Chapter 262 Home
Ship cats do not refer to a specific breed of cats, but refer to cats that live on ships.
Many ports, including Suzhou Port, are facing the problem of rodent infestation.
Rats roaming the harbor will not only eat the goods,
After escaping to the ship, it will also spread diseases, damage the hull, cause water leakage, and affect the rest of the crew.
Therefore, on many ships, there will be existences called ship cats.
There is a kind of equal relationship between ship cats and humans. During the day, the ship cats will enjoy the fish caught by the crew, and at night, the ship cats will hunt unscrupulous mice in the cabin.
When the ship arrives at the port, the ship needs to be repaired and maintained, and the crew needs to go home to rest. The ship cat will also disembark and go ashore, live a life of a wild cat for a while, and then wait for the next voyage.
When I first came to Suzhou, the guide in the city introduced to Li Ang one of the wonders in the city—the port and wharf, where many wild cats often roamed about.
They will crouch on the shore, like dock workers, observe the ships that are about to go to sea, and choose one of them to board.
There is usually only one ship cat on a small and medium-sized ship, and even a large ship can only have three or four ship cats—they will mark their respective territories and prohibit other ship cats from hunting in their own territory.
According to the words of the guide, the ship cat is like a hired worker who is equal to human beings, and also like a lonely tiger wandering on the sea.
The best ship cats, when they appear on the pier, are often accompanied by dozens of wild cat servants, and they will be treated preferentially by the sailors wherever they go.
If it wasn't for the Zhen Fusi's repeated confirmation, I really doubt whether they have become refined.
"The salty smell of this sea breeze is undoubtedly a ship cat."
Mosi's avatar paused for a moment, and said with a helpless smile: "However, how can you find it with just a cat hair?"
Li Ang has been to Suzhou port to observe, there are a huge number of wild cats there, and the "cat mouth" flows frequently, and they often go to work on the ship, it is like looking for a needle in a haystack, it is really hard to find.
"What we know now is that the Su family may have descendants, and they raised a boat cat."
Li Ang paused, this condition is still too broad,
There are many people with the surname Su in Suzhou, not to mention that the descendants of the Su family may not necessarily have the surname Su.
".Could it be possible to keep an eyeliner here, and wait for next year's Ching Ming Festival to wait for the rabbit and guard the descendants of the Su family?"
Mosi's clone rubbed her chin, and suddenly thought of something, "Wait, Zhenfu Division has fine dogs."
The fine dogs of Zhenfusi are famous all over the world, with strong sniffing and tracking ability,
Without the interference of special things (such as the powder used by Jiao Cheng before), the murderer can be found in the city based on a drop of blood. Or find kidnapped women and children through a turban or a hairpin.
The hair of the ship cat. It should be able to do it too, right?
Seeing that the water poisoning epidemic in Suzhou had been resolved, and the date of returning to Chang'an was approaching, Li Ang immediately asked Mosi's avatar to take back the cat's hair, and found Suzhou Town Fusi by himself.
Because there are many locals from Jiangnan Province in the Zhenfu Division, they are very friendly and trustworthy to Li Ang.
Li Ang lied casually, saying that a new type of pill he developed was stolen by a wild cat, and a cat hair was left on the scene.
Please help the fine dog of Zhenfu Division, see if you can find the wild cat by looking for the smell of cat fur.
The staff of the Zhenfu Division looked distressed. The ship cats inhabited the pier, where there were many wild cats and the smell was chaotic. It was not easy to lock a specific ship cat, but they still accepted Li Ang's commission and said that they would try their best to do it.
It may take a while - the water poisoning problem is resolved, Suzhou Port is back to prosperity, many ships are busy going out to sea for trade, and it is possible that the cat on the ship has also arrived at sea.
Now, I can only pray that the boat cat returns safely.
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Finally, after sightseeing and relaxing for a while, Li Ang, Qiu Feng and others took a boat and returned to Chang'an.
Li Ang boarded the pier, looked at the majestic city in the distance, and sighed.
In the past three months, he has seen more life and death partings than he has seen in his previous life and even in the memories of other worlds.
So much so that standing on the bank of the familiar Bashui River again, there is a kind of trance illusion.
"Sunrise!"
Friends who had been waiting on the river bank approached. Li Wei ran at the front, gave Li Ang a big hug, and said with a hearty smile, "During your absence in Chang'an, the whole school has been quite lonely."
"Is it that exaggerated?"
Li Ang reluctantly opened his friend's warm embrace, and since we haven't seen each other for three months, everyone has more or less changed.
Li Wei got a lot of tan, just like the seniors in physical education,
Yong Hongzhong felt a little taller, and he was no longer as weak as before.
Yang Yu and that Zhang Yuyan stood a little closer, um, it seems that the relationship has warmed up.
Ji Linglang and Li Leling haven’t changed much,
He Fanshuang still stood behind, holding a book and reading to himself,
And Chai Chai.
Li Ang looked at Chai Chai who was obviously thinner, took a deep breath, rubbed her hair, and said seriously: "I'm back."
"Welcome back."
The haggard worry in Chai Chai's eyes melted away in an instant, and the corners of his mouth raised unconsciously.
Tap, tap, tap.
More crew members and doctors got off the ship and boarded the pier.
Suzhou water poisoning needs to be controlled in the future, and the Imperial Medical Bureau will send new doctors there in the future to maintain the operation of the hospital in rotation.
"Sunrise,"
Li Shan's voice resounded on the pier. His Highness Guangwang, who was the same age, could not hide his haggard and exhausted face. There were only a few palace servants and guards who came to pick him up on the pier. The treatment he received was completely incomparable to Li Leling's, "Exit See you again."
"see you later."
Li Ang nodded towards him. Li Shan also made great contributions to this water poison epidemic Gu.
If it wasn’t for him, as the King of Light and Inspector, to supervise the officials and officials of Jiangnan Dongdao,
and take the lead, set an example, and fight on the front line of eliminating Gu,
The final number of casualties and patients is even greater.
"Your Highness, let's go."
The palace attendant brought the carriage, Li Shan rubbed his face first, trying to refresh himself as much as possible, then boarded the carriage and went to Daming Palace, preparing to report the water poisoning epidemic to Emperor Yu.
I hope the emperor can be fair to him.
Looking at Xiao Suo's figure, Li Ang sighed in his heart. He had sympathy for the fate of the prince of the same age, and he was also worried about the people of Suzhou—Li Shan's character and talent were reliable regardless of his background.
If Emperor Yu doesn't change Li Shan's fiefdom, and let him continue to govern Suzhou in the future, the people of Suzhou who have been poisoned by the water poison and epidemic gu will have a better life.
"Let's go, let's go home too."
Li Ang shook his head, and got rid of the distracting thoughts in his mind, such as the reward from Emperor Yu, the reward from the mountain chief, the praise and gratitude from the world, all of them were left behind.
He just wants to go home now.
(end of this chapter)