Xianyu Infrastructure, I have a lot of troops in my hands

"The lady of the Xie family is really favored by the ladies," Li You said with a smile.

Bu Yu glanced at his master and said, "Why don't you look at other girls?"

After entering the East China Sea, the yellow river water and the blue sea water have distinct colors. Not far away in the center of Haikou is a small island. This must be Chongming Island!

The water at the mouth of the river is rushing, fish and shrimps are tumbling under the yellow and blue water surface, and flocks of unnamed seabirds are hovering on the sea.

Xie Xian and others stood on the deck and looked out to sea. The sky was vast and the land was boundless, and the scenery was breathtaking.

The beautiful scenery was right in front of her, but Xie Xian noticed that the boatmen looked nervous and kept looking towards the sea, as if there was some danger.

Soon, Yongji bowed and said, "There are many islands in the East China Sea, and a large number of bandits are entrenched here." That's why they are so careful.

"No one cares?"

"This is the waterway from the East China Sea Salt Field to the inland. There are many ships here, and it is also a disaster area for pirates. I walked through this place last time, so it should not be underestimated."

Yongji was the captain of the 800-member guard team who was rescued by Xie Xian when she borrowed a boat years ago. Since he returned to the guard post and recuperated, he volunteered to become a guard escorting the boat.

This time when Xie Xian was sailing south, he naturally had to be there to protect her.

Kuaiji is located in Suzhou's Zhan County, where salt fields are scattered along the coast. The people there are wealthy and the culture is flourishing, which is why it can host such a grand gathering of elegant conversation.

"I don't know if the court has stepped in to help clear them out, but the journey has been smooth. But when we got here, we didn't see a single fishing boat." This is a bit unusual.

The last time Yongji followed three large ships, there were many big and small bandits along the way.

"It seems that the court attaches great importance to this conversation." Xie Xian said with a smile.

She just couldn't understand why the Nine-Rank System and the Imperial Examination System were both in operation during the Xia Dynasty, and why the emperor was busy suppressing military men and silencing literati.

No one talked about politics, so there were grand gatherings for idle talk, and the sons of each family tried their best to show themselves, hoping to find a good customer.

Sure enough, the distortion of the Wei and Jin dynasties is both absurd and beautiful.

"I hope so." Yongji frowned. He always felt that this journey was too smooth.

He looked towards the east side of the second floor. It was heavily guarded and difficult for them to approach.

When that man got on the boat, twenty armored soldiers followed him. Each of these men was a master and had a belt and a whip, so most of them were knights.

It is said that the frail young man is an important figure, but this is what makes him feel uneasy.

Seeing the serious look on his face, Xie Xian asked, "But is there anything wrong?"

Yongji thought for a moment and said, "The weather at sea is unpredictable, and there are too many reefs on the shore, but if we go deep into the sea, it will be even more dangerous."

Most of the more than one hundred guards who followed them this time were disguised as crew members. These people had been following several ships since last autumn. They were bored on the ship on weekdays, so they learned some boatman's work from Yang Cangtou. Therefore, no one noticed anything unusual during the few days they were on the ship.

As they were talking, the clear sky in the distance was covered by dark clouds.

At some point, the seabirds disappeared.

"The weather has changed. It's too late to go back to the shore now." The situation on the nearby islands is complicated. In this kind of weather, we might as well stay at sea if there is no good port.

Qingdai muttered to herself: "The weather really changes at any time!"

In less than a moment, the sky was covered with dark clouds, as if a hole was torn in the sky, and raindrops as big as beans fell down.

Xie Xian hurriedly called everyone back to the room and informed them one by one: "Close the doors and windows in the room, and tie yourself to a fixed piece of furniture with a rope if possible."

The flat-bottomed boat has poor resistance to wind and waves. It still takes a day's journey from here to Kuaiji. Seeing that the wind is starting to pick up, I'm afraid something might happen.

The waves were less than two meters high, and the crew members were moving briskly, but Xie Xian emptied her stomach.

"No, hurry up and put the things away." Seeing a low stool sliding in front of her, Xie Xian grabbed it and turned it upside down.

In the east room on the second floor, Li You's face was solemn. "You said, there is a boat following us?"

"That ship has been lagging behind us since it passed the seaport, but now it's speeding up and catching up." A black-clad guard said solemnly.

A crew member came to report yesterday that they thought it was a passing merchant ship and did not pay much attention to it. However, as the weather changed, the ship did not speed up to return to the port and continued to follow them. They thought it was targeting them.

Li You laughed in anger: "Okay, I was wondering why you allowed me to go out, but you're waiting here!"

"We only have twenty elite soldiers on this ship, and we have only ten bows and arrows. The bows are useless in this weather. We can only fight at close range, but it is also dangerous!" He looked at Li You with concern. They were afraid that the twenty of them could not defend the ship.

The guard looked unhappy. They came out in a hurry this time, and half of the twenty elite soldiers were not good at water battles. As a result, they were at a disadvantage due to the loss of their strengths.

Bu Yu's face turned pale. "These bastards, there is more than just the prince on this ship, there are also the noble ladies of those families, are they crazy, aren't they afraid of revenge?"

They knew in their hearts that if someone really attacked the ship, neither the prince nor the noble ladies would survive.

How could the court struggle involve the crown prince? Prince Xiang is five years older than Your Majesty. Because he is a bastard and his mother's family is not prominent, he took the initiative to avoid the throne when competing for it.

After Emperor Qi came to the throne, in order to show filial piety and brotherhood, he conferred the title of Prince Xiang on him. Prince Xiang never participated in court struggles and formed his own faction with the Duke of Chengyang. However, even so, he could not avoid the calculations of all parties.

"Oh, my dear, why is he so unlucky? Could it be that he was implicated like Master Du?" Bu Yu murmured.

The black-clad guard raised his head with a strange look in his eyes when he heard him talking about Du Xin. Du Xin, the son of Chengyang, was kidnapped by bandits in Chen County and later redeemed at a high price. Although he had no choice, he was regarded as a typical unlucky person and the story spread among Kangjian.

But those people in the court knew that Du Xin was innocently implicated in the fight between the two parties and was really an unlucky guy.

After the person was rescued, he lingered in Pingcheng for a long time and refused to return. I don't know who spread the rumor that Du Xin met a beautiful woman in the bandit camp, and she died in the end. What a sad and beautiful love story.

"Hey, Master Du at least has a beauty by his side." But his own son is much more miserable. He has a beauty by his side, but his heart is filled with someone else. Bu Yu looked at Li You with resentful eyes.

"Ahem, be on full alert. Is there anything else suspicious on this ship?" Li You's face turned pale. The cold wind from outside the window rushed in, choking him so that he couldn't speak for a while.

Bu Yu hurriedly poured a cup of hot tea and handed it over to help his master calm down.

"Your Majesty, we only have twenty soldiers and cannot control this ship." Their ship is a large one with a capacity of 300 tons and can carry 100 people at full capacity. There are only a little over people including the ladies, gentlemen, servants, etc. upstairs.

He also went to the lower cabin and saw that there were no other people except for many boatmen. The head guard narrowed his eyes. He originally thought that they would arrive in three to five days, and the twenty of them were responsible for the safety of the prince, so he did not go down to the lower cabin.

Now that I think about it, every time I see a boatman, he is a stranger, which is quite interesting.