During the Yuan Dynasty, Beiping was called Yuan Dadu, and the gateway to Tongzhou was called Luxian, and there was no waterway between the two places at that time.

In order to support the parasite-like princes and nobles of the Yuan Dynasty, thousands of high-masted white-sailed ships transported high-quality grain, rice, cloth and daily necessities from the provinces south of the Yangtze River every day, and arrived at the end of Tongzhou, where they were moored at two large wharves.

One is Zhangjiawan in the south of the city, and the other is the Yellow Boat Port in the north of the city. The ship's cargo was unloaded to the shore, then loaded into wagons, ox carts, donkey carts, and post roads that traveled forty miles, and were transferred to the capital of Yuan.

If there was no provision from the whole world, it is estimated that the nobles of the Yuan Dynasty, who had forgotten how to herd, would have starved to death en masse. Later, as expected, the rebel armies in the south cut off the Cao Yun, and immediately caused the Yuan Dynasty army to be defeated like a mountain and collapsed.

Now Genghis Khan's golden family has long been in turmoil, no matter how to return to the light in the vast grassland, what awaits them will always be the fate of continuous decline, and only by choosing to live in peace with the Han people, the Mongolian people will continue to live and thrive steadily from generation to generation.

During the period from Yuan Shizu to Zheng, the emperor thought that the land transportation from Tongzhou to the capital was too inconvenient, so he ordered to divert water from the Shenshan Spring of Nanbaifu Village in Changping, first enter the pond of the capital in the east, and then enter the Taiye Pool in the palace wall, cross the Yuhe Bridge out of the city and flow to the east, flow into Tongzhou Dongguan, and put into the embrace of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, which is the Tonghui River given by the ancestor of the Yuan Dynasty.

Since then, a team of officers and boats have gone up the Tonghui River to the Beijing Division, gathering on the four banks of the pond.

In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, the pond was several miles in radius, and the blue waves were ten thousand acres, so it was also called Haizi, and it was the intersection of the springs of the West Mountain flowing into Beiping.

At the end of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the channel of the Tonghui River was silted up, and the pond gradually dried up, and the big boats could no longer walk, and the banks and shoals were densely covered with reeds and willows. It is inhabited by a variety of waterfowl, the riverbed becomes narrower, and the surface of the water is covered with green algae. When we arrived in New China, even small boats could not go all the way.

The current Tonghui River is almost exactly the same as the most prosperous time of the Yuan Dynasty a hundred years ago, there are still various ships full of grain and goods every day, even if the capital is not moved to the north, Beiping is still the second national capital after Jinling, and has maintained a heavy army of 200,000 people for a long time.

The crown prince Zhu Zhanji has just been driven over by his father, and he is called the Imperial Gate of the Imperial State.

Xu Hao, who entered the customs from Daning, stood in front of the palace expanded from the former Yanwang Mansion, and as a minister, he had to come to see the prince as soon as possible.

Zhu Zhanji, who greeted him out of the dormitory, was sullen. Because Xie Jin and other ministers who came with him resolutely prevented him from leaving the customs, seeing Xu Hao was like seeing a savior.

"Uncle, you plead for me, I will lead troops to kill the Tartars." Zhu Zhanji couldn't wait.

Xu Hao first bowed respectfully, raised his head and said with a smile: "It's not that we have to stop it, it's really that the crown prince, as the crown prince, can't take risks lightly, otherwise our heads won't be saved, unless the saint agrees." ”

Zhu Zhanji said angrily: "It's all this rhetoric, my father sent me to Beiping." Do you want to live in the deep palace all day? ”

"Not really." Xu Hao pointed to the outside of the palace, "You can go out for a walk, but you can't get out." This is really not a trivial matter, and you don't want to watch us being impeached by the ministers of the DPRK and China, right? Say a thousand things and ten thousand. Who made you underage? He did not even have the qualifications to go out with his troops. ”

Zhu Zhanji immediately said: "Then go out for a walk, just me and my uncle, at most Master Xie, the three of us." ”

"Okay!" Xu Hao was very happy.

"It's still uncle, you're refreshing. Unlike those Wenchen, when they heard that I was going to leave the palace, they cried and mourned like a dead father. ”

"Haha! Let's ignore them and walk. ”

Xu Hao was quite unimpressed with this matter. The prince wants to understand that the people's suffering is a universal celebration, why should he stop it? Some Wenchen's concepts are disagreeable, do you have to go through guò foreign ministers to understand the world, and pull Xie Jin out with him at the moment.

Xiulan's sister-in-law is an ordinary boat lady, who goes to the canal wharf in Dongguan in Tongzhou every morning to carry a boatload of fresh fish and vegetables to the vegetable market at the east gate of Beiping.

Xiulan's sister-in-law, who grew up on a boat since she was a child, is very clever in boating, and the boat moves flexibly between the big boats, and the speed is fast without relying on the sail.

When she arrived at the East City Gate, she handed over the goods to the vegetable seller Lao Li, and Xiulan's sister-in-law would buy a bowl of bean juice to cook the cakes to satisfy her stomach, and then wash the boat by the river, which was not only a tool for her livelihood, but also her life.

After washing the boat, the genius dawned, and the sun slowly rose. Xiulan's sister-in-law and many other colleagues solicited customers on the shore, including tourists who wanted to enjoy the scenery on both sides of the Tonghui River, locals who wanted to go out to visit relatives and friends, large families who wanted to take a boat to fish and hunt in good weather, or students who planned to go to the south.

If there are no guests, Xiulan's sister-in-law will turn the bow of the boat, go straight to the canal, cast nets in the river to catch fish, sell them to the fish shops on the dock, and only collect the boat and go home when the sun sets.

Xiulan's sister-in-law had good luck today, Xu Hao saw that she was dressed neatly and neatly, and the boat was cleaned up, and Zhu Zhanji, who was looking around with curiosity, came over.

"This sister-in-law, the three of us want to go out for a few days, I wonder if there is a place to stay in Tongzhou? The environment should be clean and elegant. ”

Xiulan's sister-in-law found that the three people in front of her were extraordinary, especially the oldest knew that he was an official at first sight, the handsome young man who spoke was about twenty years old, and he was rare and full of gods, and the other teenage child was not an ordinary person, these three nobles were obviously not villains just by looking at their faces.

It was Xiulan's sister-in-law who said with a smile: "If the three guest officers don't dislike it, the slave family lives alone, and they are on the ship all day long, so I will rent the house to you for a few days." ”

Xu Hao said: "Then it's decided, we can cook and eat by ourselves." ”

So the four of them got on the boat, Zhu Zhanji couldn't help but look at the boat's every move, full of curiosity about Yiqiē, and his eyes showed a bit of appreciation.

Xiulan's sister-in-law is only in her twenties, because of the hard life, the corners of her eyes are also engraved with fine crow's feet, but the energetic peach blossom face is still very gorgeous and does not fade, and the figure that has never given birth to children still maintains the slimness and lightness of girlhood due to perennial labor, which makes people shine.

Thinking of playing oars and rocking on the river all year round, rowing boats and casting nets, and showing up on the dock, Xiulan's sister-in-law is very distressed about her lack of old age.

In order to avoid trouble and short-livedness, she dressed herself very old-fashioned, with long hair combed into an old woman's crown bun, a man's pointed hat on her head, and a blue coarse cloth trousers.

Xu Hao also noticed that her upper body seemed to be tightly wrapped with a blue flower bib, unlike other fishermen's women, who were sweating in hot weather or exercising, and were often naked inside, and her open blouse was blown by the wind to expose her chest, whenever a man saw it, he hurriedly pulled the placket tightly, and his face didn't care too much.

Boatmen sail on the river to make a living, and there are no boatmen who are not rude, and there are inevitably a few nasty bastards among the guests. Whenever she was harassed by a man, Xiulan's sister-in-law's attitude was as cold as ice, scolding people like a gentleman, fighting with black hands, and Tongzhou people became a force of their own, rarely suffered losses, and also made a name for themselves on this Tonghui River.

The boat was steady and fast on the river, and Zhu Zhanji began to focus on the scenery on both sides of the river again, he was born in the north, and naturally had some feelings for the grass and trees in his hometown.

Xiulan's sister-in-law glanced at them from time to time, thinking about the identity of the guest. At this time, Xie Jin smiled and said: "If you have nothing to do, it is better for Zhu Gongzi to compose a poem." ”

Zhu Zhanji retracted his gaze and said modestly: "With Duke Xie here, how dare I be ugly." ”

"Fine." Xie Jin smiled, "It just so happens that Xu Gongzi is also here, let him see if you have made any progress in your studies recently." ”

Zhu Zhanji no longer shirked at the moment, looked at the surrounding scenery, and quickly made a song aloud:

"The lake and the sea have always been longitudinal swimming, and the trail of the canopy is a lonely boat.

Don't want to go thousands of miles outside the mountain, you have to gather thousands of celebrities.

The sound of the trees around the shore is cold, and the color of the Yinfeng stream is sad.

Where the sunset urges the birds, afraid of the blue building under the dusk. ”

"Good!" Xu Hao clapped his hands, but he tasted that he didn't want to go outside the mountains, and he had to gather thousands of celebrities, and secretly said that Zhu Zhanji should be a qualified ruler in the future, it seems that he is not very interested in expanding the territory, which is also in line with the historical trend.

Zhu Zhanji said: "Why don't you make a song too? ”

Xu Hao smiled and said, "How can I make any poems?" By the way, I have a family member who has done it, and it is also suitable for the occasion, so I will read it to you. ”

Wanfeng is stacked with stones, and a clear stream is hidden in the blue fence.

The intermittent board bridge is divided into different roads, and the jagged shrubs have a floral fragrance.

The gulls and herons both saw each other, and the swallows and mandarin ducks flew in pairs.

The boat mooring on the edge of Zimoyu Island seems to have no scenery and no Xiaoxiang.

Zhu Zhanji praised: "Good poetry is really a unique masterpiece. ”

"Not bad." Xie Jin also praised it.

The surface of the river is sparkling, covering the green mountains and green trees in the distance, and there are a few half-grown children on the bank who enter the water vertically, splashing small waves, like sharp arrows diving straight to the bottom of the river, and when they come out of the water, they hold a flat white pebble in both hands.

Unexpectedly, a few children swam towards this side, and Xiulan's sister-in-law showed a gentle look and said, "This is my boat gang." ”

Xu Hao didn't understand her words, but later learned that the two children who swam over had no parents, and under the leadership of the eldest brother, they relied on fishing and shrimp in the Tonghui River, digging wild vegetables to eat and depending on each other, and they didn't beg for food when they were hungry.

Xiulan's sister-in-law felt sorry for them, and often helped to sew and mend and make some soup and water, like the eldest sister and like her mother. Now the eldest brother has entered the military camp as a soldier, and entrusted her two younger brothers to take care of her.

There is also an old man in his sixties, who is the life and death brother of Xiulan's sister-in-law's father, and now he is old and weak, and no one hires him, only a small flat boat, follow Xiulan's sister-in-law to help, and the evening scene is very bleak.

The old and the small, sympathetic to each other, sharing weal and woe together, a thick rope is tied to four small boats, this is Xiulan's sister-in-law and her small boat gang. (To be continued......)