Chapter 108: The Ryukyu Islands (2)

Zhuang Shaoyou and others repeatedly refused the old man's retention, and finally the old man sent a special rowing boat, the rowing boat is about two zhang long, only four feet wide, about four feet high, there are only two narrow rowing positions on the boat, only one person can sit down, Zhuang Shaoyou saw this, I rely on! Isn't this kayaking? This thing can go to sea too?

But soon something surprised everyone happened, only to see the two villagers pushing the rowboat into the sea, and then jumping on the rowboat and waving the oars at the same time, the rowboat flew out seven feet at once, and everyone was dumbfounded!

Zhuang Shaoyou was also a little dumbfounded, but he was a little prepared for this, he had seen this thing occasionally before, and knew that it was fast, so he quickly gathered his mind and ordered the fleet to follow.

The north island is ten miles in the southeast direction, at this time it is blowing southwest wind, and the speed of the ship can be achieved by adjusting the sails, the rowing boat is very easy to lead the way in front, and occasionally stop and wait for them, so that the ink is very speechless, the Mo family is famous for the art of the mechanism, which took several generations of hundreds of years to design the warship I thought that even if it was not invincible in the world, but it was also rare in the world, but I didn't expect that even a human rowing boat could not catch up, jumped into the sea and drowned.

Zhuang Shaoyou on the side saw the expression of ink, and hurriedly relieved: "Brother ink, don't be discouraged, the rowing boat relies on manpower, the two of them are extremely skilled in cooperation, if it is an ordinary person, without a few years of proficiency, they can't operate at all, and the bottom of their rowing boat is made of the skin of a sea fish, which is very smooth, basically floating on the water, plus light weight, so the speed is fast, but if you let them row back to the Han from here, they will definitely not be able to do it!" ”

Ink sighed: "The general doesn't have to comfort me, I just sigh that the design of this rowing boat is exquisite, completely conforming to the way of nature, so nature also helps, although our Mojia mechanism is ingenious, but there is still a lack in this regard, and the pursuit of subtlety is excessive!" When I saw this rowing boat today, I actually felt that the Mo family's tricks were a bit out of the way, and returning to the basics was the right way! ”

Zhuang Shaoyou smiled: "This is a bad word, although the way of nature is good, but it is too static, the essential difference between humans and animals is that people can think, and it is thinking that makes people independent from nature and become a special existence, the art of the Mohist mechanism is the embodiment of the development of human thinking to the extreme, Brother Ink don't take it out of context!" ”

When Ink heard this, he suddenly came to his senses: "Thank you for the general's guidance, I have been taught here!" ”

Ten miles by sea, less than two hours to arrive.

The two indigenous villagers guided the fleet directly to the shipyard, and then went ashore to talk to the shipyard people for a long time, and then rowed back in the kayak.

Zhuang Shaoyou led everyone to get off the boat, and a young native man greeted him and said in pure Chinese: "Distinguished guest, my name is Pierga Bhuisinon Movila, and my Han friends call me Pila or Lapiel, welcome to the North Island!" I heard my people say that you want to repair ships, but are these three great ships that you want to repair? ”

Zhuang Shaoyou smiled and said, "Dear Pi ...... Pull, my name is Zhuang Shaoyou! You told me to swim less, it's these three ships that I want to repair, we have encountered a typhoon, and one of them is the most damaged, and it is no longer able to sail! ”

"Oh! OMG! My dear friend! You guys hit a typhoon? And you're still alive! Are you the messengers of the god of the sea? Were you sent by the god of the sea to save our poor people? As soon as Pila heard that Zhuang Shaoyou and they had escaped from the typhoon, she was shocked, and then she regarded them as the messengers of the sea god, and immediately knelt on the ground and bowed and worshipped!

Zhuang Shaoyou's biggest headache was that others knelt on themselves and knelt on others, so he quickly helped him up: "Pila, my friend, why do you want to kneel me, if you kneel again, I won't treat you as a friend!" ”

"Oh! Thank you, dear messenger, for your generosity, I am overwhelmed by your grace! Since you don't like me kneeling, please accept my hug! Kudos to you! With that, Pila pounced on Zhuang Shaoyou, gave him a big bear hug, and then kissed Zhuang Shaoyou's cheek.

Zhuang Shaoyou was taken aback, damn, is this guy also glass? It's disgusting, fortunately, my eyes are quick, otherwise if I am kissed by this guy, I won't be laughed to death by them!

Zhuang Shaoyou hurriedly stopped Pila from kissing passionately with his hand: "Pila, please calm down, your enthusiasm makes me very uncomfortable!" Can you stay away from me? ”

When Pyra heard this, she quickly let go, then returned to a distance of two paces and asked, "Honorable messenger, are you satisfied with this distance?" ”

"Hmmm! This distance is just right! That's it for the rest of the day! Zhuang Shaoyou hurriedly responded, but asked with some confusion: "Pila, why did you call me a messenger just now?" I don't know the god of the sea? ”

"Shhhh Honorable messenger, although you are a messenger, you must not be disrespectful to the god of the sea, otherwise you will be punished by the god of the sea! You are indeed the messenger of the god of the sea, the typhoon is the name of your Han people, our people call it the wind of the god of the sea, there is a legend in the clan, all the people brought by the wind of the god of the sea are the messenger of the god of the sea, and ordinary people can not survive in the wind of the god of the sea that is the typhoon! Legend has it that there has been no Poseidon messenger for hundreds of years, and you are the first in these hundreds of years! Pyrra explained earnestly

Zhuang Shaoyou was stunned when he heard this, but the eyes of the people next to him were different, the general is really the messenger of the sea god? It seems that this Pyra was right when he cut the waves at sea that day with his sword, and the waves avoided us!

Zhuang Shaoyou didn't want to dwell on this topic, so he quickly diverted the topic and said: "Pila, let's hurry up and repair the ship, you see how long it will take, and how much money will it cost?" We'll pay you! ”

Pyrrha said in a panic: "Honorable messenger, how long will it take, I have to see the damage first, but you don't dare to charge money for repairing the ship to the messenger, otherwise you will be punished by the god of the sea!" ”

Superstition! Zhuang Shaoyou shook his head helplessly, but as soon as his eyes rolled, he had an idea, and he no longer struggled with him.

Pila boarded two damaged ships at once and looked at them, and it took five days for the ship with broken masts and sterns, and days for the one with a cracked hull!

Zhuang Shaoyou couldn't help but be a little anxious, it took so long, how many things would have to be delayed! And the three warships don't know what happened, I guess they are searching for themselves at sea! But there is no way, I can only wait for the ship to be repaired and leave quickly!

Zhou Tian stepped forward and said: "General, I heard that the Ryukyu Islands produce pearls, corals and other sea treasures, and there are lacquerware tea on the South Island, why don't we sell some goods here, and then purchase some special products and return directly to the sea, those three warships can't find us, the only way is to be Hui, I don't know what the general wants?" ”

Zhuang Shaoyou sighed for a while: "Yes, but the trade is as fair as possible, after all, we have received the favor of others, you don't want to cheat others!" ”

Zhou Tian said with a smile: "How dare your subordinates!" The general is their messenger, then we are a family, how can our subordinates cheat their own family! ”

Zhuang Shaoyou glanced at him and stopped talking, Zhou Tian got the letter and took care of himself.

The next day, on the first day of August, the shipyards of the North Island began to be busy, and hundreds of indigenous shipwrights came one after another to help repair the ships, which was a good thing for Pilagan, and the word had spread on the island, and the messenger of the sea god had arrived!

In the afternoon of the same day, Zhuang Shaoyou was watching the scenery on the shore, thinking about his thoughts, and his subordinates reported: "General, the patriarch of the indigenous people on the island is here, and he wants to come to see you!" ”

Zhuang Shaoyou suddenly became the boss when he heard this, he was really not the messenger of the sea god, what did he do now, what he wanted to do now was to repair the ship quickly and go home! But there is no way, people are coming with enthusiasm, and they have received a lot of favors from others, go and meet them!

As soon as Zhuang Shaoyou returned to his residence, he saw a white-haired old man, about seventy years old, Pila muttered a few words softly beside him, and the old patriarch knew that the messenger had returned, so he knelt on the ground and bowed: "#@! ¥%……&”

Pila translated, "Your Excellency! Welcome to this place, my name is Piergabon Buisinsun Roy, and I thank you with my people! Kudos to you! Please accept our most sincere worship on behalf of the god of the sea! ”

The natives behind the patriarch hulala knelt down!

Oh! Cake sellers! Can you not fix this set!

"Pila! You tell them to hurry up, or I'll be angry!" ”

Pila saw that Zhuang Shaoyou was really angry, and hurriedly said a few words in the old patriarch's ear, and the patriarch quickly got up when he heard it, and the natives who knelt down also got up.

“*&……%¥#@”

"Thank you, honorable messenger, for your tolerance and praise for you! Thank you for bringing hope to our people! I beg you to save my people on behalf of the god of the sea and destroy the robbers who are causing trouble! So saying, the patriarch fell to his knees again, and the natives fell to their knees as well.

Zhuang Shaoyou patted his head, can we not kneel? Is kneeling addictive?

But this time, the old patriarch knelt down very obediently and quickly got up, and then looked at Zhuang Shaoyou with hope in his eyes, Zhuang Shaoyou heard Pila's translation, and was a little puzzled: "Robber? What robbers? ”

"Your Excellency, the envoy is a Japanese from the north, and he used to be able to live in peace, but for some reason, he has been constantly harassing my people, mutilating my people, and robbing my people of their property in the past few years! Please punish them immensely! ”

Zhuang Shaoyou listened, the Japanese people in the north? Isn't that a famous island nation? Are they invading here? In public and private, in the past and in the present, in love and reason, you have to help! The time has come to change history!

So without hesitation, he said, "I promise you!" I will punish them severely on behalf of the sea god! But you are forbidden to kneel any more! ”

Pila hurriedly translated to the patriarch and the clansmen, and when the natives heard it, they were immediately overjoyed, and the clansmen couldn't help but kneel, but soon thought of Zhuang Shaoyou's ban, so they rushed forward enthusiastically, gave Zhuang Shaoyou a big bear hug, and then kissed Zhuang Shaoyou's cheek, but was stopped by Zhuang Shaoyou and Qianjun, and then quickly separated.

Thankfully, I was able to protect my face in time! My handsome appearance has been preserved!