The person who came was none other than Huang Jin, the old doctor from You Fang who was full of vitriol.
"Good disciple, I haven't seen you this year, how are you doing?" Huang Jin, wearing a light armor and with two followers behind him, said to Zhao Chuan with a smile.
"How can there not be a year, maybe ten months at most." Zhao Chuan said calmly, not really expecting to meet this charlatan with fake medical skills.
"Hahaha, since the last time we broke up, I have been living like a year, and I want to make a fool of myself!" Huang Jin said in a literate and acidic manner, changing from the slick talk in the past.
My dear, when did this medical swindler join the army and abandon medicine to join the army? Zhao Chuan was a little puzzled when he saw the armor on Huang Jin.
Huang Jin waved the waiter to leave. Seeing Zhao Chuan's puzzled look, Huang Jin immediately explained proudly that he was now the medical officer accompanying the luxury passenger ship.
Follow the army? Zhao Chuan was even more surprised, "Isn't this a passenger ship? What kind of army are you with?"
Huang Jin smiled and said that was the case. Because the river ship was robbed last time, the loss was huge. Not only did people die and the ship was damaged, but the reputation was also greatly affected. How could a government-run shipping experience such humiliation? Therefore, the official in charge specially assigned sergeants to escort the ship. When he saw a notice at the dock saying that he was recruiting military doctors on board the ship at a high salary, he applied for it and was lucky enough to be selected.
Huang Jin was very proud. He patted the light armor on his body and said that he was also a medical officer now. He was as strong as an official as a civilian. He also had a few followers, which was much better than wandering around as a wandering doctor!
Huang Jin also said that after several months of performance, he was now not only the military officer on the ship, but also the military advisor, clerk, and accountant on the ship. This luxury passenger ship can be rated as an advanced flight service every quarter. It is the safest and most cost-effective flight...
Huang Jin became more and more happy as he talked, and he pulled Zhao Chuan onto the deck, "Look, there is one main gun on the front and rear decks, three secondary guns on the left and right, and two small guns on the top deck. There are ten guns in total. You are simply invincible on this inland river, even if the navy's gunboats come, you still have to weigh your own firepower!"
Zhao Chuan said this would cost a lot of money.
Huang Jin said that was not the case. After the ship was robbed and damaged last time, it was taken to the Jiangnan Shipyard for three months of repairs. The entire hull was covered with a layer of iron. It was no longer afraid of fire, and its power was increased. Got two blade propellers. Even communication was thought of, a new carrier pigeon was added, and a post office was set up.
Good guys, now the functions of luxury passenger ships have been upgraded. They are not only passenger ships, but also cruise ships and cruise ships.
"How much money is wasted?" Zhao Chuan looked up and down, left and right, and praised.
"Yes, yes, but the wool comes from the sheep! Tickets for good cabins have increased in price." Huang Jin said that rich people don't care about the amount of money they take by boat, they only care about safety, comfort and convenience.
Think about it too.
"Do you know how much money a first-class cabin costs?" Huang Jin asked.
"I don't know. The first class cabin scared me so much that I flinched. How can I ask about the first class cabin?" Zhao Chuan said.
"Four hundred and eighty taels of silver!" Huang Jin said.
"It's so expensive, who would take advantage of it?" Zhao Chuan curled his lips.
Huang Jin said you don't understand, and they are all rushing to live there now.
"Did you know? There is an additional royal suite on the third floor of the ship. There is only one room. The price is one thousand taels!" Huang Jin stretched out a finger and shook it.
"Royal suite? Specially for the traveling emperor?"
"As long as you have money, anyone can live there?" Huang Jin chuckled.
"Is there anyone living there?" Zhao Chuan felt that the ship was getting weirder and weirder, wondering who had these bad ideas.
"Yes, I have!"
"Then who lives in the royal suite now?" Zhao Chuan became curious.
"Prince Hou!" Huang Jin lowered his voice.
"Which prince?"
Seeing Zhao Chuan's confused look, Huang Jin put his ear into Zhao Chuan's ear again, "Who else could it be? There is only one prince in the world, the old prince Tong Wenchengtong who lives in Jiangzhou City!"
Zhao Chuan was stunned. He originally cared the least about people and things in the officialdom. For such a long time, he only knew that there was a marquis in Jiangzhou, and he even treated his bearer's leg injury on the mountain road of Lingyin Mountain. , and there has been no intersection since then. Even so, he never really said a word to the other person.
"It turns out that the Marquis' name is Tong Wencheng." Zhao Chuan said to himself, "Don't he have eight sedan bearers? Why is he here to take the boat?"
Originally, this time I wanted to go to Jiangzhou City to find Master Xiaoyaozi, and on the way to nearby Nanfeng County to find trouble with the government officials and the county magistrate. This saves trouble. The county magistrate’s immediate boss is here, and the idea disgusts him. , It’s not Zhao Chuan who doesn’t take revenge.
"Oh, oh, it turns out it's him..." Zhao Chuan was thoughtful, his eyes were misty on the river, and he was still talking to himself.
Seeing Zhao Chuan standing on the deck in a daze, he didn't know what he was thinking. Huang Jin was also a little stunned. After thinking for a while, he asked Zhao Chuan if he knew the Marquis.
"Of course... of course..." Zhao Chuan nodded, looking intoxicated.
Huang Jin was stunned by Zhao Chuan's appearance, but he knew that Zhao Chuan was not sick. He still knew a little about Zhao Chuan. This boy had been a lucky god since he appeared next to him.
Ever since he was injured and thrown into the wilderness, he would have died if Zhao Chuan hadn't rescued him by passing by. Later, he practiced medicine with him, in Qishan Town, on the passenger ship to Jiangzhou, and interacted with the Han family... It was not because of Zhao Chuan that he got the benefits of fame and fortune.
Let's just say that this time, if I hadn't pretended to be Dr. Zhenzhen for the Han family, they could have used me as the ship's medical officer. The Han family has a great business and has expanded to several nearby counties in recent years.
Well, looking at Zhao Chuan's expression, maybe the Marquis can hand it over by himself. Then he will no longer be a medical officer on the passenger ship, but maybe a medical officer in the Marquis's palace. The Marquis has 200,000 elite soldiers under his command...
Huang Jin thought for a long time and finally came to his senses. He quickly asked Zhao Chuan if he wanted to upgrade? Later, I went to the first-class cabin to catch up with him and reminisced about old times. He said that those rooms were very soundproof and it was not very convenient to talk here.
"Upgrade! Upgrade. Why not upgrade? Idiots don't know how to enjoy it." Zhao Chuan immediately took Qi Yatou to the new cabin.
Although Qi Yatou has lived for more than seven hundred years, she rarely gets involved in the human world. Most of them stay in the barren mountains and practice hard. She is naturally happy wherever Zhao Chuan goes. In her own words, her one hundred years is only equivalent to two years of human social experience. So she said that her 700 years old could only be equivalent to a human's 15 years old.
The first-class cabin has three bedrooms and one living room, with windows, and is located on the top three floors of the passenger ship. The first-class cabin is on the second floor, with two bedrooms and one living room, and also has windows.
Not long after he checked into the first-class cabin, Huang Jin came to visit.
Huang Jin pointed at Qi Yatou and asked where did he find this follower?
Zhao Chuan said that just like you, they were all rescued and picked up on the road.
Huang Jin said that I am your master, how can I be like her? Zhao Chuan said that I did not recognize you, it was you who forced me to be your apprentice.
Huang Jin asked, do you know Mr. Hou? Zhao Chuan said that he should have met me, and I have met him, but I have never communicated in person, because he is a Marquis, not on the same level, and we don’t know his background.
Huang Jin said I know something, just listen to me.
Huang Jin began to tell that the Marquis' name was Tong Wencheng. Twenty years ago he was a fierce bandit leader who occupied the king. He opened escort agencies in many cities as cover, called Zhenyuan Escort Agency, and colluded with officials in many places. Famous far and wide.
One day, someone suddenly came to ask for a escort, and the person he escorted turned out to be the little emperor who was on the run.
In order to show grandeur and safety, the emperor often left the palace with great fanfare and was accompanied by hundreds of officials. However, when the little emperor fled south, he was as miserable as a lost dog.
Because the barbarians from the north invaded the capital in a surprise attack, a group of guards fled here to support the young emperor who had just ascended the throne. The guards were chased to death and wounded, and the prince was about to die. At this time, someone suggested that the prince be handed over to the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau for protection.
According to common sense, the emperor's personal safety should be protected by the Royal Guards, but at this time the Guards had long been beaten out of sight. So when I had no choice but to save my own life, I found Zhenyuan Escort Agency.
For Zhenyuan Escort Bureau, this is a good thing that falls from the sky, and they have to do it without any money.
In order to make this imperial mission go smoothly, Tong Wencheng, the head of the escort agency, recruited all capable personnel from all over the country to participate.
The ones who protected the emperor during his travels turned out to be bandits. This was a rare and strange thing in thousands of years.
The little emperor did not take the imperial guards with him when he fled south, but with the escort of this band of private bandits, he fled south all the way, and reached the South China Sea without any obstruction.
It is said that throughout the dynasties, the royal guards who defended the emperor could only suppress the subjects during peacetime, but were mostly useless when foreign enemies were in chaos.
The little emperor was chased by barbarians and fled south. He was in such a state of embarrassment that his life was almost gone. Food and drink were not guaranteed, and officials had long since escaped along the way. Zhenyuan Escort Bureau has made great achievements, and they have provided money, food, manpower and material resources.
So after the young emperor returned to power, he not only rewarded the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau generously, but also made Tong Wen a Marquis and granted him the fiefdom of Jiangzhou County.
Therefore, at the end of every year, Tong Wencheng would regularly enter the palace, pay tribute and receive rewards, and walk through the palace with great brilliance.
Among the people, Zhenyuan Escort Agency is called the "Royal Escort Agency" and Tong Wencheng is called the "Imperial Escort Agency", with unlimited fame.
After listening to Huang Jin's story, Zhao Chuan's brain went crazy.
No wonder the world is in such chaos. Officials are incapable of doing anything. The emperor is so helpless that he has to run for his life. Fortunately, a group of thieves and bandits have escaped to the seaside to seek refuge. What prospects can such a court have?
Zhao Chuan only hated officials before, but now he despises them even more.
"Master Hou is not staying in Jiangzhou City. Where did he come back from?" Zhao Chuan asked.
Huang Jin said that the Marquis came back from the South China Sea, because he had to pay tribute, and of course he went to purchase rare treasures.
Haishi has arrived, and the luxury passenger ship sets sail on time. Yangshan County is only more than 200 miles away from Jiangzhou City by water. Even if we sail at night, we will arrive before dawn.
There are non-stop ships from Yangshan County Pier to Jiangzhou City because there is no pier in between. As soon as the ship sets off, the public area on the second floor becomes lively, with off-duty crew members and ship guards coming to play.
Zhao Chuan took Qi Yatou to see the world. She walked around in the place and looked around. But unlike Cheng Shulan, who was always curious and stunned when she saw everything, she just looked at it for a few moments and then left.
After walking around for a while, Qi Yatou pulled Zhao Chuan aside and quietly told him that he had found a similar person, a practicing fox.
Qi Yatou pointed Zhao Chuan over there. Zhao Chuan saw that it was a gambling game. A group of people were pushing Pai Gow around a big table. A thin man had a gloomy face. There was a high pile of silver and banknotes in front of him. Next to him was a charming and charming woman.
"It's that woman!" Qi Yatou whispered.
Isn't this the wife of escort Jiang Yong? Jiang Yong was the burly man who called himself Jingcheng Zhenyuan Escort Agency last time on the boat. It's just that the person beside her today is no longer Jiang Yong, but another thin man.
"How do you know she is your kind? Why can't I tell? Is this also related to my lack of spiritual energy cultivation?" Zhao Chuan asked in a low voice, "I didn't notice her before my cultivation was not abolished?"
"No, I used my magical power. There is a black energy on her body." Qi Yatou said, "She must have killed someone just now, and the black energy is full of blood."
"Ah, your kind still eat humans?" Zhao Chuan was surprised.
"Of course! Some people want to take shortcuts."
