In the waves, the ship was swaying forward. On the ship, stood a group of ragged Han warriors. These people were the Qingzhou soldiers who accompanied Zhang Jiao to sea. On that day, after Zhang Jiao destroyed the remaining grain, They then lived the most painful life, constantly searching the surrounding islands, searching for food, searching for ships, and of course, Zhang Jiao, searching for immortals all the way.
After leaving the big island, they discovered that the surrounding area was actually an archipelago, an endless chain of archipelagos. The smallest ones were less than a pavilion, and the largest ones were as big as county towns. However, there were few things on these islands. For food, they searched for many days and ate all the wild animals on the island, and then began to eat some fruits they had never seen before.
For example, the whole body is dark yellow, the appearance is wrinkled, and it is extremely ugly. You need to cut it open to eat the inside of the fruit. There are also some hard fruits that grow on trees. These fruits need to be crushed before eating. Taishi Ci took the lead in eating these things and used his body to eat them. Testing poisons made everyone respect him, and his prestige among sailors was many times greater than that of Zhang Jiao.
Zhang Jiao was much more miserable. The sailors hated him very much for damaging the food. In addition, there had been no sign of any immortal for a long time. They no longer believed the words of the alchemist. Whenever the food was unexpectedly When there is a shortage, sailors will come to trouble Zhang Jiao, and some will take action directly. Fortunately, Zhang Jiao still has some completely convinced believers around him.
This prevented Zhang Jiao from being beaten to death by these sailors.
"With no food and no visitors, when will this day end?" the sailor shouted angrily.
"It's all that liar's fault! If Mr. Taishi hadn't stopped him, I would have killed that guy long ago!"
Several people were making noises, Taishi Ci frowned, he didn't have the intention to kill Zhang Jue, but he was entrusted by Dong Zhuo to protect Zhang Jue, if he killed him, it would be a violation of his promise, he He considered himself an upright man, so he never raised his eyebrows. He felt a little confused and had almost no hope of survival.
In this vast sea, they cannot survive just by relying on some fruits and wild beasts.
There are only two big ships left now. Even if he wants to save food and go back again, it is probably a bit unrealistic. However, he has not given up. He still has his mother at home, waiting for him to go back and follow his brothers. , there are also family members waiting for them, no matter what they do, Taishi Ci cannot despair, and while he is searching, someone suddenly points to the distance and asks doubtfully: "What is that?"
"Snow?"
When everyone looked around, they saw a small island in the distance, with white flowers on the shore, as if white snow was spread on the ground. Taishi Ci looked at it for a moment, turned pale with fright, and shouted: "Salt farm, this is salt! Come over quickly. !!", the sailors exclaimed and rushed towards that direction quickly. Zhang Jiao observed the surroundings calmly. Even the salt piled up like snow could not interrupt his search for the immortal.
It was this desire to search for immortals that later made him the father of navigation for the Han Dynasty. He never found an immortal in his life, but he opened up countless sea areas for the Han Dynasty.
The big ship anchored, and everyone ran frantically towards the salt field. What kind of island is this? It was surrounded by snow-like salt, covering the island. Everyone was ecstatic, squatting on the ground, picking up After getting salt, they stuffed it into their mouths. Tai Shici quickly stopped them. They were short of water. These days, they relied on the strange fruit on the island. There was water in the hard fruit.
And the taste is good, but there is not much water. If they eat too much salt, the water will not be enough for them.
Taishi Ci looked around. He could see that there were many islands around, which were the same as this small island. If the salt could be transported back to the Han Dynasty, he sighed helplessly, and everyone rested here again.
After a few days, he searched around for fruits, wild beasts, and salt, struggling to survive here. After half a month, Taishi Ci finally couldn't bear it anymore.
He summoned everyone and said, "I don't want to be trapped on these islands and spend the rest of my life!"
"I want to chop some wood, strengthen the ship, pile up water and food, and sail out to sea. I would rather die at sea than live here. What do you think?"
After Taishi Ci finished speaking, everyone was stunned. After hesitating for a moment, everyone stood up and said, "If I can't return, I would rather die in the sea and let the body float back to the Han Dynasty!" Seeing that everyone agreed, Taishi Ci was a little surprised.
He thought he would have to spend more energy to persuade them, but he didn't expect that they all had the same idea as him.
They told many sailors about this. These sailors missed their hometown very much. With Tai Shici taking the lead, they were not afraid and agreed one after another. So they started to get busy, searching for wood, food and so on.
, Tai Shici personally searched with them. Under the expectation of returning home, they were enthusiastic and soon made more substantial preparations.
Seeing everyone busy, Zhang Jiao frowned, walked slowly to Tai Shici's side, and asked, "Are you going to return?"
Taishi Ci was disgusted in his heart and did not answer. He continued to work with his head down. Zhang Jiao said helplessly: "Then, you can leave. I will stay here and continue searching. If I don't find Penglai, I won't be able to find you for a day."
Return to Han!"
After hearing what he said, Taishi Ci slowly raised his head, looked at him coldly, and said, "Come here, tie up Zhang Jiao and throw him on his clothes. Don't let him commit suicide!" Zhang Jiao's face changed drastically.
, before he had time to resist, he was directly taken down by the sailors and tied tightly. Amidst Zhang Jiao's struggle and yelling, he was thrown onto the ship, and Taishi Ci continued to work.
Everything was ready, Taishi Ci led everyone out to sea. This time, their goal was their hometown.
In the strong wind and waves, Taishi Ci and others sailed for a long time, and the food was gradually running out, and the water was almost gone. The big ship was hit by the waves and was covered with bruises. It was not even known whether it could sail for another day. In this situation
Due to the situation, Taishi Ci gradually became desperate. Many sailors were silent. They did not blame Taishi Ci for bringing them out.
Rather than surviving on the island, they hope to die vigorously in this sea.
Under the scorching sun, they drank the last bit of water. Taishi Ci gave this water to a wounded man who was in coma and was in dire need. There was not much food left. Taishi Ci tied himself up every day.
Climb the rope and go down to the sea to catch fish, but this is not easy. In fact, there is no harvest. Even fishing cannot support their lives.
In the midst of despair, a fleet gradually appeared in the distance, and large ships sailed in this direction.