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Chapter 834: Pingshui meets a pot of wine

It is said that the people who came from the grassland are simple, but that's what happened, and Mo Rigen and the others also knew that they had to have a good relationship with the guards around Wang Tong. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Buying sheep in Jining Prefecture is actually their idea, the ship is moored on the sandbar at night, the two Mo Rigen brothers happen to be Lulu's ability, the men on the grassland have their own set of skills to clean up cattle and sheep, a few fat sheep, two people each hold a knife, and soon it is a sharp rope to peel and remove bones and clean up.

There are also kitchen utensils and condiments on the boat, so they take water on the spot and start simmering directly, and they specially clean up the open space, pick up dry firewood on the pouring, and roast one.

The boatman and sailor on the ship are making a small pot to cook fish there, the fish and sheep are fresh, and the small sandbar is full of aroma for a while, and Wang Tong's guards, who have just been nervous for a day, are relaxed and laughing.

The reason why this is so is because except for Wang Tong on the ship, everyone else has the responsibility of guarding, and they are not allowed to drink, even the two Mongolian guards said that the spirits in the skin were poured out, and after coming to Daming, they felt as if it was heaven was this wine, and the poor mare's milk wine on the grassland was different, and this side was a good wine made of pure grain.

"It's hot, you go and put the wine jar in the lake, and wait for it to taste good."

Hearing Wang Tong's instructions, Tan Erhu put the wine jar into the bamboo basket and put it into the lake, he was actually a little strange, Wang Tong used to drink some wine except for official occasions that he couldn't resign, but he never overdid it, but now he is not so shy about wine.

At this time, Wang Tong was already wearing a full set of plate armor, holding a spear in his hand, and went ashore along the pedal, and began to practice one board at a time on the edge of the clearing that had been cleared.

What makes the following young guards admire the most is Wang Tong's diligence in military training, no matter when, Wang Tong has to complete those subjects of military training, he is like this, and the people below will not relax.

was training, but heard someone in the bow of the ship shouting, it was already dark, in the outermost boat and several places on the sandbar there were guards on duty, but they also did not see too far, when they sounded the warning, Wang Tong and his people also saw the wind lantern hanging on the bow of the other party.

"Who?"

The guards were not ambiguous, the people who stayed on the ship had already moved out of the brazier, set fire to the crossbow arrows that had already been opened, and fought on the water, the wooden boat was afraid of fire, and it was quite effective to shoot rockets with crossbows.

There was a sound of stepping on the ship's board, and the soldiers were ready with firearms and blades, shouting here, but the boat coming there did not respond for a long time, Shi Qi shouted at the bow of the boat:

"What are you doing in a daze, shoot the fuck"

The front of the arrow was wrapped in a tarpaulin, burned for a long time, and shot out in the direction of the wind lamp, directly nailed to the deck, and two arrows shot over, but it could be seen that the ship was not the loach boat commonly used by bandits, but the kind of manned cargo ship on the canal, a total of two.

"No malice, no malice, just want to come and spend the night together"

The people of the two cargo ships over there hurriedly shouted there, and saw that they were all people dressed as merchants, jumping and shouting over there, Wang Tong walked up to the bow of the ship and looked at it a few times, and said:

"Arrange for someone to get on the boat and see, it's really no problem, let it go, remember to keep an eye on it at night"

The manned cargo ship has a cabin, and dozens of people on a ship are still hidden, so you must always be careful, but after listening to it, Liu Saburo found a few guards and told him a few words, and arranged for someone to supervise on board.

Wang Tong took off his armor, this armor is not something that ordinary people can have, so it's better not to be too eye-catching.

Although there were people on the water stepping on the plate to look at the goods a few days ago, the two boats that came over at night were not bad people, but businessmen from Linqingzhou.

Traveling on the river, there is no difference between speed and slowness, but these two boats have seen the archery performance on the river, and they have traveled south and north for so many years, and they also know that Wang Tong and his party may be traveling from a wealthy family somewhere, and following such a team, although there is no benefit, at least they can get a shelter.

After entering Weishan Lake, I had already walked south, but then I felt unsure, so it was safe to come back and lean on this sandbar together.

Seeing the magnificence of Wang Tong's party, they felt that they had judged correctly, they were not wealthy giants, how could they have such a complete set of swords and crossbows, and there was actually roast sheep on the shore.

The two ships that approached were the cargo of one person, who had jumped on the bow and shouted earlier, claiming to be surnamed Nie and a merchant from Jinan Prefecture.

At that time, Wang Tong opened the crossbow arrow and shouted to ask, but the other side did not react at all, and when the crossbow arrow was fired, the people over there were stupid and didn't know how to react for a while.

claimed to be surnamed Nie, a businessman from Shandong, Wu Er and Shi Qi stepped forward to interrogate a few words, and Liu Saburo took people to their ship for a walk, basically confirming that what the businessman surnamed Nie said was true.

Nie Jin's name is in line with his profession, maybe he is walking around, although he is not badly dressed, but he is only slightly fat.

According to the rules of Wang Tong's side, Wang Tong's team is the only one who drinks, and it is naturally boring to drink alone.

Nie Jin naturally can't ask for this, Wang Tong has abundant fish and meat here, but Nie Jin got a few jars of pickles to come over to have fun, this is the habit of businessmen who often walk on the canal, running around, there is no leisure like Wang Tong, it is all about making do.

Get some pickles, have a salty taste when eating, and easy to preserve, this is a very good life, many people on the boat are carrying a few pieces of cake with salted fish is the same.

Compared with the stewed mutton, fish soup and roast lamb here, Nie Jin's pickled vegetables have become a rare embellishment, and Nie Jin naturally has no taboo not to drink, and the two of them drink it.

Nie Jin was born as a businessman who is the best at observing words and feelings, and his demeanor and words are quite flattering, and Wang Tong has a few bowls of wine here, and the atmosphere is gradually getting higher.

"What kind of cargo are these two ships, Boss Nie, now that Shandong is going to Jiangnan, it's more convenient to take the sea route, right?"

"Wang Gongzi doesn't know that it is convenient for goods from Jiangnan to go to the north, but it is troublesome for goods from the north to go to Jiangnan."

Seeing Wang Tong's puzzled face, Nie Jin, who was already a little drunk, spoke casually, and said:

"The north opens the sea, whether it is the goods in the south of the Yangtze River or the ocean, and they can be distributed in all directions when they arrive in Tianjin, but the goods in the north go south, and they can only take the road of Cao Yun, if they go by sea, it is still equivalent to the smuggling of Japanese bandits, and after being caught, they will be severely punished, not to mention, and even killed."

Wang Tong was stunned, but he immediately understood what it meant, if the south of the Yangtze River opens the sea, everyone can do sea trade, if the sea is not opened, the huge profits of sea trade can only be shared by a limited number of wealthy families, and these wealthy families have a far-reaching influence in the officialdom, so they will naturally not open the sea.

Nie Jin picked up a piece of roast mutton with chopsticks, put it in his mouth and chewed it, and then sent it down with wine, sighed comfortably, and said with a smile:

"So that Wang Gongzi knows that the ship is only some special products from Liaozhen and Shanxi, leather goods, antlers and other things."

"Is it to Jiangnan to sell?"

After talking just now, Wang Tong knew that this Nie Jin was going to Jiaxing Mansion, Nie Jin shook his head and said:

"It's not for sale, these two ships of goods are an addition, and when they arrive in Jiaxing, the goods will be added to the store, and the small store will be counted out, and you can settle the bill with cash."

"What is Boss Nie going to do after selling the shop, is it possible to go back to Jinan Mansion to be a rich man?"

Wang Tong teased, and Nie Jin waved his hand again and again, and said with a smile:

"The store in the south will be sold, and then go to Tianjin Wei to open one, Tianjin Wei has an advantage compared to the Jiangnan side, and businesses like Zaixia also have an opportunity to make money."

"Jiangnan is rich in the world, Tianjin Wei is just a newcomer, why does Boss Nie say that?"

Hearing Nie Jin say this, Wang Tong was interested, he drank a lot and talked a lot, and Nie Jin was not as careful as he was at the beginning, he shook his head and said:

"It's not easy for such an outsider to be in Jiangnan, the business is not good and loses money, this is a skill, but there is nothing to complain about, the business is done, the trouble will come to the door, you do this to make money, the local big families will be targeted, you want to spend money to buy your shop, you can't sell it, the lawsuit is not reasonable, the errand in the government is all his slave family's children, can you not sell?"

Speaking of this, this Nie Jin felt a little emotional, shook his head and said:

"Up and down the dots are ready, there are some bastard things, there is a Puyuan temple in Changzhou Mansion, the Puyuan monk in the temple is known as a monk, the most like to say whose child has a Buddha fate, see it and take it to the temple, you want to bring the child back, you have to give a lot of alms, what to say from the Buddha to redeem people in the next luck, did not meet such a thing, but there is a knowing, the girl is beautiful, I don't know who saw it, yesterday I went out by boat, the whole family is gone, what said the dragon king took away, such nonsense, who will believe"

"It's really lawless, doesn't the government care?"

Nie Jin said it was a mess, but Wang Tong could understand what these words meant, the matter that the Dragon King took away, I am afraid that more than a dozen lives were thrown into it, this child has a Buddha fate, what is the difference between it and kidnapping, the government actually sat back and watched such a thing run rampant.

"The government dares to manage? From the master to the catcher, he is a subordinate of other families, if he doesn't speak in line with the meaning of those big families, their words can't even get out of the Yamen gate, if they don't know what to do, there are fewer thieves and they all say that Jiangnan is a paradise on earth, that is those big and wealthy families, Wang Gongzi, you don't know about official eunuchs"

Speaking of which, Nie Jin did drink too much, and fell asleep on the mat vaguely, Wang Tong took a sip of wine, smiled and whispered:

"Interesting"