Leaving Jinshan Temple, the warships of the Song army patrolling in Zhenjiang also began to come to welcome the guide. Yang Guang revisited the old place with great spirits outside to wave to the army.

Then, the river estuary ahead turns right into a tributary, not far away, a wooden wall blocks the way.

Wang Qiang was stunned: "What is this?"

Yang Guang laughed and said, "The lock!"

Wang Qiang said in surprise: "Who blocks the enemy?"

Yang Guang laughed: "Do you think the canal is just digging a ditch on the ground? You are really a modern person!"

Su Su also smiled and said, "Brother Qiang, the canal under ideal conditions is of course digging a ditch, but it is actually impossible. Although the terrain of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal is a plain in the north and south, it still has high and low fluctuations. Even if it is only a few meters in a position difference, the actual project volume of digging a few meters deep is beyond imagination, so I used a ship lock to store water and divide the river channel of each section into step-shaped pools. Brother Qiang had just been to Gezhouba."

Yang Guang laughed and said, "That's right, there is still a mountain in the middle of the Panama Canal, and that's a pool staircase along the mountain."

Wang Qiang was so ashamed: "I understand!"

Yang Guang sighed: "But there are so many thousands of locks on the Beijing-Guangzhou Canal, it's really unhappy."

Su Su smiled and said, "But no matter what, the strategic significance of that era is undoubtedly equivalent to railways."

Just when the Jinfan ship arrived at the lock, hundreds of soldiers gathered in eight large sedan chairs on the shore, and then someone shouted in unison: "Teacher Jia is here to welcome the King of Wu!"

Wang Qiang suddenly laughed: "No, it's still far from Hangzhou, come to welcome him so far?"

Yang Guang laughed and said, "As the prime minister, he went out of the city for hundreds of miles to greet him, this is so sincere! There must be something to help us, so you can just speak up."

Wang Qiang was happy: "I mean you can talk to him about anything?"

Su Su smiled and said, "Let me guess, the thing that Jia Sidao fears the most is going to the battlefield, but there are always people who can't get out of Taiwan and instigate him to go to the battlefield in front of the emperor. Although Meng Gong is now holding on, according to historical facts, Meng Gong should have lived for more than ten years now, but he is afraid it will not be long-term."

Gan Ning smiled and said, "This Song Dynasty always calls civil officials to go to war. It's really embarrassing them. Okay, let me leave it to me."

While speaking, the soldiers patrolling the river respectfully asked the Jinfan boat to dock, and then a tall and thin official who had a long "ear" on both sides of the hat could hit people.

Is this Jia Sidao? Wang Qiang suddenly remembered a movie "Cricket Prime Minister" played by Ge You when he was a child. After comparing this, he suddenly felt that the two were very similar! Let me go!

Jia Sidao took the lead to the pier and bent down and bowed: "Jia Sidao welcomes the King of Wu!"

Gan Ning smiled and said, "I am Gan Ning. If Master Jia wants to do so, why not come to the boat to watch? But my boat is small and I can't squeeze out too many people."

Jia Sidao was overjoyed: "That's the point!" So he turned around and shouted and stepped back, and boarded the ship alone.

Wang Qiang was smiling in his heart, which means that the letter from the Wuchang official to him clearly stated the key things. Of course, this kind of key things is just to talk about them separately.

Then Jia Sidao entered the cabin and introduced the ceremony one by one. Then he looked back at the cabin door.

Gan Ning smiled and said, "The Grand Master is indeed cautious, but it seems not good to close the door and make a conspiracy to let people on the shore see it?"

Tao Yuanming smiled and said, "Let's go to a good place? One hour of talking about things in that place is only equivalent to a round trip here."
Chapter completed!