The first thing I did before leaving the port was stumped, completely, completely, and undiscussed.

It's just the first month of the year, and February in the northeast is still warm. The water outlet near Jinzhou is still frozen, which is a problem that no one can solve. We stood in front of the frozen harbor and sighed. According to an old sailor in the port bar, in such weather, it may take March to thaw. How could I afford to wait?

However, after drinking too much, the old sailor said that the sea water this year is urgent, and Lushun may not be frozen heavily, so he should be able to go out to sea! After discussing with everyone, I could only wait here. It is better to go to Lushun to try your luck. At least half a month ago, Lushun was not frozen!

So, our group began to drive towards Lushun, with two carriages, and the experienced old sailor - he is now our first-class sailor, named Chen Kui, who is 40 years old, but looks like an old sailor in his early fifties. It is said that his grandfather had traveled to the West twice with the eunuch of Sanbao and had also been the second mate on the flagship. In this way, he is also a family of sailors.

Two days later, when we saw the tide of Lushun Port, we saw the tide of foaming and shaking slightly while pushing the ship. The excitement in our hearts was indescribable. The spare was a medium-sized sailboat with a strong Chinese style. It had a square head, wide strings, a flat and wide body, and a full load displacement of 2,000 materials. According to modern measures, it should be about 100 tons. The length of the boat was 16 meters, about 6 meters wide, with a standard draft of five feet, and a sloop pendant was powered by a spinnaker, and a spinnaker was added behind it.

The ship's name is engraved in Chinese characters, called "Ningyuan". There are three flags hanging on the mast. One is the flag of the Ito Chamber of Commerce, and the above is the Fusang nationality. Although it is a ball of paste in Japan, it is still a Fusang nationality. The top is the Qinglong flag representing the trade to the Ming Dynasty. Without any of these three flags, it is absolutely impossible for him to come in the port of the Ming Dynasty. This is exactly the special green channel provided to us by our business partner, the Ito Chamber of Commerce. My mood is naturally very good!

After we boarded the ship, we were waiting on the ship. Lan, the captain, introduced me to the internal situation of the entire ship. There were one first mate, one sailor, and thirty-two sailors on the ship, including the ship doctor, chef and carpenter. The number of people was more than that of ordinary merchant ships. The main consideration was that although it was a merchant ship, the Japanese pirates appeared and disappeared from the surrounding waters, so the armed forces on the ship were not weak. The sailors mainly came from the port cities of the Ming Dynasty and the ports of Japan, and were all familiar veterans.

In order to prevent Japanese pirates, the ship was also equipped with 4 25-inch caliber curved cannons and 2 kilogram franchises! Not only did I feel a little excited, I have been on a ship many times before, but I have never been in such a retro style, but it is still an armed reinforced version!

Just as he was packing up and preparing to start the anchor, Chen Kui suddenly said, "Boss, you can't go out to sea at this time!"

I couldn't help but frown and said, "Why can't you go out to sea?"

Chen Kui pointed to the coastline not far away and said, "The tide is surging, and the birds fly low." He pointed to the beach again: "Fish, shrimp, shellfish, and shellfish fight to get ashore." He reached out to the air, as if stroking the breeze, looked at me and frowned and said, "You can't guess the sudden stop of the sea breeze, these are all signs of the coming rain! Never go out to sea!"

I couldn't help but frown and waved to Lan behind me. Lan walked up to me. I told Chen Kui's premonition. Lan couldn't help but frowned. After a while, "Hai Lan is not often present in the current months, and there are many signs just now. I think there is no need to worry about it!"

Two completely different views made me difficult for a while. This is not another problem, but something that I am not very familiar with, related to life and death. So I turned my head and looked at Chen Kui and asked earnestly: "I have something urgent to go to Japan. How likely is the situation you mentioned?"

Chen Kui laughed in silence and said, "Boss, this is a major event of life and death. If you encounter it, it will be ten percent. If you are lucky, it will be invisible. I grew up by the beach since I was a child, drifted on the sea for more than 30 years, and have been used to wind and rain. If the boss must ask how many, I will try it out, and 70 percent. I hope the boss will think twice!"

I was silent for a moment and asked again: "How long will it take for the wind and rain to pass?"

Chen Kui smiled again and said, "The things at sea may be a sudden, maybe more than half a month, I can't tell you!"

I suddenly remembered the satellite cloud map on modern weather forecasts. When encountering a large storm cyclone, wouldn’t it take a month? But for the sake of false things, are you waiting here? What if there is no storm?

Seeing that I was really anxious, Chen Kui smiled again. I didn't understand why this old sailor loved to laugh so much. When I was in a complicated moment, I felt a little annoyed when I saw him laughing so much. Of course, it may be mainly because he did not give me the answer I wanted. Chen Kui continued: "Boss, if you have to go... it's not impossible!"

I was very surprised. I looked at the folds on his face and immediately said, "Tell me quickly! What's the solution?"

Chen Kui tidied up his sleeves and said slowly: "After leaving Lushun, there were no big waves at the Beihai and from Koryo Bay. What I was worried about was the area from the Goryo Strait to Feiqianguo (near modern Nagasaki)! If the home owner wants to go to Songjiang, it is better to go to the Goryo Strait, from Busan to Tsuma, and then up to Songjiang, or you can avoid some wind and waves!"

I turned around and asked Lan: "Is it feasible?"

Lan immediately said, "It's feasible!"

I looked at Chen Kui and smiled, "Just sail as you said!"

Chen Kui bowed to me and said solemnly: "My father always said: If you have a strange heart, I should have parted with you. But the boss chose me to pursue this in the vast world, and I was very moved! I am willing to sacrifice my life and accompany my boss to Songjiang, so that I can take care of you on the way!"

The sails are set! Driven by the northwest wind, the sails are full of sails. I stood on the deck with a lot of thought. I thought, if I go back to Yokohama to take a look, I will probably see some ancient sites, I don’t know what I feel. I think about how to convince him when I see Misuke Linzaki. I also want to take a good look at this trade route. In the future, I mean that when I leave the Ming Dynasty after that time comes, I will leave the Ming Dynasty.

A day and a night passed in a flash. The sea was calm and the storm that Chen Kui said did not appear. I slowly felt relieved. It was already night again. I felt something in my heart and couldn't sleep. So I came out of the cabin and walked all the way to the deck. The sea breeze at night blew on my face, salty and wet, cold, but I didn't feel the bone. I looked up at the moon, and it appeared from time to time, making me feel like I was back when I was young, sitting on the pier of Yokohamagang with Uncle Suzuki, blowing the evening breeze, listening to his story. Thinking of this, I couldn't help but sigh, for the time I couldn't go back and for the people I can't understand.

A female voice suddenly came from a distance from behind her, and she said softly: "Good time and beautiful scenery, why do you sigh?" When I looked back, Yuan stood behind me pretty, walked up to me, gently put a cloak on my shoulder, pressed her hand to the front of me, stretched out her hand to tie it, and whispered: "The sea breeze is very cool, sir, you still need to take care of me!"

I couldn't help but feel warm and asked with a smile: "What are you doing when you don't go to rest, but you're here to do?" Yuan said with a smile: "Why did the sir come up? Yes, the sir is the boss, so naturally he comes up when he wants to, but he comes to bully me, the little girl for no reason!"

I laughed in silence and said, "If you want to come up, then come up. Who will stop you?"

Unexpectedly, Yuan said backwards: "It was the gentleman who asked me why I came up. We answered, but the gentleman said that he would come up when he fell in love! Since ancient times, the boss has been unreasonable!"

My heart said, this little girl is quite irritating! Who said that ancient women were implicit? To be honest, I don’t hate this girl, but I always feel that she is too scheming and seems to be difficult to get close to. To be honest, I was busy training in my previous life, busy preparing for revenge, and never fell in love, but I read a lot of books. Strictly speaking, I didn’t like White Lotus, but I always felt that this woman was not the type I like, and seemed too smart. But then I thought, if she was stupid, how could she become a ninja and become a staff officer of my ninja team? I can only say that the standards for choosing cadres and women are different.

I felt something in my heart, so I naturally became silent, but Yuan didn't speak, and just accompanied me quietly on the strings of the boat, silently watching the dark waves in the distance, and the occasional rugged rocks. The atmosphere was really ambiguous.

Suddenly, she trembled against my arm, and I turned my head and saw, "Okay, she gave me the cloak, but she was still wearing a single dress. It would be strange if she wasn't cold!" But then again, there is no one else in this routine! Okay, just routine!

So I gently lifted the cloak with my right hand, lifted and sent it, and gently wrapped her in it. The girl seemed to smile, without any resistance, but simply leaned on my shoulder. I thought to myself, damn, I won't charge you anyway. But I heard Yuan murmuring, "Sir, I'm so scared!" I really wanted to answer her, but I was so scared, afraid that you would be too tricky and I couldn't play with it! After thinking about it, I didn't say it, but smiled.

At this moment, a female voice suddenly came from behind! There were two women on the boat, what are they doing! They ran to the deck in the middle of the night! Lan Huo rushed over and called out to Mr. Mr. again. Just as he was about to speak, he saw Yuan leaning against me in my arms, and was stunned for a moment! After a while, he came back to his senses and pretended to be nothing: "Sir! I found a rainstorm cloud ahead! I am afraid... I am afraid that as Chen Kui said, this storm may not be able to escape!"

I was surprised and said, "How far is the rain cloud?"

Lan replied: "At the latest morning, a storm will come!"

The preparations overnight are very nervous and inadequate. But I know that no matter how we prepare, no matter how much we prepare!

Two hours later, we had not seen the sunshine in the east, but we had already seen the rolling black clouds, accompanied by the faint lightning, pressing towards our heads!

The storm is coming after all!
Chapter completed!