At the end of November, above the East China Sea.
If the ship was fast enough, he could go home to celebrate the New Year with his mother-in-law and the children he had never met before. He stood on the bow of the ship, and the north wind blew his cloak. Liang Chuan looked into the distance, and the waves surged into the sky. Gloomy.
Ah Gou walked out of the cabin, walked to Liang Chuan and said to him: "Ah, it's so windy outside, come in quickly."
Liang Chuan looked at her and hugged her into his arms, rubbing her thin body with his big hands to get rid of the cold.
"I'm not cold, so why are you running out here? You'll know what warmth means when you go back to the south. No matter how cold it is there, it won't snow. You won't have to suffer from the cold in the future."
Ah Gou said worriedly: "Will General Yuan just let you go like this?"
Liang Chuan glanced at her and said with a smile: "Can we still stay on this boat if we can't leave?"
Ah Gou asked again: "Does your wife have any objection to you bringing me back?"
Liang Chuan thought for a moment, counted on his fingers and said, "I brought a lot of girls to my home. The first ones are Ye Xiaochai, Yang Xiu, Li Erhua, Shen Yuzhen..."
In order to dispel Ah Gou's doubts and show that Yi Niang has a broad mind, she also included Lichun Guyu and other girls. Ten fingers were not enough.
"Don't worry, you have saved my life and have given me a new life. It's too late for Yi Niang to thank you, so how can she have any opinion on you?"
Ah Gou looked into the distance, her heart filled with longing. She did not expect that one day she would be able to set foot on her father's homeland, although the image of this man in her mind was not that good.
The ship has been drifting on the sea for a month. The north wind is obviously stronger than the south wind, and the wind and waves on the sea are also more violent. Those who have never been on a sea ship will be dizzy every day. Fortunately, this sea journey is not Very far away.
Liang Chuan brought a few baskets of mustard roots. He had been coveting this stuff for a long time, but he just didn't have the chance to get it. This time he came to the island country without bringing anything else with him. He was going to return his horse and the Mo Dao that was passed down to the island country in the Tang Dynasty. There are also these baskets of mustard roots.
Many crops could not be found in the Song Dynasty, so they had to grow them from scratch.
Thinking about the boiled or sashimied tiger prawns in Qingyuan that can be dipped in mustard, plus some soy sauce and mature vinegar from Shanxi, my mouth watered down.
When Fujiwara Hidehira died, Mingun was captured. After his death and capture, Taira Morihei was defeated like a mountain. Within three days, his army started to have civil strife due to lack of food. There were endless infighting among deserters, and some even boldly set fire to the camp.
The victory postures of figures in history may be mostly different, but the scenes of failure are basically the same. Isn't that how the Yuan family lost in the Battle of Guandu? They played a good hand to death.
How could Minamoto Yoritomo miss this God-given opportunity? He defeated Taira Kiyomori in one fell swoop, captured him alive and reported him to the emperor for execution. The emperor is just a decoration and has no soldiers in his hands. He has to obey the instructions of this upstart.
Minamoto Yoritomo wiped out Kiyomori's soldiers, and immediately wiped out Kansai while it was hot. The remaining Taike forces fled to Shikoku and wanted to continue resisting, but their maritime strength had been ruined long ago, so there was nothing effective left. Despite the resistance, the army was wiped out as soon as it arrived.
Minamoto Yoritomo was eager to wipe out Kansai not because he was worried about the resurgence of Taira's power, but because Liang Chuan told him about the huge silver mine in Shimane.
This thing is not a small thing. If I have more money on hand, I can trade with Goryeo, Liao Kingdom and even Song Kingdom in the south! National strength can be improved in a short period of time!
He sent countless civilians to dig up the mountain, and sure enough, what was visible to the naked eye was a large amount of silver ore, which after a little purification turned into large ingots of silver. Minamoto Yoritomo was shocked when he saw Liang Chuan. Is Liang Chuan the reincarnation of Kong Ming? He knew astronomy from the top and geography from the bottom. It was just the knowledge that could be obtained from books. He believed that Liang Chuan had never been to the island country before, let alone Shimane. He can know everything buried underground, god?
How could a peasant from the Song Dynasty know so much? He could even deduce things that had not been discovered in his own land for generations by hearing a word from a refugee woman. .
After several days of digging, hundreds of kilograms of silver ore were unearthed. . Minamoto Yoritomo's second request was fulfilled so quickly. Before she had time to think about her third request, she had no choice but to let him return to the Central Plains first.
She said that one day she thought of a request and would go back to Song to find him.
Although Yuanji is a female prostitute, her ambitions are far more than just one female prostitute. Eliminating the Ping clan has made her ambitions even more ambitious. One day in the future, she will definitely go to the Song Dynasty to pay a good visit to Liang Chuan!
Liang Chuan broke into cold sweat after hearing this. He still wanted to go to the Song Dynasty. He was farming in the countryside, what was she doing here?
So when Minamoto Yoritomo arranged a sea ship for him, he boarded the ship without hesitation. Could he not afford to hide if he couldn't afford to offend him?
The north wind in winter is extremely strong, and the cold knife is as cold as a steel knife. It will crack people's faces and hands and cause some small cuts. Fortunately, the water vapor on the sea is still moist, otherwise if the wind blows for a long time, the face and hands will be covered with blood stains. son.
Around mid-December, the ship's boss reported early that the ship might be approaching Mingzhou waters. Mingzhou was Ningbo in later generations, and it was also an extremely developed maritime trade port, although it was not as prosperous as Quanzhou Qingyuan Port.
Liang Chuan was very excited. When he arrived in Mingzhou, even if he went ashore directly, it was not far from Quanzhou. The speed of the ship was much faster than that of traveling by land. He was finally going home.
The ship boss was not very happy. Liang Chuan saw the unhappiness on his face and asked casually: "Why do you seem unhappy?"
Shiplao Daodao: "I heard that the Mingzhou area has been uneasy recently. There have been many pirates at sea who have robbed ships and stolen goods. They also kill people, sink ships and destroy corpses. Many ships have been harmed by them. We can't be careless!"
Sure enough, natural disasters are worse than man-made disasters. The ones who cause the most trouble to people are always their own kind.
Everyone in the ship's cabin was worried. The sea was no better than the land. On land, people who killed people and robbed money had to worry about being sued by the government and reported to the government. In this vast sea of people and no people living there, no one could report to the government. The ship was cut open. Shen's evidence and clues are nowhere to be found. Where can he get someone to solve the case?
In fact, it is not only pirates who are fierce at sea. Many seafarers are under too much psychological pressure and often resort to force for trivial matters. This lawless zone on the ship often becomes a place for them to act unscrupulously.
Liang Chuan asked: "Why are there Japanese pirates coming to rob the island country if there is no civil strife recently?"
The boss of the ship said: "Where do the Japanese pirates from puppy days dare to violate the ban? It's all the outlaws from our Song Dynasty who committed crimes and went to sea to become pirates! Damn it, even the Japanese pirates are afraid of our own people if they are ruthless. Do you think you are hateful!"
"Which sea areas do these pirates usually hang out in?"
"Outside of Mingzhou, there are many in the waters near Zhoushan. Once they rob the boat, they hide it in those small islands. The government can't find it. Sometimes they even dare to rob the official ship, but only the warships. Don’t dare to fight, there are military masters with swords up there, they can’t beat them.”
Pirates actually pick targets to attack, they don't just do it blindly.
There are many types of ships going south, including ships going south from Goryeo and Liao Kingdom, and ships going south from island countries. The difference is that the former often have countless goods and come south to exchange for money, while the latter often have a lot of poverty on board, and there are also crazy Japanese pirates who are risking their lives to make them intimidating!
Said Cao Cao, Cao Cao came. It was calm that night. The next day, the crew and sailors looked at the mast and saw a shabby small ship behind the ship. There was no flag and they followed their own ship.
"Everyone, hurry up!" the boss of the ship ordered, and even the cooks pinned their kitchen knives to their belts, and everyone looked nervously at the ship behind them.
The shape of this sea-going ship was ordinary and there was nothing outstanding about it. From daytime to when the sun set on the sea level, we kept our distance leisurely and deliberately.
Liang Chuan gritted his teeth as he looked at the ship. After two years of wandering overseas, he was finally going home, but this stumbling block appeared on the way.
A sharp knife is not scary to kill, but a dull knife is the most destructive. The ship followed the ship all day long, and everyone was afraid to rest and worried. When night fell, with the stars and moonlight in the sky shining on the sea, the ship suddenly approached silently. .
The hook rope was thrown to the side of the ship, locking the two ships tightly. Seeing this, Liang Chuan picked up the Mo Dao and cut off the cable on the side of the ship with one knife!
You must know that the rope of this kind of sea ship is made of coarse hemp and a special tung tree that is dried and soaked. The process is extremely special, which ensures the toughness of the hemp rope. Although it is soaked in sea water for many years, it becomes stronger and tougher. Ordinary swords cannot do anything to this kind of rope. . This kind of rope is also used when the boat is docked and fixed. If it is not strong enough, it will break long ago.
Liang Chuan actually cut off all of them with one stroke!
The pirates stood on the side of the ship with various weapons covered with rust and gaps, and cursed from a distance: "Straight thief, quickly anchor down and stop the ship, otherwise no one will be left alive when grandpa gets on your ship!"
This is just like the police saying to the thief to stop and don't run away. Only a fool will really stop.
Liang Chuan Dantian was lucky enough to shout to these pirates on the boat: "Masters, please do well. We have almost eaten all the rice from afar. We really have no property. You should go back quickly. There are many big ships behind us. , you go to their place and have a look!"
The pirates were furious when they heard this, and they even tried to persuade them to turn back. It was obvious that there was no three hundred taels of silver in this place! There is only one person on this boat who dares to show his face. He obviously doesn’t even have a bodyguard. He’s trying to steal his mother!
The pirate ship stuck close to them like a dog-skin plaster, and threw a lot of hooks and ropes in an attempt to immobilize the two ships so that the pirates could take the opportunity to jump onto the deck of the cargo ship.
Liang Chuan had quick eyes and quick hands, and cut off one piece with one stroke. Two pirates jumped up with quick hands and feet, holding two pieces of scrap metal in their hands. When they saw the big thing in Liang Chuan's hand, they were so frightened that their faces turned green. They climbed up the side of the ship and wanted to jump back, but Liang Chuan chased after them. In front of him, he cut two people into four pieces with one knife!
It would be fine if these two unlucky ghosts went back and reported the news. They knew that there was a sea king on the cargo ship and they didn't want to risk their lives anymore. But no one knew about it. They didn't reply when they shouted, didn't hear the sound of fighting, and continued to throw hooks and ropes on the ship. .
If you throw it, I will chop it. Liang Chuan almost chopped the side of the ship to pieces, but these pirates still keep throwing it!
Finally, the hook ropes were almost broken. The sailors were so angry that they stopped throwing them against the side of the ship. They climbed up the mast and hooked the sails and mast of the cargo ship!
Liang Chuan secretly yelled, "Not good!"
