I slay demons and demons with poetry

Chapter 34 Animal Taming and Wine

The stench came immediately, and a porter on the pier cursed immediately, but Song Mu covered his nose and looked up, only to see that the people on the boat were busy with their noses covered with cotton, and their eyes bloodshot.

Apparently they were the ones who suffered the most from the stench.

And Song Mu understood why Li Mo'er had to find him. It is estimated that no girl would be willing to get close to a boat with such a smell.

A few porters on the pier scolded a few words, and left quickly, while the tax official at the pier came over immediately, and a man in rough clothes got off the boat, and he took out something to please the tax official, and made love with the tax official beside him. After making a deal, the tax official left satisfied.

The man also waved towards the inside of the boat, and several men put wooden boards on the pier and began to deliver things to the pier.

What these people brought down were some things in sealed wooden barrels. Judging by the faces of each of them gritted their teeth and blushed, the things inside must be quite heavy.

Song Mu immediately saw the opportunity, and immediately went up to meet it.

"My friend, I'm a literati from Shiyang County. I'm currently writing an anecdote about the wharf. My friend, why is your boat so smelly?"

Song Mu almost frowned and asked, the man who had just rolled down a wooden barrel took a look at Song Mu, saw that it was a scholar, and immediately cupped his hands.

"This talented man laughed. We came from the north, and by chance, some pickled things were transported on board, so it looks like this."

"Then I don't know what it is?" Song Mu asked again, and the man had already pointed to the side.

I saw that the boards were also put down at the stern of the ship, but the cages were transported down from above.

There were tigers, leopards, and wolves in the cage. These ferocious beasts appeared extremely manic when they came to a strange place. At this moment, they roared, and Song Mu also exclaimed at the same time.

This turned out to be an ancient circus!
No wonder this ship stinks so badly. The things discharged by these ferocious beasts and the stench that is difficult to dissipate from their bodies naturally make this ship stink.

Song Mu smacked his lips a few times, and asked quickly when he saw that the man brought out another bucket of things from the boat.

"Brother, where did these beasts come from? But what are they used for?"

Seeing that Song Mu still came to talk to him and obstructed his work, the man seemed a little dissatisfied at the moment, but Song Mu stretched out his hand to hold it with him, and the coldness and clacking sound between his palms immediately made him smile, and he quickly explained.

"Young master may not know, it seems that a master of the Qi family in this county invited them here. It turns out that the beast taming group stayed in Qingzhou for a while, and then the master of the Qi family also fell in love with it somehow, so he sent this In a few days, we will go overland and send it to Jizhou Prefecture."

Hearing what the man said, Song Mu was surprised at the moment, the master of the Qi family, that should refer to Qi Dazuo's elder brother Juren.

I heard that I went to Chang'an to participate in the Spring Festival last year and lost my name to Sun Shan. Now I have been visiting great scholars in the north. How could I do such a thing.

At this time, the butler of the Qi family also appeared on the pier, and several servants were arranging how to transport those beasts to the city.

The entire pier was empty because of the appearance of these beasts, and many ships even chose to change to other pier to park or simply wait on the river.

Song Mu was just stunned for a moment, then asked the man again.

"Since it belongs to the Qi family, what about these? Could it also belong to the Qi family?"

The man waved his hand, but he couldn't tell who these things belonged to. After all, he was just a worker, and the news about the beast group was spread all over the ship.

In this way, the man will continue to move the goods, and Song Mu doesn't stop him, he just pretends to write travel notes and strike up a conversation with these people. When the boat boss sees Song Mu dressed as a scholar, he originally wanted to come to expel him, but After hearing that Song Mu was a county student, his attitude changed a lot.

In the Wen Dynasty, literati were supreme, and ordinary people naturally respected scholars more.

However, Song Mu thought about going to the boat many times during the period, and the boss of the boat naturally stood in front of Song Mu. Song Mu's several exchanges were not satisfactory, and he could only stand on the pier in the end.

At this time, those beasts had already been transported to a camp outside the city. After all, they were ferocious beasts. It would be too arrogant to bring them into the city like this. The county magistrate would never allow these things that might become monsters to enter the city so grandiosely.

Song Mu looked around, but he didn't see Li Mo'er, but he saw Qi Dazuo appearing on the pier in a pink robe, looking at the beasts with great interest, pointing fingers, very excited talking about something.

Obviously this guy is very interested in what his elder brother brought back from outside.

Song Mu glanced around again, but he really didn't see Li Mo'er's figure. Thinking that Li Mo'er's task hadn't been completed just now, he just felt sad and looked at the sealed cylinders that were put down.

After using his thoughts, Song Mu could see the contents of the barrel clearly.

It was barrels of red-purple wine, a bit like wine, but the color was very translucent.

Maybe a fine wine.

Song Mu thought so in his heart, but at this moment a voice came from beside him.

"Nephew Song Xian, long time no see, why are you here?"

Song Mu quickly withdrew his thoughts, turned his head to look at the source of the voice, but saw a thin face, it turned out to be Pan Wenhao's father Pan Shun.

Song Mu hurriedly cupped his hands and saluted: "Song Mu has met the county captain."

Pan Shun was wearing casual clothes at the moment, but he didn't care about Song Mu's actions, he just waved his hands and said, "No need, nephew, you haven't answered my question yet?"

Song Mu also stood up straight and said respectfully: "Song Mu has been tired of studying these few days, and he wanted to take a walk, but he didn't dare to go too far. It just so happened that he recently wrote a policy discussion related to water transportation, so I came here Ask the boatmen who come and go for advice."

Pan Shun nodded when he heard what Song Mu said, and looked very satisfied with Song Mu's diligent study.

"That's right. If you know what you need to do first, you can have such a scholarly attitude. Nephew Song Xian, the future can be expected."

"Thank you for your kind words, my lord." Song Mu replied calmly, and a middle-aged man walked beside Pan Shun. This man had a round complexion and rich clothes, and he was also looking at Song Mu at this moment.

Song Mu quickly cupped his hands, and Pan Shun also extended his hand to introduce.

"This is Master Zhou Zhiyun Zhou, the master bookkeeper. You may not have seen it before."

"I've met Mr. Zhou." Song Mu hurriedly saluted after hearing this, but this time Mr. Zhou also waved his hand with a smile, and now he was also looking at Song Mu.

"I heard that you wrote a Xingwen poem and a Qingming poem last time, both of which are very useful. It is very good. You should study more diligently to achieve a great cause and inherit the wisdom and virtue of your ancestors."

"Song Mu remembers the teachings of adults." Song Mu said with a somewhat respectful expression on his face.

Master Zhou also nodded with a smile on his face, and a servant-like man came over and said to the master.

"Returning to your lord, count all the 67 barrels of wine from the Western Regions, and none of them are damaged or spoiled. It just caused a fishy smell on the ship, or it may need to be placed in a cool place for a few days."

The boss of the boat was also laughing beside him at the moment, Mr. Zhou nodded and sent someone to transport him into the city, while Song Mu also hurriedly surrendered.

It turns out that these wines belong to the master, so it's better to mix them less.

As soon as Song Mu handed over his hand to say goodbye, the master Zhou said to Song Mu, "Mr. Song, don't worry. You will go to the courtyard for an exam in a few days. It coincides with my mother's [-]th birthday, so you can come too." I do it for you."

Song Mu naturally didn't dare to refuse when Master Registrar spoke, and nodded immediately: "Song Mu will definitely come."

Pan Shun also said to Song Mu at this time: "Nephew, let's talk more at that time. Although Wen Hao has some conflicts with you, I think I have made it clear. There is no unreasonable conflict."

Song Mu also nodded, cupped his hands, and left quickly.

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