Su Shunqin and Du Xun rode a green donkey, escorted by Chai Xin and a few people, and walked gracefully on the land of the camp.

At this time, Su Shunqin was in a very bad mood, and in order to relax him, Du Zhongxiao left him to live in Yongcheng for a few days. Du Zhongxiao was busy with his official duties, and after accompanying Su Shunqin for a while, he asked Chai Xin to take him around. After discussing with his son, Du Xun also felt that there was a lot to be done in Xueying Tianwu in his hometown, so he took a look at the sunny days and walked here with Su Shun.

At this time, the autumn harvest has passed, and the fields are empty. On the land after the harvest, there are children grazing cattle and sheep leisurely, and the young and middle-aged people next to them are formed according to the Baowu, paving bridges and roads, a scene in full swing.

Su Shunqin looked at the surrounding scenery and said with emotion: "Although Du Zhixian is young, he is very experienced in government affairs. Build this camp and field affairs, there is no idle field on the land, and there are no idlers on the people, so why worry about not governing it! Alas, it's a pity that now I'm white—"

Speaking of which, sighed. The implication is that if you are still an official now, you can also learn something from here.

Du Xun comforted: "Don't be discouraged in the general judgment, you are just a temporary setback, and there will be a day of reuse in the future." ”

While speaking, everyone arrived near the field where the camp was making farm tools, and a rumbling sound was heard in the distance.

Du Xun looked left and right, and said: "Blame, what kind of sound, it's like thunder." ”

Chai Xin said with a smile: "Outside the staff, it is Tao Seventeen in the county, who made a monster cart that burns coal, and runs here every day. It's a lot of fun, so let's go and see it. ”

Du Xun had nothing to do anyway, so he followed the sound with Su Shunqin to the open space where Tao Seventeen tested the car.

I saw a huge iron lump, and a large chimney on it emitted black smoke, snorting and panting, and slowly moving forward. A sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy with a few big men sat on top of the iron lump and commanded loudly.

Seeing this monster, Su Shunqin said, "This is the car?" What is this car used for? It's so noisy, who dares to sit? ”

Chai Xin also smiled: "The magistrate said that the car is not doing well now, but that's not it." Wait until you try it well in the future, and you can pull thousands or hundreds of goods, that's amazing. ”

Su Shunqin and Du Xun laughed together. Du Zhongxiao handled government affairs in an orderly manner, making people unable to say anything, but there were many strange ideas. This steam car doesn't look reliable, how can it be used to pull goods.

Chai Xin stepped forward and said in a loud voice: "Seventeen Lang, you stop the car and come down to talk!" ”

shouted several times before Tao Seventeen in the car heard it. Instructed the rest of the people to continue the test drive, climbed to the side of the car, and jumped down.

Chai Xin saw it on the side and screamed. Seeing Tao Seventeen coming, he said: "Alas, that car is all iron, it's scary to look at, how dare you jump off without stopping?" If it is rolled under the car, it will become a meat puree! ”

Tao Qiqi said nonchalantly: "Don't look at this car and be afraid of people, it's actually much easier to control than donkey carts and ox carts, let it go wherever it goes, what are you afraid of!" Besides, it is not easy to stop the car as soon as it starts. ”

Chai Xin shook his head and took Tao Seventeen back to Su Shunqin and Du Xun.

After saluting, Du Xun said to Tao Seventeen: "I heard that you are here to make farm tools, and you have seen a lot." If you have time, take us inside to see what farm tools are available. If it's useful, I'll go home and make some after I learn it. ”

Tao Seventeen didn't dare to slack off, so he led the way first and led a few people to the field service.

A few people went around in the field for a morning, Du Xun was extremely excited, and said: "But I don't want Da Lang to have this kind of ingenuity, so he made so many farm tools." With these things, wouldn't it be easy to go home and open up some wasteland? ”

The Du family sells wine in Sanzhou, and has also saved some money in recent years, but it is suffering from no investment channels. Du Zhongxiao discussed with Du Xun to go home and build a manor, and Du Xun was still worried in his heart. Although he has been farming and studying since he was a child, he ended up unable to study and farm. Now that you have these farm tools, isn't it easy to go home and open up the wasteland? At noon, I used some wine and food in the field work, and prepared to watch it in the afternoon.

After drinking and eating, when a few people were resting in the open space of the field service, an entourage came in and said to Chai Xin: "Jiejie, there are people outside who ask to see you." ”

Chai Xin went out with the comers, and saw a man standing outside, tall and tall, wearing a Fan Yang hat.

As soon as he saw someone coming, Chai Xin hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "Why did my brother get here?" A few months ago, you escorted the ship into Beijing, when did you come back? ”

The man was Sha Bao, the cousin of Chai Xin's wife, and when he saw Chai Xin, he sighed and said, "Alas, this matter is not mentioned, and I am so worried that I can't eat when I mention it." I escorted the boat into Beijing, passed Yingtianfu, unfortunately encountered wind and rain, capsized the boat, and a boatload of rice was soaked in the water. In order to compensate for this boatload of rice, I went bankrupt, and I couldn't pay it off. These days I am running around raising money, and today I am only a little eyebrow. ”

Chai Xin was taken aback and hurriedly asked, "How much is my brother missing?" I still have some savings, so my brother will use them first. ”

Sha Bao said: "Gangmi's money has already been lost. It's just that when I came back that day, I put a family heirloom jade belt in the pledge warehouse at Yongcheng Wharf. Now there are still three dollars left, so you can redeem the jade belt. That's my family heirloom, I don't want to lose it, I'm looking for a brother. ”

Chai Xin said: "In this case, then there is no hurry. Today, with my transfer here for a day, I will return to the county seat in the evening and withdraw the money with you. Don't hide it from my brother and say that I am doing things with the magistrate, and the quality library in the county must see my thin face, so there is no urgency in this matter. ”

After a few words, Chai Xin brought Sha Bao into the field and introduced him to Du Xun and Su Shunqin.

Sha Baozu was a general of the forbidden army, who once fought with Taizu Taizong, was injured and meritorious service when fighting Khitan, and was given a jade belt. In Shabao's generation, the ancestral shade was weak, and he only became a third-division general. A few days ago, he bet on the rice sent to the capital by Benzhou, and the ship sank and lost the rice, and lost all the family property.

Listening to Shabao's story, Du Xun sighed. As an errand for the imperial court, this risk is inevitable. Fortunately, his son has won the Jinshi, so he won't encounter this kind of thing, otherwise wouldn't he be worried every day?

In the evening, when the few people returned to the county seat and were about to separate, Du Xun said to Chai Xin and Sha Bao: "Tomorrow, I will go to the city gate with Su Tongju to take a look, the shops there are very profitable, and we have to learn from them." When you go to redeem the jade belt, let us know. ”

Chai Xin forked his hand and took Shabao home to withdraw the money.

In the evening, after dinner, when the family was sitting idle, Du Xun told him about the Shabao he met today, and said to Du Zhongxiao: "These little military attachés who work for the imperial court are the most miserable. There are many places where the escort ship has lost its official property and bankrupt its family, and there are even children and daughters. ”

Du Zhongxiao remembered a story he had read in his previous life, and forgot why, Wang Anshi's wife bought him a concubine, and she was the wife of such a general. Because of the loss of official property, the family property was lost, and even his wife could not be saved.

Sighing, Du Zhongxiao said, "What can be done about this matter?" I can only blame myself for bad luck. If the escort does not let the escort compensate for the loss, there will inevitably be treacherous people who steal official property. And let the escort compensate, in the event of such a natural disaster, people will be unjust. There is no perfect way to do this, it can only change from place to place. It is precisely because of this that all the generals will escort the boats, and only eight cents will be loaded, and the remaining two cents will be loaded with their private goods. If these two points of private goods are properly managed, they should actually be able to afford to pay for them. ”

That being said, I feel sorry for this Shabao in my heart. The gang boats on the Bianhe River have always been loaded with eight points of official goods and two points of private goods, and these two points of private goods are still tax-free. A shrewd escort can choose the right goods, and two private goods can actually make a lot of money. After accumulating, even if there is an occasional miss, it will not go bankrupt. This Shabao has no business acumen, and he can't afford to pay for a shipwreck.

For the first time, Du Xun heard that the Tsunade could be loaded with smuggled goods, and when he asked, his sympathy for Shabao faded. If this man does not have the mind to do this, why should he take on such an errand?

In Chai Xin's house, the Hun family prepared a few dishes, and Chai Xin and Shabao drank opposite each other.

After three rounds of drinking, Chai Xin said: "Brother, you don't stop guarding the boat once, why did you encounter such an unlucky thing?" Besides, the Gang ship has always been loaded with merchants' private goods, and when the ship sinks, they should pay compensation together, why did they end up so embarrassed? ”

Sha Bao sighed: "Is there any way?" This time is different from the past, the private goods on the ship are from the family of the Zhizhou Xianggong. The ship sank, how could it be possible to let the governor pay compensation? His family's goods, not let me wait for compensation, it's a blessing! ”

Chai Xin was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly asked, "How can you load the goods from Zhizhou's house?" If this matter spreads, won't he be impeached by Taiwan's admonition! ”

Sha Bao smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Brother is so stupid!" This is the case everywhere in the world, what's so strange? The goods on the board are tax-exempt, and if they are calculated well, they will make a lot of money. Those who are officials and officials, who don't stare at this piece of fat? It's just that in the past, the Zhizhou Xianggong didn't do these businesses at home, and they were all fiddled by powerful officials below. After making money, they share the fat, and occasionally they fall, and they do something in the account, and they will not let us pay. This time we didn't load the goods in Zhizhou, we couldn't share half of the benefits, and if something happened, we had to pay for it ourselves, which was difficult. ”

Chai Xin was speechless for a while, not knowing what to say. The predecessor Zhizhou Han Jiang has a big family, but he is already in a state of retirement, not only does he let go of political affairs, but he also doesn't care about family affairs, and his own business will not come here. Xia Zhu is different, he loves money all his life, how can he not eat this fat meat? In the past two years, the Xia family's business has penetrated into various parts of Bozhou, causing a lot of chaos. Shabao is on the stall, and he can only blame himself for his bad luck.

After thinking about it, Chai Xin said: "I wonder if my brother has asked the Zhizhou family?" Can you pay some? ”

Sha Bao shook his head again and again: "What did my brother say?" How is this kind of thing possible? Just think you're unlucky! ”

After speaking, he raised his head and drank a glass of wine, his face full of sadness.

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