Fight the Giants

  Chapter 89 Passing the gate

  Everyone shrank their heads in fright when they heard He Feng's cold order, and hurriedly shouted for their kid to get off the grain bag.

  Just now, in order to hear what Huo Xi said about passing the gate, everyone climbed onto the grain bag and listened carefully with their ears pricked up.

  Huo Erhuai also quickly winked at the two children, and Yang Fu hurriedly dragged Huo Xi down the Liangshan Mountain.

   "We can't dock, it's too boring to wait, uncle, let's go fishing."

  Huo Xi hesitated after finishing speaking: "No, let's catch fish!"

   After finishing speaking, he got into the cabin to get the fishing bait, and raised his voice to ask Huo Erhuai to help him with the fishing net: "Father, help me take out the fishing net!"

  Huo Erhuai just took out the fishing net, and each family took a look and brought out their own fishing nets one after another. After tidying up, throw them into the river.

  The scene was quite spectacular.

  Huo Xi was stunned. In this section of the river, are there still fish daring to pass by? I'm afraid it's not going to be wiped out.

  The fishermen don’t have any other skills, can’t catch a fish? How can you be willing to fall behind. Starting from the front, back, left, and right of the Huo family's boat, everyone was fishing to relieve boredom.

   This action confused the boats behind, what's wrong?

   The **** officer asked everyone to stop the boat for fishing? Farmers collect grain tax, and our fishermen want to collect fish?

   One by one, the situation is unclear. Should I also take out the fishing net? People follow the crowd, no matter what, the front is fishing, follow everyone to do it, that's right.

   Then when the **** officers of each ship number patrolled along the river, they found that all the ships were fishing, and they were also confused.

   What's wrong? It's just waiting to pass the gate, so why are you catching fish?

   Shaking his head and sighing, it's so pitiful.

  The farmers still have fields and food to eat, but the government confiscated the fishermen's boats, causing them to lose their jobs and make a living. Decided to be kind to them all the way.

   "Wait patiently for the gate to be released, and be careful of the grain bags. Don't be negligent." The voices of the **** officers were much gentler.

  Huo Erhuai led Huo Xi and Yang Fu to have fun fishing, and it was like a competition with Taoyedu's people, whoever nets more is happy.

  Huo Erhuai served as the bow of Bingzi and the stern of the 27 ships of Taoyedu. He also encouraged everyone to net more. In the evening, everyone had grilled fish and wine together.

   Make the atmosphere even more lively.

   After another hour, the boat finally moved forward slowly.

  When there were about a dozen boats ahead, a gatekeeper came over to measure the size and length of Huo's boats.

  Huo Erhuai led the two children to watch curiously. It was also the first time Huo Xi saw her, and she wanted to ask, but seeing the seriousness on her face, she didn't ask.

   Another half an hour later, the Huo family's boat finally rowed to the rear gate.

  Huo Xi stared curiously at the front and the left and right sides.

   I saw that the gate in front was a large wooden gate. The dark wooden strips were arranged from the bottom to the top, tightly stacked and spliced. Both ends snap into grooves on the two walls.

   I don't know if it is ebony. Ebony is hard and resistant to decay. But it is heavy.

  Looking at the dams on both sides of the pier, there is an iron winch in the shape of a gear, with an iron rod attached to it, which bites with the sawtooth. Huo Xi thought to himself, the gate should be opened and closed by the iron rod.

  Looking at the side of the winch, there are several strong gatekeepers standing. Just wait for the gate officer to give an order, then use manpower to push the iron rod, and use the iron rod to lift the gate.

  Huo Xi was thinking in his heart, staring at him curiously, when the gate officer raised his voice: "Open the gate!"

   Sure enough, the gatekeepers beside the winches on both sides moved immediately and began to push the iron rods. The iron rods slowly drove the winches, and the gates slowly lifted upwards.

  The water from the back river began to slowly pour into the casket.

   "C character No. 1, enter the box!"

  Huo Erhuai was also staring at him, and immediately shivered when he was yelled at by the officer. He hurriedly started paddling the scull, and Yang Fu was also afraid that he would be scolded if he moved too slowly, so he hurried forward to help.

  The two worked together, and soon the boat was shaken into the box.

  Arrived at the front box door, another box official shouted: "Bingzi No. 1, stop the boat!"

  Huo Erhuai and Yang Fu didn't dare to move at once, and withdrew their hands from the scull board.

  Huo Xi looked back, the boats of Yu Jiang, Qian Xiaoxia and others had also slowly entered the box. Huo Xi couldn't see clearly, so he climbed onto the grain bag and counted backwards.

  One box door can only pass one boat, but the box is quite long. Huo Xi counted and estimated that there must be twenty or thirty boats.

   "Uncle, look back and count, how many boats are there?"

  Yang Fu stood on the grain mountain, held up his fingers and counted backwards, and did not forget to order: "Qian Xiaoxia, count back and see how many boats there are!"

  Qian Xiaoxia got the order, and also ordered back: "Zou Sheng, count back, how many boats are there!"

  The voice spreads backwards and forwards again.

   "Xi'er, our Taoyedu, three brands, and thirty boats have all come in." It's good that everyone was not separated and they are still together.

  Huo Xi nodded, Taoyedu's boats were not big, and all the boxes were packed in. It seems that a box can only hold twenty or thirty boats.

   In this way, the gates are opened to inject water, the gates are closed to release water, and the gates are opened to pass the ship. Another hour passes.

   "Bingzi No. 1, out of the box!"

   Finally out of the box.

  It's not easy.

   Fearing that there would be no place for the boats behind to come out, Huo Erhuai kept rowing forward. Straight to row the boat far away.

  He Feng waited by the boat, seeing them finally came out, he was relieved: "Is there a problem?"

  Huo Xi hurriedly smiled at him and shook his head, "It's all good, and the food is not damaged."

  He Feng nodded to her, and took a boat to check one by one.

   "This time I really learned a lot! I didn't expect to sail on the river, and there is such a way to open and close the gates." Huo Erhuai sighed repeatedly.

  He has been floating on the water for ten years, how could he have seen such a picture? When sailing in the river, there is still a difference in water level, dams have to be built, gates have to be opened and closed, and water has to be injected and released.

  It's really novel. It's a pity that the child's mother didn't see it.

   "Next time, I will bring your mother and Nian'er to see it. Today is an eye-opener."

  Yang Fu also nodded, "It's the first time I've seen it. I didn't expect that the rivers are different. I thought they were the same as the Qinhuai River and the Yangtze River. They can come and go freely."

  Huo Xi smiled, it seems that this trip has opened everyone's horizons, and the trip to the north is not in vain.

   "Xi'er, how do you know this? You passed by the ship box before?" Yang Fu asked her suspiciously.

  Huo Xi shook his head: "No. I read it from a book."

   "It's also written in these books?"

"Of course. People who write books have been to many places, so they write their travel notes and experiences into books and print them out for everyone to read. Those who have never traveled far will know from the books. It’s like experiencing it yourself.”

   "Wow, then I will read more in the future."

  Huo Erhuai was very supportive of Yang Fu following Huo Xi in learning and reading. He nodded while exhorting: "Then you should learn how to read with Xi'er. When you know more, you will be able to understand the knowledge in the book."

  Looking at Xi'er, she knows that reading is different from not reading, and she has more knowledge than others.

  Yang Fu nodded after listening. He also now knows the benefits of reading.

  The ship passed the sluice, and before it sailed far, it heard various noises coming from the front. When it was fixed, a tall archway appeared in front of the pier in front of it.

   There will be four updates later~

  (end of this chapter)