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"Captain," several guards surrounded him, "Why don't we go to the surrounding area and find some common people to help sail the boat?"

Mo Dou was slightly taken aback.

The three counties of Yumu, Yanhui and Jinghu are flat and vast, but they all live around Jinghu.In addition, the east of Yumu County is close to the Beihai Sea, and many ordinary people earn their living from fishing, and even live on the water all their lives.

Although the land is covered with ice and snow at this time, the common people here have long been used to this kind of climate.If you really want to find some people who know how to ship to help, it shouldn't be a problem.

"It's not right." Mo Dou hesitated.

What they want to drive is not a small fishing boat, but a huge ship of the battalion level. It needs a lot of sailors to paddle, otherwise it is impossible to start the boat.

What's more, it is not one ship, but more than 120 ships, and it is estimated that there will be at least [-] sailors.

cough!
Someone coughed lightly.

"Captain, we don't need so many people."

"Our shipyard already has a lot of auxiliary workers, such as logging, transporting, purchasing, and cooking. Minus these, and it is enough to find two or three thousand people."

Mo Dou's eyes brightened, but he was still a little hesitant.

These people alone can barely drive the boat out, but such a boat has no offensive or defensive capabilities.

In the event of a head-on collision with the Japanese pirate fleet, the consequences would be disastrous.

As soldiers, it's okay for them to die in battle, but it dragged down thousands of innocent people.

"Captain, we can explain the importance of this trip to the common people first. If they are willing to help, they can help, and if they don't want to help, they don't force it. Anyway, it's better than watching so many good ships fall into the hands of Japanese pirates. "

"Yes." Mo Dou let out a long sigh.

"Forget about the wood and semi-finished products that have just been picked. It would take several years to build so many good ships. It is really a pity to fall into the hands of Japanese pirates or be burned by a fire."

The guards all breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly struck while the iron was hot.

"Captain, maybe this trip is not that dangerous."

The man points to the ocean ahead.

"The vast North Sea is vast and boundless. There are only a hundred or so ships, even those as big as the Warlord class are actually a drop in the ocean. If we hide and sail out, we shouldn't have a problem avoiding the Japanese pirate fleet."

"Right." The others nodded in agreement.

"Furthermore, God is blowing a whistling northwest wind. If we go south, we will have a tailwind, and it will be easy to increase the speed of the ship. If we are really unfortunate enough to encounter a Japanese pirate fleet, we may be able to escape if we want to escape. Half the ship."

If you really can't escape, hundreds of battalion-class ships will ram them head-on. Even without weapons and hard rams, it will still be enough for Japanese pirates to drink a pot.

As for Beihaiguan behind him, let Huang Shitao have a headache.

boom!
Mo Dou is not a mother-in-law either, he slapped his thigh heavily, "Okay, that's it."

The guards immediately beamed with joy.

Mo Dou glanced at them, "Time is running out, so stop talking nonsense. Now everyone has to do three things well."

wow.

A group of people straightened their chests subconsciously, "Please speak, Captain."

Mo Dou nodded in satisfaction.

"First, send a letter to General Wei to explain our plan; second, gather all the employees assigned to the shipyard and prepare to sail away. Third, immediately go to nearby villages and towns to find people who are willing to help, and we can give them appropriate rewards. "

Speaking of this, he estimated the time in his mind.

"The Japanese pirates are almost here in the past two days. Regardless of whether we can find enough people, everyone must return here before midnight tonight, and then board the ship and go to sea."

"understand!"

In the evening, it was not yet dark.

Everyone has rushed back, followed by a dense crowd of ordinary people.

There are men and women, old and young.

Taking a rough look at the ink fountain, it is definitely more than five thousand.

When they arrived at the shipyard, they didn't need to order, they looked around and took the initiative to help move various materials.

"What's going on?" He was a little dazed.

Hey.

The guards' eyebrows and mouths were covered with white frost, but all of them were smiling happily.

"Captain, when the people around heard that our Starfall Legion was looking for someone to help drive the ship out, they agreed without hesitation at all. They even called their neighbors to help."

No one even asked about the pay at all.

"No, if it wasn't for the thick snow on the road and the difficult road, we would have returned long ago."

Mo Dou was both emotional and dumbfounded, "Did you tell them the danger of this trip?"

Before the guards could speak, Old Man Li, who was smoking a pipe with a weathered face, came over.

He chuckled.

"This general, everyone knows the situation. As long as the Starfall Legion is busy, there is no need to say anything, as long as everyone can move, they will come to help."

Speaking of this, Uncle Li glanced at the sea in the south indifferently.

"Besides, it's just Japanese pirates. In the past years, when we went fishing, we often encountered them at sea. If we really annoy us, we won't care about 21 and [-], and they will be sunk."

"That's right." The others nodded in agreement, "They all have two shoulders and one head, who is afraid of anyone!"

"It doesn't matter if we are fishermen. If there are weapons on the boat, we will fight them at worst. I haven't been afraid of sailing the boat for so long..."

Mo Dou was silent for a while after hearing what you said and what I said.

He bowed his hands to everyone apologetically.

"Fathers and folks, I understand what you mean. Thank you for your support and trust in the Starfall Legion. But we are not going to fight now, but we are giving priority to protecting these ships or these weapons."

Speaking of this, Mo Dou sighed.

He looked up at the Starfall military flag flying over the shipyard.

"I'm ashamed to say that, as a frontier army, we, Xingluo, were supposed to stand here to resist Japanese pirates and protect the world and the people. However, the entire army is in Baekje, and with the current weather, I'm afraid it will be difficult to come back for a while. .”

"But please rest assured, uncles, our Starfall Legion has always spit on one nail. Now everyone protects the ship and leaves, and we will come back when the spring is warm next year. We will never let the pirates do whatever they want to harm the people and the land here."

"It's okay." Someone laughed, "Now the weather is freezing and the mountains are covered with heavy snow. Although Xingluo can't come back, the Japanese pirates can't go around killing, burning and looting. Just kill them after the snow melts next year."

……

Everyone yelled for a while, and then quickly went ashore.

It didn't take long.

squeak, squeak,

The oars moved, and one after another the big ships sailed out, turning around and heading south.

"This general," the weather-stained old man Li walked to Mo Dou's side.

"We have been fishing nearby all our lives, and we are as familiar with this sea as our own hands. We know where the water is deep and where the water is shallow, where there are eddies and where there are reefs."

"If the general doesn't mind, we can take the fleet close to the coast."

This is safer.

After all, the Japanese pirate fleet is fully armed, but they are unarmed, it is best not to encounter them if they can't be encountered.

"Great. We need such a person." Mo Dou was overjoyed, and he stepped aside without hesitation, "Master, please lead the route."