After driving on the Gongjiang River for half a day, the Wuchu boat entered the Ganjiang River, which is wider, the water volume is larger, and it is also more prosperous, and from time to time you can see some merchant ships driving on the water. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

This Ming Dynasty, although like the previous dynasties, the status of merchants was not very high. But in practice, there is no suppression of businessmen. Merchants could not only take the imperial examination, but also had a very low commercial tax, which led to an extremely prosperous business.

"Lao Gao, do you have fishing rods on the boat?" The days on this boat are also quite boring, going back and forth to such a small place, and it will come to an end after a few steps. At first, looking at the scenery of the river, I was quite interested, but after watching it for a long time, it was no longer interesting.

"Yes, sometimes everyone is bored and will go fishing, so I'll take it with you. Lao Gao hurriedly ran down, and after a while, he came over with a fishing rod and a wooden basin in his hand.

"It's been a great job. Fang Hong took the fishing rod and thanked him politely. Lao Gao waved his hand again and again, with his lowly status, how could he be worthy of a thank you as a distinguished guest.

It can be seen that this fishing rod is not a precious thing, after all, most of the guys on the boat are some coolies, how can there be so much idle waste on the fishing rod.

The rod is just a thin piece of bamboo with a silk thread tied to the end. The hook is made of iron, just a crooked hook, and there are still rusty stains on it, which is obviously useless for a long time.

The bait is rice grains, because fish such as carp and crucian carp love fragrant bait. However, Fang Hong didn't use it, he used to dig some earth dragons, and he also liked to eat fish.

"Poof. Fang Hong moved a small stool, sat on the side of the boat, flicked the fishing line, and the hook immediately sank into the water, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he began to doze.

After a while, his fishing line suddenly moved, Fang Hong's thoughts were active, and his control over his body was also strong, and when the fishing line fluctuated slightly, he knew it.

But for this fishing, you can't lift the rod as soon as the line moves, because it is easy to get off the hook. Even if the fish bites and suddenly struggles, it can run away.

Fang Hong sent the fishing rod to the money, and the fish dragged it back. As the fish dragged it, he began to pull slowly again. After going back and forth several times, the strength of the fish was gone, and he suddenly lifted the fishing rod, and a carp nearly two feet tall fell into the boat.

It can be seen that the carp on the Ganjiang River is still quite fierce, even if it falls on the boat, it is still "crackling" and jumping, slapping the boat board.

Fang Hong grabbed the fish, smoothed the hook out of its mouth, and threw it up, and the fish fell into the basin, splashing a splash.

After changing the bait, he went back to fishing.

"Cailing Cailing, the shore of East Lake. The lake water is clear and rippling, and the water chestnut is crisp and fresh. He had been fishing for a short time when he heard a long and vicissitudes of tune, simple but full of life.

This tune came from the top of a small fishing boat, on which sat a fisherman wearing a hat and a robe, because he was facing away, everyone couldn't see his appearance clearly.

"I didn't expect that the people here also have the style of hermits, which is really a place of outstanding people. Xie Chaoyu happened to come out of the cabin at this time, and when he heard this song, he couldn't help but admire.

But after listening to this song, Lao Gao's face changed, and he quickly asked people to turn the direction of the canvas, and at the same time, hung a sign on the bow of the ship, on which were written the words "Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate Jiangxi Yushi Liu".

"What's wrong? What's wrong with this?" Xie Chaoyu was a little strange, this is good, why did the old man change his direction in a high profile?

"This girl, that's not a fisherman, and she's not a hermit, he's supposed to be a water bandit from Poyang Lake, and he's here to step on plates. Look at the water chestnut he sang, where is the water chestnut, that's picking us. Lao Gao hurriedly explained, but he was not slow in his hands, and quickly turned the bow of the boat.

After the black trough boat changed direction, the fishing boat did not follow, which made Lao Gao breathe a sigh of relief. Fortunately, there is an imperial historian on their ship, and it can be regarded as an official ship, and it is estimated that the gang of bandits has not lost their hearts to the point of attacking the official ship.

"This water bandit robs the boat, and there is no government to take care of it?" Fang Hong shook the fishing rod in his hand and asked with some curiosity.

"The government is in charge, but it is useless, these bandits are familiar with the nature of the water, and they also specialize in using small fishing boats, and when officers and soldiers come, they will scatter in all directions and enter various forks in the road, and the officers and soldiers cannot catch them at all. Lao Gao smiled bitterly and said.

Fang Hong nodded, the water flow at the mouth of each fork was very shallow, and the big ships of the government could not enter, which gave the water bandits an opportunity to take advantage of.

"Let's leave quickly, although they didn't chase after them, but there will be an accident if they don't have it, so it's better to leave early. "Lao Gao has been sailing all year round and knows the urine nature of these bandits.

The people here are uneven, some have strict rules and will not mess around, but some of the more bastards will also go to loot official ships, and do not kill people after the robbery, and some officials and masters can't choose to save face.

"Hey, today's water chestnut is quite fat. "They hadn't gone far when they saw a dozen small boats, coming from all directions, and surrounded a large ship of more than ten feet.

At the top of the boats stood six or seven shirtless men with sharp blades. After approaching the big boat, everyone threw an iron hook out of their hands and hooked it on the big boat, like a wolf pack surrounding the fat sheep.

"This water bandit should be the Whitefish Gang, there are not many of them, but they are elite. Almost everyone is capable of fighting several people, especially in the water, and they are even more powerful. When Lao Gao saw these people, he explained it to everyone.

"What is the reputation of the White Fish Gang?" Fang Hong continued to throw the fishing rod into the river, and caught the fish in a good way. Lao Gao was a little stunned, this master is also stupid and bold, there are water bandits in front of him, and he still has the heart to fish.

"Word of mouth? What kind of reputation can this water bandit have, it's nothing more than the difference between a little more robbery and a little less, besides, which of their subordinates hasn't killed a few people. "Lao Gao is a boatman, but he can't get used to these bandits.

These bandits of the Whitefish Gang stretched out their hands and pulled the rope, and jumped down the side of the ship into the merchant ship. The people on the merchant ship screamed wildly, but a few of the bandits just flashed their knives, and the screams were swallowed alive.

"Hey, who's in charge, hurry up and dock the merchant ship, we only take half of the goods, the boss said, this is called theft!" shouted a man with a bare head and a big scar on his face.

"This good man, we are Li Shilang's ship, you can't mess around. "This is in the layman's ship, and in order to reduce the loss, it is usually put on the name of a certain official.