"Please!" Hachi raised his hand and motioned to the other party to speak.

"This waterway is the only way for businessmen, and the two biggest risks on this waterway come from the South Lake and the Dangerous Gorge I just mentioned.

"Let's talk about this South Lake first, the location of this South Lake is the place where many tributaries of the Anjiang River meet, where the terrain is special, and a large amount of river water converges to form this South Lake" Liu Yongqing looked at Xiaoba and talked about these origins.

"The South Lake is the largest lake in the entire South Heritage, and not only large, the depth is also very deep, according to some people's speculation, the depth of the South Lake can reach hundreds of zhang, this depth can accommodate a hill, the deepest part of the lake bottom, it is said that there is a hole leading to the underground river"

"The danger of the South Lake is mainly related to the hole at the bottom of the lake, because this waterway is a must for many merchants, and countless boats pass through the South Lake every year, but every year a few boats disappear inexplicably."

"Missing ships no matter how big or small, whether it is the largest cargo ship or a fisherman's wooden boat, they have all disappeared without a trace" Speaking of this, Liu Yongqing couldn't help but smack his tongue, because their Changyuan Liu's cargo ship had disappeared in Nanhu, and the family sent many ships to salvage but found nothing.

"No one survived, which means no one knows why they disappeared, unless there were other ships passing by when the ship disappeared," Hachi thought for a moment and said his analysis.

"That's exactly what Xiaoyou said, over the years, the missing boats in Nanhu have happened to be bumped into by other boats just a few times."

"According to those people, the missing ship was subjected to a huge whirlpool that silently sucked the entire ship underwater"

"Some people say that he was standing at the bow of the boat at that time, only to see a column of water with a diameter of more than ten zhang burst out of the lake, and the water column sprayed into the sky, falling like rain, and after the water fell, a boat in front of him disappeared on the lake, which was so shocking that he did not dare to take this waterway again for several years" Liu Yongqing described the experience of those people vividly, as if he was the witness.

"Why do you say it has something to do with the hole at the bottom of the lake, these experiences don't sound related," Hachi asked.

"Because among the earliest missing ships, there were relatives of big people, and those great powers went into the lake to look for them in person, but there were no sunken ships at the bottom of the lake, that is, the missing ships were not at the bottom of the lake, and the hole at the bottom of the lake led to an underground river, and even those great powers could not find out to the end, so they had to retreat."

"And there is no news of the shipwreck at the bottom of the lake, and it will soon be known to everyone, the boat is missing on the lake, and it is not at the bottom of the lake, which can only mean that it has entered the hole at the bottom of the lake and fallen into the dark underground river and is missing" Liu Yongqing poured tea for the two and patiently explained.

"In that case, why take the risk of taking this waterway?" Xiaoba was puzzled, since he couldn't even figure out the reason for his disappearance, why didn't he avoid Nanhu.

"Little friend, there are only two words that can explain the truth in this"

"Benefits!"

"In the face of interests, this risk is nothing, the earliest many people were frightened, choose to take a long detour by land, not only a long time, spend a lot of manpower and material resources, and the amount of transportation is far less than water transport, land transport to over the mountains, how to carry a large number of goods?" Liu Yongqing picked up the teacup, blew softly, and said.

Indeed, in the face of interests, no matter how big the risk is, it will also drive people to take risks, as long as the price is high, how can no one want to take this trip, after all, the disappearance is only a small probability event, everyone thinks that they are lucky, and they will not encounter such a thing, Xiao Hachi secretly thought in his heart.

"I don't know how many fishermen, boats, wharves, and even the unloading workers at the wharf are all attached to this waterway, do you think you can do it without this waterway?" Liu Yongqing said with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Indeed, what about the treacherous gorge?" Hachi asked about another risk.

"As the name suggests, it's dangerous, dangerous!" Liu Yongqing's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said with a smile.

"Nanhu Lake is the confluence of many tributaries, which means that there are many places that can be reached from Nanhu, and the direction leading to Rongcheng is in the southeast."

"The southeast mountain is high and steep, the more you go inside, the mountain will become more and more precipitous, the river will be narrower and narrower, after entering the narrow river, it is the so-called multi-dangerous gorge, the water flow of the multi-dangerous gorge is very rapid, twisting and turning, there will be reefs and huge rocks in the winding river, many ships will hit it if they can't dodge, and the ship will be destroyed and killed."

"It sounds very dangerous, but in fact, with so many years of boating experience, many old boatmen are very experienced, and they can control the direction in this canyon, cross safely, and arrange the best boatman for Xiaoyou in the future" Liu Yongqing has a strong intention to woo, and his show of favor to Xiaoba is almost explicit.

"Thank you!" Hachi nodded slightly in thanks.

"How? Everything I know below has been fully stated, whether to take this waterway, it depends on Xiaoyou's decision, as long as you give a reply, I will arrange the boat, ready to set off at any time" Liu Yongqing looked at Xiaoba with a slight glint in his eyes, waiting for his reply.

"Take the waterway, bother the shopkeeper Liu," Xiaoba hugged his fist.

"Okay, Xiaoyou, you can go back to your room to rest, I'll go arrange the boat, and when you pack up, you can leave" Liu Yongqing stood up and made a gesture of please.

Hachi stood up, and the two went downstairs one after the other, and Hachi went down to the third floor and returned to the guest room.

In the guest room, Xiao Yu'er was lying on the table at the moment, watching You Zifang tinkering with those talismans, compasses and other things, stretching out her little hand to touch it from time to time, and every time You Zifang would reach out to block it, not allowing her to move, making her depressed, and looking at You Zifang with a pout, to show dissatisfaction.

Hachi pushed the door in, and Xiao Yu'er immediately changed to a happy expression on her face, calling for Hachi to take her out to play, while Hachi touched her head and told her that she might have to leave later, and she wanted to take a boat, and it was fun on the water.

When Xiao Yu'er heard that she wanted to take a boat, she immediately smiled, she didn't care if she was leaving, she only cared about whether the boat was fun or not, and she was happy.

Hearing this, Youzifang turned his head to look at Xiaoba and asked.

"We are going to go south along the Anjiang River by boat, I heard some outside yesterday, saying that Anjiang will pass through Nanhu all the way down, there are some terrifying rumors there, it's not safe."

"Don't say this in front of Xiao Yu" Xiao Hachi signaled him to stop saying terrible things, for fear of scaring Xiao Yu'er.

"Shopkeeper Liu will arrange the boat, and there is a reliable boatman, rest assured to take the boat, and you don't need to row the boat" Xiao Ba was about to choke on the wanderer's mouth when he said a word.

You Zifang opened his mouth, and wanted to say a few crooked words, but looking at Xiaoba's determined eyes, he still closed his mouth.