Vol 6 Chapter 25 (2/2)

To be honest, I don’t have a strong impression of Eastern Wu. All that I can remember, apart from some of the more famous individuals, is that they have an uncountable number of named administrative officials and warrior generals. Whilst reading Romance of the Three Kingdoms, I would always skip the names whenever a mult.i.tude of them appeared. While I knew roughly who was appearing when, I really can’t name them.

I’m afraid I’ll probably get to know many of Eastern Wu’s leaders.

As for the 2 people in front of me, their looks are rather striking. Ding Feng was clearly someone who lived near the sea. Her hair was slightly bleached from being in the water for too long, and her dark skin was probably a strong tan. She looked like an unsmiling person on the surface, but from her half-closed eyes, she was probably just bored and irritated.

To her side, Xu Sheng had red eyes and wore her chainmail inside while wearing what seemed like a jacket with a hood on the outside. If she lowered her head, the hood could block her eyes. Unlike Ding Feng, or rather the opposite of Ding Feng, she looked like a genuinely unsmiling person. While she was greeting me, I noticed that her eyes kept wavering between me and Zhou Yu, as though she was checking to make sure that she was doing it correctly.

“My little sister recruited these 2. Strange-looking, aren’t they?” Bo Fu nonchalantly placed her arms on the shoulders of these 2 at which Ding Feng’s expression darkened. She looked like she wanted to shrug off Bo Fu’s arm but felt that it would be rude and stopped mid-action. Xu Sheng, however, didn’t move in the least.

“… No.” Bo Fu was clearly using the wrong adjectives here. At least use ‘special’.

But… Ding Feng and Xu Sheng huh, I’ll make sure to remember these 2.

“Alright! The short prank is over now!” Bo Fu nodded as she placed her hands on her hips and stretched her neck.

She then pointed below the cliffs, “Let’s head on down! Xuan De, I’ll show you our s.h.i.+ps!”

The s.h.i.+ps were really big. There was no question about it. Just 5 s.h.i.+ps were enough to carry all 5,000 of us.

When we saw the s.h.i.+ps, all of us had shocked and impressed looks on our faces. I don’t know what the 5,000 troops following behind feel but I can largely imagine how they would.

“The s.h.i.+p looks to be about 20 odd meters in height… How many can each s.h.i.+p carry?” Yun Chang said as she looked at the peak of the s.h.i.+p.

“This s.h.i.+p has 3 levels built in it. It can squeeze in 1,500 along with the required supplies.” Zhou Yu said with her fan in front of her mouth, probably to hide her proud smile.

“Do these 5 s.h.i.+ps have names?”

“No. We have about 30 or so of such s.h.i.+ps in Jiangdong so there’s no point naming them.”

That’s a lot…

“There’s nothing to be amazed about, everyone. Unlike the north, Jiangdong is close to many large bodies of water which can be very difficult to travel in without large boats. In fact, a boat is almost necessary to get to almost anywhere.”

Though Bo Fu had a look that seemed to be complaining about this inconvenience, all of us were still awestruck.

“We’ll be really proud when ‘Fei Yun’ and ‘Gai Hai’ are finished.”

(TL: I am unable to translate the s.h.i.+p names. Literally, it means 飞云: flying cloud and 盖海: cover[ing the] sea, so it’s likely that Fei Yun is a fast s.h.i.+p while Gai Hai is a goliath.)

Since they have names for those s.h.i.+ps, they should be pretty special.

When I looked at the s.h.i.+ps, I began to feel impressed at the various craftsmen of this era. Even though technology was so backward, they could accomplish such wondrous achievements that people from the future can’t even imagine or create. Perhaps the ancients are the more resourceful ones.

“Let’s board, everyone.” Bo Fu said as she gestured us to board the s.h.i.+ps, “I’ve prepared a banquet on board, as repentence for making everyone alarmed just now.”

Actually, I should have expected Bo Fu’s prank. The only one who could do such things despite having such a lofty status and position would be Bo Fu.

Even though her eyes are so vicious, she’s just like a kid. I thought, feeling a little sore at not being able to foresee what she did while sitting on the s.h.i.+p.

On the other hand, it seems like Bo Fu has taken big strides in improving her situation, as seen from her s.h.i.+ps and the reception.

Though they had tricked us, the reception and service we received was really grand. Looking at the requirements to feed all of us, it must cost quite a pretty penny for Bo Fu.

I and Bo Fu, as the feudal lords walked ahead of everyone. Due to the strong winds that rocked the planks, I began to s.h.i.+ver as I walked shakily.

“Xuan De doesn’t travel on boats often huh.” Bo Fu, who was beside me, very smoothly put one arm about me while linking arms with me. Her fringe seems to have grown longer and I couldn’t quite see her face.

“I’m fine, just a little shaky that’s all.”

“No, it’s okay.” Bo Fu continued immediately as her lips curled up, “Let me support you at least while you’re here.”

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