The Heavens: A Qing, the Yue Girl at the beginning

Chapter 371 A clever fight on the boat, the fisherman appears for the first time (4k)

The so-called "Wu Gou", also known as "Wu Gou", is a special weapon that cleverly combines short gong and sword. It can pick, stab, hook, peck, chop and cut. Its style is similar to the hand halberd, but it is lighter and more flexible.

As a common weapon in the Wu region, the Wu hook is usually used in close combat. Its quality is generally high and its value is naturally extraordinary. If calculated based on the price of goods in the country of Yue, a fine Wu hook is equivalent to three thousand The above-mentioned large coins amount to as much as [-] shi of grain.

Obviously, being able to immigrate from Wu, thousands of miles away, and afford the cost of the journey, these Wu people are not the lower class who cannot stand Fucha's harsh rule, but are from middle-to-large households with considerable wealth and want to choose a place to live. a better living environment;

Three of the Wu people who took out Wu hooks were actually the bodyguards and servants of the other person. Judging from their postures and movements when holding the weapons, they should have practiced a certain amount of martial arts and were already formal warriors who had condensed their strength.

On the contrary, most of the Yue people on the boat were just ordinary civilians. Even though they were "brave and ruthless, and did not care about life and death", only half of them followed closely, showing off bronze shorts of different qualities. Swords are obviously at a disadvantage compared to Wu people's weapons and equipment.

It seems that the quality of these daggers varies. They all have spots of bronze rust, and some even have cracks and wear. If they were hit by Wu Gou's blade head-on, they would probably withstand even one blow. Not coming down.

He had never seen such a dangerous confrontation in his adult life. The farmer who was praying to the gods hurriedly moved a bench to act as a shield, covering his wife and children as he retreated to the rear. On the way, he almost tripped over the luggage scattered on the ground.
Fortunately, the Yue people holding daggers on the side reached out to help them in time when they saw this. They took a step forward under the same hatred and hatred, and built a fan-shaped defense line in front of the other 20 or so unarmed Yue people. Protect their brothers from the same clan under the threat of Wu warriors.

As for those foreign Vietnamese who had no direct hatred against the Wu State, although the matter had nothing to do with them, the space in the cabin was limited, and they were worried that the two sides would be involved in the sword fight, so they quickly gathered and retreated to another corner;
In addition to the Yue people who were divided into two groups, and the only four Wu people, the two boatmen who wanted to try to persuade, but were afraid of causing public anger, finally had no choice but to join these foreign Yue people, divided the entire space into Four pieces.

In an instant, everyone who was about to arrive at Fuyangli or Fuzhong Datang, with longing for a better future, fell into such a difficult situation, and their hearts were full of contradictions and entanglements.

Yes, life is not easy. Everyone longs for a stable life. Seeing that the future is about to enter a beautiful new chapter, who would want to have a fierce conflict with others and pay a bloody price at this critical moment?

Whether they are Wu people or Yue people, they are not willing to pay the price of their lives because of some verbal disputes, trivial conflicts and entanglements when their goals are about to be achieved.

In fact, they could have taken action to prevent the situation from getting worse, but because of the estrangement and tension between them, as well as complex emotions such as hesitation and fear, the conflicts escalated again and again, and they missed the opportunity for reconciliation.

Silently observing the cause of the incident at the stern, Zhao Qing understood the current mainstream thinking of the Yue people. Zhao Qing was thoughtful and knew that under the influence of Gou Jian's new policy, although the Yue country was developing quite rapidly, the living environment was very good. , but it hides many social contradictions.

In addition to the xenophobic trend caused by the excessive treatment of outsiders by the King of Yue, it is different from the normal history of Wu and Yue's struggle for hegemony. Since the time experienced by the main world is several times longer, by the time the older generation who had a blood feud with the Wu Kingdom came to Yue After a person dies, after a few generations, the hatred between the two countries will fade away.

Of course, this is conducive to the integration and development of the two nations after the Yue Kingdom destroyed Wu, but this was probably a matter of tens or hundreds of years, and has little relevance to the present;

However, from a close perspective, if most Yue people are more willing to settle for the status quo than seek revenge against Wu due to better conditions, and lack motivation to join the army for training, then this is definitely something that King Gou Jian of Yue will not allow.

Although the conflict on this boat was just an inconspicuous corner of the vast country of Dayue, it also gave a glimpse of the current social problems. Judging from the political management level of Gou Jian, Fan Li, Wen Zhong and others, most of them have already I am aware that I will try to provide a solution in the near future.

With a small country with a total population of only about one-tenth of that of Jin and Chu, if it annexes the powerful Wu Kingdom and goes north to watch troops in the Central Plains, it must have a far larger population, more loyal people, and better quality people than the current Yue Kingdom. Talent training and selection mechanism.

As for the people on the ship who have the highest martial arts skills but Yang Jin Dacheng and the merchants who have less than a thousand gold, they may be great people in the eyes of ordinary people. They were people who could attract Zhao Qing's attention a few months ago, but now the gap between them and her is too big. It's so big that it's hard to stir up much water splash.

Turning to look at the old boatman who obviously had the ability to detect the situation in the cabin, Zhao Qing did not see any worry in his eyes as he looked up at the top of the ship. He knew the source of his confidence in his heart, so he couldn't help but smile, and then Returned to the state of quietly observing the scenery on both sides of the waterway.

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As the saying goes, those who are barefoot are not afraid of those who are wearing feet. After calculating that the small space of the boat was not enough to display the hook skills of our own warriors, and there was a high probability that we would not be able to win without damage, I saw the big man of Wu forcefully put away the fear in his eyes. He took half a step back and waved his hand, breaking the deadlock first.

He took out a handful of sparkling pearls from his pocket, shook them against the sunlight coming from the window, and took out a delicate measuring scale, and then imitated Yue Di's voice and spoke:
"As you can see, I am just a merchant from Wu, and I have no past enmity with the Yue State. On the contrary, the four of us, master and servant, traveled thousands of miles away just to respond to the King of Yue's call for people from all over the world to migrate to the country. Vietnam’s policies can make business in Vietnam more prosperous.”

"As a Yue people, but privately ignoring the king's decrees and gathering crowds to exclude and humiliate outsiders, is this what a citizen loyal to the monarch does? If outsiders know about it, he will become the laughing stock of the whole world, allowing the king of Yue to attract other countries. The wise measures came to naught.”

"The person who took the lead just now ignored the serious consequences and was disloyal. A small incident triggered a crisis of bloodshed. It was unjust to ignore the life and death of others. This person made you fall into disloyalty. In an unjust situation, one’s heart can really be punished.”

At this point, the Wu people noticed that many Yue people had lost their fighting spirit. They pondered the truth of what he said and began to identify each other and identify the "culprits". They couldn't help but feel reassured, knowing that even if a conflict breaks out now, Three strong guards can also protect themselves.

After all, they are just uneducated civilians. Under the inducement of words, the Yue people who were originally united have lost their previous cooperation, and it is difficult to reorganize in a short period of time, which gives the Wu merchants a power advantage. Confidence.

Seeing that the Waiyue people on the other side also seemed to have resolved the conflict, they put down their vigilance. The middle-aged Wu man picked out the most precious big pearl from the handful of pearls in his hand and moved towards the Waiyue people. A tall, strong man who was vaguely the temporary leader among them walked over and said loudly:

"Just now, you all remained neutral and did not join in with some disloyal and unjust people. You saved me from the disaster of weapons. You are now my new friends. This top-grade pearl worth two thousand coins is what I paid for. A gift of thanks for this incident..."

"If we can be safely escorted to the Fuyang area, and we will no longer be threatened by these murderous barbarians on the way, as long as everything is safe during the period, the remaining twenty or thirty pearls can also be presented."

These words immediately made many foreign Vietnamese eyes light up, and their attitudes were biased towards this "friendly" Wu merchant. Their attitudes towards the Vietnamese people on the ship also changed. Their eyes were stern, full of unkindness, and they meant Warn them not to cause trouble again.

Under normal circumstances, one handful of pearls can be regarded as fifty gold, that is, the value of one high-grade white jade and half a low-grade treasure weapon, which is equivalent to half of the standard asset of a wealthy family of one hundred gold. Although the number of pearls given by Wu merchants, It’s less than a liter, but for ordinary people, it’s already an extremely considerable amount of wealth.

Compared with the Yue people in civilized society, the foreign Yue people who were born in the wilderness are much more fierce and eager for pearls and money. When the Wu people offered pearls as reward, a considerable number of them immediately followed the Yue people. People become enemies.

"Since you know that you are obstructing the king's decree and offending your friends who have migrated from Wu, why don't you put down your weapons quickly!"

As soon as he took the dazzling big pearl with a happy face, the muscular foreigner man immediately showed the dense blue tattoos on his body, holding a short ax and roared towards the Yue people, shocking the people. The baby in the arms of the farmer's wife burst into tears.A few words and a handful of pearls completely reversed the situation on the field, causing the Yue people on the ship to fall into internal and external troubles. It has to be said that this wealthy Wu man dared to take risks and venture into the Yue country. He indeed had his level, possessing the basic qualities of a wealthy businessman.

That is to say, when the conflicting parties changed from Wu people and Yue people to Yue people and Wai Yue people, with a few soft sounds on the roof of the cabin and the sound of landing on the bow deck, the bamboo separating the inside and outside of the cabin The curtain was opened, revealing a boy who was only twelve or thirteen years old.

The young man held four lightweight small Ge coins in his left hand, and his right hand held tightly a pocket version of a short Ge coin modified from an extra-large Go coin. Judging from his facial features, this person should be the grandson of the old boatman. Previously, He was practicing dart throwing on the roof of the cabin, but now he was alarmed by this incident and rushed down.

"Isn't it against the king's decree to help the Wu people to bully other citizens? Don't forget that in Kuaiji City, we Yue people are the masters here! Kindly give you foreign Yue people a few acres of righteous land to cultivate, But you raised so many Zhongshan wolves?"

As a descendant of the sailors of the Xiliu Division of the Yue Kingdom, the young man has his own passion and perseverance. Although he is small, he also has his own majesty. He never trusts the words of the hostile Wu people. As soon as he entered the cabin, he quickly waved his left hand to provoke Four sharp Ge coins were shot out and inserted into a row in front of the arrogant foreigner.

I saw the young man snatching the crying baby from the arms of the Yue farmer's wife, holding it in his left hand, and squeezing the bamboo handle of the pocket dagger with his right hand until it rattled. Swaying in the river wind, showing his youthful and mature posture.

"Haha, if you want the ship to be safe and sound so that you can get the pearls promised by the people of Wu, I won't go out of your way to stop you." After showing off his outstanding dart skills, the grandson of the old boatman glanced coldly. The proud merchant from Wu did not continue to pursue the case, but solemnly declared:

"Before the boat sails to Fuyangli and docks, passengers on either side should not have any more conflicts. All disputes will be resolved at the dock."

"When the time comes, you," the young man raised his arm and pointed his head at the handful of pearls still held in the Wu man's hand, then turned towards the chin of the strong foreigner man, with a look of contempt in his eyes, and shouted coldly : "Do you dare to take out this handful of pearls as a lottery prize for gambling and compete with me?"

After hearing the young man's words, the strong foreigner's face changed, and then he burst into intense anger.He never thought that this boy, who looked to be only twelve or thirteen years old, would dare to provoke him in this way.

"You——" The strong man suddenly took a step forward, but was held back by his companion.The companion gave him a knowing look, signaling him not to be impulsive.

On the surface, the young man meant to use force to determine the outcome and punish the treacherous Waiyue people, and there was another hidden condition, that is, if the Wu people were cunning and refused to pay the extra pearls, the Waiyue people would have no gambling money to stake. A strong man can be considered a loser.

When there was no bet originally, the Wu merchants who originally wanted to provoke a conflict found excuses not to give the pearl afterwards. For the foreigners, at least they still had the kindness to give a big pearl;

But now that there is a bet involving more pearls, these foreign Vietnamese who are particularly greedy for money will regard the entire handful of pearls as their own, and believe that the Wu people should bear the responsibility for their risks and losses, and eventually entangle Unclearness intensifies conflicts.

The best result would naturally be for the young man to defeat his opponent perfectly and severely punish the foreigners who dared to collude with the Wu people. This would not only make them blame each other internally for losing the pearl, but also allow them to "justifiably" rely on the Wu merchants. Ask for the pearls that "should" be recompensed to you.

Such words and methods were exactly the same as those induced by Wu merchants just now. They used psychological tactics to use retreat to advance and use softness to overcome strength, and easily controlled the situation among the three parties in the ship.

In this turbulent era, only the top warriors and wise men can control the steering wheel of destiny, while ordinary people can only become victims of the torrent of the times.

The old boatman, who had experienced great storms in his early years, knew this very well, so he tried his best to teach his grandson to learn literature and martial arts, hoping that the young man could be admitted to a promising place like Kuaiji Martial Arts Academy.

Through the bamboo curtain from the stern to the cabin, Zhao Qing felt the twists and turns of this journey. With a slight tremor in his heart, he already knew the name of this young man "Zhu Fa". He may be the "Zhu Fa Shi Wei" in later generations. The eloquent envoys of China and Vietnam have good development prospects.

Without interfering too much in the lives of ordinary people, she just casually threw out a handful of "Spiritual Root Bacteria" that can increase the rate of spiritual energy growth and absorption, and attached it to the Zhufa who performed well in this incident, and regarded them as opponents. The adventure he got gave the boy some chips to win in the next gambling battle.

At the same time, there was also a sharp sword intent that secretly entered the extra-large Ge coin with a face value of fifty in the short Ge held by Zhu Fa, tempering and polishing it to a strength that was half as strong as Wu Gou. As the opponent Rewards for mitigating shipboard disputes.

Next, at Zhufa's request, the whole ship remained safe and sound until it sailed to Fuyangli Pier. Only the Wu merchants who understood that they had suffered a big loss sighed, and the Waiyue people on the other side The strong man was in a bad mood and secretly angry while holding the big pearl.

No one noticed that in the second half of the journey, about two miles away from the boat, a small black-topped boat that could be called a "boat" suddenly appeared, with a fisherman holding a fishing rod sitting on the bow. Father, man and ship formed a whole that existed from the beginning of heaven and earth, silently following behind.

The fisherman is wearing an ordinary raincoat. He has a slender face, about forty years old, dark complexion, weathered face, and his brows are often wrinkled together, but he has a rare elegant look, and his eyes are hidden, making him look like a fisherman. People have a feeling of being alone.

In this vast world, in addition to the courts, cities, counties and counties actually controlled by large and small countries, there is another world belonging to Jianghu sects. It is often called the "world on the mountain", which is similar to the world between various countries. The two fight in isolation and only use traditional martial arts rules to communicate.

Having said that, many people clearly understand that people on the "mountain" often weave another identity "under the mountain", and the same goes for people "under the mountain" on the "mountain". The overt and dark identities between the two The switch has become a tacit understanding among the high-ranking officials in the court.

Their true identity and purpose are as elusive as a ship in the rain and fog.

The character codenamed "Fisherman" in the world was already a taboo existence more than 200 years ago. When the owners of this "codename" changed from old to new, it set off a bloody storm in many countries, causing thousands of people to Every sect and gang was terrified.

Compared with what happened in the ordinary boat in front, the "fisherman" was more concerned about Zhao Qing sitting at the stern of the boat. He gradually frowned at the induction, slowly turned around and grabbed a lively fish from the fish basket on the side. carp and released it into the water.

"If you catch the wrong fish, mark it when you release it and catch another one."

I saw a trace of imperceptible relief flashing in his eyes. He looked through the fluttering tarpaulin to the end of the sky. The voice seemed to come from a misty distance, full of the desolation and freedom of the world.

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　I feel dizzy, I will update the 7k chapter later.
　　As a well-known weapon, it is impossible that Wu Gou does not have a large number of leftovers. It is speculated that it may be "Wu Gou", but it is held in a different direction, with the top of the Gou facing forward.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)