Qin Hu

Chapter 144 Catching a Yueman Shilu

In the afternoon when the flying clipper sailed [-] nautical miles away from Zhifu and headed south along the coastline, three small boats dragged two ten-meter-long whales and a large net of fish and shrimp, and returned to Yantai.

During this period, Xiangliyue's aunt and nephew only dared to stand on the side of the boat, eagerly watching the fishermen chasing big fish, but they didn't dare to follow Zhao Zihu to put down the boat for a swim.

Zhao Zihu was a little surprised that the two were a good pair of landlubbers, but he didn't intend to make fun of it. Instead, he said to Xiang Liyue: "When I return to Xianyang, I will teach you in Lanchi."

Xiangliyue was silent, she just smiled and nodded, feeling sweet in her heart.Although she is older, she still has the mentality of a little girl and needs to be cared for.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, that is, around sixteen o'clock in the afternoon, the boat circled around Canghai County. There was a strong wind between the sea and the sky for a while, and it rained cats and dogs soon after.

"Quick! Lower the sails and turn the rudder. Slowly stop at the waterway between the two mountains ahead..."

Sure enough, Zhao Zihu gave orders repeatedly, and with the cooperation of all the sailors, the clipper boat swayed, but it parked at the position equivalent to the mouth of Lianyungang City today without any danger.

He let Aunt Xiangliyue and most of the sailors enter the cabin to shelter from the rain, leaving only a group of three, wearing whale leather raincoats, to guard the deck with him.

The sea was unpredictable, and the four of them walked back and forth on the deck, looking at the dark sky that was about to overwhelm everything from time to time, and they didn't say much in silence.

Suddenly, the sharp-eyed fisherman from Zhifu pointed at the turbulent sea not far away: "Look! Young Master, there seems to be someone there..."

Zhao Zihu and the others were moved, and hurriedly raised their heads to look at what they were pointing at, but the thunder was loud and the wind was loud, and the sky was flickering, so they couldn't see clearly for a while.

Believing that his companions would not be aimless, Zhao Zihu strode to the side of the boat and leaned on the railing to take a closer look. After a while, he saw that there was indeed a person in the sea.

The man's clothes were already soaked, he couldn't see his face clearly, he just hugged a broken ship plank, tossed up and down with the big waves, was knocked down into the sea several times, and floated up with the plank again, coughing and vomiting violently.

"This person..."

"To save or not to save?"

"Listen to your son!"

The three behind them discussed in low voices.

"Can it be saved?" Zhao Zihu turned sideways and asked, he judged that he could be saved, but he didn't want to take risks for a stranger.

The two sharp men looked at each other, but the fisherman said firmly: "Young master! You can save me, but I need a net, and the boat should be tied tightly with a rope."

"Can you guarantee your safety?" Zhao Zihu asked seriously.

The fisherman replied without hesitation: "Yes! In a storm even bigger than this before, a certain guy even saved a boy from the same clan."

"Success! Just do what you can." Zhao Zihu nodded approvingly, and at the same time noticed that the middle finger and ring finger of the fisherman's left hand were actually broken by something at some point.

He immediately called a few more people and asked them to cooperate with the other party in the rescue operation.

The fisherman and a net landed on a skiff with a thick rope tied to the rear, and were quickly let down.

He paddled and approached the person in the waves unsteadily, and he didn't know how he did it...

Visibility was extremely low in the storm, and Zhao Zihu only felt that, for a moment, the fishing net was thrown high from the boat.

And the thick rope connected to the boat beside him was quickly tightened bit by bit, and the rest of the crew were also busy pulling up the thick rope at this end.

... bang bang bang!

When the small boat was pulled onto the deck amidst the muffled sound of hitting the side of the ship, not only the man caught in the net was already unconscious and lying on his stomach like a dead dog, but the fisherman also lost his strength and collapsed on the ground panting.

"Quick! Carry it in, wild ginger soup..."

As Zhao Zihu said, he stretched out his hand immediately and put the fisherman on his shoulders: "Good job! Brother, buddy praises you!"

The sincere words warmed the fisherman's heart suddenly. He grinned with difficulty and responded with a smile: "Hey! Thank you, Mr. Xie..."

"Take a good rest later. I will do a great job for you!"

In Daqin, there is nothing more gratifying than military exploits.

After entering the cabin, Xiang Liyue immediately brought hot ginger soup. She had already boiled the ginger soup herself when she saw Zhao Zihu and others put the boat into the sea.

In this regard, the two are quite in agreement.

After two quarters of an hour, the ginger soup was so thick and pungent that some people in the cabin couldn't help sneezing several times.

Xiangliyue filled two big bowls for the two who had to be taken care of, and then handed out a small bowl to Zhao Zihu: "Drink some, too."

Zhao Zihu took the ginger soup, smiled, raised his head and drank it all, but his eyes focused on the person who was scooped up.

Seeing the thick cloth scarf on the other side's head and the linen outfit, he had a vague guess in his heart that this could not be a Yueren.

Shi Lu from Yue didn't wake up until noon on the second day. As soon as he opened his eyes, he vomited desperately beside the bed, but what he vomited was only acid water.

After he vomited cleanly, he unexpectedly felt that his stomach was warm, and when he looked up, he found Zhao Zihu appeared at the door.

Shi Lu blinked in a daze and asked, "Where is this place? Who are you?"

Zhao Zihu's broad body squeezed through the door sideways, and he recognized at the same time that the Yue people spoke a vernacular similar to the Hokkien dialect in southern Zhejiang.

In his previous life, he was well-informed, but this time he only sounded like it, and he couldn't speak it.

After all, there is a world of difference between ancient Chinese and modern Chinese.

Zhao Zihu looked at Aunt and Nephew Xiangliyue behind him, and several other sailors...

Unfortunately, everyone was shaking their heads.

In desperation, he tried: "Can you communicate in Daqin official dialect?"

"Huh? Qin, Qin people." Shi Lu made a slight sign, and then felt even more stunned.

What Zhao Zihu saw from the Yue people's eyes was not only shock, but also a hint of joy.

This is interesting...

"Yue'er! Let me talk to him alone." He immediately made a decision and asked the rest to step down first.

Afterwards, Zhao Zihu simply revealed his identity: "I am Zihu, son of Daqin! You are on board Daqinhai..."

"What's your name? Where are you from?" He casually sat across from the Yueren, completely ignoring the dirty things on the ground.

"Master Daqin? Daqin Haichuan?"

Shi Lu's Daqin official words are blunt, and he couldn't believe it at first, but what he heard made people sound a little tongue-in-cheek.

After a long time, he revealed his identity: "Our name is Lu! We are well diggers who travel to and from Baiyue. This time, we are surveying water veins, and we stumbled..."

"Wait! What's your name?" Zhao Zihu was even more shocked, "Lu"?He doubted that the pioneer of Lingqu, Shi Lu, could be right in front of him.

Good at surveying hydrology, this is also right!

"Our name is Lu! We are from Yue people who often live in Chu. Why are you laughing?" Shi Lu was a little scared, he suddenly felt like a piece of fat sent to the tiger's mouth.

Zhao Zihu couldn't help being unhappy!He felt that his luck was too bad, so he planned to find out the reality of Baiyue, and he got such a big cow who was familiar with Baiyue.

According to historical records, Shi Lu should be living in Xianyang as a prison history at this time, and then he was specially tuned by his own father to become one of the two major leaders of the Southern Expedition to Baiyue...

How could he appear here?
However, who knows for sure.

There are very few records of Shi Lu in the history books, and it is not surprising that there are mistakes.

Zhao Zihu smiled and stood up: "Come here! Let's go for a walk, take a breath, and get you some food. Then..."

"Come and tell me, why do you seem very happy when you hear that I'm from Qin, or even Young Master Da Qin?"

As he said, he wanted to come to help Shi Lu to show his friendliness.

But Zhao Zihu's enthusiasm made Shi Lu even more afraid.

Shi Lu waved his hands again and again, gritted his teeth and sat up by himself: "No, no, no! Young Master, don't do this. Let's talk, let's talk carefully..."

"I just said that. We used to help people dig water wells in the state of Chu! We lived a good life, and I'm afraid we will be able to marry a wife in a few years..."

"As a result, as soon as General Wang came, he immediately dispersed Chu State. We originally wanted to take the opportunity to surrender and live a peaceful life! I never thought..."

"Many people in the Chu Kingdom were unwilling to surrender, and forced us to be driven away, and then took us back to hide in the barren mountains and old forests of Baiyue. They said they wanted to fight you Daqin to the end!"

The two slowly stepped out of the small cabin. Zhao Zihu was really surprised when he heard Shi Lu's words: "Oh? It also means that you have been looking for opportunities to run to our Daqin. Is it true?"

"It might be fake at first glance! Who would have been used to living a peaceful life and would be willing to hide in Tibet all day long." Shi Lu said firmly.

In fact, just relying on Shi Lu's name alone, Zhao Zihu believed in the opponent's position very much.

He led the people into another open space in the cabin, which is the daily eating area for the sailors.

He ordered people to bring wine and food, and sat opposite Shi Lu, he thought about it: "It's not a problem if you think of Daqin. But..."

"You are a smart man! Thinking about it, you also know that Daqin has always wanted to conquer the Baiyue tribe. This! Maybe you need your help?"

Really tired and hungry, as soon as the food and drink came, Shi Lu grabbed a grilled fish and gnawed it, and took a few big mouthfuls of wine.

When Zhao Zihu stopped talking, he was still eating and drinking. After a long time, he took a break and wiped his greasy palms on the sackcloth.

He twitched his beard again, and asked: "My lord brought the big boat here and wanted to know what's going on with the tribes in Baiyue. Right?"

He was pitiful before, but now he starts berating Fang Qiu...

Seeing Shi Lu's unbearable appearance, Zhao Zihu couldn't help but think of Fazheng who donated the map of Sichuan in the later Three Kingdoms, he must have such virtue.

"Of course. What's your opinion, sir?" He changed his title and asked back.

"My lord, do you know that this Zou Yao has nothing to do with it?" Shi Lu took another sip of wine.

Zhao Zihu just laughed: "If you want to talk about these two people, it's meaningless?"

"Why? The young master knows them well."

"These two are the fourteenth grandson of King Goujian of Yue..."

Zhao Zihu was indeed quite aware of Zou Yao and Wu Zhu, but most of his information came from after the impossible peasant uprising at the end of Qin Dynasty and when Liu Bang established the Han Dynasty.

The land of Baiyue can be roughly divided into Dongou, Minyue, Nanyue, Xiou, Luoyue...

Dongou was in the south of Zhejiang Province in the later generations. Zou Yao was the leader of this tribe. He was a man who loved his people and was talented. The earlier economic and cultural development made great contributions.

According to the original historical development, when Tu Sui led the army to attack Dongou, Zou Yao voted very simply to save the people from the military disaster, and received the false name of Donghai County Chief.

Later, after the peasant uprising began, he led the people under his rule to rebel against Qin from the princes, and helped Liu Bang defeat Gong Yu. Because of his meritorious service in "Ping Qin Zuo Han", Han Gaozu was named Haiyang Hou in six years.In the third year of Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty, Jin was granted the title of King of the East China Sea and established his capital in Dongou, commonly known as "King of Dongou".

Minyue is the later generation of Fujian and its surrounding areas, and Wuzhu is the leader of the Minyue tribe. This person's basic situation is similar to that of Zou Yao. The difference is that he is more sociable and lacks the composure of Zou Yao. Therefore, the two They are very aggressive, and will fight when they meet each other.

He was later established as King of Minyue by Liu Bangfu because of his meritorious service in "Ping Qin Zuo Han".Brother Zou Yao was only referred to as a "Hou" by Liu Bang, but he was directly a "King". This is the awesome place.

Zhao Zihu gave a brief explanation of the situation of Zou Yao and Wu Zhu, and pointed out that the two were not getting along, but he never thought that Shi Lu would wave his hands and smile with squinted eyes in exchange.

"It's not true! For the sake of your son's kindness in rescue and hospitality, Lu will explain to you. The relationship between the Baiyue tribes is really complicated..."

Shi Lu paused for a moment, and said: "Many tribes actually don't want to see more than two tribes linking up together. What everyone hopes is to be independent..."

"If there are two groups, the rest will join forces to attack! Not to mention Dongou and Minyue, which are already adjacent to each other, how could they sit back and watch them merge and expand. This is a bit like the previous seven The meaning of the country!"

Zhao Zihu's expression became strange at the moment: "According to what you said, the relationship between Zou Yao and Wuzhu is actually very good? The discord was deliberately made for other tribes to see. The reason is because they are gentle and not good at Can't train soldiers against other savage tribes?"

"It seems that the young master really knows these two leaders! That's right. We have also seen that when the leaders of the Baiyue tribe gathered, Zou Yao wanted to send treasures to Wu Zhu, so he had to deliberately give the things to Yiyu Song first. Yiyu Song didn't Hi, the treasure has just been transferred to Wu Zhu! Tell me, is it interesting?"

Hearing this, Zhao Zihu also smiled: "I didn't expect that! These two brothers can be regarded as a pair of happy friends. Speaking of this, I feel that your Shi Lu seems to have an unusual relationship with these two leaders? So, I don’t know if it can be used as a referral?”

Shi Lu, who was wondering "what is the meaning of Huanxi Enemies", was even more stunned when he heard this: "Recommendation? This. Is it possible that the young master wants to do the act of 'showing the poor dagger'?"

"What do you want? I am a dignified son of Qin, am I not Jing Ke and his ilk. I want to do business with them, sell them candles, refined salt, and improve their lives..."

(End of this chapter)