In fact, Cai Qing's eyes didn't close the whole night.
She didn't wake up until a ray of morning sun illuminated half of the sky.
At this time, her men had already started cooking, and she walked out of the camp, surrounded by busy soldiers.
She stared at the large ship parked at the ferry not far away and the busy sailors on it, and was stunned for a long time.
"Sir, the big ship has been mobilized. I also temporarily mobilized some sailors and supplies from nearby places. We can set off immediately." Leng Yifeng on the side said respectfully.
It seemed that her choice was right. She had not thought of some small details, but Leng Yifeng had thought of them for her. She couldn't help but secretly feel lucky that she didn't bring a lot of heartless and timid people like last time.
Guys come looking for trouble.
Good subordinates are not only tenacious in fighting, but can also help you think of some details you haven't thought of at all times, and can become another pair of eyes for you to help you observe potential dangers. Therefore, you are not afraid of enemies like wolves, but afraid of enemies like pigs.
Under his subordinates, there is a group of minions who are like wolves and tigers. No matter what they do, they get twice the result with half the effort.
Caiqing saw that Leng Yifeng had handled all the chores in an orderly manner. The ship he had commanded was very strong and huge. The hull was thirty-seven feet long and fifteen feet wide. It had seven masts and ten sails.
Kuo Caiqing had never seen such a big ship before, so he quietly asked Leng Yifeng: "Where did you find this huge ship?"
"Back to Your Majesty the Fairy Queen, I discovered this at a shipyard in a nearby county. It is said that I followed the former Eunuch Zheng on a voyage to the West. It is a type of treasure ship. There was originally a bigger one beside it, but
It had been in disrepair and was not well preserved, so I picked up a smaller one and brought it over. I wonder if you are satisfied?" Leng Yifeng's words were neither arrogant nor humble, and he was very polite, which made Cai Qing feel good about him as soon as he heard it.
"Well done!" Although she only said four simple words, Leng Yifeng had already understood the meaning of appreciation.
After checking the wind direction, hundreds of sailors worked together to turn the huge mast and raise all the sails. Several sails, swollen by the wind, moved the huge treasure ship forward like powerful wings.
Cai Qing found that he had overlooked another problem, that is, the people he brought with him, except Leng Yifeng, were all going to sea for the first time. On the first day of the voyage, everyone reacted violently and vomited!
Some of them were dehydrated after vomiting, and some even vomited out yesterday’s dinner after breakfast! Until there was nothing left to vomit, they started to vomit green bile!
I don't know why Cai Qing didn't react at all. She looked blankly at these embarrassed men who were trying to figure out what to do. The only way was to make them drink water constantly to replenish their fluids. If they vomited and fainted due to dehydration, it would be troublesome.
Fortunately, the accompanying ship's captain (captain) was experienced and brought antiemetic pills with him, and drank them one by one. After a while, a little color finally appeared on the faces of those people.
After a while, the overwhelming sound of vomiting and the cramped noise finally subsided. Except for the sound of oars and the occasional dry orders from the captain, there was silence. Those people were tired of vomiting and fell into a deep sleep.
Go to sleep.
They paddled through a piece of water, and saw that the color of the water in that piece of water was much darker than that of ordinary waters, and it was obvious that there were a lot more fish and shrimps. From time to time, small fish with fins like wings emerged from the sea.
After gliding briefly, it fell neatly into the sea again.
Caiqing looked at the boat driver suspiciously, and the boat driver immediately told her that one of the waters was a "well", and the water underneath was much deeper than ordinary waters, so there were more aquatic plants and fish in it than in ordinary waters.
It is much fatter and richer. Fishermen usually look for such waters at sea to catch fish.
Suddenly a strong wind came! The captain shouted loudly: "Retract the sails! Steady the rudder!" It turned out that a strong wind and wave was coming.
I saw that the sea surface, which had just been slightly rippled just now, suddenly became like a gaping mouth of a blood plate, and the sea surface was full of sharp, tooth-like waves! The strong wind blew so hard that no one could stand on the deck, so people had to retreat.
Entering the cabin, I saw hundreds of rowers at the middle and bottom of the cabin fighting against the powerful, demonic wind and waves. Their strong arms were knotted with veins. Their paddling pace was extremely consistent.
Led by their hand, they sang a majestic paddler's song. They hummed in a low voice at the beginning, but in the end they all sang loudly in unison! The sound was so loud that it almost overwhelmed the sound of the waves outside!
Cai Qing originally thought that the storm would pass soon, but what he didn't expect was that the strong wind and waves continued all night long! The rowers divided into several waves and took turns rowing, and by the end they would be exhausted and energetic.
At this time, the sea breeze had gradually stopped, the weather had become clearer, and the long-awaited sun had emerged from nowhere. The rowers were tired after rowing all night, and they began to slow down their work. The boat began to move faster and faster.
slow.
The captain saw a small island suddenly appearing in his field of vision. He looked at the navigation chart again and found that his ship had been slightly deviated from the channel by strong winds and waves. So he cursed angrily and used very savage words.
Go scold those oarsmen. Pan Ling on the side frowned and looked at Cai Qing.
Cai Qing didn't say anything. She knew that she knew nothing about navigation. If she blindly interfered with the ship's command, unexpected troubles would definitely occur. In other words, this was his territory! He was familiar with it.
Everything, knowing how to deploy crew members at sea, as a non-professional, no matter how high the level is, as long as you don’t want to ask for trouble, it’s best to do what he says.
The captain's curse was indeed more effective than the sissy's words of encouragement. After a while, the huge treasure ship returned to normal working condition. At this time, the captain came to ask Caiqing: "Your Excellency, the Fairy Queen, was broken by the wind and waves last night.
If we need to build a mast, should we stop at that island to replenish some fresh water, and then take some time to simply repair the ship?"
"You can figure it out~~" Cai Qing laughed. The captain clearly knew that she knew nothing about these things and he came to ask her. He seemed to be a relatively sensible old guy.
The huge treasure ship slowly approached the unknown island. Seeing that the island could not be found on the navigation chart, the captain concluded that it was an inaccessible island. He was afraid that there would be reefs offshore, so
Send a few sampans to carry a few strong sailors and use long probes to test the front.
After several careful trials, the captain finally gave the order, and the giant ship slowly stopped in the shoal a few feet in front of the island.
After leaving a few people to guard the boat, Cai Qing, the captain and others led the crowd in rowing more than a dozen small sampans and slowly landed on the island.
This small island seems to be very small and insignificant from a distance, but once you land on it, you realize that it is a completely different world. Apart from part of the island being a beach close to the sea, most of the island is covered with dense palm forests. There are also some mixed in between.
There were coconut trees with round and attractive coconuts. The sailors cheered when they saw them, and they all climbed up the tall coconut trees in twos and twos, and kept throwing coconuts with full and hard shells from the trees.
I saw the sailors using daggers to poke a deep hole in the coconut shell, raising their heads and drinking the white juice inside.
After a while, the captain brought several bowls of steaming coconut juice over: "Sir, come and try the coconut juice on the wild island, it's very fresh! I'm afraid that you won't get used to drinking raw coconut milk, so I've already
Heated.
Seeing the kindness, Caiqing took it and took a sip. She felt a fresh, slightly sweet, and slightly fishy taste lingering in her mouth. She couldn't help but drink a few more.
mouth.
But Pan Ling obviously didn't like this kind of thing, so she put it down after taking a sip. She probably hadn't been to the island before, so she wandered around curiously.
She wanted to step into the woods next to the beach, but was stopped by the captain: "Little girl! Don't wander into the desert island alone! I don't know what kind of ferocious beasts and sea monsters are hidden here!"
"Tch! Don't try to scare me! I haven't seen anything before? Get out of the way!" Pan Ling was very angry when she saw that she was being treated as a child again.
At this moment, Cai Qing grabbed Pan Ling and said, "Listen to the captain and go back!"
Pan Ling rolled her eyes at her and angrily walked towards the temporary and simple camp. As she walked, she was still mumbling something~~ It was probably not a good thing~
That night, the sailors lit a fire, skinned the big fish they caught during the day and the snakes they caught on the island, removed their internal organs, cut them into small pieces, and roasted them over the fire. The camp was filled with the aroma of grilled fish.
"What? Only snake meat?" the boatman asked very dissatisfied. He didn't like to eat snake meat.
"There is nothing we can do, sir. We have searched the entire island and found no other animals. There are snakes everywhere! Several of our brothers were almost bitten by some highly venomous snakes. You just have to survive.
There really is nothing else to eat." Several strong sailors looked helpless.
After eating some grilled fish and pea porridge, Cai Qing called Leng Yifeng and asked: "How is it, have you done your inspection? Is there any danger on this island?"
"Sir, there is nothing unusual except for more snakes. It's just that I took a few junior brothers to the hill on the island today and found a cave on the mountain. It seemed like someone had lived in it!
"
"Oh? Someone lived there before? Did you see the traces of people there?" Cai Qing immediately became aware after hearing this. In fact, compared to some ferocious beasts and sea monsters, strangers who appear with ill intentions are much more dangerous.
Leng Yifeng handed a flute to Cai Qing: "We found this after searching in the cave. It seems that there are not many people living there. There is only a wooden bowl, a pile of weeds and a few tattered items inside.
The clothes in front of me and the food in the earthen pot are still hot! It seems that he hid after seeing us landing on the island! It’s strange that we searched the entire island with dozens of people and still couldn’t find him~~ He seems to be
He turned into a fish and escaped into the sea~~"
‘Be sure to be on strict alert tonight! You all take turns to keep watch, so no accidents happen!’ Cai Qing said with a stern face.
"Yes!" Leng Yifeng's face turned solemn.
Thinking that there are still people living on this island, Cai Qing couldn't help but think about it: Who would live on such an island? How did he survive? Why did he hide? Is there some intention or something~~~
Just then, the captain arrived.
Cai Qing immediately told him about the strange thing he discovered today, but the captain didn't think so, and his expression remained normal.
He looked at the puzzled Cai Qing and slowly drank the steaming bowl of yellow stuff.
"What are you drinking?" Cai Qing felt a fishy aroma wafting towards him and couldn't help but ask.
"This is shark oil." After the boat driver finished drinking, his face suddenly turned very red, and his whole body exuded a billowing heat!