The fleet, a large sea-going ship, cannot rely on this kind of shoal, so it is necessary to put small boats ashore and build a temporary harbor using the existing local materials.

When they set foot on the land, everyone sighed.

"Ah, we're finally here!" Li Chengzhan ran to Li Jingfu and asked, "Father, I'll send someone nearby to see where the city is suitable to build, and you and the ladies of the family will go to the beach to rest for a while, not to mention, the climate here is still very pleasant, not very hot." ”

Li Jingfu waved his hand and asked him to do errands and less in front of him.

Ye Fei asked the soldiers to bring some chairs, coffee tables, pastries and tea from the ship.

I found a flat place to remove the weeds from the ground, and set up the tables and chairs for the masters to sit down and rest.

Sitting in the shade of the tree, Xia Jing leaned in and stretched her body, "This way, the people on the boat are almost gone." ”

Although the master's cabin is a single room, the space on board is limited after all.

Li Jingfu is older than her, and his body is not as good as Xia Jing's body, so he just wants to find a place to rest for a few days.

It's just that according to the current situation, they can only sleep in tents at night, and they can't finish it at the moment if they want to live in a comfortable house.

"Don't say it, sailing is really hard, I haven't been to sea before, I just think sailing is interesting and exciting, this time I stayed at sea for a few months, it's really difficult." Li Jingfu shook his head and smiled bitterly.

Although they had stopped at other ports and visited unknown islands along the way, they were still on the ship most of the time, which was really boring.

Xia Jing glanced at him, ate a few pastries, drank a cup of tea, and then her hungry stomach was a little bottom, "Don't complain, eat some pastries to cushion your stomach, it may be a little late to start dinner today." ”

Li Jingfu picked up a piece of salty pastry and took a bite, his eyes were on the ship at sea, and he couldn't help frowning slightly when he looked at the many girls and children who got off the ship.

He looked around and asked uneasily, "There shouldn't be any dangerous animals here, right?" ”

Xia Jing glanced left and right, and replied: "There shouldn't be, the guards have cleaned it up, don't worry." ”

From the ship to the small boat, the soldiers slowly rowed to the shore, and the women on the shallows could only be carried ashore by the powerful mother-in-law, and the children were also carried ashore by the soldiers.

The masters of the cabin disembarked, and the boat was only able to get the servants and some of the soldiers.

Half an hour later, the soldiers who had gone to explore the surrounding area came back, and they told Xia Jing that standing on the mountain, which was about five or six miles past the coast, they could find a big lake in the distance, and the distance between the big lake and their place was about twenty miles.

Xia Jing's face was overjoyed, "There is a lake?" It's good to have a lake, there is a lake means that there is fresh water, and the first step in building a city must be close to the water source. ”

And the water at the mouth of the sea is salty and simply undrinkable.

Ye Fei said at this time: "Master, why don't your subordinates let people choose a high ground to set up the tent first?" ”

"You go and arrange it, no matter what, settle people down first." Xia Jing said and raised her head to look at the sun in the sky, which was already westward.

At this time, several children ran towards them.

Running at the front is the eldest grandson of the second room, Li Mingtong, he is the son of Li Chengzhan's eldest son Li Dingjie, this kid is in his teens, just when he is naughty and mischievous, there were elders in the capital who didn't dare to play too crazy.

At this time, a new place came, and he ran to Li Jingfu excitedly: "Ancestor, let's go to the beach to catch fish?" ”

Li Jingfu saw that he was followed by a bunch of small radish heads, his head suddenly became big, and he waved his hand and refused: "Don't, my ancestor, I still want to live a long life, and I almost want to die by boat, you let me rest for a while, and then play with you for a few days." ”

was rejected, the smile on Li Mingtong's face froze, "Ah, you"

Just when he didn't know what to do, he turned to Xia Jing: "Old Ancestor."

After resting for such a long time, Xia Jing eased up, and she stood up, "Okay, I also happened to move my legs and feet, so I will accompany you to the beach for a spin." ”

Standing on the beach, the sea breeze blows about 20 degrees Celsius, which is very pleasant, and it is good to walk with the children.

Li Jingfu was anxious when he saw that she had agreed to accompany the children, "Xia, don't be reckless with your old arms and legs, let's sit down and rest." ”

Xia Jing didn't reply, and waved her hand back: "It's okay!" ”

Xia Jing rushed to the beach with two maids and a bunch of small radish heads.

Li Jingfu looked at the back of the running away and was sullen for a while.

Anu reminded empathetically: "Master, we have been resting for so long, why don't we also go for a walk and move our legs and feet?" ”

"Is that so?" Li Jingfu looked back at Anu who was standing behind him.

A smile appeared in Anu's usually indifferent eyes, "Well, sitting for too long is not good for your body bones." ”

"What you say is reasonable, then let's go too." Li Jingfu stood up quite reluctantly, if he didn't notice that he was walking too fast, he really thought he was reluctant.

The beach has not yet ebbed at this time, in fact, there is nothing to catch, Xia Jing accompanied the children to observe this beach while walking.

With the waves crashing ashore, in fact, the sea sand on the beach is not the fine sand open in the tourist area, the sea sand on the original beach has large stones, which are mixed with a lot of shell shells, if you walk barefoot on it, it is easy to cut your feet if you are not careful.

After walking along the beach for a while, the children also found that there was nothing interesting on the beach, at most they picked up some beautiful conch shells, and when they couldn't fit in their pockets, they shouted back.

"Why did I just catch up with you, and you have to go back?" As soon as Li Jingfu walked behind them, he heard the children shouting to go back, and he was very dissatisfied.

Li Mingtong held up one of his biggest conch to Li Jingfu, and offered his hospitality with a smile: "Ancestor, this conch is for you, if you have anything to say to the sea, just say to the conch, and the sea will hear your voice and reply to you." ”

Anyway, I made a demonstration.

Of course, Li Jingfu didn't believe the child's words, so he took the conch and asked, "Who told you this?" Fool you little ones. ”

Li Mingtong smiled and pointed at Xia Jing: "The ancestor told me." ”

Li Jingfu: "."

Facing Xia Jing's smiling eyes, he glanced away awkwardly, picked up the conch and looked at it and roared, and then put it in his ear, not to mention that this echo is not unpleasant.

The children laughed out loud when they saw his movements.

Li Mingtong kindly reminded this kid: "Ancestor, if you roar the sea, the sea will also roar you!" Be gentle when you talk to the sea! ”

"Haha." Xia Jing couldn't help laughing anymore.

Li Jingfu: "."

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The next day, just after dawn, the children who visited the beach yesterday were waiting in front of Xia Jing's tent early.

Why are you waiting here so early?

They didn't want to ask for peace, but because Xia Jing said yesterday that she would accompany them to catch the sea.

Xia Jing woke up, and as soon as she heard the maid say that the child was waiting outside, the whole person woke up in an instant.

"Why do the children wake up so early?"

Bai Mei held a set of riding clothes in front of Xia Jing, and while helping her dress, she said: "Maybe they are very much looking forward to going to the sea with you, the slaves really admire the perseverance of the little masters, they can get up on time at such a young age!" ”

Xia Jing put on her clothes, put her hair in a simple bun, and said with a smile: "The children are all good children, you go and invite them in, the sea breeze outside is strong in the early morning, stand and blow and be careful of them catching a cold." ”

Bai Mei smiled, walked to the door of the tent, opened the curtain, and invited the children in.

This time they are all half the size of the children, the young ones did not come, there are two children of Li Ding'an in the big room, two in the second room, plus the little maid who followed them, there are about a dozen children.

Standing at the front are the two children of Li Ding'an in the big room, Li Mingwu and Li Mingda, and a little behind are the two children of Li Dingjie in the second room, Li Mingtong and Li Mingdong.

I don't know if the big house and the second room have the advantage of the son-in-law, and the grandchildren's generation has more boys and fewer girls.

"Have you all had breakfast?"

Several of the children nodded their heads to indicate that they had used them.

Xia Jing smiled and beckoned to them: "After eating, come over and eat with the ancestors, don't be hungry halfway through when you catch the sea." ”

Xia Jing's meal here is specially made in the small kitchen, which naturally tastes better than the big pot of rice, and the children smelled the fragrance as soon as they came in.

Hongmei and Baimei hurriedly helped them add dishes and chopsticks.

After a breakfast, the grandparents and grandchildren ate to their heart's content, and walked out of the tent, the sea breeze was blowing, and it was a very cool morning.

Everyone brought their tools, followed by a group of maids, and headed towards the beach.

When they arrived at the beach, Xia Jing found that many soldiers were rowing small boats and netting fish.

The wind and waves are very light today, and even if the temperature is a little cooler in the morning, it doesn't feel very cool.

The children each had a spatula, Xia Jing was holding iron tongs, and the maids who followed behind had tools and baskets in their hands.

The waters on the beach have receded a bit, and the first sightings on the beach are conch and razor clams.

Seeing this, the children rushed over to pick it up, and occasionally saw one or two crabs in the shallow water and screamed with excitement.

"Ancestor, come on, there's a beautiful shrimp here!"

"How big? Pretty? Shrimp? ”

Xia Jing walked quickly to the edge of the sea with a puzzled face, and in a stone pit, there was a colorful lobster trapped in it.

"Huo, Li Mingwu, your luck exploded today!"

Li Mingwu scratched his head and asked anxiously, "Ancestor, how can this shrimp catch it?" ”

Xia Jing gestured with her two hands, and said uncertainly: "You should catch its head and back"

"Master, I'll come!" Ye Fei, who was standing behind, was in a hurry, he was afraid that Xia Jing would make a move, and if he was injured, he would not be able to protect him effectively.

"You're coming?" Xia Jing looked back at him, hesitated for a moment, and then let go: "Okay, come on, this is the most important ingredient for our seafood dinner at noon, be careful, don't let it get caught in your hand." ”

Ye Fei's hand speed was very fast, and the children didn't see how he caught it, and the lobster was already in the basket.

"Wow, General Ye, you are so powerful! No wonder the old ancestor chose you to be her chief of guard. The children looked at him adoringly, and their mouths were almost closed.

The lobster entered the basket and could be seen more clearly, and the children all chattered around the basket in surprise.

Xia Jing shook the boots on her feet, it was really inconvenient to have no rain boots, and women in this era were not good at walking barefoot on the beach, so they could only wear boots to catch the sea.

Although it is inconvenient to walk, there is no way to do it, and when you go back, it is more troublesome to wash your boots.

She picked up a cat's eye snail next to her: "Children, you see this snail is really big." ”

The children's eyes reluctantly converged from the basket, and turned their heads to look at the snail in Xia Jing's hand, "Ancestor, what kind of snail is this?" ”

"Cat's eye snails!"

Li Mingwu found a big lobster, and the other children were not interested in the conch at this time, so they wanted to catch a bigger pressure on Li Mingwu's majesty.

They waved their hands to the maids behind them to pick up snails, while their eyes were fixed on some of the reef piles and puddles on the beach.

Not to mention not picking up snails, they really found a lot of good goods, sea crabs found several kinds, and they are all big, worthy of a primitive beach, no human has ever set foot in it, and the amount of seafood is large and good.

When the maids and baskets were full, they sent them back, and the servants who were relaying at the back approached with empty baskets.

"Ye Fei, come here!"

Xia Jing waved her hand at Ye Fei, who was following behind.

"Master, what do you command?" Ye Fei stepped forward.

Xia Jing pointed to a puddle on the beach and said, "Take a few people to dig this puddle, there is definitely a lot of goods in it." ”

"Yes, master." Ye Fei didn't even think about it, so he responded.

Li Mingwu's little head leaned over, "Ancestor, there are big goods in it, how can you see it?" ”

Xia Jing pointed to the puddle and said, "The water here is not very clear, it must be a large cargo swimming in it." ”

After that, he patted his little head lightly: "Stupid! ”

As he was talking, Li Mingwu noticed that something seemed to be flying under the water, and after a little recollection, it seemed to be a big crab.

There were slowly more soldiers on the beach, and they took advantage of the fact that there was no task at this time, and they also rolled up their pants and went to the beach.

Ye Fei quickly found a few people, two of them were still carrying buckets, and they didn't need Xia Jing's orders, they greeted Xia Jing, and then jumped into the puddle and began to splash water with buckets.

As the water in the puddle decreased, the children exclaimed from time to time.

"Wow, I saw a fish scurrying by!"

"Wow, what a fish!"

"Wow! There's a lobster! ”

This is probably the fun of catching the sea and copying puddles.

It doesn't matter how many or too few things are in the puddle, what they care about is the process of opening the treasure chest.

The cheers here attracted many people to come.

Xia Qingshan came with him this time, and he and Lan Jian were attracted by the cheers.

"Queen Mother, this is in"

Xia Jing looked back at them and smiled: "The child is having fun, why are you here?" ”

Xia Qingshan raised the hook in his hand, "We are bored, and we will also follow to catch the sea to see if we can get a few big goods." ”

Xia Jing chuckled: "You are a person who didn't grow up by the sea, and you still know a lot of goods, how many marine creatures do you know?" ”

Xia Qingshan snorted lightly: "Little sister, don't forget, we have been living in Lingnan for several years!" (End of chapter)