Chapter 11 Merchant Fort

"The spring cold bathes Huaqing Pool, and the hot spring water is slippery and creamy.

The waiter helped up the delicate and weak, and it was the time of the new inheritance.

The cloud sideburns and flowers are shaking, and the hibiscus tent is warm for the spring night.

The spring night is bitter and short, and the day is high, and the king does not rise early from then on. ”

Bai Juyi's "Song of Long Hatred" vividly describes the love scene between Emperor Tang Ming and Yang Yuhuan.

And at this moment, Nie Feng also deeply felt the helplessness of Emperor Tang Ming, on the one hand, it was a gentle township that made people comfortable, comfortable, and happy, and on the other hand, it was a life of martial arts training that required hard work and patience.

Fools know what to choose.

For three days in a row, Nie Feng didn't go out of the room much, others were day and night, he lived night after night.

It wasn't until three days later that Fang De had to go out again and go to the capital to transport a batch of tribute silk.

It just so happened that Nie Feng and Yuan Ziyi were assigned a task by Wumei Shitai, and they were also going to the capital, so they happened to stop by and walked together.

Nie Feng then walked out of his room with his new wife Yuan Ziyi.

The hibiscus tent is warm, Yuan Ziyi is newly gracious, even if he is a martial arts practitioner, he is a little weak and weak to walk.

Fortunately, everyone's eyes were focused on Fang De, but few people looked at her.

"Dad, are you going to the capital this time? How long will it take? Fang Shiyu looks like a filial son, which makes people secretly feel nostalgic.

"Shiyu, you are a man, you have to take care of your family's business, don't be idle all day......"

Fang De and his son performed fatherly kindness and filial piety here, which was enviable.

On the other side, Miao Cuihua pulled Nie Feng and Yuan Ziyi, and asked the two of them to take care of their husbands, and gave all kinds of advice.

Fang De, Nie Feng, and Yuan Ziyi are all away all year round, so much so that they can't say who takes care of whom.

It's just that Nie Feng and Yuan Ziyi's martial arts have reached strength, and they are also first-class masters in the rivers and lakes.

Miao Cuihua said so much, in fact, it was still a man who asked the two of them to protect themselves as much as possible.

Nie Feng naturally responded in one bite.

Fang De is his father-in-law and life-saving benefactor, and there is no reason why he should not take care of him.

Yuan Ziyi is now marrying a chicken and a chicken, so she naturally nods and agrees.

People who have been traveling for many years go out early in the morning, and when they come early, they can walk more while it is cool, and at the same time avoid the heat wave at noon.

The second reason is that you can rest early if you walk early, and you can rest first when you meet an inn, so as to avoid walking in the wilderness, and there is no place to stay.

In the early years, Fang De merchants were traveling south and north with the same cloth merchants, and now the business is getting bigger and bigger, so he invited more than a dozen bodyguards from his hometown in Foshan to escort only his own goods.

The walking time is up to you, and the amount of cargo to carry is also up to you.

Of course, the risks are also their own.

If you encounter robbers on the road, I am afraid that the consequences will be unimaginable.

Originally, Miao Cuihua planned to accompany Fang De on her journey with her son, but now that Nie Feng is home to get married, Fang De will be guaranteed to set off this time.

"We're leaving!"

In a blink of an eye, Fang De was almost fifty years old, but he was athletic, and he stepped lightly.

More than a dozen dart masters were divided into households, and more than 30 men, paired up in pairs, pushing the unicorn wheel, set off to the north.

"Mom, we're here to deliver tribute, it's okay," Nie Feng said goodbye to Miao Cuihua and Fang Shiyu.

Ten miles long pavilion, everyone said goodbye.

There were no willow seeds, but everyone's arms were full of lychees.

Everyone walks, if it is by sea, they can reach the capital in a month.

However, there are many winds and waves on the sea, and once these tribute cloths are damaged by moisture, the consequences are unimaginable.

Therefore, everyone tries to take the land route, even if it is a place to sail, they will find a land place to rest.

On the way, I started from Guangzhou, walked for a month, and came to Hangzhou.

When he arrived in Hangzhou and got on the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, Fang De directly took out the tribute documents signed by the prefect of Guangzhou Prefecture and rented three large boats.

The Beijing-Hangzhou Canal is much easier to walk than the land route, but it is enough to supply the Cao Gang.

"Brother Feng, the north is so desolate!"

Yuan Ziyi accompanied Nie Feng with the curtain and looked around the canal.

Nie Feng nodded and sighed: "Over the years, the Tatars have been rampant, resulting in civil unrest, and only in the south has the secret care of the Heaven and Earth Society and the Red Flower Society, this has been more stable. ”

Yuan Ziyi snorted: "Speaking of which, in the south, the Heaven and Earth Society and the Red Flower Society are more like the official mansion than the official mansion!" ”

"Silence!"

Fang De didn't know when he came to the two of them.

"Dad, are you feeling better?"

Nie Feng hurriedly helped Fang De to sit down.

When crossing the Huai River, Fang De was drenched in rain and had a high fever a few days ago.

I boiled ginger soup for him, wiped his body with alcohol, and it took three or four days to recover.

Unexpectedly, Fang De was in good health, so he walked out of the cabin.

"Xiaofeng, Dad is fine," Fang De was not as powerful as Nie Feng, he had just recovered from a serious illness, and he had no strength in his whole body, so he let Nie Feng help him sit in a leeward place.

"Ziyi, go inside and help Dad get the cloak!"

Nie Feng chatted with Fang De for a while.

When the turmoil gradually rose, he hurriedly helped Fang De back again.

"We are about to enter Ludi, and it will take at most half a month to rush to the capital, and we can enter the capital in early July. Qianlong gave himself a birthday festival, which was in the Mid-Autumn Festival, so it can be said that there is more than enough time to rub ......"

"Alas, there are unforeseen circumstances in the sky, this time I came out, it has been calm, I always feel a little uneasy in my heart, as if something big is going to happen!"

"It's going to be fine, Dad," Nie Feng hurriedly comforted Fang De.

This time when he entered Beijing, Fang De's task naturally would not really be to send tribute, his task was to go to the capital and get the roster of the Red Flower Society.

These days, the Red Flower Society is blooming everywhere in South China, East China, North China, Southwest China, Northwest China and other places, with nearly 500,000 disciples.

If it weren't for Chen Jialuo's compassion and his reluctance to let the lives of the people be ruined, as long as he raised his arms and shouted, the Manchu Tartars would bloom everywhere and be burned to ashes by the beacon fire.

However, it was precisely because Chen Jialuo was kind-hearted that he gave Nie Feng a chance, otherwise it would not be his turn to drive out the Tartars and restore China.

Fang De was persuaded by Nie Feng to feel a little relieved.

I just don't know if it's his crow's beak that works.

Three days later, Fang De's health was just getting better, and suddenly there was a cool breeze in the sky.

There was no sign of this cool breeze.

"It's not good to have a rainstorm!"

Nie Feng and Fang De didn't feel anything, the master who was holding the boat was experienced, and with a shout, the three boats arrived at a small dock in less than a quarter of an hour.

At this time, the wind in the sky was fierce, the clouds were thick, and the raindrops were like beans falling from the sky.

The crackling sound shocked everyone!

This rainstorm came suddenly, and it went fast.

In just a blink of an eye, the river was filled three inches higher.

"Fourth Brother Qiu, the rain has stopped, can I go?"

After the rain, the heat subsided, and Fang De felt much cooler even if he was wearing a long shirt, and came to the cabin of the fourth brother Qiu, the boss of the ship, and asked.

"Master Fang, this rain is just a temporary stop, at most half an hour, there will be heavy rain, we can't go today!"

Fourth Brother Qiu took a puff of the cigarette pouch pot and coughed: "If Master Fang is afraid that the goods will get wet, not far ahead, about three miles away, there is a merchant fort, which is also a famous martial arts family in Ludi, and there are often merchants who go to settle down, you can send the goods there!" ”

Fang De looked gloomy, found Nie Feng, and relayed Qiu Laosi's words.

"Xiaofeng, if it's really like Qiu Laosi said, there is still a rainstorm, these cloths can't be placed here!"

"Merchant Fort?"

Nie Feng raised his eyebrows lightly and nodded.

Anyone who has read the novel "Flying Fox Gaiden" knows that Merchant Fort is the beginning of Flying Fox Gaiden, and in the TV series, Merchant Fort is also a turning point in the story.

However, in the movie "Flying Fox Gaiden", there is nothing to do with the merchant fort.

Although he thought so, Nie Feng still asked all the guys and dart masters to escort the cloth and rushed to the merchant fort.

This rainstorm poured, and sure enough, as the fourth autumn said, it was only half an hour, and it came immediately.

At three or four o'clock in the afternoon, the sky was covered with dark clouds, no different from the evening.

"Fortunately, this merchant fort is kind and took us in!"

Fang De took off the raincoat on his body and asked everyone to carry the cloth tribute to the hall, only to see that there were already more than 20 people in the hall.

"We are from Guangdong, don't be surprised where you are disturbed!"

Fang De, accompanied by Nie Feng, came to the more than twenty people and bowed his hand, which could be regarded as a greeting.

"It's okay, it's all under someone else's roof, what's the bother!"

These people are all dart masters, and when they saw Nie Feng and the others, they also looked like dart masters, although they were smiling at each other, they were strictly guarded to avoid accidents.

At this moment, the rainstorm suddenly came again.

It took half an hour for the rain to stop.

The fort was on a high ground, and even if it rained for several hours, there was no water in the garden.

"Brother Feng, someone is here again," Yuan Ziyi was idle, walking back and forth in the hall, and suddenly walked up to Nie Feng and whispered.

"Oh? Let's check it out! ”

Nie Feng glanced at the dart flag of the dart board next to him, and the black silk thread was embroidered on the yellow cloth on a winged pegasus.

Now that the Pegasus dart game has appeared, I think it's time for several protagonists to appear.

I also went out to see if there were any acquaintances.