Just as Jiang Ning was speculating in his heart, a dog barked suddenly in the alley, and then the young man's angry voice: "Don't come here! If you come here again, I will strike!"
"Wang Wang Wang!"
"Back off! I have nothing to eat! You can't want to eat me, can you?"
"Wow wow wow!"
"I'm afraid of you, Mr. Dog, please make way for me."
"Wow wow wow wow!"
Jiang Ning: "..."
He stood inside the door for a while, but he didn't expect the situation outside to last for a long time. In the end, he had no choice but to clear his throat. The alley suddenly became quiet, and Jiang Ning walked out.
Sure enough, there was a man and a dog confronting each other in the alley. The man was a very young man, wearing a blue robe, holding a folding fan in his hand, pointing at the squatting big yellow dog in front of him. Although very majestic, but the dog didn't take him seriously at all.
The big yellow dog stood up, shook its fur, and circled around him, as if picking a place for its mouth.
When one person and one dog heard someone coming, they raised their heads at the same time. The man was unexpectedly handsome. Jiang Ning couldn't hold back, and the old problem happened again. He silently gave him a seven in his heart, and then said to him : "Brother, do you need help?"
The young man nodded immediately, and said nervously: "Yes! Can you help drive this vicious dog away?"
Jiang Ning looked at the covetous dog in front of him, thought for a while, and then took out an oiled paper bag, which contained two big white steamed buns, stuffed with pickled vegetables and meat, which were originally intended to be brought to Han Zhiyuan.
Jiang Ning opened one of them, and in an instant, a seductive smell of meat filled the air. The dog really moved, sniffed and sniffed, and then looked over. Throwing it over, the big yellow dog immediately jumped out like an arrow, chasing after the steamed bun.
The young man finally let out a long sigh of relief, walked over to Jiang Ning and bowed his hands: "Thank you, brother, for your help."
Jiang Ning smiled: "It's just a trivial matter, nothing to worry about."
The young man also laughed, and reported his family name: "My surname is Gu, and my name is Hongyun. I don't know your brother's name?"
Jiang Ning replied: "Miangui's surname is Jiang, and the single name is Ning."
"It turned out to be Brother Jiang," Gu Hongyun smiled and opened the folding fan and shook it. He looked like a young man, looked at the direction the dog was leaving, and said hesitantly, "Brother Jiang also wants to go this alley?"
Jiang Ning nodded and said yes, Gu Hongyun was overjoyed immediately: "That's great, why don't we go together?"
Jiang Ning thought, you are probably afraid that the dog will come back?
The alley was very long, and the two walked one after the other for a while, when Gu Hongyun in front spoke up and said, "Brother Jiang doesn't look like someone from Mianyang City."
Jiang Ning asked with a smile, "Why doesn't it look like that?"
Gu Hongyun laughed, waved his fan and said, "Speaking of which, I have been to this Mianyang City several times, and the people here are very interesting."
After hearing this, Jiang Ning finally got a little curious: "What's so interesting?"
"Let me tell you an interesting story," Gu Hongyun opened up the conversation, and said with a smile: "When I was passing by here once, I saw an old man fall, so I went up to help him, and sent him to the hospital. In the end, the old man falsely accused me, saying that I pushed him down and wanted to steal my money. If I didn’t want to pay, he would lie on the ground and cry. What was wrong with the old man, he came to accuse me instead, but I couldn't do it, I broke the money and eliminated the disaster, so I was able to escape, and when I returned to the inn, I found that my entourage was sent back by someone. After asking, it turned out that he also helped me. I killed an old man, but he didn’t bring any money when he went out.”
Speaking of this, he laughed loudly: "The people of Mianyang City are really interesting. I have been traveling all over the world for so long, and it is the first time I have seen such rules. Every family and merchant painted the whole Mianyang City. The land is divided, and each has its own name. Brother Jiang must be careful when walking in the future. Even if you drop a copper coin and land on the land of Mianyang City, you will change your name and surname the next moment, and it will no longer be you. It's gone."
Jiang Ning: "..." It turns out that the idea of helping the elderly has existed since ancient times?
After Gu Hongyun finished laughing, he waved his fan and said, "Brother Jiang has a warm heart, that's why I don't think you are from here."
This person seems to be very good at talking, and it is very natural to say compliments from him, and it will not make people feel repulsed. He should be a businessman. Thinking of this, Jiang Ning smiled and said: "Brother Gu is too famous, I am Yuezhou People, just passing through Mianyang."
Hearing the words, Gu Hongyun looked back at him again, with a hesitant expression on his face, then shook his head: "It's not quite like that, Brother Jiang moved to Yuezhou later?"
This person is really a bit powerful, Jiang Ning was very surprised, and then said: "Yes, it is true that he moved here last year, but how did Brother Gu know?"
Gu Hongyun laughed, and said: "It's just that I have more experience. I left home ten years ago and wandered around. To put it bluntly, this Daze, from south to north, from east to west, is without me. In the places I’ve been to, I heard brother Jiang’s speech, which has the accent of Suzhou in the north, mixed with the accent of Yuezhou, so it’s very recognizable.”
Jiang Ning smiled: "Brother Gu has a lot of knowledge, I admire him."
While talking, the alley came to an end, and the dog didn't see it anymore. Gu Hongyun breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked Jiang Ning, "Where is Brother Jiang going?"
Jiang Ning replied, "Go to the pier to pick him up."
Gu Hongyun put away his fan, cupped his hands and said: "Then let's say goodbye here. We are destined to meet each other. When we meet again, we must treat Brother Jiang to drink a glass of water and wine."
Jiang Ning smiled, and readily agreed, Gu Hongyun left, and went to the restaurant on the right with a fan.
Jiang Ning walked around the pier a few times, but couldn't find Han Zhiyuan, so he had to go back to the inn. When he entered the lobby, Han Zhiyuan was questioning the waiter. Seeing him coming in, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I didn't see you when I came back. where did you go?"
Jiang Ning threw the greased paper bag in his hand, and replied: "Seeing that you ate little at noon, I sent you some food. How is it?"
Han Zhiyuan's face immediately changed from cloudy to clear, he tossed the greased paper bag up and down, walked upstairs with him to the room, and said: "I didn't see anyone, and there was no movement on the boat, I waited for a while, and then came back. "
"Hmm..." Jiang Ning thought for a while, and said, "In this case, I will go to see it in the evening, and I have to find a way. In this kind of weather, the tea cannot be delayed, and every day that is delayed is a loss."
Han Zhiyuan nodded: "If it's not raining, let's go together."
However, there were three more light rains in the afternoon, intermittently. Fortunately, it stopped in the evening, so the two cleaned up a little and went out to the pier.
When we got under the cargo ship with the big red roof, we saw the steward standing by the side supervising the workers. While picking out his ears, he told the workers something. When he saw Jiang Ning and the others passing by, he waved his hand and ended the conversation: " Go, you have to remember what I just said."
Jiang Ning waited for him to finish, then cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Sorry, I'm bothering you again."
The steward glanced at him, and said: "The cargo on the ship is already full, I'm afraid it will make you go for nothing."
Jiang Ning's smile continued: "If it wasn't really difficult, I wouldn't dare to bother your fleet, please ask the steward to help."
The steward became a little impatient, and said, "I've already said it..."
His eyes glanced at Jiang Ning's slightly protruding hand in his sleeve, his voice suddenly faded, and he immediately changed his words calmly: "Ahem...then I'll help you get on the boat and have a look, wait."
The steward asked the two to wait, and boarded the boat by himself. Jiang Ning smiled slightly, and put the silver in his hand back into his sleeve pocket. Since ancient times, money can turn ghosts, the truth of the ancestors.
He and Han Zhiyuan waited by the side of the boat, watching the porters coming and going. It took a long time for the porters to go, and he came down in a hurry until the porters were almost finished moving the supplies. Looking at the two of them, the tone of their speech was no longer bossy as before, but a little more humble: "I miscalculated earlier, please don't be offended, our cargo ship will set off early tomorrow morning, I don't know why you two When will the goods be delivered?"
He even rejected Jiang Ning's bribe. This change was unexpected. Jiang Ning and Han Zhiyuan looked at each other, and they both saw doubts in each other's eyes. Jiang Ning thought for a while, smiled and said to the manager: " If your ship doesn't mind, we can deliver the goods now."
The steward smiled: "Of course."
Although there were twists and turns and the development was beyond the two people's expectations, the matter was finally settled. On the way back, Han Zhiyuan said in amazement: "I would like to know what happened after he returned to the boat? That made his attitude change." Such a big reversal."
Jiang Ning looked at him jokingly, and said with a smile, "Maybe he was overwhelmed by Mr. Han's demeanor?"
Han Zhiyuan had the expression that you're fucking kidding me.
Jiang Ning couldn't help laughing out loud, and waved his hands: "Forget it, their boat can still sail as usual under the condition of the river being closed. It seems that the owner of the boat is either rich or expensive, and the background must be very hard. Probably because they don’t like our goods, and besides, if we don’t get this ride, we’ll lose at least seven or eight, and it’s always a gamble.”
In the evening of that day, after a lot of busy work, Jiang Ning and his group finally loaded their cargo onto the cargo ship, and the cargo ship set off early the next morning. The steward Wang told Jiang Ning repeatedly not to enter and leave the ship at will, and hurried away .
Jiang Ning and his party were placed in the cargo hold on the lowest floor. Although it was unavoidably a little stuffy, most people in the caravan looked very relaxed, especially Li Yue, who was jumping up and down with excitement.
He pestered Jiang Ning for a few words, but Han Zhiyuan pulled him away with a serious expression: "You blocked the window."
Li Yue had no choice but to back away silently. How could there be no windows in such a large cargo hold?
At this time, the boat suddenly shook slightly, began to move forward slowly, and finally set off.
The journey was smooth and smooth until the third day of the boat’s journey. Jiang Ning and Han Zhiyuan leaned against the window and looked out. The weather was gloomy and the clouds were as thick as ink, so thick that they seemed to be dripping juice. It is like a landscape painting splashed with ink.
Suddenly, there was a thunderbolt in the air, the thunder rolled, the lightning flashed, and the heavy rain poured down. The cargo ship sailed down the current and entered a narrow water area. There were large reeds on both sides of the coast, which were as tall as a person. In the past, the reeds were undulating like a sea of emerald green. When the boat passed by, wild teal ducks would startle up from time to time and fly away.
The thunder and lightning continued, and the rumble was endless, but Jiang Ning frowned slightly, looking at the vast expanse of emerald green reeds, feeling a little ominous in his heart.
Among the rolling thunder, there were one or two jingling sounds, like an iron spear hitting a stone. He asked Han Zhiyuan in a low voice: "Did you hear it? The sound is not right."
Han Zhiyuan was about to answer, at this moment, a naked iron claw was thrown up from under the boat, and with a clang, it caught on the window sill, and he immediately grabbed Jiang Ning and pulled him over: "There is someone under the boat! "
The iron claws were snapped into the wooden window sill in an instant, and then there was a "thump, thud, thud" sound. A few seconds later, a wet man rushed up from under the window, facing Jiang Ning and Han Zhiyuan, before he had time to react, Han Zhiyuan elbowed hard with his backhand, right in the face, and immediately nosebleeds rushed out, flying together with the rain, the man screamed, fell backwards, and fell into the vast river, A small splash of water splashed and disappeared.
Others in the cargo hold also saw this situation, and immediately someone shouted in panic: "Water bandits! There are water bandits!" "Hurry up and report to the steward!" "The water bandits are here!"
There was a riot over there, but the situation on Jiang Ning's side became critical. Immediately after four or five windows on their side, iron claws were hooked up. Han Zhiyuan pushed Jiang Ning against the wall: "You stay still."
After he finished speaking, he turned around and picked up a big wooden stick that was used to support the ship's window, and aimed at a water bandit who had already climbed up beside him, raised his hand and hit the stick hard, knocking people unconscious, and then Taking advantage of this gap, he kicked the water bandit out of the window.
Jiang Ning suddenly came to his senses, rushed over, pulled off the iron claws on the window sill, threw it out, and pulled down the ventilation window, and shouted at everyone on the boat: "Quickly close the windows! Close all the windows!"
After hearing this, the rest of the people suddenly realized, and rushed to close the windows in a hurry, but they had already missed the best time. Several water bandits had already climbed into the cabin, showing off their gleaming weapons.
Originally, there were quite a few thick-bodied men in the cabin, who were usually very bullish, but now that they were equipped with weapons, they began to be timid, shrinking back all the time, not daring to move forward, the water bandits saw Suddenly, the momentum suddenly became rampant, waving weapons, driving the crowd to the corner like ducks.
A water bandit unscrupulously raised the thin knife in his hand, and shouted something in dialect to his accomplices. Some of them answered. Although Jiang Ning couldn't understand, he could still see it from their suddenly fierce eyes. Come out, they are going to do it!
These water bandits are all vicious and vicious, and I am afraid that there are not a few people who have killed them, and they all carry a bloody aura for a long time. At this time, each of them held a big knife and rushed towards the crowd. The scalding blood splashed, and the crowd suddenly screamed in commotion, swarming like a nest of frightened chicks, squeezing desperately towards the corner.
Jiang Ning and the two stood on the outermost side. Han Zhiyuan held a wooden stick in one hand and Jiang Ning in the other. He took a step back, then looked at the gap between one of them, and swept across with a stick, immediately knocking him away. He snatched the long knife in his hand.
Seeing that someone dared to resist, the other water bandits were immediately annoyed and rushed towards them. At this moment, a loud shout came from behind the water bandits: "Get out of the way!"
Jiang Ning's eyes lit up: "Li Yue!"
Li Yue raised a huge beam with both hands, rushed towards the water bandits, roared and swept across, and before the water bandits had time to turn around, they were stopped and swept away It fell to the ground, and when they picked up their weapons and got up again, Li Yue turned around carrying the beam, ready to sweep again.
The water bandits suddenly came to their senses, rushed over and hugged the beam tightly in an orderly manner, one of them shouted loudly, raised a big knife at Li Yue, and was about to fall on his head.
At this critical moment, there was a clank not far away, and the water bandit who raised the knife froze for a moment. A cold arrow pierced his neck, and a large amount of blood spewed out like a fountain. It was so eloquent that it even stained the ceiling red.
There was a sudden silence in the cabin, and a needle could be heard falling. Everyone was stunned by the reversal of the situation. They only heard a clang, and the weapon fell to the ground, accompanied by a calm voice: "Kill them all."
The crowd crowded into the corner, including Jiang Ning and Han Zhiyuan, turned their heads to look, and there was a neat row of men standing in front of them, holding their bows and arrows, with a cold light shining from the tip of the arrows, the speaker was a young man, dressed as a manager, He gave the order calmly.
What followed was a unilateral massacre, but within a few minutes, all the water bandits had been cleaned up, the ventilation windows were opened again, and the pouring rain outside had gradually stopped at some point. Water vapor rushed into the cabin, sweeping away the bloody smell, and the body of the water bandit was thrown into the river, leaving only blood on the ground, proving what happened just now.
This is the first time that Jiang Ning and Han Zhiyuan have directly faced such a tragic scene in ancient times, blood, barbarism, and fighting...
Jiang Ning continued to lean against the window with Han Zhiyuan, looking at Li Yue who had just turned into a hero and rescued everyone from a difficult situation. He got close, and the boy touched his head in embarrassment, and laughed.
At this time, Jiang Ning suddenly felt a shadow flashing outside the window, Han Zhiyuan pulled him back a step, and saw something like a sack being thrown down from the deck in twos and threes, falling into the vast In the river water, disappeared without a trace...
Jiang Ning's complexion twisted slightly, as if those were sacks...
The water bandit was easily dealt with in this way. After everyone was relieved, they became curious about the owner of the cargo ship, and turned to ask those who were working on the ship.
Someone bragged: "So you don't know? Our Gujia firm is one of the best merchants in Shangjing—"
Someone next to him tugged at him and reprimanded: "What merchant? Don't talk nonsense!"
The man seemed to realize that what he said was inappropriate, so he shut up immediately, and then asked about him, so he just didn't mention it anyway.
Hearing this, Jiang Ning was thoughtful, surnamed Gu?
Then the journey went smoothly again, and five days later, the cargo ship arrived in Jinzhou City smoothly.
After thanking Steward Wang repeatedly, Jiang Ning and the others moved their goods off the ship. After looking for an inn to rest for half a day, Jiang Ning and Han Zhiyuan took the letter from Zhang Gong and went to find the tea merchant.
The tea merchant's surname was Wang, and his single name was Dan. He seemed to be well-known in Jinzhou, so they asked some passers-by for a while, and they found out where Wang Dan lived.
The king's house is located by the river, with Yang Yiyi at the door. At first glance, the house looks very ordinary, without gorgeous decorations, blue tiles and white walls, and two half-new and old lanterns hanging at the door. An old man is sitting at the door while drinking Tea, while basking in the sun, leisurely.
After Jiang Ning reconfirmed that the plaque on the door was correct, he walked forward with Han Zhiyuan, bowed to the old man, and said, "Old man, I'm sorry to bother you."
The old man raised his head, looked at them with squinted eyes, and said, "You two are..."
Jiang Ning said with a smile: "My surname is Jiang, may I ask if this is Mr. Wang Dan's residence?"
The old man put down his tea and raised his gray beard: "That's right, what can you two do?"
After hearing this, Jiang Ning took out the letter from Mr. Zhang and said, "I have a letter here, and I want to hand it to him personally. Can the old man inform you?"
"A letter?" The old man glanced at him and stretched out his hand: "Show me."
Jiang Ning was startled, thinking that he wanted to see the recipient on the envelope, so he handed the letter over, but the old man took the letter, glanced at the envelope, and opened it with his hands.
He was shocked immediately: "Old man——"
Unexpectedly, the old man took a few glances, then stroked his gray beard and laughed, the wrinkles on his face stretched out: "So it's him!"
Hearing this, Jiang Ning turned his head and looked at Han Zhiyuan, both of whom saw surprise in the other's eyes. Before he could speak, the old man put the letter under his arm, picked up the teapot in one hand, and held the tea bowl in the other, slowly Teng Teng said: "I am Wang Dan, you follow me."
……
"Wang Wang Wang!"
"Back off! I have nothing to eat! You can't want to eat me, can you?"
"Wow wow wow!"
"I'm afraid of you, Mr. Dog, please make way for me."
"Wow wow wow wow!"
Jiang Ning: "..."
He stood inside the door for a while, but he didn't expect the situation outside to last for a long time. In the end, he had no choice but to clear his throat. The alley suddenly became quiet, and Jiang Ning walked out.
Sure enough, there was a man and a dog confronting each other in the alley. The man was a very young man, wearing a blue robe, holding a folding fan in his hand, pointing at the squatting big yellow dog in front of him. Although very majestic, but the dog didn't take him seriously at all.
The big yellow dog stood up, shook its fur, and circled around him, as if picking a place for its mouth.
When one person and one dog heard someone coming, they raised their heads at the same time. The man was unexpectedly handsome. Jiang Ning couldn't hold back, and the old problem happened again. He silently gave him a seven in his heart, and then said to him : "Brother, do you need help?"
The young man nodded immediately, and said nervously: "Yes! Can you help drive this vicious dog away?"
Jiang Ning looked at the covetous dog in front of him, thought for a while, and then took out an oiled paper bag, which contained two big white steamed buns, stuffed with pickled vegetables and meat, which were originally intended to be brought to Han Zhiyuan.
Jiang Ning opened one of them, and in an instant, a seductive smell of meat filled the air. The dog really moved, sniffed and sniffed, and then looked over. Throwing it over, the big yellow dog immediately jumped out like an arrow, chasing after the steamed bun.
The young man finally let out a long sigh of relief, walked over to Jiang Ning and bowed his hands: "Thank you, brother, for your help."
Jiang Ning smiled: "It's just a trivial matter, nothing to worry about."
The young man also laughed, and reported his family name: "My surname is Gu, and my name is Hongyun. I don't know your brother's name?"
Jiang Ning replied: "Miangui's surname is Jiang, and the single name is Ning."
"It turned out to be Brother Jiang," Gu Hongyun smiled and opened the folding fan and shook it. He looked like a young man, looked at the direction the dog was leaving, and said hesitantly, "Brother Jiang also wants to go this alley?"
Jiang Ning nodded and said yes, Gu Hongyun was overjoyed immediately: "That's great, why don't we go together?"
Jiang Ning thought, you are probably afraid that the dog will come back?
The alley was very long, and the two walked one after the other for a while, when Gu Hongyun in front spoke up and said, "Brother Jiang doesn't look like someone from Mianyang City."
Jiang Ning asked with a smile, "Why doesn't it look like that?"
Gu Hongyun laughed, waved his fan and said, "Speaking of which, I have been to this Mianyang City several times, and the people here are very interesting."
After hearing this, Jiang Ning finally got a little curious: "What's so interesting?"
"Let me tell you an interesting story," Gu Hongyun opened up the conversation, and said with a smile: "When I was passing by here once, I saw an old man fall, so I went up to help him, and sent him to the hospital. In the end, the old man falsely accused me, saying that I pushed him down and wanted to steal my money. If I didn’t want to pay, he would lie on the ground and cry. What was wrong with the old man, he came to accuse me instead, but I couldn't do it, I broke the money and eliminated the disaster, so I was able to escape, and when I returned to the inn, I found that my entourage was sent back by someone. After asking, it turned out that he also helped me. I killed an old man, but he didn’t bring any money when he went out.”
Speaking of this, he laughed loudly: "The people of Mianyang City are really interesting. I have been traveling all over the world for so long, and it is the first time I have seen such rules. Every family and merchant painted the whole Mianyang City. The land is divided, and each has its own name. Brother Jiang must be careful when walking in the future. Even if you drop a copper coin and land on the land of Mianyang City, you will change your name and surname the next moment, and it will no longer be you. It's gone."
Jiang Ning: "..." It turns out that the idea of helping the elderly has existed since ancient times?
After Gu Hongyun finished laughing, he waved his fan and said, "Brother Jiang has a warm heart, that's why I don't think you are from here."
This person seems to be very good at talking, and it is very natural to say compliments from him, and it will not make people feel repulsed. He should be a businessman. Thinking of this, Jiang Ning smiled and said: "Brother Gu is too famous, I am Yuezhou People, just passing through Mianyang."
Hearing the words, Gu Hongyun looked back at him again, with a hesitant expression on his face, then shook his head: "It's not quite like that, Brother Jiang moved to Yuezhou later?"
This person is really a bit powerful, Jiang Ning was very surprised, and then said: "Yes, it is true that he moved here last year, but how did Brother Gu know?"
Gu Hongyun laughed, and said: "It's just that I have more experience. I left home ten years ago and wandered around. To put it bluntly, this Daze, from south to north, from east to west, is without me. In the places I’ve been to, I heard brother Jiang’s speech, which has the accent of Suzhou in the north, mixed with the accent of Yuezhou, so it’s very recognizable.”
Jiang Ning smiled: "Brother Gu has a lot of knowledge, I admire him."
While talking, the alley came to an end, and the dog didn't see it anymore. Gu Hongyun breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked Jiang Ning, "Where is Brother Jiang going?"
Jiang Ning replied, "Go to the pier to pick him up."
Gu Hongyun put away his fan, cupped his hands and said: "Then let's say goodbye here. We are destined to meet each other. When we meet again, we must treat Brother Jiang to drink a glass of water and wine."
Jiang Ning smiled, and readily agreed, Gu Hongyun left, and went to the restaurant on the right with a fan.
Jiang Ning walked around the pier a few times, but couldn't find Han Zhiyuan, so he had to go back to the inn. When he entered the lobby, Han Zhiyuan was questioning the waiter. Seeing him coming in, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I didn't see you when I came back. where did you go?"
Jiang Ning threw the greased paper bag in his hand, and replied: "Seeing that you ate little at noon, I sent you some food. How is it?"
Han Zhiyuan's face immediately changed from cloudy to clear, he tossed the greased paper bag up and down, walked upstairs with him to the room, and said: "I didn't see anyone, and there was no movement on the boat, I waited for a while, and then came back. "
"Hmm..." Jiang Ning thought for a while, and said, "In this case, I will go to see it in the evening, and I have to find a way. In this kind of weather, the tea cannot be delayed, and every day that is delayed is a loss."
Han Zhiyuan nodded: "If it's not raining, let's go together."
However, there were three more light rains in the afternoon, intermittently. Fortunately, it stopped in the evening, so the two cleaned up a little and went out to the pier.
When we got under the cargo ship with the big red roof, we saw the steward standing by the side supervising the workers. While picking out his ears, he told the workers something. When he saw Jiang Ning and the others passing by, he waved his hand and ended the conversation: " Go, you have to remember what I just said."
Jiang Ning waited for him to finish, then cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Sorry, I'm bothering you again."
The steward glanced at him, and said: "The cargo on the ship is already full, I'm afraid it will make you go for nothing."
Jiang Ning's smile continued: "If it wasn't really difficult, I wouldn't dare to bother your fleet, please ask the steward to help."
The steward became a little impatient, and said, "I've already said it..."
His eyes glanced at Jiang Ning's slightly protruding hand in his sleeve, his voice suddenly faded, and he immediately changed his words calmly: "Ahem...then I'll help you get on the boat and have a look, wait."
The steward asked the two to wait, and boarded the boat by himself. Jiang Ning smiled slightly, and put the silver in his hand back into his sleeve pocket. Since ancient times, money can turn ghosts, the truth of the ancestors.
He and Han Zhiyuan waited by the side of the boat, watching the porters coming and going. It took a long time for the porters to go, and he came down in a hurry until the porters were almost finished moving the supplies. Looking at the two of them, the tone of their speech was no longer bossy as before, but a little more humble: "I miscalculated earlier, please don't be offended, our cargo ship will set off early tomorrow morning, I don't know why you two When will the goods be delivered?"
He even rejected Jiang Ning's bribe. This change was unexpected. Jiang Ning and Han Zhiyuan looked at each other, and they both saw doubts in each other's eyes. Jiang Ning thought for a while, smiled and said to the manager: " If your ship doesn't mind, we can deliver the goods now."
The steward smiled: "Of course."
Although there were twists and turns and the development was beyond the two people's expectations, the matter was finally settled. On the way back, Han Zhiyuan said in amazement: "I would like to know what happened after he returned to the boat? That made his attitude change." Such a big reversal."
Jiang Ning looked at him jokingly, and said with a smile, "Maybe he was overwhelmed by Mr. Han's demeanor?"
Han Zhiyuan had the expression that you're fucking kidding me.
Jiang Ning couldn't help laughing out loud, and waved his hands: "Forget it, their boat can still sail as usual under the condition of the river being closed. It seems that the owner of the boat is either rich or expensive, and the background must be very hard. Probably because they don’t like our goods, and besides, if we don’t get this ride, we’ll lose at least seven or eight, and it’s always a gamble.”
In the evening of that day, after a lot of busy work, Jiang Ning and his group finally loaded their cargo onto the cargo ship, and the cargo ship set off early the next morning. The steward Wang told Jiang Ning repeatedly not to enter and leave the ship at will, and hurried away .
Jiang Ning and his party were placed in the cargo hold on the lowest floor. Although it was unavoidably a little stuffy, most people in the caravan looked very relaxed, especially Li Yue, who was jumping up and down with excitement.
He pestered Jiang Ning for a few words, but Han Zhiyuan pulled him away with a serious expression: "You blocked the window."
Li Yue had no choice but to back away silently. How could there be no windows in such a large cargo hold?
At this time, the boat suddenly shook slightly, began to move forward slowly, and finally set off.
The journey was smooth and smooth until the third day of the boat’s journey. Jiang Ning and Han Zhiyuan leaned against the window and looked out. The weather was gloomy and the clouds were as thick as ink, so thick that they seemed to be dripping juice. It is like a landscape painting splashed with ink.
Suddenly, there was a thunderbolt in the air, the thunder rolled, the lightning flashed, and the heavy rain poured down. The cargo ship sailed down the current and entered a narrow water area. There were large reeds on both sides of the coast, which were as tall as a person. In the past, the reeds were undulating like a sea of emerald green. When the boat passed by, wild teal ducks would startle up from time to time and fly away.
The thunder and lightning continued, and the rumble was endless, but Jiang Ning frowned slightly, looking at the vast expanse of emerald green reeds, feeling a little ominous in his heart.
Among the rolling thunder, there were one or two jingling sounds, like an iron spear hitting a stone. He asked Han Zhiyuan in a low voice: "Did you hear it? The sound is not right."
Han Zhiyuan was about to answer, at this moment, a naked iron claw was thrown up from under the boat, and with a clang, it caught on the window sill, and he immediately grabbed Jiang Ning and pulled him over: "There is someone under the boat! "
The iron claws were snapped into the wooden window sill in an instant, and then there was a "thump, thud, thud" sound. A few seconds later, a wet man rushed up from under the window, facing Jiang Ning and Han Zhiyuan, before he had time to react, Han Zhiyuan elbowed hard with his backhand, right in the face, and immediately nosebleeds rushed out, flying together with the rain, the man screamed, fell backwards, and fell into the vast river, A small splash of water splashed and disappeared.
Others in the cargo hold also saw this situation, and immediately someone shouted in panic: "Water bandits! There are water bandits!" "Hurry up and report to the steward!" "The water bandits are here!"
There was a riot over there, but the situation on Jiang Ning's side became critical. Immediately after four or five windows on their side, iron claws were hooked up. Han Zhiyuan pushed Jiang Ning against the wall: "You stay still."
After he finished speaking, he turned around and picked up a big wooden stick that was used to support the ship's window, and aimed at a water bandit who had already climbed up beside him, raised his hand and hit the stick hard, knocking people unconscious, and then Taking advantage of this gap, he kicked the water bandit out of the window.
Jiang Ning suddenly came to his senses, rushed over, pulled off the iron claws on the window sill, threw it out, and pulled down the ventilation window, and shouted at everyone on the boat: "Quickly close the windows! Close all the windows!"
After hearing this, the rest of the people suddenly realized, and rushed to close the windows in a hurry, but they had already missed the best time. Several water bandits had already climbed into the cabin, showing off their gleaming weapons.
Originally, there were quite a few thick-bodied men in the cabin, who were usually very bullish, but now that they were equipped with weapons, they began to be timid, shrinking back all the time, not daring to move forward, the water bandits saw Suddenly, the momentum suddenly became rampant, waving weapons, driving the crowd to the corner like ducks.
A water bandit unscrupulously raised the thin knife in his hand, and shouted something in dialect to his accomplices. Some of them answered. Although Jiang Ning couldn't understand, he could still see it from their suddenly fierce eyes. Come out, they are going to do it!
These water bandits are all vicious and vicious, and I am afraid that there are not a few people who have killed them, and they all carry a bloody aura for a long time. At this time, each of them held a big knife and rushed towards the crowd. The scalding blood splashed, and the crowd suddenly screamed in commotion, swarming like a nest of frightened chicks, squeezing desperately towards the corner.
Jiang Ning and the two stood on the outermost side. Han Zhiyuan held a wooden stick in one hand and Jiang Ning in the other. He took a step back, then looked at the gap between one of them, and swept across with a stick, immediately knocking him away. He snatched the long knife in his hand.
Seeing that someone dared to resist, the other water bandits were immediately annoyed and rushed towards them. At this moment, a loud shout came from behind the water bandits: "Get out of the way!"
Jiang Ning's eyes lit up: "Li Yue!"
Li Yue raised a huge beam with both hands, rushed towards the water bandits, roared and swept across, and before the water bandits had time to turn around, they were stopped and swept away It fell to the ground, and when they picked up their weapons and got up again, Li Yue turned around carrying the beam, ready to sweep again.
The water bandits suddenly came to their senses, rushed over and hugged the beam tightly in an orderly manner, one of them shouted loudly, raised a big knife at Li Yue, and was about to fall on his head.
At this critical moment, there was a clank not far away, and the water bandit who raised the knife froze for a moment. A cold arrow pierced his neck, and a large amount of blood spewed out like a fountain. It was so eloquent that it even stained the ceiling red.
There was a sudden silence in the cabin, and a needle could be heard falling. Everyone was stunned by the reversal of the situation. They only heard a clang, and the weapon fell to the ground, accompanied by a calm voice: "Kill them all."
The crowd crowded into the corner, including Jiang Ning and Han Zhiyuan, turned their heads to look, and there was a neat row of men standing in front of them, holding their bows and arrows, with a cold light shining from the tip of the arrows, the speaker was a young man, dressed as a manager, He gave the order calmly.
What followed was a unilateral massacre, but within a few minutes, all the water bandits had been cleaned up, the ventilation windows were opened again, and the pouring rain outside had gradually stopped at some point. Water vapor rushed into the cabin, sweeping away the bloody smell, and the body of the water bandit was thrown into the river, leaving only blood on the ground, proving what happened just now.
This is the first time that Jiang Ning and Han Zhiyuan have directly faced such a tragic scene in ancient times, blood, barbarism, and fighting...
Jiang Ning continued to lean against the window with Han Zhiyuan, looking at Li Yue who had just turned into a hero and rescued everyone from a difficult situation. He got close, and the boy touched his head in embarrassment, and laughed.
At this time, Jiang Ning suddenly felt a shadow flashing outside the window, Han Zhiyuan pulled him back a step, and saw something like a sack being thrown down from the deck in twos and threes, falling into the vast In the river water, disappeared without a trace...
Jiang Ning's complexion twisted slightly, as if those were sacks...
The water bandit was easily dealt with in this way. After everyone was relieved, they became curious about the owner of the cargo ship, and turned to ask those who were working on the ship.
Someone bragged: "So you don't know? Our Gujia firm is one of the best merchants in Shangjing—"
Someone next to him tugged at him and reprimanded: "What merchant? Don't talk nonsense!"
The man seemed to realize that what he said was inappropriate, so he shut up immediately, and then asked about him, so he just didn't mention it anyway.
Hearing this, Jiang Ning was thoughtful, surnamed Gu?
Then the journey went smoothly again, and five days later, the cargo ship arrived in Jinzhou City smoothly.
After thanking Steward Wang repeatedly, Jiang Ning and the others moved their goods off the ship. After looking for an inn to rest for half a day, Jiang Ning and Han Zhiyuan took the letter from Zhang Gong and went to find the tea merchant.
The tea merchant's surname was Wang, and his single name was Dan. He seemed to be well-known in Jinzhou, so they asked some passers-by for a while, and they found out where Wang Dan lived.
The king's house is located by the river, with Yang Yiyi at the door. At first glance, the house looks very ordinary, without gorgeous decorations, blue tiles and white walls, and two half-new and old lanterns hanging at the door. An old man is sitting at the door while drinking Tea, while basking in the sun, leisurely.
After Jiang Ning reconfirmed that the plaque on the door was correct, he walked forward with Han Zhiyuan, bowed to the old man, and said, "Old man, I'm sorry to bother you."
The old man raised his head, looked at them with squinted eyes, and said, "You two are..."
Jiang Ning said with a smile: "My surname is Jiang, may I ask if this is Mr. Wang Dan's residence?"
The old man put down his tea and raised his gray beard: "That's right, what can you two do?"
After hearing this, Jiang Ning took out the letter from Mr. Zhang and said, "I have a letter here, and I want to hand it to him personally. Can the old man inform you?"
"A letter?" The old man glanced at him and stretched out his hand: "Show me."
Jiang Ning was startled, thinking that he wanted to see the recipient on the envelope, so he handed the letter over, but the old man took the letter, glanced at the envelope, and opened it with his hands.
He was shocked immediately: "Old man——"
Unexpectedly, the old man took a few glances, then stroked his gray beard and laughed, the wrinkles on his face stretched out: "So it's him!"
Hearing this, Jiang Ning turned his head and looked at Han Zhiyuan, both of whom saw surprise in the other's eyes. Before he could speak, the old man put the letter under his arm, picked up the teapot in one hand, and held the tea bowl in the other, slowly Teng Teng said: "I am Wang Dan, you follow me."
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