The so-called Dongping Water Park is actually the famous Liangshan Water Park.
In the fifth year of Jin Mingchang's reign, the Yellow River broke through Yangwu. It diverted its flow in Liangshanbo for nearly a hundred years, resulting in severe siltation. As a result, Jishui was submerged, Heze was flattened, the lake gradually dried up, and the area of the lake was greatly reduced.
"History of Jin·Shihuo Zhi" records: "The Yellow River has moved to its old course, the water in Liangshan has receded, and the land is very vast."
By the Ming Dynasty, the entire water area evolved into four independent lakes.
There are three lakes in the south, namely Mada Lake, Nanwang Lake and Shushan Lake.
A hundred miles away is the largest Anshan Lake.
The Huitong River crosses Anshan Lake and divides the lake into two.
The water in the east of the river gradually receded, eventually leaving a large lake, Dongping Lake.
Anshan Lake in Hexi has completely disappeared, witnessing the vicissitudes of life.
The warm spring breeze came from the south and welcomed the fleet to Shouzhangji.
Zuo Fu and Zuo Gui accompanied Lu Jingyuan, looking at the environment curiously.
"I think back to the time when Liangshan's one hundred and eight generals were so famous that they could do anything in heaven or on earth, but they ended up in a state of disarray. Nowadays, the vast mountains and rivers of Liangshan have lost their majesty in the past, but the rivers and lakes are still the same. .”
Lu Jingyuan's emotion reminded Zuo Gui of something Zuo Mengeng once said.
"Wherever there are people, there are rivers and lakes. It doesn't matter whether there is a lake like this."
Lu Jingyuan tasted it and couldn't help but sigh.
"Fourth Master has extraordinary knowledge, I admire him."
Zuo Gui said quickly: "My name is Lu Tang now. Don't forget to remember me."
Knowing that Lu Jingyuan was going to Dongping Shuibo to assist Li Qingshan in boxing, Zuo Fu and Zuo Gui discussed with him and changed their names to Junior Lu to accompany him.
Zuo Fu's pseudonym was Lu Jiang, and Zuo Gui's pseudonym was Lu Tang.
While a few people were talking and laughing, the boat docked.
Lu Jingyuan was quite surprised.
"That's strange. I've told King Li Tian a long time ago that the old man arrived today, why didn't anyone come?"
Not only did no one come, but it was also obvious that the atmosphere of the entire Shouzhangji was not right.
As the Shouzhang Ji closest to the water in Shouzhang County, it was originally an important merchant distribution center, so it was lively and prosperous. But what a few people saw was that the town was very quiet. Occasionally there are passers-by walking in a hurry.
From far and near, some idle men looked at this side with vigilance, as if they regarded them as enemies.
"Did something happen?"
Seeing that there was no other way, Lu Tai said, "Ask, my child."
He ran towards an idle man and didn't know what he said from a distance. He could clearly see the idle man showing a happy face and quickly following Lu Tai.
"Father, something happened. King Li Tian was attacked by Xiaoxiao yesterday and was seriously injured. I'm afraid the dragon head will be in trouble this time."
The faces of Zuo Fu and the other three people suddenly changed, knowing that this matter was not trivial.
Li Qingshan is the leader. He was injured at this time, which can be said to be a great loss in combat strength.
Lu Jingyuan asked the idle man: "Do you know how King Li Tianwang was injured?"
The idle man took the lead and explained the situation.
It turned out that someone lost a fishing boat in Shouzhangji yesterday. Li Qingshan led people to help search for it, and found the boat thief deep in the puddle.
When he was about to capture him, unexpectedly, several thieves suddenly rose up and besieged Li Qingshan. I don't know who it was, but in the chaos, Li Qingshan stabbed Li Qingshan, right in the stomach.
If Li Qingshan hadn't been so skilled in martial arts and avoided the vital point at the critical moment, he would have died on the spot.
"Hey, what should I do?"
Lu Jingyuan was just anxious, but Zuo Fu sensitively sensed something was wrong.
"Have you caught the thief who hurt people?"
The idle man was very angry.
"No. Those thieves are very good at water. They jumped into the water after hurting the King of Heaven. Our brothers searched for a day and a night, but they couldn't find them. If they were caught by us, they would have to cut these beasts into pieces. It’s impossible.”
Zuo Fu looked at Xianhan.
"I haven't asked my brother what his name is."
The idle man said that his name was Jiang Wu, a local fisherman.
Zuo Fu asked again: "I make a living by fishing all year round. The water quality should be excellent."
Jiang Wu smiled proudly.
"It goes without saying that we soak in water every day and have been playing with water since we were born."
Zuo Fu said a few words of praise casually and fooled him.
Zuo Gui pulled him a few steps behind and asked quietly: "Is there something wrong?"
Zuo Fu looked around and saw that there was no one around, lowered his voice and said, "Can you escape among a group of people who play in the water all year round? Do you believe it?"
The water is not like on land. No matter how good the water quality is, it is impossible to lurk under the water forever. There will always be a time to emerge.
These fishermen have been active in the water all year round and have long been familiar with the terrain. No matter how good the thieves are, it would be a fool's errand to escape from their encirclement and search by diving.
Zuo Gui reacted immediately.
"You mean there's someone here..."
Zuo Fu hurriedly reminded: "Longtan Tiger's Den, be careful."
Several people followed Jiang Wu all the way and finally came to a small courtyard.
This place is bustling with people, with all kinds of men inside and outside. Occasionally, shouts of killing rang out, quickly causing a stir.
Just by looking at these, you can feel the popularity of the Heavenly King Li Qingshan.
Jiang Wu squeezed in for a moment, the crowd separated to the left and right, and several men walked quickly.
"Brother Lu, it's been a hard journey."
Lu Jingyuan didn't have time to exchange greetings and asked, "Brother Li, how is the situation of the King of Heaven?"
The man took a careful look around and whispered: "It's not convenient here. Brother, let me go in."
He immediately led several people across the yard and directly into the house, leaving behind inquiring eyes.
The house built with yellow mud is gloomy and obstructs the view. The moment I entered the house, my vision went dark, and then I gradually got used to it.
After entering the back room, the sun filtered in through the window, and it felt a little better.
Lying on the kang was a strong man in his fifties, covered with a thick quilt and leaning against the wall. He looked quite tired. When he saw Lu Jingyuan walking in, he forced a smile.
"Brother Lu is here, I feel relieved."
With tears in his eyes, Lu Jingyuan leaned in front of the kang, grabbed the other person's hand, and kept talking.
"Brother, you are so careless, why did you get hurt?"
That strong man is Li Qingshan.
His eyes swept over the people Lu Jingyuan brought one by one, and he couldn't help but ask: "Nephew Lu Taixian is an old acquaintance. These two..."
Lu Jingyuan cheered up and told Zuo Fu and Zuo Gui about their fabricated identities.
Hearing that he was a junior from the Lu family, Li Qingshan didn't care and showed a desolate expression.
"It seems that Guo Yunbiao is bound to win this leading meeting."
Lu Jingyuan hurriedly comforted him: "Even if I am injured, as long as we win four of the seven games, we will win."
Before Li Qingshan could do anything, the person who led them into the house was furious.
"I'm afraid Brother Lu doesn't know that the people from Boping Merchant are not coming."
Lu Jingyuan was shocked when he heard this.
"Why is this? Without his Purple-faced Star Lord Shang Jianping, where can we find manpower?"
Seeing that Zuo Fu and Zuo Gui were confused, Lu Tai introduced them in a low voice.
It turns out that the dispute over Shuibo involves more than just the people and thieves who live around Shuipo. Many people who depended on the canal for a living also participated.
Most of them are on Li Qingshan's side.
Just because when Li Qingshan had the upper hand, he acted fairly and everyone could come and go freely through the canal, making it convenient for them to move goods.
When Guo Yunbiao occupied the waterfront, merchant ships traveling in and out of the river had to pay twenty taels of silver to cross the river if they did not fly the official flag.
When a tracker is needed to tow it, the asking price is three times more expensive than Li Qingshan.
Comparing the two, it’s clear who to choose.
Lu Jingyuan came all the way from Linqing to help him boxing for this reason.
Changfeng Escort Agency has to walk through the canal most of the time.
What I was earning was hard-earned money, and I had to pay a large amount of tolls, so I had to lose money.
If you want to maintain the business, you can only help Li Qingshan win the leading meeting and prevent Guo Yunbiao from getting involved.
It was precisely because of the help from the heroes of the Three Mountains that Li Qingshan was able to compete with the green forest tycoon Guo Yunbiao as a butcher.
Unexpectedly, on the eve of this year's leading meeting, Li Qingshan was injured, and another person who strongly supported Boping merchants did not come.
This suddenly means that two good players are missing.
No wonder Shouzhangji is clouded and everyone is in danger.
Once we lose the leading meeting this time, everyone will not be able to go fishing, and will lose an income out of thin air. I am afraid that life will not be able to survive.
For people like Lu Jingyuan, business on the canal line will be impossible in the future.
He has always supported Li Qingshan.
If Guo Yunbiao is allowed to control the canal this time, from now on, Changfeng Escort Bureau's ships will not be given over no matter how much money they receive.
But without the canal, the business of Changfeng Escort Agency would definitely plummet.
For a moment, the atmosphere in the earthen house was extremely depressing.
"Brother, Guo Yunbiao sent someone."
The sound of reports outside the house was like dark clouds adding to the haze, and everyone changed their colors.
"How dare you come here after a dog got in? I'm going to kill him."
Seeing his brothers getting angry, Li Qingshan quickly stopped.
"stop."
The man looked angry and very unwilling.
"Brother, that beast Guo Yunbiao must have done it on purpose."
Even though Li Qingshan was injured, his power still remained.
"When will it be your turn to make the decision?"
The man huffed and puffed for a long time, but finally did not dare to disobey. He ran to the side angrily and went away sullen.
Li Qingshan then said: "Help me up and put on my clothes."
Lu Jingyuan and several others quickly joined hands and carefully helped Li Qingshan off the kang.
When they lifted the quilt, Zuo Fu and Zuo Guicai saw that Li Qingshan had a white cloth wrapped around his waist. But the blood was flowing thickly at this time, and it was obvious that the injury was serious.
In this state, it is obviously impossible to fight.
