The weather in Minzhou in August became unusually hot, dark clouds were always low in the sky, and in the gap between black and white, silver light lines crossed the sky from time to time. The catkins at the water's edge writhed their bodies as the wind became more and more rapid, as if they were dancing passionately for the coming storm. Drops of crystal clear water fall from the sky, bringing bursts of cool pleasure, and some pedestrians on the road hurriedly run under the eaves to take shelter from the rain, while others spread out their oil umbrellas and walk briskly down the wet streets.

The man leaning against the window, obliquely looking at the street scene in the rain, gradually fell into deep thought and longing with the light of the raindrops, while several people next to him kept arguing. It has been more than three days since Tuoba Hongxuan and his party arrived in Jixian Town in Minzhou, and the people in the rivers and lakes who continue to appear around them make them have to be careful in everything, Huofeng proposed that they must be disguised if they go further, but on how to disguise or what to disguise, Huofeng and Jin Daozi began to argue, Tuoba Hongxuan and Poison Zun looked at the rain scene alone, and the other silently closed their eyes to recuperate.

I only heard Huo Feng say: "I think it's better to dress up as a businessman, and the young master is also in the name of Young Master Chen."

And Jin Daozi objected: "Merchant, just a few of us, don't you see that the current merchants have guards when they go to the goods?" Besides, if you go to Sanxian Island, do you think those people in the rivers and lakes will believe you? ”

"So what do you say? Just hit it? Huo Feng asked rhetorically.

Jin Daozi was silent for a while, and said: "No, that ring can't be played, as soon as the young master makes a move, his identity will be revealed, this is not good."

Huo Feng also pondered for a while and said, "Then let's grab the ship directly, right?" ”

"How to grab it?" Kim Daozi asked.

Huo Feng smiled mysteriously and said, "Let's pretend to be a boatman first, and then kill all the people on it, then the boat will not be ours."

Jin Daozi pondered for a moment, shook his head and said, "It's not appropriate, it's not appropriate."

Hearing this, Huo Feng snorted coldly and said, "What's wrong, you should talk about it."

Jin Daozi tilted his head, looked at Huo Feng and said, "Have you ever seen a boatman as old as me and the poisonous old man?" Moreover, these big families will definitely match their own boatmen, and it won't be your turn."

As soon as these words came out, Huo Feng was anxious and scolded: "Then what should I do? After speaking, he saw Tuoba Hongxuan in a daze, and the poison venerable was recuperating, and he felt even more angry, and complained: "People are busy thinking of a way, but the young master is leisurely."

Hearing Huofeng's complaints, Tuoba Hongxuan turned his head, smiled slightly, and said, "Why hide it, what it should be is what it is, I, Tuoba Hongxuan, have never been afraid of them", Wen Yan.

Huo Feng and Jin Daozi looked at him with wide eyes and said, "If they ask you what you are going to do on the island, how will you answer?" ”。

Tuoba Hongxuan said with a smile: "Find the remains of the ancestors and the things of the ancestors."

Jin Daozi then asked, "So, what if they ask your name?" ”

"Tuoba Hongxuan ......". Hearing this, Huo Feng jumped up directly and shouted, "You, do you really want to fight with them?" ”。

And Jin Daozi on the side shook his head directly and sighed: "Crazy, crazy, it's over, it's over, it's over, if you don't reach Sanxian Island, you will die to the death."

Hearing this, Tuoba Hongxuan laughed out loud and said, "Senior Jin Daozi, you also underestimate your own power!"

"What do you mean by that?" Jin Daozi asked hurriedly.

Tuoba Hongxuan was not in a hurry, took a leisurely sip of tea, and said: "If you really fight hard, why don't you use the things that your predecessors made mistakes in your alchemy, the power of the explosion is not something that ordinary people can bear, besides, we don't need to fight with them at all."

Tuoba Hongxuan's words caused Jin Daozi and Huofeng to look at him in amazement, and even Poison Venerable slowly opened his eyes and listened quietly. I only heard Tuoba Hongxuan say: "If my expectations are correct, this ring is just a cover for dragging many people from the rivers and lakes to the Three Immortals Island, have you forgotten that in the sea anecdotes mentioned by Xiao Er in the teahouse yesterday, did the Three Immortals Island be mentioned?" I remember him saying that every twenty years on a full moon and rainy night, a mysterious island will appear on the sea! ”

Hearing this, Huo Feng hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, yes, he said it."

And Jin Daozi said: "So is it a mistake to say that Shenjizi? ”

Tuoba Hongxuan shook his head with a smile and said, "The divine machine is not miscalculated, but most people misunderstand. If we say that the moon is full and rainy, it will be the night after seven days, not the fifteenth day after the ring, and you forget that this year is a leap month in leap years, and the day after seven days is not what is called the little fourteen in the local area? As soon as these words came out, Huofeng and Jin Daozi were stunned, and they couldn't speak for a long time, and they looked at Tuoba Hongxuan in a daze.

And the poison venerable stood up, bowed his hand to Tuoba Hongxuan, and saluted: "Young master, please tell me how to do it", hearing this, Huofeng and Jin Daozi came back to their souls, and they also looked at the young master in front of them with great admiration.

Tuoba Hongxuan smiled faintly and said: "Senior Poison Venerable, please buy enough food and some herbs that may be used, Senior Jin Daozi, please mix some things that are easy to fry according to the ratio of sulfur and saltpeter that you made wrong when you made alchemy, and use oil paper and animal skins to make the shape of large firecrackers, the more the merrier, when we get to the island, we may be able to use it, oh, the two seniors can get some more large animal skins, one is for the boat to keep out the cold, and the other is to keep food, medicinal herbs and these flammable materials from coming into contact with water." Huofeng and I went to finish the boat we were going to set sail, and three days later, we met and set off at the seaside of Xiaohe Village in the south of Jixian Town."

"Okay" everyone received the characters, Jin Daozi and Poison Zun went out to prepare their own, and only Huofeng and Tuoba Hongxuan were left in the house. I have to say that at this time, Huofeng looked at Tuoba Hongxuan with adoring eyes, only to hear him ask: "Young master, where are you going to find the big ship in the past three days, I'm afraid it's too late,......, won't you already have a way?" ”

Tuoba Hongxuan smiled: "Well, of course, you still need to buy some wood and hire a few carpenters, the most important thing is to go to the boat shop to buy sixteen boats of the same size, let's go", after speaking, Tuoba Hongxuan walked out of the teahouse and walked in the rain. And Huofeng hurriedly followed, and opened the oil umbrella for him, and on the entire street, only these two walked around, enjoying the freshness and tranquility in the rain alone.

In the first day, Tuoba Hongxuan and Huo Feng purchased sixteen small boats of the same size from the town's boat company, with slender and deep hulls, which could run in the water at the fastest speed among the local fishing boats. That night, Tuoba Hongxuan drew his thoughts on paper, and saw that Huo Feng's eyes widened again, and he muttered, "Young master, can you also make a big ship?" ”。

Tuoba Hongxuan looked at him and said with a smile: "Why not?" ”

Huofeng asked again, "Who taught you?" Have you ever been on such a boat before? ”

Tuoba Hongxuan said very calmly: "No one taught me, and I have never been on such a boat, we are all the first time."

Hearing this, Huo Feng was even more surprised, looked at Tuoba Hongxuan with round eyes, and said, "Then, then, then you can guarantee that this ship can be launched?" ”

Tuoba Hongxuan chuckled and said, "Theoretically, it's possible, but I haven't tried it."

Huofeng suddenly felt fainting, and looked at Tuoba Hongxuan in a daze for a while before saying: "Okay, I'm tired too, so let's rest early", after speaking, he fell asleep directly.

Tuoba Hongxuan looked at him and smiled, and then finished the sketch. Of course, the next morning, when all the carpenters hired saw the drawings, they were stunned for a long time before they began to expand Hongxuan's 'grand plan'. Tuoba Hongxuan's idea was to arrange the sixteen boats in the form of 'one-two-three-four-three-two-one' into a diamond shape, and then fix all the boats together with iron rings to form the lower half of the boat, cover the arranged boats with wooden planks to fix the boats, and at the same time, also form the floor for the people on the hull to move. In the middle of the hull were built two simple wooden houses, the smaller one was used as a storage room, and the larger one was a resting place, and the four beds in it were also connected to each other. One side of each of the two cabins is attached to the hull with wooden slats, which prevents damage to the cabins due to the shaking of the waves. In addition to this, Tuoba Hongxuan also set up a total of four sliding paddles in the bow and stern, two by hand and two with feet, and the sails stood behind the house, near the stern. During the two days of carpenter's production, Tuoba Hongxuan also constantly asked the fishermen in Xiaohe Village how to move quickly in the water and how to find directions at sea.