There were many tea sheds and sailors in the area near the wharf, and under the tea stalls, they bought ready-made food and wrapped their stomachs with tea. It didn't take much effort, and two people flashed out of the town, so Sun Haotian whispered to Gan Zhong and the others to hide aside. These two people rushed to the dock, Sun Haotian stared at him from afar, and saw that the two of them actually ran to a boat, but it didn't take much time to get on the boat. Sun Haotian nodded to Gan Zhong, and the three teenagers followed towards the dock, and Sun Haotian actually ran to the boat that the dock bandits came up. When they got closer, two sailors were packing up the bow of the ship, and the situation was about to start. This kind of ship runs exclusively on the Yangtze River, and the cabins are all five places, and there must be five or six guests, which is also very spacious.

Sun Haotian approached, just got on the gangplank with his left foot, and said to the guy at the bow of the boat: "Hey, boatman, do you dare to be a boat carrying passengers here? ”

A tall and pockmarked sailor on the ship said in a Jiangbei accent: "Hey! Don't go up, the gangplank is unstable, and you can't get up if you fall down." At such an age, I still don't know the depths! I hired someone else by boat, and we already have guests on this boat. ”

Sun Haotian ignored his words, simply took another step up, stood on the gangplank and said: "Talk less and be so mean, I fell into the river and complained about my short life, I don't need you to worry about me, if there are not many guests on your ship, we will go with us, for your ship to pull the anchor and sail." Aren't we going to have the whole cabin, can we discuss?"

The rough-looking sailor shouted: "Don't talk to us! I have already told you that our ship already has a guest bag, and if you want to disturb us, I will throw you into the water!"

Sun Haotian snorted and said, "What power do you have in this boatman, do you still dare to commit murder?"

The sailor wanted to say something back to Sun Haotian, and a bandit came out from the back, and said to the sailor in front of the cabin: "If you have something to say, you don't think he is troublesome, won't you do it?"

Sun Haotian said: "Are you the owner of the ship? You guy can't speak human language, I have to teach him a lesson." ”

The bandit said: "Guest, adults don't remember villains. Our boat is really chartered, and guests are not allowed to pick it up again. Look at the many passenger boats here! Guest, go elsewhere!"

Sun Haotian snorted from his nostrils and said, "It's cheaper for you." He stepped back from the springboard.

Na Gan Zhong, Gan Xiao and Xiahou Ying were all juvenile sexual violence, and they all wanted to punish these sailors, but they didn't dare to be presumptuous in front of the castle owner, glared at the bandits on the ship angrily, and left the berth of the ship.

Gan Zhong said in a low voice: "Castle Master, this kid is so disrespectful, can't we teach him a lesson?"

Sun Haotian shook his head slightly, did not answer, and walked forward. Some of the sailors standing on the shore saw that Sun Haotian and others were hiring a boat, and they raised their heads and asked: "Guest, you want to hire a boat, our water feet are cheap, and the cabin is clean, you take our boat to get fat?"

Sun Haotian waved his hand and said, "We don't hire ships, we are looking for people." ”

Sun Haotian then took Gan Zhong, Gan Xiao, and Xiahou Ying to the north and walked along the port without stopping. Ran to a few reed sheds selling wine, bypassed this reed shed, and hid his figure through the reed shed, only to see that the bandit boat had already lifted anchor and removed the gangplank, and was busy driving the boat. Sun Haotian looked at Lupeng North and saw that the boat had left the dock. There are more than a dozen small fishing boats parked here, Sun Haotian saw that this kind of small boat is very clean and brisk, Sun Haotian wanted to live with a gentleman and these two bandits, and wanted to follow the helm of the phoenix tail gang's lair from them, and he followed the instructions of the peddler to no longer provoke this kind of passenger boat, and actually walked towards this row of fishing boats.

The bomber Sun Haotian then said to the sailor of a fishing boat: "Hey, does your boat also carry passengers?"

There were two sailors on the boat talking there, and when he heard Sun Haotian greet him, he looked up and saw a sailor in his thirties and said, "Guest, are you buying fish? We don't sell fish on our fishing boats, we can hand over the fish to the fish shop and sell them from them." ”

Sun Haotian shook his head and said, "We want to hire you for this boat, can you carry passengers?"

The sailor looked at Sun Haotian's side and said, "Are you these four?"

Sun Haotian nodded and said, "These are the few people." ”

The sailor said: "We have the rules of the boat gang here, and our fishing boat can only take a short trip." If you have luggage and run long roads, you can't do it on a boat like ours. ”

Sun Haotian said: "We only use one day's water journey, as long as you can hurry up, we will double the boat money, don't make a mistake." We are in order to take your boat quickly and conveniently, we go to Beiyan Mountain, we can arrive early and pay more, if we arrive in the middle of the night, there is no way, we can only spend the night on your boat. We will not fail you, and we will double the money for wine. ”

Sun Haotian negotiated the price of the ship with the boatman, and agreed that the boat would be stopped and sailed, at the convenience of the guests, as long as everything was according to the guests, the price of the ship would not be counted, and an extra tael of silver would be added for the wine. It was really rare for the boatman to see that this old man was so generous, and invited Sun Haotian and his apprentices to get on the boat at that time. Xiahou Ying looked out from the hatch of the ship, the bandit ship had already left the port, and Gan Zhong whispered to Sun Haotian, "Castle master, if we don't hurry up, I'm afraid we won't be able to catch up." ”

Sun Haotian said: "It doesn't matter, forgive him for not being able to get out! His boat is big and has a heavy draft, and our fishing boat is extremely light, enough to catch up with it." "The sailor comes in, and asks when the ship will be sailed, and obeys the guests.

Sun Haotian said: "We want to leave now, how many people are there on your boat? Today's wind direction, according to the direction of the waterway in this port, is not very smooth, can you use the wind power to sail?"

The sailor smiled and said, "Guest, you don't know much about what is going on on this water. Don't look at the wind is not smooth, as long as it is not like a big headwind, we can go off the wind. Guests rest assured, our fishing boat, don't look at the only three people in charge of the boat, two of us with two light oars, the steer of the boat, walking, like a sail. This is not our nonsense, our kind of boat is light and fast, head and tail up, with the sculls on the river, as fast as a galloping horse, unless there is both a headwind and a countercurrent, then it is really not fast, but how can it be so coincidental!"

Sun Haotian said: "Okay, start the boat immediately." ”

The sailor answered, and immediately pulled the anchor and removed the gangplank, and with a little oar, the ship was already offshore, turned the bow, and swung out of the harbor.

This area is where the harbor is, and all the ships are on shore in this area. The sails are like a forest, one in and the other, although the water surface is broad enough, just because the ships cannot go up and down, and they cannot spread their sails here. It wasn't until they crossed the harbor area, and when they left the harbor, the water was wide, and they immediately pulled up the canopy. The southeast wind is blowing, and the water surface is in the southwest direction, although the wind is not very smooth, but the sailors of the ships in the south of the Yangtze River have wonderful skills, and the boatmen in the north are really out of reach, and the boats are open, and the light and unusual. At this time, as soon as he walked away, Sun Haotian saw that the owner of the ship was at the helm, and he was really a master of making the ship, every time a heavy-duty cargo ship went slowly, blocking in front, the fishing boat must cross over, turn and dodge, all relying on the rudder and the canopy to retract and release the lead rope, left and right, and the turn is wishful.

Sun Haotian stood on the surface of the boat, with a clear mind. Thinking that as long as the ship in front of him really went to Beiyan Mountain, he only followed him from a distance, if this thief ship turned to another port, it could only be said that it would not be able to catch up with it. At this time, look at the boat in front of you, and go out more than two arrows away.

There are many forks in the harbor in this area, and the thief ship has not turned elsewhere, and the speed of the two ships is comparable. Gan Zhong and Gan Xiao are also going to the surface of the ship, Sun Haotian has seen the thief ship in front of him, and he checked it twice in a row, knowing that they have paid attention, and whispered to Gan Zhong and Gan Xiao, not to go to the surface of the ship, and to show the traces, the thief ship is not at ease and rushes, and he must find another way to deal with himself. Gan Zhong and Gan Xiao browsed at the door of the cabin.

Sun Haotian enjoyed the scenery of Jiangtian and walked out for more than 40 miles. It was time to unitary, and there was a wharf in front of it. This is a waist station on the waterway, and most of the boats are moored here. The boatman thought and calculated, if he rushed to Beiyan, there were still sixty or seventy miles, after dark, he couldn't sail so fast, he had to arrive in the middle of the night, it was better to stop the boat here, add a few side dishes to the guests, and start the boat at dawn, and arrive at noon tomorrow. It is also more convenient for guests to get off the boat to find someone to do errands during the day. The boatman was also kind, but without saying hello, he closed the canopy and slowed down the boat, and prepared to get close to the pier and turn the bow of the boat to the shore.

Sun Haotian hurriedly turned his head to the boatman behind him and asked, "Who do you ask, just close the canopy? Do you see the big passenger boat in front? We walked with it, and our small fishing boat didn't call it to compare, it's really unambiguous." The boatman pulled the canopy to his feet, and as he walked, I told you that he couldn't rest here anyway. I'm a little bit of a holiday with that passenger ship, let's have a happy time this time, don't look awkward, if you can't catch up with that boat, I can save the money for the wine and the boat. ”

When the boatman heard this, he hurriedly pulled up the canopy and said with a smile: "Old man, you blame us wrongly." We don't know that you have another reason, we are good-intentioned, thinking that it is the middle of the night to arrive, you said that it is past the middle of the night can not get off the boat, in this shore, what is more convenient for you. Let's not say that we don't need to go ashore for half a day, even if we have food for ten days and eight days, do you want to follow that boat?"

When Sun Haotian saw that the boat was sailing down as usual, he turned around and said to the person in charge of the boat: "Actually, it's not a big deal, the Buddha receives a burn of incense, and people fight for a breath! I first hired him for this boat, but he looked at us as a foreigner, and he sincerely wanted to knock on the bamboo pole of our grandfather." One day, he asked me for four taels of silver, and the food money was calculated separately, and I had to hurry up, and I had to add half of the boat money. I said that the price of your boat is too expensive, can you walk for two days, can you go for one day? He said: This is about the same! His boat dares to be faster than other ships, his hull is lighter, and the canopy is made of oil and cotton, no matter the wind, snow, rain and fog, when the sails of other ships cannot be opened, his boat can still walk, and the price of the ship is more expensive...... In charge of the ship, don't look at me for a long time, I'm still reluctant. I didn't admit to this kind of loss, and I was so angry that I simply stopped hiring them this boat, so I came to you. I'm glad that your boat wasn't left behind by his boat. He was about to be on the same trip with us, so I looked forward to it, so I didn't let him leave us behind. When you get to the place, you teach him a few words and tell him not to bully strangers in the future. ”