Chapter 123 Going against the current
On February 15th, the fourth year of Chongning of Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty, Yue Fei was two years old, the first hour of Xu, and 7:13 pm in the modern day.
When Hu Zi saw Yue Fei coming out, he was not surprised that his height had become much taller, and burst into tears!
While crying, he choked and said, "Xiao Fei, you scared your uncle to death. I thought you must be dead! Wow!"
Then he stopped it, laughed loudly, and praised himself proudly: "Haha! Uncle said that Xiao Feifu was very lucky and his life must be fine. Look, is uncle good?"
When everyone saw Hu Zi's true feelings revealed, they ignored the contradictory words he said, and they all had tears in their eyes and laughed with Hu Zi.
Yue Fei always felt strange that Uncle Huzi was also unfathomable. How could he create a boat? Although there were only three boats, it was incredible, because Yue Fei knew that only Uncle Wang Ming in Chenggang Village had a relatively decent boat, which was the one that started.
The other two ships were originally not available, where did they come out?
Yue Fei didn't have time to ask questions at this time, so he only asked a question he was curious about. Yue Fei, who was originally a curious baby, would be strange if he didn't ask.
"Uncle Huzi! You are so good. How did you think of bringing the boat here? There are even more incredible things. How did you get the boat here? There are no rivers all the way. Did you fly here?"
Uncle Huzi's emotions have been completely adjusted, his face is full of pride, satisfied, and his eloquence is particularly smooth. This is not the field he is good at. The field he is really good at is doing things. He really does it just do it and doesn't drag it down. It would be useless for Yue Fei to appoint him as General Bin.
However, what he can do best is to take down Wuligang, a bandit cave. In order to solve the problem of shortage of silver that Yue Fei has encountered, Yue Fei appointed him as the chief financial officer, and he dispatched troops to attack Wuligang's thousand-year bandit cave, and obtained silver surveys, which could support Yue Fei's expenses for a long time.
This is not all, but also found marl, which solved the need for civilian and military oaths, and also provided a solid foundation for Yue Fei to be a soldier and various ambitions.
Perhaps although Hu Zi did these things, he did not realize their great role and far-reaching significance, but Yue Fei knew it!
I guess Hu Zi is satisfied, and Yue Fei can understand and be satisfied, and it is important that he knows it himself.
If a fleet is created and the difficulties are overcome to drive here, wouldn’t it be the great progress of Uncle Huzi, not only the ability to do things, but also the ability to make suggestions to start planning those things that have not been done. Wouldn’t it be both civil and military?
This is an unexpected surprise.
Yue Fei anxiously urged Uncle Huzi to say, "Uncle Huzi quickly tell me how you did it, Xiao Fei is always curious."
Of course Hu Zi knew Yue Fei's temperament, that is, he was curious that the baby was too big and had nothing wrong with it, and he also liked this very much: "Okay! Uncle, let me tell Xiao Fei... Otherwise, Xiao Fei, ask, if you are the most curious, you should ask which one first."
When Yue Fei heard this, he said that this method is good!
He immediately asked, "How did Uncle Huzi think of driving the boat?"
Hu Zi immediately replied: "This is your Uncle Hu Zi's experience! The place you entered is a river source waterway, so uncle decided that you would have a greater chance of finding you along the water source, so my first decision was to drive a boat to find you.
"So I ran away. I only took one tenth of the time I usually walked that road and returned to Chenggang Village. I splashed Brother Wang Ming and told him to use a boat to do the work. He immediately arranged the manpower and drove with me.
"Brother Wang Ming is also very enthusiastic about his work. He is the same as me. He asked me how many boats I use. I was stunned at that time. Do you have any other choices if you have only one boat?
"Who knows he smiled proudly, who told you that the eldest brother can only have one boat? To tell you the truth, I already have three, all of them are big boats of the same size. Could the eldest brother be a big one?
"Your uncle, I was also curious and asked him what happened to the two extra boats.
"He told me that since you arranged for him to be the chief executive of the work administration last time, he had been concerned about the development of water transportation. It happened that a big merchant in charge of shipping wanted to go bankrupt and pay off his debts because he committed a crime. Brother Wang Ming seized the opportunity and bought two ships at the price of one ship.
"Uncle, of course, I'm the better. I told him to use it all immediately, so now there are three boats here, and the credit is owned by Brother Wang Ming.
"Then we rushed to the nearby dock where the boats were parked in Tanghe, where all three boats were there. Before leaving, we told them to wait for the people I arranged to come over and go to the dock to gather directly.
"This is the benefit of your uncle Huzi's thoughtful thoughts! Before I came here myself, I arranged everyone in the weapon team. It turned out that 100 people from the Wuligang A-Steps followed me.
"Of course they are not as fast as your Uncle Huzi's Scud, so I can only arrive later. I will arrange a boat to wait for them to start the ship immediately.
"But they are all heroes, not much later. I just arranged three boats with Brother Wang Ming, and they ran over. Of course they were all tired, because they were all fully armed, and it was the first time in many years that those soldiers came out to do business.
"We soon drove the boat downstream. The first stop was at the junction of the Tang River and the Qi River, with the purpose of entering the Qi River.
"We got closer and entered Qihe very quickly, but the good days were over. Xiaofei, look at how tired the members of those sharp weapon teams are? Are they even worse than old dogs?"
Yue Fei looked along Hu Zi's fingers and saw that the members of the sharp weapon team were all breathing heavily in sweat. The hands holding the multi-function spear were a little white, and they were shaking slightly, obviously feeling tired and paralyzed.
Yue Fei really realized what they did? That's OK?
"Can you... after you enter Qi River, you have been going upstream and upstream all the way here!"
Hu Zi replied, "Of course, why don't you say that Hu Zi has foresight! If it weren't for these team members, the three ships would not fly over."
Yue Fei was shocked. Isn’t this going up dozens of miles of water? Those sharp weapon teams are also magical. Most people can’t do it even if they are exhausted!
But Yue Fei still doesn't understand how they operate, because everyone knows that if they don't advance, they will retreat.
Hu Zi explained and said that his method was to scatter these team members on three boats, with one hundred people on the head and fifty people on the second and third boats.
Then the three boats are connected together with ropes. When walking, the team members are divided into two teams, which can continuously push the ship forward.
Everyone was sweating all the way, but fortunately, just try to go against the flow. However, after arriving at the Qihe section in Qi County, I encountered a seemingly insurmountable difficulty.
Hu Zi’s destination was to go to the Gu Chaoge site to find Yue Fei, but there was no waterway there!
If you abandon the boat, it will deviate from Hu Zi's original intention.
Keep driving the boat, without a river, can you drive a dry boat?
At this moment, the old shipman who was first brought to the ship by Wang Ming stood up and told Huzi that there was an ancient river channel there, which was now Dussellable. If it was re-drawn, it would be more precise to reach Lutai directly.
He also revealed a secret, involving a history of rumors, that is, the so-called Lutai, not Lutai, but Lintai.
Lintai is a warehouse, which is the actual function of the so-called Lutai in history, and it is the place where King Zhou of Shang stored money.
At that time, King Zhou of Shang plundered people's fat and ointment everywhere, and all the water transportation was directly connected to Lutai, the lintai, so there was water transportation at that time.
According to the old shipwreck, later King Zhou of Shang was abolished, Lutai no longer stored money, and the waterway also lost its function, and it was finally blocked after being disrepaired for a long time.
However, because the original old river channel was not damaged or filled but was naturally blocked, it was easier to re-drill.
Also, at the former site of Lutai on the other end of Chaoge, there is still a water moor that is not bottom-out, and it is the dock where ships were parked in ancient times.
"Haha, no wonder I, Hu Zi, said that I had foresight! Isn't this coming again? The hundred soldiers I brought came up. If it weren't for them, I would still be helpless!
"So I made a quick decision, opened the passage, and drove over.
"One hundred soldiers disembarked one after another, it was time for them to work hard.
"Their weapons were an ancient agricultural tool called Tonglu, the main tool of Dayu when controlling the flood. At that time, they used this copperlu to clear the water flow in Jiuzhou, allowing them to flow into the sea unimpeded, and solved the problem of floods.
"Actually, this means that under the light of my foresight, the tools in these people's hands are just right to dig the river!
"Their centurion Xiang Hong directed them to line up and give the order: "Cai River", one hundred people work together, and a deep ditch will be created in a few strokes.
"It turns out to be as the old ship said, these blockages were easily removed, and then these large ships drove in with the current.
"Because this section of the river has become smooth, it has also helped those soldiers expand the river and quickly crossed this journey without waterways, and really reached a deep pool.
"Because I'm looking for you all the way, so here I yelled and then you came out."
At this time, Guo Ziqinwei, the centurion leader of the Armed Forces Team, and Xiang Hong, the centurion leader of the Armed Forces Team, came to greet Yue Fei.
Although both of them were trying hard and walking a little crookedly, they said they were sorry, they worked harder just now, but their legs are still weak now.
Yue Fei expressed his condolences to the two and thanked them for not being able to afford to work hard to support him.
Yue Fei also took the boat to see the old shipkeeper who gave Hu Zi a puzzled situation. But when he saw that the old shipkeeper was not old, he was only in his early forties.
Yue Fei chatted with him for a few words and learned that his name was Zhou Yiliu. Lang Yifei Zhou was a family that manipulated ships. He had been engaged in water transportation since the third generation, including transporting money to King Zhou of Shang into the Lintai. The abandoned waterway was passed down by his ancestors.
He said that the ancestors of the Zhou family had an ambition, that is, ship transport is everywhere, because two things are indispensable, one is water and the other is soil.
The ancestors had this ambition, so his idea was to realize this ambition.
In order to realize his ambition, he surveyed all the water flows everywhere, so he knew all the best of rivers like Xiao Ruqi River and Tang River.
What's even more amazing is that he knows where the waterway can be used as a strategic location to arrange heavy troops to defend, and where the main route of attack is.
Also, there may be jewelry and property from the previous dynasty hidden in that area of water, and he also knows it well.
This is a rare talent!
Yue Fei immediately seized this opportunity and appointed him as the governor of the Navy.
There are two main areas of responsibility. First, it is responsible for transporting fleets and driving to all regions, as his ancestors said.
Second, we are responsible for establishing the armed forces of the navy. The first item is to welcome them wherever they go, and everything will be fine. If we are not convinced, we will dispatch the navy to arrange them properly.
Zhou Yiliu immediately agreed happily.
Actually, Yue Fei already knew that he would agree.
Otherwise, he would not have poured beans when he saw Yue Fei and told Yue Fei about his strengths and secrets.
Yue Fei asked him to listen to Hu Zi's direct jurisdiction now, and told him that Hu Zi's title is General Bin, and he could fully handle all civil and military affairs. In other words, regardless of whether it is water transportation or naval operations, they are all within Hu Zi's jurisdiction.
As part of the meeting ceremony, Zhou Yiliu revealed a secret, saying that those who were kept in Lintai were not in Zhaixing Tower, but were not in Zhaixing Tower, which was the main storage building of Lintai. They were burned after the Battle of Muye. In fact, there was something wrong with the time order of when to burn it.
If King Zhou of Shang died of self-immolation, most of the wealth will die. So how can King Wu of Zhou and Jiang Shang distribute money? It should be to distribute money first and then burn Zhaixing Tower.
But if King Zhou of Shang made up his mind to burn himself and died, would he cooperate with the Zhou people in saving money?
Obviously there is no possibility, so although it is not stated clearly, Zhou Yiliu also believes that the death of King Zhou of Shang is doubtful.
However, this is not his focus. His focus is that the money is under the protection of those pots!
It turns out that the poisonous insects and snakes in the basin not only punish criminals, but also deter those little ones who spy on money and treasures.
At the same time, he also suggested that the money should be excavated this morning, otherwise the longer the time, the greater the damage, and it may be worthless.
As for those poisonous insects in the basin, open the canal and divert water to wash them, and they can only go with the water and it is difficult to continue to cause harm.
Yue Fei immediately adopted Zhou Yiliu's opinion, dispatched the armored soldiers again, waved the bronze enclosure and tried hard to dig it over, and soon arrived at the deep ravine below Zhaixing Tower and released water into it.
In a blink of an eye, the seemingly bottomless deep stream that turned north was filled with river water. Balls of poisonous insects were washed out and floating on the water surface, all of which were said!
Everyone was numb all over when they saw it, and they were playing with poisonous insects. It was indeed well-known!
It's just strange that they have been there for two thousand years, what do they rely on or?
Zhou Yiliu didn't know what mechanism he moved. The river flowed away and took away the poisonous insects at the same time. Then what appeared in front of everyone was a deep ravine without poisonous insects.
Uncle Huzi rushed in first, Zhou Zhuliu then, and then Zhou Tong held up a mixed iron stick.
When I went into the bottom of the hole, I saw it was filled with boxes of gold, silver and jewelry!
Chapter completed!