Chapter 5 The Leader of the Sea Sands
Now it is the world of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, Helan clan is an ancient Xianbei noble, legend has it that even established a kingdom in the past, it is the blood of the royal family, but unfortunately the country is short. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
The royal family of the Tang Dynasty also had a strong Xianbei color, and many of them also intermarried with Xianbei nobles, such as Li Yuan's wife was the daughter of Dugu Xin, Li Yuan's wife was born in Henan Dou clan and was the granddaughter of Yuwentai, and Li Shimin's wife Empress Changsun was born in Henan Changsun clan, all of whom were Xianbei Tuoba nobles.
The Helan branch is also in the palace gate, but it has long been out of contact with Helan Chen, the father of Helan Qiyou, who has established the Haisha Gang.
The "Haisha Gang", known as the "North Jumu Nanhaisha", is located at the mouth of the Yangtze River, the maritime overlord, specializing in transporting goods from the north to the south for a living. Along the banks of the Yangtze River, the gang is made of a number of giant wooden boats to and fro at various ports of the Yangtze River, and everyone in the gang is familiar with the nature of the water and is invincible at sea.
In order to consolidate their power and prevent the invasion of land forces, the "Sea Sand Gang" also built a solid and towering observation tower made of stone, with a clear view of the 100 miles, which also revealed the "Sea Sand Gang's" ambition to expand its power inland.
This time, Helan prayed for blessings to go deep inland, which was to transport sea salt to remote areas.
The young master of the Haisha Gang should have been able to choose the easier way to deliver the goods, but he had negotiated the deal himself. For him, it is a double thing to be able to transport the most scarce sea salts for the people in the inland areas and counties, and to earn a lot of silver. At least he felt comfortable earning the money, so even though he had to take the risk of opening up a new route, he preferred to take it himself.
In the next step, he had made an appointment with his father He Lanchen to meet at the port of Yizhou in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and brought back a large amount of silver taels for the transportation of sea salt. That's why the goods fall into the mud and can't be pushed out, because the silver taels, which are all white flowers, are naturally incomparably heavier.
Helan Qiyou and his party hurried towards the port, and although his father Helan Chen was over half a hundred years old, he also personally led the boat to the port to catch the wind for his beloved son. He Lanchen is a man full of ambition, who experienced the changes of the Sui and Tang dynasties with his father and brother since he was a child, and finally established the Haisha Gang with his business genius, courage and perseverance, and became the overlord of the sea.
He was domineering, and because of the frequent commercial activities in the upper and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, he had abundant resources, and he bought goods at low prices, transported them to places where they were in shortage, and sold them at high prices, accumulating a lot of wealth.
On the night of the blood moon, the tide receded, and it was difficult for ships to dock, especially like the building boat owned by Helan Chen, which could not approach the port in shallow water, so they had to detour around the nearby waters to find a suitable place to dock, and wait for the tide to rise in the early morning before they could dock.
"Report the helper, the matter.... Something unusual..."
"What's the matter?"
As soon as he reported that he had found the hook, he wanted to rest for a while, but he heard Shangguan Hong, one of the four protectors, stop him.
"Helper, look over there. ”
Looking in the direction pointed by Shangguan Hong, a small area above the river suddenly seemed to be surging with huge waves, and a large merchant ship was riding the momentum of the river waves, as if it was going directly to the shore of the port.
This thing is indeed strange, he has been on the boat for more than 20 years, and he has never seen such a strange wave on the river, like the river waves that are deliberately raised to push the boat. But what happened next can only be described as weird. The waves pushed hard for a while, and then stopped. After a while, the hull of the ship seemed to lose control, and the waves disappeared again, and the big ship sailed too close to the shore and slammed into the reef.
The hull of the ship quickly entered the water, and in an instant, it turned to its side and tilted, and when He Lanchen saw this, his four protectors, Shangguan, Gongsun, Xiahou, and Yuwen, had all gathered on the deck, and at the same time watched this scene happen.
"Helper!"
It is generally the rule at sea that you will help in the event of a shipwreck, but to go past the place where the merchant ship sank, the ship also had to take a great risk.
"The ship can't be saved, so you pick twenty brothers, put a few small boats down, and see if you can save as many as you can, and see if you can salvage their cargo. Although Helan Chen was not young, he was still decisive and cheerful, and quickly gave the order.
Yes! "The four Dharma protectors were ordered to go.
"Be careful. He had a lifelong brotherhood with the four protectors under him, so he faintly reminded him.
He Lanchen did not rest after watching them leave, and kept directing the brothers on the ship to dispatch back and forth, rescuing many people and goods from the merchant ship.
I didn't see the most powerful protector Shangguan Hong come back for a long time, and looking at the sunken big merchant ship on the river, I couldn't help but be secretly anxious. Because the wreck causes gravity in the water, the boat gets too close and will be pulled into the whirlpool and sink quickly.
Hearing the news that everyone had not gone to Shangguan Hong, he hurriedly sent someone to look for it again.
"Send someone to find it again, and get Shangguan back for me!"
After searching for a while, I didn't find it. In the end, it was Shangguan Hong who came back by himself and brought back the owner who was said to be the owner of the merchant ship.
Shangguan Hong said that the man was pulled into the water by the whirlpool when the ship was sunk, but the other people who were rescued said that they had to go into the water to save their master, otherwise they would not want to be rescued.
Shangguan Hong and several able-bodied brothers on the boat went back and forth several times but could not find him, until the merchant ship sank, thinking that it must be hopeless, but finally the man surfaced on his own, and he still did not lose his breath.
Who is this man? If he is not rescued, none of his subordinates dare to go first?
Of course, Helan Chen couldn't guess that this person was Ao Guangdi, the father of Ao Qingxuan, when the blood moon was in the sky, he used his spiritual power to push the river waves to lead the boat forward, and wanted to speed up the docking, but the spiritual power was suddenly interrupted by the influence of the blood moon, causing the hull of the ship to crash into the reef with great force and sink.
The two heads of Helan and Ao, this is the first time they have met, and Helan Chen came to the rescue of Ao Guangdi, who was shipwrecked. Ao Qingxuan rescued the lost Helan Qiyou and his party on the avenue, and since then, the Helan clan and the Ao clan have formed an indissoluble bond for thousands of years!