The speed of the official ship was much faster than Wu Shaogang expected, and it arrived at the Jiankang Mansion wharf in just ten days. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Along the way, the official ship did not stop, unless it was necessary to replenish, it would dock at the dock, Wu Shaogang and others never got off the ship, eating, drinking and Lazar were all on the boat, but along the way, Wu Shaogang also saw some civilian ships, and encountered a forced interception at the dock, what it meant to be intercepted, Wu Shaogang of course understood.

They were on an official ship, and no one intercepted them, and they didn't dare to intercept them.

Wu Shaogang has been thinking about swearing to Cai Siwei as a brother of the opposite sex, and I don't know if people's hearts are becoming more and more complicated, nearly a thousand years later, there will almost be no such situation, people between people, rarely treat each other sincerely, everyone is thinking about each other, most of them are thinking about using, status and identity are symbols, the higher your status, the more people are desperately trying to please you, if you have no interest, it is difficult to have many friends.

Of course, Wu Shaogang is also rational, it is human nature to tend to be inflammatory, even in the era of the Southern Song Dynasty, it is unavoidable, as far as his own experience is concerned, it is very illustrative, if it is not for his Wu Shaogang to show extraordinary ability, it is impossible to be valued and promoted.

It's just that encountering Cai Siwei injected a trace of warmth into Wu Shaogang's overly rational and indifferent heart.

The wharf is very lively, here is not comparable with the wharf of Gangneung Province, it can be said that one in the sky and one underground, countless carriages and people are waiting, all ready to carry goods, and there are people who specialize in getting on the boat to solicit business, many mobile stalls and vendors do business at the wharf, buy more than some food, the sound of shouting is very crisp.

This scene made Wu Shaogang a little trance-like, and he thought that he had traveled back again.

Zhang Binghui contacted four horse-drawn wagons on the wharf to transport grain and other goods, which were responsible for transporting grain to Jiangxia Village, which was under the jurisdiction of the Luzhou Prefecture, at a price of 50 guanjiao per carriage, for a total of 200 jiaozi.

With two hundred jiaozi, you can buy close to five stones of grain.

According to the time of discussion, the carriage arrived in Jiangxia Village, which is under the jurisdiction of Luzhou Prefecture, within five days, and Wu Shaogang was also responsible for the coachman's daily life and so on, which means that in addition to eating and drinking, each coachman's daily remuneration is ten times.

This made Wu Shaogang think a lot, he entered the Youyi Army to which the Imperial Army of Ezhou belonged, and became a guard in the Youyi Army, with a monthly military salary of nine guanjiaozi and nine doulu rice.

In addition, the county orders in the Southern Song Dynasty were paid fifteen times a month, four stones of rice, and five hectares of vocational fields.

That is to say, if the coachman has a good business, he can earn about 200 guanjiao per month, and his income is not worse than that of the county order.

Such a comparison made Wu Shaogang a little dumbfounded, it seems that the prices in the Southern Song Dynasty are not as good as described by later generations, this is an era of inflation, and it can be regarded as an era of high consumption. Even if it is the prefectural order of a county, it is impossible to live well if it is completely dependent on the fortune, and if it is a year of famine or a time when prices are soaring, it is difficult to support the family.

When later generations talked about the Southern Song Dynasty, the evaluation was an era of material abundance and rapid development of the commodity economy, and even the germ of capitalism, commercial and trade taxes were the main source of support for the imperial court's revenue and expenditure, so that the imperial court was very rich, and the income issued to the officials was also very high, and the status of the scholar was very high, and the allusion that the doctor could not be punished was the Northern Song Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty, and the happiest thing in the world was to be an official in the Song Dynasty and live a good life.

It seems that this is also misinformation, but this is not the case.

Of course, there is a situation that is true, that is, the high-ranking officials in the court are unusually rich.

For example, the prime ministers of the left and right sides of the court paid 300 guan jiaozi every month, 150 stone of rice, 7 stone of salt, food and clothing for 70 humble servants, and other silk, silk, grass, charcoal, etc., which were converted into an astronomical amount.

There is another situation that is also true, that is, officials of all sizes in the Southern Song Dynasty will try their best to be greedy for ink and silver.

Wu Shaogang thought of himself, the battle of Huangzhou gave him gold and silver that he could not use up for several lifetimes, plus the silver that Lu Wende rewarded several times, which had made him a rich man in the Southern Song Dynasty.

Look at the coachman again, if the coachman has a good business, he can earn 200 yuan a month, they are all hard-earned money, and they have to suffer from the endless exploitation of the government, and they don't really get much in their hands, and it is difficult to support their families.

From this small matter, Wu Shaogang felt the reason for the decline of the Southern Song Dynasty.

The coachman is very familiar with the situation of the road, probably they often take this road, know where there is an inn, where there is a wine shop, and also know how to arrange the time to hurry, and enter the inn to rest at the most suitable time, which saves Wu Shaogang a lot of trouble, plus the official road from Jiankang Mansion to Luzhou Mansion, there are many pedestrians and businessmen coming and going, and there are many large and small villages and towns along the road, and there is no big problem in terms of safety.

In fact, no one dared to covet this team, although there were only a dozen coachmen, but Wu Shaogang and the others were all riding war horses, wearing helmets, armor, bows and bags at their waists, holding Song hand knives or spears, revealing an inviolable atmosphere.

When walking on the official road, many pedestrians and businessmen saw this team from a distance, and they all hurriedly avoided it, for fear that one would accidentally block the road and be taught a hard lesson.

This scene made Wu Shaogang suddenly think of something, when passing through Chao County, he ordered the team to stop for a day, sent Zhang Binghui and Ma Long, found many tailor shops in the county, and temporarily made six sets of clothes, and asked everyone to change into them.

When they left Chao County and continued to walk towards Luzhou Mansion, the group's outfit completely changed, and they couldn't see their helmets and armor, their bows, their Song hand knives, and their spears.

It's just that everyone's temperament can't be changed for a while.

Looking at this team again, it looks like a wealthy manor transporting grain and grass, dispatching the guards in the manor, and escorting them along the road.

Five days later, the team arrived in Luzhou Mansion.

Jiangxia Village is more than 40 miles away from the capital city of Luzhou, and the carriage can arrive in half a day at most.

As soon as he entered the place under the jurisdiction of Luzhou Mansion, Wu Shaogang felt a familiar smell.

It's a familiar smell that comes out of nowhere.

Wu Shaogang before the crossing was not from Hefei and had never lived in Hefei.

This shows that the familiar taste comes from Wu Shaogang, who has gone underground.

The villages and towns on both sides of the official road, the costumes of the pedestrians, the way they walked, the soft words they spoke, and even the smoke wafting from the small courtyard of the farmhouse, all made Wu Shaogang feel comfortable through his bones.

The moon is the hometown of Ming, the water is the beauty of the hometown, the wanderer dreams of a thousand miles, and the love of the Sangzi.

The closer you get to Jiangxia Village, the stronger this feeling becomes.

Finally, when he was only five miles away from Jiangxia Village, Wu Shaogang couldn't help but dismount.

Wu Shaogang's emotions, Zhang Binghui had already noticed it, after Wu Shaogang got off the horse, he hurriedly dismounted, and ordered the carriage next to him to slow down, after all, there was a large amount of gold and silver stored on this carriage.

"Vice General Wu, it will take a quarter of an hour at most, and you can go home."

"I know, I've been away from home for two years, and I don't know what's going on at home."

"Why don't I send someone to take a look and say hello."

"No need, when I get here, I am the host's family, you are the guests, and I must do my best to be a landlord."

"Vice General Wu, don't say that, we are all your subordinates...

Before Zhang Binghui finished speaking, Wu Shaogang suddenly thought of something, and he stopped.

The brigade also stopped.

Wu Shaogang is a person who has crossed over, and the situation of his hometown and family in his mind is a little vague, and it can even be said that he is not clear at all, which is also a strange place for him, I don't know why this situation happened.

Now that I am rushing home, and I am going back with a large group of people, will it cause an unexpected situation.

This must be taken into account, and the situation of returning home in fine clothes is not what Wu Shaogang likes, he is a person with great ambitions, and it is better to be low-key as much as possible.

Zhang Binghui, who was beside Wu Shaogang, was stunned for a moment, looked at Wu Shaogang, and spoke again.

"Vice General Wu, you have just returned to your hometown, if there are too many people, the family may not be able to greet you, why don't you send a few people to follow you in front, what do you think?"

Wu Shaogang couldn't help but look back at Zhang Binghui.

This Zhang Binghui is so smart, and he is so careful.

You must know that Wu Shaogang was born in an ordinary peasant family, and the conditions at home are definitely not very good, otherwise he would not go to be a soldier, if his family is too poor and is seen by many sergeants under his command, the impact will definitely be bad, and it may even affect Wu Shaogang's authority and glorious image.

This is a fact, even if Wu Shaogang is uncomfortable in his heart, he must obey this iron fact.

After thinking for a while, Wu Shaogang nodded.

"It's okay, Zhang Binghui, follow me home, and the rest of us will wait outside the village for the time being."

As soon as Wu Shao finished speaking, Zhang Binghui immediately turned around and began to arrange, the four carriages must follow into the village, and as for the rest of Ma Long and the others, they were waiting outside the village.

The reason why Zhang Binghui was allowed to follow him home was also something that Wu Shaogang had seriously thought about, Zhang Binghui, Ma Long, Wang Shisan, Du Xiaoqi and Tan Mazi and others were his absolute confidants, that is to say, no matter what kind of difficulties and blows he Wu Shaogang encountered, these people would never give up, in this case, Wu Shaogang would not hide too much from them.

Among them, Zhang Binghui is the smartest, Wu Shaogang decided to take Zhang Binghui, this is also a kind of temptation, to see Zhang Binghui's performance, if his performance is not good, he can also find out, so as to know in his heart.

A few minutes later, Zhang Binghui finished arranging.

A group of six people, plus four carriages, headed for the village.