"Hey~hey~"

On the spacious cement road leading from Tianjin to the capital, a neat sound of trumpets sounded on the cement road, and hundreds of strong men were shirtless, dragging ropes, and dragging a big whale on the cement road.

The whale was so big that everyone who saw it along the way couldn't help but stop and watch, and thousands of people gathered on both sides of the road to watch the excitement and talk about the behemoth in front of them.

For whales, a behemoth in the sea, only a few days ago, some people in Tianjin had seen it, and most of them had never seen such a huge fish.

This whale is eight feet long, like a house, and you will be shocked just by looking at it.

"Oh my God, there really is such a big fish, just now I thought Chen was bragging."

"Isn't it, what a big fish, I'm afraid there are tens of thousands of catties."

In the tea shed, everyone didn't have the heart to drink tea, they all looked at the big whales on the road, and opened their mouths wide one by one, even the owner of the tea shed, Xiao'er, and Aunt Fan, her daughter and daughter-in-law, who were busy in the back kitchen, came out to see the excitement.

"Hehe, why did I say that I was honest?"

Chen Laoshi said slightly proudly at this time: "This whale is even bigger than the one I saw a few days ago, and the weight of this whale is probably more than 100,000 catties." ”

"More than 100,000 catties?"

The people in the tea shed couldn't help but widen their eyes again.

"100,000 catties is a conservative estimate, this is a Kunpeng in the sea, of course it is not an ordinary thing, this whale is enough for tens of thousands of people to eat for a day."

Chen Laoshi smiled and said, as if this whale was caught by him.

"Big guy, work hard, take a break here in the tea shed in front, everyone have a sip of tea and something to eat."

Next to the big whale, Zhu Houzhao rode a tall horse and followed the huge whale, he looked at the tea shed in front of him, looked at the sun in the sky, and said loudly.

Originally, such a thing naturally did not need to be personally presented by His Royal Highness the Prince, but now, he was very excited, and he couldn't wait to return to the capital immediately and dedicate this big whale to his father and mother, so he didn't even sit in the carriage, just rode a horse and followed all the way.

"Hey~hey~"

Hearing Zhu Houzhao's words, the people in charge of pulling the whale also immediately quickened their pace and pulled forward hard, striving to get to the tea shed as soon as possible to have a good rest.

"Dog, what are you still doing in a daze, don't go to the tea shed here, let the owner of the tea shed prepare tea and snacks as soon as possible, if I delay my brave whale general into Beijing, I will kick you to death."

Zhu Hou took care of the big whale beside him, the whole person was proud, and then looked at Liu Jin, who was also riding a horse and following behind his buttocks, and couldn't help but scold.

"Yes, Childe~"

Liu Jin hurriedly replied with a smile, and hurriedly rode his horse towards the tea shed.

"Who's the boss here?"

Liu Jin came to the tea shed and immediately asked loudly.

"I am, I am, I don't know what to command?"

When Hu Dalang heard this, he immediately replied with a smile.

"Bang~"

Liu Jin directly dropped a piece of silver ingots and said: "Hurry up and prepare more tea and food, wait for these people under my command to come over to drink tea and eat, and give me all the money, if it's not enough, hurry up and buy it for me, don't delay my big event." ”

Liu Jin is naturally obedient and well-behaved to Zhu Houzhao, but his attitude towards ordinary people like Hu Dalang is naturally high.

"Yes~ Yes, I'll let people prepare immediately."

Hu Dalang picked up the silver ingots sitting on his seat, weighed it slightly, and then bit it with his teeth, and suddenly his eyes lit up and he nodded back.

Liu Jin saw that the other party had accepted the money to do something, and nodded with satisfaction, so he turned around and went directly to Zhu Houzhao.

"Sister, you hurry up and call all the people in the village to help, and then let people pick up the free tea and everything in the house."

"Boss, you go back to the village and borrow a honeycomb coal stove, and borrow some more chairs."

"Second brother, if you go to Aunt Li's house on the other side and have anything to eat and drink, ask her to get all of them, and count the money with her later."

"Second brother, hurry up and dive, these hundreds of people's tea, without a few buckets will definitely not work."

"This time, we're in for a big deal."

Hu Dalang turned around and began to command his sons and daughters, the big business of these hundreds of people, the big ingot of five taels of silver, this is definitely a big deal.

Hearing Hu Dalang's words, his son and daughter also began to get busy quickly, preparing tea, snacks, food and something, and hundreds of people came to drink tea and eat at once, which was enough for Hu Dalang's family to be busy for a long time.

"Hey~hey~"

The neat trumpet sounded continuously, and there were people watching the excitement on both sides of the road, and there were many people following behind them to move forward slowly, while watching the big whale and constantly discussing.

Inside a four-wheeled carriage, Liu Jin looked very bored.

This speed is too slow, I don't know when I can get to the capital, sitting in this four-wheeled carriage the whole person is drowsy, but there is a loud horn outside, I can't sleep at all.

"If only you had a mobile phone, watch a movie, and time flies."

Liu Jin couldn't help but miss the life of the next generation, come to a Ge You to lie down and play with his mobile phone, there is nothing more comfortable than this.

"Let's take a look at these four books and five classics, it's going to be autumn in a while, no matter what, I'm going to go through the motions, so I can also experience this ancient imperial examination."

Shaking his head slightly, Liu Jin reluctantly picked up a book from his side and read it, it is now the end of June, and after July, it is August, and August is the day of autumn.

The imperial examination is a major event in the imperial court in this era, especially the triennial Luncai Ceremony, which is highly valued by the emperor and ordinary people.

Liu Jin is also a talent talent now, well, he is still a famous talent in Changli County, and he is already a talent when he is young.

In Changli County and even Yongping Mansion, and even in the entire capital and Beizhili area, he Liu Jin is also a famous person, everyone is paying attention to him, in addition to Xiucai's fame, Liu Jin is also considered by everyone to be a son of a master.

Liu Jin is also very clear that there are countless pairs of eyes looking at him in this autumn season, so even if there are a thousand or ten thousand people who don't like to read these four books and five classics, Liu Jin still has to take a look, and even take time out to practice calligraphy every day.

No matter how the article is written, at least the word should be written beautifully, and the appearance should be at least better.

"Master, there is a tea shed in front, His Royal Highness has ordered, everyone rests here in the tea shed, rests and then leaves."

At this time, Liu Jin's cheap student Tong Yuan came over and said.

"Where are you now?"

Liu Jin nodded, looked outside and asked.

"I've arrived in Wuqing, and I guess I'll be able to get to Beijing in the afternoon."

Tong Yuan hurriedly replied.

"It's been slow enough."

When Liu Jin heard this, he was immediately helpless.

The whale was just too big, too heavy.

In order to transport this whale to the capital completely and smoothly, Liu Jin also racked his brains and used a thick wooden plank, and put some round wooden sticks of the same size under the thick plank.

Hundreds of people in front of them are constantly dragging whales, and next to them are people constantly laying in front with wooden sticks, which is equivalent to having wheels, which can greatly save effort and facilitate transportation.

Otherwise, in this era, it is almost impossible to transport such a large whale to the capital more than 100 kilometers away.

Fortunately, the cement road leading to the capital in Tianjin has been repaired in front, and the cement road is also built wide enough, straight enough, if it is the original old official road, potholes, and very narrow, even if there is this method, it is impossible to transport such a big whale to the capital.

"Teacher, this is already very fast, and it is already very difficult and difficult for such a big whale to be transported to the capital."

Tong Yuan said with a smile, he was still very satisfied with the current speed, and after a few days of walking, he was finally going to the capital.

"Forget it, let's go have some tea and something to eat first."

Liu Jin didn't dwell on this matter anymore.

The huge team has come to Aunt Fan's tea shed, and soon, the team pulling whales stopped one after another, and they came to the tea shed in a swarm, and suddenly the entire tea shed became extremely lively.

Liu Jin left a table for Zhu Houzhao and Liu Jin very carefully, and wiped it carefully, so that the store was full of all kinds of food.

"Lao Liu, you are still so good that you can think of such a way, otherwise I really don't know how to transport this big whale to the capital."

Zhu Houzhao took a sip of tea and ate a big bun in one bite, without the image of the crown prince at all, looking like the many coolies who were shirtless and rushing to eat next to him.

While eating, he didn't forget to talk to Liu Jin.

"Your Highness has won the prize, although this method can transport whales to the capital, but this speed is too slow, this more than 100 kilometers of road has been walked for a few days, and this whale is no longer fresh."

"In the future, we still have to find a way to specially design a carriage that can transport big whales."

Liu Jin smiled and shook his head and said.

"There's no need, this whale is too big and weighs too much, and it will be more convenient to dismember it and transport it in the future, not to mention what carriage can hold such a big whale?"

Zhu Houzhao thought for a while and shook his head and said, "This time, I am also a gift to my father and mother, otherwise I would not have made so much effort to transport this whale into the capital." ”

Fan Auntie's tea shed, with the arrival of hundreds of people, became extremely busy, Fan Auntie's family was busy, and at the same time, even the invited people from the same village were very busy.

"This son, in Xia Tu Jiangnan, may I ask if this whale is your son?"

Inside the tea shed, the middle-aged man in extraordinary clothes came to Zhu Houzhao's side with a smile on his face, his eyesight is quite good, although Zhu Houzhao's eating appearance is relatively vulgar now, but he can see at a glance that Zhu Houzhao in front of him is a great nobleman, as for Liu Jin on the side, although he is also extraordinary, but he is far inferior to Zhu Houzhao.

"yes, what's wrong?"

Zhu Houzhao glanced at Tu Jiangnan, and didn't care too much about him at all.

"Such a big whale can be killed, and Childe must be extraordinary, which is really admirable."

Tu Jiangnan not only has eyesight, but also is very good at talking, he knows that young people of Zhu Houzhao's age are all self-righteous and need to be recognized by others, so he also said with a smile.

"Haha, of course, I shot this whale directly with one shot, and when I saw that there was no wound on the whale's back, I used a harpoon gun and shot it with one shot."

When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he immediately smiled on his face, and his attitude suddenly changed a lot, and he pointed to a stool on the side and said, "Sit down." ”

"Gongzi Xie~"

Tu Jiangnan thanked him, and sat down unceremoniously, he had a lot to ask, and it was naturally best to be able to sit down and talk.

Liu Jin noticed Tu Jiangnan when he came to say hello, looked at him carefully, and Tu Jiangnan also smiled at each other and nodded, which can be regarded as a greeting.

"I haven't consulted the two honorable names yet."

Now that you've sat down, it's indispensable to get to know each other.

"My name is Zhu Er, and this is Liu Da."

Zhu Houzhao said very perfunctorily.

"Uh..."

Liu Jin and Tu Jiangnan were both slightly stunned, this Zhu Houzhao is too perfunctory, Zhu Er, Liu Da, this random name will not be so perfunctory, people can see it at once.

"It turned out to be Zhu Gongzi and Liu Gongzi."

Tu Jiangnan quickly returned to normal, since the other party was unwilling to say his true identity, then forget it, there was no need to force it, but he was able to guess some of it now.

Most of the Zhu Gongzi in front of him are from the palace, and Liu Jin who is following him is definitely a eunuch in the palace, and only the nobles in the palace can make a eunuch serve so wholeheartedly.

As for Liu Jin on the side, he has an extraordinary bearing, a handsome spirit, and at a glance, he knows that he is the son of a wealthy family.

"Don't dare to be~"

Liu Jin smiled and arched his hand and said to the other party.

"To be honest, I'm very interested in this whaling, I don't know if Zhu Gongzi and Liu Gongzi can tell me about this whaling."

After some polite acquaintance, Tu Jiangnan also said with a smile.

"Haha, you're asking the right question."

Zhu Houzhao is now looking for a good way to brag about his bravery, Liu Jin has no interest in him boasting about whaling, which makes him very depressed, as for Liu Jin, a dog thing, he has been following him, and there is no point in chatting with him, and now when he heard Tu Jiangnan's words, he immediately bragged happily to Tu Jiangnan.

"This whaling at sea, you must buy a special whaling ship manufactured by Tianjin Shipyard, other ships can't, whales are gods in the sea, the strength is too great, ordinary ships will be damaged by whales."

"Let me tell you, the most important thing in whaling in the sea is the harpoon attack, you must be accurate..."

Zhu Houzhao began to talk to Tu Jiangnan endlessly about whaling in the sea, and the whole person was talking about his eyebrows and dancing, and his voice was colorful.

Tu Jiangnan has been listening carefully, and from time to time he also has an appropriate compliment, praising Zhu Houzhao's bravery, which makes Zhu Houzhao even more energetic, and tells everything he knows and learns about whaling.

This made Liu Jin on the side also couldn't help but shake his head slightly, this Zhu Houzhao is still a little younger after all, some people praise a few words, and they can't hide any secrets.

"Zhu Gongzi is really brave and invincible, and he will be invincible in the future."

After talking for half an hour, everyone was already full of food and drink, ready to go on the road again, Zhu Houzhao had just finished speaking, and Tu Jiangnan was also very interested in complimenting, which made Zhu Houzhao's happy little eyes narrow, and he was about to regard this Tu Jiangnan as a confidant all of a sudden.

"Childe, we are also continuing on the road, otherwise we may not be able to reach the capital today."

Liu Jin looked at the sun, then looked at the people who had rested, and reminded in a low voice.

"Zhu Gongzi, how about we go to sea together to hunt whales next time we come to Tianjin?"

Tu Jiangnan saw that the other party was leaving, and he also proposed with a smile.

"Okay, that's a deal."

"Liu Jin, you and Mr. Tu Jiang contact each other, leave contact information, and next time we go to Tianjin, we will go to sea together to hunt whales."

When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he naturally agreed happily, and at the same time looked at Liu Jin and said: "Old Liu, why don't we go together next time, you don't know how powerful I am, no matter how powerful a big whale I can shoot with one shot." ”

"Well, I'm not interested in whaling~"

Liu Jin didn't even think about it, and refused directly.

"Lao Liu, I doubt that you are a real man, if you are a real man, you should go to sea to hunt whales."

Zhu Houzhao looked at Liu Jin carefully again, and suddenly said something out of nowhere.

“…….”

Liu Jin was speechless for a moment.