Liu Ru and Chen Yuanyuan stood together on the dock, behind two women dressed as maids, and they looked at the ten huge fortune boats lined up on the pier and were amazed.

"Sister, these ships are so big, I've never made such a big ship when I'm so big." Looking at the huge lucky boat in front of him, Chen Yuanyuan's delicate and pretty little face was full of curious expressions.

Looking at her friend who was jumping and pulling her sleeves like a little girl, Liu Ru looked at her with half pity and half helplessness and smiled: "You, don't be too happy, the huge people may not be willing to let us get on the boat." ”

Chen Yuanyuan curled his mouth: "Why, we are just taking a ride along the way, if he doesn't want us to get off the boat as long as we leave Hangzhou, it will never cause him trouble." ”

"It's a pity that people don't think so." Liu Ru said, a wry smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, he has traveled south and north over the years, although his fame has spread all over the Jiangnan provinces, but who understands the bitterness in his heart? Even Chen Yuanyuan, who looks innocent and romantic now, actually has a stomach full of bitter tears.

After they had waited for about a quarter of an hour, the guard who had gone in earlier came back, and he looked at the two women for a while before saying, "Okay, General Pang has an order, you can go in, the general is waiting for you on the boat, and now you come with me." ”

"Thank you, this military master." Liu Ru said a blessing to the guard, and then followed the guard to board the huge ship of blessing.

The guard took Liu Rushi and Chen Yuanyuan to a room on the third floor of the highest floor of the big ship, and there were two heavily armed soldiers standing in front of the door of the room.

"Come in!" A voice came from inside the room.

The guards went in and shouted: "General Qiyu, the guests have arrived!" ”

"Got it, let them in."

"Yes!"

After the soldier came out, he made a gesture of invitation to Chen Yuanyuan and Liu Ru, motioning for them to enter, but stopped the two maids who were about to follow in.

Liu Ru was the first to push open the door and walked in, and saw General Pang, who had killed more than a dozen assassins in the street just now, sitting behind a table and looking at them with a smile.

Liu Ruis and Chen Yuanyuan hurriedly stepped forward and poured a blessing on Pang Gang, "The people's daughter Liu Ruis (Chen Yuanyuan) has seen General Pang. ”

"Hehe, the two girls don't need to be polite, I didn't expect us to meet again." Pang Gang stood up as he spoke, and stretched out his hand to signal the two famous concubines from Jiangnan to sit down.

After the two of them sat down, soon a personal soldier served tea, and Pang just asked, "Aren't the two of you going to perform at the governor's yamen today?" How did you come to Pang someone's ship so quickly? ”

Liu Ru's face was slightly red, and after glancing at Chen Yuanyuan, she said: "Our two sisters want to go back to Suzhou, but now the road is not very peaceful. ”

Liu Ru was also a little uncertain when he said this, after he and Chen Yuanyuan left the governor's mansion, they felt that someone had been following them all the time, and they didn't have to think about it to know that it must be someone from the governor's mansion today. They also know how attractive their appearance is to men, they are usually fashionable in Suzhou, they have certain relationships and connections, and they can keep their sisters safe, but now they are helpless in this Hangzhou city, and a few gangsters can kidnap their weak women, and their fate is absolutely predictable. And now the only one in Hangzhou who can protect his sisters is General Pang in front of him.

Pang Gang stared at the second daughter with blazing eyes for a while, only to see that Chen Yuanyuan was so ashamed that he didn't dare to raise his head, Liu Ru was worried, so he nodded slowly and said: "Okay, you can go and be with Xuezhu first, and I will immediately let someone vacate two empty rooms for you." ”

"Thank you, General Pang!" Chen Yuanyuan heard that Pang Gang agreed to his sister's request, and hurriedly bent down to Pang Gang and said a blessing. At the same time, a glimmer of light flashed in her big eyes, a sweet smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and Yingying Yanyan's voice matched her beautiful appearance, which was really beautiful, and even Pang Gang was dumbfounded.

Pang Gang was stunned for a moment before he smiled bitterly: "Miss Chen, don't be like this, Pang Gang can't afford it, if the two girls suffer any grievances because Pang Gang doesn't agree, the literati in the world will have to eat Pang." ”

"General Pang is really good at laughing, if half of the soldiers in the world can have the courage of a general, the world will not be like this." Chen Yuanyuan covered his mouth and smiled, and a hint of blush appeared on his white and beautiful face.

Liu Ru watched Chen Yuanyuan and Pang Gang talk happily, but secretly shook her head in her heart, "My sister has a good impression of this General Pang, if this General Pang is willing to put in a little effort, I'm afraid it won't be long before she obediently becomes the concubine of the general in front of her."

Thinking of this, Liu Ru sighed secretly in his heart, and stood up to thank Pang Gang: "Thank you for the general's kindness, then the people won't bother the general now." ”

"Okay, don't thank you, I'm tired of hearing if you didn't say I'm tired." Pang Gang waved his hand, smiled and sent them out of the door, and then sent someone to take them to the room below.

Sent the second daughter out, Pang Gang shook his head and smiled bitterly, how could this matter be rushed together, even these two famous concubines of Qinhuai River came to seek their own refuge, it seems that this morning, his royal spirit is too strong.

Liu Ru and Chen Yuanyuan took two maids and followed a personal soldier to a room on the second floor of the big ship, and then took their leave.

Looking at this small but unusually tidy room, there was a faint smell of incense in the room, Liu Ru and Chen Yuanyuan were very satisfied after reading it, what was there to be dissatisfied with the two of them in such a neat house on the ship.

After arranging the two maids to another house, Liu Rushi and Chen Yuanyuan picked up two stools and sat by the window, looking at the boundless sea outside the window, only to feel a burst of relaxation and comfort.

Chen Yuanyuan said happily: "Sister, it's the first time I've seen the sea when I'm so big, the sea is so beautiful!" ”

Liu Ru smiled faintly, but there was a hint of sadness on her face: "The sea is beautiful, but I don't know how long I can see it." ”

Chen Yuanyuan pouted: "Sister, you are worried about the country all day long, and you are not too tired to panic?" That's something that only men's families have to worry about, as a woman, as long as I can have a good husband and children, why think so much? ”

Liu Ru sighed, gently stroked the black hair on Chen Yuanyuan's head, and said softly: "Good sister, my sister is different from you, now I am worried about internal and external troubles, there are rogues and chaos inside, and there are Tartars eyeing me outside, but the officials of the court are still drunk and obsessed, if it goes on like this, I will be in danger!" ”

Chen Yuanyuan looked at Liu Rus, and spit out his little pink fragrant tongue for a long time: "It seems that it's not good to read too much of this book, just like Sister Liu, who reads too many books and worries about the country and the people all day long, how boring it is, how good it is to just sing and dance like me." ”

Listening to Chen Yuanyuan's innocent words, Liu Ru just smiled bitterly and said nothing, her sister's temperament and surname are completely different from her, and she hopes that she can live a peaceful life with her husband and children, which is fundamentally different from the ideal she adheres to in her heart. But such a person who is ideologically different from himself can become a close friend who is more in love than Jin Jian, and the wonder of everything in the world can be seen.

"That's it!" Liu Ru grabbed the little hand of her close friend and said with a smile: "Then sister, I wish you to find a good match as soon as possible, and then grow old happily, so it will be done." ”

"Hee-hee! It's still my sister who understands me. Chen Yuanyuan also took Liu Ruye's hand and laughed.

Just as Liu Ru was whispering to Chen Yuanyuan about his little daughter, it was getting late in the morning, and Lin Feng, who had been to various grain merchants in Hangzhou early in the morning to negotiate the purchase of grain, also returned to the ship, and Pang Gang was listening to his report in the living room.

Pang Gang personally poured Lin Feng a cup of tea and handed it to him, and asked with a smile, "Governor Lin, how was the harvest today?" ”

Lin Feng took the teacup with both hands, but said abruptly: "My lord, I am incompetent and incompetent, and I have failed your high expectations, but today I have gained nothing, those grain merchants are either closed or deliberately prevaricated, and they say in unison that there is no surplus grain in their hands, and it is useless to run through almost all the grain stores in their humble positions, even if they are willing to sell to us, the amount is very small, but the price is indeed extremely expensive, and some black-hearted grain merchants even sold the grain to the price of seven or eight taels of silver for one stone of rice, and there is no way to do it, so they have to come back first." ”

Pang Gang smiled and said, "It seems that those people are in a group, and they don't plan to buy food for us." ”

Lin Feng drank all the tea in his hand in one go, picked up his sleeve and wiped the corners of his mouth, and said angrily: "Some grain merchants actually said that they could buy grain if they wanted to, but if we want to exchange it for refined salt, and it is a pound of refined salt for a pound of grain, don't you say that this is bullying." ”

"What, there's such a thing!" Pang Gang didn't laugh angrily, "It seems that my Pang someone's reputation is not well-known in Hangzhou, everyone wants to take a bite, a pound of refined salt for a pound of grain, they are really talkative!" ”

In this era when there is no large-scale industrial salt production, the price of refined salt is always ten times or even dozens of times more than that of grain, and now those grain merchants want to use such a price to exchange refined salt with Pang Gang, which is undoubtedly equivalent to someone exchanging copper coins for the same weight of gold, which is not only bullying, but completely despising.

(To be continued)