At this time, on the surface of the lake, the overgrown weeds and the hidden iron chains laid by those water thieves have been cleared, and the level is as high as a mirror.

Only a gentle breeze blew, and ripples rippled on the surface of the lake.

Although Lu Ning's cruise ship did not have sails or oars, his speed was far faster than those sailboats. At first, it didn't show anything, but the distance between it and Young Master Hu's sailboat was getting closer and closer.

That Young Master Hu was still in the cabin, and he was very comfortable asking his concubine to drink for him.

Suddenly, I heard a messenger break in and say.

"Young master, it's not good, the monster ship behind has already caught up."

Hu Dengtian still has some ears that don't believe in himself.

"How could his broken ship be so fast, with no sails and no oars? Shouldn't he crawl forward like a tortoise? ”

His subordinate smiled bitterly and said helplessly.

"Young master, you'd better go to the back warehouse and take a look yourself."

Hu Dengtian came to the helmsman's position behind him in disbelief and looked back.

Sure enough, I found that the strange ship behind it made a thunderous sound, and its speed was actually twice as fast as my own ship, and the distance between the two was getting closer and closer.

At this time, he could even see what color the wrench was wearing on Lu Ning's hand.

"Young Master Hu, I said you were sitting on a snail, right? How did you take so long to get here? I'm sorry, I'm going to get in front of you! ”

Hearing such harsh and heart-wrenching words, Young Master Hu's face turned pale, and he immediately ordered to go down.

"When the sailors hear this, they immediately pick up their oars and row with all their might, and if they win today's race, they will be rewarded with ten taels of silver each!"

At this time, a county official's annual salary is only sixty taels, and a master's salary is three taels and three dollars of silver.

In order to win this game, the opponent actually spared no expense.

These sailors also used all their strength to feed as if they had been beaten with chicken blood. For quite a long time, it was on par with gasoline ships.

Not to mention others, even Hu Dengtian looked a little tired.

He knew that being able to balance the speed of the current gasoline ship was already the limit of what these manpower could do, and it would not take more than half an hour to maintain this speed.

Sure enough, as they taxied for a while, the speed of the boat gradually slowed down.

Lu Ning seemed a little heartless, and he didn't forget to cheer for his opponent at this time.

"Come on, brethren, come on! Use your strength to eat, victory is yours, and I believe you will all get the reward! ”

This was originally an encouraging word, but when it came out of the mouth of the opponent, it was extremely ironic.

The sailors had a fever in their faces, and they did not dare to refute it, so they had to slide forward with all their might.

Lu Ning ordered people to slow down and maintain the same speed as this human-powered ship.

He also did not forget to give Hu Dengtian ideas.

"Hey, I said Lao Hu, it's not right for you to do this, if you change me, you should divide these sailors into two shifts and two groups of people take turns to slide, you see that now all the manpower is exhausted, how can this ship move forward?"

Hu Dengtian was so angry that he gasped, and pointed at Lu Ning with the folding fan in his hand and said angrily.

"The surname is Lu, I don't need you to teach me. Shut up! ”

Lu Ning smiled and said.

"Since Young Master Hu is magnanimous, he wants to give up the ten mines in his hand. But I was disrespectful, and I deserved it. ”

At this time, Hu Dengtian thought of the key issue, his win or loss is related to the ownership of ten mines.

Where do you dare to slack off, when I saw a sailor fainting on the boat due to long-term dehydration, he was so angry that he kicked him to the side, and the oars he picked up slid forward hard.

What should I say, although this Hu Dengtian is the prefect's office, he does not mean to be pampered at all, on the contrary, he is also very fond of sports.

And there seems to be inexhaustible strength in his body, and with his joining, this ship is really much faster than just now.

Seeing him working so hard, Lu Ning felt a little unbearable.

"Forget it, such a silly and cute funny comparison, it will be a little unconscionable if you continue to fight, and you won't give him hope."

So he commanded him to go down.

"Dawu, full speed ahead!"

Zhao Dawu immediately sent an order to the first mate on the ship, and with one foot of the accelerator, the motorboat was like an arrow off the string, leaving Hu Dengtian far behind in an instant.

He drove through the seven gates and waited behind the flag gate for a long time, and Young Master Hu's boat only then slid past the finish line.

Although this person is a bit two, he has one advantage, that is, he is willing to gamble and lose.

I saw that he was very bold and sent some land deeds to Lu Ning's ship, and said.

"Willing to gamble and lose, these are all yours."

Lu Ning smiled and ordered his subordinates to take a thick stack of silver tickets.

"This is 300,000 taels of official silver, and the ten mines that you have purchased can be exchanged in money houses all over the country, and there are two highnesses who testify, and they will never deceive you, you check it."

It turned out that Lu Ning didn't want to take it by force, but to buy it with money. This was a big surprise to Young Master Hu, he couldn't believe his ears, and looked at Zhu Di who was the referee next to him.

"Fourth Prince, is this true?"

Zhu Di pursed his lips disdainfully and replied.

"How fresh, this is an official acquisition, and it's not a robber robbery, why don't you give money to your mine? The purchase of your mine was also agreed by your father, so you can accept it with confidence. ”

Young Master Hu, who accepted the silver ticket, just wanted to go back to his boat, but after thinking about it, he came back, knelt in front of Zhu Di, and said.

"Xiaomin has an idea, I hope the prince will be fulfilled."

Zhu Di was helpless, wouldn't he have a very shameless request, so he asked.

"What do you want to do?"

"The talent of the rich country is very talented, and the villain admires him very much, and wants to follow him to do things, and at the same time devote himself to the shipbuilding industry, and contribute to the construction of my Ming Dynasty. Please fulfill it Your Highness. ”

Zhu Di laughed and replied immediately.

"This is a good thing, how can this king not allow it. Tomorrow you will come in and work. ”