My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 396 Arriving in Lion City

The sea was vast, and Juren Zhao Zhi and Hu Hong stood at the bow of the boat, looking at the endless sea ahead, their faces were also full of bewilderment.

Half a year ago, they failed the imperial examination, so the two signed up to go to Tianzhu. After making home arrangements, they boarded a ship and sailed to the West with some recruited scholars, scholars and other scholars.

In the past few months, Zhao Zhi, Hu Hong and others have also suffered a lot. Some people started to get seasick after getting on the boat. For example, Zhao Zhi is from Shaanxi. Unfortunately, he has never seen the sea in his life. At that time, he felt that he was going to vomit to death on the boat.

Fortunately, after vomited and vomited, I slowly got used to it. I thought I was going to end all the hardships, but I didn't expect that this was just the beginning.

After the fleet set off, they passed through various ports along the coast of Daming, and finally entered the border of Nanyang. In Nanyang, they encountered some big storms. At that time, the huge lucky boat was like a leaf in the stormy waves. It seemed like it could capsize at any moment.

At that time, Zhao Zhi and Hu Hong also experienced the horror of nature for the first time. In order to fix their bodies, they tied themselves to a pillar and confessed their last words to each other. Bring back to each other's family.

Fortunately, although this big storm caused some losses to the fleet, it finally allowed the fleet to break out of the storm area.

To be honest, Zhao Zhi and Hu Hong, who survived the catastrophe, regretted it a bit. In fact, not only them, but almost all the scholars who chose to go to Tianzhu at the beginning regretted it. After all, they went to sea for their own future, not for their lives.

In order to appease the emotions of these scholars, Zhang Zhong not only moved with reason and affection, but also deliberately stayed in the old port for a few days, so that everyone could have a rest.

In fact, it was too late for people like Zhao Zhi to regret it. After all, they had already gone to Nanyang, more than half of the journey, and it was too late to go back.

So in the end the fleet sailed smoothly again, and after crossing the Managa Strait, it finally entered the western border.

"Brother Hu, it's been half a month since we left Managa, why haven't we arrived at the legendary lion country?"

Looking at the endless sea water, Zhao Zhi asked Hu Hong nervously.

"It should be soon. Didn't Mr. Zhang say yesterday that you can reach the Lion Kingdom in two days? No, it should be called the Lion City now. The Lion Kingdom has long been destroyed by the King of Han."

Hu Hong laughed.

Compared to Zhao Zhi's apprehension, Hu Hong seemed very optimistic. Although he was shaken on the road, after the danger passed, he felt that life at sea was very exciting, and he was even more looking forward to arriving in Tianzhu in the future.

"I hope so. I really don't want to stay on this boat anymore. I always feel uneasy when I wander around every day."

Zhao Zhi smiled wryly, as an inlander, it was really hard for him to stay on the boat for such a long time when he went to sea for the first time.

"dinner's ready!"

At this moment, someone on board shouted.

This shocked everyone, especially Hu Hong, who happily dragged Zhao Zhi to the back of the boat, and said as he walked, "Let's hurry up, there are vegetables today, and we might not be able to grab them if it's too late! "

Fu Chuan is huge and has a special kitchen on board, but it doesn’t often open a party. After all, the fuel stored on the ship is limited, so most of the people on board can only eat dry food, and only open fire to cook hot meals every now and then.

Today is the day of the boat, not only hot dishes and rice, but also more precious vegetables, so everyone is very excited today.

The back cabin is the kitchen. Zhao Zhi and Hu Hong took their own meals and brought them to the cabin to eat. Although there was a gang on board, it was still very simple, mainly a bowl of hot soup and some dry food.

The soup is fish soup, but a lot of bean sprouts are added in it, which is the only fresh vegetable that can be eaten on board.

When on land, meat is more expensive than vegetables, but on the boat, vegetables are more expensive than meat. The vegetables that can be eaten on the boat are usually pickles or dried vegetables. The only fresh vegetables are bean sprouts. Grow fast on board.

Zhao Zhi broke up the dry food and soaked it in the soup until it softened, and then he began to eat it in big mouthfuls. Although there were not many dishes in the soup, it still made him feel extremely delicious. As for the fish, he didn't eat much. After all I almost vomited on the boat.

Just when Zhao Zhi and Hu Hong were enjoying their meals, they suddenly heard someone shouting outside the cabin: "Land! We found land ahead!"

A cry, immediately caused the boat to boil.

Zhao Zhi and Hu Hong couldn't sit still any longer, and immediately dropped the bowls and ran outside.

I saw that the deck was already full of people, each standing on tiptoe, stretching their necks and looking towards the bow of the ship.

Zhao Zhi and Hu Hong jumped onto the boxes on the deck, and finally saw a black line just in front of the bow, at the junction of the sky and the sea. land.

"It's finally here, it must be the location of the Lion City!"

Looking at the land in the distance, Zhao Zhi also burst into tears with excitement. After going to sea for so long, he finally arrived at his destination.

Although the Lion City was only their first stop, and they still had to take a boat to reach North Tianzhu, it was already quite close, and the Lion City was already the territory of King Han, so they could get the best hospitality there.

On another lucky boat, Zhang Zhong stood at the bow, looking at the blurry land ahead, feeling very excited.

Although this is the second time he has arrived in Lion City, the last time he came with Zheng He's fleet, this time he led the fleet alone. The entire fleet obeyed his orders and overcame various difficulties. Finally arrived at the destination of this trip.

Of course, being able to arrive by the way this time is not only due to Zhang Zhong's own efforts, but also has a lot to do with Zheng He's help. There was a group of people Zheng He sent to him, and it was with the help of these people that they could find the right direction.

But no matter what the reason was, anyway, they finally arrived in the Lion City smoothly, which greatly boosted Zhang Zhong's confidence, and all the anxiety and worries along the way were completely wiped out at this moment.

Seeing the land, the whole fleet speeded up again after jubilation, trying to reach Lion City today.

But as the saying goes, looking at the mountains runs dead horses, especially at sea. Even if you can see the land in the distance, it will take a lot of time to get close.

Finally, until the evening, the fleet finally arrived at the port of Lion City. The port officials had seen the fleet long ago, and immediately sent officials out of the port to greet them, and then guided the fleet into the dock. For a while, the entire port was covered by this team. The fleet from afar was full.

(End of this chapter)