There were a lot of people on the pier, including men, women, old and young, from all walks of life. There were about a few hundred people. There was already a long queue and they were boarding the ship in an orderly manner.
In fact, there are not many boats moored on the river, only four, but there are many bamboo rafts moored, and there are more than a hundred densely packed bamboo rafts. Although they seem to be scattered and disorderly, they have been arranged in order, and no one is there.
Don't dare to jam randomly. When the bamboo rafts are full, one will move around, and then another will stop, all in an orderly manner.
Although there was a queue, the same group of people did not line up in a straight line, but gathered together in twos and threes to chat. There was a lot of people talking, and most of the people spoke in Sichuan dialect. Feng Jiuxiao and the others could only understand a few words occasionally.
There were several big men in uniform uniforms who kept order.
As expected, the number of people queuing up to board the boat was very small and sparse, but there was a long queue of people preparing to sit on the bamboo rafts, and they were clearly distinct from each other.
Feng Jiuxiao looked at the many well-dressed people queuing up to get on the bamboo raft, and wondered: Could it be that they all know how to live well? They are reluctant to spend more money to take the boat? But since you want to save, why bother to dress so expensively?
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No matter how expensive the ferry is, how expensive can it be? At least it’s okay to take a bus, right?
The boats parked on the river include two building boats and two carriage boats.
Among them, the slightly larger building boats only have three floors. This may be related to the turbulent current of the Yangtze River in the Sichuan-Sichuan section. Small boats can easily turn around. In the Wuchu area, building boats often have four or five floors. They are large in scale and majestic.
Compared with the five-tooth warships of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, it is no less impressive!
Pang Shishi found out that in the waters in central Sichuan, the Yangtze River boat bosses usually take charge of a section of the water area, because when they reach the rapids and shoals, passengers need to disembark and transfer to another new boat downstream, and they have to pay the boat boss again.
In addition, the waterway is long and there are many natural dangers, so the Yangtze River has been isolated into several independent river sections. This has also resulted in a situation where gangs are numerous along the Yangtze River and each operates independently. So far, it has not been possible to form a unified big gang, like in western Hunan.
The Pai Sect, Xueshan Sect, and Meishan Sect in this area are the same. Everyone occupies their own place and dominates one area. Each sect does not have an amazing and talented figure to unify each sect.
However, the dock gangs in Shuchuan seem to be slightly better than them. Although they are not subordinate to each other, they are much more united than many gangs in the lower reaches, and their cooperation outweighs their differences.
All gangs "value peace" and "harmony brings wealth." Therefore, after years of evolution, the gangs have experienced the initial stage of "don't invade the river" and gradually developed into "people are not friends but the soil is a friend".
In the "township party alliance" structure, the various gangs began to gradually support and help each other. Because since everyone speaks the language of Sichuan and Sichuan and drinks the water of the Yangtze River, going back several years ago, they might all be from the same clan.
With the same origin, the relationship is naturally closer than the "all over the world" where "we are all brothers", so why don't we all "make money together"? Why are we still fighting for life and death? We can't thank the Demon Cult for this in Xishu
After the Demon Cult came to Xishu, they recruited strangers from all over the world and constantly merged or recruited weak gangs. Therefore, these dock gangs in the Yangtze River Basin naturally abandoned their past grievances and formed a non-aligned "alliance".
Therefore, the dock gangs along the Yangtze River now live in harmony with each other. Whoever owns the land will take care of it, and whoever earns the money will earn it. Everyone has become more and more tacit, and some rules have been formed tacitly.
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Feng Jiuxiao felt that at this point, Paijiao, Meishanjiao and other Central Plains martial arts gangs were obviously on a different level.
In order to grab a piece of business, they can use all their strength to fight each other!
Of course, we are all heroes in the martial arts world. When you are in the martial arts world, your face is naturally more important than your life. Who dares to steal my business on my territory? Who can swallow this? Naturally, I will cut off his career.
Stop this bad breath!
But in Feng Jiuxiao's eyes, what everyone is fighting for is not the so-called spirit at all, but still cannot escape the word "profit". What everyone is fighting for is money, power, and finally reputation!
There are three realms of life: looking at mountains is a mountain, looking at a mountain is not a mountain, and looking at a mountain is a mountain again.
This is derived from a passage by Master Qingyuan Xingsi: Seeing mountains is mountains, seeing water is water. Later, when I saw knowledge for myself, there is a place to start. Seeing mountains is not mountains, seeing water is not water. Now I have to take a break.
Resting place, the mountains are just mountains and the water is just water.
Many things in the world are like layers of fog. Once you lift the veil, the secrets hidden deepest are often right in front of your eyes.
The simpler people's minds are, the simpler things will be.
The more complicated the human heart is, the more complicated the problem will be.
Regarding the fierce competition, Feng Jiuxiao feels that this cannot be entirely blamed on gangs such as Paijiao. Because in some places, it is not just gang competition that is fierce, but also common people often fight with each other to compete for water!
Feng Jiuxiao feels that the key lies in how wealthy a place is!
The Sichuan area is richest in the world and is known as the land of abundance. Generally speaking, it feels like everyone has food to eat and clothing to wear, so relatively speaking, there are fewer people who care about everything, and there are fewer people who know how to share politely.
It is said that people with sufficient resources know etiquette. Those relatively poor and backward places, the so-called backcountry, poor mountains and rivers, where people are short of clothes and clothing, and products are scarce. There are only these things and there are so many people. If you don’t have enough, you still have to be poor and give it to others.
other people?
The reality is that whoever imitates Kong Rong and gives in to others will starve to death!
That’s why there is a saying that “poor mountains and bad waters bring out unruly people”!
As long as they have food to eat and clothes to wear, who would want to be a troublemaker and then be exterminated by the army?
The four people walked through the crowd towards the pier. There were too many people, so in order to prevent their horses from trampling on innocent people, the four people led their horses.
Since the four of them were all young people, well-dressed and impressive, crowds of people gave way wherever they went.
Feng Jiuxiao glanced around and found that among these people were old men with white hair and wrinkles, young men with heroic faces, figures from the world with sharp eyes, and official servants carrying official documents. There were actually several Taoist priests.
, two or three monks, really all three religions and nine streams are available.
The four of them came to the riverside, and Chili was immediately shocked by the building boat!
The building boat was originally a warship. It was named because the boat was tall and wide, and its appearance resembled a building. Nowadays, it is used to cruise the Yangtze River.
The building is three feet high and ten feet long. Three large sails are hung high. The whole ship is magnificent!
The first floor of the building ship is a hut, the second floor is a flying hut, and the uppermost floor is a noble chamber. Each floor is equipped with a protective parapet to defend against bows and arrows shot by the enemy. There are arrow holes on the parapet.
It is used to launch crossbows. In order to defend against enemy fire attacks, the ship is covered with leather to insulate it from heat.
During the war, flags, flags, swords and guns were often placed on the ships to enhance their momentum, and various equipment such as ropes, oars, sails and jigs were used to improve their functions. Nowadays, these things have naturally been removed.
Feng Jiuxiao naturally wanted to choose the best building ship.
When Pang Shishi asked the boat owner for the price, his expression suddenly changed!
Each person has ten taels of silver, but the horses actually cost one tael of silver! One tael for one horse, and four taels for four horses!