Landlord of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 208
After getting rid of the shark, the boat was heading south, and there was an undercurrent of evil wind coming from nowhere. When Xu Qing opened his eyes the next day, he didn't know where he was again.

And the reason for opening his eyes was not dawn, but the boat hit something, and there was a bang, like an earthquake.

Reef!

Xu Qing thought of this subconsciously. If it hits a rock, it will be over. The boat must leak. Who would have thought that I, a dignified traveler, would be buried in the belly of a fish?

But fortunately, after inspection, it was found that the ship was only stranded on the shore, and the vibration was emitted when it hit the bottom of the sea.It's just that I don't know where it was stranded. Could it be that it was blown ashore?
Xu Qing was also relieved, and found that it was not a rock, and the boat was not leaking, so he told everyone to go back to sleep.

When I came back to the cage, I felt that the people on board had become ants on a hot pot, why?The boat stopped on the shore, and all the surrounding water receded, leaving only water less than the depth of the feet, and mud of unknown depth.

How deep is this mud?

Poking with a long stick?
Fortunately, only half a leg deep.

If you look at it, it didn't wash up on the coast, but came across an isolated island.Alas, why did I come across such an island? I don’t know if there are people on the island... The fresh water on the boat is almost gone, so I don’t know if there are people on the island.

There is still deep water at the stern where you can take a small boat. Xu Qing led several people to put the boat down, bypassed the mud flat, rowed into a small bay, jumped out of thin air, and stepped on the cliff.

Looking at the island for the first time, Xu Qing felt that it was deserted and full of vitality.The first thing he said when he went ashore was: "Haha, is it possible that he is going to be Robinson Crusoe?"

This is of course a joke, but fortunately, no one else can understand it. If others understand it, they will blame Xu Qing for being unlucky.Xu Qing looked left and right, and the bosun also looked left and right, but unlike Xu Qing, the bosun pointed to the cliffs on the shore with a sad face and said: "This time, I'm afraid I will have to wait a few days before going back. .”

Xu Qing asked: "Why?"

"Looking at the degree of water stains and erosion on the cliffs, there should be spring tides and neap tides on this island. The high tides come once every seven days, and the most recent rise should be neap tides."

The boatswain turned around and pointed to one place and said to Xu Qing: "The water in the high tide can go here, and the water in the small tide can only go there. Our ship is stranded there. It is when there is a tide, so we can only sail when the tide comes. Otherwise, we will have to dig mud to divert water, and it will be exhausting.”

"Oh, there's no other way," Xu Qing said helplessly, "Let's go to the island and have a look?"

Xu Qing probably knew that he was in the East China Sea, but besides the famous Diaoyu Island, he didn't remember any other islands in the East China Sea.In other words, this is an unnamed island.

However, when Xu Qing saw the dense forests on this island, the fruit trees were overgrown, there were streams, small ponds, and fish and shrimps, this small island got its name——Xugong Island.When taking this name, Xu Qing's face was slightly red.

There is fresh water on Xugong Island, which is the most gratifying thing for everyone.There is food on board, and as long as fresh water can be obtained, it can last for several months.Moreover, the island has land and forests, and the size of the island is not small.Even if you can't go back, being Robinson Robinson is really a good place.

At that time, living together with Xun Xueer and the girls on this isolated island, and being an ordinary farmer, life will be hard.

Robinson Xu Qing, who is poor, doesn't want to do it, but Xu Qing, who opens his mouth to eat and stretches out his hands to get dressed, is still willing to be one.

Anyway, I can't go, so I might as well spend a few days on the island!It may be one of Xu Qing's principles to be happy with the situation and yet be positive.

Maybe it's because it's too far away from the sea. After repeated inspections, no traces of large wild animals were found on the island, but there are many birds nesting here.

Standing on the mountain and shouting, hundreds of birds of different colors and sizes flew out immediately.

Seeing that there was no danger from wild animals, Xu Qing picked up the four daughters, and called many people on board to act as bald men together, cut down many trees, and built a temporary residence.

There is fresh water on the island, so everyone moved directly to the island, saving the trouble of transporting water back and forth.

I picked up a lot of dry firewood and set up a bonfire on the beach. At night, the evening wind blew the coast, blowing some chilly salty smell into the tents on the shore.

Everyone gathered around the bonfire and dug their own stoves to make a fire. They all set up pots and ate meat, cooking, frying, roasting, and of course the stir-fry dishes they learned from Xu Qing.When we were on the boat, because it was very bumpy and it was dangerous to start a fire, we only ate a hot meal.

Those cold foods tasted good at first, but they felt a little nauseous after eating.Now that they have seized the opportunity to start a fire on land, they all show their housekeeping skills and open their bellies to eat.

It was night, and everyone fell asleep peacefully.

When sleeping on the boat, I always have to worry about it, because I am afraid that there will be heavy rain in the middle of the night, strong winds and waves, and I am afraid that something will happen to the boat while I am alive.But on land, you don't have to worry about these.

Speaking of Enron, in fact, it is not Enron.The temporary tents built here are relatively simple, and many mosquitoes get in.Xu Qing covered his face with his clothes, only showing his nose, so as to avoid mosquito bites.

I don't know if this mosquito is wearing long johns, but it can still come out to suck blood in such a cold night.Could it be that the mosquito sucked a can of chicken blood one day?

Most of the people on the boat got off, only Yang Cheng was left watching the boat.Early the next morning, Xu Qing proposed a parade around the island.

In Xu Qing's memory, there are no big islands in the East China Sea, so the one under his feet must not be too big, right?He wanted to go around the island to see what the land that he discovered first, occupied first, and that legally belonged to him looked like.

The island is not that big, Xu Qing led the people to walk forward slowly while thinking, and found that the small island on this side was much better than the side where his boat ran aground.

The open mountains are fresh and pleasant, with flowers everywhere and lush green grass in the woods.On the side where the ship ran aground, the terrain was uneven, with a few hills, but because of this, it seemed narrow.

He also saw countless birds, but most of them couldn't name them. The birds here didn't seem to be afraid of people. When they saw Xu Qing and his group, they even flew over to look at them.The one with red flowers may be a parrot. Xu Qing really wants to catch one, tame it, and teach it to talk.

Xu Qi expressed that she wanted it too, so Xu Qing took off his shirt, and covered him when the two silly parrots looked closely at him.

On the original side, Xu Qing did not find any traces of large wild animals, but on this side, beside many small water pools formed by low-lying terrain, Xu Qing found many animals that looked like hares and foxes.Those hares were quite different from the hares we usually saw, with longer hind legs.Several of them were killed, but Xu Qing didn't want to eat their meat.

Walking around, Xu Qing walked more than four miles in one breath.According to the situation of standing on the high ground and overlooking the situation, this place should be just on the opposite side.

The situation on this side is even better, because there are countless coconut trees, and there are turtles crawling around!
Let people pick a few coconuts and have a drink.There are also some coconuts that have fallen to the ground, and the coconut water inside has become solid, which is a sign of sprouting.This type of coconut is called Marshmallow Coconut and has a sweeter flavor.

Another turtle was caught, its head shrunk inside the shell.Xu Qing killed it with an arrow through the hole in the turtle's shell, cut off four huge legs, lit a fire, and simmered in the embers.Turn it over again, open the turtle shell, and take out more than forty turtle eggs from its stomach.There was still a lot of turtle meat in the stomach, so Xu Qing cut it off and roasted it, and beat a few more, until everyone had a share and had a delicious meal.

After eating, Xu Qing let everyone play around, and set up a pillar on the bank with the words "Xu Qing, Bo Xuqing of Luonan County of the Tang Dynasty, came here for a visit".

When going back, Xu Qing didn't go back the same way, but went to the other side of the island.He thought, he thought that since he had seen the whole picture of the island, as long as he recognized the terrain, he would never get lost.After walking for about two or three miles, he realized that he had made a big mistake. Xu Qing found himself in a large valley surrounded by mountains, and the mountains were covered with trees.

I had no choice but to go back according to my memory, find the stick that Xu Qingli had set down, and go back the same way.

Back at the camp, the bosun checked the tide situation and reported to Xu Qing that the tide might get bigger from tonight to the day after tomorrow.Xu Qing ordered everyone to get on the boat and prepare to leave the island at any time.

However, Xu Qing and all the girls stayed on the island, except Xu Qi.

Such a good opportunity to enhance their relationship, how could Xu Qing let it go?

Primitive society is good, running around with bare buttocks, falling down when you see it... I know you don't like to watch this kind of stuff, so just skip it.

To put it bluntly, at night, Xu Qing returned to the boat with trembling legs, but the three women's faces were flushed, so it can be seen that Xu Qing was defeated this time.

But at this moment, there was a small commotion on board—more than a dozen people had stomachaches, vomiting and diarrhea at the same time.

Normally, Xu Qing would not care about it, but when he got to the sea, Xu Qing remembered one thing - malaria.

When they went to the island, everyone ate barbecue, and they didn't know whether the group of evil spirits ate raw or something from the island.If it is the latter, it may be malaria, which is terrible. In ancient times, it was a disease that almost killed people, and it was a disease that killed everyone, even more like a plague.

So Xu Qing ordered them to be quarantined.Malaria is mainly transmitted through eating, as long as the food is completely sterilized, it can still be contained.

Xu Qing personally went to interrogate whether they had eaten something from the island.They said they didn't eat anything but water.

This is weird, Xu Qing asked with a heavy tone, did you really only eat water and nothing else?You have to know that your illness is most likely caused by eating the wrong thing!Your illness may have killed a whole boatload of people, if you don't speak up, you will have to be thrown into the sea!

Hearing Xu Qing's words, at this moment, a person couldn't bear the pressure, and said in mourning, and even ate a lump of soil. As he spoke, the person took out a gray thing from his arms, and threw it on the ground with a grunt.

Several other people also threw this "tutuantuan" out of their arms, and everyone sneered at this "tutuantuan", but Xu Qing was frightened by this "tutuantuan" as if struck by lightning.

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(End of this chapter)