I, Han Gaozu, actually traveled through Song Gaozong?

Chapter 229 Taikang Ferry

If you look at it from a distance, Taikang County belongs to Chenzhou, but according to the division in the Tang Dynasty, this place truly belongs to Kaifeng Prefecture.

After Jinli and Liu Yu became emperor, they explicitly brought this place under the control of Kaifeng. Therefore, entering Taikang is actually the same as entering Kaifeng.

As soon as they arrived here, Liu Bang and others really enjoyed the treatment of "eat the pot of rice to welcome the master". Although Taikang is a small county, it is an important place on the road from Bianjing to Lianghuai... If you enter the vortex, you will enter Taikang, and there are tens of thousands of people around. Few of these people are local, and most of them are Cao Gong, a boatman who guards the pier to make a living.

Once the water transportation is developed, the news will spread faster than other places. For example, the matter of Suzhou and Boerzhou, no matter what version is said, but the current situation is...

Liu Bang was eating chicken and mushrooms in a spacious house.

The chicken is a baby chicken that has been raised for three years, and the mushrooms are tea tree mushrooms produced in Taikangdu. They are crispy and tender. Liu Ji's face is red and his ears are red, and he can't help but cheer.

This is the house of the Qian family. After all, the Qian family accounts for sixty-seven out of ten of the world's trade ships. Taikang is such an important place, how can the existence of this family be missing? Although Qian Chen did not come with Liu Bang, he dedicated this house. , can be regarded as a filial piety.

After all, all the way up north, apart from the county government offices, there are government offices, and most of them are in disrepair. It is indeed rare to have a decent place to shelter from the sun and rain.

"Damn it, this little chicken is fatter than a goose. It's really my first time to eat this thing... It's a pity that there's only one, it's just enough to fit between my teeth."

Wang De stared at his remaining big eye, eating with his mouth watering and making comments while eating, spittle flying everywhere.

Fortunately, this was one person, one pot, so that no one else would suffer from his misfortune, but this look was still off-putting.

"You're a general at best, but you've embarrassed me by making such a gesture!"

Liu Bang yelled: "What's the matter? Have I treated you badly?"

Wang Yaksha thought that although Zhao Guan's family did not treat him badly, they had never given him such good food. He nodded subconsciously:

"This little chicken, the official family has never given it to me to eat."

Wang Qi and Wang Shun were too late to persuade him. When Liu Bang heard his dirty words, his face turned red and white, and he angrily said:
"Even if there is, I won't let you eat it!"

When he said it, he found that the words became more and more strange. He quibbled for a while, saying that he was not small but also very big, but in the end he only reduced it to one sentence:

"Get out of here, you kid, stop eating and go to the pier to watch. When will Liu Qi arrive and when will you come back!"

Wang Yaksha was full of grievances, so he slipped out with the chicken drumstick in his hand. For fear that no one would notice, the emperor asked him to return it, thinking as he walked:

After the golden man is driven out, he must stay here for a month, doing nothing but eating chicken and mushrooms every day.

While thinking this, he greeted his soldiers and rushed to the dock. According to the agreement between Uncle Liu Xin and Zhao Guan's family, Liu Qi should have arrived earlier. After all, it is more than twice as close from Chenzhou to Taikang as from Bozhou. But he didn't know what happened to him, so he was delayed for a while.

However, he has already sent someone to report it, and he should be able to arrive within today.

When we arrived at the pier, it can be said that this is the busiest place in Taikang County. There are so many boatmen who have no place to go. One by one, they either sit in groups with their backs against the river embankment and brag, or they sit on the ground or hide under the trees. Hidden from the sun, there are nearly a hundred boats parked on the riverside. As long as anyone calls out at the ferry, a group of people will immediately gather around them. After agreeing on the wage, the boatman will then let the boatman choose. In this way, it is considered to have been paid. manual labor.

Now it is impossible to go to the north. All ships are either sent to the south or come from the south. The business these people can receive is much less than in the past, so when Wang De led people to come, he was sitting high on the horse. With the chicken leg on his back, he looked extremely conspicuous.In fact, his ugly appearance easily attracts attention. In addition, all the soldiers from the Song Dynasty who came around were on foot. Only this one was riding a horse. No matter how you look at it, this is a person with status. .

"General Wang? You are here..."

Wang De made a beautiful turn and jumped off the horse. When he saw the visitor, he threw the chicken leg with only bones aside and said:
"Mr. Yu, the official called me here. He was afraid that Liu Du would not be able to find his way, so he asked me to wait here."

Although Yu Yunwen's injury was not completely healed, his daily activities were fine. In addition, he heard from the emperor today that military supplies had arrived, and he did not want to be idle, so he volunteered to take over the job and come here to take over the Qian family. something sent.

After hearing what Wang De said, Yu Yunwen smiled and said: "The officials really care about Liu Dushi. I think Liu Dushi will be very happy when he knows about it."

Wang Yecha laughed a few times, not wanting to tell him the reason why it was a chicken, the two sat down in the nearby tea shop, although Yu Yunwen was trying hard to find a topic, but with Li Qiong at the front When dealing with these scholars, Wang De always felt that something was wrong. He tried his best to follow up with Yu Yunwen's words, but it made the whole atmosphere even more embarrassing.

When Yu Yunwen stopped talking and the tea shop became completely quiet, Wang De realized that this was punishment.

Fortunately, the boat on the pier was always moving, which brought some relief to this almost embarrassing situation. Wang Yaksha couldn't bear it anymore and stood up, but saw the same person standing up. Yu Yunwen.

Yaksha smiled and said, "I, I'll go to the river to have a look."

Yu Yunwen looked like "I know you" and nodded:

"Did General Wang see it too? Then the student will go with you!"

"It's very good, very good to go together...together."

The two of them left immediately. Wang De complained that the scholar was stupid and didn't know how to be more flexible. Since they were not familiar with each other, why should they come together.

On the other hand, he walked towards the dock with a smile on his face.

When he arrived, he saw Yu Yunwen frowning, and he saw that there were all civilians over there, and here they were guarding the people who were starting work. At this time, almost everyone gathered around.

"Mr. Yu?"

Yu Yunwen glanced at him, nodded slightly, and grabbed the person next to him:
"Why are you in such a hurry?"

The man was about to curse, but when he saw how Wang De and the others were dressed, he swallowed the curse and said:
"You military gentlemen are very polite. There is a ship under construction. I am going to ask for work. Sir, please let me pass. If you are slow, I may not be able to make the trip."

Yu Yunwen did not let go: "I know you are going to ask for a job, but what I want to ask is why all of you are going to ask for this job."

"It's not that there was no boat to leave just now. Only a hundred or eighty people went up to the sky. Now you have thousands of people rushing up. Where is this work? How much is the price offered to you?"

The man was extremely anxious. When he saw many people running in front of him, he almost burst into tears:
"In addition to the Qian family, who else in Taikangdu has such ability! I'm sorry for you, just let the villain pass. We have been looking forward to this job for many days!"

He kept bowing to several people. When even Wang De couldn't bear it, Yu Yunwen seemed to have changed. He ordered the Imperial City Imperial Guards assigned to him by the emperor around him:
"Stop the ship and inspect it!"

(End of this chapter)