"Hmph, you are so arrogant at such a young age, you will suffer sooner or later!" After Wu Youwei glanced at Ye Xu coldly, he left directly.

"Shopkeeper Ye, I'm not a combative person, but I don't know if Shopkeeper Ye has ever heard such a sentence, cutting off people's wealth is like killing parents, if Shopkeeper Ye still insists on going his own way, then our Zheng family is not a master to be messed with." Zheng Yushu looked at Ye Xu with cold eyes and said, "Farewell, Shopkeeper Ye." ”

"Boy." Wang Mu took a bite of chicken thigh meat and said: "The old man also had a lot of ideas like you when he was young, but the more he lived to the back, the more I discovered, people, it's okay to seek peace and stability in this life, why bother yourself with so much trouble, right?" ”

"Everyone has his own ambitions." Ye Xu smiled at Wang Mu.

"Good luck then." After Wang Mu glanced at Ye Xu meaningfully, he also left.

Ye Xu is not a fool, he dares to argue with the three masters like this, he naturally has his hole cards.

His hole card is that he is in charge of the entire river line of Wuping County.

If you want to get rich, there is a truth to the saying that you must first build roads.

With roads, large and small goods can be circulated, and business can be done.

At this time, there were no trucks in the Daxuan Dynasty, and merchants relied on road transportation to transport large and small commodities with low cost and low safety, so river transportation became the best choice for many merchants.

These three major families, in addition to the entire Wang family's monopoly of the money industry, have to find a way to deal with it, like the Wu and Zheng families, and many of their commodities and raw materials have to be transported by river for a year.

When the time comes, once the river transportation line is cut off.

It's like grabbing them by the throat.

"Wu Yong, you go tomorrow to give an explanation to the head of the river line, from today onwards, the freight rates of all Wu and Zheng Er's cargo ships will be tripled!" Ye Xu whispered to Wu Yong.

Once the freight is increased by three books, then these two companies will basically have no profit at all, and they can basically be said to be working for themselves.

At that time, the Wu and Zheng families will obediently come over to find themselves.

Early the next morning, Ye Xu, who was still asleep, was woken up by Wu Yong.

"What's the matter, this panic?" Ye Xu rubbed his eyes and stretched his waist.

"Ye Xu, there's an accident on the other side of the river!" Wu Yong said.

"Something?" Ye Xu immediately became energetic: "What's wrong?" ”

Wu Yong shook his head and said, "I heard it's haunted." ”

Noisy... Ghost?

"Quick, call Chu Ge, let's go to the other side of the river to have a look."

On the Wuping River, many villagers gathered around the river dam and discussed.

"Have you heard? Yesterday, the boatman Lao Zhangtou and his mother-in-law saw a doll walking upright on the river? ”

"Really? It can't be a ghost, right? ”

"Ahem, what is Lao Zhangtou doing on the boat so late with his mother-in-law?"

“…”

"Dodge, dodge, don't be allowed to watch!" Zhang Ergui walked over with a group of officials and said loudly: "Where is there a ghost in this world!" It must be that the old Zhang Tou is old, his eyes are spent, and he sees the wrong thing, and he scatters and scatters! ”

"I've got a good eye! I saw a kappa walking on the river! Lao Zhangtou said unconvinced.

"This catcher said no, no! If you talk nonsense again, I will arrest you and go to the yamen to fight the board! And you, if you don't leave one by one, I'll catch them all and hit the board! Zhang Ergui shouted directly.

When ordinary people saw Zhang Ergui's posture, they didn't dare to say anything, so they had to disperse one after another.

"Ye Xu, this old Zhang Tou is a more senior among our river boatmen, he has been shouting here early this morning that there are ghosts, and the boatmen dare not drive the boat." Wu Yong said to Ye Xu.

"Hmm..."Ye Xu nodded and said, "Then let them rest for a day first, and the salary will be paid as it is." ”

"Chu Ge, let me ask you, with your kung fu, can you walk upright on this river for a stick of incense?" Ye Xu asked towards Chu Ge.

Chu Ge shook his head: "Don't talk about the time of one stick of incense, you can't do it in ten sounds." ”

The so-called light power floating on the water is all deceptive in Ye Xu's opinion,

Generally speaking, the maximum speed of a human runner is the speed of an Olympic gold medalist, which is about 10 meters per second. Even at this speed, you still need to hit the surface of the water with a large enough area to be subjected to a reaction force that will allow you to run on the surface.

A modern scientist has made a similar conversion: if you want to practice light work and float on the water, you must run at a speed of 30 meters per second, or 108 kilometers per hour, which is roughly equivalent to the speed of a car on the highway.

Humans can hardly do it without the help of other aids.

Of course, as a materialist, Ye Xu would rather believe that someone has practiced light skills and floated on the water, rather than believe that there are ghosts in this world.

"Chu Ge, Wu Yong, you go borrow a boat and dock on the shore, I want to see this kappa well at night!" Ye Xu said with a flickering gaze.

When the night is near.

There was a fishing boat parked on the river in Wuping County, and in addition to Ye Xu and his party, there were also Zhang Ergui and a few catchers on the boat, along with Lao Zhang.

The rumors stop at the source, as long as this ghost and god theory is broken in person in front of this old man, the river in Wuping County can resume normal operation.

"Ye Xu, I said it all, it was that old Zhang Tou who said it casually, where is there any kappa ghost to say?" Ye Xu yawned several times, held his chin and said, "Tomorrow, let this old man tell everyone that he is dizzy and trapped me to death." ”

"Old Zhangtou, you are old, is it difficult to admit that you are old and dizzy? Look at the present, let the big guys stay up late with you. Zhang Ergui pushed the old Zhang head and said dissatisfiedly.

Lao Zhangtou said stubbornly: "I really see it!" I guarantee with my character! ”

Ye Xu sat cross-legged and looked at the river.

He didn't believe that he was old and dizzy, and as far as he described it during the day, he definitely saw it with his own eyes.

Suddenly, Ye Xu's pupils suddenly shrank.

Not far from the river, a man wearing a doll mask and a white cloth on his body walked slowly on the river.

"That's right, that's right, my lords, it's him, it's him!" Old Zhang Tou stood up excitedly and pointed to the kappa.

"Quick! Old man, drive the boat over! Ye Xu patted the old man's head.

At this time, Lao Zhangtou was so frightened that he lost two souls, and hurriedly curled up in the corner and said, "I don't dare, I want to go home!" Let me go home! ”

"Ye Xu, look at the shore, there is a judge!" Wu Yong pointed to the shore in panic.

I saw that on the bank of the river, there was a person who looked like a judge, standing on the bank of the river, looking at Ye Xu and the others gloomily.