Chapter 96 Stranded(1/2)
The boat travels westward.
When sailing on a large river, it is like a tribute student and a vengeance. This kind of ship goes upstream along the Yangtze River, either by sail or by oars. The boat travels very slowly and only thirty-five miles a day. When encountering unstable wind direction or light water level, it is necessary to hire a boatman temporarily. Generally speaking, the cost of going against the wind is much higher.
If the hiring man had not dragged a few layers of relationships and promised another 300 taels of silver, Li Dazhun would not have taken on this deal in this season. Fortunately, the wind is relatively strong these days, and the shipboat who drove the boat has many years of experience on the Xichuan Line. At the beginning, it was not difficult to get over it in the first few days.
It just made Xiao Jinyan and the other two suffer.
In Li Jinping's words, the three of them are boatmen now, and the guys should look like they are friends. They were originally outfits that could not be worn. She found some clothes for the three of them that the boatmen used to wear. Although the clothes were worn, they were washed clean.
Li Dazhun is old and his granddaughter is basically allowed to handle the affairs on the ship. Fortunately, although Li Jinping is a daughter, he has been quite capable in a few years. This time he traveled west, except for taking charge of the accounting and making suggestions, he squatted on the bow of the boat to smoke dry tobacco the rest of the time.
The front cabin was not big, and he could only squeeze out five or six people. Li Jinping was also a child of the world, so he did not avoid the difference between men and women. At night, he also ate and lived with everyone in the same cabin. At night, snoring sounds in the front cabin, and Zhao Langjiang was sweating again, mixing with the smell of salted fish and dead shrimps, which made Xiao Jinyan and Li Qingcheng unable to fall asleep. Later, he could not bear it anymore and ran to the deck, sat in a garment, and meditated and practiced.
In the early morning, the two were awakened by a shout.
Looking up, Li Jinping stood on the deck and practiced his knife in the sunlight.
Li Jinping made it just a very clumsy sword technique in the world, and there was no internal force to help her. However, she was still very sensible. After a knife came down, she felt a little sweat on her forehead. She used a scoop to put a bowl of water from the bucket and drank it all. She saw the two staring at her, put down the scoop and walked over.
Xiao Jinyan clapped his hands and said, "I didn't expect that our boat was really a crouching tiger and hidden dragon. Miss Li was actually a peerless master who was hidden."
Li Jinping said, "The rules of the world are to peek at others in practicing martial arts, and you have to dig your eyes."
Xiao Jinyan smiled and said, "There are still these rules?"
Li Jinping said proudly, "Of course, look with your left eye, dig your left eye, and look with your right eye."
Xiao Jinyan raised his foot, "I have a corn on my foot, and I also saw it."
Li Jinping said annoyedly, "You are not honest."
Xiao Jinyan laughed loudly, and Li Qingcheng shook his head and smiled bitterly.
Li Jinping thought for a moment and said fortunately, I am also a man from the martial arts world, and the rules of the martial arts world cannot be broken, but there is a way.
"What's the solution?"
Li Jinping said, "You two take me as your teacher. This way you will not break the rules."
Xiao Jinyan said we have no student apprenticeship fee.
Li Jinping waved his hand, "How come you two are so pedantic? You have no money to become a disciple. When you arrive at the shallows or dock, you two will just sell more strength when you pull the fibers." After that, she took a special look at Li Qingcheng.
For several days, some places need boatmen to pull fibers, so how could Li Qingcheng be willing to do such work? He always works but doesn't work hard. However, Xiao Jinyan always uses his strength to help him when encountering this situation. He admires Xiao Jinyan very much. He is proficient in all aspects. He has the talent to be a mate, and he has the talent to pull fibers. He can't learn it.
Before the two of them agreed, Li Jinping performed his master's duties. She said, "Now you two are my disciples, and I can be considered as the beginning of the sect and establishing a sect. We must also set rules. Our sect, well, is called the nameless sect. The sword technique just now is called the nameless sword technique."
In fact, this name is just Li Jinping's random tricks. Her half-baked swordsman was taught by a swordsman who was on a boat. He was free to teach her a total of twelve moves. He only taught her moves, but did not teach her internal skills. Although Li Jinping is a daughter, she is very strong by nature and likes swords and guns. She has been practicing diligently over the years, but she looks seven or eight. She is an ordinary three or five big men, but she is not her opponent.
Li Qingcheng said, "The nameless sword technique of the nameless sect is not good."
"Why?"
Li Qingcheng said: "You think, we will kill people in the world in the future and defeat people. You are the nameless sword technique of the nameless sect. How can people remember us? You should give us a domineering name." Li Jinping was just becoming a master and was about to show off his temper, and said: "I am the master, you have to listen to me."
Xiao Jinyan smiled and said, "Yes, Master!"
After saying that, he poked Li Qingcheng again, and Li Qingcheng also said, "Yes, Master." He whispered to Xiao Jinyan, "You are so good. I have found a master uncle for Dean Li. If he knows, he will be angry to death?"
Li Jinping was overjoyed and turned around and walked away. After a while, he brought two fresh fish over and said, "You can't accept your two disciples for nothing. These two fish are just a gift for you to give to you."
The two were stunned, and Li Jinping pretended to be tense, "Don't you thank your master?"
The two had to accept it, "Thank you, Master."
Li Jinping sat under the two of them casually, "Xiao Da, you are the eldest disciple, Li San is the second disciple. When I take Zhao Si down, I will walk around the world. If anyone bullies you, you will report to the master, my nameless sect, Wuming Knife."
Both of them said yes.
Li Jinping grabbed Li Qingcheng's hands and said in amazement, "Your hands are whiter than girls' homes. You must have never suffered hardships when you were a child."
Xiao Jinyan smiled so hard that she was about to cover her stomach.
If it were someone else, Li Qingcheng would have already punched the river, but Li Jinping's words were real, but he was a woman with true temperament. So he nodded and looked at Li Jinping. Thick calluses were grinding on his hands. These were not knife calluses, but were made by loading and unloading goods over the years and pulling them.
Li Jinping guessed again, "Your family is well off, you must be a quarrel with your family and sneak out to travel around the world."
Li Qingcheng said it was true.
Li Jinping said, "It's okay, I will protect you in the world from now on. Our Wuming Sect will definitely be able to carry forward it. After this trip, when I save enough money, I will go to Baoyanzhai to buy three sets of rouge and water powder. I want one set and the other two sets for you. In the future, when I meet a girl I like, I will give it to them, and treat it as a gift for my teacher."
I thought she was joking, but in the words, Li Jinping seemed to take this matter seriously.
Li Jinping said again, "You must have studied?"
Li Qingcheng doesn't like nonsense, and rarely even pretends to be slutty about women. In his impression, except for his sister Li Jinghong, he has never chatted with people like this today. Li Jinping has no scheming and it is very comfortable to chat with such people.
He nodded.
Li Jinping was overjoyed when she heard this. She took a branch and dipped it in the river. "Tell me quickly, how do you write these three words Li Jinping?" Li Qingcheng smiled and said, "The world has always been taught by masters, so where is the reason for apprentices to teach their masters?"
Li Jinping said that he would ask questions as his teacher.
Li Qingcheng took the branch, his wrist trembled, and wrote down the three words "Li Jinping" on Deck Mountain.
While the water stains were not dry, Li Jinping repeated the strokes and strokes written by Li Qingcheng with her fingers. She wrote them several times at once, then nodded, "So, the three words Li Jinping are written like this." She was a little proud of her words. "Tell me to write names, we have twelve names without names, and I will pass on you eleven moves, Xiao Da, Zhao Si, and I will pass on them ten moves each. Start tomorrow."
Xiao Jinyan asked in anger, "Why do you only pass eleven tricks?"
Li Jinping said proudly, "You must leave a trick for the teacher, right? If you are disobedient in the future, I will use the last trick to clean up the portal. Are you both afraid?"
The two of them kept saying they were afraid.
Zhao Langjiang climbed up from the bottom of the bilge, "What are you arguing about early in the morning?"
Xiao Jinyan shouted, "Zhao Si, come and introduce you to a master." As he said that, he pointed at Li Jinping. Zhao Langjiang glanced at Li Jinping, said "boring", and turned around and was about to get out of the cabin. Li Jinping's face darkened, "I am unhappy for my teacher."
Xiao Jinyan and Li Qingcheng said to wait for a moment.
Not long after, Zhao Langjiang, who was beaten to the point of blueness by the two, knelt in front of Li Jinping, "Advisor Zhao Si, salute to the master." Li Jinping then turned angry and gave him a fresh fish, "Good apprentice, come and eat the fish."
Zhao Langjiang said that I am a tiger, not a cat.
Seeing Xiao, Li and the other two raised their fists and quickly changed their words: "I am a cat, meow meow."
The three of them lay on the deck, laughing loudly, and even laughing out of tears.
This journey is really fun.
...
Some people find it interesting all the way, but some don't think so.
Qi Baihu, the big manager of Baidao Sect, is one of them.
Baidaomen is a third-rate sect at the foot of Yujian Villa. Over the years, he has been relying on the backing of Yujian Villa, which has made a living by purchasing sword-casting for Yujian Villa. Every year in the twelfth lunar month, Yujian Villa holds sword-casting and sword-viewing meetings, which is particularly grand this year. Even the four major families and eight major sects have sent people to attend. This time, Qi Baihu, on the order of the sect leader, came to Jiangnan to purchase a batch of high-quality iron embryos, and through government relations, he obtained the document for transportation and was about to be transported back by cargo ship.
In addition, in Jiangnan, he also found a piece of black iron, which is said to be a holy object on the mountain in the south. If this thing can be sent to Yujian Villa and cast several peerless divine weapons, then the Baidao Sect's reputation in the future will be extraordinary. The matter was extremely secret, but I don't know how to leak the news. The Tang Sect came out halfway and wanted to buy this piece of black iron for 300,000 taels. The leader of the Baidao Sect was moved after hearing the offer, so he was ready to secretly travel to Chen Cang and transport the black iron to Jingxiang to subcontract. To be cautious, Baidao Sect sent an old entourage to escort the black iron.
Unexpectedly, before leaving, two guests who asked to take the boat came on the boat.
One is Sun Shaoming, the young owner of Yujian Villa, and the other is Emei heroine Li Qianjue.
Baidaomen relied on Yujian Villa for dinner. If it were usual, Qi Baihu would not have time to curry favor with the young owner, but there was something wrong with this goods, so he didn't want to cause trouble. However, he really couldn't find a reason to refuse Sun Shaoming, so he had to agree to his companion.
After the battle in Taihu Lake, Li Qianjue wanted to return to Mount Emei, so Sun Shaoming naturally would not miss the opportunity to protect flowers. When he met Qi Baihu and others at the dock, he directly invited Qianjue to board the ship.
Although Li Qianjue didn't like Sun Shaoming very much, Sun Shaoming was very attentive and caring about her well-being, but she did not refuse. The young owner of the Tang Dynasty Yujian Villa was so pleased her so much that her vanity was a little satisfied. After thinking about it, she was still a little proud.
Everyone sat down at the host of the cabin. Sun Shaoming sat in the main seat and said to Qianjue, "Qianjue, this ship is hired by Baidaomen. Baidaomen is our villa industry. You have received favors from our family over the years. Don't be polite. Just consider it on your own boat. If you have any requirements, just ask the company."
Qi Baihu heard his words so mean, and although he was angry, he had a smile on his face, "The young owner of the manor is so serious. Our Baidaomen is just a servant of the villa, and we rely on the old owner to enjoy the food. What instructions does Li Nuxia have? As long as I, Qi Baihu, can do it, I will never be vague."
Li Qianjue was from a famous sect and had extremely strict rules in the sect, especially when he was walking in the world. Master Bi Lian taught her not to lose her etiquette. She had never heard of the Baidao Sect, but she also stood up to salute and said, "Thank you, the manager."
Qi Baihu avoided his body, "Mr. Li can come to board this boat, which will make my door shine brightly. You are so ruinous."
Everyone sat down. The old worshiper from Baidaomen sat with a knife in front of his knees and sat in the hatched seat without saying a word. Sun Shaoming noticed this person, "Who is this?" Qi Baihu introduced, "This is Mr. Xu, our worshiper of Baidaomen. This time, just in case, we invite him to come and take charge."
Mr. Xu didn't raise his head, but he still closed his eyes to rest.
Sun Shaoming's face darkened, and he thought to himself that he had been in the world for many years, and he was not going to see him off wherever he went. You are just offering sacrifices to me here. There are two kinds of offerings in the sects, one is a master-servant relationship with the sect, and the other is a subject-guest relationship.
The former is a slave raised by a sect, or a family member who brings art to join the family. After becoming a worshiper, he usually has the same surname as the family. The latter is the relationship between the master and the guest official. To put it bluntly, it is a temporary employment relationship. If you pay for the money, he will do things, and that's all.
Sun Shaoming had a jade man beside him at this moment, so he was reluctant to lose face, so he said, "This, Xu Gongfeng, right? I wonder if I am interested in going to our Yujian Villa? How much salary will Baidaomen give you, I will give you twice as much!"
Sun Shaoming did not really absorb this person. He felt that Xu Chongfeng was a bit annoying. He said this. Once the other party agreed to turn to Yujian Villa, he immediately turned against him, fired him, and took the opportunity to humiliate him.
Na Xu Gongfeng said, "I am here at Baidaomen, I am repaying the incense for others, not for money."
After saying that, continue to close your eyes and rest.
Seeing this, Sun Shaoming was full of anger and wanted to find an opportunity to repair you.
Some subordinates brought candied pastries and dried fruits. Qi Baihu carefully chatted with everyone. Unconsciously, everyone talked about the recent battle between golden swords and crazy swords in the world. Sun Shaoming had experienced this personally, so he took the opportunity to play and began to boast.
"In my opinion, the golden sword, the crazy sword is too famous in the world. If it is compared to its true strength, it is even worse than the Wudang Sect Taoist Master Qiankun. Speaking of Taoist Master Qiankun, my father also talked about martial arts with him, and the two of them did not decide the winner within 300 rounds." When he said this, he suddenly forgot that he was frightened by Li Qiuyi and could not get up on the ground.
Li Qianjue frowned while listening, but for his sake, he did not refute him.
As a master of the scene control and the scene of the cold, Sun Shaoming said a few words, and was indifferent, and said, "Qianjue, you have nothing to do when you return to the Emei Sect. It's better to take the opportunity to visit our swordsman villa. In two months, the swordsman villa will be a sword-making conference. There are many magical weapons in the villa, so it's better to go and go around. If you have any choice, I'll give it to you."
Li Qianjue's sword was worn on his body, which was a Emei standard sword forged by the Emei Blacksmith Shop, with a handle of ten taels of silver.
To be continued...