Chapter 525: The ship sinks
The three-masted sailing ship is a big ship in the inland river, but compared with the sea ships that often come and go on the docks in Dali Prefecture, it is an out-and-out small boat.
The hold was full of guests, and the ship's boss and sailors set sail in the river with the three-masted galleon, slowly leaving the dock and sailing into the river.
Since Long Zun only lived on the ship for one day, he got off the ship at the next pier, and gave the most boat fare, so he was naturally taken care of and taken care of by the boat boss in advance.
Long Zun and Yang Dazhu stood on the deck, watching the sailboat ride the wind and waves, of course, there was no big wind and waves on the inland river, at most there was a little wind and waves.
Ordinary guests are not allowed on deck and can only stay in the cabin until their destination.
However, at that time, it was also directly disembarked, and it was not allowed to stay on the deck.
The dinner on the boat was relatively simple, a plate of bean sprouts, two bowls of rice and two salted fish, just that, it was still the VIP treatment of Longzun, and for other guests on the boat, there was only a plate of bean sprouts.
With so many things, it doesn't matter if Long Zun eats it or not, and he won't eat it at all, and Yang Dazhu ate all of them into his stomach, which made Long Zun suspect that the Bigu Dan he gave Yang Dazhu before was a fake Bigu Dan, but fortunately, along the way, he got used to it, Yang Dazhu can be more powerful than ordinary people, and naturally eats more things, and his appetite is like having no bottom, he can eat as much food as he wants, and he doesn't have to worry about wasting food at all.
Seeing that Yang Dazhu was still unsatisfied after eating two bowls of rice, a plate of bean sprouts and two salted fish, Long Zun took out some food from the storage space for Yang Dazhu to eat.
may be the reason for leaving the imperial capital or even the Hetu Kingdom, or because he was full of food and drink, Yang Dazhu lay down on the bed and fell asleep after dinner, and soon fell asleep.
Outside, it was already dark, and the rippling blue water of the lake looked black, and only the sound of the hull of the ship hitting the water could be heard.
Whoa......
Suddenly, a sound that was different from ordinary paddling sounded, and Long Zun, who was sitting cross-legged on the bed, moved his ears and heard something strange.
After a short time, suddenly a sailor ran up from the bottom of the cabin, and at the same time shouted loudly: "Oh no, the cabin is leaking, the cabin is leaking." ”
One after another, the guests on the boat all heard it clearly, and immediately panicked, at this time it was the middle of the river, not to mention that the current was too fast, even if the current was gentle, the boat could not reach the shore.
There are no special docks on both sides of the riverbank, and the three-masted sailing boat is not a fishing boat, so you can go ashore at any place, and nine times out of ten you will run aground before you can dock.
The captain of the ship didn't know when he appeared in the cabin, and with a serious face, he took a few fierce sailors and ran to the bilge.
After a while, the captain of the ship led the men from the bottom of the ship to the top, but his face was already iron blue.
Seeing his appearance, the guests in the cabin avoided him one after another, for fear of being provoked and becoming the other party's punching bag.
The panic outside also woke up Yang Dazhu, and he turned over and sat up, and asked with confused eyes: "What's wrong? Why is it so noisy outside?"
"The cabin is leaking, and it won't be long before the boat sinks in the river. Long Zun said calmly.
"Oh, the boat is leaking!" Yang Dazhu turned his head and lay down again, probably realizing that something was wrong, he suddenly sat up again, turned his head to look at Long Zun, "The boat is about to sink, don't hurry up and run." ”
As he spoke, he reached out to pull Long Zun and wanted to leave the room.
Squeak! Squeak!
With a series of sounds, one end of the three-masted galleon began to sink, the other began to warp, and cries began to be heard from the cabin.
"Oh no, the boat boss ran away. Someone suddenly shouted.
The captain of the schooner pulled out a small boat from one end of the deck, jumped into it with a few sailors, and rowed the boat away from the sinking schooner.
"The boss of the boat has run away, let's not run faster, and we will sink when we are done. Yang Dazhu saw that Long Zun did not move, and his face was anxious.
On the three-masted galleon, which was about to be drowned, many people were cursing the ship boss who abandoned the ship and fled, including some sailors who did not leave in time.
Eventually, the sailor and some of the guests who knew how to swim jumped into the river, and although the current was strong and it was night, even if the water was good, they might not be able to escape to the shore, but it was better than waiting to die on a three-masted sailing ship.
There were also some people who didn't know how to swim and jumped into the river, but they never showed their heads out of the water again, and they knew that nine times out of ten they drowned in the river without asking.
With such a turbulent river, those who know how to water may not be able to guarantee that they will go ashore alive, and those who can't water jump into the river purely to find death.
People who know how to water are a minority, most of the guests who take the boat are not like those sailors, they have a good water nature to deal with the river all the year round, many of the boat passengers do not know how to be water, even if it will not be good at all, it is okay to swim on the shore for a while, if it is really in the middle of the river and it is the night situation, the water nature of the three-legged cat is the most likely to jump down and drown in the river.
On the boat, there was no stop of crying and scolding, and those who remained on the boat knew that they would not survive and would be buried at the bottom of the river as the ship sank.
There were quite a few people gathered on the bow deck, after all, it was the highest in the area, and if it was submerged, it would be the last place to sink into the water.
"There was a boat, there was a boat, we were rescued. "On deck, a sharp-eyed man saw a ship approaching in the distance.
At this time, seeing other ships represents the hope of survival.
Many people on the deck began to shout loudly, and they all shook their arms regardless of whether the people on the ships approaching in the distance could see it or not, and they didn't want to think about such a dark sky, not to mention that there was still some distance, even a few meters away, and they couldn't see the shaking arms.
But the people on the deck didn't think so, and always held on to a glimmer of hope, even if it was useless, they had to do it, as if only by doing so could they alleviate the fear in their hearts.
"Let's go, let's go to the deck too. When Long Zun heard the shouting on the deck that there was a ship, he said to Yang Dazhu, who was already anxious on the side.
Yang Dazhu paused, feeling that the dragon clan seemed to have known that there would be a ship coming, but at this time, where can he think more, it is better to go to the deck early.
When they came to the deck, it was already full of people, and this was because of the number of sailors and some watery and impulsive boatmen who had jumped into the river.
There was no one in the cabin anymore, and no one wanted to stay in the cabin and wait to die when the ship was about to sink, when everyone who was alive came to the deck.
The ships approaching in the distance were getting closer and closer, and they were able to catch up before the three-masted galleon sank underfoot.
In fact, it was precisely this way that when the three-masted galleons were halfway down, they were already close to the front, and small boats were sent to pick up the people trapped on the deck of the three-masted galleon.
(End of chapter)