Yipin Tang

Chapter 408 The Rescued Matsudaira Ichiro

"Master Zhang, we have been wandering here for several hours, where is Fusang Island?"

After entering the Fusang sea area, Wang Xiang canceled the automatic navigation. He should have operated it himself. However, he searched nearby for a long time and could not find the location of Fusang Island.

Zhang Yicheng fiddled with the crude Sinan in his hand and compared it with a dilapidated and rough sea chart. Wang Xiang was speechless for a while. Whether it was the guide system on the warship or the world map in his hand, it was infinitely more accurate than what Zhang Yicheng held. times.

However, it is still difficult to locate the vast sea without any landmarks at first glance. This requires human experience. Zhang Yicheng is the only person on the warship who has been to Fusang.

"Master Hou, this matter cannot be rushed."

Seeing Zhang Yicheng's normal expression, Wang Xiang really didn't know what to say. In Zhang Yicheng's words, there is a lot of uncertainty in going out to sea by boat. It's a lucky thing, because when you go out to sea by boat, it often happens that you obviously want to go to this place and end up drifting to another place far away.

Looking around with your head covered is not an option, maybe if you go in the wrong direction, you will go farther and farther, and you don't know where you will go. Wang Xiang simply broke down and stopped the warship and waited for Zhang Yicheng to figure it out before starting again.

In the evening, Zhang Yicheng suddenly ran into the cabin and shouted: "Master Hou, there is a ship ahead!"

Have a boat?Wang Xiang regained his energy when he heard the words, and ran to the deck to look forward. Sure enough, he could vaguely see a wooden boat sailing in the sea.

"Master Hou, could it be Fusang's warship?"

Zhang Yicheng seemed a little worried, Wang Xiang smiled and said, "It doesn't matter what kind of ship it is, it can just guide us." Even a warship is nothing to be afraid of. He doesn't think there will be any warships in this world. It can pose a threat to your own warship, without using the heavy machine guns on the warship, just rushing over directly can sink those wooden boats.

Of course, he still counted on the ship in front of him to guide him, so naturally he didn't really want to sink it.

It was too far away to see the specific situation of the ship, but it could be seen that the ship seemed to be heading in his direction. Wang Xiang returned to the control cabin and took out the binoculars to look ahead.

Looking at the style of the ship, it doesn't look like Datang's ship. The hull is huge, but there are obviously many damages. It seems that it has encountered some terrible attack. Wang Xiang can't help but think of a storm a few days ago. When the storm hit Zhang Yicheng was so frightened that a storm like that was very dangerous for a ship, and if he was not careful, the ship would be destroyed and people would die.

However, apart from some bumps and ups and downs, the terrible storm failed to cause the slightest damage to the steel warship, and Zhang Yicheng once again saw the power of the steel warship.

Wang Xiang didn't know much about ancient ships, so he handed the binoculars to Zhang Yicheng and said, "Look at the ship in front of you."

Although Datang already had a clairvoyance, but Li Er has always regarded it as a military secret, so not many people know about it. On the way of sailing, Zhang Yicheng has long been curious when he saw Wang Xiang looking into the distance with this strange thing many times. As a result, Wang Xiang followed his example and placed the binoculars in front of his eyes. The next moment he found that the originally blurred ships suddenly became clear, and he couldn't help but let out an exclamation.

"Well, what kind of ship is that?"

Hearing Wang Xiang's question, Zhang Yicheng reacted, and quickly observed the ship in front of him carefully. Although there were many damages, he recognized it at a glance, and said in surprise, "It seems to be the ship of the Fusang envoy."

"Fusang envoy's boat?" Wang Xiang asked suspiciously.

Zhang Yicheng nodded and said: "When the Fusang envoy came to Datang, the officials have seen the boat they were on, and they can't be wrong. The boat in front is the Fusang envoy's boat."

Isn't Fusoshi that Matsudaira Ichiro?Didn't it mean that he has been setting off for several months, why is he still sailing on the sea in a dilapidated boat?Could it be that the Fuso Minister named Soga Ezo had successfully usurped the throne, so Matsudaira Ichiro had to flee overseas?
At this time, Matsudaira Ichiro was exhausted on the Fusang wooden boat, and everyone was exhausted from the struggle against the storm. Fortunately, they escaped from the hands of death, but the wooden boat was seriously damaged and they could not hold on for long. Still facing great danger.

Just now, a crew member told him that a huge strange ship was found in front of him. Matsudaira Ichiro came out of the cabin in a hurry. The huge strange ship that the crew saw was the warship Jiayuan.

Matsudaira Ichiro immediately ordered people to approach the huge ship ahead in the hope of being rescued, and also made people shout loudly at the bow in an attempt to attract attention.

In fact, Wang Xiang had already seen them through the telescope.

"It's really Matsuhei Ichiro." Wang Xiang put down the binoculars and smiled slightly. He could see that the other party's wooden boat was about to fall apart. Since he was an acquaintance, he naturally wanted to help. Besides, he still expected Matsudaira Ichiro to guide him.

Returning to the control cabin and operating the warship to approach the Fusang wooden ship, Ichiro Matsudaira was shocked to find that the strange ship in front of him was bigger than imagined, and this strange ship turned out to be made of steel!
Just as Ichiro Matsudaira was observing the warship Jiayuan with a look of surprise, he suddenly heard a familiar voice coming from above.

"Mr. Matsudaira Ichiro, long time no see."

Matsudaira Ichiro heard the words and looked up, Wang Xiang was looking down at him on the deck of the warship, Matsudaira Ichiro rubbed his eyes and dared not answer: "Jiayuanhou?"

Wang Xiang smiled slightly: "Does Matsudaira Ichiro need help?"

Only then did Ichiro Matsudaira come to his senses and nodded quickly: "Yes, we encountered a storm. It was terrible. Our ship almost sank. Please help us, Lord Hou."

Wang Xiang could see clearly from the deck that the deck of the Fusang wooden boat had been severely damaged, and the seawater was continuously seeping in from the gaps in the deck. Several Fusang people were constantly scooping out water, but it was impossible to hold on for too long. .

"I'll put the rope ladder down, and you can climb up the rope ladder."

Wang Xiang wasn't worried about the danger they would pose if they boarded the warship. There were more than a dozen capable people on the warship, and any one of them could easily kill all of them. Besides, Matsudaira Ichiro was extremely respectful to himself. Other thoughts.

When the last Fuso man boarded the warship, the Fuso wooden boat sank slowly in the infiltration of sea water. Ichiro Matsudaira patted his chest to let out a sigh of relief, turned around and saluted Wang Xiang.

"Thank you, Lord Hou, for your rescue, otherwise we might be buried in the sea and unable to return to our homeland."

"What? Didn't you escape from Fusang?"

(End of this chapter)