Chapter 38: The Hidden Mohist (2)
"What? Giant, he wants to invite that person to the island? ”
Mo Yu was taken aback when he heard this, and Mo Mei was overjoyed, and he was very happy, the things that he had been entangled with since last night suddenly became another village
"Little junior sister, why are you so happy?" Senior Brother asked curiously, Mo Mei's face turned red when he heard it, and he didn't squeak. The senior brother glanced at Mo Mei and thought for a moment, but quickly stopped his curiosity, and then asked, "Where are the guests?" Take me there. ”
When Mo Mei heard this, he immediately led the way in front and walked quickly towards the place where Zhuang Shaoyou was.
Zhuang Shaoyou thought about it for a long time, and decided to wait first, while Qin Ling and the others rode on their horses and waited quietly, without the slightest impatience, nor did they come forward to ask, they just smiled, everyone understood in their hearts, so they were not in a hurry, and there was no fixed place to go anyway. The general's big thing is important, such a good girl, if you miss it, I'm sorry for everyone.
Zhuang Shaoyou rode on a horse, looking at the people of the Mo family who came from the beach not far away, and had some doubts in his heart, how could he send a trip and move the people so much? It's not good to do this, just let Mo Mei send herself, maybe you can take the opportunity to add fire, at least grab her first kiss first, and lay a foundation for getting into bed in the future, so he hurriedly got off the horse and took a few steps towards everyone.
I saw Mo Mei and Mo Yu standing on both sides of the senior brother, and the senior brother stepped forward and arched his hand: "This general, in the ink stone, came to ask the general to go to the island on the order of the giant!" ”
Zhuang Shaoyou was a little stunned, and then he was overjoyed, and then hurriedly replied: "In Xia Zhuang Shaoyou!" Thank you for your kindness, but I don't know what it is? And my brothers can also go to the island together? ”
Mo Shi smiled slightly: "I really don't know about the matter of the giant, the general's subordinates can live here temporarily, the villagers will take good care of it, this place is very sparsely populated, and there will be no danger in the future." ”
Zhuang Shaoyou frowned slightly, a little difficult to decide, it is naturally a good thing to be able to go to the island to see, but it is not appropriate to leave the brothers, at this time, Qin Ling, who was next to him, said: "General, I have been on the road for many days, people are sleepy and tired, just rest here for a few days, the brothers have not eaten enough seafood here, the general just rest assured, I and the brothers are waiting for the general here." ”
Zhuang Shaoyou glared at Qin Ling again, this bastard is usually very well-behaved and never verbose, why is there so much nonsense in the past two days, it's true! Why does this guy keep thinking crookedly? Dirty thoughts! But I like it! There was a look of blaming Qin Ling on his face, but he was willing to do it in his heart.
At this time, Mo Mei also spoke: "Zhuang Gongzi, are you still angry with me and refuse to land on the island?" People apologize to you! Last night's incident, people were also forced to say that because of the door rules. Mo Yu next to him looked at Mo Mei and whispered, very angry, when did this little junior sister bow her head like this? Damn fellows! Senior brother Moshi suddenly realized, but he still had a smiling face and did not speak.
Zhuang Shaoyou was overjoyed in his heart, this ink eyebrow was so low-voiced, hehe, it seems that this girl still cares about herself very much! Well, there's a play! But his face pretended to be very reluctant and agreed.
The people first divided into several small boats and went to the big boat in the distance, and then took the big boat to the island in the sea.
Although this big ship is not very huge, but it is also a three-masted sailing ship, with a unique design, much like a huge sea fish shuttling on the sea, it is the end of October, the north wind blowing, the sail constantly adjusts the angle to catch the wind, the speed is still very fast, on the boat, Mo Shi and Mo Mei chatted with Zhuang Shaoyou, and gradually got to know some about the Mo family on the island.
It turns out that since the death of the ancestor Mo Zhai, the Mo family has never been a top character, and it has been relatively plain, and in the late Warring States period, the Mo family was divided into Zhao Mo, **, and Chu Mo. After Qin Shi Huang unified the whole country, he implemented the policy of burning books and pit Confucianism, and the hundred schools of thought almost suffered a catastrophe, and many academic schools became extinct.
After the fall of Qin, the Mo family tried to support the princes of Zhao, but they soon failed, and since then they have been in a slump, and four hundred years ago, they moved to an isolated island on the sea to avoid war and have survived to this day.
Mojia Island is located in the eastern part of the Bohai Sea, 160 miles to the west is Jizhou, 120 miles to the south is the east of Qingzhou, 200 miles to the northeast is the south of Liaodong County, Youzhou, and 80 miles to the east is the open ocean.
Four hours later, the big ship arrived at Mojia Island, Zhuang Shaoyou was a little excited, standing on the bow to observe Mojia Island, only to see that the island area is not large, but there are mountains and rivers, looking at it from afar, a paradise look, there is a shipyard at the edge of the island, next to it is a wharf, moored some strange boats, and there are three big ships and Zhuang Shaoyou is riding the same ship, are three masts.
At this time, Moshi came over and said: "General Zhuang, the radius of my Mojia Island is about five miles, basically circular, there are more than 500 households on the island, the population is more than 2,200, and the villagers on the island make a living from farming, fishing and hunting. In front is the wharf, is a deep-water harbor, can berth a big ship, next to my Mojia shipyard, can build a three-masted sailing ship, the length of the ship is nine zhang nine feet, the width of two zhang five feet, the height of three zhang three feet, such a ship in the Bohai Sea navigation is not a problem, if it goes east to the ocean there is danger. ”
Zhuang Shaoyou was very excited to look at these things, and longed to be able to establish a huge sailor, but this is a slow job, and it is too far away for his current self, let's talk about it later!
Everyone got off the boat and went ashore, it was already afternoon, and the autumn sun shone on their bodies very comfortably.
Zhuang Shaoyou looked at the scenery of the island, simple but very neat farmhouses, farmland is distributed all over the island, although not very spacious, but also intensively cultivated, it is autumn, all kinds of crops have reached the harvest season, Zhuang Shaoyou feels the paradise-like scenery here, where can you imagine the outside world of those flying wars.
Moshi opened his mouth and said: "It's good here, but the resources are limited, there is very little fresh water on the island, it can only supply three thousand people to drink, fortunately, the humidity is heavier, the precipitation is more, and the crops basically don't need to be irrigated, otherwise it will be troublesome." The land on the island is not fertile, and the yield per mu is relatively low, but there is plenty of seafood nearby, and there is no need to worry about food and clothing. ”
After a while, everyone walked through the farmland and farmhouses to the hill in the middle of the island, the hill was not high, the top of the hill was very sharp, and there was no grass, and the trees began to flourish from the mountainside, and a mountain spring gushed out from the mountainside, and went down the mountain and poured into the small waterhole at the foot of the mountain, and there were two delicate waterwheels in the waterhole, which lifted up the waterhole and sent it into the repaired channel, leading to all parts of the island.
Zhuang Shaoyou was amazed, the Mo family's machine skills were really exquisite, and there were many skilled craftsmen. After a quarter of an hour's work, the group reached the mountainside, where there was a wooden house.
At this time, the door opened, and a seven or eight-year-old boy came out and said solemnly: "Ju here is a guest invited into the house for a bunch!" ”
Everyone couldn't help laughing, the little boy lost his two front teeth, and his speech kept leaking, and with that fat face, he was very cute. Mo Mei couldn't help but run up and pinch Xiao Tong's fat face, kept kneading it, and said, "Little Qiqi, do you miss your sister?"
The little boy struggled to break free of Mo Mei's hand and said, "Sister Mo Mei, did you bring me what I wanted?" ”
Mo Mei was a little embarrassed when she heard this, and hurriedly explained: "Little Qiqi, I'm sorry, my sister met bad people on the road and lost them, next time my sister will definitely bring you a good one, okay?" ”
When Xiao Qiqi heard this, he snorted, and said with a straight face: "Guests, come in with me, the giant is waiting." Then he ignored Mo Mei and walked straight into the house.
Mo Shi stepped forward and said, "Then Zhuang Gongzi, please go and meet with the family teacher first, and come back to have dinner with Zhuang Gongzi later." As he spoke, he beckoned Mo Mei, Mo Yu and the others to go down the mountain.
Mo Yu glared at Zhuang Shaoyou hatefully, turned around and left. Mo Mei looked at him reluctantly, saw Zhuang Shaoyou shake his head and smile bitterly, and then turned around and walked towards the house.
The cabin is simple and atmospheric, but it is a little simple, with only two rooms in total.
Zhuang Shaoyou entered the outside room, Xiao Qiqi in the house had obediently gone to serve tea and pour water, an old man with white hair was sitting on a small wooden stool, his old face was full of folds, a pair of eyes were very godly, holding a broken pu fan in his hand, wearing simple linen clothes, barefoot, looking at Zhuang Shaoyou with a smile, and said:
"Young man, old man Mohai, I've been waiting for you for a long time, sit! Kiki serves tea. ”
Zhuang Shaoyou was a little stunned, have you been waiting for me for a long time? It seems that he knew that he was coming, could it be the legendary fairy? However, he still hurriedly saluted and said: "Zhuang Shaoyou has seen his predecessors!" Then he sat down on a wooden bench opposite the giant.
"You're confused, aren't you? Three years ago, I divined the fate of this island, and the hexagram showed that the island was going to die, and there was no solution! Last year I did another divination, and I still can't figure it out! This year, I don't give up, and divination again, this time, there is a glimmer of life, vitality in the west, so I sent Mo Mei Mo Yu to the west, sure enough, I met you, last night the fishing village sent a message that there was a visitor, I knew that the opportunity was coming, you are the vitality of this island! Now I hand over the burden of this island to you, don't be too busy refusing it, risks and opportunities coexist. ”
Zhuang Shaoyou was stunned for a while, and hurriedly asked respectfully: "Senior, junior really don't understand what is the crisis on this island?" I've just seen on the island, a scene of paradise, why is there a crisis? Although it is a troubled time, the war has not affected here, and if it is a pirate at sea, with the strength of the ships on the island, I don't think it should be a problem. Please also ask the seniors to solve their doubts! ”
The crisis in front of you that can't be solved is called to solve it yourself? This unknown danger is the most troublesome, so don't send you to death for the sake of a giant's name!
"Hehe, this island seems to be quiet and peaceful, but in fact it contains a huge crisis, four hundred years ago the ancestors moved to this time had a divination, saying that you can enjoy peace for four hundred years. Now that it's been exactly 400 years, the catastrophe has come, do you know what's so unusual about the island? ”
Zhuang Shaoyou carefully recalled the scene he saw just now, the coast, the wharf, the shipyard, the farmhouse, the farmland, there was no problem, the waterhole at the foot of the mountain, the mountain spring, and the trees on the mountainside seemed to be no problem; Mountaintop? Mountaintop! There is no grass on the top of the mountain, and it is so sharp, is it?! I'm dripping! Definitely! It's a huge pit! I can't jump in!