On the side of the canal, the newly built small buildings have formed a simple street, and the peddlers and pawns are slowly gathering here. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Cangzhou wants grain, iron, fire salt, and sulfur. When the canal went south, it was natural to ask for wine, and a small amount of cheap salt goods.

Today, next to this canal wharf, Pershing Guo sits here, receiving and selling goods, and collecting commercial taxes part-time.

Zheng Zhi strolled on the dock not far from the city, and became more and more satisfied with this Pei Xuan in his heart.

When he went out today, Zheng Zhi only brought a few personal soldiers with Niu Da, as well as Jin Cuilian and Master Li to follow him out to breathe.

Today's canal has not yet formed a straight line that directly runs through the north and south in later generations, but goes down to the southwest, passes through various rivers and has a section of the Yellow River, reaches the vicinity of Dekaifeng, and then goes southeast to the south of the Yangtze River. The road was much longer than the canal that ran straight from north to south in later generations, but it did not hinder the economic exchange of goods brought by the river.

On the wharf, there are mostly merchants and small servants, as well as migrant laborers and coolies. Most of these newly-built inns on the pier are cheap inns and do not look luxurious. There is only one inn built by the Strategy, the environmental conditions are slightly better, and it is mainly for the exchange of cargo owners, that is, the meaning of an exchange.

Jin Cuilian and Master Li followed behind Zheng Zhi, the focus was obviously different from Zheng Zhi, Zheng Zhi came to inspect the work, these two little ladies naturally came to see the excitement, but it was the scene of this wharf, which was naturally lively, but it was not the kind of interesting excitement, it was purely busy.

"Official, it's not interesting here. Why don't you go to the teahouse in the city to listen to people singing and telling stories. Jin Cuilian is becoming more and more carefree, and her daily life revolves around her family, so she naturally wants to find something interesting to do to have fun.

Zheng Zhi heard Jin Cuilian complain and said with a smile: "Haha... I said that the dock is boring here, but you have to come, and it's too late to regret it at this time, so I will accompany the officials to walk through the pier. ”

Jin Cuilian heard Zheng Zhi's words, and pouted: "The slave thought that this dock must be an interesting place for people to come and go, but how did you know that it was like this." ”

The wharf is really not interesting, and the people who come and go are in a hurry, and they are also busy, carrying goods, looking for people to work, bargaining, where there is an idler.

Master Li saw Jin Cuilian's pouting appearance, and stepped forward to persuade: "Xiao Lian, if you go to the river, there must be many big boats, why don't you go and see the big boats." ”

This Master Li is obviously more mature than Jin Cuilian, it's not that this Jin Cuilian doesn't know the suffering of the world, Jin Cuilian is naturally a person who has suffered a lot, but at the age when her character is forming, she met such a kind person as Xu, and she was too indulgent in discipline, so that this Jin Cuilian formed a temperament like a big lady.

Of course, Jin Cuilian's temperament is mainly due to Zheng Zhi, a pillar who has held up a carefree and respectable sky for her. Since this Jin Cuilian really entered the door of the Zheng family, from Weizhou to Cangzhou, in the past three or four years, Jin Cuilian has never been angry with others.

"Senior sister, then I went to see the boat, I haven't seen a big boat for many years, when I was a child in Tokyo, on the side of the Bianhe River, the boats came and went, and after that, I never saw the big boat again." The spiritual life of ancient times was really scarce, and even any little strange thing could provoke people's curiosity.

Zheng Zhi had always thought that this Jin Cuilian was older than Master Li, but only later did he know that the two were born in the same year, but Master Li was more than two months older.

Seeing that Jin Cuilian missed Tokyo, Master Li rolled his eyes and said with a slight smile: "Now that the Bianhe River in Tokyo is not as lively as before, there are fewer boats coming and going, but there is a new spectacle, do you want to know?" ”

"What a wonder, senior sister, tell me about it." Jin Cuilian listened with a look of anticipation, and asked Master Li to tell him about this spectacle.

"Today's Bianhe, although there are fewer boats, but you can see a bigger boat, a big boat with dozens of steps, huge, this kind of boat arrives in Tokyo, both sides of the Bianhe River are surrounded by people watching the excitement, and it is very spectacular." Master Li seems to be deliberately teasing this golden cuilian, that is, to tell a spectacle, and to foreshadow it like telling a story.

"Can such a big boat travel on the Bianhe River? What is this ship carrying? Jin Cuilian seemed to have some disbelief in her heart, a small tributary of the Bianhe River, the river channel is really not spacious, and a large boat dozens of steps long enters the Bianhe River, which is really not so simple.

"Guess what this big ship is carrying?" Master Li's eyes were sly, his smile was playful, and he obviously thought that this Jin Cuilian was fun, and it was quite interesting to tease, and he probably teased this Jin Cuilian a lot.

When Zheng Zhi heard this, he didn't have to think much to know what this big ship was transporting, it must be Huashigang. Yang Zhi was planted on this flower and stone gang, and the big boat escorted by Yang Zhi capsized directly in the water, and also took his official body.

Huashigang has developed to an unimaginable point now, and the Yingfeng Bureau set up by Zhu Mian in Suzhou is now becoming more and more powerful, and the people in Jiangnan are even more miserable. Whoever fancies a stone, a flower or plant, directly pastes a strip.

This thing is what the emperor likes, and if there is something in the family that is favored by the emperor, it is not a blessing, but a disaster. Carefully taking care of the chosen things every day, waiting for the person who should be in charge of the bureau to pick it up, and dragging it out for dozens of days a month, if this flower and tree dies and is stolen, it is a big sin!

Usually tear down the courtyard walls of people's houses and transport the landscape stones in people's houses, not to mention. Transportation is costly and manpower, and most of them also come from the government or wealthy merchants from all over the country, and the government has no money, so it can only loot. In the land south of the Yangtze River, it is natural that people's grievances are boiling.

It turns out that the flower stone can be rewarded by Zhao Ji, and if Zhao Ji likes it very much, he can also seal an official body. Now the benefits of this matter have been obtained by a few people such as Zhu Mian, but the cost of this flower stone gang has already reached the local people.

"Sister, tell me quickly, what are you transporting?" Jin Cuilian couldn't stand the teasing of Master Li, so she naturally asked questions again and again.

"Those boats mainly carried stones for the officials, as small as a dish, as large as the city gate, in a variety of strange styles, like dragons and tigers, like clouds and fairies, everything, and many strange flowers and plants, really beautiful. There are more than a dozen big ships, and I've been to see them, and anyone who has seen them is amazed. Master Li revealed the answer, and there was a surprised expression, as if he was also talking about the beauty of these strange flowers and stones.

Jin Cuilian saw Master Li's expression, and she was also envious in her heart, and she was annoyed that she had missed such a scene, and said, "When I was in Tokyo, why didn't I encounter these things. Sister Sisi still has eyes. ”

Zheng Zhi heard Master Li's words, and shook his head again and again, and further understood the power of this flower stone gang. In ancient times, there was also an allusion that "the king of Chu has a thin waist, and the harem is starving to death".

Zhao Ji's hobby is better than that of King Chu, and the harm is countless times greater. The king of Chu has a thin waist, but he starved to death some palace maids, and has been criticized for more than 2,000 years. This Zhao Jixi is curious about the flowers and stones, so that the land south of the Yangtze River is full of complaints, and the square wax rises up, and the responders gather.

Already at the dock river, Zheng Zhi pointed to the boat that appeared in front of him, and said, "Master, Xiao Lian, you go to see the boat." ”

"Official, the slave won't go to see it, just let Xiao Lian see it." Master Li looked at Zheng Zhi, just standing behind Zheng Zhi, but he was not very interested in this big ship.

Jin Cuilian naturally cheered and walked forward, followed by a few military men.

Zheng Zhi looked at the tea stall on the side of the street and walked a few steps to sit down.

The tea stall is an old woman to quench the thirst of passers-by, but also to earn a little money to support the family, this old woman is also a resident of the nearby village, now open this tea stall, life is also a lot richer. The economic model is like this, as long as there is a flow of people, it can drive all the surrounding industries.

The old woman stepped forward, not smiling, but also a little humble or arrogant, and said, "How many bowls of tea do the guest officers eat?" ”

Master Li looked left and right, and said: "Four bowls, one of them, just tea leaves, nothing is added." ”

Several military men followed Jin Cuilian, and at this time, Niu Da took a military man, as well as Zheng Zhi and Li Shishi. Master Li obviously knew Zheng Zhi's quirk of drinking tea, that is, as long as the taste of tea leaves, he didn't want anything else. Zheng Zhi is naturally not used to drinking salty tea.

The tea came up to the table in a moment, Zheng Zhi picked up the bowl of tea, took a few sips, and looked left and right at the street.

The street is obviously a bit busier here, and it's also close to the center of the marina. The only way to get off the wharf and enter the city is also here, opposite is an inn, most of the people sitting in the inn are small coolies dressed in linen, eating baked cakes and steamed buns with side dishes, and it is quite good food and clothing.

Suddenly, several messengers dressed in official uniforms pulled out a person from the inn, and after pulling it out, it was a punch and kick. Zheng Zhi frowned.

After punching and kicking, a poor man opened his mouth and scolded: "You bastard, let Lao Tzu find it easy, but the government taxes, but you can escape?" ”

The beaten man slowly got up, sat on the ground and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and then confessed again and again: "Wronged, how dare the little one evade official taxes, and the small ones have paid taxes." ”

Zheng Zhi also looked at this beaten man, in his thirties, dressed in clothes, although it was not linen, it did not look very luxurious, that is, an ordinary merchant, and it was normal for this kind of small businessman to take some goods on a large merchant ship.

"Lao Tzu knows that you have paid taxes, you have paid the taxes of the Jinglufu Mansion, and Lao Tzu is the tax of the prefect's yamen, when have you paid them?" This official rolled up his sleeves and pointed while talking, but he couldn't say it well, and he would come forward to have a fat beating.