Two days later, Guo Ye led the crowd into the boundary of Cangzhou Prefecture, and according to the previous agreement with Changsun Yumo, he came to the ferry port of the Cangzhou Mansion Basin of the Grand Canal to meet him.

After meeting with the eldest grandson Yumo, Guo Ye learned that this kid had hired a big ship early and was waiting for his arrival.

The ship is three stories high and can accommodate hundreds of people, and the rent is naturally expensive.

After resting at the Cangzhou ferry wharf for a night, everyone boarded the boat early the next morning and set sail to prepare for the south to Yangzhou.

After getting on the boat, the helmsmen of the ship propped up the sails one after another, and the sound of anchoring and blowing trumpets hovered near the ferry pier, and the ears were endless.

The owner of this big ship has been traveling north and south for many years, and he can naturally see that among these distinguished guests, Guo Ye is the leader, and everyone else is second, and then he came to hang up with Guo Ye enthusiastically.

Changsun Yu silently saw that the owner of the ship was so affectionate to Guo Ye, but he turned a blind eye to himself, he was so angry that he didn't have a good face for a long time, and secretly said, Damn, the dog looks down on people, and the master is the one who pays you for the ship, okay?

Guo Ye learned in the chat with the owner of the ship that the other party's surname is Mao, and the single name is a nine-character character, which should mean the ninth in the family, and he is now about fifty years older, so he is called the spear old nine. Since the reopening of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in the previous dynasty, Mao Laojiu has been begging for a living on this water, specializing in the business of traveling from south to north, or carrying people, or transporting goods, and occasionally doing some business of selling goods from the south to the north, and selling goods from the north to the south.

In the chatting with Mao Laojiu, Guo Ye also benefited a lot. At least he knew how ships traveled from south to north on the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in the Tang Dynasty. Listening to the spear Lao Jiu, if the wind is favorable, it is basically by sailing, if it encounters headwind, it will be sinful, and it is basically relied on the slender man on the boat to drag the boat against the wind on the shore.

So Mao Lao Jiu also has the ability to look at the weather.

Gradually, the conversation box opened, and Spear Lao Jiu was probably old, and he just couldn't finish talking. Starting from the past events on the Grand Canal, talking about the various river basins through which the Grand Canal passes, and then talking about the dangerous and evil things that happen on the Grand Canal from time to time, such as the river bandits who robbed halfway.

In the end, Spear Lao Jiu patted his chest and promised: "This distinguished guest, you can rest assured, I Spear Lao Jiu has been galloping across the Grand Canal for more than ten years, and everyone is familiar with each other, and the river and water bandits will definitely not beat my idea of this big ship." ”

Guo Ye is naturally happy and relieved on the surface, but secretly he is also full of disdain, grandma's, Lao Tzu's Cao gang with 100,000 disciples in Shu are all from water bandits who rob homes and houses, will they still be afraid of some thieves on the river? Besides, the bad guys are people in the court, and the robbers robbed me, the Marquis of Yizhou, it's really boring, could it be that the three hundred soldiers under Liu Zhenxuan's command are all muddy?

He looked at Mao Lao Jiu as if he was going to go down to the cabin to inspect, and finally asked: "Mao Dongjia, starting today, how long will it take us to arrive at Yangzhou Wharf?" ”

Mao Lao Jiu had a calculation when the eldest grandson Yumo hired a boat, and quickly replied: "If you go back to your guests, if you go to Yangzhou with a good wind, you can arrive in seven days, and if there is a headwind on the way, you may have to delay for three or two days." But don't worry, I've seen the weather, and the north wind has been blowing south recently. ”

Guo Ye nodded and said yes, and Mao Lao Jiu hurriedly left the cabin to inspect the cabin.

Looking at the back of Mao Laojiu, Guo Ye secretly said that since there is a seven-day water journey, taking advantage of the fact that Mao Laojiu knows a lot about the things on the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, he will go back to ask him more about the Salt Gang in Yangzhou waters. It doesn't hurt to gather a little more information about the Salt Gang and Chen Lang, the leader of the Salt Gang. At least he can know himself and his opponent, so that he can successfully persuade Chen Lang to work for him.

At this time, the big ship has moved away from the ferry wharf, blowing south with the wind, slowly swimming on the river, and heading south to Yangzhou.

In the following days on the ship, in addition to collecting some information about the Salt Gang from the mouth of Spear Lao Jiu, Guo Ye enjoyed the scenery on the shore along the way, from north to south, which was beautiful.

Of course, there are those who suffer.

The eldest grandson Yumo has lived in the north for a long time, and he is not used to riding the wind and waves on a boat, so he naturally vomited to death and suffered from old age. For several days, he spent most of his days in the cabin, never on deck for a day.

The days, as the big ship went south, passed day after day......

It was only at noon on the seventh day that Lao Jiu ran to the aft deck and said to Guo Ye: "Distinguished guest, we have now entered the waters of Yangzhou, and there are still about seventy or eighty miles to reach the Yangzhou ferry terminal. Hehe, it's noon, the old man will definitely let the guests arrive in Yangzhou before dusk, eat a bite of Yangzhou's authentic crab roe lion head, and you can have to taste this dish in Yangzhou. ”

Guo Ye was relieved when he heard this, and said secretly, it can be regarded as coming, if he doesn't continue to sit down, Yu Mo's kid is estimated to vomit so much that he will even throw out his intestines.

As for the crab roe lion head that Mao Lao Jiu said, he heard Mao Lao Jiu mention it on the way here, Yangzhou three famous dishes casserole fish head crab roe lion head roasted whole pig head, famous.

But I'm not in a hurry to taste, anyway, the days in Yangzhou will be long in the future, not bad for a while, but it is imperative to settle down in Yangzhou first.

Immediately, Guo Ye patted the shoulder of the spear Lao Jiudi and praised: "Mao Dongjia, I really rely on you a lot this time, if it weren't for your old horse knowing the way, we might not be able to rush to Yangzhou within seven days." Hehe, it's been a great time for you and your buddies this time. When you arrive at the Yangzhou ferry terminal, in addition to the fare, there will be another reward for the silver, you take the reward and take your brothers into the city to eat a good Yangzhou meal, which is my reward for the big guy. ”

"Huh?"

Spear Lao Jiu was overjoyed when he heard this, but he didn't expect to meet a generous high-roller this time, and then nodded his head again and again.

Suddenly, a helmsman ran up and shouted with a look of urgency: "East, east, east......"

As soon as the words fell, the person had already come to Spear Lao Jiu, panting like a cow and being so tired that he couldn't straighten his waist.

Spear Lao Jiu chirped: "What are you yelling about? Soul calling? Don't you see me chatting with your guests? ”

After taking a breath, the helmsman pointed in the direction of the bow of the ship, and shouted in shock: "Several large ships have been found not far ahead, and there are many people standing on the boats, water bandits, water bandits are coming!" ”

Swish~~

Spear Lao Jiu's face changed drastically, his expression was shocked, and he questioned: "Water bandits? Water bandits robbing the road? This has entered the waters of Yangzhou, and there are still water bandits? Oh my God, it's not going to be that bad, is it? ”

Guo Ye also sighed in his heart, and he was a little palpitating, according to the description of this helmsman, there are at least three or two thousand water bandits, but they are not something that his three hundred personal soldiers can compete with.

Immediately, he said to Lao Jiu: "Don't panic first, let's go to the bow of the ship to see what is going on first, and then deal with it." ”

Spear Lao Jiu was already a little frightened, and he no longer patted Guo Ye's chest earlier to ensure that he was full of confidence, so he had to praise him again and again.

Under the leadership of the helmsman, Guo Ye and Spear Lao Jiu came to the bow of the ship, and the two of them looked at several big ships coming in the distance.

Guo Ye is young and has good eyesight, looking at a few big ships, and then looking at the flags fluttering in the wind on the big boats, he secretly suspects, this is a water bandit?? Something is wrong!

Syllable~!!

The spear Lao Jiu beside him suddenly stretched out his hand, slapped the helmsman who reported the news with an angry face, and scolded angrily: "I beat you up and don't remember to beat, bastard with eyes that grow to your asshole, open your dog eyes and see clearly, where are the water bandits ahead?" That's the imperial army, you know? That is the escort of the Yangzhou Salt Transportation Yamen, who specializes in arresting and selling illicit salt in the waters, and has nothing to do with us. ”

After scolding, he stretched out his hand again to make a gesture to beat, and snorted: "Seeing that I can't kill you bastard, it scared Lao Tzu and caused me to have a false alarm.!" ”

The helmsman covered his face in pain, and quickly retreated.

Guo Ye listened to the words of Spear Lao Jiu, and then carefully looked at the several big ships that were slowly approaching, and secretly said in his heart, three or two thousand people are the guards of the Yanyun Yamen? If I'm not mistaken, the Yanyun Yamen's guard army is only 300 people, where will there be more than 3,000 people?

He just wanted to ask Lao Jiu about the spear, but suddenly, it was the helmsman who had been beaten by the mouth just now who staggered and ran, shouting: "Boss, go down and take a look, a person climbed up in the water just now, covered with knife wounds, and two arrows were shot on his back, which were stuck straight in the back." What the hell, that man climbed into our boat and was half dead......"

Spear Lao Jiu was shocked when he heard this, and shouted with a wow: "My God, why do you have one stubble after another?" Don't get me into a lawsuit! ”

With that, the man had already rushed out, and went straight down the deck to the cabin.

When Guo Ye heard this, he was even more mysterious, he turned his head and glanced at several large ships of salt transportation Yamen that were approaching in the distance, and said secretly, could it be that they were aiming at the injured person who climbed up just now?

He was suspicious, this matter may not be so simple, maybe there is some secret hidden in that person, otherwise the guards of the Yanyun Yamen would not be so anxious to pursue him.

Thinking about it, he immediately raised his feet and followed the footsteps of the spear Lao Jiu, and hurried down the deck to the cabin, he was very curious, who was the injured person who climbed up from the water?

ps: The fourth watch is finished, I'm tired of fart, it's past three o'clock in the morning now, I'll go to bed first. The update of the day is not urging, I have my own measure, and after waking up to make lunch for my daughter-in-law, I will start to update the code word. Also, I solemnly say that under the premise of not having any additions, there are only two chapters in the normal update, and there are always disobedient students who take the addition of more things in the book review area to mislead readers, please let these good students see that Lao Niu is still sincere, let me go, give me a bite to eat, thank you! No more wordy, good night everyone! , the home of reading! Unique URL: