This waterway in Yangzhou has been formed for many years, but at that time, there were very few official ships coming and going, so when entering the Yangtze River from the sea, the government generally came forward to mobilize local people to pull boats across this channel.

However, this situation continued until the beginning of last year, and the people themselves organized the pulling of fibers on the waterway, because with the increase in trade between Nanfuzhou and the Central Plains, the people who traveled to and from this waterway were no longer limited to official ships.

At this time, you only need to look at the cargo ships docked on the dock to be able to see clearly.

As a direct result of the increase in cargo ships, the government can no longer allocate enough people to cope with the increasing number of cargo ships, so since last year, the government has simply given up its errands.

In this way, if there are cargo ships that need to pass, it will have nothing to do with the government, just find the captain of the slender team, and after the negotiation is completed, it will be pulled into the Yangtze River by the slender men.

Each takes what he needs, and the government does not need to allocate extra manpower to be in charge of the affairs of the waterway, and naturally there is no need to worry about grinding with the merchants every day.

It's just that this was originally the best of both worlds, so why not do it, but now because of the two ships of the Japanese Kingdom, the channel has been completely blocked.

And the reason for all this, in fact, is also very simple, that is, the ships of the Japanese country are unwilling to pay for the slender men, so the slender men naturally will not help the Japanese country pull the boats.

Just because of a little money, but the whole channel is clogged, so that all the ships waiting to sail. All had to dock at the pier, naturally. It's just a lot of complaints.

"It's not fair, we're guests!" At this time. On a Japanese ship in the channel, an envoy of the Japanese State was negotiating with a local official in Yangzhou with a 'righteous' face.

"Yes, this envoy of the Japanese Kingdom, no one does not think that you are guests!" The person sent to negotiate with the envoys of the Japanese State was an official named Liu Xinyu, who was the person in charge of the waterway in Yangzhou before, and at this time Liu Xinyu patiently explained to the envoys of the Japanese State in front of him: "But this is the rule. All the ships here need to pass through here, and they have to pay the porters, otherwise, they will not help in vain! ”

"Remuneration?" Hearing Liu Xinyu's words, the envoy of the Japanese Kingdom showed an arrogant look on his face, looked at Liu Xinyu and said: "The emperor sent a small envoy to visit your country, but now he is embarrassed by these low-level untouchables. Isn't it an insult to the emperor? ”

"This envoy, this is a bit serious, right?" Liu Xinyu is also a fiery temper, but for the sake of the other party being a foreign envoy. That's why I patiently explained again and again.

At this time, when the envoy of the Japanese State who listened again said this, Liu Xinyu's face was pale. Suddenly it was cold, and when he looked at the envoys of the Japanese state. said in a somewhat cold tone: "The people here are all my people of the Tang Dynasty. Rather, I would like to ask the envoys, where are the untouchables you are talking about? ”

"Misunderstanding, misunderstanding!" As soon as Liu Xinyu's words came out, the atmosphere on the ship suddenly became a little solidified, and the face of the envoy of the Japanese State who had just spoken was even more red and blue.

At this moment, an old man of the Japanese Kingdom, who was about fifty years old, suddenly stepped forward, bowed slightly to Liu Xinyu, who had a gloomy face, and said in half-baked Datang dialect: "What the envoy means is that the Tang Dynasty is the **** kingdom, and when treating our guests, shouldn't it be the demeanor of the kingdom everywhere and give convenience?" ”

"I've already said that!" Hearing the words of this old man of the Japanese country, Liu Xinyu's face was gloomy, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and he said: "These people are spontaneously organized, even if the government does not want to drive them without compensation!" ”

"Excuse me!" The envoy of the Japanese State, who had just fallen silent, immediately argued with a red face when he heard Liu Xinyu's words: "It's just a group of people, and even the government can't drive it, is there still a national law outline?" ”

"Do you want to carefully explain my Datang's national law outline to this envoy?" Liu Xinyu had little patience left, but he was completely exhausted by the donkey in front of him, and after hearing this, he looked at the envoy of the Japanese State in front of him coldly, and said in a mocking tone.

"Liu Jun, don't be annoyed!" Seeing that Liu Xinyu's face was cold, and if he went down, he might be about to explode into anger, and the old man of the Japanese country on the side suddenly said to Liu Xinyu: "My country's envoys, all the way from the distant coast of the East China Sea, have suffered from wind and waves along the way, and it is inevitable that they will speak a little excessively, and I hope Liu Jun can understand more, please!" ”

When the old man of the Japanese Kingdom was talking, he suddenly faced Liu Xinyu and bowed ninety degrees to Liu Xinyu, with an absolutely respectful attitude.

This kind of etiquette is a common thing in the Wa Kingdom, but Liu Xinyu knew this, and as soon as he saw the old man in front of him, he directly bowed to him and saluted him sharply, jumped to the side in a panic, and hurriedly bent down to return the salute to the old man of the Wa Kingdom.

However, at this moment, a servant suddenly walked onto the boat in a panic, walked quickly to Liu Xinyu's side, approached Liu Xinyu's ear, and whispered something.

"Chang'an Hou?" With the words of the servant, Liu Xinyu's originally gloomy face suddenly showed a surprised expression, and he couldn't help but shout in surprise.

"Liu Jun, is there something wrong?" Seeing Liu Xinyu's face change in an instant, the old man's eyebrows suddenly wrinkled slightly, and he immediately looked at Liu Xinyu curiously and asked.

"I'm afraid you're in trouble!" Hearing the words of the old man of the Japanese Kingdom, Liu Xinyu looked at the old man of the Japanese Kingdom with a blank expression, and after a long time, he sighed slightly.

Zhao Chen's character, as a Tang Dynastyman, probably has nothing that he doesn't understand, like the current situation, a group of people who earn a living by their strength, but they are made difficult by the envoys of the Japanese State.

They may not think anything, however, when they come to Zhao Chen, the nature has completely changed, according to what Zhao Chen did in the past, what will happen next, Liu Xinyu can't even say it clearly.

"What's a big deal?" As soon as Liu Xinyu's words came out, the faces of the old men of the Japanese Kingdom, including the arrogant envoy of the Japanese State, couldn't help but change at the same time, looked at Liu Xinyu and asked suspiciously: "What does Liu Jun mean?" ”

"It's not interesting!" Liu Xinyu sighed secretly, and then shook his head, and said as he walked towards the bottom of the boat: "Ask for more blessings, now that Your Majesty is here in person, you may not be able to protect you!" ”

When these words fell, Liu Xinyu had already walked down the boat ladder, and when he walked down the boat ladder, his eyes looked at the boat again, and he couldn't help shaking his head, and said in a low voice: "If you really look for death yourself, you can't complain about others!" ”

"Stupid!" Just after Liu Xinyu got off the boat, he was still in front of Liu Xinyu, pretending to be a very humble old man, at this time, his face was suddenly gloomy, and he said in a stern tone to the envoy of the Japanese country.

"Hay!" was reprimanded by the old man of the Japanese country, who was originally an envoy with a very high status in the envoy group, but at this time he appeared humble, bent down ninety degrees to the old man, and said respectfully.

"Stay on the ship, I'll deal with it!" The old man ignored the envoy, hurriedly dropped a sentence, and then quickly chased after Liu Xinyu.

At this time, there was a lot of chaos on the wharf, and there were all kinds of noises around, all of which were cargo ships in a hurry to get in and out.

Several officials from Yangzhou kept dissuading them, saying that Master Liu had already gotten on the ship and negotiated with the Japanese envoys, and the matter would be resolved soon.

However, in fact, I don't know how many times I have said this, until now, the ships of the Japanese kingdom are still parked in the waterway, not entering or leaving, and it seems that they have made up their minds to stay there forever.

It was suggested that the two boats should be towed away first, and then it would not be too late for the slender men to tow them after the negotiations were settled, but this suggestion was soon drowned out by the noise around them.

The noise continued, and several Yangzhou officials continued to persuade, but in the midst of this noise, a giant ship was slowly heading towards the dock from the sea.

"It's a treasure ship!" The sharp-eyed man had already seen the treasure ship from a distance at this time, and the expression on his face was slightly stunned, and then he pointed to the ship slowly approaching in the distance in surprise and shouted loudly.

With this exclamation, the dock that had just been noisy, all of a sudden, all fell silent, and everyone turned their heads in unison with the exclamation, looking at the slowly approaching treasure ship.

It's just that at the beginning, when everyone saw the treasure ship, they were just curious about the sudden appearance of the treasure ship.

But after a while, someone found that the speed of the treasure ship was still accelerating a little, and everyone's eyes began to become shocked.

On the wharf, at this time, there are many ships, and at this time, all ships entering the wharf must slow down, otherwise, once they enter at speed, the consequences may be directly caused by a collision between multiple ships.

The suspicion just now was just a blink of an eye, and it suddenly turned into panic.

At this moment, all their ships are docked on the dock, and with the size of a treasure ship giant, once it crashes directly into it, then all of their ships will only end up in pieces.

Someone was already in a hurry and was about to jump off the dock and drive his ship away, but he was dragged by the person next to him, and then pointed to the route of the treasure ship with a strange look.

And that route, directly facing the channel into the Yangtze River, that is, the treasure ship did not come to the pier, but went directly to the channel.

Marquis of Chang'an, this is going to directly hit the ships of the Wa Kingdom!

On the dock, there was a sea of people at this time, and everyone who saw this scene, no matter who it was, couldn't help but clench their fists at this moment, and their bodies were trembling slightly because of excitement. (To be continued.) )