The fat shopkeeper sweated, and said with a careful smile:

"Xiongye, this pot of Zhitian pepper was brought by merchants from the southern islands, a total of 10 pots, probably due to the weather, there is only this pot left to bloom and bear fruit!

Originally, I had to keep it for seeding, but I forgot it after a few months of flowering and fruiting, and I didn't remember whether to do the chopped pepper fish head that Xiongye said, hehe! ”

Zhao Xiong ignored the fat shopkeeper and thought that the island in the south should refer to Hainan Island!

In his space, the plants he brought out died in an instant, and all that was left in the warehouse was bottled chili sauce, and he had to grow it himself if he wanted to eat fresh chili peppers.

Then he carefully picked the chili peppers with his own hands, so careful, looking, the fat shopkeeper standing on the side, the corners of his mouth twitched.

Zhao Xiong asked the guy to bring a cloth bag and put it away, ready to sow seeds and be self-sufficient in the spring of next year!

Half an hour later, full of wine and food.

Zhao Xiong looked at his watch, it was only half past seven in the evening, he stood up and opened the window to look at the night view of the canal outside the window.

At this moment, Hanzhuang Town is a 'fire tree and silver flower, a lively scene.

Zhao Xiong calculated the time boringly, the fifteenth year of Yongping in the Dakang Dynasty, which year was 1835 or 1836, he couldn't figure it out, and he was depressed when he thought about it.

It seems that in 1835 opium was already flooding the coastal areas, and a few years later, the opium war was a disaster of swords, and then the land of China was a river of blood.

Where will he go?

While he was thinking wildly, Zuo Liangyu, who was sitting on the seat at the mouth of the screen, reminded him that someone outside the wooden screen asked to see Zhao Xiong.

Zhao Xiong muttered in his heart, "Please, someone was looking for him as soon as he arrived in Hanzhuang Town, and this is the second time to work for a while!" ”

After a while, Zhao Xiaodonkey led the two in.

Zhao Xiong raised his eyes and looked, and the person in front of him seemed to be very familiar.

looked up and down a few times, is it Zhou Xiaoqi I saw at Lao Zhaotong's private dock at noon today!

Zhou Xiaoqi is the sand boat gang of the Taierzhuang Canal, not a military household, but a Grand Canal boat household.

At this time, Zhou Xiaoqi was wearing a tasseled hat on his head, a velvet crane, a white silk jacket, Chen Qiao shoes with thin knots under his feet, clear water cloth socks, and a sprinkled Jinchuan fan in his hand.

actually turned into a 'Ximen official' who looked like a businessman with strange charm.

It's a different person from the boat boss with yellow teeth at noon today!

People are in the saddle of clothes, probably for the sake of smooth communication with the outside world and create a "face project", Zhao Xiong had a deep understanding in their time!

"See Xiongye,"

"Xiongye auspicious,"

Zhao Xiongcai saw clearly that Zhou Xiaoqi was followed by a short person, about 50 years old, with a silver beard on his chest, strong spirits, flexible and strong.

At first glance, it is a figure walking on a boat.

Seeing Zhao Xiong, he and Zhou Xiaoqi were about to kneel down and bow down.

Zhao Xiong may have been very unaccustomed to the bowing ceremony of the Dakang people when he first arrived in your realm, so he waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "You two, this is not the yamen to get up and speak!" ”

Zhou Xiaoqi hurriedly stood up and asked the short old man to put the gift on the table.

"What does that mean?"

Zhao Xiong frowned and calmly looked at the pile of gifts on the table.

Zhou Xiaoqi hurriedly replied:

"This is a little respect for the Shachuan Gang, this is Wang Yongxin, the general banner of Xuzhou Wei, he has something to ask to see you, this is not a hero, you are here to Fulinmen, we will hurry over to meet you!"

Zhao Xiong's head searched for the Sand Boat Gang, a group of Yunding and boatmen who were begging for a living on the Shandong Canal, and the boat gang spontaneously organized by the boatmen, just like the trade unions of their time.

Of course, in the early and middle days of Dakang, the punishment of Wei Suo Yunding was very severe.

Dakang's Yunding was all by-elected in the Weisuo Army, and there was no civilian involvement.

In the past ten years, the situation has deteriorated, and the capacity cannot be replenished, so we can only hire civilian ships.

In the beginning, the Yunjun can obtain certain economic benefits, and these economic sources are roughly composed of three parts, one is Tuntian; the second is to carry out food; The third is monthly rations.

More than 100 years have passed, and the transportation of the Grand Canal has gradually changed.

Although there has not been much change in the system of tuntian grain and monthly grain, with the intensification of land annexation and the increase in the burden of transporting troops, the shortcomings of Cao Gui itself have gradually been exposed.

Rations and monthly rations were also withheld by the imperial court and even officials at all levels under various names.

Therefore, the transporters on the canal had no choice but to "bring it with them" and secretly earn some money to supplement their families.

The Dakang Dynasty is a militarized management, "five ships and one armor system".

The grassroots unit of the transshipment ship formation.

Every time, "the army reaches 100,000 people, and there are both the commanders of the general army of the imperial history and the commanders of the general capital.

The fleet of nearly 200 ships led by Wang Yongxin, the general banner of Xuzhou Wei, was the first fleet of Xuzhou Wei to go north to Tongzhou this month.

They left their hometowns, and they couldn't spend the New Year at home just to "bring the soil with it" to supplement the family.

Tomorrow is the last time to open the gate, Xuzhou Wei Zongqi Wang Yongxin asked to see Zhao Xiong, and sent the gate silver.

First, it is the practice of the Grand Canal, and the silver must be paid no matter what.

Second, whether the more than 50 sand ships that are being unloaded will be released tomorrow and Tongzhou together with more than 100 other ships, Wang Yongxin, the chief flag, does not know.

But Wang Yongxin and the others knew that the sand boat after unloading ate the empty ship, and bought a batch of goods in Shandong, as long as they were sent to Tongzhou, they could make a profit, which was much cooler than entrainment.

If they can't pass the Hanzhuang Gate smoothly, don't say that they will return empty, it is wishful thinking to buy a batch of goods along the coast of Shandong and send them to Tongzhou to make a fortune.

As he was talking, Zhao Xiaodonkey whispered two sentences in Zhao Xiong's ear, and then Zhao Xiong suddenly realized.

The fleet led by Wang Yongxin, the general banner of Xuzhou Wei, has 20 large ships.

The large ship can carry nearly 2,000 stone (about 120,000 kilograms) of grain.

Wang Yongxin privately lengthened the boat to more than nine zhang, carrying 3,000 stone (about 180,000 kilograms), and the overloaded boat could only barely pass through the canal locks, and often ran aground due to overweight.

Even though the water of the Dongyue Canal is shallow, it is difficult for ships to travel, and it is generally about 1,000 stone of grain, which is actually 1,800 stone.

In fact, it's almost half to half!

If Zhao Xiong didn't give assistance, these modified ships would definitely not be able to pass through the sluice if they were overweight.

He slowly tapped the fingers of his right hand on the tabletop and pondered for a moment.

In fact, it is illegal to modify a boat without permission, just like the previous life to modify a car without permission.

If the sentence was severe, Zhao Xiong should immediately order the seizure of the privately modified ship.

What did Zhao Xiong do in his previous life, he was in Zhongshan Port at the time, as the office director of a team of the Urban Management Supervision Brigade.

It is necessary to "adhere to civilized law enforcement, administration according to law, and build harmonious supervision" services.

As for what it is, Zhao Xiongcai didn't bother to ask!

"Hello, hello, everyone!"