"The fleet does not have to go to Quanzhou. My ship will lead the way in front. You just need to follow!" Zhang Shiyi on the bow of the ship ordered the manager on the opposite ship, and at the same time, he asked someone to convey his orders to other ships.

Zhang Shiyi was the second owner of the shipbuilding workshop. Except for Qi Niang, he had the most shares. Moreover, Qi Niang had been in Chang'an before and had no time to manage the workshop. Therefore, the shipbuilding workshop was actually managed by Zhang Shiyi. Therefore, the managers on each ship did not dare to disobey his orders, and they turned the bow of the ship and followed Zhang Shiyi's ship to the south.

Although Qi Niang heard Zhang Shiyi's voice on the boat, she did not dare to come out because she was worried that Zhang Shiyi would send her back to Suzhou after seeing her. She would definitely not see Li Chengdao at that time, so she quietly returned to the original cabin with food and water. During this period, no one noticed her.

However, Qi Niang didn't know that after Zhang Shiyi ordered the fleet to sail with his ship, he smiled and returned to his cabin. He saw Li Chengdao sitting there painting at this time. However, what he painted this time was not the scenery of America, but his experiences in the Tang Dynasty. After all, his brothers and mother had been in the Americas for too long and missed the Tang Dynasty very much. But they could not come back like themselves, so they could only bring a few paintings back for them to see to relieve the pain of homesickness.

"Chengdao, the matter has been completed. This batch of new ships will go directly to the Liuqiu stronghold with us. After you have met Wei Ting and others, you can leave directly by boat!" Zhang Shiyi smiled and said with a smile. Liuqiu's stronghold has been operated by him for many years and has begun to take shape. The ship can also replenish supplies when he arrives there. As for what Li Chengdao needs before, he has bought all the things and has now sent it to Liuqiu.

"Thank you, Brother Yi!" Li Chengdao also put down the charcoal in his hand when he heard this, and then bowed to Zhang Shiyi very respectfully. He was really grateful to the Zhang father and son. Although only the words of thanks were a little pale, he still wanted to say it.

Originally, after Li Chengdao met Li Xiu last time, he was about to go to Liuke to meet Wei Ting, but suddenly he received news from Wei Ting that some things had been delayed for a while, so the meeting time might have been delayed for a few days. Li Chengdao's ship was about to arrive, so he and Zhang Shiyi waited on the sea for a few days before stopping these new ships today to go back together.

"Haha, why are you polite to me? We are all brothers. Just ask your brother to take care of my seventeenth sister in the future!" Zhang Shiyi laughed. Although the bearded guest always used Li Chengdao to attack their brothers, he was not in the Americas anyway, and he was not upset. Moreover, he also valued Li Chengdao, a talented brother, so his personal relationship was quite deep.

Next, Li Chengdao and Zhang Shiyi talked about the situation of the fleet again, but at this time, Li Chengdao suddenly showed a hesitant expression. After a moment, he finally gritted his teeth and said, "Brother Yes, I have a little busy and want to ask you for help!"

"If you have anything, just say it!" Zhang Shiyi said again generously.

Seeing Zhang Shiyi agreeing, Li Chengdao showed a embarrassed expression again. Then he took out a drawing from the drawing paper in front of him and sent it to Li Chengdao and said, "Brother Yes, I haven't seen Qi Niang for many years, and I don't know what she looks like now, so I can only draw a portrait of her now based on her childhood. Can you help me see if she looks like her?"

Hearing that Li Chengdao's request was this, Zhang Shiyi was stunned. Then he looked down at the portrait in his hand, and found that the woman in the painting was actually similar to Qi Niang, which surprised him very much. After all, Li Chengdao and Qi Niang had not seen each other for many years, and Qi Niang's appearance also changed a lot. After all, the girl changed a lot, but he didn't expect that Li Chengdao could draw Qi Niang's appearance just by imagination.

"It's very similar, but some details are different. For example, Qi Niang's eyes should be more flexible. Speaking of which, the bigger this girl is, the more willful it. Your husband has a lot of headaches for Qi Niang!" Zhang Shiyi first exclaimed a few words, and then pointed out some shortcomings in the painting.

"You can't blame Qi Niang for this. If you want to blame, you blame your husband for being too doting on her. However, Qi Niang was a very smart and kind woman. Even if she was a little more willful, she would not do anything out of the ordinary!" Li Chengdao said at this time, and when he said this, his face also showed a look of longing, as if he thought of the days when he was playing with Qi Niang when he was a child.

Seeing Li Chengdao's appearance, Zhang Shiyi couldn't help but sigh. He actually wanted to recruit Li Chengdao as his brother-in-law. Unfortunately, now it seems that the other party has a long time ago, but luck is a mess. As a result, he should have been a pair of Qi Niang, but now he may not have the chance to be together.

"Chengdao, don't blame Brother Li, he..."

Zhang Shiyi hesitated for a moment and was about to persuade Li Chengdao. He had already known Li Xiu's previous attempt to prevent Li Chengdao from meeting Qi Niang, but at this time, Li Chengdao smiled and said, "I know everything you want to say, brother, I know. In my heart, the sir is actually similar to my father. If he hadn't tried his best to protect our family, we would have died in that chaos long ago. So no matter what decision the sir makes, I wouldn't blame him. Even if I were the sir, I'm afraid I would have stopped me from meeting Qi Niang."

Hearing Li Chengdao say this, Zhang Shiyi couldn't help but sigh, then patted his shoulder, and said nothing more. At this time, Li Chengdao looked at the portrait of Qi Niang in his hand, and the look of longing in his eyes became heavier, but he never dreamed that Qi Niang was on another boat not far from him.

In the next few days, Qi Niang stayed in the cabin where she was hiding, but she didn't stole much water and cans from the kitchen. Even though she was very frugal, she still finished eating quickly. It was not until this time that she realized that she had underestimated her appetite, especially fresh water, because the girl saw it clean, she tried to pour some water on her hands and wipe her face, and naturally she used it faster.

There was no water or canned food. Qi Niang tasted the thirst again. To be precise, she hadn't eaten enough for the past few days. At this time, she was just so hungry. Speaking of which, although Qi Niang tasted hungry at the Li family when she was a child, she had been pampering since she moved out with Li Xiu for so many years and had never been as embarrassed as she is now. No matter how strong she is, she couldn't help feeling very wronged and her eyes couldn't stop gushing out.

"Why are you crying? Isn't it just a few less meals? Just think of losing weight!" However, Qi Niang is different from ordinary women after all, and she is very tough. She said with tears. After saying that, she stood up and prepared to go out to steal some food. Anyway, there are few people on the boat, so as long as she is careful, she should not be discovered. In addition, according to her calculations, she should be about to arrive in Quanzhou now. Of course, she didn't know that the fleet had turned.

At that moment, Qi Niang quietly opened the cabin door. In fact, she did not stay in the cabin all the time these days, but occasionally turned around in the cabin and corridor on the lower level to avoid being too bored. Moreover, no one came to the cabin on the lower level, so she didn't have to worry about being discovered.

Qi Niang came to the stairs connecting the upper cabin with her hands and light from the light coming from above to tell that it was during the day and the upper cabin was very quiet. It is estimated that the guys on the ship were also working on the deck, which made Qi Niang bolder, took off her shoes and gently climbed the stairs, and then came to the upper cabin.

It was indeed as quiet as last time, but what made Qi Niang feel strange was that the deck was actually quieter, and only people were vaguely hearing people talking, rather than the deck was full of shouting and teasing from the guys as before. After all, these guys had a loud voice whether they were building ships or going to sea.

However, Qi Niang didn't have time to think about these things now. She just wanted to go to the kitchen to have a big meal, so she speeded up to come to the kitchen. However, just as she was about to enter the kitchen, she suddenly heard footsteps coming from the deck, followed by the sound of footsteps stepping on the stairs. It seemed that someone was going to get down to the cabin, which scared Qi Niang, and hurried into the kitchen and closed the door.

Just the moment Qi Niang closed the kitchen door, Li Chengdao and Zhang Shiyi stepped into the cabin of the ship. This batch of new ships was bought by Li Chengdao to bring back to America. Compared with his old ships, these new ships not only sailed faster, but also were more stable. The most important thing is that they were very simple to operate. Only more than twenty crew members were required on a boat to operate such a large sea ship, which was simply tailor-made for ocean voyages.

What made Li Chengdao even more happy was that all these ships were designed by Qi Niang himself, but even so, Li Chengdao still carefully checked the ships one by one. After all, they had to take these ships from the Tang Dynasty to the Americas. After such a long distance, a small problem on the sea ship might be infinitely amplified, and even caused the ship to be destroyed and people to die. Therefore, in order to ensure that they could return to the Americas safely, Li Chengdao had to be careful.

"Chengdao, these ships are of the same model, and the internal structure is almost the same, which makes it easier for crew members to change the ship!" Zhang Shiyijin later introduced to Li Chengdao while walking.

"The ship designed by Qi Niang is better than all the ships I have seen, but in the process of building the ship, the craftsmen cannot be completely consistent, so sometimes some mistakes are inevitable." Li Chengdao nodded at this time, and when he spoke, he stretched out his hands to touch the cabin wall to check the connection and workmanship between the ship boards.
Chapter completed!