The last section of the road from Caochuan to Tongzhou is the Huitong River. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Huitong River is also known as Licao, it was excavated by Guo Shoujing in the Yuan Dynasty, but this section of the river is also the most difficult to walk, often dry, every time the water is dry, you have to hire a slender man to pull the boat, such as the five hundred big ships such as the foreign boat, a boat must be dozens of slender men.

Therefore, it is not easy to cross this section of the river, and the boat has to find its own slender man, two words are not good, and you must hire a local slender man.

These slender men are all 'tangkou', they are brave and ruthless on weekdays, they have to cross the canal, if they ask outsiders to pull the fiber, they will be beaten away, belonging to the local monopoly industry, so these slender men sit on the ground and start the price is indispensable.

Many boats were forced to have no choice but to hire a slender man, Chu Dajiang was reluctant to pay the money, or decided to cross the river with his own troops.

Lin Yanchao saw that Cao was under the boat, and Chu Dajiang and his transporters got off the boat together to pull the fiber by the side of the boat.

Hundreds of troops, under the scorching sun, sweated like rain and dragged thousand-pound boats on the canal step by step. Many of the transporters gritted their teeth, and the ropes on their backs were pulled out of blood.

Dozens of canal porters on the side sat on the dam, their hands clasped in their sleeves, and their mouths sarcastically said: "Brothers, there are still a few miles ahead, when will you be like this, let us hire us to help you, will it cost you some money soon?" ”

Chu Dajiang and his transporters gritted their teeth and ignored them.

The slender man on the side continued: "Soldier, don't be deceived by those who are officials, he wants to save the money for hiring a slender man, so that he can go to the capital to visit the kiln." ”

If you say anything, I will strike at the confidence of transporting troops and pulling fibers.

Lin Yanchao snorted beside Zhanming, and immediately jumped off the boat to help pull the fiber.

Chu Dajiang saw Zhanming's help, and hurriedly said: "Brother Zhan, I can't help it." ”

Zhan Jin didn't say a word. Immerse yourself in fiber pulling.

After a while, Chen Jichuan smiled and said: "Brother Zhan is full of brute strength, but he can withstand two or three big men, I will compare with him." ”

So he also got off the ship and joined the transport.

Lin Yanchao thought when he saw it, so he thought it was buying people's hearts.

So he also took off his robe and dismounted. Now Chu Dajiang stopped doing it, he said: "Lin Jieyuan, you are a Sven person, how can you do such a thing." ”

Lin Yanchao ignored Chu Dajiang, put the rope on his back and said: "It's all on the same boat, what is the solution to the yuan, after crossing this river, I rushed into Beijing, don't look down on my lack of academic popularity!" ”

Chu Dajiang said with tears in his eyes: "Lin Jieyuan." How does this make. ”

Lin Yanchao smiled and said in a loud voice behind him: "Brothers, work hard! ”

"Keep it up!" All the transporters echoed together.

Everyone was busy, but finally sailed through the shoal, and the pier in Tongzhou was in front of them.

Lin Yanchao and the others were very happy to see the destination, but he turned his head and saw that Chu Dajiang did not have much joy on his face.

"Why is Mr. Chu bitter? When you arrive in Tongzhou and deliver the grain to the warehouse, you're done. ”

Chu Dajiang shook his head and didn't speak, and the Gang Si on the side said, "Xie Yuanlang, I don't know." The grain is not sent to the warehouse, we need to go to the warehouse to submit a document. According to the usual practice, each boat will cost ten taels of silver, and we can't personally give this money to the Baojia, and the Baojia will ask for another three taels per boat, and then go to the warehouse after taking the submission, and the warehouse will also find the Baojia, and each boat will ask for four or five taels. There are also Yamen official office scribes who immediately need to take care of all kinds of things, and in previous years, they had to take our own stickers to transport troops, and they were envious of the surplus. ”

A transporter on the side said: "The money we saved by desperately pulling fiber just now has gone into the hands of these people." Is the world fair? ”

Seeing his subordinates complaining, Chu Dajiang reprimanded: "What are you talking to Master Lin about this, saying it makes people laugh, no matter how big the bitterness is, you can swallow it by yourself, is this called Master!" ”

Speaking of this, Chu Dajiang hugged his fist to Lin Yanchao and said: "Lin Jieyuan, when we arrive in Tongzhou, we will break up, I am a rough person who can't speak, so I hope you will go to high school in the spring next year!" ”

Lin Yanchao knew that he couldn't help much. Along the way, he couldn't help but ask himself.

This annual grain of 400 stones, each grain is the flesh and blood of the troops and the common people, and then it is divided up layer by layer by those meat eaters.

This luck alone shows the extent to which the officials are corrupt today.

The road of self-cultivation and Qi family ruling the country and leveling the world seems to be far, far away.

Lin Yanchao also arched his hand and said: "Mr. Chu, if you have any difficulties in the future, come to the Fuzhou Hall to come to me with my post." ”

Chu Dajiang arched his hand and said: "I won't say much, it's hypocritical to say it, and I keep this feeling in my heart." ”

Zhanming, Chen Jichuan and Chu Dajiang also sympathize with each other, and everyone said that there will be a period in the future, and they will say goodbye on the dock at the moment.

Lin Yanchao got off the boat ladder, hired a carriage on the dock, and went to the Fuzhou Guild Hall.

There is still a long way from Tongzhou Wharf to the Imperial City, when I go, the sky is still bright, and when I arrive, the sky is already dark.

The bumpy carriage and the last dozens of miles of the boat made Lin Yanchao tired, and he had no time to see any scenery, so he just wanted to find a pillow to sleep well.

After getting out of the carriage, I looked up at the walls of the imperial city, with a row of lanterns hanging on the city walls, and a large city gate building.

When he asked the coachman and learned that this was Xuanwu Gate, Lin Yanchao said in his heart that the Fuzhou Hall was outside Xuanwu Gate.

In his last life, he was not very familiar with Beijing, but he couldn't help but make up for it in his brain, how many rings is this? How much is the price of a meter?

If you live in this place, do you want hundreds of thousands a month?

The three of them took their luggage and came to the door of the hall, but they saw the four-character signboard of the Fuzhou hall hanging on the door plaque, and the door of the three-bay room looked a little dilapidated, and the inside was also deserted.

Lin Yanchao walked into the door and asked in slang, "Is there anyone?" ”

Ban Xiang replied in slang: "Someone, someone." ”

This person ran down from the upper floor, walked thousands of miles, and finally heard the familiar hometown dialect, Lin Yanchao suddenly felt cordial.

The other party said: "I'm the shopkeeper of the guild hall, I don't know the surname of Gongzi?" ”

Lin Yanchao said: "My surname is Lin, and I came to Beijing to catch the exam, and I want to spend the night in the hall." ”

The shopkeeper couldn't help but wonder when he heard this: "It turned out to be the master, you really want to come to the guild hall to stay?" ”

Lin Yanchao said: "Yes, didn't you say that local lifters can stay in local guild halls?" ”

At this time, the guild hall was the place where fellow bureaucrats, gentry and imperial examination scholars stopped to meet, and it was also called the examination hall.

The shopkeeper said: "That's true, but the local hall is in disrepair, I'm afraid it's not in line with the master's will." ”

Lin Yanchao also knows from the bottom of his heart, since Lin Xian and Gong Yongqing retired from the court, the local officials in Jingshi have not been taken care of by the senior officials above the third grade, so this Fuzhou Hall has also declined. (To be continued.) )