"Slow down the passenger ship in front. It rained here yesterday and the current is fast. We are about to reach the turning point. The passenger ship can easily capsize. Slow down!"
When Luo Guanzhong was surprised in Xiaqiu Village, shouts came from behind.
The boat owner ran to the side of the boat, looked back, and immediately shouted: "Knock down the oars, slow down, slow down, quick!"
The boatmen immediately operated the oars to push back, and the boat slowed down.
Then I saw the rouge wall illuminated by lights and moonlight in front of me. There was a swirling water here.
The passenger ship was working hard to adjust its oars and rudder, and some boatmen had already raised their poles and were preparing to push against the rock wall.
Just like that, the ship turned slowly, tilting slightly.
"Get out of the way. What are you thinking about sailing at night? There are signs on the rock wall. Can't you see it if you are blind with a lantern? Such big words are reflective."
When this section passed and the front became wider, the boats behind caught up and shouted.
The passenger ship obediently gave way, and Luo Guanzhong saw a series of ships passing by.
He also saw the flags on the ship. One side was the post and the other side was the lower hill.
"The shipowner, they are..." Luo Guanzhong's intuitive feeling was that he was overbearing, but he couldn't get angry. The words he shouted would save his life.
As for overtaking a boat, this stretch of water is wide, and if someone has the word "驿" in his name, he should overtake you, so you must give way.
"The fleet in Xiaqiu Village! They probably deliver vegetables, watermelons, cantaloupes, etc. They can grow vegetables and melons in winter. They say they are eaten in the palace, and they are also available in Fuhua Tower.
I didn’t notice that the water was rising, it was flowing so fast, oops! It's too dangerous to sail at night. They stopped shouting just now, but we suddenly realized that the situation was not good, so we scraped it off without warning. "
The boat owner raised his sleeves to wipe his sweat. He was frightened. The boat could not even be scratched. He promised to go back and repair it. Fortunately, when the canal was dug here, there were no bare rocks underneath, otherwise the boat would have flooded.
Luo Guanzhong was also startled. He took a sip of wine and asked, "Do they have the flag of Jiyi?"
"So no one dared to provoke them. When I got there, I had to ask Shopkeeper Xu from Fuhua Building to help them thank them.
When our boats come here, we are most willing to meet the boats from Xiaqiu Village and follow them to ensure safety.
Paddle quickly, catch up, don't be distanced, you are so lucky, don't worry, just follow. "
The boat owner said, urging the boatman to paddle even with the current, he must catch up.
"Master, sit down and have a drink?" Luo Guanzhong invited the captain.
"Mr. Luo, wait for me." The captain went back and came back soon with a tray.
On the tray, there is a wine bunch, two wine cups, fennel beans, fried tofu, watermelon seeds, and lard residue.
He laid it out one by one: "Mr. Luo, try my wine. The barley wine I bought from Xiaqiu Village a few days ago has a small lees taste. I don't know how they made it. Anyway, they are better than others in everything they do."
The boat owner didn't want to take advantage of others. He was scared just now. It would be nice to have someone to drink with him. He brought his own wine and side dishes.
The key is that he knew that this Robben was a learned man with so many books and manuscripts.
"You're welcome, boss. Is this barley wine expensive?" Luo Guanzhong was very embarrassed. He invited people to drink and asked them to provide some things.
"It's expensive but not expensive. The key is not knowing when it will be sold. It depends on their mood.
My brother-in-law’s family raises four cows, and two of them fell ill at the same time. When I returned last time, I went to Xiaqiu Village to ask about them.
They have many big animals. I heard that what kind of book is that? oh! Veterinary treatment is what they write about.
I told my symptoms, and they gave me a pack of medicine. I went back and fed the two cows for three days, and I was cured.
When I asked about it, I looked around in their barn. I turned to another place and saw someone making wine. I said I wanted to drink it, and they sold me fifty catties for a hundred cents per catty. "
The captain wiped his sweat again, obviously the frightened state just now had not completely passed.
"Isn't a hundred cents a pound expensive?" Luo Guanzhong felt that the price was not low.
"Just this wine, I will sell it now, one thousand coins per catty, only ten catties, the people who buy it can fight." The captain said and poured wine for the two of them.
Luo Guanzhong drank the wine in his cup, pushed the wine cup aside, and without using chopsticks, reached out to pinch an fennel bean and threw it into his mouth to chew.
"Boss, your broad beans are delicious." Luo Guanzhong commented.
"I was taught by Xiaqiu Village. When I was buying wine, someone was tasting wine there, and they ate fennel beans. I said they were delicious, and they told me how to make them."
The owner of the ship makes no secret of the fact that the classic fennel beans served on the passenger ship are learned from Xiaqiu Village.
"No wonder you don't get angry when others scold you." Luo Guanzhong understood.
"It has nothing to do with that. If you don't understand the conditions of a water area, people who are familiar with the water area can tell you. Is there anyone who won't listen? Yes, basically they all sank. This is the rule of sailing."
The captain waved his hand, saying the two things should not be confused.
Luo Guanzhong: "..."
He felt that this incident should be written down in the book, which is actually the script of storytelling.
When reading Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Water Margin, they can actually be used as storytelling.
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Before dawn, the passenger ship arrived at Tongjimen Pier. Luo Guanzhong watched the fleet in Xiaqiu Village split into two. One part docked here to unload cargo, and the other part entered the moat and went away.
Turning around, one can see the flower boats on the Qinhuai River, and the restaurants and other places along the river are brightly lit, creating a bustling scene.
The passenger ship docked, and the people on board seemed to be in a hurry, rushing to get off the ship.
However, the captain was as calm as a mountain and continued to pour wine: "Mr. Luo, drink, don't worry about it for a moment, you go to the library, wait a little longer, let's go to Fuhua Building to have a bowl of porridge."
"When will the library open?" Luo Guanzhong was indeed a little anxious.
"It's always open and the door is never closed. If students who drink too much here come back, it depends on the situation. If not, they have to vomit first and then be carried in through the back door.
Otherwise, it would not be an exaggeration to vomit into the main entrance on the first floor of the library, and beheading would be an exaggeration. In front of it is the word "Best" from the Holy One.
Don't think about framing anyone. Where he vomits, and whoever drinks with him will be condemned together. "
The boat owner said that Xiaqiu Village is so powerful and there are many ways to die. Don’t provoke Xiaqiu Village.
Luo Guanzhong thought for a while: "Indeed, where did those ships go?"
"On that side of the moat, if you haven't been there, you won't be allowed to go there." The boat owner held up the wine cup. He didn't dare to run to that side casually. He said that it went with the current. It was nonsense. It only followed the current from there to this side.
Luo Guanzhong was in good spirits. He drank slowly until he finished the captain's bunch of wine.
"Let's go! Mr. Luo, let's go have porridge." the captain invited.
The boatman stayed to watch the ship, while the men got off the boat and helped Luo Guanzhong carry the boxes of books and manuscripts to a car. The other man pulled the car away, and the men helped push it.
It didn't take long to arrive at the place. As the captain said, the library door was wide open and two rows of glazed lamps were hung, showing its grandeur.
Turning around to look at Fuhua Building, there were still lanterns hanging, even though there were no guests.
The guys took the box down and put it in the library and said who it belonged to.
The person guarding it looked at Luo Guanzhong and gave him a sign: "Don't lose it. I don't know when you will come back. If someone else picks it up, someone else will guard it and the thing will be taken away."
"No, you can't throw it away. I'll keep it in my arms." This was the first time Luo Guanzhong encountered such an operation.
(End of chapter)
