Chapter 379 Pirates!
Ten days, that is, ten days pass in a blink of an eye.
The fleet of ships, which originally had only six merchant ships, expanded to as many as fifteen with the addition of the Zheng family.
Although Li Anran also knew that this was because the Zheng family knew his identity and knew that even if they lost money this time, they would still have a profit as long as they could get in touch with each other, but they had to admit that Zheng Chenggong was indeed a little courageous.
What surprised Li Anran the most was that this Zheng family man didn't enjoy a good and luxurious life, so he actually wanted to go out to sea with him.
"Enqing (Zheng Chenggong's name), this sea route is not easy to walk, do you really want to go?" Li Anran, who stood on the dock and watched the boats make the final preparations, smiled and turned his head, asking at the other party who was still dressed in a scholar.
"You Zhen... You Xiaoyao (Li Anran's name) is there, what are Enqing afraid of?" Zheng Chenggong smiled while playing with the folding fan in his hand.
"Now Enqing, are you staying on your own boat and following 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 asked with a smile.
"As long as Xiaoyao doesn't mind, Enqing naturally wants to settle on your ship." Zheng Chenggong replied without thinking.
Although Zheng Chenggong has not left the sea, as a powerful manager of the Zheng family, he naturally would not be confused about the dangers at sea. If you have such a great god in front of you, if you don’t know how to choose, it would be a waste of time to read the book for so many years.
"Okay, this trip will take some time. With Enqing around you, you can relieve loneliness." Li Anran, who was not surprised that the other party would choose this way, nodded and smiled, "Since that's the case, then let's go."
After saying that, he walked towards the merchant ship that was the flagship under the leadership of Lao Duzi.
Since Quanzhou still needs people to take charge, Li Rui naturally could not walk with him. He could only stand on the dock and watch the group board the ship smoothly.
After getting on the ship, Li Anran knew that the fleet had already prepared, and did not say nonsense, so he directly issued an order to drive.
Fifteen merchant ships were already considered a large fleet during the Tang Dynasty. Especially when these fifteen merchant ships left the dock after one after another, and then lined up on the sea, they felt a visual impact.
After the fleet turned into small dots on the sea surface, Li Rui, who was standing on the dock, then returned to the carriage and rushed towards Quanzhou City.
Li Rui didn't know that not long after he left, several maritime merchants dressed in gorgeous clothes appeared at the dock.
It is not a matter of note that there is a maritime businessman at the wharf. But if Li Rui could return here, he would find that the people present were the ones who regarded him and the shipyard as "fatty".
Although these people deliberately lowered their voices when they spoke, looking at the vicious look on their faces, they knew that this was definitely not a good thing without guessing.
After the fleet left Quanzhou Port, Li Anran did not ask the fleet to rush towards the very close Liuqiu Island, but went directly to Japan on the Ryukyu Islands. Even Tachibana Michiyo and Honda Kosabura were not brought by their side.
During the Tang Dynasty, sea transportation was actually mainly based on near-sea. It was generally used to travel to places like Japan, Goryeo, Luzon, and later Malaysia, Indonesia, and Singapore. Few people were willing to take the risk of traveling far-sea voyages.
After all, the longer the voyage, the greater the danger. Not to mention the Tang Dynasty, even in modern times, the danger coefficient of sailing far seas is still not low. The only difference is that modern shipbuilding technology is powerful enough, and it is often large ships worth hundreds of thousands of tons.
Compared with the wooden sea ships in the time and space of the Tang Dynasty, it is obviously safer in the face of the same storms.
Of course, under the temptation of sufficient profits, some people are still willing to take such risks. Otherwise, they would not have set up the Maritime Silk Road. But even so, the farthest is usually only to Arabia, and few people dare to go any further.
Many people know about the route from Quanzhou to Japan. However, since the season is about to begin winter, I really haven't seen my peers appear along the way on this route that was previously quite lively.
After the fleet completely left Quanzhou, Li Faran was originally sitting with Zheng Chenggong in a cabin that had been renovated and was more comfortable than other ships to chat. But as he was chatting, a "did" sound rang out on his left wrist.
Li Anran, who intends to show his strength in front of the Zheng family through Zheng Chenggong, did not avoid the other party. He directly pulled open the sleeve of his left hand to reveal a wrist guard that looked very strange in Zheng Chenggong's opinion, and then tapped it on it a few times.
The next moment, a blue light shot out from the wrist guard. At first, it was still a straight line, and soon it spread out like a flower blooming, forming a small and wide inverted cone light column below.
As the light column quickly faded from conspicuousness, a holographic projection screen appeared in everyone's sight.
For Su Xiaomei, she has seen this kind of immortal weapon many times and is no longer surprising. Even Obama, the Kunlun slave who passed the multi-function exploration ship "brainwashing" and was promoted to the leader of the guards, was not surprised at all.
But Zheng Chenggong, sitting opposite Li Anran, suddenly appeared in front of him when he saw a three-dimensional screen that could not see any difference from the real image. Even this person had a good mentality and cultivation, but he couldn't help but twitching the corners of his eyes and was startled.
Li Anran ignored the other party's reaction. The holographic three-dimensional screen in front of him was a sea area. On this sea area, there were six sea boats with different shapes floating on it. Strangely, the sails of these ships did not rise.
After Li Anran operated on the holographic three-dimensional screen a few times and pulled the screen closer, it was easy to see that there were many men holding weapons on the deck of these big ships, busying themselves back and forth.
Zheng Chenggong, who was originally surprised that the other party would naturally suddenly use this immortal spell, saw the clear figure appearing on the holographic projection screen, his face changed and said, "No! It's a pirate!"
"Pippi?" Li Anran smiled and said, "It's them that I'll wait."
If Zheng Chenggong, who was only surprised by why pirates appeared in the magical image, could not speculate after hearing this that the sea area in the picture he saw was probably where the fleet was about to pass. At the same time, it can also be seen that the appearance of these pirates was simply someone expected.
"Enqing, don't worry about the following matters. Sitting in the cabin, I will let Obama take care of it." After checking the scene that appeared on the three-dimensional holographic projection screen, Li Anran, who turned it off, stood up and smiled.
Obama, who was signaled by his young master, immediately took two steps forward. Although he did not speak, his body that was so strong that people needed to look up could give people an invisible sense of security even if he didn't make a sound.
"Yes, real person." Although it was impossible to figure out the whole thing in such a short time, Zheng Chenggong was very clear that at this time he only needed to do what the other party said, and there was no need to ask any other aspects.
After relocating Zheng Chenggong, Li Anran, who knew there were pirates ahead, had no intention of stopping the fleet or being careful to prevent it. Instead, he took Su Xiaomei and disappeared as if the two people in the cabin.
Faced with such a scene, Zheng Chenggong was in awe, and a strange look appeared in his eyes.
Although Zheng Chenggong is a member of the Zheng family, he is in charge of considerable power. He can monitor and temporarily mobilize the power of the Zheng family's industries, but in the end, he is just a concubine.
Not to mention being in charge of the entire Zheng family, even if he is a career-oriented official, he is a good way to become a prostitute, because of the arrangement of the official's wife in his family, he would have become a mirror and a mistress. Otherwise, with Zheng Chenggong's knowledge, not to mention the top scholar, he would be fine to get a Jinshi.
Unfortunately, what I learned was better than my elder brother, the eldest son born to my wife, but in the end I only ended up with a abandoned article and business.
Chapter completed!