Liang Chuan only said that he wanted to join in the fun, but Gao Chun came to the door the next day, pulled Liang Chuan out of Wanda, and ran to the river in a carriage.
Yesterday at Xiangsulou, the five people probably drank nearly five jars of sorghum wine. After drinking, except for Liang Chuan, the wind was calm and the clouds were calm. Even after that, there were stars in his eyes. Liang Zao fell to the ground, his life or death unknown, and Ling Hu lay on the ground. Gao Chun and Si Fangxing were fast asleep on the table, vomiting and vomiting. It was difficult to stand, let alone walk a word.
Liang Chuan could smell the strong smell of alcohol sitting next to Gao Chun. His eyes were red, and it was obvious that the alcohol had not completely subsided.
After Liang Chuan returned home, he sat with Shen Yuzhen for a while, drank some hot ginger soup and let Shen Yuzhen soak her feet for a while. The smell of alcohol had almost dissipated, and she slept again as if nothing had happened.
"Why are you so good at drinking? Yesterday I went home and asked my tigress to skin him. In the past, no matter how much he drank, he would not be as drunk as mud. Yesterday when he went back, he went drunk. They let out all the anger they had been holding back, and the couple almost tore down the house." Gao Chun spoke vividly, as if he had not seen Si Fangxing look drunk and particularly relieved.
"Didn't you send him back yesterday?" Liang Chuan asked anxiously.
Gao Chun said in a daze: "Why should I send him back? He has servants in the carriage waiting for him. Yesterday, his servants came to me and asked me to persuade his tigress not to come to Xiang. Drinking flower wine in Sulou. I am so drunk that I have no time to care about his family's mess."
Liang Chuan was speechless.
The carriage was not moving very fast, and it wandered for a while before reaching the river. Liang Chuan got out of the car and saw countless onlookers gathered by the river. They were looking at the people training dragon boats on the river with curiosity.
Liang Chuan smiled bitterly at Gao Chun and said: "The reason for falling into the water last time was that many people crowded headlessly towards the river and squeezed people into the water. I didn't expect that so many people still didn't learn their lesson. This dragon boat race is to commemorate Don’t add a few more lives to those who died.”
Gao Chun didn't expect this, and replied: "Fortunately, you gave me a heads up. I have to tell Mr. Zhao about this when I get back. I really have to be on guard against the tragedy of this kind of thing happening, and the bad news turns into It’s a funeral, Mr. Zhao thinks it’s a serious matter, and I won’t be happy if it doesn’t happen.”
Gao Chun called the boy and said: "Go and ask some brothers to come over and drive away these full people. In the past few days, let the brothers patrol the river. If anyone gathers by the river, let me disperse them." Come on!"
The boy took the order and left.
Liang Chuan looked at the river and said, "Whose family is preparing for the competition on the river?"
The waves on the Sun River are vast, and there is a majestic scene of steaming clouds and dreamy waves defending Yueyang City. Countless boats were on the river, most of them were small sampans for stocking goods, and a small number were fishing boats that made a living by fishing on the river.
Gao Chun pointed to the two boats on the river: "The dragon boat with the red flag on the bow is the Wu family's dragon boat. Their dragon boat team members are all boatmen on the Sun River. They have excellent water properties and their skills in punting are also extremely good. It's like a horse racing on land. The other dragon boat with the black flag is the Pu family's dragon boat, and they use Kunlun slaves!"
Liang Chuan was stunned for a moment and asked: "Kunlun slave?"
Gao Chun smiled and said, "Look at the difference in their skin colors?"
Liang Chuan looked far into the distance and was shocked to see that the people on the dragon boat were all black people! He couldn't help but laugh bitterly.
Gao Chun said bitterly: "The ancestors of the Pu family are foreigners. They are very close to the Semu people on West Street. There are also Han people hired by the family, but they prefer these animal-like Kunlun slaves. These Kunlun slaves As long as they are given food to eat, they are very strong and strong. It is said that even when there is no wind, they can make the Kunlun slaves transport goods from the South Ocean by boat oars. Those mountains of goods are exchanged for bones and blood."
Liang Chuan said: "The players from one family are very good at water, while the players from the other family are extremely strong. They all have their own strengths and weaknesses. I believe they have also trained for a long time. How can you compare with others?"
Gao Chun pointed to the other side of the river and said: "Not only these two families are participating, the Sun family, the Huang family from Fengzhou, and some village communities' own dragon boat teams are also participating. If you win, you will get a lottery of 20,000 yuan." , there is no loss even if you lose, this temptation is not small.”
"The Sun family is not short of money, why are we here to collect money?" Liang Chuan said. He had never heard of the Huang family. He looked in the direction Gao Chun pointed at and saw that there were indeed many dragon boats floating across the river. There was a flag of a different color on each boat. They did not start the race, they were just training on the river.
Liang Chuan took a look at these dragon boats. Rather than saying they were dragon boats, it was more appropriate to call them elongated fishing boats. The dragon boats in Liang Chuan's impression were all long, thin and flat special boats with extremely light hulls, and these huge hulls The side of the boat is high, and the oars are thick and long, making it difficult to rock the oars.
Obviously, although dragon boat racing is a pastime, there are still many ways to rise to the competitive level, and in this era, these knowledge have not yet been mastered.
While the two were talking, a gorgeous carriage stopped calmly by the river. A rich old man who looked like a foreigner got out of the carriage. The male and female servants shouted to the left and the other, and a group of people walked towards them. .
The old man bowed to Gao Chun and said, "Captain Gao meets you here by such a coincidence."
Gao Chun also arched: "Mr. Pu, what brought your old man here in person?" Gao Chun said to Liang Chuan: "This is Mr. Pu Geng Pu, the head of the Pu family, the number one spice family in Qingyuan."
Liang Chuan quickly saluted the old man who was unlucky enough to be tricked by his son and said, "Mr. Pu."
This old man really looks like a foreigner. He looks a bit like Hussein. He has deep eye sockets, a brown beard, and brown eyes. He has a lot of hair on his body. Although he wears gorgeous and numerous clothes, when he raises his wrist, You can tell there are a lot of hairs at a glance.
Pu Geng didn't recognize Liang Chuan, so he was startled and looked at Liang Chuan. Liang Chuan was dressed in simple and ordinary clothes, and there was nothing eye-catching about him, but he was chatting and laughing with Gao Chun and others and asked quickly: "This is..."
Gao Chun was in trouble. Liang Chuan couldn't introduce it better, but it seemed inconvenient. Liang Chuan smiled and said, "This guy is Liang Chuan, the owner of Wanda Cargo Store in the east of the city."
Pu Geng silently muttered for a long time why this name seemed familiar but couldn't remember where he had heard it before. He looked at Liang Chuan blankly. The housekeeper beside him quickly leaned into his ear and whispered a few words to Pu Geng.
As soon as he finished speaking, the expression on the old man's face became wonderful. It was like he had eaten a fly and wanted to spit it out but didn't dare, so he could only hold it in his mouth. His face turned blue and black for a while, like a soybean dye shop. Yes, ever-changing!
Last time, his son Shouchang made a huge mistake. Prince Zhao went directly to his house and said that the matter was solved. Because Shouchang offended someone who even Prince Zhao could not afford to offend, and the consequence would be to destroy the family. To destroy the family, Pu Geng originally thought that the Bird King was here to fight the autumn wind. He wanted to give him some money and send it away. Who would have thought that Qingyuan's soldiers really surrounded the Pu family, and several servants were not wise enough to get used to it. The former theory was split into two pieces on the spot. When he saw the bloody Pu Geng, he realized that this time it was for real.
How many people in the world do Prince Zhao think he can't afford to offend? I can probably count them all on one hand. Two little girls came that day, and they shouted and wanted to kill their own son. He had never been so angry in his half-century of life. It was said that his son was humiliated in many ways in Weiyuan Tower, and he was like this. My dear son, I was so embarrassed that I knelt down in front of Prince Zhao. Prince Zhao, despite his status, went to beg two girls, and it was only after a large pool of blood was shed that the matter was revealed.
That pool of blood was worth a million dollars, which was the Pu family's net income for the past ten years.
Afterwards, he asked someone to inquire about it, and found out that a girl also had an accident that day. Afterwards, she was taken to the magistrate's mansion and looked after carefully. After she recovered, she returned to Bianjing. This girl Pu Geng didn't dare to think about what kind of power behind the scenes could make Zhao Weixian so scared. He finally found out that all the clues pointed to one person, a brat named Liang Chuan. This boy was the instigator of the whole thing. After one session, he came out without even losing a hair, which made him angry and scared.
Liang Chuan didn't know how many times the old man had greeted him in his heart, but he just said to him again with a smile: "Master, are you not feeling well? Don't get sick because of the strong wind on the river. Why are you servants like this?" Don’t have good eyesight?”
Pu Geng didn't feel well. He hated Liang Chuan so much that his teeth itched with hatred, but he didn't dare to do anything to Liang Chuan. He could only say: "It turns out to be Zhang Dadong's family. I'm glad to meet you. I'm here with Gao Captou today. Could it be that you also want to participate in this dragon boat race?"
Liang Chuan hurriedly waved and said, "No, no, just take a look. My water quality is not good. But I took a look and found that your team is not good at fighting. I'm afraid it will be difficult to win this competition!"
What! Pu Geng's name was to pray for blessings, but in reality he wanted to save some face. He also specially selected those extremely strong Kunlun slaves to compete, but he actually said that he could not win.
Winning or losing is a matter of small face or big deal. Pu Geng did not let his son come out to interfere this time. He took care of the whole process. He neither caused trouble nor cheated. What he wanted was to regain his own face. The Wu family had the same idea. , both families have been working hard to prepare for this, but this guy just said so easily that he can't win!
Pu Geng said: "In your opinion, who can win this game?"
Liang Chuan pondered for a moment and said confidently: "I think the Weiyuan Tower team is so impressive that they should be sure to win this time!"
Even Gao Chun didn't believe this.
Pu Geng seemed to have been slapped hard, but he was angry but did not show up. He turned to Liang Chuan with a dark face and said: "Now Qingtang has opened a handicap. Since Zhang Dadong is optimistic about the Weiyuan Tower team, why don't we join in the fun together?" For a moment, everyone bets some money and let’s have a lot of fun together?”
Liang Chuan smiled and said, "Well, I happen to have 30,000 yuan on hand recently, why don't we make a bet."
Pu Geng patted his chest and said: "That's a good relationship. I, Mr. Pu, will say something here today. As long as you play with Zhang Dadong's house, I, Mr. Pu, will pay double the compensation. In this way, Gao Captou is also present today. Let him write a bet for us. If you win, I will give you 60,000 coins. If you lose, I will give you the 30,000 coins. What do you think?"
Liang Chuan said: "Why don't you make a big bet? If you win, I'll give it to you in my small shop in Chengtian Lane. Take a look at what Zhuangzi shops you have on hand and bring it out. Let's make a big bet!"
Pu Geng said with a smile: "That's a good feeling, but my shop is about to be used right now. I have a village in Fengzhou with some houses and property. If you win, you can take it all. The village is not cheaper than the shop. "
Liang Chuan said to Gao Chun, "Master Gao, how about you write a gambling note for the two of us?"
Gao Chunzui was dumbfounded. Who would bet that Weiyuan Tower would win? Did Saburo drink too much last night and his mind is unclear now?
