Royal Gold Medal County Magistrate

The four ships gradually approached.

Li Ping's main ship and a merchant ship began to drift to the left of the ironclad.

Another ship began to drift to the right.

The sailors on the ship saw the emperor standing at the bow and knelt down one after another, shouting something.

The officials were all lying on the deck railing, happily watching the ships converge, while whispering to each other.

Usually, everyone had taken a boat, but almost no one had ever gone to sea by boat, and they had rarely seen large ships.

This scene was obviously somewhat attractive.

Emperor Jing put his hand on his brow and asked, "What are they shouting?"

An official hurriedly flattered, "They must have seen Your Majesty and are shouting 'Long live the Emperor!'"

Just as they were about to approach, and everyone on the ironclad was watching with great interest, something incredible happened!

For some unknown reason, the deck of one of the merchant ships was in chaos, with everyone running around and shouting.

Emperor Jing's eyes narrowed, and he said in a deep voice, "What happened?"

Fang Zheng stepped forward and curiously sized up the opposite side: "They are all running to the cabin, maybe something happened inside? Our ironclad is quite peculiar, they may have been distracted, and there was a problem with the work on the ship."

Emperor Jing nodded slightly.

It should be so.

Everyone thought so, but before long, the other ship showed a clear and abnormal tilt.

The crew members panicked, throwing various floating objects into the sea, and then began to jump off the ship like dumplings.

The officials of Jiangling Port were immediately shocked and said, "Your Majesty, it seems that there is a serious leak in their ship's cabin! I'm afraid this ship will sink in a while."

"Save people!" Emperor Jing immediately ordered.

These people in the water were closest to the ironclad, and the other ships had already窜到到了前，掉头困难.

The best option right now is for them to save people.

It was time to return after sailing at sea for so long, and it was no problem to take them along.

The sailors on the ironclad received the order, first dropped anchor to stop the ship, and then picked up the ropes on the ship and threw them towards the sinking ship, and shouted loudly.

The people in the water saw this and hurried to swim towards the ironclad.

After swimming for a while, they finally reached the side of the ship, grabbed the rope, and were pulled up.

Li Ping was also among them, his whole body was soaked in seawater, his scattered hair was draped on his back, and he kept panting.

His eyes flickered with excitement.

Success! Everything was as expected, and the other side really took the initiative to rescue.

The other two ships will turn around in a while and surround this ship.

As long as they successfully hold the emperor hostage, then the matter will be settled!

Just as he was being pulled halfway, Li Ping felt something was wrong when he touched the hull of the ship, and knocked on it twice.

The sound of metal knocking sounded, and Li Ping's whole body trembled violently.

Iron! How could this ship be made of iron?

Before he could think more, he had already been pulled onto the deck.

At this moment, there were already more than a dozen people on the deck, panting and half-lying on the ground, looking lost.

Everyone's acting skills were excellent.

Li Ping was also like this, after getting on the ship, he glanced at Emperor Jing.

Seeing the guards surrounding him, his heart trembled twice, and he hurriedly lowered his head to gasp for breath.

At this moment, more than twenty people had been rescued, and people were still being pulled onto the ship one after another.

Li Ping evened out his breath, got up and faced Emperor Jing, staggering forward.

He had only taken two steps when he was stopped by the Embroidered Uniform Guard, who signaled him to keep his distance.

Li Ping knelt down with a thud and shouted excitedly, "The common people thank Your Majesty for the grace of saving my life! Long live Your Majesty, long live, long live!"

A group of death soldiers followed suit and knelt down, shouting.

Facing the people shouting 'Long live the Emperor', Emperor Jing smiled slightly and took the initiative to stride forward: "Where are you from, and what happened on the ship?"

There were four people guarding him, and two children, five steps... the distance was a bit far.

Li Ping gritted his teeth and looked at the death soldier not far beside him.

The death soldier was the personal guard sent to him by his father, highly skilled in martial arts, and the two had already communicated a countermeasure in advance.

The death soldier understood and knelt down on both knees, constantly moving towards Emperor Jing, and said with incomparable excitement: "It is really a great honor for the common people to see the face of heaven today, I didn't expect to be rescued by Your Majesty."

"This fleet of common people is a merchant ship of the Song family, going to the West for trade. Unfortunately, they encountered many pirates on the way. When replenishing supplies, they hit a reef, and the ship was already scarred. They tried their best to rush back to Dajing, but I didn't expect... I didn't expect such a thing to happen at the doorstep."

"It's a pity for my ship of goods... How can I explain it to the owner!" As he spoke, he began to cry and talk about the unlucky things that happened on the merchant ship along the way.

Another five people took the opportunity to come forward, crowding around him and constantly comforting him.

Fang Zheng and Li Yuanzhao leaned on the railing, looking at the sinking ship, with a mysterious smile on their faces at the same time.

They both thought of a great happy event.

Wonderful, a ship of goods for nothing, let people salvage it later.

This sea area should not be so deep, it may be feasible to hook the ship up with a hook.

"Hey, how much do you think this ship of goods is worth?" Li Yuanzhao bumped Fang Zheng with his shoulder.

"Who knows, tens of thousands is a profit, and hundreds of thousands is also a profit," Fang Zheng said, stroking his chin.

"Wouldn't this be robbing the people of their wealth?"

"No, didn't you hear that guy say he can't explain it to the owner? That means they don't have the ability to salvage it! Wealth belongs to those who are virtuous!"

"That's right, that makes sense."

Fang Zheng turned around and looked at the crowd: "Everyone, take a rest for a while, you should wring out the water from your bodies first, so as not to catch a cold, and then go to the cabin to rest, someone will bring you hot water later."

Hearing the voice, Li Ping suddenly raised his head, his hot eyes shot at Fang Zheng, and then quickly hid it.

Fang Zheng!

He was only eleven years old back then! This damned thief pressed him on the bed and committed violence! He also pinched him...

Thinking about it, it was all tears of blood, today is the time to avenge him!

Fang Chenyu stood beside Emperor Jing, his eyes suddenly narrowed, and he quietly walked to Fang Zheng's side.

He tugged at the corner of his clothes and whispered, "Dad, I don't think it's right."

"Huh? What's wrong?"

"I don't think that guy looks like a good person," Fang Chenyu secretly pointed at Li Ping.

"Judging people by their appearance, what nonsense are you talking about. Your hair hasn't even grown yet, what do you know!"

"Really, Dad, I've fought so many times, Zhang Peng from our school looks at me with this look, I feel like he wants to do something bad."

Fang Zheng raised his eyebrows: "Little beast! No wonder your grades are not going up, you dare to beat Zhang Gong's grandson, beating him twice is enough, wait for me to go back and clean you up!"

"Dad, listen to me, you see those few people always crowding around grandfather, and this person looks at you with that look, there's a problem."

"Shut up!" Fang Zheng scolded, "This is all encountered halfway, no one knows anyone, what could be the problem! Every commoner wants to get closer and take a few more glances when they see the emperor, could an enemy jump out of the sky, are you stealing novels from my study again? Always thinking nonsense."

"Uncle, look at my dad!" Fang Chenyu stomped his feet in anger.

"Go, go, go, go with your grandfather, don't make trouble here," Li Yuanzhao began to drive people away.

Fang Chenyu pouted, unwillingly walked back to Emperor Jing's side, and pulled Li Yu and said: "Old Li, I think these people have problems, especially that one!"