The moon was high in the sky, and in the cold air of late autumn, the moonlight cast down was extremely cold, casting a faint silvery light on the ships sinking and floating on the waves of the sea.
Zhen Mi and the other girls held oil lamps and stood beside the ship's side, watching happily as the big ship under their feet rode the wind and waves, pulling out a long white line at the stern.
The sound of the waves came from all directions, making the women who had never seen the sea even more excited.
Even though the guards responsible for guarding her knew that Zhen Mi was Mrs. Yuan Xi and were not allowed to look directly at her, their eyes were involuntarily attracted to her.
The sound of footsteps was heard. The guards took a closer look and saw that it was Yuan Xi who had arrived. They quickly made up their faces and stood in awe.
Zhen Mi saw Yuan Xi approaching and said with a smile: "Husband, this trip is indeed worthwhile. I just saw a lot of fish."
"Can all these fish be eaten?"
Yuan Xi nodded and said: "Almost everything is fine."
"The sea is more fertile than the fertile fields on the earth. If it can be utilized, many fewer people will starve."
"When it comes to the land of plenty, it's near Jiangdong. Then you'll be able to see a scenery that's completely different from the Northland."
Zhen Mi looked expectant. Seeing the paper tube in Yuan Xi's hand, she asked curiously: "What is that in your husband's hand?"
After hearing this, Yuan Xi said mysteriously: "In our hometown, this thing is called the Sky Monkey."
"It means that this thing can jump to the sky like a monkey."
As soon as these words came out, Zhen Mi's eyes widened, and even Cai Zhaoji and Cao Xian came around curiously.
The three women looked at the ordinary paper tube and said at the same time: "This thing is not a living thing, how can it reach the sky?"
Cai Zhaoji thought for a moment and said, "Did it come from a bow?"
Yuan Xi laughed: "There are still some differences, please go away and let you see something fun."
He found a small hole in the deck and inserted the bamboo strips under the bamboo tube.
Zhen Mi saw Yuan Xi holding the incense stick and about to light the match rope under the bamboo tube. She was curious and took a few steps forward.
Yuan Xi saw it and said, "What do you want?"
Zhen Mi nodded.
Yuan Xi smiled and said: "Okay, let's do it together."
He put the incense stick into Zhen Mi's hand, held her wrist, and together they slowly brought the incense stick close to the match rope.
With a pop, the match rope was lit, but it was soaked in too much oil. It burned suddenly and became shorter in an instant.
Yuan Xi didn't expect the fever to develop so quickly. Without thinking, he suddenly bent over and picked up Zhen Mi, held her in his arms and turned around and ran away.
Zhen Mi screamed in surprise, and Yuan Xi burst into laughter and ran away for more than ten feet.
When Cai Zhaoji and Cao Xian saw it, they were so frightened that they backed away, thinking, could this thing be scary?
After the two ran away, Yuan Xi put Zhen Mi down on the ground. Zhen Mi's heart was pounding. She held Yuan Xi's arms and stood still, staring closely at the bamboo tube.
After a while, the bamboo tube didn't move at all.
When Yuan Xi saw it, he looked depressed. Was it that the match rope was broken, or was the ratio of gunpowder inside wrong?
Zhen Mi couldn't help but angrily said to Yuan Xi: "Husband, isn't it?"
At this moment, sparks began to erupt from the small holes under the bamboo tube.
At first it was a dot of stars, but then it turned into a thin pillar of fire, which began to drive the bamboo tube off the deck and rise crookedly towards the sky.
Amid everyone's exclamations, flames sprayed out from the bottom of the bamboo tube, pulling out a long-lasting flue and rising to a height of more than ten feet.
Zhen Mi laughed excitedly, her eyes forming crescent moons, "As expected, my husband did not cheat on me."
At this moment, there was a loud bang, the bamboo tube exploded, and a huge bright spark shot out in the air.
Everyone had never seen such a beautiful sight. They raised their heads and let out bursts of exclamation.
Sun Li shouted: "The monkey exploded!"
Everyone laughed when they heard this, and the deck was filled with laughter.
Guo Jiatai, Shi Ci Tianyu and others looked at each other and saw the surprise on each other's faces.
It turns out that this is what Yuan Xi has privately asked Qu Yi to do for the past six months!
They were all familiar with the art of battle formations, and immediately understood the usefulness of this thing, which could quickly convey battlefield orders!
With it, not only can enemy information be immediately transmitted back, but also subordinates at a distance can be directly commanded, which will greatly change the situation on the battlefield!
Only then did the three of them realize that Yuan Xi had already begun laying out the key to capturing Guangling.
Guo Jia thought about it, and the more he got to know Yuan Xi, the more he discovered that he had often responded in advance to unknown things that might happen in the future.
In Guo Jia's opinion, this is really unbelievable, because many things happened so clearly that even Guo Jia didn't predict them!
Is there some mysterious master behind Yuan Xi?
Guo Jia shook his head. Could it be that Yuan Xi had some secret that he was hiding from him?
Early the next morning, as the ship rocked slightly, Zhen Mi woke up in Yuan Xi's arms.
She sat up with some difficulty, held up her clothes to cover her chest, stretched out her finger sadly, and flicked the sleeping Yuan Xi's forehead.
As a result, Yuan Xi's voice sounded: "Does Madam want to murder her husband?"
Zhen Mi said bitterly: "You also said, how did you come up with these weird postures!"
"My husband is very evil-hearted!"
Yuan Xi laughed and pulled Zhen Mi down in his arms: "To make such a fuss is actually a normal thing between husband and wife, and it is the same in other people's homes."
Zhen Mi had a look of doubt on her face. She was gradually realizing that sometimes her husband couldn't believe everything he said!
Yuan Xi secretly stretched out his hand, trying to cover a soft and round part, when he heard cheers outside the window, "It's a fairyland, a fairyland!"
Not long after, Yuan Xizhen and Zhen Mi hurriedly put on their clothes and walked out of the cabin. They saw people excitedly lying on the side of the ship, pointing in the distance.
Yuan Xi saw that the side of the ship was crowded with people, so he simply took Zhen Mi up to the height of the bow. He saw several large hazy islands shrouded in clouds and mist on the sea level, and there seemed to be a high mountain in the middle.
The rising sun dyed the waves into golden-red dots, and the black shadows shrouded in white clouds and mist complement each other, as if the heavenly palace is hidden in the clouds.
Zhen Mi was surprised and said: "Is that the so-called Penglai Wonderland?"
Yuan Xi calculated the approximate location and arrived at Donglai County, Qingzhou. He thought that this might actually be an island near Penglai at the junction of the Yellow Sea and the Bohai Sea in later generations.
The origin of Penglai City is that in the first year of Taichu, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty looked at Penglai Mountain in the sea from Penglai. Li Jifu of the Tang Dynasty recorded in "Yuanhe Prefecture and County Chronicles" that "In the past, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty looked at Penglai Mountain here and built the city, so he named it Penglai."
However, this Penglai and the mythical Penglai Wonderland are actually not the same thing.
Legend has it that Penglai Mountain is not among the Kyushu, but in the East China Sea, and there are immortals living on it. It is obviously not the same thing as what Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty saw.
Zhen Mi stared at the beautiful scenery in the clouds and mist, and said softly: "I am very happy that my husband can take me to see the mountains, rivers and sea."
"But I always feel that what my husband does is never that simple. There must be deep meaning in it."
"I'm thinking, does your husband want me to understand something?"
Yuan Xi put his arms around Zhen Mi's slim waist and said, "Madam is indeed smart."
"But these can only be understood and cannot be expressed in words."
"Madam, you just need to remember that everyone in the Han world should be able to see these great rivers and mountains."
"However, in these troubled times, most people don't have enough to eat, but we can live a leisurely life at sea."
"Without the people growing food, without the protection of soldiers, without everyone working together, where would we be now?"
After hearing this, Zhen Mi said softly: "I understand your husband's words, and I will definitely think carefully about what I should do in the future as the governor's wife."
Yuan Xi thought to himself that if Zhen Mi had such an idea, his purpose of bringing her out would have been achieved.
Otherwise, if Zhen Mi, as his wife, has wrong ideas and mistakes in the future, it will have a bad impact on his family, the people of Youzhou, and even more people in the future.
people.
Zhen Mi thought for a while and asked doubtfully: "I think that the first thing that should be considered about what my husband said is today, shouldn't it be today?"
Yuan Xi spoke up: "That's right, but does Madam know the current situation of Emperor Han?"
Zhen Mi nodded and said: "Sister Zhaoji told me that she is returning to Luoyang in the east. It seems that there is a fierce fight between all parties."
Yuan Xi thought to himself that he was not only powerful, he was almost knocked out of his head.
While Yuan Xi and Zhen Mi were admiring the scenery on the sea, Liu Xie shouted at Fu Shou: "The traitor is so rude!"
Since the last banquet hosted by Liu Xie, Guo Si made a revolt at the banquet and was shouted back by the scholar Sun Rui. He actually left and led his troops in a convoy overnight.
When the ministers and ministers were overjoyed, Guo Si sent his general Wu Xi to burn the school where Liu Xie was stationed. Yang Ding and Dong Cheng welcomed Liu Xie into Yang Feng's camp and fought against Guo Si's army, forcing Guo Si to abandon his army and flee.
Nanshan.
During this period, General Duan Xuan of Ning Ji took over, but his servant Zhong Ji had good relations with Yang Ding and accused Duan Xuan of rebelling in person. Lieutenant Yang Biao, Situ Zhao Wen and others defended him to death. Later, Yang Feng attacked Duan Xuan. The two sides fought for more than ten years.
On that day, Liu Xie tried his best to persuade both sides to make peace.
However, at this time, Li Jue, who was stationed in Chiyang, sent troops to the east to join up with Guo Si in an attempt to rescue Duan Xuan. Zhang Ji, who was at odds with Yang Feng and Dong Cheng, rebelled again and conspired with Li Jue and Guo Si to keep Liu Xie in Hongnong.
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The three armies pursued to the east stream of Hongnong, where Yang Feng and others were defeated. Guang Luxun, Deng Quan, Tingwei Xuanbo and Shesheng Xiaowei Jujun and others died in the battle. Li Jue sent troops to kill hundreds of officials and looted the palace people into Hongnong.
Sun Rui, a soldier who scolded Guo Si during the banquet that day, was also killed. However, the irony is that the officials who did not come forward did not escape either and suffered heavy casualties.
Now Liu Xie is being led by Dong Cheng and Yang Feng to flee in embarrassment. Li Jue and Guo Si are chasing after him. Seeing that Dong Cheng and Yang Feng are gradually unable to resist in the past few days, Liu Xie is frightened and scared if he is captured by Li Jue and Guo Si again.
, then wouldn’t this year’s efforts be in vain?
Seeing that Liu Xie was worried, Fu Shou said: "The Heavenly Family, can't we seek help from all the princes in the world?"
Liu He heard this and said angrily: "All the princes in the world have a thief's heart!"
"Now that I am in trouble, where are they?"
"Everyone is looking at my joke!"
"What princes are worse than the Yellow Turban bandits? Even the Black Mountain bandits and the Baibo bandits know how to ask for a seal from the Han Dynasty!"
He made a sudden attack. Isn't this the territory of the Baibo bandits?
Since the princes are unreliable, why not rely on them?
What Thief Baibo wants is an official position, which is the easiest for him. He just needs to talk!
Thinking of this, he stood up suddenly and said to the palace servants: "Summon Dong Cheng over!"