"What do you call a brother?"

Huang Zhen, the boss of the ship, stretched out his hand and dragged Yang Xin onto the deck, and asked enthusiastically.

"Yang Xin!"

Yang Xin replied calmly.

Huang Zhen glanced at him meaningfully......

"What a man!"

He patted Yang Xin on the shoulder and sighed.

Presumably he thought it was a makeshift pseudonym, but it was none of his business, he was only pleased that he had another outlaw under his command, and from this performance, he knew that there were no good people on this ship. The sailors who were busy fixing the small sampan to the side of the ship welcomed Yang Xin in their own way, and their faces were hideous. Especially after Huang Ying slapped Yang Xin and reminded him not to forget to tell the story, at least half of the sailors' expressions were already very vicious.

Huang Zhen didn't say anything more to him.

Work contract ......

Uh, is this needed for a fugitive who needs to cut off his head twice and hang it on the gallows once?

Huang Ying then walked out and threw Yang Xin a piece of hard dough cake, she also took a piece and nibbled on it, Yang Xin stood beside her and watched the boat.

Standard river flat-bottomed boat.

Or should it be called a shallow boat.

Less than twenty meters in length, except for the foredeck, which was left empty for a maximum of four meters, the rest was covered with a semicircular canopy, which was made of bamboo and brushed with tung oil. But above the aft helm compartment, there is a large low wooden box, and from the open window you can see that a belly pocket hangs inside......

Huang Ying followed his gaze and stepped on him with a red face.

This is her boudoir.

The ship's mast had been lowered to a herringbone mast, and the boat was still under the impetus of the tide, but there were long oars on both sides, and it was obvious that they would have to be rowed by hand if needed. What puzzled Yang Xin was the sampan they carried, it is said that this kind of inland river boat generally does not carry this, although this small sampan is only three or four meters long, but it is also a big burden for such a shallow boat. Of course, he won't ask about this kind of thing, no matter what he does, he will know in the future.

At this moment, the sun has completely set, the night is gradually enveloping, and the shallow boats pushed by the tide move silently on the wide river.

Soon the lights of the West Bank were flickering.

Then a small town and a wide estuary appeared.

"What the hell is this?"

Yang Xin asked.

"Pass my house!"

Huang Ying gave him a blank look and said.

"This is to go to the triangle lake, after the T-shaped Gu into the triangle lake, out of the triangle lake into the same river, continue to go forward is Yuanjiakou, north to Bazhou west to Qingyuan."

Huang Zhen said with a smile.

"And where are we going?"

Yang Xin asked.

"Go to Yin'er Bay tonight, if there is no big reason on the road, it is estimated that you will be able to reach Zhangjiawan in seven or eight days, and then Brother Yang can go to Jingshi to go shopping and dip the dragon qi of the imperial capital."

Huang Zhen said.

"Ha, I don't even know what the emperor's name is!"

Yang Xin said without respect.

"Although he has reigned for forty-seven years, few people know about this emperor."

Huang Zhen said with a smile.

Forty-seven years of Wanli!

Yang Xin finally knew what year it was!

In the early summer of the forty-seventh year of Wanli, the weather was not too hot, the battle of Salhu had just ended, and the Ming Dynasty was attacked by Yang Hao's brain-dead three-hundred-mile front in four ways, and was broken by the wild boar skin with the advantage of cavalry speed and concentrated superior forces, and finally made the decisive battle outside the pass ended in the defeat of the Ming Dynasty. The elite field troops of the Ming army outside the pass were even more lost, and even three of the four main generals were killed one after another, so they completely lost the initiative on the battlefield in Liaodong, and had to turn to defense, and then began the fierce battle between the Ming and Qing dynasties that lasted for nearly 30 years outside the pass......

Twenty-six years, to be exact.

It's still early!

Yang Xin's mood immediately improved a lot.

At least he is still in the prosperous era of the Ming Dynasty, although this prosperous era has been declining, but it is much stronger than the prosperous era of sweet potatoes.

In the night breeze, he stood proudly on the bow of the boat, looking at Yin'er Bay in front of him, which was getting closer and closer, and the number of boats on the shore was also increasing, and soon it was as dense as the Tianjin wharf again, and there was no end in sight. These Jiangnan boats, laden with heavy grain, had a draft far greater than the shallow boats under his feet, so they could only sail here at high tide and then carry them to the warehouses on the shore, while the stripping ships would transport the grain to Tongzhou in the following time. Unlike civilian boats, these boats were escorted by the army, each with a few soldiers and hired boatmen, who had priority in any section of the river, and all civilian boats had to make way for them in case of congestion.

This is the lifeblood of Kyoshi.

"What should I do if it's frozen?"

Yang Xin said.

"It's freezing, you can't freeze thousands of boats on this white river in any year."

Huang Ying said.

After speaking, she picked up a long oar, or also called a plug to Yang Xin......

"Hold the boat!"

She said, nudging.

The lowest-class boatman, or rather coolie Yang Xin, together with the sailors, held up the long boat and pulled the shallow boat, which had a draft of just over three feet, to the shore and stopped. Huang Zhen sent sailors ashore and bought wine and meat from a familiar restaurant, and Huang Ying made a few fish by himself, which was considered Yang Xin's entry ceremony, but Huang Zhen did not say what he was doing. Although he was sending a batch of goods to Beijing this time, it was obvious that a law-abiding businessman would not absorb a fugitive. As for the goods they transported this time, they were all very ordinary things, mainly barrels of rapeseed oil, some of which had been unloaded in Tianjin, and a small amount of miscellaneous goods such as dried locust flowers.

It was brought from the river.

From the river, take the Yudai River waterway to connect to the Huitong River, that is, the Daqing River, and then cross the Yuanjiakou, continue to flow down into the Triangle Lake, at this time the Triangle Lake is a huge lake, the whole west of Tianjin is all. This lake that has disappeared in modern times undertakes the water of the entire Daqing River water system and the Yongding River water system, the latter is also called the Hunhe River, and it is divided into two streams, one directly enters the triangle lake, and the other flows into the Daqing River at Yuanjiakou. Eventually, almost half of the Beizhili River south of Beijing flowed into the Triangle Lake and then entered the North Canal, or Baihe, in Dingzigu. This inland waterway shipping system has been all the way to Qingyuan, covering a vast area from Zhuozhou in the north to Zhengding in the south, and Baiyangdian Lake, which is familiar to modern people, is also a part of it.

But only partially.

Baiyangdian is much smaller than Triangular Lake.

However, the prosperity period of the triangle lake is the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, because of the construction of the Yongding River embankment, all the sediment carried by the Yongding River poured into the triangle lake, and finally it was filled up by sediment sediment.

But at this time, it is really comparable to Shuibo Liangshan.

Yang Xin, who is full of food and drink, fully shows the quality of a good man, don't ask what he shouldn't ask, sleep when he should sleep, and he is a little tired after tossing this day.

The next day.

"Aren't we leaving?"

Yang Xin, who was holding the dough cake, asked.

"Don't worry, wait a minute!"

Huang Zhen said with his good old smile.

But he is definitely not a good man, this guy is covered in muscles and scars, and one of his arms looks slightly thicker, which is obviously the result of often pulling a hard bow, to say that there are no lives under his hands Yang Xin does not believe it.

"I haven't eaten yet, I'm like a starving ghost!"

Huang Ying slapped Yang Xin and said.

"If you can eat, you can do it, and when you are full, you can work!"

Huang Zhen said with a smile.

While speaking, in the downstream river, a familiar passenger boat came slowly, Huang Zhen immediately greeted him, and Yang Xin hurriedly propped the boat towards the channel. Because of the large number of boats here, the originally small river channel was blocked into a water alley, and they and the boat formed a perfect intersection. The old housekeeper of the Wang family in the cabin walked out, looked at them, and then greeted Huang Zhen on the deck with a smile.

"Huang Changnian, what a coincidence!"

The old butler said.

"Anyway, please first!"

Huang Zhen bowed down and said with a smile on his face.

"We happen to be walking together, and we also have a look for each other on the road, Xiaosi, take two lanterns to Huang Changnian, and beat ours out!"

The old butler said.

Obviously, this is what Huang Zhen is for.

It is not so easy to go up the canal, and you need to face a lot of troubles along the way, especially in front of the river Xiwu, there is also a money pass, that is, a special toll collection, but no matter what trouble, as long as there are these two lanterns, you can basically block back. This Wang family is Wang Keshou, with the military affairs of the left squire of the military department and the right governor of the imperial history, Jiliao Baoding, Wanli's cronies and ministers, and even the defeat of Salhu did not shake his position. This area of the North Canal is the right guard of Tianjin, and in addition to the official warehouse in Yin'erwan, there is also Yin'erwan shallow shop, that is, the military households that specialize in dredging the river, all of which are in the jurisdiction of the Jiliao Governor. It can be said that with these two lanterns and the old housekeeper opening the way, no one will dare to embarrass Huang Zhen on the way.

Huang Zhen hurriedly leaned over and kept thanking for taking the two lanterns.

"This little brother is kind-faced, why didn't you see the little brother on the boat yesterday?"

The old housekeeper looked at Yang Xin with a smile and said.

"If you want to come to the elderly, there are many people you see, and there are always a few people who look similar, so I say that the younger generation is also kind to me, just like an elder in the township!"

Yang Xin said.

"Ah, that makes some sense, and I think of who you look like, but the scar on that man's face is on the left, but yours is on the right. Besides, he still has a big scar on his body, and you are very slippery on this body, and it doesn't look like it at all at this time. The next time you see someone who looks a little similar to you, but has a big scar on his body and a scar on the left side of his face, you must remember to report it to the police, this person is a fugitive murderer, remember to be careful. ”

The old butler smiled.

"Thank you for being vigilant!"

Yang Xin said seriously.

At this moment, in a window behind the old butler, a sleepy-eyed little head poked out, staring at these two guys with open eyes and a strange expression.

But then her gaze turned to Huang Ying.

"Sister Huang!"

The young lady of the Wang family waved her hand excitedly and shouted.