At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Seeing that the cargo ship is about to fall from the Kongling Beach, and the water is very turbulent, even with the extraordinary water quality, if it falls here, I am afraid that it will be carried downstream by the majestic impact, let alone Let's talk about other people, not to mention that there is a mountain wall behind Kongling Beach, if a cargo ship hits it, it will be smashed to pieces.

The boss of the boat, Zhong Laoliu, was holding the rudder tightly, with an extremely ferocious expression on his face, and kept yelling in dialect. Gao Bufan couldn't understand anyway, but he could also hear anxiety and panic from his tone. One by one desperately held on, trying to support the cargo ship, even the pennies were bent into an arc, but the cargo ship still slowly retreated under the impact of the current.

Seeing this, Gao Bufan hurriedly ran towards the stern of the boat, picked up a penny and pushed it against a protruding rock at the back, and at the same time shouted: "Get up!"

The cargo ship, which was slowly retreating, soared forward half a meter. Gao Bufan quickly put out another punt, and the cargo ship moved forward another half a meter. However, when he hit the third punt, the penny was finally overwhelmed. Kacha broke with a sound. Fortunately, Yang Qingruo arrived at this time, holding a boat oar in his hand, and pushed it out forcefully, holding it firmly, the cargo ship stabilized.

Gao Bufan was overjoyed: "Qing... the second brother is here!" He poked the broken penny into the water, but fortunately the water was shallow and long enough to poke it to the bottom of the river, he pushed it hard, and the heavy cargo ship was thrown into the water again. He pushed forward half a meter.

Tsk tsk, this strength is really amazing!
At this moment, the boatmen finally came to their senses, worked together with all their hands and feet, and finally propped the cargo ship up to the Kongling Beach little by little. Only then did the water flow here become slightly calmer, and the water became deeper again, breaking away from the reef. risks of.

Everyone worked together to drive the boat forward for a while, and after getting away from the Kongling Beach, everyone was relieved, but the eyes of Zhong Laoliu and the boatmen on Gao Bufan and Yang Qingruo changed a little.Although Zhong Laoliu and the others were polite to Gao Bufan and Yang Qingruo on the surface before, but only for the sake of money, now they respect them from the bottom of their hearts. Unexpectedly, these two delicate and tender rich sons It's not an embroidered pillow, it does have two brushes, and it's very courageous. It didn't scare the pee at the critical moment, and it dared to step forward to help. It can be dealt with!
The boat sailed forward for a while, and Zhong Laoliu ordered people to pull the boat to the shore to rest. It was too dangerous just now, and all the boatmen were exhausted, and they still had time to rest, so they really needed to rest and recover.

The place where the cargo ship berths is below a cliff. Because it is surrounded by a "u" shape, the water flow is stable, like a small natural harbor, which is suitable for stopping the ship.

"Thanks to the two sons just now, I won't charge the boat fee this time." Zhong Laoliu came in front of Gao Bufan and the two, wiping his sweat and grinning.

Gao Bufan was a little surprised, it seems that this man is also a man of temperament, he smiled and said: "Old Zhong, the boat price has been agreed a long time ago, if you don't accept it now, are you looking down on me?"

"No, no, no... I don't mean that!" Zhong Laoliu hurriedly waved his hands and shook his head.

Yang Qingruo said coldly: "As much as you have agreed upon is as much as you want. If you don't accept it, why don't you pay Old Wangtou out of your own pocket?"

Zhong Laoliu was stunned for a moment, then cupped his hands in embarrassment and said: "Then Zhong Laoliu will accept the love of the two young masters."...

"Go ahead and leave us alone!" Yang Qingruo waved her hand.

Zhong Laoliu grinned and said, "Then I won't bother the two young masters." After speaking, he glanced at Yang Qingruo, turned around and backed away, thinking that this Gao Erlang was just cold-faced and warm-hearted, not that he was not close The generation of human affection.

It was noon, and the boatmen began to cook. It was rare for Zhong Laoliu to bring out the smoked meat and a jar of good wine for Gao Bufan's "brothers" to enjoy. He also distributed the food he bought in Yiling City to everyone, and for a while, the atmosphere on the boat became much more harmonious.

While everyone was eating lunch, another boat came downstream, with a goat skull hanging on the bow, it turned out to be the boat of the Miao brothers and sisters.

Gao Bufan and Yang Qingruo looked at each other, which is too coincidental!

At this time, the boat had already started to cross the beach, and suddenly exerted force, it was as smooth as a fish swimming against the current, and passed Kongling Beach with ease.

"Good!" Gao Dahe and the two soldiers couldn't help applauding.

After the bow boat sailed onto the beach, it sailed towards the boat of Gao Bufan and the others, and landed on the shore, obviously it wanted to rest here.Gao Bufan looked around, and sure enough, he saw the pair of Miao brothers and sisters on the boat, and there were several boatmen on board, all of them were Miao people in clothes, although they were all thin and thin, they all had hatchets on their waists, and their expressions were fierce. .

Zhong Laoliu reminded in a low voice: "You two Gao Gongzi, there are all Bai Miao people on the bow boat, don't strike up a conversation casually, let alone provoke each other."

"Since there are white seedlings, are there also black seedlings?" Gao Bufan asked curiously.

Zhong Laoliu nodded and said: "That's right, Hei Miao likes to wear navy blue clothes, Hei Miao women also like to wear silver jewelry, and Bai Miao people like to wear white skirt pants, it is easy to distinguish, but Hei Miao people often know Speaking Chinese, the stockade was also built around the Han city, but there are relatively few people in Baimiao who can speak Han, and they live in more remote areas, and they are generally unfriendly or even hostile to the Han people.

Regardless of black Miao or white Miao, they are all Miao people with strong folk customs. If they disagree with each other, they will fight violently. He punished himself, and the Miao people protected their shortcomings, so in the end they could only let it go.

Linjiang County in Badong County has the most white and black Miao people, so don't provoke them when you get there, otherwise your death will be for nothing! "

Gao Bufan nodded: "Thank you for the reminder, Lao Zhong, by the way, who is in charge of Badong County now?"

Zhong Laoliu scratched his head and said: "It should be Xu Zhi, the governor of the county. I left Shu in March this year. At that time, the Tang Emperor had already sent envoys to appease the Bashu area. Many places have accepted the appeasement. I don't know that Badong County is now Have you surrendered to Li Tang?"

It is said that due to the traffic congestion in the Bashu area and its location in the southwest corner, it did not affect the scramble for the world at the end of the Sui Dynasty. Therefore, after so many years of turmoil at the end of the Sui Dynasty, it was very peaceful here. The people here also "live and work in peace and contentment". Anti-increasing place.

However, because of this, since the demise of the Sui Dynasty, the Bashu area has not formed a unified and powerful force. They are all local small governments or clan autonomous forces. The reason why Li and Tang in history were able to quickly pacify Bashu , It is precisely because of this that basically as soon as the Tang army arrived, all the small forces surrendered one after another, it can be said that it did not cost a single soldier.

And the land of Shu is a land of abundance, rich in products. After Li Yuan took over Bashu, it was equivalent to winning a huge granary. Coupled with the large population of Shu, it also provided a large number of soldiers for the Tang army, so the Tang Dynasty in history was able to rule the world. , The Bashu region has contributed a lot!

Closer to home, when Gao Bufan and Zhong Laoliu chatted in low voices, the brothers and sisters of the Miao family on the opposite boat also found Gao Bufan and Yang Qingruo. The Miao live fire to cook.

It can be seen that the status of the Miao brothers and sisters is very high, and other Miao people are respectful in front of them, more submissive than cats and dogs.

Zhong Laoliu said in a low voice: "The Miao people's hierarchy is stricter than that of our Han people. The status of the brother and sister is not low. They should be their leaders. They can even kill the Miao people at the bottom at will."