Chapter 18: Dragon Banner Competition

At about 12 o'clock at noon, in the middle of the Sichuan River in front of the high platform, nine short and exquisite speedboats are lined up in different colors, respectively, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, plus black and white.

With such a distinction, it seems that behind each color, there are forces of all sizes, secretly supporting sponsorship.

Perhaps this is also one of the purposes of the rich people, who are keen on the Dragon Flag Competition, just take advantage of this grand event to compare their financial and human resources and set off the effect of advertising.

Although there is no substantial reward for this kind of public welfare activity, the focus is on participation and making the name of their respective chambers of commerce, which is the reason why everyone competes against each other.

The nine speedboats are all five meters long, and in addition to the corresponding colors on the hulls, they also have flags with different graphics, representing the logos of the chambers of commerce of each participating party.

On each speedboat, there are three flag captors, sitting on both sides, each wearing a sun hat, sunglasses, and short shirts and tight pants.

There is also a helmsman in the cockpit of the speedboat, and a gong and drum bearer at the rear of the speedboat.

Of the two people in charge of the gongs and drums, the drummer takes on the heavy responsibility of conducting.

Wang Leng sat with his eyes closed, trying his best to alleviate the trouble caused by Li Hao's boring speech.

"Next, please invite Lu Qiao of the Lu Group and Zhang Group to beat the drum together!"

Hearing this, Wang Leng's heart moved.

"Zhang Li, it turns out that the burly man is actually a member of the Zhang family who is as famous as the Lu family......"

This year's Dragon Boat Festival Dragon Flag Competition is really a big deal for the organizer Huangshui City!

The Lu family and the Zhang family, known as the two super families of Wu Ming, are known to women and children, and they even sent people to participate in the competition, is it possible to have ulterior motives?

Without waiting for Wang Leng to figure out why, the celebration of today's Dragon Boat Festival has already started the process!

"Boom... Boom... Boom..."

Only three drums were heard, and in the blink of an eye, nine speedboats shot forward like arrows.

Suddenly there was thunder of joy on the shore, colorful flags fluttering, firecrackers, gongs and drums rang out.

The drums beat three times, and the colorful flags fluttered, and the Kowloon jumped out of the water.

I saw the shadow of the slurry flying, the waves splashing, like a dragon stepping on the waves, like a fish swallow hitting the water, a wave of exciting formations, rippling on the wide river.

After 100 meters, the nine boats marched hand in hand, almost the same, showing an even momentum.

Suddenly, nine sharp horns shook the sky.

Immediately, several long howls swept through the air, and even the cheers and shouts of tens of thousands of people could not hide their amazing momentum, and there were thousands of troops and horses.

At this moment, as far as the eye could see, there were two fiery red speedboats, as if they had come out of the water, suddenly rising to the surface of the water, flying arrows and shooting forward.

For a moment, the silence on the shore was unusual, and everyone was stunned.

No one has ever seen such a scene a few times.

"What?"

Wang Leng was shocked.

The two fiery red speedboats did not come from underwater, but secretly rowed over from the side just now when everyone's attention was focused on the nine competing speedboats.

"Why don't they compete in the open and open, but are so unruly, they are not afraid of being driven away by the Sichuan River Water Security Team, which is arranged by the Water Affairs Bureau around the river to maintain order?"

Wang Leng was stunned, and hurriedly looked at it carefully.

As far as his eyes could see, he saw that the two fiery red speedboats were staffed exactly the same as the nine in front.

It's just that the flag capturers and helmsmen, all of them are tall and majestic, and they are by no means ordinary people.

Among the bunting planted on the two speedboats, one depicts a flying horse and the other a roaring tiger.

The most bizarre thing is that the drummer and gong player on the speedboat turned out to be two tall beauties with white veils on their faces.

Looking at their exquisite appearance, like supermodels on the catwalk, they are sprinkling and sprinkling, and they feel like they are riding the wind, which is really pleasant!

"They are the people of Tudi and Nanzhan...... Look at the flag on the speedboat......"

Someone shouted loudly, and suddenly hundreds of people screamed one after another.

The spectators on the shore woke up from their shock, and the sound of invective, whistle and cheers mixed together, and the scene became a mess.

As we all know, Tudi and Nanzhan both had wars with Wuming and captured the pass and Zhennan.

Now that the international situation in Wuming is becoming more and more severe, he has no choice but to make compromises, sign a truce alliance with the Turks and the two countries, and provide economic assistance to others every year, and exchange unequal commercial and trade relations.

There are even rumors that some bigwigs, in desperation, have tacitly acquiesced in the western pass area and returned to Tudi, and the southern Zhennan area is occupied by the south.

It can be seen that the western and southern territories of Wuming have become unguardable.

The armies of the Turks and the southern occupation can drive straight into the capital city of Qingzhou at any time.

If it weren't for the fact that between the two countries, they would have restrained each other because of their respective interests, and half of Wuming's rivers and mountains would have been reduced to someone else's territory.

What is puzzling is that the water affairs team that is now patrolling the Sichuan River does not dare to step forward to stop people from other countries, but allows them to ride the wind and waves, following the nine speedboats.

When all the dragon boats have reached a distance of 200 meters, they start to turn around and row back.

On the river surface 50 meters away from the middle of the high platform, a dragon-shaped banner is set up in the wind, and it is the colorful head of today's competition: the dragon flag.

When it was about 300 meters away from the Dragon Banner, only three of the original nine speedboats remained, and their liveries were: black, white, and blue.

The other speedboats of the other colors have fallen behind and are bravely catching up.

The two later fiery speedboats rowed faster and faster, and at this time they had surpassed the six backward speedboats, and they were only seven or eight meters away from the first three.

Looking at this situation, there is a posture of latecomers!

The audience on the riverbank became more and more emotional, the sound of cheering became louder and louder, and some folk music teams spontaneously gathered together and sang loudly.

Noisy Sichuan River, which one celebrates the Dragon Boat Festival!

Capture the dragon flag, which is the dragon tour!

Longyou Feng Shui, which is a great harvest!

............

Although the singing is short, it is high-pitched and passionate, quite shocking, and inspiring.

On the three speedboats in front, the rhythm of gongs and drums became faster and louder, and the helmsman was inspired to drive the speedboat at top speed.

There is a lively momentum of the speedboat breaking the waves and riding the wind, and the drums splitting the waves and singing thousands of thunders!

In this way, the two speedboats in the back can no longer close the gap by half a point.

It wasn't until there were still thirty meters away from the Dragon Banner that the sound of gongs and drums gradually became faster, and the three speedboats that were far ahead of the dragon flag accelerated their speed.

At this moment, the flag-capturers were already red-eyed, their waists lowered, their heads slightly raised, and their arms waved mechanically.

All they could see was the dragon banner at the end.

The audience on the shore was already full of people, as if they were boiling a pot, and they were all excited.

There are even media people who are good at grabbing the news, pointing their cameras at the river and truthfully recording everything that is about to happen.

Because the scene at this time is the most exciting, and it is also the most high-tide part of today's Dragon Flag Competition.