"Huh? Whose ship? What is the ship? Xiao Han glanced at the three of them strangely and opened his mouth to ask.

The boatman who seemed to be the leader heard this, lowered his head and thought for a moment, and then replied carefully: "Back to the Hou Ye, it's the official's ship!" It seems that it is also transporting grain! ”

Official? There are still ships in the Tang Dynasty? Could it be that when Lao Lu was looking for a ship, he didn't count the ships of the Tang Dynasty at all? ”

Hearing what the boat boss said, Xiao Han was stunned for a moment, and immediately figured out the reason for the matter.

He has been quietly staying at home recently, and he has explained to his family that he is not causing trouble!

Especially the noble mansion in Chang'an, it is even more necessary to avoid it as far away as the plague!

It seems that Steward Lu wrote down his words, even if Xiao Han wanted to find a boat, he just went around in circles to find these private boatmen, instead of going to Chang'an's place where water conservancy was specialized in finding an official to solve it.

That's good, at least Xiao Han thinks so too!

The "Ministry of Water", which specializes in water conservancy, is subordinate to the Ministry of Industry, and he, Xiaojia Zhuangzi, seems to have always been difficult to deal with the Ministry of Industry.

Especially after the old man of Huangpu Qi stepped down, the newly appointed head of the Ministry of Industry looked at Xiao Zhuangzi's eyes even red, if he hadn't been able to move Xiao Han, he would have swallowed Xiao Zhuangzi in one gulp!

In this case, Steward Lu didn't go to them, which was also the most correct choice.

Thinking of this, Xiao Han raised his eyes and glanced at a few boat bosses, and stopped going around in circles, and said bluntly: "We can't take care of the affairs of the government, and we don't care about him!" Maybe our housekeeper told you before, I came to you, mainly because there are some things that need to be transported from here to Xin'an, and you think you can handle it?? ”

"Shipping?"

When several boat bosses heard Xiao Han say his purpose, they immediately glanced at each other quickly!

The person who had been talking tried to swallow a mouthful of spit, and then asked cautiously: "Master Hou, you have something to transport, wouldn't it be better to go directly to the "Water Department" of Chang'an?" Why did you come to us, little people? ”

"Presumptuous! My marquis is doing something, and he still has to explain it to you? ”

At this moment, Xiao Han hadn't spoken, and the stunned man who had been following him jumped out angrily.

From the very beginning, he looked at these secretive boatmen very unpleasantly!

Now that their own Hou Ye has opened his words, they are still chattering crookedly and asking left and right, it is simply unbearable for uncles and aunts! Not to mention anything else, if this was left in the army before, several of them would have hung their heads on the flagpole to blow the wind.

"Huh? Can't! Xiaomin doesn't dare! ”

After being stunned like this, several boatmen immediately remembered that the pleasant young man in front of them was not their patron, but a famous prince! All of a sudden, the blood was cold, and he quickly fell to the ground, kowtowing like pounding garlic!

"Don't dare to luck, still don't dare to ask!"

Looking at the kowtow-like people, he was stunned and angry, and was about to drink again, but was stopped by Xiao Han reaching out his hand.

stepped forward and pulled the leader up from the ground with a smile, Xiao Han took a step back and said:

"Hehe, don't be so afraid! As I said earlier, the dynasty has no control over this river at all, so whether you are carrying people or transporting goods, Datang will not condemn you!

As for me, it is true that there are only some personal things that need to be transported.

It's not a lot, but it's going to win! Not only from here to Xin'an, but also from there to Chang'an! As for the shipping costs, this one will not be missing from you. ”

After saying this, Xiao Han looked at the reactions of the three boatmen in front of him with a smile.

To be honest, Xiao Han didn't have to count on these people in front of him, the reason why he was looking for them was because these people were familiar with this waterway and could save some losses and troubles!

Of course, if they don't want to, Xiao Han will definitely not force it!

Three-legged toads are hard to find, and there are definitely a lot of two-legged people who can drive boats! It's really not possible, it's a big deal to let Xiao Lizi go to the people in the "Water Department" to get a few boats, and the things he transported are not just for him, it seems that Xiao Lizi will use them more!

"Okay, let me say it first, as long as you can deliver my things safely, you will definitely make more money than you can earn from farming! As for whether it will work out or not, you can think about it and answer me! ”

Seeing that these people were hesitant for a long time, Xiao Han threw down a sentence and walked to the river with his back.

These people will agree, or they won't have to wait here for them to come!

Xiao Han is very confident in his judgment, of course, this is also determined after seeing the clothes of the man who has been talking, when will a poor boatman be able to wear a brocade undershirt?

With a sneer, Xiao Han felt that what he said just now was meaningless, and he even wanted to throw that man into the water.

In front of it, there is the sparkling Guangtong Canal.

Xiao Han had never seen the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, so he didn't have much idea about this extremely famous project in history!

But when he stood next to Guangtong Canal, his heart couldn't help but tremble!

Seven or eight zhang wide, two or three zhang deep, more than three miles of artificial river!

Xiao Han really can't imagine how much manpower and material resources it would take to chisel a project of this scale in the relatively backward Sui and Tang dynasties!

Look up at the gently flowing river.

The river stretches from west to east as far as the eye can see! Such a majestic project, even if people drive an excavator to do it, it is enough to do it to despair! But under Yang Guang's hands, he was stunned to dig it out with a hoe and a hoe by countless people!

"Master Hou? Hou Ye? ”

Just when Xiao Han was still full of emotion in his heart, Xiaodong cautiously leaned over and called him softly.

"Huh? How? Xiao Han came back to his senses when he heard the movement, turned his head to look at Xiaodong and asked.

Xiao Dong was unconsciously taken a step back by Xiao Han, and for some reason, he always felt that Hou Ye's temper had deteriorated a lot recently, and the number of beatings he had been beaten during this period was obviously on the rise.

Standing one meter away from Xiao Han, Xiao Dong pointed to the three people and said to Xiao Han: "Master Hou, those boat bosses have agreed!" However, they said that their ship was small, and they were afraid that they would not be able to carry large items! ”

"Can't get it? Don't they still have two thousand ships? Xiao Han sighed, looked at the three boatmen with a smile, and looked at the person in the middle with a blushing face, and bowed his hand to him vigorously:

"I don't know how Master Hou can tell that the villain is the owner of the big ship?"

Xiao Han looked at the person who spoke, and snorted coldly from his nose: "Big ship? Hehe, a grasshopper boat dares to call it a big ship? If it weren't for the long way from Hanshui to here, I'd love to show you how big the so-called big ship is! However, in my eyes, such a ship is just a small boat! ”

As Xiao Han, who has seen aircraft carriers and cruise ships, he has enough reason to despise these toads who sit in the well and watch the sky!

As I said before, the beggar is most worried that half of the broken bread in his bowl will be snatched away! They didn't think about how a rich and noble family who ate delicacies from the mountains and the sea could afford to look down on that half of the bread.