At the same time, I also understood why the steward spoke so loudly just now.
Feelings are reporting to Tang Xiaobei.
"Xiang...Xiangong..."
Tang Xiaobei had already stepped out of the window with one leg.
Seeing Jin Feng enter the house, he had no choice but to put it back with a smile.
At the same time, he also hid the net bag containing sugar cane and oranges behind his back.
There is no cold storage in Dakang, so there are very few fruits that can be preserved until winter.
Sugar cane and orange have thick peels, so Jin Feng had someone prepare some before leaving.
"Ms. sir, why are you here?"
Seeing that he couldn't run away, Tang Xiaobei simply smiled and came closer.
"Don't worry about what I'm here for. Tell me first, why are you here?"
"I'll get the oranges!"
Tang Xiaobei took out an orange from his net bag and handed it to Jin Feng in a flattering manner: "My lord, please try it. This basket of oranges is particularly delicious!"
Jin Feng did not answer, but stretched out his hand to grab Tang Xiaobei's ear: "Is that what I'm asking?"
"Mr., it hurts! I was wrong, let go!"
Tang Xiaobei immediately cried out in pain.
The steward retreated sensibly and closed the cabin door.
"Play! Play for me again!"
Jin Feng used a little strength on his hands: "If you keep talking nonsense to me, I will really use my strength!"
"Just say it!"
Tang Xiaobei slapped Jin Feng's hand away: "If you don't let me go to the East China Sea, I can only hide it secretly!"
"Then when we get to the East China Sea, I won't be able to send you back, right?"
Jin Feng immediately understood Tang Xiaobei's plan.
"As expected of my husband, he is very smart."
Tang Xiaobei once again peeled the orange open and brought it to Jin Feng's mouth.
Seeing that Jin Feng ignored her, she stuffed it directly into Jin Feng's mouth: "Okay, if you eat my orange, I will treat it as if you have spared me!"
"You damn girl!"
Jin Feng helplessly slapped Tang Xiaobei on the head.
If it were an ordinary merchant ship, even if it was going downstream, it would not go too fast.
But Jin Feng wanted to rush to the East China Sea as soon as possible to rescue the captured escort, so he traveled as fast as possible along the way.
In addition, it is winter now and the northwest wind has been blowing recently, so the fleet is very fast.
Three days goes further than the usual seven days.
At this time, it was impossible to send Tang Xiaobei back.
Now that he was discovered, Tang Xiaobei moved to Jin Feng's cabin openly.
After staying in the military camp for several months, Jin Feng already missed Guan Xiaorou and Tang Xiaobei.
Now that Tang Xiaobei is here, it just relieves his pain of missing him.
With a beautiful woman by your side, the journey becomes less difficult.
Ten days later, the fleet sailed into the endless sea.
"Ms. sir, is this the sea?"
Tang Xiaobei saw the sea for the first time. He lay on the deck railing and looked around in surprise.
Jin Feng held up his telescope and looked to the north.
To the north of the fleet, several sand islands can be vaguely seen through telescopes.
These sand islands are the predecessors of the famous Chongming Island in the previous life.
Chongming Island is an impact island formed by the sediment carried by the Yangtze River.
When studying history in his previous life, Jin Feng remembered that Chongming Island emerged from the sea during the Wude period of the Tang Dynasty.
At first it was just two small sandbags, but over the course of more than a thousand years, the island grew larger and larger.
Before the Jin Feng crossed, the island had grown into a super island of more than 1,200 square kilometers.
It has also become an important part of the international city of Shanghai.
"When this happens, I must go over and have a look."
Jin Feng put away the telescope and thought to himself.
Until now, Jin Feng has not been able to determine which dynasty Dakang is equivalent to in his previous life.
The situation around the country is very similar to that of the Northern Song Dynasty, but the level of industry, agriculture and other industries is extremely backward, similar to that of the pre-Qin Dynasty in the previous life.
Now he has a reference.
Just by looking at what Chongming Island looks like now, he can roughly determine the age.
Now the fleet is too far away from Sha Island, and the telescope is too weak to see clearly. Jin Feng cannot let the fleet pass by, so he can only suppress this idea for the time being.
After the fleet entered the sea, it did not continue to move forward, but moved southeast along the coastline.
Jin Feng looked at the nautical chart on the way here.
More than a hundred miles out to sea, there is a string of nameless islands.
This island is the Shengsi Islands in Jin Feng's previous life. When he was in graduate school, he and his girlfriend traveled there.
But at this time, there were not many people living on the Shengsi Islands. They were completely deserted and did not even have a name.
According to the intelligence, the escort captured by the water bandits was imprisoned on one of the islands.
Continue until you reach the tip of the coastline before stopping.
This was the beach outside Dishui Lake Park in Shanghai in the previous life. It was the closest to the Shengsi Islands. There was a small pier built by fishermen.
The escort fleet that was attacked before also docked here.
At this time, floating wooden blocks can occasionally be seen on the sea, which are obviously leftover from the battle some time ago.
When they arrived at the place, Jin Feng did not immediately go to fight the water bandits. Instead, he asked the fleet to anchor and use small boats to transport supplies ashore.
After all the supplies were unloaded, Jin Feng asked the boatman to turn the ship around and sail back to the vicinity of the Huangpu River.
There, there is a large government-run dock and five thousand Dakang navy troops guarding it, so the water bandits dare not attack.
After the big ship left, Da Zhuang and his bodyguards set up a temporary camp on the coast.
"Sir, why do you want to camp?"
Tang Xiaobei asked in confusion: "Aren't we here to save people?"
"In a war, you need to know yourself and the enemy. We have just arrived and our intelligence is already behind us. If we lose the chance to save people, we are courting death."
Jin Feng said: "Besides, the people behind the water bandits have spent so much effort to lure us here. This battle will definitely not end in three or two days. We must be prepared for a long-term battle.
So the first thing to do is to set up camp, collect intelligence, and then make other plans."
"I heard that the water bandits are on a desert island a hundred miles away. Is this place too close to the water bandits?"
Tang Xiaobei asked worriedly: "There are more than a thousand of them. What if they come back again?"
"If they want to come ashore and attack my camp, I welcome them at any time."
Jin Feng said without caring.
At sea, he might be afraid of water bandits.
But on land, let alone a mere thousand water bandits, even if the number tripled, Jin Feng would not be afraid.
This time he not only brought hundreds of ordinary bodyguards, but also 300 black-armored bodyguards.
Jin Feng was eager for the water bandits to come and attack his camp.
"Sir, the brother who escaped is here!"
While the two were talking, Han Feng came over with a man covered in mud.
It can also be seen from the style and color of the clothes that they are the uniforms of an escort.
"Sir, you are finally here!"
As soon as the man saw Jin Feng, he cried and knelt down in the muddy water: "Sir, you have to save the company commander and the others! They are about to be hanged by pirates!"
"Don't worry, I came all the way from Xichuan just to save people."
Jin Feng pulled up the man and said, "Now tell me everything you know about the situation. I can only take action if I have enough information about the enemy. Otherwise, I will be irresponsible to the brothers who came this time."
[The author has something to say]
I will continue to write, but it will be late. You will read it tomorrow.