This sudden kick made the few men who almost turned around and ran completely stupid, and even the action of turning around couldn't help but stop.

Then, in their almost dull eyes, a young man in Chinese clothes who kept coughing jumped out of the carriage.

The young man fell to the ground, shook it a few times, and when he stood firm, a pair of big feet immediately greeted the "evil slave" who drove the car as if he didn't want money!

"Your uncle! Who told you to brake so hard?! Lao Tzu just picked up the cup inside and wanted to drink some water, good guy, a glass of water was not wasted at all, it was all in the nostrils! Almost choked Lao Tzu, do you know?! ”

"Whew...... I don't know! ”

"Don't know? Ahem... Let you know today! ”

The few men just now, all of them were stunned at this time, Xiao Han chasing Xiaodong in front of them! The brain can't turn at all! What the hell is going on?

Fortunately, there was a shrewd person among several people, who keenly heard the word "Hou Ye" from Xiao Dong's words, and he was shocked in his heart: "Hou Ye?!" Could it be that this is the Xiao Hou in the housekeeper's mouth? ”

Thinking of this, the man hurriedly looked at Xiao Han's dress, and then looked up at the gorgeous carriage in front of him, and the people who followed behind the carriage!

Then, a pair of legs and legs immediately softened, and he couldn't even stand, so he quickly pulled the two people next to him, and he bowed to the worship, and his head almost hit the ground.

"The villain has seen Master Hou!" The man shouted hoarsely, almost startling Xiao Han, and the action of chasing Xiaodong couldn't help but stop.

"Whew...... You're the boatman the butler said? Why just the three of you? ”

Turning around, Xiao Han frowned when he looked at these few people who looked like beggars more than boats, and then looked around, but he didn't see as many boats as Steward Lu said.

"Back to Master Hou!" The man who had just spoken glanced up at Xiao Han cautiously, and then quickly lowered his head and said, "Now that it's spring ploughing season, everyone else will go back to work on farming, leaving only the three of us here to be dispatched." ”

"Oh? Busy with farming? Do you still have land at home? Hearing this, Xiao Han frowned slightly, looked at the person who spoke and asked.

In his mind, these people should have been boatmen!

Carrying passengers, pulling goods, and fishing are all successful! But there is no option to farm!

After all, with the cumbersome process of farming now, from spring to autumn, there is no leisure at all!

It's not busy in winter, but the river is also frozen, so why not row a woolen boat?

It may be that Xiao Han's appearance is too kind, coupled with his appearance of "punishing evil servants" just now, so that the boat family also has some good feelings towards him, after listening to him, he boldly arched his hand and replied to Xiao Han: "Back to the Hou Ye, the villain's family has a few acres of thin fields. ”

Xiao Han looked at the person who spoke, and asked, "Then you are farming and sailing, and you are busy here?" ”

The man who spoke hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Come here!" There was very little work on the boat, and a few of us only occasionally crossed the river or caught a few fish, so we didn't delay the farming! ”

"Crossing the river? Fishing? Xiao Han touched his chin and asked uncertainly, "Why do you live like this?" Isn't there anything like shipping goods? Guarding such a big river, can't even make money to change clothes? ”

This was originally what Xiao Han thought in his heart, as the saying goes: rely on the mountain to eat the mountain, rely on the water to eat the water!

Have you ever seen the afterlife, any road can be densely packed with shops on both sides? Now there is such a big canal in front of them, and these people still have boats in their hands, how can they be so miserable!

Xiao Han was just puzzled in his heart, and asked casually, but he didn't expect that the boatman's face changed greatly after hearing this! Then he knelt on the ground with a thud, lowered his head and said in a trembling voice: "Master Hou!" The villain doesn't dare! ”

"Don't dare? What don't dare? How did you kneel? ”

Xiao Han was taken aback by the boatman's sudden action, and when he saw that the other two were also kneeling on the ground together, he couldn't help but be puzzled! Just about to ask again, he felt that someone around him was gently pulling the corner of his clothes.

"Master Hou, the villain is in Chang'an, I seem to have heard a little bit of this thing......"

The person who pulled Xiao Han's corner was Jia San, and seeing Xiao Han looking back at him, Jia San hurriedly explained to him in a low voice.

It turned out that this matter was not as simple as Xiao Han thought.

The Guangtong Canal is fundamentally different from other natural rivers, because it was completely excavated and built by the imperial court!

Moreover, the purpose of Yang Guang's excavation was to transport grain from Jiangsu to Chang'an! So its role and purpose are very clear!

In this way, the Sui court deliberately issued a document to prohibit all private boats from operating in this Guangtong canal!

If it weren't for the sudden collapse of the Great Sui, plus the continuous war in the past two years! The people near this river, let alone sailing, probably don't even dare to go into the water with a wooden basin!

Listening carefully to Jia San talking about these reasons, Xiao Han's expression gradually eased.

No wonder he didn't see the thousand material boat that Steward Lu said!

No wonder there are only three people left here!

No wonder these guys shouted so loudly just now, it turned out that they were afraid that they were here to dig over old accounts!

Needless to say, there are still their people around here, ready to wait and see how things develop.

"Alright, get up! Those things are all the things of the previous dynasty, and now Your Majesty has not said that others are not allowed to beg for a living in this river! The law does not prohibit it! So you don't have to worry about me getting you in trouble! ”

Thinking about this clearly, Xiao Han waved to these people irritably and motioned for them to get up.

"Thanks... The three boat bosses all stood up tremblingly, but a few of them were still standing by the river, without the slightest intention of approaching.

Xiao Han noticed this, but he just smiled and didn't say anything.

After all, I just met them for the first time today, and it's normal for people to not trust me!

If they obey their words, then Xiao Han needs to seriously consider whether there will be anything else in this.

"These are your ships?" Pretending not to see the nervous looks of a few people, Xiao Han pointed to the three small boats on the water that were only about one zhang and asked.

"Back to Master Hou, these are villain's ships." Seeing that Xiao Han no longer pursued those things, the three of them breathed a sigh of relief, and the person who spoke at the beginning replied.

"And how big is the largest boat on this river?" Xiao Han asked again.

"The biggest ship?" The three of them glanced at each other and said uncertainly: "The biggest boat the villain has ever seen in this river is the grain ship of the previous dynasty, which may be more than ten zhang long!" But that was a long time ago. ”

"A long time ago? And now the river is abandoned? ”

"That's not it, a few days ago, we also saw a fleet of ships going downstream from Chang'an, but the ships are not too big."