The so-called Dongping Water Park is actually the famous Liangshan Water Park.
In the fifth year of Jin Mingchang's reign, the Yellow River broke through Yangwu. It diverted its flow in Liangshanbo for nearly a hundred years, causing serious siltation. As a result, Jishui was submerged, Heze was flattened, the lake gradually dried up, and the area of the lake was greatly reduced.
"History of Jin·Shihuo Zhi" records: "The Yellow River has moved to its old course, the water in Liangshan has receded, and the land is very vast."
By the Ming Dynasty, the entire water area evolved into four independent lakes.
There are three lakes in the south, namely Mata Lake, Nanwang Lake and Shushan Lake.
A hundred miles away is the largest Anshan Lake.
The Huitong River crosses Anshan Lake and divides the lake into two.
The water in the east of the river gradually receded, eventually leaving a large lake, Dongping Lake.
Anshan Lake in Hexi has completely disappeared, witnessing the vicissitudes of life.
The warm spring breeze came from the south and welcomed the fleet to Shouzhangji.
Zuo Fu and Zuo Gui accompanied Lu Jingyuan, looking at the environment curiously.
"I think back to the time when the one hundred and eight generals in Liangshan were so famous that they were omnipotent in heaven and on earth, but they ended up in a state of disarray. Nowadays, the vast mountains and rivers of Liangshan have lost their majesty in the past, but the rivers and lakes are still the same.
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Lu Jingyuan's emotion reminded Zuo Gui of something Zuo Mengeng once said.
"Wherever there are people, there are rivers and lakes. It doesn't matter whether there is a lake like Liangshan."
Lu Jingyuan tasted it and couldn't help but sigh.
"Fourth Master has extraordinary knowledge, I admire him."
Zuo Gui said quickly: "My name is Lu Tang now. Don't forget to remember me."
Knowing that Lu Jingyuan was going to Dongping Shuibo to assist Li Qingshan in boxing, Zuo Fu and Zuo Gui discussed with him and changed their names to Junior Lu to accompany them.
Zuo Fu's pseudonym was Lu Jiang, and Zuo Gui's pseudonym was Lu Tang.
While a few people were chatting and laughing, the boat docked.
Lu Jingyuan was quite surprised.
"That's strange. I've told King Li Tian a long time ago that the old man arrived today, why didn't anyone come?"
Not only did no one come, but it was also clearly felt that the atmosphere of the entire Shouzhangji was not right.
As the Shouzhang Ji closest to the water in Shouzhang County, it was originally an important merchant distribution center, so it was lively and prosperous. But as a few people saw, the town was very quiet. There were occasional passers-by, but they were also walking in a hurry.
From far and near, some idle men looked at this side with vigilance, as if they regarded them as enemies.
"Did something unexpected happen?"
Seeing that there was no other way, Lu Tai said, "I'll ask you."
He ran towards an idle man, and he didn't know what he said from a distance. He could clearly see the idle man's happy face and he followed Lu Tai over quickly.
"Father, something happened. King Li Tian was attacked by Xiaoxiao yesterday and was seriously injured. I'm afraid things will be bad this time."
The faces of Zuo Fu and the other three people suddenly changed, knowing that this matter was not trivial.
Li Qingshan is the leader. He was injured at this time, which can be said to be a great loss in combat strength.
Lu Jingyuan asked the idle man: "Do you know how King Li Tianwang was injured?"
The idle man took the lead and explained the situation.
It turned out that someone lost a fishing boat in Shouzhangji yesterday. Li Qingshan led people to help search for it, and found the boat thief deep in the puddle.
When he was about to capture him, unexpectedly, a few thieves suddenly rose up and attacked Li Qingshan. No one knew who it was, but in the confusion, they stabbed Li Qingshan in the middle of the stomach.
If Li Qingshan hadn't been extremely skilled in martial arts and avoided the critical moment, he would have died on the spot.
"Hey, what should I do?"
Lu Jingyuan was just anxious, but Zuo Fu sensitively sensed something was wrong.
"Have you caught the thief who hurt people?"
The idle man was very angry.
"No. Those thieves are very good at water. They jumped into the water after hurting the King of Heaven. Our brothers searched for a day and a night, but they couldn't find them. If they were caught by us, they would have to cut these beasts into pieces.
It’s impossible.”
Zuo Fu looked at Xian Han.
"I haven't asked my brother for his surname."
The idle man said that his name was Jiang Wu, a local fisherman.
Zuo Fu asked again: "I have been fishing for a living all year round. The water quality should be excellent."
Jiang Wu smiled proudly.
"It goes without saying that we soak in water every day and have been playing with water since we were born."
Zuo Fu casually said a few words of praise and was fooled.
Zuo Gui pulled him a few steps behind and asked quietly: "Is there something wrong?"
Zuo Fu looked around and saw that there was no one around, lowered his voice and said, "Can you escape among a group of people who play in the water all the time? Do you believe it?"
The water is not like on land. No matter how good the water quality is, it is impossible to lurk underwater forever. There will always be a time to emerge.
These fishermen have been active in the water all year round and have long been familiar with the terrain. No matter how good the thieves are, it is a fool's errand to escape from their encirclement and search by diving.
Zuo Gui reacted immediately.
"You mean there's someone here..."
Zuo Fu hurriedly reminded: "The best thing to do is be careful."
Several people followed Jiang Wu all the way and finally came to a small courtyard.
The place was bustling with people, and there were all kinds of men inside and outside. Occasionally, shouts of killing could be heard, quickly creating a crowd.
Just by looking at these, you can feel the popularity of the Heavenly King Li Qingshan.
Jiang Wu squeezed in for a moment, the crowd separated to the left and right, and several men walked quickly.
"Brother Lu, it's been a hard journey."
Lu Jingyuan didn't have time to exchange greetings, so he asked: "Brother Li, how is the situation of the King of Heaven?"
The man looked around carefully and whispered: "It's inconvenient here, brother, just follow me in."
He immediately led several people across the yard and directly into the house, leaving behind inquiring eyes.
The house built of yellow mud was gloomy and obstructed the view. The moment I entered the house, I couldn't help but feel dark, and then I gradually got used to it.
After entering the back room, the sun filtered in through the window, and things felt a little better.
Lying on the kang was a strong man in his fifties, covered with a thick quilt and leaning against the wall. He looked quite tired. When he saw Lu Jingyuan walking in, he forced a smile.
"Brother Lu is here, I feel relieved."
With tears in his eyes, Lu Jingyuan leaned in front of the kang, grabbed the other person's hand, and kept talking.
"Brother, you were so careless, why did you get hurt?"
That strong man is Li Qingshan.
His eyes swept over the people Lu Jingyuan brought one by one, and he couldn't help but ask: "Nephew Lu Taixian is an old acquaintance. These two..."
Lu Jingyuan cheered up and told Zuo Fu and Zuo Gui their fabricated identities.
Hearing that he was a junior from the Lu family, Li Qingshan didn't care and showed a desolate expression.
"It seems that Guo Yunbiao is bound to win this leading meeting."
Lu Jingyuan hurriedly comforted him and said: "Even if I am injured, as long as we win four of the seven games, we will win."
Before Li Qingshan could do anything, the person who led them into the house was furious.
"I'm afraid Brother Lu doesn't know that the people from Boping Merchant are not coming."
Hearing this, Lu Jingyuan was shocked.
"Why is this? Without his Purple-Faced Star Lord Shang Jianping, where can we get more manpower?"
Seeing Zuo Fu, Zuo Gui was confused and Lu Tai introduced them in a low voice.
It turns out that the dispute over the water berth involves not only the common people and gangs of thieves who live around the water berth. Many people who make a living by the canal are also involved.
Most of them are on Li Qingshan's side.
Just because when Li Qingshan had the upper hand, he acted fairly and every family could come and go freely through the canal, making it convenient for them to move goods.
When Guo Yunbiao occupied the waterfront, merchant ships traveling in and out of the river had to pay twenty taels of silver to cross the river if they did not fly the official flag.
When a tracker is needed to tow it, the price is three times more expensive than Li Qingshan's.
Comparing the two, it’s obvious who you should choose.
It was for this reason that Lu Jingyuan came all the way from Linqing to help with boxing.
Changfeng Escort Agency has to walk through the canal most of the time.
What I originally earned was hard-earned money, and I had to pay a large toll, so I had to lose money.
If you want to maintain your business, you can only help Li Qingshan win the leading club and prevent Guo Yunbiao from getting involved.
It was precisely because of the help from the heroes of the Three Mountains that Li Qingshan was able to compete with the green forest tycoon Guo Yunbiao as a butcher.
Unexpectedly, on the eve of this year's leading meeting, Li Qingshan was injured, and another person who strongly supported Boping merchants did not come.
This suddenly means that two good players are missing.
No wonder the Shouzhangji is clouded and everyone is in danger.
Once the Dragon Head Club is lost this time, everyone will not be able to go fishing, and will lose an income out of thin air. I am afraid that life will not be able to survive.
For people like Lu Jingyuan, it is impossible to do business along the canal in the future.
He has always supported Li Qingshan.
If Guo Yunbiao is allowed to control the canal this time, in the future, Changfeng Escort Bureau's ships will not be allowed to give away more money.
But if we don't use the canal, the business of Changfeng Escort Agency will definitely plummet.
For a time, the atmosphere in the earthen house was extremely depressing.
"Brother, Guo Yunbiao sent someone."
The sound of reports outside the house was like dark clouds adding to the haze, and everyone changed their colors.
"How dare you come after a dog entered the house? I'm going to kill him."
Seeing his brothers getting angry, Li Qingshan quickly stopped.
"stop."
The man looked angry and very unwilling.
"Brother, that beast Guo Yunbiao must have done it on purpose."
Even though Li Qingshan was injured, his power was still there.
"When will it be your turn to make the decision?"
The man huffed and puffed for a long time, but in the end he didn't dare to disobey. He ran to the side angrily and went away angry.
Li Qingshan then said: "Help me up and put on my clothes."
Lu Jingyuan and several others quickly joined hands and carefully helped Li Qingshan off the kang.
When they lifted the quilt, Zuo Fu and Zuo Guicai saw that Li Qingshan had a white cloth wrapped around his waist. However, there was blood at this time, and it was obvious that the injury was serious.
In this state, it is obviously impossible to fight.