Chapter 205

Hearing this, Gu Zheng smiled proudly. He turned his head, showed his teeth confidently to Wang Baihu, and returned: "officer, you may not know my ability. I want to talk about my ability, but I have an innate keen sense of direction on the sea."

"I have been able to sail into the sea by myself since I was eight years old. When I was in my early ten years old, I searched the reefs that appeared in the sea around the fishing village."

"I'm not Gu Zheng bragging. If you throw me anywhere in the sea area under the jurisdiction of Weihaiwei, I can find the right channel to return to my hometown."

"I can point out the exact location of the islands and reefs around here, whether they can or can't, not to mention 10% or 99%

"Oh?" hearing this, Wang Baihu's heart was really interested in Gu Zheng. He Shula took out a broken but very rare chart from the personal guard behind him, showed it in front of Gu Zheng and asked, "then give me some directions. Where are we now?"

Gu Zheng didn't watch carefully as he imagined. Instead, after a hasty glance, he replied righteously: "I don't understand! I haven't seen a chart before, but if you give me a carbon bar, I can draw a full picture of the neighborhood."

See if you can, I'll give you a pen.

Just as Gu Zheng's voice fell, the man like the guard behind Wang Baihu took out a black charcoal wrapped with a cloth strip from his diagonal girdle.

It was directly delivered to Gu Zheng's eyes.

The boy was not polite either. He looked under his feet. Because of his long walk, he had already exposed the wood primary color deck under the red paint. After squatting on the spot, he directly drew a book here.

At the beginning, only Wang Baihu and Qinwei watched silently, but as Gu Zheng's sea area grew larger and larger, even other soldiers busy preparing for the sprint slowed down and stopped to watch.

However, in a moment, a simple stroke of the Bohai Sea area was outlined on the deck, which was commendable and similar.

When we turned our attention to this young boy, we had no pity at the beginning, and inexplicably took a look of admiration and envy.

For them, the bottom sailors, they don't know a few big characters, but they can see the boy's strokes clearly.

This is the most familiar sea map of Daming, where they have patrolled several times.

"Good! Really good!"

Wang Baihu, who couldn't help cheering loudly, directly patted his big hand like a PU fan on Gu Zheng's back: "boy, you have a future, no father, no mother and no concern. Do you want to come to our navy and be a soldier under my hands? Our brothers will be your family from now on, and everyone can take care of you."

Gu Zheng, who thought he could be moved by his words, shook his head firmly: "I don't!"

"Why? Being a soldier, getting paid and getting rich has a bright future. It's no happier than you, a boy from a poor fishing village?"

"I don't want to join the army!"

As soon as Gu Zheng said this, the soldiers of the ship were happy, and Wang Baihu almost laughed with tears.

"You are a smart boy. You know a military household. Don't worry. The Navy system of Daming country is different from the border army and the government army. If the soldiers in our area are really subdivided, they are divided into two categories."

"One is me." Wang Baihu pointed to his chest: "my family has been a soldier for generations, and I am a pure military family."

"The other one is like that." Wang Baihu pointed to the soldiers who could check the sail rope stably on the mast with only two feet on the deck: "that kind is what we hired from the local people."

"The duration of the contract varies from person to person. Those who like to stay in the navy can be renewed."

"It seems a little inappropriate to describe it as a long-term worker. The militia? It's a little weak."

Gu Zheng, who already knew it, answered, "mercenary."

"Yes, that's right. Mercenaries are distributed according to their work by the imperial court. They are also indispensable for rewards and promotion. When they reach their age, they will be the most common fisherman."

"My wife and children don't have to be afraid of being a military family for a lifetime. How about it? Gu boy, have you figured it out?"

Alas, this is a very good welfare. Obviously, Gu Zheng's heart is an old goblin far older than his physical age. People should hold it a little. He just nodded at Wang Baihu with the most clever smile and returned: "OK, but Wang guanye, can you let me talk to the village head after I go back to the village, and then report to you."

"Although Gu Zheng has no father or mother, the people in the village still care about me very much."

"OK, let me tell you, this is my famous post. Take it directly to the recruitment point in Weihai Weiqian square and hand it to the person in charge of registration."

"At that time, once they register your details, they can take you to my subordinate 100 households. Don't forget to pass them to each other."

"Also, if people ask your age, how old are you now?"

"Twelve."

"Only twelve!"

Wang Baihu looked at the tall and thin Gu Zheng in surprise. The boy is not short. He has a head of 1.6 meters, which is higher than the average adult sailors in the south.

That's easy!

"Well, then you'll say you're 14, and people won't be difficult for you. Remember!"

Wang Baihu wanted to give more instructions, so he heard a burst of early warning from the observation platform of the centipede ship: "there is a suspected target ship in the sea area ahead. It seems that the two ships have met together!"

"Good!"

Finally, Wang Baihu, who caught up with the rescue, stopped chatting with Gu Zheng, sorted out his rattan armor and helmet, pulled out an oblique exquisite hand gun from his waist and began to walk towards the bow gun rack.

Gu Zheng, who also heard the prompt, quickly wanted to find himself a suitable weapon for self-defense. The guard who had been following Wang Baihu behind, was very considerate and found Gu Zheng a weapon that he thought was very handy.

A bright Ming army long knife.

How long is this knife?

When Gu Zheng subconsciously took it over, he found that the knife could not be held with one hand at all.

The reason is not because it is heavy, but because the blade is too long.

Its proportion was wrong. When Gu Zheng held it with one hand, the tip of the knife was still dragging on the ground.

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This is the prototype of the 40m broadsword. If you are interested, you can take a look at the picture. The Japanese samurai sword is placed next to the Dagang Navy's knife, just like the weak chicken.

A little bullying:)