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Outside the Dingpu Ferry Terminal.
The terrain of this stretch of the Peace River was relatively open and shielded by Backwater Bay upfront. Although the current was still swift, it was considerably gentler compared to the turbulent section beyond Broken Dragon Gorge.
It was this advantageous open and calm water geography that led the Old Ancestor Zhou Xuan to establish the Dingpu Ferry Terminal during the early days of settling Ping'an Town, connecting it to Changning Fort with a few battered ferry boats, thus creating a bustling scene.
Later, with the rise of the Wang family, the Dingpu Ferry Terminal was continuously expanded and deepened, eventually developing into a very prosperous large inland port.
The Jiaolong Gang and the Changning Wang Clan—one as the "River-Crossing Jiaolong" and the other as the "Grounded Tiger."
