Since the Yuan Dynasty Huang Daopo, Songjiang cotton cloth in the world, has the "clothes of the world" said, Songjiang has naturally become the center of the national cotton textile industry, followed by the development of traffic, transportation.

The journey from Songjiang to Hangzhou is generally from Qingpu County to take a boat from Dahuangpu to Xuedian Lake, and then from Cixi to Jiaxing, and then rush to the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal flowing through Jiaxing by land, and take a boat to Hangzhou.

The advantage of this route is that it is fast, but the disadvantage is that it takes one or two days to travel by land, and it is not much distance, but Qian Yuan, who was nervous, chose another road.

Standing at the bow of the boat, Qian Yuan looked down at the rolling river, and then turned back to look into the distance, if I remember correctly, the so-called "Huangpu into the sea" happened in the Jiajing period, and it was presided over by the famous Hai Rui.

"Young Master Yuan, the journey to the Wusong River is much longer, and it is against the current, and it will take about seven or eight days to reach Hangzhou." The horse steward whispered respectfully.

Qian Yuan was silent for a while before saying, "Stay away from the maritime merchants, be safe." ”

Ma Guan pouted in advance, and then looked up in surprise, this young master Yuan has never been out of Songjiang since he was a child, except for last year's college examination and township examination, he only knows how to read on weekdays, but he didn't expect to be proficient in geography.

Haiyan County and Haining County, which are very close to the coastline along the road of Xuedian Lake and Jiaxing, have been invaded by Japanese pirates in the past few years, but since two years ago, Ding Zhan, the deputy envoy of Haidao, and Wang Zhi, a maritime merchant, joined forces, and the imperial court reinstated the governor of Zhejiang, there are not many traces of Japanese pirates on the land along the southeast coast, and Zhejiang has only been frequently disturbed by Japanese invaders in Taizhou.

Modern people rarely specialize in geography in their lives, but the relevant key points are often imperceptibly engraved in their minds, Qian Yuan spent most of his previous life in Hangzhou and Shanghai, of course, he is very familiar with the geographical environment of this part of the region, the line is not far from the Zhoushan Islands, and the most important thing is time......

Qian Yuan didn't explain anything to Steward Ma's consolation, and he couldn't explain it, could he let himself carefully say that today's maritime trade is just a tacit acquiescence of the local government, and the central government is absolutely not allowed.

From the Wusong River into the Taihu Lake and then from the tributaries to the Suzhou wharf, and then from the Grand Canal straight down to Hangzhou, this is the safest route, even if it is not fortunate to encounter the Japanese rebellion, it is relatively safe, after all, the Cao soldiers on the canal rely on the boat to eat, will not just flee like the guards.

Now that we have come to this age, we must make the most of those "prophets" as much as possible.

"Young Master Yuan, wait for me to touch two perch and come up for wine!" A few young people at the stern of the boat, who rarely traveled, were full of interest and shouted.

Steward Ma glanced at the past, wondering what Qian Yuan was doing when he went out with these half-sized children, he didn't know how to serve people, and he didn't have much eyesight, I don't know if Qian Yuan is still in the filial piety period now.

"When the autumn wind is good, the water of Wujiang is full of perch fat." Qian Yuan muttered a few words, smiled and shouted at the stern: "Zhang San, go down and touch a few more tails when you stop the boat, and use them to make wine for the horse steward." ”

These teenagers are tenants of the Qian family, Qian Yuan was absent from the township test and returned to Songjiang for a few months, once met when he was recuperating in Zhuangzi outside the city, this time the Qian family suffered an accident, and the only few servants in the family died with their father and brother, and Qian Yuan had to recruit them.

But maybe it will work...... Qian Yuan stared at the leading young man who was not tall but extremely stout.

Three days later, the ship finally arrived in Suzhou, although it was still in the first month, but the wharf was already crowded, the carriages were flowing endlessly, the shouting and scolding were constantly sounding, and occasionally the neighing of horses rowed by, followed by the sound of long whips rolling in the air.

The shore is densely packed with large and small ships, although they are dotted but there is a way to advance and retreat, and passenger ships and cargo ships are classified and do not interfere with each other.

Qian Yuan stared at this scene intently, in a modern society with extremely developed transportation, such a lively scene could not be seen on the riverbank.

I just don't know what the fate of this canal will be in the coming southeast rebellion...... Although Qian Yuan was very interested in history in his previous life, he did not graduate from history after all, and many things were only half-understood, and the time point was not clear.

However, there are some unique points in time that Qian Yuan can still remember, which is why he dared to go to Hangzhou.

Half an hour later, the Qian family's boat finally docked on the dock, Qian Yuan and his party did not have much luggage, and quickly packed up and disembarked, at this time, an official ship slowly docked at the dock, a servant quickly set up the pedal, and the two old men on the bow of the boat were whispering something.

Qian Yuan squinted and looked at it for a while, then looked at the crowded dock, waved his hand and ordered the horse steward to lead people to clear a piece of the field.

Zhang San asked a few words in a puzzled low voice, and the horse steward slapped him on the back of the head, and glanced at Qian Yuan while explaining, "I didn't see a white lantern hanging on the boat, people are helping the coffin to return home." ”

Qian Yuan nodded slightly, and was about to say something, when suddenly his ears moved, he walked forward quickly, stretched out his hand and shouted, "Be careful of the pedal!" ”

The old man, who was about to get off the boat, slowed down, and the servants serving on the side couldn't help but be frightened when they looked at it, and the middle of the pedal had cracked a few large cracks at some point, and it was crumbling in the air.

The servant stretched out his foot and stepped hard, the pedal made a "creaking" sound and broke into two and fell into the river, if there was no reminder from Qian Yuan, the old man would have fallen into the river, the river water was cold and biting this year, even if he did not have a serious illness, it was enough to bear it.

In the chaos on the ship, Qian Yuan had already taken people away, not because he was virtuous and did not expect to repay his kindness, but because he knew this truth, and he often got the most rewards for making a gesture of showing kindness without expecting retribution.

The group found an inn not far from the wharf to stay, and the horse steward who was very confused reported in a low voice: "The family's surname is Sun, and the accent of the servant should be from Shaoxing." ”

Qian Yuan didn't move his brows, he took care of himself with tofu and dried his meal, muttering in his heart, in his previous life, he ate tofu banquets for funerals in Shanghai, not to mention ordinary meat dishes, even seafood is everything, and now it's okay, during the period of filial piety, he can really only count on tofu to replenish his body.

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The post stations of the Ming Dynasty were divided into two categories, one was the land post and the other was the water post, the former provided chariots, horses, donkeys and mules, and porters, and the latter had boats and boats, and sailors, all of which provided food and lodging, but only for the use of officials.

In the water post not far from the wharf, there is also a tofu feast.

Sun Sheng clutched his chest and sighed, his brother is over seventy years old, once he falls into the river...... In the past year or so, the second brother died of illness, and then the mother died, if even the elder brother is gone......

Glancing at his brother Sun Kan, who was not in good spirits, Sun Sheng whispered: "Brother, it's the Qian family of Songjiang Huating, I don't know if it's the descendant of the Duke of Hetan back then." ”

"Hetan is a talented person, even two yuan, but his temperament is extreme and stubborn, and he resigned and returned home after three years of office." Sun Kan shook his head, "Last year, Jingshan Hou Cui Yuan died of illness, and it is said that he had a lot of complaints about Hetan Gong before he died. ”

The corners of Sun Sheng's mouth twitched, when Princess Yongkang married Cui Yuan, Qian Fuzui commented that Cui Yuan was unbearable, and then resigned the next year, "But today this young man is very kind." ”

Sun Kan nodded, "Tell the entourage to clean up the dock, remind the pedals in advance, and say goodbye without saying goodbye, it's a bit interesting, very your style." ”

Sun Sheng pulled the corners of his mouth and showed a smile, he was a Jinshi in the fourteenth year of Jiajing, and Han Yinglong, the champion of that department, was also from Yuyao, and died of illness in less than a year.

The government and the opposition have a unanimous evaluation of Sun Sheng: "Kindness is not reciprocated." ”

It's a pity that Sun Sheng, who was formerly the right attendant of the ministry, had a hard time understanding the way of thinking of the traverser...... There is a cost to everything, and if you decide to do it, you must use various means to obtain the most abundant benefits.