A large tent located in the center of many tents.

Sun Ce, Zhou Yu, Huang Xu, and several Sun family veterans who had followed Sun Jian all over the world gathered together.

Outside the tent, two sergeants walked in with a dark-skinned old man.

"My lord, this is the most experienced fisherman in Jian'an County. He has traveled between Jiaozhou and Yangzhou several times."

"Hurry up and give me a seat."

Sun Ce stood up and stepped forward, personally helped the old man to sit down, and said with a smile: "Don't be nervous, old man. The purpose of calling you here is to expand the territory of our great Han Dynasty. If everything goes well, I will personally express my merits to you. Please come quickly."

sit."

The old man glanced at the people in the tent and nodded cautiously.

Sun Ce smiled slightly and motioned to his men to bring in a nearby sea chart and lay it flat on the low table in front of the old man.

"Old man, I'm sorry to trouble you."

The old man looked at the chart, shook his head and said: "The general thinks too highly of the old man. The old man can't understand this chart. What we look at when sailing is the scorching sun and stars in the sky, as well as the clouds on the horizon. The stars guide the direction and the clouds predict the direction."

Wind direction and weather.”

"oh?"

Everyone looked at each other, they all knew the stars pointed the way, but they could predict the weather just by looking at the clouds, which was amazing.

Zhou Yu's eyes lit up when he heard this. He had read similar records in ancient books and wondered if someone could really control the wind and rain?

The old man obviously had not read any books and could not even write.

So Zhou Yu and others asked, and the old man told him everything he knew, and the two sides chatted quite a lot.

"The old man thinks, how long will it take for us to reach the south of Jiaozhou this time?" Sun Ce asked.

The old man lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then shook his head and said: "It can take a few months, or a few months. If there is a thunderstorm, I'm afraid it will take several days to dock. The specific time, old man, I can't guarantee to the general."

ah."

Sun Ce and others looked at each other, "Will it take so long to walk by water?"

Cheng Pu said in a deep voice: "Lord, our trip south has already spent nearly twenty days. If we delay further, I'm afraid..."

Sun Ce nodded, he was also afraid that Liu Bei would get there first.

At this time, they did not know that Liu Guanzhang was in big trouble, so their top priority was to reach Jiaozhou waters before Liu Guanzhang and then plan for it slowly.

The news brought by the old man forced Sun Ce and others to change their previously planned plan.

Originally, we wanted to use Yizhou Ryukyu as a springboard to get ready, assemble an army, and march west to Jiaozhou. But under the current situation, we can only abandon Ryukyu first and directly move to Jiaozhou.

Good guy, it only takes a few months. If it drags on any longer, I'm afraid I won't even be able to drink the soup when I get to Jiaozhou.

Three days later.

The fleet sailed down the wind and rushed directly to Jiaozhou.

During this period, we also encountered several storms. Fortunately, the weather at sea came and went quickly, so it didn't take long.

After twenty-one days, Sun Ce and his party finally landed in Dongyazhou (Hainan Island) off the coast of Jiaozhou.

During the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were already many islanders here, and among them there were cluster buildings like city-states.

Sun Ce and his entourage came in force, and the appearance of dozens of giant ships naturally alarmed the local officials and wealthy families.

Knowing that someone from the imperial court had arrived, local officials and wealthy families organized people to go to the dock to greet him.

This time, in addition to borrowing a hundred Dragon Breathing Guards, Sun Ce also brought two thousand naval troops. Such a large battle frightened the natives.

Fortunately, Sun Ce restrained everyone's behavior before disembarking, so it didn't cause any big trouble.

On the contrary, the warmth and hospitality of the local people made everyone's fatigue disappear from the journey.

I rested for two days.

On this day, Zhou Yu and Sun Ce came to the seaside.

Zhou Yu pointed at the fishermen who went into the sea to catch fish with their bare hands and dived deep into the sea to collect pearls, and his eyes lit up.

"Bo Fu, these are strong soldiers!"

Sun Ce thought of going with him. If these aborigines could be gathered together and trained hard, they would definitely be a big help when they arrived in Jiaozhou.

"But how to recruit them?"

at this time.

Bang!

There was a huge explosion on the sea, and then a large splash of water was seen rising, estimated to be as high as four or five feet.

Sun Ce and Zhou Yu were startled, and when they looked back, they both looked speechless.

"Hahaha, hurry up, brothers are going to the sea to fish."

In the distant reef area, Huang Xu was wearing a pair of boxy shorts and a mesh bag around his waist. He pointed at the deep fish pond under the blasted reef and asked a group of Dragon Breath Guard sharpshooters to enter the water.

Catch fish.

On the other side, a large number of aborigines swarmed over. They first glanced at Huang Xu, who was standing on the rocks in high spirits, and then knelt down to him one after another, muttering to themselves, looking very respectful and pious.

Sun Ce and Zhou Yu looked at each other.

Zhou Yu smiled bitterly and said: "It seems that the job of recruiting soldiers will still fall on Brother Huang."

Sun Ce's mouth twitched, "Haha, yes."

Huang Xu:()
Chapter completed!