After instructing Shi and Chen Mingyang, Ren Siqi took Xiong two and four people out of the house to prepare to take a boat to Hangzhou. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info Shi and Chen Mingyang are too young, it is the age of study, and they are not suitable for dangerous things, so it is better to put them at home in Yinxian County first.

There is no need to bring too many people to Hangzhou to do business, so Ren Siqi asked Ren Xingfan and Ren Dongming brothers to return to Renjiawan, and the two of them need to familiarize themselves with the "Flying Fish" as soon as possible, so that they can go to sea in the future. And Ren Siqi himself took Xiong Er and Jin Yufei to Hangzhou.

From Yinxian County to Hangzhou, of course, it is most comfortable to take a boat. The so-called south boat and north horse, in the land of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the rivers are crisscrossed, and the people have always taken boats.

If you take the waterway, you can go straight from the Yinjiang River to the sea, and then take the sea route to Hangzhou, just like the distance Ren Siqi took when he escaped from prison.

Of course, the sea route is dangerous, the sea is turbulent and the waves are high, and ordinary people will definitely not choose to take the sea route. If you don't take the sea route, you can also reach Hangzhou from the river. Go up from the Yaojiang Shuo River and enter the Hangzhou-Ningbo Canal, and you can go directly to Hangzhou. The whole journey is more than 300 miles, and because it is against the current, it takes about five days to sail.

Ren Siqi's "Flying Fish" is now in Renjia Bay, and he does not want to go to Hangzhou by sea, but wants to take a boat to take the inland river and see the inland scenery.

At the Yinxian wharf, there happened to be a boat going to Hangzhou, which was a two-story passenger ship, five zhang long and two zhang wide, and it was a flat-bottomed boat. At the rear of the ship stands a mast more than three feet high, which can be hung with a longitudinal sail and driven by the wind. When there is no wind, you can rely on the boatman to hold the bamboo pole and move slowly in the river.

When Ren Siqi and the others asked, there happened to be one room left on the ship, and a few people could live in it.

Seeing that Ren Siqi was a scholar, the boatman was very enthusiastic and said that he would no longer carry people and would be able to sail immediately. The asking price is not too expensive, three people only need three taels of silver to Hangzhou, and the boatman is also in charge of three meals a day, so Ren Siqi decided to take this ship.

The building is divided into two floors, the lower floor is where the boat couple and a daughter and a few men live, and it is also the kitchen, the place for boat operation. The guests are staying in the upstairs rooms.

There are a total of seven rooms on the entire upper floor, which are already full of guests heading to Hangzhou, and only the last poor room is located at the stern.

This room is small and irregular due to its location at the stern of the boat. One side is wide and the other is narrow, and the other guests are reluctant to stay, so it is empty.

Of course, Ren Siqi didn't want to be picky, so he happily took Xiong Er and Jin Yufei into the room. The three of them didn't bring much salute, just some change of items, and of course silver, the three thousand taels of silver sent by Zhang Jingxian were put under the boat by Ren Siqi, and he told Xiong Er and Jin Yufei to watch carefully, and there must be no mistakes, this is the fund for him to operate and restore his fame.

On the dock, a gentry-like man was saying goodbye to the person who saw him off, and then he stepped on the pedal to the passenger boat, and several attendants carried various salutes and followed behind.

As the man got aboard, the boatman removed the pedals, untied the ropes tied to the dock, and the two men on board supported the bottom of the river with long bamboo poles one after the other, and the passenger boat slowly sailed away from the dock.

The windows of the guest rooms are propped up with bamboo poles, and a gentle breeze blows through the windows, making the room cool for a while.

River boats are much more stable than sea boats, and of course the speed cannot be compared with sea boats.

When Xiong Er got on the boat, he threw himself on the cramped wooden bed, and soon snored, and when he had nothing to do, his only hobby was sleeping.

Jin Yufei lay on the window and watched the scenery outside, and after watching for a while, he sat on the bed, took out a book and read it silently. He went to private school for a few years when he was a child, so he claims to be a reader, but of course he still can't recognize many words. Now that I am by Ren Siqi's side, I have a desire to read again. hope, often ask Ren Siqi for some book knowledge. Ren Siqi Yele's subordinates had a person who loved to learn, so he taught him some knowledge from time to time.

Jin Yufei is now reading a thousand-character text, and he has almost recognized all the words on it. After he recognized it, Ren Siqi was ready to teach him some arithmetic knowledge.

Seeing Jin Yufei reading with great enthusiasm, Ren Siqi suddenly felt a little ashamed, as a serious reader, he had never thought of reading these days. On the one hand, he felt that it was useless to study because he lost his fame, and on the other hand, he felt that it was now the end of the Ming Dynasty, and in a few more years, the Qing soldiers would go south, would he go to the test for the fame of the Manchurians? Of course Ren Siqi won't go, since he has studied the Four Books and the Five Classics so hard, anyway, he doesn't test his fame, so it's better to read some practical books. Ren Siqi made up his mind to buy some practical books after arriving in Hangzhou, such as Sun Tzu's Art of War, such as Ji Xiaoxin's book. Now that he has made up his mind to accomplish a great cause, he must learn some knowledge about military training.

Ren Siqi sat in the cabin, thinking wildly, and finally couldn't sit still, got up and walked out of the room.

Lying on the railing, looking to the opposite side, the green mountains in the distance are everywhere, and the green water is close to it. The boats moved slowly down the river, and the faces of the women on the other side of the river could be seen, either in the water or washing rice to prepare for cooking, and a few little children running happily on the embankment on the other side, and their mothers could be heard scolding them.

The scenery is so beautiful, and the people's life is so comfortable. But I am afraid that such a peaceful day will not be too long, and in two more years, the Qing army will go south, and the land of Jiangdong will be in a bloody storm!

And what can I do in those two years? Ren Siqi tortured himself in his heart, although he had the memories of later generations in his head, let him know the general trend of history, but he still felt a little powerless. In memory, the Manchus would dominate the world, and the various forces of the Southern Ming Dynasty would still be suppressed by the Qing Dynasty one by one after persisting in resisting for more than 20 years, and with the capture of Taiwan by the traitor Shi Lang, the regime of the Han people would completely disappear.

Ren Siqi didn't think that he had the ability to change history, but he knew that he couldn't conform to the general trend, and surrender was destined to occupy the Manchu Qing Dynasty, a half-official position, glory and wealth.

As a Han person, he could not tolerate the occupation of great rivers and mountains by foreign races, let alone survive under the rule of foreign races. Then the only way to fight for yourself and the Han people is to fight a bloody way!

At this moment, the future path became much clearer in Ren Siqi's mind, and he knew the direction of his life.

Just when Ren Siqi was thinking deeply, footsteps sounded on the board, and a person walked out of the room, lying on the railing not far from Ren Siqi and looking into the distance.

Ren Siqi turned his head to see that it was the person who looked like the gentry who got on the boat at the last moment, and when he saw Ren Siqi, a smile appeared on his chubby face, and he smiled at Ren Siqi.