194. Chapter 194 Shipwreck in the middle of the night
It is said that the upper reaches of the northern part of the canal has begun to freeze. This time, the official salt should be delivered safely.
The night was as dark as ink, and the officials responsible for pressing the salt from the Salt Department couldn't stand the cold wind outside, so they all went back to the cabin to sleep. Except for those responsible for steering and rowing, the rest of the crew also fell asleep.
Ten large ships sailed quietly on the Grand Canal...
Suddenly a loud noise came from the river bank in front, and then the calm river surface stirred up huge waves.
The sleeping people suddenly woke up from their beds and rushed out of the cabin to investigate the situation.
The boat was going upstream, and huge waves hit it, causing the boat to start to float.
"What's going on? What's happening ahead?" the officer leading the ship yelled.
"I don't know, I can't see clearly!" the crew member replied loudly.
"No! Run quickly..."
Countless huge blocks arrived in an instant, and just when the official saw clearly, those blocks had already hit the hull of the ship. Before the official could finish speaking, he let out a scream and was directly knocked into the water by the violent impact.
The official was about to call for help when suddenly, his feet sank, and then, a dark shadow hugged his neck and covered his mouth and nose. The official struggled desperately, but he couldn't break free no matter what.
The black shadow seemed to let him go, and when he was holding his breath until it became uncomfortable, he suddenly let go.
The official immediately wanted to breathe fresh air, but because he was in the water, he choked on a lot of water as soon as he took a breath.
After the brain, which was already deprived of oxygen, was suddenly stimulated, the official who could have swam up became confused.
After a while, I lost my energy...
The black image was like a fish in the water, disappearing quickly and starting to look for the second target.
After the first ship was hit, it went down the river and hit the second ship. The second ship, along with the first ship and the huge rolling rocks, went down the river again and hit the third ship.
On board...
Just like this, one ship followed another, and soon, all ten ships were damaged.
Many people saw the collision speed so fast that they jumped into the river to save their lives. Especially the crew members, almost all of whom were good swimmers, it was definitely safer to stay in the water than on the boat at this time.
"It's ice!"
Finally, someone saw clearly what the huge block was, and this solved everyone's doubts as to why such a big stone would not sink into the water.
However, ice is the biggest enemy of the ship at this time. With so much ice rushing down together, it is difficult to save the ship's salt.
At this time, the canal was already in chaos. In order to avoid the ice washed down from upstream, no one was seen climbing up the side of the ship. Some people dived along the place where the ship capsized.
No matter how much ice there is, it will eventually be washed away.
After about a quarter of an hour, the disaster gradually went away from everyone.
At this time, everyone thought about swimming back to the boat.
Because all the torches were extinguished when escaping and diving, everyone in the water was almost doing their own thing and had no time to care about others. Of course, it was more because it was night and you couldn't see anything from one meter away.
People.
So everyone didn't know that there were originally ten boats and more than a hundred people, but they were actually not far apart. But just where they couldn't see, their companions had been pulled down one by one into the cold canal water.
In the distance, dots of fire were burning. After a while, the fire gradually became brighter.