"No, why can't you leave!?"

Wu Ning was surprised, the fleet had been parked in Dongting Lake for half a month, and he couldn't move forward half a step.

At this time, he happened to grasp the officials sent by Yuezhou to escort the ship, so he naturally wanted to vent his dissatisfaction.

"So that Xiao Langjun knows."

The official's surname is Zheng, and he is the lord of Yuezhou. I also know that although this Wu Jiulang has no official and no title, he has a close relationship with Her Royal Highness the princess, and he speaks very politely.

"This.... Before the slender man arrived, even if Xiao Langjun wanted to leave, he couldn't go! ”

"Slender man?"

Wu Ning didn't believe it, "There are three hundred slender men when you come out of Chuzhou, that's fake?" Why hasn't the slender man arrived? ”

"This ......"

Zheng Zhubo hesitated for a while, and finally said, "The Three Gorges are dangerous, we are going against the current, but three hundred slender men are not enough." ”

"What about Yuezhou? Why don't you send a slender man? ”

"Well, His Highness's hurry is indeed unprepared."

“......”

Wu Ning narrowed his eyes, this reason was too far-fetched.

"Zheng Zhubo!" Wu Ning changed his tone, "Ning is not an official, and His Royal Highness is not an unreasonable person, if you have anything unspeakable, you might as well say it directly." If it had been until Her Royal Highness the princess found out for herself, it might have been a different result. ”

"Zheng Zhubo is an understanding person, he should understand what I mean, right?"

"This...."Zheng Zhu Bo Khan came down, "Understand, understand!" ”

"Then why the delay, can you tell Ning the truth?"

"Alas!!" Zheng Zhubo sighed, and now he can't hide it anymore.

I had to say: "Returning to Xiaolangjun, it is indeed a slender man's problem." ”

"It's not that my Yue doesn't respect His Highness and doesn't send a slender man. It's really, it's useless to send it! ”

"Huh!?" Wu Ning was suspicious, "What do you mean." ”

"Xiao Langjun doesn't know that from Dongting Lake to the Yangtze River in Bazhou (Chongqing), the slender man from other places is not allowed to go."

"Even the three hundred fibermen brought by Xiao Langjun from Chuzhou can only come here. Further, they would not dare to enter. ”

"Huh?" Wu Ning was dumbfounded, "There is still such a thing?" What about this section of the fairway? ”

I heard that Zheng Zhubo said again: "This waterway is exclusive to the platoon gang, and only their slender men can take over the work." When outsiders enter, they will be beaten violently, and the ship will be destroyed and killed. ”

Exercise!

Wu Ning didn't believe it even more, "This is an official ship, but Her Royal Highness the Princess is on board, this Laoshizi 'Pai Gang', don't you even pay attention to the government?" ”

"Xiao Langjun doesn't know." Zheng Zhubo said slowly.

Also the government?

The platoon gang, to put it nicely, is a small gang of coolies who "put the row" and "pull the fiber" and coax them blindly; To put it mildly, it is a group of river bandits.

Hiding in the Three Gorges natural hazards, facing the river, living against the dangerous mountains of Wanyi, known as the three thousand.

As long as the boatmen running on the Three Gorges River, the coolies pulling fiber on the shore and between the cliffs, they are all platoon forces, and no one can do anything about them.

To put it bluntly, don't look at the fact that there are only 3,000 Three Gorges people, but you can't take it even if you send 300,000 elite soldiers.

How do you take it? The current Three Gorges is not the Three Gorges with slow waves after the Three Gorges Reservoir.

It is not an exaggeration to say that it is the most exciting, longest and most dangerous rafting place on earth.

The land cannot be attacked, it is all thousands of cliffs and dangerous mountains.

There is no way to attack the river, and without the people on the river who are running around in the Three Gorges every day, you can't even enter the Three Gorges, let alone attack the hinterland of the Three Gorges and the walled city on the cliffs by the river.

Moreover, in addition to the fact that the dangerous land is difficult to attack and cannot be destroyed, there is another important reason why the people up and down the Three Gorges are afraid of the gangs.

That is, the Pai Gang controls the lifeblood of the Three Gorges Waterway.

No matter how big or low the boats on the river are, as long as they pass through the Three Gorges, they are under the noses of the platoon gangs. If he wants you to sink, you will sink, and if he wants you to pass, you will pass.

And all the platoons, porters, and boat bosses who can take the Three Gorges natural hazards are all platoon gangs, and without platoon gangs, this waterway is wasted.

So, what kind of government, what kind of court, it's all!

In the past two years, the power of the platoon gang has expanded, and in addition to the natural danger of the Three Gorges, it has penetrated into the east of Xiazhou, Jingzhou, and Yuezhou.

The reason is very simple, if you don't let me make money on the river, then your boat won't think about crossing the Three Gorges.

Although the states were angry, they had nothing to do, and they had to swallow their anger in the face of the above problems.

The reason why Zheng Zhubo concealed it was actually because he was afraid that Princess Taiping would return to Beijing after she found out. When the time comes, the Holy Queen blames them for the incompetence of the Yuezhou Mansion, and they have no choice, they can't turn their faces with the platoon gang and make the Yangtze River waterway stagnate, right?

"Now we are just waiting for the slender man of the Platoon Gang to arrive here and take over the journey to Bazhou."

"That's, isn't it?"

Wu Laojiu can be regarded as gaining knowledge, "No matter what, the government always has to give a little face." Her Royal Highness the princess's ship is also delayed like this, are they really not afraid of the wrath of the court and swear to exterminate it? ”

Zheng Zhubo said: "This little Langjun has misunderstood, the Pai Gang usually rarely causes trouble, and it is not intentionally delayed at this time." ”

"It's really that His Highness's fleet is quite large, even if it is a platoon gang, you have to organize people now."

"Okay!"

Wu Ning accepted his fate, but he had a hidden expectation in his heart, but he wanted to see what magical powers this platoon gang had.

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After waiting for another two days, the slender man of the platoon gang finally arrived.

Moreover, it was not only the slender man who came, but also the boatman.

The shipwrights of more than a dozen official ships of Princess Taiping and her party were all replaced and replaced by boatmen in the platoon gang.

Wu Ning stepped forward to ask curiously, only to see the leader of the platoon gang who led the people to smile innocently, and gave Wu Ning a look very unskillfully.

"So that the son knows that the river road ahead is not easy to walk, and the boatmen outside can't pass the ghost gate."

“......”

Well, Wu Ning had to accept his fate.

Fortunately, Zheng Zhubo has already made a package ticket, if he hadn't really provoked the Pai Gang, they would not have bad intentions.

Besides, this is an official ship, and there are guards and officers on board, and they will not be easily provoked. Otherwise, Wu Ning really didn't dare to let them control the ship.

In short, it finally happened.

From Dongting Lake to Jingzhou and then to Xiazhou, the river is flat and you can't see anything. However, as soon as the river crossed, the river became more and more rapid, the river became narrower and narrower, and there was no road on the bank.

The slender man began to walk among the rocks and bushes, and the captain of the boat let his deputy take the helm, while he himself stood on the bow of the boat with a bamboo pole three feet long.

Oh!!

Not only Wu Ning, but even Princess Taiping and Li Chongrun were shocked.

Everyone finally understands why they want to change boatmen, and they understand what the Three Gorges natural hazard is.

The current is too fast, even if the fiber is not fast against the current, and the rudder alone cannot be completely controlled, it all depends on the bamboo pole in the hand of the boat boss.

I saw that he didn't seem to make any effort, so he relied on a thin pole......

Seeing that it was about to hit the convex stone in the river, with a slight blow, the official ship of more than ten zhang flashed past.

The big ship began to cross the plane, and everyone's hearts rose to their throats.

This is going to be crossed, and the slender man on the shore will never be able to pull it back. As soon as the water rushes, it immediately flies back, that is, the ship is destroyed and people die!

However, the boss of the boat was not in a hurry at all, and with another backhand, the boat not only came straight over, but also avoided another river stone by the way.

"This is the real thing!!" Wu Laojiu sighed from the bottom of his heart.

I saw that the boss of the boat was not only supporting the boat, but also had the time to turn around and say a word to Wu Ning.

"What do we call this ability? If you work for another ten years, you won't be able to mix up a platoon. After a while, the son will look at the one that puts the row, that's called ability! ”

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