The steward was arranging the docking and departing ships, and he didn't recognize that the helmsman had changed, so he casually replied: "Don't worry, the above has explained ......."

Fang Buwei nodded and took Chen Xinran into the cabin.

"Where's the driver?" Chen Xinran glanced around, saw that there were only two of them, and asked suspiciously.

"What kind of driver? It's much easier to drive than a car......" Fang Buwei bragged and twisted the switch to get oiled.

"Wait here, don't move!" Fang Buwei confessed again and entered the engine room through the rear hatch.

Chen Xinran did not doubt him, and nodded lightly.

If she knew that Fang Buwei had just learned, she would have to stare out her eyes.

After speculating that the vault might be hidden near the riverbank, Fang Buwei estimated that he would use a boat, so he focused on researching it.

I also got my hands on the small steamer in the Baoyue Tower.

The principle is the same, oiling, ignition, steaming, backlogging, starting......

It's easy to say, but it's not that hard to operate.

Besides, there is a helmsman hidden under the bed, which is really not good, so I pulled it up and injected a shot of real medicine, just ask and know.

After the air pressure in the steam engine accumulated and the bell rang, Fang Buwei returned to the cockpit.

It's simpler to drive, one steering wheel, two gear levers.

One is used to accelerate and decelerate, and the other is used to change the direction of rotation of the wheel propeller.

Fang Buwei blew the whistle, and the steward of the dock ran over, standing on the shore waving the flag, directing the steamer to leave the dock.

The speed of the reversal was very slow, and Fang was not in a hurry, and carefully drove the boat out of the dock.

"Come on, you come on!" When he arrived in the river, Fang Buwei gave up his position to Chen Xinran.

He wanted Chen Xinran to get used to it as soon as possible.

In fact, it's really not difficult, Fang Buwei only needs Chen Xinran to take the helm, and it is easy for him to get into the water.

Just be careful not to let the boat hit the embankment.

Chen Xinran took a deep breath and took the rudder.

There are a lot of boats on the river, so Fang Bu wants to control the speed at about 10 kilometers per hour.

If the people on the shore go faster, they can catch up.

"Where are you going?" Chen Xinran stared at the river and asked without squinting.

Fang Buwei exhaled: "I found the gold of the Japanese!" ”

This must be true.

After dragging the gold into the river, he had to find a way to get it ashore, and he had to ask Chen Xinran to help at that time.

Chen Xinran's hand shook violently, and he turned his head to stare at Fang Buwei: "How did you find it?" ”

Seeing that Fang Buwei actually asked himself, a novice who had never even touched the rudder, to drive the boat, he could think that he must have found it alone.

Fang Buwei is talking about gold, not stone, how could the Japanese send heavy troops to guard it?

It is not difficult for Chen Xinran to imagine what kind of danger Fang Buwei has experienced.

"Don't worry, it's not in danger!" Fang Buwei replied lightly, "The Japanese were whimsical and hid the gold ...... the river embankment. ”

"Is there no one to guard it?" Chen Xinran's face was full of the look of you don't lie to me.

"How is that possible?" Fang Buwei smiled and said, "But I knocked on the mountain and shocked the tiger, and I was forced to go back......"

Following Fang Buwei's fingers, Chen Xinran saw the soldiers patrolling the riverbank.

Chen Xinran intuitively felt that Fang Buwei shouldn't have deceived herself, but she was still a little uneasy: "If it's dangerous, forget it!" ”

"There will be no danger, don't worry!" Fang is not a return.

Chen Xinran wanted to ask again, Fang Buwei patted her on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Slow down, stay east, don't get too close to the shore, control it at about five meters......"

Fang Buwei reduced the speed of the boat to about five kilometers, which is slower than a human walk.

"Arrived?" Chen Xinran asked in surprise.

"It's coming!" Fang Buwei looked at the tiger's mouth a few hundred meters away, and replied without squinting, "It's in the coal port!" ”

Strictly speaking, Fang is not lying.

Compared with Xiaguan, Laohukou is closer to the coal port.

"How do you get on board?" Chen Xinran asked again.

"Just move it up!" Fang Buwei replied in a relaxed tone.

That's not a lot of money.

But why drive such a big ship?

Chen Xinran was puzzled, Fang Buwei turned around and walked to the rear hatch: "I'll go and see the air pressure!" ”

Entering the engine compartment, Fang Buwei let out a long breath.

There is no way but to lie.

If Chen Xinran knew that he was going down the river, it would be strange if he could agree.

Estimating that the time was almost up, Fang Buwei opened the pressure relief valve.

"Woo woo woo ......" the sound of exhaust shook the ears numb.

After a full minute, Fang Buwei turned off the pressure relief valve.

The air pressure in the steam engine was almost completely discharged, and without pressure, the wheel and oars stopped rotating.

Seeing the ship's slow down, Chen Xinran panicked and shouted loudly: "What's the matter? ”

"It's okay, it's not enough pressure, it's going to be fine right away...... Take the helm and don't hit the embankment......" Fang Buwei shouted loudly.

"Good!" Chen Xinran replied loudly.

Fang Buwei quickly took off his clothes and walked out of the back cabin.

At this time, there was a mist floating on the river behind the steamer.

The boat behind was still thirty or forty meters away, and under the cover of the fog, not to mention the people on board, even the steamer could not be seen.

Fang Buwei half-squatted on the side of the ship, and looked at the position he had marked, there were still about twenty meters.

It's a bit far away, but it's not too much of a problem.

Fang Buwei picked up a roll of cotton rope at the stern of the boat and hung it around his neck.

This bundle of cotton rope is attached to the wire rope sleeve under the water at the stern of the boat, which is used to prevent its own undercurrent from rushing away, and second, it is used to scoop up the wire rope that has sunk to the bottom of the river.

Glancing at the soldiers on the embankment, seeing that the soldiers' eyes were not on the river, Fang Buwei put a half-meter-long bamboo pipe into his mouth, and jumped off the boat with a fish jump.

The steamer was only about five or six meters away from the embankment, and Fang Buwei was directly pierced to the edge of the embankment.

Fang Buwei picked the crack of the stone with one hand and put the cotton rope in the other, moving forward quickly.

One meter, five meters, fifteen meters......

It's right in front.

Fang Buwei touched the embankment wall and grabbed the cotton rope nailed under the embankment.

He untied the cotton rope from his neck and tied the two ends together.

Next, all you need to do is pull up the wire rope head that has sunk to the bottom of the river and hang it on the pulley at the stern of the boat.

Fang Buwei leaned against the embankment wall, pulling the rope quickly, and at this time, the steamer was slowly moving in the direction of Fang Buwei.

In order to cover the horizon of other ships on the river, and to gain time, Fang Buwei exhausted all the air pressure in the steam engine, and the current steam turbine only rowed by the flow speed of the river and a little habit, and the speed was not ordinarily slow.

When he was still about thirty meters away from the tiger's mouth, Fang Buwei had already dived to the stern of the boat, holding the tow hook between his legs and pulling the cotton rope hard.

The wire rope of nearly 40 meters is more than 200 catties, but fortunately, Fang Buwei has a lot of strength, and he can also help the buoyancy of the water, and the movements in his hands are not slow.