"Bang Bang Bang"

There was a sharp knock on the cabin door from the outside.

Immediately afterwards, a sailor's loud urging voice came from outside the door, "Brothers in each cabin pay attention, there is still an hour to arrive at Qinjin Port, and those who want to get off the ship hurry up and pack their things, if they are left behind, no one will help you collect them." ”

After saying and repeating it again, the soldier's voice went to the next cabin, it was still the same voice as before, and the originally quiet ship suddenly became a little noisy, even the thick wooden partition could not block the 'hum' of the soldiers in the cabin when they parted.

"Ahh Li Biao, who was lying on the bed before, struggled to sit up and stretch his waist, comfortably did a chest expansion and stretching movement, and then looked at the other three people: "Brothers, they are about to separate, another day you come to Qinjin City to go to Ziyi Road in Dongcheng District, my home is on the ninth, as long as I come within a month, I will be at home!" ”

The three people who were resting on the bed before heard it, the youngest Qin Han, smiled: "Brother Da Biao is quite generous!" If we come another day, don't pretend you don't know us! ”

Li Biao immediately glared and pretended to be angry: "Unless you don't recognize me as a good friend, although our Qinjin City was built a year later than the new city on Jeju Island, but now the development is no worse than that of Jeju City, if it weren't for the fact that our ship only stopped at the port for two hours, I would have to take you to the city for a walk!" ”

Saying that, Li Biao said with a lewd smile: "I can tell you, although Jeju New City is the first among the cities in the East China Sea, there is one thing in Qinjin City that definitely surpasses Jeju Island, do you know what it is?" ”

Wang Zongling and Qin Han have either been in the army, or they have been practicing martial arts at home, where do they have time to go shopping in Qinjin City, so they both asked with a puzzled face: "I don't know what makes you so proud, Brother Da Biao?" ”

The youngest Qin Han was even more curious: "Although I don't know what it is, but looking at the lewd expression on your face, Brother Da Biao, it doesn't seem to be something worthy of elegance!" ”

Li Biao, who originally wanted to show off, was suddenly choked by the two of them and couldn't speak, and he turned his mind and said: "Oh, that is, you two boys and chickens don't know anything, do you know why we have so many natural harbors in the East China Sea, but do maritime merchants from these countries like to come to Qinjin City?" ”

Qin Han looked at Qian Desheng, who had been silently packing his luggage, and asked, "Uncle Qian, do you know what Brother Da Biao said?" ”

The old money, who was busy repacking and sorting out all his gifts, turned his head and smiled when he heard the words: "Forget it, I'm stupid, let's let Da Biao explain it to the two of you well, listening to him feel as if he is a veteran!" ”

Li Biao proudly said to Qin Han and Wang Zongling: "If you want to say that the most famous specialty of our Qinjin is not anything else, but the woman who has the most beautiful appearance, the most coquettish, the most witty words, and the most knows how to tease men in the entire East China Sea, the most famous is that there is a place called Tongyi Hall near Qinjin Port, where the women are not only beautiful, but also play good tunes!" ”

Listening to Li Biao's words, Wang Zongling frowned and said: "I remember that the little marquis once issued a decree before, strictly prohibiting the persecution of women from good families to engage in this industry, and later those women from Baekje and Silla were mostly protected by the little marquis, how could there be such a thing in Qinjin?" ”

Li Biao smiled: "That is, you guys who have been in the army all the year round don't know, these women are all voluntary, this year, how many young women have we had in the entire East China Sea?" At the beginning of previous years, most of the people in our East China Sea were young men, and there were very few Han women, so most young women from Baekje and Silla could easily find a Han man to marry! ”

"However, since last year, the vast majority of the people who have migrated have moved with their families, so most of the men have families, and you also know that our Han women have a very high status now, and if a husband wants to take a concubine, he must ask for the consent of his wife, plus this year in Baekje and Silla alone, 120,000 young women have been snatched back!"

Speaking of this, Li Biao also sighed rarely: "You think, it is easier for these alien women to just marry Han men as concubines, but it is basically impossible to be wives, and some alien women are too tired to work, so they voluntarily come to do this business!" ”

Seeing Wang Zongling and Qin Han's disdainful expressions, Li Biao said with a straight face: "Don't think that people are simply engaged in the skin and meat business, most of these women are the children of Baekje and Silla officials and nobles, and they are all selling their arts and not selling their bodies, and they are also doing this business to be able to contact more Han officials and rich and noble families, so that they can find someone with status to marry in the future!" ”

After Li Biao finished speaking, several people were silent.

After a long time, Wang Zongling sighed and said: "The little marquis is too good, if you want me to say that these women of different races make cattle and horses for our Han people, it is a blessing they have cultivated in their previous lives, and the little marquis also gave them a single independent female household, isn't this cheap for them?" ”

Li Biao looked at Wang Zongling with a smile and said: "This is the little marquis helping you, if it weren't for these women of different races, half of our men in the East China Sea would be beaten singles, do you know?" If you ask, you will know how difficult it was for everyone to marry a daughter-in-law in Sanqi at the beginning! ”

Speaking of this, Li Biao sighed and said: "Forget it, I've packed my things, don't forget to come to me another day!" In fact, Li Biao has to pack his things, which is just that backpack, he hasn't eaten anything from himself in the past few days, and he is all eating and drinking with Qian Desheng.

No, not only did the pack of preserved venison given to him by Zhang Tao be intact, but there was even an extra bag of pine nuts in the bag, although the pine nuts in Pingmachuan were not as good as the pine nuts in the Northeast, they were also rare nut fruits in Qinjin.

After everyone packed up their things, they opened the cabins to breathe, and when they stood up, they could see large and small reefs and small islands flashing over the nearby sea from time to time, and a long harbor and a city beyond could be clearly seen on the sea in the distance.

There are even more large and small ships gathered in the port, although the ships can't be seen clearly, but the sails almost dazzle Li Biao's eyes, and he feels that Qinjin has become more prosperous than before he joined the army.

Because this group of ships sailed directly from Pyeongmacheon to the destination, except for a few temporary supplies on the way, they did not stop at the port, so they walked relatively quickly, and the whole journey from Pyeongmacheon port to Jeju Island was ten days, and it was only eight and a half days to reach Qinjin City.

And because the wind and waves are relatively small in winter, this fleet went directly from the Pyeongma River to the open sea, avoiding the dense reefs and small islands along the coast, and went directly to Qinjin City after bypassing Qinjin Island in the strait in the south of Qinjin Island, and then sailed directly to Jeju Island after the local soldiers of Qinjin disembarked.

Li Biao's things were just a backpack that was sorted out without much use, and Lao Qian took out all his big bags with the help of Wang Zongling and Qin Han and put them on Li Biao's bed below, saving them for a while.

Looking at Qinjin City, which was getting closer and closer, several people became more and more reluctant, and there were some deep comrades-in-arms feelings in a few days, but the more this happened, the more they didn't know what to say, except for Li Biao, a heartless foodie.

In the end, Lao Qian said in a humble voice: "Wait for next year I will take the old lady and mother-in-law to Qingshui Village, and a few brothers can come to my house at that time. ”

Qin Han and Wang Zongling had a very good impression of this honest uncle, and they both smiled and said, "I will definitely bother in the future!" I don't know if my uncle will dislike us! ”

As for Li Biao? Forget it, this baby is holding a bag of pine nuts given by Qian Desheng and knocking happily.

When the ship entered the port, it encountered some problems, a group of ships from Jiaozhou Port to transport materials caused damage to several gantry cranes in the port because of too many goods loaded and unloaded, and then delayed because of the speed of loading and unloading goods, so that a large number of transport ships in the port could only wait to dock.

In this way, even the ship that Li Biao and others were riding was blocked in the sea outside, not to mention berthing, and even the port could not enter, and Qian Desheng, who was waiting for his home on the urgent ship, turned around, only Li Biao had snacks to eat, and he didn't care when he would dock. I love

In the end, the captain in charge of the transport ship knew that a large number of soldiers were in a hurry to go ashore and go home, so he decided to let the two cargo ships give up berths, which caused the seven or eight troop carriers waiting in line in the harbor to take turns to dock.

Bidding farewell to the reluctant Wang Zongling and Qin Han, Li Biao helped Qian Desheng with seven or eight large packages, just like that, Qian Desheng was still full of things, and he didn't know how the old money was brought on the boat, it was too powerful, Li Biao thought to himself.

"Huh? Old Qian, why do you think there is still a group of Beji savage soldiers there? Are they coming here for the New Year? Li Biao was full of bags and was in the mood to look around, just in time to see a group of soldiers who were still wearing all kinds of messy costumes, looking like they should be from Beyoshino, but the seven or eight people led by them were dressed as Han.

Where did the old Qian, who was carrying large and small packages on his back, be in the mood to look at those things, just lowered his head and said in a muffled voice: "It doesn't matter where he is, as long as he follows the little marquis, he will have a good life, and probably people just want to take advantage of the Chinese New Year to watch the excitement here!" ”

"Two brothers, do you want to rent a car?" The two finally walked out of the crowded port area, and as soon as they entered the public activity area, a large group of coachmen who solicited guests jumped out, these were soliciting guests in the public activity area outside the port, most of them were horse-drawn carriages and ox carts, but Li Biao also saw that there were two donkey carts inside.

"Hehe, you're so talented!" Li Biao laughed when he saw the two light donkey carts, this kind of donkey cart may be able to pull people, if you pull some goods, I am afraid it will fall apart.

In fact, Li Biao, who secretly laughed at others, didn't know that this kind of donkey cart was originally a vehicle for pulling the families of foreign merchants around, and with the increase in the population of the East China Sea in the past year, Qinjin City has become more and more prosperous, and more and more Nanchen merchants like to bring their favorite concubines and family members to visit and play.

The kind of vehicle that Li Biao saw was specially prepared for the families of foreign merchants, don't look at one or two donkey carts that can only pull three or four people, but the charges are not cheap at all, and they are at least a penny for half a day.

Of course, the changes in Qinjin City have not changed too outrageously after all, Li Biao is still relatively familiar with Qinjin City in the past, he stayed here for two years before joining the army, and his family moved from Donglai County since the construction of Qinjin City, so it can be said that he has watched this city become prosperous day by day.

With his familiarity with the wharf, Li Biao personally went out to help Lao Qian rent an ox cart, the price was very cheap, only 20 copper coins, although it was slower, but the dirt road outside the city was less bumpy.

At this time, whether it is the Central Plains or Liaodong, copper coins are still the most important currency, even gold and silver can only be regarded as precious metals, although there is also the function of auxiliary currency, but the circulation range is not as wide as copper coins after all.

Wang Ze once converted that the value of a copper coin in this period can be compared with ten yuan in later generations, and the shame is that Wang Ze used to think that a penny was a penny.

Because of the real purchasing power, the price of 20 wen is very high in the Central Plains, but for the East China Sea, which itself produces a large amount of gold, silver and copper mines, but is in short supply of various materials, the more money and less materials have caused monetary inflation to a certain extent, and the actual purchasing power of 20 wen copper coins in the East China Sea is very low.

This is also the reason why there are more and more merchant ships from the Southern Dynasties now, there is no way to make money here in the East China Sea, and even some of the merchant ships of Funan have diverted to Nanchen to the East China Sea.

Sending away the old money, Li Biao carried his multi-functional backpack on his back, and straightened his outfit, and then walked to his home in the city like a dog, halfway through Nancheng District and saw a store that was still selling all kinds of groceries and snacks, Li Biao thought about it and walked to a store.

Nowadays, unlike in the past, if I don't go home for a long time, I buy some snacks and distribute them to the children in the neighborhood, which is also a way to deal with the neighborhood relationship.

There are three days left before the Chinese New Year, when every household has begun to steam cakes and steamed buns, and the fried fish, croquettes, fried tofu skin and so on have been made in the past few days, and the busyness of the previous year is almost over, and the fragrance wafting out of each house can be smelled on the street.

From time to time, you can see a large group of two or three-year-old children playing around under the leadership of their sisters, holding snacks brought out from their respective homes in their hands, and then looking at their brothers playing with firecrackers nearby with envious eyes.

Thanks to Wang Ze's vigorous promotion of encouraging childbirth, the entire East China Sea can be said to have set off a fertility climax, as long as the Han people who come to the East China Sea are all let go, anyway, they don't have to worry about not being able to support their own families, and they are blessed with many children!

Probably because of Wang Ze's strong promotion of fish consumption in recent years, it can be clearly seen that most of the snacks in the hands of these children are meat such as freshly fried sea fish at home.

Most of these marine fish have only one single thorn, which can be easily removed by simply marinating it with salt and spices and passing it through the oil a little time, and the rest is all pieces of meat, which can be taken by two or three-year-old children to gnaw slowly.

For adults who couldn't even eat in their hometown in the past, this place in the past Sanqi is simply unimaginable, not only these sea fish are extremely good, not to mention that the oil used for oil fish is more expensive, and it is simply a paradise here in the East China Sea, where you can eat fried fish every day.

Of course, these are just the thoughts of adults, but for children who are just two or three years old, they don't think so, probably from a few days after they are born, they start to drink fish soup, then surimi, and then when they are older, they eat fish floss, stewed fish, boiled fish, fish balls, dried fish, teppanyaki fish, etc., etc., the whole body is full of fishy smell.

Nowadays in the East China Sea, the most covetous thing for children is a large number of tropical fruits shipped from Lingnan, or dried fruits, these things are difficult to eat in the East China Sea, and even in Lingnan has only just begun to be planted on a large scale, so all families who can eat Lingnan fruits once in a while are the envy of children.

In the past, there were also slang people in Lingnan who planted some tropical fruits for their own consumption, and most of the fruits did not even need to be cultivated, and they could not eat all the ones that grew in the wild, but with the deepening of the development of Lingnan, some businessmen found that the cultivation of tropical fruits was also very profitable, so they simply opened up a large area of land to grow these.

Many of the plantations in which Wang Ze participated were also planting, and the most popular fruits shipped from Lingnan at this time were undoubtedly pineapples and dragon fruits, and even a few merchants did not know what to think of transporting a boatload of durians, only to smoke the nearby neighboring merchants to protest again and again.

Li Biao also knew that he had seen several sailors eating it on the boat before, and they had followed He Liang to Nanyang and knew that this thing was good, but Li Biao was a little grateful for the taste, and he really couldn't stand it.

When Li Biao came to the street where his house was located, he suddenly surrounded a large group of small people, these were Li Biao's old playmates in the past, and the neighbors who heard the movement around greeted them warmly after seeing them, Li Biao also responded to everyone one by one with a smile on his face, to be honest, the importance of neighborhood relations in ancient times was far from being imagined by later generations.

Especially when Li Biao gave a large package of pineapple-flavored fruit candy of the latest Lingnan product to the neighbor's little guy, the children in half the street were alarmed, and Li Biao bought almost all the little ones with only a packet of fruit candy and some other gadgets.

Several of Li Biao's elder neighbors smiled when they saw the snacks given by Li Biao in their children's hands, but they also reproached: "Look at it, Da Biao, what else do you buy when your child comes back, it's too wasteful!" "It's just that the corners of your mouth, auntie, don't grin too much!

Most of the neighbors on Li Biao's street are old folks in Donglai County, and after everyone moved to the East China Sea, they were able to be neighbors together, which was really fortunate.

Greeted the neighbors and elders, Li Biao walked slowly to his home, compared to other neighbors, Li Biao's family is relatively wealthy, although it is not a rich and noble family in Donglai County, but it is also a well-off family, and there are many industries in the family to live a more beautiful life.

Later, after moving to Qinjin, because there were three brothers and two younger sisters in the family, Li Biao's father, who was more literati, fell in love with this courtyard for the first time, and after some tidying up, it was also more emotional.

Before Li Biao joined the army, he lived in the front yard with his two younger brothers, while his two younger sisters lived in the back house with their parents, which is also a rare home for etiquette.

Looking at the home in front of him that had been separated for a year, Li Biao took a deep breath and shouted: "Daddy, I'm back!" ”