Wang Li and his party traveled along the canal, enjoying the beautiful scenery along the way. When they arrived at the mouth of the Yangtze River, the view was suddenly clear: the Yangtze River was vast and the water was turbulent. As they sailed upstream, the river breeze blew on their faces.

Zhao Yuannu, dressed in white men's clothes, jumped up and down on the boat, very happy. She seemed to not care about her brother's death at all. She seemed to feel true freedom.

She said that her father and elder brother had tried their best to train her to become the leader of the group since she was young.

No matter whether it is music, chess, calligraphy, painting, singing, dancing, martial arts, or all kinds of etiquette, they have to learn how to use poison and burn incense to their ancestors every day. Such tedious studies are several times more than those of modern people born in the 00s and 10s...

She is only eighteen years old now, but looks much more mature than sixteen-year-old Hua Baoyan.

Wang Li also asked her why she didn't take action against Zhao Ji. Zhao Yuannu's answer was that she didn't take action because Zhao Ji was stupid enough.

Hua Baoyan hated Zhao Yuannu the most and didn't even want to see her talking to Wang Li. When she saw them together, Hua Baoyan tore her wounds and asked Wang Li to see her.

This woman is so scary when she gets angry. Wang Li certainly knows what she is thinking. Wang Li didn't like Zhao Yuannu very much in the first place, and he was willing to stay with Hua Baoyan and take care of her every day.

The well-informed Zhao Yuannu also knew what this little girl was thinking. Sometimes she would tease her on purpose, saying that her feet were big and her breasts were small, which made Hua Baoyan so angry that she wanted to hit her, but now she couldn't beat her...

The brothers on the boat watched the two women acting cute and fighting for favor every day, and they also enjoyed it.

After walking for a while, they saw a sea eel warship sailing down the Yangtze River, passing by Wang Li's boat. This was the boat that Jiangzhou prefect Cai Jiu used to send a birthday present to his father Cai Jing.

Sending a warship as a gift to my father was no big deal for the prefect who came from a wealthy family.

Originally, they passed by Wang Li peacefully, but when Cai Jiu's butler on the boat saw Hua Baoyan lying in the sun and Zhao Yuannu jumping up and down on Wang Li's boat, his eyes lit up and said, "These two rabbits are good, and the ones around them are also okay." He likes to play with rabbits. He is a gay with unique tastes.

Seeing Hua Baoyan and Zhao Yuannu wearing men's clothes, he suddenly became lustful. Wang Li, Li Rong and Shi Xiu beside them were also good.

He usually followed the ridiculous prefect Cai Jiu and was used to being arrogant. Cai Jiu was even more arrogant than Gao Yanei in Tokyo, but he was a little more restrained when he came to Jiangzhou City. But there happened to be not many people on the Yangtze River, so the housekeeper ordered: "Quick, turn the boat around, go upstream, catch up with that boat for me, and there will be a big reward for catching the people on it..."

Wang Li was sailing smoothly when suddenly a big splash of water appeared beside the boat. Then he heard a shout from behind, "Stop the boat for inspection."

Ruan Xiaoqi asked people to stop the boat and came over and said, "Brother, this is the catapult fired by the sea eel warship. There are also crossbows on it. We need to stop, otherwise we can't escape."

Wang Li didn't want to know why they were checking. His boat couldn't stand the inspection. He frowned and asked, "How many people can this boat hold?"

"Brother, this is a small warship that can hold more than a hundred people, including more than 80 combat soldiers and the rest are rowers."

Wang Li nodded and ordered: "Push Miss Baoyan into the secret warehouse, and the others should prepare for battle. Hide your weapons first, and we will conduct boarding battle later depending on the situation.

Once the battle begins, no one should be left behind."

"Don't worry, brother."

The big ship came over quickly, and a man who looked like an officer came down and asked, "Where's the other person?"

Wang Li replied, "He is ill and has returned to the warehouse."

The officer pointed at Wang Li, Li Rong, and Zhao Yuannu Shi Xiu and said, "The rest of you come with me to the big boat. Bring up the one who was lying there. The rest of you can go now."

Wang Li said, “I don’t know why?”

"Haha, of course it's a good thing. You'll know when you get there."

Wang Li smiled apologetically and said: The four of us will get on the boat with you first, and the other one will follow right after that, okay?

"go!"

Soon, Wang Li and his four companions boarded the boat. Wang Li didn't want to hear anything good and shouted, "Get started!"

Wang Li took the lead in breaking the neck of the officer next to him, snatched his sword, and killed anyone he saw.

Zhao Yuannu was not willing to be outdone. He pulled out two short blades from somewhere, killed the people on the side of the boat, and helped Ruan Xiaoqi and others to come up.

Li Rong and Shi Xiu leaped up a few times and jumped to the side of the crossbow and catapult, each grabbed a broadsword and started slashing at anyone they saw.

Soon, Ruan Xiaoqi and Zhang Shun came up with weapons and joined the battle. After a short while, they killed more than half of the soldiers. The remaining dozen or so people were so scared by how fierce these people were that they jumped into the water to escape. Zhang Shun and Ruan Xiaoqi immediately jumped into the water to chase and kill them.

Li Rong went to the hold to control the rowers, while Ji Da, Ji Er and Shi Xiu went to check each cabin one by one.

Only then did we realize that there were only about fifty soldiers on the ship.

The only people left on the boat were Cai Jiu's housekeeper and a few servants who couldn't swim. They were trembling with fear. When they saw Wang Li and Zhao Yuannu approaching, they said, "We are from the Cai family. You can't kill us."

Wang Li looked at the guy whose crotch was wet and said, "Then tell me, why did you ask us to come up here?"

The housekeeper trembled and said, "Ask...ask for directions. Yes, ask for directions...just directions!"

Wang Li saw the Ji brothers running over excitedly, and he didn't want to waste time with them. He said to Zhao Yuannu, "I leave it to you!"

Zhao Yuannu nodded, and several guys were killed by Zhao Yuannu while they were begging for mercy.

Ji Da ran over excitedly and handed Wang Li a red book and said, "Brother, there are a thousand taels of gold and ten thousand taels of silver on it, and words like "Live as Long as the Southern Mountains" are printed on it.

In addition, there are various treasures, corals, etc., with a total value of no less than 200,000 strings of cash. This is the gift list, for old dog Cai Jing to celebrate his birthday."

Wang Li looked at the gift list and said happily, "This idiot Cai Jiu knows that Grandpa doesn't have much money, so he sent money to Grandpa. This gift is much better than his brother-in-law's. Let's go and take a look."

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Not long after, Ruan Xiaoqi and his men came back and said that no one had escaped alive. Wang Li was relieved now. He cleaned up the battlefield and seized several hundred strings of other captured property.

Wang Li asked Ruan Xiaoqi and Ji Dashixiu to take five sailors to hide the warship and guard the captured oarsmen.

Wang Li led the rest of the people and continued forward.

As they approached Jiangzhou, more and more people gathered, so Zhao Yuannu hid in the hold, and Hua Baoyan also went in to recover from her injuries. Wang Li called Zhang Shun over to question him.

"Brother Village Leader, are you looking for me?"

Wang Li looked at the surging river, turned to Zhang Shun beside him, and said calmly: "Shun brother, do you know the river dragon Li Jun?"

Zhang Shun did not dwell on how Wang Li knew about these Jiangzhou heroes. He smiled and responded, "Li Jun? Of course I know him. He is quite famous in the underworld. He makes a living by selling illegal salt. He is accompanied by the Tong brothers and is quite familiar with me."

Wang Li's eyes gleamed, and he continued, "I am looking for him to join my group. Are you sure you can convince him?"

Zhang Shun thought for a moment and answered seriously, "I will do my best to fulfill your request. Although Li Jun is engaged in the business of selling illegal salt, he is a decent person. If you sincerely invite me, I think he will not refuse."

Wang Li nodded with satisfaction and said, "Give him the position of the other deputy commander of the First Naval Division, the same as yours, and the Tong brothers beside him will be the deputy commanders."

Although Zhang Shun felt that the price was too high, he did not refute Wang Li and assured him that there was no problem.

Wang Li reminded him again: "In addition, you need to pay attention to a tailor named Tongbiyuan Hou Jian. He has a master named Xue Yong. Find them and let me know."

Zhang Shun promised: "Don't worry, brother. I will do my best."

As the boat slowly moved forward, Wang Li and his party finally arrived at the Xunyang River. At this time, Zhang Shun stood at the bow of the boat, looking at the water surface of the Xunyang River.

Suddenly, his eyes were fixed on a ferry, on which a familiar figure was ferrying people. He was delighted and immediately shouted loudly, "Brother!"

Zhang Heng on the ferry looked up when he heard the voice and saw Zhang Shun, with a surprised smile on his face. The two boats approached quickly: "Erlang, you are back? Where is my mother?"

Zhang Shun smiled and replied, "Brother, come up quickly. I am safe and sound now. Brother Wang Li treated me personally. He is the junior fellow apprentice of Doctor An."

Zhang Heng climbed onto the boat with joy and listened to Zhang Shun's story of what had happened during this period. Zhang Shun also told Zhang Heng about the rules of Liangshan, how his mother was respected by the brothers on Liangshan, and how his mother asked him and his brother to follow Wang Li.

Zhang Heng was so excited that tears welled up in his eyes when he heard this: "Erlang, tell me where the village leader is now? I want to thank him in person!"

Zhang Shun pointed to the back and said, "Brother, the village leader is waiting for us here. Big brother, let's go over there now."

The two brothers walked hand in hand to Wang Li. When Zhang Heng saw Wang Li, he immediately knelt on the ground and burst into tears of gratitude: "Brother, you are our brother's benefactor. I, Zhang Heng, have no way to repay you except to die in return!"

Wang Li quickly helped him up: "Brother Zhang Heng, get up quickly, there is no need to be so polite. Treating illnesses and saving lives is my duty, it is nothing to mention."

Zhang Heng stood up and said firmly: "Brother, from now on, I, Zhang Heng, will follow you till death and serve Liangshan at my utmost!"

To be honest, Wang Li didn't like Zhang Heng very much. He could still be forgiven for cheating the tour guide and asking for extra money halfway through the trip.

But later, after Zhang Shun became the boss of the fish market, this guy started doing the same business as Zhang Wang, the river-blocking ghost, on the Xunyang River, treating people to bandao noodles and wonton noodles, and killing people and robbing them.

But for the sake of Zhang Shun and his mother, let's accept him for the time being. This guy is quite capable and he was a good person in Liangshan in his previous life.

Wang Li nodded and said, "Okay, with Brother Zhang Heng joining us, our Liangshan navy will be even more powerful."

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