Chapter 826: Straight to Jialan Island
Chen Jianping met with Master Huiming and talked a few words, because Master Huiming had to guard the jade book and the red smoke furnace magic weapon, so he continued to stay in the Central Plains.
After Chen Jianping said goodbye to Geng Jingyun and Master Huiming, he went straight to Jialan Island without stopping.
This Jialan Island is lonely overseas, if you want to land on the island, you need to cross a strait, Chen Jianping four people rode horses to take the East Medicine Mountain, to the southeast, three days later, they came to the Central Plains and East Medicine Mountain and the southern Xinjiang junction of the fishing port wharf.
The four of them stood on the mound, looking at the busy fishing port wharf not far from the sea, Chen Jianping frowned slightly, and said, "Anyway, I really haven't been to the sea!"
As he spoke, Chen Jianping looked at Nalan Yue and Wu Datong.
Nalan Yue and Wu Datong shook their heads together and said, "Don't expect the two of us, you have never been to the sea in the land of fish and water in your southern Xinjiang, and we don't even have a big river in northern Xinjiang, let alone a big river!"
Hearing this, Chen Jianping's brows furrowed even tighter, but at this time, Zong Hulai next to him hugged his arms and coughed exaggeratedly a few times.
The three of them looked at Zong Hulai and asked suspiciously, "Have you ever been to sea?"
Zong Hulai twisted his neck unnaturally and said, "Did I say I haven't been to sea?"
Chen Jianping frowned and said, "You guy, when did you get mixed up with us?"
Wu Datong stabbed Chen Jianping, and smiled at Nalan Yueyi!
"Ah......h
Wu Datong screamed, jumping high and rubbing his waist, obviously he was pinched by Nalan Yue, Chen Jianping gritted his teeth with empathy!
Nalan Yue: "I see that your mouth is crooked, treat you!"
Zong Hulai said with a righteous face: "Although this martial brother's demeanor is a little obscene, but the meaning is not bad, I really admire Miss Nalan's appearance, the so-called fair lady, gentleman ......"
Nalan Yue waved her hand impatiently, and said loudly: "Don't talk nonsense! We are going to sea to Jialan Island, do you know how to find a boat?" Zong Hulai looked at Chen Jianping quite hurtfully.
Chen Jianping smiled slightly and said, "You see that I am also less nonsense!"
Zong Hulai sighed sadly and sang: "I want to compare my heart to the bright moon, but the bright moon shines on the ditch, if he can ...... one day"
Chen Jianping and the three of them said in unison: "Don't talk nonsense!"
Frightened, Zong Hulai almost didn't plant his head on the mound, he embarrassedly tidied up his coat and hat, and said: "A few years ago, I went to Jialan Island with Master, and you just came with me!"
As he spoke, he walked down the mound, led the way in front of his head, and said as he walked: "Now this season, the northwest wind is blowing, and it is appropriate to go to Jialan Island at sea, because it is a tailwind, but when you come back, you will have to go against the wind!"
Chen Jianping didn't know anything about sailing and taking a boat, and asked, "What is the gap between this!"
Zong Hulai said: "Nothing else, if you reach Jialan Island with a tailwind, it will take about five days to sail, and if you come back, it will take about seven or eight days to sail against the wind, so if you want to calculate the return time, you need to take this into account!"
Chen Jianping smiled slightly, and said secretly: "Although this person's speech is sometimes absurd, but his mind is very orderly, if it is not like this, he will not be able to practice advanced martial arts!"
A few people said without a word, and they didn't take two steps to get to the dock, and on the busy dock, the residents and sailors performed their duties, fiddling with the catch, and the nets were packed.
On the entire wharf, there was a strong smell of sea fish, Chen Jianping was okay, Nalan Yue and Wu Datong were from northern Xinjiang, and they were very unaccustomed to this fishy smell, and the two of them frowned tightly and covered their mouths and noses from the moment they stepped on the dock.
But Zong Hulai didn't mean to stop, passed through the bustling fishermen and sailors, and walked straight to the back hillside where there were few people, Chen Jianping and the three of them didn't understand the trick, so they had to wait behind without a head!
After a while, Zong Hulai took Chen Jianping and the three of them to a small wooden house at the end of the fishing port, stepped forward and gently buckled the door panel, and after a while, the small wooden door "creaked" softly, and an old face full of deep wrinkles appeared behind the door.
The old man's eyes were cloudy, and he looked up with difficulty, and said in a low voice: "Is there anything wrong with the people? Why did you knock on the door of my old man's room?"
Zong Hulai arched his hand and said politely: "Uncle, I am a few past merchants, and I want to sell some medicinal materials from the north to Jialan Island, I don't know if the ships that deliver goods to Jialan Island have departed, and when will they leave?"
The old man straightened his waist tremblingly, looked at the sun, and said, "Before noon, the cargo ship has not yet set off, and it will pull anchor and set sail after noon.
Zong Hulai nodded and said, "Exactly, I hope that my husband will help me!"
The old man nodded and said: "Don't dare to be, the cargo ship is back and forth, it's not worth mentioning, you just go to the boat by yourself, say that my Qi Laohan's name is no problem, it's just ......"
The old man said this, slightly hesitating, Zong Hulai hurriedly said: "Old man, we are in a hurry for a few distances, if there is any inconvenience, just say!"
The old man smiled and said, "It's nothing, it's just that the daughter of the shipwright boss is seriously ill and has no money to get medicine, if you are kind, you can reward him with a few dollars, so that he can treat his daughter and get medicine, I think, you still have a few dollars for trading, right?"
When Zong Hulai heard this, he hurriedly said: "Needless to say, I will cover her medicine fee to the end!"
When the old man heard this, he was overjoyed, and when he smiled, the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes became deeper, and he led the way with his trembling head, and happily took Zong Hulai and the others to find the shipwright boss who drove the cargo ship!
After a while, I turned one or two bamboo banks and came to a ship, although this ship is old, it is really a big ship, three floors up and down, with four styles, moored in front of the fishing port, quite imposing!
The old man stood under the ship, and shouted loudly with leaky teeth: "Boatman Liu, vegetable Lao Liu, come quickly, bother you to take a few guests across the sea!"
At this time, a man in his fifties, with a face full of vicissitudes, a dark body, and barefoot and shirtless men poked his head out from the back of the body and said loudly: "Since it was brought by the old man Qi himself, needless to say, get on the ship quickly, and you will be anchored!"
As he spoke, the man jumped down as soon as he jumped down and asked enthusiastically, "Do you have any luggage to carry?"
Qi Laohan said diligently: "They are merchants who sell medicinal materials, and there should be some medicinal materials ......."
Before the old man finished speaking, Chen Jianping said: "I didn't bring medicinal materials this time, let's go and negotiate a price with the merchants over there first, and then discuss the delivery of goods!"
As he spoke, he turned around and took the three ingots of silver from Wu Datong's hand, and stretched out in front of this Liu boatman, most of the fishermen on the seaside were poor and had never seen so many silver taels, and they were stunned when they saw these three ingots of silver!
Qi Laohan said happily: "Cai Lao Liu, your girl has been saved, these people are bodhisattvas, my old man is talkative, he said your girl's illness, and people said that the girl's illness package is in the end!
Boatman Liu couldn't believe his ears, he was stunned for a long time, and suddenly fell to his knees, and said excitedly: "This is ...... How can this make ......"
Chen Jianping and Zong Hulai helped the boatman up, and Chen Jianping said: "Brother shipwright, there is no need to say much, as long as you bring us to Jialan Island, we will give another thank you silver when we come back!"
Shipwright Liu almost couldn't believe all this, and invited Chen Jianping and others to board the ship.
Nalan Yue smiled slightly on the side, and asked about this old man Qi, who was full of alcohol, and immediately took out another ingot of silver from the money bag around Wu Datong's waist, handed it to Qi Laohan with a smile, and said: "Dad, you are kind-hearted, thinking about the difficulties of the shipwright's eldest brother, you can take this ingot of silver to drink wine!"
This old man had never seen so much money in his life, and hurriedly said: "I can't do it, I can't do it, I can't do it!"
Nalan Yue smiled and said loudly: "You told us about the shipwright's eldest brother's family, that is, to save his daughter, save people's lives, and exchange for a wine ingot, it is worth it!"
Qi Laohan took the silver ingot with both hands and held it in his hand, and laughed heartily.
Zong Hulai looked at Nalan Yue with fascination, and muttered: "Laughing and chanting, like flowers and jade; Beautiful! really beautiful! good! moving!"
Nalan Yue glared at Zong Hulai, glanced at Chen Jianping, and followed Wu Datong on the cargo ship.
But at this moment, more than a dozen strange people suddenly walked over quickly, shouting loudly as they walked: "Boatman, slow down the anchor and carry us across the sea!"