Liu Guan struggled to the amidship deck to inspect the ship's damage, the broken mast smashed the bollards on the side side, a large gap was smashed in the parapet, the port side water gate was also damaged, and the waves swept the sea water through the hole into the cabin.

He secretly rejoiced that if the mast smashed into the stern, the three-door bowl on the terrace would definitely suffer, and the 200 pounds of copper bumps were rolling around, and if they didn't get it right, it would damage the compass cabin and the steering room, and it would be a big trouble.

He climbed the port side buttress to the bow deck, Li Qiqian beckoned Xu De to carry the wrench to the foredeck in the storm, Xu De's head rolled into the crack of the bow move, shattered into a meat patty, and had long been out of breath. A sail hand pulled the chain of the gun carriage with one hand, crying bitterly at the corpse, it was Xu De's brother Xu Yi, the two armor soldiers held the foremast and leaned back and turned back by the strong wind, looking at the life and death in front of them at a loss.

Xu Yi saw Liu Guan struggling over, and cried: "Captain, Zuo Zhao was tripped by the rope thrown out of the boat, and my brother leaned out of the cabin to cut the rope, and then he was swept away by the big waves, and my brother saved the lives of the whole boat." ”

Liu Guan scolded: "The thief who can't be killed, what kind of funeral at this time... Mother, don't you carry the dead into the cabin! Roll them all down, change into dry clothes, and drown ghosts one by one, do you want to die!" everyone pulled Xu De's body and climbed down into the cabin.

Bai Jie climbed up from the bow cabin, and a soldier took over as a wrench. Aban hissed at Liu Guan and shouted, "There's too much water in the cabin... A big wave rushed onto the deck, Bai Jie rolled onto the deck one by one, and Liu Guan grabbed him so that he didn't hit the starboard deck. Bai Jie shouted at Liu Guan's nose: "I'll find someone to fill the hole immediately, captain, I have to let the people in the cabin scoop the water, the boat has too much water." ”

Liu Guan shouted: "I know, I have to find someone to seal the straight warehouse, there is grain there, there is **, there must be no water seepage!" Bai Jie shouted: "Don't worry, the bucket and the grain urn are wrapped in three layers of oilcloth, Huang Qian's kid is fine, Brother Guan... You be careful. ”

Liu Guan said: "It's okay! I'll go to the helm cabin to have a look!" He turned around, climbed up the stern along the wooden ladder with difficulty, walked to the captain's cabin with the railing, and shouted inside: "Catfish boy, go to the god cabin to see the three women and gods, don't let the hurricane mother startle the mother!" There was no echo, he broke into the cabin, and vaguely saw Chongwen and the catfish boy tied together, as if they were injured.

Liu Guan was taken aback and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty... Sun Daguan: Where are you hurt?"

Chongwen said in a low voice: "It's okay, the catfish is seriously injured and should not move around." Liu Guan saw that Chongwen's voice was normal, and his heart returned to his stomach, and he instructed: "Don't move, just wait for the storm to pass." ”

There was no answer in the cabin, Liu Guan withdrew from the captain's cabin and came to the compass cabin, where the chief soldier stared intently at the sea at the bow of the ship, while loudly instructing the helmsman to pull the rudder lever and adjust the direction of the ship. Liu Guan looked at the hourglass, it was already midday, and the storm showed no signs of abating, and it seemed that the wind was stronger. He asked loudly, "Ah Shun, where is this mother?"

The general soldier said: "We are rushing east and west in the eye of the storm, where can we distinguish the direction, bad luck as soon as the morning dawns we hit the official army patrol route." ”

Liu Guan shouted in the storm: "I seem to have seen a light flashing just now, if it is the lighthouse of Langgang Mountain, we are now on the surface of Huang Zeyang." Yesterday it was full of Jinshanwei's warships, but now they are gone, and we can slip out tonight, for fear that the storm will always stop, and the ship will fall apart. ”

Chief Bingshun actually laughed: "It's okay, this ship is the ship that Qu Gong charged into battle back then, and although it looks small, it can be called the strongest bird ship in the East China Sea." The iron power wood keel and the ribs of the ship are reinforced with fine iron, and the materials used are all plastered blood ash, which is refined by the anointed blood of living people, and the swords and axes cannot break the ship's board. ”

Liu cared for a cold heart: "The living are anointed with blood?"

The general soldier said: "Exactly! Back then, your father conquered Dongfan Island and slaughtered all the wild people of the Dog Mountain. He also cut down wood and built a boat in the port of Dagou at the foot of the mountain, and built this ship with the blood of the Fanren, and more than 400 people refined such a little blood ash. ”

A row of waves more than a foot high came from the sea, and the chief soldier shouted: "The tail rudder is ugly, the left is in the unitary position, and the right is in the mao position!

The general soldier roared, and the ship was immediately submerged by the huge waves, and the whole bow was pressed down by the head, and after a moment it was stubbornly raised, and the sea water rushed out from the sides of the ship, and the boat rushed up to the crest of the wave, and then rushed down the slope of the water, and rushed straight to the trough, half of the hull of the ship was plunged into the sea, and miraculously broke out of the fetters of the sea, and continued to speed forward.

In the violent bumps, Chongwen actually fell asleep, and slept very sweetly, without the horror of nightmares, without the worry of half dreaming and half waking up, and even dizziness and vomiting. He became part of the wooden dragon and seemed to have been born to gallop on the sea, compete with whale salamanders, and endure storms.

When I woke up, the wind and waves had already subsided, the wind was weakening, the swell was already below 4 feet, and the rain had stopped, but there was a heavy fog all around, and I still didn't know the direction.

In his sleep, the bird boat had been battling the wind and waves for four hours, and the ship was scarred. One mainmast was broken, the port side was broken, and the water gate was missing. The aft terrace was swept away by the sea, a bowl was missing, the bow was damaged, and the sail canopy on both sides was broken, one of which was difficult to repair. Sailors were hammering the ship's planks, and the tinkling sound was distracting.

When he woke up, he was already lying on the couch, covered with a military blanket, and the blanket was fixed on the couch with a cloth belt. The injured catfish cubs were carried away, and the cabin was cleaned up. The couch is still undulating, but it has eased a lot, and there is no need to worry about being thrown out at any time.

He untied the leather belt of his body, stood up with the cabin board, the hatch had been repaired, and the finance minister Huang Qian pushed the door in with the medicine box, and said: "Sun Daguan is awake, I will come to show the shoulder injury of the senior official, and the minister is familiar with the technique of Qi Huang, and he is half a ship doctor." ”

Chongwen nodded, reluctantly stretched out his right arm, Huang Qian took a step forward, held Chongwen's arm and said: "It's good for the big officials to sit down, don't be nervous, this kind of contusion and sprain is a common injury in the army, and it is not difficult to treat." ”

Chongwen sat on the couch, Huang Qian held his arm and examined it carefully, moved up and down, and said: "Subcutaneous stasis purple, poor movement, this is a wound to the muscles and veins, use frankincense, myrrh, soap thorns to dissolve stasis, honeysuckle, forsythia to reduce swelling." Frankincense and myrrh are produced from big food, which are precious medicinal materials in the mainland, but they are not rare at sea. I have here the blood pill of the Zhenhai Guard, which has a miraculous effect in treating this injury, and the ministers first serve the big officials to take it, three times a day, and it will be effective within five days. ”

Huang Qian knew Chongwen's identity, and there were only 4 people on the ship who really knew Chongwen's identity, and even the chief soldier Shun Zusun didn't know. The little official was inevitably nervous when he saw the Son of Heaven, even if he was a down-and-out Son of Heaven, Huang Qian was so verbose that his hands trembled and he actually dropped the pill on the deck.

Finally, Chongwen took the medicine and fixed his right arm with a cloth towel.

Huang Qian suddenly knelt on his knees and said: "Your Majesty, with a body of ten thousand gold, risked death to save a lowly boy, he is the lord of great benevolence and righteousness, and he will be blessed by God and Buddha." The ministers are willing to protect His Majesty to expel the rebellion and return to Nanjing, not daring to fear death and greed for life. Chongwen looked at this scholar in surprise, not knowing why he suddenly showed his loyalty, he said with difficulty: "No courtesy, let's be even." ”

At noon, the fog gradually cleared and the sun emerged from the clouds. The wind weakened, and the blue sea calmed down, with layers of microwaves, showing his gentle and magnificent side.

The little bird boat wanders alone on the sea, drifting with the current, with no clear direction. A few dolphins chase the waves at the stern of the boat, and from time to time they leap out of the sea and chirp cheerfully. The sailors were not surprised, and they were busy with their own work, while playing rough jokes with each other, and passing the boring life at sea.

Only Lin Yanghao, the captain on duty, was lying on the terrace buttress of the stern, looking at these clever sea beasts with great interest. Liu Guan went up the wooden ladder to the terrace and instructed two Zhenhaiwei carpenters who were temporarily on the boat to build a gun carriage, Lin Yanghao leaned over and asked, "Captain, why don't you raise the sails yet?"

Liu Guan glanced at Lin Yanghao and said, "Raise the sails, which direction are you going, do you know where we are now?"

Lin Yanghao sneered: "You are the captain, why do you ask me." ”

Liu Guan said coldly: "I am the captain, so the whole ship has to listen to me, I said to repair the ship first now, and I won't go anywhere." ”

Lin Yanghao's exaggerated forked hand salute: "Oh!"

Liu Guan casually ordered: "Keep an eye on these two guys, if the gun car is not suitable, the dead man who will have to enter the ship will be in the boat." Lin Yanghao put away his smiling face and said, "Don't worry, no one will laugh at the lives of the whole ship." ”

Liu Guan patted Lin Yanghao's shoulder, turned around and walked away from the wooden ladder. Liu Guan strode into the compass cabin, the chief soldier Shun was holding his head in front of the chart and thinking hard, the catfish boy sat on the side humming and chirping, and there were hourglasses, water compasses, and a row of star-pulling boards on the long case. Liu Guan said: "We can't stay here for a long time, it's hard to say whether the officers and soldiers will catch up, and we'll leave when the mast and sail canopy are repaired." ”

The general soldier said: "We are roughly in the southeast sea area of Huang Zeyang, which is already deep in the East China Sea, and there is no reference, so we cannot determine the direction." To the southwest, it is the coast of Fujian and Zhejiang, and more than 1,000 miles to the northeast is the country of Qi and Lili, where to go?"

Liu Guan said without hesitation: "Now that the wind is tight, Yongji must prevent us from running to the near sea." If you join the mother, we will go east, hide overseas first and then reason. ”

Chief Bingshun said: "To the east is the deep sea, and if you can't find an island reference, it's easy to get lost." We don't have much supplies on board, and we lost 2 stones of brown rice yesterday, and we can't support it for long at sea. ”

Liu Guan patted his chest and said: "The Liu family needle road is thin in his hand, and the East China Sea is allowed to gallop for us, where are you afraid of him?"