Chapter 418: Merchant Ships (Page 1/1)

Sun Quan and his entourage, all the way to the north, took the path, and finally came to the edge of the Yangtze River. On the river, although most of the boats are small boats, there are more than Sun Quan imagined. The merchants of this era are actually quite large-scale, and the business channels through the river road have long been opened up, otherwise, there will be no story of Lu Meng pretending to be a merchant and crossing the river in white in the future.

Seeing such a grand occasion, Sun Quan, who was still swimming back and forth and transporting this group of women and children across the river one by one to enlightenment, sighed at the rarity of peace, and at the same time also raised the mind of these merchant ships. All you need to do is go to the river to intercept a small merchant ship, "ask" them a small favor, and then you can transport the whole family across the river at once.

Afterwards, even if the matter of their appearance here was exposed and known by Liu Xuan, Sun Quan and the others had already entered Liyang, and there was nothing to worry about.

"Mother, I'll help you rob a merchant ship so that everyone can cross the river together." Sun Quan observed for a while and came back and said.

After hearing this, Mrs. Wu hurriedly stopped Sun Quan,

"Quan'er, why did you become so reckless when you came back this time. At every turn, it is either a robbery or a robbery! ”

Sun Quan smiled indifferently,

"Don't worry, mother, it's okay, in the face of absolute strength, there is nothing reckless or reckless."

"What is absolute strength?" Mrs. Wu glared at Sun Quan, "Even if you are the best in the world in martial arts, can you still fight with two fists?" Can open guns still block hidden arrows? ”

"Mother, of course, there are risks, but the child is not an inexperienced person, which boat should be chosen, which one is the safest, and the child is also measured." Sun Quan hurriedly smiled and said. Every time he encounters this kind of period, he is very embarrassed, let me think twice about this kind of thing, and I can't tell anyone, obviously there is an absolute certainty of things, but it is a risk in front of others, how do you let Sun Quan explain? To outsiders and subordinates, he can still pretend to be deep, but to his mother, especially Sun Quan has just done something risky a few days ago, if this time, he doesn't find a suitable reason to convince Mrs. Wu, Mrs. Wu will definitely not let him mess around again.

"Measured?" Mrs. Wu shook her head and smiled, "If you are measured, you won't say such a thing as a ship robbery." Silly boy. Mrs. Wu poked Sun Quan's forehead dotingly, "Although my mother has always said that you have grown up, you have experienced few things, and you don't know much about them. ”

After saying that, Mrs. Wu should go to the river first.

Sun Quan was stunned,

"Mother? What are you doing here? You don't think that when people see that you are a woman, they will give you a ride for free, right? Or do you want to use money to buy off the other party? ”

Seeing that Mrs. Wu didn't stop, Sun Quan hurriedly followed, and couldn't help but say,

"But we showed up rashly, there are so many ships coming and going, what if we are recognized?"

Mrs. Wu smiled mysteriously,

"Just take a good look."

After speaking, he slowly walked to the place near the river.

However, unlike what Sun Quan was worried about, Mrs. Wu did not rashly go out and expose her figure, but did what Sun Quan did at the beginning, hiding behind the grass by the river and secretly watching the situation on the river.

Mrs. Wu is obviously dressed gracefully and luxuriously, but her movements are quite dexterous, and her skillful posture is more decent than Sun Quan's, which makes Sun Quan sigh that she is worthy of being a native of Jiangdong. Although Sun Quan had never seen his mother go into the water, he believed that his mother's swimming skills were by no means worse than his own, and this was almost a skill that Jiangdong people had to master.

"Mother, are you also going to hijack the ship?" Sun Quan secretly leaned in and asked.

Mrs. Wu glared at the stupid son angrily, motioned for him to silence, and then turned back to look at the river.

Sun Quan scratched his head for some reason, Mrs. Wu's behavior was no different from him, and it was obvious that she was also picking up passing ships, if this was not a robbery, what was it for?

Thinking of this, Sun Quan's eyes moved, he suddenly reacted, and hurriedly asked again,

"Could it be that our Sun family also has merchant ships?!"

Mrs. Wu smiled lightly,

"You've finally figured it out. Ship hijacking? What should I do if I rob my own people? ”

"But how come I've never heard of this before?" Sun Quan asked curiously.

"Of course, the Sun family doesn't have a caravan, and your father doesn't bother to do business. But the Sun family has been running Jiangdong for so many years, how can the caravan here have nothing to do with our family? Some people who tend to be inflammatory, don't mention it, but others, in fact, are our own people. Ordinary people don't know about these things at all, they are the foundation of the Sun family hidden in the shadows, and when the Sun family is weak, they will not be uprooted. Mrs. Wu said.

Sun Quan now understood.

In this era, businessmen are not a high-level profession, especially a big family like the Sun family, which has always been committed to the battlefield and the court, and it is normal to look down on businessmen. Therefore, the Sun family does not have a caravan, but it does not mean that there is no caravan belonging to the Sun family!

During the conversation, Mrs. Wu's eyes suddenly lit up, looked at the river, and said in a low voice,

"It's coming!"

Sun Quan hurriedly looked up, only to see a small merchant ship appear on the river, which looked no different from other merchant ships, unlike those ships in later generations with national flags, and I don't know where Mrs. Wu distinguished the difference.

While Sun Quan was observing, Mrs. Wu casually tore a leaf from the grass, wiped it, and put it to her red lips. Immediately, a sound like the chirping of cicadas sounded faintly.

Sun Quan listened carefully and found that there were several strange changes in the rhythm, and he knew that this should be the so-called code.

Mrs. Wu didn't blow for long, and soon, she put the leaf down, and while watching the movement of the merchant ships over there, she said to Sun Quan,

This code, whether it is heard on the other side or not, can only be played once. Moreover, the music played is different in different seasons, in short, it is necessary to meet the season, and not make an abrupt sound, so that other people can also notice the abnormality. ”

"Makes sense." Sun Quan nodded.

Soon, the merchant ship on the river began to slow down visibly and deflected towards this side of the bank. Seeing this, Mrs. Wu's face was overjoyed,

"They heard it! I'll teach you these codes when I come down. But for now, let's be cautious and see who's on board. ”

"Hmm."

Out of prudence, Sun Quan finally used his skills once to verify that there were no problems with the people on the merchant ship, and there would be no accidents when crossing the river this time. It's just Sun Quan alone, that's not a big deal, but with this family, Sun Quan doesn't want to take the slightest risk.

Entering the illusion, and then a second of reality, Sun Quan came out of the illusion with a relaxed smile on his face.

After a while, the merchant ship anchored and stopped on the shore, and a long ladder was thrown on the deck, from which several people jumped and fell to the shore. Mrs. Wu looked back and forth at several people on the shore, trying to find her familiar figure among them.

"Oh, that's 。。。。。。"

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