Chapter 101: Pirates
"Gott~"
"Ahem..."
On the sea, a medium-sized sea ship is sailing north through the wind and waves.
Ning He sat on the deck, vomiting one bite at a time.
Either he hadn't been on a boat, or he didn't expect that what these people said was not big was completely different from what he thought.
"Boss, are you okay?"
The eldest of the three Western Dynasty men he had hired first walked up to him with a smile on his face and handed him a brand new water bladder.
"Good. Gloss~ Very good. ”
Ning He leaned on the fence with his back half, his face was full of vegetables, but his mouth was harder than anyone else.
Then with a wave crashing, the water splashed at the bow of the boat, and someone's head slammed against the fence, grinning in pain.
At this time, not only the man who came to deliver the water laughed, but other people also gathered or stood, looking lively from far and near.
This sea ship was hired by Ning He from a dart bureau named Xinyuan, but it was only a trip to the north to send people, but the asking price was not very high, only three hundred taels of silver, and there was a team of dart masters and sailors with him.
Like the dart board on land, they have their own routes.
Along the way, the water bandits and water cobs have either been dotted or beaten, including the Anxi Army Naval Division, they also have their own ways, and the same is true for the near-shore wharves and water gates along the way.
Hire them for a trip, so that they are familiar with the road, save trouble, and can encounter less trouble.
If you go to the goods, even if you just go to Xiliangfu, not Haixi, this ship is full, at least there are one or two hundred taels of silver to earn.
It's just that Ning He obviously doesn't have that mind.
In addition, there were twenty-three Haixi Shuoshuo people on the ship, all of them with shiny big bald heads and long beards.
Although these people are not skilled in water warfare and have no combat effectiveness on the ship, they have also drifted across the sea, and it is not a problem to live normally on the ship.
Moreover, the price at which they accepted the employment was half cheaper than that of the three Western Dynasty men from Wuyuan, but in addition to the commission, if they had a battle, they would share fifty percent of the spoils of the battle.
For the rest, Ning He bought two carts of slaves sold from Haixi, a total of one hundred and thirty-one people.
This was introduced by those Shuoshuo people, and the Haixi Sule people came to sell it, and four taels of silver per person was the least expensive one.
It was also from their mouths that Ning He knew that Haixi was now a mess of porridge, not only the five countries of Haixi were fighting each other, and Hao Chao was attacking the Shuoshuo grassland in the north, but the attacks between various ethnic groups in Haixi had never stopped.
Just like these slaves he bought, they were not from the Five Kingdoms of the Western Dynasties, but the Surong people in the north of the land of the western part of the sea.
Originally, the Tuo people lived in the northwest corner of the western part of the Haixi region, near the snowy region in the north, and were branches and vassals of the Tuo people, and did not have their own kingdom or political power, and were very scattered.
However, a few years ago, the Sufu people came out of power, and nearly half of the Sufu people gathered together to resist the rule of the Tuan Puluo Khanate, and the two sides fought in full swing.
These slaves are not serious soldiers, but they are tall and powerful, and they have all experienced some battlefield battles, and they are not completely defenseless.
So after Ning He saw it, he also bought one of them.
Regardless of the amount of combat power, it is enough to use it to fill people's heads.
It's just that counting the cost of buying everything he should eat and drink on the road, and the silver he looted from Ge Shuwu is basically spent.
If it weren't for that, he would have wanted to get a bigger ship.
Now this ship, with 200 people and more than 20 horses, is also a little crowded.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have come up to the deck to stay, it was really the smell of the cabin, a little too good.
He was afraid that before he could join Gao Xiaogao and them, he would have to vomit himself to death.
There is one on this ship, and they are all serious people who live by playing with their lives, and they are all outlaws, and no one should think too good about anyone.
On land, after he flashed his wrist, he didn't care what would happen to these people, but if he was really dizzy, he was powerless, and he could still go to Xiliang Mansion, it was really not a matter of course.
The deck had an unobstructed view, which made it easier for him to see everyone's situation clearly, and he was a little careful.
"Da Fei, go and ask, can you get to Liyang tonight."
Rubbing his head and propping himself up, Ning He didn't care about their laughter, but instructed the man who came to deliver water.
After the salary, to the west and north, there is an island each, the west is called Xianming, which is where the Anxi Army Naval Division is stationed, and the one to the north is Liyang.
Liyang Island is much smaller than Da Minh Island, but it is dozens of miles long and wide, but it is the first and only place where ordinary ships can rest after leaving Xinyi City.
It is dotted with large and small docks, and you can pass through this section of the sea route before you really go on a long journey, and you can do a detailed inspection of the boats going to sea.
Further north, the next coastal wharf closest to Liyang is more than 2,200 miles away, and the next island is also more than 1,800 miles away.
And the meeting place of Ning He and Gao Xiao Gaoding is also Liyang Island.
"Okay." The man named Wan Ji didn't say much, he turned around and left directly, returned after a short time, and said to Ning He: "It is said that it will be slower to go in the wind now, and it will be around tomorrow at the earliest." ”
Ning He nodded and didn't ask any more.
Then he sat down again, meditated cross-legged, and ran the true element in his body, trying to see if he could make himself more comfortable.
He didn't like the feeling now, and regretted going by sea.
On this sea, everything seemed unfathomable to him, the wind and waves, how to sail like this, even the physique and martial arts that he trusted the most.
Fortunately, I don't know if he gradually adapted to the caress of the wind and waves on the sea, or if he ran the true yuan, it really had some effect.
Ning He, who couldn't vomit, finally lost the feeling of being dizzy and nauseating all the time after nightfall.
Moreover, in the second half of the night, the direction of the sea wind also changed, but it was a little earlier than expected, and arrived near Liyang Island before dawn.
But things are not going to get better, but worse.
"There are pirates!"
"Coming towards us!"
"Flag Talk!"
……
Ning He, who was meditating, opened his eyes because of the noisy sound, and when he raised his eyes, due north, two shadowy sea ships were gradually approaching their ships.
The bonfires on it flickered, the lanterns were dim, and the ships that were already unreal were like sailing out of the Nine Shadows.
Ning He was wondering, Wan Ji ran out of the cabin, came to Ning He's side, and looked at the two ships.
"Look at the type of ship is a warship, and in the near sea, except for the Anxi Army Sailors, there are no big and small water bandits, and there are no such ships that can be used."
"And the Anxi Army Naval Division, generally this time of year will not patrol the sea, even if it is occasionally special, it is also brightly lit, so that people can see the banner of the Anxi Army."
Knowing that Ning He's fart didn't understand, Wan Ji didn't wait for Ning He to ask, and directly said what he knew.
Ning He's face was stunned, and then he spat fiercely.
At this time, the dart master and sailor of the Xinyuan dart bureau were also busy quickly, and several large braziers were set up and lit to illuminate the flag near the flag platform, and a dart master quickly danced on the flag platform to hold the flag of the dart game.
Faster than that, there is another one, who directly shows off his kung fu, swishing up to the top of the mast, lighting two torches with a fire fold, and shaking constantly.
"Boss, pull everyone out." Wan Xi glanced at it a few times, pouted and shook his head, and suggested to Ning He.
He still understands these simple ways of greeting.
But I don't think it can help.
Regardless of whether there will be a water war, they have to rely on themselves to keep it at this time.
"Hmm." Ning He is also the head of the jaw and agrees with this suggestion.
But without waiting for the two of them to turn around and go back to call someone, a big stone was thrown directly over with a stone cannon on a boat opposite, and it smashed on the side of the boat, and the water splashed high, directly drenching the two of them into soup chickens.
"!"
Seeing this, not only Ning He, but all the people on the ship who understood what was happening all burst into foul language.
"Come here!"
"Come on me!"
"Put out all the lights!"
Lin Jie, the dart head of the Xinyuan Dart Bureau, hurriedly shouted to Ning He and the two on the deck.
Then he didn't care if the two of them listened to him or not, so he hurriedly arranged it again.
Immediately after, the stone cannons of another warship on the opposite side whistled and threw stones down on their ship.
Only this time, the head was not as good as the previous one, and it fell into the sea from a distance of three or five feet, and there was not even a splash.
And under the roar of the forest festival, all the light of their ship disappeared, and very quickly, in the darkness, the sails were lowered.