Chapter 16 Sea Views
After a night of fun, Qian Xiaoxing was drunk. The next day, she found herself hugging Ling Shan, who was naked. She had no impression of when she had a big fight with Ling Shan last night.
Ling Shan woke up in Qian Xiaoxing's arms, reached out to Qian Xiaoxing's little brother with one hand, and cursed: "How great it was last night? I want to get back with revenge." After that, he kneaded the soft object for a while until it became harder and harder.
"Haha, are you taking revenge or wanting to come and do it again?" Qian Xiaoxing smiled and turned over the horse and started exercising again.
It was not until noon that the two of them wore clothes and walked out of the cabin. The water of Canglang River was green and the gentle wind blew, which made people feel refreshed. Shi Yeying found them and said, "Xiaoxing, the boat was slightly shaken last night. You are quite moving."
"Is that true?" Qian Xiaoxing said embarrassedly: "I've played with the car and the boat is also played with it. It's your turn tonight."
Shi Yeying combed her hair that was blown by the wind in her ears and tempted her: "I really haven't tried it on the boat. Don't say you don't have the strength tonight. Okay, go for a meal."
The three of them entered the dining room together. Seeing Ling Yi and Li Ting had been sitting there waiting for a long time, they held hands lovingly and fed each other for each other to eat. The ambiguous expression made Qian Xiaoxing feel irritated.
"Ahem," Qian Xiaoxing coughed a few times on purpose and said, "It seems that I was not the only one who caused the boat to shake last night."
Ship shaking is a new term. Ling Yi asked in confusion: "Brother-in-law, what is Ship shaking?"
"Ask you a woman, she should know." Qian Xiaoxing led everyone to sit down.
Li Ting quietly said to Ling Yi in his ear. Ling Yi said embarrassedly when he heard this, "Haha, nothing can escape the eyes of his brother-in-law. Eat, eat."
Everyone raised their glasses, drank and ate vegetables happily, and enjoyed the rare leisure time. After they had enough wine and meals, they heard the Ling Mansion butler come to report: "Young Master, I saw our merchant fleet ahead."
"I understand." Ling Yi blinked at Qian Xiaoxing and said to the butler: "Immediately order these merchant ships to walk downstream with us."
"Yes!" The housekeeper stepped back.
Qian Xiaoxing immediately guessed that this was a fleet of ships transporting silver. When he arrived at the bow, he looked at it. He saw five large merchant ships arranged in front and back on the river, and the huge white sails were slowly pulling up.
Seeing that the waterlines of the merchant ships were very deep and heavy, Qian Xiaoxing was happy. He remembered that Ling Shan had transported more than 18 million taels of silver from Lin Guo’s money house and returned to Si Guo. This time he made 15 million taels of gold from Shi Guo. This time, he made this money too easy. It not only improved the national strength of his own Si Guo, but also effectively hit the economies of the other two countries.
Ling Yi stood next to Qian Xiaoxing and asked, "Brother-in-law, did you expect to run away from donating money today?"
Qian Xiaoxing waved his hand and said, "I am not so amazing. I have never thought that I would go to war with Lin and Shi. They forced me. I can't be a coward. I don't use force to defeat them economically!"
"Yes, this 15 million taels is the income of the court in the two years of Shiguo, but the people are still suffering." Ling Yi replied sadly.
"Don't worry!" Qian Xiaoxing said confidently: "As long as I unify China, I will let the people live a good life."
Ling Yi sighed and said, "Brother-in-law, I believe you can unify China. It's only ten or twenty years, and that's too long, and the people will die of suffering."
Qian Xiaoxing smiled and said, "There was a fortune teller who once calculated for me. I was skeptical at the beginning, but now I believe it completely."
"Oh, what did the fortune teller say?" Ling Yi asked curiously.
"Since Shan was taken away by me, I met this fortune teller. He told me that everything would be unfavorable in the future. Only after finding the noble person can everything go smoothly. Now I have found the noble person, so I can rescue you." Qian Xiaoxing said mysteriously.
Ling Yi asked, "Who is that noble man?"
"It's...it's your woman!" Qian Xiaoxing confirmed.
"Ah!" Ling Yi was shocked and said to Qian Xiaoxing: "Aren't you going to steal my Tingting?"
"Uh..." Qian Xiaoxing saw Ling Yi's nervous expression and said, "Brother Ling, don't worry, brothers and wife should not be bullied, I still understand. After meeting Li Ting, my biggest gain was to obtain the formula of explosives. You have seen the power of explosives. With this explosive, why are you afraid of Lin Guo and Shi Guo?"
After hearing that Qian Xiaoxing was not interested in Li Ting, Ling Yi breathed a sigh of relief and said, "The power of explosives is indeed extraordinary, but only when they can be used with close forces, so it's still a bit troublesome."
Qian Xiaoxing waved his hand and said, "The explosive pack is just one of the uses of gunpowder. It can also be used as weapons such as cannons and firearms, and it has many uses."
Ling Yi nodded in a vague way. What is the cannon firearm? What is the use? Press the curiosity in his heart for the time being, and you must see it after returning to Siguo.
Three medium-sized merchant ships and five large merchant ships formed a long caravan and went downstream. It took five days to reach the outer sea. This was the first time Qian Xiaoxing took a boat that had been so long. After the excitement at first, he gradually became bored. Ling Yi threw a fishing net to him and said, "I heard that there are big fish in the river. It depends on whether you have the ability."
Qian Xiaoxing took the fishing net and had never tried fishing with the fishing net. He immediately became curious, picked up the fishing net and threw it around and tried it, but the fishing net could not be dispersed.
Ling Shan, Shi Yeying, Li Ting and others saw Qian Xiaoxing's embarrassing appearance, and they covered their mouths and laughed secretly. It was not until Ling Yi called the fisherman on the boat and taught Qian Xiaoxing how to cast a net that Qian Xiaoxing threw it out of the first net.
In ancient times, the river water was clear and there were many fish. Qian Xiaoxing had harvests on almost every net. Looking at the big fish that were caught and jumping around in the cabin, Qian Xiaoxing was extremely happy and shouted, "What a fat fish, let's eat it."
A table was placed on the bow of the boat, and a charcoal stove was set up on the side. While drinking wine, eating the fragrant grilled fish, enjoying the beautiful scenery on both sides of the shore, swimming in the Canglang River by boat is also a rare enjoyment in life.
Four days later, we had arrived at the estuary. Three medium-sized merchant ships were replaced with a large merchant ship, and formed a fleet with five original silver transport ships. After replenishing freshwater food on the shore, we were ready to start the ocean.
That night, Qian Xiaoxing was still asleep sweetly in the cabin, but was woken up by Shi Yeying beside him. Qian Xiaoxing woke up in a daze and asked, "What do you want to do if you don't sleep in the middle of the night?"
"Didn't you just do it? I don't want to do it," Shi Yeying pulled Qian Xiaoxing and said, "I asked yesterday that our boat can go to sea today. It's almost dawn now, let's go to see the sunrise."
"Oh!" Qian Xiaoxing was immediately excited when he heard that he had arrived at the sea and was completely sleepy. He put on his clothes with Shi Yeying and came to the bow of the boat.
The sky outside was still light blue, very light blue, and the surroundings were very quiet, with only the seagulls following the stern occasionally making a few croaking sounds.
The sea water looks dark green, as if it is a deep black pool that can never reach the end. Looking towards the endless sea level, Qian Xiaoxing couldn't help but open his arms and slowly close his eyes. The sea breeze blows with a slight salty smell, feeling the vastness of the sea.
Shi Yeying hugged Qian Xiaoxing from behind, leaned her face against his back, enjoying the moment of happiness.
A red glow slowly appeared where the sky and water were connected. As the red glow became bigger and bigger, the horizon in the east had been dyed red. Qian Xiaoxing and Shi Yeying hugged each other and looked at the east, and the sun was about to come out.
After a while, the sun slowly exposed a little like a red egg yolk, slowly rising on the horizon. After a while, the sun completely jumped out of the sea, and the color was very red. Suddenly, the red ball emitted a dazzling light, and the morning glow on the edge was also shining with the light.
On the sea, waves spread out and stretched towards the sun. Suddenly, a dolphin jumped from the bow of the boat, jumped out of the water happily and sank into the water.
Qian Xiaoxing and Shi Yeying screamed when they saw this and immediately came to the side of the boat. The dolphin jumped out of the water soon. Qian Xiaoxing pointed to the sea and shouted happily like a child: "Dolphin! I saw the dolphin!"
After a while, the second dolphin also jumped out of the sea, the third, the fourth... After a while, groups of dolphins jumped forward on the sea. The scene was grand. Qian Xiaoxing couldn't help but screamed at the dolphins excitedly when he saw the rare scenery in his life.
Qian Xiaoxing's shouts woke everyone up. Everyone ran to the bow of the boat in panic, looked at the dolphins flying over the sea, and stopped at the bow of the boat to watch.
The dolphin group swam at the bow for more than ten minutes before turning around and leaving. Qian Xiaoxing saw the sea around him and asked Ling Yi: "Brother Ling, will you get lost when you walk from the sea?"
Ling Yi smiled and said, "My Ling family merchant ship often walks on the sea. I have found the most experienced Lao Li to guide us, and I will ensure there is no problem."
"That's good," Qian Xiaoxing found it difficult to understand how he made a direction judgment without high-tech conditions such as satellite positioning and radio communication in ancient times, but he didn't need to understand. Anyway, someone has led the way, Qian Xiaoxing asked: "How much time will it take to get from here to our Siguo."
"I want to ask Lao Li this," Ling Yi immediately called Lao Li, and saw that Lao Li was a man in his fifties, with a strong figure, and the sea breeze had already blown his skin dark. After hearing Qian Xiaoxing's question, Lao Li replied: "If everything goes smoothly, you can reach the Siguo Sea in just half a month."
"It will take half a month..." Qian Xiaoxing couldn't help but sigh and said, "It seems that I will have to play for half a month."
"Haha, it's better to ride a boat than to make a carriage, just have fun." Ling Yi smiled.
Sailing, sails filled with sea breeze drive the big ship, riding the wind and waves, sliding on the sea surface, flowing down long wave lines.
Two days later, Qian Xiaoxing was already holding the rudder at the rudder of the ship and began to learn to drive the ship. Lao Li was smiling beside him. Some time ago, Qian Xiaoxing took a Jinhua ham and bought Lao Li with two pots of good wine. Lao Li was allowed to play without violating safety.
Qian Xiaoxing turned the steering wheel a few times, and felt it was meaningless, so he came to Lao Li and asked, "Old Li, tell me the story of navigation?"
"When we sail, we are most afraid of storms and pirates. When the storm comes, if we can't hide, we can tear the ship and then roll people into the air. However, I heard that sometimes people will be rolled on the isolated island. Some people are lucky and even find the treasures of pirates on the isolated island." Lao Li said slowly.
When he heard the mysterious pirate, Qian Xiaoxing asked curiously: "Are there pirates here too?"
Old Li said with a serious expression: "Yes! There is a pirate named Big Bearded here, with three or four hundred men under his command, and some of my brothers died at the hands of the pirates."
"Ah!" Qian Xiaoxing screamed in surprise and asked worriedly: "Will we touch the pirates?"
"I will bypass the pirate activity territory. Although I have taken some detours, there is no way to make the most of my safety." Lao Li replied.
Chapter completed!