Everyone looked intently, and sure enough, on the blue sea in the distance ahead, a silver-white sailboat appeared.

The position where the ship was anchored happened to be obscured by the rocks next to the bay, so it was completely invisible on the wharf of Nanao Port.

This situation, of course, is also deliberately done by the people in "Wanyimen".

After a pillar of incense, the boat had sailed to the front of the sailboat, and everyone on board could see the appearance of this silver-white sailboat.

If Song Sichen said earlier that it would be too ostentatious to sail this ship into the port of South Australia, some people disagreed, but now no one doubts it. Just because this sailing ship is so outstanding, the brigs docked at the dock of Nanao Port are even inferior to small sampans compared to this ship.

The ship is at least 30 zhang long, the side of the ship is two or three zhang high from the sea, there are six masts on the ship, and the sails that can be hung up are as many as more than 10 sides. The streamlined shape of the hull is extremely beautiful, and the entire hull is painted in a silvery white color, like a flying fish on the sea, but even in the depths of the ocean, there will be no such huge flying fish.

On the outside of the ship in front, there are three big characters engraved "Baili", which is obviously the name of the sailing ship.

Such a huge ship, not to mention Hua Bushi, who has lived inland for a long time, even the well-informed Cao Duyun and Xue Yuan have never seen it before.

According to the "sea ban order" promulgated by the Ming court, the manufacturing of ships can not exceed two masts at most, otherwise it is illegal, because in the coastal ports of the Ming Dynasty, the largest ships are only offshore cargo ships that are less than ten zhang long, such as the "White Oriole" and other six-masted ocean-going sailing ships that are more than 30 zhang long, it is absolutely impossible to see.

The boat approached the "White Bird" and leaned on the hull of the big ship, and immediately some sailors lowered the rope ladder, and everyone climbed the rope ladder and boarded the big ship in turn.

The deck of the "White Bird" is also very spacious, with a total of three decks and dozens of rooms, just like a pavilion on the top, and there are as many as fifty or sixty sailors on board. Such a huge ocean-going sailing ship requires a lot of manpower to control the voyage, and it is by no means comparable to ordinary small boats sailing on rivers.

got on the big boat, and the steward Song Sichen arranged for the servants on the ship to receive Cao Duyun and Hua Bushi and others, and then returned to the small boat with two sailors, and sailed back to the dock of Nanao Port.

Hua Bushi looked at Peng San beside him and asked, "In Peng Sanye's opinion, how is this sailboat?"

Last night, Chai Lin once told Hua Bushi that Peng San was proficient in the art of sailing, and as soon as this vulgar-looking man boarded the ship, he looked around and looked around, Hua Bushi looked in his eyes, and asked.

Peng San said: "This boat, it's not bad, if you drive it properly, you can barely get by at speed, but the board is a little thin and not too strong." ”

When he spoke, he was rather disapproving in his tone.

Hua Bushi said: "Third Master Peng is an expert in sailing, do you want to have sailed such a sailboat before?"

Peng San pursed his mouth and said, "What can this boat be, I think my family's boat back then was much stronger than this boat!"

Before he could finish speaking, he heard someone on the side say: "Cheeky, bragging!"

It is Hai Hongzhu who speaks. Since the night of talking with Hua Bushi in Nanquan Zhuangzhong, this Hua Da lady seems to be in a better mood, no longer sad all day long, and has a lot less time to go against this evil young master, and has regained a little bit of her earlier liveliness and cheerfulness.

Peng San said: "I Peng San is the most honest and never brags, Mrs. Hua don't get me wrong!"

Hai Hongzhu snorted and said, "Then let me ask you, where is the boat you are driving now, if you have such a big boat, how can you be as poor as you are now?"

This Peng San is not only ugly, but also wears a coarse cloth shirt, and the spilled shoes under his feet have a hole, so he doesn't look like a rich shipowner.

Peng San sighed and said: "Although my boat is very good, one day one day it sank to the bottom of the sea by accident, and I had no choice but to play these little tricks to eat and eat, and it fell to this point." ”

When he said this, his face also showed a look of regret, and his expression was very rich, but it was a pity that none of the people who heard this believed it.

An hour later, Steward Song's boat returned, and there were ten other people who came by boat, belonging to two sects.

One is the "Shangqing Gate" of Longhu Mountain in Guixi, and the other is the Nangong family of Ji'an Mansion, these two sects are the famous Baidao sects in the Jiangxi realm, they come together, and they want to have some friendship with each other.

Hua Bushi of these two sects has only heard of it and has never seen it, but Chu Yiyi knows them all, and when he saw the boat coming from a distance, he whispered the names of the two sects in the ear of the eldest young master.

Song Sichen waited for everyone on the small boat to come to the deck of the big ship, and introduced Cao Duyun and Hua Bushi to him.

The "Shangqing Gate" came to five Taoist priests, and one of the leaders was in his fifties, with the Taoist name Zhengde, who was an elder in the "Shangqing Gate". Longhu Mountain is the legendary Taoist patriarch Zhang Daoling refining the dragon and tiger elixir, although the "Shangqing Gate" is not as famous as the "Wudang School", but it is also an orthodox Taoist sect, and the "Nine Qu Swordsmanship" inherited in the door is also a superior martial arts stunt.

These five Taoist priests are all in green robes, with towering Taoist crowns, and four-foot long swords obliquely behind their backs, obviously all of them are masters of sword cultivation.

The person headed by the Nangong family is a man in his thirties named Nangong Qi, introduced by Steward Song as the "fourth master", and is the fourth son of Nangong Shouzhen, the contemporary head of the Nangong family.

The Nangong family is one of the four major martial arts families in the mighty rivers and lakes, but it was all old from a hundred years ago. The so-called "wealth is not passed on to three generations", and the same is true of martial arts families.

Today's four major families have already declined, and their talents have withered and tended to decline, among which only the Nangong family still retains some shili, but it is not as good as before, in the past twenty years, there has not been any top master in the Nangong family.

Nangong Qi is seven feet tall, but his appearance is quite elegant, and his clothes are luxurious, not under Hua Bushi. The other four members of the Nangong family are all dressed as servants, but from the pace of their breathing, it can also be seen that they are all people with martial arts.

When Steward Song introduced Cao Duyun and Hua Bushi, the Zhengde Daoist of the "Shangqing Gate" only arched his hand, which was regarded as a courtesy, and his expression was very cold. Although Cao Duyun's status is noble, and the Cao family is also a very powerful and wealthy family in Beijing, many Jianghu sects are unwilling to make friends with people in the official government, lest they arouse the scruples of the underworld Shili and the rebels from all walks of life who oppose the imperial court.

And the "Evil Dog Sect" was originally a small sect that had only recently risen, and Hua Bushi's reputation was also very unbearable, and some famous and decent people would not give him much good looks. "Shangqing Gate" is the orthodoxy of the Taoist Gate that has been inherited for a long time, and the indifference of the righteous Taoist is also normal.

After the head of Zhengde Dao met once, he took the doorman to the cabin to rest, but it was Nangong Qi of the Nangong family, whose attitude was very enthusiastic, and his words were very polite, pulling Cao Duyun and Hua Bushi to talk non-stop, quite a sense of familiarity at first sight.

"I'm waiting all the way down the Hanjiang River, there are many trivial delays along the way, and I just arrived in Nanao Town today, and I'm really sorry to keep the two sons waiting for a long time!" Nangong Qi said.

Cao Duyun said: "Mr. Nangong is serious, we have just boarded this ship, and we haven't waited too long. ”

Nangong Qi said: "This 'Wanyi Conference', with the participation of big names like Cao Gongzi in the capital, it will be very lively!"

Cao Duyun smiled and said: "Mr. Nangong has a good reputation, with the senior masters of many sects such as the Central Plains Martial Arts coming, how can the junior brother be regarded as a big man." ”

Nangong Qi laughed a few times, and said: "Although this 'Wanyi Conference' will definitely be very lively, but in terms of momentum, compared with the one thirty years ago, it is far behind. ”

Hua Bushi's expression moved, and asked: "Does Mr. Nangong know the details of the 'Wanyi Conference' thirty years ago?" Nangong Qi said: "At the conference thirty years ago, my Nangong family was also one of the sects invited to participate, and the person sent by this sect to participate in the meeting was my father. ”

About the "Wanyi Conference" thirty years ago, there are many rumors on the rivers and lakes, but most of them are difficult to distinguish between true and false, at this time I heard that this Nangong Qi said that his father had participated in this meeting, I must be able to know some inside information, Hua Bushi and Cao Duyun are full of interest.

Hua Bushi said: "Mr. Nangong said that the conference thirty years ago was more powerful, but how many sects participated?"

Nangong Qi said: "Of course. I heard that at this conference, the 'Wanyi Gate' only sent out 60 invitations, and even if the sects that received the invitations sent people, it was only 300 people. According to my father's words, at that conference 30 years ago, 'Wanyimen' widely distributed invitations, not like this time, there were more than 100 sects to participate in the past, and there were many masters who had no sect and no faction, and there were no less than 1,000 people attending the meeting. ”

Thirty years ago, at the "Wanyi Conference", the conditions for participation were very relaxed, and Hua Bushi had already learned from Chu Yiyi's intelligence. It is said that the conference was not like this one, only sending invitations to famous factions, but distributing hundreds of invitations, and even if the people in the rivers and lakes did not get the invitations, as long as they rushed to the port in time, the "Wanyi Gate" did not refuse to let them participate in the conference.