Volume 2 A Dream in Huangzhou Chapter 42 East and West Districts
Thanks to the concerted efforts of the people on board and on shore, the merchant ship finally landed on the shore.
Qin Zi was really speechless at this point, the boat arrived two chapters ago, and it took a whole chapter to stay on the boat, which was really inconvenient.
In fact, this is because the merchant ship has a relatively small draft and is more convenient to dock.
If it had been replaced with a larger ship, it would have taken much longer.
"Alas, this broken ship is really troublesome!" At this time, Qin Zi, with his superior hearing, suddenly heard the people pulling the boat on the shore gathering together and whispering.
"It's still hard to pull, if you change to a bigger one, then it's torture!" Another man disagreed.
"Alas, do you know the big guys parked in Nangang outside the city?"
"You're not trying to pull that big guy, that guy, you've got to hand over the brothers together!"
"You know what you see, I saw with my own eyes two days ago, such a big guy, he stopped on the shore steadily, and he didn't ask anyone to pull it on the shore at all, that guy is a really good boat!" The man was still using his own knowledge, but he saw another man who suddenly remembered to jump.
"You stupid x, you still say good things about that thing? If all ships are like this, then what are we going to do? Don't you still think that your son will take over your work, but then your whole family will starve to death! ”
When the man heard this, he immediately became nervous.
"So, what should I do?"
The other man pondered for a moment, then spoke:
"No, don't be afraid, we are above the trough gang, I heard that over there is a trough gang, there are millions of silver flowing into the pockets of the people above every year, they will definitely not let people smash such a good rice bowl!"
After hearing this, the previous man was also relieved, and even had the leisure to think:
"A few million taels of silver, if you give us a little, then we won't have to pull the boat here in this life......"
"Don't think about fart, don't look at your damage, hurry up and rest for a while, take advantage of the fact that there are more boats these days, and pull a few more orders!"
"Well, can't I just think about it?"
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Those two were two of the few people who had pulled the ship for their merchant ship before, and now they were talking together in whispers, because the people on the dock were complicated, and the voices were so noisy that ordinary people couldn't hear them clearly.
But unfortunately, Qin Zi was not an ordinary person, so he easily heard what they said with his extraordinary hearing.
It's just that when he heard clearly that there were millions of silver interests behind this, even if he was a little surprised in his heart, he was still surprised.
At this time, he was completely puzzled, in the face of such a situation, what did the imperial court want to do.
At this time, Huanglongjiang's luck was obviously in a big problem, but it was also in a strange balance.
According to Qin Zi's experience in reading history, the problem of Cao Yun in such a way is no longer something that can be changed by ordinary political reforms.
Because this is not only a simple matter of corruption by someone in the imperial court, but also a major matter that designs the life and death of hundreds of thousands of people on the river, such a matter is difficult for the imperial court to solve.
Qin Zi's idea is that this kind of thing will generally continue to rot like this, at most, the emperor will take back some benefits from the courtiers below, but it will not help.
This kind of thing, I am afraid, will have to wait until all the contradictions within the dynasty erupt together, and become one of the countless straws that crush the dynasty.
Then in the new dynasty, it gets some improvement, then it continues to decay over time, waiting for the next dynasty to end the dynasty, and then it continues to start the cycle.
There should be no way to crack such a thing.
However, Qin Zi saw an extremely strange situation from the behavior of the imperial court.
They actually started to reform without hesitation, does the imperial court still have any back-ups?
But today, hearing the words of these people on the river, Qin Zi felt that it was not so simple, and he always felt that the imperial court seemed to have no hole cards.
Is it because the emperor is a fool?
No, even if the emperor is stupid, the ministers are not all stupid, and those ministers are not always involved with this side, Qin Zi estimates that there should be a small number of people involved.
Qin Zi admitted that he really couldn't see through the situation of the Great Departure Dynasty now.
It was also in Yunzhou before, obviously it was another rebel, judging from the behavior of the Yunzhou government, there should indeed be a rebel, but Qin Zi couldn't see any traces of war raging in Yunzhou, so why did all this happen?
Qin Zi didn't even understand now whether the Dali Dynasty was in its prime or its last years.
To be honest, something like this really hit his confidence.
Because in his thoughts, a person like himself who can transcend the eyes of the mundane should be more able to be a bystander.
But now, I don't know if it's because he's in the bureau himself, he can't even see the direction of this matter clearly.
In his eyes, Da Li's mess of thoughts was even more confusing.
Beside him, Zhu Chuyu realized that his mind was wandering and asked him what was interesting.
This time, he pondered for a moment, but didn't choose to tell him.
This is because, in Qin Zi's eyes, this guy will definitely enter the game in the future, no matter what his achievements are in the future, the first stop of this guy will definitely be in the Dali Dynasty, and it will be above the officialdom of the Dali Dynasty.
Therefore, Qin Zi didn't want an outsider's vision like himself to affect his judgment now.
Not to mention, Qin Zi himself doesn't have any ideas now, what if he tells him that he is also influenced by himself, he can see it, but what if he is affected by himself?
For this reason, Qin Zi made up his mind to hide it from him this time.
Zhu Chuyu saw that he didn't tell what he meant, and he didn't ask much, in fact, Qin Zi didn't want to tell him many things during this time.
Zhu Chuyu is not the kind of person who is unreasonable, in fact, he can realize that if Qin Zi doesn't tell him, it must be for his good, so he won't continue to ask.
The boat was parked, but they couldn't get off the boat as soon as possible, and the owner needed to communicate with the shore first.
Fortunately, this process does not take long, and the process of docking information is very fast.
Qin Zi didn't know how these people already knew the ship's information before the ship arrived.
Although there was no evidence, he extremely suspected that these people should have used some immortal spells on the mountain.
However, now is naturally not the time to pursue this aspect, Qin Zi has already confirmed that this country must be connected with some mountain forces.
It's not just because of what he's seen and heard during this time, in fact, Qin Zi already knows.
This is because when he was in the Falling Sword Sect before, Elder Shen had already told him that the national teacher of the Dali Dynasty was his senior brother, Qi Xiaobai.
As Shen Shuo's fellow disciple under Mr. Wang, Qin Zi really didn't believe that this Great Departure Master Qi Xiaobai was not a cultivator.
In other words, Elder Shen worshiped under that Mr. Wang when he was young, which means that this Qi Xiaobai must be not young, at least from the perspective of the mortal world, he must be very old.
After the owner handed over the hand to the people on the shore, he came to tell them that they could disembark one after another.
At this time, in fact, Zhang Biao and they can already be separated from them, but it may be that they are sending the Buddha to the west, or some sense of responsibility, or because they just experienced life and death together a few days ago, and the relationship is closer, so Zhang Biao actually took the initiative to take them to Xicheng District.
Yes, in Huangzhou City, there is a division between east and west.
The identity check in the eastern district is not so strict, which is convenient for those ghosts, snakes and gods to come here, so although it is also prosperous, it must be a little chaotic, while the western district is much more regular because of the strict planning, so it is much more regular from the perspective of urban layout and personnel.
The entire city of Huangzhou is divided into two cities, east and west, by the Huanglongjiang River that passes through the city.
Moreover, because the waterway has to take a boat, although the east and west urban areas are adjacent from the map, but the two sides are not so easy to cross, Qin Zi is now going to follow Zhang Biao and others to Xicheng District.
And Zhang Biao's business is naturally based in Dongcheng District.
It can even be said that most of the foreign businessmen are mainly in Dongcheng District.
Although the interests of Xicheng District may be more, it requires strict procedures and has various relationships.
Maybe just the fees for the up and down points are already more than the ones they earn in Xicheng District.
Therefore, these small transactions are basically in Dongcheng District.
As for Qin Zi and the others, if they want to go to Guanlan Academy, they naturally want to go to Xicheng District, no matter what, this kind of educational holy land in a country cannot be built in a place full of gangsters.
Of course, Zhang Biao and the others definitely didn't take them over completely, at most they took them to the pass and went back.
When Zhang Biao and the others left, Zhu Chuyu even held their hands and said all kinds of things with teary eyes, thinking that they were old friends who had been together for many years.
As for Aguz, although he often lives in Huangzhou City, he himself lives in the Eastern District, so he didn't go with them this time.
After passing through several passes and being carefully checked for identity, Qin Zi and the others finally came to the Xicheng District of Huangzhou City.
In fact, when he came just now, Qin Zi was already optimistic about various routes.
Although this river is not so wide, it is still a big river in the end, even in urban areas, it is extremely deep and wide, and the water flow is relatively turbulent, it is really not easy for ordinary people to cross.
In addition, there are guards standing guard by the river, I am afraid that even if you are a skilled martial arts master, it is not easy to cross the river.
What's more, this is a river, even if you can swim over, then your whole body will be wet, and you won't tell others that you have stumbled and fallen into the river, so that some people believe that there are ghosts!
Therefore, a restless person like Qin Zi must have planned his route in advance, after all, he can't fly now.
By the way, when he saw Zhu Chuyu's eyes from time to time looking around on both sides of the river, he knew that this kid wanted to go with him.