Ten days, or ten days, passed in a blink of an eye.

The fleet that originally had only six merchant ships suddenly expanded to fifteen ships due to the addition of the Zheng family.

Although Li Anran also knows that this is because the Zheng family knows his identity and understands that even if he loses money on this trip, he will still make money as long as he can build a relationship, so he dares to do so, but he has to admit that Zheng Chenggong is indeed

Very courageous.

What surprised Li Anran the most was that the husband of the Zheng family wanted to go to sea with him despite enjoying a luxurious life.

"Enqing (Zheng Chenggong's word), this sea route is not easy to travel, do you really want to go?" Li Anran, who was standing on the dock watching the ships making final preparations, turned around with a smile and looked to the side as before

The other party, dressed as a scholar, asked.

"With Zhen... with Xiaoyao (Li Anran's nickname) here, what should Enqing be afraid of?" Zheng Chenggong said with a smile, playing with the folding fan in his hand.

"Then Enqing, are you going to stay on your own boat and follow the fleet, or come to my boat to rest?" Li Anran, who knew that the other party wanted to get close to him, was not disgusted with such behavior, but laughed again.

asked.

"As long as Xiaoyao doesn't mind, Enqing will naturally want to stay on your ship." Zheng Chenggong replied without thinking.

Even though Zheng Chenggong has never been to the sea, as a relatively powerful manager of the Zheng family, he will naturally not be unaware of the dangers at sea. With such a great god in front of you, if you still don’t know what to choose, then

All those years of studying are really in vain.

"That's okay, it just so happens that this trip will take some time. Having Enqing by your side can relieve some loneliness." Li Anran, who was not surprised that the other party would choose this way, nodded and said with a smile: "In that case, let's go."

After saying that, he walked towards the merchant ship as the flagship under the leadership of the old helmsman.

Since Quanzhou still needs someone to guard the ship, Li Rui naturally couldn't accompany him. He could only stand on the dock and watch the group board the ship smoothly.

After getting on the ship, Li Anran, who knew that the fleet had already been prepared, didn't waste any time and directly issued the order to set off.

Fifteen merchant ships were already considered a large fleet during the Tang Dynasty. Especially when these fifteen merchant ships left the dock one after another and then lined up in a row on the sea, it was very impressive.

A visual impact.

When the fleet turned into small dots on the sea, Li Rui, who was standing on the dock, got back on the carriage and rushed towards Quanzhou City.

What Li Rui didn't know was that not long after he left, several merchants in colorful clothes appeared at the dock.

Ordinarily, the presence of maritime merchants here at the dock is not something worth noting at all. But if Li Rui can return here, he will find that these people present are not the same people who regarded himself and the shipyard as "fat meat".

Right.

Although these people deliberately lowered their voices when they spoke, looking at the vicious looks on their faces, you didn't need to guess to know that this was definitely not a good thing.

After the fleet left Quanzhou Port, Li Anran did not send the fleet towards the very nearby Ryuqiu Island. Instead, he went directly to the Japanese country on the Ryukyu Islands, not even Tachibana Michiyo and Honda Kosaburo.

Be around.

Maritime transportation during the Tang Dynasty was actually mainly offshore. It usually went to Japan, Goryeo, Luzon, and later places like Malaysia, Indonesia, and Singapore. Few people were willing to take the risk of long sea voyages.

After all, the longer the voyage, the greater the danger. Not to mention the Tang Dynasty, even in modern times, the risk factor of long-sea voyages is still not low. The only difference is that modern shipbuilding technology is powerful enough, and ships can easily weigh hundreds of thousands of tons.

large ship.

Compared with the wooden ships of the Tang Dynasty, they were obviously safer in the face of the same wind and waves.

Of course, under the temptation of sufficient profits, some people are still willing to take such risks. Otherwise, there will be no Maritime Silk Road. But even so, it usually only goes as far as Arabia, and very few people go further than that.

Dare to go.

There are quite a few people who know about the route from Quanzhou to Japan. However, since this season is about to enter winter, on this route that used to be quite busy, I really didn’t see any of my colleagues appearing along the way.

After the fleet completely left Quanzhou, Li Faran and Zheng Chenggong originally sat and chatted in the cabin, which had been renovated and was more comfortable than other ships. But while they were chatting, a "Didi" sounded on his left wrist.

"The voice.

Li Anran, who intended to show off his strength in front of the Zheng family through Zheng Chenggong, did not shy away from him. He directly opened the sleeve of his left hand to reveal a wristband that looked very weird to Zheng Chenggong, and then tapped it a few times.

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The next moment, a ray of blue light shot out from the wrist guard. It was still a straight line at the beginning, but soon it spread out like a flower blooming, forming an inverted cone of light that was small at the bottom and wide at the top.

As the light beam quickly faded from being conspicuous, a holographic projection screen appeared in everyone's sight.

For Su Xiaomei, she had seen this kind of magical weapon many times and was no longer surprised. Even Kunlun Slave Obama, who had passed the "brainwashing" of the multi-functional exploration ship and was promoted to the leader of the Guards, was also used to it.

Also not surprised at all.

But Zheng Chenggong, who was sitting opposite Li Anran, saw a three-dimensional screen that was indistinguishable from the real image suddenly appeared in front of him. Even though this person's character and cultivation were pretty good, he couldn't help but twitch the corners of his eyes.

Was shocked.

Li Anran, who didn't pay attention to the other party's reaction, saw a sea area appearing on the holographic three-dimensional screen in front of him. And above this sea area, six ships with different shapes floated. What's strange is that the sails of these ships

None rose.

After Li Anran made a few operations on the holographic stereoscopic screen and pulled the screen closer, he could easily see that there were many men with weapons on the decks of these large ships, busy going back and forth there.

Zheng Chenggong, who was originally just surprised that the opponent would suddenly cast such an immortal spell, saw the clear figure appearing on the holographic projection screen, but his expression changed involuntarily and said: "No! It's a pirate!"

"

"Hai pirates?" After hearing this, Li Anran smiled and said, "They are the ones we have been waiting for."

If Zheng Chenggong, who was just surprised at why pirates appeared in the magical image before, could not guess after hearing this, the sea area he saw in the picture was probably the one the fleet was about to pass.

place. At the same time, it can also be seen that the appearance of these pirates was completely expected by someone.

"Enqing, please don't worry about the following matters. Just sit in the cabin and I'll let Obama take care of it." Li Anran checked the picture on the three-dimensional holographic projection screen, turned it off, stood up and smiled.

road.

After receiving the signal from his young master, Obama immediately took two steps forward. Although he did not speak, his body was so strong that people needed to look up to him. Even if he did not say a word, he could give people an invisible sense of security.

"Yes, real person." Although he still couldn't figure out the whole thing in such a short time, Zheng Chenggong knew very well that at this time, he only needed to do what the other party said, and there was no need to worry about other aspects.

ask.

After Zheng Chenggong was settled, Li Anran, who knew there were pirates ahead, had no intention of stopping the fleet or taking precautions. Instead, he just gave Su Xiaomei a biu~ and disappeared as if they were two people in the cabin.

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Facing such a scene, Zheng Chenggong was in awe, but a strange look appeared in his eyes.

Even though Zheng Chenggong is a member of the Zheng family, and he is considered to have a lot of power in his hands. He can supervise and temporarily mobilize the power of the Zheng family's properties in various places, but in the final analysis, he is just a concubine.

Not to mention being in charge of the entire Zheng family, even taking the official career as an official in order to be admired by others has become a mirror image because of the arrangement of the main wife of the family. Otherwise, with Zheng Chenggong's knowledge, let alone the top scholar, he will be a Jinshi.

There is still no problem with my background.

It's a pity that although he was obviously better than his eldest brother, the eldest son of his wife, in what he learned, he ended up abandoning his studies and pursuing a career in business.

Just when Zheng Chenggong faced up to the idea of ​​whether he could realize his dream with the help of someone's power, someone in the fleet heading towards Kyushu Island had already spotted an unknown ship in the distance directly ahead. (To be continued.
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