Chapter 6 The Only Warmth

After Xiaotian's boat, the weather on the sea has been good these days. The weather at sea has been relatively sunny, and the wind on the sea is relatively stable. There is no strong wind, and there are no special circumstances along the way. Neither pirates nor official ships patrolling on the sea, just I met several small fishing boats going out to sea, so the people on the boat were more relaxed.

When Yu Xiaotian heard Liu Chuandong say that there was Dongshan in front of him, he roughly figured out their current position. It turned out that this area had reached Dongshan Island, Fujian Province, and further forward was almost to South Australia Island. He couldn't help sighing that the boat was really slow enough. It can be said that it was moving forward at a turtle speed in a few days. I didn't go far.

The reason why the ship walks so slowly is also related to the fact that their ship is full of cargo. The ship has a relatively large draught. In addition, the bottom of the ship is full of thick layers of barnacles and other sea creatures because it has been neglected to clean up for a long time. On the one hand, it increases the ship's weight, and also greatly increases the resistance of the hull to advance in the sea. In addition, they Sailing south is heading against the wind in this season, which slows down their speed.

By eavesdropping on the chat of the people on the ship, Yu Xiaotian learned that the ship's cargo pulled by Liu Chuandong was to go to Macao and trade with the Franco people in Macao. Of course, Yu Xiaotian, a Frankie, knew that it refers to the Portuguese or the Spaniards. Since the middle of the Ming Dynasty, Westerners have opened up the maritime connection between Europe and Asia. After that, those Europeans began to come to China by boat and opened a maritime trade channel to connect with Eurasia.

Yu Xiaotian still knows something about this period of history. The first people who came to China were the Portuguese. They cheated Macao from the Ming government as a bridgehead for their trade with China, and then the Spaniards and Dutch also came to the coast of China. Even the British came to the coast of China, trying to occupy a place along the coast of China and serve as a bridgehead for their trade with China.

However, due to the prevention of the Ming Dynasty, they have never obtained a place like Macao, so that the Dutch will fight along the coast and repeatedly clash with the Ming Dynasty at sea.

Of course, these things are not things that Yu Xiaotian has to consider now. At present, he is most concerned about when he can dock and find an opportunity to sneak to the shore, so that one day these people will find that he is not mute and throw him into the sea again.

After careful consideration, Xiaotian was a little hesitant about whether he should slip to the shore immediately, because although he knew more or less about the history of the Ming Dynasty, he was not very clear about this history, whether it was his appearance (especially the short hair on his head), his living habits, or the way he spoke. Style, even the way of thinking, is very different from people in this era.

Once his eyes are blackened and he slips to the shore, God knows what trouble he will encounter! And he is nothing at this time, and he doesn't even have a big son. He is poor and jingling. Is it possible to go ashore to beg for food?

More importantly, he did not know much about the situation during the Qi year, and what he knew most about this history was just that Emperor Tianqi was a good carpenter, and especially favored the great eunuch Wei Zhongxian around him, so that Wei Zhongxian, a great eunuch, was rampant in the government and opposition, claiming that he was 9,000 years old, and He neglects government affairs and is only addicted to playing with carpenters in the palace all day long.

In addition, he also roughly knew that at this time, the Jiannu Taran had grown to a considerable extent under the leadership of the wild boar Pinurhachi. Daming seemed to have turned to a defensive position after a battle of Sal Margin. Basically, most of the whole Liaodong had been The wild boar skin occupied, and the Jiannu army also became the biggest enemy of Daming.

In addition, it seems that this period should be China's small glacier period, which has led to an extremely cold climate in northern China, especially in the north. In addition, in order to resist the invasion of slaves, the Ming court constantly increased taxes and increased Liaoning's pay in various places. As a result, the people in Shaanxi and other places became miserable and began to rise. There was a large-scale peasant uprising.

In short, after Daming entered this period, it has changed from prosperity to decline and began to sway. However, although these things are not the problems he needs to consider for the time being, Yu Xiaotian felt a little shudder when he thought of Wei Zhongxian's name.

Wei Zhongxian, an old eunuch, according to Yu Xiaotian's knowledge of him, has walked peacefully since the Apocaly Emperor ascended the throne and become the most powerful person in the court and the opposition. He took control of the factory guard and poisoned the world. The secret talks of the east factory and the fans of the brocade guard spread all over the country, making the Ming people in danger and the wind roar.

Although Yu Xiaotian doubted whether it was a little exaggerated the action power of the factory guard, in the old time and space of his life, he wrote a close-up of this history, which made everyone think that the factory guard was omnipotent.

Therefore, Yu Xiaotian is also a little afraid of the factory guards. If his virtue is mixed on the land, he may not be caught by the government or the spy of the East Factory or the fan of Jinyiwei as a pirate. Once it falls into their hands, he will really survive and die!

Thinking of this, Yu Xiaotian couldn't help getting goose bumps and shook his head secretly, feeling that it was not a good idea to run to the land immediately.

Since he can't land immediately, he has to stay on this ship for a while, at least to know more about the folk customs and worldly wisdom of this era, and his hair should be longer, and it doesn't look so strange!

However, staying on the ship does not necessarily mean that everything will be fine. At present, he has a low status on the ship and does not live a comfortable life. He is repeatedly bullied by the boatmen on the ship. With his temperament, he will never want to be such a package under the shelter of others.

His origin is unknown, and the people on the ship now think that he is stupid and dumb, so they take him in, but once he opens his mouth and reveals his horse's feet, God knows how the owners and boatmen on the ship will deal with him!

For this reason, Yu Xiaotian pretended to pack up the broken fishing nets piled here in the bow, while thinking about the future way out.

At this time, someone patted him on the shoulder and whispered to him, "Mute! It doesn't matter if you don't do these jobs! The more you do, the less they treat you as a person!"

Yu Xiaotian turned his head and saw a black and thin old man walking behind him, squatting down and whispering to him.

The talking old man's name is Liu Laoliu. He is the helmsman of the ship and the oldest person on the ship, but he said that he was an old man and a little grievances him, because after staying on the ship for three days, Yu Xiaotian knew that Liu Laoliu was actually not very old.

Liu Laoliu is only 46 or seven years old, but because he is black and thin, slightly hunched, and his face is full of wrinkles. Probably because of the wind and sun all year round on the sea, he looks much older than he actually is. He is a bad old man in his sixties, but his body is still tough.

After seeing Liu Laoliu, Yu Xiaotian smiled a simple smile, because Liu Laoliu was probably the only person who was more friendly to him on this boat!

He didn't know until he got on the boat the next day. In fact, when the people on the ship first saw him floating on the sea, the people on the ship did not intend to pick him up. It was Liu Laoliu who insisted that it would anger Mazu and bring bad luck to the ship. The people along the coast basically believed in Mazu, so they relied on it. He fished him out of the sea, and it was also Liu Laoliu who brought water to feed him, which saved him.

Later, Ma Biao on the ship proposed to throw him back into the sea for the reason that his identity was unknown and might be a pirate. It was Liu Laoliu who pleaded with Liu Chuandong for him, which finally decided to leave him on the ship.

And in the three or four days after he got on the boat, Liu Laoliu could help him a little and never teased him. When eating, he occasionally gave Yu Xiaotian a small piece of salted fish bacon in his bowl, so that Yu Xiaotian could recover his strength faster.

These things Liu Laoliu inadvertently did made Yu Xiaotian feel a rare trace of human warmth on this ship. At this time, he can be said to be lonely and in a completely strange environment. What he needed most was someone's care and help, and Liu Laoliu gave him this at this time. Kind of warmth.

This makes Yu Xiaotian very grateful to Liu Laoliu. His father told him when he was very young that he would repay him with his kindness!

Liu Laoliu seems to inadvertently provide these help to Yu Xiaotian, which is not just a dripping kindness in Xiaotian's eyes. Therefore, since his physical recovery in the past two days, he has often followed Liu Laoliu's side and tried his best to help Liu Laoliu do some rough work to express his gratitude to Liu Laoliu. .

Obviously, Liu Laoliu also saw Yu Xiaotian's intention, and tried his best to take care of Yu Xiaotian on the ship. With the advantage of his relatively high status on the ship, he often persuaded those immoral things on the ship to play less with Xiaotian.

At this time, another helmsman looked at the rudder pole. Liu Laoliu was fine. Seeing Yu Xiaotian struggling to clean up these broken fishing nets in the bow, Liu Laoliu quietly came over and reminded Yu Xiaotian.

Yu Xiaotian was sincerely grateful to Liu Laoliu for this, so he nodded, pointed to the fishing net, and patted his chest to show that he would be strong.

Liu Laoliu saw that there was no one in the bow of the boat at this time, so he sat next to Yu Xiaotian, took out a small bottle from his arms, came to his mouth and drank a small sip of the wine in it. Then he stuffed the bottle tightly with a wooden plug and carefully stuffed it back into his arms.

"Mute! I know you are not a bad person, and you are honest, at least you know what's good or bad! Tell the truth! In fact, Liu Chuardong left you, but he just fell in love with your body and wanted to pick up a cheap domestic slave for nothing! If you are looking for a job on this ship, there will be endless work! The more diligent you are, the more you will be treated as a donkey! Otherwise, I will remind you that you'd better do less work that the shipowner doesn't order! Otherwise, it can exhaust you!

You know, I can't work on this ship for a long time. After running back, I took my wages home to buy a few acres of land and retire! Later, when I'm not on the boat, no one will take care of you. You have to know how to take care of yourself!

I'm looking at you, poor, and you are a mute! I don't want to see you being trampled by those people! Today, Ma Biao started to fight with you. Fortunately, you are still clever, which makes that man suffer and makes people happy! However, you don't know how to work hard. It's better not to provoke that guy in the future. That guy is not a good thing. Once he stare at you, he will keep bothering you!" Liu Laoliu whispered to Xiaotian while looking at the people on the boat.

Yu Xiaotian was even more grateful to him and nodded repeatedly to remember, but when he heard that Liu Laoliu finished running back, he quit and couldn't help moving slightly.

He is racking his brains for his future way out. Liu Laoliu said this, but he showed him an opportunity. Liu Laoliu is good and good to him. If Liu Laoliu doesn't do it, he will definitely go back to his land. In that case, can he follow Liu Laoliu to the land? At least you can get Liu Laoliu's care for a period of time and get a legal status to stay on land.

But at this moment, Yu Xiaotian was suffering from pretending to be mute and could not speak, so he could only compare Liu Laoliu with his hand and try to communicate with Liu Laoliu.

Liu Laoliu looked at Yu Xiaotian compare with him. Obviously, he did not understand what Yu Xiaotian wanted to say. He misunderstood Yu Xiaotian's meaning and smiled and said, "Don't be afraid, dumb! It will be fine after a while! It will take me a few days to leave! This trip, I can't go back every month. When I go ashore, I will explain to the people on the ship and ask them not to tease you anymore! ......”

Yu Xiaotian was a little disappointed and was planning to continue to communicate with Liu Laoliu. At this time, Liu Chuandong shouted to them in the stern of the ship: "Lao Liu, mute, are you panicked? Aren't you busy watching? Come and carry things quickly!"

(These days of the festival, the temporary update is relatively slow. In addition, my wife is pregnant and in poor health. I need to take more time to spend more time with my wife. I hope you can forgive me! I hope everyone can continue to help with the cold wind! Thank you very much!)