The first sunshine shone on Dengzhou Port in the early morning, and I saw hundreds of ships of all sizes docked on the wharf. Despite the early day, there are still a lot of busy figures on the docks.

Despite their ragged clothes, they struggled to move the goods and load them quickly. Zheng Yiguan came behind Zhang Dou and said, "General Zhang, ah no! It's the shopkeeper who got up so early, why don't you sleep for a while. Our sea vessels have to be inspected by the ships of the Denglai Navy Division before they can dock at Dengzhou Port. ”

"Oh?" Zhang Dou is interested, isn't this the Ming version of customs? "Brother Zheng! I don't know what the rules of the Denglai sailor are for inspecting sea vessels? ”

Zheng Yiguan smiled and did not answer. Instead, he pointed his hand into the distance, and Zhang Dou looked in the direction of Zheng Yiguan's finger, almost biting off his tongue.

I saw a ship coming in the distance, yes! It was a steamer, although it was smaller, only two feet long. But the big wheels that were spinning on both sides of the ship were still very eye-catching, and Zhang Dou pointed to the ship and said, "Brother Zheng! Is this a ship? ”

"Brother Zhang! It's just a car and a boat, and there's nothing to make a fuss about. This ship was built by the ancestor of the Southern Qi Dynasty, and it has been thousands of years old. It uses footrests to turn the wheels, including a wrestler, so the boat is nimble and extremely fast. It is suitable for traveling in an environment such as a port. After Zheng Yiguan introduced the car and boat, the boat had already come to the vicinity of Zheng Yiguan's boat.

I saw that the small boat flexibly approached the big fortune boat, and a man who looked like an officer turned over and jumped up. As soon as they met, he laughed and said, "Shopkeeper Zheng has made a fortune again this time!" Ha ha! The man laughed.

Zheng Yiguan hurriedly returned the salute, "Where, where!" Zheng is just a small business, and he doesn't dare to compare with General Wang, you have been promoted again this time? ”

"Shopkeeper Zheng laughed, a certain promotion is inseparable from the good goods you sold to us, next time there are such good goods, you have to think more about your brother!" After saying that, the two laughed.

Zhang Dou smiled silently, it turned out that the head of the last time was sold to Denglai by Zheng Yiguan, a kid. No wonder he was able to get so much iron and food from here, and his feelings were still his own credit.

Zhang Dou, who figured it out, smiled bitterly, no way! Who made him weak now? If you want to develop, you can't do without the support of these businessmen, Changsheng Island is isolated overseas, and there are Jiannu around it, which is destined to be inseparable from businessmen.

Zheng Yiguan smiled and handed over a piece of silver, "General Wang!" Zheng still came to sell some goods, which means that you take it to invite your brothers to tea. ”

The man took the silver, weighed it in his hand and said with a smile: "Shopkeeper Zheng is always so polite, he didn't say it, let it go!" With that, he went back to his chariot and boat, and went away quickly.

Zhang Dou watched the entire inspection process on the side, he pointed to the distant car and ship and said, "This is the end?" ”

Zheng Yiguan rolled his eyes and said, "Brother Zhang, do you still want them to board the ship for a closer inspection?" ”

"That's not what I mean, is this inspection just for cashiers? That's too hasty, isn't it? What if a slave gets in? Zhang Dou said.

"What's so strange about getting in?" Zheng Yiguan asked rhetorically. "I don't know how many sea ships are transporting all kinds of goods to Jiannu every year, and even the warships of the sailors have not sent things to Jiannu, what's all the fuss about!"

Zhang Dou thought about it carefully, and it was the same thing. Now that shipping is developed, as long as you load the goods on the ship, who knows where you are unloading! Even if you ship the goods to the Americas, no one cares! I am on Changsheng Island, can I ...... it.

Stepping on the land of Dengzhou, Zhang Dou completely regarded himself as a tourist. He carefully looked at this city with the eyes of a modern person, if you don't look at the hungry people in the corner, this is a bustling city completely.

There are vendors on the streets, vendors who carry flat burdens, and vendors who push carts to sell snacks. Even Zhang Dou, a person who has visited the pedestrian street in later generations, can't see enough eyes, let alone Ma Bao who follows behind him.

According to Zhang Dou's idea, he can come to Dengzhou alone this time. But his decision was opposed by all Changxing Army, and after some discussion, Zhang Dou still brought Ma Bao.

Ergouzi was depressed for a long time because he didn't go to Dengzhou with Zhang Dou, although he was promoted to be a hundred households. But he still likes to stay by Zhang Dou's side, in his words, "The general is not a person who can take care of himself!" ”

Ma Bao became the captain of Zhang Douxin's personal guard because of his outstanding achievements. This time, he accompanied Zhang Dou to Dengzhou, and the largest city he had ever seen in Sichuan, where his home was far away, was Liaoyang.

That kind of military fortress is not comparable to this prosperous capital city at all, and his eyes are not enough when he follows Zhang Dou. Staring at everything curiously, especially when I see my saliva flowing involuntarily.

Zhang Dou was amused when he saw him, and simply took out copper coins to buy food, so that this thing could be eaten. They ate as they walked, wandering aimlessly on the streets of Dengzhou.

Zhang Dou was thinking about the purpose of this trip as he walked, how could he get close to Yuan Keli? After all, he is the governor of Denglai, but he is not a cat or a dog who can see him.

Just as he was thinking about how to approach Yuan Keli, there was a noise in front of him. The girl's screams could be faintly heard, and curious, they went up to see what was going on.

I saw that there was a stall selling chaos at the intersection, and a group of people were smashing the stall in front of the stall. The group of people smashed and scolded: "Old thing! What you sold has damaged my young master's stomach, what do you say! ”

An old man stopped in front of the stall, but he alone could stop this man and not that man. He was still begging bitterly: "Please, everyone, the old man has been selling chaos in Dengzhou for 11 years, and he has never eaten other people's stomachs, is there any misunderstanding here!" ”

"Misunderstanding?" A young man in a fancy costume walked up to the group. I saw that this man was short and thin, but his eyes kept staring at the girl behind the old man.

"Old man! My father is the steward of King Lu's mansion, the chaos you sold is not clean, and if you eat my stomach, that is to murder the court officials, which is a felony! What do you say? His words caused an uproar.

The Lu Wangfu is a high-ranking existence of the emperor's relatives and relatives, and it is not at all within the reach of ordinary people like them. This old man is targeted by them, and he has to shed his skin if he doesn't die.

The old man was stupid when he heard the three words of Lu Wangfu, and he didn't understand why Lu Wangfu wanted to trouble him, the people.

I heard the young man say again: "Seeing that you are poor and have no money to pay to this son, you can use your daughter to pay off the debt!" With that, he reached out and grabbed the girl.

Zhang Dou listened to it in the crowd and grinned, why does this look so much like a white-haired girl! also used other people's daughters to pay off debts, and I really learned a long time when I came to Daming, "My dad is Li Gang" and this kind of play.

The old man instantly understood the intention of this young man in gorgeous clothes, and he used his body to block in front of the young man and said, "What I made has eaten your stomach, you can catch me!" ”

Seeing that the beauty was about to arrive but was blocked by the old man, he raised a kick and kicked the old man's chest, and scolded and said: "Old thing! I don't care about you! Who scarce you old dog! ”

The old man was kicked so hard that he fell on his back and couldn't get up. He could only shout to his daughter: "Cuihua! Come on! ”

Originally, the girl wanted to come up to check on the old man's injury, but when she heard the old man's voice, she turned around and ran. But how can she, a weak woman, outrun 4-5 strong men.

In the blink of an eye, she was blocked back. The young man smiled lewdly and walked up, reaching out to touch the girl's face.

The old man on the ground shouted, "Folks, help!" This animal wants to rob the people's daughter in broad daylight and save the old man's family! ”

After listening to the old man's words, the young man glared at the crowd of onlookers. "You dare to watch the affairs of King Lu's mansion, and if you don't leave, I will send you to prison!" His words frightened everyone, and although they were very sympathetic to the old man, no one wanted to make trouble for themselves, so they all turned around and left.

When the young man saw the crowd disperse, he couldn't help laughing, and he said to the old man on the ground: "Have you seen it, who dares to ......go against the Lu Wangfu on the Shandong border." His laughter stopped abruptly, because he found that two people had not left, but were still watching the excitement with relish.

One guy dressed up and asking another, "Shopkeeper!" With his little chicken-like body, can he rob a woman himself? You won't spend money to hire people, will you? ”