The billowing river current traverses the gorge, in the river the ships contact. 滚滚江流横断山峡,江上船只往来。 On a freighter, a azure garment businessman stands in the bow cleaves the waves against the wind, to looks into the distance a while ago, then arrives at the cargo hold, patted the racket to cover the cargo under oilcloth, inspected again the cargo, confirmed that cannot lose, was happy. 一只货船上,一位青衫商贾站在船头迎风破浪,向前一阵眺望,回头又到货舱这边,拍了拍盖在油布下的货物,将货物再次检查了一遍,确认不会有失,心情很好。 The partner of communication guarding said with a smile: „Can this cargo to Capital City, the master gain much?” 来往看守的伙计笑道:“这一船货到了京城,东家又要赚不少吧？” The azure garment businessman said with a smile: „Relax, must have everyone's advantage, waits for the goods to act, making everyone make merry a happiness.” 青衫商贾笑道:“放心,少不了大家的好处,等货一出手,让大家吃喝玩乐个痛快。” „On and other master these words.” The people laugh. “就等东家这句话了。”众人哈哈大笑。 Some people asked: „Master, leading us to go among the white clouds to experience?” 有人笑问:“东家,带我们去白云间见识一下么？” „Go away! When you my money is to pick inadequate?” The azure garment businessman waves to angrily rebuke. “滚！你当我钱是捡来的不成？”青衫商贾挥手怒斥一声。 „Haha......” is one smiles. “哈哈……”又是一阵笑。 The azure garment businessman also brought to smile to turn back the cabin, went to the third-class cabin of ship, sat eight men who two rows sculled furiously to say to the gloom in loudly: „Everyone adds the strength again, crossed this gorge, Capital City arrived.” 青衫商贾也带着满脸笑容走回了船舱,下到了船的底舱,对阴暗中坐了两排奋力摇橹的八名汉子大声道:“大家再加把力,过了这道山峡,京城就到了。” In the middle of eight people five youth look at each other, the surface have the happy expression. 八人当中的五名青年相视一眼,面有喜色。 If he said that the ship had/left the gorge, front vast Capital City was in sight. 如他所言,船出山峡,前方浩大的齐国京城在望。 The water current gradually is also gentle, the ships anchored gradually in a water shore wharf outside city. 水流也逐渐平缓,船只渐渐停靠在了城外的一处水岸码头。 The ships that in the wharf anchors are many, here built the deck, one group of people disembark one after another. 码头上停泊的船只不少,这边搭了船板,一群人陆续下船。 In the wharf has the friend of businessman to wait, the azure garment businessman comes ashore to meet to gather together with the friend, chats really happy. 码头上有商贾的朋友在等候,青衫商贾上岸与友人碰头聚首,谈笑甚欢。 Five youth of sculling also disembark, to the azure garment businessman side, a person said submissively: „Master, should our wages tie to us?” 摇橹的五名青年也下了船,到了青衫商贾身边,一人拱手道:“东家,我们的工钱是不是该结给我们了？” Clothes businessman some are impatient, then shouts toward a partner: „Ties the wages to them.” 青衫商贾有些不耐烦,回头朝一名伙计喊道:“把工钱结给他们。” That partner beckons to say immediately: „Comes.” 那名伙计立刻招手道:“都过来吧。” „Thanked the master.” After five youth thanked submissively, went to that side the partner. “谢东家。”五名青年拱手谢过后,去了伙计那边。 However shortly after all came back, everyone revealed a silver coin in hand, a youth said: „Didn't master, reach an agreement everyone 500 money? How to only have 100 money.” 不过没多久又全都回来了,每人亮出了手中的一枚银币,一名青年道:“东家,不是说好了每人五百钱吗？怎么只有一百钱。” The azure garment businessman said: „Aren't your food and drinks all the way the money?” 青衫商贾道:“你们一路上的吃喝不算钱吗？” The youth call out in alarm said: „Did not reach an agreement to provide food?” 青年惊呼道:“不是说好了包吃住的吗？” „I said that your several young fellows, wants to look for a job?” The azure garment businessman crossed the hands behind the back to sneer, the 78 waiters on ship encircles immediately completely, had on the manpower to take the knife, clarified was threatening. “我说你们几个小伙子,是不是想找事？”青衫商贾负手冷笑一声,船上的七八个伙计立刻全部围了上来,有人手上提上了刀子,摆明了在恐吓。 Five youth as if feel indignant but not daring to speak out, finally under threat, wear a look of indignant, lowered the head walked dingily, annoyed a ridicule. 五名青年似乎敢怒不敢言,最终迫于威胁,面带忿忿,低着头灰溜溜地走了,惹来一阵嘲笑。 When to being far away from this group of people, five youth smiled, the big city wall that a person looks at to distant place Capital City, said excitedly: „Finally to!” 待到远离了这群人,五名青年又相视一笑,一人看向远处京城的高大城墙,兴奋道:“终于到了！” Comes between a youth saying: „Everyone disbands to front that Linziqian, separates outside several city gates to have a look, stared in a big way the eye to look for marking that the eldest child they left behind.” 居中一名青年道:“大家到前面那片林子前散伙,分开去几处城门外看看,都瞪大了眼睛找找老大他们留下的标识。” If he said that one group of people arrived by the front woods to disband, the youth who that sent the command kept forest inferior everyone to come back to meet. 如他所言,一群人到了前面的树林旁散伙,那名发号令的青年留在了林下等大家回来碰头。 Waited shortly, on the distant place major road hears rumble the hoofbeat, then looked, sees only five to ride to gallop fast. 等了没多久,远处官道上传来隆隆马蹄声,回头一看,只见五骑快速驰骋而来。 When five ride misses with here, youth eyes one bright, stood getting up high sonar to shout: „Courage! Courage...” 五骑与这边错过之时,青年眼睛一亮,站了起来高声呐喊道:“大勇！大勇…” Broken through five youth who five rode then looked at the eye, immediately stops the mount in abundance, turned round the horses to run in abundance, rushed to by the forest to jump down, both sides cheered, embraces in one, was all excited. 冲过的五骑上的五名青年回头看了眼,立刻纷纷勒停坐骑,又纷纷拨转马匹跑了回来,冲到林旁跳下,双方一阵欢呼,搂抱在了一起,皆兴奋不已。 Not far away had the motorcade to come, the beforehand youth the hiss, hints everyone to restrain immediately again and again, do not let the person see was not right. 不远处有车队来了,之前的青年立刻连连嘘声,示意大家克制,别让人看出了不对。 Is called the courage small child to pat his shoulder to ask: „Zhao Mancang, comes to be earlier than us, is the eldest child makes you meet our?” 被称为大勇的小青年拍着他肩膀问道:“赵满仓,来得比我们早啊,是不是老大让你来接我们的？” Zhao Mancang ridicules saying: „Our group also just now, others look to mark.” 赵满仓讪笑道:“我们这一组也才刚到,其他人找标识去了。” Courage then about, „, since some people looked, we in this just wait.” 大勇回头左右,“既然有人找去了,那咱们就在这等着吧。” Zhao Mancang has a look at their mounts, strange say/way: „Do you ride a horse? Horse where comes?” 赵满仓看看他们的坐骑,奇怪道:“你们骑马来的？哪来的马？” Courage on the contrary strange say/way: „On this prairie can see the horse everywhere, you said where comes? Doesn't ride a horse also walks inadequately?” 大勇反倒奇怪道:“这草原上到处能见到马,你说哪来的？不骑马难道还走路不成？” Zhao Mancang: „How rides a horse now?” 赵满仓:“骑马怎么现在才到？” A person mumbled: „Not to mention, in Zhao by one group of officers grasping, caught us to become a soldier, afterward thinks the means escape, delayed a lot of time, otherwise has arrived.” Also asked back, „full Cang, you, you do come?” 一人嘟囔道:“别提了,在赵国境内被一堆官兵给抓了,抓了我们去当兵,后来想了办法才逃出来,耽搁了不少时间,不然早就到了。”又反问,“满仓,你呢,你怎么也才来？” Zhao Mancang squeak squeak wū wū did not speak. 赵满仓吱吱呜呜不语。 Result one group of people well up, but on forces, he has to always make a true confession, „looks for caravan on the way all the way , helping work, builds the partner to come on the way.” 结果一群人一涌而上逼迫,他不得不老实招了,“一路上找顺路的商队,帮忙干活,搭着伙顺路来的。” Some people despise saying: „Also helps the person work, strength many does not have the place to cause, this method is stupid enough.” 有人鄙夷道:“还帮人干活,力气多的没地方使,这法子有够笨的。” Zhao Mancang argues immediately: „This not for safe, we are unfamiliar with the people and place, the caravan often communicated, others familiar house, met the checkpoint to have the means opening. On our road also met caught the recruit to become a soldier, luckily the help opening of caravan, otherwise feared that was also grasped.” 赵满仓立刻辩解道:“这不是为了稳妥嘛,咱们人生地不熟,商队却是经常来往,人家熟门熟路,遇上关卡有办法疏通。我们路上也遇到了抓壮丁当兵的,幸好商队的帮忙疏通,不然怕是也被抓了。” One group of people by the grove chirp good, had explorer to come back, saw that the people were one cheer, later informed, guidepost outside the east gate. 一群人在林子旁叽叽喳喳了好一阵,有探路的回来了,见到众人又是一阵欢呼,随后告知,路标在东城门外。 The courage makes three people ride a horse immediately another three city gates, several other people looking, so as to avoid being still looking everywhere. 大勇立刻让三人骑了马去另三处城门,把其他几人给找回来,免得还在到处找。 When two groups of people met, arrived at outside the east gate together, saw a picture simple bird design on a rock, is the indication of agreement, the bird the flying direction east gate. 等到两伙人碰头了,一起来到了东城门外,在一块岩石上见到了一只画的简易飞鸟图案,正是约定的标示,飞鸟所飞方向正是东城门。 One group of people common, enters a city separatedly, following the marking direction, found in the city remote region to leave uncultivated the dwelling. 一群人为了不起眼,分开进城,一路循着标识指引,找到了城中偏僻地带的一处荒废宅院。 Pushes the door to enter, finally discovered that Yuan Fengbai a chair, sat that to drink tea slowly, in the hand a rush-leaf fan swings swings. 推门而入,结果发现袁风摆了张椅子,坐那慢悠悠喝茶,手里一只蒲扇摇啊摇。 „Wind team!” One group of people see the joy. “风队！”一群人见之欣喜。 „What to shout to shout, feared that others do not know was?” In Yuan wind hand the rush-leaf fan points at the gate to lay out, „closes!” “嚷什么嚷,怕别人不知道是不是？”袁风手中蒲扇指着门摆了摆,“关门！” Here some people close immediately, the courage gathers nearby Yuan wind, is smiling saying: „Wind team, we are several come, by doesn't go near?” 这边立刻有人关门,大勇凑到袁风跟前,嬉皮笑脸道:“风队,我们是第几个来的,靠不靠前？” ! A Yuan wind rush-leaf fan taps on his head, „outside had more than ten eyes to see you to come all the way at least, inside more than 100 are also waiting for you personally, you said that by did not go near, but also had a face to ask?” 啪！袁风一蒲扇拍他脑袋上,“外面一路上起码有十几双眼睛看到你们来了,里面还有一百多个人等着你,你说靠不靠前,还有脸问？” One group of people faded immediately. 一群人顿时蔫了。 „Remembered, to here, no wind team, oneself thought to think!” Yuan wind rush-leaf fan toward inside finger/refers, „inside is staying, asks them to want the words paper inkstone, when oneself coming situation write out clear/pain......” “记住了,到了这里,没什么风队,自己动脑子想想！”袁风蒲扇又往里面指,“里面呆着去,找他们要笔墨纸砚,自己把来时的情况自己写清楚……” The tofu hall, in the steaming hot inner apartments kitchen, Yuan fire and Niushan are making the tofu. 豆腐馆,热气腾腾的内宅厨房内,袁火和牛山正在做豆腐。 Yuan astral looks in the one side. 袁罡在一旁看着。 Outside is responsible for grinding soya beans into bean curd and belt/bring security good forest to knock on a door to enter, „eldest child, the high storekeeper looks for you.” 外面负责磨豆腐兼带警戒的牛林敲门而入,“老大,高掌柜找你。” Yuan astral turns around, arrived at Qianmenwai directly, sees high storekeeper who the entrance paces back and forth, asked: „Has the matter?” 袁罡转身而出,径直来到了前门外,见到门口徘徊的高掌柜,问:“有事？” In tall storekeeper the hand reveals a gold coin, ten, „mother Qin between white clouds had eaten the tofu a moment ago, pays money outside, in addition gave these.” 高掌柜手中亮出一把金币,有十枚,“白云间的秦妈妈刚才来吃过豆腐,付了钱外,另给了这些。” Yuan astral: „What do you mean?” 袁罡:“什么意思？” High storekeeper: „She said, later here the girls between white clouds often will also come to taste, but this big crowd of people, the girls come is not convenient, making us separate in addition to them. She gave ten gold coins, said that the wages expense they left.” 高掌柜:“她说,以后白云间的姑娘们也会常来这边品尝,但是这大庭广众的,姑娘们来也不方便,让我们另隔一间雅间给她们。她给了十枚金币,说工钱费用她们出了。” Yuan astral flatly refuses, „is not good!” The tone walks. 袁罡一口拒绝,“不行！”调头就走。 The high storekeeper held on his arm, the forced smile said: „I also feel strange, but the third young master goes among the white clouds to play, mother Qin specially the third young master notifies. The third young master has readily agreed she, said that us peripheral must put in order, lets make to come out to them while convenient, said that does not take time. Hasn't the third young master you known? The person who wants the face, is working as one group of women and surface of one group of friends complies with the matter of getting down actually unable to achieve, where do you make his face toward put?” 高掌柜一把拉住了他胳膊,苦笑道:“我也觉得不妥,可是三少爷去白云间玩耍的时候,秦妈妈特意跟三少爷打了招呼。三少爷已经一口答应了她,说咱们这边周边要重新收整,让顺带给她们弄个雅间出来,说是也不费事。三少爷你还不知道吗？是要脸面的人,当着一群女人和一群朋友的面答应了下来的事却做不到,你让他脸往哪放？” Yuan Gangmo, „yourself looks at the office, but a little you heard clearly, do not disturb us.” 袁罡默了下,“你自己看着办吧,不过有一点你听清了,不要干扰到我们这边。” Saw him to relent, the high storekeeper smiles to give birth for the first time immediately, nodded again and again, „understood, our formulas cannot easily to steal, the master felt relieved, I will arrange!” 见他松口了,高掌柜立刻笑开怀,连连点头,“懂懂懂,咱们的配方不能让人轻易窃取了,东家放心,我会安排好！” Yuan astral turned head to walk. 袁罡扭头就走了。 „...” The high storekeeper is speechless, but also wants to ask the matter of his hiring, person but who the temperament of this master, where does business probably, he also has to shake the head, pondered over the see you later to ask again. “呃…”高掌柜无语,还想问问他招人的事,可这位东家的脾气,哪像是做生意的人,他也只好摇头走了,琢磨着回头见了再问。 The boundless sea, the ocean waves are boundless. 茫茫大海,碧波无边。 The man who wears the bamboo hat, treads the wave to graze in the sea level, from time to time stops all around the vertical water surface observation, presents a reef that until the front surfaces, he flashed, the flying fell on above. 一个戴着斗笠的汉子,在海面踏波飞掠,时而停立水面观察四周,直到前方出现一座浮出海面的礁石,他闪了过去,飞身落在了上面。 When reef area only then 56 table sizes, rising tide, it is estimated that by sea water embezzling. 礁石面积只有五六张桌子大小,涨潮时,估计会被海水给吞没。 This situation, is very dangerous to the ships that in the sea level navigates, when the reef sinks to underwater, the water surface could not see, once the ship runs upon very easy ship to destroy the person to perish. 这种情况,对海面上航行的船只来说很危险,礁石沉到水下时,水面看不到,船一旦撞上很容易船毁人亡。 Wears the man of bamboo hat to stand on the reef looks into the distance everywhere, often takes off the waist wine pot to fill two. 戴着斗笠的汉子站在礁石上四处眺望,不时摘下腰间酒壶灌上两口。 The distant place, a sea boat indistinct emergence, the man was startled, waited and saw one, confirmed after this area comes, the rapid short body hid behind the reef waited. 远处,一只海船隐隐约约出现,汉子怔了一下,观望了一阵,确认是朝这一带来的后,迅速矮身藏在了礁石后面等候。 Without the reef time, sees the ship, he will drill into the water to avoid immediately. 没礁石的时候,见到有船,他会立马钻入水中躲避。 Waited for good one, a big sea boat rolls by from the reef one side hundred zhang (333 m) far position, has expunged forward. 等了好一阵,一只大海船从礁石一侧百丈远的位置驶过,一直向前开去。 Hides gazes after the sea boat whereabouts in the reef following man, took off head bamboo hat rapidly, put down the wine pot, taking advantage of the shield of reef, drew back into the sea water from behind quietly, submerged in the water, rapid vanguard in water. 躲在礁石后面的汉子目送海船去向,迅速摘下了头上的斗笠,放下了酒壶,悄无声息地借着礁石的掩护,从后面退入了海水中,没入水中,施法在水里迅速前行。 When crops up again, had arrived under the stern of steamship, is climbing the stern, has not embarked, is maintaining vigilant, hangs goes in the stern along with the ship, occasionally raises one's head from the stern, sizes up the front of ship quietly. 再冒头时,已经到了大船的船尾下面,攀着船尾,没有上船,保持着警惕,吊在船尾一路随船而去,偶尔从船尾两侧伸头,悄悄打量船的前方。 At dusk, the sea level wave light is clear, often can see to tower in the sea level reef, the front has island one. 傍晚时分,海面波光粼粼,不时能看到耸立在海面的礁石,前方有海岛一座。 „What damned place is this?” “这是什么鬼地方？” „Others to money, we make money, manage his anything damned place.” “人家给钱,咱们赚钱,管他什么鬼地方。” „I meant that this place hidden rock are too many, can our ship sinking incautiously.” “我是说这地方暗礁太多,一不小心能把咱们船给撞沉了。” „Is is not all right, others in the route that in that what wharf gave are useful.” “不是没事嘛,人家之前在那个什么码头上给的路线还是有用的。” On the ship some people are speaking, the man who the tail hangs loosened the hand, submerges in the water, snuck behind one side reef to crop up, the situation on Observer, saw only the island peripheral mast to stand in great numbers quietly, stopped many steamships, suddenly was innumerable many. 船上有人在说话,尾吊的汉子松开了手,沉没在水中,潜行到了一侧的礁石后面再冒头,悄悄观察岛上的情况,只见海岛周边桅杆林立,停了许多大船,一时间数不清有多少。