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Lin Yanchao laughed and teased: "Fortunately, Mr. Chu, such a coincidence, came out for a walk?" ”

Chu Dajiang hurriedly said: "Xie Yuanlang made fun of it, I didn't know that Xie Yuanlang was on the boat before, so I was offended, I hope you will forgive me, and I will thank Xie Yuanlang for the brothers, this is a little heart." ”

Saying that, Cao Chuan took a piece of red silk and spread it out, with a few ingots of silver in it, and then did not hand it directly to Lin Yanchao, but held it in front of Chen Jichuan.

After Chen Jichuan took it. Chen Jichuan weighed it and whispered to Lin Yanchao: "About twenty taels of silver." ”

Lin Yanchao didn't let Chen Jichuan accept it, but asked, "Mr. Chu, what does this mean?" ”

Chu Dajiang said: "A little meaning. The yamen gave it to Zaishi, but it was only one hundred and twenty taels, which was really not much, which made Xie Yuanlang smile. ”

Zhanming asked on the side: "Three hundred stone of grain, silver according to the price of rice, and silver for repairing the ship, I heard that the boss of the ship lost more than one hundred and fifty taels, how can Chu get the total of only one hundred and twenty taels?" ”

Chu Dajiang sighed and said, "This brother doesn't know that the bad rules in the officialdom, a small part, are a common practice of filial piety to the officials of the Yamen. ”

Lin Yanchao listened and said: "Mr. Chu, this money is not easy to come by, I won't ask for these twenty taels." ”

Chu Dajiang said: "Xie Yuanlang, don't be like this, I, Chu Moushi, am most afraid of owing favors in my life!" ”

Lin Yanchao smiled and said: "It doesn't matter about human feelings, the reason why I didn't expose you is that I saw the greed of the boat boss all the way, and I had the intention to get rid of it, and secondly, I saw that you were quite arrogant in doing things, but there was still room for action." At least you choose a prostitute, not a fishing boat for the people, and you can be regarded as a good man who robs the rich and helps the poor! ”

When Chu Dajiang heard Lin Yanchao say this, he was moved and ashamed: "I also wanted to fight at that time, but my brothers and sisters were all in debt. If you don't fight, you can't do it, otherwise even if you get to Tongzhou Cangchang safely, you won't be able to pay off your debts. ”

Lin Yanchao asked, "Since you have run out of food, do you still want to go to Tongzhou?" ”

Chu Dajiang said: "Yes, although the grain is gone, but according to the rules of the imperial court, the boat still has to arrive, and the silver must be sent to it, otherwise the supervisor will confiscate us into the army." So Xie Yuanlang's great kindness. We're going to pay it back anyway! ”

Speaking of this, Lin Yanchao smiled at Zhanming and Chen Jichuan.

Before, Wu Zhixian originally prepared a ship to Suzhou, and asked Lin Yanchao to take another ship to Beijing to catch the exam after arriving in Suzhou. From Suzhou to Beijing, if it is not a chartered boat, if you are unlucky, you have to take another ship two or three times. In contrast, although the boat is a little slower than the civilian boat, it goes straight to the Tongzhou cangchang, and there is no need to 'transfer to the bus' halfway. It's much more convenient to be invisible. And when the canal is congested, the boat has the right of way. No need to wait in line like a private boat.

Lin Yanchao said: "General, if you really want to repay us, this time I will go to Beijing to catch the exam, please give us a ride." ”

Seeing that Lin Yanchao was begging for himself, Chu Dajiang patted his chest and said happily: "Xie Yuanlang wants to take our boat, which is the honor of our brothers. As long as Xie Yuanlang doesn't think that our boat is simple. ”

Taking a boat into Beijing to catch the exam, Lin Yanchao once again experienced what it means to be 'private use of the bus'.

The boats that hit the rivers and mountains in the harbor before had already been repaired in an instant, and there were two more boats.

As the commander, Chu Dajiang will not have only one boat under his command. The military system of the Ming Dynasty. It is a general soldier of Caoyun, supplemented by a general of Caoyun, and more than a dozen generals, each of whom has thousands of troops under his jurisdiction and hundreds of ships.

The general shading of the ocean, where Chu Dajiang is located, is set up for Longwan shipping, and there are dozens of large ships covering the ocean below. This large ship was transported by sea, not by land.

But it's a pity that Longwan shipping has been stopped, and Shayang is always at risk of being withdrawn, and dozens of ships have been divided by others. Chu Dajiang now has only three 500-material boats under his command, and he still bears the grain amount of 1,000 stone grain, so he must use sea boats to transport grain through the canal.

So Lin Yanchao got on the boat of Chu Dajiang, and the three ships also anchored from Wujiang, the waterway from Hangzhou to Suzhou, although it was busy, but it was still very easy to walk, a few days later, the ship arrived in Suzhou, that is, it landed outside Xumen.

Chu Dajiang and Lin Yanchaodao disembarked on their own to purchase Tuyi, and they needed to anchor in Suzhou for about a day. Tuyi is private goods, and it is not a secret that the boat carries private goods through the customs, but it is openly allowed by the imperial court.

Before, the troops could not stand the suffering of Cao Yun, and the escape was serious, almost a third of the escape, and the imperial court had no choice but to let go of a mouth, allowing the Cao boats to go north to Beijing, without accepting the request of the merchants, and carrying part of the Tuyi into Beijing for sale.

Chu Dajiang went to buy, and Lin Yanchao and the three of them also got off the boat and went to visit the Hanshan Temple.

If you don't go to such a world-famous Zen forest, Lin Yanchao is really embarrassed to mention to people that he has been to Suzhou. In the Hanshan Temple, Lin Yanchao made incense, and after eating a hearty meal in the temple, he returned to Caozhou.

As for Chu Dajiang, he also bought a lot of Tuyi, because of the lack of grain of 300 stones, the three ships vacated a lot of places, so he inevitably bought more private goods.

Chu Dajiang saw Lin Yanchao and said embarrassedly: "Let Xie Yuanlang smile, this is all forced by life!" I know what you think, although it saves 300 stone of grain, but the hard work is not enough. ”

Lin Yanchao said: "I want to hear about it." ”

Chu Dajiang smiled bitterly: "Even if Xie Yuanlang wants to listen, I only have one to come, we have three hardships in transporting troops, one is the second suffering of water, and what we are talking about is before the pull-out." ”

Lin Yanchao couldn't help asking: "What's the pain of not being pulled out yet?" ”

Chu Dajiang said: "Xie Yuanlang doesn't know, if the Cao boat is opened, the Cao Yuan needs to order the arrow ticket to be bad, and each boat needs to give five taels of silver according to the usual practice, and go to the state and county to receive the grain book, and each boat also needs to pay a bribe of five or six taels of silver." ”

Zhan Ming asked, "What if you don't give it?" ”

Chu Dajiang shook his head and said: "If you don't give it, you will miss the Cao period, and you can't arrive in Beijing before October, and we will have to fill the army." Before the ship left the water, it cost dozens of gold, and that's it. Even if you receive the book and receive the grain in the state and county water warehouse, you will still be subjected to a layer of exploitation. For example, the grain book said that it was 1,000 stones, but I had received less than 600 stones, most of which were variegated, and as for the subsidy for transporting troops, the cost of rice, foot rice, and light silver, I only gave two or three percent. But when you get to the Tongzhou warehouse, you have to give a thousand stones, if you don't have it, you need to be accountable, and the shortage of this is not up to us to transport troops ourselves, can it be done? ”

Lin Yanchao and the three of them were speechless when they heard it.

Chu Dajiang continued to say indignantly: "That's it. We joined the army just to eat food, but we never even paid enough food. (To be continued.) )

ps: I checked a lot of information in this chapter, and I'm sorry for being late.