Chapter 274: The Great Yue Canal

Yu Shu is a little strange Pei Qinglin is obviously a rural villager with no background, but he has a temperament different from that of ordinary people, this is not the first time, the first time he felt that Pei Qinglin had a secret was when he saw the big tiger and other bandits bowing down to him, at that time Pei Qinglin prevaricated himself under the pretext of saving them, and now it seems that it is not so simple.

"The river is a communication between the north and the south? I've never been out of Stone Village, so I don't know about it. Yu Shu walked to the window and said that there were many merchant ships on the sparkling river, and it could be seen that business was very good.

"This is the Dayue Canal, it was dug by the Holy Grandfather for the communication between the north and the south, starting from Anzhou in the south to the capital, more than 1,400 miles of land, it was dug in order to solve the problem of flooding in the south and drought in the north, and then the canal has also played an economic role in cultivating it from generation to generation, and after several generations of monarchs to widen the river, it is now spectacular." Pei Qingrin introduced.

As everyone knows, Yu Shu has silently compared the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in later generations, thinking that it is not much different, after all, it is the crystallization of the hard work of the ancient working people.

At this time, the night gradually fell, and at night there seemed to be other ships on the river in addition to the merchant ships, Yu Shu saw that some small boats appeared on the river, which were small painting boats, and occasionally the sound of silk and bamboo could be heard.

The meaning of this voice is not always Pei Qinglin explained that Yu Shu was already very clear, it was one of the most profitable trades in ancient times, and the little girls in the Qinlou Chu Pavilion traveled.

Yu Shu knew that blocking the Fanghui Qinglou was the most profitable business in ancient times, but she had her own bottom line, some money could be earned, and some money could not be earned.

"Pei Qingrin, do you think they can make money like this? There are many merchant boats on this river, so shouldn't you go to a small river or something? Yu Shu knew that the Qinhuai River in ancient times was a place where warblers sang and danced, and she didn't think that the canal was suitable for this livelihood.

Pei Qinglin was silent, just looked at the river, and soon saw that the merchant ships elsewhere suddenly put down a small boat, and a young man boarded the boat and chased the pink painting boats.

Yu Shu watched the boat catch up with a painting boat, and a woman dressed as a girl came out of the painting boat, and after asking a few words, she let the man's boat come over.

After the man got on the boat, the little girl removed the pink lantern and replaced it with a bright red lantern, and the whole painting boat had an ambiguous color.

"Then it's better to pick up the woman on your own big boat, how inconvenient this little painting boat is!" Yu Shu said strangely, isn't it better and more convenient to have a big ship? You just need to send someone over to pick up the woman, isn't it?

Pei Qinglin looked at the little woman in surprise, how could this woman dare to say anything? If this is heard by stubborn conservative people, it will be criticized for not abiding by women's morality, such tiger and wolf words are really suitable for a woman to say? No one even says that even if you're a married woman, right?

"Most of the big ships are merchant ships, do you think it's appropriate for a dusty woman to come up on a ship like ours? Those boats have been specially handled, and they are very stable and safe, and they will not cause accidents, so you are really worried about it. Pei Qinglin coughed lightly and said a little unnaturally.

Isn't this kind of topic supposed to come up when two men are gossiping? Or the man's own thoughts, there is absolutely no woman who says it so directly!

Yu Shu thought that if someone on her boat summoned a woman to come up, she would be the first to feel uncomfortable, it turned out that the ancients were so smart and could still handle the painting boat very safely?

"Pei Qingrin, let's go to the deck to have a look, it's boring to be bored in the house all the time, aren't those painting boats playing the piano and singing songs, let's go and join in the fun." Yu Shu didn't want to be bored in the house for such a long time.

Pei Qingrin, who couldn't stand his daughter-in-law's request, went out to pick up his son Xiaobao and went to the roof together, that is, the third floor of the merchant ship, which was actually the height of the previous two-story building.

There were already a lot of people on the deck at this time, and there were some tables, chairs and benches placed there for people to use, Yu Shu and Pei Qingrin came to see the excitement and did not plan to sit in a seat.

At this time, there are only pink painting boats on the river, or playing the piano or singing music, but it is quite lively to see many men in the excitement, and there are almost no people like Yu Shu who love to join in the fun.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the little woman Xiantao is recruiting a son-in-law today, it all depends on fate, as long as you are right with my pair, you can become my guest at the scene." A brightly dressed woman in the boat said softly.

Yu Shu looked at the woman, it was a typical Yangzhou thin horse, with a slender and graceful figure, it was really a place where it should be thin, and there was meat where there should be meat.

"Pei Qingrin, can you recruit people into the painting boat without paying? If only I were a man! "Sure enough, an extraordinary woman has extraordinary ideas, Pei Qingrin has the illusion that she has married a big brother, why is Yu Shu like this?

Feeling Pei Qingrin's scrutinizing gaze, Yu Shu was shocked to realize that she had said something crazy that she couldn't see, this... She secretly glanced at Pei Qingrin, and sure enough, the other party kept looking at her. It's like trying to see through your own soul.

"You may not know that I sometimes feel that I want to be a man, because there are too many constraints on women in this era, how good it is to be a man, you can have three wives and four concubines, you can read and write, become a big official, and become a king and a marquis." If it weren't for the fear of being said to be a big rebel, she would have wanted to say that she could be the emperor!

These words have successfully provoked Pei Qingrin's eyes to stare at her, and she said that she was crazy, but Yu Shu laughed out loud, and this laughter was a little abrupt at this moment, attracting the attention of the people next to her.

This also successfully attracted the attention of the woman who had just recruited the guest of the curtain, of course, the attention was on Pei Qingrin, who had her own aura by Yu Shu's side.

Although the scar on the forehead on this man's face is a little scary, his facial features are good-looking, and he has the temperament of his body.

"Now please listen to my first pair, the port to support the ship, because of the ship money and please talk about the next couplet." The woman's clever eyes and delicate words have already said that the forehead men around her are itching.

": The kiln head buys tiles, shakes his head for the price of tiles" Soon someone came out, but unfortunately the man was thin and yellow-skinned, and the woman couldn't look down at all, so she just shook her head and didn't make a sound, she didn't believe that the man on the boat would not be right, as long as he said one, whether the battle was neat or not, he would directly declare the other party the winner.

Pei Qingrin directly ignored the other party's eyes and kept silent, Yu Shu looked at the woman curiously and then at Pei Qingrin.