The fleet went out of Songzhou, did not stop along the way, and fell straight to Huaiyang, the capital of the canal, of course, in Songzhou, there was also Yanglin asking Li Er to collect the letter of the Hongze Lake water bandits and send them to Chang'an, which could eliminate the water bandits without much effort, and completely open up the passage between Jiangnan and Chang'an.

The weather is getting hotter and hotter, the fleet has been sailing for ten days, all the crew's bodies have begun to panic, and the clothes on their bodies are getting less and less, to the vast Hongze Lake area, eighty percent of the men have begun to play shirtless, even the body of a child like Yanglin can't stand it, I can't take off the naked, the scorching summer June, especially on the sun-exposed water, a little longer will peel off the skin, at this time the sunscreen and talcum powder of the art troupe are particularly popular. Xiliang White Rose and other female singers are restricted from entering and leaving Yanglin, and they are not allowed to go up to the deck during the day, and tanning is not so easy to treat.

In the Tang Dynasty, Hongze Lake was like an inland sea, the big one was boundless, such a large fleet hid in the reeds, and no one could find out lightly, the scorpion left with a small boat of gifts, and his destination was naturally Xie Jiazhai, as fierce as him, and he didn't even need to bring an entourage to Hongze Lake alone.

The fleet had to be repaired in the reeds for two days, not to mention the people who traveled for ten consecutive days, and the cattle who took turns to pull the bearings were also sick, Yang Lin ordered the guards to enter a state of alert, and some of the crew began to lead the buffalo to gnaw on the shore of the lake to eat fresh aquatic grass, and the number of sick people was counted by Chu Suiliang, as high as more than 300 people, directly reaching one-tenth of the total number of the fleet.

"These sick people are not suitable to go to sea, it has only been ten consecutive days, and if it is two or three months in a row, it will directly kill them." Yanglin regarded this ten-day trip as a voyage of the fleet, and many people who lived in the north all the year round were not born to sail to sea, so Yanglin did not have so much time to cultivate them. Elimination is the best way to go.

"Except for the time of stopping in Luoyang, Bianzhou, and Songzhou, we can send such a large team to Jiangnan in a month's time, which is already an unprecedented miracle, if the horse master does not entangle with these bandits, we can enter Huaiyang City to recuperate for a few days, and then go straight to Yangzhou, I believe that the grain purchased in Yangzhou can be transported to Chang'an before mid-June." Chu Suiliang threw the registration book aside, and his slightly obese body was covered in sweat. And Li Chengqian's brothers had already found a shallow inlet with a group of guards to play in the water.

"Now this season is the season for farmers in Jiangnan to harvest early rice, in a few days we can receive a lot of grain in Yangzhou City, this year's harvest in Jiangnan, this is not worried, now the first thing to solve is the problem of these diseases, can not let the number of people expand again, they will be concentrated in the camp on the shore for treatment, and then order people to go to Huaiyang City to purchase some saltpeter, I want to make ice to relieve the heat."

Everyone is accustomed to Yanglin's whimsical means. In the oily weather of people who dry every minute, he actually said that he could make ice, and if others said this, they would be heard as a joke, only he said this, and no one thought it was a joke. The escort team sent a group of people into the city, and at the same time, Yang Lin ordered the crew to cook mung bean soup to relieve the heat, and it was no problem to add more sugar, we are not short of money now. As long as everyone gets their bodies well quickly.

Wang Musheng's carpentry team was assigned the task by Yanglin, and some two- or three-inch bamboo tubes were taken out, and a large number of flat bamboo sticks were inserted into the bamboo tubes. Then pour the boiled mung bean soup into the bamboo tube to cool it, Yang Lin said that he remembered this ability, returned to Chang'an, and relied on this ability alone to make a lot of money in the summer.

Hongze Lake at night is the place where people stay, now regardless of men and women, are used to take out the mat shop deck to sleep, the waves will push the boat swaying, it is easy to fall asleep, pull the saltpeter boat back to the fleet at ten o'clock in the evening, bring back a lot of saltpeter, Yanglin let Wang Musheng take people to fill all the mung bean soup bamboo tube into the saltpeter, after an hour or two to take.

There is actually no good antidote to seasickness and heat stroke, replenish salt and sugar, rest more and it's fine, dinner time is naturally to eat the fish and shrimp of Hongze Lake, it is no wonder that more than 100,000 people in the eighteen villages can rely on this big lake to survive, in the Tang Dynasty, where the fishing technology is not very developed, the fish and shrimp aquatic resources of Hongze Lake are still particularly rich, a large net can be fished up to more than a dozen catties, Yanglin gave each stove a big pot of boiled shrimp before willing to stop.

Fish and shrimp are high in protein, northerners eat less, come to the south to eat more can replenish the body, boiled red shell shrimp, peel out the white meat on the tail and dip it in garlic soy sauce, eat it in the summer night will not feel hot, it is also light and refreshing, eat more is not greasy, as for the crab, it is too cold, only suitable for male crews, when Wang Musheng's saltpeter boat came from an exclamation, Yang Lin knew that the popsicle was ready, holding a few bamboo tubes that were braving the cold and ran to Yang Lin in disbelief Wang Musheng knelt directly to Yang Lin, In the scorching heat of June, only the magic means of the little gods can make cold ice.

Yang Lin held the flat bamboo stick in one hand, and held the bamboo tube in the other, and a cylindrical long popsicle was pulled out of the bamboo tube by him, looking at Xi Liang, who felt the cold air beside him, staring at himself with big eyes, Yang Lin handed her the popsicle first, lady first! When Yang Lin took out the second popsicle, the white rose's expectant eyes almost melted him, so the lady gave priority again, and the third followed, Yang Lin was still embarrassed to eat, and gave it to Chu Suiliang, who was the most afraid of heat, and Li Chengqian and Li Tai brothers, who had been eagerly looking forward to what Yang Lin would give him, pointed at him angrily when they saw Yang Lin put the last moment of the popsicle into his mouth and licked it, and he was speechless.

"Mu Sheng! First send one to the patients in the sick camp, and then give the rest to the other crew members to enjoy, and then do the next round after eating, how much has been done in this round, three hundred or four hundred" Before Yang Lin's words were finished, Li Chengqian and Li Tai took Wang Musheng and ran to the ship loaded with saltpeter.

After a while, the two brothers came back with a popsicle, and each of the left and right sides of the gazi nest also had a bamboo tube, the value of this thing in the future is two cents, but in this fleet sold more than 100 wen in minutes, the mung bean popsicle with a lot of sugar has the function of cooling and relieving the heat and enhancing electrolyte secretion, I am afraid that it will become a common food in the fleet from today.

The number of people in the sick camp has been decreasing since the second day, and by the third night, there were basically no people, and the effect of mung bean popsicles can only be described by divine magic, and it was even written into his own music by Chu Suiliang.

At dusk, a small fishing boat approached the location of the fleet, and Wang Xiaoliu, who was responsible for observing the surroundings with a telescope, reported that the person at the bow of the boat was a scorpion, and there was a woman with extraordinary bearing beside him, and from this result, the scorpion seemed to have succeeded.

Yang Lin will not trade people's maternal love and affection, although it has been done in disguise, Mrs. Xie saw Xie Feiyu who was already able to move around as soon as she got on the boat, and after the touching scene of mother and son hugging and crying, Yang Lin walked over from the side, did not hand over the tissue, and handed over two mung bean popsicles, which Yang Lin promised Xie Feiyu during the time when he was treating his injuries.

"Mother, this thing is the best thing my son has ever eaten, in order to treat my wounds, they promised to give me two, you eat quickly, it is really delicious, and you can't eat it if it's late." Xie Feiyu said it like a farewell, and Mrs. Xie's face turned pale, even if the cold mung bean popsicle was tempting, Mrs. Xie couldn't eat it, realizing that her mother had misunderstood her words, Xie Feiyu scratched her head embarrassedly and smiled: "I mean it's hot, this thing will melt soon, and if you eat it slowly, you won't be able to eat it." ”

"Hehe, Mrs. Xie can enjoy it slowly, and we'll talk about business after eating." Yang Lin shook his head and smiled, and waved his hand again, everyone retreated from the deck, and they couldn't imagine that this flying fish boy who was not afraid of death was so obedient and well-behaved in front of his mother.

When Yang Lin and the guards were far away, Mrs. Xie lowered his voice and asked in a low voice, "That little boy just now is His Royal Highness the Prince?" ”

Xie Feiyu, who was afraid that his mother would not be able to eat the mung bean popsicle, replied while urging Mrs. Xie to eat quickly: "No, he is a god-given horse, the prince injured me, it was he who saved me and gave me popsicles, it seems that the prince listens to him many times, mother, you eat quickly, the child's injury is almost healed, we jump into the water after you finish eating, and the dragon king of Hongze Lake can't catch us." ”

Xie Feiyu rarely found that there were no guards around him, and looked around vigilantly, but found that his mother had no intention of leaving, so he grabbed his arm and said, "Son! Mother promised the scorpion that she would negotiate with the people of the court, and people did not embarrass our mother and son, and we can't break our trust, and listen to what they have to say! Besides, if you flee now, the scorpion star can still fish you out from Xie Jiazhai, and all the leaders of our eighteen villages joined forces at the beginning and couldn't help others, so now they can have a countermeasure? I don't think they are malicious people, if the court really wants to recruit peace, maybe this is the way out for our eighteen villages. ”

Mrs. Xie is a lady who has read books, and she can marry a woman who is the wife of the commander of the First Army at the end of the marrow, which is somewhat promising, and now Xie Feiyu does not persuade her to eat popsicles, but she eats it herself, and the cabin listens to the conversation between the mother and son Yang Lin's mind is settled, as long as Mrs. Xie has this meaning, she will plan and plan again, and give the water bandits in Hongze Lake some deterrent power, and the matter of wanting to come to the co-optation is basically done.

Yang Lin not only prepared mung bean popsicles for Mrs. Xie, but also prepared a sumptuous banquet for her, Xie Feiyu, who was a little awkward in his heart, once again ate the food he had never enjoyed in his life, and finally fell asleep dizzy by a few glasses of white wine. (To be continued......)