Chen Tian didn’t know which batch he had seen this.
He tightened his fur vest, lowered his head and cast his gaze on the awning boat at his feet. A water demon was coming through the waves.
Xie Pengfan clasped his fists and reported: "Master Qi, all the things are there, but I can't lift them at all."
After ransacking the Lin Family Mansion yesterday, Liu Yiyi's consciousness could not withstand the huge consumption of the Qiankun storage bag. After vomiting, a large amount of treasure sank to the bottom of the water.
Chen Tian intended to use the square tripod to make elixirs, so as soon as it got dark, he led people to salvage it.
"Your physique is not good enough. You can't move a tripod weighing thousands of pounds? You still need to practice more. You can travel thousands of miles when you go back."
Hearing this, Xie Pengfan was so frightened that his stomach and legs were trembling. He wished he could go back in time and retract those words, and then slap himself two or three times.
Liu Yiyi turned around Chen Tian and said with a smile: "How can it be the same above ground and under water? Since the water is about ten feet deep, it is normal for you to be unable to exert your strength."
"Miss Liu is still aware of everything." Chen Tian stretched out his hand to let her support his arm and walked onto the awning boat. He also smiled slightly and said, "Have you brought everything?"
When it comes to the strange yin and yang, Liu Yiyi is not inferior at all: "Since Mr. Shang has an order, how can the little girl dare to take it lightly?"
Chen Tian smiled, took off his fur vest and draped it around her body. He turned around and saw a mighty group of sampan boats dragging logs.
White-flowered Paulownia logs are very light.
If made into a canoe, compared with the most common cypress, Paulownia can carry 30% more weight. However, due to its high medicinal value, few people are willing to use it to build boats.
However, Gu Zhi spent all his wealth to buy up all the medicine shops in the city. The white-flowered Paulownia did not seem to be very precious, and Liu Yiyi allowed Chen Tian to use it at will.
Under the command of Chen Tian, the sampan boat was loaded with pottery urns and rowed to the top of the square tripod. White-flowered Paulownia was tied to the side of the boat while it was constantly filled with water, thereby continuously lowering the water line.
When the boat was half submerged, the water demon was ordered to bring a rope, dive into the bottom of the river, and tie Fang Ding tightly.
After everything was ready, following Chen Tian's order, hundreds of sampans and boats were ready to tip over the pottery urns. Their buoyancy increased sharply, and the hemp ropes as thick as their wrists stretched and creaked.
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A little while later.
Xie Pengfan emerged from the water again and said in surprise: "Fang Ding has moved and is now floating half a foot against the river bed!"
"That's almost it." Chen Tian avoided the waves and nodded, "Command the ship's winch to take up the rope. If you really can't move it onto the ship, just slowly drag it back to the Guzhi headquarters."
"Yes!" Xie Pengfan dived into the water again with a splash.
Now Chentian could no longer escape the splashing waves, and his front skirt and shoes and socks were all soaked, and it was bitingly cold.
Seeing his depressed face, Liu Yiyi burst into laughter and said, "Let's go inside and bake."
Captain Wupeng was only two feet tall, and the ceiling made of bamboo strips was high and light. Under the bright yellow, a small clay stove heated a wine pot, and there was half a plate of broad beans beside it.
Chen Tian wrung out the front train and spread it out to dry on the right side of the stove: "Where did Miss Liu find more than a hundred boatmen?"
"The Black Tiger Gang." Liu Yiyi picked up the chopsticks and stirred the wine pot, and the red dates in it rolled up and down, exuding an intoxicating fragrance. "Shen Leiyi is the leader of the Beggar Gang, and his disciples are all poor people."
Chentian opened the curtains and saw that these fishermen were in ragged clothes. Even though the autumn water was freezing, they only had a pair of shorts.
Every time I exerted force in the boat, the withered muscles on my back exploded like a rolling dragon, with veins sprouting and sweat steaming up.
"How many people are there in the Black Tiger Gang?"
"That's a lot." Liu Yiyi scooped out the red date wine and divided it into two cups. "If you include the porters and trackers who work for the Black Tiger Gang, there are at least hundreds of thousands of them."
Chentian took the glass and took a sip: "I want to go ashore and join the Black Tiger Gang."
"I advise you not to go."
"Why?"
"I just received the news this morning that the Lin family suddenly gave up the three or four trade routes they held in their hands, which caused the famous families in the city to fight." Liu Yiyi shook her head and said calmly, "The lower-class civilians have also become the target of competition, and the chaos is
Hengsheng."
The operation of a trade route requires the investment of a large number of young people. Just loading and unloading goods on the East Gate Pier requires at least a thousand people.
However, the Yin family's coalition forces captured 4.5 million young men and buried them all in the Muye tidal flats. In addition, the war caused famine and more than 300,000 people starved to death. The population of Gusu City was suddenly greatly reduced.
Now that we are reopening the trade routes, in the style of a noble family, we must capture strong men from all over, and then collect grain and grass to stockpile supplies.
It's really messy.
Chaos spreads across the land.
"And Mr. Shang was right in his prediction. Gusu City has already been blamed for Gu Zhi's attack on the Lin Family Hotel."
"Not only that, Gu Zhi was also accused of colluding with the Yongtai Army. The city lord's palace even ordered the Yanliu Lane to be sealed off and interrogated strictly."
Liu Yiyi's tone was very calm, but she was worried about the grass elves who were in prison. She regretted that she did not issue an order in time last night to withdraw those sisters who had no ability to protect themselves.
If you want to rescue them now, aside from the huge expense of gold and silver, you also need to put a lot of thought into mediating, which is extremely challenging.
"Why did Mr. Shang come ashore?" Liu Yiyi took a sip from the cup, "Now there are many matters in the Guzhi headquarters, and I hope Mr. Shang will take charge of the overall situation."
Chen Tian picked out a red date and chewed it with a mouthful of saliva, then started another conversation: "You also know that there is a spy inside Guzhi, and his status is not low. Have you found any clues?"
"No." Liu Yiyi felt calm and added, "But this person will always show flaws. Weng Lian and I are planning a secret operation, and we can take this opportunity to find him out."
Seeing that she had no intention of revealing the details, Chen Tian was very sensible and did not ask further questions. He just leaned forward and said, "If I say that this spy is from the Black Tiger Gang, and I am about to go ashore to resolve the matter, will Miss Liu let me go?"
"Tell me about your reasoning process first." Liu Yiyi frowned.
The Black Tiger Gang is just a subsidiary force of Gu Zhi, and its management is not strict, and there is no need to control it very tightly.
After all, there are more than 100,000 boat trackers and there is a lot of turnover. Gu Zhi only needs to win over a few upper-level core figures.
What's more, Liu Yiyi doesn't like the coins in the hands of these poor civilians. Instead of focusing on management, she might as well train singers and dancers to make money from the dandies.
But there are only a few core characters, and they are all veterans who supported the formation of the Black Tiger Gang. How could they be spies?
Thinking of this, Liu Yiyi put down her wine cup and stared at Chen Tian, waiting for him to give a reasonable explanation.
"Yesterday, I led a training team to the east gate. I made an impromptu decision on the way and decided to accompany you to solve the Fang Ding matter. From there, I entered Gusu City and started to investigate the Lin Family Hotel." Chen Tian said softly.
"I have never mentioned this to anyone, and the mountain monsters and water monsters around you and me have no idea about it, but when Wong Tai Sin stepped into the Lin Family Pavilion, he activated the miasma mountain ghost to launch a strong attack." "Could it be that Liu
Don’t you think, girl, that there is something wrong with the Black Tiger Gang that is supporting you?”
