When Ma Zheng heard this, he hurriedly said: "Lord Wang, it is possible to see the sea at this hour, but the boat is not easy to sit on." ”

Hu Yanqing next to him also said: "Lord Wang, Master Ma is right, it is dusk now, and it is later to arrive at the beach, so I am afraid I can only see the sea." ”

Zhao Ta said: "Then take a look at the sea first, and talk about the test ship another day, if you don't even look at the sea, you won't be able to study anything if you continue to stay in the house." ”

Ma Zhengdao: "Then the lower official will arrange it now." ”

Zhao Ta said: "Call Da Lang together." ”

Ma Zheng said "yes", his face was slightly strange, he wondered in his heart as he walked, and he didn't know why the prince was very interested in his son, and he spent more time chatting with Ma Kuo these days than with him and Hu Yanqing.

Hu Yanqing had a square black face, born burly and strong, and said: "Lord Wang, Xia Guan thought of something, since he crossed the sea in the name of buying horses in the north, did he have to find a few people who knew horses to cover him?" In this way, the list of personnel will be added again. ”

Zhao Ta said: "At most three people, the ship will be according to the original two, and it can't be added, it's too eye-catching to go too much." ”

He doesn't know who Liaodong is in now, and what Emperor Daojun said in the palace is half-true and half-false, saying that he wants to cross the Liaojing realm is just to say that the danger is the greatest.

Liaodong has been beaten down by the Jurchens in the past two years, and then a tug-of-war began, which has been repeated many times, but even if Liaodong is not there, there is still a front line of Dadingfu on the Liao side to go to sea, and both ends may be encountered.

Hu Yanqing said: "My subordinates remember." ”

At this time, Ma Kuo came in and saluted Zhao Ta, Zhao Ta looked at Ma Kuo, who was born as elegant as his father, and he didn't know him and thought he was a famous scholar, but in fact, both father and son were military generals.

When Yue Fei and Zhao Ta chatted, they mentioned that they met Ma Kuo on the road, and Zhao Ta knew that this Ma Kuo was originally a loyal, courageous and careful person, good martial arts, and strong foreign affairs ability, and he was admitted to the martial arts in the autumn of last year.

Zhao Ta said: "Da Lang will follow me to see the sea." ”

Ma Kuo was puzzled: "Lord Wang, I'm afraid I can't see anything when I go to the beach so late, it's just dark." ”

Zhao Ta shook his head and just laughed.

Ma Kuo suddenly woke up: "The prince wants to go to the beacon tower?" ”

Zhao Ta said: "It's still Da Lang who understands." ”

After speaking, he glanced at Hu Yanqing, and Hu Yanqing suddenly realized, it was so late, and he was still looking at what sea and what boat, this was clearly going to inspect the seaside......

An hour later, Zhao Ta stood on the beacon tower on the top of Danya Mountain and looked down ahead, and the sky was completely dark at this moment.

The moon was bright and starry in the sky, and the sea in the distance was deep and deep, lonely and silent.

Occasionally, when the wind blows, the waves roll over in waves, and the waves are white like snow, but the sea water behind them is blue or even pitch black, and there is no end in sight.

Zhao Ta was silent, this is the thirteen beacon towers in Danya Mountain closest to the sea, the position is extremely high, the view is very far, the sea and the sky are line.

At this moment, only Ma Kuo was standing beside him, and everyone else was at the bottom of the stone steps.

He stood still for a quarter of an hour, until the full moon was a little more positive over the sea, and the sea was a little more blue, and then he slowly turned around.

Not far behind him is Dengzhou City, at this time it has just been night, the lights in the city are endless, a breeze blows, Zhao Ta looks slightly lonely.

Walking down the stone steps step by step, Ma Zheng and the others hurriedly followed, and the little beacon who was originally on guard saluted, turned around and ran up, and continued to guard the gloomy night.

Passing through the rough second floor of the beacon tower, and then stepping down the stairs, the candlelight of the fishtail hall on the ground floor flickered, and the beacon commander and deputy of this beacon tower, as well as the five subordinate beacons were waiting here.

A beacon tower has a capacity of eight dings, and there is no shortage, which makes Zhao Ta's heart slightly soothed.

Compared with Gyeonggi, the defense of this seaside is obviously much tighter, and there are many fewer problems with empty salaries, which is not to say that officials don't want to be greedy, but if you are greedy, your life may be lost.

It's not the court that wants your life, it's the pirates.

The trade on the seas of the dynasty has reached an unprecedented level of prosperity, and the pirates are also dazzled by the demons.

The Bohai Yellow Water Ocean is better, although it has also been attacked by pirates, but the frequency is not high, the coastal towns on the East China Sea side, which have not been beaten by pirates, and even several times a year, killing and looting happen from time to time.

went down the mountain and returned to Dengzhou City, there was nothing to say all the way, Zhao Ta looked lonely, and the others were silent.

After passing a temple and coming to the bell and drum tower in the center of the city, Zhao Ta looked up at the wide and tall building and breathed a sigh of relief.

Dengzhou City, a coastal city like a half-day curfew, three watches, five watches comeback.

However, this place is not as prosperous as Tokyo, and there is no one on the street at all during the third watch, but it is still early at the moment, and the season is good, and there are many people playing with the hawkers under the bell and drum tower.

Zhao Ta sat on the horse and watched for a while, and saw that those people were not afraid of officers and soldiers, and their group of people Ma Zheng and Hu Yanqing were wearing official uniforms, followed by some soldiers, carrying knives and guns.

The people just glanced at it, and then continued to play, the little lady and the little lang were in love, the officials and the lady walked and stopped, the children held a fresh fruit and gnawed hard, and the hawker looked at his mother-in-law when he was not paying attention, and secretly stuffed a few copper coins into the shoes.

Zhao Ta looked as if he was fascinated, and his eyes passed down layer by layer, and he saw the sound of a book coming from the depths of the crowd.

He got off the horse, Huang Gu and Ouyang Bei on both sides escorted, and slowly walked into the crowd, and the onlookers saw them coming, although they were not afraid, they still dodged a path.

The front is talking about a drum book, an old man in cloth with white hair, and a granddaughter wearing red clothes and pigtails, singing the strange story of Xue Rengui's one arrow to determine the Tianshan Mountain with one arrow.

The little granddaughter has a pair of grape-like crystal eyes, and her voice is as beautiful as a yellow bird, she looks like she is in her teens, but in Zhao Ta's eyes, she is much taller than last year.

Zhao Tan smiled, a book, he applauded.

The little girl tilted her head to look at him, and then pulled the corner of her grandfather's clothes, and the old man nodded and saluted Zhao Ta.

The little girl bent down and pulled out a cloth bag from under the drum rack, and opened it carefully, and it was full of children's snacks, fruits, and a little plaything.

She carefully took the fruit, and what she thought was the best snack, and then jumped up and ran towards Zhao Ta.

When Huang Gu and Ouyang Bei saw it, they immediately stopped in front, and Zhao Ta shook his head and said, "It's okay, old people from Tokyo." ”

The little girl didn't speak when she got closer, but just handed the things in her hand forward, Zhao Ta took it with one hand, touched her head with the other hand, and said with a smile: "I've grown taller." ”

The little girl just said "hehe", showed a sweet smile, didn't speak, turned around and ran back......

Three days later, two ships, totaling 139 people, left Dengzhou in the early morning and sailed into the vast sea.

(End of chapter)