Chapter 591 The risk is great
Two days later in the afternoon.
The Dahuaxia finally sailed safely to the river at the junction of the two countries.
According to the laws of the Tiancang Kingdom, anyone who wants to leave the country by water to do business in another country must register at the Zhenhe Division at the junction, otherwise the patrolling official ships will intercept the merchant ships and refuse to let them go.
Gu Chan stood on the bow of the ship, looking at the merchant ships coming and going in front of her, as well as the patrolling official ships. She couldn't help but wonder, "It's strange. Previously, the dragon worshiped and stirred up troubles, causing most of the Jiangnan area to be flooded." , Why does it seem that there is nothing wrong with Zhenhe Division at the junction of the two countries?”
"Master, you don't know this. The Zhenhe Division is a government office built by the river at this junction. Over the years, they have long been accustomed to the rough waves of the Jiangnan River, and naturally they have formed a road to avoid floods. A unique method, so the previous incident did not have much impact on them." Aunt Hong, the boss of Five Golden Flowers, stood beside Gu Chan and explained.
Gu Chan nodded in relief, and then realized that the Zhenhesi Yamen was so uniquely built.
Cheng Hao urged from the side, "Master, please get in the cabin and rest quickly! The weather gets colder as you go downstream of the Jiangnan River. Don't freeze you."
"Yes, Master, after passing the junction of the two countries, once you enter the Yexing Kingdom, the climate is different. It is much colder over there than here." Aunt Hong added.
Gu Chan responded quietly, put on the robe handed over by Aunt Hong, turned around and went into the cabin to rest.
More than half an hour later, the Dahuaxia arrived at Zhenhesi Pier and stopped. Before Gu Chan and others could get off the ship, they saw a middle-aged man in his forties, dressed in official uniform, leading a group of officers and soldiers. Come, stay by the Great China, and then he personally boarded the ship with two guards.
Arriving outside the cabin, the middle-aged man immediately led two guards to kneel down and shouted, "I am going to Jiangnan Zhenhe Si Tian Qianqiu to pay my respects to the lord."
"Come in!" Gu Chan said in the cabin.
Tian Qianqiu stood up quickly and ordered two guards to guard outside before he entered the cabin with a nervous look on his face.
In the cabin at this time, Gu Chan was drinking wine with Cheng Hao and Five Golden Flowers, and the atmosphere was very relaxed and happy.
When Tian Qianqiu came in and took a look, he was immediately dumbfounded.
He thought that when Gu Chan came here, she must be accompanied by extremely powerful guards. Who would have thought that there was only one man following her, and the other five were five seemingly hand-guards. An old woman who has no power to bind.
How could this not make him look stupid?
Gu Chan raised her eyes and looked at Tian Qianqiu. After this look, she found that this man was very tall, more than 1.85 meters tall, and his figure was also very strong. He was far from comparable to those officials in other places in the south of the Yangtze River.
The most important thing is that his Chinese character face always gives people a sense of majesty, especially the finger-long scar on the right side of his face, which is deeply memorable.
Tian Qianqiu quickly came to his senses, walked to Gu Chan and saluted, saying, "Lord, I have heard of your name for a long time, but I haven't seen you for a long time. I am really lucky to see you today."
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"Okay, Mr. Tian, I don't like flattery. You don't need to flatter me to please me. Sit down and talk." Gu Chan waved his hand and said.
"Thank you, Lord, for the seat." Tian Qianqiu said with sincere fear.
After speaking, he carefully sat on the chair next to him.
Cheng Hao immediately picked up the wine flask, poured him a glass of warm rice wine, and handed it to him.
Tian Qianqiu took the glass of warm rice wine and just held it in his hand, not daring to drink it at all! Gu Chan looked at him and said, "What's wrong with you? Drink!"
"Lord... Is it because I have not been able to go to Jiangnan City to pay my respects to you during this period of time, so you came here specially? Please forgive me! Since ancient times, the border between the two countries has not been peaceful. It's not that I don't want to go and pay your respects, it's just that I have to guard against those treacherous people every day and I don't have time to go!" Tian Qianqiu said with a grimace.
"Hahaha..."
Gu Chan was amused by him and burst into laughter on the spot.
Cheng Hao shook his head and said, "Master Tian, you misunderstood. My master is not that stingy. You can be regarded as a villain with a villain's heart."
"This..." Tian Qianqiu was speechless, and she was even more frightened.
At this moment, waves of cold sweat broke out on his forehead, for fear that Gu Chan would blame him for this.
Gu Chan stopped laughing and said seriously, "Mr. Tian, so you have sent someone to keep an eye on me since the Dahuaxia went downstream?"
"Lord, how dare you lower your rank! In fact, patrolling the Jiangnan River has always been the official duty of our Zhenhe Company, and now all over the Jiangnan area, everyone knows that this Dahuaxia is your merchant ship Ah!" Tian Qianqiu explained hurriedly.
Gu Chan reached out and patted his shoulder, comforting him and said, "Don't be so afraid. I really didn't come here to cause trouble for you. Besides, your official reputation is very good. Since I became the lord, there are no officials from all over the Yangtze River." People told me that if you are wrong, you don’t have to worry.”
"Huh...that's good, it really scared me to death." Tian Qianqiu took a long breath, and the heart hanging in his chest finally calmed down.
Gu Chan waved to him, and he immediately understood and put the drink in the glass to his mouth and drank it in one gulp.
After drinking the glass of warm rice wine, Tian Qianqiu put the glass on the table and said with a serious face, "By the way, Lord, I don't know why you came to the border between the two countries this time!"
"I want to go abroad and go to Night Star Country for business exchanges." Gu Chan said.
"Ah? This is absolutely impossible! I kindly ask the lord to take back this idea and never go to the border of Yexing Kingdom in the past six months." Tian Qianqiu's face suddenly changed and he hurriedly tried to dissuade him.
His reaction instantly confused Gu Chan and others.
It stands to reason that the Chinese New Year is still more than a month away. If you go to Yexing Kingdom to stay for a while at this time, you will happen to catch up with the lively New Year's Day on the border of Yexing Kingdom. It is the most suitable time for doing business, so why can't you go?
Confused, Gu Chan asked, "Master Tian, why did you say this?"
"Lord, you don't know something. Recently, a strange disease has appeared on the border of Night Star Kingdom, which has caused many people to die. Recently, I have stepped up patrols on the river. All merchant ships coming from Night Star Kingdom "We are not allowed to enter the Tiancang Kingdom, and I will tell the truth to the merchant ships that want to go out and tell them not to go there," Tian Qianqiu explained.
"No wonder there are so many merchant ships docked at Zhenhesi Wharf. I thought your Zhenhesi was deliberately making things difficult!" Gu Chan said with relief.
At this moment, she began to feel troubled!
If what Tian Qianqiu said is true, then going to Yexing Country before crossing the border now is extremely risky!