Chapter 198: A Difficult Journey (I)
() Qiao Zhengyu was slightly moved, and said: "Elder Xue has worked hard, it must have cost a lot of silver taels to build such a luxurious ship, right?" Xue Renmei arched his hand and said: "There is the labor alliance master to bother, and it is not much, but it only took 100,000 taels." ”
Qiao Zhengyu and the others all looked at each other and looked at each other when they heard this. He glanced at Xue Renmei and said, "Elder Xue, I don't know if I should say something. ”
"The leader of the alliance said that it was okay, and his subordinates would listen to it. Xue Renmei lowered her head and hugged her fists.
Qiao Zhengyu said: "As far as I know, the income of an ordinary family is only five taels of silver for a year, and the better ones are only a dozen taels." They worked hard, and they were afraid that they would not be able to earn the 100,000 taels of silver in a few lifetimes, but we used this to build a ship, is this a bit too extravagant? ”
"This 。。。。。。 Xue Renmei's face was slightly red, and she didn't dare to look at Qiao Zhengyu's eyes when she lowered her head.
Qiao Zhengyu stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Elder Xue, I know that this is also a piece of your kindness, and I don't blame you. I've got it here, and you don't have to blame yourself. However, I still hope that you will think more about it before you act in the future, and use the silver where it is most needed, otherwise what difference will we have from the mountain boy grandmother that day. ”
When he said a word, the heroes were red-faced and red-eared, and they all bowed their heads and were silent.
Zhang Baowu stepped forward, knelt on the ground, and said, "What the alliance leader said is extremely true, I waited for a moment of confusion before committing a big crime. Since the alliance leader doesn't like it, I'll just dismantle the big ship. ”
Qiao Zhengyu stepped forward to help him up and said, "The old hero doesn't have to be like this, please get up quickly." He glanced at the heroes and said, "Since the big ship has been completed,
Why should we dismantle it, and if it is not, the effort will outweigh the losses? In my opinion, when we return from the Vulture Palace, it will be considered a good thing to donate this ship to the people along the coast. ”
When the heroes heard this, they all nodded in approval. Zhang Baowu said: "The leader of the alliance is dedicated to benefiting the people, and the heart of the benevolent is not left or right, and we are all obedient!" The leader knelt down. It's just that when he knelt, the group of heroes also knelt down, and they heard a sound of "bang-la-la", and the black pressure on the boat fell to their knees.
When Qiao Zhengyu saw it, he hurriedly said: "Everyone, please hurry up, how can Qiao dare to accept such a big gift." stepped forward and grabbed Zhang Baowu's hands to help him up, and waved to the heroes again and again to get up, and the heroes stood up one after another.
Qiao Zhengyu said: "Heroes, the Vulture Palace and his party will be tomorrow, after these two days of preparation, I think everyone has worked hard." It's not early today, so let's go here and go back to rest, and tomorrow we will meet in the main hall on time. ”
The group nodded in unison: "Yes, listen to the orders of the alliance leader!" and then dispersed one after another, each going back to rest.
On the morning of the second day, the heroes gathered in the main hall on time. Later, under the leadership of Qiao Zhengyu, he went to the beach to board the ship. When everything was ready, with Qiao Zhengyu's order, he saw more than a hundred ships sailing away from Kowloon Island and heading towards the depths of the sea.
The Vulture Palace is thousands of miles away from Kowloon Island, and there is a vast sea along the way, and there are no islands or land in between. In terms of distance, it will take at least 10 days to reach this month.
And the group was numerous, no less than thousands, and the food and drink of these people was done on the ship. Fortunately, the heroes are well prepared, although there are thousands of them
, but also coping with it, and did not starve to death or die of thirst because of this.
But the weather at sea is unpredictable, and it can change. Sometimes it's a sunny day, but in the blink of an eye, there are dark clouds, lightning and thunder, and strong winds. A large wave several feet high stirred the entire sea surface over and over, and it was dark and did not see the light of day.
Although there are many ships, they are just powerless at this time, and there is no way. Hundreds of ships rose and fell on the sea, like horses that had lost their reins, at their mercy, and it was very thrilling. In the face of danger, the only thing the heroes can do is to grab any object that can be fixed to prevent themselves from falling into the sea.
Along the way, it can be said that there are many such weather. At the beginning, the group of heroes complained a little, scolding this ghost weather for going against them. Later, the heroes seemed to be accustomed to this kind of weather, and whenever they saw a strong wind coming, they had no time to curse, but looked for a fixed object to cling to.
Despite this, there were still some disciples who were seriously ill and died in the sea. Qiao Zhengyu knew it in his heart, so every time he encountered a storm and waves, he ordered someone to count the number of people, and if there were any people who died, they were all registered. Pensions are granted regardless of the size of the position.
Seeing that Qiao Zhengyu was as careful as a needle and doing things fairly and fairly, the heroes admired and praised them in their hearts.
After driving for about ten days, on this day, I saw a high mountain looming in the distance, and the heroes were all surprised and excited to see it.
It turns out that the high mountain is the place where the terrifying Vulture Palace on the rivers and lakes is located, and after the Tianshan Tong Grandma planted the life and death charm for the heroes, in order to prevent the attack, the heroes will go to the Vulture Palace every year to get the antidote.