Early in the morning of the second day, Mu Sheng watched Guo Zhi's ship leave from the dock, and then he also boarded another merchant ship with a caravan.

Standing on the bow of the boat, he looked at the misty river, and at this moment he had a vague feeling in his heart that something big might happen this time......

Half an hour later, the big ship slowly sailed away from the wharf, along the way the river turbulent and turbulent, but also to go to Yue County there is a waterway, or down the river, this is by land, the road has to be delayed for several months, in this era is not easy to go out of the long door.

In just five days, the caravan finally arrived at Liangcheng, the county seat of Gaoyang County, the merchant ship slowly sailed into the huge water gate of Liangcheng, the big ship passed the water gate in the transit of the Grand Canal, and then entered Jialing County, passed through Jialing County, and walked for several days by waterway to really reach the destination, Qucheng, the county office.

At this time, Mu Sheng stood on the bow of the ship and looked at the merchant ships coming and going on the big river, thousands of sails were over, and the flow of people was like weaving, he couldn't help but sigh that this empire in another world was really not ordinary prosperity.

After the big ship entered the water gate of Liangcheng, Mu Sheng called the owner of the ship and urged him to transfer to the Grand Canal as soon as possible.

He continued to appreciate the bustling commercial center on the bank of the river, Liangcheng, Liangcheng used to be the capital of the Song Kingdom in the era of the nations, located in the middle of the world, located in the middle reaches of the river, the Liangcheng waterway is vertical and horizontal, the traffic is extremely convenient, the era of the countries is the place where commercial department stores are scattered, the end is prosperous and abnormal, and even its prosperity is not weaker than that of Qingyang, the capital of Beijing.

In the middle and late Warring States period, after the fall of the Song State, the Jin court set up Gaoyang County, Liangcheng was the place of governance, and it was under the rule of the empire.

The Grand Canal was specially built for the empire's southern expedition after the unification of the world, because it was too convenient to transport grain and grass here, and the canal was the railway of this era, and it was the main artery for the empire to prosper.

Originally, the Grand Canal was only used for military purposes, the scale was very small, as long as it could meet the transportation of grain and grass, and later, after the large-scale expansion of the canal, the north-south trade route was connected, and Liangcheng really became the transportation hub of the world, which was more prosperous than in the old era of the Song Kingdom.

After the big ship gradually turned into the canal through the water gate, on the wharf, five Jin soldiers rowed small boats and boarded their big boats, and began to routinely inspect the customs clearance documents of the caravan, and then went to the warehouse to look at the goods, they were the river patrol team set up by the imperial court, and they had to check hundreds of merchant ships on the big river every day.

I saw that the soldier at the head of the Jin army reprimanded the owner of the boat in a thick local accent, and the old owner seemed to be a loyal old man in his fifties, and he had to nod and smile all the way for the sake of business, and he took out hundreds of dollars to make points, and the river patrol team went back satisfied.

After passing through the Liangcheng Water Gate and then through a crowded waterway, the big ship officially entered the Grand Canal.

The Grand Canal runs straight to the end of the horizon, and rows of trees on both sides of the canal seem to be guiding lights.

Seeing this, Mu Sheng admired in his heart, the working people are really great, and such a project is indeed magnificent.

Seeing that Mu Sheng was seeing the Grand Canal for the first time, the boat owner took the initiative to walk up to Mu Sheng and talk.

"Boss Liu is seeing this Grand Canal for the first time, right?"

Mu Sheng nodded and said, "It's indeed the first time I've gone to the south to do business, and the scale of this Grand Canal is really amazing?" ”

The owner sighed and said, "Boss Liu doesn't know, this Grand Canal was not so wide at first, earlier it was a river where the imperial army marched south to transport grain, and later the imperial court decreed the expansion of the canal and requisitioned millions of people to expand the river in the old land of the Seven Kingdoms, although it is a good thing for the benefit of the country and the people, hey!" However, this official does not treat us people as human beings, does Boss Liu know why the big trees planted on the bank of the river have grown so prosperous in less than ten years? ”

Mu Sheng frowned, he was actually a little curious, and when he heard the tone of the shipowner, he probably guessed what the reason was......

The owner of the boat said with a gloomy face: "Under the big trees in this river, there are hundreds of thousands of souls who died of exhaustion in the construction of the canal back then......"

The owner of the ship said in a trembling tone, "These officials have never taken us grass people seriously, in the past, the noble lords were like this, and now these Jin people and dog officials are more ruthless than those noble lords in the past, the eldest son and nephew of the old man have come here to serve the conscription and die of exhaustion on the river, and the old man's wife misses his son because of this." ”

"Old man, I had to sell my ancestral business and come to this canal to run a boat, every day I look at this row of trees under the trees, maybe there is my son's soul, in the future if I am about to die, let the apprentice bury me also on the bank of this river and plant a tree, maybe in this way, our family can be reunited......"

Mu Sheng looked at the face of the owner of the ship who had gone through all the vicissitudes of life, and couldn't help but be silent, what is the difference between this and what Emperor Yang of Sui did back then? For such a huge construction of the project, it is indeed a crime in the present and a thousand years of merit, for which the common people need to pay a huge price, but the magnates in the court do not necessarily have even the slightest mercy.

Mu Sheng was silent for a long time, and said, "Water can carry a boat, and it can also overturn a boat, the court really doesn't cherish the people too much, hey!" ”

The old shipowner's face changed slightly, and he said in a low voice, "Boss Liu, don't you dare to say that, it is a serious crime to criticize the government......

Mu Sheng waved his hand, noncommittal, he knew that all the edicts of the imperial court came from the emperor and the bureaucracy under his command, and criticizing the government was tantamount to criticizing the emperor's policy, and he secretly decided in his heart that he had to do something in the future.

Mu Sheng returned to the cabin, remembering that in his previous life, there were only a handful of emperors in ancient Chinese history who were good to the common people in history, a person was born into a different class, and the perspective of considering the problem was completely different, this era had just ended the Warring States Period, and the influence of the scholars and nobles in power had not yet faded.

It's not just poverty that limits a person's imagination, but wealth also limits a person's ability to think, just tweet with a rich second generation in later generations, won't it? It's the 21st century, and there are still people who haven't been abroad? The reality is that nearly a billion people in China have never even been on a plane and are still going abroad? Why don't you eat minced meat, don't go to the grassroots to investigate the people's feelings, and stand too high, you don't know that there are too many people who can't live the ordinary life you think? In their eyes, your life is equal to heaven.

The big ship sailed for eight days, and finally passed through the Grand Canal and entered Jialing County, Yue County, and a group of people changed boats in the Zhanghe River and went down the river again, and the speed of the boat was much faster.

Mu Sheng also came here for the first time in his life, after the Yue County fell in the era of the nations, the county was set up in the county, the Yue County is the core area of the Yue Kingdom, and it is also half of his hometown, his mother Zhao Ji and his uncle Zhao Shu and Yun'er are all from the Yue Kingdom, coming here, can not help but make him feel a little more close in his heart.

After the wharf docked, the group didn't care about appreciating the local customs, and finally arrived at Qucheng, the seat of Yuejun Governance.

On the outskirts of Qucheng, Mu Sheng and his party saw Guo Sheng and their team camping in the suburbs from a distance, waiting for them to arrive.

Mu Shengce immediately stepped forward into the camp, and Guo Zhi also stepped forward to greet him, "Uncle Liu." ”

"Where's your eldest brother Guo Sheng?"

Guo Zhidao, "Just as I was about to talk to my uncle, my eldest brother brought a few relatives to the city to inquire about the news, let's wait for the news......"

Mu Sheng said, "Okay, I've been a little tired of traveling in the past few days, let's go rest first......"

It wasn't until the evening that Mu Sheng was resting when he heard someone outside the tent greeting.

"Uncle Liu, I'm Guo Sheng, can I be included in the account?"

"Come in."

Mu Sheng opened the tent and saw Guo Sheng, who had a dignified face, walking in and sitting cross-legged.

Guo Sheng said, "Uncle Liu, I have sneaked into Qucheng to see my father in the post house, and my father said that I would first let me and others bring people into the city in batches, and also said that I had something important to discuss with my uncle." ”

"Good! Big brother is called, and we will leave for the city immediately. ”

In the Qucheng Post House, Guo Huan paced in place in the house, turning round and round, he was always worried, which showed that the matter of Yuejun was not trivial.

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door, and the brothers Mu Sheng and Guo pushed the door in.

Guo Huan saw that Mu Sheng had arrived, and greeted, "Brother Liu Xian, you can be regarded as coming, come, come and drink hot tea first, this post house is in poor condition, and only this hot tea is drunk." ”

Mu Sheng waved his hand and said, "Big brother is polite, isn't there something important to discuss when you come down tonight?" ”

Guo Huan frowned, and when Mu Sheng saw this, he felt that what happened here was not small.

After Guo Huan sorted out his thoughts, he said, "Brother Liu Xian, when I first came here, I visited Fu Bao through personal connections, but the strange thing is that I have been friends with him for more than ten years, and I always feel that he is like a different person, and he is very enthusiastic about me. ”

Mu Sheng asked, "Could it be that Fu Bao doesn't even give face to his eldest brother?" ”

Guo Huan shook his head with a solemn expression and said, "I have now sent someone to secretly visit the place where the envoy was detained, first, we are not familiar with each other, and secondly, the place where the envoy was detained is controlled by a master, I privately sent several waves of people to inquire about the news, and they all returned, and the people who came back said that there were monks guarding there, and they did not dare to act rashly, so this matter can only be entrusted to you, brother Xian." ”

Guo Zhidao: "Father, I suspect that the imperial court may have found out about Fu Bao's problem, so he was forcibly detained. ”

Mu Sheng agreed, "Big brother, I think Fu Bao has been an official for many years, it is impossible not to know what the consequences of detaining the imperial court are to detain the Qincha, the local officials detained the Qincha, and other complicity, it is estimated that Fu Bao was also forced to make this decision, what could be more serious than the seizure of the Qincha?" ”

Guo Sheng touched his chin and suddenly said, "Could it be that this Fu Bao really wants to rebel?" ”

Mu Sheng, Guo Huan, and Guo Zhi were all shocked when they heard this, if this was really the case, it would not be an ordinary serious matter.

Guo Huan shook his head and said, "Impossible, impossible, I know Fu Bao's personality, whoever rebels, he can't rebel, besides, the imperial court has its own system, even if it rebels, it is impossible for all the officials in the county to follow him to rebel, not to mention that it will involve His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

Mu Sheng said, "Big brother, we can't discuss the reason here, if we can get on the line with Qincha, maybe the situation will be clearer." ”

Guo Huan bowed his head slightly and said, "Well, Qin Cha was guarded by Fu Bao in the Qucheng granary, where there were 800 soldiers patrolling day and night, and as far as I know, there were at least three monks guarding in shifts. ”

Mu Sheng was suddenly a little surprised, and said, "Three monks? This Fu Leopard is still quite bloody, how is his strength? ”

Guo Huan said, "The monk's five senses are different from ordinary people, I didn't dare to let people get close to the temptation, I don't know the reality of these people in the granary." ”

Mu Sheng said, "Big brother, I am willing to go to the temptation, maybe there is a way to contact Lord Qincha." ”

When Guo Huan heard this, he had no other way for a while, so he had to let him test it first, and maybe it would work.

"If any of these three people have a higher cultivation than you, and retreat quickly, this matter will not force the virtuous brother, I will find another way."

Mu Sheng paced back and forth a few times, and thought about it, ran to the window of the room and looked carefully at the cloudy sky, it was rain clouds, yes, there is often a rainy season in the south, Mu Sheng took out a few copper coins, and used the six divination techniques taught to him by the master to roughly calculate the weather conditions after that.

Mu Sheng's superficial ability can only be roughly calculated, whether it is allowed to open five or five, mainly relying on the naked eye to observe the weather changes, and test the air humidity, wind direction and other comprehensive factors to judge the weather, after the calculation, everyone saw his set of methods, and they were also in the clouds, but they knew that he was divination.

Mu Sheng turned his head to Guo Huan and said, "Big brother, in three days, you give me a hundred people to gather near the granary to disturb the enemy's eyes and ears, and if it rains heavily after three days, I am more than sixty percent sure that I can kill these monks and approach the granary." ”

Guo Huan said three good words in a row, and said, "I'm relieved to have your words, but isn't a hundred people too few?" ”

Mu Sheng shook his head and said, "Too many people will get in the way, my purpose is just to let them lead away the soldiers guarding the granary." ”