Ghost Cry opened the window, it was already dawn, and the slightly dazzling sunlight was shining in, and he instinctively raised his hand.

Outside, there was a shout. Unconsciously, in the second half of last night, he had already left the realm of this river dragon king, and the cold wind had disappeared, and all of a sudden, the weather warmed up, but this was not a good thing for the fleet.

The wind was insufficient, and the boatmen had to paddle hard with their oars. Boating, especially one of these large boats, is not an easy job. Fortunately, at this moment, the river in this area is wide and gentle, the water is abundant, not urgent or shallow, and there is no need for a slender man.

In the sound of a trumpet, the large slurry stretched out from the boats and the fluctuating water surface startled the fish in the water to panic away, so that the birds in the sky hovered and refused to fall.

Wow!

There was a knock on the door.

"Please come in. The ghost cried.

The door opened, and Cai Wei came in with her meal: "Big brother ghost, it's time to eat." ”

After eating, there was nothing left and right, and the ghost cried on the deck.

As far as the eye can see, there is a calm river outside, the banks are lush and green, and from time to time wild beasts come to the river to drink. With the sound of trumpets, the fleet is like a group of crawling turtles, slowly moving forward on the river. This speed is several times slower than last night.

Today's weather is very good, blue sky and white clouds, the wind is beautiful, and the weather is slightly warm, which makes people feel refreshed. However, such a leisurely mood did not belong to the boatmen, who were all hard workers, paddling bare-chested and vigorous, and sweating like rain, as if they had swam in the water.

The originally honest and lovely Steward Zhang became fierce and vicious at this moment, his name is Zhang Zhongshan, the word loyalty and kindness was given to him by Zhang Shanren, what he wants is not to make him compassionate, but to make him loyal to Zhang Shanren. To put it bluntly, he is a vicious dog under Zhang Shanren.

Vicious dogs, in the face of distinguished guests, will wag their tails and beg for mercy, and look very well-behaved, but in the face of people other than the host and guests, it will always be a vicious posture.

He led a group of strong men, who walked up and down the deck with whips in their hands, and as long as there were lazy people, he gave an order, and those strong men waved the whips in their hands.

Seeing the ghost crying, he took the initiative to come up, and the fierce expression on his face changed, and he turned into the original honest person again.

"Honorable guest, are you up, have you eaten?"

The ghost cried and looked at his deferential appearance, and did not show a look of disdain, but said flatly: "Eat, by the way, where is this realm?"

"...... here," Steward Zhang pondered for a moment and said, "This should be near Ping'an County, and before evening, we can reach Ping'an County." After Ping'an County, there is a section of shoal, the boat can't pass, and someone has to be called to pull it. ”

"Ping'an County, how far is Ping'an County from Jiangning?"

"Well, it's almost 400 miles. ”

In other words, it has been more than 300 miles now. ”

"Almost. ”

"More than 300 miles. The ghost cried and pondered: "I traveled 300 miles in less than a night, and this Jianglong King is really good." ”

"That's not it, without the Dragon King of the River, this speed has dropped by at least six or seven percent. ”

Knowing what he wanted, Ghost Cry no longer wandered around the deck, there was really nothing to see with a whip, out of sight and out of mind, he simply shrank into the house, and accompanied Cai Wei to practice the square inch of the ground technique. There are not many choices in the cramped room, and there are only a few kung fu that can be practiced.

With the sound of the whip, the whole ship traveled for most of the morning, and did not go far, only twenty or thirty miles, but the boatmen were exhausted, so they began to change people.

By noon, the river began to diverge, and the fleet sailed to the south.

However, the river began to get narrower and narrower, and at the same time, the water was not urgent, it was very slow, and it was a little slower than the spacious river before the flow, so the speed was a little faster.

Until the afternoon, the sun had turned west, and the shadow was stretched long, and finally, the shadow of a county town was seen.

Ping'an County is not safe at all. There is no dragon king here, and there is no city god to bless here. The whole county, there is also a Taoist temple in the east, but it has long been abandoned, a few years ago there were some beggars who went there to stay overnight to avoid the wind, but after a few people died inexplicably, now few people go, everyone avoids it.

A place without the blessings of gods and Buddhas is not peaceful.

Hunting in the forest, often disturbed by the demons in the mountains. When you go into the water to fish, the spirits in the water are not easy to provoke, and if you encounter it, it will be troublesome.

All they can do is cultivate the fields, plant in the spring and harvest in the autumn. However, the field must not be too far away from the town, otherwise the seeds will go down and be dug out and eaten by the spirit monsters, even if they survive until the autumn harvest, they still can't escape the mouths of those spirit beasts, and there will be no harvest. Therefore, there is a lot of fertile soil, but there are not many fields.

Therefore, it is still necessary to go into the water to fish, and to go into the forest to hunt. However, fishing in the water and hunting in the forest should not be far away, and there are people to help you when you are close, and there is danger when you are far away, and there is no one to help you, so you can only rely on yourself, which is very dangerous.

They, the people of the entire county, are trapped here like this, and relying on these alone is not enough at all.

Fortunately, it relies on the big river, and there are a lot of boats coming and going every year, which makes this place alive and gives the people in the town a lot more choices.

Some people leave their homes by boat and go to work elsewhere. Some opened inns, some bought and sold, but more became slender men. Not far from the town, there is a large shoal, and the small fishing boats are fine, but the larger boats are absolutely impassable, so the slender man is needed, and a lot is needed.

Although the slender man earns money from selling his life, he gets a lot of money every time he pulls it, so even if he works hard to death, there are still people who pull it. However, in the end, there were not enough people in one county, even if they were all to be slender men, so the outsiders came, and more and more outsiders came to find a job. This job is naturally to pull boats for people, without much technology, relying on a good body and listening to commands.

However, when there are more people from other places, the county town has become a mixed bag, and the situation has become more and more complicated, and public order has deteriorated. The war between the Great Song Dynasty and the Great Zhou Dynasty affected the prefectures and counties on both sides of the Great River. The situation in Ping'an County has become more and more treacherous, and the whole has become a big whirlpool.

And the arrival of this fleet has brought new changes to this county......

It was now approaching evening, and it was impossible for the fleet to rush to the road, and it could only be repaired overnight in this county. The ship docked, the huge fleet brought too many people, the people in the county were all smiling, and the arrival of the fleet made them see the opportunity to make a lot of money.

At this moment, the boatmen were exhausted, but as soon as they saw Ping'an County, they immediately had the spirit again, and they stepped on the springboard to go ashore and happily went straight to the county. Devil May Cry and Cai Wei also went ashore and stayed on the boat for a day, and they were already bored.

Before going ashore, Zhang Zhang's ghost crying sleeve was grasped, and repeated the admonition, after going ashore, you must be more careful, especially pay attention to your belongings, and never show your belongings, otherwise there will be disaster. In the evening, it is best to return to the ship for the night. One is the shortage of housing in the county, and the other is also a security issue. Although it was uncomfortable to sleep on the ship, it was much safer than those places.

Those bitter boatmen don't have this problem, they are so poor that they can't even afford to wear a good dress, so naturally no one beats their idea. But Devil May Cry is different from Cai Wei, they don't say how well they dress, no matter how they say, it's much better than these bitter haha, and the second one, Cai Wei is too beautiful and eye-catching.

If it were anyone else, he wouldn't mention it. But the ghost crying was taken care of by his master Zhang Shanren.

Ghost Cry agreed to these requests one by one, because Steward Zhang said it seriously, and Ghost Cry deliberately brought a long knife. Then he got off the boat and entered Ping'an Town.

It's just that I didn't expect that not long after I went in, I was in trouble.