When the ships are almost collected, the day for the army to set off is approaching.
Xu Laohui will go to the Japanese country with Fubao, while Xu Laosan and Zhao Bingzhen will stay in the capital in case anything happens.
In fact, unless the little emperor went crazy, nothing would happen to the Tang Dynasty under normal circumstances.
But here's the problem, the little emperor has been acting a bit neurotic recently, and he seems to be hysterical before doing things crazy.
In order to prevent the little emperor from really going crazy, Mr. Xu had to reduce the number of troops to conquer the Japanese country, just in case the little emperor really did something crazy.
After all, for some things, it’s better to be prepared in advance than to regret it afterwards.
After everything was almost ready, Fubao and his eldest brother boarded a ship heading to Japan.
Hundreds of ships sailed out of the port with more than a dozen warships guiding the way.
Although there are many sea-going ships, not all of them are troop transports. Half of them carry various supplies, including siege equipment and food supplies.
Of course, these sea-going ships were not recruited in vain. The owners of all sea-going ships were given priority to acquire soldiers' trophies.
However, some good things require bidding.
The overall policy of this expedition to Japan was set by Fubao.
Military pay was not high, but 70% of the spoils went to the soldiers and 30% went to the court to make up for the material consumption of the expedition.
Under such a spoils distribution strategy, all soldiers are motivated to fight. Because as long as you win this battle, you can get rid of poverty and become rich. You can marry a wife, buy land, whatever you do, you will not be short of money.
After all, in this expedition, they came to destroy the country.
Sea ships are, after all, different from river ships. Sea sailing is completely different from river sailing.
There are many people who do not get seasick on the river boat, but when they get on the sea boat, they become very dizzy.
Boss Xu, for example, was so seasick that he could only lie down in the cabin. He would vomit whatever he ate and drank water for a while.
"Brother, you are so embarrassed!"
Fu Bao was not affected at all, so he took the opportunity to hang out in front of his elder brother.
Poor Boss Xu, although he was so angry that it hurt at all, he couldn't do anything about Fu Bao because it was very difficult for him to sit up.
"Brother, why don't you try the Fetal Breathing Technique?"
By the next day, seeing that his eldest brother was still unconscious and the other soldiers had basically recovered, Fubao found himself in front of his eldest brother.
Boss Xu rolled his eyes and said, "I still need you to teach me? I did this early in the morning and it didn't work at all!"
From a long time ago, people in the old Xu family knew that the Fetal Breathing Technique was very magical. When encountering some special occasions or troubles, the first thing they thought of was the Fetal Breathing Technique.
"There's nothing you can do about it. Brother, just keep lying down. I'm going to go fishing in the sea!"
Seeing that his eldest brother could only continue to lie down, Fu Bao waved his hand and ran away.
Sea fishing!
I once heard someone say that this is a very interesting thing.
Fu Bao never had the chance to try it. After all, in her previous life, she did not have the capital to fish in the sea. She is a salty fish, so as long as her life is good, she can definitely stay at home as long as she wants.
Maritime merchants have all kinds of equipment. When they heard that Fubao wanted to go fishing, someone immediately sent him the best fishing equipment.
However, these sea fishing equipment are obviously different from those fishing rods of later generations.
Although it is also a fishing rod, the material is very different and the fishing line is also different.
Fortunately, Fu Bao had never used any of the modern fishing equipment in her previous life. She had only fished in the reservoir, and she had no skills at all and relied purely on luck.
However, this person was so lucky that even a professional fisherman would suffer in front of her.
However, Fubao's luck didn't seem to be very good today. He just lowered the fishhook into the water with the bait, and attracted a shark.
One shark appeared, then two, and more and more sharks gathered.
"Captain Hu, what's going on?"
Fu Bao only knew that the large-scale appearance of sharks in the sea usually meant that the smell of blood in the sea attracted them. Of course, these are all derived from those shark movies.
For the rest, Fubao knew nothing about the shark's habits.
"County Lord, when sailing on the sea, we often encounter sharks, because people often die when sailing on the sea."
"There are also some pirate ships. They will even use blood to attract sharks to chase their ships."
"Oh, what do you think is going on now?"
Fubao glanced at Captain Hu who was speaking. He was an experienced old navigator. Otherwise, Fubao would not have boarded this ship with his elder brother.
"According to my observation, I'm afraid a body fell into the sea nearby!"
"Is it our fleet?"
Fu Bao looked at the other party intently.
Captain Hu smiled and said: "The county magistrate is worrying too much. It shouldn't be a matter on our side. Look at the direction these sharks are coming from. Ninety-nine percent of them are over there!"
"Send the order for the fleet to go in that direction and take a look!"
Fubao directly ordered the fleet to move in the direction pointed by Captain Hu.
At sea, if a body falls into the water and attracts sharks, then there will definitely be a sea ship nearby. At the gateway of the Tang Dynasty's expedition to the Japanese country, the Tang Dynasty's ships had stopped going to the Japanese country, and the Japanese countries were even more afraid to go to the Tang Dynasty. So, where did the ships on the sea come from
As Fubao's order was passed on, the fleet deviated from the direction and sailed in the direction pointed by Captain Hu.
Not long after, three large sailing ships appeared within the sight of Fubao and the others. Judging from the shapes of these three sailing ships, it was definitely not the ships of the Tang Dynasty.
"Captain Hu, do you recognize the flags on these three ships?"
Fu Bao looked at Captain Hu standing next to him.
"Back to the County Lord, those should be the Mao Yi boats. But the strange thing is that the Mao Yi people usually only appear on the southern coast of the Tang Dynasty. Why do these three boats appear here?"
Captain Hu was puzzled.
Even with his many years of sailing experience, he didn't understand what was going on.
But Fubao guessed it.
Mao Yi people should refer to Westerners. The appearance of these three Western ships here represents a ninety-nine chance of a circumnavigation of the world.
"Help!"
When Fubao and the others discovered these three Mao Yi ships, the other party also discovered them and shouted at them.
"Come closer, be polite first and then attack!"
Since he was a pioneer in circumnavigating the world, he could just borrow their charts. In this way, he would have a route map to the Land of the Rising Sun.
Gee, this is really a friend coming from afar!
If you give yourself such a big gift when you come, you must treat them politely and let them understand what it means to feel at home. (End of chapter)