Chapter 1059
2014-12-10
River Rhineau, northern port.huā lā, Heaven's Line opened, and the mad Tempest rain from far and near washed down, so that the opposite could not open their eyes. Fortunately, there are not many people walking on this pier right now. To be precise, there are almost no people. There is no need to worry about someone suffering from the rain... However, the meaning of this scene is not good.
As a port terminal close to the Rhineau River, the main economic artery of Titus, busyness should be the main theme here. And now this unusually deserted and even lonely scene, I believe no one will be happy to see it. Including those porters who were constantly working and complaining about not being able to rest...
"Bah, this goddamn ghost weather!" One kick crushed the low-quality smoke and sparks in the mud, under the grass shed on the side of the dock, in good health The handsome young porter squatted, looking angrily at the rainy curtain outside the shed, muttering and cursing, "For a long time! Not a single merchant ship entered the port for a long time. If this goes on, I will starve to death!"
"Who said no, I used to be able to bring back some meat every other week, but now I can't even eat bread..."
"This world, alas... "
"Anyway, I can't wait like this any longer. Several mouths in the family rely on me to fill their stomachs... I will go to Xicheng Tavern Street tomorrow and try it. God bless, I hope I can find it." A job..."
"Tomorrow? Then I'll go with you and try one's luck...Head, do you want to go with me?"
"Yes, head , do you have any ideas..."
...
No matter which industry there is a style of gangs, there are leaders. This is normal, and it's not something you want to do. It's mostly a teamwork model. For example, the porter's job right now. Once a merchant ship enters the port, the goods will be unloaded. A porter is naturally uncertain, and often requires a team that cooperates with tacit understanding, so that the efficiency is high. In other words, a single porter is almost non-existent here, and if there is, it is called a handyman.
"Wait." The leader of the porters in the grass hut was a middle-aged man with slightly frosted temples, holding a low-quality cigarette that was about to burn out between his fingers, both eyes staring blankly. A few lonely ships moored at the dock in the rain. Took a deep breath and sighed, "Wait a minute... I finally managed to wrap up these two docks. Once you leave, it will be difficult to come back."
This is a fact, there are docks in the port Although there are many, there are also many corresponding porter teams. It is normal for monks to have more porridge and less porridge. Everyone wants to occupy more docks and gain more benefits, but there are many doorways in this. Not only have to deal with the insatiable gang of officials who manage the port. There are also familiar merchant ship resources on hand, and the gangs in the city must always be honored... Last but not least. It's the competition between porters and porters.
It can be said that it is not easy for these porters to have the right to unload goods at two terminals. You don't have to think about it to know that they belong to the senior generation in this industry and have worked hard for many years. It is precisely because of this that how can they be willing to let them easily give up these two docks now?
There was a moment of silence under the grass hut, and a gray-clothed porter shook his head bitterly, "Hey, you know, my family's situation..."
The middle-aged porter's leader waved his hand to interrupt: "I know, That kid in your family is going to enter Commoner Academy in a few days, right? Hehe, it's so big in a flash... It's okay, I still have some savings, you can take it for emergency first."
"But this, There's no way..."
"I know it all, but now we can only wait." The porter leader shook his head and snuffed out the inferior cigarettes, "You should also know the situation now, it's not our wharf. , There is no work in a port, and it is not because of the damn weather, but the world... chaotic! No one dares to come out to work, and the business of various shops in the city is very deserted. Even if we are willing to give up the wharf and go to Xicheng Tavern Street If you have another way to make a living, you will be afraid that it will be difficult to find a job for a while.”
This is also true, as for the reasons that have been said many times, it is nothing more than the barbarian invasion and the rise of the Grey Cloth Armed Force, no need to go into details. .
Bang! He punched heavily on the grass shed, and the burly young porter roared angrily: "You mother! If you stay here, you have no work to do, and if you go out, there is no way to make a living. Is this world-breaking way to kill us!"
"Calm down, there is always a way." Getting up, the porter leader frowned to discourage the youth from self-harm. Immediately, he made a confident appearance, pointed to the misty and rainy river in the distance and loudly said, "We depend on the mountains to eat the mountains and the water to drink water. At least we are much better than those who do business. No matter who is in charge of this empire, as long as we keep the Are we afraid of not being able to live with this huge river?"
paused, smiling again, "unless, hehe, do you think the Rhineau River will dry up one day?"
The Rhineau River twists and turns for thousands of miles, running through the entire Titus empire from north to south, and of course it will not dry up one day with an unfathomable mystery. The porter leader's sentence was obviously meant to liven up the atmosphere, and the effect was not bad. There were bursts of laughter in the grass shed.
The young porter was also laughing, but after hearing the words subconsciously glanced at the misty rain outside, the smile suddenly solidified on his face. Raised his hand, rubbed his eyes, and rubbed again, his sturdy body suddenly stiffened, and his face was horrified like a ghost in the daytime.
"Well? What's wrong?" The porter leader noticed the strangeness of the youth and asked astonished.
"Head, head..." The young porter turned his head stiffly, his eyes were straight, his expression was dazed and strange, he raised his hand tremblingly and pointed to the pier outside, slightly crying, "I... my eyes seem to be It's broken...the river...the river is gone!"
"Eh? Stronger."
"The eyes seem to be broken... The river is gone... Ha, looking at this expression, it's absolutely amazing!"
...
have a big laughter, all the porters in the grass shed were overjoyed and laughed. Especially the leader of the porter, while smiling, cast an admiring look at the young porter, thinking that the other party was cooperating with his active atmosphere.
But the young porter seemed really anxious, his face flushed, and he opened his mouth and then opened his mouth again. Every time he wanted to say something, he was interrupted by laughter. Finally, loudly roared, he dragged the leader and ran out of the grass hut, ran into the mad Tempest rain, pointed to the misty and rainy pier river, and hurriedly shouted: "Really! It's true—look, look— —The river is receding! It’s really receding, receding—”
The roaring and roaring in the rainstorm, mixed with the faint thunder in the horizon, instantly spread far and near inside and outside the pier.
There are silhouettes sticking out from the large and small grass sheds around, looking towards the pointing fingers here, saying something, and then taking it and seeing the river surface of the wharf again, the figure instantly petrifies. Immediately afterwards, more and more vague silhouettes slowly walked out of the grass hut, walked into the rain, and looked towards the front...
Under the pier, the river was indeed retreating. Or to be more precise, the water level is falling, at a speed visible to naked eyes...
This is an extremely weird scene!
Right now this is the Rhineau River, not the Rhineau Sea, and there is no daily ebb and flow. And given the boundless waters here, there are impossible sluices across the river, so there will be no flooding... In short, no matter from which angle a rational analysis is made, there will not be any reason for the decline of the river.
But unfortunately, the water level is falling now! It makes no sense, just like under ten thousand zhang river water, there is a huge water beast that wakes up after sleeping for a thousand years. , ten feet...
Since the young porter who first discovered the abnormality called out, in just a short while, the boundless river water continued to descend, descend, descend... , iron anchors, sinking boats, and black-gray mottled mudflats carrying all kinds of debris in everything in disorder gradually surfaced.
Immediately, the water of the Polan River receded, receded, and continuously receded like the ebb tide... The tidal flat area became larger and larger, and the T-shaped convex wharf was infinitely raised. Buzz! Buzz! Buzz! - Tighter and tighter the reins attached to the boats receding with the river.
At a certain moment, there was a loud bang, the sawdust flew over, and the overwhelming majority of the old rope piles were directly pulled up by the roots, and together with the ship, the Rapid Speed retreated out of the port. During this period, many ships with only inertia and no one to steer slammed into one place, or collapsed, or leaned back and continued to retreat, or stranded on the beach, like dolls who were tired of playing and abandoned, no one cared... …
After a while, the river is gone. There is one less riverside port in the world and one more inland town.
The ocean turns into a mulberry field...
…………
(ps: Don't say civet cat water, civet cat just loves the side and describes the deep love...
) (to be continued, please search, the novel is better and faster!