496. Siren and Weaver Girl
Outside the window is the vast green wave, after entering Quang Nam Province, it seems to have entered the spring in advance, the green mountains and green waters, the verdant landscapes, the mountains that rise from the ground, like a sword poked towards the sky, in the clouds and mist, full of fairy spirit, chivalrous spirit, sharp spirit.
Picturesque and nothing more than that.
"It's so beautiful here, it's so different from the Northland."
Xiao Wan looked at the scenery outside the window and sighed.
She had been to Huong Son and Phuen Dao once before, but she was on a plane at the time, and she was also on a mission at the time, so she had never experienced the scenery of Quang Nam Province in this way.
"Now that the country of Qi occupies the southeast, after the unification of the whole country, the vast and rough land in the north, the beautiful and graceful in the south, the snow-capped mountains and meadows in the west, and the Lingxiu Fairy Island in the East China Sea, this is a great country, we all have to go around and have a good time."
Ren Pingsheng said.
"Hmm."
When Xiao Wan heard this, she retracted her gaze and looked at the young master, as if she was imagining the cake painted by the young master, and a happy color appeared on her beautiful face, which was a little round, and hugged his arm.
"How many internal combustion engine trains are there now?"
Ren Pingsheng turned his head and asked with Ruan Tang.
The overall capacity and speed of the current steam engine train have been improved. The capacity of a train, with the need to load train wagons, is usually between 1,000 and 2,000 tons. The speed can be maintained at 80 km/h.
However, the fact that the internal combustion engine train can replace the steam engine train is advanced. It has greater advantages in terms of efficiency, performance, maintenance, etc.
"Four have been produced and three have been put into service. In one year this year, according to the plan, about 15 units should be put into use. ”
The train traveled between the mountains, and after passing through the cave, Nguyen Tang saw a monster cave on the hill next to the train track.
Seeing the train passing by, the little monkey monsters on the mountainside who were practicing martial arts with sticks were excitedly waving at the train.
Ruan Tang was interested, and also beckoned to them, which made the little monkeys even more excited!
One of the transformed monsters, with golden hair under the sun, fluttered in the wind, saw the people on the train waving at them, and jumped more than three meters high in excitement and turned three hundred and sixty degrees in the air.
"King, the king, that hairless female monkey just now is so ugly!"
Watching the train go away quickly, the little demons talked one after another.
"That she-monkey isn't good-looking, but you have to be polite!"
The Monkey King said.
"King, is somersaulting polite?"
The little monkey demons asked chattering.
"Of course!"
The Monkey King raised his head and said, "No one knows how to be more polite than me. ”
"Hahaha······"
On the train, Ren Pingsheng suddenly burst out laughing, attracting the puzzled eyes of Ruan Tang and Xiaowan.
He looked at Ruan Tang, the unconscious "female monkey", and couldn't help poking her extremely beautiful and delicate face, thinking that the monkey king might be a monkey who was a street showman.
He leaned into Ruan Tang's ear and told her that the monkeys called her "ugly hairless mother monkey", and immediately she was angry, her fists clenched, and the metal objects in the carriage trembled frantically a few times, and even the entire carriage trembled a few times.
"I'm stupid, really." Ruan Tang raised her beautiful eyes: "I only know that the monkeys in Mount Emei are cheap, and they were turned over when I went to play before, I didn't know that this otherworldly monkey was even more annoying, and they would talk and curse!" ”
Ren Pingsheng smiled and comforted: "Monkey words are unscrupulous, a group of newly refined monkeys, the aesthetics are different from humans, do you know what beauty and ugliness are?" ”
Ruan Tang looked at his eyes and couldn't help but say, "My good husband, can you put away the eyes that look at the joke and comfort your wife, there is no sincerity at all!" ”
Ren Pingsheng leaned into her ear and said seriously: "In the eyes of monkeys, only those with smooth and shiny hair are called beautiful, how can they comprehend the beauty without hair?" ”
"Husband~"
Ruan Tang immediately understood Ren Pingsheng's words, and his face turned red with a "huh". Afraid that she would be heard, she glanced at Xiaowan with apprehensive eyes, and saw her innocent and innocent look, so she quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
When people are embarrassed, they tend to pretend to be busy.
At this time, Ruan Tang changed the topic very bluntly: "Husband, Xiaowan, I just heard that they were all discussing the Kraken Weaver Girl in the sea off Xiangshan, have you heard of it?" ”
The two shook their heads.
There are more than one or two people in the carriage discussing this, and it is obviously a hot topic here in Quang Nam Province recently.
Seeing that the attention of the two people was diverted, Ruan Tang quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
There is no hair or anything, and it is too embarrassing to be used by her husband when she guards Xiaowan!
However, Ren Pingsheng and Xiao Wan were very interested in the rumors of this Siren Weaver Girl and the ghost ship.
The last time Xiao Wan went to Xiangshan and Yuandao, there was no such rumor. Or rather, there is no such heat as it is now.
They have a special source of information, and they don't have to listen to the legends that these runners have heard.
With the help of Ruan Tang, the wireless signal was strengthened, and soon Xiao Wan contacted the people from the local Night Owl Organization Intelligence Station through the walkie-talkie, and learned some information about the Kraken Weaver Girl.
"The intelligence station has collected this information from the people, and the main sources of dissemination are some fishing boats, merchant ships, and some Xiluo merchants from the Xiangshan Strait.
It is said that more than one person has encountered the Kraken Weaver Girl. According to rumors, this Siren Weaver Girl has colorful scales on the lower half of her body, and the upper body is in the form of a beautiful human woman. Her eyes shine, she can call the wind and rain, and she can calm the waves, the storm is like a toy in her hand, and the waves are like the silk she spun.
Moreover, she has the ability to see through people's hearts, as well as the ability to curse, once cursed the island that deceived her and stole her treasure, turning it into a ghost ship that can only appear at night, and the pirates on board have become ghosts trapped on the ship.
This is also the origin of the ghost ship. ”
Xiao Wan told the young master and Ruan Tang the news reported by the intelligence station.
"Calling the wind and rain, causing storms, seeing through people's hearts, cursing, so many spell abilities, is it from a kraken?"
Ren Pingsheng asked in disbelief.
On land, I have never seen a youkai with so many abilities at the same time.
"The intelligence station here in Sanqu County, the news about Hai Zhinu is mostly collected based on some folk legends, and it is basically analyzed by hearsay.
When we get to Xiangshan County, there should be more and more accurate information over there. ”
Xiao Wan also felt that the ability of the Sea Weaver Girl was a little exaggerated.
She is now able to call the wind and rain, but her scope is limited. As for causing a storm, it wasn't something she could do alone, and if it was at sea, and if she forgot to write to cooperate, she might be able to give it a try.
As for the ability to see through people's hearts, this should belong to the category of spiritual aliens.
Maybe this Sea Weaver Girl is a race, not an individual?
Xiao Wan thought to herself.
Xiangshan County is the southernmost point of the entire Han Tu Continent, facing Lu Guo across the sea in the west, Xiangshan Strait from Yuandao in the south, and the vast South China Sea in the southeast.
Although the entire Xiangshan County does not occupy a large area, it is not even as large as a county in the inland provinces. But it is densely populated, accounting for almost one-third of the population of Quang Nam province, with a population of more than one million.
And these people are almost concentrated in Baocheng County, Xiangshan County, which has caused the extreme prosperity of Baocheng County.
"Going back more than 20 years, there was no such prosperity in Baocheng County at that time."
"At that time, those sea merchants basically chose to go to sea through the Wusu River in Huaqiang County.
Since seventeen or eighteen years ago, when those Xiluo merchants occupied Yuandao, it was only separated from Xiangshan County by a Xiangshan Strait, and small boats could cross the strait, which became a shortcut for some small merchants to go to sea, and also became an important trading port.
Later, the imperial court cracked down several times, but after the rebellion of the living corpses, the imperial decree in Xiangshan County was almost in name only, as long as the local guild paid the money, and the officials of the local government had enough food and drink, they were left to their own devices, and even those who were officials also participated in getting a piece of the pie. ”
Li Changyun, the head of the Xiangshan County Intelligence Station, was originally named Li Changsheng, but later felt that his name was the same word as the king, so he changed it to Li Changyun in order to avoid it.
After he was informed, he left everything else in great excitement, took his two men with him, got on his bicycle and ran to the train station to pick him up.
After meeting the king at this time, he began to act as a guide and introduce Xiangshan County to the king.
Because of its importance in the top-level design of the central level, the construction specifications of the railway station are also very high, and the planned daily capacity of tourists can reach 100,000. It is still under construction, and it will not be until the end of the year when it is all completed.
At the exit of the station, there were runners carrying large bags and small bags everywhere, and Ren Pingsheng and the dozen or so guards around him were empty-handed, but they seemed to be an anomaly.
Out of the train station, the city that has gathered because of commerce has already seen the clues.
Around the statue of King Qi in the square in front of the station, there are incense candles everywhere, and there are people kneeling in front of the statue of King Qi with their hands folded and praying.
Ren Pingsheng can even hear the wishes of the person who prays through this faint incense: "Ask the king of Qi to bless me, go to sea safely, and make a fortune, so that I can save enough money to buy a merchant ship as soon as possible!" ”
Guangnan Province is not ordinary, and Ren Pingsheng can obviously feel that the power of his faith here is obviously more abundant than other places except Wuzhou and the surrounding two provinces.
In the square in front of the station, you can see all kinds of flatbed trucks everywhere.
Ox carts, horse-drawn carts, and rickshaws with cattle were much more loaded than were pulled.
"Pull the car, how many cars do you have?"
"How many goods do you have? I have as many cars as you have, and I can definitely pull you to the port. ”
"I have a train wagon, don't think about pulling a few more trips, the storage of goods at the train station is very expensive, I need to pull it over."
"Don't worry, shopkeeper, I'm attached to the new carriage shop, the car is absolutely enough, and I will pull it over for you at one time."
Conversations like this are everywhere, and the merchants negotiate with the carts, forming a busy business chain at the gate of the train station.
The railway station is outside the county seat of Baocheng County, but the end of the railroad tracks is laid directly to the port area near the sea.
However, the trains that arrive in the port area can only be reached by trains pulling construction materials, and the rest of the trains that pull people and goods stop at the railway station in Baocheng County.
Ren Pingsheng found that although Baocheng County has not yet built a road. But the bluestone roads here are smoother and wider, and they were clearly built by the guilds for trade over the years.
After more than ten hours of training, everyone looked a little tired and headed towards the prepared accommodation in the county seat.
Ren Pingsheng also rode in a wide and luxurious carriage again.
"It's been a long time since I've been in a carriage!"
Ruan Tang said something fresh, and suddenly glanced at Ren Pingsheng, which made him a little inexplicable for a while, and sighed in his heart Don't guess what a woman thinks.
Ruan Tang, on the other hand, suddenly remembered the scene when she woke up for the first time in the other world, when Ren Pingsheng fooled her.
Soon, the carriage had arrived at the county seat of Baocheng.
The county seat is not large, but outside the city walls, a huge agglomeration area has been formed.
There are dozens of markets with a variety of commercial guilds in the middle of them. In order to maintain the safety and rules here, the various commercial guilds have kept a large number of guards and thugs in captivity.
Entering the inner city, a palatial garden is where Ren Pingsheng stayed.
"When we took Quang Nam Province, the king of Quang Nam fled to Yuan Island with his family, and during this time, he saw that the country did not liquidate these old nobles, but he had been contacting the governor Ge Changhai and wanted to come back.
This garden, which is the old residence of King Quang Nam, has now been seized and is intended to be used as the official office of Boseong Port in the future. ”
Li Changyun said.
"Not necessarily after a while."
Ren Pingsheng said with a smile.
It didn't take long for Chujiang Province to begin to split these noble families, and at that time, the king of Guangnan was probably too scared to come back.
The inside of the garden is modeled after the construction style of Jian'an Province, and there are many strange stones in it.
"Lao Li, do you have any news about the Sea Weaver Girl here?"
Xiao Wan asked.
This Li Changyun is also a person brought out by the Minister of Intelligence, Alain, and Xiaowan is also very familiar with him.
When Li Changyun heard this, he said: "Commander, this Sea Weaver Girl has been appearing for about half a year, but during this time, with the continuous fermentation of the ghost ship incident, it has suddenly become a topic of conversation among people, and it has become hot.
As early as half a year ago, a fishing boat went out to sea to fish, and encountered a storm on the sea, the fishing boat was broken, and more than a dozen people fell into the sea, and when they were dying, a bubble enveloped them.
According to them, this bubble was blown out by the Sea Weaver Girl. Moreover, the Sea Weaver Girl also took them to sink into the sea and visit her palace. The palace is made of coral, agate, pearls, moon pearls, etc., although the area is not large, but it is beautiful and perfect.
It is magnificent, rare and exotic, everything is there, and it is so jeweled that people can't open their eyes. (End of chapter)