We were having a heated discussion when Xiaoxuan came in with a teapot.
"Head, your tea is ready, Yunfeng, this is the coffee you want."
"Sankesi."
Thanks to Xiaoxuan, I took a sip of the hot coffee. Although it was instant, it tasted really good. Drinking coffee is now popular, so I bought a pack before.
"Botou, I think we should abandon Hecheng and focus on finding the ancient ruins of the underwater Lion City. Think about it, Boss. Before the water came down, the government ordered most of the houses in Hecheng to be bulldozed. Looking back at Lion City , because of the rush of time at that time, most of them were well preserved.”
I took a big sip of coffee, pulled over a piece of paper, and drew six squares on the paper. Dou Sprout and Brother Yu came around to look at it.
"Look, these six grids represent the six areas of Qiandao Lake today, namely the southeast lake area, the northeast lake area, the northwest lake area, the southwest lake area, and the central lake area and the stone forest lake area. The place where Brother Yu and I went in the afternoon was the central lake area. .”
I pointed at the paper and said: "According to the description in the Chun'an County Chronicle, Old He City is in the southeast underwater direction, with ruins underneath. Then we will exclude the southeast and northeast lake areas. The central lake area is close to Qiandao Lake Town and the Fisherman Village. There are boats and people passing by there every day, so it is not suitable for our work. The Shilin Lake area used to belong to the boundaries of Weiping Town. It used to be extremely poor and there were few big landowners, so it was excluded."
"Then now, only the northwest lake area and the southwest lake area are left."
I quickly rummaged through Chun'an County Chronicles, and when I found it, I pointed to a picture and said: "Back then, Lion City was divided into an inner city and an outer city. Rich people lived in the inner city, and poor farmers lived in the outer city. Therefore, we should divide The scope of the operation is delineated in the southwest lake area."
He raised his head and took a sip of tea without saying anything.
Douyazai scratched his head and said: "Fengzi, you are right, but there is a question you have considered. The Southwest Lake District is too far from where we live now, and there is no hotel there. Where should we stay?"
I laughed and said: "Why is Qiandao Lake called Qiandao Lake? Because there are more than a thousand small islands here, and less than one-tenth of them have names! Most of them are desert islands that no one has set foot on! We can definitely put them The base is built on an unknown island!"
Dou Sprout clapped his hands: "Seconds! This is a great idea! Let's live directly on the island! No one can find us!"
I looked at the boss and nodded in agreement.
I looked at the time and saw that it was still early, so I asked Dou Sprout to go out to buy a boat together. We had to buy a powered boat to load things.
When we arrived at the fishermen's village in the Central Lake District, I said, "Ya Zai, I don't understand the market. Please pay more attention. We can't let others cheat us."
"Don't worry! I'll take care of everything!"
In 2006, Qiandao Lake vigorously promoted the development of tourism. Many fishermen changed their boats into small sightseeing boats. As a result, not many tourists from outside came to play, resulting in many boats being idle and gathering dust. Small advertisements for selling boats They are available everywhere, and you can buy a powered boat for as cheap as more than 10,000 yuan.
I looked at several in a row, but I was not satisfied. The boat is not broken, it is new, and the size is suitable. However, the power sound does not sound good. I think it runs slowly. You must understand that if something goes wrong, the boat must run fast. Okay, Dou Sprout agrees with me.
At about 10 o'clock in the evening, a thin young man wearing a hat came to us. The other person came up and said: "Brothers, I heard that you want to buy a clipper?"
I nodded and asked, do you have it?
He smiled and said: "Of course! Let's go! My boat is not far from the dock. Come with me and take a look!"
I went over to take a look and found that it was a broken wooden boat over six meters long, powered by an old-fashioned hand-pulled engine.
"Brother, you can't do this. It doesn't meet our requirements." I said.
He said anxiously: "Why not! My boat's name is Swordfish! Ask around! My boat is famously fast in Qiandao Lake!"
Dou Sprout said loudly: "You think we are being taken advantage of! I think your Swordfish is famous for being very heavy!"
He immediately jumped on the boat and waved to us: "No matter what I say, it's useless! Come on up and feel it!"
Doubanzi and I boarded the boat doubtfully.
Without even using the key, he yanked the engine!
Damn it...that starting speed was so incredible, I almost lost my footing and fell into the water! The speed can be described as an arrow leaving the string, and it's gone in a whoosh!
I have never been on such a fast boat, it was probably not much different from a motorboat. After taking a quick trip and returning, I decided on the spot that no matter how much it cost! I must buy this Swordfish.
"How's it going? I didn't lie to you, did I? Hurry up?"
"If I don't give you more than ten thousand, the price is forty-eight thousand!"
Douyazai used to be a fisherman, so he knew the price to some extent. When he heard the quotation of 48,000, Douyazai immediately said: "Why is your boat so cheap? You couldn't have stolen it! We are law-abiding citizens! If you stole the boat We don’t want it!”
"How could it be stolen! This is my damn boat! It's just that I don't have a certificate for the time being!"
"ah?"
Douyazai said: "After a long time, you are a black boat!"
The other party said impatiently: "That's the situation anyway! Do you want it or not? Give me the right word quickly!"
I pulled Dou Sprout aside and whispered, "Go ahead and buy it. This boat fully meets our requirements."
Dou Yazai lowered his voice and said: "Fengzi, don't worry, his ship was illegally modified and he is a shady guy. He can get it at least 10,000 yuan cheaper. Let's just think about it and contact him later when we think about it."
"It's just ten thousand yuan, it's a waste of time, forget it."
"Fengzi, ten thousand yuan is not money? Ten thousand yuan is enough for me to spend ten years! Don't worry about it, just listen to me."
Dou Sprout ran over and said to someone, "Brother, we are thinking about it. Leave a phone number and we will contact you later."
"What are you thinking about? You have to know that it cost more than 10,000 yuan to modify the engine of my ship."
Douyazai chuckled and said: "It's fine to book now, but the price is...it would be best if it costs 20,000 yuan."
"What!"
"I see you are not sincere about buying a boat! Have you seen the supermarket over there with lights on? Go buy ten leather buckets! Five yuan each! Then go back and tie them with ropes to use as boats!"
"Brother! Don't leave yet!"
I caught up with the person and said, "You can give me a cheaper price! I can give you the full amount right now!"
"Stop talking! The minimum is forty-five thousand!"
"OK!"
I brought enough money with me before coming, so I paid on the spot and signed the contract on the roadside. It's said to be a contract, but it's actually just a verbal agreement written on paper. It has no legal effect, and I don't care.
After the man took the money and left, Douyazai said angrily: "Fengzi, you are such a spendthrift! We can obviously save 10,000 yuan!"
"Haha, okay, let's go have a draft beer."
My concept of consumption is different from that of Bean Sprouts. I have spent a long time talking about it. What can I do if it is thousands of dollars cheaper? Can you make a fortune? No, I think money must be earned! You can’t save it by saving.
"Hey, sir, we've bought the boat. You all come here with your things. Bean Sprouts and I are at the food stall in the fishing village. Let's buy our things from here and set off directly."
While I was waiting to come over, I bought a lot of purified water, biscuits and instant noodles, and other food, and transferred them all to the newly purchased boat.
At around eleven o'clock, we sat together to have supper. Since we were close to the pier, the lake breeze was very cool.
There was no fish in the dish I ordered. Because I knew the truth, I didn’t dare to eat fish from the lake. I was impressed by Youdao Qiandao Lake’s special dish. What is rice cake called? It contains pig offal, tofu and meatballs. It is dark brown in color and sticky. It looks like a bowl of dog shit, but with a spoonful of chili oil, it tastes particularly delicious.
When buying a new boat, you have to set off firecrackers to give it a name. We saved the firecrackers and had to change the name because the Swordfish didn’t sound good. I said we should call it “Phantom” and I was slapped on the head immediately.
Dou Sprout said it should be called "Lu Feng", after my and his names.
Brother Yu said it should be called "Treasure Hunt", which means finding lost treasure underwater. Xiaoxuan said it should be called "Gold Rush", which means finding gold.
After a lot of arguing, I finally made the decision. I named the new boat "Fa Cai Hao". This name is both appropriate and elegant. We are not here to play, we are here to make money.
Just like that, at around 12 o'clock, the five of us took all the equipment, supplies and luggage and drove to the southwest lake area of Qiandao Lake under the cover of night.
There were no lights on the boat, and we were driving on a calm lake. There was darkness ahead. We passed by islands, Mishan Island, Osmanthus Island, Longchuan Island...
There are fishing boats docked on some islands, or yellow cloth strips hanging on the trees, which means that the island has been developed into a tourist attraction, and what we are looking for is the kind of forgotten island.
The boat reached the deep water area and drove all the way to the southwest. Gradually, the originally spacious water surface began to become narrow.
When passing by the Xin'an River Dam, we didn't know where we were driving, and there was gradually fog around us.
Suddenly, Xiaoxuan shouted: "Look! There is a small island in front of you!"
Not far ahead, a small black island appeared.
Looking at it from a distance, I just felt that the island was full of jagged rocks, not popular at all, and looked extremely desolate.
