Daming Haikou

Before dawn the next day, all the goods provided by the Li family for Yu Xiaotian and the others were loaded onto the ship, and Yu Xiaotian also returned to the ship along with the goods. practice island.

Looking at the white belly gradually appearing in the sky, and the sea breeze blowing the black scarf on Yu Xiaotian's head, Zhao Mazi walked up to Yu Xiaotian's back, coughed lightly and said, "Master, Lao Liu asked me to come and ask, we now Should we go back to Treasure Island or go somewhere else!"

Taking advantage of the time before dawn, Yu Xiaotian stood at the bow of the boat, enjoying the fresh sea breeze, and was thinking about something secretly. When he heard what Zhao Mazi said, he turned around and walked to the stern. Liu Laoliu, who was steering the wheel, said, "Let's head north, to the mouth of the Aojiang River!"

Both Zhao Mazi and Liu Laoliu were taken aback, and hurriedly asked, "To Aojiangkou?"

"Yes! It's going to Aojiangkou!" Yu Xiaotian nodded in affirmation.

"Master, didn't you drink too much last night? How can we go to the mouth of the Aojiang River? You know, there are officers and soldiers stationed there, and there are water villages. Aren't we asking for trouble where we go?" Zhao Mazi He became anxious when he heard it, and said quickly.

Liu Laoliu also frowned. Although he didn't object, he also showed a look of incomprehension.

Yu Xiaotian nodded and said, "Do you think I have drunk too much? Not bad! There are indeed officers and soldiers stationed at Aojiang Estuary, and there are water fortresses, but we still have to go somewhere!"

Zhao Mazi didn't understand. He frowned and asked in a low voice, "Why did the master suddenly think of going to Aojiang Estuary? Isn't he going to do something?"

Yu Xiaotian took two people to sit in the stern, and whispered to them: "Last night you two went down to rest early, and Li Guanshi and I chatted for a while longer in the living room!

Li Guanshi told me that there is Dongping Village in the north of Aojiangkou. Recently, the Lianjiang County government arrested a group of unscrupulous people who looted grain stores in the county and sent them to Dongping Village to build roads!In addition, there are several blacksmith shops in Dongping Village, which are quite famous in the Lianjiang area. Now that I think about it carefully, we are too short of manpower, and we can't do much big things with our little manpower alone!So I'm going to Dongping Village to recruit some people back!

This matter cannot be delayed any longer!So taking advantage of our opportunity to come to Dalian Island this time, we simply took care of this matter along the way! "

Hearing Yu Xiaotian say that the two of them rested early last night, the old faces of Zhao Mazi and Liu Laoliu blushed a little. The conversation was very happy, so they all rushed to sleep under the pretext of not being able to drink. They said they were sleeping, but in fact they went to the two women whom Manager Li had arranged to accompany them. If Yu Xiaotian hadn't called them in the morning If it is, the two of them are reluctant to get up at all. Up to now, both of them are still yawning, making it clear that they didn't sleep well last night, so the two old guys are a little ashamed of this.

"But I heard that there is a Fuzhou official army camp at the mouth of the Aojiang River, and there are still officers and soldiers stationed in Dinghai City. Where can we go? What if we encounter a government patrol boat?" Liu Laoliu finally couldn't bear it at this time. asked.

Yu Xiaotian nodded and said: "You don't have to worry about this. Let's go to Aojiangkou this time, go there after dark, and leave before dawn! Li Guanshi said that the government's patrol boats will not come out at night, and the Aojiangkou Water Village There are only two or three boats at the moment. Although Dinghai City is a place of thousands of households and is responsible for guarding the mouth of the Aojiang River, there are currently less than two hundred officers and soldiers. They can protect themselves, but they have no courage to go out of the city overnight to chase us down!

So you don't have to worry, the Li family has been loading and unloading goods in the Aojiangkou area for the past few years, and they are very familiar with the situation there. Although the Li family said that they will not help us, they have not hidden anything from me about this matter!

I think Manager Li told me these things, they just want to see if we have the courage, if we dare not go, they will be taken lightly by them!So it's worth taking a risk this time!We can't let the Li family look down on us! "

After Liu Laoliu heard this, he thought for a while and nodded: "That's true. If we leave after dark and before dawn, the government will not do anything to us! I've been there before, and I'm pretty clear about the situation on the water surface. , just be careful!"

When Zhao Mazi heard this, although he was still a little worried, he couldn't say anything more, so he went to wake up Crazy Meng who was still snoring, and told Crazy Meng about Yu Xiaotian's decision.

Crazy Meng became excited as soon as he heard it. This old guy is a person who is afraid of chaos in the world. He is bold and reckless in doing things. When he heard that he was going to Aojiangkou, he became happy, eager to laugh, and agreed repeatedly, as if I'm afraid Yu Xiaotian will change his mind again.

After daybreak, the ship turned its rudder to the north and took advantage of the wind. Even if they encountered individual merchant ships or fishing boats along the way, they did not rob them, let alone raised their sea wolf flags, but disguised themselves as a merchant ship. They drove towards the mouth of the Aojiang River in a big way.

There was a small episode on the way, they unexpectedly ran into a small pirate ship again, the group of pirates used a single-masted fishing boat, there were no more than a dozen people in total, when they saw Yu Xiaotian's boat, they immediately posted it , seems to want to be detrimental to Xiaotian and their ship.

But when they saw the group of people on Yu Xiaotian's boat clearly, they turned the bow of the boat and fled away without saying a word. They got rid of it.

As a result, everyone on the boat looked at the fleeing boat and couldn't help laughing. The aggrieved feeling of being bullied by Zhang Hu's men before disappeared immediately.

This can't help but make Yu Xiaotian sigh, the sea is such a law of survival, the strong is king, a world where big fish eat small fish, don't talk about anything if you don't have strength, only if you have someone with a boat and a guy in your hand, you can go sideways Walk!This made him more determined to go to Dongping Village to do a big job this time.

Because of the favorable wind, and they walked almost in a straight line, they went straight to the mouth of the Aojiang River without making any stops along the way, so they walked very fast. After noon, they passed the mouth of the Minjiang River. Basically arrived at the sea surface of the Aojiang Estuary, where a small number of fishing boats can be seen from a distance, sailing and furling on the sea surface, Yu Xiaotian ordered half sail to be lowered, slowing down the speed of the boat.

Their appearance did not attract the excessive attention of a few fishing boats on the sea. After seeing that they were not malicious, these fishing boats continued to go about their business. After harvesting, there were only a few fishing boats on the sea before dark They all started heading towards the shore.

"Where is Dongping Village, Uncle Liu, do you know?" Yu Xiaotian looked at the setting sun and asked Liu Laoliu.

Liu Laoliu looked carefully at the north bank, then shook his head and said, "I'm not sure, but didn't you say that today? Dongping Village is about five miles west of Dinghai City? Of course, Dinghai City You know, as long as you look at the lights on the wall of Dinghai City at night, and walk west along the coast, you can find Dongping Village!"

Yu Xiaotian felt relieved now, he is going to come to Dongping Village today, what he is most worried about is not that he can't get things done, but that he can't find a place after dark, and after all, Dongping Village is too close to the city where Dinghai guards thousands of households. It's impossible not to worry a little bit.

Although during this period of time he often learned to look at the sky from Liu Laoliu, but this business cannot be learned in a while. At most, he can roughly distinguish the east, west, and north at night. He doesn't know how to yaw, he hasn't mastered this skill yet, or to put it another way, what he can't live without right now is Liu Laoliu, the old sea wolf. Having such a treasure is the foundation of his activities at sea.

As the sky gradually darkened, Yu Xiaotian ordered the sails to be hoisted again, and ordered that no lanterns should be raised on board, so as not to be spotted from afar. They then relied on Liu Laoliu's night sky observation to grasp the course .

Liu Laoliu squinted on the boat for a while during the day, and now he was much more energetic, and he commanded the people on the boat to adjust the sails, and slowly sailed towards the north bank of the Aojiang Estuary.

Gradually, in the darkness, everyone saw a point on the coast from a distance, and there was a trace of light. After getting closer, a row of lanterns could be seen forming a line, and they decided that it was Dinghai City. .

In fact, Dinghai City was not called Dinghai City before, but it was called Tingjiao Shoubu Qianhusuo. It was one of the five guards and twelve thousand households established in Fujian by the Ming Dynasty during the Hongwu period. It was officially established in Ao An important place to guard Fuzhou outside Jiangkou. In the early years, it was the main defensive place to defend against Japanese invaders. There were officers and soldiers stationed there all the year round. It is said that there were more than 2000 officers and soldiers stationed here at the most.

But by this time, the Japanese invasion was no longer a threat to Ming Dynasty, and the number of officers and soldiers stationed here became less and less, so that there were only more than [-] people left.

If it weren't for this, even if Yu Xiaotian was brave enough to cover his body, he wouldn't dare to bring so many twenty people here to find trouble.

The reason why he dared to come was that he was eager to expand his strength, and the second was because the Li family had told him the details of this area. Although there were officers and soldiers stationed in Dinghai City, the strength of the southern army had been weakened over the years. Transferred to Liaodong, other officers and soldiers, especially those from military households, have been completely rotten, otherwise there would not be the famous 53 Japanese pirates in history who ran for more than a thousand miles in Daming and looted more than [-] counties , It is close to the things under the city of Nanjing.

Now he asks himself that the more than 20 people under his command must not be as powerful as the more than 50 Japanese pirates at that time, but he also believes that the officers and soldiers in Fujian are not much stronger at this time, otherwise he would not dare to take risks easily. People come here to do things.

With Dinghai City as their navigation mark, it was much easier to find Dongping Village. Liu Laoliu sailed along the coast all the way to the west. After half an hour of sailing cautiously, he left Dinghai City behind, and gradually near the coast.

(From today, two updates will be resumed, basically guaranteeing [-] to [-] words of updates! The pressure is not small! Haha! I hope brothers can use red tickets to stand up, don’t make me too ugly! Thank you brothers! In addition, I would like to give special thanks to Brother Iron Hands for their rewards. Recently, the rewards are not enough, it seems that I have to work harder!)