Chapter 369: The lucky ship is launched, and the reward is received

Chapter 369: The lucky ship is launched, and the reward is received

Chapter 369: The lucky ship is launched, and the reward is received (4k)

The yellow-headed statue was jumping around, and its scales were shining with a soft golden luster.

Otter used his paw to knock the fish's head unconscious, then grabbed the fish's tail and threw it on its back, then brought it to the courtyard and put it in a large tank along with the Rainbow Flow given by Old Toad.

The dragon man gave the precious fish, which was truly an unexpected surprise.

The worry about stealing two baskets of crabs disappeared. How could two baskets of crabs be worth as much as a yellow-headed vase worth hundreds of taels of silver?

"You don't want to listen to my explanation, don't blame me."

Liang Qu repeatedly explained to Long Pingjiang and Long Pinghe that he was not the reincarnation of the Jianghuai Dragon King. He denied it very decisively without any ambiguity.

All the actions of the Dragon people nowadays are voluntary gifts and have nothing to do with themselves!

Don't take the initiative, don't refuse, and don't be responsible.

There is no other way but to give it to the treasure fish.

When the fat catfish saw the god accept the precious fish, his long beard drooped and he looked a little disappointed.

There is no hope for the servants of the Catfish State.

It is difficult to take revenge on the dragon people.

After half a month.

The Longping River and the Longping River sent two precious fish to Liang's house one after another. Liang's house did not show up, but waited at the underground river mouth, waiting to be taken away by the water beasts that came in and out every day.

On average, they catch one fish every four to five days. Although the number is not as much as the fat catfish they catch every day, the quality is extremely high. All of them are the best grade precious fish listed in the "Fish Record".

Each one sold is worth at least a hundred taels of silver!

It's so easy to make money.

Liang Qu did nothing, but a dragon man came to give him a precious fish for no apparent reason.

Well done, Jiaolong!
……

Early November.

beginning of winter.

The tree pool is filled with fallen leaves.

The colorful rainbow sways its long tail, and layers of water waves reflect fluorescent light.

Next to the pond, otters were carrying huge logs, beavers were working hard, and they were working together to make new boat models and insert ribs onto the keel. It was a thriving and prosperous scene.

Only Taotaokai didn't help, didn't practice boxing, and didn't think about making progress.

He hugged the scarred-faced river otter wood sculpture, which was a one-to-one replica of a giant beaver, and bit it with his teeth, leaving dense holes on it.

In the fight yesterday, it was brutally abused by Scarface's family, so it had to vent its anger on the wood carving.

Scarface is actually the enemy of Otter Kai throughout his life!
Compared to the Liang residence, where the atmosphere is filled with bitterness and hatred, the courtyard of Liu Quanfu's home is full of joy.

Liangqu, check and find out, Fan Zixuan gathered together.

The boatmen and apprentices gathered around and watched how the three men were going to carry the objects.

From the end of August in the summer to the beginning of winter today, the huge Fu ship has finally been completed and delivered!
The air was filled with the bitter smell of tung oil.

Liu Quanfu, wearing a cotton-padded jacket, directed the inspection and dismantling of the laminated wooden structure that supported the Fu ship.

When the bracket loosened, a huge log on one side rolled down. Fan Zixuan on the side of the boat stepped forward, shouted in a low voice, and used his shoulder to support the tilting boat.

It was found that the connecting structures in other places were loosened, and the entire giant wooden support seemed to have its spine pulled out and fell apart.

The Fu ship was shaking.

The onlookers exclaimed.

Cha Qing immediately jumped off the bow and together with Fan Zixuan supported the bottom of the boat, and finally managed to stabilize the Fu ship that was about to capsize.

Liang Qu came to the bow and touched the keel of the boat with both hands.

"One, two, three, get up!"

Hearing the command, the three men exerted their strength together, and the entire large ship, which was nearly six meters in length, began to shake and float.

Liu Quanfu and his apprentices and helpers were stunned.

They needed to work together to lift the thick wooden planks, but only three martial artists were able to lift the entire Fu ship!

"Mr. Liang is mighty!"

"I heard that a martial artist can stop dozens of running horses! Now I have seen the real thing."

"What? This summer, Mr. Liang caught the water beast and carried it from west to east. Have you forgotten?"

"Oh, I remembered it."

"With such divine power, it's no wonder the martial artist doesn't need a dock."

To build a normal large ship, one must first dig a large hole on the shore.

After the boat was built, a hole was dug to lead water into the pit, and the boat floated up and sailed into the river.

The big pit is called a "dock". The larger the scale of the shipyard, the better the dock, as it is convenient for rapid and mass production of ships.

But the martial artists are not normal people. With the strength of a galloping horse martial artist, they can easily stop dozens of tall and fine horses. Let alone three people, even two people are more than enough to lift a six-meter-long lucky ship.

Even as a freak among galloping horses, Liang Qu was enough alone, and there was no need to worry about the issue of whether there was a dock or not.

But Liang Qu was worried that if one person lifted it, the force-bearing surface would be too small and it would easily shake.

There is a long distance before and after it is put into the swamp, so it is hard to guarantee that it will not be bumped into.

A large ship that took two and a half months to build with great effort was damaged before it even started to be launched. It needed to be repaired a second time. This was too unlucky, so he called on his two subordinates, the River God, to come and help.

Seeing the Fuchuan lifted up, Liang Qu shouted, "Uncle Fu, open the door in front!"

Liu Quanfu came back to his senses from the shock and hurriedly led his apprentices and helpers to open the door.

Liang Qu compared the width of the door and looked sideways at Fan Zixuan in the middle: "The door is narrow, it's hard to get through, both of you raise your hands higher, be careful not to bump into the wall under the boat!"

"We two have watched carefully, there can be no mistake."

"Don't worry, Sir Liang, just keep going! Not to mention one Fu ship, the two tower ships from the river port are coming today, and we two have to hold them!"

After investigation, Fan Zixuan responded one after another with full energy.

Seeing that there was nothing wrong with the two men, Liang Qu moved his legs and moved forward.

During this time, the three of them always kept a straight line, raised their arms high, carried the boat out of the yard, made a big turn, turned from the small road onto the bluestone street, and slowly hurried to Shangrao Port in the astonished eyes of passers-by.

The Fu ship is 18 meters long, nearly 20 feet, and combined with its width and height, it is a rather exaggeratedly large ship that attracted a large crowd of onlookers.

"My god, what a big ship!"

"Is this a Fuchuan? There are similar-looking ones in the Hebo Office, used as warships."

"Mr. Liang has risen to prominence. The small sampan he was riding a year ago! I dare not imagine what boat he will be riding on by this time next year. Who knows, the building boat he rode on when he came to Hebo may belong to Mr. Liang!"

"Sampan? Mr. Liang used to use a sampan?"

"Are you from out of town?"

"My home is in the neighboring Nanxun Township, about 13 or 14 miles away. I don't know much about it. Today I came to Pingyang Town to buy some things."

When the local villagers saw the strangers, they couldn't help showing pride on their faces.

Shangrao Port.

The deep port for large ships to dock was built early. A long pier extends a hundred meters from the shore into the depths of the marsh, not far from where the fishing boats were originally docked. There is a large merchant ship moored on each side to load goods down.

After winter, the fields are no longer busy, the fish catch gradually decreases, and the villagers basically have to eat the stored food.

Farmers and fishermen often go to the dock to work and move goods to earn money. The competition is very fierce and the wages have been reduced to three copper coins a day.

Liang Qu always suspected that the copper coins they earned were not enough to pay for the extra rice and oil they ate after a day's hard work.

Nearing the pier, Liang Qu saw Lin Songbao waiting on the road. Beside him were two workers from the fishing shed. Each of them was holding a red cloth, an incense burner, and a food box of chicken, duck, fish and meat.

"You don't have to go into the water, sir. I'll do it!"

Fan Zixuan shouted loudly, took a step forward, and changed direction tacitly with Cha Qing. Ignoring Liang Qu's obstruction, he left him behind and stepped into the water first. The river water spread up along his trouser legs, forming a dark color.

Cha Qing in the front turned around and shouted, "Master Liang, please let go. Don't worry, leave it to us. Nothing will go wrong."

Fan Zixuan responded: "Yes, Sir Liang, don't worry. If we can't handle this little thing well, we won't have the face to continue to be the River Lord!"

Liang Qu couldn't refuse the kindness, so he had to let go of his hand: "Okay, thank you for your hard work."

"It's not hard at all, not tiring at all!"

"Mr. Liang is the Du Shui Lang, so changing boats is an official matter! We two should do our best!"

Fan Zixuan found out that the two men carried the boat into the swamp, and their clothes were soaked by the mud and water that floated up.

The water level gradually deepened, submerging the chest.

Fan Zixuan and Cha Qing took a deep breath and pushed off the ground together, and the entire boat slid forward along the current.

boom!
The entire Fu ship was completely submerged in water.

The ribs of the boat collided with the lake, splashing out layers of water foam, which spread far away and offset the waves of the river.

Wait for a moment.

The Fu ship did not tilt, fall or sink, but floated steadily on the water.

"Good!" "Good ship!"

Cheers rang out on the shore!

Liang Qu couldn't help but applaud, and felt a little lighter.

Liu Quanfu's nervous heart relaxed a little.

On both sides of the boat, Fan Zixuan and Cha Qing wiped the water stains from their faces, walked on the mud and sand back to the shore, took off their clothes and wrung them dry.

Liu Quanfu hurriedly thanked his hard work and turned to call his apprentice behind him: "Quick, go into the boat and see if there is any leak."

Even with the help of Master Lou, Liu Quanfu, who was building a boat for the first time, still felt unsure.

But he was equally excited.

On the one hand, Liang Qu paid a lot, and every time he worked, his wages were basically much higher than others.

On the other hand, building a real ship is a qualification for Liu Quanfu.

It is necessary to know carpentry to build a ship, but not everyone who knows carpentry can build a ship.

Liu Quanfu learned a lot from Master Lou. With such shipbuilding skills, he will no longer be an ordinary carpenter wherever he goes in the future.

Even if Liang Qu doesn't need some weird stuff in the future, Liu Quanfu's life will definitely be better than before.

After giving the order, a short apprentice came to the side of the boat in a sampan, grabbed the rope on the side of the boat and went up to the deck, and then threw out a floating bridge made of driftwood and ropes from above, and brought Liang Qu and others up.

Fan Zixuan and Cha Qing returned to the shore and waved their hands repeatedly when Liang Qu invited them to go on board the boat for a tour.

"We are both soaked and dirty, so we decided not to go on board."

Fan Zixuan and Cha Qing finally found an opportunity, so naturally they had to perform well and be extremely humble in every move.

Liang Qu understood what the two were thinking and sighed a little.

When I was Ha Bo, I never felt the need to please anyone.

Time is also destiny.

Liang Qu did not force himself and followed Liu Quanfu to check each cabin one by one.

Ensure that no compartment has any seams that are not in place, causing water leakage.

While Liang Qu was inspecting, two men from the fishing station, under the command of Lin Songbao, stepped onto the deck, laid out a wooden table, set up an incense burner, piled up chickens, ducks, fish and meat, and hung flags on the mast and the edge of the boat.

Whenever a large ship is launched, sacrifices must be offered to the river god.

Pray for smooth and safe sailing in the future.

However, compared with the river god sacrifice in an entire area, this kind of sacrifice is not complicated, the scale is small, there are not so many rules, and it is mostly meant to fool people and comfort themselves.

After inspecting the cabin, Liang Qu walked out of the boat with satisfaction.

Lin Songbao lit the long incense and took three steps forward to hand it over.

There are crowds of people on the shore and the wind is creating waves on the lake.

White smoke curls up.

Liang Qu took the long incense stick, faced the vast Jianghuai Lake, expressed a few words of hope for the future, hoping that the river god would favor him, bowed three times towards the Jianghuai Lake, and inserted the incense stick into the incense burner.

At this point, the ship has been completely delivered.

Everyone present felt a huge sense of relief in their hearts.

Liang Qu was extremely happy. He walked around the deck and looked down at the lake and the pier, feeling refreshed.

It feels so good. Really so good.

The feeling of a big ship is completely different from that of a sampan. It has a wide space and a wide view, and it is quite comfortable!

From sampans, black sails, barges, to today's large 18-meter-long boats.

Bigger is better, bigger is beautiful!
Although the black sailing boats and barges have the hazy flavor of the Jiangnan region, in terms of practicality, large ships are still preferred!

In the future, when I lead a team into the deep lake to catch precious fish, having my own big boat will make it much easier to move around and do things.

However, the boat training of river otters should be put on the agenda as soon as possible.

I don’t know what Otter is doing in the pond, but its comfortable days are about to end.

Liang Qu was in a good mood, so he gave the fisherman another five taels of silver and went to treat the villagers on the shore to tea.

This naturally caused another round of cheers.

There were waves of generous congratulations from Mr. Liang.

Lin Songbao took the opportunity to suggest: "Brother Shui is happy to have a new boat, why not raise the sail and take the helm and go for a tour in the great lake?"

Liang Qu's heart moved slightly. He thought that he would have to take the boat for a spin to know whether it was good or not.

"Can the boat move now?"

The boatman quickly said, "Don't worry, Sir Liang. If it can be put into the water, it can move. Although shipbuilding and sailing are two different things, we know a little bit about it."

"Okay, let's go for a spin then! I'll treat everyone to dinner later!"

"Okay." The boatman who answered straightened his back and looked at the people behind him, "Who's going to raise the sail?"

"I come!"

"I'll take the helm!"

The helpers at the river station volunteered to return to their busy work, each acting as a temporary sailor, raising all the sails of the ship, and a huge shadow was cast on everyone.

The white sails were inflated, and the entire Fu ship accelerated suddenly like a giant eagle spreading its wings, passing through the waves along the waterway and drifting under the sunshine like flying.

Liang Qu stood at the bow of the boat, his clothes fluttering in the wind.

Looking around, you can see the water sparkling.

The river breeze carrying rich water vapor blew in my face, penetrated deeply into my lungs, and then dissipated with my exhalation.

Exhaust all out!

On the shore, Fan Zixuan looked at the Fu ship from afar and felt envious.

When will I have such a big ship?

After checking the expressions of his colleagues, he knew what they were thinking.

Who is not?

After a lively time until noon, the Fu ship slowly docked at the port.

Everyone got off the boat one after another.

Liang Qu invested money and found a hotel nearby to invite Liu Quanfu, a group of boatmen, and Fan Zixuan, Lin Songbao and others who came to help to have a meal.

By the way, I also paid the bill for Liu Quanfu.

A good bunk bed weighs dozens of taels, let alone an 18-meter-long ship.

Ridiculously expensive.

Including the recent expenses for entertaining guests, hiring guests, purchasing furniture, digging ponds, and adding flower gardens, Liang Qu had unknowingly spent nearly two thousand taels.

However, Liang Qu doesn't care much about his extravagant spending.

There is both out and in.

With the great lake behind you, there are always ways to make money, but you just have to eat all the good stuff.

The purpose of making money is to make yourself comfortable.

If you don't feel comfortable, the money you earned is just wasted.

in the afternoon.

Liang Qu handed the old giant clam a boatman's manual and asked it to teach the river otter well, practice and familiarize itself with boatman's skills, and strive to get the job as soon as possible. He himself held the Fu Bo and practiced in the courtyard.

After Fu Bo completed his spirituality, Liang Qu became more and more interested in practicing spearmanship. He would feel uncomfortable if he didn't practice for a day.

Evening has not yet arrived.

Smoke rose from the kitchen.

Chen Jiechang went to the door and told Li Zhubu from Liangquhebo Office to come and talk about the reward.

When Liang Qu heard about the reward, he immediately understood what was going on.

"Double happiness!"

Today, not only did we receive the lucky ship, but we also received the reward for flood control!

The coming and going of Chishan is like a strong wind.

Liang Qu didn't bother to tie the rope, he dismounted, said something like "Don't run around", and quickly walked into the filing room.

When Li Shoufu saw Liang Qu rushing across the threshold, he turned around without a word and moved a large wooden box from the small room in the filing room. He took the key from Huang Zhubu next to him, opened the lock, and stepped back half a step.

Liang Qu could not wait to open the lid of the box, and what came into view was a treasure box with the names of two rare treasures written on it.

Morning dew bug!
Withered Narcissus!

Further down, there is the "Green Dragon Killing Sutra" which is put into a brocade bag with its name reflected on it!
Three treasures, all arrived!
"Looking at the entire Huaiyin Prefecture River Basin, Sir Liang is the first one who can borrow the great merit in advance."

Li Shoufu was sincerely convinced.

(End of this chapter)