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"Medical Officer Chen, wake up! We've arrived at Licheng Port!" Dr. Ding shouted repeatedly.

In fact, there was no need to remind Chen Zixin that he was not asleep, and he could already feel the soft bag he was lying on tilting to one side. The row of soft bags he was in was dangling in the air, while the people in the opposite row all hit the wall. Even those who were already asleep screamed and were woken up.

When they first boarded the ship, this situation would surprise many people and make them think that something was about to happen.

Later, while sailing along the way, I gradually became familiar with the sailors on the ship and listened to their stories about the sea. Over time, everyone understood that this kind of steering was more drastic than sailing into the wind in the deep sea. It could only be caused by two situations, either it was about to fight with pirates, or it was adjusting the angle of the ship's hull in preparation for entering port.

Naturally, there would be no pirates. Even if there were, they would not appear near the largest port in Koryo.

Secondly, with the frequent maritime traffic, the number of well-trained boatmen has expanded, and town roads have become increasingly popular. The Laotieshan Waterway that originally ran along Liaodong has been largely out of use, and instead it is crossed directly from Dengzhou. The navigation routes in the Yellow Sea are very busy.

The number of ships has more than five times increased, and the sea route distance is only one-third of the original, which makes it difficult for the pirates to find the margin to plunder calmly.

More importantly, what Chen Zixin and his party boarded was a lucky ship built by Zhou Dynasty and modeled on the specifications of the Southern Dynasties.

There have been more and more such ships in the northern armies and caravans recently, and their appearance is very similar. Some unscrupulous merchants even made their flags look similar to those of the Zhou navy. It is said that in the southeastern waters, there were several pirates who thought they were intimidating the merchant fleet, but ended up bumping into the Zhou Dynasty navy who was out for training, and were immediately killed indiscriminately.

After this happened several times, security at sea has improved a lot. At least Chen Zixin and others had never seen the legendary ferocious pirates, and they were safe along the way.

Since there are no pirates, they can only enter the port.

Chen Zixin lazily rolled out of his soft pocket and tucked his robe into his belt: "When the boat passed Ziyan Island yesterday, I heard Wang Chuantou say that today we will pass through the Jishuimen Channel and enter Bilan, Licheng Port. Pavilion. As the name suggests, Jishui Gate is definitely not that easy to navigate. At this moment, the ship is continuously changing directions, probably just flickering in the waterway..."

Ding Langzhong raised his thumb: "It's yours!"

The two of them walked out of the cabin one after the other.

The two thousand-material fortune ship looks as big as a mountain from the ground. After actually living on a boat for a while, you will realize that the space is still small. The cabin below the deck is divided into several partitions, each of which can only barely cover the waist. In this kind of space, with the swaying hammock, it feels fresh for the first few days, but later it feels like torture.

When my companions in the same cabin were vomiting and having diarrhea due to seasickness, the results of vomiting and diarrhea could not be cleaned up for a while, and they all fermented in the cabin. The smell was really indescribable.

From this, Chen Zixin had to admire the sailors on the ship.

It is said that when the sailors first went to sea, they used small boats like Tongzhou, and they often took several months to ride the monsoon wind to Qingyuan Mansion in the Song Dynasty. The food they ate along the way was rotten, they were not treated when they got sick, and the cabin they slept in was filthier and smaller than a pigsty. Once the ship hit strong winds and waves, it capsized immediately, leaving no one with the slightest chance of survival.

But this group of guys started from Tianjin Prefecture and Dengzhou Prefecture in the north. In just a few years, they traveled from north to south, covering the long sea areas of the Zhou Dynasty and Song Dynasty. Now they have reached into the South China Sea.

Even if they have bigger and better ships, they don't care to continue to huddle in small cabins and save more space for carrying goods or food, water and weapons. Such a tenacious man is really rare. Even though most of the passengers are from the Song Dynasty, they are full of thoughts of reading sages and becoming upper class people, and they respect them more and more.

After this journey, Chen Zixin also understood why Dazhou had such a huge need for doctors. After all, the environment is harsh, and everyone has their heads tied to their belts to strive for wealth. It would be really unacceptable if they died of illness every now and then.

Half a month ago, a crew member on this seagoing ship fell ill, and the ship's doctor was helpless. It happened that half of the entourage were good doctors from the Song Dynasty. Several doctors worked together to find a way to diagnose and treat the crew member, and finally rescued the crew member from the gate of hell. name.

During the diagnosis and treatment process, Chen Zixin was not of much help, but he accidentally mentioned that his brother Chen Ziming had worked in Dazhou's trading firm, which attracted the attention of several crew members. It turned out that this ship was the one that hired Chen Ziming as the ship's doctor to go south to Fuzhou. Chen Ziming treated many of them. Many people heard that Chen Zixin was Chen Ziming's younger brother and came to praise Chen Ziming's medical skills. Some people lamented with regret that if Dr. Chen could stay in Dazhou forever with his skills, he would have a bright future.

If you are in the military medical system in the army, you can quickly be promoted to the level of a commander or general. Military doctors of this level are usually directly under the Marshal's Mansion. Those with this status are all famous doctors with unique skills and extremely high salaries.

In addition, if you become a senior ship's doctor in a caravan, your salary will not be bad.

Medical skills cannot be faked. Soldiers and sailors always count on doctors to save their lives, and they will only trust those with real skills. Therefore, the treatment given to doctors cannot be faked.

Several sailors said that the ship's doctor on some other ship was far inferior to Dr. Chen, but he had recently been rewarded with a luxurious house by the Tianjin government, and the money on hand was enough to buy hundreds of acres of fertile land. Because I have a son studying in Tianjin, he is now from Dazhou.

Chen Zixin has no regrets about this.

The Chen family in Linchuan is a well-known medical family. They are very influential in the circle. So he knew very well that the reason why his brother returned to his hometown was because he was deeply influenced by this system and intended to bring more people from his hometown into the vast new world. If this goal can be achieved, the status of one or two famous doctors will not be insignificant.

Chen Zixin, on the other hand, is the person responsible for exploring the way. What he wants to do is not to get promoted and make a fortune, but to try to understand the details of Dazhou and decide whether it is worth losing his status as a Song Dynasty.

However, Chen Zixin did not expect that after he was recruited and came to the north, he would be locked up for training for a long time. My brother doesn't have much time left to complete his mission, so he must hurry up.

Because of this mission, although Chen Zixin's medical skills were of little use, he put a lot of effort into dealing with the sailors. As the two parties rekindled their old friendship, Chen Zixin and several fellow doctors received special treatment on the ship.

For example, one soft pocket for lying down and resting is allocated to each person. In other cabins, two people share one and take turns to rest.

Even so, when Chen Zixin walked out of the cabin, breathed in the fresh air, and thought that he was about to reach his destination and that he would be able to step on solid flat ground in the next few months, he felt that all the fatigue in his body was gone, and his mind was much refreshed.

"It's quite cool here..." Dr. Ding shook his robe: "Even if it's near the seaside in Shandong, it's as hot as a furnace, but it's much more comfortable here."

Chen Zixin smiled and said: "No way, Shandong is already much cooler than other places in the Song Dynasty. Across the sea and rivers, the climate and climate are very different. If Shandong is a stove, wouldn't it be so hot in the south that you'll peel off your skin?"

A boatman was passing by them and smiled and said: "What Dr. Chen said is that the climate in Shandong in summer is similar to that in Goryeo, but it is very different in winter. You all have to have days when the snow is several feet deep on the flat ground." pass!"

Along the way, more than one person mentioned the severe cold in Goryeo. Chen Zixin had already made up his mind that if he could move freely after getting off the ship, he would first buy a fur to prepare. It is said that the leather goods from Korea are not inferior to those from the northeastern mainland, and the prices are also cheaper...

Thinking of this, he walked a few steps to the side of the ship and looked out at the legendary Goryeo Yeseong Port. As soon as the man left the aisle, there was a thump of footsteps behind him, and several sailors filed past him and walked down the cabin.

The footsteps were heavy, and there was a clanking sound of metal colliding on the body.

Chen Zixin turned around quickly and saw several sailors each holding four or five straight knives, as well as iron palladium, daggers, hooks and other special weapons suitable for use at sea.

It seemed that they wanted to store these weapons in a special storage area in the cabin before entering the port, so as not to expose their whereabouts when officials from the Koryo Kingdom boarded the ship for inspection, and everyone would be embarrassed.

Someone walked down the hatch and murmured: "I was on guard all the way, but nothing happened? It was in vain that Old Man Yin let the news out, and we were also nervous in vain?"