The most unlucky crossing in history

Zhong Qiyun must have explained the diversion to Zhancheng with his boatman.

Sure enough, half of the people who were originally willing to follow to Qiongzhou hesitated.What's more, at night, Zhong Qiyun and Zhang Zhenfeng sent someone to deliver the news to Zhong Qiyun.

The city of Hangzhou was really blocked.

At least one-third of his boatmen like Yu Zhouhai have family members in Hangzhou. When these boatmen heard about this, they insisted on going back to Hangzhou overnight to have a look.

It is human nature, life in the family is in dire straits, there is no reason not to go back, even if you know it in your heart, it may be futile to go there, the city of Hangzhou is really in chaos, and even if you can't go back, you will have to pay for your life.

But no matter what, this one-third of the people decided to go back, and a few others heard that the pirates were rampant, so they shirked in fear.

Zhong Qiyun also guessed that he would leave so much, and Zhong Qiyun was quite satisfied that 14 people were willing to follow him to Zhancheng, so he said, "I won't force you, you can go back tomorrow."

"Brother Zhong," Yu Zhouhai felt a little sorry for Zhong Qiyun, so he got up and said, "Are you really planning to go to Zhan City?"

Zhong Qiyun nodded.

"It's so dangerous, why don't you still..."

When Liu Wangcai heard the words, he interrupted directly and said, "It's a good thing that my master values ​​you so much, you can't see through all of this. Going to Zhan City must be carefully considered by the master. As the saying goes, if you don't enter the tiger's den, you won't be a tiger's cub. Now that you have decided to go, you want to compare There must be benefits in it, I'm not like you, I don't have much family, I just follow my boss wherever he goes, how can I have the right to make irresponsible remarks?"

Liu Wangcai could not see Yu Zhouhai's appearance. During this period of time, he also saw Zhong Qiyun's cultivation of Yu Zhouhai. It's just that Yu Zhouhai has no ambitions and is bound by his family. I'm afraid Zhong Qiyun's efforts will be in vain.

Being choked up by Liu Wangcai, Yu Zhouhai, a big man, couldn't speak and blushed.

Zhong Qiyun said: "Okay, okay, what are you talking about? There is no right or wrong when you go back to Hangzhou or Zhancheng. There is no right or wrong. If you are willing to go to sea with me, I will not treat you badly during this time. Go back to Hangzhou City, I also have something to ask."

When Yu Zhouhai heard about it, he hurriedly said, "You can tell Brother Zhong anything, and I will try my best to do it."

The rest of the party who wanted to go back to their hometown also hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, you can order it, my boss. We people are better than doing it for you." Not to mention how kind Zhong Qiyun treats them, but the salary Zhong Qiyun offered, This group of people is also unwilling to part ways with him.

Zhong Qiyun

Smiled, "It's nothing important, I just want to ask you to send me some special products to the merchants we frequent in Hangzhou City. Later, I will ask Manager Sun to make a list, and you will deliver them for me according to the list." Just say something nice."

"Naturally deliver it safely to Brother Zhong!"

"That's it."

The people who went to sea were finalized, and the next day, Zhong Qiyun asked Steward Sun to reply to Zhang Zhenfeng, and the business to go to Zhancheng was finalized.

At noon, I asked someone to buy a carriage and load the goods to Yu Zhouhai and his party back to Hangzhou. Before the party was about to leave, Zhong Qiyun still said to the listless Yu Zhouhai: "Zhou Hai, Liu Wang just said yesterday that you don't need to go too far. care,"

"Brother Zhong, I..."

Zhong Qiyun waved his hand: "Everyone has their own aspirations. I just saw that you are quite transparent in navigation and taught you more, so that you can help me. You don't have to feel guilty."

"..."

Looking at Yu Zhouhai who was still silent, Zhong Qiyun patted him on the shoulder, "However, to be honest, if you decided to go with me yesterday, I would not agree."

Zhong Qiyun's words stunned Yu Zhouhai: "Why!"

Zhong Qiyun replied with a smile: "Because I do have something to entrust to you alone."

Yu Zhouhai's expression brightened, and he said directly: "Brother Zhong, tell me, what's the matter!"

Zhong Qiyun took the package and handed it to Yu Zhouhai: "Send this item to Mr. Xie who temporarily lives in a courtyard in the south of Hangzhou."

"Mr. Xie?" Yu Zhouhai was stunned, thinking for a long time but still didn't know which Mr. Xie family Zhong Qiyun was talking about.

Seeing this, Zhong Qiyun gave the address again, but did not specify who it was, and just asked him to hand it over to the person over there.

Yu Zhouhai nodded: "This is a trivial matter, I will definitely take care of it for you."

"Well, thank you."

After everyone had left, Liu Wangcai, who had gone to the busy city to recruit in the morning, also came back. Along with him, there were more than a dozen newly recruited boatmen, and five river and lake thugs with good water skills.

Four of the thugs are tall, burly, and powerful, while the remaining one is tall, thin and not considered strong, but he is holding a saber, his face is cold, and he has a murderous look at just one glance.

Liu Wangcai ran up to Zhong Qiyun with a blushing face and bright eyes, and said in a low voice, "Boss, we have found a treasure," he said, looking at the tall and thin man, "This man's name is Jiang Sicheng, don't look Not as tall and strong as those few people, but he is really good at fighting, and he can even beat those four people with one blow."

Zhong Qiyun's eyes stayed on the man's face for a while, and asked, "How did you meet?"

"He heard that we were going to Zhancheng, so he said he wanted to take our boat. I just said we

Recruiting thugs but not inviting guests, how could he know that he would pick four on the spot and not lose the wind. "

Zhong Qiyun smiled: "If you are so powerful, you are not afraid that he will come to the boat and have malicious intentions? Which one of us can deal with it?"

Liu Wangcai was taken aback, apparently not expecting this level, "This..."

Zhong Qiyun shook his head, "This person seems to be the kind of guy who has died in the rivers and lakes. Forget it, the boats on the left and right are all our people. It would be no problem to deal with one of these people."

As he spoke, he asked again: "Did you buy the knives, guns, and arrows?"

"I bought it, I bought it, just now Xu Gou and the others went over to try it, and hid it in the place where they found it in each ship."

"That's good. Let everyone practice in the few days before going to sea. Although it may not be so unlucky to meet bandits, it's better to be prepared."

"Okay." After Liu Wangcai responded, he said again: "I see that Jiang Sicheng's swordsmanship is very good, why don't you let him be a teacher for us?"

Zhong Qiyun thought the same way, "I'll go talk to him."

After finishing speaking, he asked Liu Wangcai to greet the dozen or so new boatmen, and he went to talk to the five thugs.

Among the five people, except for Jiang Sicheng, the other four are all thugs of the Zhonghe Gambling House in Maojiang City. Years ago, the gambling house was taken away by the government for committing some crimes, and these people had nowhere to go. Seeing that Liu Wang was recruiting, he followed.

But Jiang Sicheng didn't want to say anything else except his name. Zhong Qiyun's accent sounded a bit like that of a Ruyang native. As for other things, people didn't want to say more, so he didn't ask any more.

The personnel were fully staffed, the preparations before entering the sea were done, and the goods were loaded. On the sixth day of the lunar new year, the weather was clear and sunny, and Zhong Qiyun, Zhang Zhenfeng and a group of twelve boats sailed out of Maojiang Bay.

Zhong Qiyun looked at the mainland that was getting farther away, and thought to himself, this time, I am afraid that the peach blossoms will bloom before I can go back.

After just one glance, he stopped looking, and then calmly looked at the vast Qiongyang in front of him.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Yu Zhouhai and his entourage, who were returning to Hangzhou, hurried on their horses and drove all night before reaching the outskirts of Hangzhou.At this time, the city of Hangzhou has been closed for more than half a month, and no one with carriages or horses is allowed to enter.

The whole group was helpless, and the officers and soldiers did not dare to break in. Although they were extremely worried about their family members, there was really nothing they could do.Those officers and soldiers outside the city were extremely serious, and they would raise their knives to drink if they asked any more questions, and they couldn't find out what was going on in the city.

There was really no other way, they could only find a house outside the city to stay temporarily.

But Yu Zhouhai agreed to the package sent by Zhong Qiyun, and since he accepted, he thought about accepting

When it is important, it must be sent anyway.

So in the next few days, he carried a package to the city gate to beg the guards and officers and soldiers. It was not until the [-]th day, when the minister of the Ministry of punishment and the governor of Hangzhou caught the bandits and passed by the city gate, that they were able to escape by chance. into town.

The author has something to say: Today is a bit short, sorry, I was busy this week, and I was forced to work overtime every day, with no rest on Saturdays and weekends. In this way, different people think differently, and have different expressions and requirements for language. Originally, the article has the same meaning. It’s okay to show it to this person, but it’s okay to show it to another person. , Change it again, and different people think that theirs is the best, so we have to modify it.

Forget it, let’s continue tomorrow, we can’t lose to this kind of meaningless work