The light rain soaked the bluestone pavement of Huocheng, and it was a mist as far as the window could see.

In winter, if you encounter such a rainy weather, if you change your previous life, you must have secretly complained about the gloomy and damp winter in the south of the Yangtze River in your heart, but you changed your mood, looking at the drizzle and weaving obliquely, and the boat on the riverbank, but I feel that the smoke and rain in the south of the Yangtze River are very close and close.

Zhou Manyun sat on the second floor of a shop at the end of Jinyuan Street, elbowing and looking at Taohuadu, the largest ferry on the bank of Fangxi in Huocheng.

Huocheng has houses built along both sides of Fangxi, Fangxi is a famous stream, but as a tributary of the Tuojiang River, the amount of water is not small, and the river surface is also wide after trimming, meandering into the downstream Xize, where it is a big lake.

Most of the wealthy families in the city, who live on the banks of the river or have brought the water of Fangxi to the vicinity of their houses, have their own private ferries of different sizes. There are also boatmen in the city who support the canopy boats, walk along the dense water system of the city like a spider's web, and moor at the simple shore point, and the passengers on the boat have time and leisure, mostly to carry goods on the water, which is much faster and less labor-saving than carrying them on the road.

But the water depth of the whole city can berth the big ship is only the peach blossom ferry, every day there are big boats carrying goods from outside, scattered in the peach blossom ferry, and then scattered everywhere by the small boat.

The name of Man Yun's shop is "Shunyi Boat Line", which was originally the property of the Zhou family.

Originally, the boat was managed by Zhou Yang, but last year, it was divided into two by Zhou Xian. There are more than 20 large and small ships with seven or three rooms, three rooms and seven rooms, and five rooms and three.

The boat for Zhou Yang is still in use, but it also took turns to enter the dock in Xize for repairs, preparing for him to go south to Quanzhou in the future.

The boat and boat line assigned to the five rooms are Zhou Xian's pity for the five sons who died early in the eyes of outsiders. But the Zhou family knew that this was another dowry that Lao Zhou Xian specially added to Man Yun, who was poisoned by incense. There are old things and new rules pressing. Most of the Zhou family had no objection to this.

Moderately poisoned, weakly pretended. Actually, it's quite haode.

Man Yun, who was sitting against the window, raised his eyebrows, curled the corners of his mouth, and wore brocade and white boys' clothes, vaguely having the frame of a young man who was about to grow into a handsome young man.

The creaking of the wooden steps of the staircase was approaching, and Man Yun got up to look, and saw a few shopkeepers walking down the street with a fat merchant holding an umbrella.

"Second brother, are they all negotiated?" , Bai Lu, who was sitting in the house with Man Yun waiting for the news, knocked on the door with a smile and welcomed Du Xuanshuang, who looked relieved.

Du Xuanshuang nodded vigorously. Walked over to the table where Man Yun was sitting and spread out the deed in his hand.

"I'll just say that Uncle Xuanshuang will do a good job!" , Man Yun didn't look at it, and first stuffed a date for Du Xuanshuang, who tried the knife for the first time.

Since July last year, Du Xuanshuang has been learning to take care of the affairs of the shipping company by Zhou Yang's side and preparing for the takeover, but without Zhou Yang's assistance, it is the first time that he has signed a contract. He is more conscious than fighting. It is much more tiring to cut off people's heads.

"Actually, this list, Shun Xiang can't make any money." , the new shopkeeper Du, who had been praised by Man Yun and his wife for a long time, couldn't help but add two lumps of red to his face.

"We're not here to make money!" Man Yun smiled, his eyes crooked into crescent moons.

"Hmmm! Let's go back and tell Grandma the good news! Bai Lu also nodded vigorously.

Newly signed contracts. Will bring the goods to the north, to Pingzhou. Then. The Shunyi Boat Guild will leave some of its men there to set up a point, and then return south. For the shipping company that has always been in business with the south. This is also the first point to the north.

"With the help of other people's business, I went back to the Northland openly. Then we will go to the northern states to pick up some work to go south, and we will naturally be able to connect with the point where the general sent people to the south in Jeju. Taking business as a move to detect the enemy, Du Xuanshuang spoke much more naturally.

Man Yun hugged Bai Lu, pointed at Du Xuanshuang with one big and one small, and laughed uncontrollably.

"This Shengping who makes grain and grass, the shopkeeper's surname is Gao, and he has opened several branches from north to south with a few fellow villagers and brothers, and they are pouring goods from the north and south. The vision is very tricky, and before the canal is completely completed, the idea of reducing the cost of transporting goods by ship from south to north was proposed......

Sitting in the Qinggai carriage back to Zhou's house, Bai Lu pinched the encapsulated haode deed paper and whispered the information she knew.

"Boss Gao of Shengping is the first one who took the initiative to hand over the yin-yang deed signed by the third uncle to Grandpa last year?"

On that day, the surname Gao was to borrow the full moon gift from his younger brother Zhou Kai, and he met with his grandfather and leaked his secret. Moreover, Gao's shopkeeper's name is Weiming, and the word Xiliang is actually one word different from Gao Wei, which greatly reduces Manyun's impression of him.

"Yanfei, when you let Uncle Xuanshuang follow the shopkeeper Gao, be careful. The man looks fat on the surface, but he is ...... ghost", Man Yun put down the car curtain he was holding in his hand and reminded Bai Lu in a soft voice. The curtain of the car just now, which was only a slit, was just in time to see the façade with the Shengping plaque hanging high.

The rut leisurely crossed Jinyuan Street, and when the car shadow turned a corner and disappeared, the half wooden window on the second floor of the Shengping was also closed.

"The little boy who followed the Du family's lady is Zhou Shen, the sister-in-law of the Zhou family's second room?" , Gao Weiming touched his round double chin, and his eyes narrowed into a slit with a smile.

"When they came in the morning, and when they got off in front of the Shunyi Boat Company, the little one listened to the guy from the boat company's cargo shop." , a lean subordinate tied his hands and replied respectfully.

"Du Xuanshuang is the maiden family of the Wufang Du family, not to mention the surname, and the smell of soldiers cannot be hidden. The young man is also sturdy, and he looks like I was the same as when I was tall...... It's just that we have been in Nanshan for 30 years, and now we are full of flesh and fat......"

The chubby shopkeeper patted his fat belly, sighed regretfully, and said with certainty: "That's a tomboy, the sixth girl in the fifth room, Du Laohu's granddaughter!" ”

"Although Old Man Du is not a good person, but to be so bold in the south of Huo City in men's clothes, except for his family, he doesn't think about it."

After pacing back and forth indoors a few times, Gao Weiming made up his mind and sent someone to call his henchmen who were going north with the goods this time.

The whispered confession made the subordinates who received the order widen their eyes in disbelief, and said, "Shopkeeper, do this." We're going to lose money! ”

"Losing money? I'll lose your head!", a fat slap slapped on the neck of his hand. Gao Weiming hated iron and said: "Lu Harrier! When you come to Jiangnan, you really think of yourself as a business. Think about it, why did the north go all the way to give a courtesy in the first place. Let's find a chance to send it to the Zhou family's five rooms? ”

"The master intends to pass through the five rooms of the Zhou family and explore the movement......"

"Maybe I expected that the Zhou family would hook up with the Du family and get a way from Jiangnan to Yanzhou. If we provide some convenience to the people of the Du family this time, their way can be used in the future. Then, send people back to Yanzhou to ......", and after guessing with his subordinates for a long time, Gao Weiming, who could return to his homeland, narrowed his eyes. More and more excited.

Gao Weiming stood beside the desk, grabbed a thin pen with his chubby fingers, wrote a large piece of words with a brush, and informed the sworn brothers along the northbound line of the matters to be paid attention to in this business according to the specific secret letter writing method.

A passage that had never been Jihua was slowly twisted by a childish accident......

Man Yun, who returned to Zhou's mansion, first went back to his own courtyard to change his clothes and eat some snacks. In a daze with nothing to do, he estimated that it was time to feed, and tiptoed into his grandfather's cultivation hall.

Compared with the brothers and sisters who are more and more eager to study, Zhou Manyun is obviously the laziest one. Often sick people. And she was optimistic that everyone had left school before she came to Cultivating the Heart Hall, and she just wanted to report to Grandpa about the smooth sailing.

"The master is still talking to the eldest brother inside!" , Zhou Guining, whose face was full of wrinkles, waved away a few small guys on the side. Sent Man Yun to the outside of the study.

"Then I'll go back first......," Man Yun smiled sweetly. Ready to go. It's just a gesture, and there is a faint sound coming from the room. She was intrigued.

"Sixth sister, come in too!" , Zhou Xian, who was indoors, obviously heard Zhou Guining's greeting and stopped the voice he was telling.

Zhou Ke, the lobby brother, lifted the curtain, and Man Yun got in.

"Like a mouse!" , As soon as Man Yun leaned to his side, Zhou Xian immediately frowned and whispered angrily.

Grandfather looked at blaming the sixth sister, but in fact, she was the one who hurt the most. At this moment, there were only a few ten-year-old boys in the room, but Grandpa let Sister Yun and a girl come in. Zhou Ke was clear, but he was not jealous, compared to other sisters, Man Yun should get migraine.

Sitting down on a stool beside his grandfather, Man Yun saw at a glance the two holy decrees that were being spread out randomly on the table.

The things that should have been offered to the ancestral hall were put on hold like this, clearly showing Zhou Xian's contemptuous attitude.

"Sister Yun is listening right here. You continue to talk about it, the decree of the first emperor in the fifteenth year of Weishenme Yongde is not the same as the decree of the present day that has just been received, and the cause of death of your fifth uncle is not the same? Zhou Xian grabbed Man Yun's little hand and asked the grandsons in front of him softly.

When he was young, Zhou Xian left all the upbringing of his sons to the Xie family, and the tragic price he paid was unimaginable. There are good mothers in the world, but not every mother can teach her children well, and Zhou Xian doesn't dare to boast that his son is now teaching his grandchildren better, but he also tries his best to let the children figure out some things, and stop being just a voice worm that obeys the authoritative wishes of the elders like the eldest son.

Manyun's small hand sneaked towards the two decrees he had heard. Zhou Xian looked at it and pushed the two rolls of paper in the direction of Man Yun.

"The decree of the fifteenth year of Yongde is written, and the death of the fifth uncle is to catch up with the king of Liang in the Great Ci'en Temple to meet the assassin of Nanzhao Yu, and now the will is about the assassin sent by the king of Jin to seek the throne...... It should be, it's been more than a year since the fact, and the truth has been found out......", Zhou Ti's voice sounded softly, revealing a little confidenceless.

Zhou Xian smiled faintly and shook his head.

"In the fifteenth year of Yongde, the first emperor was seriously ill, and in order to ensure the tranquility of the northern and southern Xinjiang, he hid the king of Jin to plot rebellion. Now, Bixia has deprived the King of Jin from the throne and imprisoned him, so he told the truth to the world......"

"Could it be, or is it possible that the two wills are reversed?" , another voice squeaked imperceptibly.

The discussion of several brothers became more and more intense and presumptuous under Zhou Xian's connivance.

Zhou Manyun's eyes couldn't help but widen. Because of the experience of her previous life, some doubts had already turned in her heart countless times. But it still surprised her a little that Grandpa spread it out like this for her brothers to discuss.

"Not everything recorded in the history books is true, and the Son of Heaven is not infallible. In the past, the ancestor Wende Gong once said that scholars and monarchs rule the world together, and the monarch follows it, and the monarch abandons it if he is not virtuous. Those who are ministers are loyal to the country, not to be slaves of one clan and one surname......"

Zhou Xian's eloquent summary made several brothers of the Zhou family stunned when they heard it.

Man Yun was also stunned...... (To be continued......)