Chapter 6 On board

Qin Bai gave political and economic lessons to several children, and then interspersed with Qin Hanzhen's miscellaneous science popularization, and the teaching effect was very good. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

When Qin Jian met the vendor selling gadgets on the dock again, when he heard the other party say that a muddy carriage would cost a hundred yuan, he also knew how to refute the other party: "This thing is at most ten yuan in other places, why has it risen tenfold in your place?

and the Xiao guys who saw him on the dock and thought he was a fat sheep from other places, and set a trap to coax him to get rid of his entourage and rob him in a remote place, but he was unmoved, and he would not be fooled because the other party pretended to be pitiful or some other means. He also said to those people: "My third uncle and ancestor have only taught me, and even my cousin knows your tricks of deceiving people, don't think that if I am a child, I will be easily fooled." If you don't go away, I'll take you to the officials. My cousin is an official, what about Sipin, let's see if your county order here will go against his will?"

Qin Jian also said to the girl waiting beside him: "I remember that last year, your aunt and uncle were in charge of our family's Zhuangzi in Shandong, and the newspaper said that there was a drought in Shandong, the grain harvest was lost, and the income was thirty percent less than in previous years. When my mother saw the account, she smiled and dismissed your aunt and uncle. You also asked me to help and intercede, saying that your aunt and uncle have been in charge of the village for many years, and they have no merit and hard work, and they should not lose their mission because of a bad year and less income. I really listened to you and went to plead with my mother, but my mother made up her mind and refused to listen to me. I'm still muttering to myself. Just now I heard from the wharf that there was no drought in Shandong last year, but the wind and rain were smooth. Your aunt and uncle are liars, greedy for the money in the princess, no wonder my mother wants to dismiss their messengers!"

Liuhui was also blushing, and she tried every means to justify that she didn't know the truth, and she was completely deceived by her aunt and uncle.

Qin Jian didn't say much, only said, "In short, you guys should be honest in front of me in the future." I asked myself if I was not a bad-tempered person, and if the people around me were really in trouble, they would not fail to help. But you can't treat me like a monkey. ”

Liuhui and the other girls responded in a hurry.

Although he didn't have much contact with Qin Bai, Huang Jincheng, who had been paying attention to Qin Jian, noticed the changes in his little cousin, and also said to Imperial Doctor Shen in private: "Yongjiahou is really a wonderful person. In the past, I only heard that he was a good reader, liked antique calligraphy and painting, and loved elegance, but I didn't know that he was so good at teaching children. Brother Jian has a good nature, he grew up in a deep mansion compound, and the people he befriends on weekdays are all princes and grandsons, and he is used to being pampered, and he is a little arrogant who does not eat the fireworks in the world, and he is easy to coax. It's really different now. His family should have let the children out to see the world. ”

Imperial Physician Shen sighed: "I am not satisfied with Lord Huang, I occasionally listen to Yongjiahou give lectures to a few children, which is really better than many famous teachers, easy to understand, but simple to understand." I heard that he has been a teacher in the northwest for more than 20 years, and even Wang Hanlin was taught by him. Before entering Beijing, he also took a few children, and now they are all admitted to Xiucai, all of whom are handsome among people. Yongjiahou has been idle at home since he entered Beijing, which is a pity. If he reopens the museum to accept apprentices, he will definitely be able to teach a few more pillars for the imperial court. ”

Huang Jincheng was silent and didn't say anything. No matter how good Yongjiahou Qin Bai is, he will teach his children again, and now he is also a dignified uncle and a relative. In the past, he didn't teach his students much, but now it's better to avoid suspicion. He knew it in his own heart, and the emperor didn't speak, so what was the use of others feeling sorry for him in their hearts?

Qin Hanzhen didn't know that Huang Jincheng and Imperial Physician Shen had such a high opinion of their grandfather. She now lives a very fulfilling life every day, listening to her grandfather's lectures, she has to memorize books and practice calligraphy, and in her spare time, Qin Bai will also teach her to play chess with Qin Jian and Zhao Mo. In fact, they also brought the piano out, but now it is stored in a box, and it is inconvenient to take it on the ship. Learning to play chess can also pass the time.

Qin Hanzhen learned chess for the first time, and he was addicted to chess, so he wanted to find someone to practice chess when he had the opportunity. If Qin Jian played with her, it would definitely be a guide chess, which was not interesting. Niu doesn't understand this. Imperial Physician Shen played a good game of chess, and often played against Qin Bai, which could be said to be on a par, and Qin Hanzhen didn't have the courage to go to him. As for Huang Jincheng, he was on another ship, and there was no way to find him. So she could only play with Qin Jian or Zhao Mo, two by two, Qin Jian was about to vomit, and Zhao Mo kept silently accompanying her. She was a little embarrassed, smiled and threw the chessboard, and went back to the cabin to accompany her grandmother.

Niu's seasickness symptoms have improved greatly, and he rarely vomits, but he has been suffering from poor appetite and dizziness and fatigue, so he lies in the cabin for half a day to rest. Qin Bai had to talk to her often, or let Qin Hanzhen and Mama Hu accompany her more, but there was nothing she could do about her symptoms. Even Imperial Doctor Shen said that she was not in good health, and she could only recuperate slowly, but she couldn't skip three meals a day, and no matter how bad her appetite was, she had to eat more.

Imperial Physician Shen prescribed a heart-clearing and appetizing medicine to Niu's. Niu's was bitter and didn't want to drink it, so he was coaxed by Qin Bai to drink it. Qin Hanzhen saw that she couldn't eat, so she discussed with Mama Hu, when the boat docked, she bought flour from the shore, made noodles for Niu's, added more codes, and finally added a small spoonful of Qin pepper sauce brought by the family, and brought it to Niu's face, she smelled the fragrance, and suddenly her index finger moved, and she ate most of the bowl in one go.

After eating the noodles, Niu Shi also said repeatedly: "This sauce is really fragrant, this noodles are gluten enough! I think this bite has been a long time, but it is inconvenient to cook on the boat, so I am embarrassed to mention it." ”

Qin Hanzhen smiled and said to Mama Hu: "Look, I said that grandmother will definitely be appetizing when she eats this sauce." ”

Mama Hu said funny: "Mrs. really wants to eat this, just give me an order, what is there to be embarrassed about by my family?"

Niu Shi smiled dryly, and said, "Is there any more sauce left? Bring me two more spoonfuls?"

This time, Qin Hanzhen couldn't rely on it: "Grandmother, you are not in good health, you still have to eat more light things." For this chili sauce, one small spoonful is enough. If you want to eat, let's talk about it tomorrow? Don't spoil your stomach. ”

Niu was reluctant, and when he saw Qin Bai turn his head to look at her, he whispered yes.

Since then, she has started to eat hot sauce noodles every two days, and after eating, she began to look forward to the day after tomorrow.

Qin Bai and his entourage had a smooth ride, and the speed was quite fast along the way, and it didn't take long for them to cross Shandong and enter the boundary of Jiangsu. During this time, they spent the Mid-Autumn Festival on the ship. The weather is getting cooler, the autumn wind is getting stronger, and there are many more boats carrying grain on the canal, which are transporting autumn grain from all over the world to Beijing. The canal was not very spacious in the first place, and as soon as there were too many boats carrying grain, the river became clogged.

The advance speed of the two fleets of Qin Bai and Huang Jincheng was greatly affected, and they had to slow down. When the grain enters Beijing, according to the rules, the idle officials and merchant ships must give way. Huang Jin wanted to continue to play his banner and let the grain ship make way for him, Qin Bai personally went over to persuade him: "Although we are acting on the emperor's orders, we have no choice but to make a secret decree, and it is not easy to publicize." Didn't you ruin your reputation by ordering the grain ships to make way for you? When the imperial historian visited you, he didn't know that you were ordered by order. ”

Huang Jincheng said helplessly: "We can't be blocked here, right? We are only six or seven boats, and after the past, those grain ships can continue to go north, and it will not hinder anything." But if we don't get out of the way, there will be more and more ships of grain in the future, and God knows how many days they will be delayed on the road?"

Qin Bai smiled and said, "It's okay, if it's late today, let's find a dock to dock." Tomorrow morning, I will let my boat go first, and you will follow. ”

Huang Jincheng was puzzled: "Hou Ye means ......"

Qin Bai's meaning is very simple: "I am a marquis who is idle at home, and I am a relative, I can still afford one or two excerpts from me." Don't get you wrong. ”

Huang Jincheng opened his mouth, closed it again, got up and solemnly saluted Qin Bai.

Since then, Huang Jincheng seems to have a lot of respect for Qin Bai, and he has added two points of closeness, and occasionally comes over to talk to him at night and play a game of chess. Huang Jincheng also plays a good hand of chess, and his chess style and Imperial Doctor Shen are two extremes. Imperial Physician Shen plays fine chess, paying attention to every step. Huang Jincheng is wide open and close, and sometimes the sword goes sideways, which is unguardable. Qin Bai can play a strong game with Imperial Doctor Shen, but he is a little unaccustomed to Huang Jincheng's chess style, and occasionally loses a few games. But Qin Hanzhen, Zhao Mo and Qin Jian, the three juniors, were watching the battle, but they were thrilled and a little more nervous than the parties involved.

Life on the ship seems to be quite interesting, but the most enjoyable thing is the days when I received a letter from the capital.

Every two or three days, Huang Jincheng would always receive letters from fast horses on land, and I don't know who sent them to him, and occasionally one or two letters from Qin Zhonghai or Qin Ping would be included. At this time, Qin Hanzhen, Qin Jian and Zhao Mo, who got the news, would always run around Qin Bai and Niu's two elders to help read the news sent from the family letter.

Because of the distance, the information in the family letter is already a little behind, but it is better than not knowing anything.

Qin Zhonghai's family letter mentioned that everything was fine in the long house, and he also asked his son about his homework, but the letter was not long. Attached to the back is the letter dictated by Yao and written by Qin Jinhua, but it is long and verbose. They mentioned that there were some interesting things in the family recently, and said that the mother and daughter went to the Shu Wangfu with the wife of Chengenhou Xu to participate in the tea party, and Qin Jinhua also made friends with the second county lord of Shanyang Wangfu, as well as the county lord and county lord of the other two royal mansions, and the second county lord of Shanyang Wangfu was planning to hold a flower viewing party at home and invited the little sister to come and visit. Yao's birthday is in September, not far away, Qin Jinhua prepared a pair of jade rings for her as a gift, but she always felt that it was not good enough, and asked her brother if he had any good ideas.

Qin Ping's family letter also first said that he was okay with Brother Zi'er, and then mentioned Qin An in Datong. Zhang Wanquan's family returned to Datong and also brought Mama Lu and others. Qin An read his father's letter, and had already dispelled the idea of formally setting up a wine to invite a concubine, so he simply placed a table of wine, and then accepted the golden ring as a room, and asked her to take care of her little daughter, and leave the housework to Mama Lu for the time being. He also said that his youngest daughter's health has improved now, but after the full moon, He Shi, who is not in good health, suddenly disappeared from the nunnery for some reason, and took away his henchman Yanhong and all his belongings.

Some people said that they saw He going in the direction of Linxian.