Chapter 38 Taihu Lake Turmoil

All the way to the south, are hilly areas, because in the place close to the mountains, so there are more hills, unlike the plains on the first line of the canal, the water network is dense, it is indeed a lot more difficult to walk, more than 200 miles of hilly sections are also more difficult to walk, often between the two mountains, in the valley of the river. However, it took two days to complete this journey, and they arrived in Yixing, the hometown of the famous purple clay pot. From Yixing, you can cross Taihu Lake to reach Suzhou.

Wang Shan arranged for everyone to stay first, wash and change their clothes first, and then go to the streets of Yixing after being clean, and then eat something.

The princess jumped three feet high happily, and after two days of driving, her body smelled, and she washed it carefully, and changed into new clothes, isn't it radiant? I couldn't help but laugh out loud on my face.

"Don't be scary, you can be scared to death if you make a noise for no reason. Xiao Ruoshui patted her somewhat sluggish body. He looked at the princess sympathetically, like a zombie.

The princess turned around and stomped on Xiao Ruoshui's foot, "Die." You're a big pig's head. He picked up his baggage, got up, and ran upstairs to the room he had booked. It seems that she can't wait to wash off the stench of herself.

Xiao Ruoshui screamed in pain, Wang Shan and Zhao Cheng pretended not to see it, picked up their baggage and went upstairs, leaving the two largest luggage for Xiao Ruoshui.

"If you don't have any sympathy, why do you keep the two biggest ones for me?" Xiao Ruoshui shouted.

"That's you and Ye Yu, clean up by yourself. Wang Shan didn't look back.

As soon as Xiao Ruoshui arrived at the room with his luggage, he saw the princess coming over, instructed him to move the luggage to the princess's room, and then pushed him out. The door was closed.

Xiao Ruoshui still wanted to knock on the door to get his package back, but a package had already been handed out of the door, and then closed the door again. And then there are the windows, the curtains, and all that.

Xiao Ruoshui took a chair and sat at the door, bored to take out a carving knife to carve something to play, he slowly carved a swallow, a flying swallow, wings flying, tail like scissors, he slowly chose the posture of the swallow, hoping to complete this work better.

Gradually, the swallow was carved. He took the swallow and looked at it from a distance, and suddenly saw Wang Shan finish washing, walked over refreshed, looked at him and said, "I'll go back for you, you carved a swallow here, right?" Wang Shan asked.

"It's a swallow, it's just not carved now, and it's a little prickly, and it will grind it down for a while, and then you can play with some tung oil." Xiao Ruoshui said with a serious face.

"It's been a long time since I've seen you carve a wooden kite. Wang Shan suddenly said meaningfully.

Xiao Ruoshui paused as he walked towards the room, and then walked into the room.

Sitting in the wooden barrel, Xiao Ruoshui looked at the swallow that had just been carved, and couldn't help but think of the spirit kite, yes, he hadn't carved the spirit kite for a long time, he blamed himself a little, slowly took a bath, and changed into clean clothes. He strolled to the door and began to carve a wooden kite guiltily. Missing five wooden kites, he carved the outline very carefully, five outlines were placed on the windowsill at one time, he looked at the wooden kites, thought about it, and then quickly carved it, after a while, the five wooden kites were carved, he carefully painted tung oil, and the five wooden kites became vivid. He placed the freshly carved swallow and the wooden kite together. Let the wind dry it. Stepped out the door.

The princess still didn't come out, Zhao Cheng and Wang Shan were talking about something, and he walked over.

"The ship has been contacted, we will leave tomorrow morning and gather at Mashan Wharf, and it is estimated that we will be able to arrive in Suzhou in two days. It was about five days faster than Ji Lu's rowing. It's time for us to be free, too. Zhao Cheng said with a smile.

"Yes. The plum garden is on the edge of Taihu Lake outside Suzhou, and we can disembark directly at the nearest pier, and then we can hand in the task. Wang Shan also yearned for it.

Xiao Ruoshui looked at them with a smile, and felt a sense of relief in her heart. It's finally time to complete the task. But he also has a trace of regret in his heart, which is not clear but a little clear. Forget it, don't think about it.

The princess finally came out, dressed in bright and moving clothes, and the three of them lit up. Zhao Cheng and Wang Shan are big heads, beautiful girls who cause trouble.

Xiao Ruoshui didn't think about it so much, he had never seen the princess's true face much along the way, and after he came to Yixing, the effect of the princess's medicine gradually faded, and he found that the princess was still very beautiful, and if she dressed up, it was quite outstanding.

Xiao Ruoshui looked at the princess and admired it, and couldn't help but say something in her mouth: "Your old lady can be calculated, we are all waiting to die." As soon as he finished saying this, he saw Zhao Cheng and Wang Shan walking downstairs, and said, "We are waiting for you at the door downstairs." ”

The princess's feet had already come up, and Xiao Ruoshui dodged the attack with a light dodge.

whispered, "Lady, lady." ”

The princess was angry, and no one praised her for dressing up for a long time, and she also fell into the reputation of an old lady. That's very frustrating. The fists and feet were directly added together, and Xiao Ruoshui was not given a chance. Xiao Ruoshui dodged and ran downstairs, there were a lot of people downstairs, the princess was not easy to do, and chased Xiao Ruoshui quickly with a blue face. Xiao Ruoshui walked next to Wang Shan and Zhao Cheng, looking embarrassed.

Zhao Cheng and Wang Shan stopped the princess, and the four of them walked straight to the street. Yixing is also an important town in the south of the Yangtze River, and most of the merchants who come and go are engaged in ceramic business, and they all transport ceramics from here to the north. So it's also very lively. Especially the handicrafts of various ceramics, there are really too many to mention.

The four of them watched slowly, then walked to a larger restaurant, went to the private room on the second floor, and ordered a few Yixing special side dishes, especially snow celery, wild boar, and wild duck meat, which is a must-order. Yixing's snow celery is a unique specialty, and unlike celery in other places, it is as white as jade, fragrant and delicious when fried, and it is very nourishing. So it is a must-order dish in Yixing. There is a lot of game in the places near the mountains and lakes, and wild boars and wild ducks are also things that are not very delicious elsewhere. It is not salty or greasy. It was very tasty. The small fried cake was specially ordered to appease the princess's anger, and it seemed to work well, at least it didn't threaten Xiao Ruoshui during the meal.

Early the next morning, they boarded a cargo ship, which was filled with ceramics by Zhao Cheng, and they disguised themselves as merchants who were engaged in ceramic trading, to escort a batch of goods to Suzhou, and then transfer them to Luoyang.

Zhao Cheng and Wang Shan counted the goods little by little at the bow of the ship, and the princess did not bother to look at the scenery in the cabin room. Taihu Lake is indeed very large, the smoke is vast, there is smoke in the distance, there is rain in the distance, the waves blow slightly, and the boat sways and swings. The princess pouted and leaned in front of the window, not knowing what Lu Dao was thinking.

Xiao Ruoshui was slowly carving his own works in his room, he kept pondering slowly, and gradually became vigorous and energetic.

The boat finally opened, and the boat they hired was very large, so that ordinary petty thieves and water bandits could not approach and hijack, saving a lot of trouble.

There are many such characters in the reeds of Taihu Lake.

The boat moved forward in the smoke and rain for a day, the princess also watched the scenery for a day, and Xiao Ruoshui also carved swallows and wooden kites.

With a "whoop", the boat stopped. The princess and Xiao Ruoshui ran to the bow of the boat, and saw Wang Shan and Zhao Cheng looking at the boat blocking the way in front of them with serious faces.

The princess and Xiao Ruoshui saw that the boat was approaching, and a big flag fluttered in the wind on the bow of the boat.

On the flag, a green dragon is wrapped around a big character, and the word dragon is very domineering.

"The bosses of the twelve serial docks are here, it seems that we have face. Wang Shan sneered and looked at the oncoming ship. Zhao Cheng and Xiao Ruoshui stood next to him, looking at the oncoming ship with serious faces.

On the water surface of the south of the Yangtze River, the Twelve Docks are indeed a force that cannot be underestimated, Wang Shan didn't want to have a head-on conflict with them, so he chose to dodge, but it seems that he couldn't dodge.

The wind blew, the sails were lowered, the anchor was lowered, there was no way, who could not listen to the orders of the Twelve Docks?

All the people stared at the fleet coming from afar, and their hearts were full of doubts, not knowing what they wanted to do. Wang Shan also looked at the road and didn't know what to do, let's take one step at a time.