Chapter 13

The sky was clear, with only a slight breeze blowing.

The deck was full of people. Early in the morning, Ling Qingyu asked Zheng Xi to gather all the people on the ship, including the four small businessmen who had not left the hatch for ten days.

Ling Qingyu stood on the balcony of the cabin and saw Zheng Xi indicating that everyone was here. He cleared his throat and said loudly, "everyone, we Fengshen has been at sea for 11 days. A few days ago, some people have been seasick. I have never told everyone about the rules on board. Yesterday evening, Chen erhu, Chen Sanhu, Chen Sihu tried to seize the ship, and I have been thrown into the sea."

Hearing this, there was a sudden uproar. Some of them made friends with Chen erhu and knew what their three brothers did last night. They immediately shouted, "what is delusion to seize the ship? Can the three of them do this? You must have used some shady trick to hand over the people!"

Next, someone began to push and shout.

Zheng Xi and Ding Dong also took several sailors to prepare for prevention. Gu Sui and his men deliberately or unintentionally blocked the way of those people.

"Yes, even if they don't want to seize the ship, I'll throw them into the sea if I want to," Ling Qingyu's cold words made the following surprised and quiet for a moment, Lingqingyu continued, "on this ship, I'm wang FA! Since you sell yourself to me, that's my property. I can deal with it as I want. What's wrong? I think they're unhappy. I'll throw them into the sea. If you have any opinions, it's okay. Don't take my boat. The sea is wide. I don't care about more water ghosts. Who wants to go down? I'll satisfy you!"

The noise below suddenly quieted down. Zheng Xi and Ding Dong were still on guard and looked at the prisoners who made trouble, while Gu Sui looked at Ling Qingyu with a little annoyance and secretly gritted his teeth. What is selling to you!

"Where's our eldest brother? You threw him into the sea!" Two young prisoners pushed away the people in front and asked loudly. Several people behind them were not as noisy as those prisoners before, but their faint anger was emitted.

"Here I am." With a low and hacksaw like voice, Ling Qingyu gave way a little and let the man behind him show up. Only this morning did she know the man's name was Yang Zhao.

Seeing the prisoners below, Ling Qingyu sighed with relief. He changed his sternness and said, "you guys, some are employed by me, some are sold to me, and some are cooperating with me. Since I have brought this ship, Ling Qingyu has the responsibility to protect the safety of the people on board. I will not tolerate any abnormal thoughts and behaviors. However," Ling Qingyu glanced at the people below, Slowly said, "we came out to seek money. I, Ling Qingyu, promise here that as long as we don't have a crooked heart and work together, I will make everyone earn a lot on this ship. After returning this time, I will give back the deed of sale to everyone, and 20% of the profits from this ship running will also be distributed as a bonus to those who have made great contributions to the ship. When returning, the team leader can bring four stone goods, and the sailors can bring two stone goods."

Now even Gu Sui's brothers began to whisper. Zhang Dahu came up to Gu Sui and asked in a low voice, "boss, what this woman said is true? Two stones, I'm afraid there are hundreds of taels of silver back?"

Gu Sui said with a faint smile, "that also requires your life to go back." The little girl is good. She is rewarded and punished heavily. It seems that this boat is worth running.

"Two stones for one person, four stones for the head of the class!" Zheng Xi followed Ling Qingyu and read in pieces, "plus Ding Dong's, this will remove more than 100 stones. You are too generous to be in charge!"

"Our ship can hold 20000 stones, but you can't bear to part with these hundreds of stones?" Ling Qingyu said with a smile, "besides, they have to go ashore and get the goods themselves. It's just for some places to load."

"I think those prisoners will always make trouble." Zheng Xi thought of the people who first made fun of him, and said. It's better to throw it into the sea and save some space.

"After all, they haven't done anything yet," Ling Qingyu frowned, suddenly turned to the horizon, smelled the smell in the wind, and said with a smile, "Zheng Xi, go and carry out the empty barrels."

"Why move that?"

"Get ready to take a shower. It's going to rain."

Rain? Zheng Xi looked at the blue sky with white clouds floating.

When the heavy rain came down, Zheng Xigang commanded Lu Yao Shifang to carry up the empty barrels.

"Wow! It's raining! It's raining!" Ye Xi, who was prompted by Ling Qingyu, took off his clothes early. This time, he jumped happily in the rain.

Ling Qingyu hid in her bedroom very depressed, looked at the sea facing the stern outside the window, and listened to the noise on the deck.

"Thank you!"

Hearing the sound like a hacksaw, Ling Qingyu turned his head and saw Yang Zhao standing in the room, dressed in blue, tall and straight, with only his messy hair and beard dregs on his face, which made people look strange and unconsciously said, "don't you wash?"

"Zhao will certainly repay the girl's help." Yang Zhao hugged his fist and gave a deep salute, then turned and retreated.

Ling Qingyu was left stunned for a while, and there was a life-saving grace in miscellaneous?

Thinking of saving her life, Ling Qingyu stared at Lu Yao who had been sitting outside her bedroom in the captain's room.

Lu Yao turned to look at Ye Xi, who was happy to fight with people on the deck below, and directly ignored Ling Qingyu's grievances.

"It is estimated that we can reach Sanyu in two days. Turn left," Ling Qingyu looked at the compass and said to Ding Dongdao.

"Good!" Ding Dong turned the rudder excitedly. In less than a month, he arrived at Sanyu. Although there were some small storms on the way, the Fengshen was as good as nothing in the waves. It was indeed a good boat. Of course, he was also very satisfied with the performance of the boatman. He thought of the golden silk Wang Yan, which was one thousand liang of gold, as if it was in front of him.

A sailor standing next to Ding Dong quietly retreated out while Ding Dong and Ling Qingyu were not paying attention. While greeting other sail operators, he walked back to the deck.

Because I heard that it was approaching Sanyu, the atmosphere on the ship was obviously much easier. Those rowers also adapted to the bumps on the ship. At this time, while the sun was good, they were basking on the deck in twos and threes.

The sailor stepped down from the cargo hold, because the Aeolus was divided into more than ten compartments with hatch plates. In order to balance, only half of the cargo was placed in each cargo hold. The sailor went down to the cargo hold, where several people had squatted.

"Tian Keng, what you said is true? Can we get out of the bank?" Asked one of Chen erhu's prisoners all the time.

"Naturally, our Xie family's fleet is spread all over the ocean. As long as Mr. Hu helps me get things done, I promise to recommend you to the Xie family's fleet after going to Sanyu, so that you can earn a rich man in a year." Tian Keng laughed.

Hu Yu looked at the cotton cloth in the middle of the cabin, lowered his head and drew a circle on the ground. Someone nearby couldn't help but say, "brother Hu, this Ling can only afford such inferior goods. If our brother makes money, I'm afraid she'll lose her life. Moreover, brother Chen and his wife have always been on guard against our brother. Even if it's good, it's Yang Zhao who takes it. I'm afraid it's also on us, and,"

"Stop talking," Hu Yu interrupted. Most of the goods sold at sea were silk and high-grade porcelain. The goods on this ship were white cloth, ordinary porcelain, and some low-grade tea. According to Tian Keng, they were the tail goods of a closed business bought by Ling. Can these things be sold? Even if they sell it, how much money can they have? Moreover, these people were sent by Yang Zhao in the army because they violated military laws at the beginning. This time, Yang Zhao and his gang were sent, and they didn't give them less trouble. Those people were originally injured and ill, and they were tossed by them in cooperation with the yamen, leaving only Yang Zhao and them dead. Yang Zhao can't refuse to repay this revenge. Once Yang Zhao recovers, I'm afraid it's their death date.

"Well, Tian ye, what do you say?" Hu Yu patted the ashes in his palm and said.

Zheng Xi yawned, rubbed her eyes, and then patted her face. She felt more awake, so she opened her eyes and looked ahead.

The night was deep, and the sky was covered by dark clouds. There was neither moonlight nor starlight, but the wind slowly increased.

Zheng Xi looked at the wind flag stirred by the wind. The wind came really fast. The starry sky was bright in the first half of the night, and such a strong wind blew in the second half of the night!

Afraid of a rainstorm, Zheng Xi thought, rubbing his eyes again, because there are many islets and reefs outside Sanyu port, so ling Qingyu asked Ding Dong, who is familiar with the situation, to rest with the rower, leaving only Zheng Xi and two helmsman. Judging from this situation, I'd better wake Ling Qingyu and them up for fear of a rainstorm.

Zheng Xi shouted to the bottom, "Tiankeng, go and ask them in charge to get up. I'm afraid there will be a rainstorm."

After shouting a few times, Zheng Xi didn't hear an answer. He felt a move in his heart. He fixed the rudder, opened the door and walked out, but he saw that the two boats on the deck had been put down into the sea, Tian Keng and another helmsman, and several prisoners were sitting on the boat, ready to row away.

"Tiankeng! Head of the family! Get up quickly, someone is going to run!"

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Tian Keng waved to Zheng Xi and cut off the traction rope on the boat with a knife. Several people paddled together, and the boat swung away from the Aeolus.

When Ling Qingyu heard the sound and ran to the deck, the boat had left far away, leaving only a light spot of the tail light.

"Zheng Xi, check the sail, Lu Yao, go down to find Gu Sui and Yang Zhao, look at Lu, stone, you go to the bottom cabin." Ling Qingyu said as she put on her coat. After the order, he suddenly stopped, stretched out his hand to explore the wind, smelled a little sulfur in his nose, and then looked up at the sky, his face sank unconsciously.

"Girl, the sail shaft has been damaged, and the masts of the middle sail and front sail have been broken. I'm afraid that the wind will fall down."

"Those in charge of the family were thrown into the sea, and Hu Yu and several of them disappeared." Gu Sui rushed up from below and shouted. He has been staring at Hu Yu and them, but today I don't know how, he actually slept to death, careless, is it that these days are too comfortable so that he lost his vigilance?

"Let's go after those bastards!" Zhang Dahu shouted.

"No, Zheng Xi, look, can the sail be lowered? No! Gu Sui, you go to the bottom cabin below. If there is a hole or gap, try to fill it up. Don't put those who can't water on the deck, and tie those who can't on the deck with ropes!" Ling Qingyu hurriedly turned around and shouted.

"I see." Gu Sui walked down with people's eyes.

"Yang Zhao, go get the rope, try to fix yourself, and help Gu Sui." Ling Qingyu rushed at Yang Zhao who followed him.

"What's the matter?" Yan San rubbed his eyes and came out vaguely.

"Bang!" A loud noise came from a distant place. In the dark night in the distance, it was like a huge fireworks rising. A mass of red burst into the sky, and then dyed the horizon into a blood red. A series of muffled noises also sounded on the seabed. The sound waves seemed to quickly pass through from the seabed and then spread out.

"Find a place to catch!" Ling Qingyu shouted, grabbing the rope hanging on the boat Xuan and putting it on himself.

The sea, which was still silent, suddenly became vivid, and the sky began to roll with thunder, and where you could see, a ten meter high wave rushed over.

"Lower the sail!" Ding Dong also grabbed a rope and tied it to himself, and then rushed to the side of the sail with the rest of the sailors to lower the sail with Zheng Xi.

Before the canvas was halfway down, it creaked a few times, and the masts of the middle sail and the front sail, which had been cut in half, came down and fell hard into the sea.

"It's stuck, and the sail can't be lowered!" The sailors in the back sail and tail sail shouted in horror. In such a big storm, if the sail cannot be lowered, the ship may be blown over.

"Yan San, cut the mast! Cut it all!" Looking at the waves getting closer, Ling Qingyu shouted to Yan San and tied the other side of the rope to the boat Xuan.

"Wow!" Yan San stared at the oncoming wave. Ling Qingyu shouted to him several times before he came to his senses. He took out his sword and brushed it in a very unrestrained posture to cut off all the masts. He was about to turn around and ask Ling Qingyu if I was handsome. The huge wave had rushed on the Fengshen, so Yan San, who was handsome in the air, was slapped into the sea.

At the same time, ye Xi, who heard the sound running out of the cabin, was photographed in the sea.

Ling Qingyu jumped down without thinking.

With a slight heat in the sea, and a piece of turbidity below, Ling Qingyu opened her eyes and searched for the figures of the two people.

A small figure fluttered in the water with his eyes closed, while a larger figure sank straightly.

Ling Qingyu rushed to the big figure without hesitation, grabbed his arm, swam to the small figure, and then hugged the small figure's neck, so that he couldn't struggle, and then tried to push the water to watch the water surface float.

At this time, the sea was like boiling water, waves of huge waves rolled over, and the Aeolus was floating on the waves like a piece of paper.

Ling Qingyu couldn't open his eyes when he was hit by the sea. He couldn't pull one person with both hands. He had to pedal the water to try to maintain his balance. He didn't feel annoyed. Why was he so stupid that he jumped down! It's not a good end to be a virgin! But she can't bear to give up these two people now. When heaven and man are fighting and her hands are ready to let go, Ling Qingyu only feels that her waist is tight, and the rope tied around her waist drags her to the Aeolus.

On the Aeolus, Ding Dong and the sailors had climbed and rolled down to the cabin.

Zheng Xi pulled the rope connecting Yang Zhao and Lu Yao. Yang Zhao and Lu Yao carried their backs against the boat Xuan and pulled the rope hard. Although the Aeolus was violently bumped up and down in the huge waves, their feet were nailed to the deck like roots and pulled the rope back bit by bit.

"Go to the bottom cabin, don't go to the cabin," Ling Qingyu, who was panting on the ground, cried when he saw Lu Yao holding Ye Xi ready to go to the cabin.

Yang Zhao, with Yan San and Ling Qingyu, Zheng Xi, Lu Yao and ye Xi supporting each other, stumbled and finally climbed into the hatch entrance.

After closing the hatch, Ling Qingyu took a breath. Seeing that the people on the ship were basically concentrated here, rolling with the subversion of the Aeolus, he smiled, and then immediately stopped, saying, "Zheng Xi, open the escape pod, and everyone went there."

Until Zheng Xi opened the door that looked like a bulkhead in the same color as the outside, everyone found that there was a hidden cabin between the sailors' rest cabin and the cargo hold below.

The area inside the cabin is not large. There is little room for more than 20 people to squeeze in, and it is just right that there is no room to roll around.

When the hatch was closed, it was dark inside.

In the dark space, there was silence. Even the sound of the towering waves outside had gone away, only the sound of rapid breathing.

"Don't be afraid." Ling Qingyu's calm voice sounded.

"Girl, what's the matter? Is it a big storm?" Zheng Xi's voice was trembling. He had never seen or heard such a terrible storm. There was no rain, but suddenly such a huge wave arose. Even the huge Aeolus in front of it was just like a mole ant.

"It's not a big storm, it should be a volcanic eruption, and it's not just a volcano on the Philippine island. It's estimated that there are volcanic eruptions on the seabed." Ling Qingyu's voice was tired. Just jumping into the sea to save people had used all her strength.

"Volcanic eruption?" Gu Sui asked puzzled.

"Well, this area is an area with frequent volcanic activities. I didn't expect that we were so unlucky to encounter such a big outbreak," Ling Qingyu said again after a pause. "No, it should be our luck. If we were in Sanyu at this time, there would be no place to escape. Such a big outbreak, Sanyu port would be in ruins."

"So, Hu Yu, are they dead?" A teenager's voice asked.

Ling Qingyu smiled and whispered, "I'm afraid there's no residue left."

We just don't know what it will be like. At the beginning, this escape capsule was designed just in case. This capsule is completely enclosed with driftwood below. Even if the Aeolus is disassembled, this capsule can also be used as a separate boat. I just hope that the Aeolus will not sink directly to the bottom of the sea.

The eruption of volcanoes and undersea volcanoes in the Philippines lasted three days and nights, followed by a 100 meter high tsunami, which even spread as far as Guangzhou Prefecture and Quanzhou in Dazhou.

The sea surface is like boiling water. The continuous huge waves are endless and tossing up and down, making the original ocean current change its course. The upper and lower layers of the sea tumble, and countless eddies appear in the sea.

The Aeolus was thrown up and down in the wind and waves, overturned and overturned, the hull was squeezed and pressed, cracked everywhere, the cabin was swept down directly, and the deck was also cracked. It only dragged the core hull to sink and float in the waves, and fortunately bypassed the vortex.

Seven days later, the ship finally quieted down.