“This…” The guy’s eyes rolled and an embarrassment appeared on his face.
Shen Luo understood what was going on when he saw this. He took out a piece of silver from his sleeve and placed it on the table.
The guy took a glance, his eyes suddenly lit up, and reached out to take it.
"Tell me first." Shen Luo raised his hand and gently covered the silver coins, with a gentle smile on his face.
"Ahem... If I remember correctly, there is only one family with the surname Yu, and they operate boats in the Huangwei** water section. The area there is over ten miles long, with too many hidden reefs and rocks, and the current is fast. Only the men from the Yu family can sail there." The waiter coughed dryly, withdrew his hand, and said angrily.
Shen Luo was delighted when he heard this. He took the silver and put it in the clerk's hand, but did not let go immediately. He continued to ask:
"Where is Huang Wei? Is the place easy to find?"
"It's easy to find. Just go out of the west city gate and head southwest for fifty or sixty miles. If you can't find it on the road, just ask anyone and say they are looking for Yu Dadan." The waiter felt the coldness in his palms, smiled, and spoke quickly.
"Thank you, young man." Shen Luo smiled and let go of his hand.
"Of course not. If you have any instructions, just tell me. The city gates close early these days, usually at the hour of Xu. Please pay attention to the return time when you go out for fun." The shop assistant smiled, thanked him repeatedly, and put the change away.
Shen Luo waved his hand, and the waiter bent over and retreated.
After dinner, Shen Luo led the horse out of the city and headed southwest. About half an hour later, he arrived at the river bank.
There are many streams converging into the Luanshui River from its upper reaches. The river is quite wide, and sturdy elm and willow trees grow everywhere on the artificial embankments on both sides and on the mudflats adjacent to the water. The dense willow branches hang down, swaying in the summer breeze.
Shen Luo walked along the river bank. After walking for more than ten miles, he found that the riverbed of Luanshui River began to shrink little by little. The originally wide water surface gradually narrowed by dozens of feet, making the originally relatively calm water flow gradually become turbulent.
The further we went, the more sandbars appeared on the river surface, with dense clumps of reeds on them. The reed leaves were emerald green, rustling in the wind, and water birds flew up and down from time to time.
After driving the horse forward for another dozen miles, Shen Luo finally saw an old elm tree several dozen feet tall not far from the river ahead. Under the tree, in the shade, there was a simple thatched shed.
Not far from the thatched hut, there was a small black boat tied to the bank with a bamboo pole about ten feet long stuck next to it.
He jumped off his horse not far from the elm tree and walked slowly towards us, holding the reins.
"Is the boatman here?" Shen Luo shouted loudly while standing outside the house.
“Hey, here it comes…” A response came quickly, the voice was quite rough.
Then, a middle-aged man with a rather sturdy build walked out of the hut.
Shen Luo took a good look at this person and found that apart from his skin color being too tanned, his facial features were 30% similar to Yu Meng. He couldn't help but marvel in his heart and felt that this person might be one of the ancestors of the Yu family.
"Excuse me, are you Yu Zhouzi?" Shen Luo asked.
"Haha, sir, what you said is true. In the hundreds of miles of Luanshui River in Songfan County, is there another Yu Dadan?" The middle-aged man laughed loudly, seeming quite pleased with himself in his words.