Since the opening of the Anlu Canal, the two countries of Liang and Jiang have increasingly chosen waterways, and the commercial transactions involve large quantities of freight, which was originally the meaning of the canal opening.

In order to avoid the single boring journey and make the journey more interesting, the Liang delegation's trip to Chang'an set the travel strategy of "half by water, half by land", so that it would not miss the time to Chang'an, but also meet the desire of everyone to enjoy the scenery of both water and land.

On July 20, the Fan Fulou ship carrying the Liang delegation set sail from Luzhou Port and headed north.

Liang Xuanlin and Fan Baotong are both going out for the first time, and they will inevitably pull Jiang Zhong to ask some questions about the customs and customs on the road, although Jiang Zhong has thousands of books, but he has not traveled thousands of miles, and can only answer according to some Kandi notes and historical books he reads on weekdays, and at the same time do not forget his own duties, and take the opportunity to remind Liang Xuanlin that when governing the country in the future, he must know how to respect local customs and customs, not only to protect them in the form of laws, but also to give policy material support;

Then analyze the significance of people's living habits in the supply and demand of goods to Fan Baotong.

Jiang Zhong naturally would not be naïve to think that he would change Prince Xuanlin and Fan Baotong in just this time, what he wanted to do now was to subtly influence the attitude and way of thinking of the two of them by talking about things, teaching by word and deed, and mingling.

Some ideas that are ahead of the times are certainly out of place, but a new logic of thinking can not only broaden one's horizons of understanding everything, but also greatly help improve one's judgment.

On the first night of leaving Luzhou, Liang Xuanlin and Fan Baotong had insomnia together, the two tossed and turned on the couch in their respective cabins, and finally Prince Xuanlin finally couldn't bear it anymore and ordered someone to stop the boat, but before the order to stop the boat was passed down, it was intercepted by Lord Taifu.

Jiang Zhong asked: "If you stop traveling day and night like this, when can you get to Chang'an?"

Prince Xuanlin said with a sad face: "When the boat is sailing at night, it is always fluttering and shaking, and the palace really can't sleep." ”

Jiang Zhong said: "Your Highness should know Your Majesty's intention to bring you to Jiang this time, right?"

"Taifu, this palace is sleepy, let's take the school exam tomorrow. ”

Jiang Zhong smiled and said nothing, staring at Prince Xuanlin, just like a gentleman staring at a naughty schoolchild.

Prince Xuanlin had no choice but to answer honestly: "Learn the etiquette of national friendship, make friends, meet people from other countries, experience the ability to adapt, and the way to deal with things, uh...... Also, there is also the Taifu to exercise courage and sharpen will. ”

Jiang Zhong nodded and said, "It's the last four words, Your Highness should go to bed early." After speaking, he turned around and went back to the cabin, just took a step, and suddenly turned back and said, "If Your Highness still can't sleep, you can try to count the sheep." ”

"Huh?"

"It's one sheep, two sheep, three sheep and you count and count, and you feel sleepy, and you can fall asleep unconsciously. ”

"Taifu, don't bluff me!"

"Give it a try. ”

Prince Xuanlin then had no sleep all night.

In the early morning of the next day, Prince Xuanlin got up in a trance to go to breakfast, and when he saw Jiang Zhong walking towards him with a smile, he stepped back suddenly, stretched out his hand and said, "Taifu, don't come here!"

Fan Baotong, who was not in good spirits next to him, yawned and asked curiously, "Your Highness, why is this?"

Prince Xuanlin said bitterly: "Taifu loves to play tricks. ”

"What's wrong?"

"Last night, the palace tossed and turned because of the boat turbulence, and the Taifu gave the palace an idea, let the palace count the sheep, although the palace did not understand this meaning, but thought that the Taifu has always been unfathomable, and what he said must have a deep meaning, so he counted ......the sheep according to his idea."

"So what?"

As a result, Hongu counted the whole night, and until this time, Hongu was still a large flock of sheep in front of him. ”

Fan Baotong smiled dumbly, turned his head sideways and asked Jiang Zhong: "Sir, can you tell me what the allusion is to the sheep?"

Jiang Zhong walked over, patted Prince Xuanlin, and said: "It is difficult for a person to sleep, most of it is caused by confusion of thoughts, I asked His Royal Highness Xuanlin to count the sheep, in order to let him focus on the matter of counting the sheep, so as to ignore the swaying of the boat and the sound of flowing water, but His Highness is so upright, counting the sheep until dawn." ”

"Taifu!"

Jiang Zhong said with a smile: "This is a method in my hometown, I don't think it is applicable here, after breakfast, I will teach you two sets of breathing and breathing exercises, as long as you practice diligently, you will be able to sleep well." ”

A few days later, Liang Fan and the others began to practice the mantra taught by Jiang Zhong, at first because it was difficult to meditate, they felt that the mantra was useless, which added to the annoyance, but seeing Jiang Zhong's serious attitude, it was not like a joke, so they had to insist, and after a few days, it was Prince Xuanlin who took the lead in touching the threshold of the mantra, and he slept for two hours.

When Liang Xuanlin and Fan Baotong completely solved the problem of insomnia on the ship, the Liang delegation happened to arrive at the opposite drink gorge, the time was the third day of the eighth month, and the next day would be changed from water to land.

Passing through the Drinking Gorge again, Jiang Zhong inevitably felt a little emotional, standing on the bow of the boat and looking at the two black peaks, recalling the fight with the Divine Snake Gang, he felt like a world away.

At this moment, the golden martial spirit in the body suddenly trembled as a warning, and the frequency and time were unprecedented, what did it mean? An unprecedented crisis was approaching him?

Jiang Zhong turned his gaze to the water, and the river reflected by the lights of the building boat was calm and calm.

Jiang Zhong stood casually for a while, then turned around and went back to the cabin, ordered a few small guys, and ordered them one by one:

"You quickly go to pass the prince's order, and stop the ship immediately!"

"You quickly go and report to General Shi, and ask him to take the Praetorian Guards to strictly guard Prince Xuanlin!"

"You go and invite the two great worshippers of the Fan Mansion to the cabin of the second young master of Fan!"

"You go and invite Yang Jianming, Young Hero, Qingqin and Qinghe Girl to me!"

Seeing that Master Taifu's expression was solemn, and the orders he gave were unusual, they did not dare to slack off, and they each received orders to do things.

After a while, I heard someone outside shouting, "It's a flower in the sky! Come out and see, it's a flower in the sky!"

"Is it the Asahi Alliance?"

Yang Jianming walked over with his sword in his arms, heard the shouts outside, and said coldly.

Jiang Zhong nodded, who else dared to attack the prince of Liang Guo and the second young master of Fan Mansion at the same time, except for the Chaohua Alliance, the number one killer organization in the mainland?

Jiang Zhong remembered that time he chatted with Mrs. Fan and asked him what masters there were in the world, and he seemed to have specifically mentioned "the killer leader of the Chaohua League", could it be that the killer leader also came today?

"That's a big deal. Jiang Zhong said expressionlessly, "Go out and have a look?" said and walked out.

Yang Jianming glanced at Jiang Zhong and followed out.

"I heard that the Chaohua Alliance let a person die in the morning, and that person won't live until the evening, I don't know if it's true?" Jiang Zhong looked up at the strange falling flowers in the sky and asked.

"'Sending flowers in the morning, taking people's lives at night'. Yang Jianming said with a hint of sarcasm: "Back then, our owner also received the order of the Morning Flower, and it was personally executed by their leader. ”

"The result?"

As a result, the owner of the village was annoyed that he didn't know how to cherish flowers, so he sprinkled petals everywhere, which was really hateful, and taught him a lesson. ”

Jiang Zhong smiled: "It seems that their words are suspected of false advertising." ”

At this time, Zhu Ying, the deputy general of Shidangguan, walked out, clasped his fists at Jiang Zhong and saluted, and said, "Taifu, the general asked what happened." ”

Jiang Zhong said: "You go back to General Yushi, and the Chaohua Alliance wants to ambush and kill Prince Xuanlin." ”

"Whoa......

As soon as Jiang Zhong's words fell, the sound of water around the building boat sounded, and nearly twenty black-clothed killers surfaced.