Three hundred and sixty-eight thousand boats

After more than ten days of travel, Xu Ziqian's love boat has entered the territory under the jurisdiction of Qianzhou, in order to avoid the possibility of meeting the group of people of the Thousand Whale Gang and thus causing unnecessary trouble, so Gongye Qingliu according to Zhou Yanbo's idea, try to drive the boat along the closest sea area to the coastline, no matter what kind of boat you meet on the way, whether it is a fishing boat or a barge, you must go around to avoid any suspicious ships suddenly approaching to play sneak attacks. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"I hope the forces of the Thousand Whale Gang won't extend to the coastline......" Zhou Yanbo thought that if the other party's forces extended to the Han family's coastline, it would be too lawless.

Under the careful steering of Gongye Qingliu, the ship moved forward safely for an hour, and suddenly two ships on the opposite side came straight towards Xu Ziqian's ship, which attracted the attention of Zhou Yanbo and Yun Yun, who were looking ahead at the bow of the boat.

"Those two boats were coming straight at us. Yun Yun said.

"Is it from the Thousand Whales Gang? we were discovered?" Zhou Yanbo also said suspiciously.

"This is the sea, so it's normal if there are other ships. Yun Yun said.

"No, it doesn't look like a Thousand Whales ship. Xu Ziqian came out and said, "No matter how powerful they are, the Thousand Whales Gang is just a group of pirates gathered together, so there are ships of all kinds, but like the two light two-masted hard sailing ships in the front, they are more like the patrol ships of the Han family's Thousand Boat Navy." ”

"The Han family's patrol ship, but there is no Han family's logo on the sail. ”

"This kind of patrol ship is fast and hidden, not only suitable for patrolling, but also for detecting the enemy's situation, so it generally does not mark forces on the sail to conceal itself. ”

"If it were really the Han family's ship, it would be easy to do......," Zhou Yanbo said.

"I'll avoid it in the cabin first, and I'll leave the negotiation to you anyway. Yun Yun said and walked into the cabin.

"Oh, let Gongye slow down. When Yun Yun left, Zhou Yanbo specially reminded him that since he had been found chasing after him, he would simply stop to avoid wasting unnecessary strength.

After the two patrol ships approached Xu Ziqian's ship, Zhou Yanbo found that the people on the boat were in a state of full alert, a boat is estimated to have about ten people, half of them are holding bows and arrows in their direction, I am afraid that as long as they have a little movement, they will become ten thousand arrows through the heart, and the other half of the people are standing on the edge of the boat with long weapons, so as not to let someone suddenly jump on the boat to attack.

"The vigilance is not ordinarily strict. Zhou Yanbo thought in his heart, but this also affirmed what Xu Ziqian said just now, this is the Han family's patrol ship, not a member of the Thousand Whales Gang.

After the two boats stopped on the left and right sides of Xu Ziqian's boat, a man who looked like an officer and two guards jumped onto Xu Ziqian's boat and looked at Zhou Yanbo and Xu Ziqian.

"This military master, do you have anything to do?" asked Xu Ziqian.

The officer did not answer Xu Ziqian immediately, but looked around at Xu Ziqian's boat and asked loudly, "Is this your ship?"

"That's right, it's down there. Xu Ziqian replied.

"What are you doing with this ship?" the officer asked.

"This is the home and pharmacy under it. ”

"Pharmacy?"

"The military master can be used as a medical hall, I am a pharmacist and like to dispense medicines. Xu Ziqian replied unhurriedly.

"Then who are you?" the officer looked at Zhou Yanbo.

"I'm his friend, what, can't a friend be on a friend's boat?" Zhou Yanbo said, his innate temperament making his tone of voice different from Xu Ziqian's.

"It seems like there's more to this than just two of you, right?" the officer had just seen a man enter the cabin.

"There were eight people on the ship. Zhou Yanbo said, "But the rest of the people are in the cabin." ”

"Eight?" the number was seriously beyond the officer's guess, "you went to Qianzhou?"

"Yes. ”

"What for?"

"Go see a friend of mine, he's a shipwright, and he built my ship, and now I'm going to check it out at his place. The answer was Xu Ziqian, after all, Zhou Yanbo's purpose could not be easily said, and Xu Ziqian also wanted to do so.

"It's not easy for so many people to believe this reason. The officer said.

"Isn't it okay to come to Qianzhou to have a fun by the way?" Zhou Yanbo then replied.

"Yes, yes, but it is strange that you come to the Thousand Boats and do not take the usual fixed sea route, but drive along the coast, and when you meet other ships, you are far away, as if you do not want others to approach the ship, which is very suspicious. ”

"I heard that there is a pirate with a bad reputation here in Qianzhou, so I did this in order not to meet them, after all, it is safer to do this, and the military strength of the Han family is not underestimated. Zhou Yanbo said.

"Looks like you're still a little self-aware. The officer said with some smugness.

"So will we be able to leave?"

"No, I can't. The officer shook his head, "Even so, you are still suspicious, I ask all the people on board to gather on deck, and I will take someone to search it!"

"Do you agree?" Zhou Yanbo tilted his head sideways and whispered to Xu Ziqian.

"What are you kidding?" Xu Ziqian replied, "You know how many collections and my homemade medicines and precious medicine books are on this ship, how can you let these laymen check them casually?"

"Yes. Zhou Yanbo nodded.

"What are you muttering?" the officer asked in a loud and stern voice.

"I said officer. Zhou Yanbo squinted and stared at the officer with a smile, "This friend of mine doesn't like you to do this, anyway, we are not suspicious people, so let us leave." ”

"No way!"

Zhou Yanbo suddenly took out the official document that Han Qiying gave him and showed it directly to the officer: "Okay?"

After reading the text, the officer's face changed greatly, and he immediately smiled at Zhou Yanbo: "Okay! ”

The two ships immediately got out of the way, and Zhou Yanbo asked the officer just now, there was still less than a quarter of an hour away from Qianzhou.

"It's still useful. Zhou Yanbo threw the text into the air and continued.

"That's right, otherwise my beloved ship would have been rudely searched. Xu Ziqian nodded.

"Actually, the officer did something wrong. Yun Yun came out and said, "Even if you have a document, but this is already a critical period, any kind of person can blend into a thousand boats, even if there is a document, it is not necessarily a friend, he should search according to his duties, as the so-called 'will be outside the king's life'." ”

"Okay Yun'er, don't be so serious. Zhou Yanbo said with a smile.

"Zhou Yanbo, you are the master, if you connive at such a thing, sooner or later you will bury a disaster for the Zhou family!" Yun Yun said to Zhou Yanbo, "If there is really this time, don't blame me for being unkind to you, if you make a mistake, I will definitely be the first to punish you! And it is definitely not light!"

"Yun'er, please spare me. Zhou Yanbo covered his ears, "The more you say it, the more afraid I am of being the master......"

"So you'd better remember. Yun Yun said.

Xu Ziqian looked funny from the sidelines: Zhou Yanbo, who is not afraid of heaven and earth, is a person who is very afraid of his wife, and it seems that he is a person who is in awe of his wife.

After a while, the ships entered Qianzhou County, indeed as Zhou Yanbo heard, thousands of ships of different sizes and dozens of small islands formed this peculiar county, Qianzhou people basically live on their own boats, located on more than a dozen small islands are the county government, military camps, farmland, workshops and some large shipyards and docks, here even the market is dozens of boats lined up in two rows, in the middle for small boats to row through.

The boats are connected by pontoon wooden platforms, forming the so-called street, which is probably the most irregular street in the world.

"This is a thousand boats?" Zhou Yansu said, standing at the bow of the boat, "It's really spectacular." ”

"That's what people who come to Qianzhou say, it's hard to imagine such a county. Xu Ziqian said.

"Where are we going now?" asked Zhou Yanbo.

"Of course, I went to the shipwright who built me a boat first!" Xu Ziqian said, "He lives in the southeast of Qianzhou. ”

"Southeast? It's a great place to watch the sunrise. Gongye Qingliu said.

"That's right, it's an independent shipwright, specializing in the manufacture and repair of small and delicate boats, and it's quite famous in Qianzhou. ”

"What's his name?"

"His surname is Tian, his name is Tian Ze, and he was born in a shipbuilding family. ”

The boat did not sail into the Qianzhou, but from the outside to the southeast, and then from a waterway into the Qianzhou, after seven rounds and eight turns, stopped in front of a place, Zhou Yanbo looked at this place is very different, not like an ordinary boat, this place is parallel to docked four medium-sized mastroverts, of which the three boats on the right are set up with roofs and floating boards between the boats, which looks more like a dock built on the sea.

"Floating dock?" Yun Yun said.

"Sort of. Xu Ziqian said, and motioned to Gongye Qingliu to dock the boat slowly, and then stood next to the side of the boat and shouted: "Lao Tian!?"

After shouting three times in a row, a man came out of the floating dock, Zhou Yanbo looked at this person naked, and it could be seen from the skin that he was often washed by the sun and seawater, but this person was very strong, even his hair looked very energetic, and he was wearing a turban.

"Aha! sure enough, it's Lao Xu!" Tian Ze shouted, his voice was very rough, "Listen to this voice and tone to know it's you!"

"It's been almost five years, Lao Tian!" Xu Ziqian walked onto the floating board of the floating dock.

"Yes, it's a routine to come over this time?" Tian Ze's routine refers to the maintenance and inspection of Xu Ziqian's love boat.

"That's right, I'm going to trouble you again this time. ”

"What's the trouble, the one on the left is empty, so let's stop there. As he spoke, Tazawa pointed to the position of a floating dock.

Under Tazawa's instructions, Gongye Kiyoyanagi docked the boat to the left position, and then everyone got out of the boat.

"Lao Tian, let me introduce my friend. Saying that, Xu Ziqian introduced Zhou Yanbo and them to Tian Ze, of course, using a pseudonym.

"Welcome to Thousand Boats. Tian Ze said with a smile, "Since it is Lao Xu's friend, then it is also my friend, just tell me anything about it!"