After Liu Jun listened, he asked Li Qiufeng what his plans were. Li Qiufeng only said that he planned to go to Fusang Country for a visit. Liu Jun was startled, shook his head again and again, and persuaded him not to take risks alone. Li Qiufeng said that he had promised Liu Feiyan to send her ashes back to Hanshan Fishing Village in Fusang Country. What's more, Liu Zongyan is a generation of martial arts masters, but he is buried thousands of miles overseas, and the encounter is sighing. If he went to Fusang Country by himself, if he could bring back Liu Zongyan's bones, it would be regarded as the fulfillment of the last wish of this martial arts master.

Liu Jun saw that Li Qiufeng had made up his mind, so he had to agree to allow him to leave Shushan. Before Li Qiufeng descended the mountain, Liu Jun wanted to hand over a Pu Yuan knife left by Zhao Yun, the general of the Han Kingdom, to him to carry with him. Li Qiufeng thought that Pu Yuan's knife was extremely sharp, and when he fought with others, one careless would take someone's life, or hurt someone's limbs, which could easily cause a tragedy. You can find a normal steel knife to use. Liu Jun saw that Li Qiufeng had such a mind, and he was happy in his heart and praised him.

After Li Qiufeng said goodbye to Liu Jun and Huang Zongchuan, he left Qingcheng Mountain. He arrived in Chengdu first and walked around Zhu Shixi's mansion. After a few months, although there was no change outside the palace, the inside of the walls was quite clean. Zhu Shishi and the princess were overjoyed when they saw that Li Qiufeng had arrived. Li Qiufeng told the two that the son of the world was already in good health, and he studied and learned art with Liu Jun every day, so please don't worry. Zhu Shishi and the princess were overjoyed and thanked them repeatedly. Zhu Shishi even told Li Qiufeng that he had entrusted an old servant surnamed Wu to buy 500 acres of fertile land outside Chengdu and hand it over to some poor people to cultivate. This year's weather has been smooth and the harvest is good.

Li Qiufeng only stayed in the palace for half a day, and then ignored the retention of Zhu 14 and the princess, left Chengdu directly, went north to Hanzhong, took the Chencang ancient road into Shaanxi, went east from Xi'an Mansion, and after passing Tongguan, he arrived in Luoyang. Recalling all the encounters in Luoyang half a year ago, it was like a world away.

After that, he traveled north from Luoyang to a secret place outside the imperial mausoleum, took the ashes of Liu Feiyan hidden here, and then hurried south to Ningbo. After running all the way, although Xiaoxing stayed overnight, it also took a full two months. By the time he arrived outside the city of Ningbo, it was already the afternoon of 24 August.

Li Qiufeng arrived at the north gate of Ningbo City, but saw that the gate of the city was heavily guarded, and dozens of sergeants held guns and knives, checking pedestrians one by one. Li Qiufeng was surprised, and secretly thought that he had walked through many cities, except for the capital, this Ningbo City was the most heavily guarded. Thinking that Ningbo is a place near the sea, in order to prevent the invasion of Japanese invaders, it will be so heavily guarded.

Li Qiufeng walked to the gate of the city and was searched by several sergeants, and then let him walk into the city. Li Qiufeng knew that Ningbo was the location of the Yamen of the Municipal Bo Division, and if he wanted to sail to Fusang, he could only start from Ningbo. Previously, he had heard Yang Zhen and others say that the envoys of Fusang fought in Ningbo City's Bosi Yamen and killed and injured many officials. Thinking that the imperial court must reprimand officials at all levels in Ningbo, this is why the city gate is so heavily guarded. You have to be careful not to get into trouble.

After Li Qiufeng entered the city, he first found an inn to live in. After putting the luggage and other things in order, he made a casual appearance and asked the shopkeeper where the dock was. The shopkeeper was not suspicious, and told him in detail how to get to the docks. Li Qiufeng thanked him, and immediately walked out of the inn and headed straight for the dock.

The inn is not too far from the wharf, Li Qiufeng has only walked for half an hour, and has arrived at the wharf in front of Yongjiang Yaqian.

Although it has passed the season of "spring when the river is as green as blue", the river is still like a piece of jasper, slowly flowing to the east. The river is not wide, large and small boats shuttle between them, and the sound of pulp and oars is staggered, spreading far away on the river. Camphor is planted all over the two banks, and countless camellias are planted under the tree. The river breeze swept by, and the light fragrance of flowers enveloped the entire Yongjiang River.

Ningbo has been an important town in the southeast since ancient times, and was known as Mingzhou in ancient times. In the third year of Hongwu, in order to avoid the country's name, Mingzhou was changed to Ningbo. This is because Mingzhou has jurisdiction over Dinghai County, which means "Hai Dingzhi Boning". In addition to the garrison of heavy troops and coastal defense, there is also a Ningbo City Bosi Yamen, which is in charge of trade with North Korea and Fuso. It is very close to Nanjing, Suzhou and Hangzhou, and is the key point of the north-south balance, and it is particularly prosperous.

Li Qiufeng stood on the shore of the wharf, only to see the mast of the ship in front of him like a forest, and pedestrians coming and going. The merchants and boatmen who come and go on the boat are even more shoulder to shoulder, and it is extremely lively. Compared with here, Chongqing Chaotianmen Wharf is naturally far worse.

Li Qiufeng walked back and forth on the dock shore for a long time. He made up his mind to find a ship to go to sea and go to Fuso, thousands of miles away. If you want to cross the ocean, you need a big ship. It was he who walked about and looked only at the big ship. Finally, I saw a three-masted ship, the hull of which was more than twice as large as that of an ordinary ship. His heart moved, and he walked to the left side of the ship. I saw that the big ship was tied to two stone pillars on the shore with two ropes with thick bowls, and there were large and small wooden boxes and bags piled up on the shore, like a small mountain, all of which were intended to be carried to the ship's goods.

Li Qiufeng walked to the shore with his hands behind his back, pretending to be casual, as if he was listening to a few idlers. But I saw three or four people standing under the big ship, looking anxious, and kept looking at the boat, as if they were waiting for someone to arrive. After a while, two boatmen appeared in the bow of the boat, and carried out a long plank. Together, they put one end of the plank on the shore and the other on the bow, and then retreated to both sides of the deck.

After the two boatmen retreated, another man appeared in the bow. I saw that this person was not tall, slightly fat, and had a pair of eyes on his square face. The two short whiskers on his lips trembled slightly with the smile on the corner of his mouth, and he was clearly a rich person.

The man lifted his leg and walked onto the plank, and a boatman behind him hurriedly said: "Be careful, don't fall into the water." ”

Zhang Yuanwai kept moving, with a smile on his face, and said: "I have been walking this boat for more than 20 years, and you still need to remind me?"

When the few people standing on the shore saw Zhang Yuanwai appear, they immediately bowed down and stood up, looking very respectful. I saw Zhang Yuanwai staggering and stepping on the plank of the boat, and when he stepped on the shore with both feet, he arched his hands and smiled at the people on the shore: "Teach a few brothers to wait for a long time, forgive sins, forgive sins." ”

Those people accompanied the smiling faces, and they didn't even dare to say anything. The first fat man in his forties said with a sneer: "Zhang Yuanwai, what did the boat boss say?"

When Zhang Yuanwai heard him ask this, he lost a smile on his face, sighed, and said, "It's not that the boss of the ship doesn't help, it's that the imperial court controls it too strictly." At present, not only did the Yamen of the Municipal Shipping Department send people to search the ships on the wharf, but the Yamen of the Ningbo Prefect also took over the errand and made a register of all the ships that entered and left the wharves in and out of Ningbo every day. If you don't return to the dock for three days, you will have to send an official document to arrest you. I heard that the Zhejiang Navy Division and the Fujian Navy Division each transferred five or six warships, and they are patrolling the open sea at this moment. If a ship wants to go to sea, it is discovered by the sailors and immediately opens fire. The captain of the ship was frightened and refused to go to sea......"

When Zhang Yuanwai said this, he let out another long sigh, and his face showed a look of embarrassment. The faces of the men standing on the shore changed dramatically, and two of them hung their heads and their faces were twisted, as if they were about to shed tears.

The fat man in his forties rubbed his hands together and said with a smiling face: "Zhang Yuanwai, we have been friends for many years, and we might as well say something directly." This time, several shopkeepers have invested in blood, and each of them is 30,000 or 40,000 taels of silver. If it is delayed for a few more days, these things will be smashed in their hands, and everyone will have to throw themselves into the river to see the Dragon King. ”

Zhang Yuanwai smiled bitterly, and said: "Brother Hu, don't you know your difficulties? It's really too tight, and the boat boss doesn't want to take his life for a hundred and ten taels of silver, right?"

Zhang Yuanwai's voice fell, the fat man's face changed, he thought for a moment, gritted his teeth, and said to Zhang Yuanwai: "Lao Zhang, we are riding a tiger now, and this business cannot be left out." I'm sorry for you to go and talk to the boss of the boat again, and these shopkeepers and I are willing to take out another sum of silver each, making up three thousand taels, and ask the boss of the boat to take us away. ”

The fat man's voice fell, not only Zhang Yuanwai's face changed, but the people around him were also dumbfounded. After a while, I only heard Zhang Yuanwai laugh dryly, and said: "Lao Hu, even if your brother is willing to pay for the silver, the other shopkeepers may not be willing." If you take a trip to Fuso, the profit will be no more than 1,000 taels of silver at most. If you take out so much money and give it to the boss of the ship, won't it be a trip in vain? All the shopkeepers are shrewd people, and they will definitely not suffer such a big loss......

The fat man didn't wait for him to finish, so he hurriedly said: "Zhang Yuanwai, even if you don't make any money, it's better than smashing tens of thousands of taels of silver in your hands, isn't it?"