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It was a strange ship indeed.

The third cousin holding the sledgehammer gazed into the distance, and the first thing she noticed was naturally the pointed white sail on the boat.

She had never seen such a sail before, it was neither square nor battened, and it was twisting and turning left and right, which seemed indescribably awkward.

"What are you looking at? Why did you stop?"

Twelve Lang ran over on his little red horse, looked at his cousin with a nervous face, and asked curiously.

The third cousin pointed to the big sailboat not far away.

"Did you see Brother Twelve, a boat is coming."

ferry?

Twelve Lang was surprised.

The current on the Wuzhi River is turbulent, the wind is strong and the waves are high, and small boats are basically unnavigable.There are cliffs on both sides of the middle reaches of the river, and there are no piers and shoals suitable for rest, so boatmen need to paddle against the current non-stop.

This level of physical strength is beyond the reach of ordinary people.If you want several groups of oarsmen to take turns, the load on the ship will be increased, and the number of manpower will increase, which will increase the burden of sailing.

Therefore, although Bailukou was controlled by barbarians, no barbarian came up along the Wuzhi River for more than half a year, and the two sides have been living in peace.

What's going on today?How did this ship get here? !

"No, we have to report to the pier immediately."

Twelve Lang teased the third cousin.

"Don't just stand there stupidly! What's the use of your two sledgehammers if the barbarians really come to attack you?! You should inform the frontier army to prepare!"

So the two beat their horses with whips and galloped all the way towards the wharf of Wuzhi River.

After all, the horses were faster than the boats. When Twelve Lang and his third cousin rushed to the pier, the strange sailboat in the distance had just revealed a masthead.

"Not good! A boat is coming!"

Before he had time to dismount, Twelve Lang shouted at the patrolling soldiers on the pier.

"What's your strength? Hurry up and call him over, ready to fight!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked.

But those who were stationed at the pier were all well-trained and elite soldiers from the frontier army. They didn't panic when they heard the words. One of them went to report to Shichang, and the rest quickly entered the cement fortifications built along the coast, bent their bows and set arrows to prepare for battle. .

Twelve Lang and Third Cousin also joined in.

Although the two of them were young, they fought in the Junwu family all the way. Even though the third cousin was a girl, she was not at all afraid of fighting.

She was still in the mood to correct Brother Twelve's position.

"The range of your bow and arrow is farther than that of a sledgehammer. You have to stand higher, otherwise my hand crossbow will be in the way."

It took less than a quarter of an hour for the frontier troops to assemble, but the strange sailboat in the distance was already close enough to reveal the whole picture.

This is really a barbarian ship, with pointed ends and a long and narrow hull with a deep draft. The bow is also carved with a pillar of gods unique to the barbarians, and two wolf tails are flying high.

"Prepare--"

Shi Chang, who was standing under the pier, let out a long cry.

"The bow battalion is lined up, listen to my orders. If the Hu people have evil intentions, they will be killed immediately!"

"Here!"

The soldiers on the shore responded in unison.

Early in the morning, the bow battalion twisted the arrows on the bed crossbow guarding the shore defense, and pointed the arrow points directly at the direction of Hu Chuan's travel.As the boat got closer and closer, everyone's expressions became more solemn and dignified.

It was a big ship, much bigger than the Xihu Clippers they had seen before.Triangular sails are hung on the three masts, and there are large crossbow bolts at the bow.The boat came up against the current and the wind, but the oars were strangely invisible, and it was unknown what the boat was relying on to move forward.However, because the waterline of the big ship is very deep and the speed of the ship is not very fast, I am afraid that there will be many barbarians on board.

Hu Qi at Bailukou, finally couldn't help but want to do it?

"Hey?"

The third cousin suddenly yelled and put down the crossbow in her hand.

Twelve Lang trembled in fright and glared at her.

"What's all the fuss about?!"

"That's not right," the third cousin didn't give her brother twelve a look, she narrowed her eyes slightly, seemingly talking to herself.

"The one standing at the bow, no matter how you look at it, it looks like the big brother."

what?

Brother Feng jumped up all of a sudden.

"Where is where? Where is my brother?"

"That's it," Third Cousin pointed at the big boat approaching with a sledgehammer.

"The one in black has a saber in his waist, doesn't he look a lot like Big Brother?"

Brother Feng held his breath, looked in the direction of the sledgehammer, and then happily jumped three feet high.

"It's my brother! It's my own brother! The boss is back haha!"

As he said that, he was about to yell to the pier below to ask Shi Chang to withdraw from the bow and arrow battalion, but he was stopped by the third cousin.

"Brother Twelfth, don't act rashly! In case the first hall brother is held hostage by barbarians..."

"how is this possible!"

Twelve Lang was so angry that he snorted with his nose.

"Is my elder brother such a cowardly person?"

"Did you see, there is Brother Xiao Fei next to my brother. Brother Xiao Fei also said something to the people on the boat, pointing to the direction of the pier. This is where they are going home."

"Get out of the way and don't get in the way, I'm going to pick my brother and Brother Xiao Fei off the boat!"

As he said that, he ran out of the bunker in a flash and rushed towards the pier.

On the reverse sailboat.

Already able to see the wharf of the Wuzhi River, Ning Fei's heart that had been hanging around finally fell back into his stomach.

After rushing into Bailukou, although the reverse sailing boat quickly threw off the Xihu clippers, the journey was not smooth.

The wind on the Wuzhi River is very strong. To maintain the speed of the boat, it is necessary to constantly adjust the wind direction.There are towering rock walls on both sides of the valley, and if you are not careful, you will hit the shore. If you are familiar with the route, you can make a prediction based on experience.However, the Wuzhi River is a "wild river" with almost no navigation records. Every time the sail is turned, the bow of the boat must be accurately determined, especially in the dark, and one must be extremely careful without any slack.

Telescopes played an important role.Ning Fei looked at the daytime, Linka looked at the night, and the two took control of the boat alternately. On the 2nd day, the wharf of the Wuzhi River finally appeared in sight.

"It's here, it's finally here."

Helan cheered and turned to look at Ning Fei.

"This is the Jiuling City you mentioned? Oh? Why are they pointing at us with bed crossbows? Don't you go the wrong way?"

There is no mistake. His city and the wharf he planned by himself will never admit mistakes.

"Your place is magnificent."

Looking at Jiulinghu Port, which is several times larger than Nanshi Wharf, Helan's eyes showed envy.

This place is really well chosen, the water depth is enough to moor large ships, and the pier is neatly built.And what's on the floor?It's flat and neat, and you can't even see a gap, so magnificent!

Ning Juzi walked to the bow of the boat and saw Twelve Lang jumping up to the pier like a cheerful roe deer.I don't know what he said to the leading general, the bow and arrow array was quickly withdrawn, and the careful frontier army guided the big ship to berth.

"Big Brother—Brother Xiao Fei—you are back!"

Twelve Lang shouted excitedly, and a girl next to him with a sledgehammer also rushed out, laughing and jumping with him.

"Who is that?"

Ning Fei didn't know Third Cousin, so she asked curiously.

"It's my cousin's daughter."

Feng Kai frowned.

It's not that he has any opinion on third cousin, but he didn't expect third cousin to know about Mo Zong and Jiuling Lake.

During the time he was away, could something have happened?

Hearing that Juzi had returned, the entire Mozong erupted in joy.The news was like a gust of wind, quickly sweeping through every corner of Jiuling City, even the sickly old man Liu who had been lying on the bed all the time turned over and sat up, staggering to welcome Ning Juzi back home.

"I'm back! I'm finally back!"

Aunt Niu grinned widely, but the tears couldn't stop flowing down.She wiped her face, put her hands on her waist, and muttered while circling in the dining room.

"Hmph, after walking for so long, I'm sure I won't be able to eat well or sleep soundly, and I don't know how much I've lost! You need to make up for it."

"Akui, ask the pig farm to send over two fat pigs. The fatter the better, I want to fry oil for Juzi to fry pork meatballs!"

The little helper responded, and ran towards the pig farm, and met Pinghua who was walking in a hurry.

Now Pinghua is not only in charge of the weaving workshop, but she is also in charge of the pig farm. Mo Zong lost a lot of pigs in Niubei Mountain, and he had to ask her for a meat card if he wanted meat.

Pinghua was in a hurry to go to the pier, and when she was stopped by the helper, she still looked displeased. When she heard that Aunt Niu was going to feed Juzi, the thin and silent little lady directly touched the five-piece meat card and handed it to Ah Kui.

"How can two ends be enough? Let's take five ends first, and then come to me if you don't have enough."

After speaking, she didn't even look at the little helper with a dull face, and hurried towards the pier.

Along the way, the flow of people is getting bigger and bigger, Yushan, Xie Zeng, Qiu Popo, Mu Donglai, Hasle... In each class and workshop, all the disciples of Mozong who received the news put down their work at hand and took the most important thing in their lives. Run to the pier quickly.

To say that the worst is still Liu Tong and Liu Tie.When the news was received, the two were testing a boat on the Wuzhi River.As a result, the messengers left in a hurry on horseback, leaving them floating in the water, and the two had to paddle desperately to return to the city.

The closer you get to the pier, the more you can hear the cheers of the crowd.Everyone looked excitedly at the big ship approaching the port, and at the young Juzi standing at the bow, directing the sailors to furl the sails.

Their backbone is finally back!

Even after experiencing earthquakes, floods, and being washed to unknown land boundaries, none of these disasters can knock down Mo Zong's moment!Look, Ning Juzi not only returned calmly, but also brought a big barbarian boat over here, what a powerful thing this is!

Their moment, omnipotent!

The crowd gradually became frenzied.And when a group of cattle and sheep were driven off the boat, the atmosphere at the pier was directly ignited.

"Juzi! Juzi! Juzi!"

Some people shouted excitedly, some knelt down and cried, and many people wanted to squeeze in front of the boat to say a word of kindness to the long-lost moment.

Too long, really too long!They had really had enough of the frightening, dazed and decadent days for more than a month!

I didn't feel like I didn't have a hopeful life before, anyway, I can always be relieved from day to day.But I have really tasted the taste of hope. Once I lose it, I will feel double the pain and fall into the abyss of pain!

It's all right now, Juzi is back, and their days have hope again!