Xianyu Infrastructure, I have a lot of troops in my hands

A cable as thick as an arm hung down between the two boats. The bamboo sections on the net rope were used as buoys and thrown onto the river surface one by one. Sinkers were hung under the bamboo tubes. The 100-meter trawl net was spread out, and from a distance it looked like a long green snake.

The two ships in front slowed down because they were connected by a trawl, and the last one followed far behind.

The boatmen and guards of the three ships stood on the deck and looked down. They had never seen such a long fishing net and were curious about how many fish the lady of the Xie family could catch in the river with this big net.

The fishing net that Xie Xian customized was about sixty to seventy feet long. The double-boat comb net was only about twenty feet long when hung in the river, and could only catch middle and upper layer fish.

Considering that the river bottom was not flat and they were going upstream, Xie Xian did not dare to put the sinker too long. She could only say that she was just trying it out, and she would be satisfied if she could catch a hundred or so pounds of fish, big or small.

The boatmen on the two boats worked together, the trawl was completely submerged in the water, the two boats were separated, the cables were stretched straight, and from a distance it looked like a curved hook was drawn in the middle of the river.

The flags fluttered in the wind on the river, the sails were inflated, but the speed began to decrease.

Soon, the old boatman stared at the river in a daze, with a strange look on his face, and said, "Boss, we can't move anymore."

Yang Cangtou had just finished arranging the work of mopping the deck and turned to the side of the ship. Seeing him move his mouth, he shouted, "What did you say? Speak louder so I can't hear you clearly?"

The little monkey swung down from the mast and pointed to the third large ship not far ahead, which was already half the length of the ship, and said in a loud voice: "We can't move anymore?"

Yang Cangtou: I am not deaf...

The boatmen looked at each other, and the crowd watching on another boat twenty or thirty meters away were also looking over here.

For a moment, the only sound was the whistling wind on the river.

"Over there, why did Yang Cangtou stop the boat?"

"No! I don't see them lowering the sails. Huh? Why do I feel like they are retreating?" Everyone was talking.

Yang Cangtou just felt that today's wind was exceptionally cold, and it made his face hurt a little.

Before he could make any other move, he felt the ship shake violently, as if something was pulling the entire ship. The wooden hull creaked. Yang Cangtou was shocked and looked suddenly to the back at another ship that was pulling the cable.

At first glance, they were terrified. They saw the mast of the ship pressing down and tilting towards them uncontrollably, and there was chaos on the ship.

On the calm river surface, the two large ships seemed to be held by something and fixed in the middle of the river.

They initially thought that the trawl net had caught on a reef at the bottom of the river, but the boat was still moving slowly. It was just that it was getting deeper and deeper in the water and began to tilt and sway, and then everyone realized that the things in the trawl net were too heavy.

"Hurry, hurry up and close the net." Yang Cangtou screamed at the top of his lungs, his voice breaking.

The people on the three boats were in an uproar, and the barge without the net slowly came over and lowered ropes.

With everyone's combined efforts, the two boats pulling the ropes passed each other with difficulty and closed the mouth of the net, thus stopping the downward momentum.

But the wooden ship shook and began to tilt to the other side. All the sails on the masts were raised, the rudder was turned, the wind was full, and the speed was accelerated.

A dull creaking sound echoed in the cabin, the cable was stretched straight, the ship was swaying in the river, and twenty or thirty men gritted their teeth and fixed the cable, but they were almost dragged off the deck.

"Hurry, hurry, move the sandbags for ballast. Come on, everyone, help. If you're any slower, the boat will capsize." Everyone on the boat seemed to have pressed a switch and was busy running around.

Under Yang Cangtou's "orderly" command, the ship slowly straightened itself out, but the speed still could not be increased.

Holding the cake plate that she had just rescued, Xie Xian climbed onto the second-floor observation deck, on the window sill of the bird room, and looked for a rope to secure herself.

A thousand horses were galloping through her mind. She rubbed her brows, feeling annoyed. She knew they had never fished before, but she didn't expect them to be so unreliable. MD, she must change the boat later.

Otherwise, if there were rumors in the future that the Black Stone Guards had dragged their own lady into the river while fishing, wouldn't they be laughed to death?

The two turning ships hurried over to help and even added a few ropes to share the weight, thus stabilizing the ship.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief with lingering fear!

Then they were excited about the large catch, but also worried because there was no lifting device on the boat. The net of fish looked to be a thousand pounds heavy, and it was not something that could be hauled aboard by just a hundred people.

Yang Cangtou and the boatmen's eyes sparkled, and they swallowed their saliva as they looked at the straight cable behind the boat. This net can really catch big fish. Everyone admired Xie Xian in their hearts. This fishing net is really a magical tool.

From afar, there seemed to be a huge monster following under the river, swimming against the current and creating a crisscrossing wave line on the surface of the river.

Anyone who travels along the waterways for many years can tell at a glance that the thing underwater is quite large. They did not expect that the net would yield such a large catch and almost capsize the boat.

Xie Xian sighed in her heart, what could she do? She didn't know the trawl was so powerful that the catch was so much that it took three boats to haul it together.

After a brief discussion, everyone decided that there were no suitable tools on the boat, so the net could only be dealt with in the shallows.

Xie Xian was worried. The catch had to be processed as soon as possible, otherwise they would only be able to pull up a net of rotten fish and shrimp. Moreover, even with the sails straightened, the flat-bottomed boat still couldn't speed up.

If she wanted to travel by water in the future, she would still have to solve the problem of the boat. She only had a general idea in her mind, but this still required a professional boatman.

"This lady of the Xie family is serious. I'm afraid that all the descendants of the Dragon King will be caught in this net!" Everyone on the deck gathered together.

"More than that, it looks like it weighs at least ten thousand pounds." An experienced boatman interrupted.

Everyone was amazed, but Niu Er looked at them and said with a sneer, "If the lady takes action, even the Dragon King can't escape."

Siji: …

Everyone:…

"To ship the fish, I'll have to rely on your help later. The lady said that I'll get a reward after the fish are sold." Selling fish also has its own rules. The fishmongers at each dock are independent, and she can't bear to let her guards go into the cold water to catch fish.

"Then we have to thank you, my lady. We have no choice but to accept it." Yang Cangtou's face was flushed, as if he was not the one who was slapped in the face in the morning. But working on a ship is not bad to make money.

Moreover, he had seen the ability of the female leader of the Xie family. This thing called dragnet was not simple. He made up his mind and naturally had to move forward.

The boatmen were overjoyed, and the guards were eager to help. Their injuries were almost healed, and they also wanted to go down to help. They didn't want money, but they felt guilty for not doing anything for the lady while being well fed and well-fed every day.

Upon hearing this, Si Ji comforted everyone: "Everyone, rest and recover. We have other things to do when we get to the dock."

After all this trouble, it was already the next morning when they arrived in Pingcheng.