Six dynasties, ten miles of Qinhuai.

On the bank of the Qinhuai River, there is Jiankang City, the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties.

The most rear-end Jiankang City as the capital is the Huai Dynasty that once stood for a short time, more than 300 years ago, Jiangnan is also called Huaidi since then, as for the title of Huaidi is derived from the Huai River, or the Qinhuai River, there are different opinions.

In the past three hundred years, the dynasty has changed several times, and the city of Chang'an has been basically established as the political and cultural center of the Central Plains.

The smoke cage is cold, the moon is long, and the sand is long, and the night is close to the restaurant in Qinhuai.

Along the river south, passing through the cargo ships of Jiankang City, there are few who do not stay overnight in Jiankang City, after all, this is a prosperous city, like a veiled and shy girl, merchants travel the world, all want to see the wind and moon of Qinhuai.

From the river upstream of the Qinhuai River, the small buildings on both sides of the river gradually rise and gather and stand, from scattered, and then to three or three twos, and then the boats in the river are also more, the towering Jiankang City wall is mottled and old, under the city wall, the small building, the ancient pavilion, the wooden fence, the cargo ship and the painting boat reflect each other, under the dusk and sunset, those lanterns are about to start a busy day.

Liu Yu stood at the bow of the boat, his hand pressed on the hilt of the saber at his waist. The gentleman's sword will not be abrupt in this era. Looking at both sides of the strait, Liu Yu couldn't help but sigh that even outside the city, the prosperity of Jiangnan was no longer under Chang'an City.

This time, Yuan Bolang, as an envoy of the imperial court, will openly enter Huaidi to discuss the matter of the lord of Yimin County. And Liu Yu, as a secret envoy, will turn into a merchant and secretly enter Huaidi with Xu Xuanzhu, who is the wife of a merchant. At the same time as arranging the intelligence network. Waiting for the opportunity to assassinate the King of Huai. Intelligence shows. The King of Huai was very confident in the security of Huaidi, and often traveled alone, which gave the Assassins an opportunity to take advantage of it.

"Huaidi is prosperous, it has been like this since ancient times."

A young boy walked out, stood side by side with Liu Yu, and said with emotion, "Brother Fang is a northerner, and he is used to the heaviness of the mountains and wilderness in the north. This Jiangnan is like Dazeguo. This late autumn is better, if you encounter the rainy season in April and May, the boat is on the river, even the pavilions on both sides of the bank can not be seen clearly, the bright and winding, only to show the city of water towns. On the bank of the Shili River, Qinhuai is only a corner outside, and it is even more lively when it arrives in the city. It would be a pity not to come and see the merchants. Brother Fang must be here for the first time, right? ”

Liu Yu is known as Fang Zhao. The identity is a merchant in the north, but Fang Zhao also has his own people. And has a close relationship with the imperial court.

The young son-in-law is Mi Rucheng, the eldest son of the Mi family, a grain merchant in Shandong, who not only deals in grain, but also has its own fleet.

At this time, Xu Xuanzhu was sitting in the cabin wearing a wide suit, learning the method of northern weaving with Mi Rucheng's wife Li, while Lu Chuer knelt behind her, and the boatman, porter, bearer and entourage were scattered on each boat of this fleet, and the guards of the Imperial Forest Army were dressed up under the leadership of Yang Lie, and at the same time, a batch of "secret arms" were also transported in the ship. Even Mi Rucheng thought that Liu Yu was a businessman from the north.

Liu Yu heard Mi Rucheng's words and asked, "Brother Mi should often come and go to Jiangnan, right?" ”

"It's nature." Mi Rucheng said, "Most of our Mi family's grain will be transported to Jiangnan to sell, the crops in the north are different from Jiangnan, in Jiangnan, ordinary people only eat rice a year, and we in the north, we eat more." In this regard, Jiangnan people are really inferior to us. ”

When it came to his main business, Mi Rucheng's face also brightened, and he talked endlessly.

But Liu Yu is not too interested in the operation of rice grain, he also pays more attention to the scenery on both sides of the river, he has been famous for a long time in the wind and moon of the Qinhuai River, and today is the first time to set foot in the ancient Jiangnan, to see this beautiful scene.

Mi Rucheng said as the fleet passed through the Shuixi Gate of Jiankang City, and after paying the taxes for entering the city, the ships slowly sailed through the water hole under the city wall and entered the Inner Qinhuai River.

The outer Qinhuai has seen prosperity, and the inner Qinhuai is even more enchanting. As soon as he entered the city, Liu Yu heard the voice of the girl on the shore on the wooden stack "Woo Mili ......" like a hanging voice, Wu Nong in the south of the Yangtze River whispered, Liu Yu listened to it for a long time and didn't hear what the girl was singing, but her voice was extremely soft and very good.

"Brother Mi, what do you hear her singing?" Liu Yu looked at Mi Rucheng.

Mi Rucheng said with a smile: "The country accent is different, you don't care what she sings, in short, it's good." ”

At this time, he poked his head down from the cabin and said, "It should be a love song from Jiangnan, and I miss my lover." ”

It was the accompanying Wu You who spoke. Originally, Liu Yue didn't want to bring him here, but he wanted to accompany him, saying that he wanted to come to "visit relatives". It is said that Wu You lived in Jiangnan for more than ten years when he was young, and Wu You's first wife and only wife were also from Jiangnan.

As night fell, the lights of thousands of homes rose on the Qinhuai River.

The lights are colorful, and when you are here, you will not feel that Jiangbei is in the midst of war, which can be said to be a pastime to avoid disasters.

With the increase of painting boats, cargo ships also continue to "compete" with these painting boats, and occasionally there will be some small collisions, but fortunately, the boatmen of the Mijia fleet are very experienced, even when there are many ships, they can control the ships freely. Standing at the bow of the boat, Liu Yu felt like a racer enjoying the wind and lightning in the downtown area.

At this time, the fleet passed through a slightly narrow section of the river, and the oars swung up, splashing the bodies of several young girls washing clothes on the bank of the river, and one of the girls turned her head and looked viciously at the two young men standing on the bow of the boat, and cursed a few words.

At this time, a window opened on the painting boat on the shore, and a woman who seemed to have fallen into the dust reprimanded the girl below, and then smiled apologetically at Liu Yu and Mi Rucheng on the boat. 、

Liu Yu returned the salute slightly, he thought to himself that the girl who scolded just now should be this woman's maidservant.

The boat passed by soon, and Liu Yu asked Wu You, "Do you know what they were talking about just now?" ”

"The girl scolded you for muddying the river and not being able to wash clothes, and the girl on the boat said a few words to her." Wu You didn't have a good airway.

"Oh." Liu Yu nodded in understanding.

Mi Rucheng said with a smile: "Over the years, the younger brother has also gone to some places, and people everywhere speak and act differently. The little brother is most annoyed by those Guanzhong people, who speak with the taste of the old west, and they are still very arrogant. If you feel close to the dragon, you will be arrogant. ”

Liu Yu smiled ashamedly on his face, after all, he was also from Guanzhong, but his accent was a northern accent. Xu Xuanzhu is stationed on the northern border all year round, and he speaks the northern dialect very fluently, Yang Lie and Huo Yi speak with a guanzhong accent, but they rarely speak.

Liu Yu smiled: "Actually, there are some guys in Guanzhong around me. ”

"It's okay, it's okay." Mi Rucheng said, "Brother Fang is a sincere person, so tall and heroic, with the heroism of northerners. The younger brother's favorite thing is to do business with someone like Brother Fang, at least sincerely. We first went to the warehouse to store the goods, and then went back to the old boat, so that we had to submit to the previous pair of disrespectful lords and servants! ”

Although Mi Rucheng is a businessman and his social status is not high, he was insulted by a dusty woman and always felt that he wanted to save face. And the best way to save face is to show his majesty in the bed. (To be continued......)