The Ming Dynasty’s Prodigal Son

Zhu Hou took the radish and hung it neatly around the horse's neck. Immediately, he led Liu Jin and went west.

Just looking at the West, Zhu Houzhao still has awe in his eyes.

But in the end, he gritted his teeth, waved his whip, and ran away with no hesitation.

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Above a seemingly invisible ocean, for more than a month, the ship followed the current and headed west.

The bottom of the world's dross Wang Bu Shi is already covered with moss, and various shellfish are adsorbed on the bottom of the ship. In Ceylon, the ship was repaired.

In fact, it seems that the Ceylonians were not friendly to Daming ’s fleet. Fortunately, Xu Jing took out some silks and exchanged them with them, before recruiting some Ceylonese to work for them. They even bought a sea boat. .

Halfway through, they encountered a group of pirates. Thousands of households Yang Jian and others opened fire. The fire rang, causing the pirates to panic and fled.

Wang Xizuo proudly told the people on the ship that Daming's flames were not brilliant. If these pirates insisted on looting, they might bring some casualties to Daming's fleet.

He vaguely said that this was the credit of their Portuguese, and the pirates here and there once lost their helmets and armor when they encountered the guns of the Portuguese, which made them harbor a deep fear of the guns. Fangquan, they actually thought that the Portuguese fleet was infested.

Xu Jing knew more and more things, although he also knew that Wang Xizuo's words were half-truth, but he gradually understood Wang Xizuo's intentions. Wang Xizuo looked forward to following this official Ming fleet To listen to some news, it is best to follow Xu Jing back home, and finally follow Xu Jing to land in Daming to get first-hand information.

Wang Xisuo is a man with great ambitions.

What he coveted was the porcelain and silk in the ship.

Of course, only this point of porcelain and silk is not enough to make him tempted. He wants to go to the country of silk and porcelain, to have a good look, to listen to the details of Daming, and even he is very interested in the ports of Daming. interested.

Anyway, at least knowing the person ’s intentions, then the goals of both sides are the same, hoping that one day, Xu Jing will be able to return to his homeland, and Wang Xisuo can land in Daming.

So Xu Jing's attitude towards Wang Xizuo got better and better, they patted each other's shoulders, Xu Jing has been able to fluently intimately call Wang Xi as a good brother in Portuguese.

Wang Xisuo has merged into a large collective. He is quite familiar with this sea area, which saves a lot of trouble for the fleet.

Even Wang Xi acted as a way for everyone to return safely to resist the restless sea weather from the Indian Ocean. He also pointedly pointed out some important defects on the ship.

Xu Jing's relationship with him is even more intimate. The first thing he got up was to shout loudly: "Where is my dear and loyal friend Wang Xizuo."

With such a roar, Wang Xisuo appeared, and the two smiled at each other, holding hands, and began a heated conversation between each other.

They have conversations that will never end, Xu Jing will talk about silk, gold, tea, and Wang Xizuo will tell Xu Jing that they are a group of pitiful people who have bypassed the Cape of Good Hope and the entire mainland of Kunlun. People, they come here to spread them-in Daming's words, they are the saint's way, they are glorious and love, they are a group of people who never care about personal gains and losses, not far away, and have come to the international area of ​​Luzon Friends.

He will occasionally talk about the situation of the Fula machine. For him, this is no big deal. Even if he drank, when it came to the Xingtou, he began to complain loudly, saying that the world's dross is not suitable for oceans. During the voyage, the structure of the hull was very problematic, and there were many unreasonable points. Every time he said, Xu Jing persuaded him to drink and secretly took out his small book.

Humans from two different countries from the east and the west are on such a ship named after the scum of the world. They met unexpectedly, just like the great love stories in all dramas, and began to spawn countless sparks.

Although Wang Xizuo made some improvements under the proposal of Wang Xizuo, and repaired and repaired them in Ceylon, Wang Xizuo was still uneasy about this. He suggested returning.

Even including all the crew members, after seven or eight people were infected with dysentery and died, there were several people suffering from some strange illnesses, and an unlucky guy accidentally fell off the boat and never again. After being rescued, each crew member became more homesick.

If it were n’t for Xu Jing, he would always walk from the bow to the stern, comforting them again and again, and telling them that after going back, it would be a great contribution. Only by sailing forward a little bit, you can reach the fleet of the Sanbao **** From the farthest point of arrival, since then, I can guarantee that they will have glory and wealth in the future, and there is no shelf to edit at all, but to treat everyone kindly, even if this person is just a husband on the ship.

Otherwise, Xu Jing had already been left behind to feed the fish.

Finally, Xu Jing fell ill.

He felt weak and his head was hot, but his body was very cold. In the cabin, wrapped in a thick quilt, he still felt cold and uncomfortable, but he could only gritt his teeth and dared not tell his condition. anyone!

Because he knows better than anyone else, once everyone knows that he is sick, all the confidence in the fleet is very likely to disappear.

With persistence, Dayi barely calmly greeted everyone on the boat, including the other party's parents, wife and children, even if the dizziness was terrible, Xu Jing still told them intimately, and soon after, found a new land, you There will be a good life, and then come home with countless wealth and court officials to enjoy the blessings. This is a guarantee from a man. Each one will carry a basket. The basket is not wood, oil, salt, or food, but Gold and silver.

But at night, he was wrapped in a quilt again, and the only thing he supported was the muddy and hot fresh water.

He was wearing a quilt, sitting in the cabin almost straight with his head up, sitting in front of the case, struggling to hold the pen and taking a deep breath, wrote: "On February 26 of Hongzhi 14th, the fleet left It has been 17 days in Ceylon Port, the sea and the waves have been calm. The isolated island I met the day before has no fresh water. It is a pity. Fortunately, the fresh water on the boat barely persists for 7 days. Wang Xizuo believes that within three days, one can be found The island of supplies ... "

He wrote seriously, suddenly, his hands were shaking ...

Amidst this confusion, he shivered again. He seemed to see that, not far from him, the teacher stood there. The teacher saw him, opened his arms to him, and his lips appeared. What kind of smile is like a saint, and then slowly walked towards him in the haze, then gently stroked his head and smiled at him.

Suddenly, Xu Jing smiled like a demon into the void, and then he choked back again, and his tears fell down, and his mouth uttered a weird syllable, perhaps because of excitement, perhaps It ’s because of a choked voice.

The figure of the teacher eventually disappeared gradually, and the smile on him was deeply imprinted in Xu Jing's mind.

Xu Jing sucked his nose, he was no longer the handsome, spotless brother, he wiped his nose with his sleeves, regardless of the dirt of the cuff, but raised the pen again, and the cry on his face looked like a child. But he did not dare to make a sound, so it was like a baby sobbing.

He tried hard to hold the pen. Although he was under high fever, he still tremblely wrote the crooked and slanting words: "I will die here soon, I will die, the ship will be infighted, and the dross on earth will never be able to return to his homeland , Or buried in a fish belly, or eternal life and the homeland. I do n’t see the mentor 159th, I ... missed it very much, the mentor once had a professor, the most important thing in life is to be happy, I ... I ... "

He wanted to say that he would be happy, but the tears that he could not bear were bursting out of the **** again, and there was another tear in his face.

The loneliness at sea is unimaginable. From suffering to numbness, from numbness to more suffering, endless despair, and occasionally seeing a trace of hope, this hope is like a light, but always Fleeting!

Every thought of returning home, the longer the voyage, the fatal attraction to Xu Jing. He even wanted to blurt out countless times. Let ’s go back, we have actually completed our mission. I have wives and children, parents, and Dear teacher, I miss them all the time, I want to know whether they have lived at this moment, I want to know whether they are also suffering.

But ... in the end, he gritted his teeth and held it back, because he always remembered the command in his mind-all the way to the west, to explore more points to the west, in order to open up a new path, so that Daming would not go even A little detour.

He couldn't support it, dropped the pen, wrapped the quilt weakly, lying on his back on the couch, still trembling with cold, he leaned on the deck and began to cough, looking at the cabin in angrily. A small oil lamp ~ www.readwn.com ~ and then a bit of a wry smile, maybe ... I really can't persevere.

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The next day.

When the dawn dawned, Xuguang slowly emerged from the horizon line on the farthest edge, and the world's dross, the King of Kings, still went west.

In Xu Jing ’s cabin, as usual, his hearty voice came: “Where is my dear and faithful lifelong friend Wang Xizuo?”

After a while, Wang Xi appeared with a smile on his face.

The two people who have not washed for months have grinned and their teeth are full of tartar and black and yellow, but they hugged each other intimately, and kissed each other with the courtesy of the Flemish machine, feeling each other ’s temperature.

"A new day." Wang Xi said with emotion.

"Yes!" Xu Jing's face turned blue, very weak, but at this time he looked at the West far away, he said one by one: "A new day!"

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