The next day, Zhao Dongli woke up from a noise.

Last night, he successfully entered the Yuangang, which made the star power infusion, not only easy to cleanse the marrow, improve his qualifications, but also make him return to the realm of the consummation of the Tongli realm, although he has no clue about the second layer of Yuangang's cultivation, but in any case, it can be regarded as a great thing.

Therefore, he slept well last night.

He washed up briefly, walked out of the room, and looked up to see that the ship was docked at the dock.

The wharf extends diagonally from the river bank, it is 100 zhang long and 10 zhang wide, and at this moment there are dozens of ships of all kinds docked on the left and right sides of the wharf, among which there are cargo ships and passenger ships, and the sailors, guards and captains of each ship are busy, shouting loudly, and the noise that Zhao Dongli heard is a mixture of these sounds.

In a short time some of the ships were ready, and they had lifted anchor and left the docks, and their spaces were vacant before the rest of the newly arrived ships docked.

When busy, the new boats can't even find a space to moor, so they have to temporarily stop in the middle of the river and wait for the boats to leave before docking.

Among so many ships, Zhao Dongli's building ship is not inferior, in terms of volume and majestic, it can be ranked in the forefront, especially the black-bottomed gilt "Cao" flag on the ship, which gave a lot of shock to the people on the dock and attracted a lot of whispers.

Of course, Zhao Dongli knows what they are discussing, this three-story building ship is really in the past two years, and the newly built giant passenger ship of the Cao Gang, whether it is comfort or speed, can rank among the top three passenger ships of the same volume.

If it weren't for Zhao Dongli holding the token of the Cao Gang, he wouldn't have been able to get on this ship.

At a glance, Zhao Dongli found that among the ships docked on the dock, there were two cargo ships also flying the flag of the Cao Gang, and Zhao Dongli couldn't help but wonder: I don't know how many ships of the Cao Gang docked in this wharf in a day, and the number will not be too small.

He looked into the distance of the wharf, where there were endless warehouses, where thousands of workers were moving between the warehouses and the ships on the wharf.

Some of the goods unloaded from the cargo ships, escorted by warriors, did not enter the warehouse, but when they reached the open space, they loaded them into horse-drawn carriages and ran all the way to the city gates. These are precious goods, although there is a team of guards sent by Xingyang Mansion at the dock, all of them are good, but after all, there are many people and it is not safe, so it is better to put them in their own warehouses as soon as possible.

There were also some carriages parked in the open space on the side of the pier, and many of the arriving guests disembarked from the boat, and were led by the servants into the carriage and entered the city.

In the distance of the wharf, Zhao Dongli can also see some vendors pushing simple trucks selling goods, and some vendors selling local delicacies or specialties in Xingyang Prefecture.

What a lively wharf, he looked out from the bow of the ship, and could see the tall city wall in the distance, which was said to be twenty zhang high and three zhang wide, and could accommodate five war horses on the city wall at the same time.

Just by what you can see in front of you, you can know that Xingyang Mansion is worthy of being one of the few big cities in Great Xia.

However, Zhao Dongli rushed to Liangzhou, but he did not have the desire to get off the boat to go to the city, he only glanced at it a few times, then returned to the guest room on the ship, took out a book brought out from home, and read it.

The title of the book "Travels in Great Xia" is about the story of a scholar surnamed Zhou wandering in various states and counties in Great Xia, and there are some wonderful things in it, which makes Zhao Dongli very interested.

Before, he was upset because he was always thinking about Yuan Gang's cultivation method, and he didn't have the leisure to read books. And today he was in a good mood, so he took it out and looked at it.

opened the book, and the homepage said: "Yu failed in the imperial examination, so he turned to martial arts, because the time has passed, and the peak is not reached." Then he turned to travel the world, see all things in the world, search for strange people from all over the world, listen to them, record them, and laugh at them. ”

Next, I will talk about how the scholars practiced martial arts this week, and how they traveled to various places by boat.

At this glance, time flies.

Suddenly, there was a noise on the ship, accompanied by all kinds of complaints, Zhao Dongli put down the book in his hand, listened intently, and heard a familiar voice, it was the leader of the ship's guards, that is, the only martial artist of the Enlightenment Realm on this ship, surnamed Fang.

He said, "The fare will be refunded to you." If there is something offended, I hope you Haihan. ”

As soon as the words fell, there were several voices of protest, and one of the old men shouted: "Who is scarce about the fare, although we are not as powerful as your Cao Gang, but we can't neglect us so much." Otherwise, I have to go to the palace to discuss the exclusive rights of this gang. ”

Leader Fang's words came again: "Master Ni, you can torture me to death." This ship is indeed urgent, this time there is really no way, miss today, I will definitely go to the house to apologize. ”

Zhao Dongli knew as soon as he heard that this old man seemed to be the master of a certain prince, and he also knew about this exclusive right. The customs of each state are different, the imperial court will transfer money, grain, salt, iron and other materials between the states, and there are border troops stationed, and the rear needs to continue to transport materials to supplement, in the Shendu, itself as the world's largest divine city, all kinds of materials rely on the state, and there are countless types and numbers of tribute, need to be sent into the Shendu.

These supplies and tributes were either the responsibility of the states, and some of them were transported by the county chiefs themselves, which gave many shipping-based gangs the opportunity to profit from them. After all, exclusivity not only means stable interests, but also means that the relationship between the gang and the imperial court is linked together on another level.

Because the Cao Gang has many ships and is a big faction in the north, it has taken over a lot of exclusive rights.

This exclusive right is not a trivial matter, why is Leader Fang willing to take such a big risk to offend this Master Ni.

Thinking of this, Zhao Dongli got up, walked out of the guest room, and came to the deck.

At this moment, another guest asked questions, it was a noble lady who was very well-dressed, and she also spoke: "The slave family has urgent things to do, and now suddenly let us get off the boat, and in a hurry, where can we find the boat to go to Liangzhou." ”

After she finished speaking, some people echoed in unison, and the scene became chaotic again.

Zhao Dongli had already understood that the boat was used for other purposes, so he had to force the guests on the ship to go down this "treading wave" together.

Leader Fang smiled bitterly, and then arched his hand to the surroundings and said, "All guests can stay in the inn run by our gang in the city for one night, and tomorrow the gang will arrange a boat to continue to send you off." “

"If a guest does not take the gang's boat, he can recover the fare from the boat boss. “

Although they were not happy, the passengers were still reluctant, went back to their rooms to pack their luggage, and disembarked in turn.

Zhao Dongli frowned, he walked into the Ni guard, and asked in a low voice, "Why is this ship suddenly used for other purposes?"

Guard Ni looked left and right, and after finding that no one was paying attention, he replied softly: "Brother Zhao is not an outsider, so I'll tell you." This is the main requisition of this ship. For women. When he said the word "woman" at the end, his voice was like a mosquito, if it weren't for Zhao Dongli being by his side, he wouldn't be able to hear it clearly.

Zhao Dongli asked again: "What kind of woman, such a big face." ”

Ni Guard whispered: "It is said to be a certain county lord, but the details are unknown." ”

Zhao Dongli could only smile bitterly after hearing this, whether it was the young gang leader of the Cao Gang or the county lord, his status was extremely noble, and he was indeed much higher than the original guests on this ship.

So he turned back and went into the house, and went to collect his salute. His salute is very simple, only a small package, in addition to a few sets of changes of clothes is this "Great Xia Travel Record", as for the coiling, it is placed in a close-fitting pocket, and the short knife is hung around the waist.

After packing up, he walked out of the customer service and walked towards the sampan on the deck, and when he was halfway there, the Ni guard greeted him and said: "Brother Zhao, I inquired for you, there is a boat to Liangzhou in the afternoon, if you are in a hurry, you can take that ship to go, but the condition of that ship is not as good as the 'Tabo'." “

When Zhao Dongli heard this, his spirits perked up, and he nodded and said: "Thank you, brother, I didn't grow up in fine clothes, it doesn't matter if the conditions are poor, only if you have a boat to go." “

After hearing this, Guard Ni took out a pool of silver and said, "This is your fare." The boat docked over there is the boat I'm talking about. You just need to tell the ship's boss that it was introduced by Ni Wei of the Cao Gang. With that, he raised his right hand and pointed to the west.

Zhao Dongli didn't shirk it, took the silver, said thank you, looked up in the direction of Ni Guard's arm, and found that it was a ten-zhang long ship, looking at the style of this ship, but it was a few years, he arched his hand towards Ni Guard, and after thanking him, he took his leave and got off the boat.

He came to the dock of the boat, and the captain of the boat happened to be busy at the bow of the boat, and when he saw someone coming, he raised his head and said, "This ship will leave in the afternoon, and the guests will come too early." "This man is over forty years old, with a lean face, thick arms, and palms like a fan.

Zhao Dongli said: "I want to take a free ride." Is it convenient for my brother? “

The boat boss put down the work in his hand and said with a sad face: "It turns out that the little brother is not a guest who booked my ship." I'm really sorry, there have been a lot of guests to Liangzhou recently, and this ship is full. ”

Zhao Dongli was taken aback, could it be that Ni Guard lied to him, he turned his head to look and saw that Ni Guard was standing on the bow of the boat in the distance, smiling at him. He turned around and said, "But I was introduced by Brother Ni Wei of the Cao Gang, saying that there is still a place here for the elder brother." “

"It turned out that Brother Ni introduced it! Although the ship is small, there is still a spare room reserved for emergencies. In that case, this spot is left to you. ”

"But the condition of this ship is not as good as the big ship of the Cao Gang, so don't mind the guests. ”

As soon as he heard that Zhao Dongli was introduced by Ni Wei, the boat boss changed his words and became enthusiastic. He also boasted that although his ship was not new, the sailors on board had followed him for more than ten years, and the speed of the ship was quite fast. He himself has sailed on the waterways of Yongzhou and Liangzhou for nearly 30 years, and is well aware of the rapid currents, reefs and whirlpools in this waterway, and keeps them safe all the way.

I don't know how much water was in the words of the boat boss, because he was in a hurry to leave, Zhao Dongli could only pay the fare, and then left the dock, went to the vendors outside the city wall to buy some local snacks, sat on the simple bench, ordered some food and a pot of wine, and waited for Shen Shi to arrive while eating.