I saw hundreds of women rushing to the dock in groups of six, pushing small carts with barrels. There are already countless people standing or sitting on the dock.

"It smells so good!" Zhang Gongjin said to the two people around him with a smile.

Dugu Shura took a look and saw that the bucket contained fish soup, the basket contained dried fish, and a large bucket filled with white rice. He asked, "Is the time come?" ”

"Not almost. A quarter of an hour is the hour. ”

A quarter of an hour was left, and it was 6:45 a.m. modern time.

As soon as he spoke, the dock over there was full of fish bone soup and rice, and then each person was given a salted radish strip and a small piece of dried fish.

By the time the bell rang, the men had finished eating, and the women trotted away with carts.

"I'm afraid of the cold when I run over this food, why am I in a hurry after eating this?"

Before Zhang Gongjin's words fell, he saw the gate open in the distance, and one by one donkey carts were rushing in at the same time, and then the pedals of each boat on the dock had been added.

There were people on the docks who were constantly shouting, those well-fed dock workers carrying large bags and constantly running on the boats, and the originally empty docks were crowded with people at this time, and there were constantly people in uniforms with horns and sticks shouting and scolding, driving people to occupy the road, or people who were disobedient to donkeys.

Because the three of them arrived here suddenly, the steward on the dock got the news and rushed over.

When the steward arrived, Dugu Shura was counting: "In a quarter of an hour, the position over there has been changed, this is the fourth donkey cart, a total of seventy-one packs of marijuana cloth bags transported to the ship, and now it is seventy-three packs." ”

The steward followed the line of sight, such a speed was common on the docks.

A boat has four boards, one pair on the side and one pair on the waist compartment door. A piece of the master and a person are completely non-stop, and one bag is twenty horses of linen, and the strength here can carry three or even four bags at a time.

"Three Shangguan, do you have an official document?" The steward asked officially.

At that moment, an entourage took out a handwritten letter written by the Tang Emperor Li Shimin to Liu Mu, with the imperial seal of the Tang Emperor on the cover and the seal of Shangshu Province. This can be regarded as a semi-formal official document.

Just looking at the two seals, the steward hurriedly stood aside.

"Where is the willow horse, do you know?"

"Yes, in Hangzhou."

"Is Cui Zhixian in the county office?"

"I don't know, the county order is busy day and night and is never in the county office, these days are either in the yarn mill, or in the river digging construction site." The steward didn't know who the three people in front of him were, but with the handwritten letter of the Tang Emperor, these three would not be small people, not to mention that they were definitely not ordinary people in terms of momentum, so they spoke with honorifics.

"Digging a river?" The three of them were taken aback, knowing that the construction of the canal required the approval of the Ministry of Industry.

The steward nodded: "If you go back to the three, this is set by Liu Juma, Huating 8,800 miles of canal, planned to be completed in thirty years." However, Xia Guan has seen the pattern, of these 8,800 li, only 400 li is a real canal, more than 12 zhang wide. Among them, there are 170 miles of the Grand Canal, 30 zhang wide. ”

"What about the rest?"

"It's mostly used for boat transportation, irrigation, etc. There are as many as 5,000 miles of water canals one zhang wide, but the people of Huating call this a grand plan for the 8,800-mile canal. It is claimed that there are rivers in every township and li, and each village will not be more than one mile away from the river, of which 800 bridges are repaired, and there are four bridges planned. ”

The three of them were amazed: "What is your official position, you actually know such details." ”

"Back to the three Shangguan, the lower official is the second manager of Wuxiang Jiangnan Wharf. Huating according to the order of the willow horse to implement the government affairs open, Huating County planning map and the big sand table in the county office, the county government is not closed, anyone can go to see. If you have suggestions or ideas, you can leave a book in the county office, and there will be a reply in about a month, and you can come to the county office to view. ”

Zhang Gongjin waved his hand: "Go to the county office." ”

"Zou Guogong, let's go to Hangzhou. In case we are a few days at night, Liu Mu doesn't know where to go, what do you say, do you want to wait, or how to find it? ”

"This, then go to Hangzhou first."

The steward at the wharf immediately arranged for small boats to go up the Huangpu River, and then many rivers could reach Hangzhou. This is more stable than changing ships to go around Hangzhou Bay, and the time is about the same.

Dugu Xiude complained: "If he had known that he was in Hangzhou, he should have changed to a canal boat in Yangzhou at that time." ”

"Is it useful to complain? Maybe we have bad luck going to Hangzhou, he doesn't know that it is thousands of miles away. After smiling and comforting, Zhang Gongjin motioned to the steward on the dock to arrange the boat.

The steward on the dock had already heard from the conversation between the three of them, this was the prince of the country, so he knew in his heart how to arrange it.

While waiting for the ship, Zhang Gongjin walked to the cargo dock over there.

You can see that all kinds of goods are constantly being loaded, and the most interesting thing for Zhang Gongjin is a dark board, which doesn't feel so hard.

When he got closer, the owner of the ship was sweating profusely and directing his crew to cooperate with the loading.

Zhang Gongjin did not fight the owner of the ship, and asked a guard on the dock.

"This is called a palm pad, the big one is used on the bed, the small and medium are used for the car and boat seats, this cushion is very comfortable on the bed board, and it has been in short supply since the market in the Jiangnan area. According to the registration, the ship was supposed to go to the port of Inara, with heavy cargo loaded under and light cargo on top. When the mat is loaded, he should leave the berth and let the next ship come and load the cargo. ”

"Literacy?"

Zhang Gongjin noticed that the guard was looking through the body and carrying a notepad.

"Literate, there are very few people who dare to make trouble on this dock, so I have to take care of the berths of the ships and check the types of goods. There are also several teams on the wharf to check whether there is any smuggling of contraband, and the current inspection is strict, and all goods not on the approved list will be seized. ”

After Dugu Shura looked at the guard's standing, he asked with a smile: "Qingheyu has been there." ”

"I'm ashamed to be eliminated in just one month. But after three months of studying at the academy, I came here to be a team leader. I don't know how the general can see that I have been in Qingheyu. ”

"Standing. Ben will serve as the deputy head coach of Qingheyu for three years. ”

The guard held up his chest and saluted: "Say hello to the instructor." ”

Dugu Shura returned the salute: "Do a good job, there are not many literate soldiers, give yourself a future." This usually has the opportunity to learn more, and loading on this ship is also a science, and it is also a knowledge to manage well on the dock. ”

When Dugu Shura spoke, he saw that the dock steward had returned, and it was estimated that the ship was ready, and after a few words of encouragement, he walked towards the official ship berthing area with Zhang Gongjin.

Speaking of Hangzhou City, Liu Mu didn't know that Zhang Gongjin had suddenly arrived here, and he was preparing to go to sea.

It's still five boats.