【Part 113】Heavenly Concubine
Liu Wenzhi was on General Qin's treasure ship. He slept with ordinary soldiers, and the space between the upper and lower wooden beds was very small. Fortunately, Liu Wenzhi was still a young man and had grown up in Yuhua Lane, so this space was already very big for him.
Satisfied.
General Qin is the highest general on the ship. Every morning, the high-ranking generals on the ship meet first. But Liu Wenzhi is not affiliated with the army, so no one cares about him. However, the soldiers all know that this young man is General Qin's man, and
General Qin always takes care of him on weekdays, so everyone is very polite to him and no one dares to care about him. When he wants to eat, he goes to the kitchen to ask for food from the cook. If he wants to play, he goes to the back end of the boat to play games with the soldiers.
Since there are many high-ranking officers on board this ship, there are no livestock such as chickens, ducks, pigs, etc. on this ship. Liu Wenzhi feels that this is a pity. If there are these animals, he can still feed them.
Every morning, General Qin would lead the generals to the statue of Tian Fei on the bow of the ship to offer incense and pray for blessings. Tian Fei was the Mazu empress in Minnan. People who sailed believed in Tian Fei and believed that Tian Fei controlled the sea.
General Qin was frothing and said that Mazu was from the Song Dynasty. She saved many people in her life and died trying to save them in the end. But Liu Wenzhi wanted to ask in detail how Mazu saved people, but General Qin couldn't tell. He just kept repeating.
Don't worry about anything, just Concubine Baitian. General Qin always said that when the treasure fleet went to sea for the first time, it encountered a storm, and all the ships seemed to be thrown down by an invisible hand. Seeing this
The entire fleet was about to be destroyed. But Tianfei empress performed a miracle and allowed the fleet to survive safely. In the end, only a few small boats were destroyed. General Qin said that he prayed to Tianfei empress sincerely.
Only the empress can perform miracles.
Liu Wenzhi asked Zheng He if he worshiped the Heavenly Concubine. General Qin said privately that he worshiped the Tianfei religion, so he did not worship the Heavenly Concubine. However, he felt in his heart that Zheng He must also worship the Heavenly Concubine, but it was hindered by the ***.
The teacher's face is too embarrassing to say.
Life on the ship was boring and boring. When Liu Wenzhi boarded the ship to see the sea for the first time, everything was so fresh and exciting. Even his first seasickness was a rare experience in his life. But when he went to sea for more than fifteen days,
, the same old sea and sunset were no longer so attractive. It was also the first time that Liu Wenzhi was so eager to stand on land again.
Every time he docks, Liu Wenzhi will definitely go for a walk on the shore to experience the feeling of solid earth. Every time he gets off the boat, the first thing he does is to adapt to the non-shaking ground. People who have been on the boat for a long time will definitely get "groundsick" after getting off the boat.
". That's what those old soldiers said, the ground is not shaking but it makes people dizzy.
The fleet's first large-scale docking was on Luzon Island, which was already more than ten days away from Taicang. The people on the island were dark, short and capable, spoke a quaint language, and were always grinning. After Liu Wenzhi landed,
, Bi bought a big green fruit to eat. But the shopkeeper took a knife, cut a hole, and signaled him to use it for drinking. General Qin happened to come over and saw that he was buying fruit, so he also took one.
The big green fruit told Liu Wenzhi: "This is called coconut, and it is for drinking." After speaking, he opened a mouth and poured it into his mouth. Liu Wenzhi then understood, and then raised the coconut and poured it into his mouth. Unexpectedly, this fruit
There is clear water inside with an indescribable sweetness. Drinking it relieves fever and is addictive.
After a while, even Zheng He disembarked from the ship and inspected the supplies.
When he saw Liu Wenzhi, he was stunned for a moment. It must be because he was busy with military affairs that he didn't know Liu Wenzhi was on the ship.
He glanced at General Qin. General Qin did not expect Zheng He to find that Liu Wenzhi had followed him. He scratched his head and hesitated for a long time before saying, "I think Brother Liu is kind to our Zheng family army, so I will take him out to sea to broaden his horizons."
Only then did Liu Wenzhi realize that Zheng He didn't know that he was also following him.
Zheng He smiled and said that the matter was over. Emperor Yongle did not blame Fang Yuanhu for what happened, so there was nothing to worry about.
Zheng He came over and patted his head, and signaled the store owner to bring two more coconuts, and gave Liu Wenzhi one.
Liu Wenzhi thanked Zheng He, and Zheng He nodded. However, General Qin stood up straight and did not dare to talk to Liu Wenzhi as easily as he did just now.
Chapter completed!