The dock boss's eyes were very powerful, and he saw that the old money was a piece of work, so he began to fool Hu Ye, wanting Hu Ye to hand over the old money to him as a coolie, and five taels of silver a month was a big income.

Lao Qian looked at this boss coldly, he was also a person who had worked in the general banner, and his subordinates had also managed more than 50 people, and if I wanted to be a coolie for you, my appetite was too great.

Hu Ye can also see the boss's thoughts, even if he wants to send this dock to something boring, he will not put the old money into it.

The boss laughed, he is my bodyguard, and he wants to protect me. I'm here just to ask, and I don't mean anything else. Hu Ye smiled.

"By the way, boss, there is a turbulence in the Three Gorges in Bashu, although your boat looks very big, but I'm afraid it will be difficult to withstand when you get there, right?" Hu Ye suddenly asked curiously.

The boss said that he went to the Bashu Huai River to do business, but here in Bashu has to cross the Three Gorges, and the water in the Three Gorges is turbulent, and it is difficult for these wooden boats to withstand it. It's okay to walk around in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, but where will you go?

Speaking of going to the Huai River, although the water flow of Sanjiangying is not urgent, the river is not wide, and this kind of boat can only pass through a single road.

So Hu Ye suspected that this boss was not telling the truth at all, but was perfunctory to himself.

"Hehe, Gongzi underestimated my camphor boat, and crossing the Three Gorges is like walking on flat ground, and that little turbulence is not a problem." The boss was surprised at first, but quickly replied, obviously very curious about Hu Ye's knowledge of the Three Gorges.

You must know that in this era of traffic competitions, information is spread very slowly, and most people of Hu Ye's age don't know that there is such a place as Langdao and the Three Gorges. Even if I heard my fathers say it, I am afraid it is impossible to be as detailed as Hu Ye's knowledge.

"Oh. It's so magical, I wonder if I'll be able to go up and see it. Hu Ye's heart moved, this boss boasted about himself, but he gave himself a chance. As long as you go in, you can better observe what is greasy inside.

"This son, I'm really embarrassed, there are a lot of goods today, I'm afraid the son won't be able to go up." The boss was obviously alert to Hu Ye, and when he saw that Hu Ye wanted to go up to check, he politely refused.

"Even so, then I won't bother." Hu Ye left the dock with the old money as he spoke, and continued to wander outside the Dinghuai Gate.

"You, look at where this kid came from. See where it goes next. After Hu Ye left, the boss ordered his boatman to spy on Hu Ye.

Besides, after Hu Ye left the dock, he became interested in those big ships. I wanted to go up and have a look, but the boss seemed to be a little aware.

"Young master, I think those boats are a little strange, they are only two taels of silver a day, and it stands to reason that there are many people who should rent them, but I think there are only boatmen who come in and out. No one else. If the prisoner in the prison was really framed by him, then there should have been something unsightly in those boats, and the prisoner bumped into it and was falsely imprisoned. Old Qian followed behind Hu Ye. Methodical analysis.

"It's not strange, isn't it just a boat, the hull is larger, and it is used to carry goods. Young Master Ben came out to hang out. The official is doing a lot of things about the cargo ship, so it's important to go inside the building and take a look, maybe there are some beauties waiting for him inside. Hu Ye deliberately said loudly. attracted the contempt of everyone around him.

Lao Qian was stunned for a moment, but then he understood what Hu Ye meant, pretended to be a wicked slave, and followed Hu Ye into the nearest Wanghuai Tower.

"Hey, it seems that the boss is too worried, isn't this just a boy who can only have fun. It is estimated that it was a whim to come to the dock, just one of them with developed limbs and a simple mind, a kid who has not even developed exactly like entering a green building, and wants to find out that we can't do business? The boatman who was sent by the boss to spy on Hu Ye saw Hu Ye enter the Wanghuai Tower, so he sneered, and then walked back to report to the boss.

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"You said he entered the Qinglou?" When the boss heard the news from the boatman who came back, he was also stunned, it seemed that Hu Ye was only thirteen years old, but he didn't expect to be so good at this age.

"That's right, and I see that his guard also looks like a bad slave, and at first glance he is everyone's son." The boatman replied.

"Okay, I know Lu Dao, you go and explain the situation here to Lu Zhutou, and see if he knows where this kid Lu Dao came from. Although he didn't find any flaws, it was better to be careful. The boss said solemnly.

"Yes, the little ones will go." The boatman replied loudly, and then walked towards the Dinghuai Gate.

Besides, Hu Ye entered this Wanghuai Tower with the old money, and a burst of luxury rushed towards him.

This is the first time Hu Ye has entered the Qinglou on the Qinhuai River, he has been to the Zuiyue Tower in Beiping City before, and he has been to the Piaoxiang Pavilion in Huai'an Mansion.

"Oh, this son is very fresh, it must be the first time to come to my Wanghuai Tower." As soon as Hu Ye walked into Wanghuai Tower, a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl walked up and said very charmingly.

Maybe it's in broad daylight now, and there are not too many guests in Wanghuai Tower, only a dozen or so. So Hu Ye, a twelve or thirteen-year-old guest, made those girls very interested, and they all wanted to see if they could give this kid a first time.

Hu Ye ignored the girl, but took the old money to the second floor and entered a small attic, through the window of the attic, he could see the pier just now.

After a while, another girl came in, obviously higher in status than the one just now, and her demeanor was much more dignified.

"This son, your vision is really good, this attic is called Wanghuai Pavilion, it is the best place for us to watch the Qinhuai River in Wanghuai Tower, and there are countless guests who make reservations here on weekdays. Childe was lucky today, and he just vacated. The girl entered the Wanghuai Pavilion with a plate of fruits, and said to Hu Ye.

Hu Ye sneered when he heard this, this Wanghuai Tower is close to the Qinhuai River, and half of the houses on the side can see the Qinhuai River. Choosing this house by yourself is nothing more than wanting to have a better view of the pier below. After this girl said it, it was as if only this one in the entire Wanghuai Tower could see the Qinhuai River.

If it was those sons and brothers who were brainstormed, maybe they would have been fooled by this girl, and they thought that they had occupied the best attic in Wanghuai Tower, and the silver had to be taken out.

"Okay, don't blow it to me. I'm young, but I'm not stupid. Hu Ye took the plate in the girl's hand, grabbed an orange and ate it, and then threw ten taels of silver in the tray, this is the rule of entering the Qinglou, and the tip must not be less, this is the unchanging rule through the ages.

"Go down and get me a local girl." After throwing away the silver, Hu Ye said slowly.

The girl was a little angry, but she saw ten taels of silver in the tray. Immediately, he smiled again. I originally wanted to pretend to be a local, but just now her accent had already revealed her origin, so I had to respectfully retreat out of Lu, ready to find a sister who wanted to be good, saying that a little local tyrant had come and wanted to be slaughtered.

"Old Qian, can you see how many of those people are workers and how many are thugs?" After the girl left, Hu Ye looked at the dock through the window. Pointing to the busy boatmen.

Lao Qian looked at the past, and with his eyesight, he naturally distinguished the difference between a person who works often and a specialized thug, and the most important thing is to play the plate.

Especially the kind of people who move goods on the dock all year round, the next plate must be very stable. And those thugs. Even if it is mixed in the middle of the moving goods, the next plate is a little floating.

"Young master, I think there are about a quarter of the thugs in there, presumably because they don't want those porters to discover the secrets inside. If something goes wrong, they fix it quickly. Old Qian observed for a while and said.

"Hey, you said he's a dock owner. What are you doing with so many thugs, and you have to mix in the middle of the porters. I think that Lu Shun must have been involved in the things they did. Otherwise, after so many years, it is impossible for them not to make a mistake, and it must be the aftermath of Lu Shun who gave them kindness. Hu Ye casually threw Lao Qian an orange, and then ate it by himself, thinking about how to find out the secrets inside the ship without being noticed by Lu Shun and the boss.

After a while, a girl with a delicate face, long hair and a shawl, who looked to be only fifteen or sixteen years old, entered the Wanghuai Pavilion and bowed slightly towards Hu Ye.

"Slave Xinyue, this is polite." The girl said very generously.

Hu Ye looked at Xinyue, it was really different from Beiping and the Huai River, this Qinhuai River deserved to be a beauty. Looking at the appearance and temperament, if you arrive at the Zuiyue Tower outside Beiping City, it should be at the same level as Ziyue.

"No need to be polite, come and sit down and talk." Hu Ye quickly recovered from his surprise and pointed to the chair next to the table and said.

Xinyue was obviously a little surprised that Hu Ye came back to his senses so quickly, and she was very surprised by this kid's concentration. The girl who went out just now told her that this boy was a fat sheep. But now it seems, at least a fat sheep with a brain.

"The slave obeys." Xinyue naturally walked up, and then squinted at Lao Qian and found that this guard was staring at her very cautiously, and more importantly, this guard was sitting with Hu Ye, where was there still a bit of a guard.

"Hehe, girl, don't get me wrong, I didn't mean anything else when I called you, I just wanted to chat, and I wouldn't have excessive thoughts." Hu Ye saw that Xinyue's eyes were wrong, thinking that she was worried about what Lao Qian would do to her, so he spoke.

"Chat? Childe is really good Yaxing, he came to this Wanghuai Tower, and he just wanted to chat? Xin Yue smiled slightly, knowing that a teenager like Hu Ye, who came to Qinglou for the first time, needed to take the first step, so she began to enlighten Hu Ye, "Don't worry, Childe, just chat, and do other things after chatting." ”

Hu Ye floated a black line in front of his eyes, and he had to admit that these dust girls in these years were really precocious, thinking of those things at the age of fifteen or sixteen, and coming to enlighten themselves.

"The girl is a local?" Hu Ye pretended not to know about Xinyue's hints, he didn't come to Wanghuai Tower to have fun, but to understand the situation of the dock below, which can be seen here every day, and there must be many more people who know the Tao than himself.

Xinyue didn't expect Hu Ye to be unmoved, but instead asked about her origin, so she had to answer, "The little girl has lived in this Wanghuai Tower since she was a child, and there is no way to know where her ancestral home is, but Gongzi can treat me as a local." ”

Hu Ye sighed after hearing this, this is the fate of Qinglou girls, some are orphans, and some are sold here by their parents out of helplessness. Like Tsing Yi, being sold into a big family as a maid is still lucky.

"Since you've lived here for so many years, you must be familiar with the things around here, right?" Hu Ye handed Xin Yue an orange and asked slowly.

"Cooked. Of course it's familiar, I can see it every day, of course it's familiar. Xinyue said softly, "Look at the Yelai building over there, I watched it build, and now it has become one of the best buildings on the Qinhuai River." I have to buy two biscuits every day to eat at the biscuit shop over there, and for more than ten years, the taste has not changed at all, but the price has increased from one copper coin. It rose to five copper coins. ”

"There is also the tailor shop over there, all the clothes of our Wanghuai Lou are customized in that shop, and the boss there is also a lovely person, and he is very familiar with the girls in our Wanghuai Building, and he can always make just the right clothes. The gauze skirt on my body was tailor-made for me. ”

"There is also the money village over there, every day there are happy people who go in, some people come out with sad faces, and some people jump directly into the Qinhuai River after coming out of it. Drifted down the Yangtze River, and even the body could not be found after the last day. ”

"And the calligraphy and painting stall over there, that scholar has admired our seventh sister for many years, but the seventh sister thinks he is a poor scholar. No money and no power. Besides, he couldn't afford to pay the redemption fee of the seventh sister as high as 1,000 taels, so he directly set up a calligraphy and painting stall on the bank of the Qinhuai River, and bought and sold his calligraphy and paintings all day long for a living. He also boasted that he must make enough money in Haikou. Redeem for the seventh sister. Although the entire Wanghuai Tower sneered at him, he had been outside for five years and had never given up. ”

The seventh sister was also moved by him. As long as he can help her redeem herself, she is willing to live with him for the rest of her life. Louzi's mother also said that the redemption fee for the seventh sister was originally one thousand taels, but for the sake of that scholar, he was very affectionate, as long as he was eight hundred taels, so he worked harder these days, but eight hundred taels was not something that he, a poor scholar, could do in a short period of time. ”

"Hehe, I guess you didn't expect that our Qinglou girl would also encounter this kind of loyal love, the seventh sister is a good blessing, and a man is willing to do this for her." Xinyue didn't give Hu Ye the slightest chance to speak, just a long list of nagging, from fried cakes to calligraphy and painting, from pain to love.

Hu Ye was dumbfounded when he heard this, this Xinyue was too good to speak, but he also had a new understanding of this kind of Qinglou girl. It turns out that they don't just know some poetry and songs, they don't just make men happy, they don't just make money. They will also yearn for love, and they will also care about everything that happens around them, but they can't help themselves.

"Have you noticed the pier over there, girl?" Although Hu Ye was deeply sympathetic to Xinyue, a girl in a green mansion, it was impossible to solve this kind of problem that had existed since ancient times, so he had to change the heavy topic.

"Docks?" Xinyue cleaned up her mood, she did say a little too much just now, and anyone who heard it would be a little dissatisfied. She also saw that Hu Ye was a little doll to say so much, if she was an adult, she would naturally show her charming side.

"That dock, it's not a good place, don't worry about it." Xinyue glanced at the dock and said disdainfully.

Hu Ye was stunned, he thought that Xinyue didn't mention the dock before because she was not familiar with the dock, but now it seems that it is not the case at all, it seems that she is very familiar with the dock, and she is also a little familiar with the cats inside.

"Does the girl know what those big ships are for?" Hu Ye said and took out the silver from his arms, he understood that silver was indispensable for putting things out of these people's mouths.

Xinyue looked at the silver that Hu Ye took out, her eyes flashed, and she didn't go to pick up the silver, but said softly, "I see that Gongzi came to Wanghuai Tower, not to find a girl at all, but to inquire about the news of that dock, right?" ”

Hu Ye was stunned, could it be that what he did was so obvious? Or is your acting too poor?

"Well, if the girl can tell me, there will be a lot of thanks." Hu Ye said embarrassedly, and pushed the silver in front of Xinyue as he spoke.

"I think Childe also wants to do good things for the people, but I advise Childe, it's better not to provoke the people at that dock. They have been able to exist here for so many years, and naturally there is a reason for him. As for this silver, it's better that I still don't accept it, as for the dock's business, does the prince really want to hear it? Xinyue pushed the silver back to Hu Ye and asked very seriously.

"I want to hear about it." Hu Ye didn't expect this Xinyue to not accept cash, and he suddenly had a little more respect for her.

"In that case, I'll tell Childe about it, but Childe must remember that today's conversation never happened." Xin Yue stood up as she spoke, closed the door of Wanghuai Pavilion tightly, and then sat down again.

"Childe is an official, right?" After sitting down, Xinyue asked slowly.

Hu Ye looked shocked, this Xinyue is inevitably too powerful, she only took office today, she knows what she does?

"Childe doesn't need to panic, the only ones who want to take care of this dock are those newly appointed officials. Those old fritters who have been in the mix for many years will not wade into this troubled water at all. Xinyue said.

Hu Ye looked at Xinyue curiously, no matter how she looked, she was only fifteen or sixteen years old, why did she have such rich experience, she spoke with the truth, and guessed her identity as far as she could.

"Could it be that this Xinyue is a god operator?" Hu Ye couldn't help but guess. (To be continued......)