Man in the Heavens: Rewarding the Good and Punishing the Evil

Such an evil villain, logically speaking, shouldn't be. Is this system so rigid?

Something is wrong, very wrong!

Seeing the five people returning to the cabin, the old man came to the stern with his two grandsons, plunged into the small compartment and fell asleep.

The old man seemed to fall asleep very quickly, and snoring sounded after a while.

Amidst the snoring of "Hush, shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

The old man snored non-stop, babbling like he was dreaming: "Don't worry, just take a look..."

87. Chapter 086

"The total length of the Grand Canal is [-] miles. If we transport goods from Hangzhou to the capital, if we travel at dawn every day and stay at night, it will take at least seventeen or eight days."

While manipulating the boat, the old man introduced the situation to Chen Chong, as if he knew everything about river transportation.

Sitting on the railing, Chen Chong watched the boats passing by on the river. Numerous naked trackers downstream with loincloths tied around their waists, chanting the river worker's chant and strenuously moving forward.

He turned around and asked suspiciously: "Old man, you said it would take seventeen or eight days to go upstream, so how long will it take us to go downstream?"

The old man leaned his elbows against the rudder of the boat, and was filling the cigarette pot with shredded tobacco. Hearing Chen Chong's question, he knew that this young man hadn't traveled all that much.

Then he explained: "My lord, from Hangzhou to the capital is sailing against the current, and there are very few sections of the river where the wind can be borrowed, and most of them have to rely on river workers to pull the fibers.

The seventeen or eight days the old man said was the time it took for the imperial court to transport grain. Starting from Hangzhou, there was no change of people or boats along the way. People always get tired pulling the boat, so it is only accurate to go from south to north.

But it’s different when we go down. North to south is sailing along the current. It’s [-]% faster to row the oars, and [-]% faster to sail the poles. If you’re brave enough, you don’t stop at night. impossible. "

Chen Chong nodded thoughtfully, and made a calculation in his heart.

Three thousand and five hundred miles along the river, if counted as a journey of five days and nights, you only need to run thirty miles per hour, and with the ability of the group of people who meet the world, this is simply a piece of cake.

It has been seven days since Aobai was killed, Chen Jinnan probably has already arrived in Fuzhou by now.

After getting this result, Chen Chong was also quite helpless.

After catching Xia Laoer and the beasts, he had hoped to catch up with Chen Jinnan halfway and call some experts to help him.

There are many black shops along the canal. Although he is not afraid of him with his martial arts, it is not good to fight alone. After all, he does not want to slip through the net.

But now this idea can only come to nothing, and in the end, it can only rely on itself, with A Ke and Xiao Shuang'er at most.

However, the martial arts of these three people are very average. The martial arts of the two Shuang'er are good against ordinary people, but A Ke is not as good as the two Shuang'er.

As for Princess Jianning, as far as her marksmanship is concerned, it would be nice to be able to listen to the excitement. I'm afraid it will be a hindrance to waving the flag...

Just as he was thinking wildly, he heard the old man call out: "Master, Luzigou is here, and that should be the place you are looking for."

The old man took a cigarette stick. There was a reed marsh on the bank, and there was a path in the reed marsh, which zigzagged and led to the distant hillside, and the wine shop was located on the top of the slope.

Chen Chong squinted his eyes and could vaguely see a small pier in the reed marsh. The pier was hidden by the green and brown water plants, which looked unreal.

"Can our big ship pass?"

He used a questioning tone, but before the old man could answer, he added another sentence: "I don't think the pier is big, it seems that it is not reserved for big ships, right?"

The old man opened his mouth and said after a while: "Son, you have good eyesight. It's a small pier, so small traders who come and go from south to north can rest their feet. Naturally, big ships can't go there, but your ship should be fine."

But Chen Chong shook his head: "Forget it, it will be troublesome if it runs aground. It's better for you, old man, to take me there in a small boat."

The old man was about to say something, but he pouted at the two little boys again.

"As for your grandson, just stay on the boat and go fishing. My wife wants to drink fish soup at noon, so I will leave two people to look after them, and keep an eye on the two water bandits by the way."

Seeing Chen Chong's half-smile expression, the old man's heart trembled, knowing that the other party didn't believe him and wanted to take his two grandchildren as hostages.

In fact, he really wanted to refuse, but with the other party's indisputable appearance, it is probably useless to say what he really said.

Oh, that's all!

After a moment of silence, the old man nodded and replied: "Then follow the young master's order. I will give the two monkeys some instructions, and you are also ready to prepare."

Chen Chong waved him to prepare, and he went to find A Ke and the others—good guy, can fishing be so vigorous?

It seems really boring.

"Ake, Xiao Shuang'er, Jianning, the three of you stay on the boat, Da Shuang'er and I will go to the black shop. Be careful of those two children, don't let the two water bandits slip away, and let us know if there is anything Da Shuang'er, I'll come over right away."

After what happened last night, A Ke was full of mistrust of outsiders, and after hearing what Chen Chong said, she immediately promised to stare at the child.

But Jianning is different. She has been looking forward to such a thing as a hero for a long time. She will not let it go when she encounters a black shop this time. She insists on justice for innocent people.

And her reason is very good: "Those two dogs have been starving all night, have their acupuncture points tapped, and are tied tightly. What is there to worry about?"

After speaking, she hugged Ake and Xiao Shuanger's shoulders again, with a look of 'you can do things at ease': "Besides, with the abilities of Ake and Shuang'er, are you still afraid of those two brats?"

A Ke was agitated by Jianning, and immediately wavered a little, and was about to echo a few words, when Jianning was pulled aside by Chen Chong.

Jianning even used the aggressive method, Chen Chong could no longer just sit idly by.

He lowered his voice and said, "None of us have any experience in the world. You saw what happened last night. There were bad guys everywhere when we went out. The origins of the three people on the boat are unclear. I really don't feel relieved if I don't keep an eye on them.

Besides, your martial arts are also a bit weak. Those who run black shops are all filthy people who can use all kinds of tricks. If any of you get hurt, I feel sorry, don't I? "

The little princess rolled her eyes, with an indignant expression on her face: "You can't blame me for not being good at martial arts. You teach me martial arts by yourself, but what you say doesn't count..."

"Okay, okay, I'll teach you when I come back later."

Chen Chong raised his hand helplessly, and immediately surrendered: "I taught you together today, and I promise not to break my promise."

"alright."

Only then did Jianning reluctantly agree, turned around and walked towards the cabin: "Then I'll go play with muskets for a while, you guys come back quickly."

After comforting Jianning, Chen Chong secretly made up his mind that no matter what method he tried, he had to improve the martial arts of the four girls as soon as possible.

Protecting his own woman is indeed a matter of course, but he doesn't like vases either, so it's definitely not possible if he doesn't have any self-protection power.

Having experienced Jianning being captured by Jiu Nan, he never wanted to see his woman being captured and then used to threaten him.

But if you don't want to be a babysitter all the time, you can only find a way to make a few people strengthen themselves.

Among the heavens and myriad worlds, there are countless natural and earthly treasures that enhance strength, but those things are still a little far away from Chen Chong. The only thing we can do now is to urge a few people to practice martial arts.

He was scratching his head, thinking hard about what martial arts to teach the girls, but the old man was already ready.

Standing on the black-covered boat, he called out to Chen Chong and the others: "My lord, I can leave at any time, what orders do you have?"