Guangzhou Bay, this is the world of sailors. The man who had just returned from the sea, still smelling of sea, went into the tavern in the bay with his unshaven head. Without any instructions, the waiter would bring huge plates of vegetables and vegetables.
Various fruits and rice wine in wooden barrels will also be brought and put in a barrel on the table.
Men who were supposed to drink from big bowls and eat meat now drink from big bowls, but they drink with all kinds of vegetables. Raw radish is the most popular, followed by courgette. As for the two-foot-long cress, as long as it is clean
, holding it in your hand is like chewing sugar cane and you can't stop eating it.
At this time, even if the boss lady twists the water snake's waist into a twist, no one will take a second look. She has to satisfy her appetite first before it is the turn of others. The real food is overflowing with five flavors, and she lets out two thunderous farts. This
It’s a good time to be healthy all over the body.
"Grandma, life on the sea is unbearable. The Yun family in Yongzhou, the Feng family in Guangzhou, and the Hou family in some distant islands are the three most powerful families on the sea now. The best spice island, no one.
Our brothers' share, even the best natives, don't have our share. We brothers can only search for wild fruits all over the mountains and plains to eat."
This is what sailors who have come ashore will definitely say. As long as someone says this, someone will definitely answer it in a weird way: "It's not easy to mess with you, but go ashore. The land given by the court is all wasted."
Not only will we not produce a single grain of grain, but we will also have to pay fines to the government every year, so why bother!"
These two sentences are actually used to open up the conversation. As long as you are at sea, it is customary to scold these three companies. As for growing food ashore, the income is not enough to break the bank. Annan across the bay has a lot of food.
There was so much to eat that a lot of it rotted in the ground. A few years ago, the imperial court used a fleet of ships to transport grain to the north. In recent years, there have been no grain transport ships. Who is transporting grain now?
He will definitely be called stupid by everyone.
"Have you found the treasure of the Qiubeard? I heard it's in the Devil's Sea. Boss Cui, didn't you go to the open sea? Didn't you go in and search for it? As long as you find it, you will be rich."
"Don't tell me, grandpa, when I passed by the Devil's Sea, I really wanted to go in and have a look. But after seeing the backflow and rocks there, grandpa, I still walked obediently through the strait. Grandma, the fleet passed through the strait once and paid it.
The tax can make me feel distressed for half a year. The general there is also a rigid person. I let him sleep with Hu Ji on my ship, thinking that I could get a little less. Who knows that the bastard wiped it clean after eating it, and his pants were raised.
He still has that dead face. Lao Zhou, next time you go there, don’t fall for this kind of trick, you won’t get anything out of it.”
Just when the merchants were bragging about what they had seen, a middle-aged man stood up and interjected: "Boss of the ship, I am from Guannei. This time I want to visit my relatives on the far island. I don't know which of the bosses wants to pass by the far island. I will definitely be very worried."
Reward."
The tavern suddenly became quiet. It took a long time for a ship boss named Zhou to say: "I know that you are a spy for the imperial court. You just want to go to the far island to find out the news. In fact, you don't need to go to such trouble. Get
Use your own credentials and go find the Yun family's boat, or the Feng family, or the Hou family. They will definitely invite you on the boat like an uncle. It will only take you eight months to reach the far island.
If you dislike the difficulty of taking a boat, go to the bookstore diagonally opposite and look for a book called Far Island, which contains everything you want to know.
If I were you, I would send the book to the imperial court and say that I saw it on the far island. Then I would find a suitable brothel and live there for two years, and then tell the imperial court about the situation on the far island and what is in the book.
It’s the same thing. I’ll be promoted when I get back. It’s so damn beautiful.”
The expression on the middle-aged man's face did not change. The city still had the identity of a spy from the Water Prison, but being casually exposed by a ship boss still made him feel like he had no clothes on.
"How did I know that I was a spy? Could it be that I have the word spy written on my face?"
Another rough man laughed and said: "If you go to Annan, we will believe that you are looking for relatives in these places, because Annan is full of criminals now, all of them are sent from the Central Plains, but forget about the far islands.
, that is the place where people’s ancestral temples continue to exist. All those who went there were ordered by their families to go there to guard the incense in the ancestral temples. The families there were also famous families. If they wanted to go to the far island, they would only know how to go there.
Choose a boat from these three companies. Someone like you who wants to go to the far island in a sneaky way, who else can you be but a spy from the imperial court? What Lao Zhou just said is right, find a brothel and squat for two years, and then take that
I'm going to hand in this book. The book says that if something is wrong, you can come over and chop my head off.
At the beginning, I also wanted to move my family to a distant island. I have been there and it was exactly the same as what was mentioned in the book, but it was too far away, so I gave up the idea."
After coming out of the tavern, the middle-aged man chose several taverns and wanted to take a boat to the remote island. In the end, he was ridiculed by everyone. Even the remote islands are not secretive. What can you, a spy with evil intentions, cover up?
The biggest taboo of people at sea is that there are people on board who do not agree with them. A ship is a whole, whether it is the sails or the people, they are all part of the ship. If something goes wrong in one place, it may be ruined.
All lives.
Standing on the harbor and watching the mountains of sails entering the harbor, an overly large ship slowly sailed into the harbor escorted by many warships. Could it be that this is the legendary King of the Sea?
Hearing the spy involuntarily shout the voice of the Emperor, the men around him subconsciously stayed away from him. This is a bumpkin. He is really stupid to think that a Shark-class battleship is a Haikun-class Emperor.
From the looks on other people's faces, the smart spy knew that he might be embarrassed, and he was so embarrassed that he almost found a place to hide in.
"Guest from Zhongyuan, you are a person looking for food on land. You don't need to be ashamed if you don't know sea sharks. You ask these killers to identify the difference between horses and camels. They will also make jokes. I heard
If you want to go to the far island, come with me. There will be a ship going to the far island tomorrow. You just happen to follow it together. It will also be a blessing to be able to tell the court about the far island you saw."
When Wasp heard these words, sweat suddenly spurted out from the pores on his body. In an instant, his clothes were soaked. His mission was to explore the distant island.
Since he is a secret agent, of course the more secretive the better, and it is best if he can complete the task without anyone noticing. After arriving in Guangzhou, he discovered that the three people traveling with him were unable to do this. As the lowest-ranking spy,
, he had no choice but to risk being discovered and go out on the streets to inquire, hoping to find a way to get to the distant island. But now, his identity has been known by the person he is about to investigate.
"You don't need to panic. This is the land of the Tang Dynasty. You are an official of the Tang Dynasty. What do you have to fear here? Although the far island has not yet been included in the jurisdiction of the Tang Dynasty, most of the people there are still from the Tang Dynasty.
The only reason why the government can't control it is that it's too far away, so far that the court almost forgot about it. Now that you're here, go there and have a look."
A gray-haired old man stood there and said to the hornet again with a smile.
"I am the boss of the Yun Mansion in Guangzhou. You can report this matter to Chang'an and ask your superior to make a decision. However, the monsoon waits for no one. If you miss the monsoon this time, you will have to wait until next year."
"I'll go!" Wasp replied very firmly.
"Haha, you made the right choice. Look, my eldest son has disembarked from the boat. The Sea Shark just now is my family's boat. Those who live on the sea cannot do without a boat."
The hornet turned around and saw a young man in green walking from the springboard to the land. He staggered a little and quickly stood up. This was a symptom of a long voyage. Li Rong saw the old man from a distance and left quickly.
Liangbu smiled and said: "Grandpa Liu, why did you come here in person? The wind at the beach is strong, you shouldn't be blowing it."
Shopkeeper Liu looked at the young man in front of him dotingly and his heart was full of joy. He had been following this child since he was still in his mother's womb. In the blink of an eye, he had grown into a big boy.
"As I get older, most of my errands have been handed over. When I have nothing to do, I like to walk on the pier. The young master is going home today and just happened to come over and take a look."
"Grandpa Liu, your body is still strong. When Xiao Rong turns eighteen next year, she will get married. I hope you will continue to take care of her. It's not okay to talk about being old at this time."
Li Rong and shopkeeper Liu were chatting and laughing. When they saw Weng Wong standing aside with his hands hanging down, he wanted to ask. The Yun family never used outsiders. Whether they were waiters or shopkeepers, they were all members of their own family. They had never seen Weng Wong, so it was a bit strange.
Shopkeeper Liu saw that Li Rong was consulting him, so he told Li Rong the origin of the wasp.
"It's true, Grandpa Huang. I invited him to come to Guangzhou to see the sea on a book, but he always shied away from his orders. Now it's all right. The spies have been sent here. The Sea Fish will set sail tomorrow. You can go with us. You
Even if you don’t see it with your own eyes, Grandpa Huang won’t be at ease.”
After Li Rong finished speaking, he supported Shopkeeper Liu and walked away. Huang Weng vaguely heard Li Rong commenting on the emperor's pettiness. There were not many officials in this country who dared to comment on the emperor like this, unless they were those who were very doted on by the emperor. Li Rong
Among these juniors, Rong is considered to be the best, and he is always close. This is the principle of officialdom. What is there to hide? The real master has already seen it. If you still want to go to the distant island secretly, it is simply impossible.
The distant island was too far. It was only when Wengzhou arrived in Guangzhou that we had a new understanding of its remoteness. It turns out that large ships cannot travel in a straight line on the sea and need to sail along the winding coastline. A straight line does not seem too far away, but when going around
After being in such a big circle, the distance is so scary. (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)