Vol 4 Chapter 54: Water people

On this day, the three of them passed through Jingzhou until they reached the place near Jiangzhou. The boatman said, "This is Jiangzhou, the only way to go out of Shuzhong. Chengdu is further west. Where the river flow will be smaller, no Suitable for a large number of ships to dock, so Jiangzhou is a shipping center!"

Listening to his words, Lu Yang looked around and saw countless boats on the river beach. A large land has been formed.

The boatman said, hehe smiled: "The son is a northerner, maybe he has never seen so many ships. This is still very small. If we stop at Yongan Jiangling, the son will know how many ships are."

Lu Yang heard this and smiled: "There are a lot of boats here, and there are thousands of them. The total number of people wearing them will be over 10,000!"

Hearing this, the boatman shook his head and said, "The son is wrong. There are not only ships that count money here," he smacked his tanned skin and dark red lips, and said respectfully to Lu Yang: "There are more than one ship here. Thousands, half of the boats are as many as seven or eight thousand. A boat like ours is at least over ten thousand! People who rely on water transportation for food are at least seventy to eighty thousand people. Like me, the next time there is water, people who have land at home Although there are quite a few, the most are those who live on the sea all year round!"

As he said, he seemed to be a bit showy, and said to Lu Yang: "The son, look at those people, they are the Shui people we are talking about, that is, people who live on the sea!"

Lu Yang followed his finger in the past, and suddenly realized that a large fishing boat not far away was different from the one he was on.

These fishing boats have many equipment and many rooms. Every place on the ship was used.

Lu Yang looked at it for a while and sighed: "Sure enough! It looks like a house!"

The boatman listened and laughed: "These people have lived on ships for generations and rarely go on land. So they are called aquatic people!" He said, "It's a pity that after the Mongols came these years, the aquatic people have become more and more One day is less. They are no better than people on land. They can hide in the mountains and grow food. They live in this big river. They can't survive without the big river, but the Mongolians are becoming more and more harsh on them!"

Having said that, he seemed to be suffering from it, and his face was a little lost. But when Lu Yang was in front of him, he didn't sigh much.

He glanced at Lu Yang and seemed to think of something, and suddenly said: "I think the son is extraordinary, and the wife is also a maid. Do you need a maid? Now the life of the Shui people is very difficult, and there is no way to survive. Many families have started buying and selling children. I happen to know a few people. If the son pity them, he will treat them as good, buy one or two maids, and they will have a good time!"

As he said, as if selling something, he immediately changed into a profiteer's look and said: "These aquatic women don't need to be women on land, all of them are very good. Many dignitaries and nobles specialize in buying aquatic women. It’s hard to be a concubine, I’m not sure about it. You’ll know when you buy one."

Lu Yang frowned, feeling a little disgusted in his heart.

But the boatman is also for the good of others, and he is not good to say anything.

He thought for a while, escaped a certain amount of gold from his arms, and handed it to the boatman: "Take it, if you really pity those people, share the silver with them!"

Seeing him pull out a large piece of gold, the old man showed a surprised look just like seeing a **** descending to the earth, and he almost knelt down.

Hearing what Lu Yang said, his eyes flushed and tears came down.

He tremblingly stretched out his hand, but didn't dare to accept the deposit, just stared blankly.

auzw.com Suddenly, the old man bent his legs, knelt down, and yelled, "The son is really a bodhisattva, my old man Wu kowtows to you!"

Seeing his expression of gratitude and awe, Lu Yang smiled and said, "Old gentleman, don't get excited, I'm just seeing the uneven road!"

As he said, put the gold into his hand and said: "Don't worry, I believe that the life of the aquarium or the boatman will get better soon!"

The old man trembled and turned gold, holding it in his arms like a hot hand. He was slightly taken aback when he heard what he said, and wondered: "What's wrong? Is the son a member of the court? Is the court going to relieve us?"

Lu Yang listened, smiled, shook his head slightly and said, "I'm just a prodigal son!"

The old man became a little disappointed when he heard that, he slightly wondered: "Why did the young man say that our life will be better soon?"

Lu Yang laughed at this, and said firmly: "Because I'm here!"

With that, he said to Huotou Tuo: "Tou Tuo, have you finished vomiting? We will go down after vomiting!"

As soon as his voice fell, he saw Huotou Tuo really rush out like a fire, and looked at him with surprise: "Really! My Grandpa Lu, don't lie to me! You are not lie to me! You! Don't lie to me! If you lie to me, I will kill you!"

When the curtain on the door was lifted, Ji Xiaofu, a beautiful woman dressed up as a woman, also came out.

She smiled at Lu Yang slightly and said, "Are we there yet?"

Lu Yang laughed, pointing to the river beach and said, "Where is it!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Huotou Tuo flying across the water like a seabird. The startled old man and the nearby boatman stared wide.

Lu Yang touched his nose and said to the boatman: "Send us ashore!"

The boatman was clever this time, and he recovered, and hurriedly slid the oars to send the two to shore.

Their boats are slower, and there are more boats lining up ashore, so when they disembark, some time has passed.

Huotuo Tuo happily lay on the beach, and kept muttering: "It's better to land, or land!"

Lu Yang smiled, walked up to him, before speaking, suddenly a huge voice said: "Five that guy, it was yours who came over the water just now!"

Lu Yang raised his head, only to see a few Mongolian men holding knives in their hands, looking at them lightly! ..

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