Rebirth of the noble daughter

Chapter 387 398. The Clippers
As luck would have it, after traveling for more than a hundred miles, they unexpectedly ran into Chi Zimo who was ostentatiously passing through the market.

He was not low-key at all, he traveled with many followers and all kinds of outfits, those who didn't know thought he was moving.

"Chi is really lucky. He can meet old friends here."

He had a harmless smile on his face, but both Xiao Tingyi and Feng Jinyao knew that he was waiting here on purpose when he got the news that everyone was going to the southwest.

"Patriarch Chi really has good eyes and ears."

Although Xiao Tingyi's trip was nothing to avoid, it was also very low-key.

He didn't expect Chi Zimo not only to know the news, but also to be ahead of them while carrying so many things.

It's not a big deal.

It also indirectly proved the ability of the Chi family in Jinling City, as expected, no rumor could escape him.

"My lord, you're being polite. I'm just a little worried about the food sent over, so I plan to go and have a look in person. I didn't expect to meet my lord! What a coincidence."

The patriarch of the dignified Chi family will personally set off to the southwest for 1000 million dans of grain.

But right now, he is too embarrassed to use this as an excuse, but Xiao Tingyi doesn't expose it.

Instead, when he had an idea, he took advantage of Chi Zimo.

"This king also thinks it's a coincidence. If that's the case, let's go together. I've heard that the Chi family not only has a lot of achievements in water transport, but also the river transport is justified. It is much faster to travel by water than by land. At most six Today, we must be in the southwest."

The distance between Jinling City and the Southwest is at least several thousand miles. If it is by riding a horse, it will take fifteen to twenty days. What's more, they bring Feng Jinyao and others in a carriage, and it may take as long as a month.

But if you take the river, the speed is self-evident.

Six days?

Chi Zimo couldn't help being surprised again by King Ding's open-mouthed virtue.

He really knows how to use it.

Although the big boat is stable, it needs to travel slowly. Although the small boat is fast, it is unavoidable to be dangerous when encountering the turbulent river, especially after entering the southwestern boundary. Go to Shuzhou.

The King of Destiny will say.

If he did it, he would only get a few compliments, but if he couldn't, wouldn't it make outsiders laugh at the Chi family.

Xiao Tingyi really made Chi Zimo a little bit hard to get off with just one sentence.

Both of them had smiles on their faces, but the mutual temptation in their eyes was very obvious.

Qiao Shanwei walked to the side of the carriage and whispered to Feng Jinyao inside.

"If you want to say ruthless, the prince is better."

Feng Jinyao didn't say a word, she had known King Ding's ability for two lifetimes, she didn't care what other people said.

After a while, Chi Zimo spoke slowly.

"Since the lord has the pleasure to enjoy the scenery along the road, I will definitely arrange it properly."

Sure enough, they soon came to a ship with the sign of the Chi family.

Compared with the official ship, it is much smaller and smaller, but just looking at the outside, it can be seen that the cost of this ship is high.

The bones are all made of fragrant Chinese fir, and the paint is tung oil. The front of the boat is sharp, which is most suitable for the river, and the middle is wide for easy riding. The boatmen on the boat look strong and strong, which surprised Feng Jinyao and others. .

"This is a fast boat specially built by my Chi family. The fastest speed can reach thousands of miles a day."

Chi Zimo spoke a few words, but made Xiao Tingyi silent.

As far as he knew, the fast boats in the army were only six hundred miles a day at the fastest, and it had to be smooth sailing.

The Chi family's boat is almost twice as fast. No wonder he has been able to dominate the sea transportation so far, and he really has some skills.

Glancing at Xu Lin and Yang Zhao, the meaning is self-evident.

Since they are going to stay on this boat for several days, it is natural that they have to find out from top to bottom.

Even if the ship cannot be built, a rough drawing must be collected.

Chi Zimo might as well Xiao Tingyi's "sneaky" thoughts, but he is very generous.

He stretched out his hand and invited him to come forward, Xiao Ting was not polite about this.

"Well, this king will be disrespectful."

Turning his head to look at Feng Jinyao, he saw that she followed and stood behind him, and then he took her hand and went up to the deck as if no one else was there.

The followers around the two of them were no longer surprised, but Chi Zimo was a little bit amused.

Why did I see you last time, and felt that Miss Feng San was a bit repulsive to King Ding, but this time she let him swear an oath of sovereignty in a grandiose manner?
It seems that a lot of interesting things have happened these days.

Thinking of this in my heart, the smile on my face became even more obvious.

After all the luggage and horses were on board, the Chi family's fast boat went straight to Shuzhou along the waterway.

When actually sitting on the boat, Xiao Tingyi was no less shocked than Feng Jinyao and others.

This boat is not only fast, but also very stable.

Basically, no big shaking can be felt, and it is very friendly to people who suffer from seasickness.

Moreover, this boat seems to have been prepared long ago, with clean water and food, everything is available.

The cook on the boat was specially brought by Chi Zimo, and he cooks Jiangnan delicacies. Because of this, Feng Jinyao's appetite improved a lot.

Seeing her eating comfortably, Xiao Tingyi even thought about taking down the cook.

Who knows that Chi Zimo is not willing to give up love.

"Chef Wei's craftsmanship is also grown from small to large, please don't force me, my lord."

Speaking of this, Xiao Tingyi can't say more, but it's all right, this cook is not the only one who can cook Jiangnan cuisine well, as long as A Yao likes it, let alone Jiangnan cuisine, even Mobei cuisine. There is a way to find an authentic one.

It took them only five days to reach the southwest boundary smoothly.

The Chi family's fast boat could have traveled all the way to Shuzhou.

Helplessly, the floods in the southwest exceeded their imagination. Not only did the river surge, but the weather was not beautiful, and it was still raining non-stop.

According to local people, it has been raining for three consecutive days.

It’s not too much, but the dams and fertile fields that have been washed away by the water have long since been washed away, and now they are all a piece of mud, which makes people feel devastated.

So they could only disembark and continue on land.

Fortunately, it is not far from Shuzhou. If you walk faster, you can get there in two or three days.

All the way they walked, they could see civilians everywhere digging for all edible things.

The dams were washed away, the fertile fields were submerged, and the houses were not damaged much, but there was much less food to eat.

It has been more than half a month since the flood, and they don't have much food, so they can barely last for a month, but what about after one month?
The people don't know, so they can only prepare as much as possible before the imperial court sends people to help them.

(End of this chapter)