The Jiulong River is the largest river in Southeast Asia, originating from the Tanggula Mountains in China, passing through six countries along the way, including Huaguo, Siam, Lancang, Bagan, Annam and Chenla, watering countless farmlands and nurturing thousands of years of civilization, and is the de facto mother river in Southeast Asia.

Although this river was brilliant in ancient times, in the context of modern civilization, it did not play its due role, at least the convenience of river transportation was not brought into play at all, and the trade reached through this river was pitiful.

The reason is not complicated, the Jiulong River passes through six countries, and there are many barren mountains and mountains along the way, there is no economic value, and there is no security force, and it has become a three-regardless zone, and there are not 1,000 but 800 water bandits entrenched on the river, and every time goods are transported along the river, it is nothing less than an adventure.

Wow!

A light gray cargo ship sailed from north to south, with a Chinese flag hanging on the bow, and the three big characters "Yuanshan" sprayed with white paint on the side, and there were two people standing on the deck, one old and one young, the older one was about fifty years old, and the younger one was about eighteen or nineteen years old.

"Second uncle, how is it, has the most dangerous period passed?" the young man asked.

"It's almost over, we're so lucky this time, we haven't encountered a group of bandits, and we can make a good profit. The old man wiped the sweat from his head.

These two people are both Chinese, the older of them is surnamed Huang, and familiar people call him Huang Laoer, who is doing business on the border, that is, the legendary border master, sometimes doing it well, but also doing some smuggling business.

Of course, he is not a Jianghu person, nor is he very bold, what he does is not a head-killing business such as arms, drugs, and cultural toys, at most he sells some small household electrical appliances, smuggles some mobile phones, motorcycles, or something.

The young surname Tian, called Tian Xiwen, is the nephew of Huang Laoer, however, although his name is Xiwen, he is not able to study, nor can he be admitted to university, after graduating from high school, he has been idle in society for a few years, and he has not earned any money.

This is the first time he crossed the border with his uncle, because it is his first time, Huang Lao Er for the sake of insurance, this time there is no smuggling, and the real goods into a batch of household appliances, planning to be shipped to Bagan to sell.

At this moment, they had just passed through the most bandit voyage and came to Siam, Bagan and Huaguo, the confluence of the borders of the three countries, and not far further on, it was the end of the trip.

"Stop the ship and check!"

Just when Huang Lao Er was just breathing a sigh of relief, not far from the opposite side, three white patrol boats came, and some of them stood at the bow of the boat and shouted loudly with a loudspeaker.

"Water bandits?" Tian Xiwen's face was so shocked that he couldn't help but feel excited.

"What bandits, don't talk nonsense, be careful they hear. Huang Lao Er said.

"Then what are they?" Tian Xiwen asked.

"This is Siam's water patrol force, responsible for maintaining law and order in this section, in fact, it is no different from the water bandits, but they ask for less money, and they know that they can't catch all the fish at once. Huang Lao Er said angrily, it seems that he has suffered from these people's losses.

There wasn't much time, and the Toyama stopped.

Three patrol boats sailed in front of the Yuanshan, set up a ladder, and an officer with seven or eight soldiers rushed up with great vigour.

"What are you doing?" the officer asked.

"We're in business. Huang Lao Er hurriedly stepped forward, handed over a cigarette, and lit it for him.

"What's on board?" the officer asked.

"It's all household appliances. Huang Lao Er said.

"Do you have papers?" the officer asked.

"Everything you need. Huang Lao Er hurriedly took out his license from his pocket and handed it to the officer.

Just when the officer looked through the license, Huang Lao Er quietly took out a wad of money from his pocket, stuffed it into the officer's pocket, and said in a low voice: "It's not the first time I've walked this line, I understand the rules of this, a little meaning, not a respect, invite the brothers to have a meal." ”

According to Huang Laoer's experience, in the next step, after the officer gets the money, he will take people away, and this inspection will pass.

Unexpectedly, after reading the certificate, the officer's face suddenly sank, threw the certificate on the ground, and said: "These are all forgeries, arrest them!"

Before the words fell, seven or eight rough soldiers swarmed up, knocked Huang Lao Er and Tian Xiwen to the ground, and tied them up with ropes.

Tian Xiwen was shocked and couldn't help shouting for help.

Huang Laoer's heart sank, he just noticed something, when these soldiers got on the boat, they were all holding ropes in their hands, obviously they were ready to tie people up, why did they do this? Could it be that they looked away, these people were actually pretending to be water bandits?

The uproar on the bow of the ship quickly spread throughout the small passenger ship, and more than a dozen other crew members also rushed to the deck, looking at the Siamese soldiers in horror.

"All tied!"

As soon as the officer gave the order, seven or eight more soldiers came from the patrol boat, pointed their guns at the other crew members, tied them up with ropes one by one, and when they did not comply, they struck them with the butts of their rifles, and several of them were covered in blood.

When they had all been tied, the soldiers herded them all into the middle cabin, after which the officer picked a few soldiers to sail the boat, turned the bow of the boat, and sailed back to the north.

"Second uncle, where are they going to take us?" Seeing that there was no one guarding the cabin, Tian Xiwen couldn't help but ask.

"I don't know. Huang Lao Er said in a low voice.

"Will you find a place to kill us all?" Tian Xiwen asked.

"Probably not, I just looked carefully, they should be regular soldiers in Siam, but I don't understand, what are they going to do?" Huang Lao Er beat a drum in his heart.

More than half an hour later, the Yuanshan came to a tributary of the Jiulong River and anchored in an extremely remote place.

"They won't do anything here, will they?" Tian Xiwen shuddered.

"Don't scare yourself, I don't think they have the intention of doing anything. Huang Lao Er secretly raised his head and saw the soldiers on the deck, all of them jumped off the boat one by one, and returned to the patrol boat, slightly relieved.

It's a pity that he only saw the backs of these soldiers, and didn't see their fronts, if he saw the front, he would find that these soldiers were all frightened, and they were completely in a state of running away, and it would not be so easy.

After a short time, all the soldiers were evacuated, and the three patrol boats quickly left, leaving only the Far Mountain floating alone on the river.

"What's the matter? Why did they leave us alone?" Tian Xiwen couldn't help but ask.

"I don't know, let's find a way to break free first, I can't wait for death here. Huang Lao Er said.

"They can't empty the ship, do they?" said Tian Xiwen as he broke free from the rope.

"I didn't hear them moving. Huang Lao Er got up and said.

The people in the cabin didn't notice it, and just as they were trying to break free from the ropes, twenty or thirty lizardmen covered in black scale armor quietly climbed up to the Far Mountain, and spit out snake-like tongues at the crew inside, as if they had seen a big meal.