Jicanghai

So Ashu was settled by him in the courtyard of Yu's family. Yu Jinfeng went to train during the day and stayed in the study of the Yongjiang Marquis Mansion at night, but he didn't go back often.About half a month later, during the training interval, Wan Nianqing and others suddenly heard Wan Nianqing and others mention Ah Shu, praising him for being smart and well-behaved, but unfortunately he was too shy, so some rough guys always wanted to tease him.Ah Shu avoided them, but there were always times when he couldn't avoid them, which made him very embarrassed.

Yu Jinfeng frowned and listened, and then picked out those dishonest things on the spot and taught him a few words.At night, he went back to Yu's compound, but he didn't see Ashu, saying that he had gone out.He had to wait in the room. Fortunately, not long after, Ashu turned around with a face full of excitement, holding a bag of pastries in his hand, and seeing Yu Jinfeng hurried over: "Brother Feng, you are here, I have been here for a long time." Didn't see you, are you busy these days?"

Yu Jinfeng said: "I heard that someone bullied you? These people are careless, and sometimes they lose the importance of their actions. If you have anything to say, you can definitely tell me. Anyone can pass the message."

Ah Shu hurriedly said: "I just need to hide. In fact, it's okay if I can't hide. They are all joking with me, I know. Brother Feng, don't worry."

Yu Jinfeng said: "Okay, then where did you go, and you came back so late?"

Ashu put the cakes on a plate and brought them over, still happily saying, "I haven't seen Sister Dong for a long time, I was afraid that she would miss me, so I went to Yanhua Academy. It happened that she made rattan cakes and lotus cakes, Sister Dong The cakes they made are delicious, and I even asked me to bring some back, brother Feng, try it."

He was busy putting the cakes on the table in front of Yu Jinfeng, and then went back to pour tea for him, but he heard a "bang" behind him, and Yu Jinfeng knocked a plate of cakes to the ground.

Ashu was shaken by the shock, and turned to look at him, seeing Yu Jinfeng's gloomy expression, he immediately panicked, and said in a low voice, "Brother Feng, are you angry?"

Yu Jinfeng's face changed greatly when he saw him frightened, and he realized that his attitude was a little rough. He took a breath, thought about it, and said slowly: "Qibao, you shouldn't go to Yanhua Academy again, do you understand? You have experienced it before, so you must still remember it. I don’t want to experience it again, so you should restrain yourself, why bother with this kind of place.” He pondered for a moment, and then Said: "It is reasonable for a person to choose his origin, and he can't always dislike himself. But we must always strive to change, not go back and remember, right? You don't want to go back in the future."

Ashu said submissively: "Okay, I'll listen to you." He paused, and boldly made a request: "But I also want to do something, and I don't want to be idle. Brother Feng, you Mingxiang Army wants me to be like this." People? If you are a general, you must have a few soldiers, even if I serve tea and water with you."

Hearing the words, Yu Jinfeng squeezed his shoulders and arms, and took his pulse again. He had no internal strength at all: "This body is pretty good, but it's a pity that I don't have the foundation, so I can only serve tea and water. I don't have any shortages. The person who serves tea and pours water. You should stay in the courtyard of the Yu family, and we will talk about it later."

Not long after that, Yu Jinfeng heard that Ah Shu was looking for someone to teach him martial arts.Martial arts is something that no one will teach him easily, so he entangles Wen Ruoshui, who has the most tempered temper.When Wen Ruoshui was in Huyingbao, he was in charge of accounts transactions and property distribution. Although he had some skills, he was far behind Wan Nianqing and others, so he just dealt with him casually.

Yu Jinfeng had no choice but to go back to the Yu family's compound again, and found Ashu to teach him: "Martial arts can not be taught by anyone, you should choose according to your own physical fitness. You have passed the best age for learning martial arts, and you don't have the slightest foundation. You have ruined yourself, if you really want to learn, I will arrange for you, don't ask for a teacher indiscriminately."

He thought for a moment, and appointed Fang Ding'an to teach Ashu Kungfu, first taught him two sets of boxing techniques for strengthening the body, and then taught him the simple method of breathing and breathing. It doesn't matter how well he learns, as long as he does some things.

A Shu still nodded submissively.

Summer goes and autumn comes, and the stars move, and in a blink of an eye, the autumn wind is blowing everywhere, frost is cold and dew is thick.During the interval between soldiers' drills, Yu Jinfeng sat on the bow of the boat, waiting for others to fish and drink.The smell of water mixed with the smell of fish rushed towards the face, the setting sun in the middle of the river was shivering, and the eyes were full of reeds.A glass of turbid wine has traveled thousands of miles, and his fame has not been repaid, so he drank the wine in Ou Zhong without emotion, and put the wine Ou down.Ah Shu who was beside him hurriedly raised the wine jar, but hesitated for a moment: "Brother Feng, do you still want to drink? There will be fresh fish soup later, why don't you drink that."

Yu Jinfeng said: "Fall."

Ah Shu had no choice but to twitch his mouth, so he had to pour wine for him.He was wearing a half-worn Tsing Yi, and after being exposed to the wind and sun on the river, his face was no longer as white and tender as it was in Yanhua Academy that day, but his brows became clearer and brighter, and no matter who he was facing, he could have a gentle smile.

Yu Jinfeng didn't agree with Ah Shu's coming to the army, there were rough jobs here, and he was afraid that he would make a mistake if he was powerless.But because of his meekness, when he said that he wanted to come and practice, many people interceded for him, and Yu Jinfeng couldn't stand people talking, so he did as he wanted.He was only told not to run around, and the commander's boat must not go aboard.Ah Shu is really well-behaved, he doesn't say a word, he doesn't take half a step on the road, he follows the rules and keeps himself, so the big guys let him hang around until now.

After drinking a lot, Yu Jinfeng was slightly stupefied, but suddenly he heard Wan Nianqing, Feng Chengzhu and others discussing not far away: "How come General Wen and the others have been away for so long and haven't come back yet?"

Feng Chengzhu said: "Building a warship is not an easy job. A few days ago, Ming Xiao Hou Ye had a letter back saying that he could rush back to Yunjing a year ago, but only a part of the warship could be built, so he brought it back to the capital first. Just wait and see when the time comes, the brand new four-story ship is supposed to be much stronger than these dilapidated ships of the Ming Xiang Army."

It turned out that he did have a letter back, but it was not for himself.Yu Jinfeng sighed secretly in his heart: "This little heartless, I don't know where he is, he must be very happy and happy. But I let you play tricks for nothing, and I don't know if I can remember me at all. You hide for a lifetime It's better if you don't come back, otherwise we have to settle the past and the old accounts."

The dream of the sea is long, the king is worried and I am not worried, Mingran is really happy these days, the sky is slightly bright, so he takes Ming Zhuohua, A Yan and others to the market on Bailu Island.

This Bailu Island has a radius of tens of miles, the coast is sandy flat land, and two blue mountains stand in the center of the island.It is located at the junction of the sea area of ​​Zhuluan country and the sea area of ​​foreign countries. It is only five or six days away from the coast of Zhuluan country. The surrounding sea roads are accessible, so a market spontaneously formed on the island.Many merchants who trade here sell small quantities of goods, but they are exempted from the customs duties after landing, and only need to pay a small fee to the local chiefs.However, there are regulations on the opening time of Bailu Island. It begins in the middle of the night and must leave before sunrise. Moreover, the number of people entering the market is very strict. You must first pay a rent on the pier in exchange for a small coconut carving sign. cards boarded the island.

Everyone went out to sea this time and drove a newly built ship out. Wen Renyu personally took the helm and tried the sea, and Wen Jiaxiu stayed at the shipyard to supervise the work.After everyone landed on the island, because Wen Renyu had been here many times when he was a pirate at sea, he led the way in front.

In the market, there are all kinds of water spirits, corals and lacquer wares produced locally, as well as bright jewels and coconut carvings from the South China Sea. Ming Zhuohua held a smoky purple hairpin of water spirits and was reluctant to let it go. Mingran said: "Buy Take Susu, Lanlan, and Fuzhu. And don’t forget my cousins. Also, that..."

He was hesitant to speak, but Ming Zhuohua immediately understood the elegant meaning when he heard the string song: "There is also a young lady in the future, this servant understands."

Ah Yan pointed to a set of carved coconut tea sets and said, "Master, look at how beautiful those teapots are!"

Mingran said: "Buy it. Buy more and give it away when you go back."

His eyes were full of these things, and then Mingran finally got bored, no matter what the two of them were in love with, he only said one word: "Buy." Ming Zhuohua stuck out his tongue: "If you continue to buy like this, you will return home with nothing to lose." Call us prodigals."

Mingran said: "I'm going to be defeated by me anyway, it's not bad." He also took a fancy to the strong wine brewed by the natives on the island, and ordered him to move a hundred jars to the boat.Before leaving, he suddenly stared at a bundle of transparent ropes, and when he went up to ask, it turned out to be bison tendon from an unknown island.This is a good material for making bowstrings, Mingran picked it up and looked at it for a long time, the more he looked at it, the more he liked it, although the merchant asked for an extremely expensive price, he just took it and left, so Ming Zhuohua obediently followed behind to send the money.

Because everyone bought a lot of things and the price was high, it attracted the attention of the local natives patrolling the market, and followed them for a long while.Wen Renyu hurriedly pulled Mingran away from them, and said in a low voice: "These are Tianmi people, who rule many nearby islands, and they charge some money to buy roads for the cargo ships that dock back and forth. It’s better than being robbed by pirates. I also felt that I committed too many crimes in the early years, and then I quit.”

Mingran said: "Besides Bailu Island, there are many other islands in the east?"

Wen Renyu said: "There are at least thirty or forty of them. Among them, Shenying Island and Wanying Island are the largest, with a radius of thousands of miles, but they are sparsely populated, that is, there are some residents and docks along the coast. The Tianmi people were not here before. It was invaded later, and there were several riots and conflicts with the local aborigines, killing many people, so the population of the island is not large. These islands are just stuck on the commercial sea routes of the countries in the South China Sea and the Central Plains, and they are the land of Jinliang for all countries. When he was in the old state of Wu, General Wen insisted on writing a letter to the lord, wanting to seize these islands and completely control the maritime trade routes, but the lord refused to listen, but wanted to compete with Zhu Luan, and finally ended up in a disaster of subjugation. "

Mingran's heart was moved when he heard the words, and he glanced back at the following Tianmi people, and saw that all of them were dressed in complicated clothes and gorgeously dressed, and it seemed that they were living a good life.He whispered: "Can I get a map?"

Wen Renyu pondered for a moment, then nodded: "I'll try to contact my former friends."

When the sky was bright and the morning market was about to end, a group of people returned to the boat. Mingran held the signboard for entering the market. It was carved into the shape of a monkey's head with a small piece of coconut shell, and the details were lifelike. That one also snatched it over, and said with a smile: "We don't want the deposit, I'll take these two monkey faces back for my younger siblings to play with."

When winter comes, the weather is getting colder and the shipyard will stop working.Seventy-eight out of ten warships Mingran has ordered, and the rest are agreed to be done in spring.He and Wen Jiaxiu discussed it, and decided to keep half of the finished product in the East China Sea, and the Mingxiang Army at Donghaikou will practice and run it first, and take the rest back to Yunjing.

At this time, Wen Renyu also got a map of the East China Sea, which was drawn on a huge sheepskin.Mingran looked at the map carefully for a long time, then raised her head and said, "Actually, some of the trading shops in my family have traded goods with countries in the South China Sea, but the business has gradually become difficult due to pirates these years. The girl in the family once came up with an idea to make war I think it’s a bit overkill to use the ship as an escort for the merchant ship, and the journey is too far away. If it can... well, it will be much more convenient.”

He rolled his eyes and thought about it, Wen Jiaxiu heard the meaning behind his words, and his heart skipped a beat, but Mingran said: "It's a very important matter, let's talk about it later."

The three of them took all kinds of warships and returned to Yunjing by water. This time, four ships were brought back, but the hull was too majestic and huge, and the walking speed was very slow.Seeing that he couldn't make it to Yunjing years ago, Mingran couldn't help but feel a little anxious. He dawdled and didn't rush back to Yunjing for the New Year last year.Wen Jiaxiu observed the situation, and offered to let Mingran take the lead.

So the troops divided into two groups, Mingran took A Yan and Ming Zhuohua first in a light boat, Wen Jiaxiu and Wen Renyu led the fleet to follow behind.

On the day of arriving in Yunjing, it was the afternoon of the seventh day of the twelfth lunar month. The ship anchored at the dock where it was stationed. In the blink of an eye, Mingran saw a person on the dock alone, wrapped in a thick green brocade cloak, His slender long brown hair was slightly brushed, and it was Yu Jinfeng who hadn't seen him for half a year.

He froze for a moment, stood there and hesitated for a moment, and finally went over and asked, "Why are you here?"