After arriving in Nanjing, we had no idea where to start, so we had to wander around the city for a few days, and then we hired a fishing boat and sailed up the Yangtze River to Poyang Lake.

To be honest, the fast-paced life of modern society has made us miss a lot of things, a fixed distance, it takes half a day to take a train, an hour or two to take a plane, and it takes a whole day to take a boat.

We spent the night on the boat, and the next morning, we arrived at the mouth of Poyang Lake.

"Qiu Yan, this should be the legendary Jingjiang estuary, do you say we should go around here, or go directly to Nanchang?" I asked.

"This itinerary is set by you, we will go wherever you say!"

I flipped out the atlas and found the page of Poyang Lake and looked at it for a while.

"Jingjiangkou is just the place where Chen Youliang was hit by an arrow, at that time he was in a hurry to flee to Jiujiang, and it is estimated that he didn't stay much, after the arrow, his generals will definitely be more anxious to return to Jiujiang, I think, there will be nothing here, otherwise, let's go directly to Hongdu!"

"Okay, listen to you!"

After Qiu Yan got on the boat, probably because of the scenery, her mood gradually improved, and Huang Yueling didn't look for her much in the past few days, so the atmosphere on the boat was quite harmonious.

"Okay, master, let's go directly to Hongdu!" I shouted at the boatman.

"Hongdu? What is Hongdu? The boatman's face was full of questions.

"Hehe, it's Nanchang."

"Hey, when you go to Nanchang, you just say go to Nanchang, I'm not a local, where do you know these small place names?" The boatman shook his head and said.

"By the way, master, do you know that Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang fought a big battle here?"

"Hey, who doesn't know, the battle of Poyang Lake!"

"Then do you know where Chen Youliang went from when he attacked Wuchang?"

"Well, I really don't know, but there are countless large and small tributaries that enter Poyang Lake, but most of them are separated from the Ganjiang River, and if you want to go from Poyang Lake to Nanchang, there is only one waterway on the Ganjiang River."

Before coming here, I studied the map near Poyang Lake, and the boatman was right, Nanchang is located in the northern Jiangxi Plain, with many sandbanks and rivers, and there are many ways to go from Poyang Lake to Nanchang, but the closest to us is the mouth of the Ganjiang River in Xizhou.

This mouth is located in the middle of Poyang Lake, and it is also very close to Jiujiang, the capital of Chen Youliang, so I judge that Chen Youliang should pass through this place to enter and exit Nanchang.

"Master, where is the closest place to go to Nanchang?" I was worried that there would be a problem, so I confirmed with the boatman.

"Lately, it has to be Hososu!"

"Then we'll go from here!"

"Okay! You're the boss and you go wherever you say you want to go! ”

After saying that, the boatman slammed the rudder, and we turned into Poyang Lake.

Standing on the bow of the boat, I thought to myself what a spectacular scene it would have been when Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang each led their own ships and fought fiercely on this vast and boundless lake.

I'm in high spirits here, and when I look back, Huang Yueling is lying on the side of the boat at the moment, playing in the water with great interest.

I walked over and asked, "Yue Ling'er, didn't my grandmother say that she knows everything in the Yangtze River Basin?" You say, does she know this boatman? ”

Huang Yueling raised her head and squinted at me: "Do you suspect grandma of bragging?" ”

I hurriedly shook my hand and defended: "No, no, no, I don't doubt it, I just thought, if my grandmother knew this boatman, then it would definitely be more convenient for us on the road, right?" ”

Huang Yueling sat up straight, crossed her fingers and thought for a while, and then said, "Okay, usually grandma doesn't want to trouble people easily, since you want to see it, then I'll let you see!" ”

After speaking, Huang Yueling walked straight to the cab, and I followed in a hurry.

Huang Yueling stood at the door of the wheelhouse, called the boatman out, and asked, "Boss, what is your surname?" ”

The boss probably spoke softer than me because he met a beautiful girl.

"Hehe, don't have your surname Zeng!"

Huang Yueling thought for a while after listening to this, and then said, "Zeng? Haven't you heard that there is a surname Zeng in Nanjing? Let me ask you, do you know Li Daniu? ”

"You mean Uncle Niu? Of course I know, he is my owner, and I still have his shares in this boat! ”

Huang Yueling smiled lightly: "It's easy to get to know!" Did Li Daniu tell you about the Jiang family in Dongting Lake? ”

When the boatman heard this, he immediately changed his face.

"Look at what you girl said, who doesn't know the Jiang family about the boat running on the Yangtze River?"

Huang Yueling smiled at me, and then said to the boatman: "Let me tell you, this person is the great-grandson of the Jiang family's grandmother. ”

When the boatman heard this, he immediately looked at me seriously.

"Grandma's grandson? I haven't heard of it, doesn't the Jiang family have no descendants? ”

"You don't believe me?" Huang Yueling seemed to be prepared, she took off the backpack behind her, rummaged in it for a while, and then took out a very old hairpin and handed it to the boatman, "Do you know this?" ”

The boatman first took a serious look at the hairpin, and after reading it, his face suddenly turned pale, and I saw him take the hairpin very respectfully, and take it in front of his eyes and look at it again and again.

"You~~ Are you Miss Ling?" After the boatman finished reading the hairpin, he looked at Huang Yueling again, and his expression was like looking at a big leader.

"That's right, I'm Huang Yueling, and he is grandma's distant grandson, and now grandma is planning to hand over the Jiang family to him, you know?" Huang Yueling pointed at me and said, speaking in a tone as if she were instructing a servant.

Listening to Huang Yueling's words, the boatman immediately held my hand with both hands.

"So, this is the young master of the Jiang family? Oops, I really didn't expect that my broken boat would be lucky enough to carry someone from the Jiang family. ”

I really can't understand what these people think, how much favor my grandmother gave them, so that these people respect her so much!

However, it did meet my expectations, we don't know how many days we will have to stay on Poyang Lake, and we may change our plans at any time along the way, and I don't want to rent a boat everywhere, so it is perfect to have such a casual boatman.

"Hehe, the boss doesn't have to say that, since we all know each other, then we will be friends in the future, we are on this Poyang Lake, and we have to trouble you!"

"Oh, look at what you said, in fact, I have long wanted to visit my grandmother, but I haven't been able to spare time, you know, now it's hard to make money, and I still have to support my family, so it's ~~~"

"Hey, what's this! She is very happy to have your grandmother in your heart, it doesn't matter if you visit or not, don't worry, I will tell my grandmother when I go back, just say that we were warmly welcomed by Brother Zeng in Poyang Lake. ”

"Haha, then thank you so much, young master, you only use my boat, I don't take a penny, we will go wherever you say, stay as long as you say, how about it?"

I was overjoyed, and said in my heart that I didn't expect to be able to feel the righteousness of the rivers and lakes in such years, which is really rare!

"Brother Zeng, you can just call me Zimu, and this money, you can give as much as you want, and you can't give any less, otherwise let my grandmother know, and I don't know how she will punish me!"

Brother Zeng laughed: "Okay, good!" As much as you want! ”

After chatting a few more words, Huang Yueling and I withdrew, Huang Yueling seemed to be very satisfied with my performance, nodded with her hands behind her back and smiled: "Well, yes, I thought you were the kind of person who sees money, and you know how much to give, well, very good!" ”

"No wonder you think so, you don't know enough about me, after a long time of contact, you will find that I am full of advantages!"

"Cut, if kicking your nose and face is also an advantage, then I'll find out now!"

Huang Yueling and I walked to Qiu Yan's side playfully, but when I saw Qiu Yan's sad face, she pointed to the sky and said, "Zimu, it may be about to change, you see." ”

I followed Qiu Yan's hand and looked over, only to find that the whole sky was overcast, and in the direction Qiu Yan was pointing, a large dark cloud was drifting over.

I hurriedly ran back to the cab and asked Brother Zeng if there was any problem.

Brother Zeng glanced up at the dark clouds and said disapprerovingly: "It's okay, I have a radio station here, saying that it is raining, but the wind is not strong, my boat is fine!" ”

Looking at Brother Zeng's determined expression, I was relieved.

The dark clouds pressed down on the sun, and a thick line of fiery red appeared on the horizon, and below the line was a continuous mountain, and below it was a dark green lake, and these three mountains were stacked on top of each other, forming a spectacular scenery before my eyes, and before I knew it, I had to be fascinated.

After a while, the wind began to blow on the lake, and the wind pushed the waves against our boat, which was quite unsettling.

I found Brother Zeng again, but Brother Zeng laughed and said that this is nothing, like they often run boats, this kind of wave is a small fight, and they will not pay attention to it.

Brother Zeng pointed to the cabin in the back and said to me: "The rain will come in a while, you can go to the back to rest, and I will call you when I get to the place!" ”

I followed the direction of Brother Zeng's finger and saw a small door behind the cab, and when I opened the small door, there was a small cabin inside, with bedding, tea and food in the cabin.

I called Qiu Yan and Huang Yueling over, but these two women refused to go in, they said that since Brother Zeng thought it was okay, then there was no need to hide, as long as they didn't get caught in the rain, and Huang Yueling also wanted to see what the heavy rain on the lake was like.

I shook my head helplessly, and said in my heart, what kind of scene could it be when it rained? Isn't it just that the sky and the earth are full of water!

In desperation, I took out the life jackets I found in the cabin and coerced them both to put them on.

As soon as I put them on their life jackets, I heard a crackling sound on the cab roof.

Watching the rain fall for a while, as Brother Zeng said, I saw the rain but not the wind, so I relaxed a little.

Who knew that I had just relaxed when a sudden strong wind blew the whole boat on the lake.

The wind carried hailstones and hit my body from time to time.

I quickly pulled the two women into the cabin, and asked Brother Zeng what was wrong, didn't he say that there was no wind?

Brother Zeng was also confused, and said: "The current weather, even the radio can't report it, but it's okay, this hail is a matter of a while, and it may be gone after a while, you go in first to hide!" ”

I walked into the cabin in disbelief, but saw Huang Yueling with an excited face, this girl is like a child, anything new can arouse her interest.

I sat in the cabin for a while, and found that the wind had not stopped, but seemed to be getting stronger, and that the ship was shaking vigorously as if it were being held in the hands of some giant, and I could not even sit still.

At this time, Brother Zeng ran in and said, "No, the wind is too strong, and it is estimated that it won't stop for a while, so we have to dock nearby!" ”