What about the straight guy?

"Relatives?" The strong boy obviously didn't believe him, he looked Le Lianzhou up and down, but he didn't ask any more questions, he just winked towards the stern of the boat, "Little brother, be careful not to lose money."

Lost money?The endless words, combined with the strange eyes, the eccentric tone of voice, and the experience in Ziyan Pavilion, made Le Lianzhou's heart explode with a bang. Could it be that Chen Shuang, who is not young, is still fashionable and masculine?He didn't see it at all?If there is a plot against him, can he still be thrown in that utility room?This kid is talking nonsense!But it seems that Chen Shuang's image in the eyes of his subordinates is not that good.

Seeing the young man turned around to leave, Le Lianzhou hurriedly called to stop, finally someone took care of him, such a good opportunity to get news should not be missed in vain.

"This big brother!" Le Lianzhou smiled more sincerely, "Thank you big brother for reminding me! My little brother's surname is Le and his name is Lianzhou. I don't know what to call big brother?"

"Le Lianzhou? Good name." The strong boy stopped and turned back to lean on the mast. "Zhang Liang, everyone on the boat calls me Liangzi."

"Brother Liangzi!" Le Lianzhou thought to himself, Liuhou, who planned a strategy to win thousands of miles, had a really domineering name, but he immediately called it affectionately. "To tell you the truth, my younger brother impulsively took the family's money and wanted to venture out on his own. Hearing that the ship was going to Nanyang, he devoted most of his property to Chen Guanshi." Slightly.

Nodding towards his own triangular house, "No, in exchange for such a place to live, alas, after boarding the boat, Steward Chen said that the farthest thing he could do was to take me to Yue. Brother Liangzi, isn't your boat going to the Wa country... ..."

Zhang Liang's pupils contracted slightly when he heard this, although it was only for a moment, Le Lianzhou caught it.

"I'm going to the country of Wa, why, is it because I didn't have enough money?" But Zhang Liang's tone of reply didn't look like a ghost.

"Brother Liangzi, I don't know. My little brother, I said that the cost of the boat will not be low, but Guanshi Chen immediately turned black, said no, and flung his sleeves away." Sighed, with a look of helplessness.

"Then I don't know. Those who work hard like us are not roundworms in the stomachs of those big shots, and we are not at the mercy of others."

"Hey, I wanted to visit the country of Wa at first, but I didn't know what there was in the country of Yue. Does Brother Liangzi know that there are boats going to the West from the country of Yue?"

"Western?! You think so far, kid!" Zhang Liang couldn't help but pat Le Lianzhou on the head, "Don't, no one dares to run over there now."

Le Lianzhou tilted his head, "What do you say?"

"The pirates in the Western Ocean are too powerful. Last year, the Qingzhou Chamber of Commerce's boat didn't even float back a piece of wood. After that, Jinyu didn't have a boat to go there."

It turned out that there was still this trouble, Le Lianzhou hurriedly dismissed the idea of ​​going west for a ride, "Then if you want to come back to Jinyu from Yue country, you have to wait for our ship to return from Wa country?"

"That's not necessary. Apart from the Xujiang Chamber of Commerce, other chambers of commerce also have boats running on this line. Just ask at the pier after you disembark. If it doesn't work, you can still go overland. It's just a detour. The road is not safe."

Le Lianzhou nodded, and made up his mind to disembark in Yueguo and take a look around.

"Thank you, Brother Liangzi! Brother, I finally figured it out this time. By the way, I have always been curious, is there only so few people on our boat?" He glanced at the bow and stern of the boat.

Zhang Liang laughed, "How is that possible? The other end is all in charge, and our end is the sailors of the ship." He slammed his foot on the floor, "There are hundreds of people living below, all from the chamber of commerce."

"There are so many people!" Le Lianzhou was really surprised. "I thought that the people who moved the goods before were all dock workers. Why did you take so many people to sea? Isn't it good to have more space to load?"

"What kind of goods do you think can be moved by the gang at the dock? Although it is true that there are a little too much, but who knows?" Zhang Liang said mysteriously, stretched suddenly, left a word and left , "Come to me if you need anything."

Le Lianzhou's life at sea has officially begun. He eats and drinks with the sailors, and eats twice a day. Although he eats vegetables and rice all day long, without any meat or oil, he can eat enough anyway. Although Le Lianzhou loves food, he has no conditions. Time is also particularly peaceful.

But the word Lazard is a bit embarrassing. Although there are Gongbail potties on board, the sailors are very informal. When they feel like urinating, they always stand on the side of the boat and walk in the wind. Le Lianzhou will quickly avoid it every time he encounters it. The air outlet always feels that the wind blowing over is full of steam.

During the period, Chen Guanshi came to the bow of the boat to see Le Lianzhou several times, and once held two clean cloth robes in his hands, saying that he had no luggage when he saw him, and he would not charge him for his old clothes from the bottom of the box. .Le Lianzhou was "flattered" and thought of Zhang Liang's ambiguous hint, thinking, maybe this mustache really has that kind of thought, thinking about it like this, the way of talking before has become a little cautious, and always feels that the surname is Chen. The eyes are wrong.

But before Le Lianzhou could further understand what was wrong with Chen, the big ship that had sailed at sea for a few days gradually slowed down, and the sailors rushed up and down to adjust the sail.Le Lianzhou leaned on the side of the ship and looked around, seeing the land in the distance smudged golden by the evening sun, getting closer, he quickly straightened up and shouted to Zhang Liang who was climbing on the mast like a monkey, "Brother Liangzi, Are we going to shore?"

"Ah, the front is Qiongjiao Town of Min Country, we will dock tonight~"

Le Lianzhou turned back to look at the land, and it was unexpected that he landed at night.

At this time, Guanshi Chen came over, "My nephew must be sure to disembark at Yue State. If you want to disembark early, don't delay. We will only stop at Min State for one night, and anchor at Yinshi." It seemed that he was in a hurry.

Yin time?Why are you in such a hurry, don't merchant ships have to unload and load cargo at every stop, all kinds of transactions?This night, it will be docked at night, and the anchor will be weighed before dawn the next day. How do you do business?

Originally, I thought that if the docking time was longer, I could get off the ship to see what the maritime trading town of Minguo looked like, but I just felt very wrong.But the boat belonged to someone else, and he didn't dare to ask how he wanted to get there.Glancing at the busy sailors, there was no chance to hold Zhang Liang to ask what happened.

But very happy Lian Zhou found out that maybe Zhang Liang didn't know anything.

Sure enough, the boat entered the deep-water port at dusk, and docked at a wharf where there were no other ships. There was only a team of workers at the wharf helping to pull the boat, which was completely opposite to the lively scene at the Jiangzhou City Wharf.After everything was tidied up, a whistle sounded from the rudder tower, and the sailors returned to the front cabin from various places on the deck, and unexpectedly got into the cabin and closed the door silently and consciously.

Zhang Liang walked at the back, saw Le Lianzhou still staring around with his head blankly, and gave him a hard look, "Go back to your room, close the door, and don't come out until the whistle sounds." After speaking, he glanced at the opposite side , lowered his head and entered the cabin.

Le Lianzhou followed his gaze, and saw Guanshi Chen walking towards him again, and the man in black was standing on the third floor at the cockpit, his eyes seemed to be shining brightly in the night, staring at Le Lianzhou. Zhou couldn't help shivering.

"Uncle Chen!" Trying to squeeze out a smile.

"If my eldest nephew changes his mind and wants to get off the ship, now is the time."

"No down, no down!"

"Then go into the house and sleep, the workers are about to unload the goods, don't come out and make trouble." The tone was very serious.Le Lianzhou shuddered inexplicably when he thought of Zhang Liang's words, and immediately walked into the room and closed the door.

How is this going?Isn't it docked?Why clear the field?It is obviously not the first time for the sailors to look so proficient. Is it the rule of merchant ships in this era?Chen Shuang came over twice to ask him if he wanted to get off the boat, and he had a strange expression just now... Before he could continue to diverge, his thoughts were attracted by the sound from outside.

First there was the rattling of planks, and then the sound of someone's footsteps coming up from the cabin below the deck.Are the workers from the chamber of commerce living in the cabin below coming out to carry and unload the goods?

The sound gradually became noisy, and Le Lianzhou leaned over the door panel, trying to peek outside through the crack of the door, but the crack of the door was too thin, and it was dark outside, so he couldn't see clearly at all. The hull was shaking slightly.

Le Lianzhou had a bad premonition in his heart. Since the knife crossing incident, he had lost confidence in the lower limit of what he might encounter.Is it possible to accidentally board a black ship this time?He couldn't help feeling a little regretful, but he knew that it was impossible to disembark in Min country at this time, and he could only hope to disembark safely in Yue country.

Leaning against the door and listening to the movement outside, I fell asleep without knowing it.When I opened my eyes again, I found that the outside had quieted down, and suddenly there was another whistle, exactly the same as the previous one.After a while, I felt that the door of the next room opened, and the sailors came out. It was time to lift the anchor!

This sleep was really solid, Le Lianzhou admired himself for being able to sleep soundly in this environment, shaking his head self-deprecatingly.It's time to lift the anchor at Yinshi, think it's still early before dawn, go to sleep.

At this time, a brown and red horse galloped into Qiongjiao Town from the north, and rushed all the way. Fortunately, it was at night, otherwise the streets would be full of wild animals and dogs.Wen Chengyue reined in his horse and stopped at the pier. He looked around and saw that there were boats moored everywhere. The workers who got up early to move the goods were working hard, but which one came from Jiangzhou?

He ran around for several days, barely eating or drinking, and only changed horses once at the Jinmin border. If he hadn't had an imperial token on him, he would have had to delay a lot of time when crossing the border. Finally, the day when the boat docked came. here.

He got off his horse and asked people when he caught him. After asking around, no one knew whether the boat from the Xujiang Chamber of Commerce had arrived or not.Wen Chengyue frowned, and continued to walk towards the wooden house of the dock manager, and finally learned from the manager after shaking off his tyrannical emotions that the ship of the Xujiang Chamber of Commerce rented the southernmost deep-water port, and only unloaded there. Will not enter this pier.

Wen Chengyue threw away his steward's collar, turned around and mounted his horse, galloping on the pier.

The author has something to say: Lian Zhou: I'm so scared by myself!

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