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Chapter 16 Shipbuilding

Tan Changxing had been a little erratic these past few days, his chest seemed to be stuffed with a soft quilt, no matter whether he was sitting or lying down, the corners of his lips couldn't hide the smile.

After cutting the plank, Wei Ming waved to Tan Changxing who was sitting on the reef, "Come and help me." Wei Ming planned to build a wooden boat. Although they decided not to leave the island, they had studied it for so long, so it was appropriate. There is a result.He looked at Tan Changxing's smirk, and couldn't help laughing, his eyes were crooked, he had a clean and handsome appearance, and the corners of his lips curled up as if the sky broke through the dark clouds and shone into Tan Changxing's arms.

Tan Changxing jumped off the rock and stepped on the soft sand. He didn't wear straw sandals, and walked up to Wei Ming with bare feet. The two of them lifted the wooden board together, and the mortise was aligned with the mortise. There was a "click", and it fit perfectly.Wei Ming took two blue snails and put them into the trough of the boat, waited for the blue snails to crawl slowly, and covered the hull of the boat with slime to prevent water leakage.

In the distance, a stag-horned fox was lying on the raft, teasing the whale with the tip of its tail. The whale had a good time and made several cheerful calls from time to time.

Tan Changxing bent down and put in two more blue snails.The snail crawled too slowly, and Tan Changxing got bored waiting, so he squatted on the ground and played with balls of sand.

Wei Ming moved closer to Tan Changxing's side: "Build a sandcastle?"

"En." Tan Changxing carefully outlined the shape of the sandcastle with his fingers, "I want to build Song Hai's palace."

"What is it like?" Wei Ming has never seen an imperial palace. The royal family in his impression must be a courtyard with high walls, red walls and black tiles, and knights with bright eyes waiting for the prince to tell him stories.

Tan Changxing happily pointed to the square that had just been built: "This is the main hall, where the government is discussed. Every morning, the emperor and the ministers discuss state affairs." His finger drew an arc on the sand, "This is the corridor, this is the corridor. This is the imperial garden, this is the harem, this is the east palace, where the prince lives."

"The prince is your elder brother?" Wei Ming asked.

Tan Changxing shook his head: "It's my second brother, my eldest brother is not the queen's son, you know, the first son inherits the throne."

"Oh, what's in the imperial garden?" Wei Ming asked, the little tiger ran to his side, and pushed his arm with his big head, "Is there a white tiger?"

Tan Changxing turned his head to look at Wei Ming who was full of curiosity, squinted his eyes with a smile, and leaned over to kiss Wei Ming's cheek: "No, Father doesn't like keeping animals in the imperial garden. There are only flowers and a pond of fish. Occasionally, I can see cats and dogs raised by concubines."

The little tiger imitated Tan Changxing's appearance, sticking out his tongue to lick Wei Ming's chin.

Tan Changxing raised his hand and held the little tiger's head: "No licking, only I can kiss."

"Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo..." the little tiger retorted unconvincedly.

Wei Ming felt that squatting was too tiring, so he simply sat on the beach, hugged the little tiger into his arms, and continued to ask: "Is your eldest sister married?"

"Princess marriage is not called marriage, it's called 'suitability'." Tan Changxing said, "The son-in-law is the son of a fifth-rank official. I forgot what it does. Those high-ranking officials don't really want their children to be son-in-law. "The emotion in his eyes was mostly sarcasm, "It's not convenient to take concubines when you become a son-in-law." Speaking of taking concubines, Tan Changxing looked at Wei Ming, "Don't think about finding someone else."

Wei Ming, who was caught off guard by the gun barrel, was stunned for a moment, unable to laugh or cry: "There is no one else on this island." He lowered his head and asked the little tiger in his arms, "Can you become a human?"

"Oh?" The little tiger raised his head in confusion.

"Look." Wei Ming pinched Tan Changxing's earlobe out of thin air, "Is all Song Hai's vinegar all from you?"

Tan Changxing pursed his lips, lowered his head and continued to pile up his palace: "This is where I live. In fact, I am about to leave the palace to build a mansion. The title has not yet been decided. The concubine mother said that she would choose an auspicious title for me."

"For example?" Wei Ming asked.

"An, Le, something." Tan Changxing said, he clapped his hands, wiped the sand off his palms, and looked into Wei Ming's eyes, "Now I think it's not bad to be an island owner."

Wei Ming suddenly smiled, the satisfaction in his heart was about to overflow, he cheerfully grabbed Tan Changxing's arm: "I'll tell you about Suiyu Villa."

Suiyu Mountain Villa is built on the hillside and is famous for wine making, among which Qiong Li Niang is the most famous.

"Hundred acres of pear trees are planted in Zhuangzi. Every March in Yangchun, the pear blossoms are in full bloom. 'Bai Jin Wuwen is fragrant, and Yushu Qiongpa piles up with snow'①. The servants dig Qiong pears under the pear trees. The moon is full of the fragrance of wine." Wei Ming said, he drew the shape of pear blossoms on the beach, "Pear blossoms are also called Xiangxue, and the pear blossoms fade in late spring, and the ground is covered with snow, which is very beautiful." If he succeeds in getting out of the island, he would I want to take Tan Changxing to Suiyu Villa to see pear blossoms.

Tan Changxing sighed: "It's a pity that I can't see the hundred-acre pear field, and I can't drink Qiong pear brew."

Wei Ming smiled and said, "It's okay, maybe my mother burned all the hundred-acre pear blossoms." Being shot, ruined decades of painstaking efforts in Suiyu Villa.

Tan Changxing couldn't talk and laugh about the sufferings of the past lightly like Wei Ming. He held Wei Ming's hand distressedly and said, "If you want to see the flowers, let someone show you the flowers."

"Okay." Wei Ming nodded, "I don't know if the human face tree can bloom."

Human Face Tree in the Deep Mountain:?

Wei Ming stood up and went to look at the blue snail in the trough. The snail had already crawled all over the boat, and the glistening slime solidified into a solid reflective layer, tightly wrapping the hull.

Tan Changxing and Wei Ming pushed the boat into the water together, and then tied the hemp rope tied to the bow to the reef.

"Want to try?" Tan Changxing asked.

"Of course." Wei Ming propped himself up on the side of the boat and jumped in, bouncing on it, without getting into the water or falling apart, he bent down and pulled Tan Changxing in, two people stood on it, the hull was still strong.

Wei Ming was very happy, after failing so many times, he finally succeeded.The little tiger flapped its wings and jumped in, sat on the bow of the boat and let out a vicious roar: "Aoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo..."

The whale pushed the fox with antlers to swim over, and spit a lot of fish into the boat trough.

Now Wei Ming and Tan Changxing knew how the stargazing whale gave the fox sea fish, and Tan Changxing's expression could not be said to be disgusting or helpless, Wei Ming said silently in his heart, it's fine to go back and wash it if it's okay.

Suddenly, the little tiger closed his mouth, jumped into the boat trough and lay down, and the antler fox also lay on the raft without moving.

Tan Changxing asked, "What's wrong?"

The hearing of animals is much better than that of humans. Wei Ming waited quietly for a while, and heard some faint voices: "I heard someone shouting."

Tan Changxing was stunned for a moment, then calmed down and listened.

The sound became louder and louder from far to near, like a sharp sword piercing through the air, rushing into the ears of the two of them.

"Respect..."

"Respect—"

"Respect-up-"

"Your Majesty?" Wei Ming frowned, "Could it be that there is a third person on the island?"

Tan Changxing didn't speak, he felt familiar and anxious, who is His Majesty calling?Why does he have palpitations and panic?

Wei Ming held Tan Changxing's hand: "What's wrong with you?"

"I..." Tan Changxing seemed to be choked by his throat, his fingers were cold and trembling, and he saw a huge ship appearing on the sea level, and the shouts became more and more real——

"Dongye teaches the left protector Liu Qian and the right protector Wang Hao, and pay homage to your lord!"

Notes:

① "Bai Jin Wuwen is fragrant, and Yushu Qiongpa is piled up with snow" comes from Song Dynasty Qiu Chuji's "Wu Su Nian·Lingxu Gong Lihua Ci"

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