After sailing in the sea for several days, Li Qing finally slowly adapted to this kind of life, life on the ship is very boring, the sailors each have their own fixed jobs, in order to pass the boring time Li Qing of course was not idle, he actually put down his noble identity and the sailors to be busy together, Li Qing's behavior was quickly recognized by everyone, Li Qing began to gain the military heart of this fleet step by step.
"Lord Wang, it should be Duli Town not far ahead, should we dock to rest for a few days," Zheng Baolin came to Li Qing's side and said.
"Where is Duli Town?"
asked Li Qing.
"Lord Yu, you are the southernmost territory of the Boliao Kingdom, a small town, but it is very suitable as a port."
"Don't go just yet, and order the fleet to bypass the town of Duli and continue eastward."
"Yes, the last general commands" After basking on the deck for a few days, Li Qing has been tanned, and his face, which was still a little immature, is no longer immature, and after he really came to the sea, Li Qing understood what Li Liangzuo told him at the beginning, Li Liangzuo told Li Qing that the vastness of the sea is something that no one can ever imagine, and there are countless treasures in the depths of the sea Originally, Li Qing was just simply carrying out the task assigned by Li Liangzuo, but now Li Qing has begun to slowly fall in love with the sea, if you look down from the sky, the route of the Xia Army's naval fleet will be found together, Li Qing's route this time is first to the south, then to the east, and finally to the southeast; Time passed day by day, Li Qing, who was still interested in working with the sailors at the beginning, could no longer raise any interest, the fleet had been sailing in the sea for almost a month, and the fresh water was about to run out, if there was no land to replenish fresh water, the whole ship was estimated to be dying of thirst.
Li Qing came to the helm cabin and asked Zheng Baolin, "How did you find the land?"
"Lord Wang, not yet, we have never been to this sea area, so it is possible" "There is nothing possible because of this, the fleet continues to move in the southeast direction, and Lao Tzu does not believe that there is not even an island."
Li Qing clenched his hands and said.
The fleet continued to sail southeast until evening, when a medium-sized sea ship on the far right side of the fleet sent a signal, and Zheng Baolin happily found Li Qing after receiving the news and said: "Prince, prince, we see the land, we see the land." ” "Quick, order the fleet to dock immediately and remind everyone to be vigilant."
Li Qing said happily.
"Yes, the last will understand" Because it was late, Li Qing and others did not dock, but anchored not far from the island, after entering Li Qing and others found that this was not the mainland, but an island, but the area of this island is not small, for the sake of safety, Li Qing and others still lived on the boat that night, the next morning, Li Qingcai led three ships and two small boats and more than 300 soldiers to the island, after exploring Li Qing found that this is a small island with no people.
"General Zheng, lead the rest of the ships to the shore, and we will rest on this island for a few days."
Li Qing ordered.
"Yes, the last general commands" "A few of you will survey the whole island and compile it into a map, and you can't come back with some game, and you are tired of eating fish every day at sea."
"Yes, let's take someone to do it."
This island is not very small, the north of the island is a mountain, the southeast area where Li Qing and others are located is a plain, and there is a natural bay is a natural harbor; There is a freshwater lake in the northeastern part of the island, and there are many wild animals on the island, the largest of which is the yellow sheep, as well as rabbits and unknown seabirds.
Late at night, in the big tent of the march, Li Qing and others are still busy perfecting the navigation chart, since leaving the sailor battalion, this navigation chart has been constantly improving, although there is no advanced equipment in this era, although there will be a big error when drawing, but there is better than nothing "Lord, it has basically been determined, our current location should be located in the southwest sea of Goryeo, and it will take one to two days to travel east or northeast to reach Goryeo."
"In this way, two medium-sized ships will be sent to investigate tomorrow, and if they can really find land, they will take the money to buy some vegetables and come back, and it is not okay to go on the sea without eating vegetables for a long time, and organize the brothers to look on the island to see if they can find some wild fruits or wild vegetables."
"Yes, Lord Wang, I will arrange someone to do it tomorrow."
"The fleet rests here for a few days before continuing south."
Li Qing then said.
"The prince is going south, let's go back almost," Zheng Baolin said to Li Qing.
"How can we go back so quickly after a trip, not to mention that the sea in the north should be frozen now, and it seems that we will not be able to go back before the beginning of spring next year."
Li Qing said with a smile.
"Lord, what should we do then?"
"What should I do," Li Qing said confidently; "With this king and more than a thousand brothers here, you can still starve to death, don't worry."
"Lord Wang, this island doesn't have a name yet, it's up to you to give it a name."
"This mountain range to the northeast is full of some black stones, I think it's called Black Mountain Island."
"Lord Shengming, it's called Black Mountain Island."
Things are indeed as Li Qing said, now even if you can't go back, unless you throw the boat and run back from the ice, but this is not realistic at all, it just so happens that Li Qing can also use this opportunity to break the idea of these soldiers wanting to go back, so that these more than 1,000 soldiers can better unite around Li Qing, and Li Qing will completely control this fleet.
After Li Qing and his entourage rested on Black Mountain Island for five days, they replenished enough food and fresh water, and began to go south again, this time Li Qing and others continued to sail to the southeast, this time Li Qing had a goal, that is, to find Jeju Island, this island is marked on the navigation chart, because Li Qing's smuggling fleet has been here, and Black Mountain Island is not very far from Jeju Island, it only took a few days to arrive.
After arriving at the outer waters of Jeju Island, Li Qing ordered: "Put away all the flags, from this moment on, we are no longer the sailor fleet of the Great Xia Empire, but pirates, tell my brothers that everything related to my Great Xia Empire must be put away." ” "Yes, I'll do it."
Zheng Baolin said with some doubts.
At this time, Jeju Island was already inhabited, but it was sparsely populated, and at this time the Goryeo Kingdom had not yet set up a special administrative agency here, that is to say, this was basically a group of ownerless land, in order to cultivate the wolf nature of the sailor soldiers, Li Qing decided to carry out a massacre of the natives on this island, so that these ordinary sailor soldiers could see blood, Li Qing had realized that the further south he went, the more difficulties he encountered, the more likely he would encounter real pirates, a group of recruits who had not seen blood, How could it be an opponent for those pirates who dominated the seas.
Li Qing stood on the deck and said to everyone: "Today you will show your fangs, this king hopes that tomorrow at this time on this island will no longer see anyone but us" The third more is offered, and the last one is given, and everyone will give another wave of support recommendations, monthly passes, and rewards: