There is money in the pocket, there is food in the stomach, walking is much lighter, an hour or so, the two of them arrived at the small river set, today is the day of the small set, even in the afternoon, there are some farmers in the market temporarily set up stalls here, but the sale is the village can produce their own things, to the point that did not arouse Sun Xiangfu's desire to buy, he is mainly here today to get yesterday's customized fine iron pot, in addition, to see what can be used on the items, anyway, now there is money, the more the merrier.

In the grocery store, Sun Xiangfu bought a lot of goods after some selection, a thousand-character text, a set of four treasures of the study, needlework, pliers, fine twine, basins, bowls, dishes and the like also bought some, and when bargaining with the boss, he unexpectedly heard the conversation of some guests who came to shop.

"Someone on the dock selling a boat today? Vigorously, let's go see. ”

After settling the bill, the two of them walked quickly to the dock with the goods they bought, and at this time, there were already many people talking around an old man, which should be bargaining.

"Although the old man's three-sail clipper is self-made, it has been half a year and a month since it was launched, the hull is solid, not leaky, and can carry twenty stones, from here along the Weishui Chang'an, less than two hours, that is, to return against the water, when the wind is downwind, hang the sail and shake it back, and it will never exceed three hours, the empty boat is supported by a penny, and the speed is comparable to that of a fast horse."

In the Tang Dynasty, the water flow in the middle section of Weishui Pass was gentle, the difference between going along the water and against the water was not very big, the small river set to Chang'an to take the waterway for more than 120 miles, this old man's self-made boat was able to go 60 miles in an hour when he was down the water, it was obviously a little extraordinary, but seeing the speed of the clipper ship in later generations, Sun Xiangfu converted, this boat only went 30 miles in an hour, which is not fast.

Look at the hull again, it is really a little peculiar, narrow and long, not a flat-bottomed boat, but there is no bold direct bottom of the boat, and the not wide hull actually has three big bamboo poles, and there are a bunch of linen sails under the bamboo poles.

The hull is narrow to only about one meter and five wide, but the length reaches three zhang, and the front and rear vertical three pole sails, although the canvas is a little worse, but when it comes to the water, it can definitely fly up, even if it does not use oars and penny supports, this boat can also go fast in the water, because the resistance is small! It's just that the hull is not wide, and the load of this ship is not large, but it is excellent for carrying a small amount of cargo for short distances.

"How much does this ship cost?" Sun Xiangfu squeezed forward from a few people who were interested in buying a boat and asked.

"Five thousand dollars, less than nothing."

Five thousand yuan, that is, five guan, of course, unless the Tang Dynasty is a kind person like Qin Qiong, he generally will not give Zuguan, even if the imperial court often pays the military salaries and rewards of the soldiers, and settles them with the usual 800 yuan, so the old man clearly said that he wanted 5,000 yuan, but he asked for more than six yuan.

"It's too expensive, it's too expensive, this kind of small boat with a load of only twenty stones, the market price of Chang'an is only about three thousand yuan." A fat man dressed as a businessman said.

There is nothing wrong with what he said, in terms of carrying weight, this ship is light, it can not be lighter, it belongs to the minimum equivalent class, Chang'an's cargo ship, to say the least, is also carrying 50 stones, 100 stones, and even a large ship with a load of 3,000 stones, and the load of this ship is only 20 stones, which obviously does not meet the psychological expectations of the merchants.

"It takes a year for the old Han family to build such a ship, not to mention the loss of tung oil wood, this salary alone is worth a few dollars! Five thousand dollars is definitely the real price, and you can't lose a penny, you can buy it if you want to, and if you don't buy the old man, I'll go to the next episode. ”

The old man must have run more than this set, but obviously he didn't find the reason why his ship couldn't be sold, the Guanzhong pedestrian boat is not for fishing, more for freight, this ship is fast, but the load is too small, too chicken, if the price is comparable to the market price, it is fine, but it is three or four percent higher than the market price, but it is difficult to sell.

Seeing that the business was about to collapse, a voice sounded.

"I want this boat, Brother Dali, count the money for him."

It was Sun Xiangfu who spoke, five thousand yuan, a lot, but not much, almost enough to buy the food that the family could eat for a year, and what Sun Xiangfu wanted to buy more was actually the person who designed this unique boat.

When the old man heard this, he made a gesture of invitation and said, "Young man, you can come on the boat to deliver." ”

After a while, the crowd dispersed, Sun Xiangfu and Sun Dali followed the old man on the boat, the space on the boat is not large, every meter or so, there is a horizontal wooden beam as a grid **** There is a pergola built of bamboo mats, the cleaning is quite clean, the three of them sat down in the pergola, Sun Dali put the cloth bag containing more than 6,000 copper coins on a small wooden table in the shed, and began to count the money, this is what Sun Xiangfu often asks him to do recently, the most basic mathematics, from one to one thousand.

"Old Henkel's surname, where is the person?"

There was no tea on the boat, so Sun Xiangfu could only chat with the old man, the old man looked at the yellow, orange and orange copper coins and was happy, and then looked at Sun Xiangfu and said, "The old man Yang Shunshui, a person from Lantian County, has been shipbuilding for a living for generations, but unfortunately in my generation, the family is not prosperous, and the labor is limited, so I can only build some small boats to sell to make a living." ”

Sun Xiangfu nodded when he heard this, "Oh, it turned out to be the old boatman's house!" In this way, although we have bought your boat, but your boat is more peculiar, we do not know how to operate the boat, can you stay here for two days, teach my two brothers, you can rest assured, accommodation and food will not be a loss to you. ”

"Oh, there is no need for this, the old man this ship is very easy to operate, Xiao Langjun and look, there is a sail in the stern, and a rudder, all can be reversed, only one person turns the sail and rudder here, the ship can be turned, very convenient, just because the hull is not wide, the steering can not be too urgent, otherwise it is easy to capsize, when carrying people on the cargo, try to first from the middle to the back, and finally load the bow, you can ensure that the navigation is worry-free, if there is an emergency, at the same time on the sail, you can also use penny support, the speed can also be increased by one or two percent, It is not a problem to get to Chang'an in an hour. ”

As soon as Yang Shunshui said this, Sun Xiangfu understood, after all, he was a southerner in his previous life, and he often rowed and played when he was a child, this boat is not big, and it is not difficult to operate, but since Yang Shunshui himself is there, Sun Xiangfu has to let him guide him on the spot, so he untied the rope and controlled the boat to sail towards the Weishui River.

"Well, this boat is really light, within a day, you can go back and forth to Chang'an once, if the old man is not in a hurry, you can go back to the village with the next trip, early tomorrow morning, I will wait for a boat to Chang'an, just follow you to recognize this Chang'an waterway."

After Yang Shunshui agreed, Sun Xiangfu drove the boat on the Weishui River under his guidance for an hour, Sun Dali also tried his hand excitedly, and soon, the two mastered the control skills of this simple boat, but Sun Dali is a northerner, and there is no Sun Xiangfu who was a southerner in his previous life on the boat.

However, on the way back, they still have something to do, that is, to collect the fish cages, but Yang Shunshui has seen a novelty, and with this boat in the future, they can take hundreds of fish cages out to put them at a time, and they can also take the fish cages to Weishui to put them, so that Sun Xiangfu's fishing space has been enlarged countless times.

"Xiao Langjun, this fish cage is exquisitely made."

"Hehe, Yang Laohan praised it, in the whole village, you can live by pointing to this fish cage! Don't pass it on. ”

"Xiao Langjun rest assured, it will definitely not, breaking the way of life is a great sin, and it will be a bad day to hit five thunders, we people who sail on the water, but we must accumulate more virtues, so that we can have a smooth sail for a lifetime."

Look at how simple the folk customs were in the Tang Dynasty! When the old man said this, Sun Xiangfu naturally believed it, and received all the fish cages all the way to the boat, and before dusk, the three of them returned to the village.

In the past two days, the movements of Sun Xiangfu's two families have been relatively big, and they can't hide it from the people in the village, especially today, Sun Xiangfu actually drove a boat back, which alarmed the village chief Hu Cai, and many people in the village were surrounded by the river, and the fish cage, and the harvest of the fish cage, were also exposed in front of everyone.

"With this fishing weapon, it's no wonder that the two children of the Sun family have begun to grow meat in the past few days."

Hu Cai said with a gloomy face, then turned around and left, Sun Xiangfu gave each person in the village two palm-sized fish according to the head, and he didn't ask for it.

Sun Xiangfu's big pot rice is still delicious, there are hundreds of fish cages today, and the harvested fish are all filled with a tank, and there are a lot of big fish weighing three or four catties, and the small fish are distributed to the villagers, and everyone naturally eats big fish at night.

"Well, your fish is well cooked." Yang Laohan took a bowl of millet porridge, ate a carp of two or three catties, and stroked his stomach.

"That old man is going to come often, and when the conditions are good in the future, I want you to come and build a boat for me." Sun Xiangfu picked his teeth with a bamboo stick.

"Specialized shipbuilding? Build a ship like this I designed? ”

"No, there are still many things that need to be improved on this ship, and besides, it is too small, I may need to build a bigger ship, at least a hundred stones."

Hearing Sun Xiangfu say a hundred stone boats, Yang Shunshui's eyes lit up, but then dimmed, the bigger the ship, the higher the cost, the cost of a hundred stone boats is at least a hundred starts, with the financial resources of Sun Xiangfu, who still lives in a shack, Yang Shunshui can only hehe, but Yang Shunshui knows the truth of not bullying young people to be poor, and said with a smile, "If Xiao Langjun really has the financial resources to build a hundred stone boats, then the old man and his nephews will definitely be willing to help you." ”

Well, Sun Xiangfu was painting cakes again, and after chatting with Yang Shunshui for a while, Sun Xiangfu invited him to rest on his bed, the ancients went to bed early, but Sun Xiangfu did not have this habit, and he didn't do much physical work today, so he paced alone in the village to eat, and finally walked to the canopy boat, in the cabin under the pergola, pillowing his head with his hands, looking at the starry sky.