Note for drunkards: This ending is yy, please choose at your own discretion.
on the water side
The sun slowly rose from the sea level, casting thousands of colorful clouds on the fleet. A dozen Persian-style ships lined up in a column, cutting through the waves and sailing towards the unknown distance.
Li Waner gently pushed the wooden board in front of her and covered her head with a Nanzhao-style bamboo hat. She was now a little tanned by the sun, and she no longer had any royal temperament on her body. But Li Waner liked this kind of freedom.
She feels more like commanding an army of hundreds of thousands. She likes this ship, this sea, this wind. She likes to walk on the deck in the early morning and wait for the first ray of sunshine to jump out of the water. She likes the murmuring of dolphins and the singing of white birds between the masts.
, like to hear the person you like smile heartily in the sun.
On the wooden board in front of her, there is a piece of white silk, on which a man's upper body is drawn using techniques learned from the Persians. His face is full of beards and his body is full of strong muscles. Yes, it should be called a tendon.
Meat. Li Waner remembers that when she first started learning this weird drawing method from the Persian concubine of the King of Tianzhu, she was blushing with shame. Now, she has learned to appreciate the beauty in it, or in other words, learned to appreciate the beauty in the scroll.
That man.
The man in the picture is helping the children fish on the other side of the deck, and the sea breeze keeps bringing them laughter. From the moment she stepped on the deck many years ago, Li Waner remembers that this kind of laughter has never stopped. They laughed.
They sailed towards Wa, Chenla, Pyu and Jialingjie, and even tried to bypass the land in the south that was so hot that it was almost on fire, and sail directly from Mugudushu to what the Christian believers call the far west.
Let’s take a look at what kind of country the legendary cross-hung barbarians lived in. But they had to turn back midway because they didn’t have a detailed chart and couldn’t find enough supply points. (Note 1)
There are indeed more than nine cauldrons. Now, Li Waner believes what her husband said. According to the calculation method of the ancients, there are more than nine hundred cauldrons in the world. But she no longer tries to encourage her husband to occupy any of them. For her husband like this
People, Ding may be a burden.
They have boats and the sea, that's enough. On the shores of the earth, could they be the king's ministers? There is only a deck under their feet, so they no longer need to be anyone's ministers. The rules of the world can no longer restrain them, they can eat while eating
Barbecuing meat, discussing Buddhism with the Indians. Cooking fish soup, and discussing with the Christians which Eastern and Western wines are more mellow. They exchanged beautiful blankets with the Persians, and then transported them to Sri Chasara in exchange for
Sands. They went for a ride with the South Sea pirates, and then they went up to them and defeated the natives who couldn't even shoot arrows. They traded pearls from the South Sea for leather from the North Sea and made every woman in the fleet dress like
A princess.
The men who were fishing had another argument, and they kept making a fuss. Li Waner walked over with a smile to see what new tricks her husband was doing. Hearing his footsteps, a tough-looking little man immediately
He ran up and complained, "Mom, grandpa let the fish I just dropped go. Grandpa bullied me! He didn't let me use the fish to make soup for you!"
"You're such a lazy kid!" Li Waner poked her son's finger lovingly and scolded her with a smile. She knelt down, picked up her son's fishing rod, and asked with a smile, "What kind of fish did you catch just now?"
Do you know him yourself?"
"I don't know you!" The little man couldn't find a supporter and pouted.
"The leopard caught a red leaf thick fish. Grandpa said that the fish was inedible, so he let it go!" Another little girl aged eleven or two with bright eyes and white teeth said with a smile. "Er Niang, you
Come and fish for a while too. The fish in this water area are very silly!"
Different from the children who grew up in the backyard, she is slim and tall, with a white and rosy complexion, exuding a strong youthful atmosphere. If this child were placed in the Tang Dynasty, countless young people would definitely be chasing after her. But in the fleet
In the middle, she is like a little wild flower blooming quietly.
Li Waner smiled and tugged at the corner of the girl's clothes, and asked in a low voice, "Ruolan, where is your mother? Why doesn't she come out to fish with you?"
"Mom is calculating this year's income! Mom said that when the ship docks, she will stay a few more days, clear out some goods, and by the way, she will buy a piece of cloth for each of grandpa, aunt, leopard, and tiger head to make clothes! So I have to
Sort out the accounts first!" The girl's voice was like an oriole coming out of the valley, and she didn't even realize that she had used two different names to refer to Wan'er in her words.
Li Waner didn't correct her and said with a smile: "Then why don't you help your mother? Haven't you already learned how to settle accounts?"
"Headache, headache!" The girl's face immediately became bitter, and she twisted her small nose and said. "I want to fish, I want to learn to sail with my grandpa, and I want to learn archery and knife use from you! Anyway, I don't
I like to calculate accounts, and I get dizzy when I look at the account books!"
The smile on Li Wan'er's face became even thicker. Ruo Lan is the child of her younger sister Qi'er, but her personality is more like her own back then. Back then, she didn't like reading either, and only liked to dance with knives and guns. "Then you should be early tomorrow.
Get up, Auntie will teach you archery. Let's shoot the big fish jumping out of the water against the sun and see who can shoot accurately."
"It's a deal!" Ruolan stretched out her right palm.
"It's a deal!" Wan'er raised her palms to strike with the opponent.
Her son was very dissatisfied that his sister had taken away the maternal love that should have been his, and kept tugging at Wan'er's clothes, "Aniang, Aniang, you haven't helped me fish yet, you haven't helped me fish yet!"
"Okay, I'll help you now!" Wan'er sat on the deck and swung the fishhook to the water. After a while, she pulled up a three-inch long black iron head. She thought she could do it
However, the naughty son was ahead of the others, and neatly picked the fish off the hook, then threw it into the sea with a "plop".
"Why did you throw it away? You naughty guy!" Wan'er pretended to be angry and asked with a straight face.
"Grandpa said, small fish have no meat. You have to give up to get it!" The little leopard looked at Li Xu, who was smiling and silent next to him, and quibbled loudly.
"You kid!" Wan'er poked her son's forehead lovingly, her face full of pride. Even at his age, his younger brother is not as cunning as a leopard. Cunning children are good, at least they won't suffer when they grow up.
"Leopards are very smart!" Li Xu actually had the same idea as hers. He sat next to Wan'er and praised her in a voice that the children could not hear.
"You teach well!" Wan'er glanced at Xuzi and replied with a smile.
The couple sat side by side and raised the fishing rod together, but there was no fish in their minds, only deep tenderness remained.
The children did not have the patience of adults, so they whistled and ran away to play elsewhere. Almost all of them grew up on boats and were used to wind and waves, so Li Xu and Wan'er were not too worried and continued fishing silently. After a while,
Wan'er put away the fishhook and asked in a low voice: "This time we dock, will you go for a walk on land?"
"Arrived. Anyway, no one in Guangzhou knows me." Li Xu thought for a while and answered affirmatively. "What about you?" He also put away the fishhook and asked in a low voice.
"Of course no one will know me!" Li Waner smiled, with a hint of regret flashing in her eyes. The grave of Princess Pingyang is now covered with wormwood. Does anyone know who is buried there?
With a bunch of weapons?
"Are you homesick?" Li Xu keenly felt Wan'er's emotional changes and asked with concern.
"A bit!" Wan'er nodded, biting her lower lip lightly with her teeth.
"Next time you return to Yuezhou and dock, I can send someone to take you to Luoyang for a tour. If you go further, it won't be safe!" Li Xu hesitated for a moment and promised in a low voice.
There was a trace of longing in Li Waner's eyes, but soon, this longing was covered by melancholy, leaving no trace, "Forget it, I have been gone for many years. The descendants of the eldest brother and the third brother can't be found either.
.If I go, it will only increase the sadness!"
Speaking of the old events of Xuanwu Sect, Li Xu also felt a little sad. He didn't expect that Li Shimin was so ruthless that he would not even let his biological brother go. But even if he didn't leave back then, what could he have done? Whether it was Jiancheng or Shimin,
After all, he is a descendant of the royal family and will not give up the interests of the Li family in Hedong because of friendship. The sooner he hands over the six counties to Li Yuan, the sooner he will avoid war. I am not the material to be the emperor. I have tried my best back then, and there is no chance of war.
Leaving too many regrets.
"We can go to Bohai Country. The scenery there is similar to that of the Tang Dynasty." In order to make Wan'er happier, Xuzi made another suggestion.
"Are you going to see Zhang Jiang? I heard that the king of the country is a big shopkeeper!" Wan'er smiled and her eyes wandered. She thanked her husband for his love, so she wanted to repay her husband with the gentlest eyes. The two of them were four
Looking at each other, they both saw the warmth and sincerity in the other's heart.
"That's it. After departing from Guangzhou, we will go directly to Bohai Country. Last time, General Zhou of Bohai Country ordered fine steel from Tianzhu Country with me, and we just delivered it to him!" Li Xu patted the deck and said loudly.
"General Zhou. I guess he will resign again this time and go to sea with you!" Thinking of Zhou Daniu's tired look, Wan'er pursed her lips and smiled. They are all straightforward and honest heroes. Although they live in
The atmosphere in Beidi is warmer than that in Chang'an.
"Haha, let's wait until he finds someone to take over!" Li Xu laughed.
"That's difficult. The rest of the people are on the boat!" Wan'er pursed her lips happily, revealing a row of teeth like braided shells.
When Li Xu set sail to sea, almost half of the senior generals of the Boling Army followed him. In the end, in order to establish a land foothold for everyone, Zhang Jiang, Zhou Daniu, Shi Defang, Zhao Ziming and others were persuaded to stay.
Who knows? After more than ten years, the people who stayed behind actually created the huge Bohai Kingdom. They firmly controlled Lin, Xi and part of the Khitan tribe. The Tang Dynasty had always regarded Bohai as a threat, but it suffered from the distance.
Due to its remoteness and harsh climate, it has never been possible to incorporate it into the territory. Over time, it was given up and allowed to fend for itself outside.
If the husband had stayed on the road, at least the entire Bohai Kingdom would have been his. Even half of the Tang Dynasty might have fallen into his hands. But the husband gave up. As he himself said, only by giving up, giving up, can you get something.
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He gave up half of his country, and what did he gain? Li Waner quietly asked herself. Her eyes swept along Xuzi's temples, and she saw her sister Qier, Hongfu and Tao Kuosi sticking their heads out of the upper cabin of the cabin, smiling like flowers.
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"It's time to eat!" Tao Kuo Tuosi shouted loudly.
"It's time to eat!" Someone from a dozen large ships shouted at the same time, and the sound of the horn was like the roar of a dragon, happily sweeping across the vast expanse of water.
Note 1: Chenla, now Vietnam. Pyu State, now southern Myanmar. Mugu Dushu, Mogadishu on the east coast of Africa. Before the Song Dynasty, the Central Plains fleet had arrived. Shilichatanluo, now west of Pakistan
Side exit to the sea.
Note 2: Chorus (3) is actually the official ending of the book. The three epilogues are all added to satisfy readers who don’t like suspense. If you don’t like epilogue three, please choose epilogue one or two. If you don’t like them, please continue.
Read the new book of Drunkard, "The Founding Thief". See you next Monday.
