Chapter 125: The money to buy a road on the canal

In order to bring Chen Yue on the way, Xu Xun first told Wang Shikun that so many people were inconvenient to one boat. The Duke of Wei's mansion took a big boat down, and he asked Wu Shouzheng to find another boat. Except for a few important boatmen and sailors, the others were replaced by those under Huitong. Therefore, Chen Yue and his party were naturally not alarmed when they quietly boarded the boat from Gaoyou at night under Huitong's escort. Li Qingniang and Ruyi became servant girls who came to join Xu Liang. The little girl was dressed in men's clothes. Within two days, everyone in the boat knew that Xu Liang's nephew was raised by his family as his daughter since he was a child, and he had gained a reputation as a sissy.

It is already late summer, and the canals running through the north and south are naturally very busy. Under the sun, you can see the endless flow of canals and passengers on the river. Although this is not the time when the Spring Festival canal has just thawed, some places where the silt or when the wind and water are still involuntary, it is still necessary to pull the boats before they can move forward. In addition, there are cash gates along the road, etc., if there are no doors, the purchase fee for buying goods from the south to the north is several times higher than the value of a ship of cargo.

Since Jiangdu went north, in just one month, Xu Xun counted and passed six or seven levels. If it weren't for the ship in front of him, no one would dare to check on the ship, the journey would have been slower. But looking at the team of more than a dozen barefoot strippers wearing only Burmese crotch pants on the shore, Xu Xun would have lost all complaints.

At first, Chen Yue was still interested in lying on the porthole to see the scenery on both sides of the straits, but after more than ten days, he lost all his interest. Especially those boatmen who looked almost naked from the back, she didn't even dare to take a look. Seeing Xu Xun concentrate on her mind and look over there, she couldn't help but say angrily: "Hey, you've been watching for a long time, what's the best thing about it!"

"I didn't see anything. I just thought, thank you so much for this hot day."

"Yes, we have been away for less than three trips. It's really hard to get barefoot for them under the sun. When you go back and give them money, you might as well give them two more." The little girl didn't dare to look at it, but she was already hot on the boat, and mung bean and lily soup and so on had never stopped. Thinking about the fact that she was pulling her head and trying to make her life, she nodded repeatedly, then frowned and said, "I heard that the journey from Tianjin Wei to Tongzhou was even more difficult. It would take five days to go against the wind and the current."

"If we were just people, we wouldn't have walked so slowly, but it would be a loss if we finally made it to Beijing without loading up the bottom cabin. When loading the ship at the Nanjing Wharf, the ship of the Duke of Wei's Mansion was preparing several boxes of gifts, but there were at least dozens of boxes of silk and groceries. Speaking of which, how could it be possible for the canal ships with a weight of less than five hundred stones to go fast?"

Chen Yue knew to take out her private money to open a rice shop for Li Qingniang at such a young age. When she went to Beijing, she transferred the rice shop to Xu Tiao as Xu Xun told him. It was obvious that she was so smart. Although the abacus was not at hand, she stretched her hand into the void and her eyes lit up for a moment, and she immediately stared at Xu Xun.

"Big liar, don't just talk about Duke Wei, don't you carry anything in your ship?"

"Of course I brought it." Xu Xun smiled sly, but pretended to be a senior and stopped it. Seeing the little girl's hatred, she pestered her for a long time before he said slowly, "But there are no things like cloth and silk, but a group of inconspicuous gadgets. The water was not that deep, so if it weren't for the boat in the Duke of Wei's Mansion that was too slow, we should have had a faster journey."

"What did you bring?"

Seeing Chen Yue staring at her with incredible face, Xu Xun explained: "I only brought a lot of craftsmanship bamboo and wood items, which were not worth a few yuan. There are valuable things, but they were all given to people by Eunuch Fu. I have all the ships in the Duke of Wei's Mansion. There are many guards there, and Eunuch Fu's people have two guards there, so I'm not afraid of anyone thinking about it. But these are celebrities from Nanjing Shilin, such as Zhang Dasicheng and Zhang Fuhua and others. According to the original engraving, I was originally a month in advance and paid extra money before I customized it. I took it to the capital to give it to people."

"I give gifts and silk, but you give these worthless things?" Chen Yue almost didn't stare out, but the next moment he suddenly woke up and pointed at Xu Xun and shouted, "You big liar, are you building momentum for the old gentlemen in Nanjing City, and you are also using them to build momentum for you! You are so sloppy!"

"Thank you, my wife, for your praise!"

Xu Xun nodded with a smile, not caring about it at all, Chen Yue called himself a big liar, and said he was sloppy: "Those father-in-law who loves money and goods, Eunuch Fu has prepared all the gifts for me. As for some civil servants, it is not good not to give it to me if they are left behind. Since this is the case, the gift is light and the affection is heavy, I will give a pen holder engraved with Zhang Weng's poems. Isn't it the most suitable one?"

In the cabin near the bow of the ship on the upper floor, these children were quarreling; in the cabin near the stern of the ship on the same floor, two old friends of many years were also quarreling there. Xu Liang and Huitong have been in a decades of friendship, so even though Huitong was almost convinced by Xu Xun, she still couldn't help but persuade Xu Liang to leave a way out for herself. As a result, Xu Liang couldn't help but think of the dug grave, and his face turned dark and he even made up the old account.

"How did I know that Xu Jin is actually a lunatic and can do things this way!" Huitong was said, and her face was a little uneasy. She immediately slapped the table and said, "I'm not for the good of you two, so those people in the house will keep it. One day, it will definitely become a disaster. Why would you use this extremely powerful plan? Eunuch Fu was angry and none of them could have a good ending. This is an accident. Do you know the accident? Besides, if it weren't for such an accident, would you feel so comfortable as you are now?"

"Why am I feeling comfortable, my son's..." Xu Xun's half of the words suddenly stuck in his throat, and he sneered in anger, "If it weren't for such a coincidence, I'll see if I won't settle the score with you!"

"That's it. Do good things. If you didn't find that the coffin was empty, even if you father and son recognized each other, you would have left grudges in your hearts. Now, it's all done. You should say you should thank me well!" Huitong, who was unreasonable, turned his head and ignored him. He suddenly slapped the table again, "It's me who suffered the loss! By seniority, the boy should have called me uncle, but the result is good. Last time I did bad things with kindness and apologized for him. This world is really reversed!"

"Who told you to almost ruin his big deal?" Xu Liang snorted, then turned his head, "I tell you that when you arrive in the capital, it is the same as the rules in the past. Please make the minions under me honest, don't think you can shake it when you arrive in the capital. There were quite a few people who knew you before, even if the wind had passed long ago, and even if the Xichang really reopened in the future, you wouldn't be able to clean the case with such a slight trick."

"You don't need to say this. If it weren't for this, I'd like to think that I would have chosen another way that the boy gave me. Follow Yu's boat board and jumped to the stern in a short while and walked quickly. He couldn't help but sigh.

"This God is really unfair. Why do you have nothing to do with your life? I have to hum in the cabin?"

After complaining viciously, he saw Xu Xun handing over a bag of pickled plums with a smile, he reluctantly took it and chewed it. Then he lowered his face and said, "I just asked someone to ask. The tax supervisor Du, who was in front of customs clearance, is said to have some friendship with Zhang Heling, the Marquis of Jianning, so he got the queen's eyes and found this position. His new official came to be selfless and did not sell anyone's face. He made a decision on the ship materials and cargo tax at one point, and none of them could escape. Several official ships were blocked before. What do you think we should do?"

"What should be the ship's material and cargo tax?"

"According to the rules, at most dozens of taels are enough. I'm afraid that the dead eunuch lion will speak loudly!" Wang Shikun finally fought with his elder sister for this trip to the capital. At this moment, he stopped all the dandy styles in the past. He said this, and paused but said, "The important thing is that the influence of the Duke of Wei on the Linqing ground is limited, so we can't make a big deal."

Xu Xun pondered for a moment, then said, "In this way, please let someone find out who there are some people on the official ships ahead. When you pass the customs, don't come forward and the fourth son, I'll deal with it."

Xu Xu, the fourth young master of the Duke of Wei, who was traveling with him, followed him out now. When Xu Xun said that, he raised his eyebrows and went forward and said, "If Brother Xu can't handle it, so what?"

"If you can't handle it, you can't handle it. Then you can't tell me that you can't show off your brother-in-law's reputation." Wang Shikun stood in front without saying a word, then looked at Xu Xu with a smile, "Why, Brother Xu, you go and have a walk?"

"I'm just asking casually."
Chapter completed!