Wang Lin was thrown into the water with a pop, Sun Xiangfu and others took a steamer full of grain to the Yellow River waterway, not long after, Sun Xiangfu saw Wang Lin who climbed ashore in embarrassment from the telescope, I believe that now he has regarded Wang Xu as an undying enemy, with the support of intelligence Sun Xiangfu for the first time to experience the feeling of playing people in the palm of his hand.

On the water steamer, Sun Xiangfu met Zhao Gang and Zhao Qiang.

"My lord, I almost messed things up."

In March, Sun Xiangfu asked Zhao Qiang to follow the fleet south, and now, more than two months have passed, and the food has not been sent to Chang'an, which is obviously much slower than Sun Xiangfu's estimate of running back and forth in more than a month, but there is a reason for it, Sun Xiangfu didn't say anything, and helped the two people who hugged their fists and asked for guilt before saying, "It's okay, it's not your fault, tell me about the previous situation!" ”

"As soon as Captain Xi quickly killed, those who blocked the river panicked, and they didn't last long, they were scattered, Captain Xi led people to pursue, and we dragged the broken boats blocking the river with water steamers to make the channel passable, but the boats of Caoyun were dragging and dragging and dragging and didn't seem to be willing to go, so we came first." Zhao Qiang said.

Why did Caoyun's ship refuse to go, Sun Xiangfu guessed. The officials in charge of Caoyun are all people from Wang, Lu, Cui, Zheng and other families, and it is strange that they are willing to leave.

"Leave those people alone, has all the gold been smelted? How many copper coins were exchanged? ”

"After refining, I exchanged it all the way along the canal, and it was almost seventy percent, about two million yuan. The four major families in Yangzhou alone have redeemed more than one million guan. ”

"Well, more than two million yuan, almost enough, when you get to Chang'an, you can use the remaining gold to purchase food, the powerful people of the family like this thing very much, they are not afraid of breaking the law."

The family and the magnates have the habit of collecting gold, because there are few things in ancient times, and it is an indispensable thing in the funeral goods of the nobles, the magnates above the marquis are to wear gold and jade clothes after death, otherwise, even if it is not a beautiful funeral, in addition, there are countless gold funeral goods, on the funeral of a nobleman is enough scenery, the number and value of the funeral goods, is an important measure, this is a bad habit of the ancients, because of this bad habit of the ancients, led to the birth of a profession that was very famous in later generations, touching the gold school captain.

This bad habit has deeply affected the development of this nation, and in later generations, any aristocratic tomb is excavated, and there will be many gold objects, jade objects, and some even hundreds of thousands, tons of copper coins, if these things were not brought into the tomb by them, but taken out to invigorate the market economy, the life of the ancients will be much better.

This bad habit is Sun Xiangfu can not change, the emperor of this period usually began to repair the tomb as soon as he ascended the throne, if you run to stop it, you will be beheaded in minutes. And Sun Xiangfu didn't think about changing it, he was happy to see the high price of gold, so that he would have the motivation to get more gold from overseas and come back, and exchange it for those nobles to be buried in the ground, so that it would be a reserve for future generations.

"By the way, how is Zhao Long's training?" After learning about the exchange of money, Sun Xiangfu asked Zhao Gang again.

"You can use it, more than 800 people, half of them are Lingnan people and Jiaozhi people, in the first month, the eldest brother took people to Yazhou to open a new training ground, and borrowed some warships from Yue Gong, ran a few trips to Jiaozhi and the Nanyang coast, and fought a battle there."

"Got a fight?"

"Well, our frequent exchanges with Jiaozhi have made Bamu richer and richer, which has aroused the jealousy of the Nanzhao tribes, and they want to rob them several times, the eldest brother said that fighting a war can not only train soldiers, but also support Bamu, so that we can better control the land of Jiaozhi, Yue Guogong felt that it was feasible, and sent a thousand people to help in the war, but now Yue Gong's shipyard is also building sailing ships on a large scale, looking at his appearance, it seems that he is also interested in overseas trade." Zhao Gang explained.

"It is a good thing for Yue Gong to go out, more foreign trade will make the people of Lingnan more aware of the importance of knowledge, when they begin to compete to learn all kinds of knowledge, then they are not far from returning to Wanghua, I will write to tell Zhao Long when I go back, find more cooperation with Yue Gong, run more to the sea, let Yue Gong and the Nanyang countries take the line, establish a stable trade channel, let Lingnan's ships sell the output of the Central Plains, anyway, our goal is farther away."

People who come from later generations will habitually look at the world, the Nanyang countries, in the later generations of the economic aggregate is also difficult to reach a fraction of my Great Celestial Empire, it is a small profit, and it is nothing to hand over to Feng An, so that the ships of Lingnan can develop the habit of going to sea, which will make their navigation skills and experience continue to improve, and when Sun Xiangfu wants to sail away, he can also absorb more talents and slowly accumulate navigation technology, which is very important.

Due to the dry water of the Yellow River and the heavy load of the water steamer sailing against the current, when the pedestrian came to Chang'an, it was already three days later.

The weather at the end of May was so hot that it was not good, but this kind of weather could quickly incubate locust eggs, which were exposed to the scorching sun and almost dried up on the river beach.

Bare ridges, bare ridges, when the boat entered Chang'an within a hundred miles, Sun Xiangfu saw all this scene, from time to time, there will be locusts flying to the boat to find food, all of them were whipped to death by the guards with scabbards, crackling sounds constantly sounded on the boat, which provoked Sun Xiangfu's mood for a while.

"Let's go to Happy Village first to see the situation."

The big boat docked at the small river set, due to the dry water, the gangplank could not reach the shore at all, yes, Sun Xiangfu and the guards waded to the river beach, turned over and got on the horse, Sun Xiangfu quickly saw the scene in the small river set.

"Let let, let let, noble travel, be careful of the horse's hooves." Zhang Ke, as the temporary leader of the escort team, shouted very responsibly towards the not wide street.

But on both sides of the street, those people with yellow faces had the intention to avoid it, but they didn't seem to have so much strength, and they moved there slowly.

"Why are there so many idlers in this market?" Seeing this scene, Sun Xiangfu's brows furrowed, you know, due to the existence of Happy Village, the development of Xiaoheji is also very rapid, and it has long been incomparable, even usually, it is more prosperous than the market in some counties, but now, the streets are full of beggars, and the shop owners are listless.

"It is estimated that it is all a locust plague."

Zhao Gang's hometown experienced a locust plague more than ten years ago, the feeling of thousands of miles of red land, no food anywhere he still remembers, he still feels scared, the scene in front of him, how similar to that year, people without food, will spontaneously gather in the market, or the city, they instinctively think that in this kind of crowded place, they will be rescued, however, the reality will tell them that this is wrong, when the disaster comes, people think more, often self-preservation.

"That's not right! I passed down the method of eating locusts to satisfy my hunger in Xingfu Village, and now there are locusts everywhere, so it shouldn't be difficult to catch some to fill my stomach! ”

Sun Xiangfu was puzzled, and soon, an imperial list posted in a prominent position in the bazaar explained all this to him.

"Damn, the locust eater? That bastard's order? ”