There were even people who came directly to him with boats. As long as he said a word, those boats would be returned to the Zhou family, and the other party would even generously give away 10% of them for free.
Zhou Lang was very moved, but he also knew that there is no free meat pie in this world. The benefits are really good, but when you take benefits from others, you must give something equally important or even more important in return.
At that time, Bai Shan was the left prime minister of the Jin Dynasty, and Zhou Man was the director of the Imperial Medical Office and the president of the Imperial Hospital. Both of them were inferior to one person and superior to ten thousand people. Zhou Lang did not dare to reach out no matter how tempted he was.
So he simply cut off his thoughts, preferring to work harder every year, renting other people's ships to go to sea, spending money to buy cabins, and determined not to mention shipbuilding again.
The thoughtful people slowly stopped and no longer thought about starting from Zhou Lang to catch up with Bai Shan and Zhou Man.
Naturally, Lu's firm had also considered this idea, but seeing so many people sinking into ruins, they stopped thinking and dealt with it with caution.
Another confidant said: "Master Zhou is justifiable to be cautious, but this time Mr. Bai is coming to take our boat in person. If we can directly cooperate with him..."
"But now Mr. Bai is no longer the left prime minister."
Zongzi lowered his head and twirled the wine glass in his hand. After a while, he drank it all in one gulp and put the glass on the table with a bang. "Even if he is no longer the left prime minister, his words are better than ours running around for a month. Give it a try, if it works."
, it will be much cheaper for the fleet to go to sea in the future..."
"Would you like to mention Zhou Mianzhou Mu?"
"It still doesn't matter. It's not a good thing that my father sold himself into slavery. I don't know if Mr. Zhou would mind. Don't show kindness and become enemies instead."
"Master Zhou doesn't look like that kind of person."
Zongzi said: "Regardless of whether it looks like it or not, let's not mention this matter again. Bringing it up is just repaying a favor."
Only then did the confidants respond, "Yes."
The fleet set sail. This was the first time Zhou Man and the others had walked on the sea for such a long time. Sometimes it would take ten days and a half to see a piece of land.
Regardless of whether there are people on the land or not, as long as the ship can reach the shore, they will all run to the land.
With their feet on the ground, they felt comfortable, but they still felt shaking.
Zhou Man put on his small backpack, took the cakes and a few guards and went to the depths of the island. The eldest son was a step behind and hurriedly found Bai Shan and said: "Ms. Bai, there are savages on this island. If you go into the depths rashly, you may be in trouble."
In distress."
Bai Shan knew that Zhou Man couldn't hide it if someone was nearby, and she also brought cakes and guards, so he smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, she won't go deep, she just wants to pick some medicinal materials and wild vegetables."
As for the medicinal materials, they had prepared a lot when they boarded the ship, but they had already consumed all the vegetables along the way. Although the crew would sprout their own bean sprouts on the ship, they had long been tired of eating them.
Not to mention them, even the crew members now see the same thing as green leaves.
but……
Bai Shan still took a few guards with him to find Zhou Man.
Bai Erlang wanted to go when he saw it, Ming Da also calmed down and followed after seeing what happened. When Yin You saw it, he also took Changshou and Xu An to follow slowly...
Zongzi:……
He wanted to stop Zhou Man from taking risks, but he didn't want them to take risks together.
Zhou Man didn't go very far, because as soon as she walked a little further in, she came across a clump of nightshade. This thing was very big, and it grew into a large area. The whole area was green and very tender.
Zhou Man was overjoyed when he saw it, and hurriedly brought the cakes forward. With a wave of his hand, he said to the guards: "Pinch the young leaves and boil them with eggs to clear away heat and detoxify."
So when Bai Shan and the others came to find them, they were all surrounding a nightshade plant, each of them holding a handful in their hands.
Bai Shan stepped forward and took a look, then looked left and right, and recognized several kinds of wild vegetables nearby. He became happy and said, "There are quite a lot of wild vegetables on this island. They are much better than the island we visited last time."
The island they landed on last time was mostly rocky. They only found some fresh water on it and left.
Zhou Man said: "This island is not small, and there should be a lot of things on it."
Yin or the others followed Zhou Man and knew a lot of wild vegetables and medicinal materials, and they also looked around. However, as they searched, the group couldn't help but raise their heads to look at the sky - the trees below.
Bai Erlang's neck felt sore, "The fruit on top is so big, wouldn't it kill someone if it fell?"
Zhou Man pushed the tree, but didn't push it, and became even more greedy, "I heard that the juice of the fruit is sweet."
Bai Erlang: "Who told me that he had eaten it?"
Zhou Man didn't answer her, he was already looking for a place to crawl.
Bai Shan had already touched around and felt that he couldn't climb up, so he asked the guards, "Which of you can climb up?"
Guards:...
Although the master's request was not very reliable, the guards still selected two guards who were better at climbing trees. After taking off their shoes, they climbed up with daggers.
The tree was very big, and they were careful to only cut a small opening to make it less slippery for their feet...
When they climbed to the top, they cut a fruit and threw it down, and it happened to land not far from Yin or.
Zhou Man and Bai Erlang ran forward to ask for the bag, but Yin You stepped on it. He squatted down, looked at it, and knocked it, curious, "How do you eat this?"
When the group returned, they not only carried a lot of wild vegetables, but also large fruits. Facing Lu Zongzi's curious eyes, Zhou Man said, "This is called Xuyu, and it's edible."
As the eldest son, Lu Zongzi's job is to strategize and rarely go to sea. He knew that there were savages on this island because his family sent an experienced steward to follow him, but the result...
He smiled and said: "This is the first time I've heard of such a fruit. Is it... really edible?"
Bai Shandao: "Xu Yu in "Shanglin Fu" in "Leave Xu Yu, Ren Bin Bin Lu" refers to it."
Lu Zongzi: ...Although he also studies, he cannot memorize "Shanglin Fu". Since the big guys say so, it is true.
As the best doctor in the world, Zhou Man should not admit his mistake.
Zhou Man excitedly cut off a lot of fruit shells, dug a small hole, and poured out the juice inside...
Smelling a fresh fragrance, she carefully stretched out her tongue and took a sip. Bai Shan was amused and thought she was so confident when she saw how sure she said it.
Zhou Man retracted the tip of his tongue, tasted it carefully, his eyes brightened, and he hurriedly said to several people: "It tastes good!"
Upon hearing this, several people quickly asked the guards to help them split the fruit and pour out the juice to taste.
After drinking the water, Bai Shan squinted his eyes curiously and looked inside. Seeing that it was white inside, he couldn't help but pick a piece with his fingers and put it in his mouth to taste.
He raised his eyebrows slightly, "Is this... fruit pulp?"
Although "Shanglin Fu" mentions Xuyu, it does not describe how Xuyu eats it, and Bai Shan rarely has any books that describe it in detail.
It seemed that they were too ignorant and had not read enough books. He turned to Bai Erlang and said, "You should write more about this so that people who have never been to the sea can see it."
What Mingda was thinking was, "Should I bring some to Brother Huang on the way back?"