[Comprehensive] Famous Jianghu

The exact same question, Huang Yaoshi asked Lou Jingmo more than half a year ago in Tingxi Village, Dianzang. At that time, she was silent for a long time and gave the answer that she wanted to be number one in the world.

At this moment, Huang Yaoshi heard this question but found that he could not blurt out the only answer.As a human being, it is inevitable to have the seven emotions and six desires, and it is impossible to have only one or two desires, and he is not immune to this.

Since he hopes to become a martial arts master of a generation and win the first place in the world, he also hopes to join hands with one person to settle down on Peach Blossom Island, but he is not willing to just raise a case and ask for a life-and-death agreement.If he wanted to choose the one he wanted the most, he couldn't choose for a moment.

Lou Jingmo was not surprised to see Huang Yaoshi frowning and unable to make a decision.When she met Huang Yaoshi, he wanted to be perfect when he was young, and this point has not changed after all these years.I'm afraid even if Hong Qi chooses, he may not dare to say that food is the most important.

She suppressed a trace of secret disappointment in her heart, "It's normal not to be able to choose, it's just human nature. Don't think too much, I'm just asking casually."

"Xiaoyan..." Huang Yaoshi subconsciously wanted to refute, because he didn't believe that Lou Jingmo was just asking casually, but he couldn't decide whether it was true, how could he use lies to deceive the person in front of him.

Lou Jingmo waved his hands with a smile, very understanding that people have a lot of desires because they are young, and she is not like that.For some things that cannot be chosen now, time will always help to make a choice.

"I know you don't want to hear more thank you, but I have to say thank you for your troubles about brother's affairs. I won't say any polite words. If you have a day when you need it, just don't try to lose face and keep silent."

That being the case, Lou Jingmo has made up her mind, and she will try her best to repay this friendship.

She knew that Huang Yaoshi was eager for advanced martial arts, if it wasn't for Huang Yaoshi's personality that was too perfect, and the martial arts taught by Jiumozhi was too obsessive, some martial arts had to wait until she understood them fully Get rid of its dangers and then present it to him.

Huang Yaoshi was about to speak, but once the opportunity was lost, it was inconvenient to break through some things, so he had no choice but to agree first. "When it comes to saving face and not asking for others, we are afraid that we are brothers, so you have the nerve to criticize me."

Lou Jingmo immediately denied it, "Who said that, I just have one thing to trouble you. The formation of Peach Blossom Island is too complicated, and you will lose your way every time you don't pay attention. Can you see if it can be convenient?"

"With your intelligence, can you still get lost? I'll give you the full map of the formation on the island, so it should be all right." Huang Yaoshi said as he was about to get the full map, but Lou Jingmo held him back. sleeve.

"I don't need the formation map of the whole island, really, it's unnecessary."

Lou Jingmo didn't dare to ask for the formation map of the whole island. If she accepts it, it doesn't mean that the whole Peach Blossom Island is defenseless against her. If something goes wrong in the future, it's hard to guarantee that she won't be the first object of suspicion.Even if Huang Yaoshi didn't doubt her, she might doubt herself that something went wrong, it's better not to know in the first place.

Before Huang Yaoshi could think of something delicately, Lou Jingmo did not hesitate to belittle himself first, "Don't make trouble for me, I can't remember those circle formations, and they have to change every few hours. My It means that you just choose a path without changing the formation, so that I can get in and out without wasting my mind, okay?"

Huang Yaoshi stared at Lou Jingmo silently for a long time, finally nodded slightly in agreement, and tapped Lou Jingmo's eyebrows with his finger, "Lazy!"

Who is lazy.Lou Jingmo couldn't say anything about her suffering, she was just able to prioritize, but she couldn't refute it bluntly, "Anyway, with you here, I don't bother to feel at ease. This is not exactly what you meant."

This sentence made the atmosphere in the study completely relaxed, and Huang Yaoshi turned sideways to cover the corners of his mouth that could not help but curl up. "Okay, I'll show you the way now. I'll only take it once, so don't blame me if you can't remember."

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Early November, Quanzhou, Dongkang Dock.

After the Song Dynasty sailed south, the foreign trade of Quanzhou Port became more active than that of Guangzhou Port. Its main routes included going to Southeast Asia, traveling to the coast of East Africa, and the busiest route to and from the Arabian Peninsula.

Quanzhou's private shipbuilding industry has also developed rapidly in the past few decades. Dongkang Shipyard is the shipyard wholly owned by Xiaolouchun five years ago.At the moment, if you want to find out what happened to the Persian caravan that took away the torch order, you must have local snakes to cooperate with the investigation.Since the fleet from Persia always has to berth at a certain dock, on the one hand, it will be replenished, and on the other hand, necessary inspections and repairs will be carried out to prevent accidents on the return journey.

Lou Jingmo changed into men's clothing, and Cheng Wang, who disguised himself as completely different from himself, came to Dongkang Dockyard together to inquire about the progress of the investigation.

"Many merchants from Persia come in and out of Quanzhou Port every year. The Persians who haunt the Lotus Dock in September are not the same group of people as the caravans that came in April."

Xu Wen, the treasurer of Dongkang Dockyard, had already started to investigate when he received the first urgent letter from Lou Jingmo. Unfortunately, when the letter arrived in Quanzhou, the ship carrying the Persians had been out to sea for three days and could not keep them on land. on.

According to Xu Wen's investigation, the businessman who took Li Xiang's token in April belonged to the auspicious caravan that traveled to and from the sea all the year round.It usually goes to Quanzhou to receive a batch of goods in March, and goes to Nanyang in early April to carry out trade all the way to Persia, and then transports goods from Persia to Quanzhou year after year.

"Sir, the Persians who appeared near the Lotus Dock in early September should not be businessmen. Our people have been paying attention to each dock. At the end of May, there was a Persian ship moored into the port. The person in charge was four kung fu masters. Lianjiazi. These people disappeared for a while after entering the city, and the specific whereabouts are still unknown, but they left Hong Kong after replenishing a batch of supplies in early October."

Lou Jingmo guessed that the four Persians were most likely from Persian Mingjiao. They should have obtained seven torch orders from the caravan and wanted to find the remaining five.

After entering Hong Kong, the four of them went to look for Li Xiang, who sold the torch order, and they met Li Xiang's disappearance in early June, or were silenced by them.Later, they found Cheng Wang in Fuzhou, and sneaked into his home but still failed to find the token. The two met in Fuzhou and escaped on a boat disguised by Cheng Wang.

"Did shopkeeper Xu find out the exact amount of supplies that those people replenished? Can you use this clue to infer the ship's course?"

Lou Jingmo didn't want the Persian Mingjiao to return without success. Once the Holy Fire Order returned to Persia, the possibility of her taking it back would be much smaller.

Xu Wen pointed to the nautical chart and gave good news, "I have already checked the amount of supplies. Although the big ships sailing to the Southeast Asia can stop at many places for resupply, but from experience, the amount of supplies prepared by those people It just happened to arrive at the Kerofusa Strait, and it was traveling at the fastest speed of this season."

The replenishment of supplies for the fleet is very particular. Depending on the number of crew members, whether they are in a hurry to return or stop along the way to make a few transactions, and the speed of the ship varies according to the season. These will affect the amount of supplies prepared before departure.

Xu Wen has been in charge of Dongkang Dockyard for five years. He dare not say that he knows everything about sea voyages, but he already knows everything about supplies.Not only to grasp the situation in Nanyang, but according to the intention of the brothers and sisters of the Lou family, it is also necessary to understand the front line of going north to Mizhou Port in Shandong.

Over the past ten years, the signing of the peace agreement between the Song Dynasty and the Kingdom of Jin is not without benefits. The business exchanges between the two countries have been legalized, which means that the southern merchant ships can also enter the northern ports in a fair manner.

Money can turn ghosts around, and the sea trade is very profitable. As long as you are willing to spend enough money to make Jin Guo officials turn a blind eye to the convenience of the port, it is not difficult.Even if you can't get access to the secrets of coastal defense, it is still feasible to find out the basic situation in Mizhou area, so the power of businessmen must not be underestimated.

Having said that, if the large ship that is most likely carrying the Persian Archbishop arrives at the Kerofusa Strait at the fastest speed, will they cross the strait and return to Persia or go to other places? It is necessary to contact the local forces to continue the investigation.

The Kerofusa Strait is the Strait of Malacca for later generations.

After hearing Xu Wen's deduction, Lou Jingmo stared slightly at the nautical chart.

Did the envoy of the Persian Archbishop come all the way to China just to find the torch order?This thing was originally sent by Huo Shan from Persia to the Mingjiao in Zhongtu, why did the Persian envoys bother to come to Zhongtu to get it together.

I am afraid that there is a deeper reason behind this, and they may want to make the Ming Cult of China submit to the Persian Archbishop again, so as to gain practical benefits from it.

Assuming that the Persian Mingjiao envoys did not return to Persia, they could go directly to Tianzhu by crossing the Strait of Malacca by sea, and they could directly enter Kunlun, Tibet, by going north from Tianzhu.Compared with traveling from Quanzhou all the way westward on land, passing through Fujian, Hunan, Guizhou, Sichuan and then entering Tibet in an unfamiliar place, sailing by sea is obviously much faster.

At the beginning of the year, the commercial route of Xiaolouchun Southwest Line planned by Lou Jingmo was the Yunnan-Tibet-Tianzhu road.As the Strait of Malacca is the throat that ships must pass through the South China Sea, Xiao Louchun has already arranged informants there.

Although the Persian ship traveled for a month first, if their landing point was deduced, Lou Jingmo led the people to take the sea route to Champa (Vietnam), and then cross the Indochina Peninsula to the west of Myanmar at the fastest speed. When the ship reaches Tianzhu, it is still possible to catch up with the Persian ship.

This trip is just like marching and fighting. Even though a lot of information has been collected in advance, it is still impossible to be sure of the position of the Persian ship.Everything is deduced and predicted. Whether it can be achieved is [-]% dependent on man-made and [-]% depends on God's will.

"Shopkeeper Xu, you arrange a boat now, and I'm leaving in an hour. You can also find guides and helpers who are familiar with Champa, Siam, and Myanmar, so that we can cross the Indochina Peninsula to the Great Myanmar at the fastest speed." Light."

Lou Jingmo couldn't determine the itinerary of the six members of the Persian Mingjiao, but she was [-]% sure that they would not go back home like this, and [-]% sure was enough for her to take a gamble. "At the same time, you also released the news that once you confirm the whereabouts of the Persian ship, you must do whatever it takes to keep the person behind. The worst thing to do is to set fire to the ship. It shouldn't be difficult, right?"

Xu Wen affirmed that burning ships to keep people is a trivial matter.As long as the trace of the Persian ship is confirmed, they will definitely be able to stay in Nanyang without knowing it.In terms of martial arts, the Persian envoys are better, but when it comes to stumbling in secret, even if they are tigers going down the mountain, they have to lie on their stomachs.

Cheng Wang listened to it, but was so shocked that his back broke into a cold sweat.If it felt right, he was on a thief ship!