Zu Jiangsheng didn't even say a word this time, but he was silent.

"Brother Zu, what is your position in the Minjiang Gang?" Zhu Wenyu muttered in his heart: "I ran into a damn wood again." ”

"Nope."

"None? Is there no position or is it not a member of the Minjiang Gang? I see that the Lu gang leader is very important to you, and with your ability to run a boat, I shouldn't give you a name. ”

"I don't want it."

"You don't want to? You don't want it yourself? Zhu Wenyu said curiously.

Nazu Jiangsheng didn't say a word, stood up, patted his buttocks, walked to the bow of the boat, patted the shoulder of the boatman at the bow, took the pole from his hand, stood at the bow of the boat without saying a word, and poked the pole into the water for a while, adjusting the direction of the boat.

Zhu Wenyu was bored, smiled helplessly, and honestly turned back into the cabin. Tang Yun had already heard the conversation between Zhu Zu and the two in the cabin, and when she saw Zhu Wenyu coming in, she grinned, grimaced, and said, "Hehe, how is it?" You monkey sometimes hit nails, right? ”

Zhu Wenyu has always been a master who does not admit defeat, how could he be so easily discouraged, "Hey, the young master doesn't believe that your kid is a dumb person." He seems to regard this as a fun game, every day there is nothing to do to get up and talk to that Zu Jiangsheng, that Zu Jiangsheng is not too rude, so there is no word to answer him, slowly after seven or eight days, the two slowly became familiar, Zu Jiangsheng's words gradually increased, Zhu Wenyu also heard some of the inside information of the Minjiang Gang.

It turned out that this Minjiang Gang was created by Lu Baixing, Lu Chenglin's father. The Lu family was originally a big family in Leshan City, a wealthy family in the middle, and the ancestors also started from running boats, to Lu Baixing's generation had seven or eight boats, and later Lu Baixing united the boatmen who ran on the Minjiang River, founded the Minjiang Gang, specializing in running the Minjiang River to the Yangtze River line of the cargo passenger ship business, in order to take care of each other, and less disputes, everyone made a living together, and then the business slowly expanded, and there were more and more ships in the gang, almost monopolizing the Minjiang shipping. However, although Lu Baixing was born in a rich family, he was bold and righteous, and he was kind to Zu Jiangsheng's father, and his father joined the Minjiang Gang to repay the Lu family's great kindness. The ancestral family is also a family of running boats, Zu Jiangsheng has followed his father and grandfather since he was a child, and even his birth was on the boat, so he is called "Jiang Sheng", he almost grew up in the boat, and he has practiced a good hand since he was a child, and he knows the waterways of the Minjiang River and the Yangtze River well. Later, Lu Baixing died of illness, and his son Lu Chenglin succeeded him as the leader of the Minjiang Gang. This Lu Chenglin was born as a gentleman, he didn't run a boat at all, and he didn't have any other skills, but the Minjiang Gang looked up and down in the face of Lu Lao's gang leader, so Lu Chenglin, this kid, sat in the position of the gang leader.

The year before, Lord Liu Chenglin of Zhizhou posted a notice to increase taxes, and the people who ran the boat suddenly had no way to live, and the gangs of the Minjiang Gang found Lu Chenglin and asked him to take the lead in interceding with Lord Liu Shicheng, but Lu Chenglin was pushing left and right and refused to go, and then there were two deputy gang leaders who went with everyone, but they were suppressed by Lord Liu Shicheng and killed the two deputy gang leaders. It's just that the people at the bottom of the gang are dissatisfied, and Zhizhou Liu Shicheng also got the nickname of "Liu Beheaded" in their mouths, firstly, Liu Shicheng disregarded the lives of the people and killed people bloodily, and secondly, he also said that this Liu Shicheng was really a turtle son who was so bad that he should be beheaded.

"Oh, no wonder, I said that this Lu Chenglin Lu gang leader doesn't look like a person who often runs boats and begs for a living on the crest of the waves." Zhu Wenyu said with a smile.

"He? It's almost the same as raising birds and playing mother-in-law. If it weren't for the affection of Lu Lao's gang leader, the gang leader's seat would be his turn? Zu Jiangsheng said in a slightly disdainful tone.

"Hehe, are you saying that Gang Master Lu refuses to go to Lord Liu?"

"Who knows this? Anyway, the Lu gang leader seems to have been to Liu Beheading Yamen a few times, but this tax has always been indispensable, Deputy Gang Leader Zhang went to Lu Gang Leader a few times, and Lu Gang Leader always said that he was discussing with Liu Beheading, and asked us not to move. Later, everyone felt that they couldn't be happy any longer, so Deputy Gang Leader Zhang and Deputy Gang Leader Chen took everyone to the gate of Zhizhou Yamen to make trouble, but Liu Chop Head sent a large team of officers and soldiers, arrested many brothers, and the two Deputy Gang Leaders were also arrested and cut off their heads, and the Lu Gang Leader also blamed us for being anxious, and made trouble without waiting for him to discuss with Liu Chopping Head. We had no choice but to wait for news from him, and we spent a year starving like this. ”

"Now that it's reduced by fifty percent, is it possible to live?" Zhu Wenyu asked.

"It's going to be, if you can't get by, you have to get by, it's better to reduce than not to reduce, it's fifty percent less, you can still ask for half a full boat to run, and if you don't run, you can only wait to starve to death." Gang Leader Lu said that it was reduced because of the love you said to Liu Qiang, why didn't you reduce it a little more? If you subtract a few more percent, the brothers in the gang will be better, and many people still have mothers-in-law and children to raise at home. ”

"Are you married?"

"Me? I didn't, I didn't think about it, how can I have the money to beg my mother-in-law? Besides, I have been running on the boat every day all year round, unless I am also a girl from the boat family, or I will not hurt other people's girls? ”

"Oh."

"Master Zhu, you are a senior official, you are a Qincha, you can think of a way, reduce it by a few percent, so that the brothers in the gang also have a way to live."

"This ...... I can only do my best, I don't know if this is the will of the imperial court, but I will do my best, it is not easy for the brothers, and I am afraid that it will not be easy for the Lu gang leader. ”

"He? Don't mention him, what's not easy for him? Raising flowers and feeding birds at home all day long, no matter how poor he is, he can't be poor! This time, I want to take two boxes to the capital, and I don't know what to pack. ”

"Chests? What box? ”

"It's the one under the bilge floor, one is black, not big, and the other is slightly larger, vermilion, all of them will be sent to the capital, and the helper won't let me tell anyone else, I promised him, and you don't tell anyone else, the other people on the ship don't know about it." Although Nazu Jiangsheng was full of disdain for Lu Chenglin, he still instructed Zhu Wenyu, which shows that he attaches great importance to what he promised, and he has lowered his voice very low when he speaks.

Zhu Wenyu suddenly understood, this Minjiang gang leader Lu Chenglin don't look at the fat head and fat brain, he is respectful to himself, and he has a very close connection with Liu Shicheng when he acts, and even Tang Yun's name Zhu Wenyu has never told him He is very clear, and he seems to be extremely confused and incompetent in doing things, but he is also a little clever in his own little abacus. Relying on the young master and me sitting on the mountain, the local checkpoints along the way naturally would not casually search for Zhu Wenyu's boat, so he secretly took a box and took it to the capital with the boat, and he didn't know if it was jewelry, money or something else, but with his Zhu Wenyu's big umbrella to escort him, it was naturally appropriate. And I also know that this ancestor Jiangsheng is very trustworthy and tight-mouthed, so he chose him to be the head of the boatman for himself, this kind of good intentions is really difficult enough for the leader of the Minjiang Gang.

Knowing this, Zhu Wenyu didn't care, he didn't want to care about what kind of private goods Lu Chenglin was carrying, no matter what, this Lu Chenglin had no ill will towards him, but he was very attentive and thoughtful, no matter what his intentions were, at least he took his boat, and some things were not easy to figure out. "It's just that when I get to the capital, I really have to talk to the emperor's uncle, this boat runner is hard, and it's better not to increase taxes casually, but to add less, so that they can be slightly better." Zhu Wenyu thought to himself, listening to Zu Jiangsheng's words, he deeply felt that the life of these people who were begging for a living on the river was really difficult.

After the ancestor Jiangsheng and Zhu Wenyu got acquainted, they really talked a lot, and they also introduced some coastal scenery to Zhu Wenyu and the others along the way, and there were also some myths and legends, which made Tang Yun fascinated. Sometimes the river is wide, the wind and waves are calm, the ancestral river survives to jump into the water, and not long after catching a big fish that is jumping around, it is really excellent in water, and the boatmen use their own secret skills to barbecue the fish also put Zhu Tang and the two people into a saliva and salivate, and they are addicted, and this long water day is not so boring.

"Brother Zu, when will we get to the Yangtze River?"

"Zhu Gongzi, we have been on the Yangtze River for a long time, and from below Yibin, this river has begun to be called the Yangtze River. After Yibin a few days ago, we can't control the water surface of the Minjiang Gang, and we need to pay the ship tax after passing all kinds of checkpoints. Zu Jiangsheng said.

"What's up there?"

"Now it is the realm of Luzhou, and in front of it is Qifeng Mountain, it is said that there was a phoenix that fell on the mountain before, shouted three times at the Yangtze River, and then flew away."

"Really? Has anyone really seen a phoenix? Tang Yun next to him became energetic when he heard it.

"Then I don't know, maybe someone has seen it, anyway, the old people say so, and then this mountain is called Qifeng Mountain, I heard that if someone is blessed, you can still see the phoenix, but we ordinary people can't see it." Zu Jiangsheng said slowly while holding the boat.

"Hehe, Brother Yu, then you go and try it and see if your luck is great?" Tang Yun said to Zhu Wenyu with a smile.

"Hehe, I'm unlucky enough to meet you, and I'll be lucky enough to lose it." Zhu Wenyu pretended to sigh and sigh.

"Huh?!How dare you say that? Behold, I will not punish thee. Tang Yun said angrily, stretching out his hands to tickle Zhu Wenyu.

Zhu Wenyu flashed, Tang Yun made up the air, Tang Yun chased after him unconvinced, the two of them chased me on this small deck, and they actually used light skills, their bodies were as light as swallows, just like two swallows jumping up and down, in this small place to perform light skills is Zhu Wenyu's unique light body method of practice, Tang Yun's hands are always half a foot away from the ground, a rage, a butt sat on the deck, pouted: "I hate it, don't play!"

Zhu Wenyu laughed.