Chapter 264 Headache from blowing hair
Yan Laoer went in several times before he managed to stop in the gap between the two boats.
The people on the shore signaled him to throw the reins over.
Wait for the man to be skillfully tied to the boat pile.
Only then did he carefully examine the raft in front of him.
"Okay, brother, enough materials are used. A raft is loaded with two layers of rolling logs, and the baffles on both sides...don't say, it's quite useful."
I live by the water all the year round, and when I look at the wooden boards on both sides, I know what it is for. I glance at the back and see if the water splashes in, so I know what it is for.
"We are the bow of the inner wharf. If you see that boat, identify it. If we are not here in the future, you can send the copper coins there directly to our wife."
Yan's second son looked picky: "I didn't bring any goods, so let's count it as empty. I heard that rafts can pay less than boats..."
The bow of the boat was not bothered, it was probably the first time for the country man to come back to Changping, and the letters he inquired about were all the regulations from several years ago.
"If you inquire about that person, I'm afraid he hasn't come to Changping for many years. What he said is the old calendar. Now it doesn't matter whether you are a raft or a boat, it depends on the size and how much you can carry. Look at you. The raft you built is as wide as it is, and it is no different from the boat next to you.
Also, don’t fool me, we’ve been living in this inner wharf since we were young, we can tell what you’re here for at a glance. "
Yan Laoer pointed to himself, and asked in a daze, "What am I here for?"
The bow of the boat has an expression that sees through you: "Sell the cow! Why did you pull it for it? Or maybe the grass in Changping is more fragrant, so you brought it to graze?"
Yan Er was speechless.
He simply admitted it.
"Boat, raise your hand, I really don't sell this cow, so let me count it as empty." He begged in a low voice.
The man looked around and saw that they were all acquainted with each other, so he also lowered his voice: "It's for your own good, I handed over the copper coin here, and I will give you a lottery. You don't need the cow money when you enter the city." Pay it again, just take care of your grandfather.
Otherwise, the officials guarding the city are not as easy to talk to as we are. "
"If you have a visa, you don't have to pay to enter the city?" Yan Er Er asked.
"Cows don't pay, people have to pay." The bow of the boat decided that he was here to sell cattle, and he couldn't let the money go away.
He is in charge of the inner wharf and has to pay the account to the higher authorities on a monthly basis.
The ships next to pay more, and those boats that make a living at the inner dock pay less.
It's a pity that something happened to Gu Feng, and there has been no ship for a long time.
"Oh, by the way, where are you from?" The bow of the ship thought of something, looked vigilant, and stepped back.
Yan's second son knew what he was worried about, and hurriedly said: "Our father and I came over here."
"Tiger is in the city?" The bow of the boat was a little surprised: "That's not close, you were fine when you came, and it will take a lot of effort to go back."
"I can't help it. I originally went to Gufeng. It's not that it's not easy to go there... I didn't stop in the middle, and came directly to Changping."
The bow of the boat nodded clearly.
"Brother, let me tell you that you won't lose money when you come to Changping to sell cattle. Although the journey is far and hard, the price of our cattle here must be higher than that of you going to Gufeng." He whispered: "except Necessary items, don’t buy anything else, we are also high.”
Yan’s second child: …
Why do you think I'm here to sell cattle!
He felt that it was almost done, so he pretended to be in pain, gave the copper plate, and returned with a stick.
One side of the bamboo stick is engraved with a Chinese character for sacrifice, and the other side has a smaller character, which is an internal character.
Yan Lao Er repeatedly begged the bow of the boat to help him take a good look at his raft.
The bow of the boat thinks who cares about you, a broken raft.
But since he took the copper coins from others, he also promised in a good-humored manner, no problem, it will be wrapped on him.
Father and daughter two cows leave the pier.
Yan Yu took the bamboo stick, looked at it for a while, and said, "This stick must have been used for a long time. The color doesn't look like Hsinchu."
The ink on it is also a little smudged. Of course, it may be due to the proximity of the river. It is possible to accidentally get wet.
"It seems that there will be a long time, at least one or two years will not be like this." Yan Lao Er estimated.
"Then in Changping City, will there be any bamboo sellers?" Yan Yu was interested in this bamboo stick because of this.
Bei Rong's entry into the village taught them a lesson.
There are loopholes in the border defense of Huju City, and the opening is in the mountains behind them.
The archery tower and the high wall surrounding the village cannot be built in a day or two.
Before that, they need something to protect themselves.
The first thing that comes to mind must be the bamboo crossbow.
Bows are difficult to practice, but bamboo crossbows are easier to learn. Almost everyone in their village can use them from old to young.
It is too dangerous to fight the Beirong head-on, and those barbarians shoot good arrows. They don't have crossbows in their hands, so it's too bad for them.
"We have to inquire seriously about this." Yan Laoer said: "Your uncle also said that we can do it again after avoiding the limelight. It's too dangerous to be found in the village. Let's use it carefully. I guess he will do it again." No objection."
"We can do everything and practice, usually use a bow, and use a bamboo crossbow when necessary." Yan Yu said.
Yan Lao Er shook his head and said, "I hope we won't need it, but it's okay to prepare it in advance."
Father and daughter reached a consensus.
also went outside Changping City.
Changping has two towns facing the sea and two natural harbors under its jurisdiction.
There is a river in the west and south directions.
Crossing the river to the west of the city is Yongning.
The river in the south of the city is a narrow strip of water from Gufeng.
It is also the river that Yan's father and daughter crossed.
The two entered the city through the south gate, and there were not many people entering and leaving the city gate.
Queue them soon.
The official who guarded the city saw the bamboo stick, and as expected, he only wanted the head money.
It’s just that the head is a bit expensive.
Yan Yu, a child, is also counted as an adult, and needs three copper coins.
Two people are Liu Wen.
"When you have time, you have to calculate whether it is better to go by water or land." Yan Laoer said: "Count the raft, count the three treasures, count ours..."
"Father! Didn't we do all the calculations at home? It must be better to take the waterway and carry a lot of things. If you take the official road, even if you save the money for staying in the post station, you have to pay it at the gate of the city."
Yan Yudao: "The bow of the ship has already said, if you don't pay it with him, you have to pay it here. If we don't bring the three treasures, we have to hire another car to take us to the pier when we buy things... It's the same father."
Yan Er Er sighed: "When you go out, you have to spend money everywhere."
He touched half of the ginseng in his arms, "Go, let's go to the pharmacy first."
I have had experience in finding pharmacies several times.
Yan Lao Er quickly locked several pharmacies, and got in and out of these few.
The shopkeeper of the pharmacy saw that the country man had returned with his child.
They were all happy: "I said fellow countryman, the price I gave is reasonable. Your ginseng is missing a piece. The big family collects the whole ginseng. They specify that they don't want it. They have to give it to our pharmacy, cut it into slices and sell it slowly. "
"It's just a little less, you guys are too hard." Yan Lao Er complained with a sad face.
The shopkeeper didn't wait to see him.
What kind of family!
The mud legs in the country, digging up ginseng and selling it quickly, it’s okay to hide it as a treasure, okay, let’s treat it as a big radish in the field, and cut a piece of it for myself...
What a waste!
When the mood is good, people are more tolerant.
"Then how can you fix it? The whole stick is easy to sell. We don't hold down money. I'll charge you for the half stick. I'll sell it piece by piece. You think it's a big radish. It's weighed by the catty, and I'll give you as much as the catty. , can anyone afford this ginseng?"
"I'll show you." The shopkeeper turned around and found the ginseng slices from the medicine cabinet, pulled out the wooden box, and opened the tightly wrapped ginseng slices.
Through the cloth, twist it with your hands, and let you see it from a long distance.
"Look carefully, with such a thin tablet, two tablets are enough in one medicine, and it can't be used in ordinary prescriptions.
Tell yourself, how many pieces can be cut from your half of the ginseng, and when will I have to sell it. "
Yan Yu thinks what the shopkeeper said is reasonable.
This is the time cost of cargo settlement.
She looked at her father.
Yan Lao Er is a businessman himself, can you understand this?
Ahem, a small business is also a business.
"Shopkeeper, you can add more." He still didn't give up.
The shopkeeper laughed even more, his eyes narrowed.
I don’t know, I thought I was going to cut flesh from this person, it hurts so much.
"Okay, I'll give you an extra bite, don't go back and forth between this house and that house, I see you are exhausted, five dollars, thirty-five twenty-five dollars!"
Yan's second child's expression changed for a long time.
Hold back a sentence: "Okay, I want silver, not copper."
Yan Yu tried not to laugh.
This is what I learned from the little guy selling sheep.
It is more cost-effective to exchange silver against copper plate.
The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Okay!"
I didn't want to take advantage of this.
It's a pity.
This is a good reference for the top seven.
Including the piece that was cut off, even if it didn't reach eight taels, it was not bad.
If it’s the whole stick, he can accept fifty taels, and it’s not impossible to talk about adding a few more taels.
Thinking of this, the shopkeeper asked one more sentence: "If you have such a good ginseng, don't waste it. This ginseng has been aged, and a single whisker is worth a lot of money. If you really want to use ginseng, just buy ginseng slices and go back. You can do it yourself." Forget it, how much is the difference between inside and outside.”
Yan's second child could no longer agree, and nodded repeatedly.
He asked the price of the slices again.
The shopkeeper quoted him a real price in his mouth.
Yan’s second child: …
Based on your prices in Changping, what you said should be reasonable, but compared with Yongning, the prefectural city, your things are really worth selling.
Everything is expensive!
This is the conclusion that the father and father came to after walking several streets after coming out of the pharmacy.
"Medicine is expensive, food is expensive, salt is expensive, paper is expensive, cloth is expensive... none of them are not expensive." Yan Lao Er complained: "It is more expensive to sell things, but it is spent on buying things, and it may cost more. After all, it’s still taken advantage of.”
"It is said that the high tax was set by the elders of Changping." Yan Yu looked in the direction of the government office.
I heard that the old man is not in the government office now, but went to the seaport of Pinglang Town.
The people in the city were all gossiping, as if they had picked up someone who was also a relative of the King of England.
King's relative...
It is not the royal family, but the mother's and wives' families.
Only these can be called relatives of the prince's family.
However, these little people of Dousheng just gossip, and they don't know which great **** is here, and what kind of relationship they have with the King of England.
For them, it doesn't matter whether they come or not.
"Do you think Linhai will be lower or about the same?" Yan Er Er asked his daughter.
Yan Yu: "It depends on whether Linhai has the wind and flood disasters that uncle mentioned this year. If not, it must be lower than Changping. The prices here are higher than Yongning, which is outrageous."
Yongning, as the capital city of Guanzhou, should be the highest political and economic standard in Guanzhou.
Changping, Linhe, Linhai and sea are well-developed, so what.
This is Guanzhou, not the south.
The consumption level of the common people is completely unreachable, and it is hard to draw.
The things they sell are so expensive, and every shop is deserted.
The rarer the business, the higher the price they have to sell, and every profit is one. This is not increasing taxes, but exhausting resources.
"If we go to Linhai and find that the price is still high, if we come back, we will have to spend another time to enter the city." Yan Lao Er didn't want to waste money.
"It's simple. Let's ask someone to find out what the weather is like in Linhai this year. If the weather is good, we'll go there."
Yan Yu actually didn’t want to make a fuss, as long as she was in a calm state of mind when sailing on the water, everything would be fine, but they had too many things on their minds.
I want to go home.
The two found a restaurant.
Here not only sells wine, but also food, stir-fried appetizers, stewed meat, noodles, and pancakes as staple food.
The reason why I chose this place was also a helpless move.
Where news circulates, there must be people, and there must be idlers.
Those who are serious and have something to do, are busy working to make money every day, who has time for idle talk.
One more thing, there are many people doing business in this kind of place.
Good restaurants can't afford to go, this kind of small restaurant is the best choice.
Drink one or two taels of wine, come to two plates of appetizers, take a sip, take a bite of food, take another sip, and say a few words to someone, feeling comfortable and happy.
Few of them brought their children here, and when Yan's second son came in, he was a little eye-catching.
He didn't care about the many, he found the middle seat and took Yan Yu to sit there.
Two people ordered a pancake, a bowl of noodles, a plate of peanuts, and a plate of roast chicken...
Good guy, when the buddy sang the name of the dish, all the young and old in the restaurant were stunned.
What kind of wealth? This is, I ordered roast chicken!
These people looked at the two men.
Could it be that you don't look like a person, and deliberately dress so poorly?
People who like to come to the wine shop like to drink a few sips. There are two types of people who can drink, one kind of stuffed drink, one person drinks with gusto, and one kind likes to chat with others, and can talk before and after drinking.
The latter has the general benefit of self-cooking.
"Brother, did you forget something? Why didn't you order wine? Is it because I'm used to the good ones, but I can't drink the bad ones?"
This person wants to say, you order such a solid dish, the height of the whole pot of wine is high, otherwise the chicken is wasted.
"That's not true. I have to support the pole in the afternoon. I'm worried that if I drink it, my forehead will hurt." Yan Laoer spoke standard Guanzhou dialect.
Plus this real home-cooked nibbling.
Immediately made the big guy very kind.
2 in 1~
The title of the chapter is the current state of Zhai Zhai. I went out today, and it was a bit windy, and my forehead hurts~quack~
(end of this chapter)