"Thank you two sons for saving your life. In the awkward star-to-eye scene, the first to break the deadlock was the old man.

The old man stood up tremblingly, and bowed to the two young men in Yuwenlei Fishing Village.

"It's okay, it's a trivial matter. "The second is the fishing village boy, in fact, it was Lu Xiaoyao and a few people staring unilaterally, and the boy was staring at his hair in a daze.

For the old man's thanks, the young man touched the back of his head and said a little embarrassed.

"Eh, what's your name?" Lu Xiaoyao lay leisurely on the boat, Erlang raised his legs high and asked sideways.

"My name is Lan Ah Shui, and the people in the village call me Ah Shui or Ah Lan, what about you?" the young man who called himself Lan Ah Shui was not the slightest wary and replied with a big grin.

"Ah Lan, is it? My name is Lu Yao, why are you here? Thank you for your help just now, come up and sit down for a while?" Lu Xiaoyao looked at Lan Ah Shui with a smile.

Facing Lu Xiaoyao's invitation, Lan Ashui shook his head with a smile and refused:

"Lu Yao, it's a pleasure to meet you, I'm from a nearby fishing village, and I'm here to fish today, as for any help, I don't need to thank you, it's actually not a big deal, it's just a trivial matter."

I've been staring at this gang of water thieves for a long time, they often rob houses on this river, so that the fish are not as good as before, and today I happened to meet them, but unfortunately they were not left.

It's getting dark, so I'll go back first, and my family is still waiting! If you want to cross this river, you can come to my house and sit down when you pass by the fishing village. ”

Without waiting for everyone to react, he tread the water and left, and disappeared in front of everyone's eyes after a while.

"Haha, are all the fishing villages so rich now? Lu Xiaoyao looked in the direction of Lan Ashui's departure, and sighed playfully and curiously.

As the saying goes, the poor are rich in martial arts, not to mention the cultivation of truth, aside from the extremely harsh root bone talent itself, no matter whether the talent is good or bad, everyone who embarks on this road is piled up with spirit stones, pills, and spiritual weapons, and a spirit stone can be said to be enough to eat for half a lifetime for an ordinary fishing village.

Not to mention the cultivators who piled up a Yuan Infant Realm, the spirit stone elixir that cost can be said to be enough for ordinary people to eat for more than a dozen lifetimes, and there is still a leftover.

Therefore, most cultivators are supported by the children of rich and noble families, so Lu Xiaoyao sighed like this.

"Hehe, Childe doesn't know anything!" The old man heard Lu Xiaoyao's question, and explained with a kind smile:

"Fishing village, there is no near here, the old man and I also live in the mountains and wilderness of the mountain country, occasionally come out to catch a few fish to eat, today I just happened to meet the son, only to take the son a trip to earn a wine money.

Childe, do you know how much of this Qingshui River flows?"

"I don't know. Lu Xiaoyao glanced at Yu Wenlei, asked him not to speak, and then replied to the old man himself, after all, it would not be fun for Yu Wenlei to speak, as the prince of the mountain country, he should know the surrounding conditions such as the topography of the nearby rivers and rivers.

The old man didn't answer immediately, but took a sip of warm wine first, and then replied slowly:

"This river is more than a thousand miles long, and one end connects the mountain country and the other end connects its own country, which is close to the empire and has extremely rich products.

To be honest, there was no such thing as a kingdom long ago, and that place was just a gathering place for some merchants, and it was used as a temporary base for a little rest and ease of doing business in the empire.

Over time, the merchants from all over the world have basically formed such a tacit understanding, that is, to come to the empire, they must first come here, and then there are merchants here who continue to leave and merchants who come, and there are merchants who have settled here, and then slowly rely on commercial prosperity to have a country.

It became the largest market around the empire, and it had no royal family and was usually run by the president of the chamber of commerce.

Some of the small villages in the vicinity have also become rich because of the prosperity of their own country, such as the fishing village in the boy's mouth, which has become a small river fresh market at the end of the river. ”

After the words fell, the old man took a sip of wine, and his eyes revealed yearning, I don't know whether it is the river fresh in the fishing village or the wine in his own country.

"In that case, why is there no merchant ships coming and going on this river, and besides, there are few ships passing through?" It stands to reason that this river is a good circulation channel!" Lu Qianming listened to the end of the narration and asked his own questions.

"The Empire won't allow it. It was Yu Wenlei who replied, he said thoughtfully, after some contact, he had already understood the relationship between Lu Xiaoyao and Lu Qianming, Yankong Jie, and the ins and outs of some things, so he tried to say as smoothly as possible:

"This river is indeed a good transportation artery, if it is used for circulation as a trade route, it will definitely make its own country more prosperous, but when there is a war, this is a better military fortress, and then those merchant ships are an obstacle, so the empire does not allow it to be used. ”

"Damn, I'd rather use it for a while, and waste such a good river in vain. Lu Qianming was angry, as for him to say this, he naturally said it with his own resentment.

"It's not a waste, at least keep the river clean, or there wouldn't be so many fish. The old man looked at the splashes that splashed on the river from time to time, and the fish that popped up:

"And that's just the first reason! the second reason is that there are almost no boats on the river. ”

"The second reason?" Lu Xiaoyao vaguely guessed something, and asked with a chuckle.

"It is said that when the river is in the middle of the row, there is occasionally a heavy fog, which spreads for several miles, and some people lose their memory after entering the fog, and some people do not look out after entering.

It is rumored that there is a big demon living in the middle of the river, and when he cultivates, he swallows a heavy fog, and those who don't come out are swallowed into their stomachs.

However, after a long time, some people have discovered the pattern, that is, there is a heavy fog every seven mornings, but sometimes there are exceptions, those merchants are fat-headed and fat-eared, and because the empire does not allow it, there are few ships on this river. ”

The old man said as he drank his wine.

"Haha, it looks like the old immortal is still alive. After listening to the old man's story, Lu Xiaoyao laughed.

"What?" asked the old man and Lu Qianming.

"Haha, nothing. Lu Xiaoyao shook his head with a smile, and then seemed to think that the speed of the ship was a little slow, and urged the old man: "Uncle, hurry up! ”

As he spoke, Lu Xiaoyao chuckled at the corners of his mouth.