In Xiegu Village, in the west of Xugu County, a small pedal steamer carrying four people is traveling along a water net that leads from Weishui from north to south.

There were eight places on the boat, and the other four were empty, with baskets, and in the baskets were kiwis.

The people of Xiegu Village picked kiwifruit and went to Chang'an to sell it, and they used to use the ox cart in the village to go, but if a few households in the village had cattle to work with oxen, they could only walk.

If you are willing to spend two dollars, you can go to the county, where there is a black river, and then wait for a boat on the black river, and give two dollars if a boat comes.

Now it has been changed to a small boat, and it goes directly out of the village, down the river into the Heihe, all the way to Chang'an.

"Xiao Jiu, what are you going to do? Put your clothes on. ”

Since it was a downstream, four people stepped slowly, and one of the older people scolded a seventeen or eighteen-year-old man.

"Uncle Big Head, don't you know my water nature? The life jacket made of bamboo tube is tired to wear, and the boat will not have an accident. ”

The trainee muttered, but still put on the life jacket he had just taken off.

"The rules are set, wear a life jacket first when you get on the boat, and don't use the boat after you don't wear it." The big-headed uncle slowed his tone.

"Uncle Big Head is right, after all, you have to be obedient, don't think that if others can't see it, there will be no problem, can Li Dongzhu still harm us?"

Someone a little older followed.

The fourth person was a twelve or thirteen-year-old girl, and she smiled: "Little Brother Jiu, can your water nature be compared to me?" I'm wearing them all. ”

"Humph!" Xiao Jiu snorted and didn't answer.

He knew the girl's wateriness, the year before last it rained heavily, the valley was watery, and the nine-year-old girl was churning the water to save all the eleven villagers who were washed away by the water.

Last year, in Heihe, I swam directly to Chang'an City, and then swam back from Chang'an City against the current.

The point is that she brought a basket of forty eggs with her when she went, and ten pounds of salt when she returned.

Put a circle of paper in the basket and put the salt inside.

After coming back, the salt was not wet, indicating that she tread water all the way.

This kind of water, what kind of boat do you use, swim by yourself.

"Uncle Big Head, you said that this boat is less than one dollar? We take a one-way trip, four dollars, no matter how many people, one trip and one return six dollars.

When will they have to wait until they can earn the ship money back? I still like the big goose boat, it's smaller than this one, but it's roofed. ”

The little girl tidied up the life jacket on her body again, looked at the boat and asked the elders.

It was the first time she took such a steamer, and the last time she went to Chang'an, she saw the goose boat played by others in the river over there, and she was very envious and didn't want to spend money.

This time she sold kiwifruit, she came with her, otherwise she would have put kiwi in her place.

The reason she gave was that if everyone fell into the water, she could save people ashore.

The reason was strong, and the villagers admitted that she was allowed to get on board.

Uncle Datou didn't know, he estimated: "How can I get ten or eight, the village has sent six, and the village is in charge of the box for collecting money." ”

"Li Dongzhu is not afraid that we will not give money, from the village to Chang'an, there are people to take care of it, from the village to the next village, one money at a time, no one cares."

People who are two years older than the younger nine name the operation mode of the ship.

The village and the neighboring villages walk, one penny, come back also one penny.

The village goes to Chang'an, four dollars, and comes back two dollars.

The village of each village is in charge of this matter, there is a box, who wants to use a boat to throw money into the box, and the village is sending the money to Lijia Zhuangzi once a month.

There is no special person to take care of it, and the villagers rely on their self-consciousness.

"There is a village official, the village official will help you look at it." The little girl laughed when she talked about the village official, she saw the stupid village official, who didn't know how to feed the pigs.

"Isn't it enough for the village to be in charge?" Uncle Datou emphasized that there is no problem with the village.

The village belongs to the officials, isn't this just sending officials to watch?

The little girl looked left and right: "Little Brother Jiu, why don't you go to be a merchant, when there is water on the river, you take the goods from village to village." ”

She came up with a good idea, and heard that in the water town south of the Yangtze River, the merchant is not carrying a burden to sell things, but running around on the boat.

"I promise there will be, but I won't do it, I want to work with the Li family Zhuangzi in Bashui, and the proprietor Li can always find a job for everyone."

Xiao Jiu shook his head, he has a good water nature, but he doesn't like to stay on the water all day.

He looked at the wheels spinning on both sides of the boat: "Actually, this boat can be braced, the water is shallow, six to eight feet deep, and about three feet wide. ”

"Penny counter-current is too tiring, suitable for calm water and short ferries." Uncle Big Head said.

"Use it downstream, not when you go against the current." Xiao Jiu followed.

"Why do you have to hold the penny when you go downstream, it will wash away along the stream, but with a penny that is fast, this kind of boat is not very suitable."

The little girl retorted, and felt that it made sense.

The four of them pedaled the boat and chatted, not feeling tired at all.

The same situation occurred on the small rivers of Jingzhao Province, and some people had nothing to sell at all, so they casually asked their neighbors what they were selling, and set off in a bunch.

I simply want to play with this kind of ship and experience it once.

A lot of small wharves were built around Chang'an City to dock ships.

Naturally, there are several canals connecting Bashui, and the Bashui from the west and northwest is a downstream stream, and the Bashui from the south is a countercurrent.

Some boats are not well controlled, they will run into each other, and everyone is trying to separate.

Li Yi stood on the other side of the bridge and looked at it, shaking his head: "There must be a traffic rule, don't be afraid of a small boat touching a small boat, a big boat will touch a small boat, and the small boat will break." ”

"It's because the operation is not skilled, and there are many small boats on the big river that are not steamers, and they all know how to avoid the big boats."

Li Chengji stood next to him and knew the situation, many people operated the boat for the first time, and the more nervous they were, the more mistakes they made.

He came back specifically to send Haimi, Golden Hook Haimi.

What the Navy caught over there was all very small shrimp, which were brought to shore and boiled in a large pot with a little salt.

When it is cooked, it is spread out and dried, and at the same time, there will be skin on the outside of the sea rice, and this skin needs to be processed separately and beaten down.

Put the dried sea rice in the bag and start beating, hitting the skin and head off.

Through a sieve, dustpan.

The shrimp skin and shrimp head that have been knocked off can be added to the feed to feed the chickens and ducks.

Li Chengqi's seafood fishing and processing have formed a scale there, and the local people help deal with it together.

This kind of dried sea rice was transported to Chang'an by ship when there was water in the Yellow River, and the price of sea rice in Chang'an fell by 30%.

"Brother Yi, I didn't expect the people of Chang'an to love food so much, they said that the people on the seaside don't eat sea rice, they all eat big shrimp and fish."

Li Chengqi talked about the sea rice, which is all small things, far worse than prawns.

"Many people in the mainland love to eat seafood, which is the importance of transportation and commerce, especially mussels, which are made into mussels, and people at the beach also like them."

Li Yi likes to eat golden hook sea rice more and eats it as a snack.

"The road from Luoyang to Chang'an is basically repaired, and the people of Chang'an no longer have to worry about lack of things, and the imperial court does not have to go to Luoyang to eat."

Li Chengqi looked in the direction of Lantian County, and Luoyang's gallop road went to Lantian County, and then from Lantian County to Chang'an.