"Ahead is the mouth of the Great Valley!" The lookout shouted loudly in the watchtower

Pan Xiaogu heard the sound and hurriedly ran to the bow of the boat, and sure enough, he could see the canyon not far away. Unlike the mountains and valleys he had imagined at first, the peaks on either side of the Great Valley were not very high, but only low hills at the foot of the Nameless Mountains, where the Nameless Mountains seemed to be disconnected and divided into two mountain systems, the north and the south, and the rushing river ran through the valley between the two mountains.

After the boat got closer, Pan Xiaogu saw the situation at the mouth of the valley. The terrain of the valley mouth is not precipitous, the cliffs on both sides are only dozens of meters high, three or four hundred meters apart, which can fully accommodate the water volume of the Panyang River, but there are many boulders densely covered in the middle of the river, some of the boulders are high out of the water, which can be seen directly, and some are completely sunk to the bottom of the water, and can only be distinguished by the ups and downs of the water flow, as introduced by the Ruan family brothers, so that the reef-covered river channel is half a mile long, and the river valley inside is wide.

In this case, it is believed that an earthquake caused a serious landslide, which caused the river to be blocked, and as long as the boulders in the river were cleared, the river can be navigated. However, the reefs in the river are very large, and there are many of them, and they can be confirmed by the eyes alone, and there are as many as seventeen or eighteen boulders with a height of more than one zhang on the surface of the water, and the smaller ones cannot be counted at all, let alone those reefs that are hidden under the water.

"No, you can't get into such a river." An old shipwright with pale hair said after looking at the river in the valley, this man was the oldest shipwright in Xiyue Harbor, and he was first-class in terms of shipbuilding and sailing, and he was also the owner of this large ship.

"What if you dig up all the reefs?" Pan Xiaogu asked respectfully on the side, this old shipwright is amazing, he is a special talent at the master level, and he is the second only existence found by Pan Xiaogu to Mo Lao.

Pan Xiaogu can only know the ability of the people after personally using the system skills to identify, Pan Xiaogu has identified thousands of people before, almost as long as he has direct contact with the people have been identified by him, but the talents who can be called masters or grandmasters are currently only Mo Lao and the old boatman.

"Dig up? How do you dig up so many boulders? How long will it take to dig up? The old boatman shook his head

Pan Xiaogu was stunned for a moment, and found that he had fallen into a mindset, he always wanted to dredge the river and then send troops to Persia, but he didn't think that it might be too late in such time, but fortunately he was reminded by the old boatman's words and woke up.

"Thank you, Mr. Jiang, for reminding me." Pan Xiaogu bowed solemnly, and the old boatman hurriedly helped him up when he saw this

"I don't dare to be a gentleman, Lord Lord, please get up quickly."

"The master is the teacher, and with Jiang Lao's ability to build ships and ships, he naturally became the word sir."

The old boatman still wanted to push back, but Pan Xiaogu opened the topic in advance and called Ruan Xiaoer to his side.

"Ruan Zhuangshi, did you try to go ashore to bypass this dangerous shoal and explore the depths of the river valley?"

Ruan Xiaoer shook his head

"We were here to fish, so we didn't run to the shore without anything, and we spent our meals and sleep on the boat."

Pan Xiaogu looked left and right, the low hills on both sides of the valley mouth are not high, and the area is not wide, so it should be easy to get around.

"Zhao Wu." Pan Xiaogu shouted, and Zhao Wu, who was guarding behind him, stood up

"What do you command?"

"In a while, you go and take the five brothers, together with the three strong men of the Pan family, to the other two small boats, divide the troops and go ashore, and see if you can find a way to go around the valley." Pan Xiaogu came to explore the topography and hydrology of the big valley this time, and brought a big boat and two small boats, originally one big boat was enough to load all the people, but Pan Xiaogu still asked people to tie the small boat to the back of the big boat and brought it, which came in handy at this time.

"Yes!" Zhao Wu and the Ruan brothers received orders at the same time.

Soon, the small boats tied to the back of the big boat were pulled to the sides of the big boat, and Zhao Wu and the eight of them got on the other two small boats, and at the same time carried some supplies and weapons to the boats.

"The supplies on your ship are only enough to eat for five days, I will only give you three days, and after three days, whether you find the way or not, you will return to Xiyue Port and report to me!" Pathfinding is not a one-day result, and Pan Xiaogu can't wait here all the time, so he handed over the task to these eight subordinates.

Among these eight people, except for the Ruan brothers, all of them are warriors who have cultivated their battle qi, and they are also equipped with many weapons, so they don't need to worry too much even if they encounter wild beasts.

The two small boats, under the control of the Ruan family brothers, headed for both sides of the river, and Pan Xiaogu watched a few people dock before waving goodbye to them, and then ordered the big boat to lift anchor and turn around and return to Xiyue Port.

The big ship only returned to Xiyue Harbor at dusk, and before the ship docked, Pan Xiaogu saw the village chief Ma Decaima standing on the pier waiting at the bow of the boat.

Speaking of this Ma Decai village chief, he can also be regarded as a special talent, but he is good at business management, and his level is not as good as a master, and the cargo ship that Pan Xiaogu saw on the dock of Xiyue Port before is this Ma village chief.

The village chief learned from Pan Xiaogu that there was a shortage of grain in Xize Township, and immediately ordered his cargo ship to load grain and set off for Xize Township.

"Subordinate Ma Decai pays a visit to the lord." As soon as Pan Xiaogu got off the boat, Village Chief Ma immediately greeted him and saluted

"Village Chief Ma doesn't have to be polite, how did you do everything I told you to do before I left?"

Pan Xiaogu gave a handful of hands and asked about the progress of the other party's work.

"Tell the lord, the three tasks you arranged have been arranged, the subordinates on the construction site have requisitioned enough manpower to work, and the dogs will personally supervise it to ensure that it is built on time, and the messengers sent to several other territories have also set off, if nothing else, they should have arrived at this time, as for the shipwright..." Ma Decai secretly glanced at Jiang Lao, who was still commanding the sailors on the ship - all the shipwrights in Xiyue Port were Jiang Lao's apprentices, and Jiang Lao's words were more effective than the village chief Ma Decai.

"Village Chief Ma, you're doing a good job." Pan Xiaogu praised with satisfaction

Ma Decai was praised by Pan Xiaogu, and his happy eyes were about to squint.

"By the way, please come with me, at noon, the lord left in a hurry for official business, and he didn't come to pick up the wind for the lord, and now he must let his subordinates make up for it. The subordinates have already prepared a banquet at home, just waiting for the lord to enjoy it. ”

Pan Xiaogu was busy for a day, and he was indeed a little hungry, so he gladly accepted, but he didn't go to the banquet alone, and he also pulled the old shipwright Jiang Lao.