Yu asked in a low voice, "Father, you said that Mr. Qian ...... him?"

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by his father's glare: "What Mr. Qian?" ”

"Oh, Uncle Nineteen......" Qian Yu shrunk his neck, and then asked, "Uncle Nineteen, why does he keep wearing a mask to show people?" ”

As he spoke, his voice lowered, and his eyes were uneasy: "Could it be...... Fugitives or something, right? ”

After finishing speaking, he was glared again: "What kind of fugitives?" If it is a fugitive, how can the envoy not find out what means he means? Is it your turn to worry? ”

Qian Yu thought about it and felt that it was the same.

"I heard that it was not good to be born......," another clansman speculated, "but if it is just a bad birth, it should not cover your face, estimate it, or be born differently from ordinary people, or have suffered some serious injuries, leaving burn marks, etc......."

Others nodded in approval: "It should be ......"

"So it's no wonder that such a talent has learned ability, but he has never entered the ......"

Nowadays, there are basic requirements for the selection of officials.

Everyone in the Qian family was a little embarrassed and a little regretful. But I can't help but feel that in this world, the risk of being an official in the court is even greater, so it is better to choose a master and slowly seek it for the descendants of the family.

"God is kind to me, Wu Xingqian."

The Qian family sighed and was glad to leave, and in a short period of time, they had purchased a farm house in Jiangdu City and settled down.

On the other side, the banquet in Chang Sui Ning Courtyard was over, and he was drunk for a long time, and was carried back by Ah Dian.

Zheng Chao did not leave in a hurry, but stayed behind to ask Chang Suining about the war in the north.

Zheng Chao is true of worrying about the country and the people, and it is also true that he is worried about his nephew.

Hearing that Beidi had violated the realm, one of his reactions was to worry about his heart, and then he felt remorse and shame, so that An Wei Dasheng resisted Beidi's iron cavalry, and was in danger, which made his uncle ignorant - hey, he shouldn't have written that long letter to ask Ling An.

"Mr. Zheng doesn't need to worry too much, I have already inquired today." Next to a cluster of green bamboos in the courtyard, Chang Suining and Zheng Chao said: "This Beidi offensive is still within the controllable range, Cui Dadu Governor was properly deployed before, and now he is leading his troops to resist in the area of Yumen Pass, occupying the upper hand, which is enough to block the Beidi Tiecai outside the pass...... Therefore, this battle is not a cause for concern. ”

Zheng Chao was a little relieved, and just nodded, but he couldn't help but worry: "But if it is...... What about Beidi sending more troops again? Is this possible? ”

Chang Suining's gaze crossed the high courtyard wall and looked at the dark night in the north: "This is inevitable. ”

This battle is not to be considered, but it is difficult to say after that.

Beidi is like a fierce jackal, his ambition is not dead, once he smells blood, he will pounce on it one after another.

"If you want to end this battle, there is only one way to go-" In the night, Chang Suining's voice was not heavy, but there was a cold military spirit between his eyebrows: "That is to cripple them and make them unable to get up again." ”

If not, it will be Dasheng that will fall.

Zheng Chao unconsciously tightened his ten fingers, his eyebrows and eyes were extremely worried, and finally let out a long sigh: "According to this, I only hope that the day of all-out war will come later......"

As he spoke, he couldn't help asking: "The northern defense line is so vast, and Ling An is now only 80,000 troops on the side, I wonder if the imperial court will send more troops in the future?" ”

Chang Suining shook his head: "I haven't heard of it yet." ”

Now that there is war everywhere, the court is only afraid of taking care of itself, and Cui Jing responded properly this time, after he repelled the more than 10,000 iron horsemen, he relieved the immediate danger, and the court settled down, and may not be willing to send heavy troops to garrison it for the time being.

It is not a one-day affair to defend and deter Beidi, and it must be deployed in advance.

If he can't count on the imperial court to send troops, then Cui Jing can only recruit troops on the spot, but recruiting troops requires a lot of money and food, even if the imperial court is willing to agree, but under the emptiness of the treasury, the process of allocating money and grain must be very difficult and long.

Listening to Chang Suining's explanation of the difficulties, Zheng Chao more and more intuitively felt the weakness of the current imperial court, and it was clear that he had reached the point of being terminally ill.

Early the next morning, Chang Suining confessed to Meng Lie.

Two days later, Yuan Xiang was summoned by Chang Suining and rushed back to Jiangdu City from the army. (End of chapter)

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