Chapter 15: The Rock of Desperation 01 I don't know where to go
The man on the snake sail boat, since Shi Zhenlan appeared on the dock, his eyes have never left his body, seeing him get on the boat, he stretched out his hand, the horn on the snake sail boat sounded, raised the sail and turned the rudder, and sailed towards the sea.
"Where are they going?" "Since leaving the Buried Sail Island, several ships have been on the sea for about 20 days, but in these 20 days, there is not a single island, and even people like Chai Yingruo, who often linger on the sea scenery, have gradually felt a little bored in the face of the boundless sea all day long!
Gu Qiyun said with some sorrow: "No wonder the ancients said that the sea was once difficult to water, but when I saw it today, I realized that the sea is so wide, I am afraid that it is bigger than the Central Plains, how can I go for so many days, and it is still a vast area!"
"What do you know...... Old Man Yu was half-lying on the deck, holding a hat on his head, covering the dazzling sun, and chuckled: "This land walk, relying on the mountains and rivers to divide the south, south, west, and northwest, but on this sea, but with the stars and compass in the sky to guide the direction, you haven't noticed these days, every day when you get up early, the location of the sun is a little different?"
"It's really a little different!" Ren Tianbai raised his head and thought for a while: "Early yesterday morning, the sun seemed to be on the bow of the ship, but this morning this morning was on the starboard side, I don't know what the difference is?"
"Naturally, there is a difference!" Old man Yu raised his hat, glanced at Ren Tianbai and said: "Most of these countries in the South Seas are island countries, the islands are dotted, and they are far from where the real ocean is, you don't know the astrology, naturally you don't know where the ship is going in this sea, these days, turning east and west, we have already avoided all the islands we can see, so you always feel a little vast and endless, but it's also fast, in two or three days, you must see the island!"
"How can my father-in-law conclude like this?" Gu Tuyun was a little strange, the weather on the sea was clear at the moment, and the surroundings were unobstructed, except for the vast sea, there was no land at all, and the old man Yu had seen the sea chart, could it really be that he could identify the location just by the stars?
"Saying that you haven't been to the sea, you really don't have much knowledge!" Old Man Yu raised his hat and looked at a few juniors with doubts on their faces and said: "Even if you can't read the astrology, don't you go to see how much water is left on this ship?" After walking for so many days, there is still 12/12 of the fresh water left on the ship, if you don't dock to replenish it, do you want to make the people on this ship die of thirst?"
"Isn't there all water in this sea?" Ren Tianbai didn't think about it, so he came out of a sentence, and as soon as the words came out, he saw Gu Qiyun and Chai Yingruo both looking at him in surprise, and the old man Yu lifted his hat, looked at Ren Tianbai and said: "When you sail in this sea, it is the same as in the river? Although the sea water is also water, it is bitter and cannot be eaten, if you drink it, you are afraid that you will die of thirst faster!"
Ren Tianbai was stunned for a moment, and suddenly remembered that he had been attacked by the Flying Fish Gang and fell into the water before, and he was hungry and thirsty for several days, and he was almost going to drink seawater, as if Hu Lu also said so, it seems that this seawater really can't be drunk!
The four ships traveled at sea for another two days, but the flag was waved on the ship in front of Shi Zhenlan, and someone on the boat had already seen it, standing at the bow of the ship and saying loudly: "The owner of the island has an order, the front is to supply dry food and drinking water, except for the people on duty today, the rest of the people are not allowed to get off the ship! Those who violate the order will be severely punished!"
If Chai Ying first heard that he wanted to supply food and drink on the ship, he knew that he was going to dock ahead, and he only said that it was okay to go ashore and take a walk, but Shi Zhenlan was such a strict order, but Gu Zhiyun was a little surprised and glanced at the old man who was sleeping on the deck, it seems that this old man is also a person who has been at sea for a long time, and he knows almost everything about the sea!
In the afternoon, there was indeed an island in front of the big boat, with dense woods on it, Chai Ying couldn't help but feel a little strange, this island looked good, why did Shi Zhenlu not allow everyone to get off the boat?
"It's a pirate!" Ren Tianbai has been standing on the side of the ship, seeing that the big ship has just dropped anchor, several clippers on the island rowed out, and all the people on it are some shirtless and shirtless men, everyone has a sharp knife in their hands, and when they get to the bottom of the big ship, they don't know what to say, and a few people on the big boat go down, all of them are pre-assigned people, and the accents are the same as these men on the fast boat, and they rowed back together, and after a while, several fast boats were loaded with wooden barrels, and salted meat and the like were sent up!
"Isn't there any water on this island?" Old man Yu looked at the wooden barrels brought on the boat, smelled a strong smell of wine, and said a little strangely: "What are you doing with all this wine?"
"We don't know why!" A few men who moved goods also said a little helplessly: "I heard that when we arrived at the place, we were going to have a banquet, just because there were a lot of people coming, so let us bring some along the way, and there was water, but it was only enough to reach the place, not much, but with these wines, we have enough to drink!"
"Where is that place you are talking about?" Gu Qiyun asked, since the people on this island know how much distance is left, they should naturally know where to go, but the man shook his head and said: "We don't know this, it's always the island owner who hasn't spoken, let's just do what they say!"
"Brother Yun......" Chai Yingruo looked at the boat for a moment, his face was surprised, and he lowered his voice and said: "This island seems to be full of pirates, not the kind of island we saw before!"
"Hmm!" Gu Qiyun nodded and said: "I look like it, the people who come and go on this island are all armed with swords and swords, and there is no cultivation on the island, even those boats, it doesn't look like fishing boats, it seems that this island is a place where pirates gather!"
"Be damn careful!" Someone on the island suddenly scolded angrily, causing several people to turn their heads, and saw a sailor on the island, and I didn't know what was carrying a jar, one accidentally knocked over to the ground, looking at the darkness, flowing everywhere, the man who supervised the work on the side was suddenly furious, and he pulled out his knife and cut it, and the man who carried the altar did not show weakness, and raised the long stick that carried things in his hand to meet him, and fought for less than ten rounds, so that the man with the long stick was not good at what he was capable of, and was cut to the ground with a knife, and was so shocked that Chai Yingruo almost screamed out on the boat!
"What is that?" Old man Yu didn't care about the other party's fight, his eyes were just looking at the things that were knocked to the ground, the man who oversaw the work had already called a few people, threw the corpse into the sea, and covered the mess on the ground with sand, and when he looked up, he saw someone on the boat looking at him, and his eyes were crossed: "Don't hurry up and get out of the boat, dare to take a look at it again, Lao Tzu will split you together!"