The people who sailed the seas in this era were adventurers. Although the Galen was a sea vessel, Captain Field wanted to try river boating whenever he had the chance. However, when he saw the rushing flood, he changed his mind and asked Father Hawke to get people off the boat. They continued to drive to Guangzhou, bought goods and returned to Europe.

Hawke persuaded, "There is no good for a sin royal family like you. ”

"We are merchants!" said Field. Businessmen do not do loss-making business. If the priest had mercy, he could have disembarked and gone with them. Where there is calamity, the Lord's gospel is needed even more. ”

Hawke choked: "We're not making a one-shot deal!" ”

Field glanced at Hawke, "I only have one ship, and I'm not interested in taking risks." Crossing the ocean is full of dangers, and maybe I can only buy and sell with a hammer. You've got to work happily with the Royals, but I don't. I need God's blessing even more. ”

Hawke was speechless, Field was a pure businessman, and it was his nature to seek advantage and avoid disadvantage. They don't have to go inland to return with a full load, they are curious about the inland that has never been opened, and they are in the mood to seek business opportunities, but they will instinctively calculate the input-output ratio. Hawke secretly scolded a mercenary businessman, but he had cooperated for a long time, knew the other party's temperament, and simply gave up persuasion. But he always wanted to get off the ship and find a place to preach. There are already many missionaries in Guangzhou, and the inland land is vast and populous, and I didn't have the opportunity to enter it before, but now I know a county lord, which is God's will. It would be better if the county lord could be religious. Hawke thought about it for a long time, but decided to follow Xu Jingchang to the mainland to have a look. Even if you can build a church.

Xu Jingchang and the others all gathered on the deck to watch the flood. Hawke walked up to him: "It seems that things are not good. ”

Ting Fang looked at the dark clouds in the sky, which were not very terrifying: "On the way we came, the weather was fine. It was a great flood upstream. ”

Hawke asked, "Are you still going?" ”

Xu Jingchang said: "You have to wait for the water to recede before you can go." "The water is turbulent, the slender men along the coast have long been gone, and there are some sections of the Yangtze River that can't rely on sails alone.

Hawke was silent for a moment: "Captain Field doesn't want to go inland anymore. ”

Xu Jingchang didn't have any hope for foreigners, so he only said lightly: "Oh." ”

Ting Fang said: "In this case, dock and get off the boat." "They still have a lot of things to do, and they don't have time to grind their teeth with a foreign devil.

Hawke said: "I want to go to Jiangxi with you." ”

Ting Fang admired Hawke's obsession with preaching, and said indispensably: "Whatever you want." ”

Douzi said indignantly: "They don't talk much!" ”

Who believes the words of foreign devils and who is stupid! Ting Fang didn't say much, their luggage was very small, they were ready to buy it on the ground, but they encountered an accident on the road. After packing quickly, the big boat just docked, and Ting Fang and the others left neatly. Field looked at the overly talkative "royalty" line, and for some reason, his heart was a little worried. The royal families of various countries have seen some of them, and they are too easy to talk, right? Isn't it really holding back? But the person is gone, regret is useless, it is better to run away. There are so many merchant ships, His Royal Highness the county lord may not remember them.

Xu Jingchang is accustomed to walking in the south of the Yangtze River and is very familiar with Songjiang. After getting off the boat, I found a carriage and walked directly to the inn I knew each other. The innkeeper hadn't seen Xu Jingchang for two years, so he came over with a smile: "Boss Xu, long time no see!" But made a fortune elsewhere? I can't look down on our Songjiang Mansion anymore. ”

Xu Jingchang bowed directly to the shopkeeper: "Is there a free yard?" ”

The shopkeeper hurriedly asked, "Do you want to be good?" ”

Xu Jingchang nodded: "I brought Neiko, please prepare a clean one." ”

The shopkeeper hurriedly gave up his hand again: "It turns out that you are married, congratulations." As he spoke, he called the shopkeeper and led Xu Jingchang and his party to the courtyard. The shopkeeper quietly looked at Ting Fang, who got off the carriage, and secretly said that the girl alone brought six. is still a pot-bellied woman. Why are you not at home and running around? Didn't you take it home when you had a big belly outside? Look again, there is also a foreigner in the team, dressed as a priest. The shopkeeper knew how knowledgeable he was, and he knew that they were jumping up and down to preach, so he pretended not to see them.

The courtyard of the two entrances is very quiet, Xu Jingchang is used to wandering outside, and he has arranged his residence after dividing five by two. Qian Lianggong was still a little uncomfortable when he first got off the ship, and only felt that the land was more shaky than the cabin. Seeing this, Ting Fang had to send someone to rest. The doctor hurriedly caught up, and then checked Tingfang's pulse, but there was still nothing, and he was extremely impressed by Tingfang's physical fitness.

Ting Fang entered the house and picked up a random place to sit down. Cuirong opened her luggage in an orderly manner, looking for things that could be used. After a while, he replied: "I don't have much to do, I have to buy some supplements." ”

Xu Jingchang said: "Songjiang has been prosperous since ancient times, so we will rest for a day and buy it tomorrow." The water is rising upstream, and we can't sail for a while, so we have to stay for a while. Saying that, he glanced at Ting Fang worriedly, and the longer it dragged on, the closer it was to the delivery. The inn usually taboos to have children, so you have to buy a small house in Songjiang as soon as possible to settle down, so as not to catch Tingfang off guard when she suddenly gives birth.

Ting Fang frowned and said, "Let the person inquire about where the water is rising." How many more days has it risen? ”

Xu Jingchang said: "I know best if I ask the shopkeeper about this matter, Cuirong, you go and talk to Mr. Qian's little guy and ask him to ask the shopkeeper to talk." ”

The shopkeeper of the inn usually sells information part-time and is often consulted by merchants. Hearing that Xu Jingchang wanted to inquire about something, he knew that the windfall was coming, and he came in in a hurry. As soon as he entered the door, he smiled and asked, "What does Boss Xu want to know?" The villain knows everything and says everything. ”

Xu Jingchang said half-truthfully: "Neiko is about to give birth, and I want to rush back to Jiangxi to give birth, but I saw that the Yangtze River was flooding, but there was a disaster upstream?" ”

The shopkeeper is big. The leg said: "Ouch, Boss Xu doesn't know." It's been up for a while! I heard from the merchants who fled that it had rained heavily for seven or eight days in Anhui and Jiangxi, and that there were also disasters in Hubei and Hunan...... Tsk, the river is full of corpses! Our prefect of Songjiang was frightened, beware of the plague, and did not allow the people to drink raw water. Madame is from Jiangxi? That's not a good way to go back. It's that the water receded, and there was a plague immediately, and Mrs. is now looking, but it's good that she was born in Songjiang. ”

Ting Fang said in her heart, when she gave birth to daylily, it would be cold! Busy asked: "What are the specific places where there is a disaster, can the shopkeeper understand?" ”

The shopkeeper shook his head: "Whenever there is a disaster, there are always rumors flying all over the sky." I don't know if it's true or not, so I don't dare to tell my wife nonsense. If Madame wants to know, I should ask the merchants in Jiangxi personally. ”

Xu Jingchang said: "That's slow, you first find an economy for me, I want to buy a clean house." No matter how big or small, you have to wait for someone to live in it. ”

The shopkeeper was embarrassed: "There are many rich families along the river with big boats, and when the flood comes, they will run to Songjiang with their families." Nowadays, Songjiang is full of people who buy houses, but I am afraid that it will be a little expensive. It was also a coincidence that a merchant left, otherwise our family would have asked someone to rent it. ”

Xu Jingchang said: "You look for me first, I really haven't thought of a way." ”

The shopkeeper said, "Okay." As he spoke, he looked at Tingfang's stomach again, "How many days is Boss Xu going to stay?" ”

Xu Jingchang was really taboo in his heart, so he said: "I have to buy a house." ”

Ting Fang said: "Why bother like that. We don't live in Songjiang permanently, so we have to sell if we buy it. ”

The shopkeeper hurriedly said: "It's not bad for a few dollars, it's still comfortable to live in your own house." ”

Ting Fang has been in Qinglou for three years, and she has heard some customs from all over the world, and she knows that the shopkeeper wants to make people. In ancient times, childbirth was too risky, and it was accompanied by various legends and bad luck in the blood room. If she is born here, the shopkeeper will have to spend a lot of money to ask the Taoist priest to recite the scriptures, and she will not be able to rent it out for at least half a year. It's not easy to make a living, Tingfang didn't want to be embarrassed by it, so she said: "Take my seal to the prefect's yamen and ask his family to borrow a house." "The prefect of Songjiang, if you are not greedy, you can't sit in this position. There are seven or eight individual courtyards, and they won't have any opinions if they borrow one for a while. It's not that she's stingy, it's really that there are too many troubles to buy a house at this time, and there is still something to do next, where is the time to grind her teeth with the economic government.

The shopkeeper was shocked, and he didn't know where Tingfang came from. Although everyone in the world knows that the imperial court canonized a county lord of the opposite sex and married the son of the original Dingguo family. But there are many people surnamed Xu in the world, and the shopkeeper doesn't know that the person in front of him is the county lord of Donghu who has been chewing his tongue for a long time. can say lightly that he went to borrow the prefect's house, and the shopkeeper immediately changed his mind: "It's not good to move around, Boss Xu won't dislike it, so he will live first." Nowadays, buying a house is really not cost-effective. ”

Xu Jingchang said: "It's better to find it for me." Besides, we have not eaten in peace on the ship for several days. Concentrate white rice and serve it with some delicate and refreshing side dishes. Let's go to the restaurant, your chef is too ordinary. ”

The shopkeeper has dealt with Xu Jingchang several times, and knows that he is not a picky person, and the meticulous orders must be for the sake of his wife. The afterglow swept over Ting Fang, sitting straight on the chair, his hands naturally folded on his knees, and at first glance, he had a good family education, thinking that she was an official girl. With a clear idea, he quit and asked people to order food from the best restaurant.

Xu Jingchang had to ask Tingfang: "The child didn't make a fuss, right?" ”

Ting Fang shook his head: "You rest for a while, and after eating, go to the prefect's yamen, he must know some news." I don't know if my grandfather is safe, and what about Nanchang City? I also had to get a letter to contact the second brother of the house in Donghu and ask for food to come over for disaster relief. Then we hurriedly collected alum, we went to Jiangxi, the river water was dirty, first precipitated with alum, and then boiled before drinking. ”

Xu Jingchang worried: "Your stomach is ......"

Ting Fang was annoyed: "Huai. Pregnancy is so inconvenient and so troublesome! ”

Xu Jingchang sneered: "I'm already pregnant......"

Ting Fang took a deep breath and said calmly: "It's a little ugly to say, now is our opportunity." I wanted to learn from that evil. Teach, moisturize things and control Jiangxi silently. Now after the flood, it can be cut off directly. Only human life is pitiful. ”

Xu Jingchang said: "Do you want to collect the victims?" ”

Ting Fang nodded: "That's why we have to transfer food for disaster relief." No matter what our purpose is, the world will always be the world of His Highness, and the people will always be His Highness's people. Whether it is from public morality or selfishness, the disaster must be saved. Otherwise, what is the use of the Son of Heaven? ”

Xu Jingchang said: "We have limited food, give priority to saving Jiangxi?" ”

Ting Fang said: "There's no way, you can save as much as you can." ”

Xu Jingchang nodded: "I'll write a letter first and ask the outside merchants to take it to East Lake." Let's wait in Songjiang for the time being. You rest first, and I'll come when I go. ”

Ting Fang touched her stomach and said, "Okay." 166 Reading Network