In April, the ancient town of Xijindu, Zhenjiang Prefecture, woke up in the fog.

Located on a wharf in the branch of Kangjia Grain Village, ten merchant ships were docked, loaded with a stone of grain, and a young man of seventeen or eighteen years old was holding "Spring and Autumn" in his left hand and "Ji Ran Chapter" by Fan Li in his right hand, and was studying it wholeheartedly.

The young man sat on the bluestone shore next to the wharf, unaffected by the noisy porters of the wharf.

This young man's name is Kang Dayong, also known as Kang Damao, and he is the twelfth generation of the "Kang Million" family in Luohe Kangdian, and people here prefer to call him "Damao", so they feel cordial.

"Damao, something happened, and the boat capsized on the river again." A young man ran over in a hurry and said in a hurry.

"Capsized again? For the third time this month, quick, unload the last two boats of grain to the dock and go to save people first. Kang Damao immediately stood up and said.

"Young owner, don't do it, the master has already ordered these ten boats of grain to be delivered to the Luohe granary on time."

"Shopkeeper Sun, listen to me, unload food to save people, and I will take care of something." Kang Damao waved his hand and decisively stopped the dissuasion of the shopkeeper in the store, and he already had the ability to deal with things decisively at a young age.

"Leave two people on each boat, and the rest of the people will come on board and follow me to save people." After Kang Damao finished speaking, he took the two books into his arms, lifted his robe, and took the lead in boarding the boat.

The April wind mixed with the water vapor blowing on the face still makes people shiver, the river is rushing and the waves are strong, Kang Damao stands in front of the boat, the tip of the wave beats the bow of the boat, the robe on his body has already been wet by the river, but he frowned, but a pair of calm and sharp eyes have been staring ahead.

At this time, there was also a red lifeboat out of the port at the same time, the lifeboat was twice the size of an ordinary cargo ship like theirs, and there were more than a dozen sturdy young men standing on board, all of whom were wearing sailor uniforms with black dragon king patterns printed on their chests, all of them majestic.

"Da Mao!"

"Dabin, why are you on this lifeboat?"

"My dad donated some silver to the lifesaving club, and I was admitted exceptionally, hehe." The young man named Dabin patted the black dragon king pattern on his chest, and his face looked very proud.

"What are you proud of, aren't you just donating silver, I'll donate it tomorrow." Da Mao was very unconvinced and said that they are all young people with strong blood, and no one will feel that they are inferior to others, especially this kind of public welfare undertaking.

Kang Damao's Dabin is two years younger than him, is the son of Shen Yuhai, the famous porcelain king of Zhenjiang Mansion, since Kang Damao came to this Zhenjiang Mansion from Luohe, two extremely smart, like-minded people have played well, fishing, cruises, talking about the past and the present.

"Da Mao, my sister is now painting her nine-turn exquisite plum vase at home, do you want to go to my house to sit after saving people?" Dabin joked, and smiled after speaking.

"It's just ahead, see it, save people first." Kang Damao just wanted to agree, but at this time, he kept looking at the front and happened to see the ship overturned on the river not far ahead, and at this time he could only see most of the sails.

Floating goods, struggling people falling into the water, screams and exclamations, from a distance, the river is in chaos.

The three boats took the lead in approaching the capsized boat and began to rescue, and soon other passing boats also joined the rescue ranks, tossing for a long time, and the river finally returned to calm.

The families of those who fell into the water also rushed to the shore, looking at the river with anxious faces, and a young woman of seventeen or eighteen years old in the crowd looked particularly clear.

The girl's face is like congealed cream, her eyes are bright, she is wearing a white peony smoke luo soft yarn, a white mopping smoke cage plum blossom water skirt, and she is wearing a soft smoke luo, but she is frowning at the moment, looking anxiously at the river, there are two people in the river who make her anxiously wait.

The drowning person was gradually sent to the shore to reunite with his family, watching the warm scene of them breaking into tears and laughing, Kang Damao felt that what he had done was worth it, he and Dabin jumped off the boat and ran towards the beautiful girl together.

"Sister!"

"Luo Jun!"

The two shouted in unison.

"You two are really not reassuring." Shen Luojun scolded her, and she suddenly stretched her brows and smiled slightly.

This moment of laughter made Kang Damao drunk, and he stood there stupidly not knowing what to do.

"Sister, you are also the eldest lady of our Shen family, you see that you still have paint on your arm, as if you are afraid that others will not know that you are painting." Da Bin pointed to Shen Luojun's white arm and said.

"Yikes! I was in a hurry to come out just now, and I don't blame you, just let me and my father worry, and go aside. Shen Luojun hurriedly pulled the veil to cover the paint stained on his wrist.

Kang Damao stood in front of Xinyi's woman, and suddenly became much more restrained, he stood in place and scratched the back of his head, stupidly happy.

"When you see Da Mao, you will drive me away immediately? Okay, I'll go back and tell my dad that my sister is biased. Dabin teased the two of them on the side, and after speaking, he really walked away.

Kang Damao briefly said to Shen Luojun, he hurriedly returned to the shore and ordered his merchant ship, "You go back and load grain on the ship, if my father is held accountable, tell the truth about today's incident, I believe my father will also support me in doing this." ”

Dabin slipped away, but Shen Luojun tacitly did not leave, she waited there quietly, looking at Kang Damao's back.

The river breeze was blowing slowly, and Kang Damao and Shen Luojun walked side by side by the river.

"How's the book going? Are you confident about next year's scientific expedition? Shen Luojun turned his head and asked.

"It's okay, it's just that I don't want to enter the office, but now it's for the Kang family, for the sake of my father, my father recognized that with the financial resources and connections of our Kang family, once I enter the career, I can soar." Kang Damao said and shook his head with a wry smile.

"I know that you want to start a business and do business with all your minds, this may be the business blood that your Kang family ancestors have been flowing in your body for generations."

"It's really distressing!" Kang Damao crossed his hands behind his head and walked leisurely, although he said this, his heart was peaceful at the moment, because with the company of the girl next to him, he felt that life had meaning.

"Don't give up." Shen Luojun said seriously.

"Would it be good to marry you when I get famous?" Kang Damao suddenly turned his head to look at Shen Luojun and said seriously.

Shen Luojun's heart trembled, this confession was a little too sudden and direct, so she didn't know how to answer for a while, she lowered her head shyly, and her face was flushed.

The breeze blew his clothes, and Shen Luojun's delicate and silky little hands rubbed the fine Luo shirt that slipped off his shoulders, not daring to look up at Kang Damao again.

Early in the morning of the second day, Kang Damao prepared 100 taels of silver, and directly ordered the guys in the store to donate to the Zhenjiang Fu Lifesaving Club, and successfully entered the ranks of lifeguards of the Lifesaving Club.

In the courtyard of the life-saving club, Shen Luobin pulled Kang Damao and pointed to the strange things in the courtyard and said excitedly: "Damao, this is a new type of river control device jointly developed by us and the government, and we are ready to go into the water today." ”

"Mixed River Dragon? If I'm not mistaken, in the book "Tiangong Kaiwu" written by Song Yingxing in the Ming Dynasty, it was recorded that the mixed river dragon should be a kind of triggering mine. Kang Damao carefully looked at the device in front of him, it was not a mine structure at all.

"I'm going to popularize this for you, our mixed river dragon is specially used to clean up the sediment at the bottom of the river, stir up the silt at the bottom of the river, muddy the sediment in the water, and transport it by the water." Shen Luobin stroked the instrument and said proudly.

"Mixed River Dragon" brushes the sand and mud of the river control tool, wooden, one foot four inches in diameter, five or six feet long, on all sides of the iron leaf such as curly hair, weighing three or four hundred catties, sinking to the bottom of the water, the boat hangs a rope, with the boat as the power, brushing the sand and mud at the bottom of the water.

In the afternoon, the Xijin ferry station in Zhenjiang Prefecture was full of people, and the "mixed river dragon" was officially launched under the traction of a large boat.

Kang Damao and Shen Luobin stood at the bow of the boat, and the two young people looked excited, and it was the pride of their young people to contribute to the river transportation project and benefit the people of Zhenjiang Mansion.

The big boat started, gradually away from the ferry, sailing to the middle of the river, a burst of cheers on the river, under the brush of the "mixed river dragon", the bottom of the river flew sand and stones, the dark tide was turbulent, and the calm river surface was hidden under the danger everywhere.

"Dad, why are you here too?" Shen Luojun turned his head to look at Shen Yuhai behind him and asked.

"Such a big thing, can I not come, besides, your brother is also a glory for our Shen family, it's just that my right eyelid started jumping straight this morning, I'm really not at ease!" Shen Yuhai rubbed his eyelids and said worriedly.

At this moment, something happened, the "mixed river dragon" at the bottom of the river was tripped by something, the noose tied to the boat was immediately straightened, the big boat shook violently, and Kang Damao, who was standing on the side of the boat, fell into the river and was swallowed up by the river in an instant.

The people on the bank of the river saw it clearly and let out a burst of exclamations.

Shen Luobin didn't hesitate at all when he saw his friend sinking into the river, and he immediately jumped into the river to save Kang Damao.

"Bin'er......" Shen Yuhai shouted loudly on the shore, he wanted to stop his son but it was too far away.

As the minutes ticked by, everyone held their breath.

Finally, Jiang Mian showed a head, which turned out to be Kang Damao, and the people on the boat immediately lowered the rope for Kang Damao to grab.

Kang Damao, who was drowning, suddenly lost his bearings, he struggled in the water for a while, and felt that his body was being pushed up from below, so he desperately jumped towards the surface of the water according to what was below, and finally grabbed the rope that was thrown down.

Everyone on the shore trembled when they saw the scene on the river, at this moment, Shen Luobin was using his head to push up Kang Damao's body, and when Kang Damao was about to come out of the water, he actually pressed Shen Luobin's head in the water hard.

Dabin used the last of his strength, and his head never surfaced again......

Shen Yuhai was paralyzed on the ground, his eyes were blank, and he shouted: "Son! Son! Son! "It hurts my heart.

When Kang Damao returned to the shore, Shen Yuhai immediately stood up from the ground, he pointed at Kang Damao and gritted his teeth and said, "It's you, it's you who hurt my son, and my Shen family and you are incompatible." After saying that, he staggered away, and the whole person seemed to lose his mind.

Looking at Shen Luojun again, her eyes were dull, she just glanced at Kang Damao, and then left without looking back, leaving with an indifferent face.

Kang Damao sat on the ground, and there was only one sentence in his mouth: "I hurt Dabin." ”

Since then, the Shen and Kang families have formed a blood feud.