On the weekend, after purchasing the necessary fresh water and dry food, putting everything in the wagon, and having lunch, I paid from the inn and headed to the dock to set off again.

Back at the dock, the old man in the pergola was gone, probably because Wang Daxing complained after leaving on the weekend, and at the same time kindly reminded him of the possible identity of the weekend, so he was asked to be careful and did not want to have any contact with the weekend group.

There was a dock worker standing next to the pergola, and when he saw the four people on the weekend, dressed noblely and with an extraordinary temperament, he knew that it was the "distinguished guest" that his boss Wang Daxing asked to receive.

Immediately stepped forward and respectfully said to the leading weekend, "This must be Zhou Gongzi!" At the request of Captain Wang, the small one is waiting for the prince here, please come with me, Captain Wang's loading area is here. ”

On the weekend, he asked Xu to catch the carriage first, but he himself took Yuhuan and Suyuan, who had already stepped off the carriage, to visit the dock at the mouth of the Yangtze River.

Yuhuan and Su Yuan wrapped their arms around him left and right, walking on the floating platform by the sea, looking at the various fishing boats and merchant ships on the dock.

Most of them are ordinary fishing boats, some of them have roofs to shelter them from the wind and rain, and there are tables and chairs in the cabins for rest, and some of them do not have roofs, which are basically owned by fishermen who live by fishing nearby.

Due to the bad weather for several days, coupled with Wang Daxing's day at sea, the wharf that used to come and go and be lively and lively is now not visible to anyone.

The smallest merchant ships are single-deck sailboats, which rely entirely on the wind to move forward, and of course people can also change direction by paddling, which is generally to go to the nearest city for trade, and it may be more convenient to take the water route than by land.

The largest merchant ships were as tall as three storeys tall, and many of them still had sails, and the most peculiar thing was that there were a few merchant ships that were not hung at all - it was the new paddle ship of the Tang Dynasty.

Yuhuan and Suyuan came to the beach for the first time, and when they saw such a tall boat, they couldn't help but marvel, and at the same time pointed to the boat without sails and asked, "This ship has no sails, how can it move forward on the sea?" ”

Weekend smiled, and explained to the second daughter as he walked, "This should be a new type of ship in recent years, which is specially used to move forward by manpower, which is more suitable for long-distance travel, and there should be a power compartment at the bottom of the cabin, in which the sailors constantly push the oars to help the ship move forward." ”

The ancient wharf was actually so big, and as soon as he finished explaining it on the weekend, he had already walked back to the area where Wang Daxing was on the ship.

Wang Daxing's ship, which is also one of the more famous docks, is made of solid wood, built with double cabins, and the underground is also propelled, equipped with masts and sails.

By the time the three of them arrived at the boarding place on the weekend, Wang Daxin was already directing the workers over there and carrying their last luggage, and it seemed that Xu Qu should have boarded the ship early.

Wang Daxing saw the weekend and hurriedly welcomed him onto the boat.

Now that the ship was not ready to leave, Wang Daxing took the weekend to introduce the merchant ship.

He first pointed to the double-decker cabin and said, "That's where Childe will stay tonight, and I've already asked the servants to prepare the room, so you can enter with your wife with your luggage." ”

When Su Yuan and Yuhuan heard the word Madame, they immediately smiled.

Then Wang Daxing continued, "This merchant ship was built with all the best efforts of my family, and it is extremely strong, and it will not break even if it touches the reef a little. ”

Suddenly, he seemed to remember something sad, stopped his words, and after a pause, he said, "I'm sorry son, I just remembered some things about my father, although some years have passed, but I am still very sad, and it is difficult to control it for a while." ”

Wang Daxing then pointed to Xu Qu, who had just come out of the cabin, and said, "Please find a room to rest first, your partner should already know the location of the room, and when you are ready, you should go to sea and move towards Dongying." ”

Before leaving, he specially reminded, "The power cabin under the cabin, it is best not to go, it is a place where workers live, it is dirty, and the smell is not good, a few distinguished guests live in peace of mind in the upper cabin." ”

This reminder makes the weekend suspicious, and in modern documentaries on the history of HNA that we have seen, it is not uncommon for shipowners to treat their slaves as paddle workers, living in the dark at the bottom of the cabin.

Could it be that this Wang Daxing is such a person, so he doesn't let us go down to snoop? Or are you just afraid that your subordinates won't know how to do the etiquette and get into trouble?

Over the weekend, I decided that I would go down and have a look if I had the chance.

Entering the cabin, there is no decoration on the wall, only the lines of the wooden planks. Wang Daxing actually arranged only two rooms for the four of them.

After looking at the room on the weekend, he turned his head and wanted to propose that he and Xu go to a room, but suddenly saw the second daughter holding her hand tightly, her eyes were full of hope, and she said in a ghostly manner, "Why don't I share a room with the two of you, and Xu goes to a separate room, how about it?" ”

Su Yuan and Yuhuan responded in unison, "Of course it's no problem, Brother Zhou." ”

Xu Qu quietly gave a thumbs up to the weekend on the side, and then interjected, "Shopkeeper, I have already put the three of you in that big room, and I'll go to the deck to watch Captain Wang first." ”

On the weekend, I took the second daughter into the room in the middle of the second floor, which should be the largest cabin room, and there was a huge sleeping couch in it, which was more than enough for three people, and there was a desk and chair in the cabin.

There was a tattered cotton coat hanging on the chair, and some handwritten bills on the table had not yet been collected, and it seemed that Wang Daxing had given him his own place.

By observing the cabin, he began to believe that Wang Daxing really didn't have the money to raise a boat to go to sea for business again.

Put things in order, and on the weekend, before departure, most of the money has actually been received into the temporary space of the system, and only ten taels of silver are left for each person to prevent accidents.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, he quietly took out forty taels of silver and put it in the pocket of his cotton coat as a fare for Wang Daxing.

Before the weekend, the cashier entered the space without hiding from Yuhuan and Su Yuan, and the second daughter had already regarded him as a living immortal, so she was not surprised by his skills.

When he was putting the silver, he saw that under the bill paper, there was a worn-out nautical chart, which was pulled out from the bottom and unfolded, and there were many white lines drawn on it, all of which were routes from the mouth of the Yangtze River to various islands, and only one was to Dongying, and an X was drawn on it.

Just when the three of them were puzzled, Wang Daxing knocked on the door outside, and he didn't close the door when he came in on the weekend, Wang Daxing had already seen the three of them looking at his charts at the door, and then he hurriedly rushed in, sorry, "It's all some sundries, I didn't come to clean up, I'll take it away."