This time the rainstorm came very suddenly.

Under the heavy water, the navigation of the Yellow River was interrupted. In this era, there were no Yellow River bridges, and Lin Yanchao was certainly unwilling to take the risk of crossing the Yellow River by boat from the Dingjia Road crossing in the north of Fucheng.

Even if you successfully cross the river and then go to Beijing by land, the post road is muddy under the heavy rain, so the so-called gallop has become a joke.

Therefore, it is no longer realistic to wait for the Yellow River flood season to pass before crossing the river, so you can only take a detour, so taking the water post has become the best choice. Anyway, the Son of Heaven gave the gallop post, it was just an honor, and the courtiers expressed respect that they could not use the gallop post, or only gallop a certain way, which was also called galloping.

Seeing that the flood season was coming rapidly, Lin Yanchao simply changed his route from land to water.

Of course, under heavy rain, it is not necessarily fast to take the waterway, but you can rest on the waterway. Moreover, after the Jialu River is dredged, the river situation is very stable, after all, it is not as good as the Yellow River channel, and there is no risk.

Therefore, Lin Yanchao decided to take the old Jialu River before the flood season, and then take the Grand Canal.

The route is to return to Defu City, then to Xuzhou small pontoon, and then from Xuzhou along the canal north to Tongzhou, if it is smooth, you can arrive in Beijing within a month.

So Lin Yanchao and his family took a post boat to the east along the old river. After traveling for a few days to the boundary of Xuzhou, Lin Yanchao went to Beijing to catch the exam, and returned to his hometown to visit relatives.

Hangzhou and Suzhou have both stayed for a short time, but Xuzhou is only passing through.

Xuzhou is an important town of canals and is known as the thoroughfare of five provinces. In particular, after the Jialu River and the new river were dredged, the big merchants of Shanxi could go straight to Xuzhou through Kaifeng, and then go south to Suzhou and Hangzhou, or go north to Beijing.

Xinhe is only more than 70 miles, which is fast, but the province has set up a tax customs here, and it is not cheap to go.

The old river is more than 200 miles, slow is a little slow, but there is no tax customs.

The difference between the new river and the old river for ordinary people is similar to taking a plane or a train, depending on whether you are in a hurry or not, and whether you lack money.

Of course, there is another option, go directly to the main channel of the Yellow River, from Kaifeng to Xuzhou, and take this road during the flood season, which is basically fatal.

However, the prosperity of Xuzhou is far less than that of Hangzhou, Suzhou, Yangchang and other cities, because Xuzhou is the Yellow River, where the canal meets, and the Yellow River often floods, but Pan Ji has greatly improved the river.

When I arrived at the boundary of Xuzhou, the torrential rain had just stopped, but I saw the morning sun rise and bloom golden light from the dark clouds.

Lin Yanchao boarded the bow of the boat, but saw that the waterway was very crowded, and boats were crowded everywhere.

Lin Yanchao was in the waterway, and he saw a big boat rushing straight towards him regardless of his boat, and a small boat that the people were sitting in couldn't avoid it, and was knocked over by the big boat, and more than a dozen people were thrown into the water.

Lin Yanchao's face sank when he saw this scene, and Tao Wangling, Yuan Keli and other students were indignant.

Yuan Keli couldn't help but ask the boatman: "Where is this boat, so arrogant?" ”

The boatman was hired by the post station, although he didn't know Lin Yanchao's identity, but he also knew that this person was a very big official.

So the boatman said respectfully: "Hui Shi, the silver ship from Yunnan." ”

Lin Yanchao suddenly realized that silver was the official currency after a whip, but the pit was that most places in the Ming Dynasty did not produce silver, only Yunnan produced silver.

Therefore, the imperial court taught silver in Yunnan, and after the silver was released, it was directly released into Beijing.

Lin Yanchao remembered that after Zhang Juzheng returned to power, once the silver ship from Yunnan to Beijing was missing, and the Son of Heaven was angry and wanted to blame the local officials, but fortunately, the first assistant Zhang Siwei persuaded him to be spared.

But after this incident, the Yunnan silver boat was even more unimpeded on the canal, and did not take others seriously. Not only is it okay for the silver boat to hit other ships, but it also blames you for delaying the time to go to Beijing and knocking you back.

This routine, Lin Yanchao has seen it on the boat in the past.

But Caoyun is at most aimed at civilian ships, while silver ships don't even pay attention to official ships with backgrounds!

At this time, the silver boat had caught up from the rear, and the officers and soldiers on the silver boat waved their flags and ordered Lin Yanchao's boat to make way for them, and their words were very polite.

After all, the silver boat also saw that it was a post boat in front of it, and it was almost impossible to hit it head, and secondly, they also cared about the identity of the person who was the post boat, but on this river, there was still a momentum of being the only one.

The boss of the boat was afraid of the matter, so he said to Lin Yanchao flatteringly: "Master, should we let it go?" ”

The corners of Lin Yanchao's mouth curled: "Let what?" Tell them that even if the official ship of the Yunnan political envoy is here, they need to follow behind the official ship! ”

When the captain heard this, he was so angry, he didn't even sell the face of the political envoy, couldn't you be the governor? However, the governor is a feudal official, and he has never seen this young man in his twenties as a governor.

On the side, Yuan Keli was already angry in his heart, and when he saw Lin Yanchao speak, he went directly to the stern of the boat to shout.

But seeing that on the canal, the two boats were separated by more than ten zhang, and the sound of the river wind was weak and could not be transmitted.

But Yuan Keli said with a righteous face, compared to the Yunnan silver boat half a foot taller than his own boat: "Our teacher said, don't let it!" ”

There was an uproar on the silver boat in Yunnan, they were used to being domineering on the river, and even the official ships had to give them three points in the past.

"Who is so arrogant?"

"If the imperial tribute period is delayed, will you be able to bear it?"

"Yes, aren't you afraid that the emperor will blame you? Get out of the way, or you'll bump into it. ”

Yuan Keli sneered: "There are so many people in the world who hold chicken feathers as arrows, and you say that the tribute period has been delayed." Then I want to ask you, the Son of Heaven has decreed that our teacher will be summoned to Beijing, if there is any delay on the way, will you bear it? ”

As soon as Yuan Keli said this, the people on the silver boat were dumbfounded.

Yuan Keli sneered: "If any of you have three heads and six arms and are not afraid of cutting off your head, stand up and take this responsibility!" When the time comes, when our teacher goes to Beijing to face the saint, he will tell the saint truthfully! ”

"Which of you would dare to stand up?"

Lin Yanchao couldn't help but smile when he heard Yuan Keli's words, and Chen Jichuan said with a smile: "Master, this Master Yuan is a little sharp. ”

Lin Yanchao smiled and nodded.

Hearing that the officials on the post boat were going to enter the capital to face the saint, the silver boat was silent for a while, and then an official came out to speak.

"Dare to ask who is on the ship? I wonder if the lower officials can come on the boat to pay a visit? ”

This attitude is already very soft.

Yuan Keli said disdainfully: "Our teacher is also something you can inquire about?" The political envoy of Yunnan is on the boat, and it is about the same. ”

The implication of this is that except for the officials below your political envoys, they are not worthy of dealing with our teachers.

The silver boat finally stopped talking, and the ship immediately lowered its sail, slowed down the ship, and then followed Lin Yanchao's post boat with all its arrogance.

And Lin Yanchao's post boat continued to move forward, and the boat boss saw that Lin Yanchao drank the Yunnan silver boat is majestic, and he admired the ship with all his might, so the post boat arrived in Xuzhou smoothly.

When the ship arrived at the Xuzhou wharf, Lin Yanchao saw that it was already full of countless cargo ships and merchant ships, and it turned out that these ships were blocked in Xuzhou by the Yellow River.