In the early morning, mist covered the Jianghuai Daze.
A dozen small boats formed a crooked line.
It rained heavily last night and the river wind was very strong. Everyone was very sleepy and the boat line seemed quite messy.
"Give in, everyone, give in!"
Someone wearing a bamboo hat and paddling a small boat shouted all the way, asking the small boats in the middle to move to both sides and get out of the river.
A few strong men were dozing off. After hearing this, they became energetic and grabbed the rowing gang to ask questions.
"But the river officer of the river park?"
"What? Are you here already?"
One person opened his raincoat and stood up from the boat.
The man holding the boat shook his head: "Not coming, there are mackerels coming over."
"ah?"
The coir raincoat was put on again and he went to sleep.
The rest of the people were in low spirits.
"Have a rest, it's a merchant ship, brothers, it's too early to be happy."
"Oh, it's all gone. It's boring."
"Liu San, go paddle and get out of the way of the river."
Several small boats in the middle moved closer to both sides, leaving a wide river channel.
Three large flat boats sailed out of the mist. After the heavy rain, the smoke on the boats curled up. The rainwater flowed from the sides of the boats along the ditch into the swamp. The mist hung on the boats and condensed into dew.
A typical merchant ship has a huge bow standing high, and the sides of the ship are tilted upward along the hull. It is more than ten feet long and about six feet wide. Just one ship can hold more than two thousand stones of grain.
Fishermen call this kind of boat mackerel because it looks as thick and flat as mackerel and swims faster.
"Brother, please tell me what's so big, such a big battle?"
Leaning half of his body from the edge of the boat was a bearded steward.
"Don't pry when you shouldn't!"
After being choked, the steward didn't show much anger and cupped his hands: "Brother, don't blame me, I'm just curious."
"I'm sorry, boss. My brothers are all generous. I spoke a bit too hastily. I hope you don't mind paying this little money to treat the brothers to drinks."
The loud voice sounded from far to near, and a money bag turned into a stream of light, crossing a curve in the mist, and hit the steward's palm.
After several leaps, a figure arrived at the boat.
"Gang leader!"
The man who had just spoken stood up with a sudden sound, and the whole boat was shaking.
The other men also stood up one after another.
The steward on the ship took the money bag and weighed it with his hands. He cupped the money into his hand and disappeared along the edge of the ship.
"Gang Leader, did I say something wrong?" the man who stood up first asked hurriedly.
Liu Jie pointed to the flag on the departing merchant ship: "Did you see that flag? What's the word on it?"
The man scratched his forehead and shook his head.
"I know you're illiterate, so I don't blame you." Liu Jie smiled and shook his head, "That's the name Kangji, Tongji and Huiji. If the word "Ji" is included, it means it's the ship of the Hengren caravan, Hengren The caravan is much more powerful than us, do you understand?"
The man nodded repeatedly.
"Okay, I know you are working hard, so let the brothers come back and change shifts." Liu Qiao patted the man on the shoulder and took out the second money bag from his arms, "Take the brothers to eat something good and drink a few cups."
Everyone was overjoyed.
"Thank you, leader!"
Taking advantage of Xiaozhou's gang to quickly spread the news, cheers came from the Jianghuai River.
More than a dozen small boats moved towards the shore.
Some people got off the boat, and some got on the boat, changing guard with the brothers on the shore, and saying hello to the other two gang leaders one after another.
"Second gang leader, third gang leader!"
Liu Yi and Zheng Tiantian nodded.
When everyone on the shore dispersed, Liu Yi stepped forward and said, "Brother, has the official position been settled?"
Liu Jie shook his head: "Fatty Du didn't agree. He just relaxed and said that he would recommend Wenyang. Whether it will happen or not is yet to be seen."
"Damn it!" Zheng Tiantian was so angry that he punched the tree trunk, and the thick willow tree exploded into pieces and stuck into the soil. "Half of the money is given to them every year, but it's so difficult to get a ninth-grade official position! It's really hard! I want to roast all the fat off that fat man’s body with fire!”
"Killing an official and killing a Guizhou leader are two different things." Liu Yi, the leader of the second gang, sneered, "He dares to do this because we have no official status. He is afraid of us, our people, and our abilities."
"At least there is some hope. Fatty Du can stay with us for at most two more years. When I try harder next year, it will almost be done. He will take the benefits and take office elsewhere, leaving us to deal with the next county magistrate."
"I thought that making so much money every year was just because I got ahead, but I didn't expect..." Zheng Tiantian was exhausted physically and mentally, "Those officials' children started at the eighth or seventh level. We need to do a small inspection. Take out your heart, liver, and lungs."
"Stop talking about this, haven't the people from Hebo arrived yet?"
Zheng Tiantian shook his head: "It's been seven or eight days and I haven't touched it."
"Come and go, it's time..."
"It's a good thing he didn't arrive." Liu Yi said with a smile, "It means that the official at the Hebo Office is just like Fatty Du. He can't tell where to have a drink. He has to be meticulous to make it difficult to talk."
Seeing what Fatty Du did, Liu Jie nodded thoughtfully.
Everything must be discussed first until both parties are satisfied.
If we really can't reach an agreement...
Then we can only talk to someone else.
The water is rippling.
The midday sun penetrates the water layer and twists into swaying arcs in the flowing water waves.
Liang Qu sat cross-legged on top of the boulder, with his tied black hair flowing in the waves. His aura was restrained, almost blending into the boulder. As his energy and blood flowed, threads merged into his marrow.
Several small fish swam past and ate the algae growing under the boulders.
Shadows silently fell over the heads of the fish. The fat catfish opened its mouth and extended its tentacles. Before the fish could react, it rolled up the fish and threw it out of the water.
Liang Qu opened his eyes.
The fat catfish turned back its eyes and spit out a pure white treasure fish with blue stripes on its side.
After regaining his freedom, Baoyu showed extremely fast escape speed, but unfortunately he was imprisoned in place by the current before he could escape even one meter.
The water waves flowed, pushing the treasure fish to Liang Qu's hand.
"Blue-striped fish, the species of treasure fish around Fengbu County are quite different from those in Pingyang County."
Liang Qu stretched out his hand to pinch the blue-striped fish, returned to the boat, disembowelled it, and distributed it to the other animals.
[Water Essence +6]
The whole blue-striped fish is not very big, weighing just over two pounds. After removing the bones and internal organs, only seven or eight ounces of good meat is left.
Liang Qu finished eating the blue-striped fish and then cracked two cockscomb berries.
Eating three cockscomb fruits a day has the best effect, and the fruit has excellent preservation effect. It can be stored for more than ten days even in midsummer.
Liang Qu exchanged fifteen pieces before coming out, which could last for five days, and he was almost finished.
He added all 25 points of water essence to the fusion level, and the medicine itself began to work. The blood in the body was filled again, and he refined the blood twice more.
A little strange feeling occurs in the pulp, which is full and about to overflow.
Liang Qu felt moved.
The warrior's intuition told him that he only needed two or three more blood refining sessions to break the blood barrier!
Not only that.
Liang Qu communicates with Ze Ding, the conditions for the evolution of the four beasts.
[1.2 points of water essence can be consumed to evolve the horned crocodile into the horned crocodile]
[2.6 points of water essence can be consumed to evolve the tiger catfish into the powerful tiger catfish]
[3.6 points of water essence can be consumed to evolve the Rock Crab into the Rock Crab King]
[Can consume 4.7 water essences to evolve the sky water centipede into a double-winged sky water centipede]
Liang Qu took out the remaining two cockscomb fruits and divided them into four parts.
Even if Liu Jie tried his best, he would still drown in the swamps of the Yangtze River and Huaihe River!
