Landlord of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 228 Jiangzhong Rice Noodles
Zhu Yijiang immediately said: "You guys, choose twenty capable people each, and we will make a surprise attack in the next few days!"

The official said: "General Zhu, those hills are too scattered and they border other military headquarters. This matter should not be rushed. It will be bad if you startle the snake. If you offend others, it will be bad. You need to plan carefully and find out. Enemy is."

"That's right... I'm in a hurry." Zhu Yiyang apologized and gathered with several people to discuss, and Xu Qing would not intervene in the specific actions.It's good to give some pointers on this matter, if this strange case is solved, not only can Zhu Yijiang be cleared of the crime of being a bandit, but they will also be credited.

After making arrangements for a while, Zhu Yijiang mobilized hundreds of capable soldiers and headed for the nearest hills in separate routes.They even went to the water village in the north and seconded a navy army to capture them separately.

After the arrangement, it was already daylight, and Zhu Yijiang bowed to Xu Qing and said, "Thank you, Mr. Xu, for your guidance. If this case is solved, more than a hundred innocent souls will be able to rest in peace, and their families can also comfort them. The whole army is a bandit His crimes all depended on this trip, Master Xu's kindness is like rebirth!"

Xu Qing said that success will come soon, dragging his heavy head, went back to his house, fell asleep.

Seven or eight days later, Xu Qing had already had fun in Yangzhou, and in order to go to Huguang, he came back by boat.Yang Cheng and others are guarding the cattle, Xun Xueer and others are waiting on them, and the rest of the large supplies have already been transported across the river and are not coming.It was agreed that Xu Qing would go to Huguang with a small team on the south bank, and the rest of the people would drive slowly to Henan in a cart, and then reunite there.

Entering the river from Guazhou, there is a small Jiangjin, passing through a small island in the river, and then going ashore at Gaozi.

When in Guazhou, Xun Xueer and others left first, while Xu Qing and others pretended to be a few merchants and walked slowly behind.

When he arrived at the riverside, Zhang Linye said: "When I asked for directions in the city, I found out clearly that this is the place to take a boat. Why can't I see a boat here?"

"Could it be that girl named Liu Ru you asked?" Another person jokingly said, "Hey! Hey! Miss Liu Ru, how do you get in?"

"Hahaha..." Everyone understood that, and when they thought about it together, the man blushed before, and said clearly, no, no.But it didn't work, it just made everyone laugh again.

Just as he was laughing, a large boat with a black awning came from the upper reaches, it was a passenger ship.The man blushed earlier and said, I said it was here, right?
So everyone shouted on the shore together, and the boat slowly approached the shore.

"Will Gaozi go?"

The boatman lazily said: "Why not go, it depends on how much you pay?"

"Do you want to use the watch? Oh, no, no, that's wrong... How much do you want?"

"Two hundred dollars per person!"

Hearing this, everyone took a deep breath, two hundred yuan is also the farmer's salary for a month, and said together: "It's too expensive, it's too expensive, let's find another boat."

The boatman sneered, and walked towards the boat, but he turned around and said, "It's not that I lied to you, this area of ​​ours, from Guazhou to Gaozi, is the same price. If you find another price , I will give you this ship!"

Everyone looked at each other, they used to take their own boats, but now they have no experience in passenger boats.Seeing the boatman say this, he could only say: "Okay, okay, two hundred is two hundred, let's get on the boat?"

"No no, it was only two hundred dollars per person just now, now that I think about it, three hundred dollars per person!"

"You! How dare you sit on the ground and raise the price!?" Everyone was shocked and angry.And the boatman seemed to have known that everyone would be like this, so he didn't say a word, he pushed the boat on the pole, and wanted to leave.

Xu Qing and the others were afraid that Xun Xueer and the others would wait too long, so they all said together: "Three hundred yuan is only three hundred yuan, and I will let you make a lot of money!"

The boatman showed disdain, meaning that I have seen a lot of people like you, if you fight with me, you should be more tender.After beckoning, the boatman put down the planks and let Xu Qing and others board the boat.It's just that when he turned his head back, there was an imperceptible sneer on his lips.

Xu Qing and his party, five of them, Niu Checao, Wang Shan, Yang Cheng, and Zhang Linye, all jumped onto the boat one by one, throwing the packages in their hands on the cabin at random.Although the black-covered boat is simple, the cabin is tidy. There is a pile of boatman's things at the stern, which are covered by a black cloth, so you can't see clearly.

It's just that everyone didn't know, when the boatman heard the plop of the package falling on the ground, he couldn't help being overjoyed, patted the small package in his arms, and threw himself on the pole.

The boat moves from bottom to top. According to the trend of the water flow, the flow velocity in the center is high, while the flow velocity on the side is small. The water near the river bank is shallow, so it can be supported by poles.When a boat goes upstream by the river, it needs to go a long way, and then find a place to go down the current, and find a place where the current is slow to cross the river.

At noon, the boatman said he was hungry and refused to punt any more.After reaching a small island, the boat stopped, and went to the stern to cook lunch by itself.

Seeing him like this, Xu Qing and others had no choice but to get up and move around. Looking around, there were several small islets in the river, all of which were overgrown with reeds.It's just autumn and winter, and those reeds are crooked, looking cold and chilling.

"Huh? What's the smell?" Xu Qing eats three meals a day. At noon, his stomach is empty and he is particularly sensitive to the smell of food.In the ear, there is the sound of gurgling when the water boils.

Only the boatman is cooking.

Several people took a closer look and found that the rice noodles were cooked as long and wide as noodles, but they looked smoother and more refreshing.Rice vermicelli can be eaten cold, with capers and pod beans just stirred, or it can be boiled and eaten hot like a boatman.

The rice noodles themselves have no fragrance, but the fisherman put some dried mackerel, dried millet shrimp, fresh bamboo shoots, and other river products in the pot. The aroma of cooking can float ten miles along the river wind !

Xu Qing and the others heard it, and couldn't help asking with a smile: "Boatman, do you sell this rice noodles, and how much is it?"

The boatman cast a glance at Xu Qing, stopped the pot, and said coldly, "I don't sell my lunch to others." After finishing speaking, he grabbed a chopstick from the pot, slid it into his mouth, and then I picked up an inch-long dried fish, threw it into my mouth and started chewing.Seeing that appearance, Xu Qing and the others were taken aback for a while.

Everyone said together: "Why don't we give you more money? One bowl of noodles will make you almost ten bowls?"

The boatman still said coldly: "I don't sell it, I don't sell it, and I don't sell it for how much money. If I sell you, what will I eat?"

"Oh, you, you didn't do anything for less than a penny just now, and now you don't do anything for giving money, how strange!"

Everyone continued to talk and talk, and the boatman just reluctantly replied: "A bunch of people released from the starvation prison, it's done, the next pot will be cooked for you, no money!"

Xu Qing and the others couldn't help being overjoyed when they heard the words, and said with a smile: "You are a man with a knife mouth and a bean curd heart, and your words are rude, but you are not bad, not bad..."

The boatman grunted and laughed twice, put his own pot aside, inserted his chopsticks into it, meaning that you are not allowed to move, and then cooked another pot.Everyone was waiting for the pot to be cooked when an open boat stretched out behind the reed island by the river. It was a fishing boat, but not a passenger boat.

A burly man was holding a pole at the bow of the boat, and a young man behind him was rowing an oar. There was a pile of fishing nets in the boat, and it was hard to see how many fish were caught.Seeing the fisherman eating noodles by the side of the boat, the rough sweater's eyes lit up, and he obviously recognized him. He called the boatman's full name on the boat, and said with a smile, "Good guy, why are you carrying so many people again? Today you are well-developed. But I didn’t catch any fish, so let me lead it alone?”

Xu Qing and the others showed a confused look.

The boatman seemed a little annoyed when he saw the rough man sweating profusely, and said coldly: "Huh, your boat smells fishy, ​​do you think my guest wants to go? Go quickly, go and play a few more nets, and I'll give you that A single son marrying a daughter-in-law!"

The burly man was not annoyed, and begged: "Hey! Good brother, this crossing the river is not on a flower boat. What do you want to smell good?"

Xu Qing asked the boatman, "What are you talking about?"

The boatman said disdainfully: "It's nothing, it's just that this fisherman wants me to put you on his boat and earn some bait money. It's not easy to meet him on weekdays, but today you are in the same group, how can I separate you? "

Xu Qing and the others said together: "It doesn't matter, I just wait for one."

The boatman nodded triumphantly, and immediately said to the rough man: "Have you heard that, the guest is not willing either, you go now, if we meet in the future, I will give you a small fortune. Don't make any more noise today."

"Okay, okay..." The burly man nodded, and then pushed his boat to the back of the passenger boat.

At this time, the pot of noodles that Xu Qing and others had cooked was ready, and the boatman said, "The noodles are ready, can you eat them yourself?"

As he spoke, he lifted the lid of the pot. When the lid was lifted, a small bag on his little finger opened quickly, and some yellow powder was poured into it.The boatman smiled complacently, as if he had achieved something big, but he didn't know that Yang Cheng, who was lying on his side, had already seen this scene clearly.

The boatman took the pot off the stove, set out five bowls and five pairs of chopsticks, and then went to the other side of the boat, as if he was sorting out his personal belongings.

Xu Qing showed a very greedy look, and excitedly picked up the bowl to scoop up the noodles, but the scooping was slow, Xu Qing used chopsticks to scoop it up and put it into his mouth, but Yang Cheng touched the chopsticks and tapped the chopsticks on the ground. Xu Qing's head.

After drinking: "You bastard! Didn't you teach you etiquette on weekdays? Why are you just eating by yourself!"

As he spoke, Yang Cheng picked up a bowl, glared at Xu Qing who was in a mess in the wind, and said to the Chuanjia: "The Chuanjia has worked hard, and you don't need money for this powder, so why don't you eat a bowl first?"

Unexpectedly, the expression on the boatman's face changed, but he said immediately: "I just ate a bowl, I'm full, you can just eat it yourself..."

The other people on board were either veterans of the army, or Xu Qing, who had a delicate mind and a big nerve, also noticed the sudden change in his expression.And I immediately realized that there is something wrong with this bowl of rice noodles!
So, where would you eat fans from Chuanjia?Only one hand touched the handle of the knife in the bundle.

Yang Cheng laughed loudly and said: "Boater, you work hard. When you are full, don't be polite. Have a bowl. If you don't eat this bowl, I won't worry about it?"

The boatman calmed down, nodded, and took the bowl.At this time, Xu Qing and the others felt the boat shake, it wasn't the fluctuation of the current, but someone boarded the boat!

(End of this chapter)