Picked up a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 243 The Great Navigator
Amidst the waves, the big ship staggered forward. On the ship stood a group of ragged warriors. These people were Qingzhou soldiers who accompanied Zhang Jiao to the sea. On that day, after Zhang Jiao destroyed the remaining food, They lived the most painful life, constantly searching the surrounding islands, searching for food, searching for ships, and of course, Zhang Jiao, searching for immortals along the way.

After leaving the big island, they discovered that the surrounding area turned out to be an archipelago. There are endless archipelagos. The small ones are less than a pavilion, and the big ones are as big as a county town. However, there are very few islands on these islands. For food, they searched for many days and ate up some wild animals on the island, and then began to eat some unprecedented fruits.

For example, the whole body is dark yellow, the appearance is wrinkled, and it is extremely ugly. It needs to be cut open to eat the fruit inside, and there are also some hard fruits that grow on the trees. These fruits need to be crushed before eating. Tai Shici took the lead in eating these things. The poison test is respected by everyone, and the prestige among the sailors exceeds that of Zhang Jiao many times.

And Zhang Jiao will be in a lot of misery. Because of the damage to the food, these sailors hate him very much, and there is no trace of any fairy for a long time. They no longer believe the words of this alchemist. When there is a shortage, sailors will come to Zhang Jiao to trouble him, and some will do it directly. Fortunately, there are some completely convinced believers around Zhang Jiao.

That's why Zhang Jiao was not beaten to death by these sailors.

"There is no food, and no one to come. When will this day be the end!" the sailor shouted angrily.

"It's all the fault of that liar! If Mr. Taishi didn't stop me, I would have killed that fellow a long time ago!"

Several people were clamoring, Tai Shici frowned, and he had no intention of killing Zhang Jiao, but he was entrusted by Dong Zhuo to protect Zhang Jiao, if he killed him, it would be breaking his promise. He considers himself a man of indomitable spirit, so he has not moved his horns. He is a little at a loss in his heart, and he has almost no hope for surviving.

In this vast sea, they cannot survive just relying on some fruits and wild animals.

There are only two big ships left now. Even if he wants to save food and go back, it may be a bit unrealistic, but he has not given up. There is still an old mother in his family, waiting for him to go back and follow his brothers , there are also family members waiting for them, no matter what they are, Tai Shici cannot despair, and is searching, suddenly someone pointed to the distance and asked suspiciously: "What is that?"

"Snow?"

When everyone looked, they saw a small island in the distance, a piece of white flowers on the shore, as if white snow was spread on the ground. Tai Shici looked at it for a moment, was shocked, and shouted: "Salt field, this is salt! Come quickly !!", the sailors exclaimed, and rushed over there quickly, Zhang Jiao observed the surroundings calmly, even the salt piled up like snow, could not interrupt his search for immortals.

It is also this heart to search for immortals that made him the father of the great man's voyage in the future. He never found an immortal in his life, but he opened up countless sea areas for the great man.

The big ship broke down, and everyone ran towards the salt field crazily. What kind of island is this? It is surrounded by snow-like salt, covering this small island. Everyone was ecstatic, squatting on the ground, picking up They stuffed salt into their mouths, but Tai Shici quickly stopped them. They were short of water, and these days, they relied on the strange fruit on the island, and there was water in the hard fruit.

And the taste is still good, but there is not much water, if you eat too much salt, the water will not be enough for them to use.

Tai Shici looked around, he could see that there were many islands around, all of which were the same as this small island, if the salt could be transported back to the big man, he sighed helplessly, and everyone rested here again After a few days, he searched for fruits, beasts, and salt in the surrounding area, and lived here with difficulty. After half a month, Tai Shici finally couldn't bear it anymore.

He called everyone and said, "I don't want to be trapped in these islands and spend the rest of my life!"

"I want to cut some wood, strengthen the ship, accumulate water and food, and sail out to sea. I would rather die at sea than live here. I don't know what you think?"

After Tai Shici finished speaking, everyone froze, hesitated for a moment, everyone stood up one after another, and said: "If you can't go back, I would rather die in the sea and let the body float back to the big man!" Seeing that everyone agreed, Tai Shici was a little surprised, He thought that he would spend more energy persuading them, but he didn't expect that they all had the same idea as him.

They told this to many sailors. These sailors missed their hometown very much. With Tai Shici as the leader, they had no fear and agreed. So they started to get busy, searching for wood, food and so on. , Tai Shici personally searched together with them. In anticipation of returning home, they were full of enthusiasm, and soon they made more substantial preparations.

Seeing everyone busy, Zhang Jiao frowned, walked slowly to Tai Shici's side, and asked, "Are you going to return?"

Tai Shici was disgusted in his heart, so he didn't open his mouth to answer, and continued to keep busy, Zhang Jiao said helplessly: "Then, you go away, I want to stay here, continue to search, if I don't find Penglai, I won't be here for a day." Return to Han!"

Hearing what he said, Tai Shici raised his head slowly, looked at him coldly, and said, "Come here, tie Zhang Jiao up and put it on, don't let him commit suicide!" Zhang Jiao's expression changed drastically. , before he had time to resist, he was directly taken down by the sailors, and he was tied up firmly. Amidst Zhang Jiao's struggle and roar, he was thrown onto the boat, and Tai Shici continued to work.

Everything was ready, Tai Shici led the crowd out to sea, this time, their goal was his hometown.

In the wind and waves, Tai Shici and others sailed for a long time, the food was gradually insufficient, and the water was almost gone. The big ship was battered by the waves, and it was not even known whether it could sail for another day. Situation, Tai Shici also gradually despaired, many sailors were silent, they did not blame Tai Shici for bringing them out.

Rather than living on the island, they hope to die vigorously in this sea area.

Under the scorching sun, they drank the last bit of water. Tai Shici gave this water to a comatose wounded who was extremely short of water, and there was not much food left. Tai Shici tied himself up every day. Going to the ropes and going into the sea to catch fish is not easy. Even if there is no harvest, even fishing will not be able to support their lives.

In desperation, a fleet gradually appeared in the distance, and large ships sailed in this direction.

Tai Shici and the others didn't notice it.

(End of this chapter)