Wandao long distance

Chapter 2 Doubt
"Have you encountered something? How can you explain it?" Li Qi shook his head, tossing out his previous distracting thoughts, and carefully looked at Sixth Uncle in front of him.

Uncle Six is ​​the veteran of the Paibo Gang and a leader respected by everyone. He is fair, enthusiastic, and experienced, so he has won the unanimous trust of others.

This 50-[-]-year-old man has gray hair and a hunched back. His spine has been twisted due to years of tugboats, and there is an obvious scar from his neck to his back, which can be seen from years of rubbing with ropes.

Most of the old trackers have these physical characteristics, especially the twisted spine is very conspicuous.

It is impossible to pull a thousand-ton ship with the body without making some mistakes.

"After the opening of the river, there will be rewards for the first course, but isn't the original plan for the first course to help those people?" Sixth Uncle said.

"What's the use of the original plan? Now that the river is halfway through, and we've finished pulling the first tricks, the eunuch watched with his own eyes. Could it be that they can still grab it? Even if it's revenge after the event, the strength of the group of people in the Lizhuang Gang is as strong as ours." Even between brothers, this fight for leadership has always been based on their own abilities, what's the point?" Li Qi didn't understand why.

If this is called staring, those gangs of trackers can be said to be staring at each other anytime and anywhere.

It was originally a competitive relationship, each according to its own ability.

"Yes, it used to be like this. The Li Zhuang Gang didn't have the ability to start a war with us. They just lost Kaihe once. But just now we got news from our eyeliner that the Li Zhuang Gang didn't come to see Kaihe today." Uncle Six said.

After saying this, Li Qi frowned.

He sensed something was wrong.

"The first is us, the second is the water caravan, there is no third, but we are always exhausted people, there are vacancies that need to be filled, there are always people in the strong gang who can fill, but none of them came ?” Li Qi rubbed his chin and said to himself.

According to the usual practice, once you participate in Kaihe, in the end, although it is not as good as the top two, there will always be rewards, and there will be difficulties in life in the Lizhuang Gang. There can be more than a dozen people who can get a reward.

So in the past, when the three gangs competed for the top prize, if they couldn't get the top prize, they would go to the second gang, and if the second gang didn't get it, most of the people would come to join in the fun and try to get a share of the reward.

But now, none of the Li Zhuang gang will come?

No wonder Sixth Uncle hurried over to him to discuss countermeasures.

There must be a demon in the abnormal situation.

So, he clapped his hands: "Uncle Six, after the rotation, I won't go, I'll go to the Lizhuang Gang to have a look."

Uncle Six nodded: "That's what I mean too. You are smart, and you are also good at fighting. You are also proficient in Pai Bo Jin. You are second only to me in the gang. I am most at ease if you go."

Perhaps it was because Li Qi really had the talent for practicing kung fu. Anyway, after getting the Pai Bo Jin, in the past two years, he is already better than most of the gang members.

Coupled with an educated and smart mind, he seems to have become the number two figure in the Paibo Gang, second only to Uncle Six.

"Then I'll go there first." Li Qi was not one to procrastinate, and got up immediately.

"Be careful, pay attention to safety, the most important thing is to protect yourself." Uncle Liu urged.

"Don't worry." Li Qi nodded and left quickly.

After finishing speaking, Li Qi quickly left.

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During the opening of the river, every household in Lizhou City was preparing things.

Merchants are stocking up, hawkers are preparing food, and they are all busy with the business after Tonghe.

After the river was opened, goods and merchants from many cities in the Great Deer Kingdom would gather in Lizhou City, and use the Lishui River to transport them to all directions.

Therefore, opening the river is the most important event in Lizhou City in the past year, even more important than the New Year.

At this time, the whole city was busy with their own affairs, so there were hardly any other idlers on the streets except the laborers who delivered goods and the postmen who delivered messages.

So when a person dressed as a tracker wandered around the city, many people cast strange glances.

But most of them were curious, and no one came to meddle in their own business.

I'm too busy with my own affairs, why bother with a tracker?
It was Li Qi, who wandered the street for a while, and then suddenly stopped a peddler who was setting up a stall: "My little brother, why are everyone so surprised when they see me?"

The peddler rolled his eyes and glanced at Li Qi: "You tracker, you don't go to rub your head in the river, you wander around in the street, why do you think you are looking at you?"

He was not polite, because the trackers were no match for the traders.

Vendors also have their own chambers of commerce under the gathering of different rich merchants. These chambers of commerce generally unify prices in their own industries and stifle competition. Knives and scissors merchants have their own guilds, blacksmiths have their own guilds, and even porters and peddlers have their own guilds. organize.

In this world, around a practice, everyone will live in groups, and the trackers are obviously at the bottom.

"So that's the case, but aren't there many trackers on the street today? Why are you the only one looking at me?" Li Qi scratched his head in confusion.

"Are you delusional? Besides you, where else are there trackers on this street? All right, if you don't buy anything, go quickly, don't delay my work, and the river will end immediately, and everyone will come. You pay me for the loss?" Seeing that Li Qi had no intention of buying anything, the peddler quickly waved his hand and sent him away.

Li Qi also backed away immediately, not disturbing him to prepare goods and set up a stall.

He also got what he wanted.

As I thought, trackers in normal conditions must be at the river opening site and will not wander around.

Then, the members of the Lizhuang Gang neither went to the Kaihe scene nor strolled in the street...

It can be seen that they did not go out and nested together.

Ordinary trackers, most of them work for a day and eat for a day. They basically don’t have any savings. Even if they do, the amount is not much, and they can’t last for a few days. It’s okay for a young single dog like Li Qi, after all, one person can feed the whole family If you are not hungry, you can still save some money.

If it is a tracker who is already married, the economic pressure is even greater.

Under such pressure, they have to gather together and not open rivers, and they don't hang around in the streets, then this is a big problem.

In this era, more than 200 trackers gather together, what else can they do?Is it possible to have a party?
Not in Chengdu.

Li Qi decisively quickened his pace.

With so many people gathered together, it might be some sort of swearing-in meeting or something, so I have to hurry up and see what's true.

He knew where the Lizhuang Gang was stationed, it was next to a tributary of the Lishui River in the city.

The tributaries of the Lishui River spread throughout the city like capillaries, like a water town in the south of the Yangtze River, and are the source of water for the whole city to live on.

He hurried to the river, and the Lishui tributary spreading all over the city was still frozen, but there was still ice on it.

This is exactly what he wants.

According to the heat island effect, the local temperature in the residential area will be much higher than that near the big river.

This means that the ice here is more fragile.

I found a tributary at random, stepped on it, stomped my feet, and looked around, but there was no one there.

Very empty.

good thing.

With a sudden step, the ice surface shattered.

He decisively fell directly from the gap.

There are three tracker gangs in Lizhou city.

The water caravan's kung fu is good at endurance. It is said to be as durable as an ox and a horse. It can pull for three hours without stopping. Moreover, the skin is thick, and the rope will not break the skin, making them more durable.

The exercises of the Lizhuang gang are good at increasing strength. The other two gangs need 50 people to pull the boat, and they can pull it with [-] people.

As for the skills of Paibo Gang...

You can tell from the name that the Paibo Gang is good at water, they can pull the boat in the water instead of standing on the shore.

Li Qi took a deep breath, used the wave-pulling energy, and moved quickly under the frozen water like a fish.

The frozen ice gave him almost perfect cover, although he couldn't breathe, but with the blessing of the wave force, he could stay in the water for two quarters of an hour without breathing.

And he can swim to the strong gang's territory in just 5 minutes.

Soon, he came to the waters of the Lizhuang Gang, which is an alley in the city and a tributary runs through it.

The people living in this place are all poor people. A group of tailors and the Li Zhuang Gang live here. Because of this relationship, the clothes of the Li Zhuang Gang are much better than the other two gangs.

Those tailors are not easy to mess with. They know how to fly needles into hidden weapons, and they have a good relationship with the Lizhuang Gang. After all, there is no conflict of interest between the two parties, and they live together, so they form an alliance and help each other.

Arriving here, Li Qi was much more careful.

He could see holes in the ice and hooks coming down.

They are all poor ghosts with mud legs, living by the water, of course they have to catch some fish to subsidize the family, and make some tooth sacrifices.

But they are all hooks, not nets.

Because fishing with fishing nets is the monopoly of the fish stalls in the city, whoever dares to use the fishing nets from a fishing boat without permission is an enemy of all the fish stalls in the city, and those fishermen with harpoons are not easy to mess with.

This is the status quo of this world, with each group and each class clearly defined.

Cautiously dodging the hook, he swam to a place without a hole, without a hook, near the shore.

Listen attentively.

Another quarter of an hour later, Li Qi found that the fishhooks hardly moved.

After discovering this, he simply dived down, caught a fish by himself, held it by water, clasped the gills, swam to the edge of the hook, and hung the fish on the hook.

The fish's lip was pierced, and the fish began to swing wildly!
The pulled fishing line kept stretching, and finally even dragged down a rod.

In the end, no one pulled the fish up.

Nobody up there!

When Li Qi was leaning against the ice to listen to the movement, he didn't hear any movement at all. At the same time, he also noticed that the hook was not moving, so he came to test it.

This time I tried again, but no one pulled the pole, so there was no one up there.

He waited a while longer, grabbed the dragged rod again, pulled the fish back, took off the hook and hooked it to another rod.

Use it many times, after all, it is difficult to catch fish.

The fish was hung three times in a row, and its mouth became a sieve. Only then did it finally escape from the clutches of its clutches, and fled in terror!

It takes only one knife to kill a fish, and I have never seen it hanged three times!

Li Qi, on the other hand, finally couldn't hold back anymore.

Two quarters of an hour was almost up, and his hands and feet were frozen in the icy water, and his face was blue.

Even with Pai Bo Jin body protection, it is almost at the limit.

He double-checked that there was no one up there, and he found an ice hole for fishing, jumped out of it quickly, and then rolled over without any delay, rushing to the shore.

It was originally planned that if someone was stationed here, they would break through the ice from the other side and make noise to divert the tiger away from the mountain.

But since there's no one there, it's better to just go up there.

He is very fast, and the ice is slippery, so he passed by with a swipe.

When he entered the alley, he immediately jumped up and ran towards the Lizhuang Gang's station while watching his surroundings.

There are all folk houses here, but there seems to be no people there. Just like the estimation just now, their people are all gathered together, so there are no people in these peripheral houses.

Just pay attention to those tailors, so he deliberately avoided the houses of the tailors and walked in the slits as much as possible.

There was no one on the street, and he was careful, so he walked all the way without being noticed, and smoothly arrived at the square where the Lizhuang Gang usually gathered for talks.

It is said to be a square, but it is actually an open space in front of the main house of the Lizhuang gang, about sixty to seventy square meters, which is usually used to dry fish and clothes for everyone, and gather here to discuss when there is something to do.

After all, this alley can only accommodate one or two hundred strong men here.

Li Qi approached cautiously, hid his body behind the wall, pricked up his ears, and listened to the sounds in the square.

There is indeed a sound in the square, and the trackers are all gathered here.

Some of the trackers were talking, but they didn't lower their voices.

After all, it is only a tracker, and it is impossible to have good discipline. A group of people gather together without talking, even college students can't do it, how can they ask the trackers to do it?

Li Qi knew exactly this, so he didn't even look at it, but just hid and listened.

By the way, he also took off his clothes and covered his face, only showing two eyes.

Some strong trackers who were closer were talking loudly about what happened today.

"Tell me, is what the alchemist said really credible?"

"You have asked this question four times, and the boss believes it, so what if you don't believe it?"

"You two really, can you not believe what you saw with your own eyes? That's a magic technique! It's much better than our body training technique. If you have the opportunity to study the technique, what are you complaining about?"

"It's a river today! If you don't go to the river, what if that alchemist cheats us? Isn't that a waste of reward?"

"Stop talking, come out, come out!"

As soon as he said this, Li Qi immediately heard the sound of a group of people getting up, and the sound of doors opening and closing.

What a coincidence that I came here this time, alchemist... Is the Lizhuang gang involved with alchemists?The alchemist promised to teach Li Zhuang the technique?
How can it be!

Li Qi is very clear about how much this world values ​​things like "gongfa".

Every skill, even the crudest one, is a precious treasure that can be passed down to the family!
So, after hearing this, even he couldn't help poking his head out from the alley and looking at the open space not far away.

As expected, there were a group of big men standing in the open space, surrounded by them, and they were all staring at the two people in the center of the open space.

A strong man, whom Li Qi knew, was the head of the Lizhuang Gang.

A young student, whose clothes are made of cotton, completely different from the linen used by the trackers.

And this young student actually held something that Li Qi was very familiar with in his hand.

Isn't that fucking my game console! ?Why is this half here! ?

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