"You guys came this time, Brother Yuan bought the ship, and Gongzi Qin and Brother Tiancheng helped take care of the freight?" Zhuo Yuantu asked tentatively.

Obviously, the three families are not all the way.

And although Gu Tiancheng keeps calling Uncle Yuan Changhe, the two are not related.

This old and young came out to buy a boat together, regardless of priority, which is very confusing.

Yuan Changhe and Gu Tiancheng glanced at each other.

Especially Gu Tiancheng will think more. According to his ambition, he would eventually form the largest river fleet, and the name of their fleet would resound throughout the canal.

Whether it is the formation process, or the operation and maintenance after completion, it is inevitable to deal with various shipyards. It is naturally best to have a good relationship with the boss of Hongjiang Shipyard.

Gu Tiancheng received Yuan Changhe's eyes, and subconsciously glanced at Yuan Dongchu before smiling at Zhuo Yuantu: "I partner with my uncle to do river transportation business, my uncle buys boats, and I have a group of brothers who have been friends with each other, who are responsible for the manpower needs of river transportation and dredge the relationship with the wharf. ”

A few words, listening to Zhuo Yuantu's ears, the amount of information is very large.

"Brothers who have been friends with each other", with the suffix of "dredging the relationship between the docks", just listening to it, I feel that it is full of fearless death and swords.

"I don't know what Tiancheng and your brothers are doing for a living?" Zhuo Yuantu asked very cautiously.

Gu Tiancheng didn't care about the change in Zhuo Yuantu's expression, it was still casual just now, and said with a smile: "Let Zhuo Daguan laugh, what can we do when we get together with a group of bitter people?" It's just selling coolies, carrying work on the docks, and earning some money to make ends meet. ”

A brother who has loved his life gets together, but he is just doing work on the dock?

Zhuo Yuantu instantly had a guess and asked: "I heard that the coolies who carry the work at the canal wharf are the most praised by a group of people from the wharves around Yishui County. No matter how big the freight proprietor is, few dare to oppress that group of people, and they become small friends...... Can you get to know these people? ”

Zhuo Yuantu didn't dare to be 100% sure of his guess, but his name for Gu Tiancheng had changed.

Gu Tiancheng was not sure, he turned to Yuan Changhe in confusion and asked, "We have another group of people in Yishui County who are working hard haha?" ”

This doubt is definitely not pretended.

He just took his brothers to carry the work at the surrounding wharves, and there were fewer times when he was beyond Yishui County. And it's all in the small dock, how famous will he be? The big shipyards connected to the state capital know that he has such a small role?

Gu Tiancheng subconsciously shook his head, it was not that he couldn't believe that this would become a fact, but he felt that he hadn't started to exert his strength yet, and he shouldn't have this kind of fame.

But Yuan Changhe was very sure and explained to Zhuo Yuantu: "The closest wharf to Yishui County is the wharf of Muliang Town. Tiancheng and his brothers have always been centered on Muliang Town, carrying work at the upstream and downstream docks.

If there is no other misunderstanding, what the big official said should be Tiancheng. In addition to the nearly 100 brothers under Tiancheng, the other loading and unloading coolies are all organized by the dock forces on the spot and do things according to the call of the dock. ”

It's all what the wharf says, the rules are set by the wharf, and there is also a commission from the wharf to make money.

The reason why these people didn't follow Gu Tiancheng was that Gu Tiancheng didn't accept everyone; Again, many people are not optimistic about the strength of a bastard boy, thinking that he will eventually be cleaned by the docks until he can't settle down on the docks and be cleared.

Hearing such an explanation, Zhuo Yuantu was already very sure.

When he looked at Gu Tiancheng again, he already regarded him as a character, and once again praised his eyes like a torch, and from a distance, he could see that this son was different.

This Gu Tianguo is really a ruthless character, at a young age, he dared to entangle a group of brothers and let the docks around Yishui make concessions to him.

It is conceivable that as time passes and Gu Tiancheng gets older, what kind of power he will manage.

And this girl......

A figure like Gu Tiancheng, could it be that just because Yuan Changhe, an ordinary Chinese person, could take out the silver to buy two small cargo ships, let Yuan Changhe take advantage of his power to intervene in the huge river transportation with extraordinary prospects?

Zhuo Yuantu said to Yuan Changhe with a smile: "Tiancheng Xiaoyou has a great reputation, and Brother Yuan really has eyesight. Brother Yuan is just a middle-aged man in Muliang Town, and it is not easy to make money, so he must have done his best to make a living in this business, right? ”

This is a continuation of the temptation.

Yuan Changhe was a little embarrassed: "I'm ashamed, I am dissatisfied with the big officials who said that before I went down, I was a boatman, and it was not long ago that I changed to a Chinese people's bank." As for the silver for the purchase of the ship......"

He glanced at Yuan Dongchu, his expression was helpless, and even more honored: "...... In the next Bucai, I am even more ashamed to mention that the silver for buying the ship today is all earned by the little girl. ”

The words fell, and the smug look was no longer hidden.

That's it! It's his daughter!

"The little girl felt that the wild vegetables eaten by our poor people were very uncomfortable. But the rich and noble people eat chicken, duck and fish every day, or they need to clear their stomachs...... "Yuan Changhe gushed endlessly.

Zhuo Yuantu was stunned when he heard this, in the spring and summer of this year, his family had also eaten a few times with shepherd's cabbage wontons and purslane mixed with shredded chicken.

It is said that there are many ways to eat wild vegetables, but when his eldest wife attended the banquet in the prefect's back house, she had only heard of these two.

And now, after meeting the leader of the first coolie organization on the canal.

Immediately afterwards, there was also a girl who put wild vegetables on the table of the rich and noble family.

Those girls, well, are said to be three girls, and they are amazed by many people in Fucheng.

Now it seems that it is said that it is a few female babies selling wild vegetables, which is unknown. In fact, the leader, or rather, is just the woman in front of her, and the reason why the other two girls can appear next to her is probably just that she needs two peers to accompany her.

The successive accidents of "this ......" made Zhuo Yuantu careless, and he almost rubbed his hands, "It's the recipe of the wild vegetables...... We also got two in the house, the purple cabbage wonton and purslane mixed with shredded chicken, which tasted good.

I heard that there are other mountain weeds that can also make delicious food. However, they are all mentioned by the passing ships, but the actual situation is unknown. ”

Yuan Changhe smiled angrily: "Yes, in addition to shepherd's cabbage and purslane, there are also a lot of wild vegetables that can be served, and they are delicious when they are done." If the big officials are interested in this, then take a pen and paper and let Tiancheng write to the big officials. ”

Zhuo Yuantu also smiled, but he didn't shirk too much, and said, "How embarrassing is this? Otherwise, our shipyard has a lot of orders, and your cargo ships will not be delivered until at least three months later.

I have a few flat-bottomed sand boats idle here, all of which are small boats, but small cargo is not a problem, and the sturdiness is okay, and it will not be a problem to use them for another three or five years.

I sent Brother Yuan and Tiancheng two boats, one is to thank Brother Yuan for his hospitality in giving wild vegetables, and the other is also fortunate to get to know Tiancheng's little friends, we can come and go often in the future. I hope a few people don't dislike it. ”