Hu Yuan destroyed one sect by one person, which not only opened the way for the further expansion of the "Heaven and Earth Society", but also calmed down the simmering spirit of the two generations.
After he was satisfied, he did not stay in Foshan. That night, he avoided the officials who were hunting for people and quietly left Foshan and came to a pier in the south. Then he turned back and marched down the river bank for a distance, arriving at a deserted place. .
Tonight is the first day of the new year, the sky is bright with stars, but there is no bright moon shining brightly. The water in front is covered with a layer of white mist. Even with Hu Long's advanced skills and extraordinary eyesight, he can't see clearly the scene ten steps away.
He took out a bamboo whistle from his luggage, held it in his mouth and blew it three times, one long and two short, like the cry of a night owl.
After a while, three whistles came back from the water, but they were two short and one long.
Hu Yuan looked happy and blew the bamboo whistle again so that the other party could determine his position.
Not long after, a small boat broke through the hazy mist on the water and sailed to the water's edge. A person on the boat called out in a low voice: "Is it the hall master? My subordinate Zheng Yun is here!"
"It's me!" Hu Yuan responded. Without waiting for the boat to dock, he jumped across the water several feet away and landed lightly on the bow of the boat.
The person rowing at the stern of the boat was a young man of about twenty years old. He had a simple face, dark skin, thick hands and feet, and short brown clothes. He looked no different from an ordinary fisherman and boatman.
Only a pair of bright and lively eyes and a sheathed narrow-edged saber stuck diagonally on his belt showed that he was unusual.
"Old Zheng, I have sent a letter to the 'Di' group to send a detachment to listen. Why is it that you, the deacon of the 'Di' group, are here in person?"
The "Qilin Hall" to which Hu Long belongs is divided into four groups: Tian, Di, Xuan and Huang according to their duties: The "Tian" group is the elite masters, responsible for sniping and beheading; the "Di" group is the main battle elite, responsible for attacking and destroying the enemy. ; The "Xuan" group is the spy's informant, responsible for latent reconnaissance; the "Yellow" group is the logistics staff, responsible for support and support.
The Zheng Yun in front of me has been a backbone of the "Tiandihui" since his grandfather's generation. He was selected to join the "Kilin Hall" when he was young. Now he has become a deacon of the "Di" group with his martial arts and courage, commanding a total of ten teams. A thousand elite soldiers.
Hearing Hu Long's joke, Zheng Yun steered the boat to turn around and replied with a smile: "The hall master has devoted himself to practicing martial arts in the past few years, and our 'Qilin Hall' has not made any big noise for a long time. Now the hall master finally wants to We are doing something big, and we were the first to ask our 'di' group to accompany us, so naturally my subordinates cannot miss this opportunity!"
Having said this, he leaned over and took out a white porcelain wine jar the size of a human head from the secret compartment under the ship's plank, and said with a smile: "I have been separated from the hall master for several years, so I specially brought this jar of thirty-year-old wine as a gift. Please accept the gift, Master."
"Ha, as expected, my brother is still considerate!" Hu Yuan was immediately overjoyed.
He was a good drinker in his previous life, and drinking in his spare time was the greatest pleasure after a boring job. In this life, his father Hu Tu used a wine shop as a cover, and he was taught by the same good drinker when he was an infant. My father used chopsticks dipped in wine to feed me. After he was able to walk and run, he stole wine to drink, and he became a complete drunkard.
Because he came to Foshan with a heavy responsibility, he didn't dare to drink too much and ruin his work. He only drank a few drinks every day to soothe his alcoholism, but he had not drank to his heart's content for several days.
Hu Long grabbed the wine jar with his hand, opened the mud seal, and put his nose to the mouth of the jar to take a sniff. Immediately, there was a mellow and fragrant aroma of wine that refreshed his heart and spleen. He blurted out a soft praise: "Good wine, really. Thirty years of fire aging!”
Then he held the bottle of wine to his lips, raised his head and drank half of it in one gulp, then stopped and let out a long, satisfied breath.
Perhaps due to his unique physical endowment after rebirth, Hu Long in this life is not only still good at drinking, but his drinking capacity is far better than in his previous life. It is not an exaggeration to say that he can drink a thousand cups without getting drunk. After drinking more than a kilogram of old wine, his mind was still clear and his body was standing firmly on the bow of the boat.
Zheng Yun's pair of iron arms exerted force to shake the oar, propelling the small boat to fly as fast as an arrow on the water.
Hu Yuan stood on the bow of the boat, lifting the wine jar and drinking from time to time.
When a ship moored on the water ahead appeared in the dark night and fog, a huge figure appeared, and the five kilogram jar of good wine was completely empty.
Under the control of Zheng Yun's scull, the small boat turned sideways and stopped deftly under the big ship.
Hu Long's fat body floated up like a weightless feather, flew several feet in the air over the ship's railing, and landed lightly on the deck.
At this moment, the wide deck was full of people.
In the middle is a neat phalanx of a hundred people with ten people in line. In front of the phalanx, a handsome young man with a strong spirit in his eyebrows led the crowd and bowed to Hu Long who was boarding the ship. He said: "Subordinates Li Yingfeng, lead all the members of the No. A unit of the 'di' group belonging to the 'Qilin Hall' to pay their respects to the hall master!"
These people are all young men of the same age as Hu Yuan. They wear uniform blue uniforms with unicorn dark patterns embroidered on the hem of their clothes. They wear narrow-edged swords with a sheath of the same color on their waists.
Hu Yuan returned the gift with his hand and said: "Brothers, you have worked hard, so there is no need to be polite."
One hundred and one people stood up straight together, each of them as high-spirited as a proud snow-green pine, and as fierce as a tiger emerging from the forest.
Hu Long saw the fruit of his years of hard work in his eyes, and felt indescribable pride in his heart.
These young people in the "di" group are not only elite soldiers who have undergone the most rigorous training, but also the backbone of the army he has trained for the future.
Each of them can read and write, and is loyal to "Tiandihui" or more precisely to himself.
When the time comes, the thousand people in the "di" group can expand rapidly in the shortest possible time and quickly integrate into an army of one hundred thousand, enough to stir up the world.
At this time, Zheng Yun also got on the big ship, walked to Hu Yuan and said: "Master, the ship we are standing on is the latest new-type sea-going ship built by Nanyang Shipyard. The craftsmen in the meeting followed the instructions of the master, and took things It took several years for the square ship to finally take shape. On the day of the water test, the chief helmsman came to watch it in person and named it the 'Flying Dragon Ship'."
Hu Long said with a smile: "Then don't delay. Let's move this ship quickly. I want to see if this 'Flying Dragon Ship' is worthy of its name!"
"I obey my orders!"
The team leading a hundred warriors responded vigorously and immediately began to distribute their manpower.
These people are not only the most elite warriors, but also the best sailors. Under the command of the team leader, they were busy in an orderly manner. In a moment, they raised three white soft sails, borrowing the wind above and the water below, and sailed slowly to quickly. The lower reaches of the river sailed away.
The hull of this ship is slightly narrow, and the sails swell in the wind. It does look a bit like the flying dragon in Western mythology, so the name "Flying Dragon" is appropriate.
In the cabin, Zheng Yun and Li Yingfeng spread a huge nautical chart on the desk and asked Hu Long for instructions on the goal of the voyage.
Due to the high stakes of the Manchu treasures, neither Hu Yuan nor his father disclosed detailed information to his subordinates in advance.
Hu Long pointed his finger at the upper right corner of the map and whispered: "I need to look for something here, so we need to choose a suitable place to stop the boat on the Liaodong coast, then abandon the boat and go ashore to take the land route... "
