The Imperial Ship is the most advanced hydro ship of our time, and with the sail boost, the speed is much faster than that of ordinary passenger ships.

If the north wind continues to blow, you can reach Xijing in five days.

At the beginning of the new year, the spring was cold, and the river was cold and died.

Everyone was nestled in the cabin, organized by Her Royal Highness the Princess, and played mahjong around the stove.

In the early morning of the seventh day of the first lunar month, the imperial ship arrived in Yangzhou, docked for half an hour, purchased some charcoal materials, and then continued on its way.

The royal ship is stocky and stable, the rooms are spacious and clean, and everyone lives on the ship day and night.

Drifting on the river is inevitably boring.

After three days of mahjong, everything became boring again.

And on the ship, the food is all cold, at most it is heated by the stove, and if you want to eat fresh, you have to dock, and the princess travels, and the guards have to follow, the battle is too big, and it is too delayed.

"Husband, you have a lot of ideas, can you find a way to have some fun?"

Shen Wenjun was lying by the window, and even she, who had always liked to look through binoculars, was visually tired of the endless ice and snow world on both sides of the strait.

Song Che gently supported his waist from behind, pillowed on his jade shoulder, and asked with a smile: "Didn't we just finish having fun in the bilge last night?" How, do you want to change to a more exciting place tonight? ”

Shen Wenjun's face flushed, and he gave Song Che an elbow blow with his backhand, and scolded: "You are so inserious, I am talking about multi-person sports." ”

Song Che pondered for a moment, and said helplessly: "I don't mind, but the shopkeeper and aunt will probably be embarrassed." ”

"You're not serious anymore!"

Shen Wenjun clenched his fists to fight.

"Hey, I suddenly thought of a fun game that can not only strengthen the body, but also find fun for everyone."

"It can't be that kind of inconsequential."

"Seriousness guaranteed!"

……

Song Che called all the forty or so people on the boat to the deck, and the cold river wind made people shiver.

"Boss Song, it's a cold day, what are you calling people out for? My old bones are not like you young people, and they can't stand the toss. Li Fu almost wrapped himself in a zongzi, a man with few roots, he was already lacking in yang energy, coupled with old age and frailty, he was the most afraid of cold.

Song Che pointed to the green canal under the boat and said loudly: "Aren't you idle and have nothing to do?" Today, let's have a winter swimming competition here, on the canal! ”

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar.

"Aren't you crazy? On such a cold day, if you go down to the river to take a bath, you can't freeze into ice? ”

"No matter how energetic young people are, they can't do this!"

In the face of embarrassment, Song Che was calm and waved his hand:

"Don't worry, I haven't finished talking about it yet - first of all, there are many benefits of winter swimming, it can speed up blood circulation, improve immunity, enhance cold resistance, and benefit cardiovascular function...... All in all, it's about getting fit!

Of course, this competition is limited to male compatriots who can swim and are in good health;

Since it is a competition, there must be a bonus, I Song Che hereby promises, the first place athlete, a reward of 100 taels of silver, the second place of 50 taels, the third 30 taels, anyone who has the courage to participate in the competition, there are five taels of silver participation award! ”

As soon as I heard that there was a generous bonus, I was shaking my head at first, and I was eager to try it.

"Sounds interesting. Lin Tong, you bring a few people and play with them. When Zhao Qin gave the order, he looked at Jiang Yuntian.

"Subordinates obey!"

Although there is no distinction between factions in this competition, there are obviously two groups of people on board, one is the 'Central Plains faction' represented by the princess, and the other is the "Jiangnan faction" represented by Shen Wenjun.

There is the smell of gunpowder and confrontation, in order to stimulate the fighting spirit!

Lin Dong selected five water-based experts from the guards, all of whom were tall and strong.

On the other hand, on the Jiangnan faction's side, except for Jiang Yuntian and Song Che, who were slightly stronger, Tang Wen and the three young men were half a head short.

"Madam, you will give orders with your musket later, remember, you must shout and prepare first." Song Che handed the musket to Shen Wenjun and admonished.

"Hey, what do you think you're going to do? Look at them, they are tall and rough, they are all from a practicing family, and we can't win. Shen Wenjun persuaded.

"Cousin, what you said is that you have lost your prestige because of others' morale, we are also men from Jiangnan Water Town, and our water performance is worse than theirs? That's not blowing with you, when your brother-in-law was seventeen or eighteen years old, he could swim from this end of the Qiantang River to that end, if you don't believe it, you can ask your sister! Tang Wen was eager to try.

Zhou Hui gave her husband a roll of the eyes, "You, you don't brag in front of Wenjun and your brother-in-law, if you hadn't been fat back then, you wouldn't know where to fish." ”

"Alas, in short, don't do what you can, lest you freeze your body and the festival will not be festive." Shen Wenjun advised.

"Don't worry, I'll win the top three!"

Song Che clenched his fists and slowly became confident.

If you want to say how proficient you are in swimming, he doesn't dare to brag more, he still learned a few hands in freestyle, but his strength is not enough, and his skills come to make up.

He really didn't believe it, these ancient people who were blindly picking up water could compare to him, a modern swimmer!

Both sides of the race, came to the bow of the boat.

Jiangnan faction station is on the left, and Central Plains faction station is on the right. Those who didn't participate in the competition all acted as cheerleaders.

"Come, let's warm up with me, three laps on the left, three laps on the right, twist the neck, twist the buttocks, raise the legs high, jump jacks and ......"

Song Che beckoned all the contestants to make pre-competition preparations, the Jiangnan faction could still learn to twist, and the guards of the Central Plains faction crossed their waists and arms, indifferent, with a contemptuous attitude of watching jokes.

When his body was warm, Song Che beckoned and signaled that he could start the game.

Shen Wenjun first probed with a telescope, and then pointed ahead: "About thirty zhang away, take the abandoned grass house by the river as the turning point, whoever swims back first will win, and the ranking will be ranked in order...... Well, you're ready for the race! ”

All contestants take off their coats and keep only one liner as a base.

"The gunshot will start, everyone listen!"

"Smack!"

Shen Wenjun fired the musket.

Song Che jumped out, and he didn't make the rules of the game anyway, Lao Tzu grabbed a position first, and no matter how he could take advantage of it.

"Puff, puff......"

Eleven people, like dumplings, jumped back and forth into the river.

"Brother-in-law! Brother-in-law is amazing! Brother-in-law rushes ducks! ”

"Commander Lin, super-him! Surpass him! ”

In the icy and biting water, the shouts and cheers on the boat, and the adrenaline was stimulated, Song Che used professional freestyle to pounce forward like a dolphin - every night he had to undergo high-frequency and high-intensity endurance training from the tigress, no matter how much strength he had!

In the first half, Song Che almost took the lead, but in the later stages, his physical strength began to decline, and his speed slowed down.

"Flutter Flutter Flutter ......"

The sound of fierce paddling sounded from his ears, and the drainage was like a wave, and in a trance, Jiang Yuntian and Lin Dong went hand in hand, their hands and feet were like water turbines, constantly stirring the river.

If they go around, they can stir up a whirlpool in the river!

Song Che's heart rate rhythm was completely disrupted by the waves stirred up by the two of them, and he choked on several mouthfuls of water between his mouth and nose.

"Fuck it...... Foul...... Open ...... Gurgling ......"