When everyone got on the big boat and joined Chang'an, it was almost midnight.

The canal has always been busy, and even at night, the river is full of boats.

Fortunately, the water in Chuzhou is turbulent, and there are many reefs under the river, so that the merchants do not dare to stop here, otherwise the mountains and rivers here are beautiful, and it is really a good place to enjoy the scenery.

The merchant ships they boarded were quite large, and a flag painted gold on a black background was hung at the top of the pole, and a bright "Hu" character was written on it.

The Hu family, a grain merchant, is a well-known family in Chuzhou and even in the entire Daqi.

The Hu family started by selling grain, and it is said that as early as the previous dynasty, the Hu family was a well-known grain merchant. It is also said that when the founding emperor of the Great Qi rebelled, there was no rice and grain to cook several times, and the Hu family also enthusiastically supported the army's expenses. It is said that it is incomplete statistics, but the household department has a clear bill that records that the Hu family supported the founding emperor with hundreds of thousands of tons of grain.

It is also because of the righteousness of the Hu family, after the founding of the Great Qi Dynasty, the Hu family was trusted by the royal family, and handed over the matter of raising military food and grass to the Hu family for disposal.

Although the Hu family is not a wealthy family, it is never an exaggeration to say that it is a "great family".

If it is an ordinary person, I am afraid that it will be rampant to its tail when it gets this kind of power.

But if the Hu family can be inherited from the previous dynasty to the present, how can it be a family with a narrow eye and lax family rules?

The successive heads of the Hu family are the eldest sons, and if the eldest son is not talented enough, he will be supported by the brothers of the same mother. The concubines had no room to live in the Hu family, so they were separated as soon as they married their wives. This also fundamentally cut off the tragedy of the brothers' rivalry, and cut off the Hu family from the inside because of infighting.

The Hu family's family rules are much stricter than the laws of the imperial court. And the children of the Hu family, if there are traitors, ignoring the law, and smearing the lintel, they will all be dealt with by the clan.

It is said that the Hu family also has a special law hall to punish the unfilial descendants of the family. There is also a picket team of the Hu family, who openly and secretly visit the behavior of the children and grandchildren, but if they are not in order, they are inevitably pressed back to the ancestral hall to kneel to the ancestors and copy the family rules to set an example.

These methods seem to outsiders to be too impersonal, but it is because of this impersonal that the Hu family's inheritance has not disappeared in the torrent of time for hundreds of years. It is also because of the Hu family's unkindness that they have offended many people, so that those in power do not think about eradicating the powerful Hu family.

This time, Xu Erlang borrowed the Hu family's merchant ship to go south, which was really unexpected by Jin Niang.

Jin Niang pondered and pondered, but she still didn't understand when Xu Erlang hooked up with the Hu family; What kind of reward did he pay for the Hu family to take a big risk and agree to carry their family to Jiangnan.

Jin Niang asked, "Did you contact the Hu family when you sent Mr. Xia south for burial last time?" ”

Xu Erlang shook his head, "No." You forget, as early as the Liaodong Army and the Tartars, it was the eldest son of the Hu family who personally sent grain and grass to Liaodong. ”

Jin Niang was dazed, "I haven't heard you say it." ”

At that time, I thought that maybe one day I would be able to use them, so I broke the knots. I don't want that Hu Jiazi to be a 'man of temperament', and I am quite compatible, and the letters have never been broken since then, and they can be regarded as a friendship or two. ”

The words are good, but as the next head of the Hu family, how can the son of the Hu family really be a man of temperament? It is said that he has great righteousness and can be believed, but if this person has no brains and only befriends people based on his perception, then he is not worthy of being the heir of this generation.

And Xu Erlang was in a high position at a young age, and he was favored by the emperor, as long as he didn't make a mistake, he was designated as a powerful minister in the world.

Instead of believing that Hu Jiazi maintained friendly relations with Xu Erlang because of their similar temperaments, it was better to say that both of them had plans for each other's things, so they maintained such a friendly relationship.

Xu Erlang naturally plotted the identity of the Hu family's big grain merchant, and if this identity is used well, it can have a surprise effect at a critical time. And the Hu family's plan is naturally that Xu Erlang will one day be able to shelter them - although they are big grain merchants who are trusted by the royal family, just one word "business" makes their actions very restricted. If you want to do business, it is not enough to only give face to the emperor. After all, there is a saying that Hades is better, and the little ghost is difficult. In order to be able to make the Hu family's fleet and convoy accessible in Daqi, they had to communicate with the authorities almost everywhere they went. There are a lot of benefits to be sent out, and people can't feel distressed. The point is that sometimes the benefits are given away, but the desired goal cannot be achieved, which is very bad. And Xu Erlang has a strong character and outstanding ability, they are now good friends with Xu Erlang, and in the future, his words will save them tens of millions of things.

Let's take what you need.

After Xu Erlang and Jin Niang settled in the cabin, the eldest son and the second son of the Hu family boarded the ship to see Xu Erlang in person that night.

Jin Niang didn't show up, Xu Erlang personally entertained them, the three of them talked for a while, and the two of them got off the boat and left at night.

After that, the lives of the people were finally born for a while.

Although Changle still gets seasick, it's much better than when he first took the boat. She doesn't vomit all day now, but only when the wind and waves are strong and the boat is slightly bumpy.

But this ship is specially for transporting grain, and the carrying capacity is 20,000 catties. This is the largest commercial ship in Daqi so far, and the large carrying capacity means that the ship is large. The boat is too big, even when the wind and waves are strong, the bumps will be smaller. In other words, when you will encounter two storms after a day, Changle will be more uncomfortable with those two years, but the rest of the time is very good.

Changle didn't vomit much, but Chen Jiayu's morning sickness reaction began.

Fortunately, she doesn't vomit all day long, only retching when she gets up early every day to wash, and she can't help but vomit when she smells the fishy smell in the canal.

But she can alleviate this, whether it is eating some sour fruits, or drinking sour juices, she can suppress it, and overall life is okay.

There is a lot of space on board, and each of them has a large room, which is very convenient for movement. No longer have to rest like two days ago when I was in a small carriage, curled up and enduring the stuffy rest. This made everyone's spirits much better, and their faces became rosy.

Xu is the name of the Hu family is too big, and it is also possible that Chuzhou is the territory of the Hu family, whether it is an official or a bandit, they respect them for three points, so the road is very calm, but in three days, they arrived at Jiangzhou Mansion.

Xu Erlang and his entourage disembarked at the pier of Jiangzhou Mansion, and after Jin Niang and a few people changed their appearance, they converged in several waves towards a private house not far away.

The Hu family can only support them on the road from Chuzhou to Jiangzhou, and the rest of the path must be taken by Xu Erlang and himself.

There are two reasons for this.

First, the Hu family is also responsible for transporting grain, and this time it is to transport grain to the Jiangsu and Zhejiang water divisions, and time cannot be delayed. The place where the Jiangsu-Zhejiang Navy Division was stationed was in Minjiang Mansion, and Xu Erlang was going to the Liangjiang Governor's Mansion where he was sitting in the town, in Tongzhou Mansion, which was adjacent to Jiangzhou Mansion. The Hu family was in a hurry, and it was too late to go to Tongzhou Mansion and then Minjiang Mansion to deliver grain.

They have signed a grain transportation document with the imperial court, and if they are overdue or there is a shortage of grain, they will bear the corresponding responsibility.

And the generals of the Jiangsu-Zhejiang Navy Division really have a big appetite, and they usually don't have enough gold and silver to stuff their teeth. In the past, they transported grain, and those generals picked bones in their eggs, and they had to find something to do if they had nothing to do, so they could collect more filial piety.

If they really postpone it, they will definitely send a lot of real money to plug their tongues. And this handle is grasped by them, and they may take it out to threaten one or two at any time.

The Hu family has been able to do the grain business for so long, and it is expensive to say "stable". But anything that can make enemies or give people a handle, they will think about it for a long time, and if they can avoid it, they will naturally try to avoid it.

In addition, the water area is narrow, the draft of the 20,000-pound ship is deep, and the canal is not buoyant enough, and the ship is easy to run aground.

Because of these considerations, the descendants of the Hu family on the ship apologized and prepared generous gifts and personally sent Xu Erlang and them off the ship.

When Jin Niang and the others arrived at the private house, it was still noon.

At this time, it was already autumn, but Jiangzhou Mansion was still hot, and people couldn't wear summer shirts.

After Brother Rong drank two cups of sour plum soup, he couldn't help but sigh twice, "The autumn tiger here is really powerful." ”

Jin Niang glanced at her stupid white sweet son with pity, "There are autumn tigers in the capital, but there are no here." The summer in Jiangzhou has not yet passed, although it is autumn, but the regions are different, and the time of autumn cannot only be according to the yellow calendar. ”

Brother Rong was a little confused, "So...... How hot is it to be in the south? ”

Jin Niang: ...... She doesn't know.

Jin Niang ignored her stupid son and told the maid and grandmother to cook a few more refreshing and light meals.

It was too hot to eat, and the preparation was too greasy to eat.

The key is that Chen Jiayu can't help but vomit when she smells something oily and heavy during the morning sickness period.

After a meal, Xu Erlang said about the departure in the evening. He also told Chen Jiayu about letting her go to Tongzhou Mansion by land. Along the way, he would ask Tonghe to take care of her, and Changle would also follow her to Tongzhou by land.

Changle didn't ask why, just nodded and said, "I can do it." ”

Chen Jiayu was a little hesitant.

Seeing this, Jin Niang told them the news she heard from Xu Erlang, "After we escaped from the tunnel of the Chuzhou Mansion Inn earlier, Erlang made people disguise themselves as us to confuse the sight of those people. 'We' all had an accident in that assassination, so naturally someone will go to the capital to report the funeral. But this is something that my father and mother know, and Your Majesty also knows, no matter what their considerations, it is impossible for them to really handle the funeral. Those who assassinated were not fools either, and sooner or later they would figure out the fact that they had been fooled. I heard that those families in Jiangnan have special channels for transmitting news, whether it is using carrier pigeons or Haidongqing, the news will be transmitted from the capital to Jiangnan in three days at the latest. Calculate the time to go back and forth, these families in Jiangnan will get the information tomorrow at the latest...... Maybe you'll already know about our death today. ”

The words weren't too clear, but the Jinniang who should have ordered them all came out.

If those families in Jiangnan had gotten the news today or earlier, they would have estimated and found out now that they had gone there now.

They don't even have to look for a place to stay, they just need to wait for the rabbits on the waters from Jiangzhou to Tongzhou.

In other words, there is now a net of heaven and earth waiting for them. This trip is dangerous, even more dangerous than when I was at the Chuzhou Inn.

Xu Erlang suggested that Chen Jiayu follow Tonghe and Changle to the south by land. Tonghe and Changle rarely appear outside, and not too many people will know that they are from the Xu Mansion, that is, they will not be too eye-catching.

He even arranged for Qu He and the female secret guards around him, pretending to be a husband and wife who traveled the mountains and rivers, and took Changzhou and Changhui to Tongzhou.

It was Jin Niang and Chang'an, as well as Brother Rong, Xu Erlang also wanted them to take the land route with ease.

But this idea was vetoed by Jinniang.

The goal of those families is Xu Erlang, but there is a saying called cutting the grass and eradicating the roots. If there are a few "valuable" people on the boat, it will attract the attention of those people, so that they will have a lot less patience to catch small fish and shrimp that have slipped through the net, and Chen Jiayu and the others who will travel by land will be much safer.

Jin Niang naturally wanted to follow Xu Erlang, even Chang'an and Brother Rong, and also took the initiative to ask to stay.

Chang'an is the eldest grandson of the Xu Mansion, and Brother Rong is the eldest son of Xu Erlang, and both of them have high hopes for Xu Erlang.

There is a lot of danger in taking a boat to Tongzhou Mansion, but they will have to carry the burden of their families in the future, and they will never grow up if they only enjoy the sunshine and rain in the rich nest, and do not experience the wind and rain outside.

In the end, the two men also managed to stay and board the ship together.

And Chen Jiayu and the others were sent away in the hottest time in the afternoon.

When Changle left, he told Jin Niang about the use of many pills, and he still told Chang Qi to take good care of his aunt. Changqi, as the only baby who was left behind, also made everyone envious, jealous and hateful.

But who made her have a high force value, and she can use it as a killer weapon?

Compared with Changqi's combat effectiveness, the rest of the brothers and sisters are all weak scum.

Xiao Yu'er also followed Changle and Chen Jiayu together, and Changzhou and Changhui were taken away by Qu He and the female secret guard.

The two boys were teary-eyed before leaving, and 110,000 didn't want to leave their parents. But my father and mother are too busy to take care of themselves, and they can't make trouble for my father and mother.

In the end, Changzhou Changhui was taken away like a crying little fool.

Two groups of people walked in a row, and the house was a lot deserted.

Jin Niang's soul is not reluctant, and she feels that a heart has been divided into several petals, and all of them fall on a few children.

If it weren't for Xu Erlang's trip to danger this time, she wanted to catch the evidence, otherwise she really wanted to go overland with her family and go to Tongzhou together in the crowd.

Although the possibility of being found is very high, the child is always at ease under the eyes, isn't it?

Jin Niang's tears rolled out of her eyes, and it was very uncomfortable to hold Changqi.

Xu Erlang hugged Changqi down and handed it over to Brother Rong and Chang'an to take care of, and he hugged Jinniang to coax her, "Didn't you say you wouldn't cry?" Look at you, you kept saying that you didn't worry about them, but before they went far, your tears fell. Don't cry, didn't I promise you that I would definitely send someone to pick them up when I arrived in Tongzhou? When the time comes, will you go with you? ”