Chapter 311: Airship
readx;? Yangzhou has been closed in disguise, and the lives of the poor people have not changed much, and the goods on the market have not been in short supply, but have become more abundant. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
The prices of firewood, rice, oil and salt life department stores have dropped to a certain extent, and the people are pleasantly surprised, which makes the turbulent people's hearts a little more stable. Especially after the establishment of the large market in the west of the city.
Outside the big market, there is a lot of traffic and people, and rich businessmen and gentry gather.
"It's evil, it's already autumn, why is it still so hot?" a fat man wiped his sweat vigorously, and was beside the gorgeous carriage, not allowed to look up at the sky, full of complaints.
"Okay, I have an ice basin in my carriage, so if you want to take a shower, go up and stay!" The person who spoke was a thin man, dressed as a scholar, and the son's scarf was embroidered with a big king character, which looked a little funny.
"Come on, I don't know you yet, try your best to take advantage of it, and don't suffer a loss, if I catch up with your carriage, you dare to pull me outside and send bun stuffing to those bandits. ”
The fat man looked at the person next to him with disdain and took a step out to show that he was far away.
The man spread his hands and smiled helplessly: "Brother Xue's vigilance is really constant at all times, and he is worthy of being a character who can go to the Qinglou with a silver needle." ”
"Whatever you say, the son of a daughter can't sit down. The fat man snorted.
"You two are still in the mood to quarrel, I'm about to die of sorrow!" A man in green clothes walked over, his face full of sadness.
"Lao Li? Isn't your rice shop running well? Although the Forbidden Law Hall is domineering, there is no robbery, and your old Li's rice warehouse is still full, and there is no worry about life with food, money, and life, so what is there to worry about. The fat man pouted.
"It would be nice if there were officers and soldiers looting!" Lao Li shook his head and sighed: "The Forbidden Law Hall is now hurting people with its huge transportation power. Let's take the big market in front of you, polished rice is 100 yuan a stone, brown rice is 50 yuan a stone, and the bran skin and the like are even cheaper, less than 20 yuan. I went back and checked the account books, and thirteen years ago, when the lake was ripe and the harvest was full, I had never reached this price! The brown rice collected by my grain shop cost 80 yuan a stone, and even the old rice and bad rice could not be pressed at 50 yuan. Alas, now it's time to sell more and lose more, buy less and lose less, and don't sell all the losses! What do you say about this?"
The fat man gloated: "Fortunately, my house is a silver shop, and the price of gold and silver jewelry is still fixed." ”
Scholar Wang said: "In fact, not only the rice shop, the salt shop, and the cloth village are all pressed, and the Forbidden Law Hall does not know where to get the source of goods, the price is very cheap, and the quantity is extremely huge, and it is not difficult to supply the people of the entire Yangzhou City." Even the business of my silk shop has been affected!"
The fat man rolled his eyes and said: "You can be content, there are hundreds of kinds of fabrics, dozens of kinds of grain, and the Forbidden Law Hall only deals in coarse cloth and rice, which is already leaving a way for you to live." Don't know what to do, you have provoked the forbidden law hall, but people have the right to cut first and then play. ”
"Of course I know that. Lao Li smiled bitterly: "But now the problem is that Yangzhou City is sealed, and the material can't be transported out, and it can't be transported in." I sent out five or six caravans, but they all disappeared silently. If this continues, my grain will be spoiled alive!"
"Brother Li Shao'an is not impatient, this is not just your problem, the merchants of the whole city are in a hurry, Yangzhou City is originally a water 6 traffic artery, hundreds of boats are handled every day, and the loss of the city is huge for one day. If this were not the case, the members of the Chamber of Commerce would not have jointly signed a letter asking to see the adults of the Forbidden Law Hall. ”
The fat man wiped his sweat and said: "My gold and silver shop has a list personally ordered by the nobles of Lin'an, and if you can't send it over, something big will happen." Oops, it's so hot. ”
Scholar Wang smiled: "Brother Xue is upset. ”
Lao Li shook his head: "Who can not mess up? This big market has only been in existence for ten days from scratch, but now it has become the favorite place of the people of Yangzhou. ”
When he said this, there was a sigh around him.
At this time, there was a commotion behind him, and a slightly flattering "single big shopkeeper" came, and the three of them knew that this was the main master.
The big shopkeeper took two people, with a smile on his face, and gave his hands as he walked, greeting others from time to time.
"Shopkeeper Liu, Shopkeeper Zhan, Shopkeeper Wang, everyone is here! Oh, Shopkeeper Xin, you are seventy years old this year, I'm really sorry for you to come!"
A white-bearded old man laughed and said: "The big shopkeeper is serious, and he is doing things for the owner, as it should be, as it should be!"
The fat man ran over, said hello with a smile, and then couldn't wait to ask: "Shopkeeper Shan, your salt shop is an official property, and it is the most intimate with the Forbidden Law Hall, can you reveal a word or two, how did this bandit bring in this massive amount of goods when the city was closed?"
"Yes, yes, shopkeeper. This move is related to our lives, and I ask you to tell me!"
"That's right, if it drags on any longer, my two truckloads will rot to the end. ”
"Everyone, don't be impatient, your appeal, the Forbidden Law Hall has received it, and this time I came here to give a solution. ”
Everyone was overjoyed, and they were busy asking again, but the shopkeeper waved his hand and said: "Don't ask, you will know when you see it in a while, since it's almost over, then we won't wait anymore, everyone, please come with me." ”
The shopkeeper turned around and walked inside, everyone hurriedly followed, and a group of entourages also followed, but they were blocked by two big men in black.
The entourage did not dare to break in, and could only watch the masters walk away alone.
The two black-clothed men glanced at each other, both with a bit of smugness in their eyes.
They were temporary workers recruited by the Forbidden Law Hall in Yangzhou City, and they used to be just some government service soldiers, and when they met a rich merchant and gentry, they were like a mouse meeting a cat. Now the scene is just the opposite, and while they breathe a sigh of relief, they have deepened their awe for the three words of the Forbidden Law Hall.
The group walked through the large market and came to a large open space in the backyard.
Everyone looked left and right, but they didn't know why.
The ground is very flat, and I don't know how to get it out, but it looks like it's made of a whole stone. There was no one in the empty square, only a whirlwind of dust kicking up a puff of dust.
"Shopkeeper Shan, what are you?"
The shopkeeper waved his hand and smiled silently.
The fat man and the scholar king glanced at each other, and when they were about to ask, they suddenly felt a huge shadow slowly appear from behind, covering the entire square in the blink of an eye.
"What is this?"
Lao Li raised his head inadvertently, and the whole person froze instantly.
The sunlight suddenly disappeared on him, and the huge shadow visible to the naked eye pressed on everyone's body, and everyone looked up in unison, only to see a behemoth, like a white giant ship like a fairy palace, breaking through the sky, solemn and majestic, like a majesty, slowly pressing on the top of everyone's heads.
Everyone felt their breath suffocated, barely believing their eyes.
The shopkeeper smiled slightly, and said softly: "A small transport airship can travel thousands of miles a day and carry eight thousand stones. ”
This huge body that broke through the air shocked all the merchants, and the incomparably clear white snake logo on both sides of the white airbag let everyone know that this was something that belonged to the Forbidden Law Hall.
The airship was more than 100 feet above the ground, and with the eyes of a businessman, it was impossible to see what was on it, but it gradually enlarged, getting bigger and bigger, and when it was almost close to the ground, almost the entire square was covered by it.
"Small?" the fat man struggled to spit out two words, his voice jerky and sharp, as if it weren't coming from his mouth.
"Small!" "Small!" said the shopkeeper with a smile: "The medium-sized airship is more than ten times larger than this, and the large one is like a mountain, and the size of the ship of the Overseer of my Forbidden Law Hall is comparable to Yangzhou City, and there are more than 10,000 guards on it. ”
"More than 10,000 people?" Scholar Wang only felt that his hands and feet were cold, the Southern Song Dynasty had such a sharp weapon of war, would it be time for me to unify the world in Mongolia?
When the airship landed four or five meters, seven or eight black-clothed men landed on a zipline, and as soon as they landed, they pulled out the red and green flags, grabbed them in their hands and kept swinging, guiding the airship to move to the correct position.
A long row of carts was pulled by the big dog and ran over, stuffed directly under the airship, a secret door under the airship slowly opened, those big men shouted, four thick chains hung down, and then a tightly wrapped box slowly slid down and landed on the board.
Feeling the shock of the body, the big dogs didn't need to be ordered, they pulled the cart and rushed to the other end of the square, and disappeared along a passage in front of everyone.
Looking at the bottom of the airship, an identical board car appeared, lined up one after another, lined up in a long line, as if forming a transportation line.
The merchants were stunned and speechless.
The shopkeeper said: "I believe everyone has a preliminary understanding of the volume of goods." So let's talk about the decision of the Forbidden Law Hall. Regarding the question of the Chamber of Commerce's request, Shangfeng was relieved and allowed merchants to apply for the carrying capacity, and through the airship transportation system of my Forbidden Law Hall, you only need to pay a small amount of money to help you transport the goods out or in.
There is just a small prerequisite, the transportation must be fully loaded, that is to say, 8,000 stones, if you need to transport a small amount of goods, then please solve it yourself!"
The merchants' eyes were fixed on the huge airship, and no one said a word.
The shopkeeper didn't care whether they heard clearly or not, arched his hand and turned around and left, leaving a sentence: "If you are in need, you can come to my salt shop at any time to place an order." If there's anything you want to know, the lounge has tea and snacks and a few deacons available to answer all your questions. ”
When the shopkeeper walked away, the fat man reacted and said, "Lounge, yes, yes, lounge!"
As soon as the two of them ran, the other merchants also reacted, and they all ran out with a hula after him, leaving Lao Li staring at the airship obsessively, muttering something in his mouth, as if he was enchanted.
Outside the city, the sound of footsteps is rough.
"A few of you go over there, a few of you over there, the rest come with me, pay attention, this fox demon is over the talk, and if you can't catch it back, the big shopkeeper will not be happy, the big shopkeeper will not be happy if he is unhappy, the big shopkeeper will whip if he is unhappy, and if he is unhappy, he will cut the knife, you all give me a little care." Don't hurt that demon fox, that's 30,000 taels of silver!
"I heard it!" all the big men agreed in unison, dragging all kinds of strange tools and galloping into the dense forest.
The big man grinned, took out a strange watering can from his arms, sprayed it on all sides, and hid it with everyone.
After a while, the woods returned to calm, and a huge white fox suddenly appeared, it sniffed vigilantly, the fox looked left and right suspiciously, and always felt that there was a peep next to it, but the smell was extremely clean, which made its little head inexplicably hesitate.
Whoosh!
Three arrows suddenly shot out, staggering in front of the white fox's eyes, and must have been on the tree next to it.
The white fox was excited, turned around and ran.
Dahan and his brothers suddenly jumped out, shouted in unison, and pulled into a row to chase behind.
The white fox was frightened by the loud noise, and did not dare to look back at all, the wind was under his feet, and his tail swept to the ground from time to time, raising bursts of dust.
The big man drilled a round ball from his waist, raised his hand and threw it, and a huge explosion appeared in front of him, the wind was full of pressure, and the dust was flying.
At a fork in the road, shouts of killing were heard on both roads at the same time, and more than a dozen black-clothed men rushed over with swords, guns, swords, and halberds.
The white fox did not stop at his feet, and without hesitation, he plunged into the bushes, and the big men on both sides were slightly stunned, and then rushed in.
The big man was about to arrive, but when he saw that he missed again, he scolded angrily: "A bunch of waste, didn't you let you block all the ways out? Let it run away again? Hurry up and chase it! Hurry up, chase it for me!"
A group of people followed behind in a hula, pulled into a skirmish line and surrounded in a fan shape, and they didn't know what magic weapon the big man had in his hand, but he could always detect the movements of the white fox, whenever the white fox changed direction, their encirclement would immediately change, so that the white fox could only keep running forward.
"River! There's a canal ahead!
The men in black stepped up, and the white fox stepped up faster.
When it encounters water, it is definitely a way to survive the cruel forest struggle, and the white fox ran two steps and plunged into the canal without hesitation.
For the big man's expression changed, suddenly let out a long roar, and the two gray grass piles on the shore suddenly turned up, and seven or eight big men grabbed the reins in their hands and ran up desperately.
The men in black threw away their weapons and hurried forward to help.
Soon, a huge fishing net was dragged out alive, and it was full of a net of fish, large and small, jumping around, don't struggle anymore.
The men in black looked at each other and didn't dare to speak.
For the big man's eyes like electricity, swept in the fishing net, suddenly laughed, took two steps forward, wrapped one of the big fish in the fishing net, and laughed: "Come on, take the bundle of demon ropes!"
The subordinates hurriedly sent an inconspicuous hemp rope, and the big man probed the hemp rope like a fishing net, and bundled it on the big fish, and a burst of white smoke rose, and the big fish turned into a huge fox.
The fox kept struggling, like a fish and shrimp beside him.
The big man laughed: "You dare to pretend in front of me, the big boss has already taken measures! Brothers, 30,000 taels of silver have arrived!"
The black-clothed men roared loudly, and the cheers shook the heavens and the earth. To be continued.