Chapter 94: It seems like a fairy walks in the river
Hengjiang Ferry is located in Beijiang County. Since Emperor Dajing established the Daxing Water Conservancy, the waterway has been smooth and ships have continued to flow. Cargo ships and merchant ships can travel on the river with government permission.
Later, private merchants saw the benefits, built ships to carry passengers, and started a different kind of waterway business.
Chen Changsheng also went from being penniless at the beginning to now having seven copper coins in his pocket, but these seven coins were definitely not enough to take a boat.
I randomly asked someone about the fare for the big boat to Beijing, but he was told that it cost eighty cents per person. This was still the price in the off-season, but now it was the peak season, and it cost a hundred cents to get on the boat.
"How to find a hundred coins..."
Chen Changsheng looked at the big ship standing on the riverside. If he could still take advantage of opportunities in Yan County, then this big ship would probably have no chance at all.
He simply stopped thinking about it and decided to find another way. There would always be a way.
The time for departure is almost here.
About two quarters of an hour later, a roar came from the ship.
"Ship out!!"
With a loud shout, the boats surged out of the ferry.
Chen Changsheng was sitting by the river. He raised his head and took a sip of wine and murmured: "The boat has sailed far away. It seems that Chen is not going to die."
His eyes looked to that side.
There is a bamboo forest standing on the bank of the river.
Chen Changsheng couldn't help but smile and said: "There is a road for river boats and there are bamboos on the river banks. Why can't we cross the river?"
He stepped forward and walked towards the bamboo forest.
After carefully selecting in the bamboo forest for a moment, he selected a thick bamboo, patted it lightly, and nodded with satisfaction.
"good."
He raised his two fingers and drew out the fairy sword hidden at his side.
All I saw was a rainbow of sword energy.
"Crack."
The thick bamboo fell down and all its branches were shaved off.
"Wow..."
The sound of swaying bamboo leaves could be heard in the bamboo forest.
At the ferry, many people saw this scene.
The man standing at the ferry murmured: "What is that man doing cutting bamboo?"
The person accompanying him smiled and said, "Who knows."
Chen Changsheng glanced at the pillar that had fallen to the ground.
The Tingyu sword returned to his side and disappeared again.
Chen Changsheng glanced at the riverside. The bamboo forest here was still a little far away from the riverside.
He raised his legs.
It hooked the center of gravity of the bamboo.
"rise!"
Chen Changsheng said something, and with a flick of his toe, the several-foot-long bamboo was actually planed up.
He raised his foot again and kicked towards the bamboo.
"boom!"
With a bang, the bamboo plunged into the river like an unsheathed sword.
Then it floated.
Chen Changsheng stepped forward, tiptoed, and landed firmly on the bamboo in the river.
The river is surging and the waves are endless.
But the green shirt on the bamboo remained stable in the river, drifting away with the flow of the river.
From a distance, it looks like you are walking in the river.
"Look over there, is there someone in the river?"
Countless eyes at the ferry looked towards the river.
But when they saw the green shirt in the river, they were all startled, thinking that they were dazzled.
"this……"
Everyone at the ferry looked into the river, and everyone was stunned.
"It feels like walking in the river."
"Stepping on something."
"What is it?"
"It seems like...a bamboo?"
"Um?"
On that shore, there was a man holding a long knife in his arms, and there seemed to be a knife intention between his eyebrows.
The swordsman looked at the middle of the river and murmured: "Crossing the river with a reed?"
"What a powerful martial arts!"
The swordsman quickly ran to the ferry and found a boathouse.
Throw out a tael of silver!
"Catch up with the man in the river!"
The boatman took the silver, his eyes suddenly glowed with gold, he got up and rowed forward to catch up.
The boat immediately sailed out of the ferry, and with the surging oars, it chased the man in green shirt in the river.
In just a moment, the green shirt in the river left the ferry.
A fishing boat caught up and followed closely behind.
Chen Changsheng felt something in his heart and looked back.
Seeing a man holding a long knife standing on the fishing boat behind him, Chen Changsheng paused slightly and slowed down.
The fishing boat caught up with him until he was walking with the green shirt on the bamboo.
It wasn't until this moment that the swordsman saw clearly the appearance of Mr. Qingshan.
'So young!'
The swordsman was horrified. He looked at the gentleman traveling in Zhujiang Mountain, cupped his hands and said, "Beijiang swordsman Shangguan Han, I have met my senior."
Chen Changsheng looked at this person and asked: "Jianghu people?"
Shangguan Han paused for a moment, then nodded and said: "Sir, your martial arts skills are really amazing. I never thought that the rumored crossing of the river with a reed could actually be achieved. I admire you so much!"
He continued: "It's a pity that my martial arts skills are so low that I may not be able to set foot on my senior's bamboo. Could you please ask my senior to come on board and talk about it?"
Chen Changsheng looked him up and down, then nodded and said, "That's fine."
Chen Changsheng approached the fishing boat and stepped onto the boat.
Shangguan Han looked at the boatman and said, "Keep an eye on this long bamboo. If anything goes wrong, I'll take it to you!"
"Yes, yes..." the boatman agreed. At this moment, he was a little panicked. If he could do it all over again, he would never be greedy for that one tael of silver.
Entered the boat shed.
The two sat down.
Shangguan Han asked: "Senior, are you going down the river?"
Chen Changsheng nodded and replied: "Go down the river and go to Beijing."
Shangguan Han was horrified and said, "Beijiang is thousands of miles away from Shangjing. Could it be that senior is planning to rely on a piece of bamboo to get across?"
Chen Changsheng asked: "What's wrong?"
Shangguan Han suddenly realized that he had even underestimated this gentleman's martial arts.
Thousands of miles away, even taking a boat would take several days, let alone just such a long bamboo.
"Junior is amazed!" Shangguan Han said.
Chen Changsheng glanced at him, and then said: "You are not from Beijiang, are you?"
Shangguan Han was heartbroken, and then asked: "How did the senior figure it out?"
"Guess."
"Guess?"
"Um."
Shangguan Han smiled helplessly, but he did not say where he was from. He prevaricated: "A warrior in the martial arts world, regardless of where he comes from."
Chen Changsheng did not care about it and said: "In this case, Chen will not ask any more questions."
Shangguan Han cupped his fists and said, "Thank you, senior."
Chen Changsheng glanced at him and said, "Where are you now? Where do you plan to go?"
Shangguan Han replied: "Walking around as you like, wherever you go is where you want to be."
"Yeah?"
Chen Changsheng looked at him and suddenly laughed.
Shangguan Han saw this gentleman's sharp gaze, as if he had seen through him in an instant.
A little fear suddenly arose in his heart.
Chen Changsheng said suddenly: "If something unexpected happens after this, it will be a disaster."
Shangguan Han suddenly became nervous as if facing a formidable enemy.
The atmosphere in the canopy dropped to a low point.
Shangguan Han calmed down and said with a smile: "I don't understand, this junior, how can it be said that it will never happen again?"
Chen Changsheng looked at him and said, "What do you think?"
This man was so bold that he actually wanted to kill the emperor's concubine!