Jia Yi doesn't like the cook on the boat very much, the craftsmanship is very ordinary, cooking is to pour all the dishes snoring together, and the cauldron is ready to cook. Although it looks very much like a stew, the taste is very different.

In the previous life, Jiayi's family fed pigs like this, what vegetable leaves and what miscellaneous things were cooked together, and then poured into the bowl containing rice bran, the rice bran was scalded, and then it was boiled and eaten. In this way, the pig's appetite will be better and less susceptible to disease.

And the chef on the ship gave Jia Yi the same feeling as feeding pigs at home in his previous life.

Jia couldn't stand it after eating two meals, so he secretly opened a small stove, and then was discovered by the captain. After Jia Yi invited him to eat once, the captain rushed to eat every day, and Jia Yi couldn't stand his face a little.

Taking advantage of the fact that the boat had not yet arrived at its destination, Jia Yi took out the fishing rod sent by the steward, the flexibility of this fishing rod is very good, and there is no problem in lifting a big fish of ten catties, of course, Jia Yi has not lifted such a big fish, but he lifted nearly twenty catties of things during the test.

Kaichi took a small fish from the kitchen and hung it on the hook, came to the stern of the boat, and threw it into the water and dragged it. This will attract some predatory fish, which are generally very fierce and not small, but I don't know if they can catch the kind of fish that the captain said.

The fish in the kitchen are dead, but because the boat keeps moving, it looks like the bait is alive. This method is actually very similar to lure fishing, but this kind of fishing method Jia Yi has heard of, has not tried, for this fishing method he is still only in the theoretical stage, at this stage, Jia Yi is still only in the stage of catching fish, and does not plan to develop some advanced skills.

It's a pity that until the boat stopped, there was no fish on the bait, Jia Yi pulled up the fishing rod and saw that the bait was gone, and he was not Jiang Ziya, of course, there was no way to drop out of the fish with an empty hook.

He originally wanted to have a fishing dinner and relax by the way, but he didn't pay attention to fishing at all, so he didn't even pull the fishing rod, until finally, he found that the bait was gone.

Jia Yi put away the fishing rod, and a simple dock suddenly appeared in front of him, he took a closer look, to be precise, this can't be called a dock, but seven or eight boats stayed in this area sporadically, and the ship type was not small.

"There are still fewer boats, and it's not the busiest time for this waterway, but when the water level rises a little bit in the summer, there are more boats here. At most, there are nearly 100 ships waiting to pass through the Dragon's Throat Stream, and there will be larger ships than ours, and it is said that the Memphel Bo Chamber of Commerce has a ship that is more than 150 feet long, and it is equipped with a giant crossbow that can fire explosive rockets, this kind of huge ship, even the bandits here have to go around. ”

I don't know when, the captain came to Kaichi's side and introduced the situation on the water to him.

Kaichi said, "Then why isn't our ship equipped with this kind of giant crossbow? ”

The captain shook his head: "This kind of giant crossbow is not simple, the water surface is so wet, the maintenance of the giant crossbow is a big problem, if you accidentally lose the elasticity of the crossbow string due to moisture, it will basically be scrapped." And the crossbow arrows used in this giant crossbow are also specially made, otherwise they would not have so much power. With the exception of the Memphel Bo Chamber of Commerce, no Chamber of Commerce has ever heard of such a giant crossbow. ”

At the end of speaking, the captain's voice unconsciously lowered, approached Jiayi, and covered his mouth: "It is rumored that this giant crossbow was specially designed for the royal family by the palace worship mage. Even if the rest of the chambers of commerce copied this kind of giant crossbow, they would not dare to equip it on merchant ships. The power of ordinary crossbows is very huge, if the merchant ship is equipped with this kind of giant crossbow, it is enough to subvert some smaller territories, how can the nobles let this kind of merchant ship approach their territory. ”

Jia nodded, indeed, even if it was himself, he would not let this kind of armed transport ship approach, according to the power of the captain's statement, his magic shield may not be able to withstand such a shot.

"Then this Memphel Chamber of Commerce has a deep relationship with the royal family?" Although Jia Yi used a questioning tone, he was almost certain.

Of course, this is basically a well-known secret, and the royal family has not hidden it much, except for directly standing up and admitting it. Because sometimes, this chamber of commerce will also do some shady things, such as smuggling valuable goods from other noble territories or something. ”

Although the whole country is nominally royal, only some of the direct territories of the royal family can be directly managed by the royal family, and the territories of the rest of the nobles are basically autonomous, and only need to provide some materials and money. Even if he makes people angry, as long as he can hold on, the empire can't do anything about him. Therefore, if there is any precious production in the nobles' domain, the emperor can only buy it if he needs it, and at this time, smuggling comes in handy.

Jia Yi looked at the several boats on the water, they didn't look small, but they were divided into several pieces, and they were all quite far apart.

"Why are these ships so far away? Isn't it easier to be on guard when they get together?"

"This is all about guarding against each other, at this time, those who dare to go out alone are generally the ships of the big chamber of commerce, or they are bold and not afraid of death, and they are not afraid of ordinary bandits. But sometimes, there is not such a strict distinction between merchant ships and bandits, and everyone is happy to be able to have extra income. ”

Although the captain didn't say it very clearly, Jia Yi said that he understood that this was similar to the situation in the Age of Discovery, and the navy and merchant ships sometimes made cameos as pirates, but he didn't expect this to be the case with this inland river, although this river was particularly wide.

"It's only when the waterways are busier that some small chambers of commerce band together to form a fleet and pass through here together. ”

Ka nodded in understanding, and then saw the boat approaching the shore, but not too close, and dropped the anchor and stopped.

Because of the topography, the river spreads like a lake, except for the middle place, near the shore are patches of tidal mud, overgrown with aquatic weeds, reeds, trees and other plants, such as this large merchant ship can easily run aground on the silt if it is too close. The bandits have been operating here for a long time, there are secret passages to enter and exit from the tidal flats, behind the tidal flats are high mountains, some powerful bandits have built docks in the bays in the mountains, and they have grabbed merchant ships and dragged them to the wharf to unload their goods.

Every waterway in and out is secret, the river bay in the mountain is where the base is located, and it is even more secret, and every water bandit will make an oath that he will not reveal his location, and if it is exposed, then it is likely to usher in a catastrophe. It is said that the most powerful bandit in the area has a treasure that can be used to sign a magical contract with the bandits, ensuring that the location of the base is not revealed.

After chatting about the water bandits here, Jia Yi said to the captain: "You give me a small boat, I'll take a look nearby, and by the way, arrange a few guard circles." ”

The captain said, "That's wonderful, I'll prepare it for you at once." But don't tell the crew, lest they slack off during the vigil. ”

"Okay, it's safer to have someone keep vigil. ”

Soon, a small raft was laid down on the boat, and there was no such thing as a lifeboat on the ship at this time, at least not on such boats on the inland river.

Jia Yi drove this small raft, came to the outside of the boat about a hundred meters, and took out a wooden board, on the wooden board is a painted warning circle, this kind of warning circle is not as sensitive as Jia Yi in the room, only large objects pass by will be triggered, so as not to be triggered by the big fish in the river.

He took out a roll of rope, first measured the depth of the water here, pulled out the corresponding rope, and then tied a stone at one end and a wooden board at the other, and sank into the water, and the wooden board was submerged into the water, about a meter or so from the surface of the water, so that it could not be found on the surface of the water.

Moreover, on the top of the guard circle of the wooden board, Jiayi also added a little material to ensure that the taste is sour.