Datang Nongwang

Chapter 660
At the moment, blogging is impossible.

The Type B paddle steamer is on trial.

Li Chongyuan and the others could only watch the whales playing in the distance and then go away, but there was nothing they could do, they could only watch them leave.

Soon after the whale left, Li Chongyuan gave the instruction to sail again.

As the ship continued to move forward, in the evening of that day, it came to the central part of the East China Sea.

Fortunately, I brought some dry food before going to sea, otherwise, on the sea, there was nothing to eat and nothing to drink, so I could only starve.

"Xiao Langjun, won't you go back overnight today?" Xing Ba looked at the bright moon hanging in the sky and said worriedly.

Li Chongyuan sat on a stool, looked at the sky, and looked around, "I won't go back for a while, even if I go back now, if we hit a rock, we have to finish playing."

It's late at night, Li Chongyuan doesn't want to go back.

If it really hit the rocks, not to mention that the whole boat would have to hang on the sea, even the boat would not be able to save their lives.

It is impossible to go back, and I can only spend a night on the sea before returning.

Li Chongyuan and the others have already experienced the night at sea.

It's not too surprising, but it's a little too quiet.

There is no wind and no waves, so it is also suitable for wild fishing.

But Li Chongyuan didn't have a fishing rod in his hand, so he could only sit quietly, admiring the beauty of the peaceful night above the sea.

Mingming.

The ships began to return.

In the morning, far above the Yangtze River waterway in Dantu (Zhenjiang), something is happening.

Xiangjiu escorted wood and other materials to return to Xisha Island, but when he passed Dantu, he was blocked by a large wave of ships on the Yangtze River waterway.
"What's going on ahead? Boss, let someone ask. It's been half an hour, why are you still evacuating?" Xiang Jiu stood on a small boat with his head stretched out, looking at the situation ahead.

The boss of the boat was also a little anxious, looked at Xiang Jiu and responded: "Master Xiang, there are too many boats ahead, I'm afraid we won't be able to get through for the time being. I don't know what's going on, but boat jams can happen on the Yangtze River. It's the first time I've heard of it."

boat jam.

Yes, it is a boat jam.

In the Dantu area, to the north is the canal waterway, and to the east is the estuary of the Yangtze River.

The water area is not narrow, it can be said to be very wide, fully enough for hundreds of ships to navigate.

But now, there is a ship jam in the land of Dantu, which can be regarded as an anecdote in the world, and it is rare.

If this is placed in waters like Yangshui, if there is a ship jam, it will be understandable.

But here is the Yangtze River, with a wide water area.

The occurrence of a ship jam was an anecdote in the world. No wonder the boss of the ship said that this was the first time he had heard of a ship jam.

Xiang Jiu looked at his fleet of [-] ships, and saw that there were so many kinds of wood and materials.

On this trip, Xiang Jiu went to the Rongzhou area to buy timber materials, in order to transport them to Xisha Island to build a Type B paddle steamer and a Type A paddle steamer that Li Chongyuan was about to start building.

It's not that there is no wood in the upper reaches of the Han River, but that the waters in the upper reaches of the Han River are too narrow, and once there are too many ships, it will be impossible to navigate.

and.

As far as Li Chongyuan bought the wood, it had to be big, long, and even more numerous.

Therefore, Xiang Jiu went to Rongzhou to buy wood this time.

Unexpectedly, when I was preparing to rush back to Xisha Island today, I encountered such a ship jam.

This also made Xiang Jiu a little speechless, and could only wait, waiting for the ships in front to evacuate as soon as possible to clear the waterway so that his own fleet could rush back to Xisha Island.

From Dantu to Xisha Island, there are still five hundred miles.

If you go down the river, you can reach Xisha Island at night.

But in today's situation, Xiang Jiu sighed a long time and said, "Ah~~Looking at the situation, I'm afraid I won't be able to make it back today. Boss, look at the situation ahead, when will the waterway be dredged? "

"I can't say that. There are so many ships ahead, I'm afraid it will be impossible to clear them in a while. But it's strange, when we left before, we didn't see so many ships. Why did they suddenly appear now? There are so many boats, big and small, wide boats, sand boats, and bird boats, and there are even more small boats. Looking at the situation, this is obviously blocking the waterway on purpose." The boss of the boat cited his sailing experience , I feel that the ship jam I have seen this time must not be caused by any factors, but man-made.

After listening to the boss of the boat, Xiang Jiuyi was a little puzzled, "You mean that the blocking of the boat ahead is man-made? It's not caused by other factors?"

The boss of the ship nodded and replied: "Master Xiang, look ahead. If the waterway is dredged, those ships will definitely go downstream instead of competing to come upstream. Moreover, most of the ships are horizontal, and look at the front. The draft of their boats meant that they were definitely not loaded with cargo. Moreover, the ships behind them were even more parked there, neither making room for them to get out, nor leaning against the sides of the waterway, all scrambling to get upriver. The upstream ships are all scrambling to go downstream, and they only quarrel, but they don’t fight. It can be seen that this ship jam is definitely not caused by any external factors, it must be intentional.”

As a person who has been sailing for decades, the boss of the boat looked at the posture ahead and directly gave his own opinion.

When Xiang Jiuyi heard what the boat boss said, he was very puzzled.

I don't know if these people are full of food and why they blocked the waterway of the Yangtze River.

There are many ships passing through the Yangtze River waterway.

Some go north and some go south.

Small boats going north will go through the canal, and big boats will go out of the Yangtze River waterway, enter the sea and go north.

As for the ships going south, the small ones will go downstream for thirty or forty miles and then turn into the canal, leading directly to Suzhou or Hangzhou, while the big ones can only go to the sea and go south.

If someone sets up a toll gate here, it will definitely make a lot of money.

The water transportation here is very developed, as long as someone dares to do this and make a fortune, it will definitely make a lot of money.

but.

Xiang Jiu really thought that no one would dare to do this right now.

If someone dares to do this, don't say whether the big guilds in the canal will let him go, and the imperial court can't let such a thing go.

The Lu salt in the north has to be transported to the west, and so is the sea salt.

The fleets of various families have to go through the canal every time, and it is absolutely impossible for them to ask people to set up a toll gate here.

and.

This waterway belongs to the country. With the power of a family or a clan, it is impossible, and they dare not do such a thing so boldly.

Xiang Jiu denied that someone wanted to set up a toll office here, but he still couldn't figure out who would deliberately block the waterway here.

Xiang Jiu looked at the sky, shook his head and said, "Boss, can we go back, turn into the Dantu Waterway, and go down through the Dantu Waterway?"

"This is definitely a solution. I'll let someone explore the way first to see if this method is feasible." The boss of the boat nodded immediately after hearing Xiang Jiu's words.

After a while, the boss of the boat ordered a small boat to go upstream.

A few miles behind the waterway where the boat was blocked, there is another waterway leading to Dantu County, where there is a lake leading to the lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

Moreover, there are many waterways in this lake. If the Yangtze River waterway is blocked, it is completely possible to take this waterway and go directly downstream.

This waterway is called the Yunliang River, which runs from the Yangtze River directly through Dantu County, and then enters the Yangtze River.

but.

An hour after the ship that went to explore the way went, there was no information at all.

This made the boat boss suspicious and puzzled, "It's strange, Xiao Fei has been away for so long, why hasn't he come back? Even if it's blocked over there, he can return."

The owner of the ship is unknown.

Listening to what the boat boss said, Xiang Jiu was also very unclear.

Just when they don't know.

The boatman named Xiao Fei was detained in Hanoi, where he transported grain, and even his body was captured by some unknown people.

As for the boat, of course it was also detained.

at this time.

The boatman, Xiaofei, was taken onto a big boat.

On the big boat, a middle-aged and wealthy man looked at the nervous Xiaofei and asked, "I heard that your fleet is transporting timber for Xisha Island. Tell me, after the timber is delivered to Xisha Island, Is it for shipbuilding?"

What the middle-aged and wealthy man asked made the boatman Xiao Fei even more nervous.

However, he was brought to this person, and Xiao Fei was just a boatman.

"Yes, we are transporting wood to Xisha Island to build a ship. My lord, I am just a small boatman, please let me go. I am only in charge of escorting the ship, and I don't know anything else." Xiaofei understood, this man was running Went to Xisha Island.

As for why he wanted to arrest him, it must be to inquire about news.

However, Xiao Fei is just an ordinary boatman, and he is only in charge of his boat.

Even if he could go to Xisha Island, his activities were limited to the pier, so what he knew was exactly as he said, very little.

After the middle-aged rich man heard this, he smiled and asked again: "I think you must know that a ship is being built in that big wooden house on Xisha Island. Let me ask you, have you seen that ship?"

"My lord, I really don't know anything. We are only responsible for escorting the timber. Even if we can go to the island, we can't leave the pier at will. Your lord, let me go, I really don't know anything."

The middle-aged man was very displeased after hearing Xiao Fei's words.

Immediately, he waved to the person behind him, indicating that he would greet the stubborn boatman in front of him.

Shortly after.

The boatman Xiao Fei was injured all over his body and was thrown into the lake with blood spitting out of his mouth.

The person who greeted Xiaofei replied to his master, "Dalang, that boatman probably doesn't know anything. No matter how hard I question him, no matter how hard I beat him, he can't find anything, so I will"

After the middle-aged man got the words, he waved his hands, not wanting to hear what the boatman would do.

"Go to some people and find out who is the master on the boats that transport the timber. If you find out, get that person to me immediately. I don't believe it. There are so many people, it is impossible that no one knows that the people in the Xisha Island How is your ship built?" The middle-aged man was very unhappy when he didn't get the answer he wanted.

The veins on this face are all exposed.

After the servant got the words, he left immediately.

And this time.

Xiangjiu and the boat bosses, who were blocked on the Yangtze River waterway, waited for a long time and did not see the boatman Xiaofei return. They were suspicious, "Boss boat, is your boatman reliable? It's been an hour and a half. Why haven't you returned yet?"

"Master Xiang, don't worry. Xiao Fei is a distant relative of mine. He has been sailing with me for seven or eight years, and he is also smart and reliable. Wait another half an hour. If Xiao Fei hasn't come back, I'll send someone to take a look." The boss of the boat is not worried about Xiao Fei, and there must be some good ones.

After half an hour.

Xiaofei still hasn't returned.

This made the boss of the boat a little impatient.

The anxious boat boss sent several boats to the grain transportation channel again.

But as soon as those ships entered the canal, they were also detained.

Those people were also like Xiao Fei, they were forced to interrogate, and after being beaten for nothing, they threw them into the lake to feed the fish just like Xiao Fei.

noon.

The ship's boss sent two groups of people to explore the way, but all the results were empty.

This made the boss of the boat suspicious, "Steward Xiang, it seems that the situation is a bit complicated. The few people I sent have not returned yet. It seems that there may also be blocked there."

"Probably not. Look over there, there are quite a few people who seem to be checking our ships, and some even beat our people." Xiang Jiu has been keeping an eye on the situation of the dozen or so ships approaching the shore. .

Not long ago.

Xiang Jiu saw a lot of people running over from the shore, boarding the boat for questioning, and then someone let out a scream.

As for why, Xiang Jiu didn't know.

but.

From the current situation, Xiang Jiu can conclude that the boat blockage in the Yangtze River channel must be man-made, and it seems that he is looking for someone or seeking money.

As for whether it is true or not, Xiang Jiu is still not sure.

After talking to Jiuyi again and again, the boss of the boat looked into the distance and exclaimed: "Whoever dares to touch my person, I must fight him desperately."

His own people were beaten, and the boss of the boat was furious.

but.

There are too many ships, and there are more than [-] ships on his own side, all of which are blocked in the Yangtze River waterway.

He wanted to go to help a group, but he couldn't go there, so the boss of the boat could only watch helplessly as his subordinates were beaten.

There is a saying.

It is a trivial matter for people to be beaten.

As for the fate of Xiao Fei and others, that would be bad luck.

After the man was beaten, he was thrown into the lake to feed the fish.

It can be seen that the middle-aged people no longer regard human life as human life.

And this time.

Xiao Fei, who was beaten and thrown into the lake earlier, endured the great pain in his body and exhausted all his strength before diving from the lake to the shore.

Xiaofei, the water quality is excellent.

And strong willpower.

Several bones on his body were broken, blood was spitting out of his mouth, and he was thrown into the lake again, and he was still able to swim from the lake to the shore.

This really requires strong willpower and a strong desire to survive.

After diving to the shore, Xiao Fei panted heavily, with tears in his eyes that he couldn't stop because of the pain, and, with hatred in his heart, he looked at the big boats in the lake, "What do you want?" I'm waiting! I will never let you go!"

(End of this chapter)