In the evening, the clouds were dark, and only a few lone stars swayed in the sky like residual lights. In the dark night www.biquge.info a huge black shadow crept in from the surface of the eastern lake, as if to hide the bean-like starlight.

The black shadow slowly approached at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the closer it got, the wider it covered, like a dark and heavy beast, which made Zhang Laosan's heart panic.

Suddenly, a light lit up in the dark shadow, as if to pierce the dark shadow and break through the oppressive atmosphere. As the lights grew, brighter and brighter, and the silhouette of the dark shadow gradually became clearer as the distance approached.

"It's a boat!" Zhang Laosan shouted excitedly.

The scream alarmed the woman in the wooden house on the water, and she scolded in that soft and beautiful voice: "Zhang Laosan, what the hell is your name? Where did the boat come from in the middle of the night, and the old lady told you to get out." ”

Zhang Laosan hurriedly argued: "Qi Niang, you come out to see, it's such a big boat." ”

In September, the cool breeze gusted in Hongze Lake, and the night was already a little cold, but Liu Qiniang only wore thin clothes, twisted her waist like a water snake, and appeared at the door of the wooden house.

The houses in the lake are afraid of getting damp and flooding, so they are all erected with bamboo and wood, and a long platform sticks out of the door as a dock for small boats to dock.

"The long causeway is shaded by willows, and the blue waves are like brocade. ”

Hongze Lake is really too big, the fleet from the canal into Gaoyou Lake, and then into Hongze Lake, today is the fifth day, through more than a dozen fishing villages, but not even the shadow of the thirteen chain villages.

Cheng Niangzi was very frightened, for fear that Chang Wei would punish her.

"Wu Yuanbai and Du Wenlin defected in Nanjing City, and suffered heavy losses in the treasure hunt on Liuheng Island, presumably the thirteen chain villages have shrunk their manpower, don't be in a hurry to find it slowly. ”

In Chang Wei's comforting voice, the boat leaned to the shore.

Liu Qiniang waved a handkerchief on the long bamboo platform and beckoned: "Yo, it just so happened that the officials came, our plum wine was just warm, and let's eat a bowl to relieve dampness." ”

Liu Qiniang's soft words and coquettish posture under the thin clothes immediately made the men on the boat excited.

"Little lady, what kind of plum wine are you eating? ”

"Haha, I'm afraid that the little lady won't be able to bear it alone. ”

Jianghu men are not taboo, even if they can't kiss Fangze, it's good to have a good mouth.

"I've seen a lot of five big and three thick silver-like wax guns, I don't know if you can do it. ”

Liu Qiniang's enthusiasm made the men reverie, "Big official, let's rest here for a night, right?"

In order to conceal his identity, Chang Wei pretended to be a merchant who sold lake beads and specialty products, so his subordinates also changed their names.

"The waves of Honghu Lake are waves, is it the waves of Honghu Lake or the waves of the little lady in the lake?"

Chang Wei sang a little song and said: "Let this little lady see if you are a man with a real knife and a real gun, or a silver-like wax gun head." ”

"Hahaha, thank you big official!"

Liu Qiniang glanced at Chang Wei on the bow of the boat coquettishly, and said, "Yo, big official, you also learn from these rough men to tease the slave family." ”

Chang Wei smiled and said: "Little lady, I don't like to hear what you say, you haven't tried it, how do you know that I'm not 'rough'?"

Chang Wei's easy-going style made the men very happy, and immediately coaxed: "Hahaha, little lady, why don't you try our big officials?"

"Go, go, the big officials can take a fancy to me? ”

Seeing the men laughing and stopping the boat, Tang Shuxue complained in a low voice, "You are a Duke of Xie Yuan, a dignified fourth-grade master, how can you disregard your face like this? ”

"Then you get used to it. Chang Wei laughed a few times, and asked the lady next to him who was dressed as a man: "It's not far from the nest of the Thirteen Serial Village, right?"

Cheng Niangzi said in a low voice: "This is called Malanggang is the mouth of the Huai River, and at dawn you can see the largest tidal flat in the lake five hundred steps northwest - Liuhuai Beach, as well as the adjacent Huairen Beach, Jia Beach, Ding Beach, Flagpole Beach, and Daxiao Xingtan in the west, which are the main nests of Lianhuan Village. ”

Chang Wei asked again, "Where is your thirteenth village, do you know the details of the situation on the Liuhuai Beach?"

"Our thirteen villages are in Xinglongtan in the southwest, and there are 30 miles by land and 60 miles by water. ”

Cheng Niangzi said: "The place of Liuhuaitan is not small, there are many rivers in it, and the people who divide the village can only go to the outermost town every time they go up, and they can't get in." ”

Chang Wei instructed the scattered Wuping beside him, "Notify the big ships behind to dock on the spot, send small boats to land on these tidal flats, first explore the details of the chain village, and wait for my order." ”

"Okay, I'll do it right away. In an instant, several small fishing boats, not far behind the big boat, disappeared into the night.

After entering the wooden house and looking around, Chang Wei asked Liu Qiniang, who was serving tea and pouring water, "Boss, how is the momentum of Huzhu this year?"

"The big officials call me Qi Niang. Liu Qiniang added a bowl of hot tea to Chang Wei and said, "Are the big officials also selling lake beads? I haven't seen you in previous years, are you also from Taihu Lake?"

Chang Weiqi said: "How do you know that I came from Taihu Lake?"

"I heard that there is a war in Taihu Lake, so those who do business in the lake can only come to us, and there are many more boats entering the lake this month than in previous years. ”

"The news of the merchants is really well-informed, when I set off from Zhenjiang, the warships of the Jin Gehui had just sailed into Taihu Lake, and it was only five days before the merchants in Taihu Lake went north to Hongze Lake. ”

Chang Wei chuckled, "That's not good, the more people you have, the better your business here." ”

"It's good, it's a pity that you big officials will stay for ten days and half a month at most, and once the autumn is over, there will be no one in the lake. ”

Chang Wei smiled ambiguously, "Qi Niang, I'm afraid you're too busy here, right?"

"How can you be too busy? The slave family has also given birth to three good daughters. Liu Qiniang quietly approached Chang Wei, blew in his ear, and said, "Great official, do you want to try it." ”

After Liu Qiniang said that Chang Wei knew that this was not an ordinary fisherman's shop, in normal times, the mother and daughter four of them fished and opened a shop, entertaining fishermen in the lake and past businessmen, and when the business was bad, they comforted the fisherman with their bodies, and it would be better if they met a generous guest. Seeing the clothes and boats of Chang Wei's group, he naturally knew that they were rich people, so he posted them.

Chang Wei looked at Zhang Laosan, who was busy slaughtering fish and chickens in the back kitchen, and said, "Does your man care about you?"

Liu Qiniang chuckled and said, "That rammer is not my man, he is from a nearby fishing village, the poor wife in the family died early, and the son is almost twenty years old, and he can't talk about his daughter-in-law." The slave family saw that his father and son were honest people, and in autumn the fish were fat, the lake beads had also grown, and the business in the store was good, so they asked them to help. ”

Chang Wei nodded, and asked again, "What about your man?"

"Alas~" Liu Qiniang sighed, her eyes were red, and she said, "I died of illness ten years ago." ”

Chang Wei just wanted to comfort her, but Liu Qiniang lowered her voice, "Big official, the tidal flats where the lake pearls are bought and sold are not too peaceful, you must be careful when you go." ”

Chang Wei sneered in his heart, "Thirteen Consecutive Villages? I'm afraid they won't come!" )