Chapter 13: Matsue Mansion
"Rentian, Rendi, you two are the eldest brother and the second brother, I have an important task for you to do......" When he came back from running the next morning and stood in the routine line, Yang Wenli named the two eldest teenagers.
"Young Master, just give me orders! We promise to get the job done. The two teenagers didn't wait for him to finish speaking.
In the end, he is still a teenager, he is excited when he encounters something, and his personality is not calm. No, it should be said that they are young people, the two of them are 18 years old and 17 years old, and they can already be called young people.
Yang Wenli couldn't help frowning when he saw their excited looks, they were still too tender! He didn't know if it was appropriate to send the two of them?
But the wrinkled eagles always have to leave the nest, and they are always protected, and they will never grow up. Moreover, shells are indeed very important, bone china firing is only one step away from success, it is a money-making tool, and it is well worth taking some risks.
"Good! I need someone to go to the beach and pull the boat shells back for me. The two of you, as well as the long-term worker in the family, Uncle Zhao Si, are the main ones, you mainly protect Fourth Uncle Zhao, and you must listen to him along the way.
Fourth Uncle Zhao is well-informed, and you follow him out to see the world, which will be of great help to your future growth. Yang Wenli immediately made arrangements, and the superior was the most jealous of indecision, and once a decision was made, even if it was a mistake, it would be implemented.
As soon as the old lady over there told Zhao Laosi, he immediately happily agreed. For people who are too poor to eat, being able to travel on a business trip is a beautiful thing, and this time and again it is all about eating the master's house, how can he not be happy. As for whether there is a risk, he doesn't care, it's a bad life anyway.
Before leaving, Yang Wenli made detailed arrangements, such as transporting the shells back to unload at the foot of the Spear Mountain, rather buying money to eliminate disasters than saving the lives of a few people, and selecting thick ones to pick up the shells.
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The three of them took a boat to the seaside, and they had to go to Guanyao Town to have a boat, so they had to walk more than ten miles of mountain roads, and walked along the river to Guanyao Town, a big town below Qizhou.
"Fourth Uncle Zhao, Guanyao Town is so lively!" The two of them have never been far away, and the Guanyao Town, which is a land and water wharf, is extremely prosperous.
"What is this? When we get to Nanjing, you won't say it's lively. Zhao Laosi responded playfully.
"Let's go to the restaurant to eat something first, and then we will get on the boat, anyway, we can rest on the boat." Immediately, Zhao Laosi arranged.
"A few officials are good, give a little charity!"
"Guys, give me some!" ……
As soon as Zhao Laosi and his entourage arrived in the market town, they were surrounded by a bunch of beggars, stretching out their thin hands to beg one by one, and their eyes were full of longing.
"Go away! Which of your eyes sees that we are rich, and we ourselves are all bitter haha, none of us have long eyes, really. With a stroke of his hands, Zhao Laosi pushed several beggars aside and scolded in his mouth.
Zhao Laosi's words are very useful, several beggars are also beating children on cloudy days, and they are idle to see if they can get some windfalls. Therefore, they were dispersed as soon as Zhao Laosi drank it, and went to ask for money from real rich people.
"What do you want to eat?" The three of them found a small restaurant on the street and sat down, and the shopkeeper came to greet them.
"Three bowls of Yangchun noodles and a few steamed buns." Zhao Laosi was used to living a hard life, and he didn't dare to order more, so he ordered a few of the most worthless things.
"Howler! Please wait, you will be there soon. "The shop guy has a sweet mouth, more and less points, and he is smiling without leaving his mouth.
The three of them are all big stomachs, and after eating a bowl of noodles with a big bowl of noodles, they ate four steamed buns per person with soup. It only cost more than two dozen copper coins to settle the bill, which is really cheap and affordable!
There is actually no risk when you go by boat, as long as you find the big passenger boat of the Yangtze River Gang, the Yangtze River Gang is the largest gang on the Yangtze River, up to Sichuan and down to Songjiang Mansion, each wharf has a rudder, who dares to move their boat on the rivers and lakes?
But there is no risk to life, but you have to be careful with your property, this Yangtze River Gang will not care, and you deserve to be unlucky if it is stolen. Although the Yangtze River Gang is powerful, it will not cut off everyone's financial routes, and the bulls, ghosts, snakes, and gods on the rivers and lakes are in charge of each beach, as long as no one is killed, the Yangtze River Gang guys will not say anything when they see it.
The two young men, who felt that everything was fresh when they got on the boat, were beaten off the boat after only ten minutes of driving, and the two of them vomited so much that they had eaten for nothing just now.
"Young people are really useless, and they can't be an old man like me." Zhao Laosi teased them.
"Fourth Uncle Zhao, it's really uncomfortable to take the boat, I think the sky is turning, you look like you're nothing." Yang Rentian replied weakly, his tone full of envy.
"Hahahaha! You think I wasn't born seasick! It's the same if you sit for a long time, three days, and you will get used to it in just three days. Zhao Laosi smiled and gestured three fingers to explain.
In fact, it took three days, and they slept at night, and by the next day the two of them were like no one. They have a good physique and are naturally easier to adapt.
The destination of this boat is Nanjing, and the slightly larger towns along the road will stop, and the boat speed is very slow.
They are fortunate to have three people, who take turns to sleep at night, and when they get off the boat to buy food, they also send one person to buy it with just the right amount of money. In this way, three days later, I finally arrived in Nanjing safely.
"Wow! Nanjing is so big! The boat was still in the middle of the river, and the majestic scenery of Nanjing City conquered the two young men, and Yang Rendi couldn't help but sigh.
"You wait a minute, follow me, let's change ships directly to Songjiang, what I am most afraid of in Nanjing is not the heroes of the rivers and lakes, but the wharf card." Zhao Laosi whispered to them.
"Whoa! We listen to you. Yang Rentian hurriedly replied on behalf of the two brothers.
Nanjing to Songjiang Mansion is very close, a day's work arrived, there were no waves, the three of them arrived at the terminal safely.
Zhao Laosi is really an old Jianghu, he didn't get out of the dock, so he went around looking for a boat.
"Boatman, do you want to transport goods?" Every time he got to a boat, Zhao Laosi asked.
"That's what we rely on to eat, why don't we get lucky? What do you just have to say? Where to go? When I asked about the third one, the owner of the ship immediately answered. The first two are not idle and are waiting for the goods.
"I'll transport some shells, but the road is a bit far, and I want to transport them to Qizhou, Wuchang Prefecture, will you go?" Zhao Laosi didn't sell it, and replied directly.
"Shells? What's the use of that, heaps on the beach," the boatman repeated, thinking he had misheard.
"We just know that there are piles on the beach, so we came here, and you say how much the boat will cost! If we can talk about it, we will make a deal, and if we can't talk about it, we can find the next home. Zhao Laosi replied quickly.
…… To be continued