Chapter 277 The Island

The rolling river flows across the mountain gorge, and the boats on the river come and go.

On a cargo ship, a merchant in green shirt stood at the bow of the ship and braved the wind and waves. He looked forward for a while, then went back to the cargo hold, patted the goods covered under the tarpaulin, and checked the goods again to make sure that there was nothing missing. He was in a good mood.

The guy who went to and from the guard smiled and said: "This cargo has arrived in the capital, and the owner will make a lot of money, right?"

The green shirt merchant smiled and said: "Don't worry, everyone's benefits are indispensable. When the goods are sold, let everyone eat, drink and have fun."

"Just wait for the boss's words." Everyone laughed.

Someone asked with a smile: "Boss, will you take us to Baiyunjian to see it?"

"Get out! Do you think I picked up the money?" The green-clothed merchant waved his hand and scolded angrily.

"Haha..." There was another burst of laughter.

The green-clothed merchant also walked back to the cabin with a smile on his face, went down to the bottom of the boat, and shouted to the eight men who were sitting in two rows struggling to row in the dark: "Everyone, work harder. After passing this gorge, the capital will be here."

Five youths among the eight looked at each other with joy on their faces.

As he said, when the boat leaves the mountain gorge, the vast capital of Qi State is in sight.

The water flow gradually calmed down, and the boat gradually docked at a waterfront wharf outside the city.

There are a lot of boats moored on the pier, and a board is set up here, and a group of people disembark one after another.

There are friends of the merchants waiting on the pier, and the merchants in blue shirts go ashore to meet and gather with friends, talking and laughing happily.

The five young men who were rowing the oar also got off the boat, and when they came to the merchant in green shirts, they cupped their hands and said, "Boss, should we pay our wages?"

The green-shirted merchant was a little impatient, and turned his head and shouted to a clerk, "Give them the wages."

The guy immediately beckoned and said, "Come here."

"Thank you, Boss." After the five young men thanked each other with their hands together, they went to the shop assistant.

But not long after, they all came back, each of them showed a silver coin in their hands, and a young man said, "Master, didn't we agree to have five hundred coins per person? Why is there only one hundred coins?"

The green shirt merchant said: "Isn't the food and drink on the way your money?"

The young man exclaimed, "Didn't we agree to include food and lodging?"

"I said, you guys, are you looking for trouble?" The green shirt merchant sneered, and the seven or eight guys on the boat immediately surrounded him, and some of them held knives in their hands, clearly threatening.

The five youths seemed to dare not speak out, but finally they were threatened, and with anger on their faces, they walked away dejectedly with their heads down, causing a burst of ridicule.

After staying away from this group of people, the five youths looked at each other and smiled again, and one of them looked at the tall city wall of the capital in the distance, and said excitedly: "It's finally here!"

A young man in the middle said: "Everyone went to the front of the forest to break up, and went to look outside several city gates separately. They all stared wide-eyed to find the signs left by the boss and the others."

As he said, a group of people dispersed by the forest ahead, and the young man who gave the order stayed in the forest waiting for everyone to come back to meet.

After waiting for a long time, the sound of rumbling horseshoes came from the official road in the distance. Looking back, I saw five horsemen galloping fast.

When Wuqi and this side missed each other, the young man's eyes lit up, he stood up and shouted loudly: "Dayong! Dayong..."

The five youths on the five horses who rushed past looked back, stopped their mounts immediately, turned their horses around and ran back, rushed to the edge of the forest and jumped off. Both sides cheered and hugged each other, all excited.

A convoy approached not far away, and the youths in front immediately booed again and again, signaling everyone to restrain themselves, so as not to let others see that something was wrong.

The young man called Dayong patted him on the shoulder and asked, "Zhao Mancang, you came earlier than us, did the boss ask you to pick us up?"

Zhao Mancang said with a sneer: "Our group has just arrived, and the others are looking for signs."

Dayong turned around, "Since someone has found it, let's wait here."

Zhao Mancang looked at their mounts and asked strangely, "You guys came here on horses? Where did you get the horses from?"

On the contrary, Dayong said strangely: "You can see horses everywhere in this grassland. Where do you think they came from? Can't you walk without riding a horse?"

Zhao Mancang: "Why did the horse rider arrive only now?"

One person muttered: "Don't mention it, we were arrested by a group of officers and soldiers in the territory of Zhao State, and we were arrested to serve as soldiers. Then we escaped after thinking of a way. It took a lot of time, otherwise we would have arrived long ago." He asked back, "Mancang, what about you, why did you come here?"

Zhao Mancang was silent.

As a result, a group of people rushed forward to persecute him, so he had no choice but to recruit honestly, "I found a caravan that dropped by along the way to help with work, and I came along with a partner."

Someone said contemptuously: "I still help people with work, and there is nowhere to use my strength. This method is stupid enough."

Zhao Mancang immediately argued: "Isn't this for safety? We are not familiar with the places we live in, but the caravans often come and go. They know the way and know the way. We have a way to clear the barriers. We also encountered strong soldiers on the way. Fortunately, the caravan helped to clear it, otherwise I might have been arrested too."

A group of people chattered by the woods for a while, and a road explorer came back, cheered again when he saw the crowd, and then informed that the road sign was outside the east gate.

Dayong immediately asked the three of them to ride horses to the other three city gates, and brought the others back so that they would not have to search everywhere.

When the two groups met, they came to the east city gate together, and saw a simple flying bird pattern painted on a rock, which was the agreed sign, and the flying bird was flying in the direction of the east city gate.

A group of people entered the city separately for the sake of inconspicuousness, followed the signs all the way, and found an abandoned house in a remote area of ​​the city.

Pushing open the door and entering, it turned out that Yuan Feng had set up a chair and was sitting there drinking tea slowly, shaking a cattail fan in his hand.

"Wind team!" A group of people were delighted to see it.

"Why are you shouting, are you afraid that others will not know?" Yuan Feng waved the cattail fan in his hand, pointing at the door, "Close the door!"

Someone here immediately closed the door, Dayong approached Yuan Feng, and said with a playful smile: "Team Feng, which one are we here first, should we come to the front?"

Snapped! Yuan Feng patted him on the head with a cattail fan, "At least a dozen pairs of eyes saw you coming along the way outside, and there are more than a hundred people waiting for you inside. Do you have the nerve to ask if you want to come forward?"

A group of people suddenly withered.

"Remember, there is no wind team here, so think about it yourself!" Yuan Fengpu fan pointed inward again, "Stay inside, ask them for a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and write down the situation when you came here..."

In the tofu restaurant, Yuan Huo and Niu Shan are making tofu in the steaming kitchen of the inner house.

Yuan Gang watched from the side.

Niu Lin, who was in charge of grinding tofu outside and was on guard, knocked on the door, "Boss, Manager Gao is looking for you."

Yuan Gang turned around and went straight to the front door. When he saw the shopkeeper Gao hovering at the door, he asked, "What's the matter?"

Shopkeeper Gao showed a handful of gold coins in his hand, and there were ten of them, "Mother Qin from Baiyunjian came to eat tofu just now, and she gave these in addition to paying the money."

Yuan Gang: "What do you mean?"

Shopkeeper Gao: "She said that in the future, the girls from Baiyunjian will often come here to taste, but it's not convenient for the girls to come here because of the large audience. Let us give them another private room. She gave them ten gold coins and said they would pay for the wages."

Yuan Gang refused straight away, "No way!" He turned around and left.

Shopkeeper Gao grabbed his arm and said with a wry smile: "I also think it's wrong, but when the third young master went to play in Baiyunjian, Qin's mother specially greeted the third young master. The third young master has already agreed to her, saying that we need to reorganize the surrounding area here, and let Shun give them a private room, saying that it is not troublesome. Third young master, don't you know? He is a person who wants face, but he can't do what he promised in front of a group of women and friends. Where do you let him face let go?"

Yuan Gang was silent for a while, "You can figure it out yourself, but you have heard clearly, don't interfere with us."

Seeing that he let go, shopkeeper Gao immediately smiled and nodded repeatedly, "Understand, understand, our formula cannot be easily stolen by others, don't worry, my boss, I will arrange it!"

Yuan Gang turned his head and left.

"Uh..." Shopkeeper Gao was speechless, and wanted to ask him about recruiting, but the owner's temper didn't look like a business person, so he had to shake his head and leave, thinking about asking when we met later.

The vast sea, the blue waves are boundless.

A man wearing a bamboo hat was flying over the waves, sometimes standing on the surface of the water to look around, until a reef floating out of the sea appeared in front of him, he dodged over and landed on it.

The area of ​​the reef is only the size of five or six tables. When the tide is high, it is estimated that it will be swallowed by sea water.

This situation is very dangerous for ships sailing on the sea. When the reef sinks underwater, the water surface cannot be seen. Once the ship hits, it is easy to destroy the ship and kill people.

The man in the bamboo hat stood on the reef and looked around, taking off the wine jug on his waist from time to time to take a couple of mouthfuls.

In the distance, a sea boat appeared faintly. The man was startled for a moment, waited and watched for a while, and after confirming that it was coming towards this direction, he quickly ducked down and hid behind the reef to wait.

When there were no reefs, he would dive into the water immediately when he saw a boat.

After waiting for a long time, a large ship passed by a hundred feet away from the side of the reef and kept moving forward.

The man hiding behind the reef watched the ship go, quickly took off the bamboo hat on his head, put down the wine jug, quietly retreated into the sea water from behind under the cover of the reef, and cast a spell to move forward quickly in the water.

When the head came up again, it was already under the stern of the big ship. He climbed to the stern and did not board the ship. He remained vigilant, hung on the stern and followed the ship all the way, and occasionally stretched his head from both sides of the stern to quietly look at the front of the ship.

In the evening, the sea surface is sparkling, and from time to time you can see reefs standing on the sea surface, and there is an island in front of it.

"What the hell kind of place is this?"

"People give money, let's make money, don't care what the hell it is."

"I mean there are too many hidden reefs in this place, and our ship can be sunk by accident."

"Isn't it all right? The route they gave on that pier before is still useful."

Someone on the boat was talking, and the man with the stern crane let go of his hand, sank in the water, sneaked behind the reef on one side, and then emerged to quietly observe the situation on the island. There were many masts around the island, and many large ships were parked.