The next day, the warm sun was shining brightly and people gathered in front of the golden beach.
Yang Zhi had been waiting at the bow of the boat for a long time. At the stern of the boat was placed the load of goods that he was thinking about.
Zou Run stood on the shore and was surrounded by people, unable to move for a long time.
Looking at the reluctant eyes, Zou Run made the final emphasis.
"Okay, brothers, don't try to persuade me anymore, just do everything I have decided."
"Ruan Xiaoer stayed at Liangshan Dazhai and took charge of navy affairs. Ruan Xiaowu and Ruan Xiaoqi took my handwritten letter and two close associates with them, and took a boat trip near Yunzhou, and then turned to Laizhou and took the sea route to Dengzhou. After returning to Dengyun Mountain, I went to see my uncle Zou Run. I had told him before that after my two elder brothers went to Dengzhou, they would temporarily take the fifth and sixth positions. They replaced Deng Fei, the fiery-eyed Suani, as the leader of the navy. In charge of the affairs of the Dengyun Mountains and Navy."
Liangshanbo connects Wuzhang River and Beiqing River, connects Bianjing to the west, and reaches Laizhou in the east. Compared with the land route, if you take a boat from Liangshanbo to the east, the time can be shortened by at least one third. This is the reason for Zou Runte's advice.
It is a pity that the water volume of the Yellow River decreases in winter, and the river is shallow and difficult to swim upstream. Otherwise, taking a boat to Bianliang, Tokyo, would be much more comfortable than riding a horse in winter.
"Here in Liangshan, Lin Chong, the leopard leader, is temporarily taking charge of the affairs of the village master, training soldiers and horses, and guarding the village. During my stay in Tokyo, the village has enough money and food to meet my needs. Don't make any big moves. Wait until I come back before worrying about anything. Du Qian The two leaders Song and Wansheng assisted Coach Lin to appease people and repair the checkpoints. Chief Zhu Gui was in charge of all the hotels and paid attention to the news of the rivers and lakes. I think with my cooking method, the hotels everywhere should not worry about the source of customers. It’s just that in this way, please don’t do any shady shop activities such as selling menstrual sweat pills. Remember, remember..."
Standing on the trestle and repeating his instructions, a gust of lake wind made Zou Run's clothes flutter. Not far away, Yang Zhi's cough came from the downwind. Zou Run knew that the time to leave had come, so he finally bowed his hands and said goodbye, and everyone hurriedly returned the favor.
"Master of the village, take care along the way. After receiving Mrs. Lin, please return to the village as soon as possible. We and others are looking forward to returning every day..."
This is the farewell message of Ruan Xiaoer, Du Qian, Song Wan and Zhugui.
"The leader of the village is here alone, so be careful." When he said this, Ruan Xiaoqi frequently looked at Yang Zhi on the boat, making it clear that he was not at ease with him. "Alas! If the village leader hadn't repeatedly emphasized that the Dengzhou navy was interfering with our village's development plan, Xiao Qi would have really wanted to leave everything behind and protect the village leader all the way to Tokyo!"
Watching his younger brother turning over and over again, saying one sentence from the top of the mountain to the beach, without stopping, Ruan Xiaowu rarely agreed. His family knew about their own affairs, and according to Zou Run's plan, none of the three brothers had a light burden, so when they were leaving, the short-lived Erlang turned all his sadness into solemn promises.
"Please don't worry, Village Master. After our brothers have gone down the mountain to pick up my mother and family, and have settled down in the mountain, in three days at the latest, Seventh Brother and I will leave for Dengzhou, and we will keep them until the next time the Village Master returns to Dengyun Mountain. The two brothers and I will definitely show the village leader a different navy!"
Zou Run was greatly relieved and overjoyed when he heard this. It was Lin Chong's turn. He had been in a daze since last night and still seemed in a daze.
He first bowed deeply to Yang Zhi, who had already boarded the ship.
"Trouble Controller, please be more considerate and take care of me, so that my village master will have no worries on his way to Tokyo. Lin Chong will keep the friendship in mind and will repay it in the future!"
Thousands of words, every word weeping blood, nothing more than this. Yang Zhi is not a tree, but he is affectionate and righteous, so he returned the favor solemnly on the boat.
"Don't worry, coach, Yang Zhi will take care of you. The safety of your village master depends on one person from the Sa family!"
After receiving the approval, Lin Chong pursed his upper and lower lips and silently asked Zou Run to come on board.
The boatman stretched out a bamboo pole and tapped it gently on the shore. The boat carrying Zou Run and Yang Zhi immediately left the shore. Just as everyone waved goodbye to Zou Run, Lin Chong suddenly knelt down on the ground and put his head deep Buried deep on the golden beach, he worshiped hoarsely and sobbed:
"Lin Chong will always remember the kindness of the leader of the village. If he does not repay him with death in the future, he will be abandoned by heaven and earth. He will be struck by thunder and lightning, and burned by fire. He will not die a good death!"
After saying this, he bowed three times and fell to the ground crying, and everyone hurriedly rescued him. When I looked at the boat again, I saw the vast and thick fog on the lake, covering everything, making it difficult to distinguish things. The man has gone, and the remaining forest faces the mountains and rivers behind him and the lake in front of him, feeling worried and sad.
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From Liangshanshuibo to Tokyo Bianliang, it is a journey of six to seven hundred miles by land. Unfortunately, Yang Zhi's heavy load of goods is there, so he cannot speed up. Every time he passes through a village, he has to hire people to carry it in turn, so it is delayed. A lot of effort was put into it.
But it was during this period that Yang Zhi's favorable impression of Zou Run more than doubled.
Along the way, the two of them walked together and talked a lot. At first, they just told each other some stories about rivers and lakes to entertain each other, but as time went by, the topic became boring, and besides, Yang Zhi himself didn't care about the affairs of the rivers and lakes.
So the topic naturally turned to topics such as martial arts, art of war, battle formations, etc. At this time, Yang Zhi seemed to be a different person. He was talking with great interest, dancing and dancing, his face was beaming, and he was always rushing to speak. The subsequent topic extended to major battles in history, and famous generals from ancient to modern times. At this time, Yang Zhi could only talk half of the story and listen to the other half. Even at the end, he quietly memorized some of the knowledge points Zou Run said. , lest I forget and lose something after I pass away.
Zou Run couldn't help but laugh secretly, but he didn't point it out.
In the last two days, Zou Run was the only one sitting on the horse and talking loudly. From astronomy to geography, mixed with the political gains and losses of past dynasties and celebrity anecdotes, Yang Zhi became a loyal listener. Whenever Zou Run hit the nail on the head or gave a new interpretation of a certain historical event or historical figure in a new way, the green-faced beast would secretly smack his tongue or be dumbfounded.
Even when Zou Run showed off his energy and began to talk about the emperor's tricks, Yang Zhi was so frightened that he almost fell off his horse. Regardless of the strange looks from passers-by, he begged in the snow and kept asking Zou Run to stop talking.
In the words of Yang Zhi, a warrior who aspired to be a loyal minister and filial son - "This is something that a minister cannot hear!"
In this way, along the way, when the huge city of Tokyo first appeared on the horizon far ahead, the time had unknowingly reached the fourth year of Zhenghe, the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month.
It has been more than half a year since Zou Runhun traveled through the Northern Song Dynasty, and there are only two days left before the Lunar New Year.
On the eve of New Year's Day (Note 1), the city of Tokyo was bustling with traffic. People entering and leaving the city lined up from the wild fields on the outskirts of the city to the big fence behind the barbican. The few low-ranking green-robed civil servants in charge of security at the city gate had long since lost their dignity. Their official robes were in disarray, their throats were smoking, and they were shouting to themselves.
The Imperial Guards and officers who were responsible for maintaining order had wry smiles on their faces. In the sea of people, they had no room to use their weapons. They were crowded in front and behind, and these soldiers were almost pressed against the city wall by the surging crowd and couldn't breathe.
In the midst of the mighty army entering the city, if the green-faced beast beside him was not pulling hard on his sleeves, fearing that he would get lost, Zou Runzhen felt like a future generation of migrant workers crowding into the train station to participate in the Spring Festival travel rush. a feeling of.
