Lao Qin's ship is a passenger ship with two pointed ends and a wide shed, and the key is that it also has a movable mast, which can be hung with a large sail. Sail when the wind is down, shake when there is no wind, Xiao Gao also helps to shake when he has nothing to do, and the boat goes fast.

"Old Qin, why are so many ships stopped in front?"

Lao Qin said with a smile: "Even if the waters of Jieshou Lake in front of us are finished, this is the first gate we have passed. The parked are all official boats pulling grain, waiting to line up to cross the gate. ”

As he spoke, he went to the cabin and flipped through it, and pulled out a small crimson pennant with a white word "north" written on it. He planted a small flag on the bamboo pole that supported the shed.

"Young master, look, we have this magic weapon, you don't need to give money to cross the gate, the boat can also cut the line, and the gate will pass in a while."

Hu Yanjin noticed that the color of this small flag was the same as the color of his own government.

Hua Qiao had already spoken: "Crimson is the color of the official uniforms worn by officials from the first to the fourth rank, and this small flag indicates the grade, right?" Does the word 'north' mean that this is the official of the northern capital? ”

"Hey...... Master is smart, that's what it means. Officials above the fourth grade do not need to give money when crossing the lock. Otherwise, it would cost almost four taels of silver to buy the road along the way. It's equivalent to half a year's hard-earned money! ”

Listening to the sound of the stern of the boat, Xiao Gao threw a stone that he had been playing with for a long time into the river. He saw Hua Qiao glaring at him, and hurriedly said, "I'll pick it up for you later." ”

When he heard the four taels of silver for the passage money, he was so angry that he forgot that the pebbles in the cabin were buckwheat's weapons, and threw them into the river.

The cargo ships had a deep draft, and all of them lined up and stopped on the main channel in the middle of the river, and two small officials rowed a flat boat to the middle for inspection, and there were also passenger boats that had to be charged, so they had to stop on the shore for inspection.

When they plunged through the nearby waterway, they heard someone on a boat shouting, "Grab money, it costs a tael of silver to cross the gate!" Impossible! Is it written in the government's article? Take it out and I'll take a look. ”

"I can't love it, but I'll turn around and go back." The officers and men on the shore were also very tough.

The boat was full of individual passengers, and the ship had stopped at the gate for an hour, and the guests were in a hurry to leave, and they were all impatient: "Boatman, you can hand it over when you should hand it over, don't drag us down to wait with you." ”

"yes, yes! There are gates in the ticket, so you can't waste our time just because you don't want to pay......"

"No, they didn't charge the right gate, and they charged twice as much...... "The boatman was caught between inside and outside, and his face was even more bitter.

"We don't care how much money you pay, we just need the boat to go!"

......

Lao Qin's boat rowed to the gate, and the officers and soldiers looked at the flag planted on the bow of the boat, waved his hand and let him pass.

"Lao Qin, didn't you say that you would need less than four taels of silver along the way, why do you need one tael at this gate?" Hu Yanjin was still looking back, looking at the noisy passenger ship.

"Xu let the ship that should be charged over, and the fee charged was less, and they couldn't pay the difference, so they found these passenger ships with a lot of individual passengers. Individual customers are uneven and will not help the boatman, and the boatman can only consider himself unlucky. Sometimes after a trip, I don't make a single profit, and I have to pay for dry food. Lao Qin said while swaying.

Hua Qiao sighed, Rao is a woman like her who often goes out in disguise, and it is difficult to see such a real exploitation, let alone the emperor who lives far away in the imperial city, how much truth can he hear in his ears?

When passing Baoying, the boat did not stop, and soon, Baoying's dock disappeared from sight. Hua Qiao suddenly remembered, and didn't have time to ask, last month, the Jinshi list was released, did Xu Zhijin be on the list......

Before dark, they rushed to Huai'an. The Cao River is forbidden to sail at night, mainly because of the fear that the water surface sight is not good and a collision incident occurs. In this way, before the curfew, the pier becomes a lively place.

"Young master, when you go to live in the city, you must hurry, there will be a carriage when you get to the dock. If you don't go into the city, there is also a post station above. My ship is here to stay, and you'll come back here tomorrow. ”

Hu Yanjin took the buckwheat, thinking that it would be cleaner to live in the city, and the three of them looked for a carriage and entered Huai'an City. After Emperor Yongle moved the capital, Huai'an Mansion was assigned to Nanzhili. When Hu Yanjin delivered the news for the dome at that time, he also came to Huai'an Mansion twice.

"Senior brother, it's already time, why are these stores still picking up customers?" Hua Qiao looked curiously at the few girls standing in front of the flower building, two of whom looked smaller than herself. She couldn't help but look twice.

Xiao Gao is not very old, and in the bright Ying Tianfu, he has a lot of knowledge, so he blocked the side of the buckwheat: "Don't look at it." ”

But it was too late, and a sharp-eyed girl had already set her sights on the three of them.

"Three sons, come over and have fun, there is a night wine in Cuihong Mansion, do you want to try it?" As she spoke, the girl from the Cuihong Mansion posted it up, and she went directly to pull the buckwheat in the middle, Xiao Gao stopped her, and Hu Yanjin took the opportunity to pull the buckwheat behind her.

"Yo! Are you going to do it? This little brother fell in love with our girl, and this girl came to pull him, isn't that a relationship? If you do it, you just ignore it. The girl didn't scare them, but smiled and stuck it on Xiao Gao's body.

"The road is so wide, we go our way, even if we look at you twice, do we still have to give money?" There are flower buildings everywhere, Hu Yanjin still doesn't believe it, and the Huai'an Mansion is very different.

"Two eyes? This little brother didn't just look at it twice, just like our girl didn't have any clothes, staring straight at it, isn't this to give money? ”

"Why am I staring at it? I'm obviously ...... myself" Hua Qiao was about to say, but Hu Yanjin stopped her and only said to Xiao Gao: "Let's go." ”

The girl from the Cuihong Mansion still wanted to pull it, Xiao Gao blocked the sword in front of her, and waited until Hu Yanjin pulled the buckwheat away, and then took the sword and followed.

"Silly, huh?" Hu Yanjin looked down at Hua Qiao and smiled softly.

"Didn't I just look at that little girl twice...... Is this also wrong? ”

"Walking through these places, you have to keep your eyes peeled. If it was just you just now, wouldn't they have pulled you in to eat? ”

"I'm a woman, pull it in and see it's wrong, and you can't let me go?"

"Not necessarily."

"How do you know? Have you ever been pulled in? "Hua Buckwheat suddenly found out that this was a big problem.

"I haven't been, but I know." Hu Yanjin smiled and pointed to the front: "Look, there is a small fish potsticker there, only at night, if you miss it, you won't be able to eat it." ”

"Where, where? Oh yes, small fish potstickers...... Sounds delicious, brother, let's go! ”

Hu Yanjin glanced at Xiao Gao who followed and said with a smile: "Now even Xiao Gao knows that you are a snack goods." ”

Xiao Gao blinked and said quietly:

"It's exposed in Yingtianfu."