Becoming a God from a Water Monkey

Chapter 555: Hunting Moon
More than thirty porpoises braved the waves and followed the boat.

The fat catfish, unable to move, with a round head, the largest of the three water beasts, nestled into the leather saddle, swinging its tail to straighten the iron chain.

Wow!
The new ship and the old ship cut through the waves and floated together.

White sails hoisted.

The otter observes the wind direction, pulls the rope, and adjusts the direction of the sail at all times to take advantage of the wind.

compare to.

The two large river otters that were temporarily seconded to the Scarface family were a little "clumsy" when they first started working and were always scolded.

Two boats and six otter boatmen were totally insufficient.

It’s all because the otter family is not motivated enough and the otter clan is not prosperous enough.

Guan Congjian arranged Zong Lichan's room, and the two of them stepped on the middle connecting pedal and went to the deck of the big ship to eat iced watermelon together, joining the chat of their fellow apprentices without any sense of incongruity.

"Pfft, this is the first time I've traveled so far in my life." Sixth Senior Brother Cao Rang spat out the black dot, "I heard that the further northwest you go, the bigger the prefectures are. Huangzhou, a direct-controlled prefecture, is as big as most of our prefectures in the south!"

"It's normal, right? The Heyuan Prefecture where Senior Brother is is, wow, I've seen the map, it's much bigger than our Pingyang Prefecture, it's terrifyingly wide!"

"The richer the place, the smaller and more fragmented it is. If it is both rich and big, it will be a disaster. It will cause a lot of trouble if trouble breaks out."

Liang Qu asked: "Sixth Senior Brother, have you never been to Huangzhou?"

"Master's wife hasn't been back for ten years. I have never had the chance to go to Huangzhou. I am waiting for this opportunity to broaden my horizons."

"Second Brother, where is Third Brother?"

Lu Gang nodded: "We went there once before, when Master's wife's father celebrated his 80th birthday, and it has been almost ten years.

However, we should arrive there in October, which is the hunting month, so we might be able to catch the annual Huangzhou hunting fair."

"Hunyue, the Great Hunting Meeting?"

Guan Congjian pricked up his ears like a mouse seeing millet.

Yu Dun smiled and said, "It's a local custom. In the south, there are many people, lots of water, few mountains, few forests, and few monsters. But from the Central Plains to the northwest, there is a saying of hunting moon, which is the full moon after the full moon of the autumnal equinox.

The full moon during the autumnal equinox is called the Harvest Moon, when many crops mature and symbolize a good harvest. At this time, the weather turns cold and wild animals need to store food for the winter, so they will run to the fields to eat the leftovers.

When the moon was full again, a large and round moon just illuminated the prey running through the forest, and thus the Great Hunting Association came into being. "

Lu Gang added: "It's similar to our River God Festival. Ordinary people catch wild boars, and martial artists catch monsters. Those who perform well will be favored by the girls, and wealthy families will also pool money to set up prizes.

The rewards are quite generous. When I came here, the top five would be guaranteed to receive Meridian Marrow Jade Liquid, and the first place would get a soul-nourishing treasure similar to the Golden Soul Lotus. Therefore, the people of Huangzhou are martial and tough.

In the military examination two years ago, one of the twenty-eight constellations of wolf smoke came from Huangzhou, but I forgot which constellation it corresponded to. "

Yu Dun nodded.

"We mostly rotate rice and wheat here, so the harvest month is delayed until early or mid-October. There aren't many monsters on land, so we don't have this custom."

"Okay!"

Guan Congjian and Xu Zishuai slapped their thighs fiercely, their eyes were blazing and their blood was boiling.

I wish I could grab the oars, row the boat, and fly to Huangzhou as soon as possible.

The attraction of the Meridian Marrow Jade Liquid to the Wolf Smoke Martial Artist is self-evident, not to mention the treasure for nourishing the soul.

Winning first place not only brings honor, but also huge fortune, and saves you several years of practice.

Liang Qu was also moved, but there was one thing he didn't understand.

"The Meridian Jade Fluid is already very valuable. If you have all the first five, plus the Soul Nourishing Treasure, how much silver will it cost?"

Are people from Huangzhou so generous?
The reason so many people donated money to the River God Festival in Yixing Town was not because the wealthy were really generous, but because they knew how to share the sacrificial meat.

"Nothing comes early without profit. Such grand events have staggering expenses every year. They must have their own ways of making money. You will know once you go there, Junior Brother."

Yu Dun kept it a secret, which made everyone more excited.

Xu Zishuai turned around and said, "Ah Shui, when can we reach the canal mouth?"

Liang Qu looked up.

Otter slid down from the mast, opened the map, moved his paws and gestured.

Xu Zishuai didn't understand.

"What do you mean?"

"Let's go north first, follow the Black Water River downstream, and then rejoin the Jianghuai River. It will take two days at the fastest and three days at the slowest to reach the mouth of the Lanzhou Canal. We will then meet up with Senior Brother. It will take about half a month to arrive."

"Half a month?" Xu Zishuai was delighted. "Okay, okay, let your water beast work harder! One day faster, one day more profit!"

puff!
A column of water surged up.

The fat catfish on the bow spit water into the sky.

Xu Zishuai pointed: "What does this mean?"

"A treasure fish accelerates by a hundred miles. The more it accelerates, the faster it swims."

"Can I owe you first?"

puff!
Fat catfish vomits again.

"Small fish business, no credit."

"Hiss, you are quite clever fish."

Xiang Changsong laughed: "Fourth Senior Brother, I'm afraid you're trying to cheat even a fish."

"It must be impossible!"

Xu Zishuai flatly denied it.

Xiang Changsong raised his hand: "Senior Brother Yu, Senior Brother Lu, when we get there, how do we call for help?"

"Well."

Everyone looked at each other, not really knowing how to address the master's wife's father.

Grandmaster?
Yu Dun waved his hand and said, "There's no need to think too much. Master's father is a retired Guanglu Temple Minister. We can just follow him and call him Lord Xu."

……

At night, Liangqu went into the water alone to build a vortex waterway leading to Shangrao Port.

The vortex waterway has not evolved into a magical power, but the quality of the ones built by the Water Ape and the Marmoset is completely different.

Once built, it can last for several months, and a waterway can extend for hundreds of miles.

Great progress.

Liang Qu planned to build the line all the way to Huangzhou, and his water beasts and supplies could be transported back and forth at any time when needed.

Pengze, one of the five lakes of the Huai River, is near Huangzhou. It is far smaller than the Jianghuai Lake, but it has a different scenery.

The road is well maintained.

Pengze and Jianghuai Daze are neighboring lakes!
Early morning on the third day.

Dense swarms of water birds circled in the sky, waiting for people on the boat to pour out last night's leftovers.

Guan Congjian got up early and ate a freshly baked crab meat dumpling in one bite, with his mouth full of soup and his eyebrows salivating with joy.

There is a pastry chef on the boat, and he has two apprentices helping him. There is no reason not to make full use of their abilities.

There are three meals a day, two of which are noodles, and an extra snack with tea in the afternoon.

comfortable.

Liang Qu stood at the bow, feeling the river breeze, holding a large bowl of noodles with meat sauce.

The Huai River is vast, with waves as vast as the tide.

Merchant ships gathered here, each flying long sails, some as small as a dozen meters, some as large as a hundred meters or even thousands of meters.

The oars that raise the waves are more numerous than the fish in the East Sea;
The masts that fly in the wind are more prosperous than the bamboo shoots in the Nanshan Mountains.

"It's really spectacular. This is the first time I see so many boats. Are we going to reach the canal entrance soon?"

Xu Zishuai followed out holding the bowl.

"Well, Lanzhou, the intersection of the Grand Canal and the Jianghuai River. Senior Brother told us to go to the Drum Tower after we get ashore. Someone is waiting for us. Hey, we've arrived at the port!"

Liang Qu wiped his mouth and put down his bowl and chopsticks.

Otter took the helm and the boat dropped anchor and docked.

There are many masts.

The gap-toothed fisherman opened his clothes and sailed through the water in a small boat, shouting to the passing big ships to sell fish.

The otter put down the ladder.

"Slow down."

Yang Dongxiong helped Xu down from the deck.

"Sir, your boat is more than 30 meters but less than 10 meters, which is a medium-sized boat. You haven't bought a berth. Two boats can be moored for 40 coins per hour. It's cheaper for a day, 400 coins. Finding someone to look after the boat is another price. I wonder if you want to..."

"We'll stop for two hours first. No need to watch the boat."

"okay."

The port clerk collected the money and made change quickly, ignoring the badge on Liang Qu's official uniform, which was quite novel.

Liang Qu asked with a smile: "Before, when I went to other counties to dock by boat, no one dared to take money from me."

The clerk weighed the silver with a scale and picked up a few pieces of silver: "My lord, you are joking. We travel back and forth between the south and the north. How can an ordinary person afford to build a merchant ship of a hundred feet?

But if we don't collect the money, how will we repair such a big port?

"Be more polite in everything. A noble man like you wouldn't care about such a tiny thing. Sir, here's your change."

"Okay, keep it."

"Thank you for the reward, sir!"

"Hey, come collect the money, man!"

"Hey, here we come!"

A large ship docked.

The waiter apologized and came forward with a scale to collect the money.

"It's interesting."

"Ah Shui, what are you doing? Hurry up!"

"coming!"

Drum Tower at the pier.

The two guards were eating peanuts and chatting.

One of them glanced at them habitually, then suddenly stopped and patted his companion on the shoulder.

"Hey, look to the south, is that your father?"

"Let me see!"

The companion pulled out a picture album from his arms, compared them again and again, and raised his eyebrows.

"No doubt about it, they are exactly the same! Their facial features are very similar to Lord Yang! Wait, who is the woman next to Lord Yang's father?"

"Mother, sir?"

"No, look."

His companion unfolded another album, which showed a woman. Although she was obviously a beauty when she was young, her temples were gray and her forehead was wrinkled. She had nothing to do with the woman in her thirties standing next to Yang Dongxiong.

"Does your Excellency have any sisters?"

"never heard of that."

Think for a moment.

The guard who unfolded the album slapped his forehead.

"Bad news! Could it be that your father has taken a concubine?"

(End of this chapter)