The answer is sometimes so simple and crude, without a hint of beauty.

Take the waterway.

Although Guojiabao is located in saline-alkali land, it chose a place close to the ancient river channel to divert water into a river and build a wharf.

The river water is salty but drinkable, and it brings a constant supply of building materials and other resources.

Song Nian knew that he had fallen into a misunderstanding.

Who says there is no river transport on the borderlands?

He Zhixian enthusiastically helped to contact the boat of river transport.

This surprised Song Nian. Because, the owner of the ship is an old acquaintance.

It was Wu Yuanhe, a Hui merchant who had seen him in Xue Hu Village.

But soon, Song Nian understood.

Hui merchants are not as good as the Wang family, or even as good as Hu merchants, there are intricate forces in the local area, and they take land transportation, and they are stripped off all the way, but they are afraid that they will have to shed a layer of skin alive.

But by water, even if there are fewer goods, there are still checkpoints, but it can always be calculated and profitable.

After Wu Yuanhe heard about this, he also cooperated, and immediately asked him to send someone to the downstream wharf to make a point, suspend loading, vacate a boat, and let Song Nian take them first.

To go to Guojiabao in the northwest direction, you need to take a carriage, walk more than 20 miles to the south, board the boat at the wharf there, and then, go more than 40 miles to the south, from another river, go upstream, and go northwest, so that you can reach Guojiabao in a few days. Although it has come full circle, it is safe and comfortable, and there is no need to worry about the water source.

To Song Nian's surprise, Chu He also had to go to investigate the case, while He Zhixian and Lin Lao stayed in Guangqiu County, one to preside over government affairs, and the other to be responsible for various matters related to the rest and recuperation of the Black Armor Army.

The affairs in the army are extremely cumbersome, and Song Nian also knew that among the various expenses for raising the army, the salary is only a small part.

After arriving at the dock downstream by carriage, Song Nian began to be quite curious about the wooden boat.

Chu He sat steadily in the small cabin, looking extremely stable.

But not long after the boat sailed, Song Nian was not interested.

This wooden boat is really ...... It's too shaky.

But think about it, in the previous life, there was motion sickness in the car, not to mention the small wooden boat in the turbulent river here.

Therefore, Song Nian's original plan to watch the file and enjoy the scenery slowly in the boat successfully went bankrupt.

Spit up a mess.

By the way, he endured Chu He's contemptuous gaze all the way.

Song Nian is so bitter in his heart, you wait, old lady...... Vomit......

At the beginning of the next night, the boat began to move upstream, and the speed suddenly slowed down.

Although Song Nian is still seasick, he has gotten a lot better.

In the middle of the night, the fleet stopped moving and rested on the banks of the river.

"Let's go out for a walk. A breath of fresh air is good for seasickness. ”

Chu He said this, which made Song Nian very surprised.

Since you are warmly invited, you can't talk about it if you don't go.

Song Nian, supported by the Chu River, jumped out of the wooden boat, and then, the bar fell into the water.

The boat was docked at the water's edge, and in the moonlight, the Chu River could not distinguish whether it was water or dirt under its feet.

Song Nian's clothes were soaked.

Chu He stood to the side at a loss, not reaching out, not reaching out.

Song Nian fluttered in the water for a while before he stood up, wiped the water on his face, and smiled at Chu He: "Sure enough, I came out for a walk, and I was much sober." ”

Chu He made a straight face, helped Song Nian to the shore, and then clumsily chopped firewood with his hands and feet, and lit it with the fire fold he carried.

Song Nian was trembling and roasting his clothes by the fire, feeling that the soles of his feet were cold, he simply took off his shoes and baked the soles of his feet a little warmer.

Chu He glanced at Song Nianbaisheng's two feet, measured his body slightly, and cast his gaze into the distance.

"Why, I've never seen such beautiful feet?" Song Nian shivered coldly, but he still kept teasing Chu He.

"It's not ......" Chu He didn't squint.

"Forget it, don't tease you, help me find clothes, I can't wear this official uniform." Song Nian still decided to put maintaining body temperature as the first priority.

Zhao Da, who came with Chu He, hurriedly went to Wu Yuanhe to talk about it, and soon got back a set of women's clothes.

This should be the gift that Wu Yuanhe was going to give to those Hu merchants in Yunzhong Rongchang, and it just happened to be replaced by Song Nian temporarily.

After changing his clothes and then baking the fire, Song Nian felt a lot more comfortable, watching Zhao Da and a group of sailors of the fleet compete in archery, jumping chickens and dogs tossing in the nearby woods.

There are fried noodles, and Song Nian used the red wicker on the shore to wear air-dried meat to roast, plus the two pheasants that Zhao Da beat back, the three of them can be regarded as having a unique flavor.

Cool moonlight, sprinkled beyond the campfire.

Quiet rivers flow around you, rushing to the mountains in the distance.

Chu He suddenly whispered: "The breeze is fine on the shore, and the night boat is dangerous." The stars are wide and wide, and the moon is surging and the river flows. Famous writings, officials should be old and sick......"

"Lord Chu is really a good poet." Wu Yuanhe walked over and hung a fat leg of mutton on the bonfire: "Try it, this famous beach sheep on the salt and alkali beach has a smooth and tender taste." ”

"Thank you." Song Nian cut a piece with a knife, and it was really delicious.

Wu Yuanhe handed a piece to Chu He: "Lord Chu is so young, why is the poem full of twilight?" ”

Chu He looked into the distance and shook his head slightly: "The poem is not written by me, but given by a friend." ”

Wu Yuanhe smiled and looked at Song Nian: "Lord Song, it is a rare female official in this dynasty, speaking of which, there were female officials in the previous dynasty, but this dynasty is extremely rare." ”

Extremely rare, in fact, it is unique.

Song Nian smiled: "It's just Lord Chu's love, and besides, it's ...... be here."

"When this is over, I will ask the Holy One for my life...... Ask for a decree. Chu He said coldly.

"Harm, what am I going to do, maybe he'll be interested in my father." Song Nian said unhappily.

"Hehe, it's the first time I've seen it, one wants to give an order, and the other doesn't." Wu Yuanhe said with a smile: "The two of them are also a perfect match." ”

Song Nian and Chu He snorted in unison.

"I don't know what do you two know about Guo Jiabao?" Wu Yuanhe tried to stir up the topic.

Song Nian pondered for a moment and said: "According to the information I read, that Guojiabao has strong financial resources, and in a very short time, he transported a large number of building materials, excavated rivers on the saline-alkali flats, and transported building materials. After that, it was sold generously, and in this kind of place where there was no output, seventy or eighty mouthfuls of people ate horses and chewed horses, and I really don't know where so much money came from. ”

Then, she asked suspiciously: "Mr. Wu often walks this waterway, so he should be very familiar with Guojiabao, right?" ”

Wu Yuanhe said with a smile: "Indeed, every time we passed by here in the past, we had to stop at Guojiabao. ”

"Is it to supply supplies in Guojiabao?" Song Nian was a little curious.

Wu Yuanhe smiled: "No, it's to pay taxes." ”

Song Nian was stunned for a moment, and his feelings were ...... This Guojiabao, is eating this bowl of rice?