The "Marseille" finally got away from Luohuozhou, which is the largest river center on the Yangtze River, with a radius of forty or fifty kilometers, surrounded by water on all sides, dense water networks, swamps everywhere, undulating reeds, and since ancient times, it has been a place where water thieves and lake thieves gather, and murder and goods have occurred from time to time.

This is a French steamer, with a displacement of 1,500 tons, converted from a warship of the First World War, with a maximum speed of 24.5 knots, many crew members have experience in the army, but they are afraid of the water bandits that are rampant on the Yangtze River, and even a little respectful, so that Liu Yun has a refreshing feeling, and he has been asking himself in his heart, is this the so-called "imperialist rampant".

What made Liu Cheng even funnier was that when passing by Luo Huo Zhou just now, the romantic flight attendants not only armed themselves, but also distributed weapons to the people in the VIP cabin one by one, and under the leadership of the ship's weapons chief Smith, they were deployed in all corners of the ship, and the gentlemen were pale, and their mouths never left the name of God, but it turned out that it was another false alarm.

Liu Yun doesn't remember the first time this kind of defense or drill can not be laughed at, it has been three or four days since he set off from the Xiaguan Wharf in Nanjing, and the most serious one he remembers was when he passed by Poyang Lake, the speed of the boat was as slow as a turtle crawling, and any ship that tried to approach would be warned by the gentlemen.

Pang Taishi and Yang Kai were already numb anyway, Zhang Boyu and Pang Yuyan were still as always, looking forward to the appearance of Robin Hood on the water with great interest, Kong Yuling was still radiant and glorious, just like Queen Elizabeth went out on patrol to inspect her knights one by one.

Liu Yun covered his face with a big-brimmed hat, lying on a chair in the landscape area of the VIP cabin, facing the river breeze, leisurely sleeping, in fact, he was not so idle, but once again used the steamer's steam engine, so that the brain has abundant energy, and can scan the terrain on both sides of the Yangtze River throughout the whole process.

The theoretical scanning radius of the brain is 15 kilometers, and the normal width of the Yangtze River is only a few kilometers, so the brain can not only easily record the terrain, but also scan the vegetation and minerals along the way, and sometimes even the large and small ships and warships passing by have not escaped the desecration of the brain.

What happened to other places, maybe no one knew, but when passing by Poyang Lake and Luohuo Zhou, Liu Yun learned from Zhi Nao that under the hidden reeds by the river, there were indeed some unusual things, such as modified assault fishing boats, large and small earthen cannons, and lurking people with faces painted like ghosts and guns and knives and forks in their hands.

Needless to ask, these are water thieves and lake pirates, who often rob homes and houses in the waters of the Yangtze River, and they are still in awe of big ships like the "Marseille", hiding in the shadows and peeping, Liu Yun has no good impression of them, but he is not enough to unite with the gringos to kill them.

Maybe Pang Xuezhong is really old, of course, it is not ruled out that he is uncomfortable with someone being handsome, so he is next to Dr. Liu, chattering and bombing non-stop.

"These big noses, it's really not good, remember a few years ago, the old man just left Sichuan, and he also took a ship to Nanjing and Shanghai, these foreign devils are amazing", Liu Yun really couldn't do it, so he had to sit up, and Master Pang showed off his knowledge even more.

"As soon as you see a fishing boat, you will collide, and as soon as you see a suspicious boat, you will directly fire a cannon-".

"Wait, Uncle Pang, what year did you come out of Sichuan", the more Liu Yun listened, the more he felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly stopped someone's chatter, so he asked slightly.

"I, I'll calculate", Pang Xuezhong was stunned for a moment, and he couldn't remember clearly, so he quickly pinched his fingers and calculated, and said with certainty, "I remember that at that time, it was still the era of Sun Chuanfang and Wu Peifu, by the way, I remember, it was the fifteenth year of the Republic of China."

Your sister, isn't it 1926 AD, how many years have the Republic of China been at every turn, who remembers clearly, Liu Yun suddenly rolled his eyes, "Uncle Pang, you calculate yourself, how many years have passed."

"Uh, this", Taishi Pang was also stupid for a while, and after half a while, he replied with a wry smile, "Eight years, unconsciously, eight years have passed."

Seeing the sad Pang Taishi, Liu Yun was a little unbearable, and quickly changed the topic, "It was not long after the end of the European War (World War I), Britain and France were the victorious countries, and at that time, Wu Peifu and Sun Chuanfang were in urgent need of the assistance of the European and American powers.

"Yes", when it comes to the general trend of the world, it is Pang Taishi's specialty, and he is in good spirits, looking at the direction of Wuhan, looking like the reincarnation of Wuhou, pointing out one by one, "The world says that the Republic of China is incompetent, and the warlords are fighting, but in fact, they have done a lot of good things."

"In 1917, the Beiyang government took back the Hankou German Concession, in 1925, Wu Peifu recovered the Hankou Russian Concession, and in 1927, the Nationalist Government took back the Hankou British Concession.

Speaking of the concession issue, Liu Yun sighed a little, "There is still a Japanese concession in Hankou."

"Yes, there is still a Japanese concession in Hankou, and there is also a Japanese concession in Chongqing." Pang Xuezhong was also a little indignant at these concessions that went deep into the interior of the mainland, and as for the coastal concessions, he just put up with them, and whoever called the navy of the Republic of China was in name only, and even if the coastal concessions were recovered, most of them would not be able to hold them.

Pang Taishi said with some indignation, "The Japanese army is sharpening its knives in North China and intends to go south, and the Nanjing government is afraid of offending the Japanese, so where can it dare to touch half a hair of these concessions."

"It's a pity that the government of the Republic of Nanjing retreated again and again, but in exchange for the Japanese invaders, they were pressing forward step by step", Liu Yun raised his head to the west, "There will be a war between China and Japan, and hope is in Wuhan."

"Yes, it's in Wuhan", Pang Taishi also pinned hopes on Wuhan, "the second largest city in China, Chicago in the East, the thoroughfare of nine provinces, and the heart of China."

"The thoroughfare of nine provinces", Liu Yun was a little puzzled, and when he was training in Nanjing, he seemed to have heard of it, "Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, Tengxian County, Shandong, seems to be also called the thoroughfare of nine provinces."

"Those two places, where can they be compared with Wuhan", Pang Taishi seems to have specially studied, "Teng County, but relying on the convenience of the waterways of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal and the Yellow River, its status in ancient times was only reluctant, as for Zhenjiang in Jiangsu, it is even more vain, similar to the status of Teng County, and it is also dependent on the waterways of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal and the Yangtze River."

Pang Taishi rose in the wind, standing abruptly, "Wuhan is located at the confluence of the Yangtze River and the Han River, both the danger of the Turtle Mountain and the Snake Mountain, and the convenience of the Yangtze River and the Han River, as well as the wealth of the Jianghan Plain, from Wuhan along the Yangtze River waterway, you can go west to Bashu, east to Wuyue, to the north of the Han River to Henan and Shaanxi, through Dongting Lake to Hunan to Xianggui, this is the real thoroughfare of the nine provinces."

Pang Taishi saw that Liu Yun listened attentively, and he was also talking about sexual life, "Wuhan City, also known as Wuhan Special City, is actually the collective name of Wuchang City, Hanyang County, and Hankou Special City, Wuchang is the ancient Jiangxia, the place guarded by the Huang Zu of the Three Kingdoms, and it is also the capital of Hubei Province today, located south of the Yangtze River, facing Hanyang County and Hankou Special City across the Yangtze River."

"Although Hanyang and Hankou are located in the north of the river, they are separated by a Han River, Hanyang is west of the Han River, Hankou is east of the Han River, but the ancient Han River is from the north of Guishan into the Yangtze River, Hankou and Hanyang at that time were called Hanyang County, until the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the Han River was diverted again, and there was Hankou Town, one of the four famous towns in the world, which was renamed Xiakou Hall in 1899."

At this time, Yang Kai and Zhang Boyu also came over to join in the fun, and when they heard Master Pang talk about the ancients, they were also full of interest, and when they talked about Hankou Town, Zhang Boyu, who had studied law, couldn't help but interject.

In 1858, the Manchu government signed the Treaty of Beijing, which included Hankou as a treaty port, and officially opened the port in 1861. After the Xinhai Revolution, in 1912, the Nationalist Government changed Jiangxia County to Wuchang County, abolished Hanyang Mansion to Hanyang County, and changed Xiakou Hall to Xiakou County. In 1917, the Hankou German Concession was recovered, the Hankou Special Zone was established, and in 1929, the Wuhan Special City and the Hankou Special City were established.

Yang Kai, a native of Hubei, couldn't help but say a few words, "Wuhan, since ancient times is a place where soldiers must fight, there is a small half of the battles in the Three Kingdoms era, just around this city, in the late Song Dynasty and early Yuan Dynasty forty or fifty years, almost the key major war, or basically around this place, a loss of this place, the enemy army can go down the river, Nanjing can be obtained overnight."

While listening carefully, Liu Yun added in his heart, "Three years later, the Japanese army first took Shanghai and Nanjing, and then Jiujiang and Wuhan, and the past experience is useless."

At this moment, the crew of the "Marseille" informed everyone that the steamer was about to arrive in Wuhan, because the last Jiangxinzhou was already in sight, and some people who had been to Wuhan took the initiative to point out the lighthouse on Tianxingzhou, and the passengers on the ship immediately cheered.

Although Liu Yun and his colleagues are waiting for VIP cabins, compared to the original situation with Zhang Boyu and Pang Yuyan, the situation when they came back from the United States is much better, but for the cabin life in the past few days, there is still great resistance, and they feel chest tightness and want to vomit, especially Pang Yuyan's face is pale, and she looks like Xizi is holding her heart, and several big men feel heartache.

Kong Yuling is worthy of everyone's background, no matter what the situation is, she is indifferent and has a moderate demeanor, Liu Yun is really sighing to herself, and has always suspected that when she was drunk, the scene of Miss Kong's discoloration was the reason why she drank too much and her eyes were spent.

When the sun was about to set, the "Marseille" docked on the bank of the Hankou River, and Liu Yun and Kong Yuling and their entourage went directly ashore from the special passage of the VIP cabin, a small suspension ladder, and the Chinese employees on the ship specially sent them ashore to salute and so on.

Thinking about the crowded situation from the "Chiyo Maru", Pang Yuyan still has palpitations, fortunately with the help of Liu Yun's brother at that time, I couldn't help but look at Dr. Liu, but I saw that this guy and Dr. Kong were whispering, discussing how to move, and suddenly felt that the man was chic and handsome, and the woman's peerless elegance was simply a match made in heaven, and he was simply a gray sparrow, and tears gradually appeared in his eyes, sliding like pearls.

Seeing his daughter crying silently, Master Pang couldn't help but sigh, stretched out his arm to hug Pang Yuyan, and whispered, "Daughter, it's not time to despair, whatever you want, Daddy didn't help you do it once, Daddy can do it this time."

"Daddy", Pang Yuyan couldn't hold back anymore, and cried with a wow.

Several people who were discussing were attracted by the sudden crying, and asked what was going on, but Master Pang was light and light, and said with a smile, "My daughter has been sitting on a boat for a long time, and when she heard that she would take a boat back to Chongqing, Sichuan, she was so scared that she cried."

Pang Yuyan suddenly thought that her father was Kong Caishen's opponent, wouldn't her father touch a stone with an egg, and couldn't help crying even more, or Kong Yuling was powerful, and pulled over to persuade her softly, Yu Yan's sister was a little better, but when she saw Liu Yun, she looked like a big enemy.

Whether to go to the Confucian Mansion or to the Sichuan Guild Hall, everyone was a little hesitant, at this time a few cars came, and the one at the beginning came out, it was the long-lost black-clothed soul.