This section of the canal from Taierzhuang to Huai'an was called the Middle Canal in the geographical section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in later generations. The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal has a long history, but it was only in the Yuan Dynasty that the whole line was completed. However, there was no road in the Yuan Dynasty, the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal gradually silted up, and the national dynasty re-dredged the river section in Huaibei in Shandong, after more than ten years of manpower repair, the canal gradually became able to sail, and it could carry 4,000 boats per day.

At this time, the canal scene in Zhang Zhaohua's eyes is the "White River Water Day Soup", at a glance, the river surface is wide, sparkling, like a fluttering jasper silk, emptying from the depths of the white clouds on the horizon. The big boat is as high as four or five meters, pulling a string of small wooden boats to slide slowly, each boat, is full of countless grains, coming and going, tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians by the river, pulling fiber and transporting goods, as well as the river workers who dredge the river, picking up the river, lifting the soil, laying piles, building embankments, the boatmen have the boatman's number, the riverman has the riverman's number, the riverman has the riverman's number, and the two echo each other when they roar.

Zhang Zhaohua was dazzled, there was no such spectacular scene in the Tonghui River and Tongji Canal around Beiping, and Pu Cha was even more long-mouthed and didn't speak for a long time, saying that now he knew what Zhang Zhaohua meant by the prosperous place.

"Niangniang," Bai Mao leaned over, "It's time to put the meal." ”

Zhang Zhaohua was shocked, and covered the basket in his hand with a white cloth, in which there were steamed buns and flatbreads, and the lower layer was gunpowder saltpeter packed into jars.

There is a special stove room here that is responsible for the food of the military and civilians, but there are also local women who often come to deliver food, Zhang Zhaohua took the women's army to mix in these people, and successfully passed more than a dozen without being discovered.

However, when it was Zhang Zhaohua's turn to pass with Xiaohong and Cuiying, they were stopped and interrogated by the patrol, and said, "Whose mother-in-law are you, how can you look at your eyes?"

"I, I'm here for the first time," Zhang Zhaohua deliberately pretended to be scared, and said, "I'm looking for Dayou!"

"Dayou?" the patrol looked her up and down, "There are many people with this name! Which battalion is your man?"

When Zhang Zhaohua saw a sergeant in front of him with a willow branch stuck in his back, he immediately pointed at him and said, "It's him!

The patrol officer looked up, and sure enough, the little daughter-in-law pounced on her man with joy, slapped it on top of her man, and finally lifted the basket and took out two white-flour steamed buns for him to eat.

White-flour steamed buns are naturally a good thing, the little daughter-in-law must be left for men to eat when steamed, the food in the military camp is really difficult to swallow, and the steamed buns are made of coarse grains, which can pierce the throat roughly.

Zhang Zhaohua saw that no one was paying attention to them around, so he lowered his voice and said, "What about your generals, how are they prepared?"

This sergeant was wearing the robe and armor of the Southern Army, pretending to be the Yan Army of the Southern Army, and the identification sign was to insert a willow branch behind his back, and this person said: "The general went to the embankment, and he said that at two o'clock in the afternoon, he would raise a fire and immediately burn the boat." ”

Around noon, it is the time for dinner, and the sun is too poisonous at this time, so the soldiers and the people will avoid the sun and rest for an hour or so, which is a good opportunity to start. Li Yuan gave each sergeant a fire fold, and when the time came, they all ignited and burned in one fell swoop.

Zhang Zhaohua was distracted and paid attention to the surroundings, she was about to stand up and take a look at the river embankment, but suddenly a person with a slippery head rushed over, reached out and picked up a steamed bun from the basket and took a big gulp: "Your mother-in-law is good to you, white flour steamed buns, I am willing to give you to eat!"

The last steamed bun on this basket was taken away by this person, Zhang Zhaohua's back was in a cold sweat for a while, this person ate a steamed bun in three or two bites, it was not enough, he actually reached out and took it out in the basket - there was nothing else in this basket, only gunpowder jars.

She was so frightened that she rushed over, and saw Tan Guang, who was the name of this Yan soldier, grabbed this person's hand and lifted him up: "This is what my mother-in-law made for me, you turtle grandson Bai has not eaten enough, what do you want to take advantage of!"

Taking advantage of the fact that this person was caught, Zhang Zhaohua hurriedly hugged the basket into his arms, and his heart was pounding.

However, this person was twisted, still unwilling, howling, and five or six people came together, and said: "The newcomer doesn't know the rules! Good things are shared equally by everyone, why can't you eat a steamed bun!"

Zhang Zhaohua wanted to run out of the encirclement, but was maliciously pushed several times, and the group of ruffians didn't let her out at all, and showed a lewd gaze, wanting to rub oil on her - Zhang Zhaohua dodged left and right several times, avoiding the hand that reached out to her buttocks, but he didn't pay attention, his face