Chapter 1822

Two days later, in the prefectural city of Donglai County, the state of Qi, he Guangqi, the prefect, looked forward in amazement, "what do you say? When I left Donglai County, more than 200 young sailors, artillery and musketeers of Lu suddenly appeared?"

"They said they encountered a storm while sailing at sea and accidentally drifted to our Donglai county?"

Accompanied by the inquiry of governor he, a young man under the stage kept smiling bitterly, "tell governor, although things are incredible, I have confirmed in many ways that they are indeed various members needed by long-distance merchant ships such as sailors, artillery and musketeers of the state of Lu."

This young man was sent by the magistrate of Lixian County to report the news to he Taishou. The young man also knew the reason why he Taishou would be so stunned.

Where is Lu?

In the southwest of Zhao, about three months away, it is thousands of miles away. Where is Zhao? About two or three months away from the southwest of Qi, there are thousands of miles.

In other words, it is almost ten thousand miles away from the state of Lu to the state of Qi!

This is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that if a merchant ship starts from the state of Lu and goes all the way to the northeast, it will also cross nearly ten thousand miles and reach the Western sea of Qi.

Donglai county is on the east coast of Qi.

According to the words of the sailors of the state of Lu, what an exaggerated and bizarre ocean storm can make them cross thousands of miles and appear in Donglai County of the state of Qi for no reason?

But no matter how absurd and bullshit you think it is, the people from the county found the young ticket one after another, and after passing the news to each other, when the county magistrate knew it, they still contacted and investigated it as soon as possible.

After all, it was more than 200 young adults of unknown origin. Putting it in coastal villages was also a force that could cause unrest in small villages. Therefore, after investigation and summary in all aspects, it was determined that it was more than 200 people from the state of Lu from the county.

Even in the investigation, the people in Lixian County also found that the ticket was young and strong. When answering the questions, it was often covered up, and some people hesitated and dared not say in detail, but it was certain that the other party was from the state of Lu.

He Guangqi was silent. After more than a dozen breaths, he Taishou laughed and said, "first, no matter how they came, I ask you, what is the mentality of these young people in the state of Lu? Do you want to stay in the state of Qi and become a member of the state of Qi, or do you want to return to the state of Lu with the help of merchant ships?"

It's just more than 200 ordinary young adults. There are millions of people and 200000 elite soldiers in Qi. Is there a lack of such a small population?

They are willing to stay. He Taishou will welcome them to become a member of the whole family, just like welcoming the people who fled from Ren Wei and Zhou, but it doesn't matter if the other party wants to leave, whether it's sending some money to let them go.

It doesn't matter if you let those guys rely on themselves, work instead of salary, and borrow merchant ships to return to Lu. Just let those guys choose.

Pay for work? Aren't the more than 200 young and strong veterans of the sea? There are so many merchant ships and caravans passing by the state of Qi. They casually join a fleet as sailors and rub the route with their working ability, that is, work instead of salary.

Just Lu

Qi is the overlord of the island states in the ocean, and Lu is just a brother. In addition, they are too far away from each other. If they want to go, they will see them off. For a small matter, he Taishou really felt that there was no need to say more about it after his initial consternation.

Under these words, a young man smiled, "back to the prefect, there have been more than 150 sailors of the state of Lu in private. They are willing to join us and become the people of the state of Qi."

"Most of these sailors are just slaves and servants of the gentry of the state of Lu. They don't have much savings even if they run boats all year round. They are lucky to be swept by the storm and arrive in Qi today. It's really their great luck."

In just two days, in Luohai, Zhang Xiaoliu and other exploration teams, they came into contact with the backward coastal villages in Donglai county. The living conditions of ordinary people in those villages have been their dream.

In the past, Luo Hai and others had dreams to have those lives. Besides, even if they were people of Lu, Lu and Qi are nearly ten thousand miles apart, but they are all ocean island countries. In the modern era with extremely developed sea trade, who hasn't heard of the rumors of Qi?

According to previous rumors, coupled with close contact and observation over the past two days, more than 100 people immediately want to abandon the identity of Lu and join Qi. It is a normal choice.

Among the more than 200 young people, only the first mate Liu Ye, or Zhang Han, the brother-in-law of a captain, and so on. This vote itself has a certain position and power in the Xiao family of the state of Lu, so it will still want to return to the state of Lu.

He can't help laughing. "So do it, leave it to them, registered residence for them, and settle down in my county. If you want to leave, there's a caravan to go to Qinglong port."

Qinglong port is the largest port in the state of Qi. In the north of the state of Qi, Donglai county is also a coastal city, and the trade routes are also developed. Caravans run along the offshore route and Qinglong port channel frequently.

No matter how the people of the state of Lu go or stay, this is a small matter. If it weren't for the identity of the people of the state of Lu, it would be strange. Such a small matter can't be paid attention to by the prefectural governor at all.

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Another day later, I left the county.

In the bustling Lixian County, more than 200 Xiao sailors gathered together immediately became a sensation after the county yamen sent the prefect's office and the county government's edicts to the public.

Thank you, sir. We will go to registered residence immediately. Ha ha, we finally get out of the bitter sea and become a member of the Qi state.

"It's incredible that one day we will become Qi people, ha ha."

"The state of Qi used to dream of coming to see it. I didn't expect to arrive in this way."

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Up to now, the number of Xiao family sailors who stay in Lixian County and are willing to join the state of Qi has exceeded 200.

A total of 236 sailors who have come back from the dead, only more than a dozen middle-level sailors, or those who are related to the middle and high-level of the Xiao family fleet, still want to return to Lu.

The rest chose to abandon their country.

It's no wonder that more than 200 deserters forget their righteousness for profit. It's really that in the state of Lu, they are subjected to too serious bullying and exploitation, and they basically can't see great hope in their life prospects. Let's say that Zhang Xiaoliu, 25, hasn't married yet and is still saving money. This is the feudal era. Most people get married on the 15th and 16th.

Luo Hai, Zhang Xiaoliu's fifth brother, is 28 years old. In fact, Luo Hai has saved some money. If he really wants to marry and have children in the state of Lu, he can use his spare money to buy a small business. The problem is that as a skilled sailor in the Xiao family's fleet, the Xiao family will not let go.

The Xiao family still needs an old sailor like him. He has been traveling all over the world for the Xiao family and making money for the Xiao family. If he doesn't release people and can't go ashore, Luo Hai doesn't dare to buy an industry, marry a wife and have children, and can only continue to travel on the ocean.

In the same sentence, it takes six or seven months to run the route from Lu to Rome. As a civilian sailor, how dare he marry a daughter-in-law? Are you not afraid of the green prairie if you leave home for more than half a year? Aren't you afraid of cheap Lao Wang next door or something?

Among the cheers of many sailors at the bottom of the grass-roots level, a few people, such as master Liu and Zhang Han, collapsed and shouted that you can't do this, you can't be so shameless... No matter how they shouted, they only ignored.