The lives of the whole family are in the hands of Qi Haoran, even if Yu Cheng is anxious, he can't help it. When he sees the foreigner being tied up in a state of embarrassment, he is already broken. Are you afraid that the matter of accepting bribes will be leaked?

Yu Cheng's mentality at this time is a bit broken.

Qi Haoran's attention was all on the foreigners.

This is the first time Qi Haoran saw a foreigner. He grew up in the capital, and then went to the Northland. Not to mention the Northland, foreigners will not go to the place where the birds don’t shit. There will be no foreigners in the capital.

So he looked very surprised, but at this time his face was straight and his eyes were so big that others didn't notice that his eyes were slightly rounded.

The foreigner who was pulled in saw Qi Haoran at first sight, and found that he didn't know him, and then saw Yu Cheng, and opened his mouth to shout, but saw the man snorted coldly, not only Yu Cheng, but also everyone else in the room Everyone lowered their heads, and the foreigners knew that this person had the highest status.

The translator said to the foreigners: "This is our prince of Daqi."

Several foreigners often travel to and from China, and they also know that the previous dynasty has been overthrown, the current emperor is the new emperor, and the prince is the emperor's younger brother, the biggest official besides the emperor, and their expressions all changed.

If it was just General Zhou targeting them before, with Yu Cheng around, they could still play games, but what if it was the emperor's younger brother?

Several people's hearts inevitably sank.

Mu Yangling didn't know what was discussed earlier, but at this time she was meeting Zhou Zhou's quartermaster and asked him to prepare enough food, water, bows, arrows, trebuchets and other things to move onto the boat.

I don't know if I will encounter pirates, but I will always be safe if I am prepared.

The quartermaster smiled wryly, and said in a low voice, "Mother, the numbers you mentioned are too large, and I won't be able to prepare them for a while."

Mu Yangling's face darkened, and he said: "There are three trebuchets on each boat, and more than a thousand arrows? Don't tell me, your camp of more than 6,000 people can't produce six trebuchets and two thousand arrows! "

The quartermaster knelt down and said: "Go back to your mother, I really can't get it out..."

Mu Yangling couldn't help but slapped the table, "Then what are you spending your military expenses on? More than 6,000 people are living on the empty pay of 24,000 people, but they can't even produce 2,000 arrows!"

The quartermaster couldn't help bursting into tears, "Your Majesty, you've seen the Naval Division's barracks before you know, it's not that I'm being negligent, and I really can't afford it. As for the empty salary," the quartermaster gritted his teeth, and couldn't help saying: " General Zhou took office two years ago, and since he took office, the number of soldiers reported to the Ministry of War has never increased."

So Zhou Zhou was wronged?

Mu Yangling sneered and said, "Mr. An can't find it. Does it make any difference who pays the empty salary?"

The quartermaster's expression changed, and he lowered his head silently.

Mu Yangling rubbed his brows and said, "Go to the garrison to ask for it. I don't care whether you negotiate or borrow it. In short, prepare the things for me. How many of your naval divisions have you transferred back?"

"Five thousand people have been transferred back, and another thousand people will not come back until evening."

"Choose 4,000 people, take a good rest tonight, and divide into two battalions to board the ship tomorrow, leaving 2,000 people for defense. I don't need this princess to teach you how much food and fresh water you need to prepare?"

"Yes, Xiaguan will definitely make arrangements before tomorrow morning."

Food and water are not a problem. In order to find people, the food in the army was prepared in advance, but the government did not dare to neglect, and even the maritime merchants and gentry were helpful.

Mu Yangling had just adjusted things here, and Qi Haoran also "borrowed" the boat and people in front, and two foreigners will take their experienced boatman with them tomorrow.

As a naval officer, Zhou Zhou naturally wanted to follow. Seeing that the concubine followed, he hesitated to speak, but seeing that the prince's expression was the same, he could only suppress his words.

It is dangerous to go to sea, but if the prince has no objection, isn't he looking for a way to go forward?

It was Qi Haoran's first time to take a sea boat, which was very different from the boat on his own lake. When the wind and waves came, the boat would shake, and after only five miles, Qi Haoran's face turned pale, and he felt dizzy and nauseous.

Mu Yangling was also a little dizzy at first, but she got used to it after the boat swayed a bit. She took out the seasickness medicine prepared by the doctor and fed Qi Haoran one, and said in a low voice, "Feel it carefully, let your body follow Ship shaking, it will be fine soon."

Qi Haoran nodded, and beckoned to Zhou Zhou, "Just follow the route we set before to find it."

Fan Zijin and the others didn't wander around casually when they went out to sea to test the ship. They had agreed on the route before they set off. There was a beautiful island in the southeast. They planned to go there for a while and then come back. At that time, if everyone wants to go to the island to play, it will take a day and a half.

The sailor at the helm of the ship is a soldier of the navy, and there is also an old boatman from the Zhou family more than 20 years ago. After searching for many times but still not finding anyone, Qi Haoran asked them to cross the island and search for a further place. When they couldn't find them, they separated when they returned. One boat searched south, and the other boat looked east.

The helm was left to Zhou Zhou and two foreigners, all Qi Haoran had to do was to get used to seasickness and look at the sea worriedly.

Only when he saw the sea did he know how wide the water area is. Although there are islands scattered in the sea, who knows if Zijin can touch the islands?

Qi Haoran was worried, but Fan Zijin wanted to commit suicide by bumping headfirst.

With disheveled hair and an unshaven beard, he poked the ink with his hand, "So many people have been sent out, and even a single letter can't be delivered? What do you do for food?"

Yan Mo blamed himself, "Master, it's all a small fault."

There was a "bang" sound outside, and Yan Mo threw Fan Zijin to the ground to block the falling mud and rocks for him. Fan Zijin pushed the person away, patted the mud on his head, looked outside in a haze, and said: "The letter can't be delivered, even if Haoran has great skills, he can't find us, so we'll just wait here to die!"

"Lord Fan, don't be discouraged," Zhou De rushed over, hugged Fan Zijin's leg and said, "We still have people, and those pirates won't be able to get in for a while, let's try again, this time send more people Sending letters abroad, there will always be fish that slip through the net."

Fan Zijin snorted coldly, already discouraged, they had been trapped here for six days, and their food was at their limit, so they couldn't last much longer.

But Zhou De couldn't let Fan Zijin give up on this. If Fan Zijin died here, he and his two sons would die as well, but the clansmen in Guangdong would definitely be implicated as well.

Although Fan Zijin was exiled to Guangdong, he had no doubts that he was favored by Chengdu. For more than 20 years, the sea was banned by the previous dynasty. Yu Cheng only dared to accept gifts from foreigners and dared not open the sea. As soon as the Lord came, he showed his intention to reopen the coast, and he wanted to lift the sea ban. He dared to intervene in maritime affairs without telling the Holy Majesty. Naturally, what he relied on could not be the authority of the prefect and the power of the Duke, but the grace and grace of the Holy Majesty. purpose.

So Fan Zijin must not die here, even if they are all dead, Fan Zijin has to live.

Yanmo knelt down and hugged Fan Zijin and cried, "Master, don't be discouraged. Think about the son, the young master who has not yet been born, and the prince. The prince knows what happened to you, but he doesn't know what to expect. Well, maybe the prince is looking for us at sea right now!"

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