Chapter 32: A Boat Like a Mountain (Part II)
When Xiao Ziyang heard the Weiguo Mansion, his heart moved, and he secretly wrote it down, he took out a silver horn from his arms, handed it to the crew member, and said: "This little second brother is really well-informed, listening to your words really opened my eyes." ”
The crew hurriedly took over the slots, and thanked them a thousand times.
Xiao Ziyang asked: "I don't know if this big dragon ship is willing to carry passengers, if I can take this kind of giant boat once, it will be worth my trip this time." ”
The crew hurriedly replied: "Yes, yes, the space on this big dragon ship is huge, and the cabin conditions are ten times better than that of a small boat like ours, but this ship fare...... It's ten times more than a boat like ours!"
Xiao Ziyang was surprised and said, "Ten times! Wouldn't that cost more than twenty taels of silver!"
It's no wonder that Xiao Ziyang was surprised, in the past, he worked as an executioner in the Golden Sword and Dart Bureau, and he was only more than ten taels of silver all year round, but these more than ten taels of silver in Hengshi Town were enough for a family of three for a year.
The Golden Knife Dart Bureau dominates Dangyang County, and in a year, excluding expenses, the income is only two or three hundred taels of silver, but it has made Lei Genghu's family a solid family in Hengshi Town.
The crew member was also unimpressed by Xiao Ziyang's strangeness, he explained: "The cabin on this big dragon ship is no less than the upper room in the first-class inn, every guest is served by a special person, and the ship is equipped with famous chefs from all over the world. The people who can take the big dragon ship are all high-ranking officials and nobles, so they naturally don't care about a little silver taels. ”
Xiao Ziyang nodded and asked, "Then where should I go to take this big dragon ship?"
"There is a warehouse of Heshun Trading Company on this wharf, and you will know when you go ashore to inquire that when you go to the warehouse, you only need to explain your intention, and someone will naturally receive you. ”
The cargo ship slowly approached the dock, and Xiao Ziyang stepped off the cargo ship.
He threw a few copper coins to a porter and asked for the location of the Heshun Merchant Store. It was easy to find the place.
As soon as Xiao Ziyang approached the door of the warehouse, a guy greeted him, "This uncle, do you want to take a boat?"
Xiao Ziyang Qi said: "How can you see that I am on a boat, can't I come to ask you to deliver the goods?"
"Who doesn't know that the ships of our and the Shun Merchant Company only transport the goods inside the Merchant House," said the man, with a hint of pride in his tone.
Xiao Ziyang smiled slightly, "I want to take your bank's Shunhe big dragon ship to Xiang'an City, Chuzhou, I don't know if I will stop by the way?"
The guy smiled: "Our Heshun is going to Gui'an City, Jiangzhou this time, and we are going to anchor in Xiang'an City for a day on the way, but it is not cheap to take the big dragon ship." ”
As he spoke, the man stretched out two fingers, "Twenty taels of silver to Xiang'an, one tael is not less." And you have to pay the ship fare first. ”
"Okay, take me to your shopkeeper. Xiao Ziyang groaned slightly and agreed.
As soon as the guy heard this, he walked towards the warehouse with Xiao Ziyang with a smile on his face, and as soon as he entered the door, the guy shouted at a big black man, "Zhao Dazhang Ship Master, this guest officer is going to take a boat to Xiang'an City." ”
Hearing the shout, the master turned his head.
I saw that this person's face was dark, his skin was extremely rough, and his body was not under Xiao Ziyang. He glanced at Xiao Ziyang, and said expressionlessly: "Pay the ship fare twenty taels first, come to the warehouse before dawn tomorrow morning, and there will be a guy to take you on the ship, and you won't wait for it." ”
Xiao Ziyang asked, "If I want to occupy a cabin exclusively, how much silver do I need to add?"
Master Zhao smiled proudly: "Our Heshun is not a small boat, there are places on the ship, and each passenger has a separate cabin. ”
Xiao Ziyang happily paid the silver and took the bronze medal on the ship.
The front of the bronze medal is cast with a delicate sailing pattern, the shape is the Heshun number, and the reverse side is written in Yang script with the words "Heshun Dragon", and there are two small characters "Eighteen" under the big characters.
Seeing Xiao Ziyang so refreshing, Zhao Dazhang's dark face couldn't help but show a smile, the contempt in the guy's eyes only decreased slightly, but it did not disappear, I am afraid that in his heart, Xiao Ziyang's identity was only promoted from a hillbilly to a hillbilly with a little money.
Xiao Ziyang didn't care about the man's contemptuous eyes. He turned around and walked out of the inn, and found an inn nearby.
The next day, Xiao Ziyang came to the door of the warehouse early, and there were already more than ten carriages parked here.
Even if they came from a nearby inn, the passengers who did not take the carriage had their luggage on their backs. is alone like Xiao Ziyang, who has no subordinates to serve him, and is still wearing a shabby cloth robe, but there is no one. So at this time, he couldn't help but feel a little like a flock of chickens and cranes, which attracted everyone to keep looking sideways.
However, Xiao Ziyang followed his father-in-law to the north and south at the age of twelve, and he didn't know how many white eyes he had received, so he would still care about these. He stood in the middle of the crowd with his arms folded over his chest as if he didn't feel anything.
There were a total of three guys who greeted at the door, one of them was the one who led Xiao Ziyang into the warehouse yesterday, he saw that the two companions seemed to want to drive Xiao Ziyang away, so he pulled them to explain a few words, and after the two guys listened, they looked at Xiao Ziyang a few times and then ignored it.
Xiao Ziyang smiled slightly, and turned his head to observe these passengers who were about to be on the same boat. The passengers looked like merchants, scholars, a few young knights wearing swords and wearing fine clothes, and even a retired official with his family and seven or eight guards.
After Xiao Ziyang, more than ten passengers came one after another, and the three guys led everyone towards the ship.
The men at the inn took the men under the ship, handed them over to the three crew members who had been waiting for them, and then took their leave.
Among the three crew members, a middle-aged man with a smile on his face standing at the front stepped forward, hugged his fists and said: "Distinguished guests, in Xia Li Hesheng, it is the three-palm ship of this Heshun, the small number on the back of the ship plate in your hands is your cabin number, one to ten by the lower to lead the way, eleven to thirty by this Li Quan to lead the way, thirty-one to fifty by this Zhao Zheng to lead the way, everyone invited." With that, he made a gesture of invitation with his right hand, and took the lead towards the boat.
After the three crew members boarded the ship from the stern of the boat, they separated, and Li Hesheng walked down a staircase to the upper floor, followed only by the official and a few young men in gorgeous clothes and swords.
Li Quan and Zhao Zheng went to the left and right sides of the boat.
Inside the ship's side is a corridor two feet wide, and inside the corridor is a row of cabins. Li Quan invited the guests into the cabin according to each person's ship number.