The prince stared at her and always felt that Zhou Jiaojiao was a little unusual, as if she was different from everyone he had met before.

"What are you looking at, Your Highness?" Zhou Jiaojiao felt a little nervous when the prince stared at her.

The prince shook his head slightly. "No, I just feel that Miss Zhou seems to have some insights into everything, just like this gun. If it were on an ordinary person, they would definitely not think of it."

Zhou Jiaojiao smiled upon hearing this and pointed to her head. "Your Highness is right. I'm not an ordinary person. I've been smart since I was a child and I learn things quickly. Plus, I gather a lot of ideas. I used to think some of the incredible things written in books were fake, but then even divine artifacts appeared. So I think everything is possible."

"That's why I do whatever I think of and try it out to see if it's right."

The prince laughed heartily upon hearing this, "Indeed, I am not as brave as Miss Zhou."

"Thank you Miss Zhou for your words today. I am deeply touched." The prince bowed.

Zhou Jiaojiao smiled faintly and said, "Your Highness understands, which shows that you are my mentor. In the future, if I suddenly have an idea and get blocked, I will shamelessly come and trouble Your Highness. Your Highness must help me."

"As long as what you do does not harm the people, I will allow it."

Zhou Jiaojiao was very happy when she received this promise.

Time passed quickly.

During this month, their original ship had grown from one large ship to ten, with more rescued civilians on board, as well as the prince's secret guards mixed in with the civilians.

These people, together with some strong civilians, were selected for training. The trainers were Li Huwei and Chu San. With these people, the ten ships would be safer.

However, Zhou Jiaojiao originally planned to enter Youzhou directly, but because of the flood, she was unable to continue going north and could only enter the sea from the east.

“So this is the sea.”

Chu's mother and her two children went to the deck to watch the rough sea outside.

"This is the first time I've seen the ocean. It's so vast."

“The sea is so blue.”

"The sea water is obviously black, so scary. If I jump in, I won't be able to reach the bottom." Chu Dabao muttered softly.

Zhou Jiaojiao warned from the side, "Dabao, you guys can't jump in. The water is very deep and very salty. Do you see the waves over there?"

"Waves? What are those?" Chu Erbao, held by Mrs. Chu, lay on the hull curiously, looking at the sea.

“That’s the wave.”

Suddenly, the waves rolled in and hit the boat, causing the boat to sway slightly. The waves then hit the shore, creating a burst of waves.

"This is worse than a flood." Chu Dabao was startled and pulled Chu Erbao tightly. "Second brother, don't go out. It's very dangerous. The waves are too big. The flood can wash us away. If we fall into the sea, we will be doomed."

Chu Erbao also nodded, patting his chest in fear, "Yes, yes, it's so scary, so this is what a wave is, it looks pretty, but it's so fierce."

Mrs. Chu was also surprised by what she saw. "If I had come here before, I would have been scared by the sea water."

"Of course not. This is my first time seeing the sea too. Um, I feel a little dizzy." Brother Chu's face turned pale. Yes, he was seasick. He was seasick before. After Zhou Jiaojiao prescribed medicine for him, he felt much better, but now he couldn't stand it again when he saw the sea.

"Hey, husband, please stop looking. Let's go back to the cabin and rest." Mrs. Chu hurried to help Brother Chu.

Chu Dabao and Chu Erbao didn't want to leave and wanted to continue watching the sea, so they followed Old Man Chu and tied a rope around their bodies so they wouldn't fall. The disadvantage was that they couldn't run around to avoid getting tangled up in the rope.

Zhou Jiaojiao didn't go back either.

She was holding a compass, trying to determine her direction.

The counselor came over and said, "Miss Zhou, the people on the boat said that at the current speed, we should be close to the coast of Beimen County below Youzhou in two or three days."

"The coast here is different from the Central Plains. There are many sandy beaches along the coast, and there are villages next to them. The villages are all fishermen who make a living by fishing. If we want to go ashore, it is best to stay in the villages where these fishermen are. If we go to the wilderness, there will be many mosquitoes, snakes and animals."

"Even though we have medicinal herbs, we can't waste them. There are so many of us here."

"Yes." Zhou Jiaojiao nodded, agreeing with the counselor's words. "Mr. Zheng makes sense. Then we should find a village near the coast, disembark there, and then head to the provincial capital."

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Three days later.

The boat arrived at a not-so-big beach with great momentum. Sure enough, in the distance, we could see some scattered thatched huts and some small boats moored on the shore. Fishing nets were drying on the flat ground. There were shadows of a few villagers walking back and forth. Perhaps they saw the boat approaching, and the few scattered people were scared and ran away.

The boat was fully loaded and docked at the shore.

Chu San walked in front, and Guard Li followed with a group of people, holding weapons to serve as a deterrent.

A large group of people disembarked.

"You, who are you?"

When Zhou Jiaojiao came down, she saw Chu San and Li Huwei confronting the village chief of the fishing village.

"What's wrong?" Zhou Jiaojiao walked over.

Guard Li explained helplessly, "We speak Mandarin, but they don't understand us. We also don't understand their local dialect."

Chu San nodded in affirmation. After Zhou Jiaojiao came over, he automatically stood behind her in a protective posture.

Zhou Jiaojiao asked first.

After listening to the village chief speak a few words, although a little awkward, she roughly understood the language. She tentatively said, "We are government officials. We are stopping here for a few days to rest and will leave soon."

"Government?" The village chief was a little surprised. "How come you speak our dialect?"

"I've learned it before." Zhou Jiaojiao was relieved to see that she hadn't said anything wrong and that they could barely communicate. She pointed to the group of ragged people behind her and said, "There's a flood over in Xiaguan. We rescued the people by boat, so we can only dock here. Can the village chief help us find some flat place to rest?"

When the village chief heard they were helping refugees, he breathed a sigh of relief and softened his tone. "Our fishing village is very small, and we don't have any extra houses. You can only cut down trees and build wooden beds on the flat ground behind the beach. But you can't cut down all our trees, or the sea breeze won't be able to stop it, and it will only blow away the houses."

Zhou Jiaojiao looked around and found that there was indeed not much wood, but not particularly little. She nodded in agreement and asked Guard Li to go down and make arrangements.

She went with Chu San and the village chief along the way to his home.