On the first day of July, early in the morning, Gongziyan's mansion was active early, and Lin Yuyan also wanted to go out earlier, but the embarrassment was that if the curfew in Wancheng was too early, it would not open at all.

Therefore, I didn't go out early in the morning.

Although Lin Yuyan is the prince, but the Wu Kingdom has no special restrictions on this aspect, so Lin Yuyan is not out of Wancheng There is no restriction, this is also the prerogative of the prince of the pavilion, thinking that when the Jin and Han were in trouble, Gongzi Xin and Gongzi Yuan led their Zong Wei Hu to burn the grain and grass of the Jin Han clan from the Pheasant Mountain, which was a precedent.

As soon as I went out, although it was yesterday that I had streamlined the Zongwei to carry this time, it was still full of people, and each Zongwei still had a burden on him, which was too eye-catching.

Therefore, Lin Yuyan asked these Zongwei to take off their iron armor, hide their swords, pretend to be folk porters and traders, etc., and follow behind them, as for a burly man like Ji Wu, Lin Yuyan didn't want to take it with him as an eyesore, so he also put it around and followed him.

Jing Yi was the only one who followed Lin Yuyan.

Out of Wancheng, it is to rush to the water wharf ten miles away from Wancheng, which originates from the Qinling Funiu Mountain, is also the Yiwang Mountain Range, flows through Fangcheng Mountain, so there are many tributaries around Fangcheng Mountain.

At the beginning of the founding of the country, it was a large-scale construction of the river channel, and dozens of wharves were established along the perimeter of the river, not only the water from north to south, but also the most important area of the country.

In particular, the wharf of Shuishui in Wancheng is the largest wharf in Wuguo, which is usually used to transfer grain from all over the country and is also used as a waterway to run goods, but the most important role is that during the war, the Weishui River has become the transportation line of the entire Wuguo, especially Wancheng to the south, to Fandi, Wancheng does not even take two days to start!

That's pretty fast!

If you know, Wancheng is closer to Fangcheng Mountain and Wuguan in the north, but the action of dispatching troops is far inferior to the southern border of Wuguo, precisely because of the existence of Shuishui.

Seeing that he had arrived at the dock, Jing Yi reminded: "Your Highness, I have already rented two small boats a few days ago, will you set off tonight?" ”

It's summer now, but in recent times, there hasn't been much rain in the upper reaches of the river, so the river is not turbulent.

"What did the boatman say?" Lin Yuyan asked casually.

Jing Yi responded: "The boatman said that although you can go, but the price is naturally more expensive for night travel, and two boats cost ten buckets of rice!" ”

"So expensive?" Although Lin Yuyan is from the royal family, he is still clear about the price of grain, ten buckets of rice, which is already the ration of a family of five for several months.

Jing Yi also took a step back and said, "But only take the road during the day, as long as you have five buckets of grain, you can do it." ”

Lin Yuyan shook his head: "Arrive as soon as possible by the night road." ”

If you go today, and you go day and night, you can rush to Shuyang tomorrow evening, but if you only go during the day, I am afraid that it will take three days, so that the rations on the road will be more than ten buckets of rice.

Therefore, it is to set off immediately, and then rush to the night road, and tomorrow will be able to reach Shuyang.

Although Jing Yi understood that there was not much food attached to it this time, since His Highness had already decided, he also agreed.

The boatman lived on the edge of the wharf, heard that the big customer of the chartered boat came, and took out a deposit of three buckets of rice, and rushed over in a hurry.

"Young master, the villain is all three, and the ones behind him are the sons of the villain......"

Three-full?

This is the most common name in Wuguo, if you know, many people in Wuguo only have surnames and no names, but it seems that Sanquan is running on the dock of the rivers and lakes, and it is very inconvenient to have no name, so it is common sense to take a nickname.

"Hmm......" Lin Yuyan nodded, then just glanced at it, and asked, "Maybe you can go now?" ”

Sanquan nodded and replied: "Naturally, you can, but young master, if you leave now, it will be at night for half a day, and it will be difficult to walk in the water at night......"

Hearing this, Jing Yi frowned and shouted, "I don't know if I've already given you ten buckets of rice, why do you still want to sit on the ground and raise the price?" ”

Sanquan looked at Jing Yi, his face was timid, it should be that the few people standing behind Jing Yi really don't want to be from ordinary people's backgrounds, they are all strong men with strong martial arts, especially a tall and fierce man (Ji Wu), it is really terrible to look at!

However, Sanquan still made a strong face once: "No, it's not easy to walk in the water at night, I'm afraid there will be an accident, the second child and a few children are all good at water, but I'm afraid of ......"

Hearing this, Jing Yi also understood, and suddenly showed a slight apology on his face, after all, before, Jing Yi still thought that this old man wanted to take advantage of this to sit on the ground and raise the price.

"Let's go, it's okay......" Lin Yuyan said.

After all, these three are people who run the rivers and lakes, and their eyes are naturally tight, and they immediately understood that this young master, who was about sixteen or seventeen years old, had the final say, and immediately bowed and replied: "Okay!" ”

Then he turned around, looked at a few figures behind him and said: "Boss, this time you don't want to go out of the water, help your mother watch the family, take care of the old five and six, take the deposit of these three buckets of rice back and hide it, if it goes well, we will probably come back in ten days, you know?" ”

The eldest of the several figures behind the three bodies looked quite wooden, and nodded at Sanquan's command, seeing this, Sanquan immediately said to the other figures: "The second, the third, the fourth, you go out of the water with me this time, the second, you take the fourth in that boat, don't get distracted, look at the water!" ”

The second child also responded, picked up the harpoon beside him, and took the fourth child to the boat to untie the hemp rope that tied the boat.

Sanquan looked back at the few big customers behind him, and said: "A few guest officers, you can set off now, do you want to put things on the boat first, the two ships are about the same size, let's sit separately......"

Lin Yuyan nodded, and then divided into two teams, one team was the five or six people where Lin Yuyan and Jing Yi were located, and the other team was the five or six people led by Ji Wu.

Put the things away, it was Sanquan and his son Lao San who rowed for Lin Yuyan, and there were a lot of pennies on the side of the boat, but now the water is going down the river, and there is no need for these, and when you come back, these pennies will be used as a boat.

Sanquan threw it to the other boat and put on a thick hemp rope, ordered the second child over there to tie it up, and tied the two boats back and forth together, looking at Lin Yuyan's rather curious gaze, Sanquan also explained with a smile: "This is also to take the waterway more steadily, but I am afraid that I will get involved in the waterway at night!" ”

Lin Yuyan nodded at this time.

Then he used a penny to prop up the water, as soon as he left the shore of the wharf, he drove the two boats to the river of the river, without manpower, the two boats moved very quickly, and went down the river.

Lin Yuyan also poked his head a little and asked, "How many years has my husband been sailing in this water?" ”

Sanquan replied with a smile: "Since I was a child, I was born on the shore of the river outside Wancheng, and I followed my ancestors to make a living by boat, and the little old man is fifty and two years old this year, and he has passed half a hundred years old on this water......

Hearing this, Lin Yuyan also nodded and said, "How much can the old man earn by doing these jobs on weekdays?" ”

As soon as he asked this, Sanquan also glanced at the young master, but immediately remembered that the young master looked at his behavior and the clothes he was wearing, most of them were from some rich and noble family, so he naturally didn't look down on this bit of business in his hands, so he put down his heart and said: "I can't make much, it's just just a good way to make a living, after all, there are so many mouths in the little old man's house waiting for the rice to go to the pot!" ”

When Jing Yi heard this, he also interjected: "My uncle is a little modest when he says this, just this time, you are asking for ten buckets of rice, this price is not cheap......

Hearing this, this Sanquan also smiled dryly, and the wrinkles on his face were completely wrinkled together, like folds squeezing on his face.

Lin Yuyan also saw the meaning of this smile and asked, "Could it be that my uncle dislikes us for giving less fare?" ”

"No, no, no......" Hearing this, Sanquan also hurriedly waved his hand, and then looked at the guests on the bed, and sighed helplessly, and said: "Little Lao'er might as well tell the truth to the guest officers, the boat fare given by the guest officers is already the highest, ten buckets of rice, the little old man took this list, and he didn't sleep well all night......

"Why is the old man smiling so bitterly...... If I'm not mistaken, every year during the autumn harvest season, the rewards and taxes from all over the country will be sent to Wancheng, and you boatmen on the water will probably get a lot of money......

Speaking of this, I didn't expect the old man's smile to be even more bitter, and replied: "That's official food, not an official, who dares to move, after the autumn harvest, the boatmen and ships who come to us will be requisitioned by the government, and we will also be in charge of our two meals a day......

"Government requisition...... Won't you give a settling-in fee? Lin Yuyan seemed to remember such a thing.

"Settling-in expenses?" Sanquan's old man smiled even more: "This is not true, but the government is very good like this, and the requisition period is counted as conscription, so no one in the little Lao'er family is served, besides, isn't the requisition of ships also in charge of food, and idleness at home is also idle......"

Speaking of this, Sanquan also looked at Lin Yuyan and said: "But what the young master asked, the little old man still felt familiar just now, and then I remembered that a month ago, there was also a descendant who rented my boat, and also asked these words, which is similar to what the young master asked, that person seems to be from the Jin Kingdom, what is it called...... What Han Kui! ”