Chapter 474: Encounter with water bandits
The vast and vast waves are really refreshing.
The damp water vapor on the lake surface hit me. I took a sip into my lungs and felt a cool and moist, very comfortable, and the natural and non-irritating air was so rare!
There are many ancient sites on Weishan Island. The boat boss Jia saw Leng Feng and others dressed very neatly, looking like some literati and poets, and just thought they were going to visit Weishan Island to see the ancient sites, so he didn't ask much and took on this job.
"Young master, Miss, I'm lucky. Today is the southeast wind. Our boat only needs to be twice as fast as usual!" Old Jia smiled and untied the rope.
This job was easy and earned a lot, so Lao Jia was in a good mood.
Lao Jia's ship is a wooden sailboat. Usually it is mainly for short-distance freight and sometimes it also brings some customers. When this little Japanese came, its business plummeted, and many ship owners closed down. He brought his son and apprentice out every day. This ship is his entire property and is well maintained.
Yao Heizi had a lot of eyes and had a crush on his ship at first sight. After coming forward to discuss, the business was completed.
Raise sails and sail.
Before the Tang Dynasty, Weishan Lake was not a lake, but a low mountain hill composed of many small hills, with beautiful peaks and many birds and beasts. The main peak Weishan, commonly known as Fenghuangtai, was only 90 meters above sea level. The terrain around Weishan was low-lying, and the Si River flowed into the Huai River from north to south. From the fifth year of Shaoxi of the Southern Song Dynasty to the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Yellow River repeatedly broke and flooded, and the Yellow River water poured in, forming a large area of water accumulation. The ancient city left the city to submerge underwater, and Weishan gradually became an island.
This is the origin of Weishan Lake and Weishan Island.
The most famous of Weishan Island is the tomb of the "Three Sons", Weizi Tomb, Zhang Liang's tomb of the Han Dynasty and Muyi Tomb of the Spring and Autumn Period. There are also residents on the island, mainly the descendants of Weizi and Zhang Liang. They have lived in Weishan Island for generations and guarded the tomb.
"Young master, Miss, where are you going? I heard that the north has been occupied by the Japanese, and many people have fled from the north. The Japanese devils are really guilty, burning, killing, looting, and doing all kinds of evil..." The ship boss Jia was very talkative. When talking about the Japanese devils, although they didn't see them with their own eyes, they were also full of righteous indignation.
"We have some industries in the north, so we have to go back and take a look." Leng Feng smiled.
Lao Jia is also a person who is used to seeing the world. He knows the truth that people are separated from their stomachs. When they meet by chance, how can they tell you their secrets?
However, Lao Jia felt that Leng Feng did not look like a cynical young man, his eyes were full of mature and steady wisdom.
The lady was also. The men who followed each had steady steps and extraordinary skills, but she just followed the delicate lady with her orders.
There is also the old man who doesn't speak much, who seems to be the head of the family, and he looks like a pressure as stable as a mountain, just like the weight at the bottom of the box.
"Old Luan, I'm idle and have nothing to do, so I'll play chess with me." Yang Jie knew that Leng Feng's chess was too bad, so he was not interested in playing chess with him. It's a long way to go, so he had to find something to pass the time.
Adjutant Luan dared not say no, so he went to set up a dragon gate formation with his superiors.
Leng Feng took a small stool, sat on the bow of the boat, took out a notebook, and rowed it randomly with a pencil. No one could understand what he was rowing, only he knew what it meant, was he talking to the boss of the boat, Lao Jia.
Today is the southeast wind. The boat borrows the wind and the speed is very fast, which saves a lot of effort from Lao Jia and the other two. They still have time to sit down and take a break, so they don’t have to work so hard.
"Old Jia, at this speed, when will we be able to get to Weishan Island?"
"I can arrive before the evening, but I can't miss the guests to stay on the island, but if you want to go to the island, you have to wait for tomorrow." Old Jia said.
"Well, we're not in a hurry." Leng Feng asked, "There won't be any water bandits on this Weishan Lake, right?"
When Lao Jia heard this, his face changed slightly.
"There are really water bandits?" Leng Feng asked in surprise.
"Young Master, don't worry, I have been sailing on Weishan Lake for many years and will ensure your safety." Lao Jia said slowly.
"I think we are walking close to the lake shore. Is it safer the more we go to the center of the lake?" Leng Feng asked.
Lao Jia smiled embarrassedly: "Young Master is so smart. We are half close to the lake shore when we take a short distance. If we take a long distance, it is not a ship, and we will carry long gun teams. They are not afraid of water bandits, but they will not have conflicts with water bandits. Just pay some tolls." Lao Jia explained.
"So that's it. If we encounter water bandits, can we do this too?"
"This is almost the same, but..."
"But what?" Leng Feng asked.
"When a woman is as beautiful as a lady, this water bandit may take action to steal people when she sees her. There are very few young women here who take boats." Old Jia said.
"Then why didn't you say it just now?" Leng Feng was a little unhappy.
"I'm afraid that if I say it, you won't rent my boat. I haven't opened it for half a month and I'm just not able to get rid of it, so I didn't say it." Old Jia said in shame.
Although Leng Feng felt uncomfortable, he could understand that supporting his family was by no means an easy task. Moreover, they are sailing close to the shore of the lake and can dock at any time when they encounter a situation. Lao Jia didn't say this, and he understood it in his heart.
What's more, they brought so many boxes on the boat, and their wealth was touching.
Leng Feng really hopes that some unaware water bandits will come to him, so that he can kill him so much. He hasn't moved his muscles for a long time, and his body feels a little rusted.
Lao Jia is an experienced ship boss. It can be seen that he kept asking Jia Wang and the others to adjust the angle of the sails, so that the ship can move forward as quickly as possible, and can also stick to the lake shore. Leng Feng was amazed by his ability to sail. Even if he had the wisdom of a thousand years later, he could not do this.
This master is a famous saying among the people, no matter what era he is.
Leng Feng couldn't help but love talent. The Honor Division had a water transport team, so these three people could be absorbed.
The boat had been on the boat for more than two hours, and according to Lao Jia, he had at least woken up to the north. From the dock where they boarded the boat, there were about 240 to 50 miles of waterways to Weishan Island. In other words, in about three or four hours, they could reach Weishan Island.
This is already fast. If it were normal, this section of waterway would have to take at least ten hours.
"Dad..." The boat was walking steadily, and suddenly Jia Wang ran over from the stern, anxiously stretching out his hand to his father Lao Jia and gestured.
They were speaking local dialect, and Leng Feng and others couldn't understand a word, but looking at Jia Wang's anxious expression, their ship was in trouble.
"Young Master, there are three ships following us, less than three miles away from us." Old Jia said solemnly.
"Do you know whose ship it is?" Leng Feng asked.
"I don't know, it seems that I was chasing us all the way." Lao Jia said.
"How did you know?"
"Xiao Wang has been observing for a while. They almost followed our route, and the speed is faster than us. In another quarter of an hour, they will catch up with our ship." Lao Jia said, "And there is a reed marsh ahead, and our ship cannot dock at all. Once we get stuck, we can't get out by ourselves."
"So, the other party must have come for us?" Leng Feng showed a hint of surprise. Could it be that he was targeted and didn't know?
"Young Master, you carry so many boxes with you. I think you must have been seen by someone. The water bandits have their own eyeliners on the shore. I'm afraid you will be seen by them." Old Jia's face looked ugly.
"You don't think the box contains gold, silver and treasures, right?" Leng Feng asked.
"The young master has carried so many guards with him. There must be valuable things in the box. Although I don't know what is inside, the weight looks very heavy." Old Jia said.
"Old Jia, with your experience, what should we do now?"
"If we can speed up and escape from this reed marsh, there is a pier in front to dock." Old Jia said, he really encountered a water bandit who killed people without blinking, and they would also suffer.
Although the water bandits also knew that killing those who were on their boat would be like killing chickens and getting eggs, and they would not have a way out themselves, but that was relatively speaking.
If they really cut off the jealous wealth, they will definitely silence them as soon as possible to prevent the news from leaking.
Lao Jia felt that his luck didn't seem to be very good this trip. The things these guests were carrying were probably really "fat sheep", so their safety was not guaranteed.
"Old Jia, just do what you said. If you need our help, just speak quickly!" Leng Feng said.
"Okay, young master!" Old Jia was not polite. Even if the water bandits intercepted the ship and did not kill them, no one dared to take their ship. Who dared to take a ship that had been robbed by the water bandits?
For their own livelihood, Lao Jia and his son also had to work hard.
Niu Dali and Tian Yao joined in, and the four of them paddled together. Lao Jia took the helm. The speed of the sailing boat suddenly increased by 30%, and he rode the wind and waves forward.
"Why is the boat fast?" Yang Jie didn't know what was going on. He asked after he felt the hull bump after accelerating.
"Teacher, when you encounter some situation, it's okay. You and Vice President Luan continue to play chess." Leng Feng smiled and got into the cabin.
"Have you encountered a water bandit?" Yang Jie asked.
"Maybe, but not sure." Leng Feng nodded.
"We are carrying so many things, we must have been targeted by the bandits in Hanzhuang." After all, it was Lao Jiang, and Yang Jie said the secret of the world.
"Boss, they caught up with each other. After they found that we accelerated, they also started to accelerate." Yao Heizi came in through the stern door and handed Leng Feng a telescope.
"Teacher, I'll go and have a look!" Leng Feng took the telescope and went to the stern of Yao Heizi.
The ships followed them were three, all wooden sailboats, one big and two small, but they looked a little dilapidated and not as well-maintained as Lao Jia.
One of them is larger than Lao Jia's ship and has a deep draft. The other two are about twenty meters away from it, which is similar to Lao Jia's ship.
On the deck of the big ship in the middle, Leng Feng saw some people wearing black silk pants, with guns on their backs on their backs, and fierce and vicious faces on their faces, obviously not good people.
The leader, about forty years old, was not tall, had a stingy face, and had one eye blind. He had a box cannon on his waist, and stepped forward on the bow of the boat with one foot, staring at the boat where Leng Feng was riding.
When Leng Feng saw him, he should have seen Leng Feng too.
Chapter completed!