Chapter 534: Seventh on the Heavenly Ranking

The sea breeze was blowing gently. Zhao Changhe lay leisurely on the deck and looked at the blue sky and white clouds. He took out the wine gourd and took a sip.

It's obviously a rough and tumble battle, and the storm ahead is unpredictable, but on the contrary, you can find a rare sense of leisure during this kind of journey. Perhaps this is the biggest difference from the past.

It's a pity that Chichi and Chichi can't go together after all.

She went directly to the Langya sea port, which was open to the sea. Zhao Changhe could not leave and had to go south to Ningbo.

Everyone's intention to go to sea is different. Although the destination may be the same, Zhao Changhe wants to observe the secrets and movements of the Sea Clan from the side. If he is with Chi Chi, he will be exposed to the eyes of the Sea Clan, which may not make it easy to do things. It will also reveal the fact that the Four Symbols Sect and him, Zhao Changhe, are wearing the same pants, which is not cost-effective.

It's still better to use one light and one dark, and it's much more maneuverable. It's just a pity that I can't live a life at sea without shame.

Zhao Changhe didn't know that Xia Chichi had been copying books during her trip to sea, and she hadn't finished copying them yet... Maybe the Venerable agreed with Xia Longyuan that "quietness is not enough" and deliberately tempered it to let her calm down a little more...

The Tang family's ship also had an honest reason to go to sea.

Tang Wanzhuang opposed the proposal to abolish the canal and reform the sea, because the time was not right. Most of the Tang family supported it. Even Tang Buqi rarely acted like his aunt's follower in this matter. Because it's good for the family. No matter what it is, it is not a good opportunity and it is not good for the overall situation. Who the hell is just like my aunt thinking about being loyal to the emperor and serving the country and the world? We are a noble family.

Then Tang Buqi was beaten by his aunt and returned to Suzhou.

Maritime transportation has not been opened for the time being due to the Cao Gang's rebellion. The Tang family has been trying to do foreign sea trade for a long time, but the scale is small and the nature of the experiment is strong. Among them, the Tang family also had a small amount of contacts with the small country called Penglai on Haitian Island.

This time Tang Buqi returned to Suzhou and immediately began to plan a new round of expedition to Penglai. I thought my aunt would be angry, but the letter from my aunt said: "Changhe is going to go to sea, please make arrangements."

Tang Buqi's belly of grass and mud was whizzing by, and he simply didn't know what to say.

We want to open the sea, but you object. Your Zhao Changhe wants to go to sea, and you suddenly no longer object. We will be very useful at this time, right? You can be asked to present your treasure in front of your lover. "It was already arranged," right?

So much so that when Zhao Changhe came to ask for the boat, Tang Buqi had a bad look on his face and was too lazy to talk to Zhao Changhe from beginning to end.

Zhao Changhe was lying on the deck recalling Tang Buqi's arrogant expression, and he still wants to laugh.

"Mr. Zhao, the sun is about to set. It's windy at night, so it's best to go into the cabin." The captain of the Tang family came out of the cabin and shouted.

The captain's name is Tang En, which is a name that can often be used as the protagonist in Chinese fantasy stories. It seems to be quite suitable in the context of a great voyage. He is a son of the Tang family. He has been engaged in maritime life for more than 20 years and has extremely rich experience. He has also been to the so-called Haitian Island. This time, he just went there for a legitimate reason for sea trade, which was similar to Li Si'an's previous purpose, so as to cover up Zhao Changhe's existence.

Zhao Changhe smiled and said: "Since the boat is not afraid of wind and waves, I am not afraid either. I really didn't expect that the Tang family's boat is so strong."

This is a real large-scale ship. Zhao Changhe is not expert in this and does not know the tonnage, but it is really big and very stable, which makes people feel at ease just looking at it. There is also a smaller fleet following behind. I don’t know how much profit one shipping can bring. No wonder Tang Buqi doesn’t listen to his aunt...

Tang En said: "It's just a coincidence that the Gusu was not completed last year. It just went on trial in the first half of the year, and it was officially put into use."

Zhao Changhe asked: "How to determine the direction? Si Nan?"

"This is complicated... As for tools, we mainly use a celestial ruler and a compass needle to measure the altitude angles of stars, etc. We also need to observe astronomy, wind direction, tides... No one with less than ten years of experience on a ship would dare not Those who go to sea blindly can only sail along the coast of the land.”

Zhao Changhe nodded and sighed: "Every line is like a mountain."

In fact, what I lament is not the separation of martial arts and navigation, but the fact that I was a liberal arts student back then. It seems that I can't pretend to be cool in this era of great navigation. The indigenous navigation experience and scientific knowledge can lift me up.

The Tang family is not top-notch in this aspect, and the Wang family may be stronger.

It can be said that my thinking is already very unmodern. I was taught materialist dialectics by a blind man... Including the matter of going to sea, my mind is full of medicinal materials and martial arts secrets, while Tang En and the others are running for various spices and gums. Gold and silver products, as well as brand new crop seeds, the brain circuit is completely different.

In an era when all people worship martial arts, civilization is still developing unstoppably, but there is too little attention paid to this aspect in daily life, and it has been assimilated by martial arts thinking.

Zhao Changhe felt a bit shameless, but he was lucky that he still looked at spring and autumn before...

He tried to make up for his martial arts thinking: "Are there any pirates?"

"In the early years, we didn't see many, and we saw them occasionally. In recent years, we have seen more and more, but they don't appear in this offshore area. They mostly appear around the islands in the far sea." Tang En pointed to the back: "We are thousands of people. The fleet has countless strong bows and crossbows, so don’t be afraid.”

Zhao Changhe was keenly aware that there was something wrong here: "Why have there been more and more fish in recent years? Has the frequency of your sea trade become higher? Or are there more fishermen going out to sea?"

"We don't have it, and others don't know." Tang En said: "Maritime trade has high profits, but not everyone can do it. Ships that can go to the sea are natural barriers. If they capsize once, not only will they lose all their money, but they will also lose their lives. If someone increases the frequency of maritime trade, it can only be the Wang family. Maybe they have accumulated wealth in the past few years and rebelled..."

Indeed, the rebellion of the Wang family should also have economic factors. In the past, there was indeed less thinking in this regard.

Zhao Changhe pondered: "In other words, the pirates are mainly causing trouble for the Wang family? Will there be an organization that deliberately targets them?"

"We really don't know about this." Tang En said: "Miss has analyzed it. If there is an organization, it can only be that person..."

A name came to Zhao Changhe's mind.

Seventh on the Heavenly Ranking, Dragon King Hai Pinglan.

Regardless of the name or nickname, he is a person who makes a living on the sea, but in fact he became famous in the Middle Earth and has nothing to do with the sea.

This person was once the third on the Heavenly Ranking and the king of the southern separatist forces. He was called the Dragon King because of the Yangtze River naval battle, not the Dragon King on the sea. Later, he was defeated by Xia Longyuan, who was ranked seventh on the Heavenly Ranking at that time. Not only did he swap positions and drop to seventh, but he also destroyed his country and fled alone, and his whereabouts are unknown...

After Xia Longyuan advanced to third place, he challenged Timur, who was ranked second at that time, and the Great Shaman Bo, who was ranked first, and beat them to second and third place, and reached the top. As for the subsequent practice, he became more and more perverted and began to fight against the steppe gods, that was a later thing.

In the process of unifying the world, Xia Longyuan was the absolute protagonist of the cool article.

Hai Pinglan became a background board under Xia Longyuan's illustrious military exploits and disappeared from then on. No news of him has been heard for more than 30 years, as if there is no such person. If it weren't for the fact that he was still not removed from the book of chaos, I'm afraid the world would think he was dead...

If this person fled to the sea and disappeared, it would make sense. It is normal for him to become the leader of a huge pirate organization with his strength, but the problem is that he should cooperate with the Wang family to fight against Xia, so how could he drag the Wang family down?

This guess may not be true.

In fact, in the overseas data report of the Demon Suppression Division, there was another suspicion that the Penglai Kingdom might have been established by Hai Pinglan.

One guess is that it was the king, and the other is that it was a pirate. The difference is a bit big.

Xia Chichi had also tried to find out about this person the last time he went out to sea, but found nothing. The king of Penglai said that his surname was Yuan, and it seemed that he had nothing to do with Hai Pinglan. Of course, if Hai Pinglan deliberately concealed his name and didn't want Xia Longyuan to know, it wouldn't be surprising.

Zhao Changhe was quite curious. These overseas lives, whether pirates or various small countries in the sea, as well as sea tribes and fishmen, etc., were not listed in the Book of Chaos... Miaojiang has a land list, and overseas has never seen a hidden dragon.

It feels that it shouldn't be that their cultivation is really low. It is very likely that the Book of Chaos did not include it for some reason.

I wonder how the overseas strong are, how is their martial arts?

While thinking, the sun set below the sea level. Half of the setting sun still showed its head at the junction of the sea and the sky, reflecting a brilliant glow on the sea in the distance.

Several sails showed their sharp corners in the distance, and a fleet was coming through the waves.

Tang En's expression changed drastically: "Why are there pirates here?"

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