The most unlucky crossing in history

Regarding the matter of the pirates, there was still no result until the scheduled voyage.

Zhong Qiyun seemed to have guessed the result a long time ago, and he looked normal after hearing Jiang Sicheng's report, and asked Jiang Sicheng to strengthen the fleet's protection and prepare.

After several days of searching, there was no news. It was as if the world had evaporated. It had disappeared in Sangha City two months ago. Zhong Qiyun couldn't imagine what happened to these pirates, and he didn't know about the big black ship and their disappearance. Whether it is related or not, but no matter what the result is, after all the supplies for the voyage are transported to the ships and loaded, the fleet must set off after the rest of the fleet is completed, and there will be no delay.

It's a pity that Zhong Qiyun was so busy these days that he didn't have the chance to show Xie Wenyuan around Sangha City.

Zhong Qiyun looked at the sea chart given by Mr. Cai. He studied this chart for a whole month along the way. The next journey will have many more islands than the previous one. It is necessary to go to Shendu from here and cross a gorge.

The world-famous strait connects the mouth of two oceans.It is called Malacca in modern times, and it is now called Polawan Seaport.

From the Sangha City to the mouth of Poravan, there are two ways to go. One is to sail along the coast around the arc of the bay. The arc of the bay is quite long and it takes about [-] days to reach it. One is to rely directly on Sinan's lead boat without looking at the coast, and sail along the direction of eight degrees south-southwest. Except for a few small islands and reefs occasionally, the rest of the time the boat is walking in the sea and cannot be seen. Going to the coast is more dangerous than the first one, because it is not close to the coast, if you accidentally encounter a storm, wind or something in the sea, the danger is even more natural, but it can save nearly two-thirds of the time .

When Mr. Cai was young, he took the latter route twice with the boat, and the weather was beautiful and sunny each time. One of them reached the mouth of the strait in only seven days.

Zhong Qiyun informed Tan Yuanjin, Pei Yan and the others of the pros and cons of both in advance two days ago. Although he preferred the latter method in his heart, they were the employers, so Zhong Qiyun still wanted to let them decide for themselves.

At night, Zhong Qiyun also found Xie Wenyuan and asked him how he wanted to get there.

Xie Wenyuan only glanced at him, and said: "If my choice is different from the second prince's, why don't you still listen to me?"

Zhong Qiyun: "After all, I am the one who dominates the sea, and he has a full 'reason' to tell him that it is not feasible to choose whichever one."

Xie Wenyuan shook his head and smiled lightly, then he pondered for a moment and said, "I don't understand HNA, if you think it's better, then go."

"Thank you brother

Meaning... listen to me? "Zhong Qiyun smiled.

Xie Wenyuan returned the sea chart to Zhong Qiyun, and said, "Brother Zhong's ability to sail the sea is of course my utmost trust."

The room is full of sea travel books and various nautical charts. A person who finds time to study carefully for half a day every day, if he doesn't believe in Zhong Qiyun on this sea, who can he trust?

Looking at Xie Wenyuan who said this, Zhong Qiyun slightly curled his lips, "Then I will tell you first, I plan not to go along the bay, and follow Sinan directly. I have observed for many days, and I have also asked Zhan who often travels by sea. Fishermen in the city, December is not the rainy season here, and there have been no heavy rains and strong winds during this period for many years, so it seems dangerous to take that sea route, but it is not always true. Moreover, this sea route is rarely used by people, and I haven’t done it yet. Qing also wrote about the whereabouts of the pirates, I am afraid that they are waiting somewhere along the coast of the bay, and I may be able to avoid them by taking this sea route."

Xie Wenyuan nodded, "This can also save a lot of time."

"Well..." Zhong Qiyun thought for a while, then sighed: "Hey, it's a pity that all my ice cubes couldn't hold up yesterday and turned into water. It's very hot here in Zhancheng. Which household can hide ice in winter."

After finishing speaking, he sighed several times, which made Xie Wenyuan burst out laughing.

After confirming the safety of the voyage with Zhong Qiyun, Tan Yuanjin chose the latter option. After all, King Shendu's birthday was placed there, and he knew in his heart that he should save as much time as possible if he could save time at this time.

The day of departure was the seventeenth day of the twelfth lunar month, and it happened to be one month and one day since we left Hangzhou.

Zhong Qiyun was still stationed on the ship carrying fireworks for a long time. He didn’t pay attention to it some time ago, which caused some of the fireworks to get damp. When he arrived in Zhancheng this time, he asked someone to apply a layer of moisture-proof copper oil to prevent moisture from entering. I also found some large limestone stones and put them into independent air-permeable boxes, and placed them a little farther away.

The boring sailing days passed very slowly. Fortunately, this time it was exactly as Zhong Qiyun estimated. Although he was in the sea and could no longer see the coast, he did not encounter any accidents and the journey was smooth and stable.

"This is the first time I look around, why can't I see the coast, we are really in the middle of the sea, right?"

"Wow—the blue sky, the blue sea, there is really nothing in the surrounding area except us."

"What's this called? How do you say that word?" The boatman standing on the deck grabbed his hair and frowned, "Magnificent!"

"That's right, the sky and the sea are so big, in this comparison, we are so small."

The boatmen above and below the deck were chatting, Xie Wenyuan walked out of the room, stood on a high place and looked far away.

Fang looked, this look is a long time.In the middle of the sea, almost no ships pass by. This is the world of sea fish, the vast sea of ​​sky, sea fish that he has never seen before... Being in such a sea of ​​sky, seeing such a scene, my heart is wide open many.

This is what Zhong Qiyun often sees, right?Only people born in such a world can give birth to his character, open and unrestrained.

"It's hot and dry today, but the scenery is beautiful."

Zhong Qiyun's voice sounded behind him, Xie Wenyuan turned his head and saw Zhong Qiyun walking over with the familiar wooden tool box, "I just saw Brother Xie was fascinated, what did you think of?"

"You are patrolling the boat so early today?" Now it's only noon, and it was almost night in the past.

Standing beside Xie Wenyuan, Zhong Qiyun leaned on the railing alone, turned his head and looked at Xie Wenyuan in the sunlight with a smile, "I was on the boat just now and saw you standing here motionless. Come here first, hey, Brother Xie hasn’t told me yet, what were you looking at just now?”

"Look at the sky and the sea, these scenery I have never seen before." Xie Wenyuan said.

"Then what are you thinking about?"

Xie Wenyuan glanced sideways at Zhong Qiyun, pursed his lips, "I didn't think about anything."

"Really?"

Zhong Qiyun smiled, and was about to make a joke, when a distant and ethereal sound came from not far away, both of them were taken aback.

Xie Wenyuan looked up at the sound, but saw nothing except the waves of the sea.Surprised, he said, "Just now, what was that voice?"

But before Zhong Qiyun could answer, the ethereal cry sounded again, and everyone on the deck exclaimed.The next moment, under the sunlight, a huge fish rolled up and down in the sea in the distance, hitting clear water splashes, reflecting the breathtaking beauty of the blue sky, and then the ethereal cry came out again.

Those on several ships who witnessed this scene all exclaimed.

Zhong Qiyun was also taken aback, and it took a while before he smiled and said, "Is that a whale?" He couldn't tell what kind of whale it was, but the size was really not small.

"Whale?" Xie Wenyuan stared at that place in a daze.

Seeing the unconcealable astonishment in Xie Wenyuan's eyes, Zhong Qiyun smiled and said, "That's right.

"'The sound of the great sound is rare, but the elephant has no form.' This sentence in Laozi refers to the whale cry, but I have read it a hundred times, but I can't imagine how wonderful it is. Now I really understand it." Xie Wenyuan sighed: "Long and empty, empty and spiritual, spiritual and thin, it is really like what Wang Bi said, the sound that cannot be heard, the sound that cannot be heard.

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Zhong Qiyun thought of the first time in his life that he was shocked when he heard someone else filming whale calls on the Internet, and said: "It is indeed shocking. Speaking of which, I am really lucky to be with Brother Xie. I have gone to sea so many times, and this is the first time I have seen whales in the sea. "Even in his previous life, he and his family went to sea, and he had never seen it before. Even the whale cry, he heard it from a video shot by others on the Internet, otherwise he didn't know what it was for a while.

"Is this also the first time seeing Brother Zhong?"

Zhong Qiyun nodded, "It can only be said that I am extremely lucky to see you this time."

The whale was some distance away from the boat, and after that sudden flash, it slowly sank into the sea and swam far away.When they were no longer seen, those on the deck exclaimed for a long time how terrifying the huge creature was, fearing that it would just leap over and swallow their boat in one gulp, and there were a few people who were as amazed as the two of them.

"The sea is the abyss in this world. A glimpse of it makes people experience, amaze and fear." Looking at Xie Wenyuan, Zhong Qiyun was slightly fascinated: "It's mysterious, but you can't help but care about it."

Xie Wenyuan looked into the distance, put away the surprise just now, and his eyes were as calm as before.

Zhong Qiyun turned his head, looked ahead and smiled and said: "Oh, by the way, we will be able to dock in two days, and it happens to be the 23rd and 24th of the twelfth lunar month, which is a small year in the north and south, although we must not spend it on the shore. It’s a big year, but this year is still a good time for everyone to rest and have a lively two days.”

In fact, Zhong Qiyun didn’t pay much attention to the New Year’s holiday when he was sailing abroad, and he didn’t even think that two days would be the New Year. Although his family didn’t pay much attention to the festival of the New Year in his previous life, the people here did. Some even take it more seriously than New Year's Eve.Yesterday, when someone in the fleet mentioned it accidentally, he suddenly realized that it was already mid-to-late December, and Zhong Qiyun counted his days. Taking advantage of the good weather, he led the fleet to speed up the sailing.

"It's already a new year?" The weather was hot, and he lost the feeling of celebrating the new year in winter for a while, and he somewhat forgot that it is the coldest day in Dazhu. Now counting it, it is indeed only a few days.

"That's right, there is not much time for this sea trip. There is not much supplies on board, and there is no need for a large amount of supplies, and there is no need to load and unload the goods. When the time comes, stay for two days and then leave."

Xie Wenyuan nodded, "There are people from the north and the south on your boat, and the customs of the new year are not one day, so it's better to stay for two days."

"Yeah, last year's New Year's Eve, unfortunately, the fleet was on board, and there was nothing to eat at that time. The brothers who followed me on the boat could only drink some wine and die. I feel sorry for them." Zhong Qiyun said: "Jingzhao What are the customs on this day?"

"It's nothing more than sweeping dust, decals, eating dumplings and candied melons."

"Then how did brother Xie live in the past? Do you have any plans for this year?"

Xie Wenyuan responded indifferently: "You never take a bath when you are young, so it is the same as usual."

That is to say, it is not too young?Thinking of Xie Wenyuan going out alone after leaving the General's Mansion, I'm afraid...

Thinking of this, Zhong Qiyun's eyes sank, and he looked at Xie Wenyuan with a smile after a while, "That's also a coincidence, I've never been a teenager in previous years, how about the two of us living together that day?"